If you walk south from Hamilton Avenue on Van Brunt Street, you’ll start off in either M1-1 (on the left) or M2-1 (on the right). Before you get to the MX-5 by Dry Dock and Fairway, you’ll pass through a section of R5. That’s where you’ll find land-use expert Alexandros Washburn, who has set up open office hours in […]
Month: December 2016
Mike Drop: Carson & Capra, by Mike Racioppo
I’m a devout agnostic, and as we brace for the Trump era my inner atheist has been gaining confidence. However, I admit I’ve got a soft spot for Christmas. Maybe it’s the idea of Christmas, or having been fortunate enough to receive some great presents over the years (Nintendo64 comes to mind). Or, when it all boils down, it […]
NYCHA must think its tenants are stoned junkies, by George Fiala
UPDATE: In a second meeting this week, Brian Honan, NYCHA’s Director of Government Relations, addressed a crowd of angry residents with less babble and more hard facts. The meeting took place in the crowded lobby of 831 Hicks Street, one of the buildings involved in the gas outage. He clarified the situation, explaining that the gas is off until […]
A Red Hook Christmas, by Emily Kluver and Noah Phillips
Mary Dudine Kyle, a co-owner of Dry Dock on Van Brunt Street, knows that the holiday lights in Red Hook are special. “When you’re driving back from someplace else that’s really stupid, and you’re sitting at a cocktail party talking to people that you just have to, and all of a sudden, you come to the top of Van Brunt […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Does Thor Equities plan to resell 280 Richards Street? by Noah Phillips
There’s reason to be skeptical of Thor Equities’ Red Hoek Point plan. Many people in the community have raised questions about the project itself – if space might be made for local nonprofits, if the construction would jeopardize our neighborhood’s historic cobblestones, if the tenants would change the character of Red Hook, if the development will economically benefit the community […]
Important Community Board 6 Meeting regarding Red Hook’s future – public encouraged to show up tomorrow
Landmarks Land Use Committee Meeting December 22, 2016 MEETING AGENDA: PUBLIC HEARING on 280 Richards Street (BSA Cal. No. 2016-4299-BZ). OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Discussion and formulation of a recommendation on an application submitted to the Board of Standards and Appeals on behalf of Thor 280 Richards Street, LLC for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Zoning Resolution Section 73-44 […]
BRENDAN J. DUGAN ’68, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER OF ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 69
It is with great sorrow that St. Francis College announces the passing of President Brendan J. Dugan, a graduate of the College class of 1968 on December 18, 2016. He was 69. President Dugan worked in commercial banking for 40 years before becoming President of St. Francis College on July 1, 2008. Before that, he was Chairman of the College’s […]
Serve to Get Communities of Color over the Trump Hump, by Khary Bekka
If you woke up on the morning of November 9, 2016 finding yourself as apprehensive about Donald Trump being elected the country’s 45th President as I did, that may not be such a bad thing. The brash and often outspoken Trump is set to be one of the most erratic and un predictable Presidents that the country has ever elected […]
Floor damage puts Senior Center Work in Limbo, by Nathan Weiser
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the original Red Hook Senior Center. Today, the seniors of Red Hook are still waiting to move back into a center of their own. While they wait, they are using a room in the basement of the nearby Miccio Center. “When you are doing construction, and it is something that has been impacted by Hurricane […]
Church Fresco Receives a Facelift, By Emily Kluver
In a large Catholic church located on Verona Street, on the corner of Coffey Park, a massive fresco of the crucifixion overlooks the altar with commanding presence. The 1898 fresco, a painting method done with watercolors on wet plaster, acts as a eye-catching focal point in the large gothic revival-style church. Last year, if you would have entered Visitation of […]