Author: Nathan Weiser

Red Hook News, Red Hook Parks

No big news from Parks Department

The Parks Department came to Red Hook in August for a community update regarding the long-closed Red Hook ballfields. Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher led the sparsely attended proceedings, held at the Rec Center on Bay Street. “The good news is that none of the time frames are affected,” Maher said. “We started construction; the completion times are the same. […]

Red Hook News, Sports

Formula E World

The Formula E race on Sunday offered many different activities besides just the chance to watch Formula E cars drive up to 174 mph on the 1.475 mile course. Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal featured one indoor and one outdoor Allianz E-Village with lots of sponsored booths and activities for guests of all ages. Each section within each E-Village was […]

Education, Kids, Library, Red Hook Library, Red Hook News

Kids can get reading help at the Red Hook Library

During the summer at the Red Hook library young kids get the chance to improve on their reading skills in an interactive and fun way in a group setting. Team up to Read is happening this summer at the Red Hook Library for the first time and is a free program designed to enhance comprehension and fluency in the reading […]

Education, Red Hook News, Red Hook Rec Center

Back to School Bash

The Red Hook Recreation Center will be organizing a back to school party and parents and children are invited. The back to school party will take place on Thursday, August 15, from 11:30 am until 5:00 pm at Coffey Park (85 Richards Street). Community members will be able to enjoy the annual basketball tournament, carnival games, field day activities and […]

Red Hook Initiative, Red Hook News, South Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation

UPS to build one of their largest facilities in Red Hook

The United Parcel Service (UPS), which opened a 1.2-million-square-foot facility in suburban Atlanta last year, is preparing a similar regional hub in Red Hook to serve the Northeast. In a press release announcing the new facility, UPS explained: “The new Atlanta sortation and delivery center is part of an expanded network of regional hubs designed to improve efficiency, service levels […]

Sports

Boxing and Faith

“Why is there such a connection between such a brutal sport like boxing and faith,” the accomplished Bensonhurst, Brooklyn born and raised Craig Tubiolo said. “You would think it’s the complete opposite and ironic.” Craig Tubiolo, who directed and executive produced Ring of Faith, has had a passion for the sport of boxing since he was a kid and explored the link […]

NCO meeting
76th Precinct

76th Precinct NCOs at Pioneer Works

The 76th Precinct Sector C Neighborhood Coordination Officers held their June quarterly meeting on the third floor of Pioneer Works. Officers Class and Jovin discussed issues with the 15 community members present. Grand Larceny There has been an increase of grand larceny thefts in the area recently and the NCOs urge residents to be more careful and pay more attention especially […]

PS 676 students working in the Lego Room. (Star-Revue file photo)
PS 676

Project Learning at P.S. 676

The kids at P.S. 676 have project-based learning in their classrooms and it is making a difference in their learning and development. Principal Priscilla Figueroa thought this would be a good idea for the students and this technique to benefit the students began at the start of this school year. There are three project-based learning weeks throughout the year, but […]

The Semper Durfer, unveiled.
Arts, Red Hook Restaurants

FORT DEFIANCE KICKS OFF 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW MURAL BY DUKE RILEY

It’s a classic Revolutionary War battle tableau — formal ranks of fearsome Redcoats square off against a ragtag bunch of… mermaids? It’s the kind of thing one might expect from Duke Riley, the Brooklyn-based artist who produced Semper Defier, the mural that will hang above the bar at Red Hook restaurant Fort Defiance. Riley, whose work is exhibited in several museums […]