Red Hook notes: 360 'back in 5' & 'Santogold' filming



Oh the things I learned on my run this morning. ..

360 Van Brunt now had a back-in-5-minutes-type sign taped in the window.

And no for rent sign.

Just this past Saturday I noticed it had a big new for rent sign out front. (The top and side pictures are from this morning, the "for rent" one's from Saturday.)



Wolcott and Dikeman streets (up from Van Brunt) are currently flyered for Wednesday's filming of "Santogold."



The place down Van Brunt with the cool metal horses out front (scroll down in the Red Hook guide for a picture,), Hyde Power, has a little historical sign out front now. I've seen it from the bus, but actually stopped to read it today - and learned the building was home to Brooklyn's first paid fire department. As I was reading, a guy came out and showed me that the only remaining historical remnant is the board inside -- with slots for what I think are the local street names. (I didn't get close enough to see for sure.)

There are a couple upcoming Smokey's Round-Up at Sunny's Red Hook, 9:30 p.m.: June 18 & 25. No cover.

That is all. Except that well, Ikea opens tomorrow.

Labels: bars, brooklyn, history, movies, pictures, red hook, restaurants

- posted by Amy @ 6/17/2008 09:55:00 AM

 
More L&O in Red Hook



I was a little too lazy to check the no-praking signs on the streets, but this past Friday afternoon the film folks were busy behind Fairway near the (currently unused) Water Taxi dock. One of the guys in the crew was wearing a "Criminal Intent" jacket, so I'm going with that.

No word yet on when that dock may again be used by the Water Taxi.

Labels: brooklyn, movies, pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 3/20/2008 04:03:00 PM

 
Two thumbs up - a movie and an opera

Wanted to pass along the info for two really excellent shows I saw in the past week.

One, you can still see. The Pioneer Theater in the East Village this Friday will again screen "In Sickness and in Health," a very moving documentary about same-sex couples in New Jersey who sued to be allowed to marry. The heartbreaking part comes when one of the partners is diagnosed with ALS and it becomes so obvious so quickly how "partner" means second-class citizen to the medical and legal world. I cried.

Unfortunately the other show I saw and loved was the Puccini opera "Il Tabaro" that was staged on the Mary Whalen oil tanker in the Brooklyn container port last weekend. Only two shows left and they're sold out. A very crazy only-in-NY experience. Near the very final dramatic scene, unbeknownst to the actors, the Tribute in Light came on in Lower Manhattan. But for the whole audience, we watched the end of the tragedy unfold on the deck of the boat with Lower Manhattan and the lights in the background. I wasn't the only one who cried.

Labels: brooklyn, movies, nyc

- posted by Amy @ 9/12/2007 02:31:00 PM