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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 ...

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 ...

Something has been slowly creeping up on Red Hook for decades—scandification. To be fair, the neighborhood’s roots are intertwined with Scandinavia. When South Brooklyn was first being colonized, its ...

I am going to say right off the bat that a lot of these words are the result of an AI Google search. It does a good job of explaining that a century ago, we had a housing crisis which put poor New ...

A ribbon cutting ceremony celebrated the official opening of the NYU Langone school based health clinic for both Harbor Middle School and Summit Academy Charter School. The clinic is a free resource ...

The Gowanus Oversight Task Force (GOTF), charged with monitoring the city’s commitments towards the area’s 2021 rezoning, recently published a report on the status of several agreements. The ...

Getting a Valentine’s Day restaurant reservation can feel nearly as difficult as winning the affordable housing lottery in this city. Luckily, there are endless ways to treat yourself and your loved ...

The former Citizens Gas Works on the western bank of the Gowanus Canal—one of the most polluted sites in all of New York State—is already a jumble of parcels with different owners, remediation plans, ...