How many articles can be written about Red Hook’s arrival as a hip neighborhood? One more, at least, as this week’s issue of Time Out NY demonstrates by putting the former industrial waterfront nabe on the cover. The formula for these things is pretty straightforward: Note the area’s gritty history, document the arrivale of the gentrifiers and changes to the retail landscape and set of the inevitable drama over the fight over the future of the neighborhood’s soul. To give them credit, the story is accompanied by a fairly good overview of neighborhood dining and drinking attractions all with a friendly map.
Red Hook Special: On the Hook [Time Out NY]
Essential Red Hook [Time Out NY]