Tag: red-hook

Artist turns trash into treasure at BWAC’s spring exhibition ‘Recycle 2023’

Apr. 27, 2023 By Joanna Insco

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Red Hook is combining art and environmentalism in an upcoming gallery exhibition titled “Recycle 2023.” The exhibit celebrates artists who turn discarded materials into art, and will be open to the public on the weekends from Saturday, May 13 through Sunday, June 18. 

Grand re-re-re-opening: One year after Red Hook Tavern fire, eatery finally settles in

Mar. 13, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen

In the wee hours of March 12, 2022, an electrical fire broke out in the basement of the Red Hook Tavern — a cozy restaurant and bar on Van Brunt Street. Smoke rose up through the restaurant on the ground floor and into the apartments above, where a tenant called 911.