The Buttermilk Channel lies between Red Hook and Governors Island in New York's Upper Bay. Before being dredged in the 19th century, this watercourse was shallow and swift-flowing, and the water would foam up like buttermilk as the tides came and went. Now, the channel is deep and peaceful, but the name has been taken by a restaurant in Carroll Gardens, which used to be considered part of Red Hook before real estate moguls in the 1960s decided to rename it after an Irish signer of the Declaration of... More >>>