The 2012 coastal storm surge of Hurricane Sandy flooded over 75 percent of the Red Hook area. The result was huge economic losses and 10,000 people affected.  The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) with the New York...

Red Hook community members created an emergency plan to cover the 72 HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER an emergency called Ready Red Hook .   This plan - for all emergencies, not just floods - was created in the aftermath of the Sandy Hurricane, in an...

Many tugboats waited out the rough seas of a 1906 winter storm in the protected waters of the Atlantic Basin. They were: ANNIE R. WOOD Carroll Brothers’ CARROLL BOYS and STERLING CASTOR EDWARD ANNAN F. A. Egerton’s tugs DEFIANCE and HIAWATHA...