Besides being one of the best Irish bars in New York City, Rocky Sullivan’s is where the working class of Red Hook go after work to relax, enjoy a hockey game and have pizza or some good Irish stew. No matter what, one always has a friend at Rocky’s. Now one can enjoy Rocky’s before work as well. This month […]
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Brooklyn Made and Brooklyn Restored: An 1891 Wissner Concert Grand Piano
Saint Agnes Church (1913) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn is embarking on a crowdfunding campaign to rebuild its antique concert grand piano. When this gorgeous instrument is restored, the church will launch a community concert series in its majestic German inspired neo-Gothic style church designed by Brooklyn ecclesiastical architect, Thomas Francis Houghton (1842-1913). Located at the corner of Sackett and Hoyt […]
Red Hook today is firmly rooted in Red Hook of the past, by Mary Ann Pietanza
It was barely a few days before Christmas when my son, John reminded me that we had not yet bought fish for our traditional Christmas Eve Fish Fest. I admit, I was dragging my foot about the whole holiday in general since the only surviving patriarch in our family was hospital bound with a stroke – and then, a serious […]
Development without displacement: ensuring affordability in Red Hook, by Ben Fuller-Googins
Red Hook is undergoing a renaissance. At least according to a recent The Real Deal article that sees the accelerated growth in market rate housing and commercial construction as “livening up this remote Brooklyn community.” Such “livening up,” however, is often accompanied by diminished affordability and displacement, disproportionately affecting working class families and people of color. Already, 48% of Red […]
Heights Player’s The Graduate falls flat of expectations, by Kimberly Gail Price
In 1967, The Graduate earned Mike Nichols an Academy Award for Best Director of the year. The film was nominated in six other categories. It was the highest grossing film of all time in the 1960s and has since become a beloved classic film still capable of speaking to the masses. Benjamin Braddock has just received his college degree. The […]
Editorial: Breaking the chains of corporate interests
Speaking truth to power can involve a personal sacrifice. Getting into a position where power will listen is a big achievement. It takes courage to risk that position if the truth is not what the powers that be desire. Carlos Menchaca, our City Councilman, did just that the other week. He used the power vested in his position to refuse […]
Are the Red Hook cranes headed to Sunset Park? by George Fiala
In an incredible overreaction, Kyle Kimball, head of the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC), announced that he was abandoning development of Sunset Park’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT), simply because City Councilman Carlos Menchaca didn’t give him what he wanted. SBMT comprises ten blocks along the waterfront in Sunset Park, southwards from 29th Street. It is an intermodal facility, named […]
Opinion: Psychological Seduction, by Khary Bekka
Memories of gift shopping with my mother at McCory’s, as a young child of no more than seven, are the inspiration for this essay. Walking down the toy filled aisles, I was seduced by a M-16 toy machine gun, like the ones seen being used by soldiers in Vietnam War movies. I pleaded with my mother to buy it for […]
Brooklyn Collective a place for creative Christmas shopping, by George Fiala
Brooklyn Collective is located a few doors up from Mazzat, on Columbia Street between Union and Sackett Sts. They are open Thursdays thru Sundays from 1 pm to 8 pm. They may have some expanded holiday hours – best to call them at 718-596-6231 to be sure. The variety of art they have for sale is very diverse, meaning you […]
At least another year until the Red Hook Senior Center gets its new digs, by George Fiala
A busy Friday in Red Hook began with a morning meeting at the Miccio Center to discuss the progress of the new Senior Center. The original center, on Walcott Street across from the library, was wiped out by Sandy floodwaters over two years ago. Operated by RAICES, the center offers those over 60 a place to have lunch, shoot pool, […]
New furniture shop opens on Van Brunt, by Micah B. Rubin
The furniture created by BLKWD, a new furniture shop on Van Brunt Street, personifies the past, present and future of Red Hook. Their designs incorporate an industrial aesthetic that blends polished metal with salvaged (and new) wood and would look as perfect in a workshop as in a sleek private apartment. “We like the industrial look but we wanted to […]
De Blasio Report Card, by Mark Shames
The de Blasio administration has been in office for nearly a year. It is an appropriate time to give a progress report. I plead guilty to being an early and passionate supporter of the overall goals of the administration. I make this disclosure up front but I make no apology. The administration’s ambitions for a broadly progressive program were and […]
Tony Sterling’s alleged killers in custody, by George Fiala
CORRECTION: Mr. Boomer who was apprehended in Virginia is the father of the Bobby Boomer who was arrested for a shooting two years ago. We have corrected the error in the story below. Bobby Boomer, Red Hook resident and alleged shooter of Tony Sterling on October 5th, was apprehended in Virginia and is in custody, being held at the […]
