Frank DiMatteo reveals the hardscrabble history of the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn in his new book. Annie Wermiel/NY Post “When I was a kid, I not only dreamed of growing up to be a ...

Lifelong Brooklynite Frank Dimatteo had a front-row seat to some of the most violent times in Red Hook's history. Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, DiMatteo had relatives working for the Gallo ...