The Spanish Freighter NAVEMAR left from Seville. Spain, with 1,120 passengers, in 1941. Most were Jewish refugees fleeing genocide in German-occupied countries. The conditions on the NAVEMAR, a ship designed with only 28 accommodations, were...

At 480 Van Brunt Street at Beard Street stands a block long red brick warehouse that was home from 2006 to 2020 to a Fairway Market on its ground floor and residential and commercial tenants on the upper floors. The modification of the building won...

IKEA IKEA offers Swedish-designed furniture and houseware, designs for kitchens and bathrooms and a food court.  This IKEA also has an ATM on the second floor. The Brooklyn store of this international retailer has some unusual and spectacular...

Street Flooding Report Street flooding to NYC by calling 311 or by going to their 311 website .  There is a detailed questionaire to report flooding on the the website, that allows you to submit images and other attachments.  Sewer Backups...

On June 6th, 1896 George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen departed from New York's Battery in an 18 foot rowboat destination Europe. Their vessel The FOX, was an 18 foot surf boat was built on the New Jersey Shore, only powered by oars. It took the two men...

Ira S. Bushey & Sons'  was a shipbuilder and oil company based in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Remarkably, the company combined three different endeavors: a shipyard, a fuel terminal, and a fleet of vessels that moved fuel. Busheys built around 200...

Displaced Motoco is a by-membership, s elf-service private motorcycle garage . They offer a place to keep and care for motorcycles. According to their website Premium membership comes with: 24/7 Off Street Assigned Parking Spot 24/7 Access to Hand...

The Arthur Engineering Works was located at 21 Delavan Street. In the 1920s Arthur together with Howard B. Tickle, ran an engineering shop building and repairing ships. Texts from an ad in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle , 1946: “The Tickle Engineering...

Red Hook Lobster Pound is a growing lobster empire that began here in Red Hook and now includes food trucks in NYC and DC, a shop in Montauk and two other locations in NYC. The Red Hook location has a store that sells live lobsters, a take-out...