By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Halleck was officially plotted and named by the City of Brooklyn in 1835. Halleck Street was possibly named after Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790 - 1867), an American poet very popular in his day. Beginning in 1832, he became...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
This is an intro to the people story of Red Hook, to the parade of ethnic groups that lived and/or worked here roughly in the order of their arrival. Native American Lenape people enjoy Red Hook as a summer place from the 16th century. Dutch...
