By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Cargo ships are designed to carry heavy weights, and without it they ride too high in the water and are unstable. Ships not laden with enough goods would take on ballast, often in the form of sand or gravel to allow them to safely sail. ...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
1-2 Empire Stores; Water and Dock, Fulton 3 Empire Stores, ft. of Main, Catherine 4 Martin Stores @No. 34 Furman, Fulton 5-6 Martin Stores @ No. 66 Furman, Fulton 7-8 Robert Stores,...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
An artist's rendering of a possible future Red Hook that never was. The birds-eye view of the Atlantic Dock was possibly done for the Atlantic Dock Company to promote their vision of what Red Hook could be. The two statements printed on the map...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Kids have been swimming off the piers of Red Hook probably ever since the piers existed. It is not common today in part because of the increasing awareness that the polluted water, particularly after a rain fall, is a health hazard. "Taking a...
Joe Ruggiero, aka “Joey Chips” since he always showed up at a party with a bag of chips, was a WWII vet who was still driving in 2016 at the time of this interview. He passed in early 2024. He was the embodiment of the Greatest...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Atlantic Basin around the end of the Civil War. The sidewheel steamer is the TEAZER, formerly the Confederate blockade runner BAT. The propeller steamer FAH KEE is beyond her. The warehouses, with grain elevators, are lining Commercial Wharf. ...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Atlantic Stevedoring, in the 1920s, was located on Pier 36 at the end of Pioneer Street. Stevedoring companies supplied physical labor, but also the knowhow to properly load and unload ships both interms of space, weight, balance,security, and...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Imlay Street was originally Hudson Street but was renamed in 1861 for William H. Imlay, a large property holder in Red Hook, who both sold land to the Atlantic Dock Company and was a major shareholder.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Creamer Street officially opened in 1835 as Grinnell Street. Mr. Henry Grinnell, a wealthy public spirited merchant wan an original investor in the Atlantic Dock Company. The street was renamed in 1891 for Joseph M. Creamer, a Brooklyn Police...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Elizabeth Street was renamed Beard Street Dec 14, 1865. Elizabeth was one of the older streets in Red Hook, officially listed at least as early as 1817. William Beard (1806-1886) was an Irish immigrant, who gained his initial success building rail...
