By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Epidemics, New York in the mid-1800s knew them too well. Cholera was one of the city's biggest killers. The ports of New York Harbor were the economic engines of the region, but the all important shipping was also how outbreaks spread across the...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In the summer of 1929, Olaf the cat, mascot of the brand new South American freight and passenger ship, SUD AMERICANA, was swept overboard during a storm. Captain Bjor Boettger and his Norwegian crew immediately went into action. ...
Street address: Pier 44 foot Conover
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
"Flambeau is owned by Mr. FORBES, of Boston, and is intended for the China Seas. The dimensions of the hull, which was built by LAWRENCE & FOULKS, are one hundred and sixty-five feet keel; one hundred and eighty feet on deck; breadth,...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Wandering cows? Jostled milk? How did Buttermilk Channel, the water between Red Hook and Governor's Island, get its name? Contemporary explanations usually fall into two camps. We found an older one. 1) Dairy farmers shipped their milk to...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In 2001 Forgotten-NY.com commenting on the changing neighborhoods on Brooklyn said: "Much of downtown Brooklyn, which for my purposes includes Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Vinegar Hill, Red Hook and part of Fort Greene, no longer exists. It...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
William Street was renamed Pioneer Street on April 20, 1903
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Smith Street, at the corner of Lorraine, has the honorary name "FF Ronnie L Henderson Way." Ronnie Lee Henderson was a veteran firefighter assigned to Engine 279. He was killed in the line of duty in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Richards Street was named after Col. Daniel Richards . Richards was a visionary developer who set Red Hook on the path to becoming one of the world's major commercial ports. He moved to Brooklyn from upstate New York after seeing the powerful...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Van Dyke Street is almost certainly named for the Van Dyke family, 18th century residents of Red Hook. Mathias and Nicholas Van Dyke at one time owned most of Red Hook. After the death of Mathias in 1834 his land was sold to the Red Hook Building...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Wolcott Street was most likely named after Oliver Wolcott. a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a general in the Revolutionary War.
