Celebrating Community
Red Hook Laundromat at 282 Van Brunt Street reopened on Monday, April 27, after a temporary closure at the start of the coronavirus outbreak in March. It will operate daily from 8 am to 8 pm. For safety, customers must wait outside while their clothes wash and dry and must fold their items at home. The unexplained reopening, which followed […]
The boats of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club – an organization that advocates for aquatic recreation and environmental conservation in Brooklyn – are a familiar sight on the Gowanus Canal. Starting in March, pedestrians on the canal’s bridges and esplanades may have noticed a couple changes when they observed the usual paddlers on the water. First, for the sake of […]
In the wake of manmade tragedies, natural disasters, and other local or global shocks to the system, people often begin, optimistically, to feel that, upon recovery, life surely cannot return to normal. We’ve seen and felt too much. The everyday, numb routine has fallen away, revealed its mutability, and given us space to rethink our choices and values. In these […]
Like the rest of New York City, Red Hook has felt the catastrophic impacts of the coronavirus. A number of local charitable efforts and organizations have emerged in recent weeks to assist Red Hook residents who need help during this challenging time. Several community members have formed Red Hook COVID-19 Relief, a volunteer committee that is eager to assist neighbors […]
Across the nation, federal, state, and city officials spent the month of March scrambling to prepare their constituencies for an unprecedented public health crisis, advocating for various policies to limit the spread of COVID-19 and to mitigate the impact of the resulting economic shutdown upon business owners, laid-off workers, and other affected populations. Between campaigns to encourage self-isolation and debates […]
Parenting, as anyone who’s had a kid or been a kid knows, is a complicated job under the best of circumstances. During a pandemic, it’s a whole new ballgame. On March 14, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City’s public schools would close until at least April 20 to limit the spread of the coronavirus. After three days […]
Before I moved to New York, I worked for four years as a movie theater employee. My coworkers and I made minimum wage or a little more, and many could barely afford their rent during the best of times. For some, the lack of disposable income was tolerable only because their favorite recreational activity, by far, was watching movies, and […]
It’s no secret that the hospitality industry is in trouble right now. While New York City’s restaurants have pivoted to takeout and delivery during the coronavirus shutdown, drinking establishments that don’t serve food have closed altogether. In Red Hook, Seaborne, at 228 Van Brunt Street, has taken to delivering cocktails, but two beloved local watering holes have temporarily disappeared from […]
Chase Bank has announced that its branch at 79 Hamilton Avenue will close on June 2. According to Chase’s Carolyn Evert, Vice President of Northeast Regional Communications, the bank “is being consolidated to our 360 Court Street branch in Brooklyn, which is 0.6 miles away.” She noted that Chase will transfer “all customer accounts” to the Carroll Gardens location. A […]
A surprising number of adult Americans are, in fact, tiny little babies who need a big strong daddy to keep them safe – not so much from the coronavirus as from the degeneracy of the Republican Party. Unfortunately, many of these tiny babies spend a lot of time watching cable news. Hence the #PresidentCuomo Twitter trend. As we all know, […]