By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A Red Hook cat invaded the British steamship BADAGERY while the vessel was docked in Erie Basin and proceeded to terrorize the small members of the crew. Katy Cockroach, the cook’s speckled hen, stopped laying eggs and became “lean and...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Tossed and damaged by strong winds the ANDROMEDA, a four-masted British bark out of Belfast, Ireland arrived at the Erie Basin with tattered sails. The passage was hard on the crew: “Frank Dunn a seaman apprentice, fell from the rigging and...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In The Brooklyn Standard Union’s column about reader’s interesting experiences, Gustave tells how a BIG cat gave him the shock of his life when he visited a tramp steamer docked in Erie Basin. (A tramp steamer is ship without a fixed...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Red Hook Houses East and West, like many other Red Hook buildings, were built on land that was either originally underwater, or was a tidal marsh. The floods of Hurricane Sandy were a harsh reminder of this...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Sample No. 2, Marked from 017 Erie Basin. Found: Numerous small worms resembling round worms, 0r Nematodes. Numerous diatoms, Oogonia, Conferva filaments, bits of wood, considerable plant epidermis. Ulothrix, Botryococcus braunii, Schizomeris...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The posted fishing regulations on the pier state: The Department of Environmental Protection Agency states a LIMIT of 4 Blackfish (Tautoga Onitis) 16 inches or longer to be removed from the Basin per day per person. All Blackfish under 16 inches...
