Author: Nathan Weiser

Red Hook Parks

Some progress in ballfield reconstruction by Nathan Weiser

The Parks Department came to the Red Hook Library to gave two important updates about the construction and remediation of the Red Hook Ball Field complex. Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher said that construction of phase one–ball fields 5-8–will now be starting at the end of this summer instead of in the spring of 2019. “We encountered some challenges in […]

Entertainment

Summit celebrates end of school with a gala, by Nathan Weiser

Summit Academy Charter School held their third annual end of year arts banquet in June. It was organized by theater director Tremaine Price. The banquet was held in Summit’s cafeteria. It is a mix of dinner, entertainment and also honors the Summit’s best and brightest art student. The guest speaker was Aisha Jackson, who is standby for the role of […]

Miccio Community Center

Nets go missing at the Miccio

The Brooklyn Nets clinic at the Miccio Community Center that was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, then rescheduled for Thursday of that week, but in the end, no actual players ever showed up. To make up for rescheduling the clinic, the Nets gave all the kids free tickets to a game next season. All of the kids cheered and […]

Formula E

There are plenty of neighborhood passes to the Allianz E-Village available

Formula E Championship announced that 1,000 complimentary passes will be available for community members to attend this year’s Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on July 14th and 15th. The complimentary passes provide access to the Allianz E-Village—an entertainment area for fans of all ages to watch the race, meet drivers, play race simulators and […]

76th Precinct

Trucks, streets and lighting are big issues at NCO police meeting

Sector C Neighborhood Coordination Officers Class and Jovin hosted the May Build A Block meeting at PS 676. Officers Class and Jovin started the discussion talking about previous neighborhood issues. A main point of concern were the bobcats (construction vehicles) that were parked on Beard Street, next to the Thor Equities site, and taking up parking spaces. The vehicles were […]

Red Hook Labs

A youth fashion show comes to Red Hook

Led by Belgian model Elise Crombez and RHI youth jobs developer and event organizer Sheryl Nash-Chisholm, a much-anticipated fashion show for youth came to Red Hook for the very first time. This was the fifth annual Red Hook Today event hosted by Red Hook Labs (133 Imlay Street). In addition to the fashion show there was photography and video on […]

Summit Academy

Summit’s Analeza Edore wins school’s first athletic scholarship, by Nathan Weiser

Summit Academy Charter School senior Analeza Edore is a trailblazer for her school as she is the first student athlete who has received an athletic scholarship to college. This Nigerian young woman lives in East New York, spent her first three years of high school at Nazareth Regional High School in East Flatbush, and has spent her final year of […]

Friends of Firefighters

Friends of Firefighters will have their first chili cook-off fundraiser on April 27

The Friends of Firefighters will be having a chili cook-off fundraiser at the Invisible Dog (51 Bergen Street) on Friday, April 27 from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm. According to Sylvie Brown, who is the marketing and communications officer, this will be their inaugural cook-off event fundraiser and their intention is to make this into an annual event. Friends of […]

Carroll Gardens Association

Housing group lobbies state politicians

The Carroll Gardens Association (CGA) is a non-profit housing corporation that manages a number of low-income properties in Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. On March 12 a CGA contingent took a bus up to Albany to lobby our state legislators on various housing issues. “We usually hear from other groups how they do not perform their duties but I have […]