Celebrating Community
On October 20, the Red Hook Library hosted a free performance of “Soft” by the Theater of the Liberated. Directed by Carolyn Ferguson, a resident of the Gowanus Houses, the play dramatized the administrative labyrinth that NYCHA tenants have to navigate when they request repairs for their apartments. Last year, the nonprofit Hester Street organized an arts forum called Making […]
Six years after Hurricane Sandy, Red Hook residents are wondering what happened to the city’s promises to safeguard their neighborhood from future floods. The Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection System (IFPS) had its official genesis in “A Stronger, More Resilient New York,” the 438-page planning document produced by Mayor Bloomberg’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR) in 2013. “Flexible […]
by Erin DeGregorio The brand new Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center, operated by RAICES, reopened six months ago after a long five years of uncertainty and displacement from Superstorm Sandy. It was originally located in the basement of a Wolcott Street building for 21 years, but was flooded out and damaged from water. Soon after, the center was temporarily relocated […]