Celebrating Community
Back when I started the paper, in 2010, Red Hook resident Adam Armstrong began his mission to bring shore power here. This is a way to power berthed cruise ships with electricity rather than the fossil fuel they burn at sea. Twenty million dollars later, a rarely used shore power apparatus was built on the pier. Armstrong was able to […]
On a cold wet Thursday night at the end of January, the CB6 Landmarks and Land Use Committee meeting seemed reasonably well-attended at first, about thirty-five present in a presentation space at the back of the Van Alen Institute. Most of those present, however, represented the City’s various agencies and were in attendance to support the City’s joint presentation of […]
Red Hook has a brand new BMX bike and skatepark at Harold Ickes Playground on the corner of Van Brunt St. and Hamilton Avenue. The project was first announced by-Borough President Eric Adams in 2017 after kids from Red Hook called for a skatepark in the neighborhood. After a few years with a temporary skatepark but no construction, construction abruptly […]
District 38 Council Member Alexa Aviles, representatives of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC,) and members of the Red Hook community met at the Miccio Center on Jan. 16 for a community meeting. Approximately 50 people attended. In December 2022, Mayor Adams announced that MSC cruises would be coming to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The announcement was a complete surprise to […]
There were 12 people at the meeting at the Red Hook Rec Center, plus reps from Dan Goldman and Alexa Aviles. This was the last Monday of January, which was the 29th. Mayra Molina, the new field representative for Congressman Dan Goldman, and Christina Bottego, the legislative and budget director in Council Member Alexa Aviles’s office, came to hear what […]
Beginning at the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Clinton Street stretches northward through Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and up to Cadman Plaza beside the Brooklyn Bridge. Iconic brownstones line the street, gaining in elegance and value as you move towards Brooklyn Heights. But look at one of these stately houses from across the street and you’ll realize that your view is almost certainly […]
Between last-mile warehouses moving into Red Hook and the possibility of rezoning, which is currently transforming the formerly industrial Gowanus, land use has always been an important topic in Red Hook. I interviewed District 38 Council Member Alexa Aviles on land use and some of the other important issues for the community. I started off by asking her about member […]
The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) met at the Miccio Center (110 W 9th St.) on December 7, updating the community on their Red Hook traffic study. DOT’s goal is to improve travel conditions for all street users (motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.) This includes making conditions safer and improving quality of life. Studies included measuring the speed of vehicles in […]
The second annual Christmas Jamboree organized by Red Hook Collective and New Leader Hoops happened in the evening at the Red Hook Rec Center on December 15. Each child got to take home one present from the Jamboree. The wide range of gifts at the event attended by hundreds included: baby dolls, scooters, bikes, speakers, headphones, teddy bears, spider man […]
PS 676 hosted a December Family Fun Night / Holidays Around the World event on December 19 with dancing and holiday activities. In the auditorium, there were two dances by the dance team performed to holiday songs that talked about Christmas and Hanukkah. The students were wearing festive shirts with snowflakes on them. After the performances, the students, teachers and […]