News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Torrential rain struck New York City the evening of Wednesday, May 20, causing flooding in all five boroughs. The worst hit were Brooklyn and Queens, according to Floodnet NYC, a monitoring program created in collaboration […]

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Red Hook TV watchers might have noticed a familiar face recently. The person above, identified only as “Miss Dawn,” was featured in a commercial for the group “The Five Borough Jobs Campaign,” speaking against passage […]

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy “Land is power” was the refrain at Jalopy Tavern on Wednesday, May 13. Despite the gray, dreary weather, the energy was upbeat as roughly 35 New Yorkers met to watch a screening of Rabble Rousers […]

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy We asked Ramona, who leads the advocacy group SaveSection9.org what she thought of the Mayor’s plan, and this is what she sent us. Resident leadership across the city has made it clear that we expect […]

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On Tuesday, May 26, with much fanfare and with Brad Lander and Michelle de la Uz tagging along at the Gowanus’ Powerhouse Arts, Mamdani released his administration’s land use and housing plan. The 112-page “Block […]

The Red Hook Softball League (RHSL) returned with all eight teams in action at the Red Hook ballfields and beautiful weather for opening day on April 16. Defending champions MiniBar had the Colucci Cup in the dugout as they took on the Cheeseballs, formerly called Hometown. The Cheeseballs were also wearing new uniforms, which were reminiscent of the 1986 Mets […]

Red Hook FC began a new season on April 11 against NY Empire in front of an excited home crowd at Red Hook Field 5. The team is in the fourth tier of soccer in the United States, which is a semi-pro level. A large crowd of approximately 300 people filled the bleachers and spilled over onto the turf field […]

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Last month, Carroll Gardens said goodbye to a cafe that many in the community have enjoyed visiting since it opened in 2023. Located just a stone’s throw from the Carroll Street subway stop on Smith […]

At April’s general meeting, board members raised several concerns about the Flatbush Avenue Bus Priority Plan, which includes new center-running bus lanes, boarding islands and new parking and loading changes. The plan aims to speed up bus service along Flatbush Avenue, with the second phase currently in construction between State Street and Grand Army Plaza. Some of the qualms were […]

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Modern-day Gowanus sits on polluted land. For over a century, waste material from gas manufacturing and other industrial operations was dumped all over the watershed, where much of it remains today. Settled deep in the […]

On Saturday May 9 at 2 pm there was a street co-naming on the corner of Lorraine and Columbia to celebrate Red Hook’s Jay McKnight. McKnight was a leader in the Red Hook community and a talented musician who orchestrated more than 15 concerts in Coffey Park. He performed with The Dubs, The Shells, and Little Nate & The Chrylers, […]

Red Hook lost an important leader in Pete Morales, who passed last month. He was the former commissioner of the Red Hook Little League, helped fight for the community, donated to children and those in need, remembered as a “great man.” “Pete and I go way back from the Latino leadership, and there were so many things that we were […]