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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2014 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/16 pages • Vol. 37, No. 49 • December 5–11, 2014 • FREE Gunshots echo in the stairwell Fatal police shooting of Red Hook man recalls Gowanus tragedy of 20 years ago

By Noah Hurowitz The Brooklyn Paper MORE INSIDE The fatal shooting of a Red Hook man by a rookie police of- Ferguson protest takes Flatbush Ave. ficer on Nov. 20 could have been SEE PAGE 12 prevented, said the father of the vic- tim of a similar shooting that took Paper reporter floored by officer place in Gowanus in 1994. Officer Peter Liang shot and SEE PAGE 12 killed Akai Gurley in a dark stair- well of the Louis H. Pink Houses torney Charles Hynes chose not to up on charges of criminally neglect in East New York at 11:15 pm on press charges. At a press confer- homicide,” Heyward said. “There Nov. 20, police said. Liang and an- ence called last week in response is no reason to shoot into the dark- other cop entered the stairwell on to Gurley’s death, Heyward reit- ness. He had no idea what he was the eight floor with weapons unhol- erated the demand that police stop shooting at.” stered and, when Gurley came in on assigning rookie officers to do so- A grand jury declined to bring the seventh floor, Liang fired once, called “vertical patrols” in public the same charge against Officer hitting him in the chest, an NYPD housing developments, which of- Richard Neri, who shot Stans- spokeswoman said. For one dad, the ficers were doing when both kill- death, which police commissioner ings occurred. He also restated his bury dead. Bill Bratton called an “unfortunate opposition to police patrolling with The most recent death came days accident,” kicked up memories of their weapons drawn, as they were before a Missouri grand jury de- his own son’s demise at the hands doing in both instances. clined to indict Ferguson cop Dar- of a police officer in a public hous- In 2004, between Gurley’s and ren Wilson for killing unarmed teen ing stairwell. Heyward’s deaths, an officer fatally Michael Brown, sparking protests “My son wasn’t committing no shot Timothy Stansbury, Jr. at the nationwide, including a massive, crime,” said Nicholas Heyward, Sr, Louis Armstrong Houses in Bed- traffic-stopping march down Flat- calling for prosecutors to indict Li- ford-Stuyvesant, under remarkably bush Avenue . On Wednesday, at ang. “These incidents aren’t trage- similar circumstances. At the time, press time, a Staten Island grand dies, they are murders. The police then–police chief Ray Kelly said jury declined to indict the officer are killing us.” he would review the protocol for who choked Gowanus native Eric Nicholas Heyward, Jr. was 13 on vertical patrols, and Borough Pres- Garner to death. Sept. 27, 1994, when an officer came ident Adams, then a police lieuten- It was against the backdrop of the upon him playing cops and robbers ant, called for an end to guns-out looming Ferguson decision that fire- in the Gowanus Houses building stairwell sweeps . brand Assemblyman Charles Bar- where he lived. Heyward was hold- Protocol then allowed for offi- ing a toy rifle. Friends reported hear- cer discretion in choosing to pull ron (D–East New York) organized ing him say “We’re playing!” before out a pistol, and it still does, Brat- a press conference calling for Li- the gunfire that took his life. Hey- ton told the Times in the wake of ang’s prosecution. At it, he pointed ward, Sr. says that the toy did not the Gurley shooting. out that Bratton was police chief look like an actual weapon. That is not okay, and inexperi- back when Heyward died.

In the aftermath, Heyward, Sr. Photo by Elizabeth Graham ence and nervousness do not excuse “Bratton is here to protect killer called for the cop responsible to be Nicholas Heyward, Sr. stands in front of a mural remembering his son Nicholas Heyward, Jr., who died in 1994 after a Liang’s behavior, Heyward said. cops,” Barron said. “This was not prosecuted, but then–District At- police officer on patrol in the Gowanus Houses shot him in a stairwell. “This officer should be brought an accident, it was a crime.” HOMEWARD BOUND have been trained to fight, or cats Williamsburg vegans rescue unloved animals with feline leukemia, which mous- ers can live with for years but is By Luke Tress warehouse and set to work find- takes all kinds of animals, in- usually grounds for euthanasia. for The Brooklyn Paper ing them homes. cluding at various times seagulls, Empty Cages is doing all it can It’s no animal left behind — They also pick up injured an- ducks, tarantulas, rabbits, snakes to stem the tide, said di- even rats. imals that other shelters are and guinea pigs. rector Jessica Zafonte, a A group of uber-veg- planning to kill, going so Neighbors some- Manhattanite. ans is rescuing animals, far as to fly furry friends times bring in- “People treat ani- including deeply un- from out-of-state to jured squirrels mals like they’re gar- spare them from be- and pigeons — the bage,” said Zafonte. popular, near-death ???! creatures such as ing euthanized. Empty Cages space fea- “We are a very high- poisoned rats and What keeps them go- tures an open area for kkill city.” maimed pigeons, ing is their vegan ide- birds to practice flying Most of Empty Cages’ charges and nursing ology, which views an- — and members say that each are pulled from shelters run by them to health RATS! imal rights as a cause on year they find chickens that es- Animal Care and Control of in Williams- par with the abo- caped the ritual slaughter of Yom NYC, a private group that gets burg. llition of slavery, Kippur, or that were abandoned city money and takes in any and The goal of the Empty Cages one volunteer said. after Easter. At least one rat has all species, but which euthanized Collective, according to its direc- “Racism is exactly come from the subway, but they 5,243 cats and dogs and 802 other tor, is simple: save as many an- the same as species- get most of their rodents from animals last year, according to imals as possible. To make this ism,” said Natalia Ta- laboratories and snake-food its website. Zafonte charges that happen, the volunteers that com- sic, a Bensonhurst breeders. Animal Care and Control shelters prise the organization field calls resident. New Yorkers kill and are often overcrowded, causing and dash across the city to re- Most rescue abandon thousands of many animals to fall sick. spond to tips about, say, a raccoon groups only accept animals each year, In a statement, the group ac- caught in a barbed-wire fence, cats and dogs, but PIGEONS! and shelters are le- knowledged the problem, but

Photo by Jason Speakman or an orphaned kitten crying in in pursuit of species gally allowed to put said it is working to address it Bay Ridge resident and Empty Cages volunteer Kenia Castellanos with her foster Egyptian the rain, then ferry the distressed equality, the Empty down healthy ones, through such measures as vac- spiny mouse Charlie. critters to the room they rent in a Cages Collective such as pit bulls that See VEGANS on page 12 Monarchy from the UK Our bespoke guide to Brooklyn for the royal couple

By Matthew Perlman true to the name, fish and chips are the Mill Basin because, you know, kings. The Brooklyn Paper signature item, alongside bangers and Kings Plaza Shopping Center (Av- The British are coming! mash and shepherd’s pie — but slum- enue U between Flatbush Avenue Prince William and Kate Middleton, ming it has a proud tradition among top- and E. 55th Street in Mill Basin, www. the duke and duchess of Cambridge, are hat-wearers for whom polo is a reason- kingsplazaonline.com). headed for Kings County next week. able sport and not a brand of clothing. New York Chess and Games The trip will be the royal couple’s first And with two locations a short carriage- Park Slope’s most prominent chess- to the borough, part of ride from the Barclays and-board-game retailer is conveniently a three-day New York Center, it’s an ultra-con- located across Flatbush Avenue from visit, and while here they venient option. Besides, the Barclays Center. It is perfectly posi- are scheduled to catch where else in Brooklyn tioned for the pair to pick up a chess-set can a homesick Brit find a Dec. 8 Nets game memento that, considering all their free a treacle pudding with time and disposable income, could have against LeBron “King” custard? James and his Cleveland them giving the whizzes at Edward R. The Chip Shop [129 Murrow a run for their money before you Cavaliers. is awesome Atlantic Ave. between Henry and Clinton can say “checkmate.” King them! Not much is public New York Chess and Games [192 about the posh pair’s plans for the day, streets in Brooklyn Heights, and 383 Flatbush Ave. at Dean Street in Park but we have some suggestions to round Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope, Slope, (718) 398–3727, www.newy- out what is sure to be an exciting stop- (718) 855–7775 and (718) 832–7701, orkchessandgameshop.com]. over for the world’s most famous wel- www.chipshopnyc.com]. fare recipients. Prince Hotel Kings Plaza We imagine the couple has pinned The Chip Shop If the couple wants to get some shop- down lodging for their visit, but if some-

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SM December 5–11, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3 Saying ‘Goodbye’ — again Williamsburg music venue gives up the ghost for good By Danielle Furfaro dio , Glasslands , Public As- The Brooklyn Paper sembly, and Spike Hill. Time to add another name “New York is making it to the ever-growing list of mu- impossible now for anyone to sic venues shutting down in make a buck doing anything Brooklyn. creative,” said Trimboli, who Goodbye Blue Monday, said the landlord approached the quirky music and perfor- the current owner with a new mance-art venue on Broadway lease where the rent was tri- in Bushwick, closed down on pled. “I am sure that sports Nov. 30, confirmed former bars or bars that only have owner Steve Trimboli. cover bands will stay open “I, for one, am both sad- forever.” dened and relieved,” said One artist we queried was Trimboli, who still assisted disgusted at the rate that mu- in some aspects of the busi- sic venues are closing. ness at the end. “If New York City wants Goodbye Blue Monday has to become an occupied terri- operated in fits and starts dur- tory for the wealthy only, by all means, let’s just admit it

ing the past few of years. The Photo by Stefano Giovannini venue held a series of benefit The drummer for the band Space Meow lit up and stop pretending already,” shows and an online fund-rais- Goodbye Blue Monday in March to raise money to said Rachel Eisley, founder of ing campaign in early 2013 to keep the venue open. Frantic fund-raisers saved it Teleportation Arts, a multi- disciplinary arts collective pay for upgrades to the falling- momentarily, but it shuttered at November’s end. apart facility. And the venue that operated out of a loft a announced earlier this year few doors down from Good- that it would close down if it ing to be broken down,” said shows. Bands typically passed bye Blue Monday until the did not come up with several Goodbye Blue Monday em- a hat to get paid. landlord found a higher-pay- thousands dollars to pay fines ployee Adeline Thery. “It is Several Brooklyn music ing tenant. “Good luck with it owed to the city. very sad.” venues have gone — or at least further gentrification at such But news of the closure still The venue was known for announced they are going — a pace. Once the artists are came as a blow, said one staff an open booking policy that the way of the dodo in the past forced out, we will not be member. allowed any band to play and several months. Those clo- paving the way for you any- “The community is go- for not charging a cover for sures include Death By Au- more.”

Dibeler. “I have always been a bit of a sadomasochist. I am The new pornographers afraid of spiders and I have a Lifeguards pet tarantula. I want to feel that anxiety.” Bushwick artists seeking amateur smut But don’t worry. No append- ages were lost in the making By Danielle Furfaro rum or place in which to have of Dibeler’s movies. The skin- The Brooklyn Paper these discussions or in which ephile commissioned a verita- Bow-chicka-wow-wow. to share,” she said. “I want to ble “Gray’s Anatomy” of pros- theses for the project. Wanted Bushwick art space Se- create a platform for that.” cret Project Robot is host- Leahy is still accepting sub- A few Brooklynites have al- ing an amateur porn festival missions, and the titles we sam- ready submitted flicks that are in the last weekend of Febru- pled are, shall we say, not con- not exactly porn, but are defi- Take the lifeguard qualifying test nitely raunchy and bizarre. ary, and an organizer who is so- ventionally sexy. One Park Slope animator liciting submissions says any- Shore Leah One aspiring smut peddler turned in a few titles, including and make a splash by becoming thing goes. Park Slope animator is working on an anthology of “horror-porn,” featuring such “Boobatary,” about a woman “We are open to every- Leah Shore’s prehensile- who types with her pendulous disturbing scenes as a woman thing,” said Simon Leahy — boobed creation. breasts. a NYC Parks lifeguard! and she means everything. “I slicing off her own breast, an- “I have been making an- would like to see some cool, mingle. The point of the whole other biting off a man’s penis, imated films for years and I weird fetish-anime stuff along- affair, according to Leahy, who and a third losing her teeth am a pervert, so this is per- side hot orgies.” also puts on the annual drag fes- while engaging in some ex- fect for me,” Leah Shore said. Abraham Lincoln High School In addition to X-rated-film tival Bushwig , is to support low- treme oral sex. The man behind “What is not to like about car- screenings, the weekend-long budget pornographers and show- the lens said his love of horror toon boobs?” 2800 Ocean Parkway blowout is set to include sex case the whole spectrum of kink movies and porn made his sub- Leahy will accept submis- workshops, demonstrations, and gender that is out there. mission a no-brainer. sions through Jan. 10. Visit Dec. 17: 5:00-7:00 p.m. and after-party mixers for tin- “Porn is something that we “It is like the ultimate thrill,” www.nycpornfilmfestival. gly-feeling cineastes looking to all consume, but there is no fo- said Bushwick director Jake com for details. Jan. 9: 5:00-7:00 p.m. Bushwick High School 400 Irving Ave. Dec. 11: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Dec. 18: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Fort Hamilton High School 8301 Shore Road Jan. 4: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Jan. 11: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. James Madison High School 3787 Bedford Ave. Dec. 13: 7:00-9:00 a.m. Dec. 20: 7:00-9:00 a.m. Metropolitan Pool & Fitness Center 261 Bedford Ave. Dec. 10: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Dec. 23: 6:00-8:00 p.m. New Utrecht High School 1601 80th St. Dec. 12: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Dec. 19: 3:30-5:30 p.m.

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*Outside NYC call (212) NEW-YORK. NYC Parks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 4 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 December 5–11, 2014

cording to a report. At some point, the phone Speed: Rated R fell out of his pocket and one of the delinquents grabbed it A scoundrel snatched a and ran, the authorities said. Bad houseguest steals $40K from hosts phone from a straphanger The victim’s girlfriend called aboard a Bay Ridge-bound R Someone stole a woman’s ing to a report. climb out of a broken window his phone a few minutes later 84TH PRECINCT train on Nov. 27, per cops. and a male voice answered, laptop from her Columbia Hard lesson of the restaurant, jog away, The train pulled into the Heights apartment on Nov. and make his getaway on a a report states. Brooklyn Heights– A crook filched a wom- POLICE BLOTTER Bay Ridge Avenue station, 20, according to the author- nearby B61 bus headed to- “Yeah, b----, I have your DUMBO–Boerum Hill– an’s wallet in a Smith Street and when the doors opened, ities. ward Downtown, a report phone,” the fiend supposedly Downtown coffee shop on Nov. 19, of- Find more online every Wednesday at the thief ripped the phone The 43-year-old victim states. said, then hung up. A crook stole $40,000 in ficers reported. from the 51-year-old man’s said she left the side door to BrooklynPaper.com/blotter The owners of the restau- cash from a family he had The 32-year-old victim hands and fled the station, her apartment between Or- rant are working to figure out been staying with for a year said she was tutoring someone police said. 90TH PRECINCT ange and Cranberry streets window of the cab to take his because she would not go on if the trespasser swiped any- when he moved out of their in the cafe between Wykoff — Max Jaeger unlocked at 3:15 am, and when phone while the third started a date with him. Emergency thing, officers related. Southside–Bushwick Jay Street apartment on Nov. and Bergen streets at 4:30 pm she checked it at noon the door kicking the side of the vehicle medical personnel took her to FaceTime 10, according to police. and left her bag unattended Kid and — hey! had been opened. The crook to create a distraction. Brooklyn Hospital Center for 94TH PRECINCT A goon shot a man in the A 31-year-old resident at a table for an hour. A brute stole a child’s cell- made off with a laptop, po- The hack fought to get his treatment, a report states. face during an argument in of the apartment between When she went to get it, phone on Baltic Street on Nov. Greenpoint–Northside lice recounted. phone back, succeeded, and an apartment building on York and Front streets said she found the purse on the Quick pick 24, cops said. peeled out, police said. Cops Serial outcast Hewes Street on Nov. 27, the 48-year-old suspect was Insecure floor and the billfold van- A sneak stole a woman’s The 11-year-old boy was found the suspects 15 min- Cops cuffed a young man cops said. a family friend and had been A sneak snatched a wom- ished, cops said. The wallet purse from her car as she un- between Hoyt and Smith utes later in front of a building who they say went on a ram- The 32-year-old victim a longtime house-mate. The an’s wallet as she went contained debit and credit loaded groceries in front of streets at 3:10 pm when the on Carlton Avenue between page on Bedford Avenue on said that he was in the lobby suspect had started abusing through security at the Mu- cards and personal checks, a Grand Avenue building on bully snatched his $50 LG Myrtle and Park avenue, ac- Nov. 26 that ended with him of the building between S. alcohol, and the victim asked nicipal Building on Joralemon police related. Nov. 24, cops said. cellphone out of his hand, ac- assaulting an officer. Third and S. Fourth streets him to move out, according Street on Nov. 19, law en- cording to officers. Two of cording to the authorities. Cable vision The 45-year-old victim The man’s first stop was a at 4:58 pm when he got into to a report. forcement officials stated. the suspects are 16-years- A Plymouth Street build- said she parked between The galoot then rifled pizzeria between N. Seventh an argument with two guys After he left, the woman The 55-year-old victim old, and the third is 18, per Greene and Lexington ave- through the victim’s pock- found that $40,000 was miss- ing’s former employee carted police. and N. Eighth streets, accord- in the hallway and one of said she entered the build- off a television out of the nues at 11:35 am and left her ets and demanded money, ing to a report. The clerk said them pulled a gun and let ing from the top drawer of her ing between Adams and Court Shirt hurt handbag in the vehicle as she police reported. dresser, the account states. lobby on Nov. 16, the au- that the suspect walked into off a round. streets at 10 am, and placed thorities recounted. A man was arrested for unloaded her groceries. She When he turned up no loot, the business at 1:55 am and The incident was caught The guy moved out at 3 pm her billfold in a basket to be returned 15 minutes later to he took off with the device on Nov. 10, and could have A 34-year-old worker at the stealing a sweatshirt from a started complaining about the on camera and showed the scanned. When she went to find the purse gone, according down Baltic Street toward taken the dough anytime after building between Bridge and person waiting for the bus at seating and service. He then gunman shoot, then grab the retrieve the wallet, it was Water streets said the 48-year- Lafayette Avenue on Nov. 30, to an official account. Hoyt Street, per police. picked up a chair and bashed shell casing and scram, po- 10 am on Nov. 5, the woman gone, and with it, $5 in cash related. old strolled in and comman- the authorities reported. Phone it in — Noah Hurowitz the clerk in the head, accord- lice recounted. The victim and credit and debit cards, deered the 32-inch set at 3 The 39-year-old victim ing to the authorities. was taken to Bellevue Hos- Train pain cops said. Three degenerates stole a am. A security camera cap- reported he was waiting for man’s phone near the corner 68TH PRECINCT “If you call the police, I pital Center in critical con- A tough guy stole a man’s the bus near Fulton Street at Auto-billing tured the crime, according of Washington and Lafayette Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights will burn the place down,” dition, according to the au- wallet aboard a 2 train on Nov. A bandit burgled a car to a police report. 8:35 pm and saying goodbye the accused allegedly threat- thorities. 17, according to police. avenues on Nov. 25, accord- Brutal parked behind MetroTech to a friend when the suspect ing to the authorities. ened. No love The 64-year-old victim Center on Nov. 20, cops sauntered up, grabbed a navy A wicked woman blind- Police say a few minutes said he was riding the train 88TH PRECINCT The 36-year-old victim Police arrested a 43-year- said. blue Hanes hoodie from his was chatting on his phone at sided a random lady, punch- later the same fellow waltzed at 5:15 pm when a fiend wear- Fort Greene–Clinton Hill hands, and punched him in ing her in the face and steal- into a restaurant on N. Eighth old man who they say beat his The 25-year-old victim 11:10 pm when the treacher- brother with a tennis racquet ing a green jacket, gray hat, the head. ing her purse on 73rd Street Street between Bedford Av- said someone informed him Double trouble ous trio came up from be- during a family dispute on and sunglasses jammed him When the victim tried to in Dyker Heights on Nov. 25, enue and Berry Street and that two men were inside his Thieves stole two cars from hind him, one of the fiends Seigel Street on Nov. 28. against the door of the train, pull the shirt back, the sus- police reported. tried to rob the place. car, which was parked on Tech Waverly Avenue overnight on snatched it, and all three took The victim said he was fished around in his pocket, Place between Lawrence and Nov. 29 — and they both be- pect punched him in the The 58-year-old victim “I am a f------sniper and and removed his wallet. off running on Saint James at the apartment he shares Bridge streets, at 3:30 am. longed to the same man who head again and took off, Place towards Greene Ave- said she was near 12th Av- this is going to be the worst The scalawag hopped off police said. Cops caught up enue between 7:30 pm and with his father and brother He went out to check and lost his keys, cops said. nue, cops said. day of your life,” he suppos- between Graham and Man- the train at Clark Street and discovered his wallet taken, The 56-year-old victim with the robbery suspect, a 7:45 pm when the fiend came edly told the staff. “I want all fled, cops said. The wallet 20-year-old, at 8:51 pm, four Chopper down up behind her, socked her in hattan avenues at 2:50 am according to the NYPD. said he misplaced the keys the money inside.” when an argument turned contained $50 in cash, an Ital- He told officers the wallet before parking his 2011 blocks away at Fulton Street Someone swiped a man’s the face, and fled with the One of the waiters called ian identification card, and a and Carlton Avenue, accord- motorcycle after he parked it handbag. violent. contained debit and credit Honda at 8:30 pm between the cops, and officers took His brother beat him on debit card, police said. cards. Gates and Greene avenues. ing to the NYPD. on Flatbush Avenue Exten- Tool crime the man to the 94th Precinct sion on Nov. 12 and went to the arm with the racquet Tough breakup Luggage lifted His wife parked their 2005 Class act Someone stole $6,960 in on Meserole Avenue. There and punched him in the work, cops said. he threw a cop to the floor, A bar patron hit a man in A lowlife stole a bunch of Mercury on the same block Authorities arrested a stu- power tools from an Oving- face several times, leaving the head for trying to break at 2 pm, according to a po- The 39-year-old owner injuring the officer’s back clothes and jewelry from a dent who they say attacked said he left his wheels be- ton Avenue home sometime him banged up and sporting up a fight between him and lice report. between Nov. 26 and Nov. and neck, police claim. The parked car on Dean Street on a classmate with a chair in a tween Willoughby and Fleet a shiner, according to a re- his girlfriend in a Smith Street The man came out at 10:30 27, cops said. officer was taken to Belle- Nov. 22 or 23, police said. Clermont Avenue school on streets at 7 am, and that when port. Police charged the sus- watering hole on Nov. 23, po- am the next day and found The resident, who lives be- vue Hospital Center and the The 32-year-old victim Nov. 24, for refusing to go he returned three hours later pect with assault. lice said. that both rides were gone, tween 12th and 13th avenues suspect was hit with several said she left her luggage in on a date with him, accord- it was gone. Fraidy cat The 35-year-old victim the report says. in Bensonhurst, said the sneak charges, including assault and her boyfriend’s car, which he ing to police. Cops found a lock used to said he saw the 33-year-old broke into the basement be- attempted robbery. A would-be cat burglar left between Nevins Street Hack attack The youngsters were in secure the bike broken on the scurried out of the window suspect fighting with his gal and Third Avenue at 11 pm Cops cuffed three teens class at the high school be- tween 5:30 pm on Nov. 26 Bad son pal at 3:30 am inside the sa- ground nearby, according to and 6 pm the next day and of a Scholes Street home on on Nov. 22. who they say tried to steal a tween Fulton Street and At- a police report. A man was arrested for Nov. 27 when he realized loon between Wyckoff and When they returned to the cabbie’s phone at the corner lantic Avenue at 1:15 pm when took the goods. beating his elderly mother Warren streets. He was try- — Matthew Perlman the tenant was inside, offi- car at 1 pm the next day, her of Washington Park and Myr- the 18-year-old suspect sup- Frisky with a pan on Huron Street on cers said. ing to intervene when the ac- stuff was gone, cops said. tle Avenue on Nov. 26. posedly became enraged and Nov. 27, police reported. cused hit him in the head with A cat burglar took a camera The 27-year-old resident The suitcases contained The 49-year-old driver bashed the 17-year-old vic- 76TH PRECINCT The 73-year-old victim an unknown object, cutting and two gold chains from an of the pad between Hum- $500 in cash, five portable said the group hailed him tim in the back with the fur- Carroll Gardens– said that she confronted her him, then took off running, Ovington Avenue residence boldt Street and Bushwick hard drives, a pearl neck- at 7:15 pm, and while one of niture, officers stated. Cobble Hill–Red Hook son about his drinking prob- according to cops. on Nov. 28, officers stated. Avenue said he was in bed lace, emerald earrings, and the youths asked him about a The victim said the sus- Fluid assets The resident, who lives lem in their home between at 2 am when the prowler Laptop lifted a bunch of clothes, accord- ride, another reached into the pect had been harassing her McGuinness Bouvelard and A burglar cleaned out a between Fifth and Sixth av- popped his head through the Provost Street at 2 pm. car wash on Hamilton Ave- enues in Bay Ridge, said window. “You drinking again?” she nue sometime overnight on someone entered the house The intruder and the man said she asked her son. Dec. 1, according to a po- through a fire-escape window stared at each other for a mo- The suspect responded lice report. and bagged the loot while he ment, then the trespasser that he was going to kill her, “I needed surgery but An employee of the busi- was out, sometime between traipsed off, cops stated. picked up a pan, and smashed ness between Centre and Mill 9 am and 11:30 pm, NYPD As far as the victim could her in the face, head, and streets told cops he had locked officials said. tell, no items were stolen, he body, according to cops. couldn’t be out of up for the night at 6 pm. When Trickster said. The accused also picked he returned the next day at 8 A grifter conned an el- up a pair of scissors and held Easy money am, $1,800 in cash was miss- derly woman out of $1,500 them to his mom’s neck, of- A thief grabbed an enve- commission for too long.” ing from the register, offi- on Nov. 22, according to the ficers stated. Police charged lope containing $600 out of cers stated. authorities. the man with assault. a woman’s hand was on Gra- The specialists at New York Methodist The prowler may have en- The fraudster called the ham Avenue on Nov. 28, po- tered the business through a 71-year-old at her 74th Street Mean teens lice said. Hospital are a step ahead in using robotic hole in the wall that allowed home in Bay Ridge at 10 pm A crew of punks beat a The 24-year-old woman surgery to treat conditions in a growing access from an abandoned and said she owed money to man and stole his phone on said she was between De- building next door, employ- the Internal Revenue Service, Manhattan Avenue on Nov. bevoise Street and Flushing number of fields including prostate cancer, ees said. police said. 21, police related. Avenue at 1 pm with the en- Today’s specials The con artist told the The victim said that he was velope in her hand when the gynecological and urologic disorders, tho- at the corner of Meeker Ave- An intruder busted into a granny to buy a prepaid debit crook jumped in front of card and read the card number nue at 2:40 pm when the ter- her, snatched the cash, and racic surgery and more. This technique Columbia Street restaurant and personal identification rible teens surrounded him booked it towards Tompkins through the window on Dec. is known to be extremely precise, with number to him over the phone, and set to punching him in Avenue. 1, NYPD officials said. and the victim complied, ac- the head. — Danielle Furfaro fewer complications – and typically results A witness was passing the in a quicker recovery, less pain, and eatery between Kane and De- graw streets at 6:15 am when shorter hospital stay for patients. 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Katya Moorman Katya in Kings County is vibrant, but she wants to see more attention paid to publications from the past. “In Brooklyn it feels like there’s so much mo- mentum behind literary culture,” said Heather O’Donnell, who also owns Honey and Wax Book- sellers. “But there was no tradition of this kind Doin’ it for thems-elves of rare book fair here.” The draw for rare books lies in the story be- hind them as much as the stories they contain, Artists open Christmas tree lot in B’wick said Stephanie Valdez, who owns Terrace Books, which will be selling at the fair. By Colin Mixson has to be weather proof.” that way,’ ” he said. “It could “They’re not only chosen for their content, for The Brooklyn Paper Costello said he created SHOPS be a really creative and inter- but for the specialness of the edition,” she said. Christmas Town with fellow esting place to come to.” “And they usually have a story.” Christmas Town [6 ou’ll have the pine of performance artist Travis Se- Charles Pl., a cul-de-sac In addition to selling Ver- One of the books Valdez has up for sale is a your life! horn to provide locals with a off Myrtle Avenue be- mont-farmed trees, Costello first edition of “Stoner,” a 1965 novel by John Y Two artists calling fun and immersive holiday tween Evergreen and and Sehorn’s yuletide em- Williams. After the book’s original publication, themselves the Union of shopping experience. Bushwick avenues in porium will offer complete it nearly disappeared completely and was not Bushwick, www.facebook. tree-decorating kits, each of printed again until the early 2000s. Human-Sized Elves have Employees will serve cos- com/christmastownbk). opened a new tree-stand in tumers while wearing full elf Runs until Dec. 24. See which feature up to 18 or- O’Donnell will be hawking an original edi- Bushwick dubbed Christ- regalia, and the pop-up shop website for up-to-date naments, a tree topper, and tion of Virginia Wolfe’s writing diary, which was mas Town, where you can will play host to several hol- calendar of events and garlands, all designed and owned by Wolfe’s sister Vanessa Bell. buy Vermont pines straight iday-themed events and ac- performances. hand-made by 10 artists It might take some digging to find what you from Santa’s helpers and pur- tivities during its run, the or- from Brooklyn and across are looking for, Valdez said, but the reward for chase hand-crafted decorat- ganizers said, including film the country. your efforts can be priceless. ing kits outside a life-sized screenings, game shows, or- sical experiences offered by The ornament kits will be “Having a beautiful edition of your favorite gingerbread house. Just don’t nament-crafting for kids, and other Kings County Christ- part of a display called the book is a special experience,” she said. taste the walls, warned one an elf making mittens from mas tree vendors, which Cos- Lovely Branches Gallery out- Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair at the Old Stone organizer. old sweaters. tello described as “run by side Christmas Town’s faux- House [336 Third St. between Fourth and Fifth

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A EBR TIN EL G C YEARS Punk’s not dead! 0 Writer revives ’80s hardcore scene By Noah Hurowitz The Brooklyn Paper

et out your Doc Mar- tens and your reading G glasses. A hardcore historian will bring the heyday of New York’s hardcore punk scene back to life at Dumbo’s Pow- erHouse Arena on Dec. 11. Music writer Tony Rettman will take over the bookstore for the launch of his new oral history of the scene’s early days, “NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990.” The event will also feature dis- cussions with several legend- ary figures from the era, a DJ spinning classic hardcore tracks, and a market selling hardcore albums and mer- chandise. Told in the words of the musicians and artists who made the scene what it was, Rettman said his book paints a picture more inti- mate and complete than any archivist could put together. “Putting together a puzzle of how it went down is more impor- tant than putting my NewN York, hardcore: Music witer Tony Rettman,

own two cents,” said authora of “NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980– Photo by Cate Dingley the author. 1990.1 Rettman, who greww up in central New Jer-- sey, found his wayy tties and enthusiastically into hardcore throughh wwelcoming young con- BOOKS his older brother, whoo cert-goers. started bringing him too “These guys seemed “NYHC: New York Hard- core 1980–1990” launch shows in New York inin like they should be beat- at PowerHouse Arena the summer of 1984. He ing me up, but they were [37 Main Street between was only 12 at the time,me, super encouraging,” he Water and Front streets in but Rettman said it ddidid said. Dumbo, (718) 666–3049, not take long for him to Rettman’s knowledge powerhousearena.com]. Dec. 11 at 6 pm. Free. take the do-it-yourself meatheads raised on the of the hardcore punk scene in ethos of the scene to heart, mean streets. But Rettman New York fades after 1990, and he created a fanzine in said he saw the rough reputa- when he moved to southern Sheer Terror, Richie Birken- which he interviewed the tion not as an affectation but New Jersey to open a record head of Youth of Today, and members of now-legendary as the reality of those mu- store. He said the idea for the artist Sean Taggart, who was bands such as Gorilla Bis- sicians’ lives. And it didn’t book came to him after a piece responsible for a staggering cuits and Youth of Today. keep them from being sup- he did for the Village Voice, volume of the do-it-yourself New York’s hardcore portive of younger mem- which left him with far more show fliers in the early days scene has always had a tough, bers of the scene. At one interview material than he of the scene. Howie Abrams, macho reputation, with bands show, he remembers see- could ever squeeze into the the former label manager of such as Agnostic Front, Cro- ing a burly member of the article. short-lived hardcore imprint Mags, and Madball putting band Stormtroopers of Death Joining Rettman at the In-Effect Records, will disc- forth an image of muscular passing out a sack of bow- launch will be Paul Bearer of jockey songs from the era.

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his work with the free-form collective tured songs rather than the improvi- RosnerEd known as No Neck Blues Band and sational focus that marked its previ- Right-on: Rhyton plays Union Hall in Williamsburg on Dec. 10. his country-folk project D. Charles ous releases. Speer and the Helix, the Greenpoint “It was just a process of trying to But while all the newfound interest multi-instrumentalist is attracting explore options and possibilities,” MORE MUSIC in his art is an exciting turn of events, some mainstream interest via his Shuford said of the band’s new song- Shuford said it also comes at a com- writing approach. “It was a way to Rhyton plays Union Pool [484 Union plicated time for him and bandmates new project Rhyton. Ave. between Skillman Avenue and

Associated Press / Robert E. Klein The instrumental trio, which is keep it interesting for ourselves and Conselyea Street in Williamsburg, bassist Jimy SeiTang and drummer playing Union Hall in Williamsburg have some contrasting moods for our (718) 599–1450, www.union -pool. Rob Smith. Namely, they are not as on Dec. 10, combines Shuford’s pri- live shows.” com]. Dec. 10 at 9 pm. $8. young as they used to be. mary musical interests — psyche- Shuford also keeps things stimu- “It’s harder to organize people delic rock and traditional sounds from lating by utilizing the bouzouki and try and his musical curiosity. when they get older,” said Shuford. Greece and the Middle East — into the saz, stringed instruments that date “Once you learned the scales and har- “When both they and myself have a heady and hypnotic blend. back to the mid-18th century and are monic structures that worked for those families, it’s not as easy to be able That might sound like enough to ancestors of the guitar. Shuford said instruments, it opens up some new ave- to drop everything and say, ‘Let’s go pique the interest of most music crit- his interest in these tools has helped nues of technique that I never would have do this weird thing for six hours on Gamble on! ics, but it wasn’t until the band re- connect him to both his Greek ances- thought to engage with,” he said. Saturday.’ ”

Musicians form bands in a day DOR”: Gabriel Kahane’s by the Hindu goddess Kali “The Ambassador” uses by artist Chitra Ganesh. the city of Los Angeles as $16 suggested. 11 am–6 9 DAYS... a lens to view perspectives pm. Brooklyn Museum [200 for Brooklyn Rock Lottery of different lives through Continued from page 8 Eastern Pkwy. at Washing- song and theater. $20–$35. ton Avenue in Prospect 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey The- By Danielle Furfaro was created in one day and 2100], www.brooklynpubli- Heights, (718) 638–5000], clibrary.org. ater [651 Fulton St. at Rock- The Brooklyn Paper you’re never going to see it MUSIC well Place in Fort Greene, www.brooklynmuseum.org. again,” said event creator (718) 636–4100], www. MUSIC, THE XMAS POP abba gabba hey you Tierney Stout. Brooklyn Rock Lottery MON, DEC. 8 bam.org. SING-ALONG:. With an at Baby’s All Right [146 COMEDY, BLARIA LIVE!: ugly sweater contest and never know! The musicians will all Broadway at Bedford THEATER, “ALMOST, hosted by comedians free milk and cookies. $10. G A cavalcade of meet up at 10 am on Dec. Avenue in Williamsburg, MAINE!”: The Brooklyn Phoebe Robinson and Jes- 9:30 pm. Union Hall [702 highly-regarded indie rock 6. The five drummers in the (718) 599–5800, www. College Department of sica Williams, with Gary Union St. at Fifth Avenue babysallri ght.com)] Dec. Theater presents short Gulman, Ilana Glazer, Jena artists will participate in pool will be made captains 6 at 9 pm. $15. in Park Slope, (718) 638– plays that explore love Friedman, Travon Free, and 4400], www.unionhallny. this year’s incarnation of and will be each be issued a and loss in a town called more. $12 ($10 advance). 8 com. Brooklyn Rock Lottery, a band of four other players. Almost, Maine. $12. 2 pm. pm. Union Hall [702 Union day-long event where mu- Then the new bands will go some serious magic during New Workshop Theater at St. at Fifth Avenue in Park sicians are put into bands off to nearby practice spaces that time. One year, Greg Brooklyn College [Campus Slope, (718) 638–4400], SAT, DEC. 13 with people they have never to write and rehearse a set- Saunier of art-rock band Road between Hillel Place www.unionhallny.com. and Avenue H in Midwood, READING, BROOKLYN’S played with before and then list of between three and five Deefhoof was grouped (718) 951–4500], www. BEST BAKERS AND TREAT have 12 hours to write songs songs. They are allowed to with members of Japanese depthome.brooklyn.cuny. THURS, DEC. 11 MAKERS: Taste treats from and get them performance- include one cover tune, but punk band Peelander Z, ex- edu/theater. Ben Cohen Ben TALK, WHAT’S NU — THE local bakeries including ready for a show that eve- all of the rest must be orig- perimental indie rock duo L.A. gear: Singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane per- STATE OF BROOKLYN’S Ovenly, Baked, LiddaBit ning at Baby’s All Right in inals. The groups will then Buke and Gase, and singer- TUES, DEC. 9 JEWISH DELIS: Deli his- Sweets, One Girl Cookies, forms his Los Angeles-themed work “The Ambassa- torian Ted Merwin leads a and Four & Twenty Black- Williamsburg. return to the venue in the songwriters Liam Finn and discussion with the owners The 25 musicians in this evening, where each band Nandi Plunkett. The forma- FILM, “THE AFRICAN AMERI- dor” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dec. 10. birds. Free. 3–5 pm. Pow- CANS MANY RIVERS TO of Junior’s, Jay and Lloyd’s erHouse Arena [37 Main St. year’s show will include will play a set of around 15– tion ended up staying to- CROSS — THE BLACK AT- Kosher Deli, and Mile End. at Water Street in Dumbo, COMEDY, “THE FANCY structors or simply spend $10. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Travis Morrison from the 25 minutes. gether, recording a 7-inch LANTIC”: First of a three- (718) 666–3049], www.pow- Dismemberment Plan, Bob “I never get the chance and playing a few more part screening of the PBS SHOW”: Free. 8 pm. time with fellow makers. Historical Society [128 Pier- Bar Reis [375 Fifth Ave. All experience levels and repont St. at Clinton Street erhousearena.com. D’Amico of Sebadoh and to improvise with complete shows. series. Columbia University professor Christopher between Fifth and Sixth ages 10 and up welcome. in Brooklyn Heights, (718) WINTER BALL: Featuring live Fiery Furnaces, and Brian strangers,” said Drew Citron “It is really cool when Brown will lead a discussion streets in Park Slope, (718) Free. 1–3 pm. Brooklyn 222–4111], www.brooklyn- swing music from Michael Chase of the Yeah Yeah of Brooklyn band Beverly. these musicians are forced following the screening. 974–2412]. Farmacy & Soda Fountain history.org. Arenella and His Dream- Yeahs (pictured top). It is “It should be really fun.” to play together,” said Stout. Free. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn [513 Henry St. at Sackett land Orchestra. $150. 8 literally a once-in-a-lifetime This is the fifth year that “There is a good chance Historical Society [128 Pier- Street in Carroll Gardens, pm. Irondale Center [85 S. repont St. at Clinton Street WED, DEC. 10 (718) 522–6260], www. FRI, DEC. 12 Oxford St. at Lafayette Av- show, said an organizer. Stout has organized the they never would have in Brooklyn Heights, (718) ART, KNIT AND CROCHET brooklynfarmacyandsoda- ART, “CHITRA GANESH — enue in Fort Greene, (718) “There is something Brooklyn Rock Lottery, crossed paths if it was not 222–4111], www.brooklyn- GROUP: Learn how to fountain.com. EYES OF TIME”: A site- 488–9233], www.irondale. pretty special knowing this and the project has created for this.” history.org. crochet and knit with in- MUSIC, “THE AMBASSA- specifi c installation inspired org.

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at the end of Humboldt Street. Creek’s plant is the biggest banned the practice in 1988. The old boats stopped at the in the city, with sewage com- For many years afterwards, mouth of the fetid inlet to ing in from more than a mil- the city turned the dried-up drain an 800,000-gallon stor- lion people in Williamsburg, dung into fertilizer, but it re- OOZE SHIPS age tank on shore, connected Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyve- cently decided the effort was by pipeline to the plant. Now sant, Greenpoint, and lower too expensive. the tank, at the foot of Dupont Manhattan. It does not dewa- Today, getting rid of the Hauling sewage from Newtown Creek Street, has been dismantled ter, so its sludge gets shipped cake costs the city $73 to $77 to make way for the Green- to Wards Island. per ton. By Tyler J. Kelley other being water. The new “When that glass is full, point Landing mega-devel- At Wards Island the goop The new boats were partly for The Brooklyn Paper boats, costing $106 million you better have another glass opment and an expansion of goes into a centrifuge, where covered by a federal stimulus These boats are made for altogether, are necessary be- there in a hurry,” he said. Newtown Barge Park. it is spun until the separation grant, but the cost of waste- human-waste trafficking. cause New York’s toilets are When a boat is late, the Photo by Tyler Kelley The Department of Envi- occurs. The solid, a black-dirt- water treatment is passed on always flushing. city has a “sludge emergency,” On Nov. 25 the city chris- The Port Richmond, one of three new sewage- ronmental Protection esti- like substance called “cake,” is to consumers by way of their “The sludge never stops,” Arnold added, though he de- tened three new sludge boats, transport boats designed to navigate the treacher- mates that its boats transport handed off to a private contrac- water bill. said Gordon Arnold, captain clined to elaborate. the vessels used to transport ous shoals of Newtown Creek. 1.2 billion gallons of sludge tor for disposal, in landfills and According to the depart- the refined sewage of waste- of the Port Richmond, one of The Port Richmond and each year. Of the city’s 14 in abandoned mines in Penn- ment’s deputy commissioner water treatment facilities, in- the new boats. her fellow fleet members wastewater treatment plants, sylvania. The nitrogen-rich liq- for design and construction, cluding the onion-domed plant To get a picture of what the Rockaway, and the Hunt’s sioning two older boats and of muck. eight are equipped to separate uid, or centrate, is eventually the new boats went into ser- on Newtown Creek in Green- the sludge boats do in relation Point, come custom-designed keeping another, so the fleet Unlike their predecessors, the liquid in the sludge from released as clean water. vice just in time. point. The sludge that gives to sewage plants, imagine a to navigate the shallow waters will soon total four. Each of the new boats can load sludge the solid, a process known The city used to dump “We’re getting ready for the watercraft their name is drinking glass placed under of Newtown Creek and the the new vessels takes six peo- directly from the Newtown as dewatering. The other six the sludge in the ocean, 12 the busiest day of the year,” one of two byproducts of the a pitcher that is always pour- low clearance of the Pulaski ple to operate and can carry Creek Wastewater Treatment plants must ship their goop miles offshore, according Vincent Sapienza said. “Black sewage treatment process, the ing liquid, Arnold said. Bridge. The city is decommis- as many as a million gallons Plant, nearly a mile upstream to those eight. Newtown to Arnold, until Congress Friday.”

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By Matthew Perlman and Noah Hurowitz The Brooklyn Paper me at protest Demonstrators surged over the Manhattan Bridge By Noah Hurowitz the weapon’s full force, but it on Nov. 25 to protest a grand The Brooklyn Paper had already knocked me off jury’s decision not to charge A police officer hit me in my perch. white Ferguson, Missouri the stomach with a baton while “I’m press! I’m press!” I police officer Darren Wilson I was covering the Ferguson yelled as I fell backwards to with any crimes for shooting protests on Nov. 25. the street. black teen Michael Brown The night before, a Mis- I landed on both feet, but by dead in August. souri grand jury decided not the time I caught my balance A thousand protesters to indict Officer Darren Wil- the officer was gone. poured over the roadway of son for shooting unarmed teen The blow didn’t leave a the bridge from Manhattan Michael Brown to death in mark, and it was not any- around 8:45 pm that night. where near the extreme end Photo by Arthur De Gaeta August, sparking riots in the Police officers turned back (Right) Hundreds of demonstrators sat down for small Midwestern town and of the spectrum of NYPD an earlier attempt to cross the protests across the country, in- protest experiences — I’ve Williamsburg Bridge, and four minutes of silence at the intersection of Flat- Community News Group / Noah Hurowitz bush and Atlantic avenues on Nov. 25, protesting cluding some in New York that heard of my peers spending one clubbed a reporter for the night in handcuffs for the grand jury decision not to indict the police of- The Rev. Al Sharpton’s including the choking death but also calling for calm in fanned out across the Brook- this paper in the stomach in National Action Network or- of Gowanus native Eric the wake of riots in Fergu- lyn and Manhattan bridges. less, and protesters have fa- the process . A Bronx mom, ficer who killed Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael ganized the daytime rally, Garner on Staten Island, son the night prior. The next evening, having mously been pepper-sprayed marching towards the head Brown. (Above) Earlier that day Thomas Kimble of which also included mem- and the shooting of Red “The rallying cry is al- heard protesters would be and beaten for doing nothing of the crowd on the Man- Crown Heights attended a rally in Cadman Plaza. bers of New York Commu- assembling in Manhattan’s more than standing on a side- hattan-bound Manhattan Hook resident Akai Gur- ways going to be justice nities for Change. Union Square, I headed far walk with a sign — but it is Bridge roadway with her ley by a rookie cop in the and equity,” he said. “But ers, according to a spokes- Wilson, in newly released afield from my Carroll Gar- worth noting. 9- and 10-year-old daugh- down Flatbush and turned stairwell of an East New we also need to have peace- onto Park Place into Pros- woman. grand jury testimony, main- York public housing devel- ful protests.” dens and Park Slope beat to I was not wearing an NYPD ter and son, said she wanted see what would happen. press pass, which officers can them to grow up in a world pect Heights, where rabble- The demonstration fol- tained that the unarmed opment last week. A pair of Brooklyn Law rousers shouted “Join us!” lowed road-blocking civil Brown trapped him in his On Wednesday, just be- School students from Cob- At 8 pm, an hour into one require to cross police lines where Wilson’s actions could and enter certain NYPD func- to onlookers on their stoops, disobedience on the Brook- patrol car and attacked him fore press time, a grand jury ble Hill joined the activ- of the many marches that not go unpunished. tions, but I wasn’t crossing any garnering scattered cheers lyn and Manhattan bridges on Aug. 9, saying that the declined to charge the of- ists. set out in different direc- “I’m here because I want police lines, either. I was also in response. early that morning, which 6-foot-4 18-year-old “looked ficer who a coroner de- They were disappointed tions across the city, I was justice for my kids,” Taisha in a group of a thousand dem- not carrying a sign or wearing, Police walked alongside also went off without arrests, like a demon” and made him termined choked Garner in the decision, but from a Herrera said. onstrators as they attempted say, a bandana over my face, Most motorists tempo- this portion of the march according to reports. fear for his life. to death when Garner ob- legal perspective. with their batons drawn, Police Commissioner Wilson, also 6-foot-4 but to swarm up the Williams- or doing anything to indicate rarily stranded on the span jected to being “harassed” “It’s not that he was burg Bridge roadway from that I was a protester. remained quiet behind the but did not respond to copi- William Bratton explained 50 pounds lighter, described as officers stopped him on found innocent,” said Cam ous curses directed at them, the hands-off policing of a struggle over his gun that Delancey Street. A phalanx I was not entirely surprised, wheel, though two got into suspicion of selling loose Thomas. ”The grand jury but I believe most people ex- and made no move to cur- the un-permitted protests he said “felt like a 5-year- of police ran to wall off the screaming matches with cigarettes. is saying we shouldn’t even pect law enforcement agents tail the protest. to the Associated Press by old holding onto Hulk Ho- two sides with barricades and activists, while others got Police chief Bill Brat- ask the question.” to give commands before they The long walk, five and saying, “as long as they re- gan.” Wilson fired 12 shots I scrambled up onto a three- out of their cars and held ton described Gurley as a Thomas’s classmate, foot concrete median beside follow them up with force. The a half miles from the start- main nonviolent, and as long at Brown, killing him. their hands up in support of “complete innocent” and Ohanes Kalayjia, said the the bike path, following sev- violation of that expectation, ing point at Union Square in as they don’t engage in is- Surveillance video the chant “Hands up! Don’t his death as an “unfortu- problem runs deeper than eral other reporters to get a seen for example in the police showed Brown stealing cig- shoot!” that has become a Manhattan, ended at Fulton sues that cause fear or cre- nate accident.” just the legal system. vantage point for a photo. shooting of Akai Gurley in a signature of Ferguson pro- Street and Nostrand Avenue ate vandalism, we will work arillos from a convenience Councilman Jumaane “An unjust murder has That was when an officer dark East New York stairwell tests nationwide. at 10:45 pm. There some of with them to allow them to store and shoving a clerk Williams (D–East Flat- been found legal,” he said. shouted “stay back!” on Nov. 20, was what moti- When they reached Flat- the 500 remaining protest- demonstrate.” shortly before the fatal en- bush) appeared at the af- “You can look at the laws Less than a second later, vated several of the protest- bush Avenue Extension, the ers delivered speeches on a And between the surges of counter. ternoon demonstration last and procedures, but that before I could react to the ers I interviewed to take to small group at the head of megaphone. demonstrators, at noon, civil Prosecutor Robert Mc- week, voicing solidarity would be ignoring the command, he banged me in the streets. the spread-out procession One Bedford-Stuyvesant rights organizations staged Culloch prefaced the deci- with the group’s frustration fact that institutional rac- the gut with the his baton held The baton hit was the only waited on additional march- resident was thrilled to be a formal rally in front of the sion not to charge Wilson over the Brown decision, ism exists.” lengthwise. I recoiled to avoid violence I saw all night. ers to swell its ranks. It then reunited with the march af- federal courthouse facing on Monday evening by de- continued on to the Bar- ter breaking off from it ear- Cadman Plaza. nouncing social media, jour- clays Center, taking up the lier in the evening. About 40 protesters nalists, and the activists who policy, but the tough part is wrenching decisions.” width of the thoroughfare “I was at a march in lower turned out to that demon- have made the shooting a still figuring out which crea- The volunteers try to se- stration, calling on federal persistent, national issue. for blocks. Upon arriving Manhattan, took the subway VEGANS... tures to help, because there lect the animals that will be home, and when I got off the prosecutors to investigate the In an unusual step, Mc- outside the arena, partici- is not room in the group’s easy to get adopted, but they pants sat in the roadway at subway what did I see? An- case and bring civil rights Culloch chose to present Continued from page 1 “As New York City’s only do sometimes shelter ani- Flatbush Avenue and Atlan- other f------march!” Amir charges against Wilson. a litany of evidence to the cinating all incoming dogs open-admission shelter, we facilities and its members’ tic Avenue for four minutes, Badal said. “Police officers need to grand jury rather than rec- for canine flu. take in every animal that homes for them all. mals that are missing eyes in symbolic commemoration The Trayvon Martin Or- be held accountable,” said ommending an indictment, An Animal Care and Con- comes to us,” said Alexan- “It’s really painful. Which- and limbs. of the four hours Brown’s ganizing Committee orga- Thomas Kimble, a Crown as prosecutors usually do. trol spokeswoman stressed dra Silver of Animal Care and ever you select, the ones you “It’s a numbers game,” body lay in the street after nized the march. Heights pastor. “If our youth The Ferguson decision that the organization cares for Control. “More than 30,000 don’t are going to die,” Zaf- said Tasic. “But sometimes his death. Police did not arrest any get shot down, where is our comes on the heels of po- a whole lot more homeless each year.” onte said. you cannot say no.” The march then continued of the Brooklyn protest- future?” lice killings closer to home, animals than it kills. Empty Cages has a no-kill “It’s one of the most heart- — with Nathan Tempey TWO WAYS TO LOVE


 

 
 

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By Danielle Furfaro know when it would close, The Brooklyn Paper and it finally did without We can only hope the leases warning at the end of Sep- tember. WINTER 2015 include a side of chicken rings. The developer Adamamer- A month after the White ica plans to build an 81-unit Castle on Metropolitan Av- complex with retail space on enue in Williamsburg closed the ground floor, taking up abruptly, a developer has re- the area currently occupied vealed it plans to build an by the fast-food fortress and eight-story apartment build- its parking lot. ing in its place. The news was Adamamerica The new building is also not welcomed by a neighbor, set to include a gym and who said that the area has been rooftop access. The devel- taxed by new luxury housing oper plans to offer one fifth enough already. of the apartments for below- “More apartment build- market rates. ings are the last thing we The family-run White Cas- need in this neighborhood,” tle chain, which has been a said Carl Sargent, who lives Brooklyn institution since the a few blocks away. 1930s and served as the muse The developer bought the for many early Beastie Boys land under the fast-food joint, songs, opened the little white known for its late hours, last Photo by Jason Speakman eatery at Humboldt Street in year. At the time, the eatery’s An 81-apartment complex (top) is coming to the for- 1992. The company did not operators said they didn’t mer White Castle (bottom). own the land.

Mannino said, adding that most chain pharmacies cover up their windows. Tooth in advertising Mannino also decided to preserve the long, wavy wall New Heights store has refreshing look that once held display racks packed with the latest block- By Matthew Perlman busters. He said the meander- The Brooklyn Paper ing shelves lay out what the This Brooklyn Heights store has to offer. pharmacy looks like the in- “We didn’t want to block side of a tube of mint-flavored, any of the walls with tall whitening toothpaste. shelving,” Mannino said. “We The owner of Careland wanted to maximize the visi- Pharmacy has spent the past bility from the street.” 10 months transforming a The floor of the new busi- former video store on Clark Street, next door to Hotel Saint ness is lime green and sports George. He is hoping that the sketches of bandages that Man- eye-catching interior, com- nino printed on vinyl. bined with a mom-and-pop The pharmacy will offer Photo by Steve Schnibbe customers perks such as free approach to customer service, Careland Pharmacy owner Ayman Tawadros and ar- will pull customers from the chitect Sergio Mannino stand at the counter of the flavoring of kids medicines plentiful chain pharmacies in soon-to-open drugstore on Clark Street. and courtesy letters remind- the neighborhood. ing that prescriptions need re- “At a private pharmacy we filling, Tawadros said. “We’re happy to be back closed late last year . The reno- know your name,” Ayman At the end of the day, in the action. Staten Island is vated shop features a long win- Tawadros said. “We know you. Tawadros said, the little guys You’re important to us.” nice, but it’s kind of quiet,” dow that the designer, Sergio Tawadros owned a phar- he said. Mannino, chose to leave un- just care more. macy on Seventh Avenue in The new storefront is lo- obstructed, offering a wide- “You can just do your job, Park Slope for a decade, then cated in a landmarked build- open look at the bright, white- or you can do your job and opened a new store on bucolic ing between Henry Street and and-green space inside. make someone happy at the Staten Island a year-and-a-half Monroe Place, in the space that “If you want to open your- same time,” he said. “There’s ago. He is glad to be returning for more than two decades self up to your customers, you always something extra you to Brooklyn, he said. housed Mr. Video III, which have to be completely open,” can do.”

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Crummy weighs in on Manhattan manhandling of a Nets superfan ince the Nets moved here still look terri- a couple years ago, I’ve ble, but they can S missed only a handful of beat the Knicks), Flagrant games at Barclays Center, and I found a state- only for the rarest of occasions ment released — epic benders, my nephew’s by management Fowl bird mitzvah, divorce hearings, at the Manhattan with Crummy the Pigeon you get the idea. arena. To wit: As a regular in the rafters, “An unr uly I’ve come to notice other Nets fan was ejected after MSG It.” I was killing it, and as I diehards down below who Security received multiple was wont to do, I ripped off have a passion and style all complaints from fans sitting in my prosthetic wing to offer their own. One such fan is Jef- that area. The fan was warned it to the crowd as a second Photo by Elizabeth Graham frey “Gamblero” Vanchiro. Associated Press / Scott Boehm multiple times before being re- “microphone.” In my state, Mourners file past a memorial for Mohammad Uddin, 14, who died on Nov. Gamblero also rarely if ever Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden is no country moved. He will not be permit- 20 after a driver struck him in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Caton Av- for enthusiastic men. however, the fake appendage misses a game at Barclays. ted back into Madison Square slipped out of my grasp and enue and E. Seventh Street in Kensington. From my vantage point, it’s Garden.” hit a nearby hen with whom easy to know if he’s in atten- on Gamblero’s antics, you had below the knee in an unspeci- Whether or not Gamblero I’d once been friendly. My dance — just look for the flash to be shocked by the video that fied accident a couple decades beaned somebody with his explanation for what the lo- of neon that’s jumping around surfaced Tuesday night during ago. He gets around on a pros- leg in service of his Nets fan- cal press later termed “winged whenever a song comes on. the Knicks-Nets showdown: a thesis. The early word out of dom, I want to say this: I un- Taken too soon assault” wasn’t fully appreci- He’s a flamboyant character one-legged man decked out in the Garden on Tuesday was derstand. Even my most loyal ated, charges were filed, and who brings a certain energy to neon green being hauled out that he had hit someone with readers may be unaware that I ended up stuck doing a year the arena, though I’m normally of the stands, and at one point the artificial appendage, a tid- I, Crummy the Pigeon, have Friends, family members remember not close enough to really ap- dropped, by security at Mad- bit that blew up on the blogs a prosthetic wing. See, my of community service. preciate, or be perturbed by, ison Square Garden. It was but was disputed by some in former brother-in-law and I Regardless of what happens hit-and-run victim with a somber vigil his dance moves. Gamblero, all right. attendance. After the game got into a real dustup over a with the Gamblero situation, But regardless of your take Gamblero lost his left leg (quick summary: the Nets pizza crust one time — he had I want readers to understand By Noah Hurowitz at E. Seventh Street and Ca- female motorist’s license a box cutter, and I’d had a bit that a detached prosthesis can The Brooklyn Paper ton Avenue, where on Nov. plate number, and officers too much to drink. It’s all kind make for a lot of misunder- Mourners marched on 20 the driver of a maroon found her damaged vehi- “We’re Back – Stronger Than Ever!” of a blur, but I know for sure standings. Let’s hope any fall- Dec. 1 at a vigil to honor Chevrolet Impala slammed cle nearby that evening, that feathers flew. And now out from this incident doesn’t the high-school student who into Uddin in the crosswalk then arrested her for leav- I’m single. keep Gamblero from con- died recently in a hit-and- and sped off, leaving him ing the scene of an accident, Years later, I was at a ka- tinuing to energize Barclays run crash in Kensington. to die, according to police. cops said. raoke night Downtown, doing crowds, even if he may not be Carrying pictures of the Uddin was 14. The suspect remains my go-to rendition of Montell able to rep the Nets across the late Mohammed Uddin, the Witnesses on the scene locked up with bail set at Jordan’s “This Is How We Do West River anymore. group of more than 100 met took down the 78-year-old $50,000.

718-230-8100 we all could do so much, that ing loss. we could very nearly fly if It is hard to tell the story of Airport Transportation In football as in life we tried — if we really put losing and imagine that win- our full best selves forward ning is still a possibility. So it — but that finding that best happens that sometimes, after Corporate Accounts Welcome never thought I’d use a sports metaphor to de- self is hard and putting it for- a time, people stop trying. scribe life, but sometimes ward even harder? I am thrilled that my son Out-of-town I Fearless Why any of us are unable still believes in the Giants, your kids make you do things to meet our full “winningest” that he sees in the players their you thought you wouldn’t. Competitive Rates potential is the great question great ability and doesn’t count We were watching football Parenting for the ages. I think about how them out solely because they on Thanksgiving, and the Gi- By Stephanie Thompson to help my kids meet their po- can’t seem to make it happen. ants came up. tential and how to try to con- It shows a lack of judgmental- “They’re terrible,” some- tinue to try to meet mine so ism, I think, and a willingness one said, but my son Eli shook win by a wide margin. He saw that they’re losing. that they have a good model to stick by things for the long his head. them at their best from just a They have it in them to win, of behavior all the time. haul even if they seem to be “No, he said, “They’re a short distance, with his own they’re just not winning. It is not easy. It is, in fact, going badly. He is good like Open 24/7. good team, but for some rea- two eyes. Wow. very hard to maintain belief this, loyal like his father, and I son they’re not winning.” I bought him a hat and a big I think maybe it is the clear- — like Eli’s unwavering faith hope that this kind of faith he I smiled. He had seen them foam finger to support them, est description of the problem in the Giants — when signs has can be applied in his life www.myrtlecarservice.com play live, sitting near an end and he did, screaming loud with life. Isn’t that true of ev- Base License: B02701 point to something otherwise. well beyond football. zone that saw much of the ac- from the stands. After the eryone, that we’re all walking It is very hard to keep on the I have to learn this lesson Clinton Hill Fort Greene Bed-Stuy Dumbo tion. He saw his team destroy game, he was dead set on buy- around with this mountain of road strong and steady in sup- myself. I shouldn’t judge any the Texans, play after play. ing a jersey, and I found him potential and yet sometimes port of the idea that we are individual action too harshly. 718-230-3003 718-230-0999 718-623-9393 718-623-1607 He saw them come back af- one for cheap at Marshall’s. we can’t figure out how to winners when we face dev- Thank you, Eli, as always, for ter a number of losses and He wears it proudly, even now meet it? Isn’t it the case that astating loss after devastat- the important reminder. December 5–11, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 15 16 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 December 5–11, 2014