Brooklyn Back in the Day: Red Hook

Keylime Steve (of Keylime Pie fame), who posts excellent photos on flickr, has uploaded some cool vinage shots of Red Hook, so we figured we'd borrow one of them and run it as a Brooklyn Back in the Day feature photo. He writes of this pic, which shows the building that is now the Fairway prominently in the background:

At center, sailing ships at the New York Warehouse Co.'s Stores, currently known as the Red Hook Stores (aka The Fairway Building) and to the right, the Beard Street piers. IMHO, both of these historic building (and a few others) are still standing and not slated for demolition due primarily to the fact they they are owned by Greg O'Connell and Pier-41 Associates. The working waterfront still exists, albeit small and getting smaller.

Mr. O'Connell's buildings are some of the most beautiful historic waterfront structures in New York City.