By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Ichaboe, a small island off the coast of Nambia, once towered high with mounds of seabird guano. An excellent fertilizer, beginning in 1843, English ships began exporting the guano to eager farmers in Europe and America. By 1844, 450 ships were...
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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...
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Cowhey Marine Hardware operated in Red Hook for about 150 years. The rump remains of the business was at 440 Van Brunt Street, the northwest corner of Van Brunt and Beard Street, and closed in 2005. Cowhey donated their final inventory to PortSide...
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The staff of RMC Canvas and Rope, posing by their hand-made rope fender. The Red Hook company ended its long run serving the maritime businesses in 2005.
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1Stop SHop Prinitng 183 Lorraine Street, Sudio 76 Brooklyn, NY 11231 1stopshopprinitng@gmail.com @1stopshopprinting Hours: Always open 1Stop SHop Prining is a company that specializes in all printing needs. From their Facebook page: "We are your ONE...
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Recycled Brooklyn Stylish furniture made from recycled building materials. Workshop Location: 236 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, NY 11231 Workshop hours: M - F, 9 am--6 pm; closed weekends for Brooklyn Flea https://recycledbrooklyn.com/ Contact info:...
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ClubPet NYC A full service dog walking and other pet services company founded by Red Hook musician and dogwalker, Sherwin Ewing. Voted by New York Magazine as "Best Dog Walker', Ewing' and his crew of dogwalkers are fully licensed and bonded. NY1...
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Airbnb is a nationwide business that offers rooms, lofts and other residential spaces to visitors who want a neighborhood feel to their stay. Operated by local individuals it is an alternative to hotels and motels. There are many people in Red...
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Bonded warehouse are places were foreign imports can be stored or manipulated without the payment of duty or taxes. The government only gets a piece of the action (duty) if and when the goods are sold domestically. Under the watchful eyes of...
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In the 1870s grain made up a bulk of the imports to Red Hook's piers but a wide variety of other goods from around the world were arriving and being stored at its ports. Major's Storage Guide (1873) published "Rates of Storage and Labor on...
