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Wooden beams showed signs of decay underneath a pier at the Red Hook Container Terminal.
Posted inRed Hook

Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders

Jan. 8, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 8, 2025, 10:27 a.m.
Some of a task force weighing the Brooklyn Marine Terminal’s future question whether scaling back one of the borough’s last remaining industrial areas is necessary or wise.
A Red Hook houseboat museum sits on a barge off the coast.
Posted inPolitics

Inside the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s Failed Struggle for Control of a Single Houseboat

Aug. 2, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 2, 2024, 10:56 a.m.
A Red Hook barge was briefly at the center of a political fight to keep county leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn in power. Now, obscure representatives of the houseboaters warn she’s handing seats to Republicans.
NYC Planning released a rendering showing a flood resiliency plan around Red Hook.
Posted inClimate Change

Red Hook Post-Sandy Flood Protection Plans Move Closer to Finish Line

Dec. 15, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 15, 2023, 8:48 a.m.
With rounds of presentations and approvals necessary, it will likely still be months before construction of flood gates, walls and other water mitigation initiatives begins.
Posted inBrooklyn

Making My Force and My Face Known: Queer Wrestlers Enter the Ring in Red Hook

Ben Fractenberg June 23, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 4:27 p.m.
During Pride month, queer and trans wrestlers found self-expression and empowerment facing off at matches organized by A Matter of Pride in Brooklyn.
Posted inBrooklyn

One of the World’s Largest Cruise Ships Is About to Come to Brooklyn. So Will Its Toxic Exhaust.

Feb. 9, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.
New York has the only electric solution on the East Coast for idling cruise ships burning toxic diesel fuel, but despite Eric Adams’ commitments, shore power won’t be ready in time.
Posted inPlaygrounds

NYC Economic Development Corporation Abruptly Evicts Beloved Red Hook Playground

Sept. 28, 2022, 7:51 p.m.Sept. 28, 2022, 10:23 p.m.
The nonprofit that built PortSide Park was told on Friday to cease and desist, or get booted off the pier entirely. By Monday, the community space was gone. 
Posted inEnvironment

Amazon, FedEx and UPS Deliver New NYC Warehouses, Bringing a Package of Environmental Challenges

Dec. 15, 2021, 9:47 a.m.Dec. 15, 2021, 10:37 a.m.
Warehouses and “last-mile” facilities are popping up with little regulation. A new city plan calls for more use of waterways, bike deliveries and other measures to cut truck traffic. But increased pollution concerns are fueling criticism against a new wave of “environmental racism.”  
Posted inQueens

Vaunted $67M Flushing Pool to Finally Reopen for a Quick Dip — Then Close Again

Dec. 8, 2021, 9:40 p.m.Dec. 8, 2021, 9:40 p.m.
The Olympic-sized Queens public aquatic center that’s been closed since before the pandemic due to a crumbling roof is set to reopen next early year with protective netting. But swimmers will be ordered out again once redesign plans for the ceiling are finished.
Posted inParks

Red Hook Thrown into Parks Space Race as More Fields Close for Environmental Overhaul

Aug. 4, 2021, 12:00 p.m.Aug. 4, 2021, 10:13 a.m.
Work has dragged on for nearly a decade in a Brooklyn neighborhood still recovering from Superstorm Sandy. The city Parks Department recently shuttered a local track, basketball courts, soccer fields and more for 18 months.
Posted inState Assembly

Red Hook NYCHA Tenants Face New Gas Outages in Maddening Pattern

May 6, 2021, 10:18 p.m.May 6, 2021, 10:18 p.m.
Nearly 100 households at the Brooklyn complex have been without cooking gas for a week and NYCHA has no timeline for repairs. It’s a story that’s played out repeatedly in recent years at the borough’s biggest public housing development.

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