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The Red Hook Pool will reopen at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation confirmed Thursday evening. It has been closed since June 27. “We’re excited to welcome everyone back this Saturday for swimming and to bring back our popular Adult Lap Swim program to Red Hook Pool for the rest of the summer,” NYC
Extreme rainstorms and flash floods have become an increasingly common problem for New Yorkers in recent years. Thunderstorms that hit New York City recently dumped nearly six inches of rain on some parts of Brooklyn and prompted a citywide flood advisory. Storms like this can easily overwhelm a sewer system built to withstand up to 1.75 inches of rain an
A large group of Brooklynites pressed the community board on transportation issues at Brooklyn Community Board 6’s June general meeting, some of which the board passed the buck on. Angela, a Third Place resident, said an elderly neighbor, actually the mother of the owner of Le Petit Cafe, was struck by a bike on Court Street in May, prompting her
From a 55-year-old lamp doctor to the return of a fashion favorite, here’s what’s open in west Brooklyn. A new doctor is in town. After 55 years in Midwood, The Lamp Doctor, a specialty business that restores lamps, chandeliers, and other lighting fixtures, has moved into 135A Huntington St., a former record store, in Carroll Gardens. Carol Romeo and her
