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A large group of Brooklynites pressed the community board on transportation issues at Brooklyn Community Board 6’s June general meeting, some of which the board passed the buck on. Angela, a Third Place resident, said an elderly neighbor, actually the mother of the owner of Le Petit Cafe, was struck by a bike on Court Street in May, prompting her […]
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 […]
News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Reporter Asar John walks the East side of Red Hook, highlighting interactions with people working, living and playing in that special part of town. This is his story for a day in May….. A recent […]
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 […]
News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy At Community Board 6, issues related to transportation, parks, and public infrastructure fall under the same organizational structure, aptly named the TPPI Committee. The first “P” in it, belonging to parks, is under new leadership: […]
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 Tuesday, May 26, with much fanfare and with Brad Lander and Michelle de la Uz tagging along at the Gowanus’ Powerhouse Arts, Mamdani released his administration’s land use and housing plan. The 112-page “Block […]
At April’s general meeting, board members raised several concerns about the Flatbush Avenue Bus Priority Plan, which includes new center-running bus lanes, boarding islands and new parking and loading changes. The plan aims to speed up bus service along Flatbush Avenue, with the second phase currently in construction between State Street and Grand Army Plaza. Some of the qualms were […]
Newsletters from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get news from the Star-Revue throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On Nov. 20, 1939, public housing came to Red Hook. Now, some 86 years later, one of Brooklyn’s first public housing complexes is set to be turned over to private management. The Red Hook […]
On April 9, Red Hook West Resident Association President Karen Blondel crashed a canvassing event meant to inform residents about PACT-related risks, disrupting conversations with residents and yelling expletives at an organizer. “Don’t fuck with me, alright, cause I’ll get you barred from this neighborhood,” Blondel said to a young man who showed up to the canvassing hosted by Save […]
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Walking into Jam’It Bistro in Red Hook on a Monday morning, owner Dawn Skeete is heads-down on a major catering order for the Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School in East New York. She races against the […]
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get news from the Star-Revue throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On the corner of Columbia and Lorraine Street, the latest and largest affordable housing development in Red Hook is taking shape, yet little is known about it, according to residents we spoke with in […]
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy At the March meeting, CB6 members faced a dilemma: approve a land use application that would bring more housing to the area, or reject it for not welcoming more affordable units. The board approved the […]
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy It’s official: residents of Isaacs Houses are staying in the Section 9 public housing model, according to election results from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The Manhattan development had three options: keep Section […]
