Jul. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A beat-up asphalt softball field in Red Hook has been given new life as a state-of-the-art skate park.
‘If you build it, they will skate’: New skate park opens at Red Hook’s Harold Ickes Playground
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Artists celebrate summer and community in new exhibits at BWAC
Jul. 1, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Summer is here, and Brooklynites are celebrating the season at the beach, in the park, and at two new exhibits at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Red Hook.
Lanoba Design opens massive mid-century modern furniture warehouse opens in Red Hook
Jun. 21, 2024 By Cate Corcoran
A big Danish mid-century modern furniture warehouse with a devoted following has swapped its Jersey City store for one double the size on the waterfront in Red Hook next to Ikea.
Temporary library to open in Red Hook while local branch closed for renovations
Jun. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An interim library is set to open in Red Hook next month, in the midst of a two-year closure of the neighborhood’s local branch.
City takes ownership of Brooklyn Marine Terminal, planning modern mixed-use transformation
May. 15, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
New York City is taking control of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, with plans to radically transform the Brooklyn waterfront.
Brooklyn man sentenced in ‘cold blooded’ Red Hook Houses shooting
Mar. 7, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Red Hook man was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Wednesday for the June 2020 shooting of 27-year-old Elvin Fernandez who was awaiting the birth of his first child.
Pols want diesel-powered cruise ships, like those idling in Red Hook, to connect to shore power or leave
Feb. 20, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
Fossil fuel-emitting cruise ships would have to walk the plank and abandon New York City ports unless they plug into clean shore power for energy, should a bill in the City Council become law.
Bring it back!: Brooklynites urge MTA to revive B71 in Brooklyn Bus Redesign
Feb. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority prepares to release its final draft plan for the Brooklyn Bus Redesign, residents in parts of western and Central Brooklyn want to revive a long-dead bus line.
Media lab at Red Hook Recreation Center gets $100,000 upgrade
Feb. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The Red Hook Recreation Center has received another major upgrade in the form of a newly-enhanced media lab, which the city’s Parks Department unveiled on Monday.
Two artists explore Brooklyn’s Bar in ‘Seeing Double’ at Sweet Lorraine
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An upcoming art exhibition in Red Hook will show illustrations of some of Brooklyn’s most popular watering holes through the perspectives of two different artists — Bill Roundy, a former Brooklyn Paper comic — and John Tebeau, illustrator of the book “Bars, Taverns and Dives New Yorkers Love.”