By Staff 7/21/06 12:05pm

Protest Turns Out Crowd; D.O.T. Slammed for Inaction

Yesterday, Red Hook residents gathered at the corner of Van Brunt and Wolcott streets, the intersection where Janett Ramos was struck and killed by a van two weeks ago, to protest what organizer John McGettrick called the Department of Transportation’s “indifference bordering on incompetence” regarding traffic in the once-sleepy neighhborhood. Over 125 people showed Read More

By Staff 7/20/06 11:36am

Protest Today at 6:30 p.m.

Spurred in part by the recent traffic fatality of Janett Ramos, the Red Hook Civic Association, the Red Hook Lions, Groups Against Garbage and the Beard Street Association will be demonstrating in Red Hook today, at Van Brunt and Wolcott streets, at 6:30 p.m.

According to the flyer, Van Brunt Street has the largest stretch Read More