Celebrating Community
In June of 2021, I spoke to Antonio Reynoso about why he thought he should be the next Brooklyn Borough President. This month I had the opportunity to speak to him about his goals and outlook now that he has won the election and begun his term as Borough President. One of the first items on his agenda has been […]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become common for politicians to interact with their constituents virtually and Marcela Mitaynes, an assembly member for District 51 (which includes Red Hook, Sunset Park and northern Bay Ridge) has continued that trend by holding a series of fireside chats. The chats were streamed and recordings can be found on Mitaynes’ Facebook, Twitter, and […]
After numerous delays, Red Hook’s four baseball fields next to the Rec Center are now deemed safe and are open to the public. They had been closed in 2015 due to a Gannet newspaper story that tipped the EPA to look for lead in the soil—which they found. A big change is that the natural grass ballfields have been replaced […]
PS 676 had a holiday gift giving event with Santa that was enjoyed by all in their schoolyard on the Wednesday before Christmas. PS 676 teacher Mr. Nouvertne enjoyed being Santa. According to parent coordinator Marie Hueston, gifts for the students were donated by PS 676 partners PS 58 (in Carroll Gardens) and Redemption Church Red Hook. Gift cards that […]
The Red Hook Recreation Center has remained closed despite getting a temporary boiler after the previous boiler sustained damage during Hurricane Ida in September. The rec center originally closed indefinitely due to the boiler. After some in the community complained, there was initially hope that it could re-open on December 27th. That date got pushed back to January 3rd. However, […]
PS 676 has disclosed new details about their transition from an elementary school to the Harbor Middle School. The transition will begin in September. PS 676 will add a sixth grade with the current fifth graders given priority. All of the existing classes will move up through the elementary school. Next year the school will go from Pre-K through sixth […]
Not much space to write this month, but that’s fine. I was actually going to write about how much of news gathering, as well as politicking, is done not in person anymore, but via Twitter and other non-social media thingies. So this can be like an expanded tweet. I’m not sure if Red Hook yet knows this, but for the […]
The 76th Precinct Sector C held a virtual “Build the Block” meeting on December 15 for the community. Sector C Officers Vegnel and Moet led the meeting in which community issues were discussed. They discussed package theft and recommended Ring cameras which can help catch people in action who might be stealing packages. There was an instance recently when a […]
New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh held a virtual town hall for South Brooklyn this December. He has represented South Brooklyn and some parts of Lower Manhattan in the senate since 2017, having replaced Daniel Squadron. One of the issues that came up a few times was the increased street traffic caused by lane closures on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. […]
The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is known for concluding that earthly life is mostly misery, but making it all worthwhile is art, specifically music. While I’m a bit more positive about life, his comment about music resonates. Last week I took time off from everyday living to travel to Washington DC to hear Robert Earl Keen, who brought his Christmas […]