Celebrating Community
After advocacy from PS 676 students started three years ago, the new and improved Hamilton Avenue footbridge opened with a ribbon cutting on a rainy day in January. Ten students, along with Council member Alexa Aviles and Principal Priscilla Figueroa celebrated the completion of the renovation with a ribbon cutting. The bridge is now safer, more inviting to cross and […]
After studying “Asthma Alley” in the Bronx last month, this month the focus is on Red Hook, specifically whether it has higher asthma rates than the rest of the city, and if so why? NYU Langone’s Dr. Lorna Thorpe is a professor in the Department of Population Health who conducts research on health equity and the impacts of policies. For […]
Following the ribbon cutting for the new footbridge, the Harbor School held an after school spectacular showcase in their auditorium. All of the after school clubs put on an exciting live performance for parents and teachers. There was a “Blue Carpet” set up approaching the auditorium that the kids walked down as they entered. At the entrance there were snacks […]
My current brain first came into existence in the 1950’s, after the two world wars and the Great Depression—right in the middle of the Cold War. Growing up through the Bay of Pigs and Vietnam, we were all taught that the Soviet Union was the big enemy, making the threat of nuclear disaster always lurking. I never really met any […]
Summit Academy Charter School has three graduates from its first high school graduating class in 2016 who are back working and making an impact on Summit scholars. Their names are Manny Cruz, Ibu Smith and Destiny Jennings. Cruz started at Summit in sixth grade when it first opened in 2009 and Smith and Jennings both came as juniors. The […]
Editors Note: Star-Revue publisher George Fiala has been an at-large member of this group, the CAG, since 2012. If it was just about cleaning the canal, there would be no problems. But even before the Gowanus Canal was declared a Superfund, back in 2010, there was conflict between the real estate community, Gowanus residents and the local politicians that look […]
Happy New Year to the readers of the Red Hook Star-Revue and my neighbors in the 10th Congressional District! I wanted to take a moment to extend my warmest wishes to you and your loved ones in the hope that this past holiday season brought you peace and happiness. I also want to introduce myself to those of you I […]
To either the surprise, or the apathy, of local residents, Mayor Eric Adams announced that MSC Cruises will be coming to Red Hook in the spring of 2023 bringing year-round cruise ships to the Atlantic Basin. The terminal was inaugurated in 2006 as the NYC home port for the Queen Mary. Another ship, The Regal Princess, has been using Red […]
Over the past few years Red Hook has seen the opening of two Amazon warehouses that have brought more trucks to our mixed-use neighborhoods. Many of those who are concerned about increased truck traffic point to high rates of asthma. In this series we will look at what the science says about asthma, our environment and similar circumstances elsewhere. We […]
In the end of October, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence announced the expansion of their Home+ program. This helpful program is available to residents of the five boroughs and they sign up for it through the borough that they live in. This program provides free and confidential security resources to survivors of domestic and gender […]