Paul Frangipane is a photojournalist based in Brooklyn. He describes his approach as "through an intimate documentary lens, striving to capture the beauty in natural moments and providing creative perspectives on common events." Paul...

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...

A Cruise in the Erie Basin , an article by Don C. Seitz, and published in Frank Leslie's magazines  in 1892, relates the story of Red Hook's Erie Basin. It grew from a scene with “hardly a building to be seen south of Atlantic Street, and not...

In 1908, the New York Supreme Court ruled in a dispute between the India Wharf Brewing Company and the New York Dock Company. The case provides some insight into the business of dock companies. The basic facts of the case were: The India Wharf...

A government sanctioned warehouse exclusively for fruit brandies was established at the Atlantic Dock January 1897.  The warehouse, located at Imlay and Commerce streets was said to have a capacity of  10,000 barrels.  Storage...

Horns and whistles have long been a key means of communication between vessels. Important messages such as "I am passing on the starboard" can be sent with a single whistle blow and avoid collisions. A code of whistle blows were also used by one Red...

By the end of the 19th century, New York Harbor continued to retain its status as the busiest port in the US, and had become one of the busiest in the whole world. The port was lined with shippers and boats, manufacturers who vied to be close to...