By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Don Horton worked with his family on barges from the age 10-18. During WWII his family were part of the merchant marines, as was the case with many families who lived and worked on barges. In 2015 he came back to Red Hook and talked to PortSide...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the early 1600s until the 1830s, near the current Van Brunt, Van Dyke and Coffey Streets, stood the Van Dyke "ginger mill." Spices were important in early American cooking. Their generous use was a demonstration of wealth and...
Governor's Island (center background) in the Upper New York Bay, as viewed southward on the East River from Brooklyn Bridge. On the right appear piers at the tip of Manhattan. About 1886. J. Koehler.
A panoramic view of Governor's Island, as seen from the south of Brooklyn. Bedloe's Island is also seen in the center background. About 1860.7
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A view north west across Governor's Island to Manhattan, as seen fromBrooklyn. June 6, 1931. Photograph by P. L. Sperr.
Street address: Governors Island, New York, N.Y.
Governors Island: A set of 3 views photographed from atop the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn showing Butter-milk Channel separating the above mentioned Island from the Brooklyn mainland. Generally speaking this is more or less included in the Upper...
(1) N.E. portion of Governor's Island, seen from Hamilton Ave., ferryboat, in Buttermilk Channel. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, view, from a slightly different angle. June 6,...
(1) N.E. portion of Governor's Island, seen from Hamilton Ave., ferryboat, in Buttermilk Channel. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, view, from a slightly different angle. June...
Governors Island: A set of 3 views photographed from atop the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn showing Butter-milk Channel separating the above mentioned Island from the Brooklyn mainland. Generally speaking this is more or less included in the Upper...
Columbia Street, east side, north of Kane Street from No. 105 Columbia St. October 11, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
Street address: Columbia Street & Kane Street, Brooklyn, NY
