Celebrating Community
This month marks 10 years since Hurricane Sandy devastated Red Hook. Initially, I couldn’t remember all of the details but I did remember that school was canceled for a week. That says a lot because we were lucky to get one day off, even for blizzards. Fortunately, I’ve been able to look through all of the 2012 editions of the […]
As Red Hook awaits news on UPS’ plans for truck routes as they build a massive distribution center spanning from Valentino Park to the Cruise Terminal, multiple large construction projects are also under way in the neighborhood. One will be a large parking lot for Verizon across the street from IKEA. Another will be a three-story logistics facility at 640 […]
Despite encountering setbacks due to the pandemic, Keg & Lantern Brewing Company opened its second location on 158 Beard Street (in back of Hometown and Brooklyn Crab) earlier this summer, following much success at its original Greenpoint location (97 Nassau Avenue) that opened in 2014. Neighborhood Reception and Inspiration When owner Kieran Breen applied for a liquor license in May […]
In case you’ve been sleeping for the past six weeks, the United States has undergone yet another transformation. No, I’m not talking about the pandemic, although it could be that it is the disaster of COVID, combined with a really sick example of police brutality towards a black person, that has pushed the civil rights/social justice movement to what seems […]
The New York City art scene has been finding ways to thrive in the middle of this pandemic. Kentler International Drawing Space, which has been on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook since 1990, has figured out ways to continue to dialogue with the public. Their latest show, In Reflection: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles went live on their website […]
In 2018, Andrew Gillum was the handsome, 38-year-old runner-up in Florida’s gubernatorial race. Gillum, the state’s first Black nominee for governor, lost by fewer than 35,000 votes. Despite his loss, Gillum’s political capital was rising on the national stage. Rumors of a vice-presidential nomination spread. In March 2020, on Friday the 13th, Gillum, now 40, was found in a heavily […]
Chase Bank has announced that its branch at 79 Hamilton Avenue will close on June 2. According to Chase’s Carolyn Evert, Vice President of Northeast Regional Communications, the bank “is being consolidated to our 360 Court Street branch in Brooklyn, which is 0.6 miles away.” She noted that Chase will transfer “all customer accounts” to the Carroll Gardens location. A […]
On January 29, the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) hosted the first Red Hook Coastal Resiliency (RHCR) community meeting at PS 676, kicking off a yearlong public engagement process that will culminate in the design of the neighborhood’s long-awaited flood protection system. Landscape architecture firm Grain Collective, alongside local partners RETI Center and Aesthetic Soul Community, will facilitate outreach […]
In January, the pump track at Harold Ickes Playground in northern Red Hook returned after an eight-month absence (and an article in last month’s Star-Revue about the mystery of its disappearance). The pump track is a lightweight installation of ramps and curves, intended to offer a temporary attraction for skateboarders and BMX riders in advance of the construction of a […]
I was working the day shift at the bustling Star Revue offices. George was pointing his big cigar at staff demanding more copy as I feverishly surfed the wholesome parts of the Internet, desperate for a story. And suddenly there it was. A 1940 photo of an old two-story federal house at 150 Van Dyke Street. The clapboard frame building […]