Red Hook Affordable Housing Lottery Ends This Week: What To Know

Applications are due on Friday, August 28.

Long-Awaited Elevator Coming To Brooklyn's Tallest Subway Station

The heavily-used but inaccessible Smith–9th Street station may finally get an elevator, ending the dreaded 90-foot climb, officials said.

Give Your Child a Head Start: Enroll at KIPP NYC for Fall 2025

Free K–12 public schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan preparing students for success in college, career, and beyond.

Cortelyou Celebrates its 40th Year Milestone

NYC Minority and Women Owned (MWBE) Private School Celebrates 40 Years of Service to the Brooklyn Community

Penta Hosts First-Ever Limb Disassembly Day with Brooklyn Organization

Global Non-Profit Educates and Inspires the Next Generation of Orthotic and Prosthetic Providers

Planning Towards A Smooth Transition

Eight steps for a business transition

Historic Red Hook: Looking Ahead, 2022

See the latest announcement from Historic Red Hook.

Farm.One Delivers Fresh Flavorful Locally Grown Greens

Local pioneer of indoor farming starts delivering its Michelin-quality greens to New Yorkers in reusable, zero-waste containers.

Historic Red Hook: Digitizing The Red Hook Advertiser

See the latest announcement from Historic Red Hook.

Historic Red Hook: The Importance Of Place

See the latest announcement from Historic Red Hook.

Schools: The New Normal | Brooklyn Schools Offer Preview Of Outdoor Teaching Plan

With just days to go until the start of school, we’re getting a glimpse at what outdoor learning might look like in New York City.

Brooklyn 'Duck Dock' Becomes Prime Real Estate For Birds In Need

A Red Hook nonprofit hopes to turn a ramp it set up for an injured seagull into a "floating habitat" project to give refuge to city birds.

Floods, Blackouts Renew Gowanus Call For Environmental Protection

Gowanus advocates say extreme weather over the last week confirmed the need to name the neighborhood an "environmental special district."

Gowanus' Ennis Playground Gets Long-Awaited $3M Upgrade

The park redesign, initially voted on in 2016, opened this week with new basketball courts, spray showers and a synthetic turf field.

Formula E Car Race Returns To Brooklyn: What You Need To Know

An electric car race will take over the streets of Red Hook this weekend. Here’s what you should know.

Gowanus Houses Community Center Reopens After 14 Years

New city funding brings two upgrades to Gowanus NYCHA residents, reopening Gowanus Houses' center and expanding the one at Wyckoff Gardens.

Red Hook Still Skeptical Of UPS Plan For Historic Waterfront Site

UPS promised Tuesday to save a historic wall of the Lidgerwood Building, but residents were unimpressed with their plan for the $303M site.

UPS Execs To Give Update On Threatened Red Hook Building

UPS will come to a meeting Tuesday about their plans for the Lidgerwood Building, which they paused demolishing after outcry last month.

Electric Car Racing Tournament Returns To Brooklyn Next Weekend

The NYC E-Prix event will bring Formula E single-seater cars to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal for the third year in a row.

The Circus Is Coming To Red Hook's Waterfront Museum

Stilt dancing, a female clown duo, a Vaudeville tribute and more circus acts are coming to the museum's barge starting this weekend.

Historic Gowanus Buildings Could Become Landmarks As Rezone Looms

The LPC will officially consider landmarking 5 buildings that activists say will begin to ensure the rezoning doesn't erase Gowanus history.

Gowanus Rezone Can't Leave Businesses Behind, Locals Tell City

The city is working with local businesses in Gowanus' industrial zone to make sure they are helped, not hurt, in the neighborhood rezoning.

Red Hook NYCHA Residents Went Without Gas For Months: Report

Residents in the Red Hook Houses are asking NYCHA to reimburse extra money they had to spend when their gas was out for 100 days.

UPS Pauses Demolition Of Historic Red Hook Building After Outcry

The company hired an engineering firm and reached out to activists this week after outcry over their demolition of the Lidgerwood Buiding.

UPS Continues Historic Red Hook Building Tear-Down Despite Pleas

The company said its demolition process would continue Monday, even after calls from elected officials and thousands of residents to stop.

We Won't Let Gowanus Rezoning Compromise Canal Clean-Up, EPA Says

Officials went over the next phase of the Gowanus Canal clean-up, including that they will ensure any rezoning won't backtrack the effort.

Gowanus Clean-Up Latest To Be Discussed At Meeting

Residents can ask questions about the EPA's efforts to clean the toxic waterway after an update from officials in Park Slope this week.

'Clean It Before You Rezone It,' Gowanus Activists Tell City

A new coalition against the Gowanus Rezoning plan argued that, at the very least, the city should wait until the toxic canal is cleaned.

Activists Propose Alternatives To Save Historic Red Hook Building

The S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse on Smith Street could become a brewery or market instead of developers plan to tear it down, architects say.

Locals Try To Stop UPS Tear-Down Of Historic Red Hook Building

A petition to save the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Building on Coffey Street has nearly reached its 500-signature goal in one week.

The Public Can Weigh In On Gowanus Rezoning At Meeting This Week

The controversial plan to rezone Gowanus will face a public hearing as the first step in its environmental review process.

Gowanus Canal Conservancy Gets $130K Grant

The organization was one of 46 projects that received grants from The New York Community Trust last week.

Gowanus Rezoning Will Push Longstanding Arts Out, Local Fears

A record producer coming up on 40 years in the neighborhood said the city's rezoning plan could force him out of business.

Gowanus Rezoning Doubt Continues As City Reps Make Their Rounds

The plan will likely face the same pushback on affordability and density at meetings this month that it has since it was released in January

First Of Its Kind 'Floating Village' Proposed For Gowanus Bay

A climate nonprofit, architecture firm and Gowanus Bay Terminal have teamed up to build commercial "floating structures" on the water.

UJA Supports Interest-free "Paycheck" Program Amid Gov't Shutdown

UJA and Hebrew Free Loan Society offering interest-free loans to federal employees who have been furloughed or are working without pay

Red Hook Is The Healthiest Neighborhood In NYC, Study Says

Red Hook's public park space, bike lanes and access to brain-power food landed it at the top of this list of the 10 healthiest neighborhoods

SEE: Barneys Lookbook Shot By Brooklyn Teen Photographer

The 16-year-old, a student in Red Hook, was chosen as part of the company's "Perfect Shot" program.

'Gowanus Black' Calvin Klein Jacket Seems To Refer To Dirty Canal

A trucker jacket in "Gowanus Black" might just refer to the notorious dark sludge at the bottom of the canal.

Upscale Rehab Clinic To Open In Red Hook

The Urban Recovery Center, a self-pay rehab clinic where clients can expect “exclusive healing," is about to open on Van Brunt Street.

Tunnel To Towers 5K 2018: What You Need To Know

What you need to know about this year's race to benefit first responders.

Gowanus Playground Will Get Long-Awaited $3 Million Makeover

The park will feature new basketball courts, swings and gardens to prevent water runoff into the toxic Gowanus Canal.

Massive Rock Climbing Gym Slated For Gowanus

The gym will have two floors dedicated to rock climbing, 40-foot high walls for roped climbing and a terrace with even more climbing.

Gowanus Canal In Final Stage Of Pilot Cleanup: EPA

For the first time in more than a century a stretch of the Gowanus Canal's bottom is free of toxic sludge.