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Red Hook Fundraiser/Meet and Greet with Genesis Aquino!

May 23, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn politics,city coucil,community politics,district leader,genesis aquino,portside new york,realty collective,red hook

Realty Collective hosted a meet and greet on Sunday with a woman named Genesis Aquino who is running for district leader in order to be an active voice that truly represents all residents of the 51st AD. She will work to establish transparency in our Brooklyn Democratic Party & to ensure that all residents have […]

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 […]

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 Business Mixer and Holiday Potluck

Dec 13, 2017 mary a. whalen,portside new york,red hook business mixer,red hook events,red hook holiday party,red hook potluck

We are very excited to be hosting this community business mixer/holiday party along with our friends at PortSide New York! We cherish any chance we get to gather with folks from our neighborhood and are so lucky to be a part of the tight-knit community of Red Hook businesses. If you are a Red Hook […]

Brooklyn Spar Company By The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Dec 11, 2017 Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn spar company,columbia waterfront,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterstories

In 1921, the Brooklyn Spar Company advertised in The Marine Journal that it sold wooden masts and posts for derricks and flag poles, which the company made at its waterfront facility at the foot of Columbia Street. In O.R. Pilat’s 1929 article, John J. Murphy, a 40-year veteran of the Brooklyn spar business, said that during World War […]

Tug Talk: Mariners’ Names for Red Hook

Nov 13, 2017 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn maritime history,maritime history,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,water sories,waterstories

By The Red Hook WaterStories team 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 […]

Overspreading on transit seats ca. 1850. Contentions on the Hamilton Avenue Ferry

Oct 26, 2017 brooklyn,brooklyn history,hamilton ave ferry,hamilton ferry,maritime history,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,union ferry company

By The Red Hook WaterStories team All was not peaceful on the new Hamilton Avenue Ferry. People, particularly in the evening, were sprawling out across the benches, and extra deckhands were hired to keep the order. One of the directors suggested adding dividing armrests, but the Chief Engineer feared they would provoke ridicule. Overspreading to […]

NYC Ferry News by Shyda Hoque.

May 31, 2017 brooklyn,new yokr transportation,new york ferry,nyc,nyc ferry,portside new york,red hook,red hook ferry,south brooklyn ferry,transportation

The NYC Ferry launches their South Brooklyn route tomorrow With the price of a subway fare, $2.75, you will be able to ride from Bay Ridge to Wall Street in about 49 mins. There are free transfers to other NYC ferries on other routes but you will not be able to receive a free transfer […]

Red Hook Fundraiser/Meet and Greet with Genesis Aquino!

May 23, 2018 brooklyn,brooklyn politics,city coucil,community politics,district leader,genesis aquino,portside new york,realty collective,red hook

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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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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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Red Hook Business Mixer and Holiday Potluck

Dec 13, 2017 mary a. whalen,portside new york,red hook business mixer,red hook events,red hook holiday party,red hook potluck

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Brooklyn Spar Company By The Red Hook WaterStories Team

Dec 11, 2017 Atlantic schooner,brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn spar company,columbia waterfront,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,waterstories

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Tug Talk: Mariners’ Names for Red Hook

Nov 13, 2017 brooklyn,brooklyn history,brooklyn maritime history,maritime history,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,water sories,waterstories

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Overspreading on transit seats ca. 1850. Contentions on the Hamilton Avenue Ferry

Oct 26, 2017 brooklyn,brooklyn history,hamilton ave ferry,hamilton ferry,maritime history,portside new york,red hook,red hook history,red hook waterstories,union ferry company

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NYC Ferry News by Shyda Hoque.

May 31, 2017 brooklyn,new yokr transportation,new york ferry,nyc,nyc ferry,portside new york,red hook,red hook ferry,south brooklyn ferry,transportation

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