By The Red Hook WaterStories team
New York Water Taxi was founded in 2002 in Red Hook and homeported behind the Beard Street Pier. It was bought out by Circle Line which still runs the boats and keep some of them in the same location. has jaunty boats painted to evoke old-fashioned...
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The O'Connell organization is one of the largest property owners in Red Hook and owns inland and waterfront property. They have a small marina for recreational vessels. The marina generally has no vacancies.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is a very large bi-state agency that runs airports, bus terminals, bridges, the World Trade Center, the maritime ports in New York and New Jersey and more. It is one of the largest property owners in...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Container Terminal is run by the company Red Hook Terminals for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Port Authority acquired the port in the 1950s, a time when goods were shipped not in standardized truck-size boxes but as...
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Another example of a family-owned marine company of long standing is Reinauer (formally known as Reinauer Transportation Companiess or RTC). Bert Reinauer established the company in 1923. The company soon faced, and survived, the Great...
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Vane Line Bunkering (sometimes called Vane Brothers) at the foot of Red Hook’s Court Street in the Gowanus Bay, occupies part of the site of the former Ira S. Bushey & Sons facility. The property is owned by Buckeye who also owns and operates...
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Vane Brothers has additional berthing at GBX-Gowanus Bay Terminal. Follow this link to read full item on Vane Brothers .
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Vane Brothers has additional berthing at Port Authority Red Hook Marine Terminal Pier 8. Follow this link to read full item on Vane Brothers .
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The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor was created in 1953 in response to the pervasive corruption on the waterfront in the Port of New York-New Jersey. A joint state agency it was formed after public hearings revealed corruption,...
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