Red Hook: the hip New York enclave caught between gentrification and climate change

Residents of the transforming Brooklyn neighborhood, a peninsula surrounded by water, saw a grim look at its future on the city's floodplain after Hurricane Sandy in 2012The party at Bait & Tackle didn't look like a funeral. The bar was packed with people double-fisting drinks and dancing. But every now and then you caught someone go quiet, stare at the ceiling, take a deep breath and sigh, eyes glimmering."It's a lot to take in," said a woman to a friend standing next to her. "Where are you gonna go for happy hour now?" she asked. Continue reading...