Last week, the Red Hook Ballfield Vendors learned that the permits that allow them to operate in in Red Hook were officially extended through October 21. Vendors Committee Head Cesar Fuentes has sent out an email saying they’ll celebrate with “a livelier than usual weekend event” including more soccer games, music and a two-day art […]

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You’ve probably heard the news already that the Red Hook vendors season was extended yesterday by the Parks Department to run through October 21. The temporary permits under which they’ve been operating would otherwise have expired tomorrow. The Parks Department had promised to extend the season after a widespread outcry, but waited until the last […]

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Tonight is the first performance of Puccini’s “Il Tabarro” on the deck of our favorite converted tanker, PortSide New York’s Mary A. Whalen. The production has gained wide notice in New York City, as one would expect for an opera on a boat that will include real stevedores. It’s also in today’s Christian Science Monitor. […]

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If you thought this was a done deal, you were wrong. The Red Hook Vendors food season was officially extended today as the Parks Department announced it was giving a six-week extension on the temporary permits the vendors use. The extension will allow them to work at the Red Hook Ballfields through the end of […]

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Columbia Street in Red Hook, which has been in a state of serious street construction for more than a year, will be getting some new housing if a “pre-approved” Department of Housing Preservation and Development goes ahead. The plan is for 152 units of housing, 40 percent of which would be affordable. The plan was […]

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The Red Hook waterfront is happening in September. For starters, you can enjoy the Red Hook Discovery Kayaking and Shoreline Cleaning on a number of days, including: Saturday, September 8 (1:00pm-5:00pm)Friday, September 14 (6:00pm-8:00pm)Sunday, September 23 (10:00am-2:00pm)Wednesday, September 26 (6:00pm-8:00pm) You can take a canoe or kayak out for up to 20 minutes within the […]

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We noted during a Community Board 6 meeting we attended in late spring that one of the Red Hook Garden District’s recent arrivals, the Gowanus Nursery, was being threatened by new residential development. The nursery had been on Third Street and moved this year to Summit Street in Red Hook. Here’s the email from the […]

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The demolition equipment that has been hard at work on the former Revere Sugar site being cleared by Thor Equities was silent at the time we found this gentleman catching some rays and some z’s. He’s one of the group of people that spend serious summer quality time with their boats docked in Red Hook […]

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The big Ikea box on Beard Street keeps getting bluer and bluer and the formerly narrow cobblestone street is getting wider. You can see both things going on in these photos, which show the Ikea blue is now visible from all over. (We’re especially liking the view across the Thor Equities demolition zone known as […]

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A GL reader who caught this interesting scene at the Red Hook Ball Fields where the vendors are under siege by the Parks Department, sent us a link to the YouTube vid he shot that was part of a short being produced by Red Bucket Films. So, now, the Red Hook Vendors have to contend […]

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We got an invite from the Red Hook Community Justice Center Photography Project about its second annual photography exhibit, which takes place on Wednesday (8/29). Called “The Eyes of New York Final Exhibition,” it takes place from 5:30PM to 7:30PM at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, which is located at 88 Visitation Place in […]

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[Photo courtesy of Von Roberts] There are two interesting Red Hook stories on our list today. The first story comes from the archive section of City Limits magazine, which reaches back 20 years to a story that puts today’s Red Hook in an interesting context. (It was titled “Red Hook: Gloom with a View.”) It […]

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We met Jackie Linge, who made the short documentary about the Red Hook vendors, the day that Sen. Charles Schumer held a press event calling on the city to preserve this local institution. Ms. Linge just posted her short documentary on YouTube and it is most definitely worth viewing. BONUS: Check out Sarah Riley’s story […]

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If you’ve been following the numerous threats to the existence of the Latino vendors at the Red Hook Ballfields, you know that the latest comes from the Department of Health, which discovered the vendors this month and started cracking down on them for a variety of reasons. After a couple of meetings and outlining both […]

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[Photo courtesy of efbrooklyn13/flickr] Yesterday (8/19) was the last day for the “What’s the Hook?” project. (It was extended by a day at the last minute.) If you want to see some of the early results of the photo taking, you can check out the “What’s the Hook?” flickr pool. There were about 300 photos […]

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If you’re interesting in helping out a good cause in Red Hook and spending some time on the Mary A. Whalen, which is PortSide New York’s new headquarters, then you can spend some time volunteering on Saturdays. Volunteers are needed to help get things ready on the boat and there’s work available for different ability […]

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The Red Hook community-based photo project “What’s the Hook?” organized by Harriet Zucker got under way yesterday and we understand that more than 100 photographers have already expressed interest in participating. The photo project will run through Saturday (8/18). For more information you can go to the What’s the Hook? website, but the bottom line […]

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We’ve posted about this before, but it’s such a wonderful project and the organizer, Harriet Zucker, has done such wonderful work in the Red Hook community and in rescuing the Revere Sugar Dogs, that we’re posting a reminder. The community-based photo project called “What’s the Hook?” kicks off on Sunday, August 12 and will run […]

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As we noted yesterday, via Porkchop Express, the Department of Health is after the Red Hook vendors over technical issues. If they’re not resolved they could be shut down in 10 days. Vendor Committee chair Cesar Fuentes met with officials yesterday. Porkchop follows up with the conditions that have been given to the vendors. Porkchop […]

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Are the Red Hook vendors newly threatened by yet another situation? Could be. Porkchop Express reports on a new “situation” at the Red Hook Ball Fields involving the Health Department. Here’s the detail: Last Friday at approximately 4:30 pm, Food Committee Executive Director Cesar Fuentes discovered that the Department of Health was going to institute […]

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Ikea’s big blue exterior wall has rounded the bend and is in the home stretch. The familiar blue wall, which was on the east side of the building is now on the north side along Beard Street, which is the one that most people going to Red Hook see. The big blue presence should make […]

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[Photo courtesy of Keylime Steve/flickr] We knew it was going to be good, and the back story of the submersible device busted near the Queen Mary 2 in Red Hook does not disappoint. A tipster to both Curbed and Gothamist identified the person behind the sub as artist Duke Riley and it turns out that […]

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Just when you thought a hot day couldn’t get any hotter, comes this bizarre story about three people taken into custody for having a submersible device off Red Hook near the Queen Mary 2. 7Online is reporting that the police say it isn’t terrorism related, but no one is reporting, just yet, what it’s related […]

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We received an email along with a group of photos of the original feral dogs of Red Hook & Gowanus from Regina Massaro of the Spay Neuter Intervention Project (SNIP). Ms. Massaro and SNIP helped rescue the dogs. (Several were even pulled from the Gowanus when they were drowning.) We’ve never seen photos of them, […]

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