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Red Hook Lane recalled in Brooklyn Eagle debate
In a Brooklyn Eagle Old Timer column, readers debate Red Hook Lane's existence and location near Fulton Street, Court Square, and Smith Street. Citizens recall Minden Brothers Café and Imperial Hotel on Red Hook Lane, with notes on the lane's later demapping and Pearl Street continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Hook Lane
Red Hook Point
Brooklyn
Old Eagle
Minden Brothers
Fulton Street
Smith Street
City Hall
Red Hook
Petersburg
Florida
Borough Hall
Gildersleeve’s
James F. Miller
Flatbush Ave
Minden
Kent Avenue
Broadway
Williamsburg
Ocean Parkway
Myrtle Avenue
Florence Waite Fegan
Underhill Avenue
Fahje
Imperial Hotel
Colonial
Colony Room
Lower Broadway
Minden Bros
Foley’s Café
Willoughby Street
Bert Bartlett
Bellerose
N.Y
E. Gamble
Greene Avenue
Pearl Street
Old City Hall
City Planning Commission
Boerum Place
Bergen Street
Hamilton Avenue
Red Hook Avenue
Court
Smith Sts
Broadway Ferries
The
Imperial
Otto Huber
Manhattanville