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I pretty much learned the local newspaper business at the Brooklyn Phoenix, a neighborhood paper run by Michael Armstrong from the early 70’s to the late 90’s. One of the good friends that I made during the ten years I worked there was Peter Haley, who before I got there sold ads, and while I was there was a political […]
Red Hook TV watchers might have noticed a familiar face recently. The person above, identified only as “Miss Dawn,” was featured in a commercial for the group “The Five Borough Jobs Campaign,” speaking against passage of a NY City Council piece of legislation titled “Intro 518). This legislation, sponsored by a number of progressive politicians including Tiffany Caban, Lincoln Restler, […]
The Star-Revue is a member of the New York State Press Association, a trade organization for community newspapers that was founded in 1853. Every year they run a Better Newspaper Contest, and over the years we have frequently won awards. Between the two papers we publish – we took five awards (below) This year we won two in Brooklyn — […]
People want to know I’ve been covering Red Hook since 2010 and I don’t really understand why nobody, neither community leaders from the back or front, nor elected officials, stepped up to hold a public forum about NYCHA privatization, or PACT. Our reporting indicates that many who live in Red Hook West have no idea about the consequences of what […]
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Khadijah James (also known as Toni Jones) passed away last month. Her funeral took place at the River of God Christian Center on Wolcott Street, and it was a packed house. Khadijah and I became […]
For many years Red Hook was lucky to have an active and vibrant Civic Association, run by John McGettrick. It gave us an institution where those interested in our community could come to and discuss whatever good or not-so-good things they wanted to add (or detract) from the neighborhood. Of course, it also gave us a place to vent about […]
I am going to say right off the bat that a lot of these words are the result of an AI Google search. It does a good job of explaining that a century ago, we had a housing crisis which put poor New Yorkers at risk of their lives. The solution, which took a Depression to implement, was largely due […]
Last month I wrote about how this paper was starting on a new project, lets call it “going digital.” In case you have signed up for our free email-newsletters (hint hint we need more subscribers, see below), I’ve been enjoying writing between issues. It’s opened me up to consider writing something I’ve always wanted, a political column. I am probably […]
For many years, the Star-Revue has included cartoons in our pages. This past year, we increased the comix by an order of magnitude. Each issue contains two full pages of comix, one curated by England’s Marc Jackson, the other by Brooklyn’s own Dean Haspiel. Each page includes at least six different pro artists. In addition, we are very proud to […]
The longer this paper hangs around, the older this publisher gets. This aging is interesting as it lets me see changes in society firsthand (normally you read about these things in history books). For the past 15 years I have been telling anyone listening my belief that a newspaper you could pick up was an important part of having a […]
As a result of September’s fire at the Beard Street Warehouse, BWAC, which has occupied three stories there since the 1990s, will have to relocate, as they just announced in this press release: “Following the devastating fire at 481 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook last September, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) had high hopes that they would be […]
We got both Lander and Goldman in this one… from last month’s issue
There may not have ever been a Red Hook Star-Revue were it not for the Buttermilk Channel. Not the body of water next to what has become known as the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, but a restaurant that opened up on Court and Huntington streets, not that far from Red Hook. I had two offices on that block, where I ran […]
