Union workers paint the Mary A. Whalen for free
This oil tanker cultural center is the belle of the Red Hook piers
Painters Ahoy!
Here are photos the Brooklyn Eagle took of unionized workers spiffing up the Mary A. Whalen, free of charge.
The belle of the Red Hook piers is a decommissioned oil tanker, a 1930s-vintage vessel that waterfront advocate Carolina Salguero has transformed into the home of non-profit organization PortSide NewYork.
Workers from the Structural Steel and Bridge Painters of Greater New York, AKA Local 806 of New York State District Council 9, spent Saturday morning on the ship. Its berth is at Pier 11 in Atlantic Basin next to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.