Red Hook Is Blooming Again, Time for a Visit

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It’s been a long and hard winter for the Red Hook waterfront, but with the return of warmer weather, Red Hook is starting to bloom again. If you’re thinking about what to do on one of these spring weekends, you might consider visiting the Red Hook waterfront.

The entire neighborhood is sweeping up, painting the stoop, and the kids are outside playing again.

Down by the Valentino Pier, Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies is serving up their sinfully good “swingles.” (That’s a personal Key lime pie which is dipped in chocolate and frozen.)

The whole neighborhood is returning to life, and the vibrant colors of springtime are everywhere. Local developer The O’Connell Organization has been taking an inventory of neighborhood plants and trees that haven’t recovered from the flooding of Hurricane Sandy, and they are preparing to replace or replant them. Greening up the neighborhood is one of O’Connell’s long term goals.

There’s a unique quality of light in Red Hook, particularly during the spring, and plants seem to like it too.

When you visit Red Hook, you can check out the Red Hook Winery, bring the kids to David Sharps’ Waterfront Museum, and visit BWAC‘s massive gallery space to feed your craving for modern art.

It’s wonderful to be out in the sun again after these endless months of snow and single-digit temperatures, and the breeze coming off the harbor feels pretty amazing.

If the cafeteria lunchroom at Fairway is any indication, you’ll have lots of company.

Don’t know how to get to Red Hook? Check out this post for directions and routes.

Red Hook is starting to bloom again, time for a visit.

A version of this post originally appeared on RedHookWaterfront.com.