Erie Basin, sketch by Charles Henry White. 1906
Line drawing showing tall masted schooners in Erie Basin. The artwork, done in 1906 by Charles Henry White is in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York: 29.100.2351
Unloading Lumber, 1949
Photograph of finished lumber being loaded off the the S.S. YORKAMAR docked at the Columbia Street Pier, April 21, 1949. Wood, from logs to finished planks, has long been an important commodity in Red Hook. The Columbia Street Pier in also...
Aerial view of the Port of New York's Grain terminal, ca. 1950
Aerial view of the Port of New York's Grain terminal. Photo in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Link to the image: x.2010.11.11743
Cave-in at Beard's Erie Basin, 1941
Cave-in at Beard's Erie Basin, Pier A, at Richards Street. Beard's Erie Basin, Pier A June 14, 1941. Photos of a cave-in at Pier A, Beard's Erie Basin, foot of Richards Street, June 14, 1941, by the Wurtz Bros photogrophers. Images in the...
Photo: Shipping and shoreline looking to Red Hook Point. ca 1890
A view of tall masted cargo ships and fireproof storehouses, ca 1890 - visible on the Museum of the City of New York's website .
Red Hook, by Jacob Pell, ca 1935
Artist Jacob Bell's sketch of Red Hook, ca, 1935. In the collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Link to mcny image .
Photo: Atlantic Basin, ca. 1865
Atlantic Basin around the end of the Civil War. The sidewheel steamer is the TEAZER, formerly the Confederate blockade runner BAT. The propeller steamer FAH KEE is beyond her. The warehouses, with grain elevators, are lining Commercial Wharf. ...
Merechkatvikingh village
PortSide NewYork acknowledges that we are are land and waterways that are the homeland of the Lenape, a place they call "Lenapehoking." The Lenape were displaced by European settlers and forced to move as a group multiple times to several US...
Reliance Paint Co., ca. 1920
The Reliance Paint Co. had a facility at 50 Beard Street in the 1920s. The company manufactured structural and marine paint. Red Hook was home to many paint companies. Some of the others were the American Marine Paint Co. and C. A. Woolsley Paint...
Auditore Jas. and Sons
Auditore Jas. and Sons, based at 14 Hamilton Avenue in the 1920s, were in the stevedoring business, loading and unloading ships. They also provided coal and berthing for steamers.