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On April 9, Red Hook West Resident Association President Karen Blondel crashed a canvassing event meant to inform residents ...
I was enjoying the wonderful new Battle of Brooklyn exhibit running all year at the Center for Brooklyn History on Pierrepont Street when I heard a familiar voice behind me.“They used to call this ...
Blood is sticky, did you know that?Have you been around blood, blood freed from its bodily vessel, little girl blood, ...
Khadijah James (also known as Toni Jones) passed away last month. Her funeral took place at the River of God Christian Center on Wolcott Street, and it was a packed house. Khadijah and I became great ...
Welcome to ‘Wednesdays in Red Hook’, a new series that gives a close-up look into the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average day in Red Hook. Today ...
For many years Red Hook was lucky to have an active and vibrant Civic Association, run by John McGettrick. It gave us an institution where those interested in our community could come to and discuss ...
When privatization comes to public housing, tenants are told to expect repairs, investment, and better living conditions. But what many of us are not told is what we stand to lose. Across the country, ...
Residents of NYCHA’s Elliott-Chelsea and Fulton Houses need to keep up the pressure against the housing authority’s plan to demolish and replace the buildings, several hundred people stressed during a ...
When privatization comes to public housing, tenants are told to expect repairs, investment, and better living conditions. But what many of us are not told is what we stand to lose. Across the country, ...
I attended the March 11 meeting at Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church about the bogus environmental review process ...
Walking into Jam’It Bistro in Red Hook on a Monday morning, owner Dawn Skeete is heads-down on a major catering order for the Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School in East New York. She races against the ...