Our little hidden village continues to make waves globally. BASF, a huge German chemical company with worldwide operations, chose Red Hook as a case study in understanding and perhaps solve some problems that cities of the future may encounter. During a facilitated process reminiscent of the recent NY Rising program. BASF is a giant conglomerate that began 150 years ago […]
Feature Story
John Burkard on his son, originally published February 2012
Dear Readers, this is an important message to all parents who may have children who suffer from some form of addiction. The message conveyed here is a strong one, and it comes from my heart as a saddened father. I urge every one of you fathers and mothers to never give up on your child. Because my son Richard passed […]
Love Notes from our readers – compiled by Kimberly Gail Price
Happy Valentine’s Day we have departed, Happy Valentine’s Day for me I am not resentful or cold hearted. You are so special; He doesn’t know that about you. He probably doubts you. I love your smile your silhouettes You’re so kind of a soul We were like children again About seventeen years old, We met many years ago. To reunite […]
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 […]
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 […]
Red Hook gets its own business incubator, by George Fiala
Allison Reeves is an architect who has lived in Red Hook for almost 15 years. Earlier this year she began taking on projects at her home near Coffey Park. After a while she realized that she missed the discipline of working in an office. Taking matters into her own hands, she and her husband, artist Michael Prettyman, have just opened […]
Intercourse is a Pioneerworks romp through current art and science, by George Fiala
One doesn’t generally encounter slick literary magazines in a NYC bodega, but when the bodega is a block away from the publisher, it becomes a possibility. So the other day at the Pioneer Street Supermarket I picked up a copy of Dusti Yellin’s Intercourse magazine. My normal reading habits range from Foreign Affairs to the Daily News, so I’m the […]
Ashley’s law brings justice to prison visits, by Kimberly Gail Price
Ashley was 9 years old on a bus to visit her father in an upstate correctional facility. She was making the 9 hour ride all by herself. When she finally arrived – eager to see her daddy – the facility informed her that the visitation schedule had changed. Ashley was sent back to the bus station, unable to spend precious […]
Beautiful Fall day for Red Hook Harvest Festival, by Kimberly Gail Price
An annual tradition that took a Sandy break returned this past weekend with the Red Hook Community Farm Harvest Fest. A steady stream of people came out to the farm to hear local musicians, watch a pie eating contest, and snap pictures with John Quadrozzi’s goat. Vendors included Kevins, who sold out of their jambalaya very early and local apiaries […]
Red Hook and the 1964 World’s Fair, by Mary Ann Pietanza
You know, if someone had told me back in the sixties while living in Red Hook that the very person responsible for my crossing the highway to avoid the dangerous Hamilton Ave footbridge to get to the other side of the BQE, was actually the same person who gave us all a once-in-a-lifetime and now defunct attraction of all attractions […]