Red Hook (Brooklyn)

Red Hook
	Red Hook
	Sviluppo residenziale NYCHA
Stato	Stati Uniti
Stato federato	New York
Città	New York
Data istituzione	1836

Red Hook è un quartiere di New York borough a Brooklyn, negli Stati Uniti. Si trova su una penisola che si protende nel porto "Upper" di New York. Una prospera area portuale e marittima all'inizio del XX secolo, l'area è diminuita nell'ultima parte del secolo. Il quartiere fa parte del Brooklyn Community Board 6.

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Residenti famosi

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Carmelo Anthony (1984), giocatore di pallacanestro^[1]
Al Capone (1899-1947), gangster
Joe Gallo (1929-1972)
Stephen Kunken (born c. 1971), attore
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), autore^[2]
James McBride, scrittore^[3]
Norman Mailer, romanziere
Sarah Rapelje
Hell Razah, rapper, membro di Sunz of Man
Matty Rich, regista
Shabazz the Disciple, rapper, membro del Sunz of Man
Michael Shannon (1974), attore^[4]
Peter Steele (1962-2010), membro del Type O Negative^[5]
Taz (1967 come Peter Senerchia), ex wrestler professionista ^{[senza fonte]}
Eli Wallach (1915-2014), attore^[6]
Michelle Williams (born 1980), attrice^[7]
Dustin Yellin (1975), artista^[8]

Note

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^ Nate Taylor, Excited for Return to Brooklyn, Anthony Gets the Ending Wrong, in The New York Times, 26 novembre 2012. URL consultato il 4 settembre 2016.
«On Monday, two miles from where he grew up in the apartments known as the Red Hook Houses, Anthony was on the floor of the new Barclays Center, still dribbling, and scoring, as he tried to lead the Knicks over the Nets in the official christening of their New York-Brooklyn rivalry.»
^ S.T. Joshi, Howard Phillips Lovecraft: The Life of a Gentleman of Providence, su The H. P. Lovecraft Archive. URL consultato il 4 ottobre 2016.
^ Simone Weichselbaum, 'Red Hook Summer' writer James McBride wants America 'shaken awake' to life in public housing, in Daily News, 13 agosto 2012. URL consultato il 29 settembre 2015.
^ Joanne Kaufman, Michael Shannon Finds Balance on the Waterfront; Michael Shannon's Red Hook, Brooklyn, Loft Rental, in The New York Times, 20 giugno 2014. URL consultato il 5 giugno 2017.
«For the last four and a half years, the couple have lived on the waterfront in Red Hook, Brooklyn, above a Fairway Market and above the fray with their 6-year-old, Sylvie.»
^ John Fortunato, Lost Interview with Peter Steele of Type O Negative, Circa October Rust, in The Aquarian Weekly, 11 maggio 2010. URL consultato il 5 giugno 2017.
«A well-schooled, well-mannered giant of a man, Steele's imposing frame hid the fact he was a sensitive individual with a waveringly thick Brooklyn accent. Born in the Red Hook section of Kings County, the heavily-pierced body builder seemed to be straightening his life out before dying of heart failure, April 14, 2010.»
^ Robert Berkvist, Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies at 98, in The New York Times, 25 giugno 2014. URL consultato il 4 settembre 2016.
«Eli Wallach was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on Dec. 7, 1915, the son of Abraham Wallach, who owned a candy store in the neighborhood, and the former Bertha Schorr.»
^ Zachary Kussin, Share a street with Michelle Williams for $3 million, in New York Post, 15 luglio 2016. URL consultato il 5 giugno 2017.
«In 2012, she headed to far-flung Red Hook, where she shacked up with then-beau Jason Segel above the Fairway food market.»
^ David Colman, A Red Hook Tale of Domesticity; Was: Large industrial complex used mostly for storage. v Is: Live-work haven for two artists, even when it's not heaven exactly, in New York, 11 ottobre 2009. URL consultato il 5 giugno 2017.
«Scarcely had the artists Dustin Yellin and Charlotte Kidd moved to Red Hook three years ago when they fell so in love with the hood that they started looking for something big, for a way to build a mixed-use bohemian dream house—with studios, gallery, and plenty of flexible living space.»