Granted that the surroundings at Smith and Ninth Street are not the most uplifting in Brooklyn. That having been said, however, the contribution this structure will make toward neighborhood beautification is of, uh, limited value. The building is the work of of Henry Radusky and the ubiquitous Bricolage Designs. It’s a four-story, 50-foot high building […]

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We got an email from Carolina Salguero who runs PortSide New York, a wonderful organization that runs a host of programs dedicated to the city’s maritime heritage. PortSide is in the process of converting an old tanker, the Mary A. Whalen, into its new headquarters and as attraction and community amenity. Ms. Salguero needs volunteers […]

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If you read GL, the name Harriet Zucker might ring a bell. She is the artist and kind soul who has devoted a great deal of time to caring for and saving Red Hook’s Revere Sugar dogs. Ms. Zucker is now organizing a cool photography project called “What’s the Hook.” It will involve photographers shooting […]

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Here’s fun vid about the threatened Red Hook Vendors, including a bunch of interviews with the vendors themselves. (While the vendors will be in place through the end of their season in October this year, the Parks Department still intends to put their permit out for competitive bidding. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe has said that […]

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Taking down the old Revere Sugar plant in Red Hook has been quite the task. Demolition started in December on the dome that had defined the local waterfront for a long time, then moved to the the assorted factory buildings. The big steel frame building is now coming down. In fact, as you can see […]

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You may know the site next to the Ikea under construction in Red Hook that’s a former industrial area been partly reclaimed by wetlands vegetation. Harriet Zucker, who saved the Revere Sugar dogs, sent along these photos of an egret there, noting that the area “has become an urban sanctuary.” She wonders if anything can […]

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The plan to boot out the Red Hook Container Port and to redevelop the waterfront property for a variety of uses appears dead. The Daily News reports that City Hall has dropped its plan to evict the container port. The operator, American Stevedoring, had put up a significant fight to stay. The News reports: Red […]

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[Photo Courtesy of Chris Curen] The Liberty Heights Tap Room in Red Hook was recently purchased by Black 47 frontman Chris Byrne. Chris Curen, who sent us this photo, captured it in mid-morph during the week into Rocky Sullivan’s. Mr. Byrne also owns Rocky Sullivan’s on Lexington Avenue. So, now, there are two.

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Art work on a construction fence at 440 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn

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It may be mundane, but we’re fascinated by the Great Blue Wall of Beard Street because it’s so freaking huge. What you’re looking at in this photo sent our way by Chris Curen (who also submitted yesterday’s excellent photo of the burned out car on Beard Street in front of the Ikea) is part of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Chris Curen] While we take no pleasure in burned out cars, we have to say there is something especially interesting about this shot sent our way by Chris Curen that shows a toasted car and the Ikea being built on Beard Street in Red Hook. Mr. Curen writes: The summer Beard Street […]

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Take the Red Hook Quiz. Match the Red Hook bar, restaurant or business to the answers below. The quiz–both concept, questions and answers– come to us from our special Red Hook correspondent Chris Curen. Don’t look down there first, but we’ve got the correct answers at the bottom. 1) Red Hook Bait and Tackle2) Liberty […]

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PortSide New York invited people to watch the July 4 fireworks from its new headquarters, the wonderful Mary A. Whalen, a former tanker that is being renovated and given a new life. The last time we’d been aboard the Whalen, she was in a graving dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for maintenance and repairs. […]

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1) Call it a sign of the times. When Lillie’s Bar closed in Red Hook it was considered a sign that the times they were definitely changing as the Todd Shipyard buildings fell and Ikea started rising across the street. Yesterday, we noted the apparent upcoming end to Beard Street’s cobblestones. As we reported several […]

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Whenever people want to point out how different Red Hook used to be, they note the former presence of wild dogs. Some of them lived at the old Revere Plant that is currently in the final throes of demolition at the hands of Thor Equities. A number of bloggers and photographers avoided posting photos of […]

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The total end appears to be coming to the old Beard Street. Detour and “street closed” signs have gone up on Beard Street and some major road work is about to take place on a stretch fronting the location of the huge Ikea store and parking lot (part of which is the historic former Graving […]

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If McCarren Pool can have concerts and dance performances, the Red Hook waterfront can have opera. Specifically, Giacomo Puccini’s Il Tabarro. The performance will be staged on the Mary A. Whalen, a former tanker that is being converted to a floating exhibition space and headquarters by PortSide New York. Set your iCals for September, which […]

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Sometime soon, a range of Brooklynites may be able to learn in the waters off Red Hook. PortSide New York, the Red Hook-based organization which run waterfront-related programs, is making progress on its proposal to start up a community sailing program. The program, which would operate out of Valentino Park in Red Hook, would offer […]

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There is much news to convey about the embattled and threatened Red Hook vendors this morning as it was a busy Friday for them. First, as we noted yesterday afternooon, Sen. Charles Schumer announced that the Parks Department had agreed to allow the food stands at the Red Hook Ballfields to remain open through October […]

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Maybe you’ve heard about the Revere Sugar Dogs that used to roam the property. For a long time, some bloggers we know avoided posting about them for fear of bringing harm to the dogs. Most were rescued and adopted. One remains. Harriet Zucker is working to save her and participated in this video.

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Sen. Charles Schumer, just announced that the Parks Department is extending the permits of the Red Hook food vendors through October 28. The Department had previously threatened an end to the vending season after Labor Day. However, there’s some bad news: The Parks Department still says it’s going to open the permits to competitive corporate […]

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The Parks Department has one more piece of community advocacy to munch on as they consider finding a solution to protect the food vendor at the Red Hook Ballfields. (We reported on Friday evening and on Saturday about the meeting held Friday, but that nothing has changed.) This missive, which was sent by a local […]

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(We are reposting a version of this story from last night, since we don’t normally post in the evening and some readers might not otherwise see it.) Representatives of the Red Hook food vendors and City Council Member Sara Gonzalez met with Park Department officials yesterday about the future of the vendors whose plight has […]

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Representatives of the Red Hook food vendors and City Council Member Sara Gonzalez met with Park Department this afternoon about the future of the vendors whose plight has drawn citywide attention. Red Hook Vendors Committee head Cesar Fuentes told GL that although “there is still no answer to our plight, we have good hope that […]

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