Tag: Red Hook

Community Board 6, Real Estate

CB 6 Committee hears of plans for an upscale detox center on Beard Street, by George Fiala

A few weeks ago, this appeared on the calendar of Community Board 6, posted onto their website: CB6 Youth/Human Service/Education Committee Meeting, at Vistation Church, December 18th, 6:30 Presentation and review of a proposal by Urban Recovery House to establish a 25-30 bed methadone-free rehabilitation facility for self-pay clientele at 110 Beard Street (between Richards/Van Brunt Streets). The meeting was […]

Sandy Related

Kimberly’s words on Sandy, One Year On

Fifty two Mondays of braving another week of survival and progress. Three hundred sixty-five pull-your-hair-out, fingernails-on-a-chalkboard days of frustration, obstacles and heartache. This ride through the heart of hell lingers on. So much healing remains undone. In lower Manhattan, shadows filled the darkened night streets, as people isolated themselves. In Breezy Point, Queens, people were forced to abandon their homes […]

Sandy Related

Understanding FEMA’s new flood maps, by Stacie Nieves

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released new maps on its website this month, revealing more New Yorkers are at risk of flood than previously thought. The maps add to the accumulating pile of confusing and often frightening information Red Hook residents have to contemplate as they recover from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy and decide how best to gird […]