The first meeting of the resuscitated Friends of the Red Hook Library was held last Saturday at the library. Our first project is begun. Once a month the library hosts a Lego group. Kids who sign up come in and create all kinds of things out of Legos. Thing is, the library could use more blocks for the kids – […]
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Works in progress, by Mark Shames
None of the community or political things that I have been following have reached the next milestone. I will update you anyway. The alternative is to revert to a reverie of spring and hold forth on the rebirth it represents (my wife says that’s what writers do when they have nothing to say). Anyway that’s not me. Since the recent […]
The story behind Van Brunt’s Penninsula Gallery, by Alexandra K. Corbin
Along Van Brunt street there are some interesting gallery spaces. What’s nice for Red Hook is that each one looks and feels quite different. That should come as no small surprise since the directors of each could not be more dissimilar. One of them, Peninsula Art Space, is the newest denizen of what was once an old foodmarket strip. […]
City Comptroller calls Build It Back “a case study in dysfunction”, by George Fiala
In June, 2014, at a meeting at PS 15, Amy Peterson, Mayor de Blasio’s head of the Build It Back program, spoke to residents about the Build It Back program. We wrote at the time: “New York City’s answer to the major damage from Hurricane Sandy was meant to offer millions of dollars of assistance to families and businesses reconstructing […]
In Red Hook we take care of our own, by Carlos Menchaca
Dear Neighbor, It has been almost 30 months since the senior center on Wolcott Street was destroyed by the waters of Super-Storm Sandy. However, the good news is the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is aggressively moving forward with plans to renovate the building next to the Joseph Miccio Community Center to serve as a fully functional senior center […]
Buddy Scotto and Joe Chirico are the new Bob Hope and Bing Crosby of Carroll Gardens.
Buddy Scotto and Joe Chirico are the new Bob Hope and Bing Crosby of Carroll Gardens. You’ve got to watch this great show that aired tonight on the NYC TV channel (25). Watch it online by clicking right here!
Star-Revue wins two awards in state-wide newspaper competition
For one weekend a year the 177 members of the New York State Press Association (NYPA) get together in Saratoga Springs to hone their craft and compete in its Better Newspaper Contest. NYPA is like a chamber of commerce for the newspaper industry. They provide editorial and sales services, as well as lobbying and continuing education. They provide scholarships for […]
Red Hook West hears from politicos, Justice Center and PSA, 1 by George Fiala
Lillie Marshall’s monthly Red Hook West Tenants Association meeting takes place on the second Tuesday of each month, at 428 Columbia Street, room 1C. The meetings cover a host of events of interest to Red Hook Houses residents, and Ms. Marshall always presents a number of speakers, who may include representatives from local politicians, NYCHA, the Justice Center, and the […]
May 15 Pirate’s Ball to raise funds for Waterfront Museum repairs
The Lehigh Valley Barge #79, home to the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn, will be towed upstream near Albany this summer for necessary inspection and repairs. But before the Barge #79 heads upriver for dry dock, the Museum will be throwing the 2nd annual PIRATE BALL to help finance the expedition and repairs. Shortly after Hurricane Sandy, the US […]
Message from Menchaca, by Carlos Menchaca, City Councilman, 38th District
I would like to invite you to our presentation on Sunday, April 12 at 2 pm at Sunset Park High School and discuss the work that we did together this past year and look at how we can move forward. Over the last year–in District 38–we have done things a little differently. Together, we have worked up the nerve to […]