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
Red Hook History Projects
Multiple Red Hook projects and organizations help preserve our neighborhood’s unique and varied histories.
These are some of them.
Red Hook Water Stories by Portside NY
Red Hook Griot Storytelling Project
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.