Celebrating Community
Note: I intended this to be just one piece, but to give former Borough President Howard Golden, whence he came from and where he went, his due turned out, even with heavy editing, to require far too many words for just one column, so, in this effort, I’m mostly going to set the scene for his eventual ascension as Brooklyn’s […]
A Boomer talks with a Millennial. Boomer– R.J. Cirillo Millennial – Jacob Cooper We are drinking coffee in Fort Greene ( 2 cups $11) R.J. “The term ‘Boomer’ has become almost a put down, what’s your reaction to that?” Jacob- “It is a general stereotype because we feel the attitude of the ‘Boomers’ towards us is negative, all […]
On January 27, New Leader Hoops had their first Junior Knicks league game of the season and their was also a sneaker donation given to the kids. They had a 10 and under game at the Red Hook Recreation Center against a team from a Recreation Center in a different neighborhood. All of the 12 kids got pizza after the […]
Back when I started the paper, in 2010, Red Hook resident Adam Armstrong began his mission to bring shore power here. This is a way to power berthed cruise ships with electricity rather than the fossil fuel they burn at sea. Twenty million dollars later, a rarely used shore power apparatus was built on the pier. Armstrong was able to […]
On a cold wet Thursday night at the end of January, the CB6 Landmarks and Land Use Committee meeting seemed reasonably well-attended at first, about thirty-five present in a presentation space at the back of the Van Alen Institute. Most of those present, however, represented the City’s various agencies and were in attendance to support the City’s joint presentation of […]
Red Hook has a brand new BMX bike and skatepark at Harold Ickes Playground on the corner of Van Brunt St. and Hamilton Avenue. The project was first announced by-Borough President Eric Adams in 2017 after kids from Red Hook called for a skatepark in the neighborhood. After a few years with a temporary skatepark but no construction, construction abruptly […]
District 38 Council Member Alexa Aviles, representatives of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC,) and members of the Red Hook community met at the Miccio Center on Jan. 16 for a community meeting. Approximately 50 people attended. In December 2022, Mayor Adams announced that MSC cruises would be coming to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The announcement was a complete surprise to […]
There were 12 people at the meeting at the Red Hook Rec Center, plus reps from Dan Goldman and Alexa Aviles. This was the last Monday of January, which was the 29th. Mayra Molina, the new field representative for Congressman Dan Goldman, and Christina Bottego, the legislative and budget director in Council Member Alexa Aviles’s office, came to hear what […]
Beginning at the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Clinton Street stretches northward through Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and up to Cadman Plaza beside the Brooklyn Bridge. Iconic brownstones line the street, gaining in elegance and value as you move towards Brooklyn Heights. But look at one of these stately houses from across the street and you’ll realize that your view is almost certainly […]
Between last-mile warehouses moving into Red Hook and the possibility of rezoning, which is currently transforming the formerly industrial Gowanus, land use has always been an important topic in Red Hook. I interviewed District 38 Council Member Alexa Aviles on land use and some of the other important issues for the community. I started off by asking her about member […]