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In the spring, the Red Hook Container Terminal added a new weekly container service to its roster of clients. Each Monday for the past two months, a vessel from Miami-based carrier Seaboard Marine’s North Atlantic-North Central America loop has docked in Red Hook, the last port of call on a route starting in Guatemala, with stops in Nicaragua, El Salvador, […]
At the end of last month, a party was held at Sunset Park’s Industry City, where AECOM, the infrastructure firm that put Red Hook subway station in the mouth of the governer, recently rented space. The party was hosted by the former Red Hook Container Terminal CEO, and former Executive Director of the Port Authority (PA), Chris Ward, and most […]
Onetime Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward, who now works for one of the largest infrastructure builders in the world, has been pushing a plan to radically change Southwest Brooklyn since last year. The plan involves replacing the Red Hook Container Terminal, and much of the rest of our working waterfront, with gleaming skyscrapers – more than tripling our local […]
The cranes at the foot of Union Street may become history by next year. The Red Hook Container Terminal (RHCT), which was built in the 1980s to handle bulk shipping, finishes its lease in 2018 and may be turned over by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA) to the hands of real estate developers. “We’re at […]
The long awaited next step in the selection of a Red Hook commuter ferry stop arrived in April with the publication of the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), covering 17 new passenger ferry stops, including Red Hook. There are currently a number of ferries traversing the waters around Manhattan. The East River ferries are operated […]
Due to the dogged efforts of Michael Stamatis, President and CEO of the Red Hook Container Terminal, and the lobbying efforts of the International Longshoreman Association, Local 1814, Brooklyn’s working waterfront has been given a dramatic new lease on life. Federal funds will now pay for a new barge service which begins on June 30th. This means that a large container ship can drop their […]
Speaking truth to power can involve a personal sacrifice. Getting into a position where power will listen is a big achievement. It takes courage to risk that position if the truth is not what the powers that be desire. Carlos Menchaca, our City Councilman, did just that the other week. He used the power vested in his position to refuse […]
In an incredible overreaction, Kyle Kimball, head of the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC), announced that he was abandoning development of Sunset Park’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT), simply because City Councilman Carlos Menchaca didn’t give him what he wanted. SBMT comprises ten blocks along the waterfront in Sunset Park, southwards from 29th Street. It is an intermodal facility, named […]
In a decision fraught in a bit of mystery, the Escape Music Festival, which was to bring two days of entertainment to the Columbia Waterfront District, at Pier 9a, abruptly pulled out of Red Hook and moved across the channel to Governors Island. This came as somewhat of a surprise to people who attended a recent Community Board 6 meeting […]
As reported in the Star-Revue and elsewhere, the Port Authority has rented out Pier 9 to a music promoter for the weekend of October 11-12. The promoter hopes to sell 8,000 tickets each day. This has been planned thus far without any oversight from the community or any elected official, The Port Authority can basically do whatever it wants with its […]