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
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Building Company was the brainchild of Col. Daniel Richards, a man who grew up in upstate New York. When the Erie Canal opened in 1825 and had a powerful economic effect, Richards was inspired. He saw great potential for Red Hook,...
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...
