Celebrating Community
On December 19,the Red Hook Lions Club held their 10th holiday toy giveaway at the Miccio Community Center. This one was not like any that they have had before. Andrea McKnight, who is the head of the Lions Club in Red Hook along with her husband, organized this 28th edition of the holiday giveaway. Covid-19 changed this year’s event very […]
The Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center, next to the Miccio Center on West 9th Street, has been closed since last March. While the building has been closed, the Center has been far from idle. Director Maria Sanchez has been overseeing lots of activities for the seniors during the pandemic. Sanchez and her staff of four speak to the seniors every […]
In the beginning of December, the NYC Parks Department along with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), held a virtual meeting to update the community on the new timeline for the Red Hook Ballfields and answer questions. According to Parks, the last update was in June, and a lot has changed as far as construction and the budget due to Covid. […]
The United States Postal Service (USPS), local delegates, and community leaders venerated Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini by renaming the Dyker Heights Post Office in her honor. The virtual press conference took place on the anniversary of her death, Dec. 22, 2020. Mother Cabrini and her seven Sisters arrived in New York in 1889, helping Italian immigrants who were struggling with […]
After opening on September 29, the city’s public schools closed again on November 18 due to the 3 percent threshold in the city. During the time period that schools were open, PS 676 had about 30 kids who were doing in person learning and the rest were only remote. PS 676 did not have a hybrid model meaning that the […]
It’s finally time for me to figure out what exactly to write in this column I have given myself. I say that because in case you weren’t aware, George is me, George Fiala, who has been running this paper since I thought of it back in 2010. I very much enjoy the groove we’ve gotten into this year, with an […]
Less than a decade after surviving Hurricane Sandy, our local businesses have had to deal with another disaster. Here are how some are faring: NY Printing & Graphics NY Printing & Graphics (on 481 Van Brunt St., across the street from Food Bazaar) has been open for 18 years and survived Hurricane Sandy but has struggled with the new set […]
On the first Friday in November, World Arts East Red Hook (127 King Street) hosted a special action packedCapoeira workshop that was taught by Instructor Malandro, who is the founder and leader of Capoeira Terreiro da Lua. Malandro shared the history, basic movement and commonly played music of Capoeira. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines dance, music and […]
The sun was out, but the slanted light of fall did little to warm the small crowd gathered at the Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus the morning of Nov. 16. But despite winds that whipped bare hands and quickly chilled the hot cider they held in paper cups, members of Gowanus Dredgers, an organization that promotes waterfront stewardship at its […]
South Brooklyn Community High School, at 173 Conover Street, is a transfer high school that offers drop-outs a second chance. South Brooklyn is a partnership between the NYC Department of Education and Good Shepherd Services, which is a youth development, education, and family service agency. The students who enter the school are overage and under credited, which leads to […]