Red Hook Old Timer’s Day is happening again this year on Sunday, August 10th. Starting at 11am locals and former residents will gather in Bush-Clinton Park to celebrate the history of the neighborhood and it’s residents. Due to construction at the normal Coffey Park venue, the 30th annual Old Timer’s Day will take place at “Tea Park”, officially known as Bush-Clinton Park. Despite […]
Month: July 2014
BWAC’s two current shows draw big crowds and sales, photos and text by Micah B. Rubin
Art is an endless conversation and the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s two summer shows seek to spur dialogue and challenge visitors to ask themselves: “What is Color” and explore the theme of a world “Out of Order.” The Summer Group Art Show features more than 800 BWAC member’s photographs, sculptures, paintings and a variety of other medium with many exploring […]
Menchaca, NYCHA Promise Asbestos Safety in Public Housing Construction, by Harrison Neuhaus
Amid construction on Red Hook’s public housing developments, questions about asbestos have been circulating throughout the neighborhood. Resulting from an influx of calls, residents succeeded in grabbing the attention of their elected officials, as New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca called a meeting to update locals on this process. This evening, Monday July 28, several officials from NYCHA and their […]
Editorial: The Red Hook Library and colonialism
The dictionary definition of colonialism is: the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. In thinking about the pros and cons of the library/Spaceworks partnership that was presented before us at the Red Hook library this week, we have come to the conclusion that colonialism is an […]
Plan to divide Red Hook Library derided at CB6 meeting, by George Fiala
A plan to divide the Red Hook library that has been in the works for two years has finally come out in the open. A committee meeting of Community Board6 (CB6) was held at the library on July 24th to discuss a Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)/Spaceworks proposal to take what is claimed to be underutilized space from the book area, […]
Huge CB6 meeting TONIGHT regarding the future of the Red Hook Library
Some of you might have started hearing about a plan that has actually been in the works for two years to allow performance artists to rent space in the public library of Red Hook. This has been presented to the library and to Cora Dance as something positive, as the claim is that the library is underutilized. Our public libraries […]
In Dynamic Neighborhood, Conservancy’s Mission Remains Unchanged, by Keith J. Klein
Gowanus means many things to the community. For most it is a neighborhood, to others a polluted canal, but to the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC), it represents more. To the GCC, Gowanus is a watershed. A watershed, also known as a drainage basin is an area where water from rain and melting snow or ice converge to a single point […]
Sandy recovery topic of community meeting at PS 15, by Harrison Neuhaus
On the evening of Wednesday, June 25, city officials and Red Hook locals met in P.S. 15 for a meeting on Hurricane Sandy recovery progress. Sponsored by City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, the meeting was called mainly to inform citizens about the status of programs like Build it Back, and the city’s investments in future disaster prevention. The school’s gym was […]
Red Hook Coalition Finalizes Long-Term Community Recovery Plan, by Harrison Neuhaus
On the evening of Monday, June 23, roughly 30 Red Hook residents, community organizers, and politicians met at the Miccio Center to discuss progress on the Long-Term Community Recovery Plan. This project, funded by the Red Hook Coalition, has the goal of of producing a localized strategy to be put into place for the first 72 hours of a disaster. […]
The Star-Revue speaks to Pete Morales, interview by Amanda Decker
“Back when I was a kid Red Hook was an area of recreation. We had a lot of parks, and we always had the water… As kids we were always very active on the docks. Lots of swimming, and just hanging out down there. It use to be more like a beach so that we could just walk right up […]