Atlantic Basin, operated by DockNYC

DockNYC at Atlantic Basin

The City announced plans to completely take over Atlantic Basin from the Port Authority onMay 14, 2024.As of that news, this site is being replanned…

Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

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The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal (BCT)opened in 2006 in Atlantic Basin, and according to the official website"offers all the services and comforts…

Buchanan Marine

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Buchanan Marine is a tenant of the Erie Basin Bargeport. In the New York Harbor their barges move 6 million tons of aggregate used to make concrete…

Greater New York Marine

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Greater New York Marine Transportation is a small tug and barge company that is a tenant of the Erie Basin Bargeport. Greater New York Marine has one…

Hughes Marine

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Hughes MarineHughes Bros.Erie Basin Bargeport Billing themselves a “Clearinghouse for Marine Difficulties” and in operation since 1894, Hughes…

New York State Marine Highway Transportation Company--Buoy Request, 2016

NYS Marine Highways Tugs: Left To Right LUCY H, FRANCES, SARAH D, Pa RR Barge 399, Tug Cynthia. Photo taken at the Tug Boat RoundUp by Glenn Raymo, 2016.

One modern maritime business works in the waters off Red Hook without docking here, that is New York State Marine Highway, usually referred to in the…

New York Water Taxi Homeport

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New York Water Taxi (NYWT) has jaunty boats painted to evoke old-fashioned New York checker cabs, bright yellow with a trim of black and white checks.…

New York Water Taxi IKEA stop

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New York Water Taxi has jaunty boats painted to evoke old-fashioned New York checker cabs. They are bright yellow with a trim of black and white…

New York Water Taxi stop behind Food Bazaar

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New York Water Taxi was founded in 2002 in Red Hook and homeported behind the Beard Street Pier. It was bought out by Circle Line which still runs the…

O'Connell Marina, Erie Basin

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The O'Connell organization is one of the largest property owners in Red Hook and owns inland and waterfront property. They have a small marina for…

Port Authority of NY & NJ

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The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is a very large bi-state agency that runs airports, bus terminals, bridges, the World Trade Center,…

Red Hook Container Terminal

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The Red Hook Container Terminal is run by the company Red Hook Terminals for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Port Authority…

Reinauer Transportation Companies

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Another example of a family-owned marine company of long standing is Reinauer (formally known as Reinauer Transportation Companiess or RTC). Bert…

Vane Brothers

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Vane Line Bunkering (sometimes called Vane Brothers) at the foot of Red Hook’s Court Street in the Gowanus Bay, occupies part of the site of the…

Vane Brothers Additional Berthing at GBX

Vane Brothers has additional berthing at GBX-Gowanus Bay Terminal.  Follow this link to read full item on Vane Brothers.

Vane Brothers Additional Berthing at Pier 8

Vane Brothers has additional berthing at Port Authority Red Hook Marine Terminal Pier 8. Follow this link to read full item on Vane Brothers.

Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor--"An Instrumentality of the States of New York and New Jersey"

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The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor was created in 1953 in response to the pervasive corruption on the waterfront in the Port of New York-New…