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Red Hook Play Center
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Red Hook Play Center, June 26, 1961. The Red Hook Play Center, one of eleven public pools built by the WPA, opened to the public in August, 1936. Today, the Olympic-sized pool is named for benefactor Sol Goldman and is part of the larger Red Hook Recreation Area, which includes athletic fields and fitness facilities. The pool facility was built on a lot created by landfill in 1904 for a freight terminal that was never constructed. In 1939, three years after the Play Center’s opening, the Red Hook Houses development was completed across several adjoining blocks. By the 1980s, the pool’s condition had deteriorated, necessitating a three-year restoration project funded in part by Sol Goldman (Goldman was again called on to contribute funds when a budget shortfall imperiled public pool openings in the summer of 1991).
Red Hook Houses East
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“Red Hook Houses, a low rent government housing center, under construction on the north side of Lorraine Street. The entire block from Creamer to Lorraine Streets is an empty lot. April 19,1939.” (Note the stray dog in the foreground!) The Red Hook Houses were completed in 1939, and are today split into two complexes, East and West. This is the East complex. The “empty lot” is now a parking lot.
Tugboat Strike of 1946
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The world's busiest harbor was left at a standstill when 3,500 tug boat workers launched a strike on the docks of New York City. The halt of sea bound coal and oil left New York without fuel for over two weeks, forcing subways to be left unheated and the closure of schools, stores, and restaurants.
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Red Hook Park
\[Red Hook view.] Red Hook view. Park opposite Red Hook Play Center looking south.
Red Hook Play Center
Brooklyn 15, Play Center, Clinton St & Bay St--Red Hook Rec. Area; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Red Hook Play Center
\[Red Hook Play Center on Bay Street.] Red Hook Play Center on Bay Street between Clinton Street and Henry Street.
Red Hook Play Center
Red Hook tennis courts View of tennis courts at an unknown location in Red Hook with a large, commercial building, possibly a warehouse or factory, in the background.
Red Hook Playground
\[Red Hook playground] Playground located at Cramer Street, Clinton Street, and Court Street, with four parked automobiles in foreground, several pedestrians, and several residential and commercial buildings and large gas tank in background.
81 Lorraine Street
Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street 81-85 Lorraine Street, north side, 100 ft. west of Hicks Street (right, not shown). In the center of the view is seen No. 83 which is partially located in the rear of two homes and contains a front garden which is unusual for this area. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr
183 Lorraine Street
Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Henry Street Lorraine Street, north side, east from Henry to Clinton Streets, showing several old shacks. This area later became part of the Red Hook Houses, the government low rental housing development. On the right is the Sapolin warehouse. June 25, 1931. Views 1,2 F.L. Sperr
73 Lorraine Street
Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Columbia Street 6l to 73 Lorraine Street, north side, between Columbis and Hicks Streets, viewing northeastward across the S. E. corner of Lorraine and Columbia Streets and shwwing several old houses that were later razed to make way for the erection of the Red Hook low cost housing development, sponsored by the New Yorl City Housing Authority. Views 2 and 3 show number 71-73. Views 1,2: June 25, 1931 Vie- 3: 1938 P. L. Sperr
616 Court Street
Brooklyn: Court Street - Bush Street 600-616 Court Street, west side, from and including Bush, to and including Lorraine Streets. The houses concerned are frame. June 1926. Bg98n Brothere.
97-135 Bush Street
Brooklyn: Bush Street - Hicks Street 97-135 Bush Street, north side, from Hicks to Henry Streets. as viewed across 1ots from Lorraine Street. The view shows one of the H.C. Bohack chain of grocery stores at the corner. June 25, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
U.S. Post Office, Red Hook Station
\[U. S. Post Office, Red Hook Station.] U. S. Post Office, Red Hook Station, Brooklyn 31, N.Y. (on Clinton Street).
Court Street and Bryant Street
Brooklyn: Court Street - Bryant Street Court Street, from Bryant Street to Gowanus Canal, showing in the background the Ira S. Bushey and Sons boat building plant. October 8, 1937. P. L. Sperr. Note: Ira S. Bushey was more than a shipyard. They also were a fuel terminal. The fuel tanks are still in use as of 2015. Submitted by Carolina Salguero, PortSide NewYork, www.portsidenewyork.org, portsidenewyork@gmail.com
Bush and Hicks Street
Landmark Small wooden building and portions of several others with tall fence along side and large sign on building and fence, parked automobile, "One way" sign in foreground, and intersecting streets. Caption: "Landmark--Hultgren's Cooperage at Hicks and Bush Sts., Red Hook landmark as it looked before it was town down to make way to the Red Hook Houses.
Bush and Hicks Street
Brooklyn: Bush Street - Hicks Street Bush Street, north side, east from a point west of Hicks Street (seen in the foreground) showing an area soon to be demolished because of the Federal grants making possible the Red Hook slum clearance and the building of low cost housing apartments. Also shown is 805-823 Hicks Street, east side, noth from Bush Street. June 9, 1938. F. L. Sperr
110 West 9th Street
Heap big pow-wow Caption: Heap big pow-wow--Colorfully bedecked in full Injun regalia \[beating tom-toms], the three little Indians cavorting at the seventh annual circus of the Red Hook Community Center were, left to right, Teresa Seire, 8, of 146 w. 9th St.; Janet Kirkland, 6, of 604 Clinton St., and Frances Cimato, 6, of 165 Carroll St."
110 West 9th Street
Red Hook Community Center Children wearing Indian and other costumes in Red Hook Community Center circus parade with several parked and moving vehicles, including three trucks, several pedestrians, and portions of several buildings and houses in background.
110 West 9th Street
Red Hook Community Center Caption: "Children of the Red Hook Community Center, 110 W. 9th St. spent some time carving a plaque which they presented to Supreme Court Justice George J. Beldock, president of Youth United. Justice Beldock accepted the plaque from a group of representative of the center. Left to right--Beldock, Bernard Resnick, Rhoda Weinberg, David L. Clark, \[Charles Dial] and Salvatore Parrinello."
110 West 9th Street
\[Red Hook Community Building] Exterior view of the Red Hook Community Building located at 110 West 9th Street.
147 Centre Street
\[#147 Centre Street, Red Hook.] \#147 Centre Street, Red Hook. North side of street between Clinton and Court Streets. Brooklyn, N.Y.
110 West 9th Street
Red Hook Community Center Closeup: five people dressed as animals and boy dressed as ringmaster at Red Hook Community Center circus with long, brick building, tree, and small boy in background.
Mill and Henry Street
Brooklyn: Mill Street - Henry Street Mill Street, east from Henry to Clinton Streets. This and surrounding areas are to be demolished. The Red Hook Housing Project has taken over the area to erect low rent multiple dwellings thereby slowly removing the slum areas of Greater New York. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr
584 Court Street
\[Southwest corner of Court Street.] Southwest corner of Court Street (left) and Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn Corner at far right.
360 Hamilton Avenue
\[Southwest corner of Court Street.] Southwest corner of Court Street and Hamilton Avenue.
FDNY Engine 279/Ladder 131
Red Hook Houses East
Red Hook Houses East
The photo of Red Hook Houses in 2018 from Tdorante10. Citation: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Red Hook Houses East
The photo of Red Hook Houses back in 1940. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection \[reproduction number, e.g., LC-G612-T-45094]
Red Hook Houses East
481 Columbia Street
Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bush Street 489-481 Columbia Street, east side, north of Bush to Center Streets, showing some homes acquired by the City of New York which will soon be demolished and replaced with Low Cost Housing Apartments. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr
Hamilton Avenue and Mill Street
Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Mill Street Hamilton Avenue (right), at Mill Street, viewing north. View P shows the northeast corner of Hamilton and Swmith Streets, and demolition for the Gowanus Parkway. P. L. Sperr July 26, 1943 NO REPRODUCTIONS Views 1,2 -Ri T Neg Ne ~-97s ie2 VNy No.~-77G
581 Clinton Street
Brooklyn: Clinton Street - Hamilton Avenue Clinton Street, south from Hamilton Avenue and West 9th Street, showing where the Red Hook Houses--a New York City Housing Authority project--will be erected on the west side of the street (right). June 9, 1938 P. L. Sperr (2) The east side of Clinton Street, viewing south from Hamilton Avenue, showing the changes that have taken place. The building in modernistic design, beyond the taxpayer, is the Clinton Theatre. September 7, 1940 P. L. Sperr
722 Henry Street
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Henry Street W. 9th Street, south side, west from Henry Street. June 9, 1938. P.L. Sperr
659 Smith Street
Ahoy there, skipper! Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1298), some of which may also be described in this new record; Dispatcher with megaphone looking out window to passing tugboat and moored ships on Gowanus Canal. Caption: "Ahoy there, skipper! -- Still the central point for tugboat operations along the Gowanus Canal after 75 years is the office of the Gowanus Towing Company, overlooking the South Brooklyn waterway at the foot of Smith St. A barge pickup is to be made upstream, and the dispatcher Bill Van Pelt megaphones the order to Capt. Pierce Farley of the Taurus."
659 Smith Street
Ahoy there, skipper! Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1298), some of which may also be described in this new record; Dispatcher with megaphone looking out window to passing tugboat and moored ships on Gowanus Canal. Caption: "Ahoy there, skipper! -- Still the central point for tugboat operations along the Gowanus Canal after 75 years is the office of the Gowanus Towing Company, overlooking the South Brooklyn waterway at the foot of Smith St. A barge pickup is to be made upstream, and the dispatcher Bill Van Pelt megaphones the order to Capt. Pierce Farley of the Taurus."
West 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Hamilton Avenue West 9th Street, east from and across Hamilton Avenue. The Red Hook government houses are being built behind the fence on the right. View 1: April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr 2,3-Buildings on the east side of Hamilton Avenue were torn down to make way for the widening of the avenue and the construction of Gowanus Parkway, a link in the Belt Parkway system. Views 2,3: October 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr
West 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Hamilton Avenue (1) West 9th Street, west from Hamilton Avenue. The houses on the south side of the street (left) were demolished later in the year to make way for the Red Hook housing project sponsored by the New York City Housing Authority. June 9, 1938 P. L. Sperr (2) The same, at a later date, showing the housiug center under construction. April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr
West 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Hamilton Avenue (1) West 9th Street, west from Hamilton Avenue. The houses on the south side of the street (left) were demolished later in the year to make way for the Red Hook housing project sponsored by the New York City Housing Authority. June 9, 1938 P. L. Sperr (2) The same, at a later date, showing the housiug center under construction. April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr
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