Red Hook Senior Center

News, Red Hook Senior Center

No summer backyard for the Senior Center

by Erin DeGregorio The brand new Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center, operated by RAICES, reopened six months ago after a long five years of uncertainty and displacement from Superstorm Sandy. It was originally located in the basement of a Wolcott Street building for 21 years, but was flooded out and damaged from water. Soon after, the center was temporarily relocated […]

Red Hook Senior Center

Seniors get their own center, and Miccio gets its basement back, by George Fiala

More than five years after their Wolcott Street Senior Center was damaged by the Hurricane Sandy floodwaters, Red Hook seniors finally moved into a new building of their own. Since the hurricane, seniors were allowed a half day, which included lunch, in the basement of the Miccio Center, 110 West 9th Street. The building next to the Miccio (110 West […]

Local Issues - Red Hook, Red Hook Houses, Red Hook Senior Center

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 […]

Environment, Local Issues - Red Hook, NYCHA, Red Hook Senior Center, Sandy Related

Miracle on Mill Street, by Noah Phillips

  Hurricane Sandy badly affected the Red Hook Houses, worsening the already uncomfortable living conditions for Red Hook’s 6,217 New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents. Sandy and its associated floods destroyed boilers, damaged roofs beyond repair, and compromised playgrounds, lighting, underground conduits, fencing, and sidewalks. Four years after the storm, a process is underway not only to repair the […]

NYCHA, Red Hook Senior Center

Red Hook Senior Center to Reopen by End of Summer, by Nathan Weiser

Construction of Red Hook’s new senior center will be complete by late July, according to the New York City Housing Authority and project supervisors.   The senior citizens of Red Hook have not had a dedicated senior center since Hurricane Sandy demolished the old one in 2012. The seniors currently use space in the basement of the Miccio Center on […]

Carlos Menchaca, NYCHA, Op Ed, Red Hook Houses, Red Hook Senior Center

In Red Hook we take care of our own, by Carlos Menchaca

Dear Neighbor, It has been almost 30 months since the senior center on Wolcott Street was destroyed by the waters of Super-Storm Sandy. However, the good news is the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is aggressively moving forward with plans to renovate the building next to the Joseph Miccio Community Center to serve as a fully functional senior center […]