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-'''East Hook''' is [[Broker]]'s most industrial Neighbourhood and acts as a dock. The area is run down and consists mainly of warehouses and lock-ups. '''East Hook''' bears many aesthetic similarities with the neighboring [[BOABO]] District. Western East Hook and parts of [[BOABO]] are situated at sea level and are separated from the nearby higher altitude districts by a large, high brick wall. Whilst this does make the area feel secluded from the rest of [[Broker]], its Sea level altitude allows docking activity, and ensures that the industrial location and its nearby residential counterparts are separated. '''East Hook''' is based on Redhook in Brooklyn, NYC, which is also a docking district.
+'''East Hook''' is [[Broker]]'s a primarily industrial neighborhood and serves as the docking area in western [[Broker]], [[Liberty City]].  The neighborhood is bordered to the northeast by Mohanet Avenue ([[Rotterdam Hill]]; to the north by Chicory Street ([[BOABO]]; to the west by the [[Humboldt River]]; to the south by Cisco Street and to the southeast by Delaware Avenue ([[Hove Beach]]); and to the east by Oneida Avenue ([[Outlook]]).
-'''East Hook''' borders with [[BOABO]] to the North, [[Rotterdam Hill]] to the North East, [[Outlook]] to the East and [[Hove Beach]] to the South.
+==Character==
+The neighborhoods and areas of western [[Broker]] (i.e. BOABO, East Hook, and Hove Beach west from Iroquois Avenue) lie, at sea level, along the eastern bank of the [[Humboldt River]] - which happens to be at the foot of a rise in the topography of the land east of the riverbank.  For this reason, these areas are physically separated from the rest of the borough.  As such, western Broker neighborhoods have developed similar  aesthetic values and characteristics with each other that are, at the same time, completely distinct from other neighborhoods in Broker.  Each area primarily consists of warehouses, docking facilities, and other such industrial structures.
+East Hook appears to be undergoing [[wp:gentrification|gentrification]], with a few of its larger properties being converted for residential and commercial use.  However, the effect of gentrification in the neighborhood is minor compared to BOABO, its neighbor to the north, which has seen a much greater deal of its industrial properties turned into lofts and other living spaces.
+==Influence==
+East Hook is based on Brooklyn's East River waterfront [[wp:Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]] neighborhood.
 ==Transport==
-East Hook is not located nearby any LTA Subway station, however the closest one is on the opposite (southern) side of the [[Hove Beach]] neighboring district. The station situated there is [[Hove Beach LTA]] and is served by the [[3/8 Broker Line]] trains.
+The [[Liberty City Subway]] does not serve East Hook.  The closest subway stations are [[Hove Beach LTA|Hove Beach]] in the eponymous neighborhood and [[Schottler LTA|Schottler]] in [[South Slopes]]; however, these stations are quite a distance away from the neighborhood.  Furthermore, the physical location of the area (relative to the rest of Broker) also makes transportation access much more difficult: with the steep bluff almost completely cutting off the neighborhood from the rest of Broker, save for two short streets that run into Hove Beach (Oakley and Cisco Streets), it's a very arduous journey to either station.
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