One of these, Conner Eugene Gaudet, writing for the Red Hook Star Review provides one of the most interesting of period maps. He superimposed an 1874 map of Red Hook on top of a present day map. It ...

This is the story of how a hill in a swamp gave Red Hook its name, and how a fort on that hill — Fort Defiance — kept the British from capturing George Washington and winning the Revolutionary War.

For so long Red Hook was one of Brooklyn’s most stigmatized neighborhoods, dominated by crime and extreme violence. In the early twentieth century, for instance, Red Hook’s docks were ...

Red Hook: Brooklyn Mafia Ground Zero - Book Talk Past Member Event - Join authors Frank DiMatteo and Michael Benson for a trip to the underbelly of Red Hook history! Nicole Saraniero Nov 4, 2024 ...

If you look northeast at anywhere in Red Hook, you will see the canal on its way to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. Today, Red Hook Lane is cut into pieces that can be ...

NEW YORK — People in Red Hook, Brooklyn are renewing a push to bring express bus service to their community. They've been advocating for the service for 30 years and want to take advantage of a ...

BNW Rep and Beckman have a long history with Arthur Miller, arguably Brooklyn's greatest 20th century playwright. ... Beckman says “The ‘hook’ of the title is Red Hook, Brooklyn.