Celebrating Community
You don’t choose to attend a performance at the floating cabaret, the Avalon. The Avalon chooses you. And you’re not only the guest of honor—you’re the only guest. Every song, every dance, every act is written just for you. But the invitation comes at a high price: step on board once, you risk leaving your old life behind forever. This […]
On July 27, I got an email from Catherine McBride of the Red Hook Initiative which was pretty different than any I have received at this paper since I started it ten years ago. RHI press releases are generally quite vanilla. They are generally about their Red Hook Hub or else something having to do with their fund raising. This […]
Red Hook is currently awash in the building of new warehouses. No doubt the biggest is the massive new UPS distribution facility that starts across Valentino Park, extending on the water all the way to the Cruise Terminal. The package delivery company paid $303 million for the property, which most recently was to be the hub of a new tech […]
Update: Spaceworks has announced that artists at its Williamsburg and South Bronx locations can wait until June 15 to move out. 19 below-market-rate studios for artists in Williamsburg and the South Bronx are slated to vanish in May, leaving painters, sculptors, writers, and dancers with the grim task of moving out during a pandemic. Until recently, more than two dozen […]
There has been a major shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Red Hook’s RETI Center has been doing all it can to contribute. RETI, which stands for Resilience, Education, Training and Innovation, has created an initiative called Rapid Resilience, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, in an effort […]
In zip code 11231 – which encompasses Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, most of the Columbia Street Waterfront District, southern Cobble Hill, and eastern Gowanus – the rate of verified COVID-19 infections is seven per 1,000 residents, roughly half that of New York City on the whole, according to data from the New York State Department of Health. The low-income tenants […]
Like all schools in New York City, Red Hook’s PS 676 has been closed since March 16, but the teachers are doing all they can to be there for the students virtually and to help the greater community get PPE. Science teacher Fred Nouvertne took home the 3D printers from the school’s STEAM lab and is making masks for institutions […]
Red Hook Laundromat at 282 Van Brunt Street reopened on Monday, April 27, after a temporary closure at the start of the coronavirus outbreak in March. It will operate daily from 8 am to 8 pm. For safety, customers must wait outside while their clothes wash and dry and must fold their items at home. The unexplained reopening, which followed […]
The boats of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club – an organization that advocates for aquatic recreation and environmental conservation in Brooklyn – are a familiar sight on the Gowanus Canal. Starting in March, pedestrians on the canal’s bridges and esplanades may have noticed a couple changes when they observed the usual paddlers on the water. First, for the sake of […]
Like the rest of New York City, Red Hook has felt the catastrophic impacts of the coronavirus. A number of local charitable efforts and organizations have emerged in recent weeks to assist Red Hook residents who need help during this challenging time. Several community members have formed Red Hook COVID-19 Relief, a volunteer committee that is eager to assist neighbors […]