2013 Sandy Flood saline impacted tree survey by Eymund Diegel for the NYC Parks Department Text on map: "Gowanus / Red Hook Flood Impacts: Post Sandy Flood Tree Leaf Out Percentages. Trees impacted by salt water ponding and salt water...
1844 Hassler Coastal survey of Staten Island and Gowanus with oyster mudflats (cropped to Gowanus Bay)
1844 Coastal Survey. Red Hook's watery past has a bearing on how this place floods in current times. This map shows the topography at the end of Red Hook's tide mill pond era, meaning that much of what is today called Red Hook is still water. Note...
Eymund Diegel map: Gowanus Watershed With 1766 Marshes and 2013 Sandy Flood Line
Sandy essentially flooded anyone who built on the former tidal marshes. _ Map Explanation by mapmaker Eymund Diegel: Red lines are the upland Sandy flood lines (minus part the Fort Defiance Island area which is missing dry non flood area during...
Joseph Miccio Community Center
Closed due to NYC budget cuts Joseph Miccio Community Center The Joseph Miccio Cornerstone Community Center is a Department of Youth & Community Development funded center housing an after school program and various evening center...
Red Hook Initiative
RHI's Statement: "RHI believes that social change to overcome systemic inequities begins with empowered youth. In partnership with community adults, we nurture young people in Red Hook to be inspired, resilient, and healthy, and to envision...
Street address: 767 Hicks Street
Brooklyn Public Library--Red Hook Branch
An interim Red Hook Library opened on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. It will serve as the neighborhood library while the permanent Red Hook Library is under re-construction. Patrons can visit the branch for library services including materials...
Street address: 7 Wolcott Street
Red Hook Community Justice Center
Red Hook Community Justice Center 88 Visitation Place, Brooklyn 11231 www.courtinnovation.org Their statement: "The Red Hook Community Justice Center is the nation's first multi-jurisdictional community court. Operating out of a refurbished Catholic...
NYPD--Housing Bureau
NYPD - Housing Bureau 80 Hicks Stree, Brooklyn 11231 www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/housing_bureau/psa1.shtml This is the Red Hook Satelite staion, serving with the 76th precinct.
NYPD--76th Precinct
The 76th Precinct is located in Brooklyn South and covers a vast waterfront area. A large volume of trucking and shipping services frequent the pier area during daytime hours. Other types of industries located in the command and related to pier...
Street address: 191 Union Street
FDNY--Engine 279/Ladder 131
Engine 279 / Ladder 131 are affectionately known as the Happy Hookers. Here is their Instagram page and their Facebook page For more on the companies' history see Dispatcher 350 Mike Boucher's Red Hook And It’s Fire...
Street address: 252 Lorraine Street
Brooklyn, New York 11203
[Emergency: dial 911]