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Brooklyn Eagle “Quirky Stuff” Article with Victoria Alexander

Mar 19, 2019 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

The Brooklyn Eagle posted an article entitled “Quirky Stuff: The German Soldier in the Red Hook Basement” yesterday and it features RC’s Victoria Alexander talking about a drawing of a German soldier scratched into the cement floor of her listing at 204 Van Dyke street. As some of you may already know, Victoria has a masters […]

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PS GENERAL SLOCUM – Disaster and Memory

Feb 01, 2019 ,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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Red Hook Flats has Hermit on Mystery Ship, 1931

Jan 16, 2019 ,,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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

Nov 09, 2018 ,,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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The Mary A. Whalen By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Aug 10, 2018 ,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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Winter Life on Canal Boats, 1915

Jul 16, 2018 ,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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Good News for Kensington Stables.

Jun 28, 2018 ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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

Jun 15, 2018 ,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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Title Fight: Louis Heineman vs. William Beard

May 11, 2018 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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 […]

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Spring Family Scavenger Hunt in the Cemetery

May 01, 2018 ,,,,,,,,

Folks visiting from out-of-town are always surprised to hear that Green-wood 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 […]

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