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Andrea McKnight has spent countless hours working to help the Red Hook community through the Red Hook Lions Club, her work on Community Board 6, and in many other ways, including helping bring a bank to Red Hook. She moved to Red Hook 56 years ago after a fire forced her to leave Clinton Hill, married Jay McKnight, and became […]
Two months after the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force unceremoniously voted through the vision plan for the redevelopment of Brooklyn’s last working waterfront, the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Corporation (BMTDC) was formed to shepherd the plan from vision to reality. Local development corporations like this are commonly established in New York State as part of major redevelopments, primarily because they […]
Buses are a lifeline for people in Red Hook, a neighborhood severed from subway service. The B57 and B61 buses are the only bus routes here and it turns out not all stops are created equal. Janet Andrews, a lifelong resident of the Red Hook Houses toured the neighborhood bus stops with the Star-Revue, noting the disparity in where bus […]
