On April 9, Red Hook West Resident Association President Karen Blondel crashed a canvassing event meant to inform residents ...

People who know their history will tell you that April 20 is the birthday of a very bad man, who I will only describe as the Number One Nazi. But coincidentally, back in the early 1970s, some ...

Khadijah James (also known as Toni Jones) passed away last month. Her funeral took place at the River of God Christian Center on Wolcott Street, and it was a packed house. Khadijah and I became great ...

Blood is sticky, did you know that? Have you been around blood, blood freed from its bodily vessel, little girl blood, splattered on the walls of an elementary school, bombed on the first day of the ...

Walking into Jam’It Bistro in Red Hook on a Monday morning, owner Dawn Skeete is heads-down on a major catering order for the Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School in East New York. She races against the ...

Welcome to ‘Wednesdays in Red Hook’, a new series that gives a close-up look into the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average day in Red Hook. Today ...

Tucked between a supermarket and a café just outside the 45th Street R train stop in Sunset Park sits the modest storefront office of City Council Member Alexa Avilés. From the outside, it blends ...

For many years Red Hook was lucky to have an active and vibrant Civic Association, run by John McGettrick. It gave us an institution where those interested in our community could come to and discuss ...

It was a close one. March 31 was the last day for the public to comment on the scope of the environmental review for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment, and into the evening, community members ...

I was enjoying the wonderful new Battle of Brooklyn exhibit running all year at the Center for Brooklyn History on Pierrepont Street when I heard a familiar voice behind me. “They used to call this ...

On March 17, Wraptor Restaurant and Bar, located at 358 Columbia Street, hosted its second movie night. A small but enthusiastic group of customers watched Premium Rush while enjoying good food. After ...