Celebrating Community
It’s 4:30 on Monday morning. An empty school bus rolls up Van Brunt Street. The flag outside the VFW flaps in the pre-dawn October chill. And the plate glass windows of the Red Hook Coffee Shop shine brightly in the dark, illuminating 80 year old Jose Antonio Piraquive, aka Tony, kneeling on the floor putting vegetables into the refrigerator. Tony […]
At Nobletree, the barista makes me a Cortado, a Spanish style coffee, that tastes something in-between a macchiato and a cappuccino. It’s rich and intense and is topped with frothy milk that is laced with beautiful latte art. This is my first Cortado. It’s served in a tiny glass and is the perfect mid-morning drink that deserves some meditation on […]
Four stores and 60 years ago, we had good local stores. We still do! In these times of rapid change and major chains; it is a comfort to walk to the shopping area of my neighborhood, Court Street, and see some of my favorites still doing business as usual. I have lived here over 50 years, and these four stores remain intact, […]
On Saturday, December 16, the Red Hook Recreation Center had their annual holiday celebration to give back to the youth of the community. The holiday party went from 12 until 3 pm, and there were activities like basketball, pool, Nok-Hockey and card games for the kids. Adults and kids were also able to utilize the computers in the computer room […]
The latest ploy by the real-estate lobbying group, Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector, took place in November at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The BQX plan is to have NYC pay for a sleek-looking modern streetcar service along the Brooklyn/Queens waterfront—a waterfront that is in danger of transforming from mixed use to luxury residential development. The BQX would serve this […]
Seated at a table in the middle of a large room, John “Chicko” Texidor’s small frame was exaggerated by the empty space around him. With a flat affect, he patiently detailed a complicated history of personal development. Though he is now a fellow at the Red Hook Initiative (RHI), a Red Hook nonprofit group focused on youth development, the 20-year-old […]
A new intermediate school is on the horizon for Red Hook. The Harbor High School on Governors Island is a pipeline into SUNY Maritime and linked to maritime careers. They have long desired a middle school to bring students to them. A proposed site near the Monarch Building is across from Coffey Park, and would be the only middle school […]
If you look down the block on Van Dyke Street near Richards on Saturday mornings you will see all kinds of eager people waiting to get food to bring home. Every Saturday, the Red Hook Bethel Gospel Tabernacle on 72 Van Dyke Street has offered a vital and in demand food pantry for the people of Red Hook for the […]
Dance Theatre Etcetera (DTE), which is at 480 Van Brunt Street, will have their 24th annual “Red Hook Fest: We Push Forward” event on Friday June 9 and Saturday June 10. It is a two day festival that will feature live music and dance on the Brooklyn waterfront in Red Hook. According to Heather Harvey, who is the Marketing Associate […]
BumbleBeesRus is a daycare facility at 76 Lorraine Street for the Red Hook community and beyond that offers programs for all different types of families. BumbleBees has six locations in Brooklyn and two in Staten Island, but many feel a special connection with the facility on Lorraine Street. They are a large center with 158 kids and 12 classrooms. They […]