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The “new” Court Street after 6-plus months: A business survey and traffic study

June 18, 2026 No Comments

The Carroll Gardens Times checked in with dozens of businesses, and spent hours closely observing how traffic is moving on the redesigned street and bike lane. The redesign of Court Street, which created a protected bike lane and removed one lane of vehicle travel (among other changes), was rolled out over the course of October 2025—which means the “new” street

NY-10 Democratic primary: Interview with Brad Lander

June 18, 2026 No Comments

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On the eve of perhaps the most crucial election in his nearly 20-year career in New York City politics, Brad Lander sat down with the Red Hook Star-Revue to discuss his political journey from representing

NY-10 Democratic primary: Interview with Dan Goldman

June 18, 2026 No Comments

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Dan Goldman never envisioned himself pursuing a career in politics. While he always had a keen interest in public service and social justice, he sought to make an impact through the courts as an attorney.

New bike path, 14 Years in the making, connects Red Hook to Sunset Park

June 17, 2026 No Comments

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 newest stretch of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, which opened to cyclists in early May, is just over a mile long. It takes six minutes to bike, end to end. But this short segment marks

New Diner Opening in Red Hook

June 16, 2026 No Comments

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy As diners close across New York, a new diner focused on serving the community is rising in Red Hook. Val’s, a bar and diner, will open this July in the old Fort Defiance and Pitt’s

Community Board 6 May Rundown

June 11, 2026 No Comments

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy May’s Full Board meeting welcomed a plethora of neighborhood updates, new board members, a street safety analysis and the district’s very own app. District Manager Michael Racioppo shared a district app he built, where users

Volley and Vibe: Community over clout

June 19, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Can competition exist without dominance? In New York City, social clubs can sometimes feel more like cravings for popularity than dependable communities. As social clubs, run clubs and creative collectives continue to multiply across the

So you want to buy a place in western Brooklyn?

June 18, 2026

A look at the forces shaping the real estate market and what it means for everyone trying to live here. The stretch of neighborhoods west of Park Slope, from Red Hook to Dumbo, has become one of the most sought-after pockets of New York City. Tree-lined streets, majestic brownstones, great restaurants, an easy commute into Manhattan—it’s no wonder rents keep

Fishing the Valentino Pier and beyond with Bob Aquatic

June 17, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy I have a confession: I cannot wake up before sunrise. So when I ask Bob Blankemeier (known online as Bob Aquatic) what time I should meet him at Valentino Pier for a morning of fishing

Wednesdays in Red Hook: Selina Ullrich

June 17, 2026

Welcome to “Wednesdays in Red Hook,” a close-up look into the day-to-day life of people in our community, including the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average Wednesday in Red Hook. Today we’re following Selina Ullrich, the founder/director of coffee at Red Hook’s newest coffee shop and roastery, High Beam. High Beam opened last

Knicks 2026 – A surreal experience for a local basketballer

June 14, 2026

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 NBA postseason has been a surreal experience as a Knicks fan, and as someone who played basketball with Julian and Justin Champagnie in Carroll Park and the P.S. 58 school yard. I missed out

POLITICS: A day in the life of Alexa Avilés

June 12, 2026

It’s just past 8 a.m. on a rainy Thursday morning in Sunset Park. City Council Member Alexa Avilés finds herself in a position not unfamiliar to most New Yorkers: rushing out the door, preparing for an early meeting while taking calls with her daughter’s school, and racing to make the morning train. While City Council members are often among the

Wiggly Air by Kurt Gottschalk – This month’s musical muse

June 29, 2026

The slog days of summer. In the wake of a new Sunn O))) album and the second volume of the Lou Reed feedback tribute Metal Machine Music: Power to Consume (both in April) and reissues of the first two OM albums (last month), a person might think the season couldn’t get heavier. But to borrow from an even older song,

With ‘Unmoored/Unbound’ at Powerhouse Arts, BWAC rises from the ashes

June 28, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy If you go to Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus—that imposing, rust-red fortress dominating the canal—and make your way up to the second floor, you’ll find yourself confronted by a startling sight: a corpse, lying fully naked

A Conversation with Filmmaker John W Kim About His New Comedy “Reunion”

June 17, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Sure, high school reunions can be a chance to reconnect with old friends and share some laughs over those woebegone glory days when the sun was rising on your future. But in the main, they’re

Sixty-Five Years Ago: When Gangs Governed Red Hook, told Harlan Ellison’s “Memos from Purgatory”

June 13, 2026

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 writer Harlan Ellison had a long, wide-ranging career that spanned science fiction short stories (such as “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman”), television scripts (like the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of

Quinn on Books: Author Sally Frances Evokes 1990s Brooklyn in “Carroll Gardens Story”

June 13, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Shortly after author Sally Frances moved into Carroll Gardens in the early 1990s, a neighbor told her about overhearing a fight between an adult brother and sister in the backyard of their shared brownstone next-door.

Shakespeare returns to the park

May 27, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On a rainy weekday evening in Carroll Park, activity and mounting anticipation. Volunteers drag chairs into place across the plaza stones. Actors, not yet in costume, leap about on stage, practicing their swordfight choreographies. A