Celebrating Community
South Brooklyn Community High School, at 173 Conover Street, is a transfer high school that offers drop-outs a second chance. South Brooklyn is a partnership between the NYC Department of Education and Good Shepherd Services, which is a youth development, education, and family service agency. The students who enter the school are overage and under credited, which leads to […]
Back in June, I signed with the Board of Election (BOE) to be a poll worker. I did this because I had heard that fewer older people who are usually poll workers were able work the polls because of the pandemic, and I wanted to directly be behind the scenes of election day assisting in the voting process for this […]
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Disaster Recovery department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a virtual meeting on Thursday about the soil sampling at the Red Hook Houses related to Sandy construction. There was also an update about the two recent gas outages at the Red Hook Houses caused by the construction that has been happening. Joy […]
Red Hook now has a new and modern dance studio that will offer instruction in an array of different styles and mediums. On September 26, World Arts East Red Hook officially opened its doors with an open house that included a variety of dance classes. World Arts East takes up the entire spacious second floor of 127 King Street and […]
Red Hook’s Jacqui Painter has been helping Red Hook’s vulnerable population out in a variety of ways and it all started due to her connection with the elderly. Painter, who is from Red Hook, has been working with the Red Hook Senior Center for the last four years and they were her inspiration to start the mutual aid group that […]
The Red Hook Art Project (RHAP) pivoted very soon after the COVID-19 pandemic and like so many other institutions began to offer virtual programing. RHAP provides free visual art, music, academic and stress management instruction after school to Red Hook students. Their classes are intentionally small, and they strive to give each student individual attention during each class. Special attention […]
COVID-19 has had to delay or cancel all kinds of events, but Red Hook Fest will happen again this summer one with one major change. Red Hook Fest, presented by Hook Arts Media, is Red Hook’s largest festival and will take place for the 27th consecutive year. The change this year is that it will be live-streamed for people to […]
While PS 676 students are undergoing virtual learning from home, some kids are getting the chance to participate in the 30-day Arts Alive! Challenge. Red Hook’s PS 676 received a generous donation of art supplies from the Cayuga Arts Collective in Trumansburg, NY, and 22 students who enjoy art will get to take part in a challenge sponsored by the […]
There has been a major shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Red Hook’s RETI Center has been doing all it can to contribute. RETI, which stands for Resilience, Education, Training and Innovation, has created an initiative called Rapid Resilience, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, in an effort […]
Like all schools in New York City, Red Hook’s PS 676 has been closed since March 16, but the teachers are doing all they can to be there for the students virtually and to help the greater community get PPE. Science teacher Fred Nouvertne took home the 3D printers from the school’s STEAM lab and is making masks for institutions […]