April 29, 2008
Mary Whalen leaves Brooklyn Navy Yard for Red Hook
NewYorkology contributor Vidiot commits journalism by night and explores NYC by day. He's especially interested in the infrastructure, transit, architectural wonders, drinking establishments, and hidden corners of the greatest city in the world. This past weekend he was onboard the Mary Whalen for something of an East River repositioning cruise.
The 70-year-old Mary A. Whalen, a retired oil tanker slated to become a floating museum, was moved Sunday from GMD Shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to its current home in Red Hook, Brooklyn. PortSide New York, the non-profit that owns the 176-foot ship and is converting her into a museum and event space, invited NewYorkology along for the ride.
It was a gray day, but the crowd of guests was in high spirits as the tugboat June K. nosed alongside and hauled the Mary A. Whalen stern-first out of the Navy Yard and into the East River. We passed under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, and into Buttermilk Channel before docking at the American Stevedoring terminal in Red Hook.
Related: The Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is normally closed to the public, will be the subject of a June 1 tour organized by the Center for the Urban Environment. A guided bus tour will be led by Richard Drucker, senior vice president for external affairs of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, followed by a walking tour of Vinegar Hill, home to Irish immigrants and other ethnic groups who worked on the Brooklyn waterfront in the late 19th century.
Picture credits: Vidiot.
Earlier: Brooklyn Navy Yard helps launch 'Graving Dock'
September dates set for opera on a tanker in Brooklyn
Down in Brooklyn's Dry Dock No. 1 with Mary Whalen
April 29, 2008 5:20 PM in Museums, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology
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