The Formula E race on Sunday offered many different activities besides just the chance to watch Formula E cars drive up to 174 mph on the 1.475 mile course. Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal featured one indoor and one outdoor Allianz E-Village with lots of sponsored booths and activities for guests of all ages. Each section within each E-Village was […]
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Race to the finish: Downtown Brooklyn students go-kart against pro e-car drivers
George Westinghouse Career & Technical Educational High School students were among other tri-state area students to go-kart race against Formula E’s Geox Dragon team last month. They travelled to the RPM Speedway in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 11 for an opportunity to meet the drivers and see Formula E technology firsthand. José María López and Max Gunther, the […]
U.S. women’s soccer team celebrates another World Cup win in NYC
Independence Day may have been a week earlier, but thousands dressed in red, white and blue in Lower Manhattan on July 10 for USA’s World Cup victory. Loyal soccer fans from the city and beyond had less than two days’ notice to make travel plans to see the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team celebrate their fourth FIFA Women’s World Cup […]
Catholics fill Cyclones Park in Coney Island
Catholic elementary school staff members played a friendly, mini game of baseball at the Brooklyn Cyclones’ annual Catholic School Night on June 17. Prior to the start of the Cyclones-Aberdeen IronBirds game that night, “Collars and Scholars” from the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Queens took their places to see who the best was, outside the classroom and on MCU Park’s […]
Formula E driver Pascal Wehrlein talks tracks and routines before big Red Hook race
Driver Pascal Wehrlein from Germany will be one of 22 drivers fighting to clear the finish line the fastest and claim a podium spot at the 2019 New York City ePrix this weekend. The ABB FIA Formula E Championship and New York City ePrix returns to Red Hook once again for rounds 12 and 13 – the final two races of […]
Breakneck Ridge tried to warn you
I like hiking, but I’ve never been rock climbing. I’d estimate that Breakneck Ridge, a trail within Hudson Highlands State Park at the border of Putnam and Dutchess counties, occupies a rough halfway spot between the two activities. A weekends-only stop on the Hudson line of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad, with a pair of small yellow platforms on either side […]
Boxing and Faith
“Why is there such a connection between such a brutal sport like boxing and faith,” the accomplished Bensonhurst, Brooklyn born and raised Craig Tubiolo said. “You would think it’s the complete opposite and ironic.” Craig Tubiolo, who directed and executive produced Ring of Faith, has had a passion for the sport of boxing since he was a kid and explored the link […]
Formula E returns to Red Hook for the third time
The Formula E New York City E-Prix returns to Red Hook for its third year this July 13 and 14. Previous locations this year included Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Chile, Mexico, China, Italy, France, Monaco, German and Switzerland. When Formula E comes to the Cruise Terminal in July this will be the end of their fifth season. Formula E is offering […]
There’s no pier pressure when kayaking with Red Hook Boaters
I’ve kayaked only once in my life, about eight years ago on Lake Mohonk – a half-mile long glacial lake in upstate New York. For me, the experience was terrifying with the wooden pier disappearing from sight as I paddled away with so much empty water surrounding me in the single-person kayak. At one point I stopped, struck with panic […]
Art Shamsky: After the Miracle. a review by Frank Stipp
WE WHO INHERIT THE EARTH It’s not just saints and prophets who endure the weak, the lame, the denialists. So too do Mets fans comprise such noble breed. To endure the hell of rooting for fallen heroes – great athletes who won’t bust it out of the box, adjust too eagerly to failure, or break down upon doing a deal […]