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PS GENERAL SLOCUM – Disaster and Memory

Feb 01, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,PS GENERAL SLOCUM,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

By The Red Hook WaterStories team Red Hook has many famous ships associated with it. The GENERAL SLOCUM is probably famous for the saddest reasons of them all. The GENERAL SLOCUM ended service as a sinking fireball June 15, 1904, killing over 1,000, most of them women and children. 1,300 were aboard. That made the […]

Red Hook Flats has Hermit on Mystery Ship, 1931

Jan 16, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,hermit,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,Red Hook Flats,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

By The Red Hook WaterStories team The junkboat skipper lowered his voice, though no one could be seen on the Smith’s deck. “There’s some one aboard,” he said. “He never goes ashore. How he lives there all alone is beyond me.” Month after month a three-mastered schooner was seen anchored off-shore in the Red Hook […]

Alf Dyrland, Captain of the MARY A. WHALEN, 1958-1978

Nov 09, 2018 alf dyrland,Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn daily eagle,brooklyn history,columbia waterfront,mary a. whalen,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterstories

Alf Dyrland Collection By The Red Hook WaterStories team Alf Dyrland was Captain of the MARY A. WHALEN from her rechristening in 1958 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 revealed […]

The Mary A. Whalen By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Aug 10, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

The MARY A. WHALEN is an early example of lap welding – the transition between riveting and the butt welding of today. She is also a rare surviving example of a bell boat. The oil tanker MARY A. WHALEN was launched May 21, 1938. The ship is PortSide NewYork’s ambassador to the BLUEspace and site of our offices and many […]

Winter Life on Canal Boats, 1915

Jul 16, 2018 Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn daily eagle,brooklyn history,brooklyn spar company,columbia waterfront,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterstories

By The Red Hook WaterStories team Residents of Erie Basin Celebrate the Holidays in Much the Same Fashion as Folk Ashore. Near Christmas time, 1915, a female reporter and an illustrator for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, visited a few of the many canal boats and barges moored for the winter in Erie Basin “in search […]

Good News for Kensington Stables.

Jun 28, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn events,brooklyn horseback,brooklyn stables,brooklynnews,horseback riding,horses,john quadrozzi jr,kensington,kensington stables,prospect park,unstable stables,windsor terrace

A couple of years ago we learned that Kensington Stables had declared bankruptcy and the building was on the market. Residents of this area near Prospect Park were upset to hear this news. Not only were these stables a historic part of the community but they added charm to this section of Brooklyn. It’s so […]

Cowhey Marine Hardware, c. 1862 – 2006 by The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Jun 15, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,Shaft Alley Saloon,waterfront history

Cowhey Marine Hardware operated in Red Hook for about 150 years. The rump remains of the business was at 440 Van Brunt Street, the northwest corner of Van Brunt and Beard Street, and closed in 2005. Cowhey donated their final inventory to PortSide NewYork who has kept sample selections of their marine hardware and their 1941 […]

Title Fight: Louis Heineman vs. William Beard

May 11, 2018 Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn daily eagle,brooklyn history,brooklyn spar company,columbia waterfront,louis heineman,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,title fight,waterstories,William Beard

By The Red Hook WaterStories team “No man ever, perhaps, got so much the best of old Beard as did Louis Heineman, the housemover of the Twelfth ward.” (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 19, 1891) When Louis Heineman died in 1904, he was reportedly 104 years old, and likely the oldest man in Red Hook […]

Spring Family Scavenger Hunt in the Cemetery.

May 01, 2018 brooklyn,family events,greenwood cemetery,greenwood heights,park slope,park slope parents,scavenger hunt,sunset park,windsor terrace

Folks visiting from out-of-town are always surprised to hear that Greenwood Cemetery puts on events. From film screenings to evening parties to family activities, this space is more than a cemetery. It is a place to learn about Brooklyn history and also just a beautiful site that neighboring residents think of as a park at […]

“Tug Talk: Mariners’ Names for Red Hook” by The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Mar 20, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn mariners,brooklyn organizations,mariners,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook mariners,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

Tug captains use landmarks (points on land visible from the water) to tell other mariners and the Coast Guard VTS (Vessel Traffic Service – the harbor equivalent of air traffic controllers) where they are. This is not always as straightforward as it sounds, but it is proof that maritime history lives on. A typical radio […]

PS GENERAL SLOCUM – Disaster and Memory

Feb 01, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,PS GENERAL SLOCUM,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

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Red Hook Flats has Hermit on Mystery Ship, 1931

Jan 16, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,hermit,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,Red Hook Flats,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

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Alf Dyrland, Captain of the MARY A. WHALEN, 1958-1978

Nov 09, 2018 alf dyrland,Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn daily eagle,brooklyn history,columbia waterfront,mary a. whalen,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterstories

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The Mary A. Whalen By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Aug 10, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

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Winter Life on Canal Boats, 1915

Jul 16, 2018 Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn daily eagle,brooklyn history,brooklyn spar company,columbia waterfront,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterstories

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Good News for Kensington Stables.

Jun 28, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn events,brooklyn horseback,brooklyn stables,brooklynnews,horseback riding,horses,john quadrozzi jr,kensington,kensington stables,prospect park,unstable stables,windsor terrace

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Cowhey Marine Hardware, c. 1862 – 2006 by The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Jun 15, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,Shaft Alley Saloon,waterfront history

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Title Fight: Louis Heineman vs. William Beard

May 11, 2018 Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn daily eagle,brooklyn history,brooklyn spar company,columbia waterfront,louis heineman,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,title fight,waterstories,William Beard

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Spring Family Scavenger Hunt in the Cemetery.

May 01, 2018 brooklyn,family events,greenwood cemetery,greenwood heights,park slope,park slope parents,scavenger hunt,sunset park,windsor terrace

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“Tug Talk: Mariners’ Names for Red Hook” by The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Mar 20, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn mariners,brooklyn organizations,mariners,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook mariners,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

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