Celebrating Community
The Red Hook Local Leaders, led by Robert Berrios and Henrietta Perkins, hosted a meeting to raise awareness about bullying in Red Hook. The meeting took place in the Red Hook library. There were nine people at this event in addition to Berrios and Perkins. Karen Broughton, Felix Ortiz’s Chief of Staff, Karen Blondel, an environmental activist and local celebrity Wally […]
Eugene “Mohammad” Mack passed away on August 10, 2017. Mack was originally from South Carolina and came from a family of landowners. “This a big loss,” said his friend Wally Bazemore. “He was a great family man. He was a tremendous neighbor. He was on tenant patrol for years. It took a lot just to sit out there and practically […]
In the summer of 2014 the Red Hook Library was on Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) chopping block because it was the most underutilized in the borough. Now, the branch has been resuscitated under the creative leadership of the Friends of the Red Hook Library. On Saturday, February 25, the Friends and friends transformed the entire library into a carnival […]
The slow climb back for the Red Hook Library took a step forward this week with the first meeting of the Friends of the Red Hook Library. Funding for the Brooklyn Public Library has been increased the past couple of years as Mayor de Blasio and the new City Council was able to devote some more of the city’s budget […]
It was a full house at 428 Columbia Street, #1C as the Red Hook West Tenants Association (TA) held their nominating meeting on November 12. This meeting precedes the election of five positions mandated by the Association Charter. While the tenant leaders act independently of NYCHA, a NYCHA official, Michael Cox, was on hand to ensure that procedures were followed […]