I live in Red Hook, a couple blocks from the water, in one of those mammoth brick buildings that used to be a school. When I ...

My partner, Rainer, is German. He came to America at midlife to find himself, which included coming to terms with being gay. I once asked him what he learned about the Holocaust in school. I feared it ...

Punk’s not dread. Back in the ’90s, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon had “Girls invented punk rock, not England” emblazoned on a t-shirt. Photos of her sporting the slogan circulate every so often—I’ve been ...

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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 ...

On the day before Earth Day, Harbor Middle School did their part to clean up the area around the school. The Green Team did a Beautify the Block activity where they did a loop around the perimeter of ...

Inequality. Anything from racial to economic inequality makes me angry. There’s so much downward pressure on people who don’t have as much as others. There’s a lot of discrimination (concerning) ...

The Red Hook Locals Softball League is back for a fourth season and began with a triple header on April 17. In 2022, B61 beat Bait & Tackle to become champions and win the Colucci Cup, in 2023, Bait ...

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 ...

I attended the Cobble Hill Jane’s Walk on a most beautiful May 2, led by volunteers Susan Dresner and Strephen Wing. This is a yearly chance to learn some in-depth history of a neighborhood, and in ...

After enjoying many evening meals at Wraptor Restaurant and Bar, 358 Columbia St., I decided to try breakfast. I got a western omelet which came with toast and fries. The omelet was big and tasty, and ...

On the opposite side of the Gowanus Canal, the message, graffitied on the wall of a brick building, welcomed during a part of the 2010s new residents moving into luxurious 365 Bond, the first ...