To the relief of local politicians, community members and parents, Strong Place for Hope Day Care, the facility at 595 Clinton Street will remain open due to the city purchasing the building. Earlier this year the building owner was frustrated that the city would not pay for necessary repairs on the 3,000 square foot building. Because the space holds a […]
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Column: 3rd Rail Politics, by Michael Racioppo
I’ve always thought of the subway as something of an equal-opportunity headache. This past week, the MTA made it a migraine when it released a plan for express F train service. The line that runs from the southernmost point of Brooklyn (Coney Island) through Manhattan and into Queens has been divided between some marginal winners and some big losers. This […]
Carroll Gardens author writes novels based on her life experience, by Halley Bondy
We Were Never Here tells the story of a teenage girl with a stigmatized disease Being 16 is already difficult, let alone being 16 with a devastating disease with a shameful stigma. In her upcoming novel We Were Never Here, renowned Carroll Gardens author Jennifer Gilmore tells the fictional story of Lizzie, a 16-year-old girl who is hospitalized with ulcerative […]
City wants to evict a successful Gowanus film company by using eminent domain, by George Fiala
At the April meeting of the Gowanus Community Advisory Group (CAG), EPA Director Walter Mugdan announced the results of a long and difficult negotiation with New York City regarding the placement of sewage retention tanks alongside the Gowanus Canal. CAG member Marlene Donnelly and others said not so fast. A public comment period was requested and received. This period, […]
Menchaca takes on heavy hitting developer and wins, by George Fiala
Councilman Carlos Menchaca led a successful effort to defeat a proposed zoning change in May after hearing the community’s concerns about the relocation of a nursing home to Red Hook. The nursing home’s supporters included some of the largest development lobbyists in the city. The Oxford Nursing Home is a for-profit healthcare facility located in Fort Greene. In 2003, they […]
Message from Carlos: Resilient Together! by Carlos Menchaca
I’m proud of Red Hook. We get good results when we work together. In the last months, we looked to the future, learned from the past and planned a more resilient community. For example, at the Miccio Center, we learned about new ways of building integrated flood protection. People from all over Red Hook reaffirmed that resilience isn’t just […]
Proposed agreement places Gowanus retention tank on private property, by George Fiala
The Gowanus Canal, separating Park Slope from Carroll Gardens, is one of the most polluted waterways in the United States. Over a century of heavy industrial use has left it with a highly toxic combination of coal tar as well as raw sewage deposits. It was added to the EPA’s Superfund list in 2010, which mandated the Federal Government to […]
Kentler’s annual benefit always a winner, by Halley Bondy
If you’re looking for a steal on quality artwork for your living room, look no further than The Kentler International Drawing Space. On Saturday, May 21, Kentler will celebrate its 26th year and 14th benefit. For the price of admission, each attendee will receive one drawing or work on paper donated by an artist from somewhere in the world […]
Red Hook ferry location still up in the air, by George Fiala
The long awaited next step in the selection of a Red Hook commuter ferry stop arrived in April with the publication of the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), covering 17 new passenger ferry stops, including Red Hook. There are currently a number of ferries traversing the waters around Manhattan. The East River ferries are operated […]
Star-Revue snags 4 awards in state-wide newspaper competition, by Kimberly Gail Price
The New York Press Association is a state-wide trade group for local journalism founded in 1953. The Red Hook Star-Revue joined NYPA in the Spring of 2012. Since that time, we have won 13 awards in their annual Better Newspaper Contest (BNC). This year, the Star-Revue was honored with four awards. Each award is accompanied by a description of why […]
Battle of the Decades at Cora’s Red Hook Prom, by Mary Staub
The battle of the decades is coming to Red Hook the first Saturday in May. On May 7th, Cora Dance will throw their 4th Annual Red Hook Prom. Adults can dance the night away until 11 pm, whilst supporting Cora’s pay-what-you-can youth programs, which aim to make dance and artistic expression available and accessible to all. The group’s overall mission is to use […]
Op-Ed: Mayor’s problems put LICH deal under renewed scrutiny, by George Fiala
Here’s what the Star-Revue naively wrote back in 2013, endorsing Bill de Blasio for mayor: We like Bill for a couple of reasons. Bill de Blasio has been a friend to the neighborhood of Red Hook, as well as all of Brooklyn as a whole. He is from the area, having represented the 39th District as City Councilman until his […]
Is de Blasio the next to go? Op-Ed by George Fiala
I was stunned by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement of the Brooklyn Queens Connector – his $2.5 billion plan for a trolley system that would serve only the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront. What shocked me was the funding source. It is to be financed by floating a bond issue backed by anticipated property tax increases on land adjacent to the […]
