Celebrating Community
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Foxy and Winston has been a staple in Red Hook for nearly a decade, but area residents will soon not be able to buy their textiles, stationery, paper goods and accessories anymore. Jane Buck’s store has been on Van Brunt Street across from Fort Defiance for nine years but will be closing on April 30 due to the decline in […]
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 […]
Artist exhibit If you are artist of any kind who lives in the community, you will have a chance to display your skills at the Carroll Gardens Library Auditorium. This crafters’ and artists’ exhibit will be on June 2, 2018, from 1–3:00 pm. Adults of any age, young adults as well as children will have the opportunity to share their […]
The Red Hook Civic Association held their monthly meeting on March 28 at the PS 15. A teacher from BASIS, Robert Barrios, NCO Jonathan Rueda and assistant police captain Ramos and Annette Amendola were some of the people at the meeting. The Thor Equities site on Beard Street was brought up again. John McGettrick, president of the Civic Association, said that there […]