At the beginning of July, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that there is a proposal on ...

This is part of our new center section featuring comics pages curated by Dean Haspiel from the neighborhood, Marc Jackson from England, and the rest of them, including two greats – Stan Mack and ...

Dr. Sophia Morisseau DeCambre, a pediatrician and Brooklyn native, returned to work at the Addabbo Center at 120 Richards St. DeCambre is from Flatbush but has already spent years working in Red Hook ...

The first half year of these columns has been about how jazz fits into and reflects contemporary American society, because the music is fundamentally and immediately about this country and expresses ...

As I write this, I’m listening to the news talking about the “big, beautiful bill.” That is our legislature trying to put into law all the things that Donald Trump wants to do but can’t without the ...

A Red Hook Lion Andrea McKnight Andrea McKnight was originally from Clinton Hill but came to Red Hook 55 years ago after a fire forced her to move, and became a leader in the community along with her ...

Gay restaurants were never just about the food by Michael Quinn Review of “Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants,” by Erik Piepenburg ...

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!” ...

First, the good news: the Library of Congress last month added new albums to its National Recording Registry, which preserves the most important and salient examples of American audio culture. One of ...

It was Ian Marvy’s idea to create an urban farm in the early days of modern Red Hook. The farm has provided an alternative education to hundreds of local kids, volunteer opportunities for many, not to ...

Dave Lutz and Imre (pronounced Eem-reh) Kovacs are two old friends – senior citizen old – who run around Red Hook like a couple of teenagers. After more than a half century of New York City life, ...