The Red Hook Star-Revue

12/14/2025

HOLIDAZE IN THE BOHEMIAN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro

What to send? What to give? Where to go? Where to eat and drink? I only make suggestions. There are, of course, no hard and fast rules about any of this. This column is about the holiday season–Christmas and Hannukah (and Festivus?). If this offends you for any reason, your attitude offends me. So, we’re even. Merry Christmas! First suggestion: be grateful....

What to send? What to give? Where to go? Where to eat and drink? I only make suggestions. There are, of course, no hard and fast rules about any of this.

12/14/2025

Braving a rainy and cold lower Manhattan, 40-or-so people, primarily members of the maritime industry, gathered on Nov. 19 in a conference hall in the back offices of Manhattan’s Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The occasion: the Blue Highways Freight Ferry Field Day, organized by the NYC Department ...

12/12/2025

Two pro-tenant laws may soon go into effec,t by Phyllis Eckhaus

“New York City housing stock is being gobbled up by multinational investment companies, investment funds, and people who have tons of cash,” Brooklyn City Council Member Sandy Nurse declared. “To buy a home, it’s impossible, unless you have a million dollars.” Speaking on the steps of City Hall on Nov. 12, Nurse rallied an eager throng of tenants’ groups and housing advocates, the crowd buzzing with hope as they looked forward to the likely enactment of a landmark measure—one that would begin to level the playing field by giving nonprofit housing groups the chance to compete with speculators and predatory landlords....

“New York City housing stock is being gobbled up by multinational investment companies, investment funds, and people who have tons of cash,” Brooklyn City

12/12/2025

Now that the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force has approved their “vision plan” to redevelop the 122-acre industrial waterfront site, the long process leading to a groundbreaking for the proposed $3.5 billion project has begun. The EDC plan says they will modernize and electrify the port, add ...

12/11/2025

The Mazzone surname is familiar to many Carroll Gardens residents, being associated with the neighborhood’s Ace Hardware store on Court Street, in operation for three-quarters of a century. Like many longtime establishments, it’s impossible to be immune to challenges while doing business for 75 ...

12/07/2025

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11/25/2025

Over 1000 Villagers showed up at Washington Square to catch a (to***co) smoke, by Brennan LaBrie

Last weekend, Bob Terry circled Washington Square Park with a stack of flyers in hand, eagerly inviting the people he passed to his upcoming event. However, the 75-year-old was seeking one demographic in particular. “You look like smokers—come to my event on Friday,” he said to a group of young people lounging on the grass. They responded enthusiastically. His event? An open invite to join him for a cigarette on Friday, Nov....

Last weekend, Bob Terry circled Washington Square Park with a stack of flyers in hand, eagerly inviting the people he passed to his upcoming event. However,

11/14/2025

“Sophie’s Choice” — a term from William Styron’s 1979 novel of the same name — describes an impossible decision between two equally terrible outcomes. That’s exactly the false “choice” New York City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and Mayor Eric Adams have presented us w...

11/14/2025

Greg O’Connell died in his home on Saturday, Aug. 2, leaving behind a long legacy as a real estate and community developer in Red Hook. When O’Connell first began investing in Red Hook in the 1970s, it was a largely desolate neighborhood—especially the waterfront—but he had a vision, said Gr...

11/14/2025

Cream cheese prices increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as did the prices of many other common grocery items. However, while the prices of most foods have come back down, the price of Philadelphia cream cheese remains high, even though the prices of other cream cheese brands have decreased. Crea...

11/14/2025

Gathered inside a conference room inside the Brooklyn Marine Terminal on Monday, Sept. 22, were 25 task force members in charge of the future of New York City’s last working waterfront. The room was packed: In addition to the task force members and in some cases their staff, were also dozens of Ec...