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Posted in music | venues on October 24, 2007

The Hook - not totally closed just yet

Someone from The Hook got in touch to let me know that they're not going out just like that. There will be one final party at the closing venue on October 27th, and strangely - it will be a Halloween party called "The Death of Astroland" - "a laying rest of the Coney Island we all once knew". So basically the final party at the Red Hook venue will be in honor of the closing of Astroland in Coney Island. I guess, why not? More details below....

The Hook

THE DEATH OF ASTROLAND...a laying rest of the Coney Island we all once knew...

There is going to be free beer and free food.

There is going to be a ball pit (Yes, like the kind they have in Chuck E. Cheese but for adults).

There is going to be free skee ball.

There is going to be a highstriker (For those of you who don't know what a highstriker is, it's that stupid game where you hit a thing with a hammer and the ball flies up and hits the bell).

There is going to be a paintball alley (alla "SHOOT THE FREEK"). --i misspelled freak on purpose.

There is going to be pin the beard on the fat lady.

There will be live bands, a burlesque show, and live DJ music ALL NIGHT LONG.

And much, much more!

The Hook

Tags: Astroland, Coney Island, Red Hook, The Hook
posted at 4:06 PM on October 24, 2007 in music | venues | Comments (13)

Comments (13)

Astroland and Thor Equities just reached a deal to keep the amusement park open one more year. So I guess there goes the Hook's excuse for a party.

Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 4:28 PM

Screw that, they've got a ball pit. Who needs an excuse when you've got a ball pit.

Posted by Carroll Gardens | October 24, 2007 4:48 PM

what is a high striker?

Posted by Anonymous | October 25, 2007 3:08 AM

to make it fair they should put some nude men on that flyer too.

Posted by Anonymous | October 25, 2007 10:52 AM

I think boobs sell better than dick

Posted by Anonymous | October 25, 2007 11:20 AM

^^^ Then again, there is the "ball pit."

Posted by Anonymous | October 25, 2007 11:52 AM

Cam Diaz.

Posted by Cam. | October 25, 2007 1:29 PM

It was just announced today that Astroland will now be open next year. Does that officially make this show ironic?

Maybe Astroland should hold a "Death of The Hook" party?

Posted by Anonymous | October 25, 2007 2:47 PM

I was at Coney Island this weekend. Like 90% of it has been demolished already, so I don't know how "open" it will really be.

Posted by Anonymous | October 25, 2007 4:32 PM

Turns out the party is just at The Hook, but the actual party is being thrown by some group called 94, and honestly, Astroland has been dead since last year....they've been slowly tearing the thing down and it's super depressing...

Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 8:10 AM

it's like some weird corporate apocalypse. there are signs everywhere that say, "coney island project" and no more go-carts. drinking giant beers and riding the go-carts was so much fun :-(

Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 12:49 PM

it's like some weird corporate apocalypse. there are signs everywhere that say, "coney island project" and no more go-carts. drinking giant beers and riding the go-carts was so much fun :-(

Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 12:49 PM

Goddammit, I love The Hook. Saw some super bands (ie, Flaming Fire, Eagle*Seagull, Rev. Glasseye) and made out a lot there. If not for the fact that it's a stupid hike from the train it should be the hottest spot in BK. Do you have to go to the skeeviest hoods in town now to see good bands where developers aren't already licking their chops?

Posted by vjb2 | October 30, 2007 1:04 AM

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