April 21, 2013 This is PortSide NewYork's hurricane Sandy story. Apersonal report by Carolina Salguero, Director of PortSide, speaking as Shipkeeper of the MARY A. WHALEN.This installment covers PortSide's time in port preparing for Sandy, riding…

Carolina Salguero and PortSide NewYork won a White House “Champions of Change award in 2013 for protecting the MARY A. WHALEN from the storm and then offering Sandy recovery services to Red Hook. The Obama administration was smart and used the award…

This map was researched, created and generously shared with the Red Hook community by Red Hook resident Jim McMahon who wanted to help his neighbors recover from Hurricane Sandy and prepare for future floods. Jim donated the map for fundraisers,…

Hurricane Sandy hit Brooklyn around 8pm on October 29, 2012. which caused devastating flooding in Red Hook. The following 32 interviews are part of a project "Sandy: Tell Your Story"recorded by Emergency Management Methodology Partners (EMMP) in…

Hurricane Sandy hit New York with great force and water on Ocober 29, 2012. The following day, João de Souza photographed the aftermath and the first efforts of cleaning up and pumping out in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Below is a curated selection of his…

2013 Sandy Flood saline impacted tree survey by Eymund Diegel for the NYC Parks DepartmentText on map:"Gowanus / Red Hook Flood Impacts: Post Sandy Flood Tree Leaf Out Percentages. Trees impacted by salt water ponding and salt water flooding. June…

Camille Casaretti, president of the community education council 15 (cec15), stopped by to see how the sign and map could be used for educating school groups. She was greeted by Portside executive director Carolina Salguero dressed…

July 7 - We breakfasted with General Putnam, who we found to be rough in his manner and speaking, but cheerful. He offered us his barge and D Morgan accompanied us to Governor’s Island, Red Hook and a Neck that joined Long Island. The works at theses…

Shannon Geisspent months researching the history of Red Hook, reading old newspapers, and, "most importantly,speaking with the people of Red Hook about how they view the community and where they see themselves in it." Her interviews took place…

Another example of a family-owned marine company of long standing is Reinauer (formally known as Reinauer Transportation Companiess or RTC). Bert Reinauer established the company in 1923. The company soon faced, and survived, the Great…

Google Translation: Chinese(中文), Spanish(Español) For our larger collection of resiliency info go here.For Jim McMahon's Red Hook Sandy flood map go here. Please take our short survey about flood prepContact PortSide NewYork…

Post hurricane Sandy, Red Hook continues to be intensely studied by the city, state and federal government as well as by many academics. Jump to aquick overview of multiple government-funded plans and how they interrelate (or don't).

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…