By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Ira S. Bushey and Sons, for three generations was a nationally significant business located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. Moreover, the tanker MARY A. Whalen, homeship of PortSide NewYork was built for Ira S. Bushey. Ira S. Bushey was born in...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
It is uncertain now who Ferris Street is named for. It is possibly for Gilbert H. Ferris who owned a ship yard at the corner of Van Brunt and Beard Streets - not far from Ferris Street - in the 1860s. Whether he, or his family, was active in the...
