Red Hook, Brooklyn Totally Explained

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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.

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 (for example 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's 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 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. (External Link

) Red Hook 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 Prospect Park.

IKEA in Red Hook

Red Hook is the site of a large IKEA store (346,000 square feet) opening June 18, 2008(External Link

) in the shadow of the Gowanus Expressway. Red Hook is notoriously isolated from major transportation arteries and underserved by public transportation, so IKEA and the MTA plan increase access when the store opens, including a possible shuttle to the nearest subway and extension of the B61 bus route.
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.

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 .
H. P. Lovecraft, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author
James McBride, Author, "The Color of Water" and "Miracle at St. Anna.

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 )Further Information

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