[Photo Courtesy of June Carter Cash Peep/GL Flickr Pool]
These are the last remnants of the old Revere Sugar Plant in Red Hook demolished by developer Joe Sitt. The rusting hulk is part of an old conveyor system out into the water. The brick building is the sole surviving structure. The property is currently being used [...]

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool]
Here’s a shot of Red Hook that Ikea shoppers aren’t likely to focus on very much. Our photographer labels it “next.” Just a little nighttime steam cleaning at the garage.

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[Image courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn]
The Ikea in Red Hook was one of those projects that created strong opinions on both sides: among those who said it would destroy the neighborhood and those who thought the benefits would outweigh the problems. Two months later, the neighborhood isn’t gridlocked, but the store has definitely had [...]

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[Photo courtesy of bestviewinbrooklyn/Gl Flickr Pool]
This kitty is perched on a ledge in one of the apartments above the Red Hook Fairway. The image comes to our GL Flickr Pool from bestviewinbrooklyn.

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Here’s a little scene from Red Hook courtesy of erinmelina in our GL Flickr Pool. The Train of the Moment, indeed.

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Whether one intends to a walking tour of Red Hook or not, the Gmap created by David B. with help from “Walking Brooklyn” by Adrienne Onofri, is fascinating. All the pins you see above have pictures and the red things are places where World War II veterans lived. Go to the full map [...]

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The Red Hook Pool has a reputation for being one of the tightest ships in the public pool system, despite the fact that we had a parental complaint of an alleged turd in the pool (specifically “some kind of excrement” from a teenager) a few weeks ago. The pool is so tightly supervised that more [...]

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This Sunday Brooklyn Missed connection is short, weird and to the point. It is also the first one we’ve ever seen that concerns antlers in some form:
i asked “where’d you get those antlers?” - m4w - 25 (redhook)
then sometime later you pretended to run me over in your van at the stop sign
- come back [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool]
Here’s a very cool photo of the USS Growler, the submarine that’s been docked in Red Hook near the Cruise Terminal since April. The sub was with the Intrepid and, then, moved to Bayonne and then to Brooklyn. It’s had to undergo significant repairs including costly ones due to [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Urban Lisa/flickr]
Speeches by Sen. Charles Schumer and Borough President Marty Markowitz among others preceded the official return of the Red Hook vendors to the ball fields on Saturday. The homespun affair has had an extreme makeover, with the vendors now dishing out their food from trucks and food carts instead of makeshift [...]

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We had word last Friday of the return of the Red Hook vendors, courtesy of an email from Cesar Fuentes who is their spokesperson, but today is the official day and even the Parks Department–which began the drama last year by placing them in a bidding process for the space at the Red Hook Ball [...]

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It’s looking like the story about Real World setting up in a building on Pier 41 in Red Hook is most likely way more than a rumor. A tipster dropped the info on Curbed earlier this week and, now, there are strong indications that MTV is putting the cast in the building for filming.–Curbed

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Ikea and NY Water Taxi reacted quickly today to reports from Red Hook that its policy was changing regarding the free Water Taxi service from Manhattan to Red Hook. Via a Water Taxi spokesperson came this statement: “there is no charge for the IKEA Water Taxi – it is still FREE to EVERYONE. The demand [...]

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Here’s one of our weekly features from the Center for the Urban Environment (CUE). This week’s interiew is with Tri State Biodiesel owner Brent Baker, who CUE found through the Sustainable Business Network NYC, a network of businesses dedicated to building a vibrant, diverse and responsible local living economy in New York City.

Q: Where are [...]

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Just last week, there was a story about how people were using the Ikea Shuttles and to a lesser extent the Ikea Water Taxi service to get to and from Red Hook. At the time, Ikea spokesperson Joe Roth said that Ikea was “thrilled that we are providing free transit options for the people of [...]

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Here, from our Park Slope Parents inbox folder that’s kept full by recipients who send along the newsworthy and/or interesting ones, is an exchange about the Sunset Park and Red Hook Pools. We begin with this:
I went to the sunset park pool less than 2 weeks on a tuesday around 5pm and there was an [...]

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Here is some Brooklyn flora from Red Hook courtesy of frequent GL Flickr Pool contributor jplpagan. For a previous Red Hook scene, click here.

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn]
This bit of gorgeous flora comes from Red Hook courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn blogger and GL Contributor Adrian Kinloch.

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[Photo courtesy of vaduzuvunt/GL Flickr Pool]
No, it’s not a sofa. But, it’s from Red Hook and it’s certainly loung(ing)-worthy. Also, we like the collection of crap on it.

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The Red Hook Ballfield Vendors are almost back. Seriously. We got an email from Cesar Fuentes, who is the group’s spokesperson, that they’ve finally cleared up the mess with the Department of Health and will be back next Saturday, July 19, with a “raindate” of July 26 if all the vendors aren’t ready. Here’s his [...]

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[Photo courtesy of vaduzuvunt/GL Flick Pool]
It looks like the Red Hook Ikea Annex, (aka the sign painted on the vacant building a block from the Ikea on Van Dyke Street), has gained an added element. About a year and a half ago, the same art appeared in a bunch of places on the fence around [...]

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If you’re in Red Hook tonight or want to head there for a non-Ikea-related reason, definitely go down Van Brunt Street and check out the Mark van S Studio at 384 Van Brunt. The people behind the “What’s the Hook?” photo show are projecting images of Red Hook on the building after dark. What’s the [...]

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Here’s another video posted by Hunter-Gatherer that has a lot of footage of Brooklyn in the 1980s. It comes from a film about the making of Last Exit to Brooklyn, which was released in 1989 and set in the 1950s. Great, great stuff.

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“A Brooklyn judge on Wednesday ordered the removal of an 18-foot-tall, 200-foot-long metal fence that separates the Red Hook Recreation Area from the Henry Street Basin. City lawyers had argued that the fence was built illegally and impeded access to the Red Hook waterfront…The fence was installed, without permission, by Gowanus Industrial Park, which owns [...]

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Here’s a clip featuring Red Hook and other Brooklyn neighborhoods including what is now called Dumbo and Sunset Park, circa 1989, that was just posted to the YouTube. It appears to have been uploaded by the proprietor of the blog Hunter-Gatherer. There are several vids and they deal with the making of the film Last [...]

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