By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The tanker MARY A. Whalen, flagship of PortSide NewYork was built for Ira S. Bushey & Sons. Ira S. Bushey started his work life driving mules on the Erie Canal in the latter half of the 19th Century. After trying various jobs, he returned...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
It is uncertain now who Ferris Street is named for. It is possibly for Gilbert H. Ferris who owned a ship yard at the corner of Van Brunt and Beard Streets - not far from Ferris Street - in the 1860s. Whether he, or his family, was active in the...