Thanks to Forgotten New York for helping me to identify many of the sights in this gallery, particularly the giant red “R”. (I love the line “anyone who uses the word ‘nabes’ should be locked in a room with rabid opossums”; I hope my qualification allows me an exemption.)
About twenty photos went missing (including of Steve’s, Brooklyn Crab, and Sonny’s), so I might add a few more later if I can recover them.
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- Two ways to get to Red Hook (taken from my bike).
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- Treasure Island Storage, as seen from Red Hook Park.
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- Sign for the South West Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone.
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- Grain Terminal, viewed from a Hess refueling site.
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- Fueling stations.
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- Spectators at the soccer game.
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- Food trucks at the track.
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- Red Hook’s WPA-built pool (1936).
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- Across from the track, a different game with different players.
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- Desolation.
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- Where to go when your car gets towed.
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- View from Gate 5, Erie Basin.
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- Wheelbarrows at Red Hook Community Farms.
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- Flags at IKEA.
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- The view from the end of a basin.
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- The CARVART building. They make laminated glass.
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- Dry Dock Wine + Spirits, a clever name.
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- A peek of the Statue of Liberty from the Van Brunt Street pier.
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- The back of Fairway, with vintage buses below.
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- Brickwork underfoot.
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- One light off, one light on.
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- Weeping willow.
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- The girl from The Shining makes an appearance.
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- Colors are starting to turn.
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- Red Hook Works.
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- Lights at Visitation Rectory.
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- As FNY explains, the “R” is from “E.J. Trum”, a paper-goods manufacturer.
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- The “R” facing forward.
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- I’ve been told this place is the bomb. Closed on Sundays.
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- This was not open, either.
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- The former Monarch Luggage Co., Inc. building now houses lofts.
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- Lots of Jets jerseys underneath this sign.
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- Six Point Brewery.
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- “Main Office NY: 161 Ave Americas”.
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- Faded sign for Fine Fare supermarket.
