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Hook Row 2001 East River C.R.E.W.'s Hook to Hook row got its name from its departure point, Red Hook, Brooklyn, and destination, Horn's Hook, East 90th Street, Manhattan, which from early times had been a promontory out into the East River. Our landing spot from 2001-present, East 96th Street, was a cove in the 19th century, extending inward to what is now First Avenue. The present city blocks east of First Avenue, up and down from 96th Street, were filled in and built up later. |
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Our davit site in 2001 |
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The First Hook Row 1999 Tide and current conditions permitted. The October 16 weather was perfect. We'd not done it before, tho others had. It took huge organizing to convince & confirm crews of 5-7 for each of the two boats, also accommodating people willing to row one way of what might have been a very long 21 mile round-trip. Record time for the one way journey: an amazing one hour and 40 minutes! |
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The destination was East 90th Street, Horns Hook, where our original site for a community boathouse, the old fireboat house, was located. When the boathouse burned down a year later, the East River lost yet another piece of its working waterfront heritage. The fireboat pier is pictured to the left.
Photos by MN Hawk |
