At the beginning of July, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that there is a proposal on the table for how to clean up a chunk of Public Place, the infamous Gowanus ...

At 9:15 pm on Wednesday, July 16,  the evening before the  Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force was to vote on the future of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Francesco Tamburini is a Professor at the University of Pisa and a recognized expert in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) studies. We have recorded this interview on June 26th, worried that the news ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Memorial Day, the temperature barely hit 73 degrees, but children donned their bathing suits and ran through the fountain at Carroll Park. A temporary stage sat a few feet away, covered in blue ...

John with Buddy Scotto at a community board meeting at PS 58 regarding a halfway house planned for Carroll Gardens. This meeting took place just a few days before Hurricane Sandy. (photo by George ...

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 ...

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, the trite expression goes. I may not be stronger, but I still love putting together this paper every single month. I’ve never actually lived in Red Hook, but ...

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 ...