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BY CAROLINE SPIVACK A 6-week-old girl plummeted to her death in Coney Is- land after her mother acci- dentally pushed the child’s stroller down an elevator shaft on Oct. 13. The mom was waiting for the lift with daughter Areej Ali at 11:45 am on the 23rd floor of a building at the cor- ner of Neptune Avenue and W. 33rd Street, police said. The doors opened, and the 21-year-old mother, who was also hurt in the fall, pushed the stroller in with- out realizing that the doors had opened onto an empty shaft, said authorities. She and the baby fell six stories and landed on the roof of the elevator, officials said. Paramedics took the child to Coney Island Hos- pital where she was pro- nounced dead. The investigation is on- going, and the medical ex- aminer will determine the cause of death, said police. Residents have com- plained to the city about broken elevators in the building several times since January, and the city has issued more than 20 viola- tions against the building since the year began, city data shows. The most recent elevator inspection was in August and discovered a defect, ac- cording to Department of Building records. The building is managed by Grenadier Realty Corpo- ration, but no one answered the phone at the number listed. — with Georgine Benvenuto TRAGEDY: A 6-week-old baby died falling down an elevator shaft in Bay Park 4 in Coney Island on Oct. 13. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto
A CNG Publication Vol. 71 No. 43 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D BY CAROLINE SPIVACK The original dog from hell: Deputy Inspector Frank DiGiacomo and other officers of the 78th Precinct have transformed the station’s Call it a paw-fect day! basement into a haunted house filled with body parts and a certain three-headed dog from Hades. Photo by Stefano Giovannini Dolled-up doggies came Badge of horror out to partake in the Nar- Police turn station house into haunted house! By Lauren Gill houses and ours was better.” of horrors will be completely different from For those whose knees quake at the alk about being scared straight! Officers have spent the past month and — but just as scary as — its previous incar- thought of spooks and spectres, the police will rows Botanical Garden’s A Prospect Heights police station a half adding terrifying touches to the Sixth nations. also host a kid-friendly Disney Halloween Twill become a bone-chilling haunted Avenue precinct’s lower level, creating a “If you came last year, you’re not seeing party upstairs, featuring the usual suspects house in the days leading up to Halloween. series of spooky spaces that include an exe- the same thing again this year,” he said. of pumpkins, costumes, and candy. From Oct. 26–30, the basement of the 78th cution chamber with an electric chair, a guil- The haunted house at the 78th Precinct And no matter how brave they might be, Precinct will be a spookier, ookier house lotine, and — worst of all — a clown room, is the only one hosted by the New York City those who descend the stairs into the 78th of horrors than any other spot in the city, among other horrors. And watch your back! Police Department. DiGiacomo said it is a Precinct’s makeshift dungeon should pre- annual Fall Harvest Festi- according to the precinct’s commanding Police officers and community volunteers in great way to reach out to kids who only see pare to run for the Prospect Park hills, said officer — and all the frights are free! bone-chilling costumes will lurch through the precinct as a place for punishment. DiGiacomo. “A lot of these haunted houses are the fog-filled rooms to surprise guests. “We do it mostly for the kids, because “Even the biggest, strongest guy who expensive and I think ours is a lot better DiGiacomo, a self-professed Halloween we get a lot of kids in the neighborhood comes will be running upstairs,” he said. and a better price,” said Deputy Inspector fan, revived the precinct’s haunted house who only go to the precinct for negative Haunted House at 78th Precinct (65 Frank DiGiacomo. “We had parents last tradition from its five-year slumber in 2015. things, and this brings them in for positive Sixth Ave. at Carroll Street in Prospect year who said they went a lot of haunted And he promises that this October’s house things,” he said. Heights). Oct. 26–30, 3–9 pm. Free. val in Bay Ridge on Oct. 16. Primped pooches packed the Your entertainment green space dressed in tu- guide Page 37 tus and hand-knitted dragon suits to compete for brag- ging rights and prizes in the Police Blotter ...... 8 fest’s canine costume con- Letters ...... 30 test. It was a great excuse to It’s Only My Opinion ...... 32 dress up the pups and, in the A Britisher’s View ...... 32 process, tap into your inner child, said one dog owner. Not For Nuthin’ ...... 32 “You get to be a kid again Sports ...... 45 doing this. When you see a dog with a costume you can’t help but smile,” said Bay Ridgite Patrick Corcoran who came out with his mini- dachshund Zoe dressed as a tiger. “I don’t have kids right now, so this is my kid. And she’s a real head-turner HOW TO REACH US — everybody in the place was going crazy for her. I ac- Mail: tually got embarrassed, but Courier Life I kind of liked it.” Publications, Inc., Dogs and their owners 1 Metrotech Center North competed in four categories: 10th Floor, Brooklyn, best in show, best homemade costume, best coordinated N.Y. 11201 costume, and best traditional General Phone: costume. Winners won gift (718) 260-2500 certifi cates from a handful of News Fax: local stores, including Hom, (718) 260-2592 the Art Room, Salty Dog, and Casa Calamari. News E-Mail: Corcoran enjoyed watch- [email protected] ing the fur balls frolic in the Display Ad Phone: park and is already think- (718) 260-8302 ing about Zoe’s look for next DOG DAY AFTERNOON: (Clockwise from top) Michael Strindberg and Susan Bishop dressed their son Sydney Display Ad E-Mail: year — he’s considering a as a baker and Chihuahua Buttercup as a cookie during the Fall Harvest Festival’s canine costume contest in Bay Ridge. Ava and her dog Cody dressed up as staff at “Starbarks Coffee.” Sleepy pug Luna rolled out of bed [email protected] seal or otter suit — but em- phasized the importance of like this. Photos by Jon Farina Display Ad Fax: events such as the harvest (718) 260-2579 fest in bringing the commu- Bay Ridgite Michael hood — even in small things of the costumes — they dressed Classified Phone: nity closer. Strandberg and his wife Su- like this,” said Strandberg. Sydney as a “doggy baker” in (718) 260-2555 “It’s great for the neigh- san Bishop brought their “It’s nice to do that with my a handmade costume with an Classified Fax: borhood. Everyone gets to 19-month-old son Sydney out own family after growing up apron, chef’s hat, and a whisk (718) 260-2549 come out and be a kid again with the hope of passing on here as a kid. Now it’s my turn and dressed family Chihua- and bond,” said Corcoran. the fall harvest tradition. to create memories with my hua Buttercup as a chocolate Classified E-Mail: “It doesn’t get any better “I grew up in Bay Ridge, own son and wife.” chip cookie. [email protected] than being in Brooklyn with and I think it’s really good to Strandberg and his wife The pair won best coordi- other Brooklynites.” contribute to the neighbor- went a step further than most nated costume. :FLI@J:FLI@<:FLI@I8G?@: > GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 MBRBG Temporary DA to stay, Cuomo says BY JULIANNE CUBA The handpicked successor of late District Attorney Ken Thompson will remain in the post until Thompson’s term ends at the close of 2017, Gov. Cuomo announced on Oct. 18. Thompson named his No. 2, Chief Assistant District Attor- ney Eric Gonzalez, as the bor- ough’s top prosecutor in his absence on Oct. 4 — less than REST IN PEACE: Mourners assemble outside the Christian Cultural Center in East New York as the casket for a week before he succumbed ce offi Attorney’s District Brooklyn late Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson is placed into the hearse. Photos by Jon Farina to colon cancer. Cuomo has TOP PROSECUTOR: Eric Gonzalez the power to appoint a replace- will remain the borough’s district ment, but has opted to leave attorney until the 2017 election. the reins with Gonzalez. “While we continue to the fall of 2014. Closing statements mourn the loss of District At- Thompson made a name for torney Thompson, the impor- himself overturning false con- tant work of the Brooklyn’s victions rendered under previ- DA offi ce does not cease. Until ous prosecutor Charles Hynes. Pols, friends eulogize DA Ken Thompson the next election, the Brooklyn Advocates have expressed con- DA’s Offi ce will continue to be cern that whoever replaces BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO week after he succumbed to speaking about his loved ones. led by Chief Assistant Dis- Thompson would not take up The prosecution rests. the cancer he had battled pri- “You were his heart, and trict Attorney Eric Gonzalez,” that mantle, but the district The nation’s top attorney, vately until just days before his his smile was never brighter Cuomo tweeted on Monday. attorney’s offi ce credits Gon- the governor, and two mayors Oct. 9 death. than when he was talking of The Governor’s announce- zalez with helping Thompson joined hundreds of mourners Thompson’s heartbroken you,” she said. ment comes after rumors that launch the so-called Convic- at an East New York church on widow Lu-Shawn, daughter Thompson’s short ten- three women — Public Ad- tion Review Unit. Saturday to celebrate the life of Kennedy, and son Kenneth, Jr., ure as district attorney was vocate Tish James, former “I am deeply honored to l ate Brook ly n Di st ric t At tor ney listened intently as Lynch — tall on gains, acknowledged prosecutor Ann Swern, and be able to carry out District Ken Thompson, and remember the former federal prosecutor’s Gov. Cuomo, adding he freed former Commissioner on Hu- Attorney Thompson’s vi- him as a tireless justice seeker one-time boss — recalled his 21 wrongfully incarcerated man Rights Patricia Gatling sion of equal justice for all in who made history as the fi rst diligence as a public servant men and women during his 33 — were all vying for the for Brooklyn, and I pledge to con- African-American to hold the and devotion as a family man. months in offi ce. appointment to the seat. tinue his criminal justice re- offi ce in Kings County. “We in law enforcement One of them, David Mc- Gonzalez is a native forms. I am fully committed United States Attorney have lost one of our brightest Callum, recalled emotionally Brooklynite and previously to the important initiatives General Loretta Lynch, Gov. lights, one of our stars, who how the district attorney won served as the borough’s that we have put in place and Cuomo, and Mayors DeBla- had such promise for the fu- him his release after he served trial bureau chief in Flat- will work every day to keep sio and David Dinkins were ture,” she said. nearly three decades in prison bush, Sunset Park, Midwood, the people of Brooklyn safe,” among the family, friends, dig- Lynch informed Thomp- for a murder he did not com- Sheepshead Bay, and Coney Gonzalez said in a statement. nitaries, and civilians who eu- son’s kin that the no-nonsense mit. Island. He joined the District The offi ce will not say logized Thompson, 50, at the public servant with the infec- “Mr. Thompson didn’t only Attorney’s offi ce in 2011 and whether he will seek reelec- Christian Cultural Center a tious smile was happiest when Continued on page 31 was named chief assistant in tion next year. Blood sugar fl ex magik! Adams uses exercise, diet to get off diabetes meds BY MAX JAEGER erage of Adams’s blood sugar in the Borough President Adams is going off summer and found his so-called “A1C his meds — and that’s great news! levels” were 17 — roughly three times The Beep, who announced in late the normal amount, Ringel said. July that he has type 2 diabetes, has The fi gures are so high, one expert since gotten his blood sugar under wondered whether doctors messed control and can stop taking insulin up. injections and other metabolism-reg- “A normal level is around 6. Ten ulating medicine, a spokesman said. represents poor diabetes control. The diagnosis was a wake-up call for And 17 is astounding — it makes me the elected, whose blood sugar was wonder if there was an error in the HOWDY, SLIM: Borough President Adams lost 20–30 pounds since last year (left) after a so high in the summer that it should test,” said Kathleen Axen, a profes- diabetes diagnosis in April. (Right) Here he is recently, looking trim at the West Indian Day have incapacitated him, the rep said. sor and deputy chairwoman of nutri- Parade in early September. File photos by Paul Martinka “The doctors said, ‘I don’t know tion at Brooklyn College. why you’re not in a coma,’ ” spokes- Adams, who is no stranger to the Now his tests show his A1C levels are nosed in April. man Stefan Ringel recalled. “He was gym, upped his exercise routine and 5.7 — just a hair above those in peo- Exercise and weight loss can im- told he would need to be on insulin adopted a vegan diet, Ringel said. The ple without diabetes, he said. prove the body’s ability to regulate for the rest of his life.” Beep shaved off 20–30 pounds and is Adams, who said he is genetically high blood sugar, but it is most effec- Doctors took a three-month av- now a trim 175 pounds, the rep said. predisposed to the disease, was diag- Continued on page 31 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 3 GAZA STRIP! ‘Hate group’ trolls college club with cartoon posters BY JULIANNE CUBA dom Center, a California-based ing a yarmulke. “It’s A national anti-Muslim group plas- group with no ties to the school, took not a college atmo- tered Brooklyn College with car- credit for the posters, which read “Do sphere. How can you toonish posters on Monday claiming you want to show your support for have a civil dialogue that a campus organization is a front Hamas terrorists, whose stated goal about these issues if for terror group Hamas, calling out is the elimination of the Jewish peo- you have groups like students by name, and even showing ple and the Jewish state? Join us” — Students for Justice in a caricature of one with the hashtag and which appeared to be signed by Palestine? We put up “#JewHatred” beneath it. But it’s a political science department chair- the posters to let the bogus charge, according to the cari- man Corey Robin and five members campus know that these catured scholar, who said perpetra- of the Palestinian group. groups are funded by tors are bullying him for criticizing Abdulhaq called the allegations and orchestrated by a Israel’s occupation of his homeland absurd. terrorist organization Palestine. “That’s absolutely ridiculous,” he like Hamas.” “It’s a really tough situation, I said. “It’s not only disturbing, but Civil rights think feel targeted and I feel attacked for laughable.” tank the Southern Pov- basically raising my concern for Is- But Center founder David Horow- erty Law Center lists raeli crimes overseas,” said Raja itz claims the college is a hotbed of the Horowitz Freedom Abdulhaq, a political science grad- free-speech suppression and the stu- Center as a hate group, Center Freedom Horowitz uate student who was born in Pales- dent group is ground zero — and he and even the Jewish An- YIKES: Brooklyn College removed these posters after the tine. “This is not to target me per- put up the defamatory signs in the ti-Defamation League controversial Horowitz Freedom Center put them up all over sonally but anyone on campus that spirit of “civil dialogue,” he said. has criticized Horowitz campus early on Oct. 17. has different views than the Zionist “Brooklyn College is a disgrace. for pushing an Islamo- propaganda machine in the United You have these radicals invading phobic agenda. seek to maintain a safe and toler- States. 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The Fifth Avenue Commit- The group that’s buying tee has not said what it will Community News Group / Dennis Lynch the book-lender from the city charge for the remaining 10 CIVIC TITAN: The Fourth Avenue courthouse-turned-community and rebuilding it with 49 be- units — intended for higher- board offi ce will pitch in as interim library. low-market-rate apartments earning-but-technically-low- on top plans on renting the income tenants — but the digs pads to a range of low-income will defi nitely be below mar- tenants, including those who Planning and Architecture Magnusson ket rate, according to infor- Missing chapter qualify for federal housing ON THE BOOKS: Fifth Avenue Com- mation from the Committee. assistance, a rep said. mittee plans to buy the Sunset Park The developer has signed “All 49 units are going to library and rebuild it with 49 below- an agreement to keep rents Temp library won’t be open right away low-income, it’s just for a va- market-rate apartments on top. artifi cially low for at least riety within that,” said Jay 50 years, even if it sells the BY CAROLINE SPIVACK set Park book lending for a Marcus, director of Housing available through a city-run building. They read their history. few weeks this time around, a Development for developer affordable-housing lottery The plan is still going The Sunset Park library spokesman said. the Fifth Avenue Committee. open to people with annual through a public review pro- will shut for a few weeks when “We moved the staff from The company aims to incomes between $22,500 for cess. Developers will pitch offi cials move books to a tem- the old [Heights] library to buy the library at the cor- a single person and $86,967 it to Community Board 7’s porary lending site next sum- work on setting up the new li- ner of Fourth Avenue and for a family of four. Half the land-use committee on Nov. mer. The system moved its brary, and the service for those 51st Street from the city, units will be set aside for cur- 3, but Council has the fi nal Brooklyn Heights operation last few weeks was really inad- raze the 43-year-old struc- rent residents of Community say whether it goes through. to a Heights church earlier equate,” said Brooklyn Public ture, and erect an eight-story Board 7, and nine will go to Meantime, the Fifth Av- this year with only one day of Library spokesman David Wo- apartment complex with a li- local domestic violence vic- enue Committee is working down time — because librar- loch. “I think the best thing brary on the bottom. Critics tims currently living in a with area housing groups to ians kept the branch open for us to focus on is to make have opposed the plan on the shelter, plans show. 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The victim told police she met up When the victim woke, he dis- The victim was between Avenue with the guy — who she knows — Accessory shopping covered that his pants with his wal- U and Lake Place around 9:30 pm at the apartment near Avenue I at 8 A crook stole car gadgets and ac- let, house keys, and car keys were when he was shot in the neck by the am for a tour of the place. She said cessories from a Brooklyn Avenue missing, police reported. The man’s gunman, who fl ed on foot in an un- she handed the scammer the cash man’s vehicle between Oct. 9 and car is also missing, said cops. known direction, said police. Emer- and expected to hear back about the 10. gency responders took the victim to lease and keys. But she never heard The victim told police that he Lutheran Medical Center, accord- from the cheat, police said. parked his car near Avenue I around 68TH PRECINCT ing to a report. 10 pm. The next day he found his BAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS High on theft car’s speakers, radio system, nav- Fleecing the sleeping igation system, and license plate Police arrested two men who Police nabbed a woman and teen missing, cops said. Cash grab for buying $7,100 worth of goods at A thief tried to grab a wad of cash they say stole a sleeping man’s be- Police noted there was damage to longings on a D train at the Stillwell an Avenue U department store with the trunk and checked surveillance from a Fourth Avenue bodega’s reg- Avenue station on Oct. 14. phony credit cards and fake IDs on footage from nearby cameras, ac- ister on Oct. 12, but only made off A witness told police the train Oct. 11. cording to the report. with $3, said police. was in the station between Surf and The two ladies — a 29-year- — Alexandra Simon The clerk of the store between old woman and 16-year-old girl Marine Avenue and 79th Street told Neptune avenues at 1:10 am when — walked into the store near police that the nogoodnik brought he saw the men standing over the sleeping passenger and watched Flatbush Avenue around 5 pm 62ND PRECINCT an item to the counter at around 9 them place their hands in his pock- and made purchases, according pm, but when she opened the regis- BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH ets and remove his slippers, book to cops. ter to ring it up, the knave pushed bag, and umbrella. Offi cers caught up with the two Knife to meet you her hands away and tried to grab the suspects around 8 pm and also the money. A baddie stabbed a man multiple The not-so-crafty thief only made Failed robbery found various prescription drugs in times in the back on 24th Avenue on off with $3, said police. Cops cuffed a man who allegedly their possession. Oct. 16, said police. tried to steal a sleeping man’s wal- The victim told police that he let on the D train at the Stillwell Av- Into thin air was near 82nd Street at 4:15 am Canceled tee time enue station on Oct. 16. Some lawbreaker stole a car from when the goon approached from be- A burglar stole a man’s golf bag and clubs from his car left on 66th The train was in the station be- in front of a man’s Avenue L home hind and stabbed the victim three Street on Oct. 14, said police. tween Surf and Neptune avenues at on Oct. 11. times in the back. The man jumped The victim told police that when 4 am when offi cers spotted a man The owner told police that he left into a nearby black car and fl ed on he returned to his vehicle parked attempting to place his hands in his vehicle in front of his house be- 82nd Street, said police. between 12th and 13th avenues at 7 the victim’s pocket and approached tween E. 57th and E. 58th streets am he found the passenger-side win- him, said authorities. When the of- around 6 pm. Train delays dow smashed and his golf bag and fi cers tried to handcuff the man, he The next morning his spouse A nogoodnik fl ashed a knife and clubs gone. resisted and began fl ailing his arms went to use the car, but it was gone, tried to steal a man’s phone and before police fi nally arrested him, according to offi cials. cash at the New Utrecht N train sta- Car heist according to a police report. tion on Oct. 13, said police. Offi cials later discovered that The victim got on the Coney A robber broke into a man’s car Clean swipe the man had an active warrant, said Island-bound N train at the 59th on Ridge Boulevard on Oct. 13 and A pilferer cashed checks stolen authorities. — Caroline Spivack Street station and got off at the New stole credit cards, cash, and a spare from a woman’s Avenue X home on set of keys, said police. Sept. 29. Utrecht station at 9 pm, said police. The baddie approached the victim The man parked his Hyundai Police said the bandit took a 61ST PRECINCT in the station near 62nd Street and Santa Fe between 79th and 80th personal check from the victim’s asked to borrow his phone — but streets at 6 am and went to work, SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST— home offi ce near E. 71st Street and when the victim refused, the man but when he returned later that day MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND signed it over to herself to the tune fl ew into a rage, brandished a black he discovered someone swiped two of $3,500. The woman noticed the knife, and demanded his phone and credit cards, his driver’s license, Followed withdrawal and reported it to cops money. and a set of keys to his vehicle, said A crook followed a woman out of on Oct. 11, suspecting her cleaning The victim distracted the crook police. a bank and swiped $700 from her on ladies who may have had access to by pretending to throw his phone on Avenue R on Oct. 12. her offi ce, police said. the train tracks before fl eeing the 60TH PRECINCT The 64-year-old woman took platform. The would-be thief did not out the cash from a bank on Kings Not so fast follow, said police. CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH— Highway at around 4 pm and then Cops cuffed a man who they say SEAGATE walked towards Avenue R and E. stole an E. 37th Street woman’s car Pants-ed 13th Street, where the malefactor from in front of her home on Oct. Four louts pushed a drunk man Fake gun fl asher approached her from behind and 12. to the ground and stole his pants Police arrested a man for steal- grabbed her bag, police said. The woman told police she and shoes on Bay Ridge Avenue on ing wine coolers from a Mermaid The jerk said, “Let me get a look,” parked her vehicle in her driveway Oct. 16, said police. Avenue bodega on Oct. 12 and aim- and then took the wad of cash and near Avenue R around 1 am, and The victim told police that he ing fake handgun at the clerk. fl ed, according to authorities. 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MEMBER FDIC BR BG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 9 Capano allies emerge Plus: First possible candidates for 2017 DA race olitico Bob Ca- ready criticizing pano has a veri- PARTY LINE Capano — a Staten Keep your Ptable who’s-who Islander who works of city Republicans in Manhattan — for backing his bid for carpetbagging. outgoing Council- “And, from the man Vincent Gen- other side of the home, family tile’s soon-to-be-open Verrazano, he’s Bay Ridge seat. tweeting he wants Former Kings to run for office County Republi- in Brooklyn. He & finances can Party chair- doesn’t live in the man Craig Eaton, district,” Quagli- one-time Rep. Bob TALKING BORO POLITICS one said. Turner (R–Queens), WITH JULIANNE CUBA Quaglione also above water former mayoral can- took a swipe at Ca- didate John Catsi- pano’s backers, who matidis, and Guardian Angels founder hail from outside Kings County, and Curtis Sliwa are all lining up behind pledged a more local grass-roots the only Republican to announce his backing should he run. intentions to run for the seat. “Is Bob running for mayor or City Eaton’s star may be setting — Council for southwest Brooklyn? his handpicked successor has been He’s assembled a team of folks that fighting a court battle against Bay are representative Ridge lawyer Ted Ghorra for the of the city rather better part of a year over who gets than the dis- to be the party’s next head honcho. trict,” said Qua- But his credentials are rock-solid, glione (inset). according to Capano, who called “If I announce, Ghorra a Johnny-come-lately to I’ll have a slew borough conservatism. of co-chairs and “[Eaton is] a friend and a very committee mem- respected Republican leader and bers that are actu- community leader for many years,” ally in the district.” said Capano (inset). “I was presi- Capano countered that having dent of the Brooklyn Young Repub- allies in Queens will help him build lican Club, worked coalitions and suggested that Qua- in senior positions glione’s views are too parochial. for two Brooklyn “It is understandable that John Republican mem- wants to deflect from the fact that he bers of congress, has literally worked for one elected and was the Re- official his entire professional life, publican and and has always been on the taxpay- Conservative can- ers’ dime,” Capano said. didate for the 43rd • • • City Council dis- Women vying to be Brooklyn’s trict in 2009 — and first female district attorney hit a never heard of Ted Ghorra.” roadblock when Gov. Cuomo de- Eaton gave Capano a ringing en- cided not to appoint a new prosecu- dorsement. tor and to instead let the late Ken “I have a long-standing relation- Thompson’s chosen successor Eric ship with Bob Capano, and he’s the Gonzalez ride out the rest of the only announced candidate right term. now, and I think he’d be good for But one of the three is already the job,” Eaton said. “He’s been in- mulling a run when the seat goes up volved in politics and community for reelection in 2017. stuff for a long time.” Former prosecutor Anne Swern Other rumored candidates in- confi rmed she is still eyeing the seat, clude Liam McCabe, a neighbor- she confi rmed to this paper. hood activist and staffer to Rep. “I’m seriously considering run- Dan Donovan (R–Bay Ridge), and ning,” Swern said. “But of course John Quaglione, spokesman for right now we are still mourning the state Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay sudden and untimely death of Ken Ridge). Thompson.” • • • Public Advocate Tish James And Quaglione plans to announce and former Commissioner on Hu- whether he’ll officially make a run man Rights Patricia Gatling were for Council after the Nov. 8 election, also rumored to be vying for an ap- he said. pointment. “I’m still reviewing my options Reached by phone, Gatling would and will be announcing my decision not say whether she was interested in after the presidential election,” he running in 2017 but did say she now said. lives in Manhattan. James did not re- But the Bay Ridge stalwart is al- turn a request for comment. 10 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 MBRBG Community News Group would like to thank the Sponsors and Supporters of last week’s Pink Newspapers Their participation helped raise breast cancer awareness in New York MAJOR SPONSOR BRONX SPONSOR BROOKLYN SUPPORTERS Bay Ridge Medical Imaging Sal’s Transmissions QUEENS SUPPORTERS CARIBBEAN LIFE SUPPORTER Thank you to all our advertisers who participated in these important editions MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 11 A NEW LEASE?: A Neptune Avenue building that once housed city hospital offi ces may become Coney Island’s fi rst homeless shelter. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto Coney may get shelter BY CAROLINE SPIVACK would not give details on the plan un- The People’s Playground may be get- til the city approves it. ting a few new neighbors. “A proposal for a family shelter is Shelter operator Women In Need currently pending before the city and has applied to open a home for fami- once we have confi rmation of if/when lies on Neptune Avenue between W. the project will move forward, we’ll 22nd and 23rd streets. The city has yet look forward to engaging the commu- to okay the idea, but locals and mem- nity and educating them more about bers of Community Board 13 already the proposed plan,” a spokesman for have reservations about the location, the operator said. because it is close to rough-and-tum- Local pols were outraged at the ble Kaiser Park , according to a local news and are demanding the city and community leader. shelter operators hold a public meet- “We’re not against the shelter, we ing explaining the plan, according just feel this may not be the best spot to a letter from Councilman Mark for it,” said Eddie Mark, district man- Treyger (D–Coney Island) signed by ager of Community Board 13, who said Borough President Adams, state Sen. it would be the fi rst permanent home- Diane Savino (D–Coney Island), and Still owned and operated less housing within the community Assemblywoman Pam Harris (D–Co- board. “Homeless shelters come with ney Island). a stigma, and since it’s near a park, “When we were notifi ed of the proj- by the Nieberg Family we’re worried that it may become a ect, it had already been in the works place for the homeless to congregate for over a year, and had the mayor’s during the day.” approval. Since that time, we have And the location’s proximity to IS consistently requested a meeting for 239 — about two blocks away — makes all of the elected representatives with some parents nervous, one said. the mayor — that request has been re- “I understand it’s tough times and peatedly rebuffed,” the letter states. shelters need to be put somewhere, but “We are adamant that city hall hold when it comes to schools and parks, I’d public meetings in the Coney Island prefer shelters be a healthy distance community, to explain to residents away,” said Sheila Rivera, who lives why their neighborhood — one of the with her two sons in Sea Gate. “We most geographically and economi- don’t know who’s in there. It could be cally marginalized community dis- dangerous for the kids.” tricts in the city — is the right site for A spokesman for Women In Need such a facility.” cals will still be able to take advantage LIBRARY of children’s programming, language classes, and internet access at the tem- Continued from page 12 porary branch, and developers will not we have good library service up until break ground on the housing develop- NIEBERG MIDWOOD CHAPEL, INC the last day. There’s going to have to be ment until the temporary branch opens, some closure, but we’ll really try to keep offi cials said. They may send bookmo- has relocated to it to a minimum, and that’s just some- biles to the neighborhood during the thing we’ll have to live with.” down time before the temporary branch 60 Brighton 11th Street, Brooklyn, NY The city plans to sell the Sunset Park opens, Woloch said. (1 Block from Emmons Avenue) library to developer the Fifth Avenue The sale and redevelopment is still Committee, which will raze and rebuild under public review, and Council has to Our telephone number remains the same the atheneum with 49 low-income apart- approve the project. If it gets the green ments on top . During construction, the light, the Fifth Avenue Committee hopes library system will run a temporary to break ground next summer and move 718-377-2700 branch in the landmarked courthouse the library into the redeveloped space in that is home to Community Board 7. Lo- summer 2019. 12 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 B MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 13 S’Head gets greened BY JULIANNE CUBA weeds into beautiful gar- ing in the dirt than a day They weren’t afraid to get dens near Shore Parkway of soil toil — and it was a their hands dirty! and Ocean Avenue, said great opportunity to meet About 20 do-gooders volunteer Lorraine Hick- new people who share green pulled up weeds, laid down man, who trekked all the thumbs, said Vanessa Klein MAKING A DIFFERENCE: (Above) Daniel Manuel plants some tulip bulbs mulch, and planted tulip way from from Brooklyn from Bensonhurst. in a Sheepshead Bay Road lot he helped spruce up. (Left) Sisters Vanessa bulbs during the Bay Im- Heights to spruce up Sheep- “It was very fun and help- Photos by Jon Farina provement Group’s annual shead Bay. ful. It didn’t feel like com- and Jessica Klein lend a hand. fall planting and cleanup “It looked like a jungle munity service — it felt on Sheepshead Bay Road on there, but after it looked like a nice day planting out- And in just a few hours, “It wasn’t in a lot of time Oct. 16. fantastic — there was even side,” she said. “I usually do the nearly two-dozen volun- that we were able to change The volunteers trans- a walkway,” she said. it with my grandpa. It was teers saw the results of their two parks completely,” he formed two dirty plots of The project felt more like nice to do it with other peo- work, said Daniel Manuel said. “I enjoyed it, I would land filled with overgrown a relaxing afternoon play- ple and make new friends.” from Flatbush. do it again.” Attention LANDLORDS !RE 9OUR 4ENANTS #REATING ! .UISANCE s $O 4HEY /WE 9OU 2ENT .EED 4HEM %VICTED s #OMMERCIAL 2ESIDENTIAL OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE For A FREE Consultation, Call 718-788-5052 HAGAN, COURY & Associates TH !VE s "ROOKLYN The best source for news in your neighborhood: Visit us at: www.cusimanoandrussofuneralhome.com Visit us at: www.cusimanoandrussofuneralhome.com Visit us at: www.cusimanoandrussofuneralhome.com 14 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 BR BUSINESS, BROOKLYN STYLE – ADVERTISEMENT Bridgeview Diner is better than ever and here to stay 9P:8D@CC<JG BR BG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 15 LATE PAGE LET OUR FAMILY HELP YOUR FAMILY IN YOUR TIME OF NEED Exceptional Funeral Care At Affordable Prices Z 30-40% less than our competitors Z Servicing families with cremation, Z Prepayment plan Z Cremation specialist - Simple cremation, burial or shipment for only $25-$50 simple charges Z A convenient on premise parking lot a month 2009 MERMAID AVE. 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Their engag- Lutheran. ing presentation sparked a thoughtful Approximately fi ve million and powerful discussion. In history people in the U.S. have hepatitis class, the students worked together and C, but only a fraction are actively mind-mapped to help them clearly un- undergoing treatment or even derstand the causes of World War I. aware they have it, says the phy- sician, who has 27 years of experi- ence as a board-certifi ed gastro- enterologist, and has worked for more than a decade as a hepatolo- PAINT BY THE NUMBER!: John Quaglione and his daughter Natalie, left, and niece gist with a specifi c clinical focus Sophia spiff up the hopscotch board at Russell Pedersen Playground in Bay Ridge. on treating liver disease. John Quaglione As section chief for gastroen- terology and hepatology at the hospital Dr. Abdelsayed will con- Hop, skip, & paint the hopscotch board nect with the many cultural en- claves throughout the borough St. Edmund Prep is the only Cath- BAY RIDGE this unique opportunity for a civ- to work with community leaders olic high school in the city that offers ics lesson for both my daughter and and others in developing a hepa- this prestigious diploma program, Long-time Standing O pal John niece,” said John. titis C screening program to help with fewer than 1,000 schools nation- Quaglione — aide-de-camp for The result? On a day off from promote early detection of the wide offering it. state Sen. Martin Golden (R–Bay school recently, John, Natalie, his disease. Standing O says “Study hard and Ridge) — teamed up with his fam- wife Kerry, sister Lauren Gian- “More needs to be done in prosper.” ily to give a much-needed makeover none, and niece Sophia picked up Brooklyn to curtail the spread St. Edmund Preparatory High to the hopscotch board at Russell brushes, rollers, and paint, and of hepatitis C,” he said. “We can School [2474 Ocean Ave. at Avenue T in Pedersen Playground. turned an eyesore into a board of make a big difference with early Sheepshead Bay, (718) 743–6100]. John’s daughter Natalie, already beauty. It was time well spent. detection and treatment of hepa- following in dad’s footsteps, brought “What a great way for a child to titis C before it develops into a BOROUGH WIDE attention to the faded and old board spend a day off from school, getting more serious illness.” at the park, and John contacted the involved in beautifying the park Lutheran’s senior vice presi- Happy 100th! Parks Department, spoke to Pattie where so many children swing, dent is on board. Blow out those candles for Munici- Gracia, and offered to partner with slide, and play,” John said. “In his new role, Dr. Abdel- pal Credit Union. The establishment the agency to rectify the problem Now, not only does the park have sayed will look to expand our turned 100 on Oct. 15, and now has the by painting and re-numbering the a spiffy hopscotch board to jump on, endoscopy program and recruit distinction of being the oldest credit board. but Natalie and Sophie were also advanced endoscopy specialists union in New York State — and one of He was thrilled with Parks’ posi- awarded certifi cates — and a Stand- with extensive training in state- the oldest and largest in the country. tive response. ing O! — for their good work. of-the-art techniques for mini- MCU was founded in 1916 by then- “I really want to thank Patti Russell Pedersen Playground mally invasive examinations of New York City mayor John Purroy Gracia and her team here in Parks (Colonial Road and 83rd Street in the digestive tract,” said Dr. Bret Mitchel to offer city employees a way District 10, and commend them for Bay Ridge). Rudy. to save at reasonable rates and to bor- Standing O thanks Dr. Abdel- row money at rates lower than the sayed for his dedication to his fel- year’s prevailing 36 percent (and we Standing O wishes the credit union Drug Administration to continue its low Brooklynites. think our interest rates are high!) or many more birthdays. research initiative “Building towards Dr. Abdelsayed at NYU Lu- do business with loan sharks. Municipal Credit Union [350 Jay St. Statistically-Based Pharmaceutical theran [150 55th St. at First Av- Originally called the Credit Union at Myrtle Avenue in Downtown, (212) Quality Standards.” enue in Sunset Park, (718) 630– of Employees Conference Committee, 693–4900]. The funds were a testament to the 8600]. MCU began with one branch in the capabilities of LIU Pharmacy’s award- city’s Municipal Building, 19 members, FORT GREENE winning pharmaceutical scientists, and combined deposits of just $570. led by dean and researcher Dr. John BAY RIDGE During the past century, which in- Happy anniversary Pezzuto, said Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, cluded a name change to Municipal Standing O is sending out cheers to president of LIU. One more anniversary Credit Union in August 1919, MCU has Long Island University Pharmacy “We look forward to using this Congratulations to Our Lady of continually and steadily grown in as- for celebrating 130 years of providing grant to create transformational op- Angels Roman Catholic Church, sets and members, said its head honcho. quality education to our students. The portunities for LIU Pharmacy stu- which celebrated its 125th anniver- “We’re proud and humbled to be school was founded in 1886 as the city’s dents to participate in FDA-sponsored sary on Sept. 25. celebrating such an important mile- fi rst College of Pharmacy. research,” she said. Our Lady of Angels Roman Catho- stone,” said Kam Wong, president and The school also received a $2-mil- LIU Pharmacy [75 DeKalb Ave. in lic Church [7320 Fourth Ave. at 73rd chief executive offi cer. lion grant from the US Food and Fort Greene, (718) 488–1004]. Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 836–7200]. 20 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 MBRBG GARBAGE POLITICS Sanitation workers promote Donald on trash truck BY COLIN MIXSON political stickers Now this presidential election were found on has really descended into the trucks,” Dawkins trash bin. said. “All were re- A pair of city Sanitation moved.” workers could be in hot water But the depart- BRINGING IN BUSINESS: Members of the Flatbush Junction Business after they outfi tted their trash ment isn’t ruling Improvement District say a plaza will bring in more customers to the truck with Donald Trump out the possibility campaign paraphernalia last that a Trump fan stores on Hillel Place. Photo by Jon Farina Wednesday — a no-no for city could have slipped vehicles that outraged a cou- the sign onto the ple of liberal locals who spot- truck without the ted the sign in Midwood that haulers noticing, Plaza please! morning. Dawkins said — “I was appalled,” said despite Das’s al- Photo by John Wasserman Calls for pedestrian mall near Flatbush Junction neighborhood resident Chris- leged exchange TRUMP TRUCK: Midwood locals are furious with tina Das, who serves on the ex- with the workers. BY ALEXANDRA SIMON ment where people can spend ecutive board of the Brooklyn Sanitation workers who adorned their garbage “We don’t The city may make the Flat- more time on the corridor, Young Democrats Club. “I was truck with a Trump campaign sign on Oct. 12. know how the bush Junction a little less resulting in increased reve- drinking my coffee and I had sign appeared on harried. nue for our local businesses,” to stop.” Department of Sanitation the truck,” Dawkins said. Offi cials are considering said Kenneth Mbonu, execu- Das and her boyfriend offi cials are aware of the in- “As you know the collection making Hillel Place into a tive director of the Flatbush spotted the truck with the fraction and are investigating, trucks are parked on the street permanent pedestrian plaza Junction Business Improve- Donald Trump sign lodged according to agency spokes- and perhaps someone could between Flatbush Avenue ment District. “It will also in its windshield wipers on woman Kathy Dawkins. But have placed it on the truck. and Kenilworth Place. Clos- be a place where people can Ocean Avenue near Foster she claims the truck was po- Also while the Sanitation crew ing the street to traffi c would meet and interact, because Avenue. She claims she de- litically neutral when it left is serving a stop (one crew create a needed public gath- we don’t really have a park manded the garbage men im- an agency depot that morn- member is at the back of the ering place that will also help around here or a place to re- mediately remove the politi- ing, and it is a common occur- truck while his partner picks area shops, according to one lax.” cal placard, but they told her rence. up the trash), there’s a possi- local business leader. Students from nearby to “mind your own business” “We have had similar in- bility that someone could place “It will serve many func- schools such as Brooklyn then drove off. stances in years past when the sign on the truck then.” tions and create an environ- Continued on page 31 Great rates like ours are always in season. 18-Month CD % 1.25 APY1 $5,000 minimum deposit To qualify you must open a Flushing Bank Complete Checking Plus account. 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But ho- zoning changes, because if hotels in industrial sections tels could ultimately be the it changes, they can easily of Sunset Park and Green- types of uses that could fur- knock down walls and con- Wood Heights at breakneck ther push the pendulum that vert hotels into housing,” pace in order to get areas way.” said David Powell, a director rezoned for luxury hous- The city makes the rules at the Fifth Avenue Commit- ing, according to real-estate about what can be built tee, which builds and man- watchers. where, and it says you can- ages low-income housing. Builders cannot put not put apartments on land The push for residential apartments on manufactur- zoned for a factory. development on industrial NEW HOTEL, NEW WORRIES: Sunset Parkers are concerned that a build- ing land, but they can cre- But build enough hotels waterfronts has uprooted ate hotels there — and doing and officials have an easier manufacturing before. In ing being constructed as a hotel on the corner of 30th Street and Fourth so paves the way for future time justifying rezoning for 2005, as Williamsburg and Avenue is going to instead house the homeless. housing development, which residences, because there is Greenpoint rose in popu- Photo by Georgine Benvenuto can demolish good-paying existing housing, advocates larity, the city rezoned a jobs, one advocate warns. say. 75-block swath of the neigh- Zones — areas with special tends to let the public see “As an organization, we Then erstwhile hoteliers borhoods from industrial to tax credits meant to spur his idea in greater detail in have a huge concern about will turn the growing num- mixed-use residential — the manufacturing — but he a few months, a rep said. hotels in industrial zones,” ber of inns — many of which result was a boom of luxury has said little on the pro- “The administration is said David Meade, direc- are currently being used as condominium construction. posal over the last year. on track to submit propos- tor of the Southwest Brook- temporary homeless shelters Mayor DeBlasio has His plan would require als for public review by the lyn Industrial Development — into apartments, another pledged to make it tougher special approval for any end of the year,” said may- Cooperation. “I think our real-estate observer said. for developers to build ho- hotel within an Industrial oral spokeswoman Melissa community is certainly not “A lot of people — in- tels in Industrial Business Business Zone, and he in- Grace. K?<D<;@:8C;@I<:KFIP=FI9IFFBCPE 8L;@FCF>P @EK 26 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 MBRBG ADVERTORIAL TOP DRIVER DISTRACTIONS Using mobile phones phone conversations. The haps they’re checking out chewing gum at the same a rest area and spend 10 Leading the list of the use of a hands-free device a house in a new neighbor- time may want to avoid minutes snacking there top distractions behind the does not lower distraction hood or thought they saw eating while driving. The before resuming the wheel are mobile phones. levels. The percentage of someone they knew on the majority of foods require a trip. Phones now do more than vehicle crashes and near- street corner. It can be easy person’s hands to be taken just place calls, and driv- crashes attributed to di- to veer into the direction off of the wheel and their Reading ers often cannot pull away aling is nearly identical your eyes are focused, caus- eyes to be diverted from the Glancing at an adver- from their phones, even to the number associated ing an accident. In addition road. Reaching in the back tisement, updating a Fa- when driving. According to with talking or listening. to trying to stay focused on seat to share some French cebook status or reading the California Department the road, some drivers pre- fries with the kids is also a book are all activities of Motor Vehicles, studies Daydreaming fer the help of lane depar- distracting. that should be avoided have shown that driving Many people will admit ture warning systems. Try to eat meals before when driving. Even pour- performance is lowered to daydreaming behind getting in the car. For ing over a traffic map or and the level of distraction the wheel or looking at a Eating those who must snack consulting the digital is higher for drivers who person or object outside of Those who haven’t quite while en route, take a display of a GPS system are heavily engaged in cell the car for too long. Per- mastered walking and moment to pull over at can be distracting. 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MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 29 I\X[\iiX`j\j_\ccXYflkkfn\i To the editor, I was shocked and horrified by your story and picture about the Voorhies Avenue Tower, the latest SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR in a series of high-rise construction projects destroying Sheepshead Bay (“New tower looms over Sheepshead C 30 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 MBRBG “The department of trans- PLAZA portation believes that a plaza Continued from page 25 at Hillel Place will enhance safety at this important retail College and Midwood High and transit hub and create a School say they need a place vibrant community gather- to eat lunch, because area res- ing space,” the spokeswoman taurants don’t cater to them, said. one pupil said. A portion of the two-block “It’s a good idea — it’s like street between Campus Road a hangout spot,” said Zaire and Kenilworth Place would Banberg, a student at Edward remain open so drivers can R. Murrow High School who access Kenilworth Place, spends time with friends in which is one-way between the area. “When we sit inside Hillel Place and nearby the McDonald’s, they kick us Glenwood Road, according out, even if we purchased the to officials. food. Then we have to go sit The plaza had dry runs down in the food court in Tar- earlier this summer. The city TRUE-BLUE CONDOLENCES: (Above) Ken Thompson’s family is presented with a commemorative fl ag to get, but that’s closed now.” closed the block in July for honor his public service contributions. (Below) A color guard adds fl ourish and fanfare. Photos by Jon Farina The Department of Trans- a local restaurant expo, and portation is on board because cultural mavens held a Ca- the project would make the ribbean-themed festival there FUNERAL junction more welcoming for to counter the violence at walkers, an agency rep said. J’ouvert last month. Continued from page 3 give me my freedom, Mr. Thompson gave me my 5-month-old daughter, Quinn,” McCallum said chok- ing off insulin,” Axen said. ing back tears. “If you did not do that for me, I don’t ADAMS The Beep plans to use his know where I would be.” story to inspire others, Rin- Continued from page 3 The funeral service included handwritten trib- gel said. utes from Thompson’s children and featured a light- tive in people who are danger- “He has reversed his hearted moment when Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D–Ca- ously overweight, according symptoms, and in addition to narsie) spoke about his late friend’s voracious appetite to Axen, who said Adams’s having cut 20–30 pounds, he for knowledge. turnaround may have been is a far healthier person to- “The brother was reading so much, I thought he exceptional. day — and a man that is now had a Barnes and Noble in his basement,” said Jef- “I wouldn’t want people on committed to sharing what fries, drawing chuckles from the crowd. insulin who are not obese to he has accomplished with Thompson was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in think that, by losing weight, tens of thousands of Brook- the Bronx, where he was raised. they have a good chance of go- lynites,” he said. Veins Veins Go Away FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS, LEG SWELLING AND LEG WOUNDS Dr. Natalie Marks: The First Vascular Medicine Specialist in Brooklyn DIRECTOR OF THE VEIN CENTER The Vein Center of The Vascular Institute of New York TH 3TREET s "ROOKLYN .9 s /CEAN 0KWY s "ROOKLYN .9 s WWW6ASCULAR.9#COM Call for your appointment today MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 31 N_fj_flc[n\ :fleZ`cËj[\ZcXiXk`fe gle`j_]fib`[gfie6 n a Downtown classroom last week, a law professor efknfik_Xg\eep @ dad introduced his son, now 30-something, and said, ur Council members “I’m very proud of him.” should earn their an- A BRITISHER’S The dad, Larry Dubin, F nual, taxpayer-funded told the small audience about salaries of $148,500 — and nu- his Nick growing up, playing merous perks — with better VIEW tennis, graduating college, work than cooking up nonsen- and eventually writing three sical declarations like the one J_XmXeX8Yilqqf books. in support for Muslim Ameri- Then he talked about his cans due to imagined Islamo- while severely curtailing the s¬0ALESTINIAN¬ POET¬ !SHRAF¬ son’s diagnosis: Asperger’s phobia. religious freedoms that Amer- Fayadh received eight years in syndrome, a developmental RHYMES Far more Jews than Mus- ican Muslims have the cheek prison and 800 lashes for apos- disorder on the autism spec- lims are victims of hate crimes to say are being denied them tasy in Saudi Arabia, over- trum. As a young child, Nick WITH CRAZY every year in America, but here. turning his death sentence flapped his arms and jumped history’s chosen stooges don’t The State Department’s in an act of supposed Islamo- a lot. At age 3, he barely C\efi\Jb\eXqp sweat the small stuff while 2015 International Religious clemency. spoke. As an adult, he still chronically miffed Muslims Freedom Report exposes the s¬0AKISTANS¬ BLASPHEMY¬ cannot tie his shoes. seek affirmation of the reli- Muslim-on-Muslim aggres- laws — prescribing severe Nick is also a convicted watched them growing up gious pluralism that already sion in Islamic countries, and punishments for crimes such felon, a sex offender on the and entering relationships, thrives in the U.S. shares sickening examples of as insulting the Koran or the registry. He was found guilty Nick felt even more alone. The dilemma of the day is the under-reported story of 0ROPHET¬ -OHAMMAD¬ ¬ ARE¬ of possession of child porn. Then he discovered the why Muslims feel more perse- the century: often used as justification for “That does not in any way world of online porn, and that cuted in free societies than in s¬&ARKHUNDA¬ -ALIKZADA ¬ mob justice. dilute my feelings and re- is where Nick went to feel less their oppressive ancestral na- 27, died in torment and pain Muslims are some of the spect for who Nick is as a per- lonely. He knew there was tions where Muslim-on-Mus- in Afghanistan last year af- most egregious abusers of son,” said the dad. something wrong about child lim malarkey and murder- ter her neighbors falsely ac- freedom in the world, and our And maybe that’s some- porn, but he had no idea it was ousness are entrenched and cused her burning the Koran; Council members should keep thing the rest of us have to illegal. One morning, before habitual. they beat her with sticks and that in mind before stroking digest. dawn, his door burst open. Islamic society is rife with boards, kicked her, ran her a self-absorbed community’s What the dad has learned Twelve men barged in. They passions and laws that un- over with a car, and dragged cultural need for victimhood, the hardest way possible yanked him out of bed, threw dermine universally recog- her into a dry river bed and preaching religious tol- is that many of the people him against the wall and nized human rights, result- where they stoned her and erance in the nation that in- charged with possession of clapped him in handcuffs. ing in false accusations, mob set her ablaze as bystanders vented it. child porn turn out to be peo- They were the FBI. He was violence, and harsh sentences and cops watched every bar- Follow me on Twitter @ ple with developmental dis- under arrest for the pictures for blasphemy and apostasy, barity. BritShavana abilities. One study found it’s he’d been looking at. actually the majority, which Nick underwent five is not totally surprising. psych evaluations that all These are people who have concluded the same thing: He often grown up bullied and poses no threat to actual chil- despised. Their neurological dren. He had never touched E\n8ggc\g_fe\ifkk\e differences affect their lives any, and wouldn’t. Nonethe- in many ways, sometimes in- less, he was found guilty of ot for Nuthin™, but what my account. So at the end of cluding the age of the people viewing the illegal images. right did Apple have to the month, when she suppos- they relate to. “I don’t enjoy talking E take away our choices edly cancelled the subscrip- I realize this is a tough about this,” said Nick. But for a headphone jack on our tion, Apple continued to bill and depressing topic. But that he decided to take this em- I0HONES ¬4HE¬NEW¬PHONE¬ONLY¬ my credit card. is why it was so impressive barrassing leap into the spot- has access to wifi headgear — I tried cancelling my credit that Larry and his son Nick light because as word of his and at a steep price to boot. I card to no avail — a company decided to make this public case spread the family phone am all for free enterprise and rep told me I had to speak di- appearance — their first — started ringing. And almost making a profit, but taking rectly with Apple customer to discuss what it is like to once a month it is a desperate away our choices is not part of service. live with a disability and be parent, crying on the phone, the deal. It is “un-American,” After repeatedly calling a sex offender. They were in- saying the same thing just says best friend Donna. Apple and getting put on hold vited here from their home in happened to their son. A son Never before have consum- for an inordinate amount of Michigan by the Institute for with Asperger’s, or autism, ers been so screwed by a com- NOT FOR time, I threw in the towel and 0EACE¬AND¬*USTICE ¬THE¬#ENTER¬ or some other illness. pany. have just continued to pay for FOR¬ #RIME¬ AND¬ 0OPULAR¬ #UL- Over the years in crimi- No longer can we just plug it. ture, and the New York Sex nal cases we have come to in our ear buds and be able NUTHIN’ Not for Nuthin™, but it Offense Working Group. take into account a defen- to listen to our tunes as we seems that if Apple can invent Nick took the podium af- dant’s IQ. We understand stroll around the park doing AfXeeX;\c9lfef a phone with wireless head- ter his dad. He looked boyish that someone with mental re- our daily constitutional. We gear, it could at least provide in a striped sweater, which tardation should be treated old timers just got used to us- people who answer customer he may have chosen because differently. ing ear buds — now we have to Dre buy stock in Apple or did service queries in a timely he can’t tie a tie (people with It’s time we realized that throw in the towel and go out !PPLE¬INVEST¬IN¬$R¬$RE manner. Asperger’s can be genius- about people with other de- AND¬INVEST¬IN¬"EATS¬BY¬$RE Not only is Apple putting So where are we today smart in some respects and velopmental differences, too. Of course there will be us to the peeler for wifi head- WHEN¬IT¬COMES¬TO¬PHONES ¬3AM- far behind in others). Lenore Skenazy is a key- cheaper versions, but rest as- gear, it has also started scam- sung is blowing up our pock- As a kid, Nick was tor- note speaker, author of the sured they won’t have the ming us on its one-month-free ETS¬ AND¬ I0HONE¬ IS¬ BLOWING¬ UP¬ mented. Boys in the locker book and blog Free-Range same quality of sound as the iTunes promotional. our pocketbooks. room would steal his towel. Kids, and a contributor at Beats do. My daughter signed up for Follow me on Twitter @ They taunted him. But as he Reason.com. So riddle me this: Did Dr. it, and of course, she put it on JDelBuono. 32 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 MBRBG Combating hacking HELPING WOMEN SUCCEED: Marci Strathearn, center, with her fe- male Afghan colleagues. U.S. Army In Afghanistan, a battle for gender equality HARBOR WATCH said about gender equality in After watching her female Af- Afghanistan. “This mission ghan colleague confi dently is essential to keep going. We address a male-dominated have a lot of work left to do government meeting in Af- here.” ghanistan, Marci Strathearn Her ongoing commitment BEATING CYBER HACKING: Sgts. 1st Class Richard Miller, left, and Brian Rowcotsky, center, of the U.S. Army beamed with pride. was recently recognized with Cyber Protection Brigade discuss the response to a simulated cyber attack on the 1st Brigade Combat Team, While not a rare sight in a meritorious service award 82nd Airborne Division with Staff Sgt. Frederick Roquemore. Bill Roche America, the woman’s brief- by National Image Inc., a ing to the male offi cials, in- nonprofi t that advances civil cluding the Afghan fi nance rights for all. HARBOR WATCH tive ideas and new technolo- Shawn Wells, chief secu- and budget director, was still Though deeply honored by Frustration with the pace gies, she said. Adversaries rity strategist at Red Hat, a big win for the former U.S. the award, she still couldn’t of integrating new technolo- are not as constrained, she also agreed with Frost and Army captain and her efforts travel to New Mexico to ac- gies within Army cyber can warned, and “they are leap- cited his own example of the to promote women’s equality cept it in person at the cere- be likened to the “clockspeed ing ahead at a speed never clockspeed dilemma. As an in the war-torn country. mony Saturday. dilemma,” a term applied seen in modern history.” operator deployed to a com- “I think I was more ner- “It would have been a long recently to the auto indus- Raj Shah, director, De- bat zone with Marines, he vous for her than she was. I time away from the mission,” try, said Brig. Gen. Patricia fense Innovation Unit Exper- said, source code verifi cation defi nitely was perspiring, she said. Frost. imental, or DIUx, who spent a was held up in the accredita- and my face was red,” re- In the past 18 months, The once innovative auto decade as an Air Force cyber tion process. called Strathearn, who vol- Strathearn has been teaching industry has trouble keeping operator, agreed with Frost’s In other words, the enemy unteered to work overseas female government workers pace with new developments assessment. He said he could might have been using an iP- with the U.S. Defense Depart- the basic budget and fi nance of autonomous vehicles, sen- provide many examples of hone for command and con- ment’s Ministry of Defense operations skills and profes- sors, and information tech- technology the Army has yet trol. Soldiers could monitor Advisors program. sionalism they need to break nology gadgets going into to adopt because of bureau- that. However, if the enemy “It’s very rewarding,” she through the glass ceiling. She their cars. Likewise, the cracy. switched to Android devices, continued, “the feeling you is also doing coordination for Army has trouble keeping up For instance, he said, he the soldiers had no way to get when you see the person a new oversight board that with new cyber technologies recently visited cyber sol- monitor the traffi c because that you’ve mentored for eight will look into a more inclu- used by adversaries against diers in the fi eld, where he they didn’t have accredita- months fi nally making it to sive way to promote Afghan the United States, she said. observed their intelligence, tion to do so. the table.” general offi cers. Frost, director of Cyber, surveillance, and reconnais- Wells said his company Afghan women are often “We’re trying to stabilize Offi ce of the Deputy Chief of sance feeds running “slow is now working to eliminate not allowed to sit at a table and build a promotion (sys- Staff, G-3/5/7, spoke on Oct. and jerky.” He asked the sol- that type of problem through with men, let alone during a tem) based on merit,” she 5 at the Association of the diers about the problem and a public-private partnership. high-level meeting. They also said. United States Army Annual found they were running Lt. Gen. Edward C. Car- face many other one-sided so- With her help, the woman Meeting and Exposition. Windows XP, an old oper- don, commander, Army Cy- cial norms in regards to at- who briefed the senior lead- The Army and the other ating system. The soldiers ber Command and Second taining education, driving ers has since earned a service services within the Depart- weren’t allowed to install Army, said public-private a vehicle, strict dress codes, award of her own, along with ment of Defense are hobbled the latest version because of partnerships are critical, and more. a promotion. by a slow acquisition system the slow way in which secu- because the Army and the “It’s the right thing to do,” “It’s a humbling experi- and bureaucracy that ham- rity concerns were being ad- Department of Defense can Strathearn, 41, of Dale, N.Y., Continued on page 34 per the adoption of innova- dressed. Continued on page 34 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21–27, 2016 33 ALWAYS PREPARED Marksmen work to stay sharp HARBOR WATCH That means the crew must be Most soldiers practice marksman- ready to defend against any threat, ship at a weapons range. For the whether it takes the form of mili- U.S. Army’s 411th Transportation tary-grade Iranian speedboats or a Detachment from the 1st Theater small suicide boat attack like the Sustainment Command, the crew one used in the al Qaeda bombing of aboard the MG Charles P. Gross (Lo- the USS Cole in 2000 that killed 17 READY, AIM!: A soldier from Fort Eustis, Va., 411th Transportation Detachment shoots from gistics Support Vessel-5), a range U.S. service members. the MG Charles P. Gross into the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Kuwait. Sgt. Brandon Hubbard day means cruising out to interna- A voice comes over the radio, tional waters. echoing over the open waters: bat- The ship left for the Arabian tle stations. soldiers above the waterline of the is one of “the best jobs” in the Army. Gulf in the dark morning hours of The crew races to get in place. vessel. He has been in the job for the “I love it,” Burnette said. “Once Oct. 3 from Kuwait Naval Base with Body armor and helmets are past 13 years, starting as a private you get on the water, it is just you its heavy crew-served weapons at strapped on. on the deck. and the Gulf. You see the sunrise the ready. Teams move to their fighting po- Being a soldier at sea, Burnette says, and the sunset.” The Army mariners aboard the sitions. massive-decked ship are charged “From the time we make contact, with using the largest transpor- we try to get everybody in place as Strathearn, who holds a master’s tation ship in the Army’s fleet to quickly and as safely as possible to EQUALITY degree in business administration, transport dozens of trucks and up execute,” Toomey said. “According has herself not been immune to the to 15 M1 Abrams tanks. to the station bill, we are all one Continued from page 33 struggles women face in Afghanistan. The vessel can carry about 900 team and everybody plays a key role ence watching these women perse- Many times, she said, it can take sev- tons of cargo. So, the 30-plus sol- in vessel defense — even if you are vere,” Strathearn said. “When I fi - eral months to develop a productive dier crew must be ready to defend a cook or a medic or whatever. We nally do return to the States, I’ll be relationship with a male counterpart. the ship and its valuable cargo with involve everybody.” more appreciative for my freedoms.” “It’s not a naturally trusting envi- machine guns. Pfc. Robin Davis, a 411th TD culi- Other projects that Strathearn has ronment,” she said. “My experience Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kevin nary specialist from Waldorf, Md., worked on have sought to empower and advice may not be warranted all Toomey, 411th TD third mate and fired the Mk19 grenade launcher for young girls. It’s all part of fi ghting for the time, but once the relationship is a Port Tobacco, Md., resident, said the first time with mixed reviews. the “small wins,” she said, that can built, it’s defi nitely needed and solic- his soldiers are comfortable shoot- “It wasn’t the sweet music of my usher in new changes. ited.” ing a variety of weapons from the .50 cal,” she joked. In one project, Strathearn and oth- Adapting to tough situations is a hull and bridge of the ship. The soldiers fire at giant “killer ers taught Afghan girl scouts how to skill that she has refi ned during her “Just like doing a live fire off tomato” targets that are similar to ride bikes — an activity normally re- 14 years with the Army. a truck in a truck company, this a bright orange bounce house at a served for boys. At fi rst, she said, it “When I was an Army offi cer, it is where we live and this is how county fair. was challenging for the girls, who taught me about confl ict issues and we have to go out to shoot,” said Except, the soldiers get to gun wore scarves and skirts with pants how to deal with them,” she said. “It Toomey, who is the officer in charge down the inflatable behemoth until underneath, but they still had fun. taught me how to be resilient, to be fl ex- of range operations. it disappears into the waves. “They were elated,” she said. “They ible, to lead when I need to be a leader, Mk-19 grenade launchers, .50- A range day at sea also means the were free, smiling and laughing.” and to stand up for what’s right.” caliber machine guns, M249 squad soldiers get to test the skills neces- automatic weapons and M4 carbine sary to keep the crew and ship safe. rifles are used to form fighting po- The Army mariners run through vate partnerships in cyber is the sitions in a 360-degree perimeter a fire drill, where each soldier dons HACKING current acquisition system, he around the vessel, similar to the fire equipment to battle a mock said. turrets in a convoy. blaze, an abandon ship drill and a Continued from page 33 “It just doesn’t work well.” “We are prepared for enemy “man overboard” drill, and a drill “never keep pace with the innova- Cardon credited the current sec- forces,” said Toomey, who has spent to abandon the ship. tions going on right now in the tech retary of Defense with allowing the two years in the Fort Eustis, Va.- The varying scenarios mean industry, not in the [science and Army to use some innovative strat- based unit. “People are counting on each soldier has to be a fireman, technology] world and not in the egies outside of the current acqui- us. Moving place to place in these lifeguard, and ready to lead during [research, development, testing and sition process to fund cyber proj- waters is very important. If we can’t a bad situation. engineering] world.” ects. They include: DIUx, Defense move, it hinders everyone else’s ca- “Firing these weapons today “That’s a little bit overstated,” he Digital Service, Stanford Hacking pabilities.” means the young soldiers get to ex- added, “but not too much.” for Defense, The Army’s new Rapid During the past year, the ship perience weapons and drills they The Army, with a total science Capabilities Offi ce, Hacking the has transported equipment to Bah- might not see on a regular line and technology budget of $4 billion Pentagon Project, and Army Cyber rain, Qatar, and the United Arab unit,” said Staff. a year — a fi gure that covers much Silicone Valley Innovation Project. Emirates, as well as other destina- “Everybody is a sister, a brother, more than cyber — would never be According to Cardon, each of tions in the 20-nation area of opera- a father, a mother. We look out for able to go it alone when it comes these represents a way to conduct a tions for U.S. Army Central. one another,” he said. to introducing new cyber tech- public-private partnership. The Gross navigates busy ship- “We are a tight-knit group, which nologies, he said. The science and “But we have to do more,” he ping lanes throughout the Arabian you might not get in some other technology budgets of Microsoft, said. “Cyber is no longer an intelli- Gulf through dense fishing areas units because we are so small.” Google, AT&T, and Verizon are all gence problem or an electronic war- filled with Kuwaiti Dhow fishing His unique position places him much larger than the Army’s. fare problem. 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Officers have spent the past month and — but just as scary as — its previous incar- thought of spooks and spectres, the police will A Prospect Heights police station a half adding terrifying touches to the Sixth nations. also host a kid-friendly Disney Halloween Twill become a bone-chilling haunted Avenue precinct’s lower level, creating a “If you came last year, you’re not seeing party upstairs, featuring the usual suspects house in the days leading up to Halloween. series of spooky spaces that include an exe- the same thing again this year,” he said. of pumpkins, costumes, and candy. From Oct. 26–30, the basement of the 78th cution chamber with an electric chair, a guil- The haunted house at the 78th Precinct And no matter how brave they might be, Precinct will be a spookier, ookier house lotine, and — worst of all — a clown room, is the only one hosted by the New York City those who descend the stairs into the 78th of horrors than any other spot in the city, among other horrors. And watch your back! Police Department. DiGiacomo said it is a Precinct’s makeshift dungeon should pre- according to the precinct’s commanding Police officers and community volunteers in great way to reach out to kids who only see pare to run for the Prospect Park hills, said officer — and all the frights are free! bone-chilling costumes will lurch through the precinct as a place for punishment. DiGiacomo. “A lot of these haunted houses are the fog-filled rooms to surprise guests. “We do it mostly for the kids, because “Even the biggest, strongest guy who expensive and I think ours is a lot better DiGiacomo, a self-professed Halloween we get a lot of kids in the neighborhood comes will be running upstairs,” he said. and a better price,” said Deputy Inspector fan, revived the precinct’s haunted house who only go to the precinct for negative Haunted House at 78th Precinct (65 Frank DiGiacomo. “We had parents last tradition from its five-year slumber in 2015. things, and this brings them in for positive Sixth Ave. at Carroll Street in Prospect year who said they went a lot of haunted And he promises that this October’s house things,” he said. Heights). Oct. 26–30, 3–9 pm. Free. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 37 STRANGER FLINGS Netflix series inspires Halloween parties By Caroline Spivack Littlefield his one goes to Eleven! Four “Stranger Things”– Embrace a “Stranger” aesthetic Tthemed parties will take with Barb makeovers and Eleven- Brooklyn by storm in the days lead- style buzz cuts at this nostalgia- ing up to Halloween. The wildly inducing 1980s blowout hosted by popular Netflix series, set in 1983, the skint. Memorialize the night in is a natural fit for Halloween, with a “supernatural photo booth,” gorge its secret government experiments, yourself on pounds of candy, and let supernatural forces, and iconic fig- your inner Joyce Byers out in front ure Eleven, a girl with telekinetic of a ton of flashing Christmas lights. powers. But the show’s ode to ’80s It may be a “Stranger Things”– culture is its most powerful draw, inspired affair, but the costume said one party organizer. contest is open to all get-ups. Prizes “I saw the show and got sucked include limited-edition art prints of into it immediately. After seeing the Strung up: Step up your Halloween cos- characters in the series. first episode I said, ‘This has to be tume this year, like this cosplayer who Stranger Things With Candy at the theme of the party,’ ” said Chris dressed as Joyce Byers from “Stranger Littlefield (622 Degraw St. between Willets, of low-cost entertainment Things” — and as her lit-up living room Third and Fourth Avenues, www. group the skint. “It’s the music and wall. Heather Miller littlefieldnyc.com). Oct. 28 at 10:30 the nostalgia and the references. It Demogorgon at a drop-in Dungeons pm. $8. Leggo my Eggo: At the “Stranger Things”–inspired Halloween parties, you are sure gives us kind of a chance to live out & Dragons game, munch on waf- to see fans dressed up as worried mom Joyce Byers, telekinetic girl Eleven, and the ’80s for Halloween.” fles, sip drink specials, and join in Videology poor, doomed Barb. istolethetv So bust out your leg warmers a “Stranger Things” trivia contest, Take a time warp into the past and a soundtrack of 1983’s biggest Videology Bar and Cinema [308 and blonde wigs for these four all while grooving to the show’s with an ’80s movie marathon, old- hits. The bar will be decked out in Bedford Ave. at S. First Street in Halloween parties that let you step soundtrack and some ’80s classics. school candy, and plenty of Tab “Stranger Things” decor, includ- Williamsburg, (718) 782–3468, back to the “E.T.” era. Halloween may be a week away, but soda to wash it all down at this ing movie posters, Christmas lights, www.videologybarandcinema. costumes are encouraged! Williamsburg micro-cinema, which and remnants of Nancy’s journey com]. Oct. 29, 4 pm–4 am. $15. Lot 45 Stranger Things Theme Party at will screen some of the 1980s into the Upside Down. And every This Bushwick bar lounge will Lot 45 [411 Troutman St. between flicks that inspired the creators visitor gets one free waffle from Gemini & Scorpio get down in the Upside Down Wyckoff and St. Nicholas avenues of “Stranger Things.” Organizers the Wafels and Dinges truck parked A two-story Gowanus ware- with three nights of “Stranger in Bushwick, (347) 505–9155, www. will stay true to the show’s period outside. house will transform into an Things” parties starting on Oct. 21. lot45bushwick.com]. Oct. 21–23, 10 detail with goodie bags full of Pez, “Stranger Things Halloween immersive Hawkins, Indiana, with Partygoers can duke it out with the pm–2 am. $20–$60. Pop Rocks, and Now & Laters, Dance and Costume Party” at Continued on page 42 Big & stouts Local beer fest is larger than ever By Bill Roundy here are some new kids on the Block! Elephant in the room: Montreal band Elephant Stone will play its sitar-rock at T This year’s Blocktoberfest Trans Pecos on Oct. 22. Bowen Stead and Daniel Barkley beer tasting event, happening on Oct. 22 in Bushwick, will be the biggest yet, with 26 New York He is a sitar hero City breweries offering samples of suds at the annual fest. One of the Craft king: Kelso Beer Company owner Kelly Taylor will host the Blocktoberfest By Bill Kopp “I only use sitar when I feel brewmasters at the borough’s new- beer tasting in Bushwick on Oct. 22. Photo by Jason Speakman t’s a sound you’ll never forget! a song can benefit from it,” he est beer maker, the Kings County so it could fit all the beer barons, including Kelso’s 10-year anniver- Very few rock bands fea- said. “It’s just another tool in my Brewers Collective, said he is look- according the guild president. sary India Pale Lager, a sour coffee Iture the sitar as a primary palette.” ing forward to pouring — and to “It’s going to be in a slightly beer from the Brewers Collective, instrument, but for Montreal’s And while the band’s first three drinking — some fresh beverages. larger location, with more beers and something called “Goat Elephant Stone, playing at Trans albums had a definite 1960s tex- “We’re all really looking for- than ever,” said Kelly Taylor, who Mutorcs” from SixPoint. Pecos in Bushwick on Oct. 22, the ture, its latest, “Ship of Fools,” ward to getting to sample of the is also co-founder of Kelso Beer The fest features eight Brooklyn classical Indian instrument blends has a more beat-focused, dance- newest brews from our friends in Company. “We kind of outgrew the breweries, but Kelso is no longer right into its modern sound. The oriented style. Dhir said that the the industry,” said Zack Kinney. old one, basically.” among that number — the beer 18-plus stringed sitar is most asso- experience of regular touring has “Some of the best beer in the coun- The day will feature food trucks company recently closed its Clinton ciated with 1960s tunes, includ- influenced the band’s sound. try is being brewed right here in the and a performance from music Hill brewing facility, and is now ing “Norwegian Wood” by the “As you get older,” Dhir city, but it’s pretty rare that we’re all group the Home Brew-sicians, hunting for space in the Bronx. Beatles, but Elephant Stone’s lead- said, “different influences come together in one place.” but the focus is on the beer and “Brooklyn started getting a little er and songwriter Rhisi Dhir said through. The beat and the rhythm The event, sponsored by the New those who make it, said Taylor. nutty, price-wise,” said Taylor. that using the instrument does not becomes more of a focus point. York City Brewers Guild, moved Brewmasters will bust out some But just because his company limit the band’s options. Continued on page 42 from its usual Clinton Hill space special concoctions for the festival, Continued on page 42 38 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 24-7 Reserve Now for Your Company Holiday Events Call for packages BRINGING MANHATTAN to BROOKLYN 943 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230 646.494.7227 | AtlasSteak.com 24-7 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 39 FRIGHT & NERDY Geeky rapper spits ‘Nightmare’ rhymes By Giaco Furino e’s the nightmare on nerd street! H With his high-pitched voice and lyrics about Star Wars and Leaf her alone!: In a virtual reality scene from “The Parksville Murders,” Harry Potter, MC Chris may not be previewing on Oct. 27, guests will encounter a dying soprano, half-buried the hardest rapper in the game, but in a tub with leaves and debris. Opera on Tap he is a pillar in the nerd rap — or “nerdcore” — community. At the Knitting Factory on Oct. 27, the rapper is going to get real, spitting Death notes rhymes about some unusually heavy topics. But he plans to lighten the Virtual opera immerses mood with references to something everyone can enjoy: supernatural, audience in murder scene teenager-slashing serial killer Freddy Krueger, from the “Nightmare on By Julianne Cuba looking around,” she said. Elm Street” films. t’s not over ’til the fat lady But the horror opera also “I wanted to address certain dif- screams! has a serious message about ficult things in my life, and talk King nerd: MC Chris will spit rhymes about Freddy Kreuger and Star Wars at his An episodic horror how society treats women, Knitting Factory show on Oct. 27. I about them as if to expel them,” said opera made for virtual real- said Opera On Tap co-found- Chris. “I bring in all this stuff about a lot of fun,” said Chris. “So I had to “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.” ity will bring the audience er Annie Hiatt, who lives in horror movies and Freddy because I sweeten the deal with some Freddy The Knitting Factory show is a up close to its blood splat- Kensington. need to make it fun, too. Krueger and other fun things. It just kind of homecoming for the rap- ter and ear-piercing screams. “It started tongue-in- The usual MC Chris album makes it easier for me to talk about per, who lived just a block from the The first nine-minute episode cheek, like having a lot of mashes coarse rap god bravado more difficult issues.” venue before moving to Los Angeles of “The Parksville Murders,” women and then slaughter- with self-effacing navel gazing to Chris got his start rapping for last year. He plans to take advantage debuting at a special preview ing them in the opera, but create a strange brew, both vul- comedy, in what he called a “very of his stay in the borough by visiting event on Oct. 27 in Dumbo, then became more of a seri- gar and endearing, charming and white, very suburban” background. some of his favorite restaurants. follows two women as they ous piece,” she said. “A little offensive. His latest release, “MC “I was always doing jokes for my “You know I love Brooklyn, my try to escape their deaths in a bit of a larger undercurrent Chris is Dreaming,” has lyrics that family,” he said. “I would rap for my wife and I miss it a lot,” said Chris. creepy, claustrophobic room. about women and how they alternate between discussing Freddy mom’s bridge club, I would go and “And I know she’s going to be jeal- Produced by Opera on Tap, are perceived in our culture, Krueger’s five-bladed gloves and the rap for all these old women playing ous when I’m eating our favorite the film is a scary spoof of a and especially women who rapper’s difficult childhood. Mixing bridge in the front room of our house potato pancakes and talking about recurring theme in full-length take risks, who try to operate the topics helped Chris to get through — and I think that was my first real the food I’m eating that we miss. I stage operas, according to its outside of the norms of our the album, he said. beginning.” love the jambalaya at Juniper. I loved director. conservative culture.” “It’s a painful process, but I’m Chris continued to rap for friends Brooklyn, and I always will.” “We’re working with the The audience can explore always a little kid at heart. I never in college, eventually gaining a fol- MC Chris at the Knitting Factory trope of the sopranos always every creepy corner of the vir- want to do my homework, I always lowing while voice acting on Adult [361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer getting killed off and mur- tual room, so the score — pro- want to do the fun thing. When Swim cartoons, with roles as the Street in Williamsburg, (347) 529– dered. Every famous opera duced by Kamala Sankaram you’re examining who you are and evil spider MC Pee Pants on “Aqua 6696, bk.knittingfactory.com]. Oct. has a soprano getting brutally — uses sounds from objects why you are the way you are, it’s not Teen Hunger Force” and bit parts on 27 at 8 pm. $15 ($13 in advance). murdered — or kills them- in the room, said Hiatt. selves,” said Cari Ann Shim “We have to hide anything Sham, who lives in Ditmas of production value that’s seen Park. “As we go on, we hope by the viewer. We can’t just to work with around 15 dif- have an orchestra sitting in Bay Ridge is poppin’ and rockin’ ferent lead sopranos and kill the room,” she said. “We uti- them one by one. There’s lots lized sounds of objects in the By Caroline Spivack n’ roll, with the metal of Metallica, of blood.” room — the radiator is an ay Ridge is getting ready to the punk of Billy Idol, and the emo- Those brave enough to instrument, the clock is an groove this weekend, with a rock of My Chemical Romance. We wear the virtual reality gog- instrument.” Bdifferent genre of music on suggest that, in honor of the band’s gles, which cover both eyes Those who have never every night. Start with upbeat pop name, you fuel your night with sever- and ears, will find themselves experienced 360-degree vir- on Friday, go hard with hard rock al shots of whiskey. The music kicks in a “Dexter”-like dark room tual reality should prepare to on Saturday, and wind the weekend off around 11 pm and will not stop covered with plastic, standing have their minds blown, said down with folksy piano riffs come until well into Sunday morning. beside a lead soprano who is Shim Sham. Sunday. Once you have slept off the whis- lying limp in a tub “some- “I hope that it’s a whole Tumble into the weekend with key, head over to Circles Cafe (310 where in between dead and new world, and they are just high-energy pop cover band Head Bay Ridge Ave. at Third Avenue) at alive,” said Shim Sham. The kind of blown away. I think Over Heels at the Greenhouse Cafe 3 pm on Sunday for original rhythms up-close look at the literal for people who will be getting (7717 Third Ave. between 77th and by singer-songwriters Tony Travis bloodbath amps up the terror, headsets for the first time, it 78th streets). With its selection of pop and Paul Fox. The cafe shares its she said. will be a great first experi- hits that span the decades, includ- space with Gulf Coast, which serves “What’s exciting about vir- ence,” she said. ing Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” up Caribbean cuisine and some tual reality — it’s an immer- “ T h e Pa rk s v ille Mu rde rs” at and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me pretty potent cocktails, so we sug- sive environment so you get to the Archway Under Manhattan Maybe,” this eight-piece group will gest that you enhance the music and be inside the stage, it creates Bridge [Anchorage Placet have young and old out on the dance favorite things here at Bay Ridge the last few hours of your weekend this intimacy and you get the between Adams and Water floor. The music gets going around Nights — with Whiskey Fuel at the with the $7 Bahama Mama drink feeling of being there. You’re streets in Dumbo, www.thepa- 10 pm. Wicked Monk (9510 Third Ave. special next door — or maybe a few, like ‘What’s behind you? Oh rksvillemurders.com]. Oct. 27, Saturday night has you covered between 95th and 96th streets). The depending on how hairy the dog was my god!’ You’re in this room, 6–10 pm. Free with RSVP. for bourbon and rock — two of our band covers the many flavors of rock that bit you. 40 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 24-7 1 pm. Brooklyn Public FRI, OCT. 21 Library’s Central branch ART, “EVERYDAYHORRORS” [10 Grand Army Plaza, OPENING RECEPTION: between Eastern Parkway Photographer Jason Shaltz and Flatbush Avenue in displays his behind-the- Prospect Heights, (718) scenes look at horror 230–2100], www.brooklyn- movie icons like Freddy publiclibrary.org. Krueger and Janson enjoy- READING, SHELLY REUBEN ing life on the streets of AND ALBERT ASHFORTH: New York. Free. 7–10 pm. Crime novelist Shelly Urban Folk Art Gallery Reuben and thriller writer [101 Smith St. between Albert Ashforth discuss Atlantic Avenue and Pacifi c mysteries, thrillers, and Street in Cobble Hill, (718) suspense. Free. 3 pm. The 643–1610], brooklyntat- BookMark Shoppe [8415 too.com. Third Ave. between 84th MUSIC, REMEMBERER: and 85th streets in Bay Brooklyn band Open Ridge, (718) 833–5115], www.bookmarkshoppe. Nothing to Sia here: Elaborately dressed and be-wigged singer House fuses rock music, Sia will take the stage of Barclays Center on Oct. 25 while on architecture, and move- com. ment in this show that in- COMEDY, LITERATI: A com- her “Nostalgia for the Present” tour. Associated Press / Ian West volve Stryofoam insulation edy show about the great- boards. $25. 7:30 pm. BAM est American novels never Fisher (321 Ashland Pl. written, with host Colin COMING SOON TO between Hansen Place and O’Brien and guests Django Lafayette Avenue in Fort Gold, Dylan Marron, and BARCLAYS CENTER Greene), www.bam.org. Jordan Mendoza. $8 ($6 in THEATER, “AUTUMN”: A advance). 7:30 pm. Union political drama about Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth FRI, OCT 21 TUE, NOV 1 Avenue in Park Slope, (718) generational divide. $30. 638–4400], www.union- SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- 8 pm. Kumble Theater hallny.com. LANDERS VS ARIZONA LANDERS VS TAMPA at Long Island University BAY LIGHTNING: $40– [DeKalb and Flatbush av- COYOTES: $20–$700. Spies like them: The Gallery Players production of “The 39 $750. 7:30 pm. enues in Downtown, (718) Steps,” a melodramatic comedy of mysterious intrigue based SUN, OCT. 23 7 pm. 488–1624], www.brooklyn. on the film by Alfred Hitchcock, opens on Oct. 29 in Park liu.edu/kumbletheater. MUSIC, BROOKLYN SYM- WED, NOV 2 Slope. Bella Muccari PHONY ORCHESTRA: The SAT, OCT 22 THEATER, “PARIS”: A ba- group plays Beethoven’s SPORTS, BROOKLYN roque, burlesque take MUSIC, MASTERS OF Seventh, Bartok, and on the Greek myth “The CEREMONY: Featuring NETS VS DETROIT Rossini. $20 (seniors $10, Judgement of Paris,” with the cemetery offi ce. $10 BEASTS: Part of an ongo- PISTONS: $25–$3,000. kids free). 2 pm. Brook- Rick Ross, Method Man, can-can girls and singing ($5 seniors and students). ing series of collaborative 7:30 pm. lyn Museum [200 Eastern Redman, House of Pain, divas. $25–$450. 8 pm. 11 am. The Evergreens multimedia performances Pkwy. at Washington Av- Mobb Deep, and more. Irondale Center [85 S. Cemetery [1629 Bushwick involving costumes of ro- Ave. at Conway Street in bots and monsters made enue in Prospect Heights, $70–$155. 8 pm. THU, NOV 3 Oxford St. at Lafayette Av- (718) 638–5000], www. Bushwick, (718) 455–5300]. from cardboard and re- SPORTS, NEW YORK enue in Fort Greene, (718) brooklynmuseum.org. 488–9233], www.irondale. MUSIC, “LOVE JONES THE cycled materials. Free. 11 SUN, OCT 23 ISLANDERS VS PHILA- MUSIC, SIBERIAN VIRTUOSI: org. MUSICAL”: The cult hit am–5 pm. Open Source DELPHIA FLYERS: $25– Classical music featur- SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- fi lm becomes a stage musi- Gallery [306 17th St. at $750. 7 pm. THEATER, “DIRTY WORK ing the State Ensemble AT THE WAX WORKS”: cal with performances by Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, LANDERS VS MINNE- Musiq Soulchild, Chrisette (646) 279–3969], www. of the Republic of Sakha. SOTA WILD: $25–$700. This Halloween extrava- $32–$37. 3 pm. On Stage ganza by Dick Zigun is a Michele, Marsha Ambro- open-source-gallery.org. 6 pm. FRI, NOV 4 sius, and more. $55. 3 pm. HALLOWEEN HARVEST: at Kingsborough [2001 demented story told by a Oriental Blvd. at Oxford SPORTS, BROOKLYN night watchman at Coney Kings Theatre (1027 Flat- Luna Park is abuzz with NETS VS CHARLOTTE bush Ave. between Beverly seasonal activities, includ- Street in Manhattan Beach, TUE, OCT 25 Island’s infamous Presi- (718) 368–5596], www.on- HORNETS: $35–$3,000. Road and Tilden Avenue in ing a petting zoo, pony dential Wax Works during stageatkingsborough.org. MUSIC, SIA: $75–$360. 7:30 pm. the 1970s. With exces- Flatbush), www.kingsthe- rides, a pumpkin patch, READING, “THE SECRET 7 pm. sive swearing and graphic atre.com. magicians, face painting, SUBWAY”: Brooklyn au- violence. $15. 8 pm. Side- MUSIC, THE BIL AFRAH and more. Free. Noon–11 SAT, NOV 5 thor Shana Corey reads shows by the Seashore PROJECT: A concert of pm. Luna Park [1000 Surf WED, OCT 26 from her picture book SPORTS, NEW YORK [1208 Surf Ave. between Arabic music. $15–$25. Ave. at W. 12th Street in about New York City’s fi rst SPORTS, NEW YORK 3 pm. Lutheran Church Coney Island, (718) 373– ISLANDERS VS ED- W. 12th Street and Stillwell pneumatic subway. With of the Good Shepherd 5862], www.lunaparknyc. ISLANDERS VS MON- MONTON OILERS: Avenue in Coney Island, free milk and cookies. [7420 Fourth Ave. at 75th com. TREAL CANADIENS: $35–$850. 7 pm. (718) 372–5159], www.co- Free. 11 am. Community Street in Bay Ridge, 718 NORTH FLATBUSH FALL $35–$850. 7 pm neyisland.com. Bookstore (143 Seventh 745–8520], www.artonth- RELIGION, SHABBAT IN FEST: An autumn festival Ave. between Carroll SUN, NOV 6 ecorner.org. THE SUKKAH: Welcome with live music, face paint- Street and Garfi eld Place THU, OCT 27 SPORTS, KELLOGG’S in Shabbat while sitting in NIGHTLIFE, MIDNIGHT AT ing, pumpkin decorating, in Park Slope), www.com- TOUR OF GYMNAS- a decorated Sukkah. Free. THE MASQUERADE: A photo booth, and more. munitybookstore.net. MUSIC, POWERHOUSE murder mystery dinner, Sponsored by the North TICS CHAMPIONS: 6:30 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish “ONE MORE BITE” FAMILY 2016: With Usher, Bry- where you try to gather Flatbush Business Improve- With gold medal win- Center [8025 Fourth Ave. FOOD FAIR: Local farm- son Tiller, Wiz Khalifa, ment District. www.nfbid. between 80th and 81st clues at the Billionaires’ ers, activists and entrepre- Tory Lanez, and more. ners Simone Biles, com. Noon–4 pm. Sixth streets in Bay Ridge, (718) Club Annual Masquerade neurs will offer healthy and $35–$199. 7 pm. Gabby Douglas, Laurie Avenue Triangle (Sixth Av- 836–3103], www.brjc.org. Ball. Includes dinner. $50. delicious samples of their Hernandez, Madison enue at Flatbush Avenue in MUSIC, STEVEN KROON 6 pm. Aviator Sports and products, and lead kids of Kocian and Aly Raisman. Park Slope). LATIN JAZZ SEXTET: Events Center [3159 Flat- all ages in hands-on activi- FRI, OCT 28 $35–$300. 5 pm. Free. 9 pm. BAM Cafe (30 bush Ave. in Floyd Bennett FONTBONNE HALL ACAD- ties. $5 (kids free). 11 am–3 SPORTS, BROOKLYN Lafayette Ave. between Field in Marine Park, (718) EMY OPEN HOUSE: The pm. The Green Buiuding NETS VS INDIANA MON, NOV 7 Ashland Place and St. Felix 758–7500]. school that inspires young (452 Union St. at Bond PACERS: $45–$3,000. Street in Fort Greene), EVENT, OKTOBERFEST AT women to lead opens its Street in Gowanus), www. SPORTS, NEW YORK 7:30 pm. www.bam.org/programs/ THE DANISH CLUB: An doors to prospective stu- brooklynbased.com/one- ISLANDERS VS VAN- bamcafe-live. oompah band, German dents and parents. Free. more-bite. COUVER CANUCKS: 1–4 pm. (9901 Shore Rd. at FILM, TV HANGOVER PRES- dancers, Oktoberfest beer FILM, “THE FRESHMAN”: SUN, OCT 30 $20–$700. 7 pm. ENTS “TREEHOUSE OF on tap, and a full German 99th Street in Bay Ridge), Harold Lloyd stars in HORROR”: A screening of meal! $40. 7 pm Danish www.fontbonne.org. this 1925 silent comedy SPORTS, NEW YORK the best Halloween epi- Athletic Club [735 65th SMITH STREET SOUP FES- about a college student ISLANDERS VS TO- TUE, NOV 8 sodes of “The Simpsons,” St. between Seventh and TIVAL: Sample soups all who wants to be a foot- RONTO MAPLE SPORTS, BROOKLYN with drinking games and Eighth avenues in Bay along Brooklyn’s Restau- ball hero. With live piano LEAVES: $45–$3,000. NETS VS MINNESOTA trivia. $5. 9:30 pm. Videol- Ridge, (718) 981–7699]. rant Row, at this fund- accompaniment. Free. 7:30 pm. TIMBERWOLVES: $25– ogy [308 Bedford Ave. at FAMILY, DIA DE LOS MUER- raiser for the High School 12:30 pm. Brooklyn Public $3,000. 7:30 pm. S. First Street in Williams- TOS: Kids learn about the of International Studies Library’s Central branch burg, (718) 782–3468], Day of the Dead holiday, Culinary Arts Program. $5– [10 Grand Army Plaza, MON, OCT 31 www.videology.info. with live music, arts and $15. 1–4 pm. [Smith Street, between Eastern Parkway SPORTS, BROOKLYN WED, NOV 9 crafts, and fun activities. between Carroll and and Flatbush Avenue in NETS VS CHICAGO DISNEY ON ICE PRES- SAT, OCT. 22 Free with museum admis- Pacifi c streets in Carroll Prospect Heights, (718) sion. 10 am–5 pm. Brook- Gardens, (718) 852–0328], 230–2100], www.brooklyn- BULLS: $45–$3,000. ENTS FOLLOW YOUR TOUR, GUIDED TREE TOUR lyn Children’s Museum [145 www.smithstreetbk.com. publiclibrary.org. 7:30 pm. HEART: $15–$115. 7 pm. AT THE EVERGREENS Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks FAMILY, “JIGSAW JONES FILM, “A DAY WITHOUT A CEMETERY: Learn to iden- Avenue in Crown Heights, AND THE CASE OF THE MEXICAN”: Peace Action 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights tify a variety of tree spe- (718) 735–4400], www. CLASS CLOWN”: A young Bay Ridge will screen the cies while on a tour of the brooklynkids.org. detective investigates who fi lm about a day in which (917) 618–6100, www.barclaysc enter.com. cemetery with tree expert ART, THE SUPER DEFENSE has slimed his classmate in California’s entire Hispanic Bill Logan. Tour starts at FORCE VS THE TITANNO this family musical. Free. Continued on page 42 24-7 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 41 COMEDY, BRENDON powerhousearena.com. TALK, HIDDEN IN PLAIN combines dance, theatre, WALSH LIVE: The come- FUNDRAISER, TASTE OF SITE: A discussion of the music, and technologies dian and “Adult Swim” BROOKLYN 2016: Sample work of artist Beverly Bu- to transform a giant white writer stops by Union Hall, local, artisanal cuisine and chanan, whose work ex- wall into a world full of col- with opening act Louis fi ne wine, while raising plored the relationship be- ors. $12. 2 pm. On Stage Katz. $15 ($12 in advance). money for the charity Little tween place and memory. at Kingsborough [2001 8 pm. Union Hall [702 Essentials. $170 ($150 in Free. 7 pm. Brooklyn Mu- Oriental Blvd. at Oxford Union St. at Fifth Avenue advance). 7 pm. rlington seum [200 Eastern Pkwy. Street in Manhattan Beach, in Park Slope, (718) 638– Place Bed-Stuy & Breakfast at Washington Avenue in (718) 368–5596], www.on- 4400], www.unionhallny. [7 Arlington Place between Prospect Heights, (718) stageatkingsborough.org. Continued from page 41 enth Ave. at First Street com. Halsey and Macon streets 638–5000], www.brooklyn- MUSIC, “OPERA POT- in Bedford-Stuyvesant, museum.org. population vanishes. Free. in Park Slope, (718) 499– POURRI”: La Forza (646) 645–0906], www.lit- MUSIC, THE CLAUDETTES: 1:30 pm. Bay Ridge United 2412], www.ps321.org. WED, OCT. 26 dell’Opera presents an Piano blues with a rocka- Methodist Church [7420 MUSIC, ISAAC GILLESPIE tleessentials.org/taste-of- evening of arias, duets, TALK, UNITED NATIONS billy soul. $10 suggested Fourth Ave. at 75th Street; & THE DUE DILIGENCE: brooklyn-fundraiser-2016. and ensembles. $20. 7 pm. Good Shepherd Building; $10 suggested donation. DAY AT BOROUGH HALL: THEATER, “REQUEST CON- donation. 8 pm. Barbes Trinity Lutheran Church Garden Gate to Second 8–11 pm. Threes Brewing International groups CERT”: This dialogue- [376 Ninth St. at Sixth Av- (9020 Third Ave. at 91st Floor in Bay Ridge, 646– [333 Douglass St. between mingle and discuss the free play follows a woman enue in Park Slope, (718) Street in Bay Ridge), www. 824–5506], www,panys. Third and Fourth avenues UN’s role in fi ghting cli- spending a lonely night her 965–9177], www.barbes- laforzadellopera.com. mate change, followed by brooklyn.com. org/br. in Gowanus, (718) 522– overly tidy apartment. $25. THEATER, “THE 39 STEPS”: a reception with live music COMEDY, COMEDY NIGHT 2110], www.threesbrew- 7:30 pm. BAM Fisher (321 In this melodramatic by Ourida. Free. 4:30 pm. AT THE MIRAGE: Dinner ing.com. Ashland Pl. between Han- FRI, OCT. 28 comedy-romance, based Brooklyn Borough Hall followed by a stand-up sen Place and Lafayette on a Hitchcock fi lm, a man [209 Joralemon St. at Avenue in Fort Greene), THEATER, “DIRTY WORK AT comedy show with Al bumbles into a world of TUES, OCT. 25 Court Street in Brooklyn www.bam.org. THE WAX WORKS”: 8 pm. Martin, Ellen Orchid, and spies and intrigue. $25 Heights, (917) 698–8512], See Friday, Oct. 21. Dennis Ross. $45. 6 pm. TALK, POLITICAL PHILOSO- COMEDY, A DRINKING ($20 students and seniors). www.unabrooklyn.com. DANCE, ABARUKAS: The Mirage Diner [717 Kings PHY FOR 2016: A debate GAME NYC PRESENTS 8 pm. Gallery Players [199 FUNDRAISER, ITALIAN dance company premieres Highway at E. Eighth and dialogue between “HOCUS POCUS”: Ac- 14th St. between Fourth WINE DINNER SPECTAC- “Bernadac,” with music Street in Midwood, (718) philosophy professors Amy tors read the script of the and Fifth avenues in Park ULAR: The Rotary Club from Berlin composer 998–3750], www.miragedi- Baehr and Daniel Shapiro. 1990s comedy horror fi lm, Slope, (212) 352–3101], Free. 7 pm. Brooklyn Pub- of Verrazano hosts a fund and the audience (and the Frank Bretschneider, and ner.com. www.galleryplayers.com. lic Library’s Central branch raising dinner for the chil- performers) drink at the excerpts from “No Man [10 Grand Army Plaza, dren’s heart disease char- appropriate buzz words is an Island,” set to music MUSIC, BLACK VIOLIN: $25. MON, OCT. 24 between Eastern Parkway ity Gift of Life New York, and phrases. $10. 8 pm. by Massive Attack. $20. 8 8 pm. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at TALK, “NERD IS NO LON- and Flatbush Avenue in with wines from Opici Littlefi eld [622 Degraw St. pm. Gelsey Kirkland Arts Brooklyn College [2900 GER NICHE”: A panel of Prospect Heights, (718) Wines. $110 (tax and tip between Fourth and Fifth Center (29 Jay St. between nerd girls discuss comics, 230–2100], www.brooklyn- included). 6:30 pm. Marco avenues in Gowanus, (718) John and Plymouth streets Campus Rd. between Hil- gaming, and sexism in publiclibrary.org. Polo Restaurant [345 855–3388], www.little- in Dumbo), www.event- lel Place and Avenue H in nerd circles. $10. 6:30 pm. TALK, INA GARTEN WITH Court St. at Union Street fi eldnyc.com. brite.com. Midwood, (718) 951–4500], Brooklyn Historical Soci- MODERATOR TINA FEY: in Carroll Gardens, (718) MUSIC, ERIC WYATT: Free. 9 www.brooklyncenter.org. FAMILY, BOO AT THE ZOO: ety [128 Pierrepont St. at The “Barefoot Contessa” 852–5015], www.marcopol- THURS, OCT. 27 pm. BAM Cafe (30 Lafay- Clinton Street in Brooklyn sits down with the actress oristorante.com. ette Ave. between Ashland Wear your costumes, Heights, (718) 222–4111], and comedian Fey to dis- READING, SABRA MOORE: READING, THE BROOKLYN Place and St. Felix Street come to the zoo, and give www.brooklynhistory.org. cuss her cookbook, “Cook- The author discusses her POETRY SLAM: An inter- in Fort Greene), www.bam. Halloween treats to the MUSIC, NEIGHBORHOOD ing for Jeffrey.” $30 ($58 illustrated memoir, “Open- generational poetry slam org. animals. Free with zoo CLASSICS CONCERT: Ris- with book). 7:30 pm. BAM ings,” about the women’s and open mic. Free. 7 pm. admission. 11 am–4 pm. ing stars from the Mannes Howard Gilman Opera art movement in New York BRIC Arts Media House SAT, OCT. 29 Prospect Park Zoo [450 School of Music perform House (30 Lafayette Ave. City. Free. 7–9 pm. Power- [647 Fulton St. at Rockwell Flatbush Ave. at Ocean classical, contemporary, between Ashland Place House Arena [28 Adams St. Place in Fort Greene, (718) FAMILY, MADUIXA THE- Avenue in Prospect Park, and Klezmer selections. and St. Felix Street in Fort at Water Street in Dumbo, 683–5621], www.bricarts- ATRE: Direct from Spain!: (718) 399–7339], www. $15. 7 pm. PS321 [180 Sev- Greene), www.bam.org. (718) 666–3049], www. media.org. A unique performance that prospectparkzoo.com. NEW YORK’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HIT MUSICAL STRANGER at the Eggos bar, attempt a inspired or otherwise. But be RECOGNIZED BY THE DRAMA DESK, OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE, ASTAIRE AWARDS & OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE “mind reading face-off” with warned: 1980s casual will Continued from page 38 government agents, or join not cut it. a séance to find the missing “Stranger Things areas that reflect the Upside Will Byers. Halloween” by Gemini & Down otherworld, Joyce’s The main floor will fea- Scorpio (600 Degraw St. wall of Christmas lights, and ture DJs, bands, and bur- between Third and Fourth Mike’s blanket fort. A game lesque, while the second avenues in Gowanus, www. of Dungeons & Dragons will floor hosts an all-night dance geminiandscorpio.com). Oct. run all night, and you can party. Costumes are manda- 29, 9 pm–4 am. $30 ($15 tap into your inner Eleven tory — “Stranger Things”– after 1 am). ever done. And it was all love of writing and record- STONE written on the sitar.” ing. And another stand- “From the moment I get The Continued from page 38 out track, “Love is Like a the inspiration for a melody That’s definitely where my Spinning Wheel,” updates to the final product,” he said, Musical head is now, and on the new the acoustic instrument “the whole process of mak- About record.” slightly, using an electric ing a record is joyful for Hollywood’s The flexibility of his cho- sitar as its centerpiece. me.” sen string instrument comes Though Elephant Stone Elephant Stone at Trans Tough Guy in Tap Shoes through on one of the high- — which also includes gui- Pecos (915 Wyckoff Ave. Photo: Carol Rosegg lights of the new record, the tarist Jean-Gabriel Lambert between Hancock and song “Silence Can Say So and drummer Miles Dupire- Weirfield streets in Bushwick, Much.” Dhir describes it as Gagon — enjoys touring, www.thetranspecos.com). “the most fusion-y song I’ve Dhir is unabashed about his Oct. 22 at 8 pm. $10. “ NOTHING BUT JOY - AN AMAZING“ “ “ general, is a lot more brewer- Threes Brewing, Strong Rope AND PLENTY OF IT! 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Hamilton boys’ soccer win. Former Loughlin star sparks Seton Hall BY LAURA AMATO leader now. He considers himself a bit of The departure of Isaiah an iron man. Whitehead — now a rookie with Seton Hall junior and for- the Nets — makes this a very mer Bishop Loughlin standout different Pirates team, and Car- Khadeen Carrington would rington knows he needs to step spend all of his time on a bas- up on the stat sheet. ketball court if possible, and “I always get focused, even that’s exactly what he’s been do- when [Isaiah] was here, but I ing lately. guess I’ve got to get more fo- Carrington started in 33 of cused,” Carrington said. “One 34 games for the Pirates last thing that does stay the same season, and this year he wants though is that I want to win ev- to notch as many minutes as ery game. I want to play as hard possible as he and his squad get as we can. Coach makes sure ready to defend their Big East we do that.” title. Carrington knows that op- “I do whatever I can to get posing defenses are going to wins,” Carrington said. “I be gunning for him without think I did a good job of [stay- Whitehead on the roster, but ing on the court] my fi rst two the guard is confi dent he can years, and I just try to do what- fi nd a way to get open despite ever coach asks me to do. I’m do- the attention. ing it for my teammates, and I “[Isaiah] took a lot of pres- don’t think anything’s going to sure off me and that gave change this year.” me a lot of open shots,” Car- Carrington averaged 14.1 rington said. “But he’s not points and 2.5 assists last sea- here anymore, so I’m just go- son, but he knows he needs A LEAP FROM LOUGHLIN: Former Bishop Loughlin star Khadeen Carrington has become one of the top players ing to focus on getting good to do even more this year. Af- in the Big East and, this season, the Seton Hall junior is determined to lead his team back to a championship. shots and getting my team- ter all, he’s the de facto squad Seton Hall Athletics Continued on page 47 Defensive miscues doom Lincoln in loss to Curtis BY LAURA AMATO “We came out of coverage too in 14–8 lead with just over three It all fell apart in the end. the secondary. We’ve got to be a minutes in the fi rst half, taking The Lincoln football team little bit more disciplined.” advantage of the Railsplitters couldn’t hold its lead against The Railsplitters got on the defensive miscues and refusing Curtis on Oct. 14, giving up a board fi rst, sparked by Naim to go down on fi rst contact. late-game touchdown to drop Coakley’s dominant presence Tyson Lawton racked up 149 a 32–28 loss in Public Schools out of the backfi eld. The senior rushing yards of his own, while Athletic League City Confer- running back — who racked quarterback Quincy Barnes ence play. Kwannah Kollie up 97 rushing yards and three had 275 all-purpose yards, con- lifted the Warriors to victory touchdowns on the night — sistently sliding out of tackles on a broken Railsplitters defen- was a force to be reckoned with and making something out of sive play, dancing through the early on. nothing. Lincoln (4–2) secondary to fi nd “Our offensive line is great,” “The kids did a great job of the end zone with 1:32 left in said Coakley, whose fi rst touch- getting to them and pressuring regulation. down came on a 61-yard screen them, but we’ve got to do a bet- Defensive collapse was a play. “They just open up every- ter job of fi nishing and staying trend for the Railsplitters — thing for me.” in the coverage,” O’Connor said. and its undoing. Curtis (6–0), however, had “We can’t be undisciplined.” “I give credit to Curtis — the an answer for everything the Lincoln seized back control STRONG FORCE: Naim Coakley racked up three touchdowns for Lincoln quarterback did a really good Railsplitters did — sometimes just before the break — taking during the Oct. 14 game against Curtis, but the Railsplitters couldn’t hold job of scrambling,” said Lin- even what Lincoln didn’t do. a two-point lead at halftime af- the lead. Photo by Jon Farina coln coach Shawn O’Connor. The Warriors jumped out to a Continued on page 47 M BR B DTG COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 45 Sparking the storm Erasmus Hall takes Former Jefferson star adds new dynamic to St. John’s hoops down Tottenville BY LAURA AMATO The boys from Brooklyn are hoping to bring an extra spark to stay undefeated to Queens this basketball sea- son. he Erasmus Hall foot- Two-time Hall of Famer ball team keeps fi nd- Chris Mullin — who got his T ing ways to win. hoops start at Xaverian — is The Dutchmen kept it back on the sidelines for his close, but walked off the fi eld second season as St. John’s with another victory, main- head coach and, this season, taining their undefeated he’ll get a little bit of hometown record by taking down Tot- help. tenville 42–35 on the road on Mullin focused his offsea- Oct. 14. son pursuits on bringing in lo- Junior quarterback cal talent, and the crown jewel Aaron Cruickshank led the FOOTBALL of that recruiting class is for- Erasmus Hall (6–0) offense mer Jefferson star Shamo- with a whopping 158 rush- ROUNDUP rie Ponds. Together, the two ing yards and four touch- Brooklynites are hoping to downs on just eight car- by Laura Amato bring the Red Storm back to ries. Cruickshank — who the program’s former glory. has picked up interest from Fort Hamilton 26 “He’s got a nice instinct for ACROSS THE PONDS: Former Jefferson star Shamorie Ponds is taking Ohio State, Michigan, and the game, a natural feel,” Mul- Rutgers this season — av- New Utrecht 24 lin said of Ponds’s on-court his talents to Queens this season, looking to serve as a spark plug for the eraged nearly 20 yards per The Tigers held on for the ability. “He’s got a really easy- St. John’s men’s basketball squad. St. John’s Athletics carry. City Conference victory, led going personality and I think Dejoree Addison chipped by a well-balanced ground he kind of plays that way. He reason for Ponds to feel confi - happen on the court, the key, in two touchdowns of his game. Nicholas Wynter lets the game come to him.” dent heading into the season. however, is translating that own and racked up just over sparked the attack, record- Ponds impressed the Red The guard racked up more talent to the college game — 100 all-purpose yards, as ing a team-best 81 rushing Storm coaching staff through- than 2,000 points during his and Mullin is certain Ponds well. yards and one touchdown out the preseason, and his tal- career at Jefferson and aver- can do that. Erasmus Hall led 28–7 at on six carries. Seba Nekhet ent was awarded earlier this aged 29 points, eight rebounds, “He can move to different the half, but four touchdown and Troy Booker combined month when he was named and six assists as a senior. He positions, and he really picks passes from Tottenville for 116 yards and two touch- the Big East preseason fresh- led the Orange Wave to a New it up quick, shuffl ing lineups quarterback Jason Feld- downs on 14 carries. man of the year. Mullin, how- York State Federation cham- and he’s fi ne,” Mullin said. man kept things interest- ever, is confi dent that the acco- pionship last season and was “So I think his instinct and his ing in the second half. The Midwood 34 lades won’t go to his freshman named to the 2016 Jordan personality are pretty similar, Dutchmen defense locked in Campus Magnet 0 guard’s head. Brand All-American Team. he kind of fi gures it out pretty down the stretch, however, Five different Hornets Of course, there’s plenty of Jefferson can make things Continued on page 47 limiting Feldman in the racked up yardage on the waning minutes of the Pub- ground as Midwood cruised lic Schools Athletic League to a lopsided victory. Jason City Conference tilt and, Dorsainvil led the charge most importantly, cement- with a team-best 100 rushing ing another victory. yards, but Matthew Boateng That’s using your noggin! Erasmus Hall hosts Ca- and Tyrese Weeks weren’t narsie on Oct. 22 before far behind with 96 and 90 BY LAURA AMATO The Tigers struggled to fi nd the turning its attention to a rushing yards respectively. It was just like they drew it up. back of the net early on — miss- road matchup against Cur- Boateng also notched a pair Fort Hamilton boys’ soccer ing on a handful of corner and tis — the only other unde- of touchdowns. team took down Midwood 3–2 free kick opportunities — and feated team in the league. on Oct. 13 — handing the Hor- went into halftime down 1–0 af- Port Richmond 26 nets the squad’s fi rst loss of the ter Midwood’s Jubael Mamon South Shore 24 Brooklyn Tech 20 season — but it was what hap- scored on a defl ection in the Flushing 18 The Engineers gave up the pened just before the game-win- 30th minute. Senior quarterback Ja- game-winning touchdown in ning header that made all the The Tigers refocused the son Martin continued to overtime, dropping a heart- difference. squad’s collective energy at make a name for himself out breaker in the squad’s fi nal Ahmad Abdella and Foti the break and, once the whis- of the pocket on Oct. 14, once home game of the season. Ceci met just a few feet outside tle blew on the second half, again sparking the Vikings Despite the loss, Brooklyn of the box and came up with a Fort Hamilton was a different (5–1) to another late-game Tech packed its stat sheet, plan — Ceci would take the free STICKING WITH THE PLAN: Fort team. The play was quicker, the victory. South Shore trailed led by quarterback Michael kick, send it toward the back passes sharper, and eventually, 12–8 at halftime, but Mar- Marcovici who completed 18 Hamilton’s Foti Ceci, left, and Ah- post and Abdella would direct it started putting the ball in the tin’s arm helped turn things passes for 250 yards and two the ball into the net. It worked mad Abdella teamed up for the back of the net. around in the second half. touchdowns. perfectly. game-winning goal against Mid- “It was Fort Hamilton soc- He fi nished with 115 pass- “I knew he was going to put wood on Oct. 13, setting up the play cer,” said Tigers coach Boris ing yards, 58 rushing yards, Jefferson 32 it where I wanted it, so I ran in just moments before fi nding the Khodorkovsky. “We play pos- three touchdowns, and one Lafayette 0 and I waited for the header,” Ab- back of the net. session, we play quick, and interception. The Orange Wave domi- della said. “It lifted perfectly for Community News Group / Laura Amato we close the space down when Hubert Simon led the Vi- nated from the get-go in the me, and I saw the keeper move we’re defending. They didn’t kings defense with seven shutout victory, led by quar- towards the front post and I was exactly what Fort Hamil- play a bad fi rst half, but I think tackles — including three terback Olatundo J. Bruin tried to direct it in.” ton was missing in the open- they just weren’t able to step it for a loss — and fi ve sacks. Continued on page 47 The perfectly-executed play ing minutes of the matchup. Continued on page 47 46 COURIER LIFE, OCT. 21-27, 2016 DTM BR B G thing the team hopes will set HAMILTON it apart in the postseason. “We just know we have to Continued from page 46 Former Grand Street hustle to the ball and whoever up in the second half.” delivers the ball has to make Khaled Abdella and Ivan the best pass possible,” Ceci Gil both notched second-half said. “No matter how the other goals — on Ceci-directed free team plays against us, we try head escorted off fi eld kicks — and Fort Hamilton and focus on what we can do.” had a defi nite spark as the Ti- Midwood had one fi nal BY LAURA AMATO gers took a one-goal lead mid- opportunity to score, but a It was the kick-off before kickoff. way through the period. strong defensive play by Pa- School security guards escorted recently Midwood, however, did nagiotis Papamichalakis kept sacked Grand Street Campus football coach not go down quietly. The Hor- the ball out of the net. The vic- Bruce Eugene off the fi eld on Oct. 15 after he nets knotted the game at two- tory is a big-time confi dence showed up to a game with a Kings County Su- all late in the half as Andrey boost for the Tigers, and Fort preme Court order stating he could coach the Goryuk connected on a rocket Hamilton now controls its Wolves while he appeals his fi ring. Eugene was from midfi eld, just out of the own destiny heading into the fi red for letting a Long Island kid claim resi- reach of Tigers goalkeeper fi nal few games of the regular dency at his Brooklyn home in order to play Mohamed Shahin. season. for the Williamsburg team, but the coach got Once again, the Tigers That, of course, was always a letter from a judge allowing him to coach the went back to the drawing the plan. team anyhow. His expulsion from the game board, and Abdella and Ceci’s “It puts us right where we was just sour grapes from administration who plan was just what the team want to be,” Khodorkovsky he’s been feuding with, Eugene said. needed. Fort Hamilton’s abil- said. “Ultimately our goal is “School safety and police told me that FINDING THEIR FOCUS: The Grand Street Campus ity to execute on set pieces to fi nish in fi rst and get a good [Grand Street principal William Jusino] called football team stayed focused on the game, and not down the stretch was the dif- seed in the playoffs and this is the Department of Education who, in turn, on the off-fi eld drama, cruising to a 31–0 victory over ference-maker — and some- a step in the right direction.” called the police department and told them Clinton on Oct. 15. Community News Group / Laura Amato that I incited a riot last week at the Curtis game,” Eugene said. “[They said] it was going again frustrated that players weren’t benefi t- to the scoreboard. to be a dangerous situation here today. That’s ting from a coach who led the school to its fi rst LINCOLN The Warriors’ fi nal drive why they wanted them to get me off.” city championship last year . began on the 50-yard line and The court order, which Eugene shared with “This year, it just mentally drained them,” Continued from page 45 it took just four plays for Cur- this paper, states the coach may “participate said Lissette Simpson, whose son is in his second ter Terrell Wallace’s 21-yard tis to fi nd the end zone, where in Public Schools Athletic League boys high- season with Grand Street. “A lot of the players touchdown reception — and Kollie kept his feet in bounds school football in all respects” until his next just want the season to be over with, and they’re the Railsplitters padded the on a 26-yard reception. Lin- court date in January 2017. ready to move on. They don’t want to be there.” lead in the opening minutes of coln had a chance to respond, The Department of Education, however, The school did not respond to requests for the third. but a holding call stalled the claims that “there is no court order in effect di- comment. Curtis answered once drive before the team could recting [the Department of Education] to rein- The emotional roller coaster of the season again, notching two touch- get down the fi eld. state Mr. Eugene,” according to a statement the has done a number on the defending Public downs late in the third quar- The game was disappoint- agency released. Schools Athletic League champs, but Grand ter, but the Railsplitters de- ing, but the Railsplitters took Eugene argued with security for several Street did its best to simply focus on football on fense settled into a rhythm solace in the fact that the squad minutes, but ultimately watched the game Oct. 15. The Wolves notched a 31–0 victory over down the stretch. has only lost to the league’s un- from the stands. Grand Street parents who Clinton, recording one of the squad’s best col- Javari Matthews picked off defeated teams — Curtis and support the controversial head man were once lective performances of the season. Barnes on the second play of Erasmus Hall. Now, it’s time the fourth quarter — setting to get into the fi lm room, fi x up Coakley’s third touchdown the mistakes, and make sure the New Yorkers on Seton Hall’s challenge, but Carrington has of the game to give Lincoln things don’t break down next KHADEEN roster. “I think that’s why we go never backed down from a chal- a two-point cushion with 10 game. so hard, we’re close to home and lenge. He knows teams are com- Continued from page 45 minutes left to play. The Rail- “We’re going to come out we play in front of our friends ing for the him and the Pirates, splitters followed up with a hard against any team,” Coak- mates good shots.” and family every game.” but Carrington is willing to big-time, fourth-and-one stand ley said. “Next week is another Carrington takes a great Carrington was a force of spend an entire game on the on the seven-yard line, but the game, and everything is going deal of pride in his competitive nature in the back court dur- court if it means his team will offense couldn’t add anymore to be great. No more losses.” edge — and his consistent play ing the Pirates’ run to the Big notch a victory. on the court — and credits his East championship last year. “I think we’re more focused upbringing for that. After all, He averaged 18.3 points in three now. There’s a target on our Susan Wagner 44 he’s from Brooklyn — he’s got games — including a 23-point back now,” Carrington said. FOOTBALL Canarsie 27 a natural edge to him. And he performance in the semifi - “We beat a lot of teams last year, The Chiefs averaged more uses that edge every time he nals — and he’s determined to and I know they’re not happy Continued from page 46 than 10 yards per carry, but suits up for the Pirates. get back to the title game come about that. But we’ve been slept who threw for 87 yards and it wasn’t enough in the City “I think we have a little March. on since I’ve gotten here, so it two touchdowns on just fi ve Conference matchup. Susan more pride,” Carrington said of That, of course, will be a doesn’t really matter.” completions. Dwight Adams Wagner had a 30–15 lead at added 119 rushing yards and halftime, and Canarsie was one touchdown as well, carry- unable to claw its way out. when he played, and that ap- his team more than ever. ing the ball just four times. If there was a bright spot, it ST JOHN’S proach hasn’t changed now There will, undoubtedly, came on the ground as Johnny that he’s on the sidelines. be bumps in the road, but both Continued from page 46 Sheepshead Bay 34 Watson racked up 202 rushing “You want to get the ball up Mullin and Ponds are ready Stuyvesant 6 yards and three touchdowns quickly. He’s gifted.” the fl oor and keep your turn- to weather them — and hope- The Sharks ground game on 15 carries. Ponds won’t be alone in the overs down, and I like an at- fully sink a few baskets along set the tone of the matchup back court this season. Mullin tacking offense,” Mullin said. the way. as Aaron Adams and Mat- OTHER SCORES hopes to team up the Brooklyn “I like to be aggressive and “We all know freshman thew Agard combined for Poly Prep 68, Randolph 0 native with sophomore Fed- take good shots and the right have to develop. That’s what 226 yards and two touch- Boys & Girls 14, New Dorp 8 erico Mussini and red-shirt shots for the right person.” we’re paid to do — develop downs on nine carries. Titus Tilden 24, Jamaica 13 freshman Marcus LoVett. The Mullin is determined to do them,” Mullin said. “[But] like Leo led the defensive effort Lehman 30, Eagle Acad. II 8 second-year coach also expects his alma mater proud this sea- I tell them each and every day, with a team-high 12 tackles, McKee 46, James Madison 22 each of his guards to score — son, and a year after winning ‘It’s not so much what we talk two interceptions, and one Moore Catholic 14, Xaverian 7 after all, Mullin’s mind was just one Big East game, the for- about, but what we go out and fumble recovery. 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