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BrooklynPaper.com s (718) 260–2500 s Brooklyn, NY s ©2009 DOWNTOWN, PARK SLOPE & BAY RIDGE EDITIONS AWP/14 pages s Vol. 32, No. 31 s Friday, August 7, 2009 s FREE #MPPNZUP.5" 45"3540/1"(& 'BTUUSBDL' By Mike McLaughlin “Now is the time to act,” the third- • The possible return of trolley- The Brooklyn Paper term-seeking mayor said in a state- cars to Red Hook and other under- Mayor Bloomberg called for the ment on Monday. served neighborhoods. creation of express subway service on The multi-pronged package bor- Physically, the mayor’s F-line call rowed many old ideas from mass the F line, one of the most crowded could be enacted relatively simply by transit advocates that could improve the state Metropolitan Transportation routes, as part of a larger campaign travel in Brooklyn, including: Authority because there’s an unused announcement calling for a multi- • Subsidized ferry service in Wil- track for a zippier ride through sta- tude of mass transit improvements liamsburg and Greenpoint. tions in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens — and maybe even the return of trol- • A car-pool lane on the inbound and Park Slope en route to Coney leys! — for Brooklyn. Gowanus Expressway. Island. Bloomberg also called for the extension of the V train, which terminates in Manhattan, to run on the F line out to Coney Island for a one-two punch that Brooklyn hasn’t seen since Jim Gilliam and Pee Wee Reese were at the top of the World Series-winning Dodgers lineup in 1955. Express trains could stop at cur-
rently an unused platform at Bergen Tyler Waugh Street beneath the existing one, but they would skip Carroll Street, Smith- Ninth Streets and Fourth Avenue be- fore stopping again at Seventh Ave- Tom Callan Tom nue in Park Slope. From there, they would bypass the Prospect Park and The Brooklyn Paper / Fort Hamilton Parkway stations en route to Church Avenue in Kensing- ton. &HUDOD@BD@BG@MBD But implementing the straphanger-
The Brooklyn Paper file / supported proposal for the Culver We know you’re stressed out, even in peaceful, easy Brooklyn. So this week’s GO Brooklyn section features On the campaign trail on Monday, would-be third-term Mayor Line however is off-track until the our guide to finding some calm in a topsy-turvy borough. Here, Angela Arnold, an instructor at Bend and Bloomberg said he wants to create an express F train. See F-TRAIN on page 11 Bloom Yoga in Park Slope, leads by example by striking a pose in Grand Army Plaza. .BSUZMPDLTVQFMFDUJPOCFGPSFJUCFHJOT By Jared Foretek a choice,” he said. “What kind for The Brooklyn Paper of a democracy is that?” Borough President Markowitz Myrick reserved choice words Hey, political junkies: locked up a third-term in a Man- for Markowitz’s election lawyer, hattan board room on Tuesday former state Sen. Marty Connor, afternoon as the Board of Elec- who spent nearly three decades Get a fix on the Web tions kicked the Beep’s Demo- in Albany. cratic challenger off the ballot. “If anyone knows how to get The Brooklyn Paper The 10-member Elections you off a ballot, it’s him,” Myrick Local political junkies finally have a place to call commission unanimously ruled their own on the Web. that political newcomer Eugene said. “Here I am, a first-time can- didate. I don’t know the rules and On Friday, the Community Newspaper Group will Myrick had not collected the re- launch BoroPolitics.com, the Internet’s only Web site quired 4,000 signatures. I’m going up against a guy who wrote the rules.” devoted solely Myrick had handed in more to politics, elec- than 10,000 John Hancocks, but Last week, Connor said he tions, issues and New York’s best the vast majority were ruled in- had leveled the challenge against races in Brooklyn, valid because the signers were Myrick solely to protect the “integ- The Bronx and election coverage either not registered voters or did rity” of the balloting process. Queens. not live in Brooklyn (or both!). Callan Tom After the Tuesday ruling, In the end, the commission- Of course, Boro Connor was matter-of-fact: “He Politics.com in- ers credited him with just 2,637 didn’t have enough signatures,” valid signatures. cludes coverage of this year’s citywide races, but our ex- “There is nothing we can do to he said. clusive articles, features, profiles and unmatched analy- help you, sir,” said Board of Elec- Officially, Markowitz still has sis of the local races in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens tions President Frederic Umane. The Brooklyn Paper / to win re-election in the Novem- neighborhoods is what will give local political junkies Myrick accepted the decision Would-be borough president Eugene Myrick (left) tries to make a point against Borough ber general election, but he faces their daily fix. with resignation. President Markowitz’s election lawyer Marty Connor — but Connor won the day and only token opposition from Re- It all starts on Friday. Only at BoroPolitics.com. “If I’m off, people don’t have Myrick was tossed off the ballot, leaving Markowitz with no Democratic challenger. publican Marc D’Ottavio. Easy being ‘Greenest’ #VHBQQnUJU Finally, a street worthy of the award! We eat worms & crickets
redibility has finally been restored By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper Exclusive to the celebrated — but controver- video at You’ve heard of a mealworm, C sial — “Greenest Block in Brook- BrooklynPaper.com lyn” contest. but have you ever heard of a meal After last year’s debacle, in which the de- of worms? greatest culinary boundaries. cidedly un-green Eighth Street between Eighth If DUMBO dietary iconoclast “Insects today are what sushi was Avenue and Prospect Park West was chosen, Marc Dennis has his way, people two decades ago,” Dennis said. judges from will soon swarm to eat insects. Unlike Kafka’s famous novella, the Brooklyn THE BROOKLYN Where most people see the har- there will not be an overnight meta- Botanic Gar- bingers of disease, Brooklyn’s lead- morphosis with eating habits. Den- den did the -&+$ ing entomophagist (that’s bug-eater nis, his wife and a small hive of right thing By ByGersh Gersh Kuntzman Kuntzman to you and me) sees his next meal. others are slowly converting peo- Ben Muessig Ben Gersh Kuntzman this year and He urges people to get beyond the ple to the joy of bug-eating through picked a bona-fide bucolic block: Lincoln “yuck factor” and chow down on sporadic dinner parties in Dennis’s Road between Bedford and Rogers avenues bugs, because they’re healthy and Washington Street loft. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. environmentally friendly — espe- The menu items? Mouth-water- This year’s winners had entered last year, cially compared to staples like fatty ing treats such as cricket pad thai, so naturally they were pleased that the Bo- The Brooklyn Paper / beef and penned-up poultry. mealworm French fries, roasted The Brooklyn Paper / tanic Garden had recognized their sore green It’s simply a matter of getting “bamboo worms” (they’re actually Many things make Lincoln Road between Bedford and Rog- thumbs. LORD OF THE FLIES: Marc Dennis ers avenues in Prospect Lefferts Gardens one of the borough’s “I’ll admit, we visited last year’s winner eats bugs! across one of Western civilization’s See BUGS on page 11 most beautiful by-ways. See GREEN on page 11 Recipe of the week...
CRICKET PAD THAI ombine the fish sauce, soy sauce, lime juice and or- Laika the pooch lost & found Cganic sugar in a bowl and blend well. Pour oil into a Serves six wok or skillet, and cook the crickets over medium-high 8-10 ounces rice stick 3-4 cloves garlic heat. Remove to bowl or plate. Scramble the eggs in the Confession, via Paper, helps owner find napped dog noodles 3 eggs, lightly beaten wok or skillet. When stiff, remove eggs to cricket-filled 6 tbls. fish sauce 1/2 cup scallions, bowl. Add garlic and scallions to wok and fry until soft. Add By Robert Voris the crime in the comments section 2 tbls. soy sauce finely chopped sauce mixture, crickets and eggs back into the wok or skil- for The Brooklyn Paper of our online report last Friday. 6 tbls. lime juice 2 cups bean sprouts let, and warm thoroughly. Cook rice noodles for about 10 4 tsp. organic sugar 1/4 cup crushed Laika, the geriatric Husky whose “I am very very sorry for my minutes in boiling water. Remove and drain noodles, and misunderstanding of the dog,” the (Turbinado, etc) peanuts abduction late last month prompted 4 tbls. peanut oil 1 lime (cut into add to wok or skillet. Add in bean sprouts and toss thor- an immediate and visceral response man, Giuseppe Leonardo, posted 1 cup crickets (see wedges to serve to oughly, being careful not to break the noodles. Top with from cops, readers and even a dog- on our Web site, adding that he be- note) each person) peanuts and garnish with a lime wedge. loving state assemblyman, is back lieved that the dog had been aban- home — and you can partly thank Voris Robert doned. The Brooklyn Paper! “A man told me that the dog had A note about preparing crickets Last seen in grainy surveillance been outside for hours alone, so Crickets must only be purchased from reliable sources. Prior to preparing camera footage being taken away me and my wife, being loving pet your crickets, place them inside a plastic container or storage bag and keep them from a Fort Greene deli on July 24 owners, saw to take her in think- in the refrigerator for at least an hour before using them to slow down their metabo-
by a man in a wheelchair, Laika The Brooklyn Paper / ing she was left there alone be- lism, inducing a state of hypothermia and inhibiting their movement when removed was discovered by her owner Nata- Laika’s human siblings, Isabella and Luke cause of her age and health.” from container. After removing from refrigerator or freezer, boil them with a few pinch- lie Barratt around the time that the Serrano (with Lightning), were all frowns But after reading the subsequent es of salt for about two minutes to ensure cleanliness. wheelchair-bound man confessed to last week before their Husky was found! See LAIKA on page 11 2 DTZ, PSZ, BRZ / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää August 7, 2009 )FSF¤TXIBU¤TFBUJOH4FWFOUI"WFOVF Park Slope’s commercial strip is getting a new menu of restaurants Tyler Waugh Tyler Waugh Tyler Waugh Tyler Waugh The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / There’s something going on along Seventh Avenue, where several longtime shops are either being renovated or going out of business — and others are joining the mix.
By Shannon Geis shopping street in such a • A new Turkish res- renovated and will open as cation as suitable for another rents are dropping. Steve John Burke, another Slope course. for The Brooklyn Paper state of transition in recent taurant called Istanbul has a seafood restaurant this restaurant. Sommers, a real-estate bro- real-estate broker, said res- “There are a million eye- Seventh Avenue is a com- years. opened in place of the de- fall. • Little D Eatery near 15th ker in the neighborhood, said taurants are about the only glass stores, Asian restau- mercial strip in flux. Here are some of the funct NoNo Kitchen near • Ha Na Bi, the Japanese- is gone, and a Mexican res- that rents over the past few new business applications he rants, and chicken places,” Along Park Slope’s main changes taking place re- Seventh Street. Peruvian restaurant at First taurant called Fonda, owned years had been higher than receives. said Dolores Phelan, a res- cently: • The Cabinet Shop on the Street, and the Grecian Cor- by Chef Roberto Santibanez they should have been. “I have stacks of appli- ident of Park Slope for 25 business spine — running • Cohen’s Optical opened corner of Eighth Street has ner diner, at Fourth Street, are of the Rosa Mexicano restau- “It was a bubble, but now cations, pizza parlors, and years. “It has lost the charm from Flatbush Avenue to near Seventh Street in what closed. undergoing renovations. Both rants in Manhattan, is mov- all the hot air is getting let such,” said Burke. it used to have.” 15th Street — there are 27 was formerly a gynecologist’s • Chickadee Chick, a fast- claim they will reopen. ing in. out,” said Sommers. Burke said food spaces are Maybe, but Igor Latman, storefronts empty or in tran- office. food-like poultry purveyor, • Elementi, an Italian res- Seen in total, an empty Lower rents favor res- going for more than nonfood an employee at Video Gal- sition. • Big Apple Cleaners has is coming soon near First taurant near Garfield Street storefront nowadays is most taurants, which could ex- spaces but are down to $4,500 lery near Eighth Street, said Commercial strips un- opened between Fourth and Street. that replaced the decades-old likely to become a restau- plain why there are at least a month from $5,500 a month there is one main conclusion dergo periodic turnovers, Fifth Streets, replacing Knot- • The Laundromat that Snooky’s Pub only last year, rant, though not necessar- 60 restaurants between Flat- three years ago. to be drawn about Seventh but few Slopers have seen ting Slope, a knitting supply stood on the corner of Eighth has shut. A “For Rent” sign ily a high-end one. bush Avenue and 15th Street. Some residents aren’t Avenue: “People like to eat the neighborhood’s prime store. Street for decades is being in the window hawks the lo- This could be because And more are coming. pleased by the changes, of here!” he said. 5XPQBSLT XJMMHFUB TQSVDJOH Yes, pun intended By Ben Muessig The Brooklyn Paper Two neglected parks in Bay Ridge will finally got the treatment they deserve. Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) recently broke ground — ceremonially, of course — on restoration proj- ects for the windswept Leif Ericson Park and the over- grown Owls Head Overlook. At the so called “Dust Bowl,” which
is near the corner Short Mike of Eighth Avenue and 65th Street in Leif Ericson Park, workers will install synthetic turf, en-
suring that soccer The Brooklyn Paper / games on the dingy The “dust bowl” in Leif Ericson dirt patch will no Park (above) and Owls Head longer resemble a Park (below) in Bay Ridge will scene out of Stein- both receive renovations. beck’s “Grapes of Wrath.” The $2.8-million project will bring artificial turf, as Short Mike well as new benches, fences, landscaping, drainage, and water supply to the shabby
playing field. The Brooklyn Paper / Gentile is also behind a $1.35-million renovation of the run-down Owls Head Overlook near the corner of Shore Road and 68th Street, which calls for new benches, lighting, landscaping, drain- age and water supply in the historic harbor-front vista. “Making sure our public parks are the best they can be, even in tough economic times, means we’re protecting the quality of life that local residents deserve and expect,” Gen- tile said in a statement. Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beck- mann cheered the renovations, even if it means the neigh- ( ) * + borhood’s infamous Dust Bowl will no longer live up to the name on the Parks Department’s signage. , - . * ) * “The Dust Bowl will no longer be a dust bowl — which is a good thing,” she said. / Ridge fire leaves 0 dozens in heat 1 ! " # 2 3 $% " & 4 5 !"!" Steve Solomonson , 0 . ' ( )* $% # , +)* & ! # $
% ÕÌÞÊ iÜë>«iÀÊÀÕ«ÊÉ ! " # & - Firefighters douse last Thursday’s blaze that dam- aged an apartment building on Third Avenue at ) ) # ) 68th Street in Bay Ridge. , %# $% " By Ben Muessig & The Brooklyn Paper # The terrifying fire that tore through a Bay Ridge apart- ment building early last Thursday left dozens of residents &! homeless — and 28 people injured. More than 160 firefighters responded to an 11:44 pm call about the brutal inferno that ripped through the four-story edifice at the corner of Third Avenue and 68th Street, dec- imating apartments and a ground-floor beauty salon and + " popular deli. Firefighters battled the blaze for more than three hours, & as residents fled from the flames via stairs and fire escapes. Six civilians and 22 firefighters suffered “minor injuries,” & ' according to fire officials. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, a Fire "% Department spokesman told The Brooklyn Paper, though early reports suggested the blaze started in the Sunnydale Convenience Store on the first floor. After the fire, victims sought refuge — from the blaze and from the hot Thursday temperatures — at the Guild for Exceptional Children. Residents of the scorched build- ing are staying at a nearby hotel, or lodging with friends or relative, according to a spokeswoman for Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge). 2 FGCH / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää August 7, 2009 £4FOJPS¤NPNFOUPO-FGGFSUT1MBDF Company wants old-folks home — some think six stories is too tall
By Mike McLaughlin plex [that] will dwarf the surrounding brown- meeting. Before the meeting, there was talk the 2007 neighborhood rezoning if it were The Brooklyn Paper stones, limestones, rowhouses and villas,” that Civic Association President Richard not for a legal dispute with their landlord A long-frozen plan to build affordable said Serge Vatel, a Lefferts Place property Roach was in danger of losing his leader- that was only settled earlier this year. Reduc- senior housing on Lefferts Place has come owner, in a lengthy letter asking Council- ship role because he supports the project ing the scope to comply with the new zon- back to life, revealing a rift in the normally woman Letitia James (D–Clinton Hill) to op- against the apparent wishes of the majority ing would have cost the company $9 mil- pose the project. “Why are politicians will- of his group. The meeting ended after The quiet corner of Clinton Hill between neigh- lion in federal housing loans, because, CNR bors divided over the six-story project. ing to roll over for a healthcare developer Brooklyn Paper’s Wednesday night dead- says, the Department of Housing and Urban The debate isn’t over the need for the build- and destroy the wonderful community that line (check BrooklynPaper.com for an up- ing’s 71 units — it’s over whether the non- we have built over decades of hard work?” date). Development doesn’t lend to smaller proj- profit housing organization hoping to built The addition of below-market rate hous- James said the developer should have a ects. it should be allowed to exceed the neighbor- ing for the elderly in a somewhat taller-than- summit with the residents to resolve the ten- “We were in a quandary,” said Mike Bi- hood’s five-story height limit. permitted building, however, is not an inher- sion. alek, a vice president at Abraham Health By one story. ent threat to everyone on Lefferts Place. The controversy about the geriatric homes Services, a CNR affiliate. Bess Adler Outspoken opponents condemn CNR “There are a lot of seniors in the com- partly stems from a dearth of details about The company chose to press on with the Health Care Network’s intentions, saying munity, and they need some place nice to the project. Vatel’s letter suggests that neigh- original plans and hopes to convince the up- live,” said Catherine Taylor, the treasurer of bors think that CNR is trying to build as high that the extra floor would mar a street in- set neighbors that the project is not exces- tact with many late 19th-century homes and the Lefferts Place Civic Association. as eight floors with more than 100 units. erase a 2007 victory in the City Council to Taylor is undecided about the project, but Officials spoke to The Brooklyn Paper sive. ban taller buildings on the three-block-long said she’d be opposed to it if it were “outra- to dispel the rumors. Their plans call for “We certainly don’t want to go against The Brooklyn Paper / street. geously tall.” 11 parking spaces, a garden area and com- the community,” he said. Residents are upset about a six-story home on Lef- “We are against the development because The question of the senior housing dom- munity rooms. The company has not yet filed a request ferts Place, but a few blocks away, this new 17-story it is a massive nursing and housing com- inated Wednesday night’s block association Everything would have been built prior to with the city to get approval for its plans. building on Washington Avenue is going up. Here’s what’s eating Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue By Shannon Geis storefront nowadays is most for The Brooklyn Paper likely to become a restau- Seventh Avenue is a com- rant, though not necessar- mercial strip in flux. ily a high-end one. Along Park Slope’s main This could be because business spine — running rents are dropping. Steve from Flatbush Avenue to Tyler Waugh Tyler Waugh Tyler Waugh Tyler Waugh Sommers, a real-estate bro- 15th Street — there are 27 ker in the neighborhood, said storefronts empty or in tran- that rents over the past few sition. years had been higher than Commercial strips un- they should have been. dergo periodic turnovers, The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / “It was a bubble, but now but few Slopers have seen There’s something going on along Seventh Avenue, where several shops are either being renovated or going out of business — and others are joining the mix. all the hot air is getting let the neighborhood’s prime out,” said Sommers. shopping street in such a Lower rents favor res- changes taking place re- near Seventh Street in what • Big Apple Cleaners has ting Slope, a knitting supply taurant called Istanbul has Seventh Street. state of transition in recent taurants, which could ex- years. cently: was formerly a gynecologist’s opened between Fourth and store. opened in place of the de- • The Cabinet Shop on the plain why there are at least Here are some of the • Cohen’s Optical opened office. Fifth Streets, replacing Knot- • A new Turkish res- funct NoNo Kitchen near corner of Eighth Street has 60 restaurants between Flat- closed. • Chickadee Chick, a fast- bush Avenue and 15th Street. food-like poultry purveyor, And more are coming. is coming soon near First John Burke, another Slope Street. real-estate broker, said res- • The Laundromat that taurants are about the only stood on the corner of Eighth new business applications he Street for decades is being receives. renovated and will open as “I have stacks of appli- a seafood restaurant this cations, pizza parlors, and fall. such,” said Burke. • Ha Na Bi, the Japanese- Burke said food spaces are Peruvian restaurant at First going for more than nonfood Street, and the Grecian Cor- spaces but are down to $4,500 ner diner, at Fourth Street, are a month from $5,500 a month undergoing renovations. Both three years ago. claim they will reopen. Some residents aren’t • Elementi, an Italian res- pleased by the changes, of taurant near Garfield Street course. that replaced the decades-old “There are a million eye- Snooky’s Pub only last year, glass stores, Asian restau- has shut. A “For Rent” sign rants, and chicken places,” in the window hawks the lo- said Dolores Phelan, a res- cation as suitable for another ident of Park Slope for 25 restaurant. years. “It has lost the charm • Little D Eatery near 15th it used to have.” is gone, and a Mexican res- Maybe, but Igor Latman, taurant called Fonda, owned an employee at Video Gal- by Chef Roberto Santibanez lery near Eighth Street, said of the Rosa Mexicano restau- there is one main conclusion rants in Manhattan, is mov- to be drawn about Seventh ing in. Avenue: “People like to eat Seen in total, an empty here!” he said. /FJHICPST IBWFUIFJS ªMMPGXJOF Big crowd flocks to CB1 hearing to fight bar plan
By Aaron Short Community Newspaper Group A Community Board 1 committee voted on Tuesday night to deny a liquor license for a Metropolitan Avenue wine bar as neighbors complained that booze-soaked, party- loving, “frat boy”–filled Williamsburg just can’t handle ! one more drinking establishment. “It’s nothing personal to the people running this busi- ness, but the neighborhood is nearly saturated with bars,” " Dennis Thompkins, a Williamsburg resident, told CB1’s public safety committee, which was considering a liquor license request by Custom American Wine Bar. “The area # $! is becoming unlivable. What we need are businesses that serve our community, not a transient community.” # % ! But the owners of the wine bar, which is at the corner of Driggs Avenue, said they have 17 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, and said their restaurant # would be upscale and feature locally sourced food and al- cohol. # & Dan Lathroum and Stefan Mailvaganam also said they’d stay open as late as 2 am on some nights. That anything-but-startling revelation led to an audible # '! ! gasp among two dozen residents who stuffed the cramped community board office — prompting committee chair Mieszko Kalita to remind uninformed residents that li- # ( censed bars can stay open until 4 am under state law. Not that Lathroum and Mailvaganam want to run such # ! a late-night haunt, they said. The crowd won’t be “drunken frat boys” who have been disrupting the neighborhood, Lathroum said. “Drunken # frat boys don’t come to drink an $11 glass of wine, grab an indigenous bite to eat, and listen to jazz.” But neighbors didn’t want to hear it, demanding at first ! " # $ % that the bar close at 9 pm, though later saying that 10 pm would be acceptable. “We are trying to prevent gang activity in the neighbor- & hood,” said Luis Santiago, who said he was representing tenants from 232 Metropolitan Ave. “Opening this res- & # & taurant with beer and liquor, with teenagers already go- ing crazy here, it’s going to be an even bigger issue. I don’t think it’s a good idea for there to be tables and a cafe out on the sidewalk.” Though seasoned in the restaurant world, Lathroum was still overwhelmed by Tuesday night’s dust-up. “We expected opposition but I didn’t expect to be vili- fied,” said Lathroum. The application will go before the full board on Sept. 9. The full board’s vote is only advisory. The State Liquor Authority routinely overrules community boards.
HEY, POLITICAL JUNKIES! It’s here — and it’s spectacular! It’s … 2 NBZ / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää August 7, 2009 .BSUZIFBSTCJUUFS£5SJBOHMF¤CBUUMF By Jared Foretek for The Brooklyn Paper Opponents of the controversial Broadway Triangle rezon- ing proposal took their case to Borough President Markow- itz on Wednesday, arguing that the proposal to build 1,851 housing units was so compromised by a politically corrupt process that it must be tossed. The plan, which would rezone 31 acres in East Williams- burg to encourage the construction of 905 below-market- rate units, has been surrounded by controversy since the city gave the development rights in a no-bid contract to the United Jewish Organization and the Ridgewood Bush- wick Senior Citizens Council, two groups with deep con- Callan Tom nections to Brooklyn Democratic Party chair Assembly- man Vito Lopez (D–Williamsburg). Critics, who drastically outnumbered the plan’s propo- nents at the Borough Hall hearing, argued that while the goal of increased affordable housing was laudable, the pro- The Brooklyn Paper / cess had excluded large parts of Williamsburg’s black and Callan Tom Hispanic communities and that the plan itself did not con- Opponents of a plan to rezone part of Williamsburg tain enough affordable units. rallied on Wednesday night, claiming that the city “It’s not about opposing affordable housing,” said Juan rigged the process to help well-connected groups. Ramos, chair of the Broadway Triangle Community Coali- Rabbi David Niederman defended his group, Unit- tion. “It’s about the people that love Brooklyn, the people ed Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg. that called this neighborhood home before people wanted The Brooklyn Paper / to walk on the streets of Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy. It lent minority. As Niederman finished his testimony, boos, along with though board members complained of a corrupt process. should be an open and clear process.” “I have committed a great sin,” said U.J.O. President a few cheers, rang out from the audience, but the hearing The Beep has until Thursday, Aug. 13 to submit his recom- The plan is “racially, ethnically, and religiously discrim- Rabbi David Niederman, tongue firmly planted in cheek. never got out of hand, as prior hearings had. mendation to the City Planning Commission. After that, inatory,” added Marty Needelman, also of the opposition “For four years, we have been working to successfully de- Opponents of the plans held signs reading, “Open the the city rezoning plan goes to the City Council, where it is group, because half the apartments would have three or velop a plan that nobody can dispute.” process and stop the rezoning!” expected to be approved. It is supported by the neighbor- four bedrooms. He claimed that this “clearly exhibits ra- He touted the plan’s affordable housing, saying, “Think If Markowitz had an opinion, he didn’t reveal one, ask- hood’s councilman, David Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights), cial and religious bias,” because it would cater to large Ha- to yourself: what are we as a community? What is going ing just one clarifying question and reacting to impassioned but opposed by a neighboring lawmaker, Diana Reyna (D– sidic families. to be our answer to the hundreds of families that can’t af- testimony with only the occasional nod. Bushwick), who is fighting it after a falling out with her The plan’s proponents, however, did not sit idly as a si- ford homes?” Community Board 1 already approved the rezoning, mentor, Lopez. /FJHICPST IBWFUIFJS ªMMPGXJOF Big crowd flocks to CB1 hearing to fight bar plan
By Aaron Short Community Newspaper Group A Community Board 1 committee voted on Tuesday night to deny a liquor license for a Metropolitan Avenue wine bar as neighbors complained that booze-soaked, party- loving, “frat boy”–filled Williamsburg just can’t handle one more drinking establishment. “It’s nothing personal to the people running this busi- ness, but the neighborhood is nearly saturated with bars,” Dennis Thompkins, a Williamsburg resident, told CB1’s public safety committee, which was considering a liquor license request by Custom American Wine Bar. “The area is becoming unlivable. What we need are businesses that serve our community, not a transient community.” But the owners of the wine bar, which is at the corner of Driggs Avenue, said they have 17 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, and said their restaurant would be upscale and feature locally sourced food and al- cohol. Dan Lathroum and Stefan Mailvaganam also said they’d stay open as late as 2 am on some nights. That anything-but-startling revelation led to an audible gasp among two dozen residents who stuffed the cramped community board office — prompting committee chair Mieszko Kalita to remind uninformed residents that li- censed bars can stay open until 4 am under state law. Not that Lathroum and Mailvaganam want to run such a late-night haunt, they said. The crowd won’t be “drunken frat boys” who have been disrupting the neighborhood, Lathroum said. “Drunken frat boys don’t come to drink an $11 glass of wine, grab an indigenous bite to eat, and listen to jazz.” But neighbors didn’t want to hear it, demanding at first that the bar close at 9 pm, though later saying that 10 pm would be acceptable. “We are trying to prevent gang activity in the neighbor- hood,” said Luis Santiago, who said he was representing tenants from 232 Metropolitan Ave. “Opening this res- taurant with beer and liquor, with teenagers already go- ing crazy here, it’s going to be an even bigger issue. I don’t think it’s a good idea for there to be tables and a cafe out on the sidewalk.” Though seasoned in the restaurant world, Lathroum was still overwhelmed by Tuesday night’s dust-up. " “We expected opposition but I didn’t expect to be vili- fied,” said Lathroum. The application will go before the full board on Sept. # $ 9. The full board’s vote is only advisory. The State Liquor %& " Authority routinely overrules community boards. '(% GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS " # $ ! ) $SJNFJTEPXO " * * # + JO8¤CVSH (¤QOU & + ,- . But burglaries are still too high $ $ " (' + ,- . By Aaron Short Community Newspaper Group $ % $ & Major crime is way down in Williamsburg and Green- point — but break-ins are soaring. In the 94th Precinct, which covers Williamsburg’s north
$ ' $ ( ) side and Greenpoint, reported robberies are down 23-1/2 percent, felony assaults are down nearly 14 percent, grand larcenies are down almost 11 percent and auto thefts are down 25 percent. In the neighboring 90th Precinct, which covers Williams- ! " # $ burg and Bushwick, overall crime is down nearly 14 per- cent this year, with robberies down 30 percent, felony as- saults down five percent, grand larcenies down 23 percent and auto thefts down 24-1/2 percent. Cops credit community involvement and, well, them- %& " selves, too. “Many community members have stepped up to be com- munity leaders, speaking up about these issues,” said 90th Precinct Community Affairs officer Juan Roman. Despite the good news, burglaries are up 19 percent in the 90th Precinct and 18-1/2 percent in the 94th Precinct. Luis Garden Acosta, founder of El Puente, a community center, offered one theory. “The dwindling support for young people [turns them] to gangs to foster a sense of security and identity,” he said. “Crime stats may be down across the city, but it means nothing to young people who have to fear walking on cer- tain blocks.”
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20TH STREET 19TH STREET 1 PROSPECT EXPY. “That’s the first time I’ve ever driven 34th Street in Queens or Richmond Ter- is going to get hurt there,” he said. “It on the sidewalk,” said one driver through race on Staten Island,” said Scott Gas- is a very dangerous situation that the his car window. tel, a spokesman for the Transportation Department of Transportation has ap- 555 7TH AVE The idea of driving on the sidewalk Department, via e-mail. “We will con- parently approved on Forest City Rat- ENTER FROM 19TH ST. JUST SOUTH OF 7TH AVE. may be strange to Brooklynites, but the tinue to monitor the area.” ner’s behalf.” “HIGHEST QUALITY CAR WASH, Department of Transportation said it is Daniel Goldstein of Develop Don’t — with Jacob Kleinman /0801&/ AT THE BEST PRICES!” PARK SLOPE $-*/50/)*-- Quentin Road in Gravesend. "/*."-$-*/*$ Find Hidden Last week, postal union officials (SVOUMFEQPTUBMXPSLFST sought to generate public outcry by suggesting that many retail locations 476 Myrtle Avenue be studied by the United States Postal across Brooklyn would be closed due to between Washington Ave. & Hall St. Treasure Local stations off Service for consolidation or closure. declining revenues of the United States Park Slope residents were the most Postal Service, whose debt is the bil- chopping block pleased by the news, given that the neigh- lions due to ongoing competition from in Brooklyn borhood’s 11217 ZIP code has three e-mail and other forms of instant com- By Gersh Kuntzman retail locations — a main post office munication and document delivery. Dr. Pamella Dendtler The Brooklyn Paper on Ninth Street, plus satellite locations And on Wednesday, local postal at the So much for the feds going postal on Seventh Avenue and Prospect Park workers union president Jim Musu- Dr. Monica Johnson on your mail service. West in Windsor Terrace. meci was still sounding the alarm. After several weeks of relentless blog The closest branches to Brownstone “I still think there’s a good possibil- CLINIC HOURS: PARK SLOPE and other media coverage of the im- Brooklyn that will be studied are the ity that [two Park Slope locations] can >Ç«Ê ÀÊUÊ>x«Ê->Ì pending doom on Brooklyn post office Sunset station at Fifth Avenue and 61st be closed down,” he said. “There are Ãi`Ê-Õ FLEA MARKET customers, none of the supposedly en- Street in Sunset Park, the Halsey station three offices within the ZIP code, and dangered postal stations in Park Slope, on MacDonough Street near Broadway the post office keeps making these de- Our services PS 321 SCHOOL YARD Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights or Red Hook in Bedford-Stuyvesant and the High- cisions pretty much like I change my is on the final list of locations that will lawn station on W. Sixth Street near socks, which is every day.” include: 7th Avenue (between First & Second streets) ÌiÀ>Ê i`Vi Open all year – Saturday & Sunday -ÕÀ}iÀÞ (Weather permitting) RED HOOK }Ì>Ê8À>Þà 7*/5"(&t"/5*26&4t$0--&$5*#-&4 -}À>à (718) 421-6763 iÌÃÌÀÞ -iV`Ê"«Ã )BDLKPC$JUZSBJETJMMFHBM*LFBDBCT 6>VV>Ìà By Mike McLaughlin Then, the TLC moved in. ÕÃiV>à The Brooklyn Paper Ironically, Ikea brought in -Ê ÃÀ`iÀà What a bunch of hacks! the sham company to restore -«>Þ iÕÌiÀ order to the welter of drivers Harbor Motor Inn The city’s Taxi and Lim- >`ÊÕV ÊÀi ousine Commission last Fri- jockeying for illegal pickups day raided a cab stand set up in front of the store this spring, by Ikea at its Red Hook su- which in one case led to one perstore, beginning an inves- cabbie attacking another driver tigation into the apparently McLaughlin Mike with a baseball bat. A spokesman for the Swed- illegal use of the name “Cob- ish home-furnishings giant MT. CALVARY BIBLE ble Hill Car Service.” said it was duped by the That name has long be- name-copying company. BAPTIST CHURCH longed to a company owned “We were under the im- by Vito Balsamo, who learned The Brooklyn Paper / pression there was some sort ZFBSTJOCVTJOFTT "NQMFQBSLJOHPO about the imposter after The CAR AND DRIVER: QSFNJTFT Vito Valsamo, the owner of the of loose affiliation with Cob- Lively singing $POWFOJFOUMPDBUJPO Brooklyn Paper wrote about real Cobble Hill Car Service, is angry at Ikea for U IPVSTFDVSJUZ ble Hill Car Service,” said PGG&YJUPOUIF#FMU the new cab stand — and af- setting up a limo service with the same name. Joseph Roth. U Everyone welcome 1BSLXBZ #CVTTUPQTJO &BTZ5BYJ$BC"DDFTT ter he started receiving com- Ikea promised that a GSPOU 'PPE%FMJWFSJFT plaints from passengers who “I don’t want to be responsi- The phony livery com- smooth ride for customers U Family oriented said the imposter company ble for anything these people pany operated for more than is just around the bend. Harbor Motor Inn overcharged them. [the car service] might do. two months until last week, “We are investigating that U KJV only “I’m the guy taking all the “I’ve received 30 com- when a lawyer for the genu- all interaction with custom- 3HORE 0ARKWAY heat. People are calling me plaints,” added Balsamo. “One ine Cobble Hill fleet informed ers with this particular repre- BETWEEN "AY 0ARKWAY TH !VENUE saying, ‘We thought you had guy said his wife and daughter Ikea of the apparent name sentative and car services, in £Ó{ÊiÀÞÊ-Ì°ÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓnÓ£{ää 0HONE a reputable company,’” said were charged $285 to take a infringement. 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SUPERIOR $MBTTJDEPHCJUFTNBOTUPSZ SERVICE FOR 88TH PRECINCT The 16- and 18-year-old suasive of objects, a pistol. Break-in! hooligans took $15 and a cell- The other, not to be out- A brawny burglar forced A LOWER Fort Greene–Clinton Hill phone from the victim, 22, POLICE BLOTTER done, wielded a knife and his way into a Berry Street A wounded man alleges between DeKalb and Lafay- told the man, “Give me your apartment on July 31, getting COMMISSION that a dog owner sicced his ette avenues. Find more online every Wednesday at money or I will kill you” in away with $800, an iPod, jew- pit bull on him in a Myrtle Spanish. Choked up #SPPLMZO1BQFSDPNCMPUUFS elry, a laptop, cameras, and Avenue store on Aug. 2. He then beat the victim over a Nintendo game player. The victim, 54, said the The chokehold was the the head with the knife. 1209 Eighth Avenue mugging move last week. The 40-year-old victim re- canine’s jaws snapped shut Parkway between Underhill The victim tried to run, but In one case, a 34-year-old Sidekick slip portedly left his apartment — 1L- 2 BR + on his hand at the behest of and Washington avenues on the two men caught him, beat man said that a thief sneaked A thug grabbed a teen- which is between N. Ninth Private Yard – the beast’s master while the the morning of July 30. him some more and stole his behind him and clamped the ager’s cellphone on Fulton and N. 10th streets — at 12:30 $559K/$640mt victim waited on line to pur- Cops say that the sus- wallet, netting $30. choking maneuver on him on Street on Aug. 1. pm. — Jared Foretek chase some items at 4:18 am The young lady and her pects, a 19-year-old man and 4 men, 1 bag in a store between Adelphi Vanderbilt Avenue at around a 17-year-old female accom- 3:10 am on July 29. The assail- friend were on the pedes- Three hoods snatched a 76TH PRECINCT Street and Carlton Avenue. trian mall near Hoyt Street at plice, were caught red-handed handbag from another man ant stole $50 and a cellphone with a pair of computers, a Carroll Gardens Win-d’oh! from his gasping victim be- around 7:50 pm when the perp early on July 31 near Leif Er- Cobble Hill–Red Hook A bandit made off like a, walked past. He then turned Canon camera, an iPod and icson Park. tween Myrtle and Willoughby accessories for all their pur- well, bandit by breaking into avenues. around, slipped the T-Mobile The victim was on 67th Group mug a Myrtle Avenue apartment Sidekick from the teen’s back loined electronics. Street between Eighth and Two toughs mugged a man On Aug. 2, another thug The property was boosted through its window on July briefly strangled an 18-year- pocket, and fled. Ninth avenues at 2:15 am on Third Street on July 25. 112 Vanderbilt Avenue 26. from apartments at 85 East- when three men snatched The victim and two friends old on Flatbush Avenue. This Drive bye ern Parkway and 95 Eastern The abode, between Cler- thief’s repertoire also in- the bag, which held $170. were walking home from a 3160 sq.ft. Thieves took a Volvo se- Parkway between 7:45 am and bar at 2:10 am near the cor- mont Avenue and Adel- cluded claiming he possessed dan from a spot on Wyckoff Cat burglar house phi Street, was empty from 11:30 am. The suspects were ner of Hoyt Street when the a gun. Under duress, the vic- St on July 28. arrested later that day. A soft-shoed sneak 12:30–2:30 pm, when the tim withdrew $480 from two fiends sneaked behind them A Massachusetts man had snatched electronics from and asked the trio to “hold 24-year-old tenant returned to cards at cash machines be- parked the car between Smith Broken window an Ovington Avenue apart- find the window near the fire tween Atlantic Avenue and A thief shattered the rear up.” One criminal shoved and Hoyt Streets at 10 am. He ment overnight on July 30. an unknown object in the escape open. She told police Hanson Place. came back to discover the car passenger window and robbed The victim left his apart- that the intruder stole a laptop, — Mike McLaughlin a car on Eastern Parkway be- 21-year-old victim’s back and missing at 8:45 pm. ment, which is between 13th demanded that he “give it up.” camera, microphone, televi- Three days later, thieves tween Plaza Street East and and 14th avenues, at 7:30 pm sion and DVD player from 84TH PRECINCT Underhill Avenue overnight “It” consisted of $12. swiped a Honda Accord from and returned at 6:05 am the The thieves fled as they her and her roommate. Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO Nassau Street near Navy on July 29. next day to find his apartment saw one of the victim’s com- Boerum Hill–Downtown Street. The victim parked The skell made off with Punchy and bedroom doors open and panions using his cellphone, 307 Sixth Avenue the car at noon and discov- a navigation system, a still his TV, iPhone, computer and A villain, with three ac- Gym grab possibly to call police. ered it missing when he re- camera and a video camera, (at Second St) complices, jabbed a man in Ah, there’s nothing like monitor gone. The police found turned 16 hours later. shoes, clothes and a hand- Leatherman the mouth on Washington the lure of the classics: In yet no sign of forced entry. 2 BR/1bath Park on July 27 before rob- bag. A villain stole a woman’s – $675K another example of that sta- Diversion One night earlier, the rear Bad habit bing him. ple of The Brooklyn Paper A thief grabbed a strap- A crook in need of a nic- leather bag in a rough robbery The pugilist punched the passenger window of a car on Kane Street on July 25. crime blotter, a thief grabbed hanger’s purse while feign- parked on Park Place be- otine fix snatched cartons of SOLD victim, 24, near the corner a woman’s purse while she ing being lost on July 23. smokes from a Rite Aid just The victim, 30, told po- Contract Signed of DeKalb Avenue at 12:01 tween Underhill and Wash- lice the brute wrapped an arm worked out at a Boerum Place A woman and her boy- ington avenues was broken, past noon on July 26. am and then stole $50 and gym on July 27. friend told cops that they The thief broke into the of- around her neck and told her an iPhone from him. though the thief only man- not to move, because he alleg- The woman went to the were sitting in the Atlan- aged to nab the airbag from fice of the pharmacy, which Conked gym, which is between Pacific tic Avenue subway station is on 13th Avenue near 70th edly had a gun. He snatched the car. the tanned-hide purse, con- A ruffian knocked a man and Dean streets, at around at around 2 pm when a man Street, took the manager’s taining several credit cards, unconscious during a mugging 5:30pm, and placed her things asked them for directions. Apple a day wallet from her purse and 1 Main Street on Adelphi Street on July 28. in a locker. When she returned As they responded, the Tech-hungry bandits ducked out with an unknown and fled from the scene be- 1BR/1.5 baths The victim, 26, said he after her hour-long workout, man — shifting in a flash nicked fancy gizmos through- number of emphysema-caus- tween Court and Clinton – $1.4M was hit from behind, knock- she discovered that her purse from lost tourist to dastardly out Prospect Heights this ing death sticks. streets at 4:45 am. ing him to the ground and and credit cards were gone. thief — grabbed the woman’s week. Here’s a rundown: Rob me now? Vicious cyclist purse and fled the station. • A handyman finished his into unconsciousness from Bus bust A three-man team of rob- A bicycle-riding menace — Shannon Geis work in a Park Place apart- the collision with the pave- A thief grabbed a wom- bers lifted cellular phones robbed a boy near the corner ment between Greene Ave- ment, between Underhill of Court and Union streets an’s wallet on a Downtown 77TH PRECINCT and Washington avenues, from the T-Mobile store on nue and Fulton Street at 12:05 bus on July 29. 86th Street on July 17. on July 25. am. When he came to, he re- at around 1:45 pm on July The victim exited the bus Prospect Heights The squad of bad guys The ruffian sneaked from alized that the thug had sto- 30 — and took the tenant’s at Borough Hall and noticed Teen terrors entered at around 12:15 pm, behind and spun the 12-year- len his cellphone. white iPod as a tip. old victim around at 7:30 that her wallet was missing. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT 8IZXF¤SFTUFBNFE aybe it’s the rising temperatures, with genuine affection — and, believe but we’re so angry about so many Here’s what’s driving us mad us, that’s rare for a politician. . topics that it’s time for our an- this summer! Yet with his dream job locked up for nual summertime catch-all editorial. a third term, Markowitz revealed some Consider it a summer salad of things behind-the-scenes pettiness by hiring a that are driving us mad (who doesn’t to consider the residents’ concerns, but high-priced election lawyer to get his lone love a summer salad?): when such concerns are willfully ex- Democratic challenger — a newcomer • Clinton Hill alarmists: A proposal aggerated by an exaggerated claim of that no one has heard of — kicked off to build six stories of seniors housing “drunken frat boys” pillaging the neigh- the ballot. in Clinton Hill met with ire this week borhood, our second instinct — to side Markowitz could have taken the high — with one opponent actually saying with two seemingly reasonable men with road, decimated the neophyte Eugene that the building would “destroy” the good track records who want to open a Myrick in a token debate or two, and community because it violates the city’s legitimate business — kicks in. burnished his legacy as a likable guy. height limit. That limit? Five stories. The neighbors have a point that Wil- But he chose politics as usual. So one lone story would “destroy” a liamsburg has become the city’s boozy • Mike Bloomberg: Does the neighborhood? Given that senior housing playground — but they also need to be third-term-seeking mayor think is in such short supply, we think Clin- reminded that the market will ultimately Brooklynites can be fooled by a press ton Hill could handle the devastation. decide about the new wine bar. If custom- release? This week, Bloomberg said • Williamsburg teetotalers: Our ers don’t like the place, rest assured, it if re-elected to the third term that he North Brooklyn and online editions will go out of business. And the “drunken never should even have been allowed carry a story this week about a group frat boys” will have to find somewhere to seek, he’ll get us an express F train, of Williamsburg residents who stormed else to get their $11 Shiraz. new ferry service and even trolleys. a Community Board 1 hearing to pro- • Marty Markowitz: Brooklyn’s bor- These are worthy goals. But hasn’t test a liquor license for a wine bar at ough president is a beloved figure — Bloomberg been mayor for nearly the corner of Driggs and Metropolitan possibly the most-liked official in the eight years? Why are these ideas in a
avenues. Certainly, our first instinct is city. Wherever he goes, he is greeted press release and not in his record? Fleming Cristian LETTERS .PSFDPNQMBJOUTBCPVUUIF.FBEPXTPG4IBNF
To the editor, ning and biking path. The clogged nopoly. What the United States the Macy’s fishing contest (“Fin- ily members. In the wild, each day Skaller claims to be a pro- logo for hate groups” is wrong. Thanks for covering the on- gutters on the running path have needs is less government inter- tastic! Girl wins fishing contest is filled with socializing, explor- gressive, reform-minded Dem- Both the Ku Kluxers and the going trash problem in Prospect trees growing in them! There are ference, not more in health care. for first time ever!” July 23), Ma- ing, playing, and participating in ocrat, but if this is the company American Nazis make heavy use Park (“No Bash, Plenty of Trash,” huge puddles that runners and bik- A multi-state insurance market. cy’s routinely sells dead corpses other activities. Their mourning he keeps, I don’t trust him to rep- of the United States flag. Does July 31). ers have to avoid — so they move High-deductible policies. Tax-free of mink, fox, rabbit and raccoon, ritual over the death of a family resent my values in City Hall. that not make it “a logo for hate Every summer, our park is into the auto lanes and risk get- health savings accounts. Please so it should come as no surprise member mirrors our own. Their Bradley Kerr, groups” as well? transformed into another famous ting killed. don’t let this obscenity of a bill that the store sponsors a tourna- level of self-awareness continues Columbia St. Waterfront Dist. Rather than maligning “Mike” New York City open space: Fresh The Prospect Park Alliance pass. Steven Rosenberg, ment where young people are en- to amaze scientists worldwide. in Bay Ridge for expressing his Kills. has spent a lot of money on long Park Slope couraged to kill fish. In circuses and zoos, their com- views vexillogically, let those who The Parks Department never term, big-ticket projects — per- • • • Thanks to Jared Foretek for plex and multifaceted emotional 'MBHXBWFS disagree with his views fly what- seems to have the manpower to haps they can improve the lives To the editor, mentioning that Quaker Schools relationships are left in tatters. The To the editor, ever flags suit them. keep up with the trash — it’s been of people who use the park right Health care reform is a serious are not into the “whole killing- public’s capitulation to cheap and With this country marching Clifton McLendon, Texas this way for the 15 years I’ve been now. Peter Levinson, issue in our country. Every day, peo- fish thing.” easy distraction means a lifetime lockstep with President Obama visiting the park. Windsor Terrace ple who work hard and play by the I realize that the tournament of suffering for the animals. towards Socialism and Commu- How about getting some help rules find it increasingly difficult is “catch and release,” but many Jennifer O’Connor, nism, someday most Americans 5IBOL#SVDF from the Prospect Park Alliance? A to afford health insurance — es- fish that are caught and released Norfolk, VA will realize that the causes of the To the editor, few more cleanup crews and equip- 5IFDVSF pecially those that do not receive still die because of damage to their South, liberty and states’ rights, Your article on the Atlantic ment could have a big impact. To the editor, health benefits from employers. mouths and internal organs. were the causes of us all (“Rebel Yards hearings last week was Adding to the degradation of the Please stop with the lie that Costs are rising without im- The whole point of the animal 1PMQPTJUJPO Yell! Ridge man proudly displays funny (“Clash of the fightin’s,” park is the condition of the run- American health care “costs more proving our health. Our health rights movement from is that an- To the editor, Dixie flag,” July 31). July 31)! without better outcomes.” (“Mc- care system rewards doctors for imals do not exist to provide hu- I was dismayed to learn that Those half-wits and full idiots All these clowns that wanted a Mahon talks about health care,” providing more tests and proce- mans with entertainment, sport Democratic city council candidate who dare compare the Noble Ban- much smaller development have McMahon on Line 1, July 31) dures rather than better care for or food. Wayne Johnson, Josh Skaller has hired a right-wing ner of the South with the swastika finally gotten their wish. Finally, Send a letter American health care uni- patients. It’s time for Congress Brooklyn Heights Republican operative to work on are beneath contempt. They are the project is greatly reduced and By e-mail: formly has better outcomes, and if to stop listening to drug and in- • • • his campaign (“Council candidate: among those jack-booted thugs they’re still complaining and car- [email protected] you subtract morbidity due to car surance companies and start lis- To the editor, Party boss ‘stole’ my petitions,” who are with Obama, marching rying on. Don’t they have some- By mail: Letters, The Brook lyn accidents and gunshot wounds, we tening to the people. If we look honestly at what life The Politicrasher, July 17). towards a so-called “workers’ par- thing better to do? They must like Paper, One Metrotech Center, have the longest life expectancy Congress must pass compre- in captivity means to elephants Your article highlights not adise” as they used to call the old the hole in the ground! Maybe Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. anywhere in the world. Moreover, hensive health reform now! compared to their place in na- only Gerry O’Brien’s conserva- Soviet Union. they should just move. Don’t you people even remem- ÊiÌÌiÀÃÊÕÃÌÊLiÊÃ}i` and American health care is far ahead Jennifer Fair, ture, we can see how far we have tive politics, but also his question- You have to admit that the area include the writer’s home address of every other system in treating neighborhood withheld degraded these magnificent ani- able campaign tactics. O’Brien ber why it failed? looks much better now that Rat- and phone number (only the writ- most diseases. mals (“Ringling round the rosy,” not only ran John McCain’s pres- Jimmy Shirley, Jr., Florida ner has torn down those ratty de- er’s name and neighbor hood are Also, it isn’t true that 47 mil- July 31). idential campaign in New York, crepit buildings in the area. They published with the letter). Letters • • • >ÞÊLiÊi`ÌÊi`Ê>`ÊÜÊÌÊLiÊ lion people are without insurance. 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That’s not to say there isn’t a lot of action in “Red Heroine,” which tells the story of a female fighter avenging her grandmother’s death. As if that isn’t enough for kung fu fans, a troupe of martial artists will perform before the film. “Red Heroine” with the Devil Music En- semble, at Automotive HS (50 Bedford Ave. between N. 12th and Lorimer streets in Greenpoint), Aug. 9, 8:30 pm. Tickets, $9. 5SBORVJMJUZCBTF — Ben Muessig GO Brooklyn’s guide to getting some peace and quiet #00,4 By GO Brooklyn’s Peace Squad The Brooklyn Paper $IFTTNBUF orns are honking. Jackhammers are Move over, Su Doku! Chess grandmaster hammering. Politicians are calling. Maurice Ashley has a new mind game: pawn ) Babies are screaming (or worse, want- mowers. ing you to play with them). Face it: you Ashley — the nation’s first black grandmaster can’t get any freakin’ peace and quiet in — invented pawn mowers, and has now published this town! a book of its puzzles, to teach both beginner and Thankfully, we feel your pain, so this intermediate-level play- week, GO Brooklyn’s tranquility-loving ers the basics and strate- team fanned out across this frenetic bor- gies of the ancient game ough to find those silent enclaves, late-af- of chess. The set-up fea- ternoon beers, peaceful saunas and other tures a central piece — hidden oases (nice plural!) where you can a rook, bishop, knight, get a rare bit of time to recharge. or queen — surrounded Here are the calming details: by pawns. The objective is to “mow” down the 4UJMMXBUFST pawns in a designated number of moves, with- Sunsets aren’t only for romance, they’re Tyler Waugh out moving to an empty spot. for relaxation — and the best place to watch “My target audience is the middle-aged woman the rosy fingers of dusk slink away over who says, ‘There’s no way you can teach me New Jersey is from Red Hook, with its ex- how to play chess,’” said Ashley, who lives in pansive sky, lapping waters and a 270-de- Park Slope. “Then I show her pawn mowers gree view from Lower Manhattan to the The Brooklyn Paper / and she’s like, ‘Wait a minute, this is easy!’” Narrows (with Lady Lib- When he’s not designing brain-teasing chess erty thrown in for good Bess Adler games, Ashley teaches the strategy of the royal measure). rumble. While he wants the game to be even One great spot is the more prominent, Ashley acknowledges that Valentino Pier. Jutting Brooklyn can hold its own at chess, citing some out from the end of Cof- of Brooklyn’s greats like Bobby Fischer, Gata fey Street into the harbor, Voris Robert The Brooklyn Paper / Kamsky (who is currently the top player in the the pier has the splen- United States), and himself. did view, but is also a “Brooklyn represents chess,” he said. relaxing community “Pawn Mowers” is available at www. gathering place (if you mauriceashleychampions.com. find relaxation in petting — Jared Foretek other people’s dogs, this The Brooklyn Paper / is your place). Ahhh: (Clockwise from far left): Go- And for all the contro- ing to a spa, like Body By Brooklyn, Ben Muessig Ben versy its opening created Tyler Waugh is just one of many ways to relax 5)&"5&3 last year, IKEA has done in this crazy borough. There’s also the neighborhood a huge yoga with Angela Arnold from Bend favor with its Erie Ba- and Bloom; grabbing a great book sin Park, which sits be- at the Brooklyn Historical Society’s hind the blue-and-yellow The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / #FBSNBSLFU quiet library; or using the lap-swim- Swedish monolith. The ming hours at a public pool. And a It’s current! It’s humorous! It’s educational! park has some mildly interesting sculp- questions asked). nice sunset at the Valentino pier is a things that are stressing you out, but once It’s “Tally Ho! Or Navigating the Future,” a tures, but the most interesting aspect of Body by Brooklyn [275 Park Ave. at perfect end to a day. you’re under, you forget about all of that.” slapstick comedy with trap doors, giant pup- Erie Basin is its tranquil sadness: plaques Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 923- Sunset Park Pool [Seventh Avenue at pets, and the economy, stupid. carry testimonials from the dockworkers 9400]. 43rd Street, (718) 965-6578]; Red Hook So, naturally, it’s a madcap comedy: The who once worked the piers, and cranes the Civil War, its rolling grounds attracted Pool [155 Bay St., between Henry and outdoor, free produc- that used to hoist cargo dot the waterfront #PPLTNBSU 500,000 day-trippers — rivaling the sten- Hicks streets, (718) 722-3211]. Early lap tion follows the rise promenade, reminding parkgoers of the You don’t hear of people going to the torian appeal of Niagara Falls. swim, 7–8:30 am; evening lap swim, and fall of two account industrial roots of Red Hook. Brooklyn Historical Society — and that’s But these days crowds are far more 7–8:30 pm. executives through the Valentino Pier (end of Coffey Street in what makes the society’s Othmer Library sparse, leaving lots of room to amble the current fiscal meltdown. Red Hook); Erie Basin Park [1 Beard St. such a great place to escape. Constructed 478 hilly acres, where conductor Leonard (FUCFOU When their once-profit- at Dwight Street in Red Hook, (718) 246- in 1881 and refurbished in 2003, the li- Bernstein, painter Jean-Michel Basquiat It’s easy to tell a stressed out person, able, but now-toxic, as- 4532]. brary houses some 100,000 books about and even graft master “Boss” Tweed en- “Try yoga.” (Try yoga — there, we said sets become a problem, the history of Brooklyn. The hand-carved joy their eternal rest. it. Yes, it was easy). But not all yoga is the all hell — we’re talking 'VMMCPEZ ash stacks and mezzanine are elegant, in- Green-Wood Cemetery [500 25th St. same. 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But it’s not all fun and games, said Jon We- robe (would Eamonn Doran do that?). browse or read (after paying the build- Everyone loves the city’s public swim- “Vinyasa techniques aren’t just relaxing in ber, a spokesman for Theater for the New City, Of course, you don’t come to a spa to ing’s $6 admission fee). ming pools — everyone, that is, except the studio, but because they’re not all about which is producing the show. “We want to make drink, you come to spa (yes, it’s a verb), so Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Pier- people who like to swim. And there’s no stretching, you can use what you learn as people aware of what’s going on and how they there are all the requisite treatments, in- repont St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn shame in admitting that sometimes you you go out into the world,” she said. can get involved.” cluding yoga, massages and steam rooms. Heights, (718) 222-4111]. Open Wed-Fri, wish you could just have the pool to yourself Of course, Quinn-Suplina’s studio itself Sounds preachy. But the good news is that The Russian sauna offers a dry, 180-de- 1-5 pm. instead of being surrounded by noisy, bois- is a comforting place — and not just be- there are plenty of pie-throwing and selzer- gree heat, plus the chance to be hit with terous kids (damn kids having fun!). cause the 1920s-era firehouse is painted spraying to keep it all fun. oak leaves or rubbed with salt from the %FBERVJFU Fortunately, there are early morning and all white and has such nice high ceilings. “Tally Ho! Or Navigating the Future” will be Dead Sea. If you’re not sufficiently relaxed On weekends, Prospect Park is as crowded early evening lap swimming hours at both If you’re short on dough, for example, you performed at the Coney Island Boardwalk (at by that point, get a chocolate full body as a frat party and as filthy as a garbage the Red Hook and Sunset Park pools. can sign up for a work-study program that W. 10th Street) on Aug. 14; and the Prospect massage. And if you want the full treat- dump, so why not go hang out in the cem- It’s a great stress reliever. will have you answering phones or work- Park Concert Grove (enter park at Lincoln ment, reserve a private room for $200 per etery? It may sound strange, but the Green- “Once you’re underwater, you hear noth- ing on the company’s Web site in exchange Road and Ocean Avenue) on Aug. 22. All per- hour. The spa provides the Champagne Wood Cemetery is relaxing for more than ing,” one swimmer told us the other day. for your classes. formances are at 2 pm and are free. 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Ninth Street in Prospect and Dock streets in com/events. Park). Tickets, $30. DUMBO, (718) 625-9352]. ARE YOU CARING FOR AN ELDERLY RELATIVE OR SOMEONE WITH MEMORY LOSS? NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, AUG. 7 GENDER EQUALITY FESTIVAL: En- tertainment, activities, information, We’re here to free food, and prizes. This year’s theme: “Brooklyn, We Go Hard!” Free. 10 am-3 pm. Cuyler Gore Find lots more listings online at help you and Park (corner of Greene Avenue and BrooklynPaper.com/Events Fulton Street in Fort Greene), www. your relatives genyc.com. Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort ART, “INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS” Greene), www.brownstoner.com/ OPENING: Featuring photography, brooklynflea. video, performance, and new media BROOKLYN FLEA MARKET: Free. 10 “I wish a Center like by Katherine Behar, Ira Eduardo- am-5 pm. [194 20th St., between vna, Jeff DeGolier and Siebren Fourth and Fifth avenues in Green- this was available for Versteeg. Free. 6 pm. 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Prospect Park band shell ÛiÊÃÊ>ÊL>ÌÌivi`\ Pat Benatar will rock the Seaside Concert lery’s Soap Box Derby at the 17th The Jacquelyn UÊ Ài>v>ÃÌÊ>`ÊÕV É>vÌiÀÊ (Enter park at Prospect Park West Series in Asser Levy Park in Coney Island — on a bill with Blondie! Street block party. Free. Open Ìi>Ê>`Ê`iÀ and Ninth Street in Prospect Park), Source Gallery (255 17th St., at Fifth Hernandez Adult www.briconline.org/celebrate. — on Aug. 13. Avenue in Greenwood Heights), UÊÕÊi`V>Ê>`ÊÕÀÃ}Ê ART, RED HOOK GROUP SHOW: www.open-source-gallery.org. Day Health Center Free. 7 pm. Space 414 (414 Van ÃiÀÛVià ING: Free. Noon. Prospect Park Kane Story.” $3 (suggested). 7 pm. ART, SLIGHTLY IN SEINE EXHIBIT: Brunt St. at Coffey Street in Red Four featured artists and over 800 Hook), www.space414.com. Audubon Center [Enter park at Prospect Park band shell (Enter provides: UÊÀiiÊÌÀ>ëÀÌ>ÌÊÌÊ>`ÊvÀÊ Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue park at Prospect Park West and new works at this annual Summer ART, LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S PHOTO Art Exhibition. Free. 1 pm. Brooklyn Ì iÊ iÌiÀ GRAPHS: Free. 7 pm. Tillie’s [248 in Prospect Park, (718) 287-3400], Ninth Street in Prospect Park), www.briconline.org/celebrate. Waterfront Artists Coalition [499 UÊ-ÝÊ`>ÞÃÊ>ÊÜii]ÊÊ DeKalb Ave. at Vanderbilt Avenue www.prospectpark.org/audubon. Van Brunt St. at Beard Street in in Fort Greene, (718) 783-6140], PERFORMANCE THEATER, “THE SECOND PIPE OF Red Hook, (718) 596-2506], www. `>ÞÊqÊ->ÌÕÀ`>Þ www.tilliesofbrooklyn.com. DESIRE”: A staged reading of bwac.org. BROOKLYN CYCLONES VS JAME MUSIC, GRAND STREET COMMU David Miller’s new play. Free. 7 pm. NITY BAND: The all-volunteer en- BROOKLYN CYCLONES VS JAME Medicaid COVERS all costs STOWN: Game is also a fundraiser Old Stone House [336 Third St. be- STOWN: $8-$15. 6 pm. Keyspan for the St. John’s Bread of Life soup semble playing traditional American tween Fourth and Fifth avenues in marches. Free. 12 pm. McCarren Park [1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th kitchen on the party deck. E-mail Park Slope, (718) 768-3195], www. Street in Coney Island, (718) 449- [email protected] for info. Park (Bedford Avenue at Lorimer artfulconspirators.org. Street in Greenpoint). 8497], www.brooklyncyclones.com. The Jacquelyn Hernandez Adult Day Health Center $8-$15. 7 pm. Keyspan Park [1904 1- ]Ê --" Ê/ÊÓää\ FILM, “THE TALK OF THE TOWN”: Surf Ave. at W. 17th Street in Coney ARTS CELEBRATION: Art, music, Free. 8 pm. St. Ann’s Church [157 giveaways, food and drink. Free. 1 Cary Grant, Jean Arthur. Part of the 380 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Island, (718) 449-8497], www.brook- Montague Street at Clinton Street Cary Grant Program. $11 ($8 seniors lyncyclones.com. pm. Fort Greene Park Visitor Center in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 707-1411]. To arrange a tour or request an application, call: [Enter park at Myrtle Avenue and and students). 6:50 pm. Brooklyn ART, KAKI KING: Free. 7 pm. Little- Academy of Music [30 Lafayette field [622 Degraw St. between Washington Park in Fort Greene, SALES AND MARKETS Barbara Williams – 718.855.2050 (718) 723-3218]. Ave. near St. Felix Street in Fort Fourth and Fifth avenues in Gow- LEWIS AVENUE FLEA MARKET: Greene, (718) 636-4100], www. anus, (718) 855-3388], www.little- THEATER, “THE UNCLE BOB Free. 9 am-6 pm. (Lewis Avenue bam.org. fieldnyc.com. SHOW”: With Danielle Abrams and and Decatur streets in Bedford- Stuyvesant). ART, LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S PHOTO MUSIC, THE FIVE DEADLY VEN Raissa Hinman. $15 (adults free). 6 GRAPHS: See Friday, Aug. 7. OMS AND THE HUNTS: American pm. FiveMyles (558 St. Johns Pl. be- *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ Free. 9 am-5 tween Classon and Franklin avenues pm. PS 321 schoolyard (Seventh Av- COMEDY NIGHT: Leslie Goshko and ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ acoustic and bluegrass. $10. 7:30 Jen Kwak perform. $10. 8 pm. Ja- pm. Jalopy [315 Columbia St. at in Crown Heights). enue and First Street in Park Slope), www.parkslopefleamarket.com. lopy [315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Woodhull Street in Columbia Street ,/]Ê- ,/ Ê,/Ê-"7\ Street in Columbia Street Water- Waterfront, (718) 395-3214], www. With music, cocktails, and surprises. ARTISTS AND FLEAS IN MCCARREN front, (718) 395-3214], www.jalopy. jalopy.biz. Free. 6 pm. 1158 Gallery [1158 Dean PARK: Free. 10 am-6 pm. McCarren biz. FIREWORKS: Free. 9:30 pm. Board- St. between Nostrand and Rogers Park (Bedford Avenue and Lorimer walk (Surf Avenue and W. 12th avenues in Crown Heights, (347) Street in Williamsburg), www.artist- Street in Coney Island), www.coney- 404-6418]. sandfleas.com. SUN, AUG. 9 islandfunguide.com. MUSIC, BIG DADDY KANE: Includes BROOKLYN FLEA: Free. 10 am-5 pm. screening of “BDK: The Big Daddy Bishop Loughlin HS (357 Clermont OUTDOORS AND TOURS SAT, AUG. 8 COOKING DEMONSTRATION: With New York’s Chef Emily Peterson. Free. noon. Park Slope Farmers Market (Fifth OUTDOORS AND TOURS Avenue between Third and Fourth BIKE RIDE: Transportation Alterna- CIVIC CALENDAR streets in Park Slope). tives leads a ride from Brooklyn, /"1,]Ê, 7"" Ê / ,9\ through Queens and Manhattan TUES, AUG. 11 meet. Free. 6:30 pm. St. Francis Historic Fund Walk tour: and into the Bronx. Free. 8:30 am- >``>ÌiÊ`iL>Ìi° Candidates for College (180 Remsen St., between underground muses of Green- best election noon. Meet at Grand Army Plaza the 33rd Council district (currently Court and Clinton streets in wood. $15 ($12 students and (Under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ occupied by David Yassky) will Brooklyn Heights). seniors). 1 pm. Green-Wood Arch in Park Slope), www.transalt. 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HOW TO E-mail iÜÃÊ>`Ê>ÀÌà releases to [email protected] Member: Listed: E-mail V>i`>À listings to [email protected] CONTACT E-mail } Ìvi listings to [email protected] ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THE PAPER To e-mail a staff member, use first initial last name @cnglocal.com August 7, 2009 / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää AWP 9 (PXBOVTNVTJD Porter Block’s new album is a collaboration By Shannon Geis for The Brooklyn Paper nly Peter Block would find his inspiration in the murky 0 Gowanus Canal. The fetid corpse of water lends its name — and its rug- ged good looks — to the new album from Block’s (sort-of) self-titled band, Porter Block. But the band’s fourth LP, “The Gowanus Yacht Club” isn’t about the canal (despite its depiction on the cover) — it’s more about the club. The 11-cut record features a collaboration with a different Brooklyn artist on every track — hence the “club” idea. Some “club” members are well known (like Angela Mc- Cluskey from the French pop group Telepopmusik), others not so much. “Some of the songwriters I knew and had worked with be- fore, others were people that I ad- mired,” said Block. “The whole "ÊÌ iÊLV\ Peter Block and his band, Porter Block, have a new album out — vibe gets captured in the song inspired by the Gowanus Canal. and I hope people hear it.” Brooklynites will, he be- ways got a good response from riage House. Brooklyn that he even loves his lieves. To promote the Foun- the locals. When he’s not playing or neighborhood subway. tains of Wayne-influenced re- “It’s more friendly [to play in recording, you can sometimes “I love walking from the F cord, Porter Block performed Brooklyn],” said Block. “People find Peter Block at the Smith train,” said Block. “I can hear all over the borough this sum- in Brooklyn really come out to Street bar that gives the album birds chirping.” mer — including shows at the see original music.” its formal title. Whatever floats your boat. Northside Festival and Spike There’s plenty of it. Most of “The Yacht Club is just down Porter Block’s new CD is Hill in Williamsburg, Bar 4 in Block’s collaborators have set the street from my studio,” he available at Music Matters [413 Park Slope, and a listening party up shop in the borough, just as said. “It’s a cool place, with Seventh Ave. between 13th at the Bushwick Country Club he did two years ago at his stu- burgers, hot dogs and beer.” and 14th streets in Park Slope, — and Block said the band al- dio, called the Gowanus Car- The guy is so in love with (718) 369-7087]. Stenejem, who looks and That smell can’t be manufac- and following our breath,” he sounds like an American ver- tured in any scent-maker’s labo- said. sion of Malcolm McDowell, has ratory — it can only be earned. “What tends to cause stress 1&"$& put together a wine list of some It’s the scent of an old bar. So in our lives is that we have an Continued from page 7 200 bottles, with 35 wines avail- grab a pint of Brooklyn Lager attachment to thought, and the Plus, there’s a “pay-whatever- able by the glass. The back patio or Guinness at the 1870s-era breath is a way to bring the mind you-want” every Tuesday at 10 is home to a lush garden, but the wood bar, or shoot some pool away from being attached to am, and an unlimited classes undulating cherry-wood bar de- in the backroom (these games those thoughts,” he added. for $99 deal. signed by Stenejem’s wife, Rose are definitely low key). So the goal at regular medi- “Yoga,” Quinn-Suplina said, Hermann, is equally beautiful. Better still, take your beer tation sessions is to sit still for a “is about the union of the mind, Stonehome has expanded its into one of the walled-off booths half hour at a time, which Sny- the body and the breath, or food offerings from cheese and for a quiet afternoon chat. der admitted isn’t so easy for spirit.” charcuterie to include a $25 prix- Brooklyn Inn [138 Bergen first-timers. So it shouldn’t break the fixe menu (before 7:30 pm) and St. at Hoyt Street in Boerum “They’re used to following bank. offerings like watermelon and Hill, (718) 625-9741] their mind wherever it takes Bend and Bloom Yoga [708 feta salad or sustainably fished them,” he said. “But it is much Sackett St. between Fourth Mahi Mahi. 5IFBSUPG;FO easier to do it with other peo- and Fifth avenues in Park Nothing says “relaxation” If yoga isn’t spiritual enough ple around.” Slope, (347) 987-3162]. like a sustainably harvested for you, how about sitting and Sounds like that introduc- fish. meditating while facing a tory class at 9:30 am on the 8JOFTUSFBL Stonehome Wine Bar [87 wall? first Saturday of the month is Down a flight of stairs off Lafayette Ave. at S. Portland That’s the soto Zen tradi- for you. bustling Lafayette Avenue, Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) tion, as practiced at the Brook- Brooklyn Zen Center [389 Stonehome Wine Bar is the 624-9443]. lyn Zen Center in Park Slope, Ninth St. between Fifth and brainchild of Bill Stenejem, where Zen priest Greg Snyder Sixth avenues in Park Slope, who is (get this) a retired high %SJOLJOHMJGF runs the show. (718) 701-1083]. Suggested school alcohol and substance When you walk into the “What we are doing is bring- donation is $5. For info, visit abuse program administrator. Brooklyn Inn, inhale deeply. ing our minds to our body www.brooklynzen.org. 211 Fifth Avenue (between Union & President) Park Slope (718) 636-9463 www.redwhiteandbubbly.com Open Mon–Sat: 10am–10pm, Sun: 12pm–8pm AUGUST RECOMMENDATIONS Darrin’s Best Buys Darrin’s August for August! Discovery Wines! 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Brooklyn Academy of MUSIC, BONNIE RAITT AND Music [30 Lafayette Ave. TAJ MAHAL: Benefit con- near St. Felix Street in Fort %":4 cert for Celebrate Brook- Greene, (718) 636-4100], lyn. $39.75–$125.25. 7 pm. www.bam.org. Continued from page 8 Prospect Park band shell ,"" 9 Ê 9 " -Ê Street in Sunset Park, (212) (Enter park at Prospect VS ONEONTA: $8-$15. 7 439-1090], www.bigonion. Park West and Ninth Street pm. Keyspan Park [1904 com. in Prospect Park), www.bri- Surf Ave. at W. 17th conline.org/celebrate. Street in Coney Island, PERFORMANCE 1- ]Ê Ê "" Ê Ê (718) 449-8497], www. -ANI !LIKHANI $$3 -3 0H$ THEATER, “TALLY HO! OR SMIF N WESSUN: Hip-hop brooklyncyclones.com. NAVIGATING THE FU artists who worked with ART, LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S $IPLOMATE OF !MERICAN "OARD OF /RTHODONTICS TURE”: The rip-roaring mu- Tupac, Talib Kweli, Mary PHOTOGRAPHS: See Fri- sical. Free. 2 pm. Herbert J. 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Live music before Narrows Botanical Gardens lumbia Street Waterfront St. at Woodhull Street in , 7", -\ See Friday, the film, open bar at Match- [Shore Road and Bay Ridge District, (718) 395-3214], the Columbia Street Wa- Aug. 7. less afterward. Presented Avenue in Bay Ridge, www.jalopy.biz. terfront District, (718) 395- "RACES )NVISALIGN by Rooftop Films. $9. 8:30 (718) 748-9848], www. 3214], www.jalopy.biz. SAT, AUG. 15 pm. Automotive High narrowsbg.org. TUES, AUG. 11 School [50 Bedford Ave. at THURS, AUG. 13 OUTDOORS AND TOURS Nassau Avenue in Green- OTHER MUSIC, TV ON THE RADIO: &REE #ONSULTATION point, (617) 427-3267], www. ART, SLIGHTLY IN SEINE Benefit concert for Cel- £nää--/9 Ê "" \ Ê, \ See Saturday, rooftopfilms.com. EXHIBIT: See Saturday, ebrate Brooklyn. $30. ”Garden Noodles.” Pre- Aug. 8. .O $OWN 0AYMENT SALES AND MARKETS Aug. 8. 5:30 pm. Prospect Park pare, cook, and eat over ART, ENVIRONMENTAL MU * Ê" ", Ê band shell (Enter park at an open fire. Free. 5-7 SEUM ON WHEELS: The -OST )NSURANCES !CCEPTED *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ See SEMINAR: Free. 2 pm. Prospect Park West and pm. Wyckoff Farmhouse nature and maritime Envi- Saturday, Aug. 8. Brooklyn Historical Society Ninth Street in Prospect Museum [5816 Clarendon romedia Mobile. Exhibits, ,"" 9 Ê Ê , /\ [128 Pierrepont St. at Park), www.briconline.org/ Rd. at Ralph Avenue in East ecocruises, fishing, touch See Saturday, Aug. 8. Clinton Street in Brooklyn celebrate. Flatbush, (718) 629-5400], tank, movies, refreshments, 0LEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ARTISTS AND FLEAS: See Heights, (718) 222-4111], OUTDOOR PILATES: The www.wyckoffassociation. music. International Bay Saturday, Aug. 8. www.brooklynhistory.org. Fitness Guru leads free org. Fest Series. Free. 11 am. Free. 11 class. Free. 6:30 pm. MUSIC, GRAND STREET IKEA’s Erie Basin Park [1 , ,-Ê , /\ ,"" 9 Ê 9 " -Ê6-Ê Beard St. at Otsego Street am–5 pm. J.J. Byrne Park JAMESTOWN: See Satur- Empire-Fulton Ferry State COMMUNITY BAND: See (Fifth Avenue and Fourth Park [Plymouth Street at Saturday, Aug. 8. in Red Hook, (347) 224- day, Aug. 8. 5828], www.urbandivers.org. !TLANTIC !VENUE 4EL Street in Park Slope). Main Street in DUMBO, FILM, “BUTCH CASSIDY & FILM, “SUSPICION”: Cary INTRODUCTION TO BIRD ,"" 9 Ê \ Free. Grant, Joan Fontaine. Part (718) 802-0603], www. / Ê-1 Ê »\ "ROOKLYN .9 &AX brooklynbridgepark.org. Part of the Movies with a WATCHING: See Saturday, 11 am–6 pm. Under the of the Cary Grant Program. Aug. 8. Brooklyn Bridge (Water $11 ($8 seniors and stu- FILM, “TOPPER”: Cary Grant, View series. Free. 6 pm. Street and New Dock dents). 6:50 pm. Brooklyn Constance Bennett, Roland Empire-Fulton Ferry State PERFORMANCE Young. Part of the Cary Park [Plymouth Street at WWWHOUSEOFORTHODONTIACOM Street in DUMBO), www. Academy of Music [30 MUSIC, ANIMAL COLLEC brownstoner.com/ Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix Grant Program. $11 ($8 Main Street in DUMBO, seniors and students). 6:50 (718) 802-0603], www. TIVE: See Friday, Aug. 14. brooklynflea. Street in Fort Greene, (718) Tickets still available. 636-4100], www.bam.org. pm. Brooklyn Academy of brooklynbridgepark.org. Music [30 Lafayette Ave. TWILIGHT TOUR: Wine and THEATER, “WHITMAN’S ART LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S near St. Felix Street in Fort cheese reception, boat ,"" 9 »\ A staged PHOTOGRAPHS: See Sat- Greene, (718) 636-4100], tour and naturalist-led reading of David Miller’s re-sale boutique for kids & teens urday, Aug. 8. www.bam.org. bat walk. Reservations re- new play. Free. 7 pm. Old FILM, “STAR WARS”: Out- , ]Ê-" Ê ,-/ \ quired. $30. 6:30 pm. Pros- Stone House [336 Third St. door movie screening. Author of “The Art of pect Park Audubon Center between Fourth and Fifth Free. 8 pm. Habana Out- Making Money.” Free. 7 [Enter park at Lincoln Road avenues in Park Slope, post [757 Fulton St. at S. pm. Barnes & Noble [267 and Ocean Avenue in Pros- (718) 768-3195], www. Portland Avenue in Fort Seventh Avenue at Sixth pect Park, (718) 287-3400], artfulconspirators.org. Greene, (718) 858-9500], Street in Park Slope, (718) www.prospectpark.org/ MUSIC, ART LILLARD QUAR www.ecoeatery.com. 832-9066]. audubon. TET: Free. 8:30 pm. Tea MUSIC, LISA LISA: Remember FILM, “PENNY SERENADE”: Lounge [837 Union St. at MON, AUG. 10 Cult Jam? Free. 7 pm. Red Cary Grant, Irene Dunn. Seventh Avenue in Park Hook Park [Verona and Part of the Cary Grant Pro- Slope, (718) 789-2762], it’s time to let go... FILM, “LADIES SHOULD Dwight streets in Red Hook, gram. $11 ($8 seniors and www.tealoungeny.com. LISTEN”: Cary Grant, (212) 360-8290], www. students). 6:50 pm. Brook- SALES AND MARKETS As seen in Frances Drake. Part of the cityparksfoundation.org. lyn Academy of Music [30 clothes shoes books everyday items Cary Grant Program. $11 ART, LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix LEWIS AVENUE FLEA MAR TIME OUT NEW YORK ($8 seniors and students). PHOTOGRAPHS: See Fri- Street in Fort Greene, (718) /\ See Saturday, Aug. 8. KIDS kids teens maternity 7 pm. Brooklyn Academy day, Aug. 7. 636-4100], www.bam.org. *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ See of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. ART, LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S Saturday, Aug. 8. pick-ups available near St. Felix Street in Fort PHOTOGRAPHS: See Fri- ARTISTS AND FLEAS IN MC Greene, (718) 636-4100], WED, AUG. 12 day, Aug. 7. ,, Ê*, \ See Satur- www.bam.org. FILM, “ETERNAL SUNSHINE MUSIC, BLONDIE AND day, Aug. 8. ART LYNN BEAUCHEMIN’S OF THE SPOTLESS MIND”: PAT BENATAR: With the ,"" 9 Ê \ See Satur- PHOTOGRAPHS: See Sat- Part of the Summerscreen Donnas. Free. 7:30 pm. day, Aug. 8. urday, Aug. 8. Film Series. Free. dusk. Mc- Asser Levy/Seaside Park ,"" 9 Ê Ê , /\ SALE MUSIC, TEENA MARIE, JEF Carren Park (The ballfields [W. Fifth Street and Surf See Saturday, Aug. 8. FREY OSBORNE, AND at Lorimer Street and Driggs Avenue, across from the ARTISTS AND FLEAS: See going on RUBEN STUDDARD: Avenue in Greenpoint), sum- Aquarium in Coney Island, Saturday, Aug. 8. Free. 7:30 pm. Wingate merscreen.org. (718) 222-0600], www. /,1 Ê-"7\ Species by NOW Field [Brooklyn Ave. be- /"1,]Ê, 7"" Ê brooklynconcerts.com. the Thousands. Meet the tween Rutland Road and ETERY: Led by Big Onion READING, LIZ THORPE: designers, see their latest Winthrop Street in Crown Walking Tours. $15 ($12 stu- Author of “Cheese fashions, and enjoy delicious Heights, (718) 222-0600], dents and seniors). 1 pm. Chronicles.” Free. 7:30 treats. Free. 1-5 pm. Old www.brooklynconcerts.com. Green-Wood Cemetery pm. Barnes & Noble [267 Hollywood (110 Meserole MUSIC, TONY SCHERR: [Fifth Avenue and 25th Street Seventh Avenue at Sixth Ave. between Manhattan Weekly gig. $5. 9 pm. Ja- in Sunset Park, (212) 439- Street in Park Slope, (718) Avenue and Leonard Street 832-9066]. in Greenpoint), www. oldhollywoodmoxie.com. FRI, AUG. 14 OTHER -*45:063&7&/5 GENDER EQUALITY FESTI URBAN PLANT ART: Sara BRING IN THIS AD To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two VAL: See Friday, Aug. 7. Bouchard and German art- weeks notice or more. Send your listing by e-mail: calendar@ MUSIC, ANIMAL COLLEC ist Leslie Kuo investigate Haircuts & Products too urban plants together. In- GET 20% OFF PURCHASE cnglocal.com; or by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paper, TIVE: Benefit concert for Celebrate Brooklyn. $30. cludes discussion and walks One Metrotech Center North, Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. 5:30 pm. Prospect Park through the neighborhood. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We band shell (enter park at Free. Open Source Gal- @ Kidz Cut Zone 447 Sixth Avenue, Park Slope 718.369.4700 regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Prospect Park West and lery (255 17th St., at Fifth Ninth Street in Prospect Avenue in Greenwood Park), www.briconline.org/ Heights), www.urbanplant- celebrate. This show is research.org. Slope sold out. ART, SLIGHTLY IN SEINE Park MUSIC, BEAREATHER EXHIBIT: See Saturday, venue Fifth A REDDY: Free. 6 pm. Med- Aug. 8. BID gar Evers College Am- ,"" 9 Ê 9 " -Ê6-Ê Take a stroll phitheatre [Montgomery ONEONTA: 6 pm. See Fri- ents St. between Franklyn and day, Aug. 14. pres Bedford avenues in Crown FILM, “TO CATCH A THEIF”: Heights, (718) 270-5055], Part of the Cary Grant Pro- www.centralbrooklynjazz- gram. $11 ($8 seniors and along Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue consortium.org. students). 6:50 pm. 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For more information 718-625-9352 ourth y F or Da e-mail [email protected] to Lab www.waterstreetrestaurant.com August 7, 2009 / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää AWP 11 FAMILY CALENDAR KIDS s SCHOOL s STYLE s TEENS s CAMPS s MUSIC PARENT Smartmom is ready to cut the cord eing a parent is about emergency room letting go. From the visits or major moment that um- B surgery. Catch “Life in a Desert Island” in Prospect bilical cord is cut, it’s all The fact that Park on Aug. 9 and 16. about making more and he was encour- more space between you aging this was and your child. irksome — and FRI, AUG. 7 Hour. See Saturday, Aug. 8. Here’s how it goes: breast- it made Smart- ÓÊ«\ Ringling Brothers and ÓÊ«\ Story hour. See Barnum & Bailey Boom-A- Saturday, Aug. 8. feeding gradually ceases to mom mad. Ring. One-ring verison of {\ÎäÊ«\ “Life on a Desert be the main source of suste- By Louise Crawford “It’s ridicu- the Ringling Brothers show. nance. Then the baby learns Island”. A one-man, out- lously safe,” he $10-$65. [West 21st Street door, interactive play based at the Boardwalk in Coney to crawl, then walk, then run “Can we do that?” OSFO told Smartmom. If the string on the popular Robinson from you. Pre-school and kin- Island, (201) 507-8900], Crusoe story. Free. Pros- asked with just the slightest breaks there’s the parachute, www.ringling.com. pect Park (Fifth Street next dergarten takes them farther amount of pleading in her if the parachute breaks, they away as they make friends. ÓÊ«\ Animal tales, to Litchfield Villa), www. voice. just fall into the water.” folklore, games, costumes, theatreplayground.com. And those connections only crafts, skulls and skins Smartmom didn’t even an- Smartmom put the whole xÊ«\ A short play about for children aged 4-11. widen and deepens. Walt Whitman’s life and swer because she figured the thing out of her mind as they Prospect Park Children’s And then they go paras- works in Brooklyn. Free. urge would pass and OSFO walked along the beach. She Corner [Flatbush Avenue Old Stone House [336 Third ailing. and Luvbud would soon settle at Empire Boulevard, figured it was a remote pos- St. between Fourth and It wasn’t something Smart- (718) 638-7700], www. on a safer beach pastime, like sibility until she heard Hep- Fifth avenues in Park Slope, mom ever expected. In fact, heartofbrooklyn.org/ collecting seashells or bury- cat say. (718) 768-3195], www. it wasn’t really an activity on childrenscorner. ing each other in the sand. “Let’s walk over to the Crawford Hugh theoldstonehouse.org. her radar at all. It was just a But the urge didn’t pass. harbor and see how much it SAT, AUG. 8 ÈÊ«\ Bingo/board game day at the beach on Block Is- And, believe it or not, Hep- costs.” £ä\ÎäÊ>\ Ringling Broth- night. Free. Moxie Spot [81 land with Hepcat, the Oh So cat started to egg them on. ers. See Friday, Aug. 7. Atlantic Ave. between Hicks Smartmom was game only and Henry streets in Brook- Feisty One and her friend, Puppet show, “You really want to do it? because she figured the cost £Ó\ÎäÊ«\ lyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], “Aladdin and the Wonder- Luvbud. You want to give it a try?” would be prohibitive. themoxiespot.com. And then OSFO noticed a The Brooklyn Paper / ful Lamp.” $8 ($7 children). he goaded. ut Smartmom didn’t Puppetworks [338 Sixth TUES, AUG. 11 tiny yellow parachute with a Smartmom was shocked. factor in salesman- The Oh So Feisty One and her pal Luvbud get high at Block Island. Ave., at Fourth Street in smiley face on it flying high Hepcat was usually the hyper- ship. When they got Park Slope, (718) 965-3391], Î\ÎäÊ«\ “The Tale of Flut- above and behind a speeding B www.puppetworks.org. terby and Piggle,” an inter- cautious one. From a family to the motorboat, a woman from asking OSFO if she was ful,” the woman said. motorboat. But Hepcat felt differently. active, butterfly-themed of engineers, he knows how selling tickets on the dock “This is one of those con- feeling all right, if she really On the boat, the captain £Ê«\ Nature Crafts. Free. musical for kids, 2-5. Free. “There’s a person attached everything works and, there- Prospect Park Audubon Brooklyn Bridge Park lawn was determined to get the fidence-building activities,” wanted to go up there, if she played Steely Dan songs at Center [Enter park at to that thing,” she said. for, just how dangerous ev- girls into the boat. [1 Main St. at Plymouth he said. “One of those things wanted to change her mind. high volume and Smartmom Lincoln Road and Ocean Street in DUMBO, (718) And so began the longing erything is. He’s the parent “It’s the experience of a that makes you feel like you She and Luvbud didn’t seem felt a blur of feelings that in- Avenue in Prospect Park, to be that person f lying high 802-0603], www.brooklyn- who always puts the kibosh on lifetime, girls. You’ll love can do anything. It’s great for to have any reservations. They cluded elation, pride in her (718) 287-3400], www. bridgepark.org. prospectpark.org/audubon. above the Atlantic Ocean. kooky ideas that will result in it. You can go up together. girls.” looked excited and ready to brave girl, and even shame. The captain has been doing Smartmom hardly recog- go as they watched the pre- What mother would send her £\ÎäÊ«\ Science Power WED, AUG. 12 this for 20 years. Nothing to vious tandem couple being daughter 500 feet in the air? Hour. Free. Prospect Park ÓÊ«\ Ringling Brothers. nized her ever-cautious hus- Audubon Center. See See Friday, Aug. 7. Summer Fencing Camps worry about. Everyone loves band. Then again, hadn’t he lowered down. What a crazy thing to do? venue info above. at BROOKLYN FENCING CENTER it. We’ve got a boat leaving regaled them with tales of a Smartmom watched ner- But then she got hit with ÓÊ«\ Story hour. Free. THURS, AUG. 13 in a few minutes.” youth spent riding motorcy- vously as the girls were slowly something like the world’s Imagination Playground ÓÊ«\ Ringling Brothers. Beginners welcome! When Smartmom found cles, hot-dog skiing, skate- released into the air like a kite. biggest metaphor. Isn’t that (Enter park at Lincoln See Friday, Aug. 7. out that it cost $75 per per- boarding and driving sports Before she knew it, they were rope up to the parasail the Road and Ocean Avenue ÈÊ«\ “Fly Away Home” Ages 7 & up in Prospect Park), www. with Anna Paquin. Part of son for a seven-minute ride cars? soaring high above Block Is- umbilical cord that Smart- prospectpark.org. land’s waters. mom has never actually the SummerStarz series. Next session begins July 20th or a 14-minute tandem ride He wanted his little girl {Ê«\ Putumayo Kids in been able to cut? Shouldn’t Free. East River State Park REGISTER NOW! she was dead set against it. to fly and there was no way he view was probably concert. Face painting and (Entrance at Kent Avenue This trip to Block Island was around it. breathtaking for them. a mother let her child soar food. Part of the Carroll and N. Eighth Street in already costing them plenty. Reluctantly, Smartmom For Smartmom, it was (even if it is frightening and Park Kids’ Concert Series. Williamsburg). 62 Fourth St (corner of Hoyt) U (718) 522-5822 T Free. Carroll Park (President Why did they need to add anxiety inducing to see her stomachache inducing?)? If ÈÊ«\ Nintendo Wii Sports www.BrooklynFencing.com said yes. But first she wanted and Smith streets in Carroll this unnecessary expense? to call Luvbud’s mom back daughter in the sky. She could her daughter felt ready to do Night. Free. Moxie Spot [81 Gardens), www.carrollpark- Atlantic Ave. between Hicks home in Brooklyn. In a mo- barely see her face and kept something new (within rea- brooklyn.org/concerts. son), shouldn’t her mom go and Henry streets in Brook- ment of crystal-clear great asking Hepcat how they ÈÊ«\ Family Camp Out lyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], parenting, Smartmom thought looked through the view- along with it and be brave. Night. Bring your own themoxiespot.com. SUMMER AT it seemed right that she should finder of his camera. Isn’t that what growing up sleeping bag. Dinner, call Luvbud’s mom for a si- “Do they look scared? Are is about? dessert, and breakfast pro- FRI, AUG. 14 they all right?” she asked. Yes, dammit, it’s all about vided. RSVP. $30 per child/ ÓÊ«\ Ringling Brothers. gnoff on her daughter flying parent pair, $10 for each See Friday, Aug. 7. 500 feet in the air. Luvbud’s “They’re fine,” he said. letting go. extra person. Brooklyn “Can’t you see, she’s making When the captain’s mate Society for Ethical Culture ÓÊ«\ Animal tales. See mom gave her OK. The girls Friday, Aug. 7. cheered. the thumbs-up sign? They’re started pulling in the string, [53 Prospect Park West kicking their feet.” Smartmom felt her beating at Second Street in Park As the girls got on the boat, Slope, (212) 920-4483], SAT, AUG. 15 the captain said that Smart- It was true. The girls were heart slow down. As the girls www.bsec.org. \ÎäÊ>\ Catch fish, look got closer she could see their at them, then let them go. DAY SCHOOL, INC. mom and Hepcat could ride flailing their arms and swing- È\£xÊ«\ “Sesame Street” ing their legs like they were smiling faces. They didn’t Free. Brooklyn Bridge Park along for free. songs and a Tigger movie. [1 Main St, at Plymouth on the big girl swings in JJ look scared; they looked ac- Free. Moxie Spot [81 Atlan- COME JOIN IN THE FUN! Smartmom was pleased. Street in DUMBO, (718) Of course she had no inten- Byrne Playground in the complished and happy, espe- tic Ave. between Hicks and 802-0603], www.brooklyn- Henry streets in Brooklyn tion of letting her baby fly newly misnamed Washing- cially when the captain let bridgepark.org. them dip their toes in the wa- Heights, (718) 923-9710], s 7ATER 0LAY s -USIC -OVEMENT up in the air without her be- ton Park. They looked like themoxiespot.com. £ä\ÎäÊ>\ Ringling Broth- s 3PRINKLERS s 'YM &ACILITIES ing on board — free or not they didn’t have a care in the ter before getting back on the ers. See Friday, Aug. 7. s ,ARGE /UTDOOR 9ARD s !RT 0ROJECTS free. world. flight deck. They squealed SUN, AUG. 9 £Ó\ÎäÊ«\ “Aladdin.” See By the time OSFO and Lu- Big deal. Smartmom was with laughter. £Ó\ÎäÊ>`ÊÓ\ÎäÊ«\ “Alad- Saturday, Aug. 8. din.” See Saturday, Aug. 8. s 3PACIOUS #LASSROOMS vbud were strapped into the an emotional wreck the entire And so did Smartmom, £Ê«\ Nature Crafts. See Ringling Brothers. 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It’s so peace- portant. was a credible pick,” he tried, of owners and renters par- nity Garden in Fort Greene, gamely. ticipating, and we really where I once videotaped my- It was not, of course. In- wanted to acknowledge it,” self defecating in a water-re- GREEN… deed, it should be no surprise he added. “And it was the first cycling, solar-powered com- Continued from page 1 said. “And look at these tree that Eighth Street between time that a Park Slope block posting toilet (the video, on and thought, ‘Our block is pits.” Eighth Avenue and the park had won.” BrooklynPaper.com, is worth literally green compared to He was pointing to several didn’t even make the top five This year, of course, no watching). this,’” said Tolonda Tolbert, extra-large sidewalk gardens this year. Contest rules bar it controversy. Credibility is Hazel Deane of East Flat- whose house mid-block is the that neighbors created after from winning for two straight restored. bush won for best window epicenter of Lincoln Road’s realizing that there were no years, but to not even finish Indeed, other category box — doesn’t she always? floral effort. utility wires or pipes running in the top five? Well, that said winners also showed that the — and MacDonough Street “But the contest has been below the sidewalk. it all. Botanic Garden had put the between Stuyvesant and great for us because it gets ev- “They got permission from I reminded Medbury that past behind it. The greenest Lewis avenues in Bedford- eryone involved,” she quickly the city, cut through the bu- I was not the only one who commercial block is Atlan- Stuyvesant, a block where I added. “I feel wonderful. Peo- reaucracy and got them dug,” thought last year’s decision to tic Avenue between Bond often find myself marveling ple have been fertilizing the Medbury said. “That’s a lot call Eighth Street the “green- and Nevins streets, while at the street tree beds, sure Tom Callan Tom ground with their sweat on of effort.” est block” was a decision that the best garden streetscape enough won for best street this block for decades.” Given that I have been cov- would tarnish the Brooklyn is the Hollenback Commu- tree beds. Botanic Garden President ering the “Greenest Block” Botanic Garden worse than Scot Medbury said block- contest since some Botanic the High Court was damaged wide participation was the Garden trees were mere by Bush v. Gore. But he per- trellis of Lincoln Road’s first- shrubs, I brought up last year’s sisted in his misreading of The Brooklyn Paper / ever win. controversy. Medbury played history. Last year’s “winner” — Eighth Street between Eighth Avenue and Prospect “They have 80 percent defense. “Well, what we liked about LAIKA… Park West — was anything but green. of the block involved,” he “We thought Eighth Street was that it had a great mix Continued from page 1 news coverage of Laika’s theft, the man knew that he had done wrong. These little buggers aren’t just Bugs also present environmen- ate 17 moths at $1 a pop.” Meanwhile, acting on a tip called into a local news hopping with flavor, they’re a tal advantages. Raising insects He admitted to eating far dirt- station — which picked up the story after The Brook- healthy supplement. also does not require the inten- ier substances — some produced lyn Paper’s intense coverage — Barratt headed to East BUGS New York. Nutritional content posted on sive fossil-fuel burning methods by his own body — on another Continued from page 1 Dennis’s Web site — www.insect- of cattle ranching. dare in college. Barratt picks up the story there, as reported on her moth pupae, but the less said, the sarefood.com — says that pound- Of course, insects have been These days, he’s the one pay- Gone Laika Gone blog: better) with wasabi dipping sauce for-pound, crickets are a much regularly ingested in Asia, Af- ing good money to gobble up “Twenty minutes later, we are standing on Atlantic and, for dessert, chocolate chirp leaner source of protein than beef, rica and Latin America for ages, pests. Avenue and Eastern Parkway in the dark. I spoke to a cookies. which is four times fattier than the making Brooklynites, Americans The large, one-inch-long and girl with a small dog coming out of the deli. Reporters from The Brook- chirpers. Insects also meet kosher and bourgeois society in general allegedly pesticide-free crickets “‘We think the dog was taken by a man in a wheel- lyn Paper sampled an abbreviated dietary standards (it has to do with late to the insect craze — much Dennis purchases from a dealer in chair,’ I said. “‘Oh yes!” she says. ‘They live right there!’ She pointed menu in Dennis’s home — abbre- the position of their legs relative in the way that our culture was Thailand cost 25 cents each. He Muessig Ben viated not because the reporters to their bodies — you can look it the last to discover tea, yoga, ab- buys other creepy crawlies from across the street to a run-down tenement under the bridge were repulsed but because Den- up) — so l’chaim! stract art and preemptive war. pet stores, much to the amuse- on Atlantic.” nis ran out of bugs. But before you go foraging for “Eurocentric cultures are ment of the shopkeepers. Barratt hurried over only to find an empty apartment. The crickets have a similar tex- the other brown meat in Pros- afraid,” Dennis said. Yet even Dennis has limits. But one member of her search party suggested call- ture to eating a shrimp still in the pect Park, there are warnings: But the fortysomething artist He’s made a 180-degree turn ing out the dog’s name (which she shares, by the way, shell, though the flavors are not people who are allergic to shell- never was. from his intoxicated high school The Brooklyn Paper / with the first Russian space dog). “I bend down. ‘Laika! Laika!’ From behind the door, analogous. Crickets have a strong fish should avoid insects. And no “It goes way back to high years, now refusing to eat live 1 Ê"1/\ Who says eating crick- I suddenly hear whimpering, banging, scratching and taste that fills the maw. The bam- one should net brightly colored school when I was drunk at a party bugs. ets is uncivilized? Insect-eating advo- snuffling. Incredibly, it really was Laika.” boo worms had a slight crunch species of insects — they may and somebody challenged me to “That’s just gross — strictly cate Marc Dennis serves up restau- Later in an interview, Barratt said that she and her and potato-like mouthfeel. be poisonous. eat moths,” Dennis recounted. “I ‘Fear Factor’ stuff,” he sniffed. rant-style meals (albeit with bugs). husband waited for the tenants to come home. When the residents returned, the dog-owners thanked them for taking care of Laika and politely asked for the pet in 2004. (That tally is im- stituents this spring that he also about the possible alle- of a high-occupancy vehicle to be returned. perfect, because New York requested a full review of the viation of crowding every- lane on the Gowanus Express- The dog looked healthy, Barratt said, “but looked sad.” City Transit can’t separate rid- line by the MTA. That report where,” said Gary Reilly, a way. But the venerable plan- Still, having the dog back — even under these mys- F-TRAIN… ers who hop on the G-train is due this month. Democratic candidate for terious circumstances — amounted to a happy ending. ning group shied away from Continued from page 1 agency values Bloomberg’s at the stations the two lines Other proponents of en- City Council in Carroll Gar- the streetcar proposition. But days earlier, such a conclusion looked unlikely. In MTA completes a major ren- advice, though he refused to share.) hanced service think com- dens, who has advocated for “[It’s] probably unwork- the horror that followed the July 24 theft, cops worked ovation of elevated tracks in address any of his specific Straphangers said the muters could shave lots of years on behalf of the F line. able and not cost effective,” the case, volunteers fanned out, and Assemblyman Joe Park Slope and Carroll Gar- proposals. mayor has the right idea. time off their trips to work “We need this and we deserve the scorecard said. “We Lentol (D–Greenpoint), who loves his dog so much that Instituting the changes dens as early as 2012. “I am absolutely in favor,” and also have some much- it. It’s a low–hanging piece should not support this.” he has a framed picture of his pup McDonald next to is one thing, but the mayor said Sylvia Musella, at the needed breathing room. of fruit.” another office photo of Lentol kissing the Pope’s ring, The transit authority’s The East River ferry ser- chronic financial woes have clearly latched onto an al- Jay Street station on Mon- “Closer to Downtown, But Bloomberg’s overall started drafting a bill to make dognapping, catnapping squelched many attempts at ready popular idea in Brown- day. “It is one of the most you’re talking about a cou- prescription for Brooklyn gets vice also got the thumbs or other pet-napping its own classification of crime. service improvements in the stone Brooklyn where up to crowded trains especially in ple of minutes. As you get a mixed review from mass down. In the end, the man who confessed to the crime blamed past, and the mayor’s lack of 89,430 riders board the fre- the morning.” farther out towards Coney transit mavens. “Too optimistic, too soon,” himself alone. control over the state body quently thronged and off- State Sen. Daniel Squadron Island you’re talking about The Regional Plan Asso- the group noted. “Who will “I am sincerely sorry for my mistake and take full is an obvious hurdle, but an schedule train every day, (D-Carroll Gardens) heard so potentially saving 20 min- ciation endorsed the F-train pay for it?” responsibility,” he wrote on our Web site about the dog MTA spokesman said that the up from 83,500 daily riders many complaints from con- utes — that’s huge. 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