Pioneer Street

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Pioneer Street was originally Williams Street. It was renamed Pioneer Street on April 20, 1903 quite certainly after the Pioneer Iron Works, founded in 1866, which was located on the street.

The factory is now home to Pioneer Works, "a center for research and experimentation in contemporary culture."

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This Item Replaces Item: William Street
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Sources:

  • Dikeman, J.  The Brooklyn Compendium, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Common Council.  1870.  https://books.google.com/books?id=jvpHAQAAMAAJ (accessed 2016)

     Sherman, Herman. "Red Hook Place-Names." Graduate Thesis, Brooklyn College, 1965.

Published on Feb 18, 2016. Last updated on May 2, 2023.

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