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Brooklyn Hosts opSail At Red Hook Marine Terminal Memorial Day Weekend

By on May 21, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Maritime, Red Hook

Four tall ships, four foreign navy vessels and two U.S. Coast Guard cutters will be open for public visits at the Red Hook Marine Terminal in Brooklyn, Memorial Day weekend, from Saturday May 26 through Monday May 28. The event is part of New York City’s OpSail celebration.

The week-long citywide OpSail event kicks off at 8:11 a.m. Wednesday May 23, with the Majestic Parade of Ships—17 tall ships and 10 U.S. Navy and foreign military ships—sailing beneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Continue Reading →

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‘Bayou n’ Brooklyn’ Cajun Festival This Weekend In Red Hook

By on May 8, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Red Hook, Uncategorized

This weekend, the Bayou n’ Brooklyn Music Festival will fill the air with the sounds of Cajun fiddles and Zydeco rub-boards at the Jalopy Music Theatre at 315 Columbia Street in Red Hook. From Friday through Sunday, featured acts will include music & dance from Cajun Hall of Famer Jesse Lége & Bayou Brew (also creating Saturday’s Gumbo pot), Johnny Ace & Sidewalk Zydeco, Krewe de La Rue, Empty Bottle Ramblers and Offshore Aces. Stay until the wee hours for back-to-back bands and contests. If you’ve ever wanted to play rub-board with a band, here’s your chance.

The event’s assistant producer Deborah Monlux tells CHB, “It’s like a visit to NOLA followed by some Acadiana without leaving Brooklyn. Bring your dancing shoes!” Continue Reading →

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Cruise Ship Air Pollution Response Stalled

By on April 4, 2012 in Government, Health, News, Red Hook

A year ago, Mayor Bloomberg announced a deal to eliminate air pollution resulting from cruise ships having to run their diesel generators to supply power while docked at the Red Hook terminal. Under the agreement, the parties involved: the Port Authority, the suppliers and distributors of electricity, and the cruise line, would share the cost of installing and maintaining equipment allowing ships to take power from shoreside. Now, it appears, that deal has collapsed, and local residents will have to continue to breathe fumes from the ships’ generators.

New York Daily News Cruise ships docked in Brooklyn continue to choke Red Hook with their fumes — despite a widely touted deal a year ago that was supposed to solve the problem. Continue Reading →

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It Won’t be the End of the World

By on November 14, 2011 in Columbia Street Waterfront, News, Red Hook

This in from Notify NYC:

Notification issued 11/14/11 at 12:00 PM. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will be testing their Early Warning Sirens at the Brooklyn Piers tomorrow, November 15, 2011 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. These sirens may also be heard in lower Manhattan. This is only a drill.

The notice doesn’t specify which “Brooklyn Piers,” but we’re presuming they include ones adjacent to Columbia Street and Red Hook.

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Offensive or Awesome? Sign on Van Brunt Tells Motorists Not to Honk

By on April 22, 2011 in Red Hook

This photo came to us from “Beatrice” via Facebook.  It shows a hand drawn sign in front of 351 Van Burnt Street saying:

Instead of just honking, try being less of an asshole and slow down.

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Cruise Ship Terminal to Supply Shore Power, Ending Diesel Fumes from Idling Ships

By on April 13, 2011 in Health, Maritime, News, Red Hook

Mayor Bloomberg will announce today an agreement among the Port Authority, as operator of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, the New York Power Authority, and Carnival Cruise Lines, operator of Queen Mary 2 and other ships using the Terminal, under which electric power will be supplied to ships while in port from the land-based distribution grid. This will end the practice of using the ships’ auxiliary diesel powered generators while docked in order to produce power, and will greatly reduce the amount of pollutants spewed into the local atmosphere. Continue Reading →

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Tragedy on Columbia Street

By on April 2, 2011 in Cobble Hill, News, Red Hook

A woman was struck and killed by a van while crossing Columbia Street Thursday:

New York Post: A Brooklyn woman was fatally struck by a commercial van yesterday as she was crossing a notoriously dangerous intersection during her morning walk to work.

The driver of the Dirusso Electrical Contracting van was inconsolable after hitting Caroline Turnage, 56, as she crossed Columbia Street at around 7:40 a.m.

The Post article doesn’t identify the particular intersection at which this tragedy occurred. Ms. Turnage lived elsewhere in Brooklyn and commuted by subway to Cobble Hill, then walked to her job as a receptionist at Time Moving & Storage, 158 Pioneer Street, in Red Hook.

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Park Proposed for Columbia Street

By on February 3, 2011 in News, Red Hook

The City is proposing a new park to occupy the space now taken by a Department of Transportation storage lot at Columbia and DeGraw streets (see rendering above). Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn Lyceum’s Holiday Marketplace

By on December 15, 2010 in Events, Gowanus, parenting, Pets, Red Hook

Though not quite in Cobble Hill, the folks at Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Avenue) will be holding their third annual Holiday Marketplace this weekend. There will be crafts, food and art for sale… and a batting cage. Kids can get their photos taken with Santa or enjoy some Charlie Brown’s Christmas.

The market will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 7pm.  More information can be found here.

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Not Kosher: Salt Pile Dustup on Columbia Street

By on December 10, 2010 in Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Red Hook

South Brooklyn Post reports on an annual issue on the waterfront – a big pile of road salt on Columbia Street that blows all over the place each time it’s accessed by sanitation crews: Continue Reading →

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