Comments on: A Day In the Life at Red Hook Houses

By: tk

tk — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:27:57 +0000

I was born in the building 22 mill st apartment 2c right in the apartment my mother delivered me. I had an wonderful childhood. Venturing out to play in the many parks surrounding the projects. Until I got hooked on drugs at the age of fifteen. I left Redhook Projects many times. It is a beautifully made projects but the people that didn’t care about it tore it up. I would have stayed there if I didn’t feel the darkness everytime I entered. I still dream of my childhood and the good memories I had there though. And PS 27 and junior high school 142 there are still some great memories… even though I left years ago.

By: wanda cummings

wanda cummings — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:42:50 +0000

I grew up in Red Hook along with my 2 older brothers and 1 little brother we left Red Hook in 1977 when my parents brought a home in Queens I will never forget Red Hook there were happy times there. Yes everyone knew everyone and we had a lot of friends. Our parents always sat outside in the summer time and we had so much fun all of us went to P.S. 27 I really miss those days I am glad to see that Red Hook is changing for the better. I also remember the tenant patrol which my mom and friends were apart of and we always went to miccio center for the parties but we also had parties in our building for the different holidays it was so much fun.

By: ramona cargo

ramona cargo — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:53:48 +0000

I moved into redhook projects in 1967 i was 8 years old. It was a wonderful place for me to grow up and live there. everybody knew everybody neighbors was family orientated and watch everybody else’s children back then it took the village of redhook projects to raise and help familes if you know what that means. we went to the micco pal center party’s it was fun and kids got along and played together. i had three children that were raised in redhook projects. but by the 1980 redhook was off the chain with the war on drugs

By: Philbin Metcalf

Philbin Metcalf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:12:51 +0000

I agree with Kieran. You are helping to give voice to the 75% of Red Hook otherwise invisible to the world. If you haven’t already you should check out what Andy Vernon-Jones has been up to. http://hereinredhook.blogspot.com/

By: Kieran Meadows

Kieran Meadows — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:55:01 +0000

Nice to see some coverage of this part — the “front” — of Red Hook. Keep up the good work.