The Brooklyn Bridge is a suspended by four main steel wire cables. It became the first major bridge of its kind when it opened for service in May 1883 and it's unique design remains essentially the same today. The concept of suspending a bridge with...

NOTE: 7/9/2024  Mat Blak announced will be leaving Red Hook: After 9 years in business, unfortunately, Mat Blak New York is leaving the neighborhood. I have grown to love this neighborhood and all of the amazing people that have supported me,...

Super-friendly, small neighborhood pharmacy that is part of the Enexia Specialty chain. Nate's will deliver prescriptions and other things you order over the phone. They do not deliver Covid home tests. Address: 376 Van Brunt Street, next to the bus...

Wet Whistle Wines "Our vision for Wet Whistle Wines is to be your personal cellar of wines and spirits. We stock our shelves with wines that you’ll like to drink and that I would recommend to my family and friends." (From their website). Their...

Literary Reference 1908 detective novel with a setting in Erie Basin “Alice gazed about and presently recognized her surroundings. "Why, this is the Erie Basin!" she murmured. "How in the world did I ever come here?" Now, the Erie Basin has...

“So little opportunity have women had hitherto for demonstrating their capability for business, that it can only be indicated by the success of some particular woman in some unusual and exceptional pursuit; and I know of no better illustration...

Clinton Wharf is on the southwest side of Atlantic Basin. It was probably named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York and father of the Erie Canal. The three piers shown [indicated in yellow] were all covered. Funk-Edye & Co.,...

Shell's Loft Red Hook is a space for private events - such as weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs - and film shoots. They can accommodate up to 150 people seated and 200 people standing. There huge parking lot/outdoor space can be transformed into...