By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The German American Mutual Warehousing and Security Company, in 1875, applied for permission from the NY Land office to build out the land and create two new piers near their warehouse bordered by Partition (now Coffey), Conover and Van Dyke...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Artist Michael Arthur created this Valention Pier view. More of his work can be seen at www.MichaelDArthur.com and "Inklines" on Instagram and Twitter
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Valentino Park and Pier Between Coffey and Van Dyke Streets on Ferris St Brooklyn, NY 11231 From the NYC Parks website: "Valentino Pier was once the site of an active shipping industry. In the 1600s, the Red Hook district was settled by the Dutch....
Interviewed in 2013 at age 19, Rasheed Johnson, a resident of NYCHA’s Red Hook houses, talks about how the neighborhood has changed in the past 8 years since he got here. Development has eliminated all his “hang out spots” except for Valentino...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Donated by the Brooklyn Borough President's Office in 1998, this Deer Isle granite base and flagstaff honors firefighter Louis Valentino, Jr. It was fabricated by A. Ottavino The text on the New York City Parts Department's sign in the...
