Glimpses of Gowanus 2

I’m surprised I’ve not heard this be called DUBQEG, “down under Brooklyn-Queens Expressway of Gowanus” a la DUMBO.

I was here last week waiting for … and when the twin bascules of the Hamilton Street Bridge, I thought it was someone else, but

I was equally pleased to see Sarah Ann–previously June K–arrive to exchange scrap scows,

exchanging the light 141 for the loaded 136.

 

Two things that really impressed me were (1. the intensity of multi-modal traffic at this location and

(2. the gentleness with which the Sarah Ann crew negotiated her 2700 hp in such confined space.

And yes that is a Coney Island bound F train approaching the Smith-Ninth Street Station, the highest subway stop in the system, one from which you can see the Statue.

Scrapping needs to happen somewhere in the city,

and it continues to be one aspect of marine commerce in Gowanus.

Bravo to the Sarah Ann crew for their impressive work.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.