Experience Red Hook Histories

Ongoing & Upcoming

Red Hook Audio Mural Tour

Take yourself for a walk in Historic Red Hook

Can you see what's special in Red Hook? Red Hook's historic fabric doesn't look like brownstone Brooklyn. Often, visitors "feel" it without being able to name it.

The list below includes places, boats, and buildings identified by preservation pros. Have a look and then take yourself on a tour - and impress your friends!

Past

A historic evening at Valentino Pier
Saturday, August 22 6-8 PM

About this event

We put Red Hook on the historical map, hearing about Red Hook's role in the Battle of Brooklyn, plus other overlooked histories that can still be seen and felt.

A panel moderated by Greg Young (The Bowery Boys), co-presented by Red Hook Business Alliance & Friends of Fort Defiance.

Fort Defiance 250

RHBA selected to participate in the Historic Districts Council’s Six To Celebrate program

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Red Hook History Projects

Multiple Red Hook projects and organizations help preserve our neighborhood’s unique and varied histories.

These are some of them.

Eymund Diegel

Fort Defiance / History

Red Hook Water Stories by Portside NY

Red Hook Griot Storytelling Project

Red Hook Waterfront Blog

Red Hook Works by E.R. Butler & Co.

Ants Among Buffalo by RHI

Red Hook Story House

Contribute to the Community Historical Asset Survey!

Is there a piece of Red Hook history that you’d like to be preserved? Please share it with us using the this form.