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Yes. The Red Hook vendors have finally returned. And they couldn't have picked a hotter, more uncomfortable day for their delayed mid-season '08 debut.

Much worse. Or possibly it's another in a series of weird rumors. Daily Intel reports that there's an itty-bitty problem with the telegenic Pier 41 location : no Certificate of Occupany and lists 152 Beard ...

This week we learned that the Real World: Brooklyn would not be setting up shop downtown, but rather, would be haunting some loft space or another in Red Hook .

The Board of Education will meet on Monday to vote on change orders for a $14.95 million project to update security and repair roofs in the school district's three buildings.

This looks like a good time: NAKED CITY SPLEEN: AN INSTALLATION BY MIRU KIM AND ISIDORE ROUSSEL.

It's become a bus-aster at Borough Hall. Residents of Downtown and Brooklyn Heights are enraged that the IKEA shuttle buses, once promised to load and unload passengers on Joralemon Street near Court Street ...

The annual open house of award-winning artist and designer Sandy D'Andrade will be held at her home studio in Red Hook this Saturday and Sunday by appointment only.

The catfight's out of the bag. We've known for some time that Brooklyn would be the next lucky place on the map to play host to a season of MTV's The Real World .

MTV isn't talking about where it will film the 21st season of its "Real World" reality show, but in Red Hook, everyone knows the real deal.

For Clyde Wilburn, an apartment in the new Crosswinds at Hudson development is both affordable and convenient for his family.

In the interest of helping the Red Hook vendors get back on their feet , Serious Eats is inviting its readers to meet up at the Red Hook soccer fields this Sunday at 12:30. It occurs to us that this is a "the ...

"As far as I know, they'll be filming here, "a production assistant told Metro New York , while Pier 41's proprietor "said he signed a waiver of confidentiality and declined to speak," according to the paper.

The Red Hook vendors have returned! Prices are "ever-so-slightly higher" and only six out of ten stands are open, owing to pending DOH approval, but they're back.

New Yorkers found a little piece of Latin America in Brooklyn 's Red Hook Park Sunday as food vendors returned after complying with new health code standards.

The Latin food vendors are back.

Six vendors, after months of trying to meet health department regulations and coming up with thousands of dollars to buy food trucks and equipment, have returned the Red Hook Park in Brooklyn. Four more vendors are expected to join them this week if they pass inspection, an advocate for them said.

Before city officials shut them down, more than a dozen vendors had set up every weekend at the park during the warm months.

The vendors' return Saturday was met with mixed reaction. Some, including elected officials and parks officials, cast their return as a victory. Others, particularly people who have been patronizing the vendors for years, said the city's intervention had 'ripped the soul' out of the fiesta-like tradition.

Yes. The Red Hook vendors have finally returned. And they couldn't have picked a hotter, more uncomfortable day for their delayed mid-season '08 debut.

I'm guessing those Red Hook food vendors, famous for the best Latin food specialties in Brooklyn are going to have their best summer yet with all the IKEA crowds pouring into Red Hook, many by ferry boat.

If for some reason, 'Go to Red Hook and Eat Tacos' isn't enough instruction for you, Serious Eats NY has a new definintive guide .

The Real World Red Hook thing that we first reported earlier this week via a tipster may be confirmed.

Apparently the free IKEA ferry that goes from Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan to the great big box store in Red Hook is a very, very popular ride.