[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] 1) The USS Growler is in Red Hook. The sub, which was with the Intrepid and, then, moved to Bayonne, has been spotted off the Hook. A reader writes to say it’s in the Atlantic Basin: “i saw it there last night and today. no idea when it […]

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A new establishment will be opening in the Pioneer Bar-B-Q space on Van Brunt Street. It will reopen as ‘Brooklyn Ice House’…a bar with burgers and bbq. “There you have it Red Hook. A new burger, bbq, and beer bar, opening ‘soon’.”–Eater

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Meet 36 Otsego Street in Red Hook . The 1,600 square foot house started out on the marking in January at $1.2M. Then it was cut to $995K a couple of week later. Now, it’s gotten another buzz cut to $850,000. To recap: a $350,000 reduction.–Brownstoner

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As it turns out, the photo of the Red Hook parrots that a reader kindly passed along to us this week has a back story. These aren’t the first parrots that have staked out real estate in the Hook. Our most knowledgeable Red Hook sources writes, “They were there a few years ago with a […]

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[Photo courtesy of Joe Holmes/flickr] Manhattan’s Cheyenne Diner–every single piece of it–is going to be moved to Red Hook. We read the item on Gothamist, which picked it up from amNY’s Urbanite blog, about five times to make sure we weren’t seeing things. We weren’t. The diner, which like all good NYC diners, is being […]

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Among the many places that the Brooklyn parrots are establishing themselves is Red Hook. (Perhaps the Gowanus crew, which we understand have flown the coop, has relocated.) The GL reader who sent the image above report: I saw an odd bird in a tree in the park on [specific location removed to protect the birds]. […]

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When Ikea opens on June 18 and New York Water Taxi begins offering free weekend service from Pier 11 in Manhattan to the new store, the new eco-friendly dock will replace service that had been going to the Van Brunt St. dock behind the Fairway. What service? Well, it’s been suspended since December. The dock […]

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The Red Hook Ikea will be opening at 9AM on June 18, which is significantly early than rumors which have been floating around for a while. Official word comes via Racked, per an announcement from Ikea. Store Manager Mike Baker is quoted as saying, “We made excellent progress on construction last year and so far […]

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We passed by the much-anticipated Neil Ganic restaurant La Bouillabaisse on Beard Street in Red Hook and found the steel grate up and the neon sign illuminated. The back door was open and one or two workers on the premises. The basics look like they’re in place, but there appears to be some work remaining […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is a photo taken behind the Fairway in Red Hook by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL. A show of Mr. Mirabelle’s photo called “The Figure” will be on display at the Patio Lounge at 179 Fifth Avenue in Park […]

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Beard Street has been renowned over the years for the number of cars that have been stripped and torched. In fact, not long ago, we posted something from a GL reader about toasted cars there. There’s still some roasting going on, however. Jim Clark of the Look North/Inuit Art Gallery in Red Hook sent us […]

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Change is coming. A reader sent us an email yesterday afternoon with the subject line “B61 Shilling for Ikea” to let us know that the B61 no longer says that it runs to Van Brunt Street. Our reader wrote: Yesterday I noticed that the B61 now says “RED HOOK – IKEA TERMINAL” instead of VAN […]

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The Gowanus Nursery, which was exiled from Third Street in Gowanus and reappeared on Summit Street in Red Hook and, then, was threatened by new development, is still alive. Our devoted Carroll Gardens Correspondent swung by this weekend to capture the colors, so we got in touch with the owners to check on their status. […]

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We got a tour of the huge Ikea site and store in Red Hook on Friday courtesy of Curbed and Racked and were able to walk the 6.5 acre site and get a look inside the blue-and-yellow structure that will work a dramatic change on the neighborhood. The waterfront promenade, which is close to a […]

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“Off the Hook: Original Plays by Red Hook Kids” returns April 18-19 in Red Hook for its ninth production since the series began in 2004. So far, 30 local young people have written and performed 39 plays. Here’s a little bit from the email we received: All of the enthusiasm, inventiveness, and fearlessness that Brooklyn […]

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We got an email yesterday alerting us to the opening of Metal and Thread on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook on Saturday. The shop opens Saturday (3/29) at Noon and there’s an opening party from 4PM-7PM. It’s located at 398 Van Brunt, which is between Coffey and Dikeman Streets. One can check out some […]

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The huge Ikea property in Red Hook now has a lot of trees. They arrive by truck. “I saw the flatbed truck delivering some of these trees (or perhaps trees for another area on the site) the other day. It’s weird to watch nature being inserted. Note the pine trees in the background.”–Callalillie

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Is New York City Transit trying to get a sense of ridership on the B61 route, which terminates in Red Hook and is being extended to the new Ikea when it opens on Beard Street, or are they actually trying to gauge ridership in order to make independent service improvements? A reader emails to say: […]

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The ongoing mystery of what is happening on Beard Street in Red Hook has been solved: Signage indicates that it’s an Ikea. (If you are just tuning in to this program, which has been in progress for a number of years, just kidding. We realized this when the building started turning blue and yellow….) The […]

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“On our tour of bucolic Red Hook, we came across a large lot, which was relatively empty, with the exception of a few large tanks and oil drums. But as we looked closer, we noticed a white and gray rooster alongside a brown rooster. We don’t think they are guard roosters, because we didn’t see […]

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[Image courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent] This image from Van Brunt Street comes from our wonderful Carroll Gardens. Easter decorations are clear signs that the winter is almost over.

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“Now comes the hard part for the plucky Red Hook taco vendors. A day after city officials announced the popular food stands won the right to stay in the Red Hook Ball Fields for six more years, vendors are scrambling to find as much as $30,000 needed per stand for professional food trucks to bring […]

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This is the shell of an old poultry market on Union Street in Red Hook just off Columbia. Our Carroll Gardens correspondent sent us these shots of the storefront and gutted interior. The space is on the market for $950,000. Perhaps the condo could be called The Feather.

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No matter how you cut it, the survival of the Red Hook Ball Field vendors with a six-year permit is a victory. A beloved local institution has been saved, after a long struggle, and it is national news. The AP story on the permit has been picked up and is running in more than 60 […]

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It’s nice to be able to report some wonderful news via Eater: the Red Hook Taco Vendors have been awarded a six-year permit to operate at the Red Hook Ballfields. The announcement came this afternoon from the Parks Department. Our friends at Eater have the full text of the press release. Most of last year […]

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