All stories about "Red Hook Waterfront"

Earlier, we noted that a judge had declared a fence put up on the Red Hook waterfront illegal and ordered it torn down. He said it was put up without permission, etc. What was interesting, though, was Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe's comment about the decision: "The removal of the fence opens up Brooklyn’s picturesque waterfront and gives Brooklyn residents and New Yorkers another reason to visit this fabled community park." The park in question is the Red Hook Recreation Area, which is the home of the Red Hook Ballfields and vendors. Speaking of which, Eater picks up a report that the vendors aren't scheduled to return until July 12 or 19, killing many dreams of a picking up a pupusa and a Billy bookcase over the Fourth. (Normally, they arrive in May.) In any case, here's the fence that will fall and the "picturesque" waterfront. That's the spooky abandoned Grain Terminal on the left and a Hess oil storage facility on the right.
· Mr. Landowner, Tear Down This Fence [Curbed]
· Red Hook Ballfields [Eater]

The city's longstanding on-again-off-again plan to give the Red Hook Container Port the boot and redevelop the waterfront with housing, hotels, cafes and the like, is finished. The end did not come in one, big dramatic death blow. Instead, the plan was nibbled to death by ducks over a long period of time, with individual parts like the cruise port expansion being bitten off before the whole thing was devoured. Now, the Daily News reports an impending deal on a new ten-year lease for the port's operator, American Stevedoring. The deal "officially puts an end" to plans for upscaling the Red Hook waterfront in a non-industrial way. In the end, it turned out the stevedores definitely had more staying power than the latte drinkers, if not the hoped-for beer garden. 2018 is looking good for reviving the plans, however.
· Red Hook port deal shipshape [NYDN]
· Stevedores Holding Off Lattes on the Red Hook Waterfront? [Curbed]