Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6.
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[edit] Location and history
Before annexation into the 12th Ward of Brooklyn, Red Hook was a separate village. It is named for the red clay soil and the point of land projecting into the East River. The village was settled by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam in 1636, and named Roode Hoek. In Dutch "Hoek" means "point" or "corner" and not the English hook (i.e. not something curved or bent). Today, the area is home to about 11,000 people.
Red Hook is part of the area known as South Brooklyn, though it is northwest of the geographic center of the modern borough. It is a peninsula between Buttermilk Channel, Gowanus Bay and Gowanus Canal at the southern edge of Downtown Brooklyn.
Red Hook is connected to Manhattan by the vehicles-only Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, whose toll plaza and approaches separate it from Carroll Gardens to the north. Subway service in the area is sparse, with the IND Culver Line (F G) running along Smith Street and Ninth Street. The B61 bus, formerly a trolley line, runs as a 24-hour service from Erie Basin Red Hook through Downtown Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint, terminating at Long Island City, Queens. The B77 bus connects with the Culver Line's Smith-Ninth Streets station.
Red Hook was the setting for the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Horror at Red Hook" and Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.
Patrick Daly, Principal of P.S. 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn was killed in 1992, in the crossfire of a drug-related shooting while looking for a pupil who had left his school. The school was later renamed the Patrick Daly school after the beloved principal. [1]
Red Hook's current eclectic mix of living artists and industrial businesses create a neighborhood coined "Residustrial" in 2008 by artist and resident John P. Missale. Red Hook also contains several parks, including Red Hook Park. In the spring of 2006, the new Carnival Cruise Lines Terminal, more formally the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, opened at Pier 12 at Pioneer Street, Red Hook, bringing additional tourists to Brooklyn.
Red Hook is the only part of New York City that, on land, has a full frontal view of the Statue of Liberty, which was oriented to face France, the country which gifted the statue to the United States following the centennial of the United States.
[edit] IKEA in Red Hook
Red Hook is the site of a large IKEA store (346,000 square feet) opening June 18, IKEA Brooklyn Grand Opening website
2008[2] in the shadow of the Gowanus Expressway. Because the closest subway (F and G lines) are over a mile away from the Ikea site, IKEA and the MTA have planned transit increase access when the store opens, including a free shuttle from the nearest extension of the B61 bus route and free Water Taxi service from Pier 11 in Manhattan. Same day or next day Home delivery is also an option.
The building of IKEA, which replaced a 19th-century dry dock on the site, was controversial. Residents cited concerns including traffic congestion, noise, pollution, a decrease in property values and IKEA's "hasty" destruction of historically significant buildings on and around the site.[citation needed]
[edit] Famous Red Hook Personalities
- Harlan Ellison, author. Joined the Red Hook gang The Barons to research his novel Web of the City.
- Ray Sharkey, actor best known for his role in Wiseguy.
- Charley Goldman, boxing trainer of Rocky Marciano
- Tazz, ECW announcer
- Joe Gallo, rogue organized crime member and subject of a Bob Dylan song
- Carmelo Anthony, NBA Basketball player
- David Quinones A.K.A. Dave Da Producer, Producer, Rapper, Musician Untertainment Affiliate.
- John Arrington A.K.A. Willie, Producer, Rapper, (Untertainment Affialiate) now a Minister.
- Hell Razah, Rapper and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate.
- Shabazz the Disciple, Rapper and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate.
- Su-Preme, Producer and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate.
- Donald Midgette(Mister Ace), Rapper, BitterHarvest Entertainment C.E.O.
- Vanessa Ferlito, actress playing Aiden Burn, also a Brooklyn native in CSI:NY.
- H. P. Lovecraft, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author
- James McBride, Author, "The Color of Water" and "Miracle at St. Anna.
[edit] Events
- The Calvary Baptist Church Of RedHook Hosts The 1st Annual Carnival Day (July 12th, Noon - 6pm)
- The Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival (at the beginning of June )
- Dancing in CityParks in the Coffey Park (at the beginning of June )
[edit] External links
- NYCfoto.com - Photos of Red Hook
- [http://www.calvaryexperience.org - The Calvary Baptist Church Of Redhook
- B61 Productions - A Red Hook centered blog
- The Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival
- www.redhookbbeach.com - A web site encouraging support for the community and ecologically friendly
- IKEA Brooklyn Grand Opening website - Win prizes. Get transportation information (Water Taxi, Subway, bus, shuttle, driving directions).
development of Atlantic Basin.
- Added Value, a non-profit organization promoting the sustainable development of Red Hook
- Hughes Bros. Hughes Barge company in Erie Basin, Red Hook
- Tini Wine Bar Tini Wine Bar Cafe
- Red Hook Realty Local Real Estate Broker
