Celebrating Community
Terence Williams grew up in East New York, Brooklyn. Five years ago, Williams joined the New York Police Department, and on December 8 Officer Williams will graduate from the Red Hook Justice Center’s Peacemaking program. The Peacemaking program adapts Native American conflict resolution strategies to New York City court cases within the Justice Center’s catchment area – police precincts 72, […]
The first annual Unity in the Community event with Red Hook youth and the NYPD was held in Red Hook on July 30. The day began at 3 pm with street soccer on the fields in Bush Clinton Park, and later four basketball games took place at the Miccio Community Center. According to Councilman Carlos Menchaca, who played in both […]
Jaheim Smallwood, a 23-year-old resident of Red Hook, was fatally shot Tuesday, July 19 outside his home at 75 Bush Street. Smallwood was raised in the Red Hook Houses. He is survived by his mother, brother, and young son Jalyn, who was holding his father’s hand when the shooting occurred. Smallwood was attacked shortly after 8 pm after returning […]
Red Hook, Brooklyn has been my home for four years via Long Island, Queens, and Harlem. Of all the neighborhoods I have lived in, Red Hook easily best represents the epitome of what it means to be a New Yorker. We are a blue collar, hard-nosed, resilient, and resourceful neighborhood. Some people believe Red Hook is a forgotten piece of […]
In the five years that we have been publishing the Star-Revue, we have been to countless meetings where beleaguered public housing tenants have pointed out, complained, and begged to have their living conditions improved. From mold, to poor lighting, to cracks in walls, to broken refrigerators and rotting kitchen cabinets, broken mailboxes and front door locks, we’ve heard it all. […]
With rents increasing and condos popping up like mushrooms all around us, Red Hook seems to be changing more and more rapidly. It probably feels this way because we have become accustomed to the landscape around us, the neighborhood that we know and love. But Red Hook has always been susceptible to change, and just as decisions and events are […]
Dear Neighbor, It has been almost 30 months since the senior center on Wolcott Street was destroyed by the waters of Super-Storm Sandy. However, the good news is the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is aggressively moving forward with plans to renovate the building next to the Joseph Miccio Community Center to serve as a fully functional senior center […]
Lillie Marshall’s monthly Red Hook West Tenants Association meeting takes place on the second Tuesday of each month, at 428 Columbia Street, room 1C. The meetings cover a host of events of interest to Red Hook Houses residents, and Ms. Marshall always presents a number of speakers, who may include representatives from local politicians, NYCHA, the Justice Center, and the […]
Memories of gift shopping with my mother at McCory’s, as a young child of no more than seven, are the inspiration for this essay. Walking down the toy filled aisles, I was seduced by a M-16 toy machine gun, like the ones seen being used by soldiers in Vietnam War movies. I pleaded with my mother to buy it for […]
A busy Friday in Red Hook began with a morning meeting at the Miccio Center to discuss the progress of the new Senior Center. The original center, on Walcott Street across from the library, was wiped out by Sandy floodwaters over two years ago. Operated by RAICES, the center offers those over 60 a place to have lunch, shoot pool, […]