As the 2025-26 school year is just weeks away, schools in and around Red Hook are gearing up to welcome new and returning ...

On July 24, the vote on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) was postponed again, for the fifth time. This time was somewhat ...

Robert Moses’ legacy is evident across New York City. The “power broker” left his fingerprints on virtually every kind of ...

Entering the 2025 Red Hook Softball League postseason, the seeds were 1: MiniBar 2: The Record Shop 3: The Wobblies 4: ...

Last May the NYC Economic Development Corporation, backed by Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul, gave Red Hook a death knell.

Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a community rally in Red ...

“You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don’t Get Too Heavy, That You Don’t Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometimes”: Brooklyn Democratic Leaders in the Modern Era, by Howard Graubard ...

“Lost in Love”: Review of “Horse Crazy,” by Gary Indiana, introduction by Tobi Haslett, Reviewed by Michael Quinn Years ago, I fell for a recovering drug addict. I met him at a funeral for a man we ...

It’s the evening of Dec. 18, 2024. The Brooklyn Marine Terminal task force is meeting for the fourth time, just before the winter holidays. Alexa Avilés, council member for District 38 and vice-chair ...

It smells like harbor, I thought as I walked out to the end of the pier to which the barge now known as the Waterfront Museum was docked. Unmistakable were they, even for someone like me — maybe ...

The Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) Task Force is barreling toward a decision that will irreversibly reshape Red Hook and the Columbia Street Waterfront. Let’s be clear: the proposed redevelopment plan ...

People frequently (that is, once every few years) stop me on the street and ask me, “George” (no one really knows who I am), “should I be listening to jazz?” My first response is always, “absolutely!” ...