Celebrating Community
UPDATE June 6, 2017: The liquor license applicant’s 500 foot rule hearing has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 29 at 11 am. The public hearing will be held on the fourth floor of 317 Lenox Avenue in Manhattan. The stretch of Beard Street that runs between Van Brunt and Conover is home to multiple families with children. Since Sandy, new […]
There has never been more uncertainty about the future of our federal government in my lifetime, than right now. In 1980 Ronald Reagan gave an inaugural address that included the phrase, “government is not the solution, it is the problem.” That same speech also included a very powerful, upbeat message, as follows: “I believe we, the Americans of today, are […]
After years of speculation and rumors about Thor Equities’ intentions for its waterfront holding at 280 Richards Street, representatives from the company unveiled the “Red Hoek Point” at a well-attended Community Board 6 Land Use committee meeting. The December 1 presentation at the Miccio Center was given by Ethan Goodman, Director of New York Planning & Project Management at Fox […]
For at least the past six weeks, the Port Authority has rented space alongside Degraw Street between Van Brunt and Columbia to a Bronx garbage company. At night, they switch on a bright light and their drivers head out to do their collections. During the day, the trucks sit idle, many of them still containing remnants of their collections, and […]
By now, most people who live or work in Red Hook know that Coffey Park, which CB 6 District Manager Craig Hammerman has called an important village square, has been closed to the public since the middle of April. Fenced off for an announced renovation, the park has remained quiet, with no renovation work apparent except for some tree pruning. […]
A few weeks ago, this appeared on the calendar of Community Board 6, posted onto their website: CB6 Youth/Human Service/Education Committee Meeting, at Vistation Church, December 18th, 6:30 Presentation and review of a proposal by Urban Recovery House to establish a 25-30 bed methadone-free rehabilitation facility for self-pay clientele at 110 Beard Street (between Richards/Van Brunt Streets). The meeting was […]