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At the corner of Henry and Sackett Street, the smell of freshly cooked chicken stops me in my tracks. Unlike the familiar greasy scents associated with popular fried chicken chains, the smells from Pūrbird are more like your mother’s kitchen – assuming your mother knows her way around poultry. The storefront is filled with light coming from the […]
Anyone who thinks their Thanksgiving tradition of roasting a turkey and mashing potatoes is complicated should talk to Theresa “Terry” Scotto-Spinelli. This lifelong and well-known local around Carroll Gardens knows a thing or two about holiday feasts. Many days, Scotto-Spinelli can be found working in Scotto Funeral Home, which was founded by her parents in the 1920s. However, on Thanksgiving, […]
No event is complete without good food. Which is why, when it came to hosting a memorial lunch at the Joseph P. Addabbo Center, Beatrice Byrd – board member at the Addabbo Center and long-time active community member – called Chuck Cleveland. Cleveland runs a small catering business out of his Flatbush home, but he is deeply connected to the […]
PS 15 will be holding two open houses to showcase the school’s expanded arts program and project based learning opportunities. The open houses, meant for prospective parents, will take place at 71 Sullivan St on November 18 and December 16 in the STEM lab at 9 am. PS 15, also known as the Patrick F Daly Magnet School of the […]
Red Hook is full of artists, designers, and makers working silently behind brick warehouse walls. Red Hook Open Studios is a chance for these artists to invite each other and the public into their spaces to build community, get public exposure, and generate sales. WHO: Red Hook Open Studios is organized by painter and cut paper artist Deborah Ugoretz, jeweler […]
About one thousand Red Hook women, infants, and children can now receive vouchers and nutritional counseling at the Addabbo Family Health Center as part of the USDA’s WIC program. The August 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Addabbo’s Red Hook WIC site was attended by community members, Addabbo leadership, and elected officials. “We are truly glad to have the WIC program […]
AMERICAN FINE CRAFT SHOW BROOKLYN AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM TO INSPIRE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREES NOVEMBER 21-22 & VISITS TO EXHIBITIONS Six Brooklyn artisans will celebrate their creativity, artistry & skill with 84 other exhibitors Two Brooklyn jewelers, a handbag designer, potter, woodworker/furniture maker and woodworker whose studios are in Fort Greene, Gowanus, Park Slope, Sunset Park and Williamsburg will be among 90 […]
Most of Kevin Scanlan’s studio glass business at Scanlan Glass in Red Hook comes from commissions from artists, lighting designers, and private individuals. But last month, he received a very different kind of request. With less than a week and a half before the Pope’s visit to New York, Kevin got a call from John Heyer, Jr., Development Officer of […]
Once again the City Council Members’ participatory budgeting season is has arrived, and once again I turn to a discussion of local community participation in government decisions. There are more council participants in participatory budgeting than ever before. Our members are beginning to amass volunteers and solicit suggestions for small capital projects to enhance our neighborhoods. While our community board […]
Just before the summer, a presentation was made to the Red Hook Civic Association at PS 15, and to Community Board Six (CB6) at the Miccio Center, regarding an application to build a nine story nursing home right in the middle of Red Hook, close to Pioneer Works. The South Oxford Nursing Home is a Fort Greene facility that has […]
Less than two weeks after Van Brunt was closed to traffic for Red Hook Walks – allowing for leisurely strolling and enjoying the fruits of our business community – a huge fence on a construction site at 307 Van Brunt Street forced walkers to make their way through garbage and a truck infested street simply to get to the corner. […]
That’s so Brooklyn! Maram, grabbed my hand and led me over to her favorite photograph hanging on the walls of Hope & Anchor. “Eye Am Watching You,” the photo is entitled. She looked up at me and said, “Chocolate eyes!” She pointed at me, and repeated the phrase. Her teacher, Ms. Julie Cavanagh explained. We both have brown eyes. Maram […]
Menchaca loses leadership spot Our cover story and editorial last issue was about the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, and how Carlos Menchaca stood in the way of the Economic Development Corporation’s “fully cooked” (as he described it) scheme for it. Menchaca used the power of his office to slow the process down in order for the Sunset Park community to […]
