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The Hicks family were one of early colonial settlers in Brooklyn. Brothers Jacob and John Hicks were in the lumber and milk businesses, respectively. Hick Street was named sometime before 1819. Hicks Street between West 9th Street and Mill Street...
A giant timber raft, 595 feet long and 55 feet wide, containing 22,000 ‘sticks’ (logs) was floated from the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia to the Erie Basin, Brooklyn, in 1888. An experiment in cost savings, it was calculated that if the wood was...
According to the Brooklyn Eagle, King Street is named after a German named King who in 1842 lived in a stone house. He "made his fortune as a ragpicker and scavenger, at the numerous dumping heaps and eventual became a property owner." The...
The Porto Rico Line regularly sailed from the Atlantic Basin's Pier 35 to Puerto Rico. The line transported cargo and tourists to and from the islands. Many Puerto Ricans migrated to New York on the line and established a community in Red Hook. In...
Conover Street was most likely named after John Conover who in 1757 owned a large property bordering on a mill pond, which was roughly defined by today's Court, Summit and Hamilton Streets. An article in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , February 26, 1910...
Infant, Toddler, Preschool, 3K, 4K and School-Age Afterschool/Summer Programs Director Lisa Paul Address : 76 Lorraine St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone : (718) 858-8111 From their website: " Our BumbleBeesRus childcare center in the Red Hook...
Wolcott Street was most likely named after Oliver Wolcott. a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a general in the Revolutionary War.
The 1766 map of Brooklyn by British military officer Bernard Ratzer, shows that Isaac Seabring owned a property and a mill in Red Hook, roughly at the corner of present day Hicks and Huntington Streets.
Red Hook Gospel Tabernacle 72 Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn 11231 (718) 624-3093 Their statement: "To enhance the world globally through the Word of Christ by respecting people with love, compassion, integrity and excellence." They offer a food pantry ....
