By The Red Hook WaterStories team
An aerial view of the Hamilton Avenue Ferry house in Red Hook that includes several piers and other waterfront buildings. The image was taken in 1934 by a Daily Eagle photographer, likely for a story of how the building was condemned and due...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Two atmposheric photos by George Bradford Brainerd. View of three men standing in front of Erie Basin boathouse in Red Hook, 1886. One of the early unofficial names of the area that became Erie Basin was the “Fishing Place,"...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Man sculling in foreground past portion of barge (left), moored steamship (center), and wooden pier and pylons (right); shoreline dotted with masts and sails in background. The photograph is by George Bradford Brainerd, 1845-1887. He was a civil...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A stereoscopic view of the Hamilton Avenue Ferry house, 1877. The ferry was one of the key means for both the working poor and the well-to-do to travel between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Construction on the Brooklyn Bridge had started in 1869 but...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hamilton Avenue Ferry house in Red Hook with two horse-drawn wagons and several people in the foreground. Clicking on the TAG Hamilton Avenue Ferry below will bring you to a list of related stories such as: How the Hamilton...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Image of employees at the H.W. Ramberg Company plant on Van Dyke
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Architectural photographer John Bartlestone was one of many who called for the saving of Todd shipyard in Erie Basin. For more than 140 years - until February 2005 that graving dock had been used to repair large shipping vesels. This photograph is...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Gowanus Canal photographs, 1932-1937 by Percy Loomis Sperr. Top image: New York State Barge Canal Grain Elevator Lower image: Paramount Brick yard Larger scale image can be seen on the New York Public Library website.
