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People want to know I’ve been covering Red Hook since 2010 and I don’t really understand why nobody, neither community leaders from the back or front, nor elected officials, stepped up to hold a public forum about NYCHA privatization, or PACT. Our reporting indicates that many who live in Red Hook West have no idea about the consequences of what
The Trump administration is advancing proposals that would limit how long families can remain in federally subsidized housing, including Section 9 and Section 8. For public housing residents in New York City, that’s not an abstract policy debate—it’s a direct threat to housing stability. At a moment when federal support is becoming more precarious, New York City should be doubling
On Nov. 20, 1939, public housing came to Red Hook. Now, some 86 years later, one of Brooklyn’s first public housing complexes is set to be turned over to private management. The Red Hook Star-Revue has learned that NYCHA will move forward with the PACT program for Red Hook West, unlocking federal funds for much-needed improvements at the housing complex.
On April 9, Red Hook West Resident Association President Karen Blondel crashed a canvassing event meant to inform residents about PACT-related risks, disrupting conversations with residents and yelling expletives at an organizer. “Don’t fuck with me, alright, cause I’ll get you barred from this neighborhood,” Blondel said to a young man who showed up to the canvassing hosted by Save
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Tucked between a supermarket and a café just outside the 45th Street R train stop in Sunset Park sits the modest storefront office of City Council Member Alexa Avilés. From the outside, it blends easily
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Khadijah James (also known as Toni Jones) passed away last month. Her funeral took place at the River of God Christian Center on Wolcott Street, and it was a packed house. Khadijah and I became
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get news from the Star-Revue throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy People who know their history will tell you that April 20 is the birthday of a very bad man, who I will only describe as the Number One Nazi. But coincidentally, back in the
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy I was enjoying the wonderful new Battle of Brooklyn exhibit running all year at the Center for Brooklyn History on Pierrepont Street when I heard a familiar voice behind me. “They used to call this
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS! Blood is sticky, did you know that? Have you been around blood, blood freed from its bodily vessel, little girl blood, splattered on the walls of an elementary school, bombed on the
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Welcome to ‘Wednesdays in Red Hook’, a new series that gives a close-up look into the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average day in Red Hook. Today we’re
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On March 17, Wraptor Restaurant and Bar, located at 358 Columbia Street, hosted its second movie night. A small but enthusiastic group of customers watched Premium Rush while enjoying good food. After starting off behind
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Walking into Jam’It Bistro in Red Hook on a Monday morning, owner Dawn Skeete is heads-down on a major catering order for the Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School in East New York. She races against the
Stay in the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Independent, uncensored local journalism — free to your inbox. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On a cold Sunday afternoon, you go to Pioneer Works looking for The Endless Garment, a poetry book related to an exhibit at the art space. The sign out front says the space is free
There was a period around and after the development and promotion of Wynton Marsalis as a public jazz star when there seemed a coordinated campaign to add a fancy slogan to jazz. Institutions, promoters, journalists, musicians—when talking about jazz in front of an audience, they would frequently qualify the term by stating that jazz is “American’s classical music.” This always
Peace (On Earth). On Jan. 21, without advance notice, the pioneering drone/doom project Earth unleashed its latest sonic assault to streaming media. On Jan. 27, Dylan Carlson, the leader and only constant member of the band, refused to play a concert in Bologna, Italy, when he saw a Palestinian flag displayed in the venue. Let’s take these one at a
Coffey Street Studio, an art studio in an unassuming warehouse in Red Hook, is returning its artist residency program, the Coffey Street Studio Artist Initiative (CSSAI). The studio sits right next to the water and has its doors open to all who wish to learn more about what it does to help expose local performers and acts to the community
When 14th Street was Cooler. Back in the deep, dark ’90s, before the Meatpacking District was home to the Highline and the Whitney Museum and the Apple Store, West 14th Street housed one of the city’s great venues for music outside the norm, one that history seems to have left behind. The Cooler was a big, old, retrofitted, basement meat
One of the best cinema publications out there is Cashiers du Cinema. No, no – not the magazine that gave us Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, and the French New Wave. That’s Cahiers du Cinema. But the confusion is understandable, at least at a passing glance. Both Cashiers and ‘60s-era Cahiers are similar formats and designs, square-shaped with yellow-bordered covers framing
