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Newspaper
The Red Hook Star Revue
Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 2010
Page
8
A retrospective on the crack epidemic describes playground dealers, littered needles, and daily shoot outs near projects. It notes Giro’s pizzeria as a drug supplier with candy shops allegedly selling paraphernalia and an ice cream truck selling vials. Mothers fear for children as youths beg to come inside.
In a Life magazine feature from 1988 residents of the Hook describe few fortunes from crack dealing. Pino, once a top operator claiming $5 000 daily, now sells small $10 crack packets while addicted, injects heroin, and endures a knife attack and property vandalism from his crack crazed girlfriend.
A 27 year old former nurse named Jenny collapses after smoking crack in a central city residence on a Wednesday. after taking Valiums she vomits and dies while others continue to smoke. The scene unfolds as Tasha assists, and a nearby girl recounts a similar fatality from another crack house.
George Fiala profiles Bishop Adolph Tucker who has served in the Red Hook projects for 43 years. Tucker recalls past tenant patrols, police absence, Giuliani era changes, rising rents, new diverse residents, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center. He at 77 remains active but faces a lease expiration on September 17 at his storefront church.
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