This adventure started on a Tuesday. On the way to work, I stopped by the longshoreman’s union – catching up on waterfront news as well as enjoying coffee and donuts with my friends there. As I was was leaving the union office a little before 1 pm, I caught the tail end of a Leonard Lopate interview on the radio. […]
Feature Story
Harriet Zucker is Red Hook canine savior, by Halley Bondy
When seasoned dog owner Opal Dubois spotted a large stray pit bull mix wandering her neighborhood in Staten Island, she was smitten. Intent on capturing him and taking him home, Dubois ran home to get a leash – but he was already gone. Dubois discovered through panicked phone calls that authorities had taken him in, and, despite her protests, he […]
Red Hook’s Summit Academy collects water for Flint, by Kimberly Gail Price
Summit Academy Charter School is collecting water that will be sent directly to Flint, Michigan, where the water supply has been contaminated since early 2014. “Sharing is caring,” the school wrote in a Facebook post. “Help us help our brothers and sisters in Michigan.” The initiative started with Devon Smith, a Park Slope resident and neighbor to Summit’s Executive Founder, […]
Red Hook gets its very own record store, by Halley Bondy
If you thought you weren’t into records, or if you’ve ever felt intimidated by the too-cool brinksmanship of vinyl collection (think High Fidelity), you haven’t been to the new record shop at 360 Van Brunt Street. When you first enter, you rather feel like you’re in a friend’s living room — if your friend happens to have a widely eclectic, […]
An Urban Nomad – John McGill Banned, by Kimberly Gail Price
On the evening of May 23, 2013, Michael A. Broz pointed at John McGill and said, “You’re my character!” The next day the duo embarked on the project. Michael had previously worked in Los Angeles as a cameraman. When his daughter was born, he began working in graphic design. Once she was raised, Michael decided to once again pursue filmmaking. […]
Red Hook studied by world’s largest chemical company, by George Fiala
Our little hidden village continues to make waves globally. BASF, a huge German chemical company with worldwide operations, chose Red Hook as a case study in understanding and perhaps solve some problems that cities of the future may encounter. During a facilitated process reminiscent of the recent NY Rising program. BASF is a giant conglomerate that began 150 years ago […]
John Burkard on his son, originally published February 2012
Dear Readers, this is an important message to all parents who may have children who suffer from some form of addiction. The message conveyed here is a strong one, and it comes from my heart as a saddened father. I urge every one of you fathers and mothers to never give up on your child. Because my son Richard passed […]
Love Notes from our readers – compiled by Kimberly Gail Price
Happy Valentine’s Day we have departed, Happy Valentine’s Day for me I am not resentful or cold hearted. You are so special; He doesn’t know that about you. He probably doubts you. I love your smile your silhouettes You’re so kind of a soul We were like children again About seventeen years old, We met many years ago. To reunite […]
Red Hook today is firmly rooted in Red Hook of the past, by Mary Ann Pietanza
It was barely a few days before Christmas when my son, John reminded me that we had not yet bought fish for our traditional Christmas Eve Fish Fest. I admit, I was dragging my foot about the whole holiday in general since the only surviving patriarch in our family was hospital bound with a stroke – and then, a serious […]
New furniture shop opens on Van Brunt, by Micah B. Rubin
The furniture created by BLKWD, a new furniture shop on Van Brunt Street, personifies the past, present and future of Red Hook. Their designs incorporate an industrial aesthetic that blends polished metal with salvaged (and new) wood and would look as perfect in a workshop as in a sleek private apartment. “We like the industrial look but we wanted to […]