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By the Brooklyn Paper Prognostication Bureau Brooklyn Paper Our dedicated team of Kings County connoisseurs predict some of the big stories you’ll be reading about over the next 12 months. The fate of Brooklyn’s 1.Frontyard Workers are busy erecting the two polarizing towers at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 , even though the fate of the high-rises at the foot of Atlantic Avenue — which now rests in the hands of Justice Car- men Victoria St. George — has yet to be decided. The Manhattan Su- preme Court judge finished hearing arguments from attorneys for civic group the Brooklyn Heights Asso- ciation — the organization suing to stop construction of the 15- and 28-story towers — and park honchos and their chosen developers in November. And both parties now anxiously await St. George’s loom- ing decision on whether the contro- # versial high-rises — one with 100 EYE ON THE WATCHTOWER units of affordable housing — can 7 continue going up, or will have to

be torn down. Illustration by Sylvan Migdal Many locals and activists who LAND GRAB: The iconic neon Watchtower sign is gone now that President Trump’s son- oppose the development have their in-law is connected to the building. Our cartoonist envisions a possible — albeit unlikely eyes glued to St. George’s cham- — replacement. bers, because they claim that if Photo by Paul Martinka she rules in favor of the project, it will set a legal precedent with caught in the crosshairs of a car- reports by the New York Post and six months later — in 2005; and nationwide implications that in- fueled conflict after a cyclist al- the New York Daily News turned that City Hall was investigating Cold shoulder centivizes private development of leged that the lawmaker imper- up that Golden accrued more than the incident. so-called public land. sonated a police officer, ran red 30 traffic violations over the last And in 2018, he’ll face another Brooklynites spent the last weekend of 2017 bundled up as Mother Nature breathed lights, and ordered him to get out four years; that he paid a $750,000 challenge: defending his seat in some of the season’s coldest air yet into the borough, where temperatures reached a Golden’s last ride? of a bike lane so that he could con- settlement to settle a lawsuit af- Albany against Democratic com- bone-chilling low of 12 degrees on Friday when this duo and other brave pedestrians 2. Bay Ridge Republican state tinue speeding down it in a car ter he hit a 74-year-old woman — petitors Ross Barkan, a journalist, suited up for a year-end stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge. Sen. Marty Golden ended 2017 driven by his aide. And subsequent who remained in a coma and died See 2018 on page 9 Open for business — ﬁ nally Tenant moves into long-vacant MTA building amid $500-mil makeover

By Julianne Cuba vitality of the neighborhood.” a neighborhood eyesore for years. mer headquarters between Willoughby Brooklyn Paper The state transit agency’s one-time Engineering-school students will Street and MetroTech as the neighbor- It’s a brand new day on Jay! headquarters, dubbed the Transportation begin taking classes in the new space hood underwent a development boom The long-empty former Metropoli- Building, sat nearly vacant for more than in January while contractors put the in 2008, demanding the cash-strapped tan Transportation Authority building 10 years after employees decamped for finishing touches on the 11 remaining agency vacate the ghost of a build- on Jay Street in Downtown welcomed two new spaces inside a Livingston Street floors, which will include audio labs, ing so it could be transformed into a its first new tenant in a decade when building a few blocks away and a tower virtual-reality rooms, performance and space that could actually boost the lo- New York University staffers moved into on the distant isle of Manhattan. workshop spaces, and classrooms that cal economy. the abandoned site last month, bring- But in mid-December, amid the uni- will also be filled by thespians from the Three years later, the transit agen- ing fresh life to the dilapidated struc- versity’s ongoing $500-million make- university’s Tisch School of the Arts cy’s honchos agreed to leave the city- ture that one former borough president over of the site, staffers from its Tandon and pupils enrolled in its culture-and- owned building, and in 2012, the pri- once declared “a magnet for trash,” ac- School of Engineering’s Center for Ur- technology program, Media and Games vate university signed a 99-year lease cording to the pol. ban Science and Progress moved into Network. for the site. “It was an eyesore in an exciting the top two floors of the building at 370 School officials expect the entire As part of the school’s renovation of area of Downtown, it was mostly va- Jay Street after workers gutted its in- building to be occupied by 2019. the property, workers are also spruc-

cant, and frankly I’m thrilled,” said sides, replaced its roof and windows, Markowitz, other local leaders, and ing up two entrances to the nearby Jay Community News Group / Julianne Cuba Marty Markowitz. “I think it’ll be and at long last tore down some of the residents railed against the transpor- Street–MetroTech subway station, a hub New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering moved into the such a positive contribution to the long-standing scaffolding that has been tation authority for neglecting its for- that the city last refreshed in 2010. top two floors of the long-abandoned building at 370 Jay St.

sizeable fleet of cyclists for the early-morning escort, a sign of how important Hizzoner’s ban is Cyclists exult: ‘Bye, bye cars!’ to bikers, one rider said. “This is one of the only things that would get me out here on a Celebratory pack escorts last driver through Prospect Park day with this freezing weather,” said Park Sloper Carly Smith, 36. “Celebrating the return of the park By Colin Mixson to the community is a really fun Brooklyn Paper thing.” It was a ride in the park — and The swarm of cyclists followed history in the making! Noll in his 2001 Subaru Forester Dozens of bikers rode escort to on the roughly mile-and-a-half the last car allowed on Prospect journey along the East Drive Park’s East Drive on the morn- from Park Circle to Grand Army Associated Press Fitzsimmons / Tom ing of Dec. 29, celebrating the Plaza, where the local departed Long Island resident George Horne waited for more unofficial start of Mayor DeBla- his pedal-pushing honor guard as than a day to be the first to enter the Brooklyn–Battery sio’s edict permanently banish- its members waved and shouted, Tunnel, but a truck driver thwarted his attempt. ing gas-guzzlers from the green “Bye cars!” space . DeBlasio’s permanent ban A Windsor Terrace resident on East Drive traffic followed a claimed the distinction of being summer-long prohibition on cars They rode to glory the last motorist to cruise Brook- traveling the road, and his 2015 lyn’s Backyard before park staff- edict booting vehicles from Pros- Before lasts, they were ﬁ rsts ers closed the road at 9 am, and pect’s West Drive, which Kensing- the local said he couldn’t be hap- ton-bound motorists once could By Colin Mixson The ceremonial passage of the pier to drive the meadow into its cruise during the evening rush Brooklyn Paper car-free future. on weekdays. final auto is a break from the Community News Group / Colin Mixson The last car — a 2001 Sub- tradition of christening other “I think this is great,” said Cyclists waved and shouted “bye, cars” as the last driver pulled out of Prospect Park and But the edict may not be enough aru Forester — rumbled along borough roads with a vehicle’s Frank Noll, 66. “It makes the point into Grand Army Plaza on the morning of Dec. 29, the last day civilian cars were allowed to keep four-wheelers from en- that this is a park and it’s going tering the park — earlier in De- Prospect Park’s East Drive on inaugural journey, a pastime lo- to drive in the park. back to the way it should be.” cember, a driver illegally riding Dec. 29, before the mayor’s per- cals have documented for more DeBlasio’s ban officially kicked along the West Drive seriously manent ban on traffic in the than a century. Here’s a look in on Jan. 2, but because vehicles including New Year’s Day, civil- from 7 to 9 am on Dec. 29. car advocates from Transporta- injured a jogger when he collided meadow kicked in on Jan. 2. See CARS on page 3 are already forbidden from the ians’ last window to legally rum- Bitter-cold temperatures and tion Alternatives and New York with her in an early-morning hit- park on weekends and holidays, ble through the green space was biting winds did not stop anti- Cycle Club from assembling a and-run. 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 5–11, 2018

MAKING CHRISTMAS GREAT AGAIN? IF YOU’RE A stranger manger! CARING FOR A W’burg man puts president in apocalyptic crèche FAMILY MEMBER WITH By Julianne Cuba Brooklyn Paper It’s a nativity obscene. MEMORY LOSS, A Williamsburg man skewered our polarizing Commander in Chief and WHO’S CARING his controversial policies in a self-made nativity scene that swaps the traditional manger FOR YOU? and holy-family likenesses for an apocalyptic display cen- tered around President Trump. Author and professor Joseph Sciorra said this past year was so awful, it inspired him to create his crèche — or presepio in Italian — to show- case the administration’s dras- tic effects on the American THE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE people. “It’s been a disastrous AND RELATED DEMENTIAS year. Trump’s racist, sexist, Photo by Stefano Giovannini and xenophobic policies have A platinum-wigged zombie that recalls President Trump is front and center in FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM. driven me, as they’ve driven Williamsburg resident Joseph Sciorra’s nativity scene, “Trump’s AmeriKKKa.” others, crazy,” said Sciorra, Caring for a family member who has trouble with thinking and memory can who works at Queens College of the angst and the tension of birth of Christ for the last current administration with be extremely challenging. So challenging, in fact, that caregivers may feel and said he was raised Cath- that this president brought 18 years, and not all of his this year’s knowing that one of olic but is now atheist. “The to bear on us all.” presepio are political. the bible’s most beloved sto- overwhelmed, struggling to maintain their own health and well-being. presepio was a creative way Sciorra said he’s put his But the scholar said it was ries may never have happened to kind of work through some own spin on the biblical story hard to avoid taking on the if it were set today. NYU Langone’s Family Support Program provides convenient, personalized, and ongoing support to people caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other thinking and memory disorders. The program is provided free of charge to individuals living within the ﬁ ve Holiday jeer boroughs. You will receive access to counseling; connections to doctors and support groups; and compassionate guidance by being paired with a caregiver Sloper taunts Trump with who has had a similar experience. seasonal front-yard display Join a community dedicated to providing the support and guidance you need, for as long as you need it. By Colin Mixson Residents of the 12th Street Brooklyn Paper block between Sixth and Sev- Trump’s not welcome in enth avenues put up decora- tions every Halloween as For more information or to enroll, call us at 646.754.2277 this white house. A Park Slope woman dec- part of an annual tradition, or visit nyulangone.org/memorydisordersupport. orated the front yard of her but Laurie Arbeiter, who has white 12th Street home with owned her house 24 years, The Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Family Support Program ski-mask-wearing, sign-carry- said she never participated in is supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Health. ing mannequins in a protest of the pastime — until Trump President Trump that some lo- took office. Community News Group / Colin Mixson cal liberals said brought them “We first put it up as a Hal- A Park Slope homeowner erected a permanent pro- plenty of joy this season. loween display looking at the test on the front yard of her 12th Street home. “It’s incredible, amazing,” dangerous and unsettling said passerby Becky Mode, times in which we live, with forces are,” she said. because they inspire people who stopped to take a pic- messages about racism, hate, Arbeiter has no plans to — herself included — in the ture of the bold display. “It greed, and walls that com- remove the anti-Trump dum- same way that living, breath- just makes my day.” mented on how deadly those mies any time soon, she said, ing activists do.

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Affordable Family Dentistry Cuomo: Extend subway to Red Hook! in modern pleasant surroundings State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) project to the nabe is merely Emergencies treated promptly Governor promotes a redeveloped waterfront in annual address the latest swipe in the two pols’ Special care for children & anxious patients ongoing spat. WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD By Julianne Cuba building massive high-rises, A spokesman for the Port Brooklyn Paper but local leaders and residents Authority said its honchos look • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) He’s seeing Red — Hook! slammed the idea, charging the forward to working with lead- • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, A new subway line could port’s maritime roots should ers at the Metropolitan Trans- Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) serve one of Brooklyn’s most not be abandoned. portation Authority on the tun- • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment isolated neighborhoods, Gov. The governor’s announce- nel project. • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings Cuomo announced in his an- ment came on the heels of “We anticipate including the • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) nual State of the State speech Mayor DeBlasio’s in-devel- study in our Port Master Plan • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) on Wednesday, during which opment plan to lay 14 miles of analysis that is underway, and he called on two state-run agen- light-rail tracks from Sunset we will work with New York Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer cies to probe whether building Park through Red Hook and into City officials on a timetable 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens an underwater tunnel that con- the outer borough of Queens as for discussions on consolida- 624-5554 s 624-7055 nects the coastal enclave with part of a new trolley, the Brook- tion alternatives at the South Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking the outer borough of Manhat- lyn Queens Connector. Brooklyn Marine Terminal,” and insurance plans accommodated tan will stimulate growth in the Other subway-starved ar- said Steve Coleman. Photo by Caleb Caldwell photo File eas were conspicuously absent transit-starved nabe. Gov. Cuomo called on leaders at two state-run agencies to explore building “Explore whether Red Hook from Cuomo’s plan to increase has enough transportation al- an underwater subway tunnel connecting Red Hook and Manhattan during his locals’ transit options, includ- ternatives or if they should Wednesday State of the State speech. ing Marine Park, which is not study the possibility of a new being served by the mayor’s subway line to stimulate Red nal — a waterfront port roughly the Port Authority to accelerate for a bit longer as they consid- streetcar and where locals are Hook’s community-based de- the size of Brooklyn Bridge consideration of relocating its ered a future sale. still pushing for a century-old velopment, the way we did on Park that runs from the foot Red Hook maritime activities And Cuomo’s isn’t the first proposal to stretch the 2 and the west side of Manhattan, of Carroll Street to Atlantic to free up this waterfront for call to bring a subway to the 5 trains’ route from Eastern and with the east-side line,” Avenue — and ship it down more productive community nabe. In 2016, executives at Parkway to Avenue U. Cuomo said while delivering to Sunset Park’s South Brook- use,” Cuomo said in a press California-based engineer- City officials said it’s too his speech up in Albany. lyn Marine Terminal, in order release. ing firm AECOM pitched early to say if the governor’s But first, the state’s Com- to free up the massive marina Last year, Port Authority a massive redevelopment of proposed Red Hook subway mander in Chief asked that for its potential redevelopment chiefs floated the idea of sell- the waterfront — including would impact Hizzoner’s trolly Port Authority of New York into a new transit hub. ing the terminal when its cur- the container-terminal site plan — and did not respond and New Jersey honchos pack “Red Hook is full of un- rent lease expires this year, but — that proposed extending to a request for comment on up their maritime operation at tapped potential, and with ultimately decided to keep the the 1 train from its terminus whether his suggestion to bring the Red Hook Container Termi- this proposal, I am calling on port in the shipping business in Manhattan to Red Hook and another transit-infrastructure

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You’ve looked under the couch, the coffee table and your favorite 84TH PRECINCT recliner. Found one remote, but where are the other two? Brooklyn Heights– POLICE BLOTTER Dumbo–Boerum Hill– Crown Heights Downtown Find more online every Wednesday at A pilferer swiped a bunch of packages from a delivery BrooklynPaper.com/blotter truck on Montague Street on Dec. 29, cops said. enue and Prospect Place, of- Charged ’em murder horror The driver told police he ficials said. hopped out of the truck near A baddie swiped a wom- Young husband arrested Cadman Plaza West around Left behind an’s wallet and charged her A pair of baddies threat- credit cards on Dec. 28, po- 3 pm when some nogoodnik By Colin Mixson jumped in and ran off with ened a Smith Street bodega lice said. employee with a gun before The woman told police Brooklyn Paper five packages that contained Police arrested a Crown a book, jacket, sweater, clean- running out with a wad of cash she was out shopping when on Dec. 27, police said. she hopped on the B38 bus at Heights man suspected of ing products, and medicine, murdering his wife inside officials said. The victim told cops he was Clinton Avenue near Lafayette inside the deli near Bergen Avenue to head home around their Sterling Place home PIK•N•CLIK Struck again Street around 4:30 am when 11:45 am. on Dec. 27. Stop A prowler also stole a bunch the two villains, a man in a When the woman arrived Cops responding to a neighbor’s 911 call found searching holds up to three of packages from the lobby of hood and a woman in a black at her residence and realized remotes in one place. a Bergen Street apartment on ski mask, came in, brandished her wallet was missing, she 22-year-old Tonie Wells ly- and get Handheld, easy to use Dec. 29, police said. a silver gun, and told him to called her credit-card providing unconscious at the foot PIK•N•CLIK and affordable. The punk stuffed the get down on the ground. ers, who said some jerk made a of her basement stairs at Facebook packages into a white plas- One tough grabbed the cash total of $350 in charges to her 9:52 am. Cops found Tonie $18.95 1) Peel white dots from plus shipping tic bag inside the apartment register and emptied out $700 Barnes and Noble, American Paramedics rushed to Wells dead in her and handling the holder. between Bond and Nevins before both of the good-for- Airlines Visa, and TD credit the home between Hamp- Crown Heights home. 2) Remove the dots from streets around 4:35 pm, cops nothings fled, according to cards, authorities said. ton Place and Albany Ave- the adhesive backing and said. A passerby yelled at the officials, who said the fe- Tool thief nue following the officers’ sneak, but he ran out through grisly discovery, and pro- pending, according to a apply as needed to the male snake dropped her ski A knave ran off with a spokeswoman for the Man- back of your clean remote. the backdoor, according to a mask on the street near the nounced Wells dead at the report. guy’s tools from an Irving scene, according to author- hattan district attorney’s of- 3 crime scene. Place construction site some- ) Attach remote Swipe and steal ities. fice, which is overseeing the to holder. time overnight on Dec. 26, Investigators caught up matter because it occurred A punk stole a woman’s 4 88TH PRECINCT cops said. with the young woman’s in the outer borough. ) Secure additional wallet in the Hoyt Street sub- Fort Greene–Clinton Hill The victim told authorities husband at 6 pm that eve- Police-department remotes to the holder way station on Dec. 26 and the punk jumped the wooden as shown. ning, when they arrested brass suspended two of- 1 2 3 4 then charged her credit cards, Big brawl fence to get into the site near him with help from offi- ficers, Wing Hong Lau authorities said. A trio of ruffians threat- Putnam Avenue sometime be- cers in the New Rochelle and Wael Jaber, pending PIKNCLIKREMOTEHOLDER.COM MADE IN USA The 39-year-old victim told ened four victims with a gun tween Dec. 26 at 6 pm and 7:40 Police Department before the outcome of an Inter- Contact PIK N CLIK at 917. 754 . 9557 police she went through the and stole their cash and wallets am the next day, and broke a nal Affairs Bureau inves- turnstile in the station near inside a Park Avenue bodega taking him to a Bronx hos- GOOGLE • AMAZON • EBAY PATENT PENDING • MADE IN USA locked door before swiping pital for examination after tigation after they failed Fulton Street around 1 pm on Dec. 29, cops said. a bunch of equipment — in- to properly respond to a The three snakes entered he mentioned an earlier sui- when she realized her wal- cluding two grinders, a drill, 911 call the young mother the deli between Carlton cide attempt, according to let was gone. nail gun, and saw. made about an hour before Avenue and Adelphi Street the New York Police De- The purse snatcher charged her neighbor called author- a total of $751.90 to the wom- around 11:45 pm and one low- Road rage partment’s Chief of Detec- life showed one of the victims A lawbreaker smashed a tives, Robert Boyce. ities, according to Com- an’s credit and debit cards, and missioner James O’Neill. also took her school safety- his silver pistol, officials said. government-issued car parked The couple — the par- Another prowler hopped be- on Waverly Avenue on Dec. ents of a young daughter “We’re conducting identification card, and Patrol- internal investigations men’s Benevolent Association hind the counter and swiped 23 and stole its contents, po- — married in April, after to look at the actions of card, officials said. $780 from the register, then lice said. which police responded demanded the victims cough The victim told cops he to two domestic-violence those two police officers Holiday heist up their wallets, according to parked his four wheeler near complaints related to accu- and, quite frankly, every- C.O.D. A scamp stole clothes a report. Willoughby Avenue and when sations that Wells’ husband body involved in the re- from a Fulton Street depart- The fourth victim was he went back to get it, he saw abused her, Boyce said, in- sponse to the incident,” the ment store on Dec. 27, po- watching the incident un- some malefactor smashed the cluding one July assault top cop said. “It’s up to us lice said. fold from the back of the deli window and stole his iPhone, that landed him in cuffs to make sure we fully in- The baddie took jeans, a when one of the goons saw case, documents, and business after he allegedly stran- vestigate that, and, if dis- sweater, jacket, and shirt and him on his phone and got into cards from inside. gled his wife. cipline needs to be dealt fled the store near Hoyt Street a physical struggle trying to — Julianne Cuba That case is open and out, we’ll do that.” around 10:30 am without pay- take it from him, police said. (718) 354-3834 ing, according to a report. The bruiser was hitting the 78TH PRECINCT Caught victim in the head when he 5 pm, and returned the next Park Slope morning to find the four-door 68TH PRECINCT Cops cuffed a guy for fired one bullet, which got stolen. # #" !&$"# ! grabbing someone’s wallet lodged in a freezer, author- Razor sharp Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights on Fourth Avenue on Dec. ities said. Police arrested a man who Gentleman bust Cashed in &( $ ( $! # $"# 27, cops said. The three toughs fled and they say attacked two men on Cops busted a man sus- A pair of criminals stole jumped into a black sport-util- Flatbush Avenue with a box- !!!% # ) The victim told police the pected of beating and rob- about $8,000 from a Fort 60-year-old suspect took his ity vehicle that took off to- cutter on Dec. 22. bing his girlfriend on Flat- Hamilton Parkway market # ) ! wallet with his identification wards Flushing Avenue, ac- The two victims were bush Avenue on Dec. 17. ! ( $!'# !! card, MetroCard, and cash cording to cops, who said between Prospect and Park The victim, 34, told police on Dec. 25. between Dean and Bergen paramedics took one of the places on their way to meet she was near the Prospect Park The perps finagled their streets around 12:30 pm. victims to Brooklyn Hospi- some friends at 11:46 pm when Zoo at 10 pm when the sus- way into the store between Loo loot tal because of bruising on his the suspect suddenly shouted, pect punched her in the face, 67th and 68th streets around forehead. “Next time I see you, I’m go- PAY C.O.D. PRICES & SAVE!!* A wretch took a guy’s wal- before taking her iPhone 8 3:15 am by clipping its padlock Club caper ing to kill you,” before bran- and keys. and rolling up the security let inside an Atlantic Av- dishing the blade and slashing Some crook stole a wom- Not done terrorizing the gate at the rear of the Ninth enue diner on Dec. 29, po- one of the men, while spitting an’s purse she left in a Grand woman, the man proceeded Avenue building, according to Prompt Delivery lice said. on the other, cops said. 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Duffy Archive and the David Bowie Archive THEATER Bolt bust: The “David Bowie is” exhibit at Brooklyn Museum will feature many images of the rock icon, including this photo shot for the album “Aladdin Sane.” Flash back Spring ahead The best arts events coming up in 2018 Party like it’s 1969! By the Features tavern, adjacent to the brewery, will become Audiences can travel back in time to rock out of the Future Division a Sixpoint taproom in the near future, where at the Jimi Hendrix’s New Year’s Eve concert Brooklyn Paper you can sample the freshest brews, and then that marked the end of the ’60s in “The Hendrix take a tour of the facilities. No date has been Project,” debuting at Fort Greene’s Bric House his newspaper’s prognostication depart- set, but we hope to throw down some Sweet on Jan. 11. The musical legend never makes a ment has determined the best places to Action ale at the brewery soon. physical appearance in the play, but the audi- T go for the next few months, whether Sixpoint taproom (34 Van Dyke St. at ence hears his music as a dozen young fans jam you are looking for art, theater, nightlife, Dwight Street in Red Hook, www.sixpoint. out, said the show’s director, who is putting on or just an excellent slice of pizza. Here are com). Sometime in 2018. the play as part of the Public Theater’s “Under the things to watch out for in 2018: the Radar” Festival. Nite’s out “The piece takes place in the balcony of the Stardust memories When renovations are complete this auditorium where 12 concert-goers are experi- The death of rock star David Bowie in spring, the second outpost of the Nite- encing the concert, and we experience the con- early 2016 was the devastating blow to hawk movie theater chain — in the Pros- cert through their eyes,” said Roger Guenveur music lovers, and you can expect plenty pect Park space formerly occupied by the Smith, who lives in California. “We never see of misty-eyed fans at 2018’s biggest art Pavilion theater — will be more than three Jimi, but we hear him.” show: “David Bowie is” opening at Brook- times the size of its Williamsburg incarna- Smith uses an actual recording of the Hen- lyn Museum on March 2. The exhibit will tion, with seven cinemas holding up to 650 drix show — released as the live album “Band incorporate music, art, film, and theatrical people. A bar on the top floor will cater to of Gypsys” — from the Fillmore East venue spectacle, showcasing more than 300 arti- the non-movie going public, and the new in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The audio is facts from the rock icon’s career, including space will allow the mini-theater chain to a steady focal point in the ever-changing play, hand-written lyrics, rare photos from his show bigger, blockbuster summer shows, which features a dozen performers from a Cali- teenage years, album art, concept draw- in addition to its usual indie fare. fornia arts university who invent their own cho- ings, and music video installations, along Nitehawk Prospect Park (188 Prospect reography as their characters listen to the mu- with more than 60 of Bowie’s stage cos- Park West at 14th Street in Park Slope, sic, said Smith. tumes, including his turns as Ziggy Star- www.nitehawkcinema.com/prospect- “The piece is largely improvised and no two dust and the Thin White Duke. park). Coming in spring, 2018. shows are ever alike. The music stays the same, “David Bowie is” at Brooklyn Museum but the movements are open to improvisation,” [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue Gee whiz! said Smith. “The play is very movement-driven, in Prospect Heights, (718) 638–5000, Beloved wood-fired pizza spot Paulie and I describe the movement as a kind of ‘Soul www.brooklynmuseum.org]. March 2–July Gee’s has been planning its casual spin- Train’ kabuki thing — it’s a combination of those 15. $20–$2,500. off Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop for more than forms of dance.” a year, but the final bits of construction The thespians researched the time period, A Starr is back seem to finally be underway, according which marked the end of the tumultuous 1960s The black-box theater Bushwick Starr to tweets from Paulie himself. The new — when activists protested against the Vietnam has been knocking it out of the park lately, spot, catty-corner from the Brooklyn Expo War, when there were raids against the Black Pan- with recent productions “Animal Wisdom” Center, will offer single slices of classic thers, and when the United States sent a man to extending its run twice, and “Porto” about New York-style pizzas, along with carry- walk on the moon — and the start of the 1970s, to open Off-Broadway. So we have high out options and a bar featuring beer, wine, said Smith, who also put on the one-man show hopes for “Cute Activist,” a political fa- and cider. “Rodney King” at Bric in 2014. ble from Brooklyn playwright Milo Cra- Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop (110 Franklin St. “The students prepared themselves digging mer, which follows a young woman from at Noble Street in Greenpoint). Coming in into the archives, watching lots of documentary a self-consciously “spooky” little town as mid-March, 2018. films — 1969 was a crucial year in American she tries to fit activism into her daily life. history. We attempt to bring all of that archival The show, which opens Jan. 10, will feature Black to the future material into play,” he said. some theatrical flourishes, including vid- Ever since we saw the thrill-packed trailer Smith said he is excited to share the concert eos, puppets, and musical numbers, along for Marvel’s “Black Panther,” we have been experience — which he never got to experience with a performance from the king of Off- quivering with anticipation for the Afro- while the guitar hero was still alive — with au- Broadway, David Greenspan. futuristic f lick. But before it opens on Feb. diences in the borough of Kings. “Cute Activist” at the Bushwick Starr 16, BAMcinematek will celebrate with 28 “We’re really happy to be in Brooklyn and (207 Starr St. between Wyckoff and Irving of Panther’s filmic forerunners, in the se- it’s a great opportunity to share this work — avenues in Bushwick, www.thebushwicks- ries “Fight the Power: Black Superheroes and it’s particularly compelling to do this piece tarr.org). Jan. 10–27 at 8 pm. $20–$25. on Film,” starting on Feb. 2, featuring blax- just across the river from where it actually took Photo Callan by Tom ploitation heroes, supernatural thrillers and place,” he said. Point of order You know what I’m talking about: (Pictured clockwise from top) BAM’s “Brother from Another Planet.” “The Hendrix Project” at Bric House [647 It seems that a new brewery and taproom February festival of black superhero films will include that bad mother “Fight the Power: Black Superheroes Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, opens every week, but one of Brooklyn’s old- “Shaft.” The former Pavilion Theater, which first opened in 1928, is under- on Film” at the BAM Rose Cinema [30 (877) 987–6487, www.bricartsmedia.org]. est breweries, Sixpoint, still doesn’t have a going renovations to become the seven-screen Nitehawk Prospect Park, Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Jan. 11 at 7:30 pm; Jan. 12–13 at 7 pm and dedicated space for its own brews. That will opening this spring. And the Bushwick Starr’s upcoming show “Cute Activ- Greene, (718) 636–4100], www.bam.org]. 9:30 pm, Jan. 14 at 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm. change in 2018 — the former Rocky Sullivan’s ist” will mix whimsy with politics. Feb. 2–18. $15. $25. — Julianne Cuba 6 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 5–11, 2018

DISCOVER THE SOUND OF WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Well hello, Burn, baby Dolly! At “The Roast of Your The Dolly Parton 15-year-old Self” cover band Doll Parts comedians will take delivers a tribute to aim at their own awk- the 72-year-old boda- ward adolescence, M-m-m- cious babe of country Short stuff using photos, old In bloom! magic! music tonight at Who has time for diary entries, and the Jeff Goldblum gave occasional angst- Head down to side- “Happy Birthday, novels? Short fiction perhaps his Jeff Gold- filled musical number shows by the sea- Dolly Parton,” along where it’s at! The blum-iest perfor- to skewer their overly shore for “Hanky and with comedy perfor- January session of mance this year as the dramatic teenage a T-T-T-Top Hot,” an mances from Fantasy the monthly Franklin fey Grandmaster in selves. Featuring autobiographical Grandma, drag Park Reading Series “Thor: Ragnarok,” but Dylan Marron (picone-man extrava- queens Lady focuses on creators all his roles have been tured), Akilah ganza from marvel- Quesa’Dilla and Cal- of the quickly con- awesome. Celebrate Hughes, Marcia Bel- ous magician and cuttaBitch, and bur- sumed art form, the man at “The Gold sky, and Alise mentalist Bobby lesque performer include fantasy writer Standard: A Tribute to Morales. Torkova, who sets Darlinda Just Dar- Carmen Maria Jeff Goldblum,” fea- aside his usual patter linda. Machado (pictured), 8 pm at Baby’s All Right turing video clips, a Tune in to our new radio author of “Her Body [146 Broadway between trivia competition, and rabbits-in-hats 8 pm at Union Hall (702 Bedford and Driggs ave- shtick to reveal his Union St. between Fifth and Other Parties,” and an impression Douglas Light, Sasha nues in Williamsburg, contest, where the childhood as stutter- and Sixth avenues in Park (718) 599–5800, www. ing little boy who Slope, www.unionhallny. Fletcher, Alexandra babysallright.com]. $10. winner walks away station every week! com)]. $10. dreamed of the Tanner, and Anika with a Jeff Goldblum stage. Lani. shower curtain. WITH 8 pm at Franklin Park (618 9 pm at Videology [308 8 pm at Coney Island USA St. Johns Place between Bedford Ave. at S. 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Some of the show’s makeup tips can be useful for either gender. Kohl black eyeliner, for instance, was often worn by men in the Mid- dle East, including the Prophet Muhammad. The six-member cast includes male, female, and trans- Cover girl gender actors wearing the hijab, but Sakaan says that she is not court- ing controversy, just using actors in the best way she can. Play gives beauty tips “I don’t think it’s problematic to play it up. We have male characters playing women, and women play- to women with hijabs ing men, and one transgender actor By Alexandra Simon real-life religious rituals. playing both,” said Sakaan. Brooklyn Paper “A lot of women out there who Arts Performing Center LaGuardia She wants her play to show the are making these hijab-styling tu- Getting a man-icure: Actor Nuah Ozryel is one of the male common ground between different uslim or not, she’s got you torials, are showing the duality of characters in this gender-inclusive play. religious groups, she said. covered! A Williamsburg rituals with beauty, and I was cu- “I hope people have an under- M playwright will launch her rious to how they fit this into their for Muslim women,” she said. The 90-minute play follows two standing of the similarities and see new show about history, religion, daily lives compared to their re- Sakaan, who is of Syrian de- young women based on Sakaan that we have a lot in common in- and eyeshadow at the Five Myles ligious rituals,” said Sarah Badi- scent, said that she was also in- and her sister, but interposes their stead of things that tear us apart,” Gallery in Crown Heights on Jan. yah Sakaan. spired by her experiences growing lives with scenes from the Koran, said Sakaan. 11. The writer of “The Art of Hijab, Sakaan said that she stumbled up in a mixed Muslim and Christian the Torah, and the Bible, depict- “The Art of Hijab” at Five Kohl Black, and the Right Way to across one of these tutorial videos household in the Bible Belt. ing the founding of each religion. Myles Gallery [558 St. Johns Pl.

Sarah B. Sakaan B. Sarah Pray” was inspired by Muslim You- three years ago, and instantly be- “My dad is from Syria and my But despite the subject matter, the between Franklin and Classon Blue belle: Actress Elaine O’Brien plays Hijabi Hala in “The Tube beauty gurus who wear hijabs came curious about its creator. mom is from Memphis and is also show does not take itself too seri- avenues in Crown Heights. (718) Art of Hijab, Kohl Black and the Right Way to Pray,” a new — modest veils that cover the hair “I found this amazing world of Christian, so I went to the mosque ously, said Sakaan. 783–4438, www.fivemyles.org]. play inspired by the lives of Muslim YouTube beauty gurus, and neck — and her show juxtaposes YouTube beauty rituals and I fell and Christian church and I had a lot “I think it’s remarkable how Jan. 11–14 and Jan. 17–21 at 8 showing at the Five Myles Gallery starting on Jan. 11. their online beauty rituals with their down a rabbit hole on hijab styling of Jewish friends,” she said. funny this play is,” she said. pm. $18.

oversized portrait of the hand of the late serious health issues,” she said. “The Mondo we Langa, also known as David purpose of the work that I’m doing is Rice, a member of the Black Panther for people to learn the names of the indi- Party who was controversially charged viduals in my paintings who care about and convicted of the 1970 murder of an their stories and their plight, and to be- Painting Power Omaha, Nebraska police officer. Dawson come advocates for their freedom.” exchanged letters with we Langa for two Her work aims to remind today’s ac- years before he died in prison in 2016. tivists that the political strife and strug- He maintained his innocence through- gle of the present is rooted in the past, An artist of Black Panthers out his 44-year incarceration. she said. By Julianne McShane papers as her canvas so that her work We Langa’s portrait is one of a se- “The stuff that we’re up against is not Brooklyn Paper can correct the often-incomplete news ries in Dawson’s “To Be Free” project, a new struggle, and there are examples printed about her subjects. which portrays imprisoned members of where you can go back and take from he paints these prisoners free. “ ‘Fake news’ relates to the fact that the Black Panther movement from the the past. It’s important to know that this An East New York artist who when I see what was printed about each 1970s. Dawson considers them to be is not the first time that this has hap- S paints images of imprisoned mem- individual, each case, whether it’s their political prisoners, and began writing pened,” said Dawson. bers of the Black Power Movement on wanted picture or how they describe a to them in order to get their firsthand “Fake News” at the Tabla Rasa Gal- sheets of newspaper will exhibit one house bombing versus how people who accounts of what happened, and to ed- lery (224 48th St. between Second and of her giant images in the show “Fake experienced it firsthand talk about it, I ucate younger generations before it is Third avenues in Sunset Park, www. DawsonSophia News,” opening at the Tabla Rasa Gal- think there’s a great discrepancy, and too late, she said. tablarasagallery.com). Opening re- Put your hands up: East New York artist Sophia Dawson will exhibit her lery in Sunset Park on Jan. 6, alongside I’m constantly trying to combat that with “The project is pretty urgent because ception Jan. 6, 2:30–4:30 pm. Open portrait of the hand of Mondo we Langa, a member of the Black Pan- work from a dozen other artists. Painter my work,” Dawson said. they’re elders, it’s an aging population, through March 4, Thu–Sat, 1–5 pm. ther party who was incarcerated for murder for 44 years until he died in Sophia Dawson says that she uses news- In the show, Dawson will exhibit an and most of the political prisoners have Free. 2016, at the Tabla Rasa gallery in Sunset Park.

wildly satirical, anti-romantic HONEYSUCKLE: A night of Jan. 6. ART, “WAVE ROOM” OPEN- comedy that asks questions SAT, JAN. 13 progressive folk acts. $10. 8 ART, “SOULFUL CREA- ING RECEPTION: Theresa about the way activism fi ts MUSIC, ZLATNE USTE pm. Union Hall [702 Union TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See Ganz’s multimedia installa- — or doesn’t fi t — into our 9 DAYS... GOLDEN FESTIVAL: 6 pm. St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Friday, Jan. 5. tion explores how humans daily lives. $20 – $25. 8 pm. Slope, (718) 638–4400], ART, “EVERYTHING IN cope with cataclysmic Continued from page 6 Bushwick Starr (207 Starr St. See Friday, Jan. 12. THEATER, “CUTE ACTIVIST”: www.unionhallny.com. THE UNIVERSE IS MY events such as natural di- creatures including starfi sh between Irving and Wykoff TALK, WORKHAPPY WORK- saster, war, or political crisis. avenues in Bushwick), www. 8 pm. See Wednesday, BROTHER” OPENING RE- and sea urchins. Free with SHOPS: This event for Free. 6 pm. Smack Mellon thebushwickstarr.org. Jan. 10. CEPTION: A new exhibit museum admission. 12:30 ambitious professionals [92 Plymouth St. at Wash- COMEDY, DRUNK SCIENCE THEATER, “STOOPDREAM- of paintings and sculptures pm. Brooklyn Children’s Mu- and entrepreneurs aims that examine the intercon- ington Street in DUMBO, seum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at PRESENTS CLIMATE ERS”: A staged reading about gentrifi cation, set to “awaken the millionaire nectedness of all things, (718) 834–8761], www. St. Marks Avenue in Crown CHANGE: Intoxicated smackmellon.org. comedians try to explain in Farrell’s Bar and Grill in mindset.” $199. 10 am and from Rudy Shepherd. Also Heights, (718) 735–4400], 2 pm. Rough Trade NYC [64 www.brooklynkids.org. climate change to a panel of 1945. This event will raise opening is the multimedia COMEDY, AUNTIE’S HOUSE N. Ninth St. between Kent installation “Wave Room” SEVEN: A house party and ART, “THE BEGINNING scientists. With Baratunde cash for a documentary Thurston, Sonia Denis, and about the history of Far- and Wythe avenues in Wil- by Theresa Ganz. Free. comedy show, with Nore CHOICE”: A performance liamsburg, (718) 388–4111], by Parastoo Ahoon, as part Matt Rogers. $8 ($5 in ad- rell’s. $30. 8 pm. Shepherds 6–8 pm. Smack Mellon [92 Davis, Rebecca O’Neal, and

Rudy Shepherd www.roughtradenyc.com. of A.I.R.’s Currents: Abor- vance). 8 pm. Littlefi eld (635 Hall (245 Prospect Park Plymouth St. at Washing- surprise guests. $10. 8 pm. tion exhibition. Free. 1 pm. Burn, baby burn!: In his new exhibit “Everything Sackett St. between Third West at Ninth Avenue in MARKET, WINTER FLEA AND ton Street in DUMBO, (718) Auntie’s House [361 Stagg Windsor Terrace). A.I.R. Gallery [155 Plymouth In the Universe is My Brother,” opening Jan. 13 at and Fourth avenues in Gow- HOLIDAY MARKET: 11 834–8761], www.smackmel- St. at Morgan Avenue in St. between Pearl and Jay anus), littlefi eldnyc.com. MUSIC, TWISTED PINE, am–6 pm. See Saturday, lon.org. Bushwick, (734) 787–0622]. streets in Dumbo, (212) Smack Mellon Gallery in Dumbo, Rudy Shepherd 255–6651], www.airgallery. paints violent images from the evening news, crimi- THURS, JAN. 11 org. nals, and celebrities. ART, OPENING RECEP- COMEDY, THE NEW COM- TION: “Fake News: Art EDY PROJECT!: A night and Artifi ce” is an exhibi- prospectpark.org/audubon. Baronian Quartet and the of comedy and booze in tion of works inspired by MARKET, WINTER FLEA AND band Dolunayis. $10 sug- Williamsburg, with Casey the mundane ubiquity of HOLIDAY MARKET: 11 gested donation. 8 pm. Sis- James Salengo, Billy Prin- newspapers and the recip- am–6 pm. See Saturday, ters (900 Fulton St. between sell, Karolena Theresa, and rocal relationship of truth Jan. 6. Waverly and Washington av- more. Admission includes and fi ction. Free. 2:30 pm. ART, “SOULFUL CREA- enues in Clinton Hill), www. two free beers. $10 ($5 in Tabla Rasa Gallery [224 48th TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See sistersbklyn.com. advance). 7:30 pm. The New St. between Second and Friday, Jan. 5. COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL Work Project [97 N. 10th St. Third avenues in Sunset FUND-RAISER, THREE KINGS COMEDY: The Monday 2A, between Berry Street Park, (718) 833–9100], www. DAY CELEBRATION AND night comedy show wel- and Wythe Avenue in Wil- COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC CARE TablaRasaGallery.com. FUNDRAISER: Enjoy a comes Baratunde Thurston, liamsburg, (718) 963–3968], ART, BROOKLYN MUSEUM’S festive afternoon of drum the author of “How to Be www.thenewworkproject. TARGET FIRST SATUR- and dance demonstra- Black,” along with Liz Bar- com. DAY: Celebrate the new tions, mini-workshops and rett, Caitlin Feeney, Jake THEATER, “THE ART OF year with a free curator conversation with Cumbe, Head, and more. Free. 8 HIJAB, KOHL BLACK tour of the Rodin exhibit, which teaches African and pm. Friends and Lovers (641 AND THE RIGHT WAY TO THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER music performances by Diaspora dance. $25. 1–4 Classon Ave. between Dean PRAY”: A new play inspired Sinkane, New Kingston, and pm. Restoration Plaza [1368 and Pacifi c streets in Crown by YouTube beauty and Bearcat, a screening of “I Fulton St. at Marcy Avenue Heights). hijab styling tutorials taught Am Not Your Negro,” and in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) COMEDY, COMEDY MON- by Muslim women, featuring comedy sets by Nimesh 636–6996], www.restora- DAY: Open Mic and Stand overlapping stories of the AND MOUNT SINAI HEART. Patel, Emma Willmann, tionplaza.org. -Up. Free. 9pm. Freddy’s Koran, Torah, and Christian Jordan Carlos, and Sasheer CRAFT ROOM: Get creative Bar [627 Fifth Ave. between Bible. $18. 8 pm. FiveMyles Zamata, and more. Free. with a variety of Jewish 17th and 18th streets in [558 St. John’s Place be- 5–11 pm. Brooklyn Museum themed crafts to choose Greenwood Heights, (718) tween Classon and Franklin [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Wash- from! Free with musum ad- 768–0131], www.freddysbar. avenues in Crown Heights, ington Avenue in Prospect mission. 1 pm to 3 pm. Jew- com. (718) 783–4438], www.fi ve- Heights, (718) 638–5000], ish Children’s Museum [792 myles.org. www.brooklynmuseum.org. Eastern Pkwy. at Kingston TUES, JAN. 9 - MUSIC, SINKANE: A mix of Avenue in Crown Heights, WORLD CLASS CARE Sudanese pop, electronica, (718) 907–8833], www.jcm. READING, “LOVE”: Newbery FRI, JAN. 12 funk, and free jazz. Pre- museum. Medal-winning author Matt ART, “SOULFUL CREA- sented by the Carnegie Hall TALK, REPRODUCTIVE de la Peña and bestsell- TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See Neighborhodhood Concert SELF DETERMINATION ing illustrator Loren Long Friday, Jan. 5. WHERE YOU NEED IT MOST. Series. Free. 5 pm. Brooklyn AND AUTONOMOUS read from their new picture FAMILY, SWING AND SWAY: Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. WOMEN’S HEALTH-CARE book. Free. 6 to 7 pm. Kids dance and sing along at Washington Avenue in WORKSHOP: With Mau- Books are Magic [225 Smith with music provided by Prospect Heights, (718) reen Connor and others. Street at Smith and Butler Tkiya. Free. 11:30 am. Bay 638–5000], www.brooklyn- Free. 2 pm. A.I.R. Gallery streets in Carroll Gardners, Ridge Library (7223 Ridge museum.org. [155 Plymouth St. between (718) 246–2665], https:// Blvd. at 73rd Street in Bay DINING, CERPA SAMPLING Pearl and Jay streets in www.booksaremagic.net. Ridge). EVENT: Drop by Prospect Dumbo, (212) 255–6651], TALK, “SACRED DISOBEDI- READING, “YOUR STORY”: Height Beer Works for a www.airgallery.org. ENCE IN ‘PENDA’S FEN’ ” : Readers will read from taste of what Cerpa is brew- A class from the Miskatonic personal abortion stories ing for the new year! Free. Institute of Horror Studies, submitted to A.I.R. Gallery 8–10 pm. Prospect Heights MON, JAN. 8 taught by Sukhdev Sandhu. in connection with the Cur- Beer Works [648 Washing- FILM, “THE JOURNEY”: A $15 ($12 in advance, $55 rents: Abortion exhibition. ton Ave. between Dean and screening of director Peter season pass). 7 pm. Film Free. 2 pm. A.I.R. Gallery Bergen streets in Prospect Watkins’s 1987 experiment Noir Cinema [122 Meserole [155 Plymouth St. between Heights, (718) 623–2337], with form: a documentary, Ave. at Leonard Street in Pearl and Jay streets in www.phbeerworksny.com. a dystopian science fi ction Greenpoint, (718) 389– Dumbo, (212) 255–6651], fi lm, a handbook for media 5773], www.miskatonic-nyc. www.airgallery.org. analysis, and a linking of com. MUSIC, ZLATNE USTE SUN, JAN. 7 activist groups through- COMEDY, THE ROAST OF GOLDEN FESTIVAL: More out the world. Presented in YOUR 15 YEAR OLD SELF: than 60 brass bands will fi ll OUTDOORS, FIRST SUN- Comedians use photos, old DAYS: Experience the chapters over three days. up four stages of the glam- $10 suggested donation. 2 diary entries, and the oc- orous Grand Prospect Hall serenity and wonder of the casional angst-fi lled musical Garden with programs for pm, 5 pm, 8:30 pm. Light during this joyous Balkan Industry (155 Freeman St. number to roast their teen- music festival. $55–$80. the entire family! Featuring age selves. Featuring Dylan Family Discovery Stations at Manhattan Avenue in 7:30 pm. Grand Prospect Greenpoint), www.lightin- Marron, Akilah Hughes, Hall [263 Prospect Ave. and Storytime; Winter Marcia Belsky, and Alise Nature Walk with Bradley dustry.org. between Fifth and Sixth Morales. $10. 8 pm. Baby’s avenues in Park Slope, (718) Klein; Chase Away the Win- READING, JOSH GREEN- All Right [146 Broadway be- ter Blues tour; and Conser- FIELD: The author reads 788–0777], www.golden- tween Bedford and Driggs fest.org. vatory Seasonal Highlights from his novel “Full of Won- avenues in Williamsburg, tour. Free with admission to derment,” an adventure THEATER, “CUTE ACTIVIST”: (718) 599–5800], www. 8 pm. See Wednesday, the gardens. 10 am to 2 pm. story of Alaskan travel and babysallright.com. Brooklyn Botanic Garden the onset of mental illness. Jan. 10. [1000 Washington Ave., at Free. 7 pm. Unnameable THEATER, “THE ART OF Eastern Parkway in Crown Books [600 Vanderbilt WED, JAN. 10 HIJAB, KOHL BLACK Heights, (718) 623–7220], Ave. between St. Marks AND THE RIGHT WAY TO www.bbg.org. Avenue and Prospect Place ART, “SOULFUL CREA- PRAY”: 8 pm. See Thursday, OUTDOORS, BIRD WALK: in Prospect Heights, (718) TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See Jan. 11. Join Prospect Park Alli- 789–1534]. Friday, Jan. 5. THEATER, “A HANKY AND A ance to explore the Park’s COMEDY, BUTTERBOY: The MUSIC, THE WOMBATS: T-T-T-TOP HAT”: 8 pm. See nature trails and discover weekly comedy night wel- The British band tours in Friday, Jan. 5. the beautiful plumage and comes Hari Kondabolu, support of its new album MUSIC, BLUE MOON FEVER: fascinating behavior of the Kate Willet, Chanel Ali, and “Beautiful People Will Ruin A celebration of the music Park’s wintering ducks. more. $10 ($8 in advance). Your Life.” With Blaenavon of Tom Petty and the Please note this tour leaves 8 pm. Littlefi eld (635 Sack- and Courtship. $25. 8 pm. Heartbreakers, with perfor- promptly at 10 am. Led by ett St. between Third and Brooklyn Steel (319 Frost mances from the Undone 121 DeKalb Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn the Brooklyn Bird Club. Fourth avenues in Gow- St. at Debevoise Avenue in Sweaters and Mark After Free. 10 am. Prospect Park anus), www.littlefi eldnyc. Williamsburg), www.bow- Dark. $10. 9 pm. Littlefi eld Call for an appointment: 718.250.8265 • tbh.org/brooklynheart Audubon Center [Enter com. erypresents.com/brooklyn- (635 Sackett St. between park at Lincoln Road and MUSIC, BALKAN MONDAYS: steel. Third and Fourth avenues Ocean Avenue in Prospect The Balkan monthly music THEATER, “CUTE ACTIV- in Gowanus), www.little- Park, (718) 287–3400], www. series welcomes the Souren IST”: A playfully fabulist, fi eldnyc.com. 8 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 5–11, 2018

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BROOKLYN PAPER and BrooklynPaper.com Your go-to source for a daily dose of Brooklyn! January 5–11, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 9 Bad ‘Times’ Speeding along Locals slam transit plan for City accelerates Fourth Ave bike lanes By Colin Mixson Clure, chairman of Commu- ignoring plaza feedback Brooklyn Paper MEAN nity Board 6’s Transportation Work on these lanes is shift- Streets Committee. By Julianne Cuba nity Board 2’s Transportation ing into high gear! Brooklyn’s The job’s 2021 end date boulevard would leave Fourth Avenue Brooklyn Paper Committee. “They didn’t take Transportation officials will battle lines bikers pedaling through Park The “Times” it is not a into consideration the com- install bike lanes on Fourth Slope with an unfinished lane changing enough. ments we had given to them Avenue in Park Slope years with simple in-house materi- sooner than originally planned als — namely, paint. that spit them out into traffic The city ignored local transit at our meeting.” Transportation Department of after neighborhood transit gu- But agency reps told locals near Eighth Street, a treach- gurus’ calls to tweak its rede- The full board in June en- Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee wants the city to go back to dorsed the transportation de- rus and the local councilman on Dec. 21 that they could not erous scenario that could be sign of Times Plaza’s triangu- the drawing board with its redesign of Times Plaza’s pedestrian island. avoided relatively cheaply, ac- partment’s plan to improve demanded they accelerate the install bike lanes on Fourth lar pedestrian island bounded cording to Lander. traffic flow at the treacherous job last month. Avenue between Eighth Street by Fourth, Flatbush, and Atlan- that the agency modify its de- itan Transportation Authority- sign as ‘unimaginative,’ and the “The bike lane will be more intersection surrounding Times The city wants to install and Atlantic Avenue until 2021 tic avenues, according to resi- sign for the island, including re- owned Times Control House committee as a whole was un- the pedalers’ paths as part of — years after they planned effective if it goes the whole Plaza in order to make the area dents, who said Department of placing its plain gray concrete building — which sits in the impressed,” the board’s chair- a larger makeover of a Bay to create them between 65th way,” he said. Transportation officials showed safer for cyclists and pedestri- with something more colorful, plaza — in its makeover, and woman Shirley McRae wrote Ridge–to–Slope stretch of the Street and Eighth Street — And the day after the pol them a largely unchanged plan ans, which also included de- altering its shape, nixing a spot Community Board 2 leaders in the Dec. 13 missive. road — from 65th Street to At- leading residents and Coun- and locals voiced their con- on Dec. 21 after they demanded signs for a revamped island. for a vendor on it, and install- recently penned a letter to the A rep from the mayor’s lantic Avenue in both direc- cilman Brad Lander (D–Park cerns, transit officials revealed the agency take it back to the But its members were more ing protective planters to shield city’s Public Design Commis- office said design-commis- tions — and Department of Slope) to insist they find more the in-house job of painting the drawing board in May. enthused with the plan for the a portion of the in-the-works sion expressing their frustra- sion officials are reviewing Transportation reps said work- paint and do the job faster, ac- lanes all the way to Atlantic “DOT just came to us with roads than they were for the Fourth Avenue bike lane that tion with the unchanged rede- the community board’s let- ers can complete the so-called cording to a civic honcho. Avenue will now end in 2019, renderings of pretty much es- plaza, according to Cullen-Ch- would run along the plaza. sign in an attempt to stop the ter. The city intends to begin “sticks-to-stripes” job of nar- “We were disappointed that according to a Keynote presen- sentially the same design, it eung, who said they approved The locals’ also railed agency from green-lighting the its makeover of the pedestrian rowing Fourth Avenue’s cur- the proposal didn’t include all tation dated Dec. 22. Agency didn’t really look like it had the proposal to avoid delaying against transit honchos for fail- current proposal. island this spring pending the rent four driving lanes and two of Fourth Avenue and made honchos told Lander the 2021 evolved,” said Juliet Cullen- work on the dangerous nexus, ing to strike a deal with the “The committee chairper- Public Design Commission’s parking lanes to make way our feelings clear, as did the date was due to a “miscom- Cheung, who heads Commu- but only did so with the caveat state to include the Metropol- son characterized the plaza de- approval. for a pair dedicated to cyclists councilman,” said Eric Mc- munication.”

2018... # # Continued from page 1 within the district of Sunset 6 3 and Andrew Gounardes, who Park’s Community Board 7 unsuccessfully tried to unseat alone, provoking mixed reac- the legislator in 2012 . tions from progressive Park As Golden works to recover Slopers who — surprise, sur- from his latest bout of road prise — largely support the rage, watch for other candi- bike-friendly proposal and dates — especially challeng- some Sunset Parkers who are ers from his own party — to more apprehensive about how emerge when campaign sea- the changes. son kicks into full gear. If both boards vote in favor of the road’s redesign, the Pump the gas on city will install the protected

3.Expressway repairs bike lanes from 65th to 38th File photo by Evan Gardner Local leaders continue streets this spring, and extend Local leaders continue to demand state lawmakers to demand state lawmak- the pedalers’ paths from 38th green-light legislation to speed up the long, messy, ers green-light legislation Street to Atlantic Avenue in and pricey infrastructure scheme to repair a 1.5- to speed up the long, messy, 2019. But if the community mile stretch of Brooklyn–Queens Expressway from and pricey infrastructure boards pan the proposal, it Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street. scheme to repair a 1.5-mile is possible the project will stretch of Brooklyn–Queens be delayed. Expressway from Atlantic Av- arrest — a decision they are NYU Brooklyn enue to Sands Street. Officials An L of a mess sure to make as more time 16.gets bigger began their drumbeat for “de- 6. State and local tran- passes and outrage over the New York University’s sign-build” — a process that sit honchos in December re- incident simmers down. Tandon School of Engineer- combines a project’s bidding leased a long-awaited altering’s Downtown campus — native-transporation plan Cleansing Coney processes for design and con- File photo by Stefano Giovannini long the neighbor and fascina- struction and would accelerate for straphangers who can- 14.Island Creek tion of this newspaper, which the job’s start date to 2021 in- not cross the East River on City and state transit agencies released plans for If locals thought the water- is published in a nearby of- stead of 2024 — last year, after the L train when its under- how hundreds of thousands of L-train straphangers way couldn’t go any further up fice — expanded last month state Sen. Marty Golden (R– water Brooklyn–Manhattan # will commute across the East River during the im- s--- creek after it was reported from its MetroTech home to Bay Ridge) introduced a bill tube closes for repairs in April 15 pending closure of the subway’s Brooklyn-to-Man- that 16 Gravesend buildings new digs across the street in- that would grant the city the 2019, but the proposal is miss- hattan tube — but the proposal is missing some key were dumping 200,000 gal- side the brutalist Metropol- ability to use the process on ing some key pieces that need pieces that need to be addressed before then. lons of raw sewage into it each itan Transportation Author- the roadway’s reconstruction. to be hammered out long be- day — possibly for years — ity building, which sat nearly That measure never passed, fore the closure begins. Chief and researchers found un- vacant for years before the but Golden claimed he will among them is how to han- # usually high levels of fecal university signed a 99-year reintroduce it as soon as pos- dle what many expect to be a bacteria in it well after those lease and began a $500-mil- sible, and Brooklyn Heights’ big surge in traffic on Grand 11 buildings allegedly stopped lion makeover of the site in newly appointed state Sen. Street in Williamsburg, an al- dumping feces in the water, 2012. Brian Kavanagh told this ready heavily traveled com- they thought wrong. About School honchos say the newspaper that fast-track- mercial thoroughfare that halfway through 2017, the 13-floor building will be fully ing the project is a “top pri- even more buses will cruise state Department of Envi- occupied by 2019, and when ority.” during the shutdown. ronmental Conservation ap- the gut job — which seems to Transit honchos upped the And some pols are de- proved a permit for the city’s have included perches for in- urgency in December, when manding that the city re- Economic Development Cor- quisitive pigeons outside ev- they claimed that trucks may think a pending purchase of poration to pour up to 7.2-mil- ery window — is complete, it need to be banned from the 200 diesel-fueled people-mov- lion gallons of filtered, con- will also boast classrooms for expressway’s triple cantilever ers before they implement any taminated groundwater into pupils enrolled in the college’s — which runs beneath Brook- plan that calls for more vehi- the creek every day for up Tisch School of the Arts and lyn Heights’ promenade — if cles on the streets, claiming File photo by Stefano Giovannini to two years while workers its culture-and-technology the roadway is not fixed by the increase in gas-guzzling Lawyers on both sides of the Crown Heights’ Bed- upgrade sewers and water program, Media and Games 2026 (if design-build is al- buses will bring more pollu- ford-Union Armory redevelopment plan expect a mains in Coney’s west end. Network. We look forward lowed, it is projected to end tion to the nabe. state Supreme Court judge to rule before the city And more recently, the state to welcoming them — and that year; if it is not, the job officially signs off on the armory’s 99-year lease to agency blocked the Billion to the longer lines at our lo- Eye on the won’t end until 2029). developers BFC Partners some time this summer. Oyster Project’s proposal to cal Starbucks. Watchtower install one million oysters in 7. The New York Cosmos Angel’s new The framework atop the Brooklyn pols called on the U.S. Soccer Federation the channel to improve its wa- More develop Crown Heights’ Bed- able, fortified bollards at 32 ter quality, because its hon- 4.‘Guardian’ Jehovah’s Witnesses’ former to save the New York Cosmos and the hundreds of .‘monstrosities’ ford-Union Armory survived entry points to Coney Island’s chos were concerned that res- 17 Locals and leaders in Brooklyn Heights headquar- jobs it brings to Coney Island’s MCU Park after the The gigantic AvalonBay Dyker Heights have been ters no longer boasts the reli- its long and torturous public- Riegelmann Boardwalk to idents would poach and sell federation denied the team’s league second-divi- approval process, but just as restrict access to authorized tower on Voorhies Avenue up in arms since this news- gious organization’s red, 15- the poop-infested molluscs, in Sheepshead Bay opened sion status for this year’s season. Council voted to approve the vehicles, a proposal that the paper revealed in December foot Watchtower letters, but which would contaminate any this summer after the city hugely controversial plan — parks department later con- that the Sisters of Mercy sold one of the site’s new owners eaters with fecal bacteria. slapped its builders with a which permits a private devel- firmed it was studying with its sprawling Angel Guardian — who purchased the building With a full car ban in place, violations so that he can keep But the Oyster Project’s stop-work order in April, oper to build luxury rentals the police. And Treyger upped Home campus, which takes as part of a collective that also time will tell whether the may- the barn up-and-running for leaders plan to submit a re- which was quickly lifted af- along with so-called afford- the ante in November when up an entire city block, in includes President Trump’s or’s beefed-up edict is enough “as long as possible.” vised application — which ter developers fixed the vio- able housing and a commu- a secret deal with an al- son-in-law, Jared Kushner — to keep park-goers safe once he called on the city to install will allegedly contain mea- lations. The 30-story build- nity center on the site of the leged $23 to $24-million told this newspaper that the and for all. Too big to fail guard rails along a 1.15-mile sures to discourage poaching ing at 1 Brooklyn Bay, near historic military structure — price tag. scaffolding may soon hold a . A proposal to re- unprotected stretch of the Belt — this spring, so the state may Shore Parkway and E. 16th 10 attorneys at the Legal Aid So- A pack of concerned resi- new sign as the building un- Riding into the zone a triangular Boerum Parkway that runs parallel to finally green-light a strategy Street, includes 236 units of ciety filed suit against the city dents called for the Sisters to dergoes its makeover into a .future Hill block bounded by Flat- the Shore Road and Gravesend to clean up the murky waters rentals and luxurious con- 9 in an effort to stop the project, sell the former orphanage — massive workspace . When news broke early bush Avenue, Third Avenue, Bay promenades. once and for all. dos, but has been dubbed a which currently houses area “As the property under- last year that the owners of and State Street in order for claiming the land-use and en- The local leaders’ requests “monstrosity” by some lo- oldsters’ club house, the Nar- goes its transformation into Prospect Park’s only horse developers to build super-tall vironmental-review processes may get a boost from a Man- Cosmos kicked cals. It’s one of a few high- rows Senior Center — to a de- a world-class office cam- barn, Kensington Stables, towers of unprecedented den- used to asses its impact on hattan Councilman, who last 15.to the curb? rises planned for the neigh- veloper who would build af- pus, there is an opportunity were bankrupt, locals were sity on the plot goes before residents of the neighborhood month introduced legislation A long list of borough pols borhood, and will surely be a fordable elder housing, while to bring a new beacon to the rightly concerned that the the City Planning Commis- are flawed. that would require the parks — including native son Sen. swanky home for some Brook- others called for more class- Brooklyn skyline,” said Asher long-standing tradition of sion on Jan. 16 — and if it is Lawyers on both sides ex- and transportation depart- Chuck Schumer — called on lynites, but an eyesore for oth- rooms on the site, since the Abehsera. galloping through the green approved, Community Board pect a state Supreme Court ments to annually report on the U.S. Soccer Federation to ers who continue fighting de- neighborhood’s school dis- What word or image might space would become a thing 2 will hold a public hearing on judge to rule before the city bollard-related statistics in- save the New York Cosmos velopment in the area. trict is the city’s most over- decorate the neighborhood’s of the past. But after a long the proposed 74 and 38-story officially signs off on the ar- cluding how many are in- and the hundreds of jobs the With one of the nabe’s crowded. But a broker who skyline remains to be seen, and bumpy ride, during which 80 Flatbush towers some time mory’s 99-year lease to devel- stalled, where they are put, soccer club allegedly brings first super-tall towers com- made a failed bid for the but knowing who is involved some mystery buyers and the in February, kicking off the opers BFC Partners some time and what third parties are au- to its 7,000-seat home, Co- plete, and a handful of oth- property said that the de- in the building’s second act, city all considered offers to project’s Uniform Land Use this summer, and the verdict thorized to build them. That ney Island’s MCU Park, af- ers rising, we’ll be watching veloper that inked the big- it’s a safe bet that whatever buy the barn that ultimately Review Procedure. will either green-light con- bill’s fate could be a litmus test ter the federation denied the to see how many more de- gest real-estate deal to hit it is, it will be yuuuge. failed, this newspaper re- The plan to bring the two struction, or send the project for how far the calls for more team’s league second-divi- velopers seize an opportunity Dyker Heights in a genera- ported that a dark-horse en- high-rises — which would back to the drawing board. bollards and other protective sion status for the 2018 sea- to alter Southern Brooklyn’s Keep off the grass tity — later revealed to be include 900 apartments with structures will go. son. A club spokesman said the tion would likely apply to re- More skyline. zone the plot in order to build 8. The last vehicles le- Red Hook concrete magnate 200 units of so-called afford- Cosmos’ owner, Italian cable as much as possible. gally cruised Prospect Park’s John Quadrozzi, Jr. — pur- able housing, retail space, a 12.protections for Closing a magnate Rocco Commisso, Puck stops here Who that developer is may East Drive on Dec. 29, when chased the stables at auction new 350-seat elementary pedestrian spaces 13.months-old case planned to close the North 18. There is no doubt remain a mystery, but once a provision allowing Down- in a yet-to-be-finalized deal school, and a new home for Local pols intensified de- Police officials still have American Soccer League the New York Islanders’ move the sale officially closes, town-bound motorists to use that would keep the facility the already-on-site Khalil Gi- mands that the city install not closed their investiga- and the seven teams in it — to Brooklyn was an unqual- we do not expect his or her the thoroughfare on weekdays and its operators in the horse bran International Academy protective bollards to shield tion into the death of Nef- including his own — if the ified disaster , and now the identity to stay a secrect for from 7 to 9 am officially ended business for at least five more — to the brownstone-lined pedestrian areas that future taly Ramirez — who a gar- squads were banished to the hockey team will soon be on long. to make way for Mayor De- years. nabe drew the ire of many terrorists could target follow- bage-truck driver employed third division, since that status its way out to the greener pas- Blasio’s permanent ban of cars Weeks after Quadrozzi’s residents , who argued the ing the October truck attack by a private-carting service would bring fewer sponsors, tures — and a new arena — at Fourth Avenue’s within Brooklyn’s Backyard , purchase, however, the city massive structures have no in Manhattan that killed eight struck and killed in a hit-and- decreased salaries for the play- Belmont Park in Queens. This 5.changing lanes which kicked in on Jan. 2. But slapped the stables with an place in the historically low- and injured 11 more. Council- run last July — yet no one has ers and coaches, and a lower year could be the team’s last Transit officials are ask- a harrowing Dec. 7 early- immediate vacate order after rise enclave — and we expect men Mark Treyger (D–Coney been charged with a crime. level of competition. at the Barclays Center, which ing community boards repre- morning hit-and-run accident inspectors found its roof par- those cries to only grow louder Island) and Chaim Deutsch And as long as police keep The league appealed the wasn’t built for hockey, any- senting Park Slope and Sunset on the park’s West Drive — tially collapsed. But the new if the public-review process (D–Sheepshead Bay) sent let- the case open, all evidence is U.S. Soccer Federation’s de- way, so it could be your last Park to weigh in on a proposed which Hizzoner banned all owner — who is required to for the 80 Flatbush high-rises ters to Mayor DeBlasio, Po- sealed, and the public doesn’t cision on Nov. 4 in the U.S. chance to see the players com- Fourth Avenue redesign that traffic from in 2015 — served fully renovate the property proceeds. lice Commissioner James know what happened. Court of Appeals, according pete without having to take the includes the always contro- as an ominous warning that it following a judge’s official ap- O’Neill, and Parks Com- We’ve been on wait-and- to the spokesman, leaving the Long Island Railroad. versial addition of a protected takes more than progressive proval of the sale — said he is Armory’s new missioner Mitchell Silver, see mode since August as to case — and the Cosmos’ fate In other words, it could be bike lane. The plan would policies to protect pedestri- already working with the sta- 11.battle renewing their calls for the whether authorities will close — up in the air. But the ball the last chance to raise Lord eliminate 225 parking spaces ans in the meadow. bles’ operators to correct the A city-backed scheme to re- trio’s offices to install retract- the case with or without and will likely drop soon. Stanley’s cup in Brooklyn. 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 5–11, 2018