By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Sailors have long looked to the sky for clues to the impending weather. In the morning, when the sun was low in the sky, a red sky was understood to mean that a storm was likely. Just don't tell it to the judge. On November 10, 1939, the seagoing...
Wrecks in Storm's Wake Great Damage Wrought All Along the Coast .... Tremendous damage was wrought all along the coast from Cape May to Boston by the northeast gale, which continued yesterday with unabated fury. .... Cellars and Sewers Flooded. .......
In The City's Basins. Severe Weather for the Canalers on the Grain Boats. Brigs, Barks and Schooners, Between Five and Six Hundred in All, Fast in the Grip of an Ice Giant--Walking Easy Across Smith's Pond at the Foot of Court and Clinton Streets....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
This former Red Hook Senior Center was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy. There is a new facility at 120 West 9th St.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hurricane Sandy hit Brooklyn around 8pm on October 29, 2012. which caused devastating flooding in Red Hook. The following 32 interviews are part of a project " Sandy: Tell Your Story" recorded by Emergency Management Methodology Partners (EMMP) in...
This map was created by Jim McMahon and is provided for educational use, for emergency preparedness and resiliency planning. Click on image to enlarge.
2013 Sandy Flood saline impacted tree survey for the Parks Department
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...
