Author: Noah@redhookstar.com

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IKEA and Goodwill partner to repurpose furniture, by Kimberly Gail Price

What’s a girl to do with all these extra coffee tables? On Saturday, April 22, IKEA and Goodwill are partnering to celebrate Earth Day. The two organizations will be collecting old furniture for recycling and repurposing at IKEA locations throughout the world. From 9:30 am-6 pm, families can donate their used furniture to Goodwill, who will be set up in […]

Arts

Red Hook ‘coin man’ Beriah Wall to exhibit paintings, by Emily Kluver

Red Hook isn’t like other places. The Christmas lights are homegrown, parades involve more barnacles than beauty queens, and, if people look carefully, there are signs of local creativity lurking around every corner. One of these little signs of creativity comes in the form of little tokens that people find stuck into mail slots, placed along windowsills, and tucked into […]

Carlos Menchaca, Education, Local Issues - Red Hook

Middle schoolers are participatory budgeters this year, by Kimberly Gail Price

Participatory Budgeting is a community wide process that allows constituents to suggest, develop and vote on discretionary funds. For the fourth year in a row council member Carlos Menchaca has allocated $2 million for projects in his district, which includes Red Hook, Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. Since September, volunteers have been designing and budgeting community ideas. And the time […]

Carroll Gardens, Community Organizations, Felix Ortiz, Politics

CGA members gain lobbying skills firsthand, by Noah Phillips

  It had only been light out for a few minutes on the sub-freezing early morning of Monday, March 13 when the black rented van pulled away from the curb in the Columbia Waterfront District. The van was bound for Albany, for the Carroll Gardens Association’s annual lobbying trip on behalf of itself and the statewide Neighborhood Preservation Program. The Carroll […]

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Red Hook in the running for state economic development grant, by Nathan Weiser

The Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC) recently gave an update on the progress of the Red Hook Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) program at a Community Board 6 meeting. The Brownfield Program, which dates to the 2003 Superfund Brownfield Law, assists municipalities and community based organizations with assessing and implementing revitalization strategies for polluted areas. The program can cover up […]

Education

Meet and greet inspires kids at the Miccio Center, by Nathan Weiser

At the Miccio Community Center on the evening of February 8, Sara Gonzalez and the Red Hook Lions Club hosted a meet and greet between neighborhood kids and three successful Brooklyn natives. Gonzalez formerly represented District 38 in the New York City Council, which includes Red Hook. The three featured guests were former professional baseball player and current coach Chris […]

Carroll Gardens, Health

Court Street’s Molese Club gives the Gift of Life, by Mary Ann Pietanza

On February 1, 2017, 8 year-old Bledina Cunaku and 5 year-old Erina Terstena from Kosovo were given a second chance to live when they received life-saving surgery at St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center on Long Island.  Through the love and generosity of the Van Westerhout Molese Club and the Club Dei Carinesi, $10.000 was raised for the girls to receive […]

Carlos Menchaca, Community Organizations, Garbage, Manufacturing, Red Hook Manufacturing

Trash Talk at She-Weld, by Noah Phillips

Marsha Trattner unveiled ten new garbage cans for Red Hook Tuesday morning at a press conference held by Councilman Carlos Menchaca and the South Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC). The cans were handmade by Trattner to Department of Sanitation specifications, and will replace garbage cans along Van Brunt Street that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The City Council has pool […]

Religious News

Confrontation at Visitation Church, by Emily Kluver

According to Diana Ortiz, a long-time Red Hook resident and active volunteer with Visitation Church, Father Claudio Antecini announced on Sunday, January 29 that the archdiocese had given him a second six-year assignment at the Red Hook church. However, a group of unhappy parishioners tells a different story. “I haven’t heard if he was offered another six years,” explained Michael […]