On social media and in person at the Red Hook Public Library, join the conversation about Red Hook history. We will be asking questions to Red Hook nostalgia groups on Facebook, asking questions in the library, and sharing between the digital and physical conversations. Come tell your stories, and your family stories, of living, working or playing in and around the waters of Red Hook. Hung out on the Long Pier? Swam at Edison Beach? Worked at Todd's or Busheys? Fishing? Hurricane Sandy? Any neighborhood story that has a water element we want to know. Don't have a story? Come follow along, ask questions, enjoy the anecdotes with the PortSide team working on our digital museum Red Hook WaterStories. Part of the “MARY Month of May” festival in honor of the 80th birthday or our ship MARY A. WHALEN.
Our annual permit for 2025 was ony finalized by our landlord, the NYC EDC, on June 24; so we are running late planning summer programs. Please check back for updates. Also, to help this situation, please go to our webpage PortSideneedsahome and write the elected officials there as instructed. The ship deck is open most days of the week; for any changes, please visit webpage TankerTime. Until we get building space, the interior of the ship has our offices and program space, so we open it to the public only a few times a year. You can schedule a group tour using our webpage Contact.