By The Red Hook WaterStories team
This 1859 map shows the established Atlantic Basin in Red Hook, and a neighboring "Proposed Basin" that was not built as shown. The large Erie Basin, however, was built closer to the Gowanus in the mid-1860s. The towns of Bushwick and...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
1850 Map of the City of Brooklyn by J. F Harrison, published by M. Dribbs. Atlantic Dock has been built by this time but Erie Basin had not and much of present day Red Hook is still under water. The companies listed at Atlantic Dock are: United...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The large expance of Brooklyn Red Hook property of John Dikeman and others was mapped in preparation of it sale on Monday, August 29, 1836. The map shows the waterline of Red Hook of the time and the projected land, roads and park noting that: The...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The large Red Hook, Brooklyn estate of Jordan Coles was put up for sale on June 2nd, 1836, following his death. The map shows the Gowanus Creek, before it was turned into a canal; mills and mill ponds; scattered houses and a mansion, not aligned...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Insurance maps of the Warehouses, &c. in Brooklyn from the Navy Yard to Portition Street, By W M. Perris, C.E. and Surveyor. Perris & Browne, Publishers of Insurance Maps, Corrected to October 1861, by Harry, H. Browne. General Insurance...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The large Red Hook, Brooklyn estate of Jordan Coles was put up for sale on June 2nd, 1836, following his death. The map shows the Gowanus Creek, before it was turned into a canal; mills and mill ponds; scattered houses and a mansion, not aligned...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A hand-drawn map of Brooklyn from the 1770s, showing Red Hook, "the road to the new ferry" and distances from Flatbush.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Maps showing the current property lines of IKEA, Thor Equities, and the Erie Basin Bargeport in the Erie Basin. We include these to show how there can be private property under water in general, and that the Erie Basin waterspace is not a public...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Improvement of Gowanus Bay, New York Harbor, N.Y: a 1892 map showing Red Hook, Gowanus Creek and Bay Ridge Channels as well as Atlantic Basin, Erie Basin, and a proposed basin.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Red Hook Houses, like many other Red Hook buildings, was built on land that was either originally underwater, or was a tidal marsh. The floods of Hurricane Sandy was a harsh reminder of this watery past,...
