Clinton Street is named in honor of Dewitt Clinton. He served as Governor of New York and was one of the key forces behind the construction of the Erie Canal. Hezekiah Pierrepont reportedly proposed DeWitt Clinton's name.

During Prohibition (1920 -1933), the piers of Red Hook were among many places that smugglers tried to sneak in large quantities of alcohol, often using innovative speed boats to evade federal agents. On June 3, 1922, agents seized a tugboat laden...

On August 11, 1845, when word came by telegraph that she was arriving, thousands rushed to see the S.S. GREAT BRITAIN complete her record-breaking transatlantic voyage. One of the popular viewing places was the Atlantic Steamship pier at the foot of...

" All day naked youngsters are perched on these logs, watching their bait, chasing each other over the slippery lumber or diving and paddling in the water." A story about naked boys in the late 1800s who fish for crabs among the millions of...

In 1910-1920, Coastwise Lumber & Supply Company was a wholesaler and retailer of lumber, including cordwood, dunnage boards and dunnage mats, advertising "steamship trade a specialty." They had two yards in Brooklyn: one at the foot of Clinton...