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UPDATE: In a second meeting this week, Brian Honan, NYCHA’s Director of Government Relations, addressed a crowd of angry residents with less babble and more hard facts. The meeting took place in the crowded lobby of 831 Hicks Street, one of the buildings involved in the gas outage. He clarified the situation, explaining that the gas is off until […]
Mary Dudine Kyle, a co-owner of Dry Dock on Van Brunt Street, knows that the holiday lights in Red Hook are special. “When you’re driving back from someplace else that’s really stupid, and you’re sitting at a cocktail party talking to people that you just have to, and all of a sudden, you come to the top of Van Brunt […]
Landmarks Land Use Committee Meeting December 22, 2016 MEETING AGENDA: PUBLIC HEARING on 280 Richards Street (BSA Cal. No. 2016-4299-BZ). OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Discussion and formulation of a recommendation on an application submitted to the Board of Standards and Appeals on behalf of Thor 280 Richards Street, LLC for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Zoning Resolution Section 73-44 […]
It is with great sorrow that St. Francis College announces the passing of President Brendan J. Dugan, a graduate of the College class of 1968 on December 18, 2016. He was 69. President Dugan worked in commercial banking for 40 years before becoming President of St. Francis College on July 1, 2008. Before that, he was Chairman of the College’s […]
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the original Red Hook Senior Center. Today, the seniors of Red Hook are still waiting to move back into a center of their own. While they wait, they are using a room in the basement of the nearby Miccio Center. “When you are doing construction, and it is something that has been impacted by Hurricane […]
In a large Catholic church located on Verona Street, on the corner of Coffey Park, a massive fresco of the crucifixion overlooks the altar with commanding presence. The 1898 fresco, a painting method done with watercolors on wet plaster, acts as a eye-catching focal point in the large gothic revival-style church. Last year, if you would have entered Visitation of […]
The Sol Goldman Red Hook Recreation Center (155 Bay Street) will be hosting a Christmas party, this Saturday, 12/17, from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. The Red Hook Conservancy sent out information announcing the festive event. They want to have the community come out to celebrate all of the holidays that happen at this time of year, which include Hanukkah, […]
Red Hook’s Recreation Center and enormous outdoor pool, open during the summer through Labor Day, is named after Sol Goldman, who was a real estate mogul in New York City. Born in Brooklyn in 1917, Goldman dropped out of Brooklyn College to run his father’s grocery store in 1935, and later on started buying foreclosed properties at low prices in […]
Based on President Obama’s approval rating (in the mid 50’s), the shrinking unemployment rate (now 4.6%), other positive factors, and the vulgar and unqualified bigot the Republicans had nominated, I figured election night would be one of celebration for progressives such as myself. Clearly, despite Hillary Clinton receiving 2.5 million more votes than Donald Trump, I was wrong. We now […]
Summit Academy unveiled its newly renovated College and Career Readiness Center Thursday, November 10. The renovations were designed and paid for by IKEA Brooklyn, and the grand opening was marked by an official ribbon cutting and speeches from both staff and students. “I literally burst into tears when I saw this beautiful space,” said Summit’s Principal, Cheryl Swift. “We’re […]
LICH RFP (Long Island College Hospital Request for Proposal) leads to RFP (Really Flawed Process) for LICH, you get the point. My grandfather was a proud member of the ILA (International Longshoreman’s Association). Long Island College Hospital, blocks away from the ILA health center, was my family’s go-to hospital. Now the campus of LICH is no longer a hospital, and […]
Of all of the mystery items scheduled for extraction from the Gowanus canal at the end October, perhaps the most interesting piece comes in the form of a sunken ship at the fourth street turning basin, beside the Gowanus Whole Foods. Locals may recognize the boat, which pokes out from the canal’s dark waters when water levels are low, along […]
Whenever I get an e-mail from Vito Parente, president of the Van Westerhout Molesi Cultural Club on Court Street, informing me of an event he is going to hold at the club, I know it will not just be contagiously congenial, it is sure to be a big success as well. Saturday, September 10, 2016 was bore that out. The members of […]
