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Eymund Diegel map: Red Hook, New York & Environs, 1782, 2016

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

A 1782 map of New York, reproduced from a drawing in the British War Office, printed by B. F. Steven in 1900. The map shows fortifications made during the American Revolutionary War. Cartographer Eymund Diegel has overlaid the modern Red...

Tags: American Revolution, B.F. Stevens, Eymund Diegel, map, Revolutionary War

Eymund Diegel map showing Red Hook of 1767 and Today

By Eymund Diegel

Benjamin Ratzer surveyed Brooklyn for the British in 1766-7. Cartographer Eymund Diegel has overlaid the modern street grid onto Ratzer's map Colors have been added to the map to indicate features such as beaches, wetlands, forests and shorelines....

Tags: Eymund Diegel, map, Ratzer's Map

Subjects: Changing Shoreline

Resiliency: Detailed Flood Prep Info for Red Hook

By Carolina Salguero, PortSide NewYork

Google Translation: Chinese ( 中文 ), Spanish ( E spañol ) For our larger collection of resiliency info go here. For Jim McMahon's Red Hook Sandy flood map go here . Please take our short survey about flood prep Contact PortSide...

Tags: emergency preparedness, FEMA, flooding, groundwater, Hurricane Sandy, insurance, National Flood Insurance, OEM, Ready Red Hook, resiliency

Subjects: Resiliency

Red Hook Pilates

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

All Pilates classes must be rsvp'd for at least one hour before the start time. Walk-ins are welcome as long as there are at least two participants. RSVP: redhookpilates@gmail.com Red Hook Yoga occurs at the same place, but note "The yoga...

Street address: 414 Van Brunt Street Brooklyn New York 11231

Tags: Exercise & Games today

Oral History: Rasheed Johnson, Red Hook Houses Resident, 2013

By Shannon Geis

Interviewed in 2013 at age 19, Rasheed Johnson, a resident of NYCHA’s Red Hook houses, talks about how the neighborhood has changed in the past 8 years since he got here. Development has eliminated all his “hang out spots” except for Valentino...

Tags: gentrification, graduate student projects, NYCHA, oral history, Rasheed Johnson, Shannon Geis, Valentino Pier

Subjects: Oral History, Individuals, Peoples--African Americans

Oral History: Richard Gambino, Italian-American, talks about growing up in Red Hook in the 1950s. 2013

By Shannon Geis

Richard Gambino, a retired professor, grew up in Red Hook in the 1950s. Interviewed by oral historian Shannon Geis in 2013, he recalls it as a close-knit Italian immigrant commumity. He talks of the customs and traditons of the...

Tags: graduate student projects, Italian-American, oral history, Red Hook Pools, Richard Gambino, Shannon Geis

Subjects: Oral History, Peoples--Italians, Individuals

Wrecks in Storm's Wake, 1896

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Wrecks in Storm's Wake Great Damage Wrought All Along the Coast .... Tremendous damage was wrought all along the coast from Cape May to Boston by the northeast gale, which continued yesterday with unabated fury. .... Cellars and Sewers Flooded. .......

Tags: Atlantic Basin, Atlantic Docks, cocoa, rats

Subjects: Weather--Storms, Atlantic Basin, Nature

Seaborne

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Opened in January 2016, this is a bar of the mixology type created by the protégé and partner of pioneering drinks legend Sasha Petraske. Exposed brick, stainless steel tabletops in intimate booths, each with its own water...

Street address: 228 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Tags: Eats & Drinks today

Subjects: Business

BumbleBeesRus Day Care

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Infant, Toddler, Preschool, 3K, 4K and School-Age Afterschool/Summer Programs Director Lisa Paul Address : 76 Lorraine St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone : (718) 858-8111 From their website: " Our BumbleBeesRus childcare center in the Red Hook...

Street address: 76 Lorraine Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Addabbo Family Health Center

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, provides preventive and comprehensive primary health care Hours : Mon - Fri: 8:30AM - 5PM Sat: 8:30AM -2PM Address : 120 Richards St Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone : 718-945-7150 Website :...

Street address: 120 Richards St Brooklyn, NY 11231

Tags: Health & Wellness +Hair today, nonprofit & aid

Subjects: Community Services

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