Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services will be opening a new facility in Red Hook this June. It’s one of two new high security warehouses the auction company plans for this year. The other will be in Singapore.
Art Daily: CFASS has entered into a 50-year-lease of the 235,000 square foot (about 22,000 sqm) facility in the [...]
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“A View From the Bridge” opens on Broadway
Arthur Miller’s “A View From the Bridge” opened on Broadway this week, and the New York Times has a review of the play starring Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber. The story focuses on an Italian American family in 1950s Red Hook, made up of a longshoreman and his immigrant relatives.
Christmas tree recycling this weekend
Recycle your Christmas tree at Mulchfest 2010 this weekend, and take home some mulch for your garden. Bring your trees to Cobble Hill Park (Clinton and Verandah Place) this Saturday and Sunday, January 9th and 10th, between 9:30 am and 2 pm. Please remove all lights, decorations, and garland from the trees; no wreaths or [...]
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Buh Bye DUB Pies… Sorta
The DUB Pies outlet on Columbia Street has closed. Reports say that the delicious pies will continue to be made at the DUB’s production facility and sold at area bars and at The Pie Shop on Prospect Park West. [via Bocoaland]
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Food Bank NYC Food Drive
Food Bank NYC is hosting their second annual food drive in the neighborhood, going through January 6th. Please bring unopened food (in its original package, with the expiration date on it) to the drop off box at the front gate of 323 President Street (between Smith and Hoyt Streets), and help bring some nourishment to [...]
smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop this weekend
This Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22, 70 Brooklyn art galleries will offer free admission and refreshments to visitors participating in the second annual smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop, sponsored by Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Tourism. The event will feature bus loops that leave on the hour every hour from 1-5 pm, departing from hubs [...]
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CB6 comes in 2nd for recycling
Community Board 6, which represents Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook, came in second to Community Board 10 (Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights) for recycling. The statistics released by the Department of Sanitation state that 59% of CB10’s residences and business recycle, as compared with CB6’s 55%. C’mon folks- we can top [...]
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Build your own bamboo bike
Check out NY1’s story on Red Hook’s Bamboo Bike Studio, where you can attend a weekend workshop to build your own bike with a frame made out of bamboo, which the owner says is “stronger than steel.” The workshops start on Saturday and end on Sunday, when you walk out with your new, homemade, sustainable [...]
Christie’s leasing in Red Hook
The New York Times reports that upscale auction house Christie’s will be leasing a warehouse in Red Hook to store art, furniture, jewelry, and other valuables.
The neighborhood is about to land one of its odder residents — an enormous, high-tech warehouse with security worthy of James Bond, all to protect the multimillion-dollar artworks, manuscripts, furniture [...]
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Trolleys coming to Red Hook?
Incase you haven’t heard, Michael Bloomberg expressed an interest in trolleys at a campaign event last week, where he unveiled new transportation proposals. The already-laid tracks in Red Hook could be where the proposed trolleys get their start. What do you think about the possibility of trolleys in Red Hook?
NY1: “We’ll look into the feasibility [...]
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