By Mike McLaughlin
Red Hook: The operators of Brooklyn’s last working cargo port came under fire this week after they reportedly funneled tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to elected officials who oppose the Bloomberg Administration’s plan to evict them to create a tourist haven in Red Hook.
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The Explainer: A city plan to evict the operators of Red Hook’s working cargo port from Port Authority-owned piers ran into opposition last week when 21 officials sent a letter urging the bi-state agency to give the dockworkers a new 10-year lease. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Council Speaker Chris Quinn and Councilman David Yassky were among the signatories of the letter.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: The Queen Mary 2 is a sinking ship when it comes to creating new jobs and revenue in New York, according to a report issued last week by an industry trade organization.
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Editorial: Two new reports show that Brooklyn’s leaders need to do more to attract visitors and keep them here long enough to spend their money.
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By Ariella Cohen
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan
Red Hook: The guy who floated a replica Revolutionary War submarine near the Queen Mary 2 will go to court next week. This should be fun.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: City officials are on the brink of rolling out a new development plan for the Red Hook waterfront — a move that is expected to keep cargo ships on the piers and scuttle a plan to expand the Brooklyn cruise ship terminal, borough officials said this week.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: Remember all that talk about weddings and other glitzy parties at the cruise ship terminal in Red Hook? Well, they’ll be strictly BYOB — bring your own burners!
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: Borough President Markowitz was the first city official to ever lecture on a cruise ship while still in office, The Brooklyn Paper has learned.
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By Magdalene Perez
Red Hook: Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz took the maiden voyage of the New York Water Taxi from Red Hook to Governors Island on Wednesday, a photo-op to promote a new summerlong service between Brooklyn and the historic, tear-drop-shaped island.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: Red Hook may get to drink its beer — and unload its cargo, too, now that city officials are considering retaining a container port that has long been slated for eviction and giving a nearby waterfront parcel to Brooklyn Brewery.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: The site of a future Ikea in Red Hook could also be home to other big box chains.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: A 90-foot-high monument to industrial decline — a set of grain silos in Red Hook — will soon return to service.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: The Brooklyn cruise terminal created just 14 full-time jobs in its first year on the Red Hook waterfront — a whopping 356 short of the number of full-time jobs promised by the city’s Economic Development Corporation.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: The city moved one step closer to closing Red Hook’s cargo port last week, scoring a key vote of approval on the controversial move from the Port Authority.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: Animal-rights activists have mounted a campaign against Fairway to pressure Red Hook’s epicurean market to stop selling one of its trademark delicacies: foie gras.
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By Chris Curen
Red Hook: In a creative attempt to combat Red Hook's mushrooming traffic problems, a seven-foot-tall, self-proclaimed
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: Longshoreman in Red Hook believe Gov. Spitzer will save them from a city plan to shut down the cargo port.
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By Lilo H. Stainton
Red Hook: The mystery of the missing rubble at the IKEA construction site in Red Hook grows.
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By Ariella Cohen
Tom Fox
Red Hook: City officials dashed several developer’s hopes this week by declaring part of the Red Hook waterfront a hotel-free zone.
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By Ariella Cohen
Tom Fox
Red Hook: Transforming a cargo port on the Red Hook waterfront into a maritime tourist attraction will cost $326 million, according to an internal city document obtained by The Brooklyn Paper this week.
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By Christie Rizk
Red Hook: Queen Mary 2 is about to host a bunch of queens.
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