By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Soccer off the boats in Redhook... circa late '50s? See that orange arrow? See that field across the street from the pool? Anyone remember foreign crews coming off ships moored nearby (end of Columbia Street?) and them playing SOCCER in that field?...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Men sit along a wooden dock, at the foot of Court Street and a sailboat floats near the next pier in photograph by George Bradfor Brainerd taken sometime in the 1870s. The photograph is by George Bradford Brainerd , 1845-1887. He was a civil...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Coffey Park, like a lot of other city properties, such as other parks, school and housing sites, started off as less desired marshy land, prone to flooding. Over the years the place was used as a skating pond in the winter and as a dump for...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Alcyone Boat Club was formed around 1867, the first rowing club in the area. It was located at the foot of Court and Smith Streets. "Another aquatic sport has lately become very popular in this city, though but little attempt has been made...
