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Faithful readers of this paper will remember how I discovered one the great community gems that Brooklyn has to offer (and offered for over fifty years). I what because of the late Nino Pantano that I found myself in a Sunset Park elementary school auditorium being blown away by talent that I thought was only reserved for tourists and well-heeled […]
It was Ian Marvy’s idea to create an urban farm in the early days of modern Red Hook. The farm has provided an alternative education to hundreds of local kids, volunteer opportunities for many, not to mention farm fresh vegetables to all members of the local CSA. We asked Marilyn Gelber, city planner and founding president of the Brooklyn Community […]
Last month we received a press release from the Chairman of the Task Force that will decide the future of Red Hook (I say that because you’ve probably already seen the cover of this issue.) It was short and sweet, and it was emailed a week after the local protest against the BMT, in which this paper published a photo […]
You know, it’s interesting to watch public relations at work. Our NYC government has spent almost a year trying to convince us to welcome the addition of many huge luxury towers to the shores of our low rise industrial neighborhood. They began by telling us over and over again how we will finally get a world class shipping terminal to […]
From my perch here at the Star-Revue I have been closely following the saga of the Red Hook Container Terminal since I started the paper fifteen years ago. The removal of owner Sal Catucci by the Port Authority (which some thought was shady but if there was any shadiness there it’s long under a rug someplace) was my first investigative […]
The map above shows the land formerly owned by the Port Authority that is being transferred over to the NYC Economic Development Corporation sometime this year. Their repurposing project, titled Vision for Brooklyn Marine Terminal, has been stressing the upgrading and modernization of the Red Hook Container Terminal, which under the Port Authority has been ill maintained and in jeopardy […]
The map above shows the land formerly owned by the Port Authority that is being transferred over to the NYC Economic Development Corporation sometime this year. Their repurposing project, titled Vision for Brooklyn Marine Terminal, has been stressing the upgrading and modernization of the Red Hook Container Terminal, which under the Port Authority has been ill maintained and in jeopardy […]
On October 21st, almost 150 (mostly Ukrainian) intellectuals signed an open letter to Unesco encouraging the international organization to ask President Zelensky to defer some decisions about Odessa’s World Heritage sites until the end of the war. Odessa, in southern Ukraine, is a multicultural city with a strong Russian-speaking component. There has been pressure to remove historical sites connected to […]
While this newspaper doesn’t always hear what our readers think of our articles, we have always been well received by our industry peers. In 11 of the 12 years that we’ve been a member of the NY State Press Association we have been winners in their Better Newspaper Contest. A personal highlight was the year that I was called up […]
Almost a decade ago, I got an email from someone in England who was interested in contributing a monthly cartoon. A pre-requisite for becoming part of the Star-Revue team is asking. The next is to keep showing up. And so for every single month since then, except for once when my email was acting up and I didn’t receive a […]
I happen to love adventures, and unexpected treats are always a highlight of life. However, being surprised at discovering a great evening at the Regina Opera is akin to kids from Manhattan attending an event at the Kings Theater and telling their friend’ parents, who grew up watching baseball at Ebbets Field, that they’ve “discovered” Flatbush. I’m probably the last […]
When I started this paper back in 2010, I would have been surprised to know that it would still be going strong today. What’s kept this paper going has been the contributions of our talented crew of writers, our advertisers, the local merchants who allow us to distribute the paper at their locations, and finally and equally as important, the […]
