By The Red Hook WaterStories team
According to the Brooklyn Eagle, King Street is named after a German named King who in 1842 lived in a stone house. He "made his fortune as a ragpicker and scavenger, at the numerous dumping heaps and eventual became a property owner." The...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Verona Street was originally Ewer Street. The name was changed sometime before 1875. Herman Sherman speculated that it was possibly renamed in deference to a large number of Italians in the area who came from Verona.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Van Brunt family was a well-established early Dutch family who settled in New Utrecht. This street may be named for Rutgert Van Brunt who was a member of the NYS Assembly from Kings County from 1783-1784. In 2017 the New York Times wrote an...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
While Bay Ridge, Brooklyn was the center of the Scandinavian population in the 1930's through the 1960's, Norwegians moved out from their original settlement in New Amsterdam in the 1630's to Brooklyn, where they settled and prospered. Red Hook was...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Stereoscopic view captioned "American Views. Peoples' Series. Brooklyn Ferry Boat, New York"
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Atlantic Basin was the home to hundreds of Erie Canal boats during the winter months. Families, including children, lived on the the boats, tending their floating homes, until the ice melted and they could begin shipping produce again.
