This map looks at alternative siting scenarios for rainwater holding tanks outside of the Gowanus Marsh flood zone as an alternative to the 2013 Superfund Plan Gowanus sewer tank proposal. The map contains community group research (Gowanus Canal...
"The Red Hook WPCP [Water Pollution Control Plant] began operating in 1987 with a step-aeration design capacity of 60 million gallons per day (MGD), and has been providing full secondary treatment since 1989. Treatment processes include primary...
You can see Red Hook and Gowanus shoreline changes in this illustration of two maps overlaid, the 1766 Ratzer map and one by Eymund Deigel using a 2004 NYC map. Bernard Ratzer was a military surveyor who mapped the Gowanus marshes...
2013 Sandy Flood saline impacted tree survey by Eymund Diegel for the NYC Parks Department Text on map: "Gowanus / Red Hook Flood Impacts: Post Sandy Flood Tree Leaf Out Percentages. Trees impacted by salt water ponding and salt water...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
1844 Coastal Survey. Red Hook's watery past has a bearing on how this place floods in current times. This map shows the topography at the end of Red Hook's tide mill pond era, meaning that much of what is today called Red Hook is still water. Note...
Sandy essentially flooded anyone who built on the former tidal marshes. _ Map Explanation by mapmaker Eymund Diegel: Red lines are the upland Sandy flood lines (minus part the Fort Defiance Island area which is missing dry non flood area during...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Closed due to NYC budget cuts Joseph Miccio Community Center The Joseph Miccio Cornerstone Community Center is a Department of Youth & Community Development funded center housing an after school program and various evening center...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
RHI's Statement: "RHI believes that social change to overcome systemic inequities begins with empowered youth. In partnership with community adults, we nurture young people in Red Hook to be inspired, resilient, and healthy, and to envision...
Street address: 767 Hicks Street
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
An interim Red Hook Library opened on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. It will serve as the neighborhood library while the permanent Red Hook Library is under re-construction. Patrons can visit the branch for library services including materials...
Street address: 7 Wolcott Street
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Red Hook Community Justice Center 88 Visitation Place, Brooklyn 11231 www.courtinnovation.org Their statement: "The Red Hook Community Justice Center is the nation's first multi-jurisdictional community court. Operating out of a refurbished Catholic...
