Celebrating Community
NYU Langone celebrated the opening of the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center at 70 Atlantic Avenue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Staff also gave a media tour after the ceremony. Going on the tour in the state-of-the-art facility felt like stepping into year 3000. The facility looks beautiful and while it is certainly never ideal to end […]
The Red Hook Public Library (7 Wolcott St.) closed this March as the building will undergo major renovations. The library is expected to re-open in early 2025. “We’re going to be bigger, safer, more energy efficient, and serve the community better,” said managing librarian, Joyce Kowpak. In the meantime, there will be in-person programs and services. There will be a […]
The Beam Center, with offices at 60 Sackett Street, works to empower youth by having them build spectacular projects in an intensely supportive and collaborative environment. Beam provides enrichment programming to schools in a variety of settings, including after school programs, street fairs and day camps. In Red Hook they are at PS 676. Joshaun Jakes, who grew up in […]
An asbestos abatement notice, shuttered doors, and heaps of debris – this is what is left of Gowanus’ famous BBQ restaurant Pig Beach, one of the first businesses that closed its doors due to the rezoning outlined in the Gowanus Neighborhood Plan. The restaurant, a sprawling indoor-outdoor facility that has served as a community meeting spot for eight years, closed […]
There has comics and cartoons class for kids at the Red Hook Library for kids who want to learn about the art form and have a new skill to learn and enhance. It is planned the the class will continue somewhere else now that the library is closed for construction. Nicholas Forker teaches the class and thinks this is a […]
The Red Hook Library, which is a relied on space for many, will close for renovations on March 17. There was a meeting at the library on February 21, at which details were announced. The construction will startthis spring and take about 18 months, which means it should reopend at the beginning of 2025. The plan is to modernize the […]
On February 16, PS 676 hosted a Black History Month family art night with activities for the students. The art night went from 4:30 until 6:30 as Red Hook Art Project and Pioneer Works instructed the students. The kids did collages and paintings based on Black artists from New York City. RHAP made a giant fabric art collage that took […]
St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish (SMSS) in Carroll Gardens suffered a sad loss in early December with the death of longtime pastor, Reverend Christoper Cashman. During Fr. Cashman’s brief illness, it fell on the pastor of neighboring Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary – St. Stephen Parish (SHSS) and the Dean of Deanery 3, Monsignor Guy Massie, to […]
Those who were willing to join the February Community Board 6 meeting in person were rewarded with the chance to peek around a sleek, modern building in the heart of Gowanus and to sample some baked goods provided by one of the board members. The building is home to the Van Alen Institute, a Gowanus-based nonprofit. The baked goods (vegan, […]
On January 9 at 2:35pm, a commuter waiting for their train at the 9th and Smith station rushed to find help after seeing someone fall onto the tracks. Officers Morgan Brown and Meir Green sprang into action. As the train approached, Officer Brown stood by the entrance to flag the conductor. Meanwhile, Officer Green jumped into the subway tunnel to […]