Celebrating Community
A lawsuit against NYPD Sergeant Patrick Quigley that began with the 2012 shooting of Red Hook Houses resident Tyjuan Hill ended on September 26, 2019. The NYPD will not compensate Hill’s estate for the loss of his life at age 22. The deceased’s mother, Carol Hill, filed the civil suit seven years ago after a prostitution sting operation by the […]
Red Hook’s Summit Academy Charter School boys basketball team moved to 5-0 in the B division after they dominated Leon M. Goldstein High School for Science on their home court on December 11. Summit’s previous home game had been a three-point win over Adams Academy. They are 2-2 in non-league games. “We beat two A division schools,” Summit coach Phil Grant […]
In the fall of 2017, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and councilmen Carlos Menchaca and Brad Lander agreed (at the behest of teenage activists from the nonprofit Red Hook Initiative) to allocate $3 million to transform Red Hook’s Harold Ickes Playground from an unkempt concrete baseball diamond into a first-class skate park, the Department of Parks and Recreation took […]
Flood protection in Red Hook is still in the works, but don’t hold your breath. In May 2018, FEMA approved the Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection System Feasibility Study, a joint effort among the Mayor’s Office of Resiliency (MOR), the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC), and consultants led by Dewberry. FEMA’s go-ahead marked the end of the first, […]
The NYPD’s 76th Precinct, the police station that serves South Brooklyn, holds a Community Council meeting on the first Wednesday of each month to update residents on recent incidents and local crime statistics. One regular feature of the meeting – the Cop of the Month award, delivered to one or more officers responsible for an exemplary deed – became a […]
On December 2, in the auditorium of PS 32, Community Board 6 (CB6) got to hear the latest on Gowanus Green, the long-delayed project that’ll convert 247,877 square feet of polluted land into a mixed-use development topping out at 28 stories, with housing, green space, and a public school. For a variety of reasons, a lot of Gowanus residents in […]
This fall, the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) announced the upcoming demolition and reconstruction of the Red Hook Library at 7 Wolcott Street. In October, architects David Leven and Stella Betts of the firm LEVENBETTS visited the branch to showcase their new design, which marks their third job for BPL, following their work on the Brooklyn Heights Interim Library and the […]
The number-one issue that 98 percent of New Yorkers care about is affordable housing. I have been studying the successful affordable housing programs in Singapore. New York City could learn a lot. Let’s look at the work of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. This guy was loved by the masses. Lee Kuan Yew was originally a union organizer and […]
Though high-profile celebrities tend to don wigs on the red carpet and in music videos, wigs have a long history throughout time, for all types of people. They’ve been around as early as Ancient Egypt, were worn throughout the Elizabethan Era and are still making headlines in 2020. Some historical examples Ancient Egyptians shaved their heads due to the country’s […]
New York City is the hub for many wig makers and masters, whose salons cater to individuals’ eclectic needs and personal preferences. From cutting an auburn-colored bob with blunt bangs for the everyday woman to creating a custom look for an A-list celebrity, these local salon owners have seen it all during their careers. They provided some insights into wig […]