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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2011 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 34, No. 18 • May 6–12, 2011 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO RISING STAR, DIMMED Hope Reichbach, Council staffer, mourned after overdose By Aaron Short ers and Judge Gus Reichbach diate family. Lawrence, a friend who was also The Brooklyn Paper for their only daughter. The funeral capped three her boxing trainer at Gleason’s More than 500 friends, civic “Our loss is unfathomable, horrific days for the Reichbach Gym, where Reichbach worked leaders and even some politi- our grief is bottomless,” said Re- family that began after a family out. “This is devastating to ev- cal rivals mourned 22-year-old ichbach, who never imagined friend found Hope Reichbach eryone who knew her. She wasn’t that his daugher would precede unconscious in her Schermer- a degenerate kid. She was the City Council staffer Hope Reich- him to the grave, given his bat- horn Street apartment and called straightest kid I knew.” bach, the daughter of a promi- tle with pancreatic cancer. “She 911. Police pronounced her dead Reichbach loved politics, nent judge who died of a mysteri- wasn’t a star, but rather a comet at the scene from an overdose of journalism, and community ous overdose last Thursday. that was extinguished much too prescription drugs, according to activism, which she pursued Of all the emotions on display soon. I love you, my baby.” a source close to the family. seven days a week as a commu- at Brooklyn Heights’ Congre- Pallbearers carried a sim- It is unclear if the overdose nity liaison and spokeswoman gation Mt. Sinai on Sunday, the ple wooden casket draped with was intentional. for Councilman Steve Levin most profound was the grief of a black cloth with the Star of In this campaign photo, “She’s such an intelligent, up- (D–Brooklyn Heights). Reichbach’s parents Ellen Mey- David, followed by the imme- Reichbach was just 21. wardly mobile girl,” said David See HOPE on page 5 Town hall is Grimm time Photo by Stefano Giovannini Seniors slam freshman Rep. On Monday, Red Hook resident Cheryl Stewart finally took down her silent protest to America’s nearly decade-long in- for not protecting Medicare ability to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

By Thomas Tracy publicans’ effort to kill Medicare — The Brooklyn Paper shouting down the freshman legislator

Photo by Arthur De Gaeta Outraged seniors turned Rep. Mi- and stopping him from getting through SIGN OUT Rep. Michael Grimm held a town hall meeting last Wednesday night, chael Grimm’s first Bay Ridge town his prepared remarks. but spent most of the evening being shouted down by constituents hall meeting last Wednesday night into Grimm (R–Bay Ridge) began a slide upset over his and the Republican leadership’s Medicare plan. an angry revolt against his and the Re- See GRIMM on page 5 Osama is dead — and so is a silent protest in Red Hook

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The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan HE morning after brings with it the staggering realization To this week’s attack — recognized by our president as an act of T that the events of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 were not just a hor- war — we must respond decisively and fully, punishing not only the rible nightmare. That what could never have been imagined immediate perpetrators (whether foreign or domestic), but the nations — except by twisted minds bent on the destruction of the American that perpetuate terrorism, hide terrorists in their midst, or facilitate ter- psyche — had manifested itself in the toppling of a national icon, ror by their appeasement or equivocation. and with it wrought the deaths of thousands of our city’s innocent This is our Pearl Harbor. is a criminal justice has doubled as a po- and brave in the most horrific ways. Returning to the Brooklyn Heights promenade the morning after, On May 13, 1940, in his first speech before Parliament after becoming prime the new Manhattan skyline conjures no notions of possibility, no “If minister of Great Britain in the early days of World War II, Winston Churchill I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere” spirit. There is only the offered “blood, toil, tears and sweat”: incomprehensible view of something great torn asunder, a plume of E have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have grayish smoke left in its wake. W before us many, many months of struggle and suffering. The reality this morning is that our great city’s heart has been “You ask, ‘What is our policy?’ I say it is to wage war by ripped out — by images of office workers choosing between two land, sea and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has certainties of death, of United States airliners slamming purposely given us. And to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed discount for gay mamas — prompting ing in fear; I feel so violated.” in the dark and lamentable catalog of human crime. That is our policy. By Natalie O’Neill into the World Trade Center and of those Twin Towers, incon- ceivably, crashing to the ground before our eyes in avalanches of “You ask, ‘What is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. glass, steel and human remains. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terrors. Victory however long lemic against the Bush This awful morning also brings the reality of hundreds of our fire- and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.” issue. This man is a fighters, police officers and emergency workers rushing into harm’s way, only to be crushed under the weight of organized, state-sanction- After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ed international terrorism. And the knowledge that in coming days, as delivered his “Day of Infamy” address: we become familiar with the faces of the thousands of our relatives, ESTERDAY, Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — friends and neighbors who perished at the hands of unmitigated evil, Y the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately at- we will want to crush the enemy that caused so much pain. tacked… “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated in- Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy,” ultimately led to vasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to our nation’s dominance on the world scene. We fought back immed- Callan / Tom absolute victory… The Brooklyn Paper iately and without reservation, and kept fighting until we had defeat- “Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our at first criticism and then straight-up Paperno, who is married to a man, ed our enemies in Europe and in the Pacific, establishing America territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our as a major world power, eventually the world power, but also for- Armed Forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will ever opening ourselves up as a target. gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God.” Administration, with a Papers The Brooklyn mass murderer, and A baby store owner in Park Slope is harassment after posting the discount said she offered the discount to les- strident marquee track- I am always happy Our 9-11 cover. getting blasted with threats from call- a month ago. bian moms as a celebration of femi- ing the number of days when someone flout- ers enraged by a special discount she In a one-week period, Paperno says nism and diversity. that the world’s most ing the law has been offers lesbian moms in the gay-, kid-, she’s fielded five crazed callers — “I like to help people,” she said, wanted man remained free. brought to justice.” discount- and mom-and-pop–friendly mostly homophobes from out of state adding, “Women make less money Photo by Stefano Giovannini “Nine years 232 days since 9-11- She installed the sign — which neighborhood. — who have spewed hate speech and than men.” Karen Paperno is under fire for 01: Where is Osama bin Laden?” tracked the accumulating days of Karen Paperno, owner of Boing even threatened to hurt her. The 15-year-old shop offers virtually offering lesbians a 10-percent the sign’s last update wondered. bin Laden’s freedom in blood-red Boing maternity boutique on Sixth “It’s really scary,” said Paperno, who everything the new mother needs, in- discount on items at her Sixth On Sunday, Stewart, 48, got her See SIGN on page 6 Avenue, announced a 10-percent runs the shop at Union Street. “I’m liv- See DISCOUNT on page 6 Avenue maternity store. Cats rescued from hoarder Three dozen felines are now in a Boerum Hill hospital for adoption

By Thomas Tracy the Brighton Beach Avenue home “Some of the cats had uri- off a kitty caravan that stunned The Brooklyn Paper last Thursday after receiving an nary tract infections, some had neighbors. Nearly 30 sickly kitties anonymous complaint that sev- ear mites or dental disease, but The lion’s share of the kitties were rescued from a Brigh- eral dozen cats were being kept all of the problems were address- were sent to the One Love An- ton Beach “hoarder house” in one apartment. able,” said Pentangelo, adding that imal Hospital on Atlantic Ave- on April 28 — but are now “Some may need medical at- a handful of the animals tested nue in Boerum Hill, where Dr. on the mend and ready to tention,” the caller said. positive for the feline immunode- Ken Humphreys said the animals be adopted at a Boerum Hill When agents arrived, they ficiency virus which, if not prop- were more shaken up by the trip medical center. found 29 cats scampering over erly treated, could result in full- than anything else. An American Society for the each other in the small flat, al- blown feline AIDS. “I’m just glad we caught up

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Photo by Paul Martinka for her. Pallbearers carry out the coffin of war photogra- After all, she’s a mummy pher Chris Hondros at last Wednesday’s funeral. who’s been dead for 2,600 years. The Brooklyn Museum took Lady Gauteshenu — a rich lady from the Late Pe- 1,000 POSTCARDS Death of a riod of Egypt’s glorious past — to North Shore University Hospital for a look under her $ .00 skin, as it were. She’d been 185 plus tax photographer X-rayed before, but assistant conservator Tina March said Full Color there were still some ques- Full Bleed Hondros, killed in Libya, tions left unanswered. 16 pt. Cardstock “We didn’t know if any of Enquire About 2 sided her internal organs remain,” All of Our Other mourned in C’ Gardens said March. “We didn’t know Great Printing Deals. UV or Matte if there any unusual items By Daniel Ng buried with her.” for The Brooklyn Paper To answer these questions, More than 1,000 residents mourned a Brooklyn war museum curators, conserva- Courtesy of North Shore University Hospital 305 Atlantic Ave. (@ Smith St.) Open Monday-Saturday photographer as an “American hero” at his funeral last tors solicited help from ex- SHE’S DEAD, JIM: Hospital workers (from left) Jo Ann Aydin, Amgad Ma- 718.858.0313 [email protected] Wednesday in Carroll Gardens. perts in art shipping (yes, karyus and Karen Lisk did all they could for their 2,600-year-old patient, but Friends, family members and journalist colleagues there is such a thing) and couldn’t bring the Brooklyn Museum mummy back to life of Chris Hondros gathered at Sacred Heart St. Stephen used a climate controlled Church to remember and celebrate the life of the Pulit- van with a special suspension zer Prize–nominated photographer who was killed on system and plenty of foam the ancient art of mummifica- bash, an Egyptian wing cu- enu’s brain and all her other assignment in Libya on April 20. to transport their mummy tion worked as promised: the rator. “When refined sugar internal organs except her “He was an American hero,” said Buddy Scotto, owner to the Long Island medical corpse was not a pile of dust, was introduced and teeth be- heart were removed during of the funeral home that bears his name. “He did what he center in total comfort. but a complete body with hair, came much worse.” the mummification process could to let the world know what is going on [in Libya]. Thanks to the modern flesh, and bones. Today’s modern Egyp- — an expensive surgery that This was a heroic mission.” technology at the hospital, Even her teeth were still tologists aren’t tomb raid- only the wealthy and the roy- Scotto noted that Hondros, in a sense, was one of the scientists could see right sparkling — though scien- ers; even though the scan als underwent. few unbiased and uncensored links that people had to through her cartonnage — tists credit the lack of sugar revealed amulets inside For now, the old lady will the “outside” world through his stirring images — es- the technical term for her in the ancient Egyptian diet the body, Barbash said that return to the Brooklyn Mu- pecially for those individuals who came from his own hardened papyrus mummy for that. they’ll remain exactly where seum’s permanent Egyptian community and neighborhood. casing — without taking it “Egyptian mummies of- they are. exhibit, but this time along- “People realized that he is a guy who puts his life on apart and disrupting the la- ten have very good, very Ancient morticians were side her shiny new hospital the line so that we can come to a conclusion of what role dy’s remains. straight and very white far less generous. The scan scans, which will be put on America should play [in the world],” Scotto said. The CT scan revealed that teeth,” said Yekaterina Bar- showed that Lady Gautesh- display. Borough President Markowitz was also on hand to comfort Hondros’s fiancée, Christina Piaia, and his mother, Igna Hondros. BAY RIDGE .EW-ACSAREALWAYSONSALEIN"ROOKLYN “I hope his loved ones will be comforted by the prayers and thoughts of all us grateful for his professional sac- rifice,” Markowitz later told reporters, echoing what The Mac he told the mourners. Earlier in the month, Markowitz marked the death of Green hearts! Hondros — and colleague Tim Hetherington — with Support Store the ultimate tribute: flying the Brooklyn flag at half- staff over Borough Hall. After theft, garden gets Authorized Reseller Hondros worked out of a studio on Varick Street near Authorized Service Provider Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint, and has been covering bounty of donated plants man’s violence against his fellow man since journey- NEWMACSsUSEDMACSsUPGRADESsBACKUPDRIVES ing to Kosovo in 1998. By Michelle Manetti of supplies from the Nar- I0HONECASESsLAPTOPCASESsBATTERIESsKEYBOARDS He was nominated in 2004 for the Pulitzer Prize in for The Brooklyn Paper rows Botanical Garden two MICEsPRINTERSsCABLESsSPEAKERSsHEADPHONES Breaking News Photography for shots that he took while Southern Brooklyn has weeks ago. CAMERASsADAPTERSsMICROPHONESsSOFTWARE working in Liberia. a green heart as well as a “When I heard what hap- SECURITYLOCKSsSURGEPROTECTORSsKEYBOARDCOVERS His most well-known work comes from his 2005 pic- green thumb. pened, I just thought it’s ture series of Iraqi War images including the cold-blooded Nurseries, landscaping pretty low — so donating Narrows Botanical Garden landscaper Jimmy shooting of a family who failed to stop at a U.S. check- business and everyday gar- wasn’t just the nice thing Johnson (left) and President Richard Haugland. Photo by Michelle Manetti 718-312-8341 point by U.S. troops. deners donated plenty of to do, it was the right thing 168 7th St & 3rd Ave Hondros and Hetherington were killed by shellfire plants, trees and other ma- to do,” said Angelo Gallo, from Qaddafi forces in the rebel-held city of Misruta. terial, as well as their sweat owner of G&D Landscape Angelo’s Nursery and came after garden workers macsupportstore.com A burial service will be held this Saturday in his na- and muscle, after thieves stole Corporation on in Borough Lawn Service in Bensonhurst showed up on the morning [email protected] tive Fayetteville, North Carolina. thousands of dollars worth Park. and Priority Landscaping and of April 22 and discovered Nursery in Gravesand also that two sheds had been bro- donated items, including ce- ken into and $2,090 in terra DUMBO ramic pots, a pear tree, aza- cotta planters, Hinoki and leas, hydrangeas and other Boxwood shrubs, a $3,000 spring flowers, lifting the bonsai tree, Evergreen trees droopy daffodil-spirit of the HEALTH, and other valuable plants had community garden on Shore been taken. 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Sixth Avenue and at Van- The project officially con- The crowd cheered every pat, whose fever crested at parties and no representative “It’s hard to fit other par- derbilt Avenue near Atlan- sists of 16 residential and of- FOLLOW THE BROOKLYN little moment, from the first 102, with periodic bouts of government. ties into our schedule,” said tic Avenue. fice towers, plus a basketball glimpse of Middleton as she what locals call “the Can- “We’re kind of just en- Bannerman, whose forehead It is unclear how traffic arena, but the residential and PAPER ON TWITTER stepped out of a 1950 Rolls terbury sweats.” chanted with the idea of a never registered above 98.6. will be affected. commercial buildings are on Royce, all the way through “For a lot of British people, royal family,” said Lauren “So thank goodness this one Forest City Ratner spokes- hold until the economy im- twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper to the climactic, “I do,” when it’s a way to reconnect with Sternberg, waving a Brit- was at six in the morning.” man Joe DePlasco said the proves, Ratner has said. 4 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 6–12, 2011 New management for Moe’s By Natalie O’Neill cade-old bar famous for its being watering hole as-is, saying they and subsequent media blitz. to keep it “a neighborhood bar” The Brooklyn Paper a real neighborhood bar. might keep Moe’s good name. Clark got word the space was though he wants to serve appetiz- Devoted regulars raised a glass “Moe’s feels like family,” said “It already has a formula that about to free up and, with a part- ers. It will likely open on Memorial in tribute to the comfortable Fort gin-sipping regular Maya Ogu- works,” said Calvin Clark, who ner, hatched a plan to remodel the Day weekend with a big bash. Greene joint Moe’s at its clos- nusi. “It’s relaxed and ethnically inked a lease for the $1,100-per interior into something a bit more Landlord James McDowell ing last Wednesday — and the diverse — and that’s what Fort month venue last week. “I want posh. Regulars were appalled. shed a bit more light, adding that new operators may be willing to Greene is all about.” it to stay friendly and unpreten- “This is Brooklyn — don’t try Clark still plans to give the place drink to that. New operators — who first tious.” to be Manhattan,” said Lakie-Kar- an interior makeover.

Hundreds packed into the cor- planned to morph the bar into an The new lease comes after pre- riem Grant, who likes to watch bas- “I don’t know exactly what Photo by Stefano Giovannini ner bar at Lafayette and S. Port- upscale club called “Navada” — vious operators were “priced out” ketball games at Moe’s. “You do his intentions are,” he said. Bartender Ruhy Lawrence is flanked by Chelsea Altman land avenues for its official “last now say they agree. of the venue a couple months ago, that and you lose your identity.” “But I know he will have his and See Bodi at the last night of the old Moe’s Bar last call,” to mourn the loss of a de- They promise to keep the causing a battle with the landlord Clark now says that he wants own twist.” Wednesday.

ecological impact. But store critics were un- derwhelmed. This ain’t no meatball “This will be a minis- cule way to offset the tre- Red Hook Ikea puts a solar array on the menu mendous amount of pollu- tion created by the vehicles By Gary Buiso the waterfront neighborhood — the array is the largest The panels collect so- passing through Red Hook The Brooklyn Paper — a product of its “Swed- in Brooklyn. lar radiation from the sun Park on the way to the store,” First, Ikea fueled us with ish heritage and respect for The energy produced by and convert it into electric- said John McGettrick, co- its Swedish meatballs — now nature.” the solar system is equiva- ity, once connected to Con chairman of the Red Hook the store is powering solar “The initiative helps im- lent to the electricity burned Edison’s electrical grid. The Civic Association. energy into the grid. prove the environment and by 20 homes annually, store utility giant certified the sys- Upon its opening in 2008 , The Beard Street furni- contributes to our vision of officials said. And stealing tem this week. traffic in the area jumped ture giant fired up 1,104 creating a better everyday energy from the sun rather The electricity that is pro- from about 235 cars to 810 solar panels atop its super- life for the many,” said store than burning it in a power duced does not power the cars on a weekend — sig- Photo Callan by Tom store last Wednesday, a move manager Mike Baker. plant prevents 32 cars worth massive store, but rather is nificantly more than the 32 The roof of the Ikea superstore in Red Hook is now a mini-powerplant, thanks the home furnishings giant At 19,000 square feet — of emissions from polluting pumped into the electric grid, cars that the solar array will to the installation of solar panels. hailed as a green victory for about half a football field the air every year. slightly reducing the store’s offset.

A 28-year-old employee utes trying on some shoes. told cops that workers locked That was enough time for the Tazza near Atlantic Avenue at thief to swipe a wallet full around 11 pm, and then came of credit cards and the keys More trouble at Ratner’s malls back at 7 am the next day. to her Toyota. That’s when she discovered Mos deaf tic Center on April 30. The money on April 27 ended up of pop — Coke made in Mex- someone had entered through 88TH PRECINCT woman had put her wallet on hooking more than $1,300 ico with cane sugar instead of the front door and swiped a A scoundrel snatched a Fort Greene–Clinton Hill the ground as she tended to POLICE BLOTTER from a seafood distributor’s corn syrup — was gone. brown paper brown bag full medical aid from a senior There was more trouble her child at 8 pm, not realiz- car on Washington Avenue. The “Real Thing” with of $300 from inside an un- citizen at a gym on Atlan- at the, well, troubled Atlan- ing that someone was nearby Find more online every Wednesday at Someone smashed the win- real sugar? It would be a locked file cabinet. tic Avenue on April 29. tic Center and Atlantic Ter- looking to exploit an oppor- dow to the car between Park crime not to steal it! At least three delivery The 71-year-old victim BrooklynPaper.com/blotter told cops that he locked his minal last week. Here’s the tunity. and Myrtle avenues at around workers have keys to the Gun goon wallet and hearing device in- rundown: 1:15 pm. front door. Animal instincts A man fired his handgun a side a locker at the YMCA Fun and games Shattered cars • A crook forced open • A 51-year-old man was A hulking brute scooped man twice his age on Colum- Art attack near Boerum Place, then left a car left in the St. Joseph arrested on April 27 after he a 24-year-old woman up in a An avid gamer broke into Several cars were looted bia Street on April 20. An artist beat up a man for an hour-long workout. He was caught swiping eight bear hug during an April 27 a Vanderbilt Avenue home on in Fort Greene and Clinton College parking lot on Van- The 46-year-old victim at a bar on Third Avenue on came back and found his pairs of women’s shoes and robbery attempt at Washing- April 25, taking more than Hill last week. Here’s what derbilt Avenue on April 30, told cops that he and the April 28. combination lock had been four handbags from the Mar- ton and Greene avenues, but $2,000 in video games and happened: taking a purse that a woman assailant were arguing near The 25-year-old victim clipped and his $3,330 me- shall’s in the Atlantic Cen- ended up bounding off empty consoles. • A thief broke into a had put under her seat. The W. Ninth Street at 12:40 pm told cops that he was at chanical ear was gone. ter. The thief was caught by handed when the woman be- The tenant between Park 2006 Ford Escape parked 2006 Honda Accord had when the thug suddenly fired Hank’s Saloon near Atlan- — Natalie O’Neill store security just before ex- gan screaming. and Myrtle avenues said the near Flushing Avenue and been parked between Wil- a silver handgun in his direc- tic Avenue at around 11:45 break-in took place some- iting the store between Fort The victim was nearing Navy Court on April 26. A loughby and DeKalb ave- tion in an attempt to “intim- pm when he got into an ar- 78TH PRECINCT Greene Place and S. Portland the corner at 12:14 am when time after 12:30 am, but it digital router was swiped nues at 8:20 pm. idate him.” gument with a 33-year-old Avenue at 7:10 pm. the thief grabbed her — lift- remained unclear how the from the vehicle — which — Thomas Tracy The creep, who sported a art gallery owner. The artist Park Slope • A thief snaked a cell- ing her off the ground. thief got inside. belonged to a network in- Caesar-style haircut, turned then whacked him over the Gun mug phone out of a woman’s hand- Headphoned iPhone swipe staller — between 3:40 pm 76TH PRECINCT himself in to police the next head with a bar stool, leav- A gunman mugged a Fifth bag as she perused the aisles A thuggish trio attacked A crooked G-train strap- and 4:30 pm. day. — Gary Buiso ing him with a gash on his Street couple on May 1, pull- inside the Atlantic Terminal • Someone smashed the Carroll Gardens-Cobble right eyebrow. a 24-year-old woman at the hanger swiped an iPhone Hill–Red Hook ing a pistol and threatening to Target. The woman was about corner of Atlantic and Fourth from a 29-year-old woman rear window to a 2001 Mit- 84TH PRECINCT Cops rushed him to Brook- kill them if they didn’t give to buy something at the Flat- as their train car rumbled into subishi parked at Willoughby Real thing lyn Hospital and arrested the up their stuff. avenues on April 21 — tak- Brooklyn Heights– bush Avenue store at 4 pm the Classon Avenue station Street and Ashland Place on Someone stole a case of artsy jerk. The 28-year-old woman ing her cash and iPod. DUMBO–Boerum Hill– when she realized her cell- The woman was listen- on April 27. April 27, taking an iPhone real Coca-Cola from a deliv- and her 38-year-old compan- Downtown Sporty swipe phone had been taken — even ing to her headphones as The victim was tinkering and a backpack full of school- ery truck on Lorraine Street A thug stole a sports car ion were between Sixth and though she had possession of she neared the corner at on her smartphone at 10:05 books. The car’s 24-year-old on April 28. Brown bag from Livingston Street be- Seventh avenues at 1:25 am her bag the entire time. around 9:30 pm, and ap- am when the thief snatched it owner left the vehicle near The 44-year-old driver A thief snatched a bag tween April 26 and 29. when the gunman sneaked • Someone swiped a wal- parently didn’t hear a thing from her hand and ran off the the corner at 10 am and re- said he parked near Colum- full of cash from a bakery The 27-year-old victim up, showed the pistol and let from a woman caring for when the crew crept up to her train, heading up to Lafay- turned at 11:25 am. bia Street at 8 am, and when on Henry Street overnight told cops that he parked said, “Give me everything her child inside the Atlan- and swiped the goods. ette Avenue. • A perp fishing for easy he returned at 12 pm, the case on April 29. his gray 2000 Acura near you got — I got a gun, or Boerum Place at 8:15 am, I’ll shoot you.” then came back three days The victims quickly gave Best Airport Service later to discover that his sweet up their stuff, which included ride was missing. two cameras, phones, various Door To Door cards and $40, and the thief Baby guard fled towards Prospect Park. 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team’s injury-free performance. teams made from the turncoats The team had already beaten Trag- — and beat them both. esty earlier in the day and now “For athletes around the world, boasts a 2-0 record. it’s reassurance that despite a Hurts so good! Last year, Sadewitz missed six team’s defections Stella never weeks of the season after separat- truly loses her spiritual groove ing his shoulder. But now he feels and Judas never gets off smooth,” great, helping his team said Sisterhood’s Brian “Beast” Kickball opener ﬁ nds the John Cougar “My shoulder is 200 percent,” Ries. “We remain good friends said Sadewitz. with our former Sisters on both Mellencamps back on top (where else?) Earlier in the day, Never Scared teams, wish them the best in their barbecued the Bacon Bits and future conquests, and look for- By Aaron Short 6-1, in the late game. Frontiersmen, 6-5, before shut- shaved off Zeus’ Beard behind ward to battling them in the near The Brooklyn Paper “We’re probably going to three- ting down Brooklyn United, 3-0, the offensive exploits of third- future.” Brooklyn Kickball’s preseason peat — there isn’t really much in a time-shortened match. baseman Karl “Pope John Karl” But the Dolls Kicking Balls’s favorites were tripped up at the doubt in that,” said Mellencamps General Manager Anthony Pawlewicz. two victories over the Greenpoint starting gate while the league’s de- captain Zach “Field of Dreams” “Darkness” Sneed blamed the And the Mathletes continued Reformed Church and Hot Mess fending two-time champs contin- Kinsella. “We’re pretty cocky, loss to the pesky plaid players its strong run at the end of last were historic — the team has ued their dominance as the sport we’ll never practice, and we’re on poor communication in the season with two victories Sun- never started its season with a win of kings got underway for a ninth still going to win.” infield and poor clutch kicking, day over Saved by the Balls and and hasn’t even won two games season in Greenpoint. The Mellencamps added for- as too many runners were left on the Kickiables, two new teams on the same weekend! League powerhouse John Cou- mer Crucial Taunter Andrew base in key situations. that started their seasons with League commissioner Kevin gar Mellencamps swept its first “W.B.” Yates, Georgia “On My “The infield needed to get co- dispiriting losses. “Commish” Dailey said he would two games of the season in a re- Mind” Nerheim, and a mysterious ordinated,” said Sneed. “They are But two of the most-surprising always remember where he was on sounding message to the rest of free agent named Mike Baby Je- so used to playing with each other developments of the day have to the day the Dolls won two games the league while their rivals, the sus, who replaced a gaping infield and were all warmed up after play- be the fast starts of two long-time in a row — in McCarren Park. Pony Boys, split a pair of close hole left by all-star Priest “Last ing two games in the preseason. bottom-dwellers in the standings, “I’m happy they were able to contests on Sunday night at Mc- Rites” Fontaine and Angelique We’re a team that hasn’t played Divine Sisterhood of the Sacred experience winning for once,” Carren Park’s Gilroy Field. “Not Really French” Everett, now before.” Bleeding Heart and Dolls Kick- said Dailey. “Good for the Dolls. I The new-look Mellencamps horsemen of the Pony Boys . The Frontiersmens’ perennial ing Balls. hope they have a great season.” rumbled, 6-4, over Tragesty, the The Boys are a strong favor- MVP candidate, Matt “Marquis Community Newspaper Group / Aaron Short The Sisterhood, which spent Brooklyn Kickball at Gilroy remix of last year’s final four sur- ites to get back to the finals, but de” Sadewitz, said that his team The John Cougar Mellencamps — seen here after winning five years in the league, were Field in McCarren Park (Bedford prise, Majesty, then tamed a re- the team dropped its first match caught the super stallions on an it all last year — won their first two games. But what else gutted by multiple defections in Avenue at N. 13th Street in Green- vamped Brooklyn United squad, of the year to the hungry New off night but was “proud” with his is new? the offseason and faced two new point), Sundays, 5–11 pm.

they got into an argument am, but when he returned at with the perps while they 10:30 am, there was only bro- were hanging out at 3 am, ken glass where his car had when the thugs grabbed the been. A victim who did not blow it! glass bottles and started strik- — Aaron Short ing their faces inside the bar. ing will happen to you.” 9 pm when the perp deeply she parked at 10:30 pm near One perp was arrested but 88TH PRECINCT 90TH PRECINCT the other escaped. Startled, the victim pon- stabbed him in his leg. Manhattan Avenue, and the Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Southside–Bushwick dered his options, but the The victim was dead in POLICE BLOTTER car was gone by 3 pm the Lapto-scopropy A thief propositioned a perp took his bag instead minutes. next day. A thief stole a laptop and Mall rats man on Lorimer Street on and ran. Find more online every Wednesday at iPod from a Humboldt Street There was more trouble McRobbery at the, well, troubled Atlan- April 25, but took his shoul- apartment on April 28. Murder at deli A gunman broke into a BrooklynPaper.com/blotter 94TH PRECINCT tic Center and Atlantic Ter- der bag instead. The tenant told police that A thug killed a 46-year-old McKibbin Street apartment Greenpoint–Northside minal last week. Here’s the The victim told police that man by slicing an artery in on April 29 and stole a com- he left his apartment near ment at 1:40 am, shouting, Cash carry Phoned in Richardson Street at 10 am rundown: he was near Devoe Street at his thigh on Roebling Street puter — while its resident • A 51-year-old man was 2:05 am when the perp ap- “Give me your electronics Three thieves — one with A group of teenage thugs and returned 10 hours later on April 29. was there. — I have a gun!” arrested on April 27 after he proached and said, “Give me The man was in front of a The victim told police that a gun — stole a man’s cash beat up a man and robbed to find the rear bedroom The tenant handed over window open and his stuff was caught swiping eight [oral gratification] and noth- deli near S. Eighth Street at the perp entered his apart- and phone on Humboldt him on Jackson Street on pairs of women’s shoes and some electronics, and the Street on April 26. April 25. missing. perp fled. four handbags from the Mar- The victim told police that The victim told police he OK computer shall’s in the Atlantic Cen- Cell hell he was near Scholes Street was exercising near Hum- A thief stole a computer, ter. The thief was caught by A thief kicked a man and at 11:45 pm when the perps boldt Street at 8:40 pm, when iPod and cash from a car on store security just before ex- took his wallet and cellphone approached and demanded the teens stopped him, and Kent Avenue on April 28. iting the store between Fort on Hooper Street on April money. started punching his face. The driver told police that Greene Place and S. Portland GENERAL& COSMETIC One grabbed his iPhone, SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS 25. One waved a silver hand- he parked near N. Ninth Street Avenue at 7:10 pm. The victim told police that gun and said, “Give me ev- and the posse fled. at 2 am, but when he returned • A thief snaked a cell- Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse he was near S. 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The woman had 1000 PARK AVE (AT 84TH ST) proached her and pushed her parked near Union Avenue at Two perps struck two in- put her wallet on the ground MANHATTAN, NY ALAN KLING, MD to the door. 3 am and returned eight hours dividuals with a glass bot- Honda taken as she tended to her child at 8 DAY AND EVENING HOURS Board-Certiﬁed Dermatologist “Give me your bookbag, later to find it gone. tles in a fight that occurred A thief stole a Honda on pm, not realizing that some- PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT CARLY BODA, PA I don’t want to shoot you,” • A thief took a Chevrolet at Club Europa on Meserole Driggs Avenue on April 30. one was nearby looking to ex- INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES one threatened, prompting on Ainslie Street on April 27. Avenue on April 30. The driver told police he ploit an opportunity. her to hand it over. The driver told police that The victims told police parked near Newell Street at 1 — Thomas Tracy

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Member FDIC 4 R: PS, BR The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 6–12, 2011 PS 107 Kinder crisis averted us again!” School won’t have massive class sizes next year Mannino said the school’s kindergarten wait list is down By Kate Briquelet and second-grade class sizes first-grade class right now,” said were put on a kindergarten wait to about 10 or so students, but it The Brooklyn Paper would increase from 20 or so to Sohrab Habibion, who dreaded list and parents rushed to apply is unclear if the wait-listed chil- Class sizes at a popular Park 30 students — just two short of the thought of his son, Asa, enter- to nearby schools only to find it dren will be admitted. Slope elementary school will not the city max. ing a teeming second grade. “It’s was too late. It’s also unclear where the displaced pre-K class will be stretch to the limit, thanks to a But the Education Department at its most-crowded right now in The kinder-crisis was par- quickly flip-flopped and allowed terms of what’s acceptable.” tially averted the school added located. reversal by the city that will al- Councilman Brad Lander (D – the school to excise its pre-K. The whole kindergarten-seat a fifth kindergarten classroom low PS 107 to eliminate a pre-K Park Slope), who fought to remove program after an influx of new The prospect of jam-packed saga started in November, when and said it would relocate the 18- the pre-K class, was pleased that kindergarten students threatened first and second grades stunned kindergarten enrollment ballooned, seat pre-K class. the city acquiesced. to increase class sizes through- parents already concerned that forcing the school to seek the elim- Now that the pre-K class is “I’m glad, but given the real- out the building. there would be too many children ination of its pre-K program. gone, school administrator Pat ities of the school and the South Community Newspaper Group / Kate Briquelet The Eighth Avenue school and too few seats at their quaint That request was denied by Mannino said that the upper Slope, we can’t squash kids in PS 107 parent Sohrab Habibion is pleased that the city had originally notified parents neighborhood school. the Education Department. grades likely won’t see a capac- the next grades,” he said. “We has allowed the Park Slope elementary school to eliminate on April 27 that its lone pre-K “It would be tough on teach- The crisis reached fever pitch ity increase next year — “pro- have to solve this problem soon pre-K to keep class sizes down for his first-grade son Asa class would remain and the first- ers, when there’s 25 kids in a in late March when 47 students vided they don’t give it back to for the longer term.” (right) and his pal, Jackson.

her chair. Within just a few the Prospect Park Zoo on number. minutes, it — and the booty April 25, getting thousands Hit and jog inside — was gone. in camera equipment. The A maniac smashed into • A thief swiped a bag off owner told cops that he left Vicious gunpoint mugging two cars parked on Dean a chair at Sante Fe restaurant the car between Empire Bou- Street, then fled the scene on Seventh Avenue on April levard and Grand Army Plaza wards Prospect Park. Blotter in Park Slope if it on May 1. 26. The victim said she had at around 9:30 am and re- 78TH PRECINCT didn’t contain this all-too- A victim told cops that Shove it placed the bag on her chair turned three hours later to common crime: Another the driver of a 2006 High- Park Slope A purse snatcher roughed POLICE BLOTTER at around 6:30 pm, but it was find his rear window bashed A gunman mugged a Fifth iPhone was plucked from a lander smashed into two cars up a woman on 12th Street gone within 20 minutes. She and his stuff gone. Street couple on May 1, pull- woman’s hand on Fifth Av- Find more online every Wednesday at around 5 am, got out and ran on April 28, shoving her to lost $100, and the thief rang • Yet another thief has ing a pistol and threatening to enue on April 24. away on foot. the ground while an accom- BrooklynPaper.com/blotter up $1,000 before the cards swiped yet another old kill them if they didn’t give The woman said she was — Dan MacLeod plice kept watch. were canceled. Honda, this time an 8-year- up their stuff. near Eighth Street at around The 21-year-old victim told at around 2 pm on April 27, bag for only a minute or two, Wheel bad old Civic from First Street The 28-year-old woman 7:45 pm when a man sneaked cops that she was between but it was gone from the of- but that was enough for the on April 26. The owner said 88TH PRECINCT and her 38-year-old compan- up from behind and swiped At least three cars were Sixth and Seventh avenues fice, which is at 13th Street, criminal to swipe the back- attacked last week, with one he left the wheels between Fort Greene–Clinton Hill ion were between Sixth and the pricey mobile. at around 2 am when the two four hours later. She lost var- pack, which contained a com- taken outright: Fifth and Sixth avenues at Seventh avenues at 1:25 am Ratner raids men approached from behind, Got bagged ious cards. puter, wallet and cards. • A 12-year-old Acura was around 6:15 pm, but it was when the gunman sneaked There was more trouble one pushing her to the ground At least four wallets and • A thief swiped a goody- • A thief scored big time swiped off President Street gone within two hours. up, showed the pistol and at the, well, troubled Atlan- before taking her bag, which purses were slyly swiped from filled backpack from a Fifth when he grabbed a bag off a sometime between April 25 Tea time said, “Give me everything tic Center and Atlantic Ter- contained various cards, $20 restaurant goers, workers and Street stoop after its owner chair at Okeanos restaurant and April 30, when the owner A thief swiped a very you got — I got a gun, or minal last week. Here’s the and birth control pills. other unfortunate souls last left it for a few minutes while on April 26, netting $1,000, returned from a trip to find her fancy bike from the rack in I’ll shoot you.” rundown: The victim did not get a week. Here are the caution- he unloaded his car on May 1. plus $1,000 in gift cards. The car gone from the spot between front of the Tea Lounge on The victims quickly gave up • A 51-year-old man was good look at either man. ary details: The victim told cops that he victim told cops that she went Fifth and Sixth avenues. Union Street on April 28. arrested on April 27 after their stuff, which included two • An employee at a Seventh was between Fifth and Sixth to the restautant at Eighth •A thief broke into a car oyPhone The owner of the $1,500 he was caught swiping eight cameras, phones, various cards Avenue doctor’s office said avenues at around 10 pm, and Street at around 6:30 pm, and along the isolated stretch Cannondale told cops that he pairs of women’s shoes and and $40, and the thief fled to- It wouldn’t be the Police she put her bag at her desk turned his attention from the hung her bag on the back of of Flatbush Avenue near left the bike on the rack at four handbags from the Mar- around 7:40 pm, but it was shall’s in the Atlantic Cen- gone when he left the pop- ter. The thief was caught by ular coffeehouse between store security just before ex- Sixth and Seventh avenues iting the store between Fort at 9:20 pm. Greene Place and S. Portland — Gersh Kuntzman Avenue at 7:10 pm. • A thief snaked a cell- 68TH PRECINCT phone out of a woman’s handbag as she perused the Bay Ridge–Dyker aisles inside the Atlantic Ter- Heights BIG NEWS, minal Target. The woman Making rounds was about to buy something A burglar broke into a at the Flatbush Avenue store Fourth Avenue building twice at 4 pm when she realized on the same day, stealing lap- her cellphone had been taken tops, video game systems, a — even though she had pos- cellphone and a duffle bag session of her bag the en- on April 26. tire time. The gamer victim told • Someone swiped a wal- Bay Ridge! cops that he left his crib, let from a woman caring for which is between 84th and her child inside the Atlan- 85th streets, at 10 am and tic Center on April 30. The locked the door. When he re- woman had put her wallet on turned at 7 pm, he didn’t no- the ground as she tended to tice signs of a break-in, but her child at 8 pm, not realiz- his gadgets were gone. ing that someone was nearby Passbook Money Market That same afternoon, an- looking to exploit an oppor- other resident of the building tunity. between 84th and 85th streets Animal instincts told cops that she returned at 2 pm to find that a designer A hulking brute scooped handbag, electric scale, jewelry a 24-year-old woman up in a and $720 were missing. bear hug during an April 27 Now open at robbery attempt at Washing- Car break-in ton and Greene avenues, but % Someone jacked jewelry ended up bounding off empty and a navigation system from handed when the woman be- 86th St & 4th Ave a car parked on 91st Street gan screaming. . 00 overnight on April 23. 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These interest rates and APYs are established at our discretion, are variable, and are subject to change at any time without notice lic Library branch at 8:40 am or limit. After the Guaranteed APY period has elapsed, the account will become a regular Rewards Money Market Passbook tiered-rate account in which the interest rates and APYs will vary with the balance. These interest rates and money on April 27 ended up when the perp walked up and APYs are established at our discretion, are variable, and are subject to change at any time without notice or limit. As of 3/15/11, the APY on accounts with balances of $75,000.00 or more is 0.30%; $50,000.00-$74,999.99, the APY hooking more than $1,300 is 0.15%; $25,000.00-$49,999.99, the APY is 0.15%; $1,000.00-$24,999.99, the APY is 0.15%; and under $1,000.00, the APY is 0.05%. Maximum opening deposit amount is $250,000. There is a $10 monthly fee if the average asked, “What are you listening from a seafood distributor’s daily balance falls below $2,500. Fees may reduce the earnings on this account. PLEASE CALL US FOR DETAILS AT 1-800-321-3463. to?” The victim said, “Noth- car on Washington Avenue. ** Promotional CD requires a $500 minimum to open and to earn the APY. APY is accurate as of 3/15/11. The interest rate and APY are established at our discretion, may vary, and are subject to change at any time without notice or ing,” so the thief got mad, Someone smashed the win- limit. Premature withdrawal is subject to penalty and may reduce earnings. SPECIAL CONDITIONS APPLY - To be eligible for this promotional CD rate offer, customer must also open a new Prime Dime Rewards or Dime pulled out a knife, said, “Take Rewards Checking account and conduct speciﬁ c types of transactions. PLEASE CALL US FOR DETAILS AT 1-800-321-3463. dow to the car between Park it out your pocket,” snatched † Both Prime Dime Rewards and Dime Rewards Checking accounts require monthly recurring direct deposit of payroll, pension, or government beneﬁ ts or monthly use of Dime’s online bill payment services. Prime Dime Rewards and Myrtle avenues at around the phone, and ran off. Checking account interest rates and APYs vary with the balance. As of 3/15/11, a daily ending balance of $50,000 and above will earn a 0.35% APY on the entire balance; $25,000-$49,999.99, the APY is 3.00%; $5,000-$24,999.99, 1:15 pm. the APY is 3.00%; and under $5,000, the APY is 3.00%. The rates and APYs are established at our discretion, are variable, and are subject to change at any time without notice or limit. Minimum deposit to open is $1 and the opening Grand theft balance is limited to $50,000. Offer is for personal (consumer) accounts only. There is a $15 monthly fee if the average daily balance falls below $5,000. An average daily balance of $5,000 is also required to avoid monthly foreign ATM • A crook forced open transaction fees and for reimbursement of monthly ATM surcharges up to $10 per statement cycle. Fees may reduce earnings on this account. Dime Rewards Checking is a non-interest-bearing account. Minimum balance to open A hit-and-run driver a car left in the St. Joseph is $1 and the opening balance is limited to $50,000. Offer is for personal (consumer) accounts only. There is a $12 monthly fee if the average daily balance falls below $2,500. An average daily balance of $2,500 is also required to smashed a 2005 Subaru on College parking lot on Van- avoid monthly foreign ATM transaction fees and for reimbursement of monthly ATM surcharges of up to $10 per statement cycle. Park Place on April 25. derbilt Avenue on April 30, For both the Promotional CD and Passbook Money Market Accounts the maximum combined total deposit is $250,000 per household. Customers can divide the $250,000 among these accounts but the total Witnesses told cops that taking a purse that a woman cannot exceed $250,000 per household. Funds to open these accounts must be new money and cannot be transferred from any existing Dime account. the driver of a silver cargo had put under her seat. The The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh reserves the right to cancel or modify these offers at any time without notice and to limit the number of accounts opened. These offers are limited to one per household. Deposits insured up to van crashed into the family 2006 Honda Accord had maximum amount allowed by law. PLEASE CALL US FOR DETAILS AT 1-800-321-3463. New customers only. vehicle at around 8 pm, then been parked between Wil- took off without reporting loughby and DeKalb ave- ©2011 The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh. it — but not before an ea- nues at 8:20 pm. gle eye wrote down the plate — Thomas Tracy May 6–12, 2011 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5

to reduce the deficit. come Americans, but Re- reduced by $1 trillion in the “You’re killing Social Se- Yet Grimm made it clear from audience members was “It’s not that we tax too publicans want to turn the next 20 years. curity and Medicare!” that no one was going to to raise taxes on the rich, but little, it’s that we spend too 45-year-old program into Angry town hall partic- The freshman Grimm change his mind about end- he said that was tantamount GRIMM… much,” Grimm told the an- a simple government sub- ipants said that Medicare never lost his cool. He even ing Medicare. to “class warfare.” Continued from page 1 “Who wants to get rid gered crowd of 100 at JHS sidy that would assist retir- should be tweaked, not done encouraged angered constit- “I respect your opinions, Grimm may not have been show about the GOP plan to of Medicare?” 68-year-old 259’s auditorium on Fort ees with their private health away with entirely. uents to boo him. but I’m not going to apolo- moved by the pleas of those trim the nation’s $14-trillion Peggy Devane screamed as Hamilton Parkway near 73rd insurance costs. “We need to adjust, not “Get it all out, get it all gize for my beliefs,” Grimm in attendance, but he said he deficit, but couldn’t get past she argued — Brooklyn style Street. “If we don’t deal with On the other side of the kill,” screamed Dorothy Sie- out,” he said with a wide told the audience. “We can enjoyed the debate. his second slide when several — the merits of the GOP bud- entitlement programs, we are aisle, Obama and the bipar- gel, one of the more outspo- grin. “It’s good to get it go ring around the rosy all “No one can deny the seniors began demanding get proposal. “That’s the cra- going to go broke.” tisan Congressional Budget ken silver-haired ladies in the out. It’s healthy for your night long, but you’re not fact that discussing this in higher taxes on the well-to- ziest thing I ever heard.” Medicare currently pro- Office believe that if the auditorium, who told Grimm lungs.” going to make me believe an open forum is healthy for do rather than the Republi- Grimm toed the GOP line, vides health insurance cover- healthcare reforms passed that taxing the nation’s big- At the end of the night, he what you believe.” America,” he said. “This is can-led dismantling of a pop- claiming that raising taxes on age to more than 100 million last year are allowed to take gest earners would reduce made it a point to hug both Grimm said that “the how we get the ball mov- ular entitlement program. the rich wouldn’t be enough elderly, disabled and low-in- effect, the deficit would be the deficit by 70 percent. Siegel and Devane. clear message” he received ing.”

against Palestinians recently rights are being violated in Is- Five years after that ac- Boerum Hill traffic task submitted the proposal to the rael — but no, that’s not hap- tion, she ran for office herself, force meeting at the Belar- Co-op’s Agenda Committee pening.” hoping to unseat a longtime usian Church on Atlantic Av- HOPE… enue on Wednesday night. CO-OP… — the first step on the road to Boycotts are nothing new incumbent district leader in Continued from page 1 But the wheels of social jus- a vote at the general meeting, at the food Mecca. Members Continued from page 1 Defense Donald Rumsfeld Brownstone Brooklyn. She In lieu of flowers or food Union Street market since tice turn very slowly at the the co-op equivalent of a New have previously banned prod- Levin called her the “most for illegal military recruitment lost, but got an impressive the family has requested that 1988. “I’m really afraid that Co-op , where proposals don’t England town hall. ucts from South Africa dur- compassionate and thought- tactics. The suit was eventu- 40 percent of the vote in her donations be made to the people will join a movement become Co-op law until ex- A debate could come as ing Apartheid ; plastic bags; ful person you could ever ally settled, and the Depart- first race. Nicholas Heyward Memo- that is evil.” haustive debate. And in the early as June or July. and a Williamsburg kosher want to meet” and that he ment of Defense changed its Reichbach was last seen rial fund, named after the The boycott was first case of the “proposal,” that Ban opponents said their food company over a labor would “never be the same recruitment strategies for high at her last act of official civic young man who was killed broached in the 16,000-mem- debate didn’t happen. Un- goal is to win over members dispute. without her.” schoolers as a result. duty, overseeing Levin’s in the Gowanus Houses. ber market’s newsletter , the til now. who are usually more inter- So, nu, what makes this “There’s a hole in our lives Linewaiter’s Gazette, in Members supportive of a ested in pomegranates than boycott different from all that is so vast and so deep” 2009, setting off an inter- campaign to boycott, divest politics. As such, a strategy other boycotts? said Levin. national firestorm of media and sanction Israel for al- session was organized on “This boycott is about de- The mourners came from .POUIMZ)FBMUI5JQT coverage. leged human rights violations Sunday to clarify that goal, stroying the Jewish state,” said all walks of life, including and come up with a name for Mazor. “It’s about denying councilmembers, college- GSPN/FX:PSL.FUIPEJTU)PTQJUBM their group — which oppo- Jews self determination.” aged strivers, judges and pub- nents hope is catchy enough to And Jewish members who lic housing residents flooded win over the majority of Co-op oppose it, say they are doing so the funeral to console fam- members who have no stake in part to reverse a collective ily members and each other CATS… in Middle East politics. sense of victimization. over the untimely death of #-08*/("8": Continued from page 1 were so deplorable that the “People come to the Co-op “Jews always feel that the lifelong Boerum Hill resident. tentioned, but she found her- cats actually fell through the to buy food, and they are not when somebody is trying always aware of what’s going to put us in the gas cham- Council Speaker Christine self overwhelmed.” urine-soaked floor . Quinn honored the deceased /"4"-"--&3(: It’s certainly not the first, Anyone wishing to on when people try to pro- ber, that we deserved it, that mote a political agenda there,” we should not respond to it. with a posthumous city proc- By Dr. Yalamanchi Rao, New York Methodist Hospital or even the worst, example of adopt these cats can con- lamation, and Rabbi Joseph said member Barbara Mazor, Those are the same people cat abuse. Earlier this year, tact the One Love Animal Potasnik urged mourners to pringtime is here, ushering in warmer nasal allergy. Commonly prescribed medi- two silkscreen artists were Hospital [317 Atlantic Ave. who organized the meeting at who attack Israel” said Es- honor Reichbach’s memory weather and longer days, but this respite cations are antihistamines, decongestants, arrested for keeping close to between Smith and Hoyt Congregation B’nai Jacob on ther Hertzel, a Crown Heights S by helping people in the com- from the cold, dark winter has its disadvan- nasal steroids, and cromolyn sodium. 100 cats in their Williams- streets in Boerum Hill, (718) Ninth Street. resident and 22-year Co-op munity. tages. For the millions of Americans who suf- Antihistamines can be used to alleviate burg loft. The fetid conditions 532-7410]. “They will say that human member. Other attendees included fer from nasal allergies, the spring presents sneezing, cough, and runny nose. Decon- Assemblyman Vito Lopez; a unique challenge. But understanding nasal gestants are useful for managing a stuffy dozens of members Lopez allergy can help those affected meet that nose and are available over the counter. and Levin’s collective staffs; challenge. (Pseudoephedrine is a highly effective Councilmembers Brad Lander, Nasal allergy, sometimes referred to as oral decongestant, and does not require a Letitia James, Jumaane Wil- hay fever, is characterized by itchy/watery prescription but must be obtained directly liams, Mark Weprin, and Do- eyes, rhinorrhea (runny nose), nasal con- from the pharmacist.) Nasal steroids are menic Recchia; Comptroller gestion, and sneezing. Nasal allergy occurs used to prevent the nose and sinuses from John Liu; Public Advocate Bill when the body mistakenly treats allergens inﬂammation upon exposure to allergens DeBlasio; Borough President such as dust mites, animal dander, molds, such as pollen and are usually obtained via Markowitz; state Sens. Eric mildew, fungi, and plant pollen as a threat prescription. They are sprayed directly in- Adams and Daniel Squad- and, in response, the immune system de- side the nose and are usually very effective. ron; Assemblymembers Joe Lentol, Dov Hikind and Joan ploys immunoglobulin antibodies to repel Cromolyn sodium is an over the counter, Millman. the allergens. The antibodies attach them- non-steroidal nasal spray which may be ef- Also on hand were some selves to cells lining the nose, eyes and air fective for managing nasal congestion and political rivals — including passageways, which triggers the release of cough associated with nasal allergies. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, and histamine. Histamine is a powerful chemi- Apart from taking medication, following district leaders Chris Ow- cal in the body that causes swelling. In the some simple tips can also help keep your ens, Jo Anne Simon, and case of nasal allergy, histamine swells the allergies at bay. During peak allergy season, Lincoln Restler — an indi- nasal membrane and is the culprit behind try to keep your house and windows closed cation of how respected Re- the sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose and use air conditioning, which helps clean ichbach was, even to her op- and itchy, watery eyes. the air while keeping it cool and dry. Pol- ponents. Nasal allergy is often confused with the len is usually most concentrated in the “Her death is a terrible common cold, because both share some air between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. so try to tragedy,” Simon said. symptoms, such as nasal congestion, runny minimize outside morning activity if pos- A precocious trailblazer nose and sneezing. However, the common sible. Avoiding exposure to cigarette smoke from an early age, Reich- cold presents additional symptoms like sore and frequent vacuuming may also help you bach helped her father get throat, weakness and fatigue—and cold cope with allergies. By adopting these pre- elected to the civil court sys- sufferers usually do not develop itchy/wa- cautions and taking the right medication, tem when she was only 10 tery eyes. you can spend less time focusing on your years old. On diagnosis, the doctor will recommend allergies and more enjoying the beautiful At Hunter College HS, medication to manage the symptoms of spring weather! she filed a federal lawsuit against then-Secretary of

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MUSIC You feel it? Since reuniting four years ago after a 19- year hiatus, the Feelies make sure that at each show, the fans get what they came for. “We do a lot of encores,” said Glenn Mercer, guitarist of the seminal rock band, who sur- mised the record reaches upward of 15 songs. Seafood time “It can be a pretty long night for us.” Luckily, there’s lots Want crab, lobster and shellﬁ sh? Come to Southern Brooklyn of material to “The best thing about Randazzo’s is choose from. By Alex Rush Since form- The Brooklyn Paper that it never changes,” said longtime customer Peter Romeo. “I’ve been coming ing in 1976, outhern Brooklyn may have lost here for 40 years and I’ve never been dis- the band’s some of its charm and gritty water- appointed.” released five albums, in- front cred as the borough’s working Randazzo’s Clam Bar [2023 Emmons Photo by Fumie Ishii S cluding its fishing village, but for seafood, the area Avenue at E. 21st Street in Sheepshead most-recent work, “Here Before,” which touches from Sheepshead Bay to Mill Basin still Bay, (718) 615-0010]. cannot be beat. on the band’s styles of frenetic punk and mel- Yet too few Brownstone Brooklynites Nick’s Lobster low New Wave rock. make a trek that locals take for granted. At Nick’s Lobster, the 23-year-old eat- Taking a nearly two-decade break doesn’t “Seafood is such a nostalgic thing for ery that overlooks the boats docked in seem to have hurt the band — or the fans. people born and raised near the water Mill Basin, the restaurant’s namesake is “I tend to not have as much time to do mu- around here,” said Jodie Mancuso, man- the real star of the menu. The one-and-a- sic, so when we are doing it, not only do I ap- ager of Nick’s Lobster in Mill Basin. “It’s half-pound Maine lobster ($28) is steamed, preciate it more, I try to make the most of it,” in our blood.” topped with butter and served with two said Mercer. And thanks to their filling lobster rolls, sides. And as long as you’re splurging Fifteen-song encore, here we come. steaming piles of crabs and closely guarded on lobster, you might as well go all out The Feelies at the Bell House [149 Seventh family recipes, these decades-old, fam- and order Nick’s seafood stuffing baked St. between Second and Third avenues in ily-run joints still stand out on strips that right into the lobster. The savory bread Gowanus, (718) 643-6510], May 13 at 8 pm. now house such chains as Applebee’s and pudding of scallops, crabmeat and clams Show is sold out. For info, visit www.thebell- T.G.I. Friday’s, continuing a long-stand- is absolutely worth the extra $5. houseny.com. — Meredith Deliso ing summer culinary tradition. “It took us about a year to come up with But before you don that bib, dig in to our the recipe,” said manager Jodie Mancuso. lip-smacking good seafood guide. “It caused a lot of arguments, but we finally figured it out.” FESTIVAL Jordan’s Lobster Dock Nick’s Lobster [2777 Flatbush Ave. be- “The lobster from Nova Scotia is the tween Avenue V and Shore Parkway in best in the world,” said Jordan’s Lobster Marine Park, (718) 253-7117]. Dock owner Bill Jordan, who sources his Just dance product exclusively from the Canadian Clemente’s Maryland waters. “These are well-fed lobsters with Celebrate Brooklyn expands to Brooklyn plenty of meat.” Crabhouse Bridge Park this month, with a dance party se- They must be good: the family-owned Just because three of the best seafood ries planned for Pier 1. restaurant on Harkness Avenue in Sheep- places in town are decades old, that doesn’t Kicking things off on May 12 is Maceo shead Bay has been a neighborhood staple mean a new-school place can’t hold its Parker, a funk musician whose laid down his since 1966, and was even the inspiration own. And the 10-year-old Clemente’s gritty sax lines with James Brown, Parliament- behind the Martin Scorese-produced film, Maryland Crabhouse on Emmons Ave- Funkadelic, Bootsy “Brooklyn Lobster,” written and directed nue has been doing just that, specializing Collins and Prince. by Jordan’s brother, Kevin, in 1995. in Chesapeake Bay-style crab boils that He’ll be joined by DJ For today’s diners, we recommend the are rare north of Annapolis. Spinna, who will get sandwich combos, especially the quar- “We serve Maryland blue crabs,” said you moving with a mix ter-pound lobster roll with fries ($17.99). owner Jimmy Muir. “The sweetness of of old school funk and Unlike the typical Maine-style roll that’s these crabs are unlike anything else, and futuristic electro. loaded with mayo, Jordan’s handpicks meat people have a lot of fun eating them.” The series continues from the claws, tails and knuckles and Tearing through a pile of whole steamed on May 19 with salsa

leaves it undisturbed on a toasted and but- crabs is a hands-on gastronomic activ- Photo by Ines Kaiser big band La Excelencia

tered potato roll. Customers then get mayo, All photos by Steve Solomonson ity. Eaters rip off the shell, scrape out and DJS Aue Bajo?!, lemon slices and tartar sauce on the side Mouth-watering: Madeline Hogan is certainly crabby — and we mean the guts and dig through the cavities for and then bhangra enthusiasts Red Braat and to use at their own discretion. that in the best way possible — as the Clemente’s Maryland Crabhouse that sweet meat. DJ Rekha on May 26, just in time for Celebrate Brooklyn to kick off at the Prospect Park Band- “We want to give out 100-percent pure waitress shows off a heaping bowl of the restaurant’s signature dish — The restaurant offers a $30 all-you-can- lobster meat, but give people their own lob- eat special, but make sure to order the crabs shell on June 10 with Andrew Bird. steamed crabs. (Top from left to right) Nick’s Lobster in Mill Basin boasts “The performers and DJs are prime exam- ster salad kit if they want,” said Jordan. a mean seafood pasta; Randazzo’s Clam Bar has been specializing in sea- with Old Bay. It’s the traditional Maryland seafood seasoning, consisting of 13 spices, ples of the diverse, world-class programming Jordan’s Lobster Dock [3165 Harkness food for more than 50 years; and Jordan’s Lobster Dock delivers, thanks to Ave. at Plumb Second Street in Sheep- that give the crabs a zesty flavor. And if Celebrate Brooklyn is known for, and each is shead Bay, (800) 404-2529]. a recipe that took about a year to perfect. the authentic preparations aren’t enough a treasure that exemplifies a particular genre,” to get you in a summer mood, Clemente’s said Jack Walsh, director of performing arts Randazzo’s Clam Bar a combination of a classic tomato sauce perience, order the lobster fra diavolo has an outdoor deck and tiki bar that over- programs for BRIC, which produces Celebrate It’s all about the sauce at Randazzo’s and a shrimp cocktail sauce, but don’t ex- ($44.95). More than a pound of pulled looks the Plumb Beach Channel. Brooklyn. “They all put on a great live show Clam Bar on Emmons Avenue. Founder pect to recreate it at home. Maine lobster meat rests on a bed of clams, “When I saw that this spot right on the and lay down irresistible dance grooves.” Helen Randazzo created the hot tomato “We’ve kept the recipe a secret since mussels, shrimp and spaghetti. water was for sale 10 years ago, I couldn’t Brooklyn Bridge Dance Party at Pier 1 (lawn sauce more than 50 years ago, and it now Helen created it,” said Prini Randazzo, co- Thanks to dishes like this, Randazzo’s resist,” said Muir. of Pier 1 at the foot of Old Fulton Street in accompanies most of the shellfish on the owner and granddaughter-in-law of Helen. fills the void that seafood mecca Lundy’s Clemente’s Maryland Crabhouse DUMBO), May 12, 19 and 26 at 7 pm. Free. Italian-influenced menu. “There’s no other sauce like it.” left on Emmons Avenue when it closed [3939 Emmons Ave. off Shore Parkway in For info, visit www.bricartsmedia.org. The slightly chunky sauce tastes like For another signature Randazzo’s ex- several years ago. Sheepshead Bay, (718) 646-7373]; — Meredith Deliso

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BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. MOCKING- Free. 1 pm. The Bell House [149 BIRD. WHORE.”: Company XIV Seventh St. at Third Avenue in does a one-woman dance piece Gowanus, (718) 643-6510], www. MAY 12, 7PM MAY 19, 7PM MAY 26, 7PM based on the work of Charles Bu- thebellhouseny.com. Union Hall kowski. $30, $25 students and se- [702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in niors. 8 pm. 303 Bond Street Theatre Photo by Bella Muccari Park Slope, (718) 638-4400], www. (303 Bond St. near Union Street in What the Dickens: Oliver (River Alexander), right, recites that fa- unionhallny.com. Gowanus), www.Company XIV.com. KENTUCKY DERBY PARTY: Take in a THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: Criti- mous line —”Please sir, can I have some more?” — to Mr. Bumble (Greg Horton) in the Gallery Players’ production of “Oliver!” You pie contest, hat competition, mint cally hailed play about soldiers in juleps, and more. Free. 3 pm. Pete’s Iraq returns for third run. $55-$90. 8 can see it now through May 22 at the Park Slope theater. Candy Store [709 Lorimer St. at pm. St. Ann’s Warehouse [38 Water Richardson Street in Williamsburg, PHOTO BY INES KAISER PHOTO BY PAUL NART PHOTO BY AMY TOUCHETTE St. at Dock Street in DUMBO, (718) 254-8779], www.stannswarehouse. (718) 302-3770], www.petescandy- Meet the infl uential women of the day, May 6. store.com. Funk Dance Party Salsa Dance Party Bhangra Dance Party org. 19th and 20th centuries buried MUSIC, BAYOU N BROOKLYN RESEARCH YOUR HOME: Use the MUSIC, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, in the cemetery. $15. 1–3:30 pm. MUSIC FESTIVAL OF CAJUN AND Maceo La Red REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN Green-Wood Cemetery [Fifth library collections to learn more ZYDECO MUSIC: 8 pm. See Friday, about the history of your home or Parker & Excelencia Baraat & BAND:. $25. 8 pm. The Bell House Avenue and 25th Street in Sunset May 6. [149 Seventh St. at Third Avenue in block. $50 ($30 members). 2–4 pm. DJ Spinna & Que DJ Rekha Park, (718) 768-7300], www.green- MUSIC, OMNI ENSEMBLE: $15, $10 Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Gowanus, (718) 643-6510], www. wood.com. for students and seniors. 8 pm. thebellhouseny.com. Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in Bajo?! PHOTO BY NISHA SONDHE PERFORMANCE Brooklyn Conservatory of Music [58 Brooklyn Heights, (718) 222-4111], MUSIC, BAYOU N BROOKLYN Seventh Ave. between St. Johns www.brooklynhistory.org. MUSIC FESTIVAL OF CAJUN AND DANCE, “KISS THE AIR!”: 3 and 7 pm. and Lincoln places in Park Slope, ORIENTATION SESSION: Learn about ZYDECO MUSIC: Performances See Friday, May 6. (718) 622-3300], www.bqcm.org. by the renowned Cajun musician the volunteer opportunities at Pros- THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 pm. pect Park. Free. 3–4 pm. Litchfi eld BRICARTSMEDIA.ORG/CB Jesse Lege and friends, community See Friday, May 6. SALES AND MARKETS jam sessions, workshops and more. Villa [95 Prospect Pk. West between DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. MOCKING- ARTISTS AND FLEAS: 8 am–4 pm. [70 Fourth and Fifth streets in Park $15. 8 pm. Jalopy [315 Columbia BIRD. WHORE.”: 8 pm. See Friday, St. between Hamilton Avenue and N. Seventh St. between Wythe and Slope, (718) 965-8960]. Woodhull Street in Columbia Street May 6. Kent avenues in Williamsburg, (917) Waterfront, (718) 395-3214], www. THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: 8 pm. 301-5765], artistsandfl eas.com. jalopy.biz. See Friday, May 6. SPRING FLEA MARKET: 9 am–5 pm. SUN, MAY 8 MUSIC, CLASSICAL CONCERT: Se- THEATER, “OLIVER”: 8 pm. See Fri- Greenwood Playground [Fort Ham- lections by Schubert, with Steven OUTDOORS AND TOURS Beck, piano. $35 ($30 seniors, $15 TOUR, WILDFLOWER WALK: Learn student). 8 pm. Bargemusic [Fulton about the beautiful fl owers that Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street adorn the park. Free. 3–4 pm. Pros- and Furman Street in DUMBO, (718) CIVIC CALENDAR pect Park Audubon Center [Enter 624-2083], www.bargemusic.org. park at Lincoln Road and Ocean THEATER, “OLIVER”: It’s the musical TUES, MAY 10 meeting. 6 pm. Ingersol Avenue in Prospect Park, (718) twist on Dickens’s “Oliver Twist.” Community Board 1. Public hear- Community Center [177 Myrtle 287-3400], www.prospectpark.org/ $18, $14 (seniors and children under ing and full board meeting. 6:30 Ave. at Prince Street in Fort audubon. 12). 9 pm. Gallery Players [199 14th pm. Swinging ’60s Senior Citizens Greene, (718) 596-5410], www.nyc. St., between Fourth and Fifth av- Center [211 Ainslie St. at Manhat- gov/html/bkncb2/html/calendar/ PERFORMANCE enues in Park Slope, (212) 352-3101], tan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) calendar.shtml. MUSIC, CLASSICAL CONCERT: See galleryplayers.com. 389-0009], www.cb1brooklyn.org. Community Board 10 Zoning and Saturday, May 7. Community Board 10 Police and Land Use Committee. 7 pm. THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: 2 and 7 Public Safety Committee. On the District office [8119 Fifth Ave. at pm. See Friday, May 6. SAT, MAY 7 agenda: liquor license application 81st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 745- THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 3 pm. See for Tien Cafe. 7 pm. District office 6827], www.bkcb10.org. Friday, May 6. OUTDOORS AND TOURS [8119 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in THEATER, “OLIVER”: 3 pm. See Fri- TOUR, LANDMARK HOUSE AND Bay Ridge, (718) 745-6827], www. THURS, MAY 12 day, May 6. GARDEN WALK: Visit fi ve privately bkcb10.org. ]. Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club. DANCE, “KISS THE AIR!”: 3 pm. See Don’t sweat over owned historic townhouses. $40. Weekly meeting. 12:15 pm. Friday, May 6. 1–5 pm. St. Ann’s School [129 Pier- WED, MAY 11 Brooklyn Marriott [333 Adams St. DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. MOCKING- heating and repont St. between Clinton and Community Board 2. Full board in Downtown, (917) 804-0797]. BIRD. WHORE.”: 8 pm. See Friday, Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, May 6. cooling costs. 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Kyoko Uchida, Stephen St. at Richardson Street in CERT: With pianist Olga Vi- Corey: Free. 4 pm. Union Williamsburg, (718) 302- nokur. $35 ($30 seniors, $15 SAT, MAY 14 We Got the Wine! Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth 3770], www.petescandy- student). 8 pm. Bargemusic 9 DAYS... Avenue in Park Slope, (718) store.com. [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old PERFORMANCE 638-4400], www.union- Fulton Street and Furman THEATER, “OLIVER”: 2 and 8 Continued from page 8 hallny.com. Street in DUMBO, (718) pm. See Friday, May 6. MOTHER’S DAY VINTAGE TUES, MAY 10 624-2083], www.barge- THEATER, “NOBODY music.org. SALES AND MARKETS DRESS UP PHOTO THEATER, “KING LEAR”: HEARD ME CRY”: 2 and 5 CARROLL GARDENS SHOOT: ”Mad Men”-infl u- 7:30 pm. See Friday, May 6. pm. See Friday, May 13. GREENMARKET: 8 am–6 enced photo-op, complete READING, GEOFF DYER: Au- THURS, MAY 12 FILM, MUPPET MOVIES: pm. [Carroll and Smith with martinis. $75. 5–9 pm. thor of “Otherwise Known Country-music based clips. streets in Carroll Gardens, Way Station [683 Wash- as the Human Condition.” READING, SLOANE CROS- $8. 2 pm. The Bell House (212) 788-7476], www. ington Ave. in Prospect Free. 7:30 pm. Greenlight LEY: Author of “How Did [149 Seventh St. at Third grownyc.org. Heights, (917) 279-5412], Bookstore [686 Fulton St. You Get This Number.” Avenue in Gowanus, (718) ARTISTS AND FLEAS: 8 am–6 miceatplay.com. between South Elliott Place Free. 7 pm. BookCourt [163 643-6510], www.thebell- pm. See Saturday, May 7. and South Portland Avenue Court St. between Pacifi c houseny.com. in Fort Greene, (718) 246- and Dean streets in Cobble CORTELYOU GREENMAR- MON, MAY 9 THEATER, “THE RIGHT KET: 8 am–6 pm. [Corte- 0200], greenlightbook- Hill, (718) 875-3677], www. REVEREND DUPREE IN lyou Road between Argyle READING, KATE PAYNE: store.com. bookcourt.org. EXILE”: 3 and 8 pm. See and Rugby roads in Ditmas Author of “The Hip Girl’s THEATER, “KING LEAR”: Thursday, May 12. botta di vino 7:30 pm. See Friday, May 6. THEATER, “KING LEAR”: Park, (212) 788-7476], www. Guide to Homemaking.” WED, MAY 11 For all of your wine needs grownyc.org. Free. 7:30 pm. Greenlight READING, AN EVENING 7:30 pm. See Friday, May 6. BROOKLYN FLEA: Vintage, Bookstore [686 Fulton St. ORIENTATION SESSION: 4–5 WITH EUROPA EDI- MUSIC, DAVID FORD, JOHN antique, handmade, and between South Elliott Place pm. See Saturday, May 7. TIONS: With authors LEFLER OF DASHBOARD 357 Van Brunt Street food vendors. 10 am–5 pm. and South Portland Avenue BIKE NIGHT: Celebrate bike Jesse Browner, Tim Mohr, CONFESSIONAL: $20. Red Hook, Brooklyn (27 N. 6 St. at Kent Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246- month with $1 beers. Free. Jhumpa Lahiri, and Michael 7:30 pm. Rock Shop [249 in Williamsburg), www. 0200], greenlightbook- 7:30–9:30 pm. Brooklyn Reynolds. Free. 7:30 pm. Fourth Ave. between Car- 347.689.3664 brooklynfl ea.com. store.com. Brewery [79 N. 11th St. Greenlight Bookstore [686 roll and President streets in TALK, DETROIT AND URBAN between Wythe Avenue Fulton St. between S. El- Park Slope, (718) 230-5740], OTHER RENEWAL: As part of the and Berry Street in Wil- liott Place and S. Portland www.therockshopny.com. Bring in this ad and get 1/2 bottle of wine FREE ($10 Value), READING, SELECTIONS Open City Dialogue lecture liamsburg, (718) 486-7422], Avenue in Fort Greene, THEATER, “42ND STREET”: 8 www.bikemonthnyc.org. (718) 246-0200], green- pm. See Friday, May 13. with purchase of $25 or more. While supplies last. FROM THE GEORGIA RE- series. Free. 7:30 pm. Pete’s lightbookstore.com. VIEW: With Louis Philips, Candy Store [709 Lorimer MUSIC, CLASSICAL CON- MUSIC, CLASSICAL CON- BROOKLYN BLOGFEST: CERT: Works by Chopin, Bloggers unite! $15. 7:30 Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, pm. The Bell House [149 Penderecki, and Twar- Seventh St. at Third Av- dowski. $35 ($30 seniors, enue in Gowanus, (718) $15 student). 8 pm. Barge- 643-6510], www.thebell- music [Fulton Ferry Land- houseny.com. ing, Old Fulton Street and

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decision by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to fold up its tents after a two-year run along the Boardwalk. And other operators, including landowner Joe Sitt and old-timer Horace Bullard, have long failed ‘Scream’ out! to realize their own dreams in Co- ney Island. For Sitt, that’s meant selling his extensive holdings to the city, and retaining some land But is it the rides or the prices for an upcoming Stillwell Ave- nue flea market called BK Fes- tival that critics say is a poor that will have you wailing? substitute for year-round enter- tainment. By Alex Rush tractions. the sky. But, taken together, Scream The Brooklyn Paper The most expensive and most “It was pretty crazy,” said Zone and the 19-ride Luna Park exciting ride in the Surf Avenue first-time rider James Turpin, represent the first major invest- oney Island’s new amusement park, which opened April 24, is who traveled from New Jersey ments in Coney Island’s amuse- park lives up to its name for the Slingshot ($20). Thrill-seek- to experience the new park. ment zone since the now-shut- C two reasons: its thrill rides ers shouldn’t mind spending that Scream Zone’s fourth ride, the tered Jumbo Jet coaster was built and its prices. bill to be strapped in an oval pod Soarin’ Eagle roller coaster ($7), 40 years ago — and remain just a It costs $42 to ride all four at- that catapults more than 150 feet was closed due to mechanical is- first phase of what the Bloomberg tractions at Scream Zone, which in the air at 90 miles per hour. But sues. A Luna Park operator who Administration heralds as the features the first new roller coast- less adventurous Coney enthu- declined to give her name said transformation of the People’s ers in Coney Island since the Cy- siasts may prefer spending $20 that workers were still running Playground into a vibrant tour- clone in 1927. That kind of money on three beers at Ruby’s Bar on tests to see if the 66-foot-high ist destination. goes a lot farther in other parts the Boardwalk. coaster, which straps riders in Photo Callan by Tom “Over the past several decades of the People’s Playground, in- Other attractions include the a horizontal position, would be Horse play! The Steeplechase, one of the first roller coasters to debut in Coney Island Coney Island experienced little cluding Deno’s Wonder Wheel Steeplechase ($7), a mini coaster open this weekend. since the Cyclone, sends riders on a model horse through a series of twists and turns. investment, but we’re reversing Park on W. 12th Street where five that pays homage to the origi- With Scream Zone, opened on that trend,” said Deputy Mayor rides cost $25. But don’t scream nal Coney horse racing ride that April 24 by the same company ney Island. The area is now a near the Central Amusement In- $19-million park can make up Robert Steel at Scream Zone’s too much over your Scream Zone closed in 1964; and the Zenobio that runs Luna Park, the People’s balanced blend of old and new, ternational attractions. for some major losses in Coney opening ceremony on April 20. bill, as you’ll need to save your ($8), a 100-foot-tall beam that Playground got another dose of with the decades-old Cyclone and Scream Zone is a great time, Island, including the demise of “Luna Park was a phenome- voice for the death-defying at- somersaults its riders through the city’s vision for a “new” Co- Deno’s Wonder Wheel running but it remains to be seen if the the Siren Music Festival, and a nal success in its first year last summer, and the Scream Zone is sure to help bring more visi- The new rides at Coney Island’s Scream Zone are labeled “high thrill” attractions, as they are tors, activity and jobs to Coney meant to be the scariest rides in the amusement district. But some will make your voice more this year.” BUT HOW LOUD WILL YOU YELL? hoarse than others. Eventually, Luna Park and Scream Zone will be a part of a Slingshot Steeplechase Zenobio sprawling 24-7-365 hub of ho- Cost: $20 Cost: $8 tels, restaurants, shopping and Cost: $7 indoor attractions that will stretch Concept: An oval pod launches Concept: A roller coaster Concept: A 100-foot beam half-a-mile from the Cyclone near 150-feet-high and flips ad-nauseam. with model horses that travel somersaults riders at 60 miles W. Eighth Street to the Cyclones’ Rush factor: The Slingshot is the through a series of twists and per hour. MCU Park near W. 19th Street. most adrenaline-pumping ride in the turns. Rush factor: Too much Scream Zone [100 Surf Av- People’s Playground! I let out glass-shat- Rush factor: Accelerating time waiting, too little time flip- enue between W. 10th and tering screams as I somersaulted back- to 40 miles per hour in a about ping. Even with a view of the 12th streets in Coney Island, wards and forwards, only to plummet headfirst towards the ground. two seconds left my face stretched out, hair a mess and appetite for Verrazano, sitting motionless at the top of ride while other people (718) 373-5862], open week- The ride only lasts a minute, but that’s more than enough. excitement satisfied. Too bad the ride lasts only 30 seconds. boarded the opposite end of the beam was just plain boring. ends through Memorial Day, Screamometer: 5 Screamometer: 2 and daily after that. Tickets Screamometer: 3 $26-$30. For info, visit www. lunaparknyc.com.

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y the luck of the draw sire for access, tile quest for a window into for their performances and children because I know she and the flukes of the for the ability The my teenage world. And I un- games — these decisions of gave me too much freedom. B calendar, I’ve pulled to know about derstand all too well the frus- mine bear my mother’s mark, I’m freer with cash because the Mother’s Day column and participate tration of being shut out. in a good way. I hated money being used as this year. As a dad, I in- in my life. As Even before my parents And the bad? The laun- an exertion of her parental tend to celebrate my wife’s Dad power. I try to make educa- my teen girls divorced when I was 7-years- dry’s often late getting done, motherness with flowers, have more and old, my mother was the pri- and I can’t tell you how many tion a priority because it’s brunch, the usual appropri- more experi- By Scott Sager mary parent, so of course times I had to drop off my a principle of hers I bought ate stuff, but I find myself ences outside of I’ve internalized many of her daughters’ lunches at school into wholeheartedly. thinking about my mother `ÊvÊ-ÕiÀ my gaze, as they spend more immersed in screen conver- values. Dragging my kids to because I forgot to make My childhood has given "ÕÀÊ >« Ê >« and the ways her raising me time away from home, more sations and text dialogues museums and concerts, even them in the morning — so me choices about being the UÊ6>ÀiÌÞÊvÊ«À}À>ÃÊvÀÊ Aug. 29–Sept. 2 formed me into the parent parent I want to be. 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And since ( ) I have to admit I love being Ç£nÇnn*- Ê 7732 collected an assortment of period when Austro-Hungar- “It’s puppetry, Dooley,” the ed- www.parkslopedaycamp.com small spoons and forks I put ian craftsmen, artists, and mu- itor will say. “Give it a rave a dad, on her day I’ll thank out for my kids to use be- sicians came together in an epic and let’s move on. The kids her for being my mom. cause my mother did, and I burst of collaboration and cre- won’t notice anyway.” always thought it made meals ated something great. But I cannot remain silent entertaining. It was an era when puppets when the proud, ancient art There are also things I became legends and puppe- form to which I have dedi- don’t do as a parent. Grow- teers became gods. cated my life is treated like ing up, drawers weren’t I mention those happy days Photo Smith by TA a Medicaid mill. This is not, safe, bags and envelopes as a way of introducing this after all, the first time that were never secure from It’s the same Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, Tin Man and mildly controversial thought: the Scarecrow that you love, but Puppetworks’ I’ve cut the strings over Pup- her searching gaze. My the Golden Age is dead. petworks’ sometimes unin- mom found out I’d become The thought first occurred version of “The Wizard of Oz” is anything but a time-honored classic. spiring fare. a smoker by opening and to me midway through the Three years ago, I was reading a college housing first act of Puppetworks’ di- unimpressed by the the- form I’d left out to mail. sastrous production of “The land of Oz. ater’s production of Hansel My daughters occasion- Wizard of Oz” last week. The young tot and Gretel ( “Hansel and really leave their computers Any rendering of L. Frank who brought me gretal,” Sept. 2, 2008 ), which on and their e-mail accounts Baum’s book has one vital to the show no- turned a delightful tale into open, and it is tempting to set piece, the arrival of the ticed something a mirthless slog through ma- take a look. Or when papers tornado that kicks the plot was amiss — internal angst. litter their rooms, it’s entic- into motion. It is a moment deed, how could By Thurston Dooley III True, my rave over Puppet- ing to read the notes to or whose grandeur and spec- Dorothy’s house, works’ production of “Pinoc- from classmates, the scrib- tacle cannot be misplayed, which rocked and quivered fessional marionette theater, chio” (“No lie: This ‘Pinoc- bles and doodles that might lest disaster strike. next to the cyclone, already where scale and drama are chio’ rocks,” May 10, 2008), have meaning. But I don’t But in the production I be in the land of Oz? — but actually created in the view- was completely honest: the because I hated that sense witnessed, the tornado was ers’ imaginations. only organ that grew on my of intrusion in my own teen- for this critic, the disappoint- so inelegantly puppeted that I could have dismissed the face that day was my mouth age years. it knocked over a scrim cover- ment was far deeper. error but for the larger prob- — into a broad smile. Still, I’ve come to ap- ing up the backdrop for the next Mistakes like that sim- lems with this production. This But for the past few years, preciate my mother’s de- scene — a landscape from the ply cannot happen in pro- “Wizard of Oz,” of course, is I have felt that this Park Slope based on the MGM movie clas- institution has been cellphon- sic of the same name — the ing it in — an egregious sin in FREE KID’S MEAL EVERY NIGHT!!

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