Alf Dyrland, Captain of the MARY A. WHALEN, 1962-1978
Alf Dyrland was Captain of the MARY A. WHALEN from her rechristening in 1962 until 1978 when he retired. He was her first captain; she was his last boat. Alf loved the MARY deeply. As he lay dying in 1996, what he said out loud...
Brooklyn: President Street - Van Brunt Street
President Street, at the S.W. corner of Van Brunt Street, showing the former Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
Street address: President Street & Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1922. In 1929, this became the Norwegian's Sailor Church.
Clinton Street, at the N.W. corner of First Place, showing the Westminster Presbyterian Church organised on January 31, 1856. It was opened for services in a frame structure on this site in 1856. In 1867 this building was erected. In 1929 it had...
Street address: Clinton Street & 1st Place, Brooklyn, NY
Norwegian Lutheran Church and P.S. 142, Henry Street & Coles Street, ca. 1928
608-642 Henry Street, west side, between Coles and Rapelyea Streets. A view of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and to the right P.S. No. 142. No. 606, partly visible at the extreme right, is north of Rapelyea Street. About 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster...
Street address: Henry Street & Coles Street, Brooklyn, NY
Norwegian Seaman’s Mission
The Norwegian Seaman’s Mission, designed as a safe and wholesome place for sailors between jobs stood at 111-113 Pioneer Street in 1919. Missions provided food, beds and reading rooms.
Three Norwegian Sailors to Sail Around Globe in Lifeboat: 1921
Three Brooklyn sailors of Norwegian descent planned to sail around the world in a modified wooden lifeboat in 1921. Captain Mimer Tonning, Otthar Petterson, and Helge Westerling, members of the Norwegian Masters and Mates Association, planned the...
Bethesda Mission, 1905: shelter for needy Norwegian Sailors
The Bethesda Mission was founded in 1899 by local members of the Lutheran Church of America. Their purpose was to provide a steadying religious influence for young people. In 1905, they built the building at 22 Woodhull Street, Brooklyn. It had room...
Otto's Scandinavian Bar
Originally from Norway, Otto A. Hansen came to the United States as a young man. After serving in WWII, he opened a bar at 117 Columbia Street. The bar was very popular with sailors; Otto would often go down to the docks and give them comical...
Ramberg Iron Works buys property from failed Atlantic Dock Company, 1918
Ramberg Iron Works paid $650,000 to the receivers of the Atlantic Dock Company for eight and three quarter acres fronting the Buttermilk Channel at the foot of Coffey, Dykman, Sullivan and Wolcott Streets in 1918. The site was within the free...
A brief history of the Norwegian community in New York and Brooklyn
A timeline of the Norwegian community in New York and Brooklyn has been wriiten by Lars Nilsen of the Norwegian Immigrants Association and can be found on his website: