I recall when a very young lad around 5 years of age living at 113 Bush Street in 1934-35. It was truly a slum tenement type building, cold water, and toilets in the hallway. Heat was made by the occupants using wood fires in a cast iron kitchen stove. The people on Bush Street were tough as nails, worked at […]
Month: February 2015
John Burkard on his son, originally published February 2012
Dear Readers, this is an important message to all parents who may have children who suffer from some form of addiction. The message conveyed here is a strong one, and it comes from my heart as a saddened father. I urge every one of you fathers and mothers to never give up on your child. Because my son Richard passed […]
Stronger Together brings local non-profits money for job training, by George Fiala
A new program called Stronger Together is helping a few non-profits to continue offering free employment services to residents of public housing. RHI and other organizations premiered the program recently in Gowanus at the offices of the Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC), an organization that developed affordable housing in Park Slope and neighboring communities starting in the late 1970’s. Stronger Together, […]
Funny Valentine’s Day Quotes, compiled by Kimberly Gail Price
“A bride at her second wedding does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.” ~ Helen Rowland “Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.” ~ Groucho Marx “Get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted a whole day.” ~Mickey Rooney “I love […]
Love Notes from our readers – compiled by Kimberly Gail Price
Happy Valentine’s Day we have departed, Happy Valentine’s Day for me I am not resentful or cold hearted. You are so special; He doesn’t know that about you. He probably doubts you. I love your smile your silhouettes You’re so kind of a soul We were like children again About seventeen years old, We met many years ago. To reunite […]
Valentine Day Weekend outings
Indulge on a wine tasting and complete tour at the Red Hook Winery, where the process begins with crushing grapes. Open Valentine’s Day 12-5 pm. RedHookWinery.com 175 Van Dyke Street With the sweet combination of chocolate and cacao rum, love bugs can’t go wrong with tastings and tours at Cacao Prieto/Widow Jane. Tours are at 12, 2, and 4 […]
Columbia Waterfront District Merchant Association decides on monthly meetings, by George Fiala
Until the 1970’s, Columbia Street north of Hamilton Avenue was a thriving shopping district. Old-timers remember John’s Bargain Store, the Happy Hour Movie House, Pamasano’s and Sokols Furniture. As the neighborhood deteriorated for a variety of well documented reasons, some stores moved over to Court Street, while others shut. The past 15 years has seen a slow revitalization. While service […]
City Planning studies Red Hook streets, by George Fiala
Most everyone knows it’s a little tough to get to Red Hook. People who live here know that without a car and can take a while to get to work. At the same time, it is also true that Red Hook’s isolation has been a factor in its evolution into an eccentric enclave, distinct from the surrounding neighborhoods. Things are […]
The Crazy World of Politics, by George Fiala
Menchaca loses leadership spot Our cover story and editorial last issue was about the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, and how Carlos Menchaca stood in the way of the Economic Development Corporation’s “fully cooked” (as he described it) scheme for it. Menchaca used the power of his office to slow the process down in order for the Sunset Park community to […]
Opinion: Politics off to the races already, by Mark Shames
This was to be a very quiet new political season, but the new political year is off to the races with a bang. Revelations about the activities of Assembly Speaker Silver first uncovered by the Moreland Commission and pursued by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York led to a criminal indictment and his subsequent withdrawal from […]