The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States.  Until it was repealed in 1943, Chinese sailors were not allowed ashore.   Ships that let the sailors leave could be fined $500 per person....

A list of the piers in Brooklyn, their location, length and occupants publishished in the Port of New York Annual Report of 1920. In the Red Hook area were: Ferry Slips , located at Hamilton Avenue, run by the Union Ferry Company, owned by New York...

View of King Street west of Van Brunt St, toward Buttermilk Channel, showing in the background one of the Barber Line steamships. As of 2016, the only remaining structure on this block from 1938 is 196 King Street on the far left in this view.

Street address: King Street & Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY

The New York and Puerto Rico steamship company's ships traveled between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Pier 35, Atlantic Basin in Red Hook. [ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , March 27, 1917] The SS COAMO, SS BRAZOS, and SS CAROLINA were all ships that took...

Photo of Barber Lines & Co at Pier 36, Atlantic Basin. Herbert and James Barber started their company in 1886, incorporating as Barber & Company in 1902.  The company had several subsidiaries and off-shoots including the Barber Steamship...