PS 15 was filled to capacity last Wednesday for the Red Hook Civic Association monthly meeting. The overflowing crowd packed into the auditorium for the scheduled appearance of Donald J. Trump, notorious GOP front runner for the Republican nomination. The masses were so enormous that the 76th Precinct had to send for support staff, not only to handle the hundreds of […]
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Atlantic Basin Mystery SOLVED! by Horatio Hornblower
In June 2015, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) announced plans for a new commuter ferry connecting Red Hook with other parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens at a comparable rate to subway fare. Improving Red Hook’s transportation connections has been an issue for the greater part of a century. But EDC’s choice of a landing at the very end […]
The Mayor’s new Brooklyn- Queens Trolley scheme, by Floppity Eerzo
After announcing his ambitious plan to build a trolley system in February, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been touring the neighborhoods of his real estate buddies where the streetcar might possibly double, triple or quadruple their property values. In March, he graced Red Hook with his appearance. Although he has no known major campaign donors in the area, he was […]
Van Gogh ear found in Red Hook, by Hobbert Ruse
Many things in Red Hook have surfaced since the flooding that accompanied Hurricane Sandy. One of the most unexpected was Van Gogh’s ear. This news has been withheld pending verification, but recent DNA testing has confirmed that a piece of earlike looking flesh encased in an old art portfolio is indeed a piece of the old master. The portfolio was […]