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The Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Corporation and Advisory Task Force, explained

July 15, 2026 No Comments

Two months after the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force unceremoniously voted through the vision plan for the redevelopment of Brooklyn’s last working waterfront, the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Corporation (BMTDC) was formed to shepherd the plan from vision to reality. Local development corporations like this are commonly established in New York State as part of major redevelopments, primarily because they

In Red Hook, Not All Bus Stops are Made Equal

July 15, 2026 No Comments

Buses are a lifeline for people in Red Hook, a neighborhood severed from subway service. The B57 and B61 buses are the only bus routes here and it turns out not all stops are created equal. Janet Andrews, a lifelong resident of the Red Hook Houses toured the neighborhood bus stops with the Star-Revue, noting the disparity in where bus

Schneps reporters unionize to demand better pay, benefits, and protections

July 9, 2026 No Comments

Two months after making Schneps Media the most decorated news group at the 2026 New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, journalists at the local media conglomerate have formed a union. They are calling for improved pay, healthcare benefits, job protections, and working conditions—which they call essential to sustain their award-winning work. The union is also seeking more clearly defined

Despite championship game loss, Red Hook FC becoming a force in NYC soccer

July 6, 2026 No Comments

Red Hook FC has had an incredible spring season, taking a step forward from the fall. Last season, they lost some tough games, then bounced back and found a way to make the playoffs, but lost 4-3 to Osner’s FC in the first round. This season, Red Hook FC was dominant. They won their home opener 3-1 over NY Empire

The “new” Court Street after 6-plus months: A business survey and traffic study

June 18, 2026 No Comments

The Carroll Gardens Times checked in with dozens of businesses, and spent hours closely observing how traffic is moving on the redesigned street and bike lane. The redesign of Court Street, which created a protected bike lane and removed one lane of vehicle travel (among other changes), was rolled out over the course of October 2025—which means the “new” street

NY-10 Democratic primary: Interview with Brad Lander

June 18, 2026 No Comments

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On the eve of perhaps the most crucial election in his nearly 20-year career in New York City politics, Brad Lander sat down with the Red Hook Star-Revue to discuss his political journey from representing

Wednesdays in Red Hook: Finn Gallagher

July 15, 2026

Welcome to “Wednesdays in Red Hook,” a close-up look into the day-to-day life of people in our community, including the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average Wednesday in Red Hook. Today we’re following Finn Gallagher, a full-time dog walker who lives in the neighborhood. Usually we’d write more here, but we wanted to

Red Hook Living Legends – Andrea McKnight

July 15, 2026

Andrea McKnight has spent countless hours working to help the Red Hook community through the Red Hook Lions Club, her work on Community Board 6, and in many other ways, including helping bring a bank to Red Hook. She moved to Red Hook 56 years ago after a fire forced her to leave Clinton Hill, married Jay McKnight, and became

Volley and Vibe: Community over clout

June 19, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Can competition exist without dominance? In New York City, social clubs can sometimes feel more like cravings for popularity than dependable communities. As social clubs, run clubs and creative collectives continue to multiply across the

So you want to buy a place in western Brooklyn?

June 18, 2026

A look at the forces shaping the real estate market and what it means for everyone trying to live here. The stretch of neighborhoods west of Park Slope, from Red Hook to Dumbo, has become one of the most sought-after pockets of New York City. Tree-lined streets, majestic brownstones, great restaurants, an easy commute into Manhattan—it’s no wonder rents keep

Fishing the Valentino Pier and beyond with Bob Aquatic

June 17, 2026

I have a confession: I cannot wake up before sunrise. So when I ask Bob Blankemeier (known online as Bob Aquatic) what time I should meet him at Valentino Pier for a morning of fishing the East River’s brackish water, and I’m not met with a concrete time, but rather the cool idea of early hour (“sunrise”), my stomach sinks

Wednesdays in Red Hook: Selina Ullrich

June 17, 2026

Welcome to “Wednesdays in Red Hook,” a close-up look into the day-to-day life of people in our community, including the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average Wednesday in Red Hook. Today we’re following Selina Ullrich, the founder/director of coffee at Red Hook’s newest coffee shop and roastery, High Beam. High Beam opened last

Wiggly Air by Kurt Gottschalk – This month’s musical muse

June 29, 2026

The slog days of summer. In the wake of a new Sunn O))) album and the second volume of the Lou Reed feedback tribute Metal Machine Music: Power to Consume (both in April) and reissues of the first two OM albums (last month), a person might think the season couldn’t get heavier. But to borrow from an even older song,

With ‘Unmoored/Unbound’ at Powerhouse Arts, BWAC rises from the ashes

June 28, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy If you go to Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus—that imposing, rust-red fortress dominating the canal—and make your way up to the second floor, you’ll find yourself confronted by a startling sight: a corpse, lying fully naked

A Conversation with Filmmaker John W Kim About His New Comedy “Reunion”

June 17, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Sure, high school reunions can be a chance to reconnect with old friends and share some laughs over those woebegone glory days when the sun was rising on your future. But in the main, they’re

Sixty-Five Years Ago: When Gangs Governed Red Hook, told Harlan Ellison’s “Memos from Purgatory”

June 13, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy The writer Harlan Ellison had a long, wide-ranging career that spanned science fiction short stories (such as “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman”), television scripts (like the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of

Quinn on Books: Author Sally Frances Evokes 1990s Brooklyn in “Carroll Gardens Story”

June 13, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy Shortly after author Sally Frances moved into Carroll Gardens in the early 1990s, a neighbor told her about overhearing a fight between an adult brother and sister in the backyard of their shared brownstone next-door.

Shakespeare returns to the park

May 27, 2026

News from the neighborhood. Red Hook & Gowanus Subscribe to get the Star-Revue’s newsletters throughout the month. No spam · Unsubscribe anytime · Privacy policy On a rainy weekday evening in Carroll Park, activity and mounting anticipation. Volunteers drag chairs into place across the plaza stones. Actors, not yet in costume, leap about on stage, practicing their swordfight choreographies. A