Major Change Seen for Red Hook’s Working Waterfront
Recent events signal a slow fade out of containerization in Red Hook, marking the possible end to the neighborhood’s working waterfront.
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New Report Finds Service Deficiencies in B61 Bus Line
Thursday, December 8, 2011
A study put out by Councilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) found that only 43 percent of B61 buses arrived on time during rush hour, with some buses arriving 20 minutes late, The Brooklyn Paper reported. [...]
Local Photographer Captures Red Hook’s Spirit
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
"I started carrying my camera when I decided I might be able to make some interesting photographs." Andy Vernon-Jones is a local photographer who captured Red Hook's spirit in his new book, Here in Red Hook.
Commuter Vans Defy Rules for Transit-Needy Brooklyn
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Weekday mornings Osmond Thorne takes commuters and children to school, but he is not driving a bus or subway train. He is behind the wheel of a 15-person commuter van. The vans are a cheap [...]
Is Shipping in Red Hook Heading to Sunset Park?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The L magazine reports that shipping activity in Red Hook may shift to Sunset Park. Christopher Ward, who is leaving his option as the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New [...]
One Woman’s Commitment Brings Honor to Red Hook’s Fallen
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
In the summer of 2009, Josie Sanfeliu filled her bike basket with petition papers, strapped on her bike helmet, and rode from her home in Park Slope, past the Gowanus Canal and under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway to a series of firehouses in Red Hook. It was a 15-minute trip that she had made many times since September 11, 2001, and would make a hundred more times over the next two years.
The Craft of Blowing Brooklyn Glass
Monday, March 21, 2011
By Joe Deaux When Kevin Kutch removes glass from the furnace it is actually in liquid form and measures at 2,150 degrees Fahrenheit – a temperature that is approximately equivalent to what the underbelly of [...]
Red Hook’s Zoning Battle: Housing versus Industry
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
By Lea Khayata. Jay Amato thought he had it all planned. He was going to build his own house on a piece of land he bought at the corner of Van Brunt and Conover streets [...]
Brooklyn’s Red Honey Must Come to an End
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Last week The New York Times reported an odd occurrence: Brooklyn bees were producing honey as red as a cherry. That red color actually came from a nearby maraschino cherry factory. The factory is now [...]
The “Kid Boom” in Gentrified Red Hook
Thursday, November 18, 2010
By Lea Khayata On a late weekday afternoon, Valentino Pier Park, in the south west end of Red Hook, looks like any neighborhood park. Kids on their scooters and bikes are playing around the pier [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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