Overview

An immersive evening exploring the future of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT)—a site at the heart of Red Hook’s working waterfront.

Join us on Friday, January 30th from 6–9 PM at Compère Collective (351 Van Brunt Street) for an immersive evening exploring the future of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT)—a site at the heart of Red Hook’s working waterfront, climate resilience, and community identity.

Hosted by Resilient Red Hook in collaboration with Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, this free public event invites you to engage with a compelling exhibit, share your ideas, and join a growing conversation about what’s at stake in the transformation of this critical 122-acre site.

What’s at Stake? As proposals circulate for thousands of new housing units and large-scale land use changes at the BMT, local voices must be at the table. Can Red Hook preserve its industrial jobs, maritime heritage, and climate readiness while adapting to future needs?

What You’ll Experience:

• A student-designed visual exhibit covering the past, present, and speculative futures of the BMT

• Interactive stations to share your feedback, priorities, and neighborhood knowledge

• Light refreshments, printed resources, and opportunities to connect with neighbors and advocates

Who Should Attend:Red Hook residents, workers, students, organizers, artists, business owners, policymakers, elected officials—anyone who cares about the future of Red Hook and our waterfront community.

Date & Time:Friday, January 30, 2026 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Location:Compère Collective 351 Van Brunt StreetBrooklyn, NY 11231

Accessibility:The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Register on Eventbrite.

All-Maritime Plan Puts Brooklyn Marine Terminal Back to Work

Alternative vision treats publicly owned port as freight and emergency infrastructure—not surplus land

WHAT: Press briefing to release a new plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT). Developed by Resilient Red Hook and the City Club of New York, the Blue Highway Hub proposal offers an all-maritime alternative to the redevelopment framework currently being floated by the NYC Economic Development Corporation.

WHEN: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 10:00 a.m

WHERE: Zoom Access: Get the link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tzcPdfHATdyOJ5YOo7WFQQ#/registration

WHO: Victoria Alexander, Chair, Resilient Red Hook, Tom Fox, Trustee, City Club of New York. Council Member Alexa Avilés, business owners, Red Hook residents, and members of the maritime community.

WHY: Nearly 90 percent of goods entering New York City arrive by truck across aging and vulnerable infrastructure. The all-maritime Blue Highway Hub plan shows how restoring Brooklyn Marine Terminal’s freight capacity can strengthen supply chains, reduce congestion and emissions, and keep goods moving when other systems fail.

THE PLAN CALLS FOR:

• Cost-conscious modernization of BMT largely “as is”

• Expanded wharfage for freight and emergency operations

• Emergency-ready infrastructure designed for continuous operation

• Maritime job pathways with training and apprenticeships

• Preservation of Red Hook’s working waterfront identity

MEDIA CONTACT: Stacey Sherman 917-656-3665 | stacey@hellogoodpr.com

Materials available on request: Release, interviews, plan overview

Join NYC Council Member Alexa Avilés, NYS Senator Andrew Goundardes, NIA, Red Hook Art Project, Red Hook Business Alliance, Red Hook Initiative, Red Hook Mutual Aid, New Brown Church, Resilient Red Hook and community partners for a holiday tree lighting and celebration at Coffey Park.

Volunteers from Resilient Red Hook march in the 12th annual Barnacle Parade to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, handing out emergency kits from United Way to neighborhood and community members.

Join us at the Red Hook Climate Action: Barnacle Parade Poster Party for a creative afternoon of art and activism!

Thirteen years after Hurricane Sandy, Red Hook still embodies resilience. Join Resilient Red Hook, Red Hook Community Justice Center, Good Shepherd Services, students, neighbors, and friends for a hands-on poster-making party to gear up for the annual Barnacle Parade on October 29th—our community’s joyful march honoring recovery and pushing for a safer, more climate-ready waterfront.

We’ll provide the art supplies and snacks. No art experience needed—just your voice, your ideas, and your love for Red Hook. We’ll kick off with a 10-minute mini teach-in on local climate action in Red Hook, then spend the afternoon making bold, beautiful signs together while sharing our thoughts and feelings about climate in facilitated discussions at each table.

Emergency preparedness kits donated by DYCD (Department of Youth & Community Development)and Climate Preparedness Initiative will be available, while supplies last.

We are coordinating our meet and march in the Barnacle Parade to gather together and build on our energy and momentum from our climate action session with Resilient Red Hook, Red Hook Justice Center and Good Shepherd Services on 10/17.

When: October 17th, 2-5pm
Where: Joseph Miccio Community Center, 110 W 9th St, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Who: All ages welcome; family-friendly.

Let’s fill the streets with color, courage, and community. Make a poster, make a friend, make some noise - see you at the Barnacle Parade!

Join Red Hook community partners for a celebration of our students and the beginning of a new school year with a back to school fair - supply drive, resources, food, fun and games at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.

Join us to learn how we can build on our existing coalition to access funding and training to create an emergency preparedness plan.

Join Resilient Red Hook and Red Hook Business Alliance with special guest Jill Cornell, Community Engagement Program Manager at NYC Emergency Management to learn about the Strengthening Communities program

In Red Hook, where the impacts of Hurricane Sandy still resonate, strong community connections are key to emergency preparedness. Join us for a special event with Jill Cornell, Community Engagement Program Manager at NYC Emergency Management, to learn how we can build on our local coalition to access funding and training through the Strengthening Communities Program to create an emergency prepardness plan. This program helps existing coalitions co-create a community-specific emergency plan. Nonprofits, tenant leaders, business owners, and neighbors are invited to join our coalition for the opportunity to connect across sectors and build a Red Hook-wide plan to respond to future crises.

At this event we will learn about:

• Create a neighborhood resource map and identify shared vulnerabilities

• Develop a communication strategy and volunteer/donation management plans

• Get coaching, peer learning, and support to strengthen our network

• Gain a formal role in the City’s emergency response infrastructure

• Applying for funding to build and lead a Community Emergency Plan

Together, we can ensure that Red Hook is prepared for the next disaster. Let’s build a resilient future. Come learn how to participate and strengthen our coalition for emergency planning with the support and guidance of NYC Emergency Management.

This City of Water Day event activates the Red Hook network to participate in the NYC Emergency Management Strengthening Communities program. The event begins with an elemental workshop, led by the John Jay College water and climate justice team, exploring the four elements—Earth (boundaries), Fire (imagination), Space (letting go), and Water (flowing)—to reconnect with core values and co-create an emergency preparedness plan rooted in resilience. Through interactive activities, we will gain practical skills to stay grounded, adaptive, and collaborative in the face of community challenges. Together, we’ll turn disruption into possibility by learning from both place and one another. Following the elemental workshop, we will learn about Strengthening Communities from an NYC Emergency Management team member with time for brainstorming and questions. Strengthening Communities is an innovative and collaborative program that funds and supports community coalitions to Prepare, Respond, and Recover from emergencies through planning. The Red Hook network will participate in Strengthening Communities in fall 2025. * Please bring a chair or blanket for sitting during the event. Open to all ages; handicap accessible; snacks and drinks provided.

Join Council Member Alexa Avilés and community partners Red Hook West Resident Association, NYCHA, Red Hook Mutual Aid, Red Hook Art Project, Red Hook Initiative, Red Hook Farms, Resilient Red Hook and Red Hook Community Justice Center for a community clean up, tree care and wild flower seeding along Lorraine Street to celebrate Earth Day 2025.

Celebrate World Water Day - "Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration" community screening and discussion.

Part of the Film Series around Community Activism brought to you by Resilient Red Hook

Water is Love is an award winning documentary exploring the intricate relationship between communities and their water sources. Screening to be followed with Q&A and community discussion.

Restoring the planetary water cycle is essential to restoring balance in our weather and climate systems. In the waterfront communities of Brooklyn, we understand the critical role water plays in our lives. Celebrate World Water Day with us while learning how water holds the keys to our regenerative future.

"Water Is Love: Ripples of Regeneration" Screening at Green Lung Studios in Red Hook
April 1st 6:30-8:30pm

This project is supported by Resilient Red Hook, Green Lung Studio,Brooklyn Public Library, PortSide NewYork, RETI Center and No One's Ark.

Make a Donation to Resilient Red Hook

Sign our Petition-asking for more time for the planning of the Brooklyn Marinte Terminal!

Seating is on a first come first serve basis and we will have a large amount of standing room availability to accommodate a larger crowd.

Join us for a deep dive into the history and impact of the BQE in our city.

Part of the Film Series around Community Activism brought to you by Resilient Red Hook:

"It’s now been 70 years since the highway was completed and its age is showing. Now is the perfect time to reimagine the BQE and repair the damage it continues to inflict on the community."– Segregation by Design

The Story of the BQE Documentary Screening at Green Lung Studio in Red Hook
March 13th 6:30-8:00pm

The Story of the BQE documentary screening, part of a Film Series around Community Activism hosted by Resilient Red Hook, is followed by a Q&A with former City Council Member Carlos Menchaca and filmmaker Adam Paul Susaneck. This event is free and open to the public – registration is required. Space is limited.

The Story of the BQE documentary, by architect Adam Paul Susaneck, Founder of Segregation by Design, produced by the Institute for Public Architecture with NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, uses archival footage and photography to show how the construction of the 35-mile-long Brooklyn-Queens Expressway demolished historic neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, divided communities, and displaced hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers across the two boroughs. The Story of the BQE Film and Oral History project includes a web-based oral history archive comprising interviews with Brooklyn and Queens residents around the impact the highway has on their lives. This project expands IPA’s work since 2020 to highlight the institutional segregation and environmental impacts created by the highway and help raise awareness of the historical exclusion of underserved communities in decision-making about their physical space. For more information, visit The Story of the BQE.

The project is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate; Big Oh Bijoux; Sasaki; KVL Audio Visual Services; Municipal Art Society Enduring Culture Initiative; Simon’s Hardware; and private donations.

A big thank you to Brooklyn Public Library and the Green Lung Studios for your support.

Admission: Free

Make a Donation to Resilient Red Hook

Sign our Petition-asking for more time for the planning of the Brooklyn Marinte Terminal!

Seating is on a first come first serve basis and we will have a large amount of standing room availability to accommodate a larger crowd.

Check out our next film: Celebrate World Water Day March 20th - "Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration" community screening and discussion also at Green Lung Studio

Part of the Film Series around Community Activism . Following the screening, engage in a lively discussion with special guests.

Event Description: Screening of Battle for Brooklyn and panel discussion with activists

Part of the Film Series around Community Activism

Resilient Red Hook and the Brooklyn Public Library invite you to a special screening of Battle for Brooklyn on Friday February 28th 6:30pm , as part of our ongoing Film Series around Community Activism. This event serves as both an educational gathering for community members and a 20-year reunion for activists and neighbors who fought-albeit unsuccessfully–the Atlantic Yards project (since renamed Pacific Park), including the Barclays Center.

In light of the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, this screening aims to inspire and inform current and future community action efforts. Battle for Brooklyn tells the compelling story of the grassroots resistance to the Atlantic Yards Project, a controversial development that displaced hundreds of people and businesses using eminent domain and public subsidies, claiming it would transform a “blighted” area and deliver the public good of “jobs, housing, and hoops.”.

Directed by Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, and produced by David Beilinson, the film captures the resilience and determination of Brooklynites who stood against powerful interests. Today, the project, with eight towers and the Barclays Center, is half-finished, with public benefits far behind promises. While the real-estate company sponsoring the project exited at a loss, the owners of the Brooklyn Nets, enriched by the new subsidized arena, are big winners.

Event Highlights:

• Celebrate the legacy of activism with a reunion of those who fought against Atlantic Yards 20 years ago

• Engage in discussions on lessons from the Atlantic Yards battle and results and their relevance to current challenges like the Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment.

• Connect with neighbors and activists passionate about fostering resilient and equitable development

Event Details:

• Location: Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

• Seating is on a first come, first served basis and is limited so please arrive early for a guaranteed seat.

• Date: Friday, February 28th 6:30pm

• Time: 6:30 pm

• Panel discussion post event with: Moderator Ron Shiffman and activist Karen Blondel, Daniel Goldstein, Candace Carponter and Robert Puca

• Free Event: Suggested Donation $5 a person to Resilient Red Hook

Join us to honor the past, learn for the future, and reaffirm the power of collective action in shaping our neighborhoods.

Ally afterparty at Sunny’s to continue the conversations!

Join Resilient Red Hook, New York State Representative Marcela Mitaynes, and community members for a screening and discussion of Emergent City at Coffey Street Studios.

CB6 Transportation& Public Safety Committee Meeting
The BQX is a (controversial) proposed streetcar that will connect a dozen neighborhoods along an 11-mile corridor from Red Hook, Brooklyn to Astoria, Queens. https://edc.nyc/project/brooklyn-queens-connector-bqx

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. Please join the first public meeting, hosted by NYC DDC and NV5, about the new flood protection plan for Red Hook. This is your chance to tell the city how to use $100 million to best protect our neighborhood for the future. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/rhcr/index.page

The Red Hook Coastal Resiliency project* is a coastal protection project funded by the City of New York, and Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) and the New York State Department of Emergency and Homeland Security Services (DSHES), aimed at reducing flood risks due to coastal storm surge and sea level rise along Red Hook's waterfront, while also integrating with the community fabric, and improving the long-term resiliency of the neighborhood.

While others march in Manhattan the youth of Red Hook will rally right here in Red Hook, on the climate frontlines, and will speak out about climate justice. We hope you will join us! Friday September 20th, NOON - 2pm.

Committee Member and Environmental Justice Advocate, Karen Blondel, will be a speaker at this very important event,

Environment and the Brain Symposium
Our inaugural Environment and the Brain Symposium is taking place May 17–18, 2019. We are bringing together researchers across disciplines to foster new thinking about how environmental factors influence brain development across the lifespan.

see link to register

Join us for an information session and discussion about community based solar and renewable energy plans for Red Hook. This event is part of a monthly series, Friday Collectives, hosted by Re.Gen.Cy in Red Hook, exploring how our local communities can become more regenerative and self-sufficient. While we are focusing on one region, we welcome non-local attendees to participate in the session.

Presentations from: Gita Nandan who will be discussing the feasibility study for the Red Hook Microgrid and Resilient Red Hook's current plants for community solar / RE:GEN:CY on different models of organizing community solar / and audience Q+A.

email resilientredhook@gmail.com with any questions.

beer and light snacks will be served.

What would Red Hook look like with the Green New Deal?!

We're building the public support for the Green New Deal so that we can elect a candidate that champions it in 2020, make it law in 2021. Livestream watching parties will take place across the country in February in order to bring even more people into the fight and get everyone ready to move forward together.

Join us on Feb. 5 as we gather and push the fight for clean air + water and good jobs for every single person across the country. We need everyone to take action to show our legislators that we're serious about climate and they need to be too.

Hosted in partnership with the RETI Center and 153 Coffey Street Studios. JOIN US! Make your voice heard. Open to the public.

APA NY Metro Chapter Conference, register
Hazard Mitigation reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from a hazard event. While hazard mitigation planning often takes a citywide approach, how do we create more community-driven processes to identify and implement hazard mitigation projects?

Moderator: Lisa Blake, Recovery and Mitigation Specialist, NYC Emergency Management

Panelists: Melissa Umberger, Deputy Director of Hazard Mitigation, NYC Emergency Management; Frank Ruchala, Deputy Director of Zoning Division, NYC Department of City Planning; Gita Nandan, Chair, Resilient Red Hook; Greta Byrum, Co-Director, Digital Equity Laboratory, The New School

This symposium event is the next in a continuing series of design-related events in Town+Gown (see https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/town-gown-archives.page#symposia) and is intended to accelerate the action research cycle by using a new format that involves a brief academic framing presentation and working group break-out sessions each focusing on issues identified in the framing session to tease out what we know, what we don’t know and what we need to know in a way that engages the academic community to help provide specific research addressing research gaps. Resilient Red Hook is excited to be included in the event, presenting Where’s the Data?!

Karen Blondel, a Resilient Red Hook committee member is speaking during Climate Week. Join us!

Buildings are the source of approximately 70% of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions, and constitute a significant opportunity for emissions reductions. How do we achieve these reductions in a manner that is equitable, inclusive, and that maintains affordability?

Join us for a conversation with environmental justice advocates, the Mayor’s office, and others, as we explore the successes and challenges in efforts to decarbonize and increase the resilience of the building sector, particularly with respect to housing that serves low-income populations in New York City.

Speakers:

• Kartik Amarnath, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance

• Karen Blondel, 5th Avenue Committee

• Sandhya Murali, Solstice

• Aaron Ordower, NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability

• Stephan Roundtree, WeACT

Moderated by Shiva Prakash, NY Lawyers for the Public Interest.

This event is hosted by the NYC Climate Action Alliance and the New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute and sponsored by the Fordham Social Innovation Collaboratory. This is a Climate Week NYC 2018 affiliate event. All are welcome.

As big fans of Alan Cohn, of the DEP, we are excited to see more insight into the cloud burst project and partnership with the Danes.

This breakfast panel will present and discuss findings and outcomes of the 3-year official city-to-city collaboration between New York City and Copenhagen on Heavy Rainfall (Cloudburst) Management and Climate Adaptation, as well as other successful city-to-city collaborations.    

 FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alan Cohn // Managing Director, Integrated Water Management // NYC Department of Environmental Protection  

Lykke Leonardsen // Head of Programme for Resilient and Sustainable Solutions // Copenhagen Municipality

Cynthia Rosenzweig // Co-Chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), Professor at Barnard College, Senior Research Scientist at The Earth Institute, Columbia University.

Mandy Ikert // Director of Water and Adaption // C40

Phetmano Phannavong // DC Floodplain Manager // Department of Energy and Environment, Government of the District of Columbia

Susanne DesRoches // Deputy Director Infrastructure & Energy // NYC Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency

Trine Munk // Project Manager // Ramboll

Julia Rockwell // Climate Change Adaptation Program Manager // Philadelphia Water Department

Adam Armstrong has been leading the charge on behalf of Red Hook to fight for clean air and clean electric non-polluting technologies in our transportation systems. He will be joining the panel on Monday Sept 24th with the New York League of Conservation Voters, to push for electrifying our school bus fleets.

They’re big, they’re yellow and they’re polluting our air. School buses are the largest form of mass transit in the United States, and they desperately need an upgrade. Emissions from diesel school buses are linked to asthma, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, cancers, and even higher mortality rates. No one should have to breathe in dangerous pollutants while riding the bus, especially when cleaner, safer alternatives, such as all-electric school buses, are available.

Join us at our town hall as we head back to school and learn about the need for better busing from our diverse panel of speakers. We’re bringing together experts and local activists to discuss the impact of diesel school buses and explore pathways to going electric. 

On September 8th, after months of organizing and movement-building, the Peoples Climate Movement will bring tens of thousands of people across the country into the streets, town halls, and community forums. Joined by partners around the world, we will demand bold action on climate, jobs, and justice. Those demands will determine the future of our movement - and our world - for years to come.

Thu, Jul 26, 6:30 pm
$5 / Free for Members

The urgency of climate change has charged some coastal neighborhoods to mount their own initiatives to tackle rising seas and intensifying storms. With Red Hook as a case study, we’ll explore the potential of community organizing to prioritize environmental justice and preserve unique ecosystems, and the limits of local activism in the face of global climatic shifts requiring massive infrastructure interventions. Associate director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at SUNY Stony Brook Christine O'Connell moderates a discussion with Waterfront Alliance President and CEO Roland Lewis, Fifth Avenue Committee environmental organizer Karen Blondel, and architect, co-chair of Resilient Red Hook, Gita Nandan.

Presented in connection with the exhibition Waterfront, http://brooklynhistory.org/dumbo/
 

Join NYC Parks for an update on the construction and remediation at the Red Hook Recreation Area. 

CLEANUP TO START AT BALL FIELDS 5-8 The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) will be cleaning up Red Hook Park Ball Fields 5-8 and 9, under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight. Some of the soil on these fields is contaminated with lead from a historic secondary lead smelting facility known as the Columbia Smelting and Refining Works (Columbia) facility.  

Learn more! RSVP to (718) 965-8998 or BKspecialevents@parks.nyc.gov