Due to the dogged efforts of Michael Stamatis, President and CEO of the Red Hook Container Terminal, and the lobbying efforts of the International Longshoreman Association, Local 1814, Brooklyn’s working waterfront has been given a dramatic new lease on life. Federal funds will now pay for a new barge service which begins on June 30th. This means that a large container ship can drop their […]
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Are the Red Hook cranes headed to Sunset Park? by George Fiala
In an incredible overreaction, Kyle Kimball, head of the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC), announced that he was abandoning development of Sunset Park’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT), simply because City Councilman Carlos Menchaca didn’t give him what he wanted. SBMT comprises ten blocks along the waterfront in Sunset Park, southwards from 29th Street. It is an intermodal facility, named […]
Red Hook at Work, by Micah B. Rubin
Working Red Hook Jack Pedowitz Machinery Movers With the right equipment, the guys at Jack Pedowitz Machinery movers could probably move mountains. As a moving company specializing in heavy machinery, the Pedowitz teams use a range of tools from crowbars and hydraulic jacks to forklifts and even helicopters to move machinery. At a recent job, a 4-man team navigated one […]