RED HOOK — Projects to revive the Hudson and East rivers’ “functionally extinct” native oyster populations are making slow progress, reports Gothamist, with as many as half of the oysters returned to the waters by groups like the Hudson River Park Trust and the Billion Oyster Project dying. Ecologists say that these struggles were expected […]
RED HOOK — NYC PARKS COMMISSIONER Sue Donoghue joined Brooklyn Commissioner Martin Maher and other officials on Tuesday to celebrate the official opening of a new skate and BMX park at Harold Ickes Playground in Red Hook. The $4.3 million investment transformed an underutilized asphalt softball field into a state-of-the-art space for BMX biking, skateboarding, […]
On July 29, the Brooklyn Dining Club will host an event at Farina, 338 Hamilton Ave., between Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. Surrounded by car dealerships and buzzing with the sound of the highway directly above, it’s not the first place you might come hunting for a southern Italian meal. However, Michael Turner and his […]