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Red Hook Building Company

Jun 12, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook building company,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

By The Red Hook WaterStories In 1838, a proposal was printed and addressed to the newly formed board of the Red Hook Building Company. It was aimed at getting more support for the publicly owned real estate development concern whose goal was to develop all of Red Hook. It promised that by developing the area, […]

Erie Basin: The Photography of Jenny Young Chandler, 1890-1915

Mar 21, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

By The Red Hook WaterStories team Newly married and recently widowed in 1890, Jennie Chandler Young began working as a photojournalist to support herself and her two-month old son. Using the moniker “Brooklyn Girl,” she worked until 1915 for the New York Herald as a gifted photojournalist and feature writer. She also wrote and illustrated articles for […]

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 […]

Donate to These Local Organizations Today!

Nov 27, 2018 benefits,brooklyn,charity,donations,fundraisers,giving tuesday,new york,organizations,portside,portside new york,red hook,residency unlimited,waterfront museum

On this Giving Tuesday we are thinking of our local Brooklyn organizations, who have been working as partners with us and contributing to our community. We’ve been sponsoring events for PortSideNY for several years now and cherish our relationship. We hope to continue our alliance for years to come. And we’re thrilled about our very recent partnership […]

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 […]

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 […]

Underwater ROV demonstration at PortSide tomorrow!

Apr 19, 2018 afterschool events,afterschool program,brooklyn,brooklyn waterfront,mary h whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,trident underwater rov

We’ve gotten some thrilling information from a friend at PortSide New York about a special event happening tomorrow at their site, 190 Pioneer! This demo will feature an underwater ROV, which stands for remotely operated vehicle. So basically an underwater drone. Very cool! This is a perfect after school experience since it begins at 4pm […]

“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 […]

Shaft Alley Saloon by The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Feb 25, 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

“We have mostly men here – very few women. No unattached women permitted at the bar. That’s a simple way of preventing trouble.” One of the best known watering holes in Red Hook was the Shaft Alley saloon. Fortune magazine, in a 1937 essay about the New York Waterfront, said” You won’t find enlisted men over on […]

Red Hook Building Company

Jun 12, 2019 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn organizations,mary a. whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,red hook building company,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterfront history

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Erie Basin: The Photography of Jenny Young Chandler, 1890-1915

Mar 21, 2019 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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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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Donate to These Local Organizations Today!

Nov 27, 2018 benefits,brooklyn,charity,donations,fundraisers,giving tuesday,new york,organizations,portside,portside new york,red hook,residency unlimited,waterfront museum

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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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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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Underwater ROV demonstration at PortSide tomorrow!

Apr 19, 2018 afterschool events,afterschool program,brooklyn,brooklyn waterfront,mary h whalen,portside,portside new york,red hook,trident underwater rov

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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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Shaft Alley Saloon by The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Feb 25, 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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