By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Sailors have long looked to the sky for clues to the impending weather. In the morning, when the sun was low in the sky, a red sky was understood to mean that a storm was likely. Just don't tell it to the judge. On November 10, 1939, the seagoing...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Goawnus Canal Storm Surge Barrier Study was presented to the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency. The report looks at the feasibility of future studies and actions the City...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Airbnb is a nationwide business that offers rooms, lofts and other residential spaces to visitors who want a neighborhood feel to their stay. Operated by local individuals it is an alternative to hotels and motels. There are many people in Red...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Brooklyn Motor Inn is currently a shelter for migrant families, housing about 115 people. Children living there attend local schools. If you would like to support the migrant families, Red Hook Mutual Aid (RHMA) is quite involved, so contact...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
This intersection commemorates seven firefighters killed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. LL :2011/03 [ NYC Honorary Street Names ] The seven firefighters honored are Joseph Gullickson, Brian Cannizzaro, Salvatore Calabro, Thomas...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From NYC Honorary Street Names: At the intersections of Dwight and Delavan Streets Dwight and Verona Streets Midpoint of Dwight Street between Verona and Walcott Streets Dwight and Wolcott Streets Richards and Wolcott Streets Van Brunt and Wolcott...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
[from NYC Honorary Street Names:] Jose “Tuffy” Sanchez (1933-2005) was a Korean War veteran and a community leader in Red Hook. In the early 1960’s, he became co-owner of the 3&1 Social Club in Brooklyn. He was a pioneer in promoting Latin...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Atlantic Dock etched by Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) in 1888. A three-masted schooner tied up to a pier dominates the left side of the image
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
617 refugees fleeing German-occupied European countries arrived at the foot of Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn in 1941. Crammed aboard the VILLA MADRID, a Spanish liner with accommodation for only 225, they complained about the conditions and...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
1932 map of the piers and port businesses from Baltic Street (now called Cobble Hill) moving south through Atlantic Basin around past the Erie Basin, for the War Department / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The map indicates the businesses that...
