Coffey Park — Attraction in New York

Woods is a resident of Coffey Park: a suburban neighborhood filled with family homes and tree-lined cul-de-sacs that was destroyed in October 2017 when a series of aggressive and deadly fires broke out just north of San Francisco. Woods and more than 1,200 of her neighbors lost their homes when the fast-moving fire jumped six lanes of the 101 highway, sending a typically quiet neighborhood scrambling to evacuate and wrestling with a tragedy that would alter their lives and relationships with each other.

So, now, every Wednesday evening, Woods and about 50 of her neighbors eat hotdogs and drink wine in the middle of an empty cul-de-sac off of one of the town’s main roads, commiserating in their loss, complaining about insurance companies, coming in from their various rental homes, and imagining the new neighborhood they are working to rebuild together. The group, known in an official capacity as Coffey Strong, first began as a resource created by and for residents who lost their homes to navigate insurance claims and the rebuilding process. Now, it’s part-nonprofit, part-social club, part-neighborhood collective,...

I was raised in Brooklyn and played in Coffey Park all the time. Coffey Park is beautiful. They really fixed it up and cleaned it out. Family parties are great in this Park. I live in Miami and went back to celebrate my dad's 80th birthday this past weekend. My dad is well known in Red Hood and dedicated most of his life serving this community. This weekend my dad received a proclamation for serving in this community from Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez. It was a real...

Great vibe today from the people in Coffey Park at Red Hook Oldtimers day...even though it was hot...the water fountains were a blessed relief...and occasionally a breeze would blow...it was nice to watch the basketball games for a while and dream of days and skills gone by... May 15, visited a friend and the park is get a facelift...construction to makeover the basketball courts and baseball field...lots of friendly people and dogs...flowers...