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Red Hook is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn , New York , USA . Before annexation into Brooklyn, Red Hook was a separate village. It is named for the red clay soil and the point of land projecting into the East River . The village was settled by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam in 1636, and named '''Roode Hoek'''. In Dutch "Hoek" means "point" or "corner" and not the English hook (i.e. NOT something curved or bent). Today, the area is home to about 11,000 people. Red Hook is part of the area known as South Brooklyn . It is actually a Peninsula formed by the Gowanus Canal at the southern edge of Downtown Brooklyn , and is north of the geographic center of the borough. The term ''South Brooklyn'' derives from its location in reference to the original Village of Brooklyn, rather than the much larger borough. Red Hook is connected to Manhattan by the vehicles-only Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel , whose Toll plaza and approaches separate it from Carroll Gardens to the north. Subway service in the area is sparse, with the along Smith Street and curving east, and continuing along Ninth Street. The B61 bus runs from Red Hook through Downtown Brooklyn , Williamsburg, Brooklyn , Greenpiont, Brooklyn and ending at Long Island City , as a 24 hour service. The B77 connects to the trains. Red Hook was the setting for the HP Lovecraft story The Horror At Red Hook , and was also the setting for A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller . Red Hook is also the new site for the world's largest IKEA , expected to bring development, transportation improvements, and some controversy from local residents. Red Hook contains several parks including Red Hook Park . EXTERNAL LINKS
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