Four Red Hook residents died from poisoned whisky and three were arrested for selling bad liquor. Michael Keenan, 41, a truckman living at 135 Dykeman Street, became blind and is at the Long Island College Hospital. Last night the police arrested...

129 Dwight Street Food : Deli & Grocery Convenience store. Has an ATM 129 Dwight Street Phone: 718-852-7568

Stop 1 Supermarket  is a corner convenience store and deli. Address 368 Van Brunt Street Phone (718) 875-8848

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 acquired the port in the 1950s, a time when goods were shipped not in standardized truck-size boxes but as...

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...

This is an advertisement for Todd Ship Yard in the 1920 Port of New York Annual report, a few years before the establishment of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In 1920, Todd had facilities on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; one of...

The Ybarra Line began shipping olives, olive oil and other products from Spain to the United States at the beginning of the World War One.  They became the  preferred line for the shipping of olives by establishing a facility in Erie Basin “for...