By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Van Brunt Market is a deli and corner store. They make fresh a wide variety of hot and cold foods such as burgers and falafel to name just two. They are well stocked with convenient food staples as well as a broad selection of tasty...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
There is a chart HERE with all the food pantries in Red Hook with days, times, and addresses, created and maintained by Red Hook Mutual Aid. [Embeded chart below may not format as well as direct link to document] Loading… )
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hundreds of canal boats traveled down the Erie Canal bringing grain and other produce to Red Hook's Erie Basin during the early years of the 1900s. Each canal boat was both storage and a proper home for not just the skipper but a family. ...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Entrance is an art gallery with an inside space as well as an exterior space for large sculptural works. Location: 113 Wolcott Street Brooklyn, NY Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12 – 7 pm Contact: info@entrance.nyc Website:...
A History of Red Hook Norman Brouwer, noted maritime historian - the man who basically wrote THE guides to historic ships and some of our national preservation standards for them - graciously wrote this maritime history of Red Hook for...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Cafe Kestrel opened in 2024. "Cafe Kestrel, in Red Hook, offers cooking that is highly idiosyncratic but not confrontational, from applesauce sundaes to Sunday-night curry." says Helen Rosner, writing on The New Yorker, ...
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In the afternoon of June 24, 1924, the Egremont Castle, a 9,000-ton capacity oil ship of the Union Castle line was being loaded when the ship’s winch seized while lowering a 100-gallon drum of gasoline causing its load suddenly jerk upwards....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Augmented Reality , a mural of and by the Red hook community and artist Joel Bergner officially unveiled, May 29, 2024. The mural animates when seen via Snapchat! Check that out in this News12 story here . On Instagram, joelartista , Bergner thanks...
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Red Hook Rumba is a song on Chembo Corniel Quintet's 2023 album, Artistas, Músicos y Poetas . Featuring vocals, in English and Spanish, by Felipe Luciano, the song tells the story of the middle passage and the African influence on...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Saba Mahmood's short flyer (pdf) is designed to guide residents of Red Hook (and others) in understanding their state of readiness in case of a flood. It is in English, Spanish, and Chinese, the main languages of the Red Hook...
