Red Hook Mourns William Robertson, by Brett Yates, photos by …
WEBOct 4, 2018 · On September 24, friends and neighbors gathered outside the Brooklyn Ice House at 318 Van Brunt Street to commemorate the life of William Robertson, a local musician who died suddently. Coopersmith’s record shop, to Sunny’s Bar on Conover Street, for complimentary Budweisers. Outside, a …
Red Hook Star-Revue – Celebrating Community
WEBSep 10, 2024 · August 13, 2024. Family, friends, neighbors, and appreciative members of the Red Hook community gathered to celebrate Nancy Kearse Gooding at a barbecue on Coffey St on July 20. Last December the corner of Visitation Place and Van Brunt was renamed after her. Kearse Gooding was a force in Red Hook starting in the 1970’s.
The last days of the Swift Folder – Red Hook Star-Revue
WEBJun 1, 2019 · The last days of the Swift Folder. June 1, 2019. Since 1996, the Swift Folder – the internationally renowned folding bicycle – has assisted New Yorkers whose complicated commutes typically feature some combination of walk-up apartments, crowded trains, office elevators, and city streets. How many of them know that its inventor lives and ...
Bridging Di-Vision: Homeless Families Across NYC Receive Free …
WEBAug 12, 2021 · There was a time when the NYC waterfront was a blighted mess. When I first started working in New York, first in the Village where encounter the Hudson River, and then here in Brooklyn, and the East River, I took for granted that the burned out piers I saw were an indication that the city just didn’t care about the
Urban Recovery: The Most Recent Neighbor in Red Hook
WEBUrban Recovery (UR), which opened at 411 Van Brunt St. in January, is the only private residential treatment facility in New York City. The five-level building houses 36 inpatient beds (including six detox-specific), and provides private inpatient and residential treatment for a variety of conditions, with a primary emphasis on substance use disorders.
The men who built our skyline, by Mike Fiorito - Red Hook Star …
WEBMar 15, 2021 · The first few “walking with coffee” columns were interviews with Millennials, in which we discussed their views of “boomers.” One common complaint was that the post-war generation refused to let go of jobs, culture, politics, and basically everything.
St. Frances Xavier “Mother” Cabrini’s impact in New York
WEBDec 9, 2019 · St. Frances Xavier “Mother” Cabrini’s impact in New York. December 9, 2019. Upon coming to America in 1889 from Italy, Saint Frances Xavier “Mother” Cabrini and her seven Sisters helped newly arrived Italian immigrants in Lower Manhattan who were struggling with poverty. Her order organized catechism and educational classes, opened an ...
Police meet neighbors in person, safely – Red Hook Star-Revue
WEBSep 8, 2020 · A Build the Block Neighborhood Policing and Safety meeting for 76th Precinct Sector D / Public Service Area (PSA) 1 was held in the beginning of August on Coffey Street for residents to discuss public safety and other issues in the neighborhood and surrounding area.
Dominick’s: A living landmark on Arthur Avenue - Red Hook Star …
WEBDominick’s is a neighborhood standby, serving Italian-American dinner staples with nonchalant grace and charm to old-timers, couples, celebrities, and Yankees fans at communal tables from Wednesday through Monday. It provides huge portions of pasta alongside dishes like chicken marsala, stuffed peppers, tripe, and branzino.
Red Hook News – Red Hook Star-Revue
WEBRed Hook is currently awash in the building of new warehouses. No doubt the biggest is the massive new UPS distribution facility that starts across Valentino Park, extending on the water all the way to the Cruise Terminal. The package delivery company paid $303 million for the property, which most recently was to be the hub of a new tech ...