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 ...
Funding finally designated toward neighborhood NYCHA …
WEBAug 4, 2019 · The Wyckoff Gardens center will be renovated through $2.5 million in the City Council’s funding for the Fiscal Year 2020, in addition to $1.8 million that has accumulated through Council funding that started with David Yassky and that Levin has added to every year. Currently, the center offers after-school youth programming and senior services.
An Interview with Scott Pfaffman, by John Buchanan
WEBJohn Buchanan: So you and your wife at the time, Florence Neal, came to Red Hook together? Scott Pfaffman: Yes in 1984 we put together a proposal for an artist housing project at 353 Van Brunt Street. It produced about six citywide artist housing projects. And we were the lucky recipients of one of them. I was summoned to the city for a press conference; Ed Koch was the mayor at the time.
Election 2021: Jacqui Painter, by Nathan Weiser
WEBMay 13, 2021. Jacqui Painter is a Red Hook native who is running for city council. She has advocated for people for many years, which makes her think she is the right candidate. Some of her goals include: “I will enact a budget and bring funding for food justice because I was on the ground and I know the issue,”.
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 ...
Back to “Brighton Beach” with Filmmakers Carol Stein and Susan ...
WEBFeb 11, 2024 · Stein and Wittenberg spoke with the Star-Revue about making the film, the people and community, and why the documentary is maybe more relevant today than it was in 1980. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. How did you come to Brighton Beach as a subject for a film?
SHOAH E’NUFF: WHY I AM WRITING IN MIRIAM TYRK FOR CITY …
WEBOct 26, 2023 · SHOAH E’NUFF: WHY I AM WRITING IN MIRIAM TYRK FOR CITY COUNCIL. Part One: The Person I Most Admire. Back when The Great Trumpkin first descended the escalator, we were visiting Grandma Miriama at her house in the Slope, at first, she softly growled in gradually ascending volume and then she spat out, “I know his type well; I remember when ...
Red Hook News – Red Hook Star-Revue
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Red 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 ...