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for their treks across the river, re- Free river route ceived the same short notice of the ferry’s end. The operator at that time, to end in May, Seastreak America, said the line was simply not profitable. pols cry foul But this week’s announcement came as New York Waterway, the By Deborah Kolben company that has operated the free The Brooklyn Papers shuttle service between the Brooklyn Army Terminal and the Whitehall Brooklyn commuters riding Ferry Terminal, is under investiga- the free ferry from Sunset Park tion for defrauding the Federal to Manhattan may have felt a / Brad Horrigan Emergency Management Agency sense of déjà vu this week (FEMA) of hundreds of thousands when, on their return trip of dollars. Thursday night, they received In a rallying cry to keep the fliers announcing the termina- boats afloat, commuters and local tion of the ferry service at the elected officials gathered at the fer-

end of this month. Papers The Brooklyn ry dock at 58th Street early Tues- Two years ago, ferry riders on the Councilmen Yassky, DeBlasio and Gentile joined Borough President day morning demanding that the same route, who were then paying Markowitz (foreground) to protest the termination of ferry service. See FERRY on page 6 Ridge is ready for terror As for the rest of the

/ Greg Mango / Greg city, a survey finds New Yorkers napping

By Deborah Kolben

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers While a recent study found that New York City as a whole was the least prepared for a major dis- Miss(es) Norway aster of the major cities in the United States, the Laila Jensen, a member of the Miss Norway contest committee, presents winning sisters Kristin and Lind- greater Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst section of Brook- sey Doolite with an extra-long sash at the April 13 event at Bay Ridge Manor. See story page 8. lyn may be one of the best-prepared regions. Founders of the Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst-Dyker Heights Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a grassroots volunteer group trained to assist the city’s emergency workers in case of a disaster, were asked to testify at a state Senate hearing at the Fort Hamilton Army Base in Bay Ridge on April 11. Chaired by Republican state Sen. Michael Balboni, Feds say Senator St. the Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee organized the meeting in conjunction with Bay Ridge state Sen. Marty Golden. The goal of that hearing was to learn more about man was an Iraqi spy the role of volunteerism in disaster preparedness. “Brooklyn led the way after 9-11,” said Balboni, whose district includes western Long Island. By Deborah Kolben lice precinct, all said they were The results of a Duracell/Harris Interactive poll of The Brooklyn Papers shocked to learn from The Bay disaster preparedness released in March indicated that / Tom Callan / Tom Ridge Paper that a spy had been New Yorkers were the least prepared for a terrorist at- Callan / Tom There may have been a spy living among them. tack, while they were also the most fearful of such an among us. “It is shocking and scary to occurrence. A Bay Ridge resident was ar- learn that living amongst us in the Only 22 percent of New Yorkers said they had dis- rested last week on charges that Bay Ridge community was an aster plans in place, compared to 48 percent of Los he spied for the Iraqi government. agent of the Iraqi Intelligence Ser- Angeles residents. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The son of an Iraqi diplomat vice,” said state Sen. Marty Gold- The idea for the volunteer effort in southern Brook- Papers The Brooklyn appointed by Saddam Hussein as en. lyn came after 9-11, when residents contacted then- Red panda takes a tree break at the Prospect Park Zoo Tuesday. a liaison to United Nations “But the law enforcement per- Councilman Golden about wanting to lend a hand at weapons inspectors, Reid Al-An- sonnel has again proven to be on Ground Zero. buke has been living on the 200 top of their game and has made an The Brooklyn CERT was the first in the country to block of Senator Street for the arrest. It is proof that you may be respond following President George Bush’s call on the past three years along with his nation to prepare itself for future acts of terror. Form- Mayor rattles zoo able to hide, but eventually you sister and two brothers. will be caught,” Golden added. ing an executive board and several committees, the But while Ridgites are often Deputy Inspector Matthew Pon- CERT has now established a series of workshops and By Patrick Gallahue He’s also gotten a few offers — albeit in-

noted for their gift of gab and ear- / Jane Rosenberg tillo, commanding officer of the training sessions and is amassing a database listing The Brooklyn Papers feasible ones — to take in his soon-to-be to-the-ground awareness, nobody 68th Precinct, said he knew little particular useful skills of various residents. castoff species. seemed to know anything about of the arrest but that Al-Anbuke’s Those skills include the ability to speak other lan- Since Mayor Michael Bloomberg an- “Have we gotten calls? Sure,” Moore Al-Anbuke or his arrest this activities had not affected the pub- guages or drive an 18-wheeler, military training and nounced he will cut city funding of the said. “From a pet store that wants to display week. lic safety of the community. knowledge of building trades and communication tech- Prospect Park Zoo, forcing its closure to a grownup female baboon.”

Local community activists, Associated Press Calls to several Senator Street nology. balance the budget, the director of the There are a few problems with that possi- shwarma sellers, mosque mem- Sketch of Reid Al-Anbuke in fed- residents found they had no idea There are now more than 1,200 names included in zoo, Dr. Don Moore, has heard the cries bility, Moore said, the most notable being bers, right on up to the local po- eral court on April 15 . See RIDGE SPY on page 8 See TERROR on page 3 of public support. See PARK ZOO on page 8 Cop of the Year By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers When 68th Precinct Police Officer Michael Hansen accepted this year’s Cop of the Year award, he said the plaque should have read “cops” because without his buddies at the precinct he wouldn’t be here today. The Bay Ridge Community Council (BRCC) honored this year’s top police officer, firefighter and

/ Bebeto Matthews auxiliary police officer in a special awards ceremony Tuesday night at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center, on Fourth Avenue at 81st Street. This year’s cop of the year Associated Press Associated Press award went to a man noted for his personal triumph rather than his arrest record. Hansen, 30, was diagnosed with Holy week testicular cancer in February 2002. Easter week was celebrated with pro- During his last chemotherapy treat- cessions throughout the borough. ment last June, Hansen developed (Above) A Way of the Cross procession, an illness so severe that he slipped featuring the Communion and Libera- into a coma for almost three weeks. tion choir, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge Doctors didn’t think he was going on Good Friday. (At right) Bishop to make it. After his near fatal experience, Thomas Daily leads a procession to St. Hansen was released from the hos- / Tom Callan / Tom / Greg Mango / Greg James Cathedral in Brooklyn Heights on pital in November and was back at Palm Sunday. (At left) Louis Ponsiglione work by February. But a month lat- (foreground) carries an icon through er he had to return to the hospital Carroll Gardens in a Good Friday pro- where doctors removed all the cession that began at Sacred Hearts and lymph nodes in his abdomen re- St. Stephen Church. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn See YEAR’S on page 6 2 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM April 28, 2003 Muslim hit with Mr. Potato By Deborah Kolben a man who hurled ethnic Court slashing Virtually The Brooklyn Papers epithets at her as well as a A teenager was attacked in invisible Gold A Muslim woman shop- Mr. Potato Head. Police Blotters a playground on 66th Street hearing ping at a Toys ‘R’ Us store He yelled a number of anti- and Seventh Avenue by a aids Arab slurs at the victim, 22, be- group of boys while playing on Bay Parkway near Bay According to police, the tween 78th and 79th streets at Seal for View Place on Monday, fore picking up a box contain- basketball with his friends ing a Mr. Potato Head and women did not know one an- 10:33 am on April 19. around 2 pm on April 19. • Digital and programmable hearing aids at competitive prices April 21, was assaulted by other before the incident. “We’re shopping now,” the The victim, 13, was slashed • Wide variety of models available hitting her on the arm causing a • Many insurance plans accepted lump and redness, police said. Out for blood men proclaimed as they proceed- with a knife on his lower right • 3-year warranty available, 45-day trial period Victory The attacker, 28, a Hasidic Some men steal for love, ed to pocket 15 boxes of One leg as he and his friends were • Complete hearing evaluations Jew, is a student in Israel who others for money, and as we Touch test strips, used by diabet- trying to get away. by NY State licensed & board Free bike ics to test their blood. The med- certified audiologists Victory Memorial Hospital was visiting his family in Bor- learned this week, some steal Down barrel ical kits are valued at $80 each. • Hearing protection devices Victory Memorial Hospital, ough Park. A published report for health. A 19-year-old woman for musicians and dentists Helping the world hear better The men got away with the its Skilled Nursing Center and registration quoted his father as saying the Two men entered a phar- woke up on the subway at man was upset because a fe- macy on Third Avenue be- blood tests. EXPERIENCE THE BELTONE DIFFERENCE. its Long Term Home Health- See POLICE on page 6 male suicide bomber had Call today to schedule your FREE consultation care Program have each at 68th Pct. achieved a Gold Seal of Ap- killed his friend. BORO AUDIOLOGY CLINIC The attacker was arrested 129 5th Avenue (between St. John’s Place & Sterling Place) proval for the quality of its The Brooklyn Papers healthcare services in the form by police at the toy store at 718-622-3500 Warm weather and sun- 5:45 pm. Also, office in Bensonhurst at 8210 18th Avenue of a three-year accreditation Se habla español • 10% off for Senior Citizens from the Joint Commission on ny skies means more peo- Push to shove Accreditation of Healthcare ple will be dusting off Two women got into a Organizations. their bicycles and going pushing match that turned The certification means that for a ride. But as any rider ugly at a bar on Third Avenue Victory has demonstrated in New York City knows, at 93rd Street just after mid- Diabetes? compliance with national stan- bike thefts can be as com- night on April 18. mon as flat tires. As tensions escalated one Are you caught between these two health dards for patient safety and quality of care. An intensive To help address that prob- woman reached out and bit problems? Then you may qualify for Look AHEAD, on-site survey was held in lem, the 68th Precinct will be the other on the left side of her a National Institutes of Health research project March. offering free bicycle registra- face before stealing her pock- studying the long-term benefits of weight loss in “We see accreditation for tion on Tuesdays and Thurs- etbook and fleeing to the car. people with type 2 diabetes. our institution because we days, from 2 pm to 7 pm start- The victim, 21, told police want to demonstrate our com- ing May 6. that her attacker then tried to Physical exams, medical tests, and educational mitment to our hospital pa- Police Officer Anthony mow her down on the side- programs are provided at no cost to volunteers tients, residents of our skilled Curran says that registered walk outside the bar. She also who qualify. nursing center and our long- bikes have a better chance of made off with the victim’s term home healthcare pa- being recovered if stolen. Gucci purse valued at $200 For more information, call tients,” says Krishin Bhatia, The precinct is located on and containing $60 in cash. hospital administrator. “We 65th Street and Third Avenue. The victim was taken to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt view obtaining Joint Commis- For more information, con- Lutheran Medical Center and (212) 523-8037 sion accreditation as another tact Curran at (718) 439-4744. the attacker was arrested. step toward achieving excel- lence.” Overweight? Commenting on the suc- cessful achievement, J. Donald DiCunto, president of the board of trustees, said, “We Cop shooting congratulate our dedicated, professional staff for these fine results and pledge to continue our mission of providing qual- ruled justified ity since Victory Memorial was founded 103 years ago.” By Deborah Kolben statement from his office An independent, not-for- The Brooklyn Papers called Brennan’s actions, “rea- profit organization, the Joint The fatal shooting of a sonable and prudent” and said 150 55th Street Commission is the nation’s there was no evidence of reck- oldest and largest standards- suspected car thief by a lessness or negligence leading Brooklyn, New York 11220 setting accrediting body in Bensonhurst police officer to that fatal shot being fired. healthcare. Because of its re- was ruled an accident this “Brennan was negligent. cent accreditation, Victory week following an investi- Guns don’t simply go off. STATEMENT OF MISSION Memorial joins the thousands gation by District Attorney People pull triggers,” said of hospitals across the United Charles Hynes. Kuby, who has filed a notice States that have achieved a But a well-known civil of claim with the city and in- Lutheran Medical Center defines health as the higher level of performance rights attorney representing tends to file the lawsuit within total well-being of the community and its resi- for its patients. the victim’s family in a poten- the next two months. dents; it exists only to serve their needs and “Above all, the national tial lawsuit against the city Brennan will remain on ad- standards are intended to stim- cast his doubts on the ruling. ministrative duty until the po- works in partnership with them, each relying on ulate continuous, systematic “That was a remarkably ac- lice department completes its the other. and organization-wide im- curate and well-aimed single investigation. provement in performance and fatal shot for an accident,” Lutheran Medical Center understands a hospi- care,” says Kurt Patton, execu- said lawyer Ron Kuby, who tal NOT as a collection of buildings, machines tive director of the Joint Com- was retained by Frank and mission’s Hospital Accredita- Dora Lagattuta after their son, and beds, but as a staff of talented, creative and tion Program. John, was killed by 60th Kingsborough Community College committed people who serve the community as “The community should be Precinct police officer John they are needed. proud of Victory Memorial Brennan on Jan. 2 following a Continuing Education Hospital’s goal of continuous- lengthy car chase through the Lutheran Medical Center’s Community Service ly raising quality and safety streets of Gravesend and Ben- standards to higher levels.” sonhurst. This is the picture story about our Here are some of our courses for Report for 2002 and Plan for 2003 is available Located at 699 92nd St., Kuby is representing the innovative College for Kids and upon request by calling the hospital’s Victory is an acute care and Lagattutas in a $100 million College for Kids & the Community Relations Departmental (718) longterm care institution. A list lawsuit they plan to file our Weekend College programs. Weekend College for Adults. of services can be obtained by against the city. 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Peg Parker has lived in the house next door assembled crowd and asked everybody to Protestors gathered outside the seven-bed- for more than 40 years. She said she’s con- leave the property before threatening to call room home on 80th Street for a candlelight vig- cerned that developers might build a structure the police. il on April 15 before packing into the monthly extending right up to her property line. Asked about the sale of the house, she said, Community Board 10 meeting across the street “It’s just so beautiful here, I hate to see it “No comment.” to ask for help in fighting the sale. change,” Parker said of the tree-lined block Speaking at the CB10 meeting, held at Our The one-family house is in the process of dotted with well-maintained single-family homes. Savior’s Lutheran Church, across the street at being sold and residents fear it will go to de- According to Ahl, the woman who is trying 414 80th St., Jan Ralph said the demolition of velopers who will tear it down and replace it to sell the house told Parker that she was sell- the house would amount to the desecration of with a much larger residence. ing it to a “developer friend” who was buying one of the most beautiful blocks in Bay Ridge.

The house at 345 80th St. first went on the it for his son. Neighbors have also reported “If this block can be destroyed, no block is Mango / Greg market in December. But with an asking price seeing surveyors perform a test boring on the safe from developers,” Ralph added. of $850,000 the cost was prohibitive to most property, a sign that work is going to be done “Bay Ridge is different,” protested Nancy families. there. Additionally, the tenants in the upstairs Morgan, explaining that the porches and sense For Greg Ahl, a CB10 member and Ridge portion of the house have told neighbors that of community set the neighborhood apart from businessman, the century-old house has spe- they were told by the current owners that they most of New York City. cial meaning. It’s where he grew up. will have to move out by May 1. While CB10 members listened closely to Papers The Brooklyn In addition to fond memories of Christmas Susan Pulaski, president of the Bay Ridge See OLD HOUSE on page 6 Greg Ahl (holding eyeglasses) with neighborhood supporters in front of his childhood home at 345 80th St.

TERROR… Sen. Golden salutes Gentile Dad, Who is God? Continued from page 1 that database, according to CERT Executive Director (need help with that one?) Patrick Condren, who testified at the hearing. State Sen. Reuben Diaz, of the South Bronx, a at swearing in of Dem rival member of the Homeland Security and Military Af- Discovery Time @ fairs committee, said CERT may be good for Bay By Deborah Kolben Ridge, but he wondered what was being done in the Bay Ridge United Church rest of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Papers The director of the Brooklyn Chapter of the Red Have old rivals mended fences? Sunday, 11:00 AM Cross, Jonathan Gabriel, echoed earlier sentiments That was the question on many people’s Ages 3-12 that New Yorkers were not prepared. minds as state Sen. Marty Golden took the In addition to praising the CERT model and en- podium at the ceremonial swearing-in cere- couraging other neighborhoods to follow suit, mony for Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst-Dyker We teach what we live: Gabriel highlighted a new Red Cross program called Heights Councilman Vincent Gentile. “Together We Prepare” that encourages Americans to The Sunday afternoon event, held at Gen- God Loves everyone make a plan, build a kit, get trained, volunteer and tile’s alma mater, William McKinley Inter- Using the stories of the give blood. mediate School, on Fort Hamilton Parkway Callan / Tom The Red Cross also recently established a pre- at 73rd Street, drew almost 200 guests and a Old & New Testaments, paredness information hotline, (800) GET-INFO. host of elected officials, including U.S. Sen. And Downtown Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velazquez Charles Schumer. songs, crafts and mission projects teamed with the Brooklyn Chapter of the Red Cross, Most notable, however, was Golden’s ap- the city Office of Emergency Management, and the pearance. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn police department’s Office of Counter-Terrorism this Backed with $4 million from the Republi- BAY RIDGE UNITED CHURCH State Sen. Marty Golden (left) speaks at the swearing-in ceremony of Councilman week to host a public safety forum on disaster pre- can Party, Golden defeated the Democrat 636 Bay Ridge Pkwy (75th St.) paredness in Williamsburg. Gentile in a heated race in November to cap- Vincent Gentile (right) at McKinley Intermediate School April 13. Attendees were told how to develop a household ture his state Senate seat. 718.836.4978 disaster plan, how to create an emergency kit with A few months after his loss, Gentile went munity. If I can reach out and work with of work to be done,” Gastel said. email: [email protected] essential supplies, how to handle injuries and what to on to win Golden’s seat by a mere 31 votes in Vinny Gentile, I plan to do that,” Golden Other politicians in attendance at the April 13 in case of an evacuation. a five-way special election in February. said. ceremony included Borough President Marty Worship Celebration for All The Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst-Dyker Heights “I think we can work together,” Golden Gentile spokesman Scott Gastel said the Markowitz, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Sunday, 11 AM CERT will be hosting workshops on disaster medical told The Bay Ridge Paper this week when councilman had invited all of the local elected Assemblyman Mathew Mirones, state Sen. operations, adult CPR, and basic First Aid. For more asked about his appearance at Gentile’s officials, including Golden. Seymour Lachman, City Council Speaker Gif- Childcare provided information visit www.cert1nyc.org or call (718) swearing-in. “They have to work together for the com- ford Miller, and council members Bill DeBla- 491-1705. “The bottom line is the service to the community. Especially in these times, there’s a lot sio, David Yassky and Sarah Gonzalez.

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the best catch through touch, smell and appearance. Three times a week, hand rolls, like the shrimp tempura roll and the smoked salmon roll. Or try the Akri Boroden goes to the Fulton Fish Market where he buys the fresh fish that are pork with ginger sauce, or maybe the seafood teriyaki with lobster. Just make 7902 Third Ave, at 79th Street, Bay Ridge then broiled, pan-fried, grilled or blackened by chef Mike. Food is served in sure to leave room for the tempura green tea ice cream! (718) 238-7701 (AmEx, MC, Visax) Entrees: $12-$25 a relaxed atmosphere — a dark interior with an eight-seat bar, a dining area Executive Chef Brendan O’Sullivan’s restaurant opened Sept. 26 in Bay and a lounge with two large sofas and a huge suspended TV. Free valet park- Casa Calamari Ridge and offers pasta, seafood and 100-percent certified Black Angus cuts ing Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. 8602 Third Ave. at 86th Street, Bay Ridge grilled to perfection. Akri offers rich sauces to accompany your steak: garlic butter, brandy cream, whiskey-mushroom-onion or mixed peppercorn. Bay Ridge Sushi (718) 921-1900 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5.50-$13.50. Boasting a large sidewalk cafe, Casa Calamari is a fun, family style place that Appetizers range from classic mozzarella and tomatoes to an “assortment 6819 Third Ave. at 68th Street,, Bay Ridge of Greek delights.” makes the most of its corner windows, its open kitchen and its raw bar. On (718) 491-0662 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.95-$17.95. the menu you’ll find an “oyster index” to guide you through the many vari- Step into Bay Ridge Sushi and you’re in another world — the hustle and eties: Pearl Point, Spiny Creek and Nantucket are just a few. In addition to Barracuda Seafood bustle of busy Bay Ridge falling away with each step taken inside. The win- appetizer faves like Buffalo wings and eggplant rollatine, you’ll find pastas, 7026 Third Ave. at 71st Street, Bay Ridge some sushi chefs will carve up your favorites, like tuna, salmon, yellowtail, grills, Italian specialties and loads of seafood choices. The chilled seafood (718) 833-3759 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12.95-$21.95. scallop, fluke, mackerel, flying fish roe, crab stick and many more. Of sampler ($25) includes a 1-pound lobster, two cherrystone clams, two little Owner Willy Boroden attributes his broad knowledge of fish to his upbring- course, Bay Ridge Sushi hasn’t forgotten all the other Japanese treats, and neck clams, four oysters and jumbo shrimp. Golden fried calamari can also be ing near the Black Sea, where he ate fish every day and learned how to select neither will you, as you select from their colorful menu. There are loads of ordered with fried shrimp. Or go for the broccoli rabe, cheese and parsley

sausage platter. Mango / Greg Casa Pepe 114 Bay Ridge Ave. at 69th Street, Bay Ridge (718) 833-8865 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.75-$22. BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART The courtly Spanish and Mexican style of Casa Pepe will put a grin on your lips and a fiesta in your heart. You’ll find Mexican favorites, like fajitas, Papers The Brooklyn chimichangas, enchiladas pescador — soft corn tortillas filled with salmon and pico de gallo — and beef or chicken tacos. But wait, there’s a whole Cebu, at 8801 Third Ave., offers a dessert of creme brulee other world here, the striking cuisine of Spain as well! Bistec norteno (choice served with cappuccino and biscotti. sirloin steak in a four-pepper sauce), ternera a la plancha (veal sauteed with red pepper, garlic and white wine), paella Valenciana, (chicken, seafood and Spanish sausage with saffron rice), and, of course, arroz con pollo. Casa Pepe has a party room that can accommodate 120 guests as well. Also open for Ridge Bay Restaurant-Diner Sunday brunch, noon to 3:30 pm. Garden seats available in season. NOW OPEN 7404 Fifth Ave. at 74th Street, Bay Ridge Cebu (718) 748-1858 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $1.95-$8.99 Ridge Bay has great breakfast specials and daily lunch specials with dessert 8801 Third Ave. at 88th Street, Bay Ridge included. The most popular entrees at this Bay Ridge diner are the leg of (718) 492-5095 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$22, pizzas $9-$10. lamb, pot roast, roast turkey, shell steak and chicken kabob over rice. Ridge Cebu offers a bar scene with dining. The menu is “continental infusion” — Bay Diner opens up at 7 am and closes around 10 pm, but if dining out is lots of salads, sauces and seafood. Dishes range from fish and chips to out of the picture, they also offer free delivery. steak au poivre to whole lobster and Blue Point oysters. Ristorante Vaccaro Chef Natale 6716 Fort Hamilton Parkway at 67th Street, Bay Ridge EGYPT 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street, Bay Ridge (718) 238-9447 (AmEx, MC, Disc, Visa) Entrees: $10-$35. (718) 921-0717 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $13-$19. Chef-owner Dominic Vaccaro creates many of the restaurant’s most popu- Born in Palermo, Chef Natale gained much of his culinary experience as a lar dishes, such as his signature chicken Vaccaro, pan-sauteed breast of chef onboard several Italian cruise ships. His cooking style carries the influ- chicken prepared with prosciutto, fresh mozzarella and butterfly shrimp in ences of Sicily, Milan, Naples and Rome. Popular dishes in this intimate, a shitake mushroom and sun-dried tomato sauce. Vaccaro serves casual casual restaurant include octopus served Sicilian style in balsamic vinai- lunch and dinner daily. Vaccaro’s pizzeria next door offers a snack and take- grette dressing; and veal shank Milan in a puree of carrots, celery and out menu of sandwiches, calzones, pizza and pizza rolls. REBORN onion-white wine sauce, served over risotto. Chef Natale also serves fresh seasonal fish — salmon, monkfish, striped bass, swordfish and tuna. Yiannis Desserts are made on site, including chocolate mousse cake, tiramisu, 6901 Fourth Ave. at 69th Street, Bay Ridge ART FOR ETERNITY creme caramel, cheesecake and ice cream. (718) 238-7510 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $11 -$21. The menu at this Bay Ridge eatery includes exotic dishes like grilled octopus; Cranberry Cafe Greek favorites like mussels steamed with ouzo, and lobster cooked in a clay More than 600 objects from the BMA’s 9506 Fourth Ave. at 95th Street, Bay Ridge pot in a wood-burning oven with mussels, clams, shrimp, and scallops with (718) 833-7979, www.cranberrycafe.com (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: Moroccan spices. Also try the whole grilled fish, and what owner John $11-$25. Stathopoulos calls “the best Black Angus steaks anywhere.” All in a friendly preeminent ancient Egyptian holdings will be atmosphere at moderate prices. Owner Christine McDonald is a former pastry chef at Manhattan’s Le Cirque 2000, and her cafe features her freshly baked croissants, Danishes, breads and presented in a newly refurbished gallery space, wonderful pastries. McDonald also does an excellent job with her American moderne or fusion cuisine in a menu that includes French onion soup, Italian a dazzling complement to the more than 500 bruschetta, Asian shrimp dumplings and marinated New York strip steak. The cafe is also a good place to gather for coffee, wine, snack or dessert — treasures currently on view. Ranging from cheesecake, pecan pie or homemade chocolate ice cream. BROOKLYN DINING

seum Art,of Charles Wilbour Edwin Fund elaborate pottery created in the Predynastic Elia 8611 Third Ave. at 86th Street, Bay Ridge Period to opulent sculptures from the early (718) 748-9891 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$24. BEYOND THE RIDGE Whitewashed brick walls, exposed beams and soft Greek music make this restaurant the closest replica of a Greek “estiatoria” (a small town tavern) New Kingdom, this new installation explores you’ll find off the Greek isles. Veteran executive chef Roger Clatterbuck works with chef Helen Papapostolou, who has a great love for the cuisine Alicia’s Cafe & Eatery the permanence and change of Egyptian of her homeland, to create authentic Greek specialties — grilled sauteed 10 Columbia Pl. at Joralemon Street, Brooklyn Heights octopus served in aged red wine vinegar, clams in Santorini wine broth with (718) 532-0069 (MC, Visa, Disc) Entrees: $7-$10. art throughout the centuries. Greek chilies, whole seasonal fish in a lemon olive oil and fresh herb dress- Alicia’s, which calls itself “American eclectic,” serves a grilled salmon with ing. End-of-dinner treats include paper-thin baklava and Samos Muscat, a garlic mashed potatoes that makes this fish new again. It’s a comfortable fruity golden dessert wine from the island of Samos. place off the beaten track, with the culinary comfort diners crave, in a casu- Made possible by the al setting, with prices that max out at $10. (That is not a misprint.) For a Hunters Steak & Ale House wake-up call, try the grilled shrimp appetizer, five tender shrimp that retain National Endowment for the Humanities, that hot-off-the grill taste, enhanced by the freshness of lime, and topped 9404 Fourth Ave. at 94th Street, Bay Ridge with a light wine and parsley sauce. For dessert, a bowl of soupy rice pud- with additional major support from the (718) 238-8899 (AmEx, DC, Disc, Visa) Entrees: $13.95-$31.95. ding comes topped with a dollop of pineapple custard, and a squiggle of National Endowment for the Arts, The classic steak house ... with a couple of twists. Your meal will be loosely whipped cream … ahhh. Different house-made ice creams are enhanced not only by the stained glass, mahogany and hunter green inte- served each evening. The strawberry Zinfandel and chocolate with sour the Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Trusts, rior, but by the Horse and Jockey Club (featuring OTB racing feeds and cherries sound like winners. betting), and the Cigar and Cognac Room (with low-profile easy chairs). On and the BMA’s Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund. to the eats: filet mignon with a red wine mushroom sauce, vegetable and Archives potato, is heavenly. Porterhouse, T-bone and New York sirloin steaks rank 333 Adams St. at Tillary Street, (718) 222-6543, Downtown high, too. Veal Marsala, baked half chicken and broiled salmon round out www.marriott.com/nycbk (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$32. Media Sponsor the menu. Located in the New York Marriott Brooklyn, this spacious restaurant is ele- gant, with comfortable seating. Archives offers a wide variety of seafood, Pearl Room pasta, poultry, beef and vegetable dishes for every taste. Some entrees by 8201 Third Ave. at 82nd Street, Bay Ridge Executive Chef Walter Plendner include fettuccini pasta with grilled chick- (718) 833-6666 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $16-$24. en and pan-roasted halibut with sauteed spinach and sweet potato fries. Diners who haven’t been to this Bay Ridge eatery recently will be pleased Other indulgences at Archives include the Saturday evening “Seafood with extensive renovations — an expanded dining room with a suspend- Extravaganza” and Sunday Champagne brunch. NOW ON VIEW: ed ceiling that seems to float, slate floors, pillars and terra cotta rest- rooms. The dining is casual and the cuisine is continental, with an empha- The Chip Shop THE LAST EXPRESSION: sis on fresh fish and seafood. Sesame swordfish, fresh lobster and crab 383 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street, Park Slope ART AND AUSCHWITZ cakes are popular dishes. But Pearl Room also serves filet mignon, shell (718) 832-7701, www.chipshopnyc.com (Cash only) Entrees: $7-$11. steaks, chicken and veal dishes, salads and pastas. The most popular Owner Chris Sell has a real winner with this Park Slope version of an English Through June 15, 2003 dessert is the fried ice cream. Garden and sidewalk cafe seats available. staple. The Chip Shop is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, serving all the British classics: fish and chips, bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie. Pietro’s Trattoria Desserts include fruit crumbles (apple and blackberry, and rhubarb, both

Female Figure Female (detail). Egypt from Ma'mariya Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa (circa 3500-3400 Terracotta,B.C.) painted. Brooklyn Mu 8727 Fourth Ave. at 87th Street, Bay Ridge served with custard) and a deep-fried Mars candy bar. (718) 238-8600 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.95-$16.95. Pietro’s is anything but secluded, but diners get the best light and the least Ciao Bella 718-638-5000 • www.brooklynart.org neighborhood bustle here. There is a large, open dining area in which to 138 North Eighth St. at Bedford Street, Williamsburg enjoy the rich and tasty foods served. For openers, try the zuppa di mus- (718) 599-8550 (Amex, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$24. Wednesday - Friday 10am-5pm; Saturday & Sunday 11am - 6pm • 200 Eastern Parkway sels, simmered with plum tomatoes, parsley and garlic, or the gnocchi sor- Recently relocated to a larger space on North Eighth Street, Ciao Bella rentina, potato dumplings tossed with fresh mozzarella and marinara sauce. Ristorante offers a wide variety of Italian food in a casual, enjoyable envi- (adjacent to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden) • On-Site Parking • IRT #2 or 3 to Eastern Then come the wonderful entrees: boneless chicken scarpariello, prepared ronment. Ciao Bella uses all fresh ingredients in its entrees, which include a Parkway/Brooklyn Museum, or take #4 or 5 to Nevins and transfer to #2 or 3 with sweet sausage, garlic and white wine, sole livornese, simmered with number of pasta, meat and seafood dishes. Linguine nere all’ arrabiata, a A WORLD OF ART capers, onions and black olives, served with mussels, clams and linguini, or black linguine with shrimp in a spicy tomato sauce, and Costoletta alla JUST A SUBWAY AWAY shrimp scampi, broiled in garlic, butter and white wine. End with cappucci- Milanese, pan-fried rack of veal with arugula and marinated tomatoes, are Become a member today and receive free admission! no and dessert. two of many popular dishes. Ciao Bella also serves a variety of antipasti, sandwiches and salads. Now serving weekend brunch as well, Ciao Bella offers a mouth-watering menu of omelets ranging from spinach to smoked salmon, as well as eggs Benedict and eggs Florentine. The brunch features the Ciao Bella omelet, a delicate combination of fluffy eggs, green peas, potatoes, onions and watercress or, pancakes with maple syrup. Ciao Bella is also available for large groups and private parties. Cono & Sons O’Pescatore 301 Graham Ave. at Ainslee Street, Williamsburg (718) 388-0168 (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.95-$29.95. Your first impression of Cono & Sons O’Pescatore will be a light, airy feeling, evoked by glimmering white tablecloths with napkins pointing heav- enward, black lacquered chairs and a beautiful tile floor. As the name suggests, this is the place for serious seafood and Italian cuisine enthusiasts. Signature dishes include the Contadina, a mouthwatering mixture of veal, sausage, beef and chicken, prepared with peppers, mushrooms and potatoes ($39.99 for two or more) and the tornido di pesci — clams, shrimps, mussels, whiting, squid and filet of sole served with rice (also $39.95, for at least two people). Plenty of offerings, like homemade cavatelli, veal chops alla Cono, shrimp fra diavolo and fried scallops. Cappuccino and a traditional Italian dessert (cheesecake, spumoni and more) wrap things up nicely. LouLou 222 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont Avenue, Fort Greene (718) 246-0633, www.loulou/restaurant.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12.50-$19. Serving healthy and reasonably priced food, this French restaurant is part of the Fort Greene restaurant renaissance. LouLou has a cozy atmosphere with rustic tables, exposed brick walls and a lovely garden. The menu focus- es on seafood — seared Maine diver sea scallops with grilled portobello mushrooms in a vermouth herbed cream sauce, and champagne sea bass with shitaki mushrooms, fresh shallot and bouchot mussels in champagne cream sauce. Michael’s 2929 Avenue R at Nostrand Avenue, Marine Park (718) 998-7851, www.michaelsofbrooklyn.com (AmEx, Carte Blanche, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$30. Over 35 years ago, Michael Cacace opened a small pizzeria with three tables and a takeout window. Today, his sons, Fred and John, preside over an ele- gant restaurant with a spacious dining room with linen-covered tables. A pianist plays every night on a baby grand. The hot seafood antipasto for two includes grilled octopus, calamari orreganato, shrimp scampi, baked clams and mussels marinara. A delicious cabernet sauce accompanies juicy rack of lamb. 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By Deborah Kolben who pleaded guilty to charges The Brooklyn Papers of manslaughter in the second Bill named for Sunset Park family degree, reckless driving and Looking to promote his driving under the influence, legislation calling for stif- was traveling at upwards of fer sentences in cases of family, Councilman Bill De- said it would have been diffi- one person. 100 miles an hour in his red drunk-driving, Gov. George Blasio called for support of cult for prosecutors to prove The Pena-Herrera bill, 1990 Ferrari when he hit and Pataki came to Brooklyn Pataki’s legislation. criminal negligence. which is being pitched as a killed Howard Mazariegos, last week to visit with Under current state law, But that will soon change, seven-point safety plan, would 28, of Gravesend. DWI victims’ families. prosecutors must prove crimi- if the governor has anything to allow for consecutive sen- Mazariegos was killed in- Pataki was joined by mem- nal negligence, and not just say about it. tences if more than one person stantly when Rachamin slam- bers of the Pena and Herrera drunk driving. The Pena-Herrera bill would is injured or killed as a result med into him, his body sent families, whose relatives were “If getting into a car, put- remove the element of crimi- of a single criminal act. flying at the intersection of killed by a drunken off-duty ting the key into the ignition nal negligence from the crime A new crime, “aggravated 99th Street and Fourth Avenue. cop in Sunset Park two years and pressing down on the gas of second-degree vehicular DWI,” punishable by up to Police have set up regular ago, at the East New York pedal while drunk isn’t negli- manslaughter and would call four years in prison, would checkpoints, particularly at gent, then I don’t know what for consecutive sentencing. also be created under the leg- home of two women who entrances to bridges, tunnels is,” said DeBlasio. That legislation was fueled islation for anybody caught were struck and killed by a and highways to weed out Sean Thompson, 25, pleaded by the circumstances of the driving with a blood-alcohol drunk driver while trying to drunk drivers. guilty to charges of vehicular case in which former police content over .20. Local elected officials in- cross Atlantic Avenue with manslaughter in the second de- officer Joel Gray killed the The legal limit was dropped their young sons. cluding Republican state Sen. gree, manslaughter in the sec- Pena-Herrera family members to .08 from .10 in December. Marty Golden, whose district Pataki drafted the Pena- / Tom Callan ond degree, and driving while after a daylong drinking binge. In addition, a new Class B includes a swath of southern Herrera bill in honor of Maria intoxicated in the hit-and-run of Gray was on his way back felony, punishable by up to 25 Brooklyn stretching from Bay Herrera, 23, her sister Dilcia Dennis Monahan, 17, a senior to work at the 72nd Precinct, years in prison, would be cre- Ridge to Gerristen Beach, said Pena, 16, Herrera’s 4-year old at Bay Ridge’s Xaverian. straight from his day-into- ated for anybody violating he is in full support of tougher son, Andy, and Herrera’s un- Thompson was sentenced night of partying, when he ran speed limits while being pur- drunk driving laws. born child, who were mowed to just six months in jail and the young family down with sued by a police officer. Papers The Brooklyn District Attorney Charles down on Fourth Avenue in five years of probation. He his minivan. While that legislation will One year after four Sunset Park family members were killed by a drunken off-duty police Hynes also said he is in favor 2001 by a drunken off-duty was also ordered to move Gray, 39, who lived on have to be introduced in Al- officer on Third Avenue, a memorial drew mourners like William Ruiz, above, to the site. of the Pena-Herrera bill. police officer. from Windsor Terrace, where Staten Island with his wife bany, DeBlasio is hoping to “We are the most aggres- Pataki’s visit came on the he lives just blocks from the and three kids is serving a introduce a resolution in the ing-related incidents in New had over three times the legal when they collided with sive DA’s office in the country heels of the sentencing of a victim’s family. five- to 15-year sentence for council that would show that York City as of April 1. There limit of alcohol in his blood, McGibbon who was traveling about prosecuting drunk driv- Sunset Park man who re- “That this man only gets six manslaughter. A toxicologist the laws on the books don’t were also 492 drunk driving- according to police, when he west on 65th Street. ers,” said Hynes spokesman ceived just six-months in jail months punishment is a true testified at Gray’s trial that at make sense. related accidents reported, slid behind the wheel of his All three were pronounced Jerry Schmetterer. for a drunk driving accident in crime,” said Xaverian Presi- the time of the accident his “We need to reform our 1,273 drunk driving-related white Nissan Maxima in the dead on the scene. Portions of the governor’s which he killed a Xaverian dent Sal Ferrera. “It devalues blood-alcohol level would criminal laws where a hit-and- arrests and 435 cars seized. early morning of March 4. Earlier this month, a Florida legislation were passed in the High School student in Wind- the worth of Monahan’s life have been .23. run drunk driver can kill In the most recent drunk- At 4:45 am, McGibbon col- man who tried to flee the scene state Senate last year, but ac- sor Terrace early last year. and sends a message that the But despite being convicted somebody and only get six driving fatality, a couple driv- lided with Anton and Rivka after barreling down a pedestri- cording to the governor’s of- Standing on the steps of system can work in favor of of killing four people, current months in jail,” said DeBlasio ing to work was killed by a Goldenberg at 25th Street and an in a drunken hit-and-run on fice, the entire Pena-Herrera Brooklyn Supreme Court somebody who knows how to law did not allow for consecu- spokesman Alex Navarro. drunken off-duty police offi- 24th Avenue. Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge bill, in conjunction with the Downtown on April 4, along manipulate it.” tive sentences, so Gray got the According to police statis- cer when he rammed into their The couple had been head- last April was sentenced to sev- governor’s DWI Omnibus with state Sen. Carl Andrews Thompson had a blood-al- same prison term he would tics, seven people had been car in Bensonhurst. ing southbound on 24th Av- en to 21 years in prison. bill, will be introduced in the and members of the victim’s cohol level of .14, but sources have gotten had he killed only killed this year in drunk driv- Officer Michael McGibbon enue in their green Mercury Rachamin Barninka, 25, Senate later this year. Bramwell, past GOP Cheers boss, dies National By Patrick Gallahue The Brooklyn Papers Arthur Bramwell, a pioneer Cheers Republican Party county Volunteer leader in Brooklyn, died April 8 of heart failure. He was 84. Callan / Tom APRIL 28- Bramwell led the Brooklyn GOP from 1993 to 2001 and MAY 3 was the first black person to chair a Republican Party county 2003 committee in New York State. Week According to long-time Re- publican political consultant Papers FIle The Brooklyn and Brooklyn party activist Arthur Bramwell Cheers Gerry O’Brien, Bramwell worked to focus the party on one Republican whose opinions quality-of-life issues such as I shared. When it came to Brook- lowering crime and spurring lyn issues, he was first and fore- economic development. most a Brooklynite.” New York “He was definitely of the opin- In becoming the county party ion that no one party had the mo- for our chairman in 1993, Bramwell nopoly on values that one party overcame serious demographic Methodist Hospital liked,” O’Brien said. “Being an disadvantages to wrest the posi- African-American in New York tion from former state Senate City, from his perspective, there candidate Robert DiCarlo of were options for voters. You did- Bay Ridge, an Italian-American, Salutes our Volunteers, n’t have to vote one party.” in a county where a substantial Bramwell was born in Bed- portion of Republicans are Ital- Volunteers ford-Stuyvesant and attended ian-American, O’Brien said. the dedicated adults and teenagers who Brooklyn College but left with- It also marked an eight-year out completing his degree. He run, where the heads of both began his life in politics cam- major parties in Brooklyn were generously share their time and exceptional paigning for Wendell Wilkie in black men. his 1940 bid to unseat President “He was a person whose life Franklin Delano Roosevelt. transcended party affiliations,” gifts with our patients and staff. Through Following the unsuccessful said Assemblyman Clarence Wilkie campaign, Bramwell re- Norman, chairman of the Kings mained active in county Repub- County Democrats, who con- their kindness, compassion, and outstanding lican politics. Among the candi- sidered Bramwell a friend de- Cheers dates whom Bramwell worked spite their political differences. performance of duties, New York Methodist to advance in his 60-plus years “And he touched people no of activism were Rudy Giuliani matter what side of the political for mayor, Nelson Rockefeller fence they were on.” volunteers are a vital source of hope and for governor and Jacob Javitz to In 2001, after eight years as the U.S. Senate. In addition, county leader, an insurgent fac- Bramwell served as a delegate tion of the Republican Party inspiration for all who pass through our doors. to the Republican National supported 45th Assembly Dis- Convention for Presidents trict leader Hy Singer, of Man- We deeply appreciate their commitment Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, hattan Beach. Cheers Ronald Reagan, George Bush “Arthur was always willing Sr. and George W. Bush. to talk, always willing to help and achievements. Bramwell’s brother, retired people and always walked Brooklyn Federal Judge Henry down Court Street with a smile Bramwell, called it “unusual” and a handshake,” said Steve for a black person in Brooklyn Cohn, longtime secretary of the To join the exceptional team of volunteers at to be a Republican activist, let Kings County Democratic alone leader. Committee. “It’s a great loss to “But he felt that was where humanity — not Democrat, not New York Methodist Hospital, please contact: he should be and where he Republican.” Cheers could do the most good,” Hen- Bramwell is survived by ry Bramwell said. three children, six grandchil- Mimi Makovitzky, Director of Volunteers “Arthur Bramwell was a de- dren and a great-granddaughter. voted Brooklynite who was ded- Donations can be sent in his 718-780-5397 icated to improving Bedford- name to the National Kidney Stuyvesant and the entire Foundation at 30 East 33rd St., borough,” said Borough Presi- Suite 1100, New York, NY dent Marty Markowitz. “He was 10016. Cheers

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The Bay Ridge Center for Older Adults Year’s top cop and firefighter Continued from page 1 moved. les for Me After another miraculous re- Mi als covery, Hansen happily re- Walkathon turned to work this week. Deputy Inspector Matthew All proceeds will help provide Meals on Wheels Pontillo, the commanding officer of the 68th Precinct, to your community’s frail elderly residents! praised Hansen for his positive mental outlook. Registration: 10:00am “To come out of such an or- SATURDAY deal with a smile on your face Kick-off Ceremonies: 10:30am says a lot,” Pontillo said at Event Start: 11:00am Tuesday’s ceremony. MAY 3 Callan / Tom While Hansen managed to Prizes/Certificates Awarded: 12:30pm come out of the ordeal with a

/ Tom Callan / Tom smile he also came out with Event will begin at the Bay Ridge Center, 411 Ovington Avenue and follow a 3.5 $8,000 in medical bills. mile course through the merchant corridors along Third Avenue, up 92nd Street to To offset some of those Fourth Avenue, along Fourth Avenue to 86th Street, up 86th Street and back along costs, the 68th and 72nd Fifth Avenue to the starting location. Papers The Brooklyn precincts will be taking to the Firefighter Thomas Szillus (left) accepted the Firefighter of boxing ring for a fight-night The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn the Year award for his brother Eric. With him are Eric Szil- benefit. Charging $20 a head, MAJOR SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED BY Police Officer of the Year Michael Hansen (second from lus’ wife, Margie, and their two children, Eric and Sam- organizers hope to raise funds Bay Ridge Funeral Home – Herbst • Traska • Waldeck left) with representatives of the Bay Ridge Community antha, alongside Peter Killen and Jane Kelly from the Bay for Hansen’s medical costs. Council Jane Kelly, Peter Killen and Louise Hidar. Ridge Community Council. Money will also be collected Brooklyn Home for Aged Men for Officer Billy Isola, 32, from the 72nd Precinct, who Independence Community Bank • Lutheran Medical Center lost his wife to cancer last Pilo Arts Hair & Skin Center • Robert Charles Golden ing the boat service. several times their normal fare year. He is facing $90,000 in While the Department of to turn a profit. Instead, they unpaid bills. Sponsors FERRY… Transportation only notified closed up shop. The battle of Brooklyn riders on April 17, the city has Asked about the investiga- AARP Ovington Chapter #3630 • Dean Rasinya • Eugene J. Olson South will go down at Xaver- Continued from page 1 gle is over,” said Park Slope been trying to get FEMAto tion into New York Waterway, ian High School on Thursday, Family Home Care Services of Brooklyn & Queens • Freedman & Fish, LLP federal government extend Councilman Bill De Blasio extend the subsidy since Janu- officials at FEMA and DOT April 24 at 8 pm. Kandel & Son • Key Food • Edmund Moderacki • Patricia & Peter Killen funding for the ferry route. who along with Bay Ridge ary. According to FEMA said there was no connection. The BRCC also awarded Councilman Vincent Gentile spokesman James McIntyre, “The investigation has Paul Halverson • St. Vincent de Paul Society • State Farm Insurance (Nereyda Perez) New York Waterway started Firefighter Eric Szillus, who the service, with FEMA subsi- and Brooklyn Heights Coun- the agency is no longer “au- nothing to do with this,” Co- used his medical and firefight- Come Walk and support Meals on Wheels in the Bay Ridge, dies, just after the attacks on cilman David Yassky — who thorized to fund the service” cola said. ing skills to rescue an uncon- the World Trade Center dis- chairs the council’s waterfront now that regular transporta- McIntyre echoed that senti- scious man from a burning car Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton Communities! abled the N and R subway subcommittee — is calling on tion service has been restored ment but said he was unable off the 65th Street ramp of the lines. FEMA to extend its subsidies on the roadways and subways. to comment on ongoing inves- Free T-shirts for participants turning in a minimum of $50 in pledges at Registration. Gowanus Expressway last “This ferry has allowed us for at least another 90 days. Ferry ridership hit its peak tigations. year. to get to work in half the Stressing the environmental of 2,300 a day in the first few Investigators believe the To pre-register, to sponsor, or for more information, contact the Szillus, an Army reservist, time,” said Rick Anderson, a benefits of the ferry, Borough months of operation. But with Weehawken, N.J.-based ferry is currently stationed in Bay Ridge Center for Older Adults at (718) 748-0873. EXT: 101 Bay Ridge resident who works President Marty Markowitz subway service running again operator may have over- Kuwait. His brother, Thomas, in Lower Manhattan. called on FEMA to celebrate and congestion eased on the charged the government for accepted the award in his hon- “FEMA acts like the strug- Earth Day Tuesday by extend- Gowanus Expressway, city services provided after the rail or. Szillus’ wife, Margie, and Department of Transportation link between New Jersey and children Eric and Samantha, spokesman Tom Cocola said Manhattan was destroyed fol- also came to show their sup- the ridership numbers have lowing Sept. 11, 2001. port. dropped in half. The company receives $1.7 Szillus has since been reas- “We were hoping that it million in subsides from signed to Engine Company would really take off,” said FEMA and serves over 60,000 227 in East Flatbush. Cocola, expressing his disap- commuters a day. The auxiliary police officer pointment at the number of Passengers boarding the 8 of the year went to Auxiliary commuters taking advantage am ferry Tuesday said they Sergeant Janet Bianchi, who of the ferry. didn’t care who ran the ferry joined the 68th Precinct in But it might not be all doom as long as somebody did. 1997. She has given more than and gloom for riders who have “Keep the boat afloat,” many 5,000 hours of volunteer serv- grown to love the 12-minute commuters chanted along with ice. Bianchi also served in the ride across the East River, the the assembled politicians as the Navy, earning am honorable free parking at the ferry termi- ferry headed off for Manhattan. discharge. nal, and free shuttle bus that cir- cles Sunset Park and Bay Ridge to pick up customers. The DOT is now looking for a private company to step in and take over the ferry as a pay-per-use service. With operating costs for the ferry running upwards of $300,000 per month, New York Waterway said the company was not interested in that opportunity. And city Trans- portation Commissioner Iris Weinshall said in a letter to passengers that DOT “simply cannot afford it.” One commuter said on Tuesday that he would be happy to fork out four or five dollars to ride the ferry each way Mango / Greg if it meant avoiding the subway and cramped express bus. A paid ferry service would not be new to the community. Seastreak America, a private ferry company, operated Papers The Brooklyn a ferry service along the same route until it abruptly closed down the route in July 2001. Troop support Noting slumping ridership Jaclyn Cannon and Lauren Penner show their stripes and high costs, the company during Military Family Day at FunTime in Sheepshead said it would have to charge Bay, an event sponsored by state Sen. Marty Golden.

POLICE BLOTTER… Continued from page 2 clerk was struck in the head was a life insurance policy, 5:30 am, at 79th Street and by a customer who had tried $5,000 in silver coins and New Utrecht Avenue, to dis- to steal beer and candy from $500 in cash. cover a man sitting next to her the store around 11 pm on A 26-year-old woman with with a gun pointing at her April 16. long black hair is wanted in head. The victim told police that the incident. The thug and his crony de- he received deep lacerations to manded her property, but the his head. woman managed to escape the Later in the week, thieves train at the 79th Street stop. entered the store through the PS 127 heist basement sometime between HOUSE Public School 127’s elec- 1 am and 5:45 am. They made Continued from page 3 tronic load got a bit lighter this off with more than $9,000 in the onslaught of speakers, week after somebody made off cigarettes and $1,600 in cash. Chairman Stephen Harrison with three laptop computers. An employee was asleep in said the protestors were The school, on Seventh Av- the back of the store. The in- “preaching to the choir.” enue and 78th Street, kept the cident occurred on April 20. Harrison said he was computers in a locked cabinet Senior scam shocked to learn about the in the hallway. They were val- In the latest round of decep- house going to developers and ued at $3,000. tion scams, a young woman had already put in calls to De- The incident was reported knocked on the door of a sen- partment of Buildings offi- to the police on April 14. ior citizen’s home and asked cials, who said there were no Hit twice for a glass of water, saying she demolition permit requests at A small grocery store on was having an asthma attack. this time. 13th Avenue at 78th Street had After the woman left, the That could bide some time for residents to protest the its fair share of misfortune this victim realized that the back sale, but according to Harri- week. of her house had been burglar- son, there is little they can do First, a 17-year-old store ized. Among the stolen booty because it is all perfectly legal. “We have to change the zoning laws so that developers G FE cannot knock down a beauti- RIN VE ful house and build a brick SP Brite Smile finally #R #comes to our neighborhood. box,” Harrison said. In addition to the aesthetic tooth whitening concerns, some neighbors are 10% OFF with this ad! worried about the health haz- Offer expires 4/30/03. One coupon per client. ards of taking down a house. Tim Curran, a home inspector and resident of 79th FINEST DENTAL CARE Street said he was worried about lead paint and asbestos Superior Dental Care being let loose in the air, espe- All Phases of Dentistry for Adults & Children cially with a preschool and a day care center nearby. 10 Plaza St. East, Suite 1F The 79th and 80th street (bet. Flatbush & Vanderbilt Aves) block associations are encour- aging residents to write letters Evening & weekend Most insurance accepted to local elected officials ask- appointments available. (718) 622-8020 ing for their assistance. April 28, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BRZ 7

Open Tuesday, Parents to Klein: Give us a voice Wednesday & By Deborah Kolben to help them get jobs. Thursdays The Brooklyn Papers “We teach math for testing, 11am to 5pm but we have to teach math for the If Schools Chancellor Joel real world. If you don’t need it in or by Klein thought it was going to the real world, why are you do- be easy to sell western Brook- ing it in school?” asked Farina. appointment lyn parents on the reorganized Sporting a Brooklyn pin, school system, he got a quick Fratti, currently superintendent dose of reality at a meeting this for District 25 in Queens, had 267 Wyckoff St. (Btwn Nevins & 3rd Av.) month. her formal introduction Thurs- [email protected] • (718) 797-2677 About 200 angry parents and day night as the new regional school teachers lobbed ques- superintendent for Division 7. tions and critiques at Klein and Starting this summer, Fratti the two new regional superin- will oversee a division including tendents who will be in charge all of districts 20 and 21, cover- of public schools from Brook- ing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Summer and lyn Heights down to Bay Ridge Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, at a public meeting April 8 at Gravesend, Brighton Beach and Holiday Programs the William Grady Career and Coney Island, which will join For Children Technical Education High with Staten Island to form Divi- Entering Grades K-8 School in Brighton Beach. sion 7, the largest of the divi- Klein called the meeting a sions, with 137,186 students. “homecoming,” because he at- Michelle Cahill, the senior tended Bensonhurst’s PS 205 as counselor on education policy for a child, but he was met Thurs- the Department of Education, • Junior and Middle Camp day by parents furious that they fielded questions from the audi- • Sports Academy will be left out in the cold once ence of parents and teachers. the current school districts and Concerns ranged from the fu- • Senior Camp school boards are absorbed into ture of special education and • Traveling Camp the broader instructional leader- gifted and talented programs, to • Extra Long Summer ship divisions this summer. what precautions were being “I know that change is diffi- taken to protect schools from cult,” said Klein, who told par- terrorist attacks, the infectious • Wide Range of Activities ents that the success of their SARS disease and budget cuts. • Exciting Trips and Special Events schools nevertheless hinged on But the loudest concerns PARENT their support. came from parents who wanted • Transportation Klein also stressed that to know how they were going • Mature and Caring Staff change was essential at a time to address their children’s prob- • Predominantly Out-of-Doors when 70 percent of eighth- lems once the local school dis- Helping kids get along grade students in public school trict offices were disbanded. tested below grade level in math While parents will be able to and reading and only 50 percent visit any of the 10 division of- of students finished high school fices or three additional satellite Parent-to-Parent NEXT OPEN HOUSE in four years. centers citywide, Bensonhurst By Betsy Flagler “We need to make sure they Councilman Domenic Recchia Sunday, April 27, noon - 2pm can read and write,” Klein said. took to the microphone to ask Q. “My first-grade son entertains his Under the new plan, arts and how parents would find time to classmates but has no real friends. Dur- athletics will take a backseat to travel to these new centers, sev- ing playdates, he shows off his compli- reading, writing and arithmetic. eral of which are far from their cated Lego structures, the books he has Park Windsor The schools will maintain “a current districts and difficult to Slope 768-4426 Terrace read, and does magic tricks, but he www.ParkSlopeDayCamp.com laser-like focus on education,” reach by public transportation. avoids games he might lose and rarely Klein said. “We’ll take a chauffeured uses eye contact. Is this self-centeredness The meeting was also an op- limousine,” one angry parent or insecurity? How can I help him make portunity for eager parents to shouted as Cahill outlined the real friends?” — a mother meet Carmen Farina and locations of regional offices in A. Some children emerge as social butter- Michelle Fratti, the new super- Brooklyn and Manhattan. flies, even at 3 and 4. Others are painfully intendents for regional divisions But other parents seemed slow to grow out of their comfy cocoons. 7 and 8, respectively. more willing to give the new Under the new system, the system a try. To make friends, any child needs both city’s almost 40 community “If you can get to a Mets or a the desire to have fun with other kids and Park Explorers school districts will be replaced Yankees game you can get to the social skills — how to take turns, how with 10 instructional divisions these new offices,” said Victoria to join a group, how to Day Camp called Learning Support Cen- Kurto, a parent and teacher in initiate play, says Jed ters. These centers will be guid- District 21, who said parents Baker, PhD, director ed by one of the 10 regional su- should give the system a chance. of the Social Skills Healthy outdoor fun perintendents who will work The office for Instructional Training Project based together at the Tweed Court- Division 7 will be at 415 89th in New Jersey. in beautiful Prospect Park house near City Hall. St. in Bay Ridge, while the Di- “For a number of rea- Districts 13, 14, 15 and 16, vision 8 office will be at 131 sons, many children including Brooklyn Heights, Livingston St. in Downtown don’t intuitively pick 718-788-3620 Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Brooklyn. up on how to make Gardens, Sunset Park, Red In addition to the new friends. But they want Ages 4 years through 13 years Hook, Kensington, Windsor parental engagement boards, to, and we need to teach these kids how,” Terrace, Boerum Hill, Down- which will replace the commu- says Baker, a psychologist. “There’s anoth- town Brooklyn, Fort Greene, nity school boards, a paid, full- er set of children who not only don’t know • Sports, arts & crafts, drama, pool beach trips, DUMBO, Prospect Heights, time parent coordinator will be how, but don’t want to make friends.” nature study, and old fashion play Crown Heights, Williamsburg, appointed to each school to sup- If a child isn’t initiating play, or talking to • Special programs for gymnastics and soccer. Greenpoint, and portions of port parents and field problems or looking at his peers, he needs parental and • Also Exploring Beyond for children entering 6th-8th grade. Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown on the school level. professional intervention — the earlier the Heights, will become Division Klein said these coordinators better. Seek input from your child’s teacher 8, with 82,593 students. will give parents far more ac- and a referral to a mental health professional Carmen Farina, currently su- cess than they have at the local to find out the “why” and the “what next.” perintendent of District 15, will district offices. One teaching tool for school-age children head that division. Farina, who The Education Department (Congregation B’nai Avraham Youth) who want to make friends but don’t know has been a teacher for more than will be advertising the new po- Our innovative Hebrew School Programs how is Baker’s new book, “The Social C-BAY 20 years, said schools need to sitions starting next week, ac- do more to prepare children for cording to Education Depart- Skills Picture Book” (Future Horizons, 2003), which includes cartoon thought bub- OPEN HOUSE the real world. ment spokesman Kevin Ortiz. HebrewSunday, May 19, 2002 School at 10:15 a.m. “For too long we have taught “The key here is that we’re bles with pictures of children mastering 117117 Remsen Remsen Street, Street Brooklyn • 596-4840 Heights by rote,” said Farina, who be- looking to have each parent coor- skills such as conversation, play, self-man- Mango / Greg agement and empathy. lieves children need more time dinator familiar with the school Classes for children in grades K-7 meet Sundays to speak in class so they can and the area,” said Ortiz, who One mother has found that her son does- learn how to present their opin- noted that applicants do not have n’t deal well with his peers in unstructured from 9-11:30am for three 50 minute sessions ions, a skill she said was needed to be a parent of a school child. time — on the playground, in the lunchroom Big Brothers/Big Sisters work individually with — but can handle an activity such as going bowling. He has done social-skills training, Papers The Brooklyn students in grades 3-7 for one of the 50 minutes such as practicing how to read facial expres- sessions THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS sions; give-and-take conversation; and how Family Programs and Shabbatons to enter a group. Rolling! r Another mother who has concerns about NO SYNAGOGUE v Jewish her son’s social skills and impulsive behav- The world famous Cyclone roller coaster at Astroland kicked off its season MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED ior says he’s being evaluated for Asperger’s on Sunday, April 13. Borough President Marty Markowitz inaugurated the Syndrome, a complex disorder character- first ride by breaking a bottle of egg cream over the lead car. For more information call Beth Garbow, Program Director Sports Academy ized in part by a lack of social common At: The Hannah Senesh School - 215 Pacific St. sense — how to make friends, take turns, use eye contact to pick up on social cues. Ages: 5-9 The boy has created his own friends by using pa- As with many skills, from learning to count Summer at Brooklyn Friends Daily schedule is well supervised L per plates for the faces and his clothes and shoes to riding a bike, a child can have difficulty in and planned to teach new skills. stuffed with newspapers for the bodies, and has social situations, says Tony Attwood, PhD, a placed them all in chairs around his living room. clinical psychologist. Some children are naturals ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: aerobics, arts and craft, athletics, If your child lacks social skills but also says at being friendly and making friends. Others boating, computers, dramatics, farm animal care, gym- he wants to be left alone, your challenge is must be taught, he says. nastics, hiking, hockey, Jewish culture, music & dance, greater, Baker says. Before you can teach social “Some kids are at their worst in social situa- nature, physical fitness, ping pong, pioneering, ropes skills, your child has to be motivated and expe- tions,” says Attwood, author of “Asperger’s course, soccer, Red Cross-cert. Swimming & Tennis rience what it’s like to have fun with another Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Profession- Delicious & Nutritious Lunch Provided person — through a low-stress activity such as als” (Jessica Kingsley Press, 1998). “Even kids keeping a balloon afloat or playing catch, for in- who have a deficit can learn what to do, but 2 Week Sessions: stance. somebody’s got to teach them.” Session1: June 30th - July 11th A source for fun activities to help your child Can you help? Session 2: July 14th - July 25th become more socially aware and build friend- Q. “How can we parents prepare our children Session 3: July 28th - August 8th ships: “Solving the Relationship Puzzle,” by for visiting aging grandparents and great-grand- Session 4 (1 week only): August 11th - 15th Steven Gutstein, PhD, (Future Horizons, 2001). parents? I have a grandmother who lived past 90, What’s developmentally appropriate: Pre- Times & Fees and I could not get my then 4-year-old to under- schoolers typically progress from playing side-by- stand at all why she would ask him again and Time 9-3pm. Cost $450 per regular session side to learning the benefits of working together, again what he got for his birthday. Some of my Extended Session 8-6pm. (Extra $300 per session) taking turns and sharing. It’s a developmental friends say family visits to nursing homes have milestone for a child to be able to share and be been scary for their children.” — a mother For further information please contact: aware of how others respond to him — both of If you have tips or a question, call our hotline Simcha Weinstein (718) 596-4840 Ext. 15 which make give-and-take play possible any time at (800) 827-1092.

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Needs cos- outside of Norway, Bay Ridge Unique 2BR, 1.5 bath w/sunporch & contestants hailed from Brook- “I’m just so surprised,” Downtown Bklyn metic updating, not gutting or structural has lost much of its Scandina- FDR, EIK w/DW. Laundry facilities. fixes. Asking $559,900. Considering all lyn, last year’s winner, Alison beamed Kristin, shaking from 16 Court St. Bright, windowed vian community and traditions Hardwood flrs. Handyman. Parking offers. Call (732) 282-2701. W18 small office in 24/7 security bldg. to the nearby suburbs. Nerjes, who was on hand, was the excitement. Available. $1875 - rent. $175 - park- $600/mo. Call (718) 852-4779. raised in Bay Ridge. The two were awarded ing. Call Broker (718) 759-1035. 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The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn hearsed soliloquies on why The Heritage prize went to The day started off at 2 pm - Violation Removal & Abatment they adored their ancestral na- Annelisa Adele Lunde, 19, a Henry St. across from Bklyn Hts cinema. with 10 fair maidens fidgeting Twins Kristin and Lindsey Doolittle will share the title of Bensonhurst Plenty of closet space. View of Mnhtn, - Building Compliance Inspections tion. sparkly college student from bridges & Cadman Park from new win- in their evening dresses as Miss Norway this year. Fully renovated, private - Lease Preparations & Renewals they prepared to dazzle judges Lindsey cited famed Nor- Washington, N.J., who sported dows. Garage, laundry rm and storage in entrance. Near all transporta- bldg. Steps from most trains, shops, prom- - All City & State Agency Expediting with their poise, grace and wegians including playwright a bunad throughout the day’s tion. NO PETS. Asking $1500 enade and DUMBO. Maint only $806 incl. (Including DHCR.HPD/ECB/DOB/DEP) keen knowledge of “fiske- real former Miss Norway who the crowd how she had fasted Henrik Ibsen and famed figure activities. She was given a tra- util. 58% tax deductible. $489k. No brokers. boller,” Norwegian fish balls. took the crown in Norway in for 30 hours to raise money skater Sonja Henie, the Nor- ditional Norwegian sweater. monthly. Call (718) 234-1577. Call owner at (718) 797-2876. W18 (718) 832-4913 R24 While organizers hold fast 1970 and went on to compete for starving children in Africa. wegian icon who took The Doolittle twins will be Refs. Required. that that the competition is not in the Miss Universe pageant, “I really felt how people feel Olympic gold medals in 1928, officially crowned after they R18 a beauty pageant, a fair share looked on as actor, singer and when they don’t have food,” 1932 and 1936. lead the 52nd annual Norwe- Bensonhurst Sons of Norway member, said Kristin. Kristin spoke of the “land gian Day Parade through the BROKERS of time went into primping West 9th St. near Ave. P available imm. Rolf Stang, grilled the contest- Later her sister, Lindsey, of the midnight sun” and a streets of Bay Ridge on Satur- 1 and applying makeup. 51/2 mod. rooms with terrace. 1 /2 “My dad has wanted me to ants about their extracurricular who is captain of their high landscape dotted with water- day, May 17. baths. Painted – MIC. Near subway & do this since I was 3,” said activities, plans for the future school volleyball team, ex- falls and fjords. The parade will kick off at shopping. No pets. No washer. Credit Sonya Syvertsen, a thin blonde and connection to Scandi- plained how jogging clears “That was totally planned 1:30 pm on Third Avenue at check & ref. required. $1,275 includes Not Just Another from Staten Island whose navia. her mind and enables her to out,” grunted the younger Marine Avenue and continue heat & hot water. Call owner. (718) 331- grandfather came from Norway Kristin Doolittle was the focus on her life. “I don’t brother of one of the other con- up to 67th Street and into Leif 0624. W17 Pretty Face! to Brooklyn where he worked first to take the microphone. know what I would do with- testants after the Doolittles re- Ericson Park, where the as a fisherman in Bay Ridge. Explaining her ambition to be- out my runs,” said Lindsey. turned to their respective seats. Counsel General of Norway Bklyn Hts/Cobble Hill New construction 3 fam townhouse w/ pvt ARLENE GREENDLINGER Five judges, including a come a teacher, Kristin told After a couple of rounds, Other contestants spoke of will crown the Doolittle twins. entrance for each apt. Avail unit has 3BR, hdwd flrs, ceramic tile in kit, and Mnhtn Real Estate LLC view. Quiet tree-lined street, walk to rest, stores and trans. 5 min from Mnhtn. Call bet. 9am - 7pm to set up appt to see your apt. $2400/mo. Parking avail. Avail immed. Tel (718) 857-5360 PARK ZOO… (718) 875-8171. W18 Fax (718) 623-3323 Bklyn Hts www.arlenegreendlinger.com R19 Continued from page 1 nearly 400 animals including everything from Peruvian NO FEE. Large studio, private that to host a baboon you need patio, beautiful floors, best block. a license from the U.S. De- guinea pigs to Cotton-Topped Tamarins, some animals, such Charming brownstone, quiet. No partment of Agriculture. There pets. $1400/mo. (718) 625-0258. HOUSES are other immediate concerns, as the hamadryas baboons, sea W18 however, regarding the trauma lions and wallabies, require of travel and the social habits weeks of training just to get Cobble Hill For Sale / New Jersey of certain animals. into a crate to be shipped. Once Sunny 2BR corner apt in a charming “We appreciate that kind of an animal arrives at a new contemporary bldg. Parquet flrs. One gesture for support,” Moore home, it may require more time ceramic tile bath. Great neighbor- added. “But it’s not something and training to adjust to the hood, near hot Smith St. restaurants we can actually act on.” new settings and harmonize and excel. shopping. Cats OK. No with the other animals without fee. $1900/mo. Garage on premises. The issue could be a major (718) 935-0099. W18 factor in Bloomberg’s contin- becoming too stressed out. / Greg Mango / Greg gency plan to shutter the zoo Symptoms of stress can in- Crown Heights clude self-imposed starvation, if Albany doesn’t pony up 3 bedrooms, on Eastern Pkwy. Near more funds for the city. De- hyperactivity, lethargy and transportation. Newly renovated creasing the stress of travel generally erratic behavior. kitchen & bathrooms. NO PETS. and integrating animals into Added to that, animals are Asking $1200. Call after 3pm. (917) not shipped during the winter 520-7599. 2 months security. Good The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn new social groups is an ex- credit. References needed. R19 tremely difficult undertaking or summer months because of Bensonhurst volunteers (left to right): Anthony Agnello, Thomas Sarno (holding Antoinette the danger barometric ex- Scarola), Robert Salberg, Bill Perry, Ann Marie Scarola, Peter Cento and Tommy Scarola. that takes a great deal of time, Park Slope Moore said. tremes pose on the caged beasts as they wait on the tar- Furnished large 1 BR floor thru. Kitchen, liv- “You can’t just shut a zoo ing room & dining area. Wood floors, fresh- down and hope to move all mac for a flight. ly painted. Sunny windows & airy. For sin- the animals overnight,” he The mayor’s office did not gle person, no shares. Near F train, 9th St. return calls for comment on 7th Ave. stop. Asking price $1400. 2 mo. 2 new ambulances said. “It can’t happen. It takes sec. + 1 mo. rent to move in. NO FEE, by the complexities of shutting owner. Call (718) 768-1788. months and even years.” W17 There is an elderly bald ea- down the zoo, and, as the R22 gle who could cause some con- mayor suggested last week, PARK SLOPE – NO FEE cern, Moore said, and in the moving all the animals. Huge sunny, new reno floorthru in for Hurst volunteers Park Slope Councilman quiet 20’x60’ bldg. 1 blk from park and case of hamadryas baboons, Bill DeBlasio, who is lobby- F. (5) spacious rooms + den w/ bay the zoo has a rather original sit- windows, new EIK w/ D/W, HWFLRs, uation in which two different ing to keep the zoo open, took By Deborah Kolben 1976 and is now run with a staff of 75 volun- a more human-centric point of dtls., lndry, shr. gdn + 2 separate INSURANCE social groups, each with a entrances make this space perfect for The Brooklyn Papers teers. view. One of their three older ambulances will be dominant male, share the same shares or couple. Must see! $2,350 “While furry and cute, peo- neg. (718) 832-5426. The Bensonhurst Volunteer Ambulance kept in garage as a backup while one was donat- environment. The exhibit has W17 Service will be celebrating the arrival of enough space for each group to ple should know that it’s not ed to a volunteer organization in Pennsylvania just about the bears,” DeBlasio two new ambulances as they take to the and the other was sold for scrap metal. set up their own separate living Park Slope North said. “The Prospect Park Zoo Near 2, 3, Q trains, Prospect Pk and cultural streets on Sunday afternoon. The new ambulances, which will be dedicat- quarters with space to forage. provides valuable and substan- center. Grand 2BR brwstn floorthru. 3 expo- After three years of negotiations with the Moore suggests that if the ed to the victims of 9-11, will be paraded tial education services to chil- sures deliver abundant daylight. Fully ren- mayor’s office, the organization has finally re- seven and a half baboons — ovated. Details incl mantels, shutters, par- through the streets of Bensonhurst on Sunday, dren through the public schools ceived the new vehicles, valued at $114,000. April 27, at 11:30 am starting from the Benson- one of the females is pregnant quet, moldings, hi ceil. W/D and D/W. May and not-for-profit organizations 1 occupancy. (Sorry, no dogs.) By owner. “I’m hoping that the two new ambulances hurst Volunteer Ambulance Service headquar- — were forced to move, ideal- (718) 638-4716 like the Girl Scouts.” $2950/mo. . W18 will better serve the Bensonhurst community. ly each social group should be ters at 8161 New Utrecht Ave. In the latest round of budget They’re in perfect running condition and we For information about becoming a volunteer maintained. But finding a cuts, presented on April 15, Sterling Pl/Prosp Hts N8-22 have not seen that since 1989,” said Ann Marie home for three or more pri- or to learn more about Sunday’s event, contact Bloomberg proposed locking $1,500 / beautiful 1BR. Floor thru, 2nd flr, Scarola, president of the Bensonhurst Volunteer mates is a lion’s task. brilliant sunshine, spacious, new renova- the Bensonhurst Volunteer Ambulance Service the gates of the Prospect Park Ambulance Service, which was founded in at (718) 837-5032. While the zoo is home to tions, quiet, secure. Heat/hot water incl. and Queens zoos, which would Near 2, 3, Q, Museum, Library, Botanical save the city approximately $8 Garden, Park. Tree-lined block. Owner- occupied brownstone. Income verifica- million, less than 1 percent of tion/references. No smokers/pets. (347) the needed $1 billion. 385-9514. W18 over the past two years. mawi, vice president of the Is- The 12-acre Prospect park Among the charges against lamic Society of Bay Ridge, Zoo attracts nearly 250,000 Sunset Park RIDGE SPY… Al-Anbuke is that he pur- questioned the validity of the visitors each year. 3BR, 2 full baths, duplex in limestone & chased a tape recorder at the charges against Al-Anbuke, brick 2 fam bldg, oakwood details in Continued from page 1 pleaded not guilty. “This is not a budgetary ex- Wiz for an Iraqi spy. Accord- who he does not know. entrance hall and in apt., 2 fireplaces, slid- If convicted Al-Anbuke ercise — this is the lives of 211 ing doors, just redocrated, lots of storage an alleged spy was living ing to Nooter, that tape “Spying on what?” asked could face up to 10 years in people, the displacement of space. Tree-lined st. w/ small homes. Less among them. recorder was supposed to be Rimawi. “We don’t have Iraqi Al-Anbuke, 28, was charged prison. thousands of animals, and the than 1 blk from subway. 15 min to Mnhtn. used by an acquaintance to [spies] here in Bay Ridge. I Avail now, only $1800 by owner, no fee. Call by federal prosecutors with His lawyer, Thomas Nooter, dismantling of the world’s Daniel at (718) 789-0515. learn English. don’t believe this Bush admin- W18 aiding the Iraqi Intelligence said he was thunderstruck over largest and most distinguished “He couldn’t buy it himself istration. If they say the sun Service, an agency the FBI the charges against his client network of urban wildlife because he didn’t speak Eng- sets in the West I check it 10 parks,” Dr. Steven Sanderson Sunset Park holds responsible for the as- and claimed that Al-Anbuke Historic Dist. 2BR + den on 45th St. sassination attempt on former had been providing the FBI lish,” Nooter said. The tape times before I believe it.” Ri- said last week. Sanderson is recorder was later given back mawi added that these days Lovely, sunny flr thru in Victorian row President George Bush. He with information about intelli- president and chief executive house. Mod wind, kit w/ wd cab & was arraigned on April 15 in gence officers operating out of to Al-Anbuke, he said, to be Arabs in America are “guilty officer of the Wildlife Conser- D/W, parquet flrs, orig details, sky- Manhattan federal court and the United Nations mission returned to the electronics until proven innocent.” vation Society (WCS), the par- lights, extra storage. 1 block to R store. But FBI agents say they ent organization to they city’s train & park. $1500. No Fee. Call owner (718) 436-8401. Al-Anbuke moved from have a videotape of Al-An- four zoos and sole aquarium W18 Manhattan to a two-bedroom buke in Atlantic City in Janu- The WCS has mounted a apartment on Senator Street ary 2001 with other known petition drive and they are Sunset Park SmallTownBrooklyn.com near Ridge Boulevard after his Iraqi spies. They also claim asking New Yorkers to visit 5 room apt in pvt house, located father left the United States that he let a spy make a tele- the city’s zoos in a show of in the high 50’s. Excl cond. Near two years ago. phone call from his cell phone. support. all trans and shopping. $1300/mo. His diplomatic visa became And he is shown on video at a Bloomberg’s cuts also tar- Call owner. invalid when his father re- 2001 party celebrating Sad- get the Bronx Zoo, the city’s (917) 573-9195 W18 turned to Iraq. Al-Anbuke’s dam Hussein’s birthday at the largest, and the Central Park siblings are now in the custody Iraqi Mission to the United Zoo, as well as the New York Windsor Terr./Pk Slope of the Immigration and Natu- Nations, which was attended Aquarium in Coney Island. 2-1/2 BR. Spacious DR-LR. First floor ralization Service. by other known spies. Those venues would see cuts alarmed. Many closets and windows. Instead of returning to Iraq Al-Anbuke is also charged of 35 percent or more. More Close to F train and stores. Heat & Be a good neighbor: with his father, Al-Anbuke with not registering with the than 200 WCS staffers would Gas Incl. Credit check/Income veri- stayed on in New York where U.S. Attorney General’s office be laid off and more than 800 fication. $1750, neg. By owner. (917) he was studying graphic de- as all “agents” working for animals relocated. 596-7330. Avail April 1st. W17 Shop locally! sign. 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HOME R39 R18/27-03 R36 R27-07 R31 R46 R20 DANCE INSIDE Grave dancers DANCE PAGE GO 2 Danzas Espanolas will welcome spring with a fes- Photo exhibit casts eye on young Latinos tive presentation of authentic Spanish dances performed at Green- DINING PAGE GO 3 Wood Cemetery’s renovated neo-Gothic Thomas Biesl brings Vienna to Brooklyn chapel (500 25th St. at Jorge Valcarcel Jorge Fifth Avenue), on April 27 at 5 pm. BROOKLYN EVENTS CALENDAR: GO 2 BROOKLYN HOME: GO 4 The dance company will perform Andalusian songs, rich Sephardic and Moorish works and early 19th-century theater dances. Tickets are $20. A portion of the proceeds will support The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings (718) 834-9350 • April 28, 2003 Green-Wood’s Saved in Time program, which conserves and restores endangered monuments in the cemetery. For tickets, call (718) 857-4816 or visit www.gowanus.com. For direc- tions, call (718) 788-7850 or visit www.green-wood.com. Ball players CINEMA By Kevin Filipski World vision for The Brooklyn Papers Brooklyn International Film he biggest splash a ballet company Monte Carlo Ballet can make in its debut appearance at Fest returns with a selection Tthe Brooklyn Academy of Music is by giving a fresh spin to one of the most brings an emotional popular and enduring ballets. of films from around the globe That’s what choreographer Jean- Christophe Maillot and Les Ballets de ‘Cinderella’ to BAM By Michael Wells Monte Carlo will do when they bring for The Brooklyn Papers their version of Sergei Prokofiev’s “Cin- derella” to the Howard Gilman Opera rooklyn is not Sundance,” says Marco Ursino, as if to House April 29-May 3. “ reassure himself. . Maillot took time out from his busy re- B Despite the impressive growth of the Brooklyn In- hearsal schedule to give an exclusive international Film Festival, executive director Ursino doesn’t terview to GO Brooklyn, explaining his see it becoming a market juggernaut or dominating its set- reinterpretation of Prokofiev’s musical ting like the Sundance Film Festival, which takes over tiny fairy tale. Park City, Utah, each year. “It’s always interesting when you give “We’re talking about Brooklyn here! Everything has al- a new take on a story-ballet that’s very fa- ready been done. It’s a land of artists and big people,” Ursi- miliar, combining that with a new form or no tells GO Brooklyn. new way of telling the story,” Maillot Still, the festival, running April 28 through May 4 at the said. “The original idea was to keep it as Brooklyn Museum of Art, a fairy tale — has gotten pretty big. It which we all need began in 1998 as the in these difficult DANCE Williamsburg Brooklyn times — but also Film Festival, a designa- give it a new hu- Les Ballets de Monte Carlo performs tion and location it out- Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” at BAM’s Howard man dimension so Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. at grew last year. audiences can see Ashland Place in Fort Greene on April 29 at This year’s edition, themselves in it.” 7 pm, and May 1-3 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are which opens April 28 with $20, $40 and $60. That new human The April 29 performance is also the a screening of the Mer- dimension stems BAM Spring Gala, to be attended by chant and Ivory Film from a simple idea: Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst August “Merci, Dr. Rey” — a of Hanover and HSH Hereditary Prince Al- Cinderella’s real bert; call (718) 636-4182 for gala informa- zany murder-mystery ex- mother (who died tion. ploring the life of the clos- before the story be- There will be a BAM Dialogue with eted, gay son of a narcis- choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot on gins) returns as our May 1 at 6 pm. For more information, visit sistic diva, starring heroine’s fairy god- www.bam.org on the Web. Dianne Wiest and Vanessa mother. Redgrave — boasts 96 “We start with films in five categories: A scene from Ari Taub’s Cinderella’s mother and father together, features, documentaries, then we see her mother die, and the moth- narrative shorts, and ani- “Letters from the Dead.” er becomes the fairy godmother who fol- mated and experimental lows her all her life,” Maillot explained. shorts. The schedule is so packed that the Rose Cinemas at “It may be that fairytales have more reali- the Brooklyn Academy of Music have been enlisted to catch ty than we usually see, and maybe these some of the overflow. kinds of fairy tales happen every day.” The 96 were culled from 1,578 submissions — a leap up Prokofiev’s dazzling music gave Mail- from fewer than 1,000 last year. lot the inspiration to seek a new approach. “That is worrisome, a little bit,” says Ursino, still sound- “Prokofiev’s score is more complex than ing quite happy. “With more films, it means more people the score for his ballet of ‘Romeo & Juli- working, therefore a bigger investment, bigger commitment et,’ and I wanted to see if I could explore with sponsors, more marketing. Every year it’s a little mira- the story in a more complex way through cle. this complex music.” “I guess we’re doing something right, because [sponsors] Maillot’s idea of Cinderella’s mother as who were with us the first year are still with us. We’re here guardian angel was also inspired by a to stay for the long term. Just to ensure that, we always do a real-life tragedy. nice, thorough job as far as our relationships with other or- “My father died seven years ago, and ganizations, other entities and with people in general.” he was the person who made me love A prime example is Ursino’s stint on April 3 with the what I’m doing today,” Maillot said. “His “Principal for a Day” program. As part of his brief tenure, death was a big shock, but curiously, I he treated students at Middle School 143 in Bushwick to a had a feeling of release and freedom, couple of Brooklyn International Film Festival (BIFF) se- which sounds terrible. But I realized that lections. The Canadian animated short “In the Back of the he was a ‘fairy godmother’ for me, and Bus” (2002) brought down the house with its colorful still is! gallery of bizarre bus passengers grooving to a cappella and “I’m always thinking about him, but beat-box vocal music. the difference is that now, I cannot ask “These kids had the time of their lives,” exults Ursino. him his opinion, so I have to invent the “They were dancing like crazy.” The school’s award-win-

answer for myself.” Coatsaliov Yann ning student chorus will perform before the 3 pm program Another Maillot innovation is to deny on May 2, which includes “Back of the Bus,” and MS 143 If the shoe fits: Les Ballets de Monte Carlo will present Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” at BAM’s Howard Gillman Opera House what audiences expect from classical bal- students will have a free day at the festival. let, like eye-catching sets and costumes. for four nights. Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst August will attend the April 29 Spring Gala performance. “It’s gonna be a show where it’s very vocal,” observes “I want to take away big costumes and Ursino, clearly relishing the thought. big sets from this kind of ballet, which Maillot believes passionately in art’s also more than what they expect. They per. Her whole foot shines when we put This isn’t the only way in which BIFF serves the local have less to do with the dancing and the pre-eminent cultural role. “It’s our obliga- expect Prokofiev and ‘Cinderella,’ but I [glitter] on it, then a spotlight.” community. Ursino points with particular pride to the list of performers,” he said. “I want to make a tion to disturb people — not to shock, but want to give them something more. Maillot and his troupe’s BAM per- 74 countries that submitted films. fusion between dance and lighting [by to make audiences think in new ways, so Sometimes a little evolution is better than formances are part of a weeklong celebra- “There are over 190 ethnic groups living in Brooklyn. We Dominique Drillot], since the aesthetic they can perceive new things,” he said. a big revolution.” tion, “Monte Carlo Takes New York,” basically bring the best of their countries here. Brooklyn be- aspect is most important. “Usually, the performance continually That “evolution” includes a technical featuring visits by Princess Caroline. The comes a theater where everybody can be really proud of “I want to make the choreography dis- stops as the audience applauds the innovation: instead of a glass slipper, French-born choreographer is over- their own origins, ethnicity and arts.” appear into the story,” said Maillot. “I dancers, which to me is wrong. I want to Maillot spotlights his dancer’s foot. whelmed by their inclusion. That goes equally for folks who consider themselves want audiences to not be impressed by force everyone to think more, I want to “What’s most difficult is to give a dancer “We feel honored to have been asked Brooklynites first and foremost. A handful of selections are the technique but by the emotions. I’m give everyone pleasure without trying to a glass slipper to put on and try to dance,” to perform here,” he says. “It shows that, either about the borough, made here or made by filmmakers preoccupied with the idea that the audi- seduce them. he points out. “The true ‘glass slipper’ for although there is glamour, there are also based here. But Ursino says he and his colleagues didn’t go ence must become emotionally involved “Pleasure is not an enemy of creation, a dancer is her bare foot: that’s the most simple, passionate people who enjoy their too far out of their way to favor hometown product. with the story. I don’t like doing ballet for but boredom is. I’m trying to restore that important part for a dancer. We use light- work immensely. We hope that passion is “Obviously, there is, on our side, a will to do that … specialists but for the general public.” balance — giving what people expect, but ing and slight-of-hand for her glass slip- apparent to the audience.” See BIFF on page GO 4

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Brooklyn Center debut! Ellen Gould BUBBE MEISES, Bubbe Stories SUN • APR 27, 2003 • 2PM Tickets: $25 the crowd The Cotton Club Library photo exhibit gives SUN • MAY 18, 2003 • 2PM sponsored by voice to Williamsburg’s youth Tickets: $40 By Jaime Joyce Two young people — Monica and for The Brooklyn Papers Ricky — figure prominently in the ex- AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE hibit. “Monica, Jennifer, Biggie and

abies crying, machines beeping, Nadia” (Broadway, 1999) shows the Mango / Greg voices echoing off the walls — girls gathered on the street corner. The B welcome to the Brooklyn Public quartet wear identical earrings, gold Library, where no one is quiet except doorknockers and hairstyles — tight, for a small group gathered between the twisted rows pulled together on top of checkout counter, the information desk the head in a loose pile of ribbon-like Papers The Brooklyn and the periodicals room. curls. In front of Monica is a baby car- The kids stay in the picture: Photograper Regina Monfort (bottom right) “Betty,” her face framed by dark riage. attended her March 5 opening at the Brooklyn Public Library with some hair, solemnly beckons. Monica stands alone in the next of her subjects, including (clockwise from top left) Anthony Lopez, Jen- “I am a proud, strong, 22-year-old photograph (“Monica,” Lindsay Park, nifer Mercado, Jesus Cintron, Edwin Toledo and his mother, Jacqueline Puerto Rican, born and raised in 1998). Her image is reflected in the Toledo. The exhibit will be on view through April 27. Brooklyn,” Betty declares in a state- mirror, hair unfurled. ment posted by her portrait. “My peo- “I am going to make it,” the text Call 718.951.4500 ple have instilled in me the beauty of reads. “I want to finish college and go believe in their uniqueness.” It was pher Irving Penn. She currently works our heritage and identity. I believe our on studying. I want to move to Florida their resilience that drew her to them as freelance for Richard Avedon. Her Tuesday - Saturday 1-6pm lives are in the and then to Cali- subjects. Today, Monfort visits Ricky work has been shown at the Museum Group Sales 718.951.4600 x27 hands of God. fornia. It’s going regularly “with or without [her] cam- of the City of New York (“New York for complete season • brooklyncenter.com Growing up in ART to be me and my era.” He is working in construction and Now,” 2000), Yale University Art

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BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS the neighborhood, son.” is still in love with Adriana, who also Gallery (“The Persistence of Photogra- I have seen things “Beyond Grand Street: A Journey On the next appears in the exhibit. phy in American Portraiture,” 2000) Through Young Lives in Latino Williams- that I have never burg,” photographs by Régina Monfort, panel a car bears a “I have realized my life’s work and the Brooklyn Museum of Art had to go through is on view in the Grand Lobby of the message on black- seems to be totally directed towards (“New Acquisitions,” 2001). “Beyond myself. I am a Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch, tinted windows: teenage culture,” Monfort says. On the Grand Street” is Monfort’s first solo Grand Army Plaza, through April 27. The very spiritual per- library is open Monday through Thurs- “R.I.P. Monica library’s Web site she admits that, as a show in the United States. son and I hear a day, 9 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday, We Love You.” child, her image of Latino culture was A black composition book with its 9 am to 6 pm; and Sunday, 1 pm to 5 calling to serve pm. Admission is free. For more informa- The 19-year-old based on a single source — the movie pages ripped from the spine is attached my people.” tion, call (718) 230-2100 or visit died of a gunshot “West Side Story.” to the exhibit’s opening panel with “Betty” (Lind- www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. wound on New Monfort’s photo-documentary, which ragged twine. Though barely visible, say Park, 2000), Year’s Day 2000. she began in 1994, is multilayered. “I visitors find it and share their impres- is one of 51 inti- In “Ricky and have lived in Williamsburg — six sions inside. mate black-and-white photographs in His Mother Carmen on New Year’s blocks away from Grand Street — for Nine-year old Akilah, from the the series “Beyond Grand Street: A Day” (1995) Ricky looms large, his over 10 years,” says Monfort. “I do not Bronx, writes: “One photograph I really Journey Through Young Lives in Lati- hand to his head as if in pain. His pretend to represent the whole Latino liked was ‘Shorty on the Fence.’” In it, no Williamsburg,” by French-born mother looks at him from the couch. community. I am speaking about kids I a small girl in a skirt climbs a chain-link artist Régina Monfort. The show is on “Ricky” (Supreme Court, 2001) shows have met.” fence. “I liked that one because I’m view at the library’s Central branch the young man alone, slouched on a Many of them came to the show’s short, too, but that photo shows a girl through April 27. bench beside a closed courtroom door. opening. “The reality in my photo- who ain’t afraid of her personality.” Arranged in five sets of freestanding “Ricky is both the first person I pho- graphs is more often sad than happy,” “I believe you depicted Hispanics in panels, Monfort’s photographs tell the tographed and someone who has re- Monfort says when asked how the only a negative way,” writes Iris Fran- story of a neighborhood and its chil- mained at the heart of my work,” Mon- teens responded. “Over the years, it co. “I would like to depict your race dren. Unlike “Betty,” most are unac- fort explains in the exhibit’s opening has been my experience that the im- negatively.” companied by text. In “Young Family statement. “He and his family are to be ages led the people in my photographs But an anonymous viewer had this on Rooftop” (2000) a trio holds hands. credited for my initial acceptance as a to reflect upon their own selves, which to say: “One word — POWERFUL — Their physical bodies unseen, they cast photographer in their neighborhood.” can be difficult.” Thank you. Voices were heard.” a unified shadow on a grafitti-covered Asked why she focused so much on When she began the project, Mon- No one at the library complained wall. Ricky and Monica, Monfort says, “I fort worked in the studio of photogra- about the noise.

compiled by to 12. 4 pm. Grand Army Plaza. Susan Rosenthal (718) 230-2100. Free. Weekends WHERE TO BAMCINEMATEK: “Films de Femmes: Female French Directors.” Today: “Diary of a film, “Memories of Duke.” 7 JAZZ: William Spaulding Quartet Seducer” (1995). $10. Q & A THURS, APRIL 24 pm. Call for ticket info. performs. 7:30, 9 and 10:30 pm. with film critic Amy Taubin after 6:50 pm screening. 30 FILM: St. Francis College presents Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Club 243, 243 Flatbush Ave. Call Joralemon St. (718) 802-3852. for ticket info. (917) 466-7836. Lafayette Ave. (718) 595-2150. “Catch Me If You Can.” 6 pm. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: pres- 180 Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. PLANT CARE: Root Stock hosts a GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Brazi- talk on how to create a window lian night. No cover. 8 pm. 70 ents music with Marco Free. Cappelli. $7. 7 pm. Also, PUBLIC MEETING: of Community box. 7 to 8:15 pm. 297 Seventh North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Ave. (718) 832-1888. Free. ABOVE THE RIGHT BANK: Music Golem. $6. 10 pm. 70 North Board Six. 6 pm. Carroll Gardens Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Library, 396 Clinton St. (718) BODY TALK: Park Slope Food with Deerhoof. $7. 8 pm. 409 643-3027. Co-op offers talk on how the Kent Ave. (718) 388-3929. BARGEMUSIC: chamber music program by Brahms and HOME DESIGN: Sinotique and body can heal from a variety of UP OVER JAZZ: New School mental and emotional imbal- University’s Sun Ra Arkestra Webern. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Cronverk host a reception and Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. preview of their summer 2003 ances. 7:30 pm. 782 Union St. Class. 9:30 pm. 351 Flatbush home furnishings collections. (718) 622-0560. Free. Ave. Call. (718) 398-5413. 651 ARTS: Concert Higher Refreshments served. 6 to 9 pm. WRITERS ON THE ROOFTOP: VERTICAL PLAYERS: “Mono a Ground celebrates spiritually- 64 Jay St. (718) 522-9667. Free. Brooklyn Writers’ Series hosts a Mono II.” 8 pm. See Sat. themed music of Stevie Wonder. $25. 8 pm. Emmanuel FILM FEST: 37th International Film reading. 7:30 pm. YMCA, 357 SWIM PLACEMENT: YWCA offers Ninth St. (718) 768-7100. Free. Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette and Video Festival hosted by swim lesson placement assess- Ave. (718) 636-4181. Brooklyn Arts Council. Today: POETS AGAINST THE WAR: pres- ments for the upcoming spring Selected Shorts. 6 to 8:30 pm. ent Voices for Peace. Readings term. Assessments are Tues- BARBES BAR: presents music with Spike Lee Screening Room, by established and emerging days and Thursdays, 4 to 6 pm. Jennifer Jackson. $4. 9 pm. Long Island University, Flatbush poets and writers. 7:30 pm. Park 30 Third Ave. (718) 875-1190. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. and DeKalb avenues. (718) Slope United Methodist Church, Free. GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: presents 625-0080. Free. Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street. The Kate and Lou Band, featur- BARNES AND NOBLE: Open mic (718) 788-7168. Free. ing accordion, guitars, mandolin poetry night. 6:30 pm. Hosted BARGEMUSIC: chamber music FRI, APRIL 25 and vocals. $10. 9 pm. 53 Pros- Q pect Park West. (718) 768-2972. by Ken Seigelman, Brooklyn program by Brahms and Poet Laureate. 267 Seventh Webern. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton MATERNITY 101: 90-minute class UP OVER JAZZ CAFE: Valery Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. for expectant mothers on infant Ponomarev Quintet performs. BARNES AND NOBLE: Calvin BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music care and breast feeding, con- 9 and 11 pm and 12:30 am. Baker, author of “Once Two presents the premiere of ducted in Cantonese and Man- 351 Flatbush Ave. Call for tick- Heroes,” reads from his book. Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte,” darin. 10 am to 1 pm. Maimon- et info. (718) 398-5413. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246- directed by Jonathan Miller. ides Medical Center, 4802 Tenth TWO BOOTS: Joe Tainio Trio per- 4996. Free. Performed in Italian with Ave. (718) 283-7429. Free. forms Tex-Mex blues. No cover. MILITARY CINEMA: Fort Hamilton English surtitles. $90, $60, $35. ZEN LECTURE: Salt Marsh Nature 10 pm to midnight. 514 hosts a “Military History Cinema 7:30 pm. Harvey Theater, 651 Center offers “The Zen of Seeing Second St. (718) 499-3253. Night.” Discussion follows. 7 Fulton St. Also, BAM Dialogue and Drawing.” 1 pm. 3302 LOW BAR: Howard Fishman pm. Call. (718) 630-4349. Free. with Jonathan Miller. $8. 6 pm. Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. Quartet plays. No cover. 10 LOW BAR: Playwrights Reading Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- pm. 81 Washington St. (718) Series at 7 pm. Madeleine George, Ave. (718) 636-4111. UM: hosts an Arbor Day cele- 222-1LOW. There will be no Julia Jarcho and Winter Miller BRIC STUDIO: presents American bration. $4 admission, free for IMPROV JAM: with Don Slovin as read. Also, Genevieve Maull Theater Nexus, experimental members. 1:30 and 3 pm. 145 host. $5. 10 pm. Brooklyn sings at 10 pm. 81 Washington theater directed by emerging Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Lyceum, 227 Fourth Ave. (718) St. (718) 222-1LOW. Free. directors. $10, $8 students. ORIGAMI CLASS: Brooklyn Public 857-4816. FILM FEST: Brooklyn International 7:30 pm. 647 Fulton St. (718) Library, Central branch, offers VERTICAL PLAYERS: “Mono a trains running over the Film Festival presents a feature 855-7882. an origami class for kids ages 8 Mono II.” 8 pm. See Sat.

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Brooklyn’s Original Hand–Crafted Beer Bar! Star power OOD EER • G B 1 /2 “A true neigh- Daily News • GREAT FOOD borhood pub” Chef Thomas Ferlesch wins – Resident • NO ATTITUDE! over hearts and palates with • Award-Winning Barbecue his new Fort Greene bistro • “Sublime” Burgers • Daily Specials “…exceptional Hand Crafted Ales “Now this is By Tina Barry beer Fine Wines what a Saloon for The Brooklyn Papers selection.” should be” DINING – Zagat Single Malt Whiskies – Zagat n 1981, New York Times dining Thomas Beisl (25 Lafayette Ave. • Happy Hour 4 – 7 critic Mimi Sheraton bestowed between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene) accepts American ($3.00 for pints, drinks & wine) Ifour stars on a 23-year-old chef. Express. Entrees: $13-$16. The restau- The restaurant was Vienna ‘79, and rant is open daily from noon to midnight, and serves brunch Saturdays and • Live Jazz Saturday Nites the honor made Thomas Ferlesch the Sundays, from 10 am to 4 pm. For (Brooklyn only) youngest chef to be awarded quadru- reservations, call (718) 222-5800. Mango / Greg ple stars in the history of the Times. Check out our web site www.WaterfrontAleHouse.com After an 11-year, much-heralded stint as executive chef at Cafe des Linzer torte with whipped cream, or Brooklyn Heights Manhattan Artistes, Viennese expat Ferlesch schlag, are on the menu. Those look- 155 Atlantic Ave. 540 2nd Avenue Between Henry & Clinton (Corner 30th) swapped the Upper West Side of ing for a broader dining experience Papers The Brooklyn (718) 522-3794 (212) 696-4104 Manhattan for Brooklyn, decamping will appreciate Gallic onion soup, to Fort Greene. paninis, and a delicate cod filet with Beef up: Among the hearty dishes at Thomas Beisl is a pot-au-feu (beef “I was walking my children to wild mushrooms and sauteed short ribs and marrow bone in a consomme). (At left) On the lighter side, school one morning, and I noticed spinach. the busy bar offers a signature cocktail called “The Schiele.” this empty space [formerly the New Asked why he adds jalapeno pep- Seniors: 15% Discount City Bar & Grill] across from the per to his creamy spaghetti squash, rooms in a crispy crust with home- similar way, and then slices it. The every Tuesday night (dine-in only) Brooklyn Academy of Music,” Fer- Ferlesch commented, “Jalapeno is so made tartar sauce looked like ordi- rich dumpling pieces make a deli- lesch said. “It had a nice area in the much rounder and deeper than black nary bar food but were divine — the cious foil for the sauerbraten’s sauce. back for a garden. I called the land- pepper.” He could not care less that crust covering each mushroom as A side of the jalapeno-flavored lord that day.” the pepper isn’t an ingredient one as- brittle as glass and the sauce pleas- spaghetti squash, touched with Fort Greene, not known for its Vi- sociates with Austrian cuisine. antly lemony. cream, brightens the appearance of ennese community, has welcomed “I’ve been a cook for 20 years, and Ferlesch enjoys pairing multiple the plate. Ferlesch’s lovingly restored Thomas I’ve never stopped learning,” he said. sides with his main courses. While Diet or not (and if you’ve made it Beisl (“beisl” means bistro), based on “If I find an ingredient that tastes bet- his mixes make for a busy plate, past the entree then who are you kid- D ¥ E ¥ L ¥ I ¥ C ¥ I ¥ O ¥ U ¥ S the egalitarian gathering spots he re- ter than what I’ve used before, then I each component complements the ding?), it’s insane to skip dessert in a Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition membered from abroad. add it.” entree. Calf’s liver is a dish that din- Viennese restaurant. The milchrahm- “In Vienna, bistros serve the young Such is the case with the delicate ers either love or avoid. If you’re of strudel, less like a strudel and more • Fast Free Delivery 162 Montague Street and the old, plumbers, doctors, artists, house cocktail improbably named Mango / Greg the latter category, give Ferlesch’s of a light souffle, is made with light- Brooklyn Heights everyone,” he said. With his proximi- “The Schiele.” Artist Egon Schiele’s version a try. The liver, a poor man’s ly sweetened farmers cheese and is • Open 7 Days a Week (718) 522-5565/66 ty to BAM, Long Island University work, with titles such as “Agony” and foie gras of sorts, is seared along its scattered with a few moist raisins. fax (718) 522-1205 (24hr) • Party Orders Welcome Mon - Thurs 11:30am - 10:00pm and Pratt, and a real estate market that “Death and the Girl,” would inspire edges. The contrast of crispness and Order the palatschinken (Viennese Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm leaves newcomers reeling from stick- something with a more profound after- the liver’s fluffy, mousse-like consis- crepes), with a cup of the bistro’s We Only Use Vegetable Oil Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm er-shock, Ferlesch’s dream is being effect, not this feminine elixir. Papers The Brooklyn tency will make your taste buds rich, strong coffee and you’ll return Natural Cooking FREE $7.00 realized. Brought to the table by the GQ- deliriously happy. A seedless grape home happy. Eggy and almost trans- and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. Replicating the bistros of his mem- worthy host, the dry champagne pect in a Viennese restaurant. If Fer- sauce, ever so slightly sweet, tem- parent, the crepes are napped with a ory meant a major renovation. What cocktail — tinged with a pale lesch offered this meal in Manhattan, pered the beefy, nuttiness of the liver, touch of bittersweet chocolate sauce has evolved is a casual room with a celadon-colored gel — sparkles. Fla- you’d blow your mortgage and thank and a small mound of eggplant, red and a hearty dollop of schlag comfortable bar on one side — per- vored with the essence of elderberry him for the opportunity. In Brooklyn, peppers and onions looked wrong on (whipped cream). fect for a quick, pre-theater drink — flowers and woodruff, the gel imparts the entrees top out at $16. the plate — too much color and the Food isn’t the only thing that Fer- on the other, is the dark, moody din- a light, herbal note and the aroma of a Maybe you’re harboring resent- undesired promise of sweet and sour lesch does right. The bar staff is Elegantly Casual – Not Stuffy ing room with gold walls, mahogany spring breeze blowing across wild- ment toward the French. Ferlesch’s — yet was a refreshing break from friendly, and our pony-tailed waiter, Serving your Family & Friends since 1964. wainscoting, dark wood tables and flowers. onion soup will allow you to forgive all the meaty flavors. so knowledgeable and charming, in- vintage posters. The Schiele set the tone for a meal and forget. The deeply flavored broth, Sauerbraten is a dish associated spired my friend, two Schieles to the Ferlesch’s one-man crusade to that was splendid dish after dish: an so sweetly tinged with soft strands of with German beer halls and haus- wind, to ask if he were married. change the perception of Austrian authentic and satisfying onion soup onions, and the pleasure of pushing fraus. In Ferlesch’s hands, it’s a mild- Technique plays an important part cooking is working. gratinee; a special sauerbraten, the your spoon through the sharp, chewy, ly sweet and sour, fork-tender delica- in turning raw ingredients into great “When people think of Austrian beef marinated for “at least a week” Gruyere cheese crust will banish all cy. A serviette knödel, or napkin food. Yet it’s that intangible some- food they think ‘sausages.’ It’s really in red wine and vinegar; and a glori- bad feelings. dumpling, is prepared like a bread thing a chef brings to the act of much more refined than that,” he ous calf’s liver with grapes that is a A richly flavored eggplant and red pudding, rolled in a napkin (plastic cooking that transforms a great cook Parties for up to 200 said. Purists will be pleased that tour de force of technique and flavor. pepper terrine was garnished with a wrap is the modern alternative) and into a star. Four stars, in fact, for Fer------wiener schnitzel, beef goulash and Desserts were everything you’d ex- tart crown of goat cheese, and mush- poached. Ferlesch prepares his in a lesch. Enjoy piano music nightly ----- Park in our private lot -----

am. Audubon Center. (718) its row houses, churches, man- music inspired by the atmos- ed by Jonathan Miller. $90, $60, Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Pastry & Espresso? SAT, APRIL 26 287-3400. Free. sions, breweries and civic build- phere and characters of Shake- $35. 7:30 pm. Harvey Theater, COMEDY: Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha. Visit our CHARITY RUN: Teen Challenge of ings. 10 am. Meet at street speare’s “A Midsummer Night’s 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. $5. 9 pm. The Boudoir Bar, 273 OUTDOORS AND TOURS Brooklyn hosts its annual 5K level on Myrtle Avenue at Dream.” 1:30 pm. Brooklyn JAZZ: Hanson Place Central Smith St. (718) 624-8878. Pastry Shoppe CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: “Race for Freedom.” Proceeds Broadway, J/M train to Myrtle Public Library, Flatbush branch, United Methodist Church pres- UP OVER JAZZ: presents Valery Brooklyn Botanic Garden hosts benefit its drug prevention and Avenue. (212) 352-9330. Free. Linden Boulevard near Flatbush ents Monty Alexander. 7 pm. 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(718) 421- presents jazz with Nathan RESTAURANT seniors and students, free for cleanup along Gowanus Canal, varieties of produce and prod- 124 Henry St. (718) 858-2429. 2021. Free. Lucas Trio. 11 pm to 2 am. No Michael’s children under 16. 10 am to 6 at Douglass and Degraw ucts. $7, $5 members. 11 am. CHORAL MUSIC: Rachmaninoff DEWEY REDMAN: Jazz saxo- cover. 155 Atlantic Ave. (718) pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) streets. 9 am to 11:30 am. Call Call for reservations and meet- Festival Choir performs. 5:30 phonist performs with Fulton 522-3794. 2929 Avenue R (at Nostrand Ave.) • (718) 998-7851 for info. (718) 858-0557. Also, ing location. (718) 230-2780. 623-7200. Also, Sunday. pm. 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CLEAN STREETS: Park Slope Civic $11, $9 members, $8 seniors. 2 Council hosts its second “Clean to 4 pm. Meet at Carroll Station neurotic comedian Richard “Mono a Mono II.” $15. 8 pm. TWO BOOTS: Gene Ambutter Coffee and bagels provided. 219 Court St. (212) 539-2696. Opening ceremony at Beth- Streets Project,” a community of the F train, President Street Lewis. $40. 8 pm. Walt Whit- plays blues. No cover. 10 pm lehem Lutheran Church, Third effort to cleanup littered side- exit. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. man Hall, Brooklyn College, PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Love to midnight. 514 Second St. Avenue at Pacific Street. Call Pat walks, overflowing trashcans BOAT TOUR: at the Audubon one block from intersection of Letters,” by A.R. Gurney. $8. 8 (718) 499-3253. Jobling at (718) 858-3795 or visit and graffiti. 10 am to 2 pm. Center. Call. Noon to 5 pm. Flatbush and Nostrand pm. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, CHILDREN www.boerumhillbrooklyn.org. Meet outside John Jay High Prospect Park. 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from Bard’s plays and sonnets. 4 $11, $9 members, $8 seniors. 11 and discussion of the PBS doc- kids 16 and under. 9 pm. 125 YOUTH SPEAKS: Teen poetry CINDERELLA: Brooklyn Academy pm. Brooklyn Public Library, am to 1 pm. Meet at Smith- umentary “Orphan Trains.” 1 Fifth Ave. (718) 797-3116. slam at Brooklyn Public Library, of Music presents “Cinderella,” Central branch. Grand Army Ninth Street station at street pm. St. Ann’s, 157 Montage St. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Central branch. 4 pm. Grand performed by Les Ballets de WHERE TO GO... Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. level. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. (718) 875-6960. Free. Dance, music and more. $10. 8 Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Monte-Carlo. $60, $40, $20. DINNER AUCTION: St. Thomas BOROUGH PARK: 92nd Street Y HOLOCAUST LECTURE: St. pm. Also, Monday evening Free. 7:30 pm. Opera House, 30 Aquinas hosts a dinner and tours through this Jewish neigh- Francis College hosts a lecture burlesque. 9:30 pm. 70 N. SUNSET SWING: Sunset cruise of Lafayette Ave. Also, BAMdialogue auction. $25. 6 to 11 pm. 249 borhood. Learn about gefilte by Dr. James Hatley, author of Sixth St. (718) 782- 5188. New York Harbor. 6 pm. Pier 4 with Jean Christophe-Maillot, Continued from previous page... OTHER Ninth St. (718) 947-9471. fish, pastries and visit a Yemeni “Suffering Witness: The BAM: Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte.” at Brooklyn Army Terminal, choreographer. $8. 6 pm. Rose am. Bartel Pritchard lot. Call. FLEA MARKET: Sunset Park Com- SINGLES EVENT: Concert by the market. $20. 11 am to 1 pm. Quandary of Responsibility 7:30 pm. See Sat. 58th Street at First Avenue, Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) (718) 789-1414. munity Church. 10 am to 3 pm. Cathedral Church of the Inter- Call for reservations and meet- After the Irreparable.” 1 pm. Brooklyn. Call for ticket info. 636- 4111. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Workshop 5324 Fourth Ave. (718) 439-6944. cessor Choir. 7 pm. Social ing location. (212) 415-5500. Reception follows. 180 Remsen (718) 965-3100, ext. 24. RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION: for kids “Arty Facts: Color Me PLANT SALE: at the Hoyt Street reception and refreshments fol- HOUSE TOUR: Flatbush Develop- St. (718) 489-5272. Free. TUES, APRIL 29 CHAMBER MUSIC: by Conser- Brooklyn Public Library, Central Beautiful.” $6, free for mem- Garden. 10 am to 5 pm. 110 low. First Evangelical Free ment Corp. hosts its annual MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM: vatory of Music students. 12:15 branch, hosts a reading and dis- bers and children 12 and under, Hoyt St. (718) 858-3785. Church, 6501 Sixth Ave. (718) Victorian Flatbush House Tour. Brooklyn Museum of Art hosts DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Common pm. Also, Conservatory Com- cussion group examining the $3 seniors and students. 11 am RECYCLING EVENT: Bring your 836-0029. Free. 1 to 6 pm. Call for ticket infor- “Art, Memory, Survival,” a pro- Ground Service Learning posers’ Concert features a pro- quest for meaningful religious and 2 pm. Also, concert “Young ART SHOW: Congregation Beth mation. (718) 859-3800. gram of films about artists and Program presents a panel dis- gram of acoustic and electro- practice in American society. Voices” at 4 pm. 200 Eastern old computers and cell phones for recycling collection. 10 am Elohim hosts its fourth annual the Holocaust. $6, free for cussion about how domestic acoustic works. 7 pm. Levenson Registration necessary. 6 to 8 Parkway. (718) 638-5000. members art show. Wine and PERFORMANCES members and children under violence affects older adults, Recital Hall, Brooklyn College, pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) WATERLOO BRIDGE THEATER: to 4 pm. Drop-off locations: Grand Army Plaza Farmers cheese reception. 7 to 10 pm. L’CHAIM SERIES: Brooklyn Center 12, $3 seniors and students. 1 teens and adolescents and chil- one block from the intersection 230-2100. Free. presents improvised show “The 274 Garfield Place. (718) 768- for the Performing Arts pres- to 5:30 pm. 200 Eastern dren. 8:30 am. Long Island of Flatbush and Nostrand FILM SALON: Brooklyn Young Teddybearbaiters.” $2 for kids Market, corner of Third Street and Seventh Avenue, 12th 3814. Free. ents “Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Parkway. (718) 638-5000. University, Flatbush Avenue avenues. (718) 951-4500. Free. Filmmakers Film Salon Series and $7 for adults. 11 am. 190 RECYCLE PCS: Drop off old work- Stories.” $25. 2 pm. Walt Whit- YOM HASHOAH: Brooklyn Public Extension and DeKalb Avenue. MEDITATION: Learn sahaja yoga. presents “Animation: Let’s Get Underhill Ave. (212) 502-0796. Street and Prospect Park West and Sixth Avenue and 15th ing and non-working comput- man Hall, Brooklyn College, Library, Central branch, hosts a (718) 488-3372. Free. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, Reel 3.” $5 suggested dona- LINSEY-WOOLSEY WEEKEND: ers, printers, faxes and televi- one block from the intersection program in anticipation of ROTUNDA GALLERY: “Water, Carroll Gardens branch, 396 tion. 6 to 8:30 pm. Spike Lee Lefferts Homestead invites kids Street. (718) 707-1777. QUILT SHOW: Quilters’ Guild of sions. 6/15 Green Community of Nostrand and Flatbush Holcaust Remembrance Day. Words and Music,” with novel- Clinton St. (718) 833-5751. Free. Screening Room, Long Island to plant flax and process fleece. Garden, Sixth Avenue and 15th avenues. (718) 951-4500. Program is “The Spiritual ists Rick Moddy (“The Ice University, Flatbush Avenue Noon to 4 pm. Flatbush Brooklyn hosts a show featuring GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Ken 200 quilts. $5, $3 seniors. 10 Street. 9 am. Second drop off MUSIC: Bach at Zion performs a Legacy of Primo Levi.” 2 pm. Storm”) and David Hollander Ueno with Odd Appetite. $7. 7 Extension and DeKalb Avenue. Avenue and Empire Boulevard. point at 12th Street Park, inter- program “Music in Historical Also, “The Holocaust in Film.” (“LIE”) and singer-songwriter (718) 852-9342. (718) 789-2822. Free. am to 7 pm. Bishop Ford pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 782- section of Prospect Park West Settings.” 3 pm. Wine recep- 3:30 pm. Grand Army Plaza. Rebecca Moore. 7 pm. 33 BASIC JUDAISM: Congregation FLEECE FEST: Prospect Park Zoo Central Catholic High School, 5188. 500 19th St. (718) 435-6022. and 12th Street. (718) 707- tion follows. Akwaaba Mansion, (718) 230-2100. Free. Clinton St. By reservation. (718) SPRING CONCERT: Long Island B’nai Avraham offers a talk, farm day. Music, games and a 1777. Free. 347 MacDonough St. (718) 875-4047, ext. 11. Free. “Shabbos: A Day of Rest?” chance to watch the zoo’s AUCTION: at Our Saviour’s ODD SUNDAY: Micro Museum University hosts a choral per- Lutheran Church. $2. 1 pm. 414 HOME REPAIR TALK: Neighbors 643-4608. Free. offers guided tours of interac- LEGAL INFO: Legal Referral Service formance. 7 pm. DeKalb and 6:30 to 8 pm. 117 Remsen St. sheep get their annual haircut. Helping Neighbors talk on the information fairs. 11 am to 2 pm. (718) 596-4840. Free. 10 am. 450 Flatbush Ave. Call. 80th St. (718) 745-0020. BARGEMUSIC: Beethoven pro- tive sculptures and media Flatbush Avenue Extension. FAMILY GROUP: Dyker Heights nuts and bolts, and financing of gram. 4 pm. See Sat. installations by William and Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Jo- 9718) 488-1051. Free. PUBLIC MEETING: of Park Slope (718) 399- 7339. home improvement. Call for time. ralemon St. (212) 626-7373. Free. PUPPETWORKS: “Cinderella.” $6, Al-Anon meets. 1:30 pm. SOUTHPAW: Beat the Donkey Kathleen Laziza. $5. 3 to 6 pm. BARNES AND NOBLE: Author Hari Civic Council. 7 pm. New York Redeemer-St. John’s Lutheran 443 39th St. (718) 686-7946. Free. and Micro Museum Artists with 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3116. GUITAR MUSIC: Conservatory Kunzru reads from “The Impres- Methodist Hospital, Sixth Street $7 adults. 12:30 and 2:30 pm. Guitar Ensemble of Brooklyn 338 Sixth Ave. (718) 965-3391. Church, 939 83rd St. DJ Acidophilus. $10, free for MISS POLONIA PAGEANT: South sionist.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh between Seventh and Eighth LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public kids 16 and under. 4 and 9 pm. Brooklyn Pulaski Parade College performs. 5 pm. Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. avenues. (718) 832- 8227. BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- SUN, APRIL 27 Levenson Recital Hall, Brooklyn UM: Kids invited to “Exploring Library, Central branch, hosts (family show at 4 pm) 125 Fifth Committee invites candidates MICRO MUSEUM: Tribute to GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Erstwhile “Harvey Shapiro and Poets of Ave. (718) 797-3116. to try out for title of Miss College, one block from the Records with Dieb 13, Kaffe Mat- Expressions of Social intersection of Flatbush and Torrie McCartney-Howard. 7 Responsibility,” a talk by social- World War II.” 2 pm. Grand Army OUTDOORS AND TOURS GRAVE DANCERS: Green-Wood Polonia. Call for contest rules. 6 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797- thew, Martin Siewert and Martin Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Cemetery hosts “Danzas pm. Sirico, 8015 13th Ave. Nostrand avenues. (718) 951- Brandlmayr. $10. 7 pm. 70 ly conscious hip-hop performer CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: 4500. Free. 3166. Free. Talib Kweli. $4 admission, free POET’S HOUR: Brooklyn Public Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 10 Espanolas,” by The Brooklyn (718) 853-9351. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Ken North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Library and Urban Stages pres- am to 6 pm. See Sat. Lyceum. Dance performance in OCULARIS FILM: Cinema POETRY READING: Brooklyn for members. 1 to 2 pm. 145 poets Robert Hershon and Ueno with Odd Appetite. $7. 7 BARGEMUSIC: chamber music Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. ent a play by Dmitry Lipkin. LAST EXIT: Brooklyn Center for cemetery’s chapel. $20. 5 pm. Williamsburg Style presents pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. program by Tchaikovsky, 2:30 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, 500 25th St. at Fifth Avenue. “Your Mother Would Be So Richard Levine read from their WINNIE THE POOH: returns for a the Urban Environment takes a works. 6:30 to 8 pm. Brooklyn BAM: “Cosi fan tutte.” 7:30 pm. Prokofiev, De Falla and story-time appearance at New Utrecht branch, 1743 86th tour of Red Hook. Walk through (212) 575-4545. Proud.” $6. 7 and 9 pm. 70 See Sat. Sarasate. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton St. (718) 236-4086. Free. North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Barnes and Noble. Call for this neighborhood of industrial BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: branch, 280 Cadman Plaza THEATER: “Motley, Mad and Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. time. 106 Court St. (718) 246- SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC: Brooklyn architecture, smokestacks, presents “The Woman Who BARBES BAR: reading series. West. (718) 623-7100. Free. Marriage-Minded.” GOWANUS CANAL: Learn about 4996. Free. Philharmonic presents excerpts wood-frame and row houses. Outshone the Sun.” $5. 6 pm. Today’s guests are Mary Morris Performance features vignettes the ecological restoration on 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. reading with her husband, Larry AGING PARENT TALK: Heights and Hill Community Council from Shakespeare’s comedies. the canal during a talk by CONCERT: Vox Novus presents a O’Connor. Call for time. 376 $10, $8 students. 8 pm. Long Gowanus Canal Community Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. offers a series of workshops. performance of piano works by Today: “You and Your Aging Island University, Flatbush Development Corporation and Terry Winter Owens. $10. 7 pm. Parent: Home Care and Avenue Extension and DeKalb a panel of environmental spe- South Oxford Space, 138 South Hospice.” 6:30 to 8:30 pm. 160 Avenue. (718) 488-1089. cialist. 7:30 to 8;45 pm. Old Oxford St. (718) 783-8345. MON, APRIL 28 Montague St. Registration BARNES AND NOBLE: Author Stonehouse, J.J. Byrne Park, off BARBES BAR: presents a Slavic required. (718) 596-8789. Free. Juliet Sandford reads from her Fifth Avenue at Third Street. BIFF... Soul Party featuring Balkan LAWRENCE & WHITMAN: St. (718) 858-0557. Free. Francis College and the Walt BLACK LOVE: Writer Sekou pres- book “Blue Lights in the dance music. $8. 9 pm. 376 ents “Black Men on Black Basement.” 7 pm. 106 Court BRIC STUDIO: presents “Possible Continued from page GO 1 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Whitman Project host “The Fireworks,” a jazz series. $10, Space of the World is Immense,” Love.” $10. 7 pm. Brooklyn St. (718) 246-4158. Free. [But] the program strongly LUXX CAFE: Tall Boys, LA Drugs Vineyards, 246 DeKalb Ave. $8 students. 7:30 pm. 57 and Wikkid. Call for time. 258 a reading of poems by D.H. Rockwell Place. (718) 855-7882. represents the submissions, in Lawrence and Walt Whitman. (718) 789-9997. Grand St. (718) 599-1000. JAZZ: Pumpkins Bar presents Arlee THURS, MAY 1 THEATER: “Blood Wedding,” by percentage,” says Orsino. 12:30 to 1:45 pm. 180 Remsen Federico Garcia Lorca. $12, $10 VERTICAL PLAYERS: “Mono a St. (718) 489-5272. Free. Leonard Quartet. Two-drink “We’re starting now to have Mono II.” 2 pm. See Sat. minimum. 7 to 11 pm. 1448 SEMINAR: New York City College seniors, $5 students. 8 pm. FILM FEST: Brooklyn Museum of of Technology presents Edwin Gershwin Theater, Brooklyn more films from the U.S. in PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Love Art hosts the Brooklyn Nostrand Ave. (718) 284-9086. Letters.” 3:30 pm. See Sat. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Schlossberg. He gives a multi- College, one block from the the program.” International Film Festival with media presentation on several intersection of Flatbush and “Merci, Dr. Rey.” Call for ticket presents “Cinderella,” per- Director Harry O’Reilly’s CHILDREN formed by Les Ballets de of his signature projects, includ- Nostrand avenues. (718) 951- info and details. 200 Eastern ing his Ellis Island American 4500. debut “Crooked Lines” (2003; BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- Parkway. (718) 388-4306. Monte-Carlo. $60, $40, $20. 7 UM: Kids are invited to a talk pm. Pre-performance cocktail Immigration History Center. 1 PUPPET OPERA: Arts at St. Ann’s CONCERT: Conservatory of Music screens May 4 at 7 pm) is in a on honey bees. $4 admission, reception. $300 for pre-show pm. Klitgord Center, 300 Jay presents First American Puppet free for members. 2 to 4:30 of Brooklyn College presents a St. (718) 260-5837. Free. Opera “The Barber of Seville.” long, crooked line of films performance of Milhaud’s and performance. 6 pm. Opera about the seedier side of the pm. Also, Mexican Cultural House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) BLOOD DRIVE: Brooklyn Heights Music led by Absolute. $40. 8 Institute of New York hosts “El “Creation of the World.” $5. 7 Synagogue. 2:30 to 8 pm. 131 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 858-2424. pm. Levenson Recital Hall, 636-4100. Borough of Kings: fast-talking Dia de los Ninos” (Children’s EDUCATION POLICY: Regional Remsen St. (718) 522-2070. LOW BAR: presents Playwrights Day). 1 to 4 pm. 145 Brooklyn Brooklyn College, one block BUSINESS TALK: Greenpoint Reading Series with Gale Gates con men, small-time mobsters, from the intersection of Parent and Community neighborhood weirdoes and Ave. (718) 735-4400. Engagement meetings from Bank offers a talk “Projecting et al. 7 pm. Also, Genevieve Flatbush and Nostrand Revenues and Controlling Maull at 10 pm. 81 Washington Mean streets: Harry O’Reilly’s “Crooked Lines” plays the NUTRITION-FEEDING: Lecture avenues. (718) 951-4500. the NYC Department of the eternal heist gone bad. and demonstration with educa- Education. Learn about the Expenses.” Learn how to fore- St. (718) 222-1LOW. Free. In Latvian director Aleksan- Brooklyn International Film Festival May 4. tor and lecturer. $20. 4 to 6 pm. JAZZ: Long Island University hosts reorganization of public cast how much money you BARBES BAR: Zagnut Circus drs Petukhovs’ surreal epic Sunshine Playschool, 828 a vocal jazz ensemble concert. schools. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn need to start and operate a Orkestar. Call for ticket info and President St. (212) 875-7112. 7 pm. DeKalb and Flatbush Tech High School, 29 Fort business. 5:30 to 8 pm. 356 time. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965- “The Last Soviet Movie” Just as unlikely, arguably, is by the Amsterdam-based Jos avenues. Call for ticket info. Greene Place. (212) 374-5543. Fulton St. (718) 852-0539. Free. 9177. PUPPETWORKS: “Cinderella.” (718) 488-1051. (2003; May 4 at 1 pm), a the documentary “Brooklyn de Putter. 12:30 and 2:30 pm. See Sat. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Ha Ha FILM SALON: Brooklyn Young THEATER: “Motley, Mad and Brooklyn writer traces his Russ- Stories” (2002; April 29 at 5 Ursino laughs at the incon- BARNES AND NOBLE: Author Ha Plop with Jesus H. Christ. Filmmakers presents Marriage-Minded.” 8 pm. See OTHER Nina Revoyr reads from her Other groups. $5. 8 pm. Also, “Animation: Let’s Get Reel.” Wed., April 30. ian ancestors’ adventures pm), gruity, but says that Dutch GIL HODGES: Opening of “A book “Southland.” 7 pm. 106 klezmer music. No cover. 8:30 Salon features “how to” in the Revolution. filmmakers seem to have an Tribute to Gil,” an exhibit to Court St. (718) 246-4158. Free. pm. 70 North Sixth St. (718) demos. $5. 6 to 8:30 pm. Long Williamsburg-based affinity for portraits of “ordi- celebrate the life of Brooklyn INTERFAITH DISCUSSION: 782-5188. Island University, Flatbush FRI, MAY 2 CINEMA Dodgers great and ’69 Amazin’ Brooklyn Music School hosts a BARBES BAR: Terminal 4, a group Avenue Extension and DeKalb Ari Taub’s “Letters from nary America.” Mets manager Gil Hodges. panel discussion “Spiritual Tools of cello, trombone, double- bass Avenue. (718) 852- 9342. OPEN CALL: Brooklyn Cyclones the Dead” (2003; May 3 The Brooklyn International Film “This is not the first time 1:30 pm. Baseball Gallery at for Peace.” 7 to 9 pm. 126 St. and guitar players. No cover. 9 HIP-HOP: Fifth annual hip-hop his- baseball team holds auditions at 5 p.m.) goes just as far Festival 2003 will run April 28 through they’ve surprised me … They Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Felix St. (718) 783- 0375. Free. pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. tory month. Artists include Pete to sing National Anthem at afield while staying si- May 4 at the Brooklyn Museum of Art come here, and they see it in a (646) 245-8294. HOLOCAUST COMMEMORA- DJ Jones, Ken Spider Webb home games this summer. First (200 Eastern Parkway at Washington JUDAISM AMERICAN STYLE: TION DAY: Annual observance and D of Whodini. $10. 7 pm. tryout at 7:30 am. Keyspan multaneously close to Avenue). Additional screenings on certain way,” he says. “There Congregation Beth Elohim of Yom Hashoah. 7:30 pm. WEDS, APRIL 30 860 Atlantic Ave. (212) 592- Park, Coney Island. (718) 449- home. While it was shot April 30 will be at BAM Rose Cinemas is a sensitivity, I guess.” presents reporter and author Kane Street Synagogue, 236 0974. 8497. in the United States, in- (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place). But, Ursino goes on to ob- Ari L. Goldman discussing his Kane St. (718) 875-1550. Free. SUMMER SAFETY: Health Plus Individual tickets are $10 for book “The Search for G-d at LECTURE: Congregation B’nai talk. 8:30 am. Catholic Charities cluding on some interior evening programs and $8 for afternoon serve that the birthplace of the Harvard.” Bagel breakfast 10:30 Avraham hosts a series on Head Start, 4222 Fourth Ave. sets in Brooklyn, the programs; a full festival pass is $100; Dodgers means “America” am. Talk 11 am. 274 Garfield “Jewish Habits of Highly Ethical (718) 491-7584. Free. various other options are available. For movie’s ostensible set- across the globe. Place. (718) 768-3814. Free. 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