Ramberg Iron Works paid $650,000 to the receivers of the Atlantic Dock Company for eight and three quarter acres fronting the Buttermilk Channel at the foot of Coffey, Dykman, Sullivan and Wolcott Streets in 1918. The site was within the free...

A 1921 report of New York City’s Chief Engineer considered the feasibility - structurally, financially, and politically - of constructing a Red Hook shoal island to serve as a protective breakwater.  It was suggested that such an island would...

Zoltán Glück was a graduate student when Sandy hit, and he worked with Occupy Sandy doing recovery work in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Occupy Sandy, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, was a major and innovative force for Sandy recovery in New...

Sample No. 2, Marked from 017 Erie Basin. Found: Numerous small worms resembling round worms, 0r Nematodes. Numerous diatoms, Oogonia, Conferva filaments, bits of wood, considerable plant epidermis. Ulothrix, Botryococcus braunii, Schizomeris...

In the late 1950s the Atlantic Basin was altered to make it more suited for cargo trucks.  To do this roughly the back half of the basin was filled in and a new long metal warehouse shed, with raised loading docks, was built.  This is what...

In the Spring and Summer of 2019 most of the historic Lidgerwood building was torn down to make way a UPS e-commerce warehouse.  Community action was not able to save the complete facade but as of a July 9, 2019 meeting,  UPS has proposed...

A History of Red Hook Norman Brouwer, noted maritime historian - the man who basically wrote  THE guides to historic ships  and some of our national preservation standards for them - graciously wrote this maritime history of Red Hook for...

" Open Invite is a home goods and gift shop. They carry a mix of independent brands and hand-picked vintage  secondhand pieces styled for the modern home. Address 317 Van Brunt Street Brooklyn, New York HOURS Thursday - Sunday, 12-6PM...