By The Red Hook WaterStories team
REDU NYC REDU keeps materials out of landfills by instead repurposing them as furniture, art, and more. From their website: " REDU rescues large amounts of materials before they enter the waste-stream. Our goal is to keep usable materials out...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Arborpolitan Garden Care & Tree Consultant Arborpolitan's work to treat and maintain the quality of Brooklyn's greenery. “We are an arboriculture firm based in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Our team of arborists and gardeners maintain urban...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
HighWaterLine was a public artwork on the New York city waterfront - including Red Hook, Brooklyn- by Eve Mosher an artist deeply concerned with the affects of climate change. During the summer of 2007, she walked, chalked and marked almost 70...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Good Data Drives Policy In 2017, fourth graders at PS 15 in Red Hook collected street litter and litter data in the same area in three different litter surveys in their neighborhood. After the first two litter surveys, the students used the...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
MorChem Industries is a supply company that distributes general cleaning supplies, janitorial products, personal hygiene, material handling/ safety equipment and related products. They "provide building maintenance and contractor supplies to...
Street address: 247 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In the era of coronavirus and PPE, you need to know that GAB Co sells safety equipment & supplies. They stock a variety of personal protection equipment (PPE), items such as face protection and high-viz apparel. They also sell...
Street address: 245 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Christopher Nicolson is the managing winemaker for the Red Hook Winery but that by itself does not provide enough for him and his family to live in Brooklyn. His main income is earned as a fisherman for the Iliamna Fish Company , a business he owns...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Ever wonder what's going on behind the containerport fence? This article explains how the place works. Red Hook gets one of its signature icons – gantry cranes at sunset – from the neighborhood’s largest maritime facility, the Red Hook...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A walk around Red Hook starting at PortSide New York's MARY A. WHALEN, in Atlantic Basin, meandering to Red Hook's NYCHA houses and then ending up at the restaurants of Van Brunt Street. This is the start of a feature article. To see the full essay...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
YES, post hurricane Sandy, Red Hook has been, and still is being, intensely studied by the city, state and federal government; and it is being studied by many academic projects as well. Here is a quick overview of multiple government-funded plans...