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The Red Hook Softball League (RHSL) returned with all eight teams in action at the Red Hook ballfields and beautiful weather for opening day on April 16. Defending champions MiniBar had the Colucci Cup in the dugout as they took on the Cheeseballs, formerly called Hometown. The Cheeseballs were also wearing new uniforms, which were reminiscent of the 1986 Mets
Red Hook FC began a new season on April 11 against NY Empire in front of an excited home crowd at Red Hook Field 5. The team is in the fourth tier of soccer in the United States, which is a semi-pro level. A large crowd of approximately 300 people filled the bleachers and spilled over onto the turf field
News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy The Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Corporation, BMTDC, convened for the first time this year on Wednesday, April 30. The meeting, the third since the development corporation was formed last December, did not include much of
News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Last month, Carroll Gardens said goodbye to a cafe that many in the community have enjoyed visiting since it opened in 2023. Located just a stone’s throw from the Carroll Street subway stop on Smith
At April’s general meeting, board members raised several concerns about the Flatbush Avenue Bus Priority Plan, which includes new center-running bus lanes, boarding islands and new parking and loading changes. The plan aims to speed up bus service along Flatbush Avenue, with the second phase currently in construction between State Street and Grand Army Plaza. Some of the qualms were
Modern-day Gowanus sits on polluted land. For over a century, waste material from gas manufacturing and other industrial operations was dumped all over the watershed, where much of it remains today. Settled deep in the ground in solid or liquid form, the toxicants are less likely to pose a threat to humans, but when they vaporize into the air or
I saw the Butthole Surfers live once in Austin, Texas. Not too far from the University of Texas where I was a student. I walked to the show with my friend on a blistering hot summer day. We stopped en-route at the gas station on The Drag to get “the juice.” The juice was a Big Gulp – an obscene
A “magnificent boondoggle” — that’s how Thomas Flagg of the Army Corps of Engineers described the Red Hook Grain Terminal in 1984. Built in 1922 as part of an extension of the New York State Canal System, the structure has never made back the $2.5 million it cost to build, equivalent to nearly fifty million dollars today, adjusted for inflation.
New York City’s first-ever Urban Forest Plan, released last month by the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice and a long list of partner agencies, states a commitment to cover 30% of the city in tree canopy by 2040. To achieve this, tree plantings have to accelerate, the report says. In Cobble Hill, one organization is already working on
Welcome to “Wednesdays in Red Hook,” a new series that gives a close-up look into the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average day in Red Hook. For our second installment, we’re heading to the water’s edge in Red Hook, where Captain David Sharps and his wife Sarah Burd-Sharps have lived on the Lehigh
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is making progress at Public Place. At a March 12 public meeting of the Gowanus Oversight Task Force (GOTF), Andrew Guglielmi, director of the division of environmental remediation at the DEC, announced several new developments in the remediation of the former Citizens manufactured gas plant site, which someday will house the
News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Court Street Journal joins the Star-Revue to share the monthly stories behind West Brooklyn’s evolving neighborhoods. Just when you think winter will never quit, spring arrives and Carroll Gardens earns its name once more. If the
Director, cinematographer, and editor Stepan Liubimov has had a long and interesting journey to Red Hook. He will also be taking part in the third annual Red Hook Film Festival, both as a judge for a competition and as a director of a short film in a non-competitive category of the festival. The Red Hook Film Festival grew out of
The Other Art Fair returned to Brooklyn from April 16-19 at the Agger Fish Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Dumbo, after taking place in Gowanus in November. It was a winding path to get to the Agger Fish Building, but there were signs and kind attendants directing everyone to the event. Once inside, there were over 125 artists
For an industry often defined by caped heroes and major publishers, the Brooklyn Independent Comic Showcase (BICS) offers something different: a space where emerging artists, hobbyists, self-publishers, and longtime professionals redefine what comics can be. The fifth annual Brooklyn Independent Comic Showcase took place at Industry City in Sunset Park this past April. The two-day event, which featured over 450
The Underground’s “Kinetic Nation” went up on display at Duckworth Studios at 169 Coffey St. starting in March and closed April 26. The work featured street and graffiti art and was curated by Sam Patrone. There was a celebration of “Kinetic Nation” on April 20 at The House of Pizza & Calzone at 132 Union St., and Erudito Cannabis Dispensary,
The Star-Revue is a member of the New York State Press Association, a trade organization for community newspapers that was founded in 1853. Every year they run a Better Newspaper Contest, and over the years we have frequently won awards. Between the two papers we publish – we took five awards (below) This year we won two in Brooklyn —
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On a cold Sunday afternoon, you go to Pioneer Works looking for The Endless Garment, a poetry book related to an exhibit at the art space. The sign out front says the space is free
