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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2008 AWP/18 pages • Vol. 31, No. 4 • Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 • FREE WRECK CENTER City’s $16-million armory gym completed, but doors won’t be opened anytime soon

By Dana Rubinstein At the time, the city said the The Brooklyn Paper project would be completed by This beautifully restored 2006. But that date came and Park Slope armory may look went. Potential operators were supposed to respond to the city’s

/ Jeff Bachner / Jeff primed and ready to host track and field meets, but don’t lace request for proposals by the end of September, but the city pushed up your running shoes just yet. back the deadline at least twice. The city has still not selected The concessionaire selected a private operator to run the ath- for the project will have to find a letic facility, even though it has The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn way to make money, while al- invested $16 million towards re- lowing neighborhood schools to habbing the building and began soliciting proposals last summer. use it free of charge. On Tuesday, Eric Deutsch, a Meanwhile, community lead- Heath Ledger, 28 spokesman for the Department ers are complaining they’ve of Homeless Services, which been left in the dark. The Brooklyn Paper also operates a women’s shelter “The entire project was ap- Actor Heath Ledger’s former Boerum Hill on site, told The Brooklyn Paper proached ass-backwards,” said neighbors streamed to the Dean Street home he that the city was evaluating the Community Board 6 district once shared with actress Michelle Williams in the only two proposals it received. manager Craig Hammerman, re- hours after the star’s sudden death in Manhattan on In 2004, the city announced it ferring, among other things, to Tuesday at age 28. would rehabilitate the run-down the city’s decision to fund the Bachner / Jeff In addition to candles (top), one mourner left a teddy Eighth Avenue building, between renovation of the armory and bear and a note for Williams that read, in part, “I know 14th and 15th streets, and turn then later ask outside firms to thing [sic] are tough right now, but god doesn’t give us most of it into a privately run ath- operate it. nothing we can’t handle. Stay strong ’cause your baby letic center, while still reserving “They hijacked the process needs you more than ever. Just remember he loved you space for the women’s shelter and from us many years ago and left Paper The Brooklyn and your baby very much. God bless you!!” for area veterans groups. the community in the dark.” The nearly completed recreation center inside the Park Slope Armory.

/ Jeff Bachner / Jeff On Wednesday, Williams’s mother, Carla (left), walked past the gathered media crews and into the house to await her daughter’s arrival later that night — with baby Matilda — from a film set in Sweden. Though Ledger’s death brought to mind the loss of fabled young Hollywood icons of the past, his deci- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn sion to move to Boerum Hill at the peak of his fame, and thoroughly embrace the normalities of Brown- Heights bombmaker is tied stone Brooklyn life, will forever set him apart. Ledger’s eternal status as a Brooklynite was sug- gested by Borough President Markowitz, who issued a statement on Tuesday that spoke for grieving fans:

/ Jeff Bachner / Jeff “The sudden and tragic death of former Brook- lynite Heath Ledger is sad news to his fans and movie to rash of swastika graffiti lovers in Brooklyn,” Markowitz said. “My condo- lences go out to Mr. Ledger’s loved ones as we By Mike McLaughlin mourn the passing of this huge talent taken from us The Brooklyn Paper POLICE far too soon.” The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Cops managed to solve two crimes BLOTTER at the same time last week, when a man arrested for turning his Brooklyn PAGE 4 Heights apartment into a bomb-making The blocks between Henry and Hicks factory later confessed to scrawling streets, and Montague and Joralemon anti-Semitic graffiti throughout the streets, were shut down for hours as po- neighborhood in September. lice investigated. Ivanov claimed some- Dem boss wants “We’re very relieved and thankful to one had shot him, but later revealed to Almighty God for bringing closure to police that it was a self-inflicted wound. this horrific episode,” said Rabbi Aaron Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham, Callan / Tom That prompted police to search the one of two synagogues on Remsen Street apartment, which turned up a trove of to take Pfizer site that were defaced with swastikas last fall. homemade explosives and illegal fire- If a higher power was behind the ar- arms, police said. rest of Ivaylo Ivanov, it started on Sun- Police say the Bulgarian immigrant By Adam F. Hutton 500 — a pharmaceutical juggernaut second in the day morning, when cops rushed to his Paper The Brooklyn later admitted to the September hate The Brooklyn Paper industry only to Johnson & Johnson. Remsen Street apartment after getting On Sunday morning, cops shut down Remsen Street between Henry and crimes, which included scrawling swas- Lopez says Pfizer broke its promise to donate calls about gunfire. Hicks streets due to a bomb scare. That was only the beginning. See BOMB on page 8 Drug giant Pfizer has slammed a proposal by its property to be redeveloped as affordable hous- two state assemblymen to seize the company’s ing when it shuttered the plant and laid-off 600 abandoned Williamsburg plant. workers in January, 2007. The former factory site, where Pfizer was found- Pfizer says it made no such promise, but added ed in 1849, would be snatched away that it is planning to redevelop the from the multi-billion-dollar corpora- site to bring low- and moderate-in- tion and redeveloped by the state as come housing to a neighborhood “affordable housing” if Assemblymen whose population is booming. That Ferry bad news Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg) and plan is still on track, Pfizer says, and Joseph Lentol (D–Greenpoint) get their Lopez’s move to take away its prop- way. Lopez is the boss of the Brooklyn erty is premature. Democratic Party organization. “Pfizer recently shared develop- Another line runs aground The two legislators say they will in- ment scenarios for our Brooklyn troduce a bill that would have the state properties with elected officials and By Dana Rubinstein the Red Hook-based business. use its power of eminent domain to stakeholders,” a Pfizer spokesman The Brooklyn Paper The shutdowns come with a certain irony. said. “We made it clear that our grab the 660,000-square-foot plant Just one month after the shutdown of win- The Bloomberg administration’s PlaNYC that Pfizer closed a year ago, as well plans would be based on principles calls for expanded ferry service, and in Vito Lopez ter service between north Brooklyn and Man- as a massive parking lot behind the ranging from the inclusion of afford- March, the city’s Economic Development plant and several other Pfizer build- able housing and job creation to mi- hattan, New York Water Taxi said it will sus- Corporation solicited proposals from ferry ings on 15 acres along Flushing Avenue between nority contracting opportunities. pend winter service from the 58th Street Pier companies to provide year-round service to Marcy and Tompkins avenues. “Within the context of these principles, we find it in Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal. three new ferry landings in Greenpoint and Following the seizure, the state agency would puzzling that a legislator would propose a govern- The company cited rising fuel costs, stag- Williamsburg — but to date the city has not seek developers to build between 1,500 and 1,700 ment seizure of private property to redevelop the nant ridership, and insufficient public funding. provided any direct subsidies for the service. units of affordable housing, a Lopez spokesman properties with the same uses we are considering.” At the end of December, the company sus- Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) said. Lopez fired back last week, saying that what pended its winter runs between Schaeffer said the lack of city subsidies “boggles the The Pfizer compound today bears little resem- Pfizer calls “affordable housing” could be consid- Landing in Williamsburg and Fulton Ferry mind.” Other forms of mass transit do get blance to the small laboratory and manufacturing ered luxury apartments by community standards. Landing in DUMBO with Lower Manhattan. public subsidies. But ferry service has not facility where the drug giant began as a small- “Affordable housing is not for people who are “[We’re] still waiting for [the city] to de- proven to be a “mass” transit at all — only a time family operation. From that single building, making $150,000 a year,” Lopez told The Brook- cide what role they want to play in support- few dozen people rode Fox’s boats across the the company rose to number 39 on the Fortune See PFIZER on page 15 ing [ferry service],” said Tom Fox, owner of East River to Manhattan daily. Romance at Amy’s without booze

By Adam F. Hutton al mishap,” said Lawrence Jordan, a managing will be open to the public in some shape, form The Brooklyn Paper partner in the restaurant group. or fashion on Valentine’s Day.” The mishap? The group showed up at CB2’s Perhaps, but opening a restaurant on Valen- Amorous couples will dine on sauteed chick- Downtown office instead of Brooklyn Hospital tine’s Day without a liquor license is like opening en liver and braised chitlens on Valentine’s Day in Fort Greene, where the hearing was held. a department store without a children’s depart- at the new Amy Ruth’s on Fulton Mall — but if

/ Nicole D’Arrigo As a result, the committee voted to send a let- ment, said veteran restaurateur Roy Rutledge.

they need booze to get in a romantic mood, ter to the State Liquor Authority opposing Amy “You attract more clientele with a liquor li- Callan / Tom they’ll have to go somewhere else. Ruth’s application, which is standard procedure cense than without it,” said Rutledge, whose That’s because the well-known Harlem soul when an applicant fails to attend its hearing, Per- new restaurant, Elementi, opened in Park Slope food restaurant won’t have its liquor license ris said. last summer. when it opens its new location in the old Gage Fortunately for Amy Ruth’s, the owners were “As a general rule, not having a liquor license The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn

& Tollner site on Feb. 14. able to reschedule again before the board sent its is not a good thing from a business standpoint,” Paper The Brooklyn But unlike ill-fated lovers, the fault in this to attend a Community Board 2 committee to missive to the SLA. The hearing has been Rutledge said. “But if Amy Ruth’s decides to al- case lies not in the romantic stars, but with discuss the liquor license application in Novem- rescheduled for Feb. 6, just eight days before low people to bring their own bottles, and they themselves. ber. But the group’s attorney was not available, Amy Ruth’s opens for the first time — not don’t charge huge corking fees, then not having “It was a procedural mishap,” one of the so the restaurant rescheduled, according to CB2 enough time for the SLA to sign off on the a license is not a huge deterrent to customers.” King tribute owners told The Brooklyn Paper last week. District Manager Rob Perris. liquor license. Amy Ruth’s official opening ceremony, com- Sen. Charles Schumer (pictured), Mayor Bloomberg and other The Morning Star Restaurant Group, which But the restaurateurs missed the rescheduled Jordan was disappointed, but making the plete with a ribbon-cutting, will take place in top pols spoke at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual Mar- owns both Amy Ruth’s locations, was supposed hearing in December because of that “procedur- most of it: “Even without a liquor license, we February or March, Jordan said. tin Luther King Jr. celebration on Monday. 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 26, 2008 shoprico.com WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS SATURDAY MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY January 26 January 28 January 29 January 31 February 1 Byrne Rhyme time ‘Treatment’ This month’s installment of Brooklyn Reading Tonight on HBO, catch Works, which is like a the premiere of “In Treat- much cooler version of a ment,” a new series star- regular old book club, is ring Brooklyn Heights res- called “Word Girls,” and ident, and brooding Irish will feature readings from Gravy train dreamboat, Gabriel A new leaf poets Barbara Crooker, Newsom’s Byrne. The show, which pictured, Meredith Davies The New York Transit features Byrne as a psy- Now in its 12th year, the new gig Museum and “gustatory Brooklyn Botanic Gar- Hadaway and others. chiatrist, will air a differ- And, if inspiration strikes, Joanna Newsom sent sherpa” Todd Coleman ent episode each day — den’s “Plant-O-Rama” will present a tour of restau- feature 45 vendors, at- there will be an open mic shivers through the bor- five nights in a row — ough’s audiophile scene rants along the L and M tracting over 1,000 green- afterwards, so audience giving viewers a chance when booked a show trains with “The L to the thumbed revelers. Stop in members can share their to observe each of the with the Brooklyn Philhar- Mmmmm Train,” a culi- to check out vintage own work. patient’s sessions. monic, but it sold out in a nary tour that hits plant catalogues and pre- 8 pm at the Old Stone House (336 flash. Newsom has added Sicilian, Mexican and Ger- 9 pm on HBO. For informa- sentations from superstar Third St. at Fifth Avenue in Park tion, visit www.hbo.com. horticulturists, and start tonight’s show, so if you’re man restaurants, among Slope). Free. For information, thinking about what you’ll visit brooklynreadingworks.com. still searching for tickets, others, that give the bor- Best Of plant in your own garden this is your last chance. ough its tasty flavor. as spring gets closer. 8 pm at the Brooklyn Academy 11 am. $45, $40 for members, Sofas 372 & 384 atlantic bklyn 718 797 2077 9 am at the Brooklyn Botanic of Music’s Howard Gilman and reservations are required. Garden (1000 Washington Opera House (30 Lafayette Contact the New York Transit Ave. at Montgomery Street in Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Museum at (718) 694-1867 for Prospect Heights). Free. For Greene). $25-$55. For informa- reservations and route infor- information, call (718) 623- tion, call (718) 636-4100 or visit mation. 7227 or visit www.bbg.org. www.brooklynphilharmonic.org. PRIME RETAIL NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay

Frankenpine, Lindy Loo, Rench, Newton SAT, JAN 26 Creek Gang, Kamara Thomas and her band Larune. Pulled pork, cornbread and IN DUMBO OUTDOORS AND TOURS grits will be served. $8. 2 pm at Galapagos Call Caroline Pardo or Louise Ehrmann 718_222_2500 ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman Art Space, 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Two Trees Management LLC www.dumbo-newyork.com Rink. $5, $3 kids and seniors. $6 skate BAM: “Happy Days.” 3 pm. See Sat., Jan. 26. rental. Sessions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program. 4 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter park at Lincoln pm. See Sat., Jan. 26. Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 965-8999. $ psf PUBLIC SKATING: at Aviator Sports. $8, $6 OTHER 45 kids. $4 skate rental. Noon to 3 pm; 3:30 CAREGIVER WELLNESS DAY: Park Slope pm to 6:30 pm and 7 pm to 11 pm. Hangar Geriatric Day Center offers relaxation sf (Divisible) 5, Floyd Bennett Field. (718) 758-7500. workshops for caregivers of the elderly. 6,600 Yoga, reiki and meditation. Lunch served. PERFORMANCE 11 am to 2 pm. 1 Prospect Park West. 81 Front Street METROPOLITAN OPERA: In conjunction with RSVP. (347) 296-2345. Free. the Brooklyn Academy of Music, live trans- PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical DUMBO_come see what they see mission of the Met’s “Hansel and Gretel.” Culture presents speaker Anne Klaeysen. $42, $40 includes brunch. 11:30 am She examines the process of moral striving brunch, performance at 1:30 pm. $22 for as the core of ethics. 11 am. 53 Prospect film. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Park West. (718) 768-2972. Free. (718) 636-4129. LECTURE: “Trains and Trolleys” presented by BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents the Urban Park Rangers. 1 pm. Fort

Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days.” $25 to an Greene Park. Call 311 and ask for the $75. 2 pm and 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey m Urban Park Rangers. Free. Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. AUTHOR TALK: Today: “Triple Homicide.” CHORAL MUSIC: The Musica Bella Orchestra Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes and Chorus performs a program of works reads and discusses his new book. 1:30 by Bach. $15, $10 seniors and students. 2 Neal J. Free pm. Also, Director Kate Whoriskey, Artistic pm. St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 249 Ninth Get ‘Wild’: On Saturday, Feb. 2, the Gallery Players will debut “Wild Director Jeffery Horowitz and actors from St. (718) 499-3031. Party,” playwright Andrew Lippa’s musical send-up of the 1920s vaude- the Theatre for a New Audience discuss TRIBUTE CONCERT: Martin Luther King Jr. their production of Biyi Bandele’s adaption concert: “My Soul Looks Back.” $15. 7:30 ville scene, in their Park Slope theater. of “Oroonoko” by Aphra Behn. 4 pm. pm. Kumble Theater, Long Island Uni- Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch, versity, Flatbush Avenue Extension at Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. DeKalb Avenue. (718) 636-6995. pm to 6:30 pm. Hangar 5, Floyd Ben- $14 adults, $7 seniors and students. 2 CAFE STEINHOF: presents the film: “The 39 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program fea- nett Field. (718) 758-7500. pm. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Steps” (1935). 10:30 pm. 422 Seventh Ave. tures works by Haydn, Bartok and Elgar. Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. (718) 369-7776. Free. $40, $25 seniors and students. 8 pm. PERFORMANCE WINTER CONCERT: The Park Slope Singers Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing perform Mozart and Gounod. Rod the East River. (718) 624-2083. Arts at Brooklyn College presents The Sorensen conducts. $10, $5 students and MON, JAN 28 CHORAL MUSIC: The Brooklyn Conservatory Acting Company’s production of Shake- seniors. 3 pm. St. Saviour Church, 611 speare’s “The Tempest.” $30, $20. 2 pm. Chorale presents “Poets, Mystics and the Eighth Ave. (718) 788-7655. SENIOR EXERCISE PROGRAM: Seniors in Muse,” featuring a variety of works for Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn Shape presents its Winter 2008 Program. College, one block from the junction of CHORAL PERFORMANCE: presented by chorus, orchestra and vocal soloists. $10, the Grace and Spiritus Chorale of Classes include tap dance, slimnastics, pain $5 students and seniors. 8 pm. 58 Seventh Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) management and more. $5 day pass. 8:30 Ave. (718) 622-3300. 951-4600. Brooklyn. $15, $12 students and seniors. am to 3:30 pm. Aviator Sports and Re- CORIGLIANO FEST: Brooklyn Philharmonic 3 pm. Old First Reformed Church, 126 creation, Hangar 5, Floyd Bennett Field. OTHER hosts its Music Off the Walls series with Seventh Ave. (718) 707-1411. (718) 758-7500. SENIORS IN SHAPE: Aviator Sports invites “Snapshot: Circa 1909, Sonata for Violin BROOKLYN COUNTY FAIR: featuring per- KINDERGARTEN FORUM: Panel of experts seniors to classes in chair yoga, stretch and and Piano.” Included in admission of formances by East River String band, from the Department of Education and tone and ballroom dance. Open to anyone District 15 discuss commonalities and dif- over 55. 9 am to 12:15 pm. Hangar 5, ferences among public kindergartens, Floyd Bennett Field. Call for program info. enrollment policies and procedures, zon- (718) 758-7500. Free. ing, variances, special programs and more. LECTURE: Park Slope Jewish Center presents $5 suggested donation. 6:30 pm to 8:30 Rabbi Melissa Weintraub in a discussion: CIVIC CALENDAR pm. Families First, 250 Baltic St. Reserva- “Collective Punishment and Combatant MONDAY, JAN. 28 Call (718) 935-1122 for info. tions suggested. (718) 237-1862. Civilian Distinctions.” Explore battlefield NETWORKING NIGHT: All About Brooklyn ethics in Jewish law. 1 pm. 1320 Eighth Community Board 10. Full board. On Dept. of Transportation. PlaNYC workshop the agenda: Discussion of Styrofoam ban, hosts an evening of networking, socializing Ave. Free. on neighborhood parking. Congregation and half price drinks. $25 in advance. 6:30 SILENT FILM: Short comedies with Charlie Owls Head smell update, and a presenta- Beth Elohim (274 Garfield Pl., at Eighth tion on the so-called “Gowanus Skyway.” pm to 9 pm. Donna da Vine Wine Bar, 378 Chaplin, Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Avenue in Park Slope), 7 pm. RSVP Atlantic Ave. (718) 859-0229. Arbuckle. 1 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s Shore Hill Community Room (9000 Shore required. Call (917) 339-0488 for info. Rd., at 91st Street in Bay Ridge), 7:15 Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Meet McCain’s man. On the agenda: pm. Call (718) 745-6827 for info. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. GOP presidential hopeful John McCain’s TUES, JAN 29 ADOPT AN ANIMAL: The Animal Care and TUESDAY, JAN. 29 national campaign director, Chris Cox, Control of New York City brings 50 of their 78th Precinct Community Council. will be speaking. Knights of Columbus STROKE SURVIVOR SUPPORT GROUP: animals to be adopted. Dogs Den Doggie Monthly meeting. 78th Precinct station- (corner of 13th Avenue and 86th Street Lutheran Healthcare System hosts a talk by Daycare, 501 Fifth Ave. (917) 217-0571. house (65 Sixth Ave., at Bergen Street in in Bay Ridge), 7:15 pm. Call (718) 921- stroke survivors. 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. Prospect Heights), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 2158 for info. Sunset Park Family Health Center, 150 55th 636-6410 for info. St., third floor. (718) 630-8221. Free. SUN, JAN 27 MONDAY, FEB. 4 ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES: Natalie Frank THURSDAY, JAN. 31 Residential Permit Parking Group: Neigh- speaks at Pratt Institute about her artwork OUTDOORS Public hearings on cable television borhood associations make presentation on and career. 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm. En- service. On the agenda: Tell the city what parking permits to the Department of Trans- ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman gineering Building, DeKalb Avenue be- you think about Cablevision, Time War- portation. St. Francis College Auditorium tween Hall Street and Classon Avenues, Rink. $5, $3 kids and seniors. $6 skate ner and public access. NYC College of (180 Remsen St., between Court and Clin- rental. Sessions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to room 371. (718) 636-3600. Free. Technology, Klitgord Auditorium (285 Jay ton streets in Brooklyn Heights), 7 pm. SUPPORT GROUP: New York Methodist 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter park at Lincoln St., at Tillary Street in Downtown), 3 pm. 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By Adam F. Hutton design the building, which is located at stay afloat even after the Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper the corner of Henry and Orange streets, Academy of Music in Fort Greene Mascena said. opened its movie theaters and arranged The Brooklyn Heights Cinema, the They’ve also hired a lawyer to keep exclusive first-run deals on hot inde- last twin movie house in the borough, them from falling afoul of the city’s pendent and foreign films. will soon add two screens. Byzantine landmarks code. The theater, Mascena credits the cinema’s loyal In other words, roll the credits on a though not itself a landmark, is in the customers — many of whom come to see The Mac Support Store piece of Brooklyn movie history, the era Brooklyn Heights Historic District, every show she screens in its 150-seat of the twin grindhouse that was so popu- meaning that the couple is limited in theaters — for keeping the place open 168 7th Street and 3rd Avenue lar when the cinema opened in the what it can do with its building. long after twin theaters became an 1970s. In addition to doubling the screens, anachronism in American cinema culture. Brooklyn, NY 11215

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The Brooklyn Paper Hot wheels cops she heard her door open, Here’s a roundup of reported POLICE BLOTTER and, not expecting anyone, went 84th Precinct car thefts and break-ins last week: to see who it was. Peeking in the ROBBED! • A Toyota Highlander that doorway was a man who worked Art space loses its had been parked on Wyckoff for a contractor in her building. DOWNTOWN / BOERUM wallet, $15 and various cards. Only later in the afternoon did HILL / B’KLYN HEIGHTS Street on Jan 18 was busted into. Gunvinced A police source said the vic- she realize that her purse, which A bicyclist was robbed and The thief stole parts of the car it- A man who claimed to be tim was a little drunk, and the broke changed his mind after a contained $380, had been taken. security equipment to thieves pummeled by a gang of teen- self. police report confirmed that he • A woman who had parked panhandler announced that he Police will be questioning the agers on the Brooklyn Bridge was “unable to cooperate” with had a gun on Jan. 18. intrusive, suspect worker. By Mike McLaughlin footpath on at 11:45 pm on Jan. on Jan. 18 at 5:30 pm between the investigation of the crime. Hoyt and Bond streets, and when The victim told cops that he — Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper 16. But that didn’t prevent cops from she returned at 1 pm the next was standing in front of a build- Galapagos Art Space, the Williamsburg The 32-year-old man was on doing their job — they later ar- ing near the corner of Seventh day, saw the window was broken rested a man who had the stolen 68th Precinct arts haven that is rehabbing an old stables for his bike approaching the Brook- and the radio, airbags, backdoor Avenue and Berkeley Place at lyn stairwell at Washington Street property still on him, the report a move to DUMBO, lost almost $300,000 panels, antenna and even the around 11 pm when a man ap- BAY RIDGE / DYKER HTS worth of security devices that were supposed when 20 teens blocked his way. indicated. proached and asked for $20. back-wiper had been taken. to keep its future home protected, cops said. He politely said, “Excuse me,” Triple teamed Smash ’n’ grab “I don’t have any money,” the On camera but then the pack sprang on him A Florida woman lost her man said. A thief didn’t need a high- Thieves entered the arts and performance A man and two women with punches and kicks. purse and a credit card when a But when the panhandler said, powered laser to break into a space, at the corner of Main and Water streets, jumped a woman on Atlantic Av- They beat the man uncon- thief smashed the window of her “I have a gun,” the man changed 92nd Street medical complex — through a hole under the front door after 6 pm enue on Jan. 15. scious. After pounding him to car parked in a drugstore parking his mind and handed over $5. but he took one on the way out. on Jan. 15. When workers returned the next The man grabbed the victim the ground, they stole his iPod lot on Ninth Street on Jan. 20. Irregular Someone gained entry to the morning, they found that the surveillance sys- and Banshee bicycle. from behind, covered her The 35-year-old woman had building, which is between Bat- tem, valued at over $270,000 was missing. The victim was taken to Long mouth and said, “Give her your A thief got away with just $60 tery Avenue and Parrott Place, Also gone was high-end computer equip- parked the Jeep Cherokee in the from an 11th Street coffeeshop Island College Hospital for head stuff.” secluded, little-known back park- through a broken window some- ment worth more than $32,000. trauma and multiple contusions. He also threatened her, “If overnight on Jan. 13. time before 11:30 am on Jan. 20. The future home of the innovative art space ing lot between Fifth an Sixth av- The burglar did not damage Hit and rob you tell the cops, I’m gonna enues at around 6:30 pm. The thief kicked open cabi- is undergoing an environmentally friendly ren- slice you.” either of the entry doors at Café nets and threw medical supplies ovation. Eventually, natural gas will power the Two thugs hopped out of a When she returned to the car Regular, between Fifth and Sixth To avoid any trouble, the minutes later, she saw the tell- all over the place before stealing spotlights, the sound system and the rest of the parked SUV on the corner of Co- woman surrendered her cell- avenues. the high-tech computer equip- / Mike McLaughlin lumbia Heights and Orange Street tale broken glass and noticed that electrical appliances in the building and recy- phone and iPod in the 5 pm at- ment. and violently robbed a pedestrian her purse was gone. She quickly Some bill! cled rainwater will flush through the building’s tack, which took place between cancelled the credit card. A woman stole $42,000 in Police are examining surveil- toilets and flow through its sinks.. at 11:45 pm on Jan. 18. Smith Street and Boerum Place lance camera footage. The 33-year-old man passed Window watch checks from New York Meth- The roof itself will be transformed into an — Mike McLaughlin odist Hospital and deposited urban meadow with trees, local grasses and the black SUV at just after mid- A thief reached inside the Uncharitable them in her personal account, but flowers. night when two men jumped out. window of a Warren Street apart- A 53-year-old Battery Avenue Paper The Brooklyn One of the hoods whipped out a managed to withdraw just $450 man who called a company that 78th Precinct ment and stole a laptop comput- before cops put a stop to it on firearm and threatened to “ruin er on Jan. 15. had advertised on the radio about your s—t” if the victim didn’t Jan. 14, police said. picking up old cars for charity was PARK SLOPE The 63-year-old victim told The hospital told cops that the comply. After the victim handed Police say the theft occurred hand over his money. cops that the burglar simply duped when a man claiming to be Stab threat Shattered check theft occurred on Dec. 22, A thug who claimed to have a it over, the crook ran away. at 1:40 am and that the Maxima At first, the man didn’t give opened the ground-floor window representing the charity stole his is worth $13,000. up his cash, so the aggressors A 33-year-old man never but the crime was only uncov- Jeep Cherokee on Jan. 10. knife mugged a man on 85th Turn it off! a crack, slipped out the Mac G4, ered when the perp tried to start threw him to the ground and knew what hit him on Jan. 16 and fled from the building, Police say the tow truck driv- Street on Jan. 18. A 29-year-old man left his car Plumbing woes took $60 themselves. when a perp bashed him from withdrawing the money. er gave the owner a reference The 17-year-old victim was running at the corner of 72nd Someone stole $6,000 in plumb- which is between Fourth and A sharp-eyed bank manager Flush with cash, the robbers behind on Union Street and stole Fifth avenues. number but no receipt. The man walking near Third Avenue at Street and Fifth Avenue to make ing fixtures from a 79th Street sped off in their getaway car. his wallet — but the good news had already frozen the account later called the towing company around 8:30 am when the thug a quick stop at a store on Jan. 19 apartment that was vacant while is that the thug was later arrested, That hurts and turned the case over to postal and was told they had no record approached, demanded his cell- — but by the time he returned, the owner was on vacation. Bag stuffers cops said. Two computer monitors were inspectors, who have jurisdiction of such a pick-up — and the phone, and told the victim that someone else had stolen the gray The 31-year-old resident had Three men took $5,400 in The First Street man told po- taken from a medical office on in such wire-fraud cases. Jeep has not been seen since. he would be stabbed if he didn’t Nissan. given a set of keys to several con- merchandise from a Montague lice that he was walking home Eighth Avenue between Berke- The suspect’s identity is tractors working on the apartment, Street clothing shop on Jan. 17. from Fourth Avenue at around ley Place and Union Street known from her bank records, but when she returned on Jan. 16, Employees saw three men 1:40 am when a man or gang overnight on Jan. 14. though the 24-year-old has not she found she’d been robbed. stuffing bags with dozens of smashed him on the head, Police say a perp broke been arrested — yet. Police say there were no signs pairs of sweaters, pants and knocking him to the pavement. through the glass door on the — Gersh Kuntzman SPEAK UP! of forced entry at the house, shirts at 7:30 pm in the store, The perp or perps rifled his ground floor sometime between Bloggers will tell all which is between Narrows Av- which is near Henry Street. pockets and stole a cellphone, 8 pm and 8:45 the next morning. 76th Precinct enue and Colonial Road. None of the contractors had been given CARROLL GARDENS/ about thefts, but don’t tell cops permission to take the materials. COBBLE HILL / RED HOOK Pocket picked By Dana Rubinstein the message board, Brooklyn- cops that three unauthorized Smash ’n’ grab ian.com, had received more transactions — for a total of A 68th Street woman returned INVASION! He breaks into home The Brooklyn Paper to her home on Jan. 18 to find that A burglar invaded a woman’s than six dozen complaints $1,200 — had been made someone had stolen her wallet. Union Street home and stole her If someone’s stolen your from residents recently vic- with his debit card at a Wal- By the time cancelled the purse on Jan. 16. identity, don’t just blog about timized by credit card fraud. Mart in Kissimmee, Florida. credit cards at 5 pm that evening, After shattering a front win- it, tell the cops! hours after mugging someone Some of those complaints in- Argenziano said there has at least four charges — totaling dow, the thief was able to reach Park Slopers have been do- cluded fraudulent charges been no spike in reported $296 — had been made on her watching television on the couch. inside and unlock the front door ing the latter, for sure. On Jan. By Adam F. Hutton from gas stations in Florida identity theft crimes, despite cards. The thief also got $70. He locked the door, claiming he had a knife at 6:30 am. Once inside the resi- 13, the Park Slope Parents Web The Brooklyn Paper and Texas. They had little else the blog frenzy. He said his — Joe Jordan and a gun, and told the women that he wanted dence, which is between Smith site, an online community, be- in common. officers can’t possibly detect An armed thug, claiming that he had just money for a cab — because he had just stabbed and Hoyt streets, the burglar took gan inundating each other with stabbed someone, robbed two Williamsburg But few people seem to be any pattern if fraud victims someone and needed to get out of the area. a pocketbook near the front door. stories of identity theft. reporting such crimes to the don’t report the crime (blog- 77th Precinct women after forcing his way into their South Instead, he settled for swiping a laptop, a The Gowanus Lounge and cops, which top cop John Ar- ging doesn’t count). Fourth Street apartment on Jan. 19. Peek-a-boo digital camera, a gold bracelet, an iPod, two Again, front doors are no bar- Only the Blog Knows Brook- genziano said was key to “We look into all the cas- PROSPECT HEIGHTS One of the 26-year-old victims told police cellphones and $20, and left the apartment. rier to hooligans, especially lyn promptly picked up the finding the culprits. es,” said Argenziano. “Vic- Three on one that she was entering her building at around 9:45 Earlier in the day, a man fitting the descrip- when they are unlocked. story, fueling the identity theft Indeed, last week, it appears tims should make a report. pm when the robber asked if she needed help. tion of the robber threatened and robbed a man This time, a woman’s purse anxiety in the already anxi- just one person reported such a And then [Detective Tony Three teenagers mugged a 34- She said no, but the man followed her into in his Seigel Street apartment building at about was stolen from a counter near the ety-prone Slope. crime within the cozy confines Shy] will look into the crime. year-old woman shortly at the building, which is located between Keap 4 pm. In that case, he told his 27-year-old vic- unsealed entrance to apartment on Gowanus Lounge’s blog- of Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. … We do get people, but it’s around 5 pm on Jan. 21. and Hooper streets, then forced his way into tim that he had a knife, whereupon the victim Atlantic Avenue near Smith Street ger claimed that he, along On Jan. 19, a 56-year-old very difficult. There’s no line- The boys approached the her apartment, where her roommate was handed over $14. on Jan. 18. with Park Slope Parents and Prospect Park West man told up. It’s a paper thing.” woman near the corner of The 49-year-old woman told See POLICE on page 8

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MORE FROM... RED HOOK Don’t Hold back THE The time is now stoop Not so fast Your DIRECT NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT ADMISSION Lack of cash stalls www.citytech.cuny.edu DOWNTOWN B77 to Manhattan APPLY NOW or call 718.260.5500 By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper A direct bus ride between Red Hook and Lower Manhattan has been widely touted as a solution to the neighborhood’s poor access to mass transit — but the fix won’t happen unless the new subway fare hike creates enough revenue, the Metropolitan Degrees in: Transportation Authority said this week. The fare hike package approved late last month did include a pro- posal to extend the B77 bus, which now meanders between Park dental hygiene Slope and Red Hook, to South Ferry through the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel. As part of the same proposal, the B71, now connecting computer network Crown Heights with Cobble Hill, would also go to South Ferry. But neither $4.1-million proposal will move forward until the law and paralegal studies MTA assesses its finances in the spring. The MTA finished 2007 with a $500-million surplus, but it has

/ Tom Callan / Tom graphic design often balked at taking on higher operating costs because it is saddled with billions in debt from borrowing during Gov. Pataki’s adminis- tration, and predicts budget deficits in the coming years, said New York City Transit spokesman James Anyansi. While the MTA looks for money, public transit continues to be The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn the bane for Red Hook residents. For many, Lower Manhattan is visible from their homes, yet getting there has required multiple bus and subway transfers. “We need it,” said Thomas Lubrin, while he waited for the B77 on Downtown’s kaffee klatsch a recent Friday. “I have to leave my house very early in the morning.” Not surprisingly, the idea of a straight shot to Manhattan sounded By Adam F. Hutton “It’s a very slow process.” and other pre-made victuals, good to others waiting for the bus on Ninth Street. New York City College of Technology The Brooklyn Paper The health inspector was with a focus on organic snacks. “It would be convenient,” said Jackie Crowell. due to give the store its pre- “We’re jumping on that If buses are not routed into Manhattan, Red Hook commuters will 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 • 877.NYC.TECH A new bookstore and café liminary inspection on Jan. bandwagon,” White said. have an even longer trip when the Smith–Ninth Street subway sta- opened last week on the City 25, a full week after the rib- If all goes well, the café will tion is closed for nine months in 2010 as part of the extensive reha- Tech campus Downtown, bon-cutting ceremony. have nine tables and 36 seats. bilitation of the F line between Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue. but the public will have to The café is located within wait at least a week more be- the college’s official book- fore they can partake of the store, which is managed by gourmet coffee and organic Follett Higher Education snacks. Group, but both the café and That’s because red tape is the bookstore, which stocks holding back the scrappy new the latest John Grisham novels café, which hopes to compete and other general interest with the Starbucks and the Au works alongside the requisite Bon Pain in the Metrotech school textbooks, are open to Center a block away. the general public. “I’ve been to the licensing “We’re hoping to draw peo- center in Manhattan so many ple from the courthouse and times, I don’t even want to Metrotech,” White said. think about it,” said Melissa Once the Health Depart- White, manager of the book- ment gives the green light, the shop, which is at the corner of café will serve wrap and deli Adams Street and Tech Place. sandwiches as well as salads

FORT GREENE 4W comes full circle / Jeff Bachner / Jeff The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Selma Jackson, owner of 4W Circle, a Fort Greene artists incubator, will finally close next week after two decades.

By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper 4W Circle of Art and Enterprise, the Fulton Street arts “in- cubator” that will, after nearly two decades, close at the end of the month, has one last gift for the community (and one last marketing opportunity for its resident artist-merchants): a bit- tersweet blow-out party on Sunday, Jan. 27. It’s bittersweet, because owner Selma Jackson has done more than her part for Fort Greene, nurturing a number of creative en- terprises, including clothing designers Courtney Washington, also on Fulton Street, and Tribal Truths Collection, on South Oxford Street. Her departure from the scene has prompted some of the stan- dard complaints about increased rents, but Jackson swears there’s no need to rally around the anti-gentrification flag. “I have three grandchildren that I don’t really get a chance to spend a lot of time with,” said Jackson. “I wouldn’t even say [in- creasing] rent is the lion’s share of the reason we’re closing.” Jackson, a one-time bank manager, helped found 4W, or “Women Working and Winning for the World,” 17 years ago. It sprang, in part, from Jackson’s realization that it was difficult for artists to get small business loans. Jackson rented a storefront on Fulton Street for $2,000 a month, and then subleased that space to aspiring artist retailers, helping them learn what it takes to run a business. She focused on women of color. But times have changed, said Jackson. Artists aren’t as interest- ed in leasing space (the rates are now about $650 a month). In- stead, they want Jackson to sell their products on consignment, but she’s not interested in that business model. In closing, Jackson is forcing her existing artists to take the next step. “For me it means having to move on,” said Cae Byng, the own- er J&L Handmade Soap, who makes her product in her Crown Heights home and sells it at 4W. “I don’t feel too negative about it, because the whole design of 4W is that you move on. It’s the MINI OF MANHATTAN next step.” 4W closing party (704 Fulton St., between South Oxford Street and South Portland Avenue), Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 pm until closing. 555 W 57th St Call (718) 875-6500 for info. New York NY 10019-2925 THE KITCHEN SINK (212) 586-2269 The new Union Market has finally opened on Seventh Av- enue between 12th and 13th streets. The acclaim has been univer- www.miniofmanhattan.com sal. … Our pals on the St. Saviour’s girls basketball team im- proved their league record to 9–0 last week. Alyson Caiazzo continues to be a powerhouse. … Artist Jonathan Blum, who did a great rabbi and dog painting for our editor’s best friend’s wedding, is having a retrospective of his fine work at the Park

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DENTAL . martmom was walking on the other day she almost kept Lincoln Place when she on walking. It’s not like Smart- SLOPEDENTAL.COM Ssaw Old Mom Friend mom is in denial about all this walking in the opposite direc- SMART college stuff. It’s just that, she’s tion. Neither of them paused to trying to stay calm for as long say hello at first. as possible. Although Smartmom has al- But here in Park Slope, ways enjoyed their sidewalk con- you’re supposed to be ahead of L14 versations, on this particular mom the curve, ready for the next day she wasn’t sure she was in By Louise Crawford phase, seriously way in advance the mood for what might be an because… anxiety provoking conversation That means you’re paying about college. attention. A COMPREHENSIVE TUTORIAL SERVICE Frankly, Smartmom didn’t ond grade class with an en- however, Smartmom and OMF Smartmom and OMF wish- feel like getting agitated about chanted teacher named Ian, would run into each other and ed each other the best of luck. STUDY SKILLS “The African Drum” plays on Feb. 3 at Brooklyn Music who taught the class the history have a quick worry fest about the future of the tall guy with They were going to need it over REGENTS EXAMS School Playhouse. the low voice and facial hair of baseball and directed the kids something or other. the next year or so: college who lives in the bedroom next in a play about the subway. hen the boys were in tours, SATs, applications, finan- HOMEWORK HELP SATURDAY, JAN. 26 Seventh Ave., at Carroll Street door to where she sleeps. Over the years, they shared eighth grade, the cial aid, admissions letters. 11 am and 2 pm: Kid’s art in Park Slope). $7, $6 kids. anxieties about their sons, their moms ran into each SUBJECT EXPERTISE Call (728) 638-8300 for info. At 16, Teen Spirit is such a W But most of all: those anxi- workshop. Brooklyn Museum work in progress. It’s his life teachers and the curriculum at other on one of the high school ety provoking conversations on SAT/SATII PREP (200 Eastern Pkwy., at 11 am and 2 pm: Kid’s art PS 321. When it came time to Washington Avenue in workshop. See Saturday, Jan. now. A quick review of what tours and shared plenty of agita Seventh Avenue. Prospect Heights). Free. Call 26. he’s been up to doesn’t really apply to middle school, Smart- as they walked nervously Louise Crawford also writes GET THE EDGE - START EARLY (718) 638-5000 for info. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Pup- express the scope of who he is. mom remembers many an an- through the hallowed halls of the “Only the Blog Knows Brook- 11 am: Kid’s singer John pet show. “Cinderella.” Suddenly, Old Mom Friend guished conversation about that High School for Telecommuni- lyn.” www.tutors-ink.com 212.594.4730 718.941.0541 Fogarty. Plymouth Church Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., cheerful topic. cations Arts and Technology. Gymnasium (75 Hicks St., at at Fourth Street in Park stopped in her tracks and turned Orange Street in Brooklyn Slope). $8, $7 kids. Call (718) around. “I haven’t seen you in Teen Spirit and OMF’s son The boys ended up in differ- Heights). $10, free for kids 2 965-3391 for info. ages,” OMF said. both attended MS 51, a public ent high schools. Two years and younger. Call (718) 624- middle school on Fifth Avenue. SUNDAY, FEB. 3 “I didn’t recognize you with ago, Smartmom ran into OMF 4743 for info. There were few opportunities at the Subway sandwich shop 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Pup- Noon–4 pm: Kid’s Asian arts that big winter hat on,” Smart- Day pet show. “Cinderella.” celebration. Kumble Theater, mom said. It was only partly true. for the moms to share anxiety on Seventh Avenue, where they Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., Long Island University The conversation went just anymore. The kids no longer yakked about how nervous at Fourth Street in Park (DeKalb and Flatbush needed their moms to take them making it was to have their School, avenues). $20, $12 kids 12 as Smartmom expected. OMF Slope). $8, $7 kids. Call (718) to and from school. At the occa- boys taking the subway alone. 965-3391 for info. and younger. Call (718) 522- wanted to know if they’d visit- 4696 for info. ed any colleges yet. Smartmom sional school art show or play, When Smartmom saw OMF Inc. SUNDAY, JAN. 27 3 pm: Kid’s theater. “The wasn’t sure what to say. The 11 am and 2 pm: Kid’s art African Drum.” Brooklyn A fully licensed and certified preschool workshop. Brooklyn Museum Music School Playhouse (126 truth is, Teen Spirit, doesn’t (200 Eastern Pkwy., at St. Felix St., at Lafayette even want to talk about college. Washington Avenue in Avenue in Fort Greene). $10. OMF wanted to know if SOLUTION - FOCUSED ■ 2-4 year old programs ■ 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, Prospect Heights). Free. Call Call (212) 724-0677 for info. Teen Spirit was thinking of ap- (718) 638-5000 for info. 4 pm: Kid’s chamber music plying to music schools. PSYCHOTHERAPY afternoons or full days 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Pup- concert. Old First Reformed ■ Licensed teachers pet show. “Cinderella.” Church (126 Seventh Ave., at She wanted to know if he ADULTS · CHILDREN · ADOLESCENTS · COUPLES · FAMILIES Carroll Street in Park Slope). ■ Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., had a list of the schools he’s in- · Gentle and Caring Psychotherapy ■ Spacious Classrooms at Fourth Street in Park $7, $6 kids. Call (728) 638- terested in. Optimal educational equipment 8300 for info. · Focus on Personal Strengths, Goals and Solutions. Effective for Slope). $8, $7 kids. Call (718) Standing on the corner of Lin- 965-3391 for info. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Pup- all types of emotional, behavioral and relationship challenges. ■ ■ Enriched Curriculum pet show. “Cinderella.” coln Place and Seventh Avenue, Exclusive outdoor facilities SATURDAY, FEB. 2 Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., Smartmom felt the anxiety rise QUICK RESULTS · COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL · MORNING, AFTERNOON & EVENING HRS 10 am and 11:30 am: Kid’s at Fourth Street in Park up inside her like acid reflux. ■ Indoor Gym facilities ■ Caring, loving environment chamber music concert. Old Slope). $8, $7 kids. Call (718) CONVENIENT PARK SLOPE LOCATION First Reformed Church (126 965-3391 for info. OMF and Smartmom go way back. They used to talk in 917-922-4983 the backyard of PS 321 when STEVEN KATZ, LCSW Want to list your event? E-mail [email protected]. 25 Years of Counseling Experience [email protected] Call: 230-5255 • 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) their boys were in the same sec- L27

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Continued from page 6 Bus transportation in many outdoor camp with Card Risks Activities: Ages: 4-1/2 – 11 brownstone Brooklyn areas sports, trips, gymnastics, dra- FAMILY June 30 – Aug. 8 Activities: No two days alike! ma, nature, Olympics, travel Full day 9 am – 4 pm Sports of all kinds, nature camp (featuring overnight Extended hours 8 am – 6 pm walks, hiking, arts & crafts, trips), leadership program for CLASSIFIED Flex weeks and number of days gymnastics, tennis, drama, grades 9 and 10. To advertise, call per week available. karate, singing, trips each week Accredited by the American (718) 834-9350 Activities: Traveling day camp in and around NYC. Special Camp Association with lots of physical and out- programs in sports and theater Poly Prep doors activity. Daily trips, in- for third grade and up. cluding swimming (lake, pool Park Slope Summer 2008 By Randi Weingarten Entertainment and beach), hikes, museums, OPEN HOUSE Saturday Feb. zoos, playgrounds, NY Aquari- Rico the Clown Day Camp 9, 9 am – noon um, Liberty Science Center, 9216 Seventh Ave., Bay Ridge hen making comparisons times are simply not in sync with the advanced courses and the availability of Magician & Comical Nerd OPEN HOUSE Sunday Feb. bowling, climbing, exploring, (718) 836-9800, ext. 3220 or judging the qual- state’s grading system. A number of city enrichment activities. Chronically failing Birthday parties and special Sesame Place. Carefully select- 17, 2 & 3 pm www.polyprep.org ity of goods or services, schools considered by the state to be in schools should certainly be held account- occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, ed adult staff. In Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, Director: Michael Junsch people often find it con- good standing received poor or failing able, but closing or stigmatizing a school Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. Kensington, Bay Ridge Bus available (extra fee) Wvenient to use letter grades because they grades on the progress reports while nine on the basis of a one-dimensional grade “University Professor of Speech & Communications” ParkExplorers (718) 788-7732 can convey complex impressions quickly schools listed as failing by the state re- Summer Experience Day Camp does far more harm than good. 718-434-9697 OPEN HOUSE March 15 parkslopedaycamp.com June 16 – Aug. 22 and simply. 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While this project Fairy, Princess, Wizard, Dancer · Organic Catering Full day 8:30 am–3:30pm Transportation: free morning Program, Sports Camps, city Department of Education issued you all the conditions on the ground that and Treats · Crafts · Balloon Fun · Decorations is just getting started, we are hopeful we · Favors · Caricatures · Tarot Readings Extended hours til 6:30 pm shuttle from most Brownstone Computer Camp, swimming progress reports with letter grades to the might affect how best to proceed. can improve on the city’s grading system. The city Department of Education · Treasure Hunts and More! Early drop off 8:00 am Brooklyn and Bay Ridge lessons (ages 2–16) city’s 1,400 public schools. The intent In the meantime, if the union were to Call Rebecca is good because parents who rely on the says the reports are intended to serve as (347) 385-6705 quality of schools for the education of accountability tools to expose schools give a grade to the city’s grading system www.flowerfairy.net it would have to be an I for incomplete W51 their children and taxpayers who bear the that are performing poorly. But what costs deserve fair, clear and accurate as- should happen next? Should we give up with a notation: “Effort Acknowledged Host A Student sessments of our public schools. on these schools and abandon them? To but Needs Improvement.” However, reducing a complex entity that end, the city has announced plans to On that note, I want to take this op- EARN $200 A WEEK with varied components to a single let- close several schools that received failing portunity to invite parents and the public ter grade is not a simple matter. Doing grades and more could follow in the next to weigh in on this issue and other edu- HOSTING INT'L STUDENTS it fairly and accurately requires selecting round. cation matters in a series of forums the If you have an empty bedroom, near the right indicators and factors, viewing In Florida, where this school grad- UFT has scheduled to evaluate the pres- subway, good neighborhood. them in the right context and weighing ing system was created, the city of Miami ent school governance system and make them carefully to make sure the assess- groups its weakest schools into a School Email: [email protected] ment is balanced and correct. The new Improvement Zone and focuses resources recommendations for future governance or call Josh (646) 674-1621 Linda Buckley-Archer school progress reports show that finding and expertise on them. Years ago, New before the 2009 sunset of mayoral con- the right recipe for grading schools is not York City had a similar program called trol of city schools. Forums have already The Time Thief easy, and the results, which seem to con- the Chancellor’s District, but Chancellor been held in Staten Island and Manhat- reading / book signing tradict each other in some cases, have left Joel Klein opted to end it. tan, and four more are scheduled next L20 many New Yorkers confused. The greatest concern is that the month for the other boroughs including Monday, January 28th, 3:30 PM Consider, for example, the case of PS progress reports rely too heavily on stu- a second one in Manhattan. The sched- 58 in Brooklyn. The school has met all of dent scores on standardized tests. The re- Music Lessons 267 Seventh Avenue at Sixth Street ule is: Thursday, February 7, 4 p.m., in Park Slope (718) 832-9066 its goals and state Adequate Yearly Prog- ports stress student progress on the tests The Bronx at the Bronx UFT Office, ress targets. It has a dual-language French - which, in the abstract, is very construc- 2500 Halsey Street. Contact Hector Ruiz DILIGENT PIANO SERVICE program that just started in kindergarten tive - instead of absolute scores. However, at 718-862-6074 for more information; Tuning · Regulation · Voicing · Reasonable Prices After a mishap with the antigravity machine leaves and will expand by one grade each year. as a result, a school that improved its test Tuesday, February 12, 4:30 p.m., in Jazz & Classical Lessons for Adults & Peter stranded in 1763—and transports a nefarious It also has a ballroom dancing program scores but still continues to struggle aca- Children also available. for students in the 4th and 5th grades. demically can receive an A or B while a Brooklyn at the Brooklyn UFT Office, 18th century villain to 21st century London—Kate The school has to hold lotteries in pre- school with consistently great scores that 335 Adams Street, 24th Floor. 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THEATER Tempest-uous Since its founding in 1972, The Acting Company has staged 127 productions all over the world. And on Jan. 27, its newest show, Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” will premiere in Brooklyn. “I think ‘The Tempest’ is truly one of Shake- speare’s great plays,” said Margot Harley, the company’s producing artistic director, “and audiences can come without knowing too much [about the play] and be surprised and be delighted.” “The Tempest” is the story of Prospero, a sorcerer, and his daugh- ter Miranda, who are

(718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings January 26, 2008 James Culp stranded on an island after being banished by Prospero’s brother, Antonio, and Alonso, the King of Naples. Directed by Davis McCallum, an Acting Com- pany veteran, the show stars a slew of local talent: Prospect Heights’ Luis Moreno as Alonso, and Brooklyn College alum Peter Macklin as Trinculo. (Macklin is pictured, at right, with Park Sloper Vic- toire Charles as the fairy, Ariel.) After its Brooklyn debut, this production will head to California, Oregon, Washington and be- yond, but Harley is hoping Sunday’s debut per- formance will have a broad appeal. “Hopefully, we’ll have a mix of students and people from the community,” said Harley. And with the Acting Company’s history of churning out

/ Tom Callan / Tom stars — Jesse L. Martin of “Law and Order” and Rainn Wilson of “The Office” are both alumni — this show is an opportunity to catch some of tomor- row’s stars today. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts pres-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn ents The Acting Company’s “The Tempest” at 2 pm on Jan. 27 at Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman Theatre (one block from the junction of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues in Midwood). Tickets are $20-$30. For information, call (718) 951-4500 or vis- it www.brooklyncenteronline.org. — Adam Rathe Sister act Callan / Tom ART The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn

Author imagines repercussions of 19th-century History alive: Patricia O’Brien’s latest novel, “Harriet and Isabella,” Heights scandal in ‘Harriet and Isabella’ is inspired by the real life rift between the By Lisa J. Curtis litionist novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852, sisters of Henry Ward GO Brooklyn Editor and her brother Henry, whose sermons were Beecher, whose sta- so inspiring that Manhattanites would take tue stands at Cad- hile the country titters over the down- the ferry over to Brooklyn to hear them. man Plaza West and ward spirals of pop stars and mom- Even Abraham Lincoln crossed the East Johnson Street in Wstrosities, those scandals pale in com- River to pray at Plymouth Church. Downtown Brook- parison to the maelstrom of publicity that But Isabella’s accomplishments were a lyn (above). Beech- surrounded Brooklyn Heights preacher Hen- surprise to the scribe. er, who was ac- ‘Space’ place ry Ward Beecher 130 years ago. “The more I read about Isabella, the more cused of adultery Accounts of the Beecher trial riveted I was drawn to her,” said O’Brien. “She was in 1875, preached With its annual tour of open galleries and thriv- 19th-century America, and with this month’s the youngest of 11 children and wanted to be ing art scene, Gowanus is on its way to being the release of her eighth novel, “Harriet and Is- known, not just living in the shadow of her at Plymouth Church of the Pil- next DUMBO. And on Feb. 1, the ’hood will get abella,” author Patricia O’Brien recalls the brother and sisters. She came late to the suf- grims in Brooklyn Heights (top left). another step closer with the opening of the media frenzy that fragist movement Gowanus Studio Space. besieged the Ply- but became quite coverage day by day. I thought of myself Founded by painter Angela Conant and industrial mouth Church of the BOOKS well known, forging settling down into a horsehair sofa in designer Ben Cohen, the 5,000-square-foot space is Pilgrims’ minister her own way. Brooklyn Heights and snapping open the meant to serve as a hub for the neighborhood’s le- who was accused of “Harriet and Isabella: A Novel” by Patri- “What took me [paper] to read what was new in the Beech- gion of creative and crafty denizens. cia O’Brien (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, having an affair with $25) can be ordered at BookCourt (163 Court into [the story] as a er trial each day. “We wanted a way to provide artists and design- a married woman. St. at Dean Street in Cobble Hill). For informa- novelist, was won- “[The accounts] made it so much easier ers with the types of things that they need and are the “He was the [Bill] tion, call (718) 875-3677. dering how these to know what the atmosphere was like in hardest to come by,” Conant said. “Mainly work Clinton of his time,” people handled hav- the courtroom. The crowd coming in on a space, but also tools and equipment and a communi- said the Washington, ing such an incredi- rainy or snowy day, the smell of damp ty of other artists.” D.C.-based author told GO Brooklyn. ble scandal explode in the midst of a very wool. … Newspapers are the first rough On Friday, the space, which already has 30 mem- “There were scandals before, but [Henry’s] celebrated, respected and accomplished fam- draft of history.” bers — membership runs from $50 to $300 per month involved every juicy topic there was at a ily. Harriet and Isabella split because Harriet ‘This place looks like it must have in the Although the research and writing of “Har- and can include 24-hour access to studio space as well time when people were changing their views remained very loyal to Henry. Isabella 19th century,’ ” recalled O’Brien. “When riet and Isabella” took O’Brien two years, the as use of common areas and tools — including Kate on morality and things were freer and looser. thought he was a hypocrite, but said so pub- you put your hand up and block out the veteran journalist — whose many stakeouts Elliot, whose “Camouflage” is above, will have a kick- I wanted to explore the personal cost and the licly, and this caused a major rift in the cars, you can almost hear the carriage during her 20 years in the newspaper biz were off party to introduce itself to neighbors, but Conant feelings of the people involved. [The Beech- Beecher family. wheels. That really drew me.” not unlike how reporters stalked Beecher’s said that it won’t be the space’s only public event. ers] were flesh and blood and walked the “I wondered, ‘How did it feel for Henry When the veteran author — whose last nov- Hicks Street home in 1887 — says she was “We’ll have events like gallery shows and work- streets of Brooklyn. They were the to find himself on trial after becoming so el, “The Glory Cloak: A Novel of Louisa May careful to not be too true to history. shops that use the facilities and expertise of our Kennedys of the 19th century, and they real- revered … and for Isabella to be thrown out Alcott and Clara Barton,” also took place in the “My whole point when I write historical members — everything from woodworking to ly were just as glamorous.” of her family?’ ” 1800s — rolled up her sleeves to delve further fiction is that I want to write a story with a printmaking and boat building,” she said. “We want In “Harriet and Isabella,” O’Brien imagines O’Brien has familiarized herself with the into the history of the Beecher clan, she harvest- true historical structure but within the struc- to have interesting things to offer the community. the repercussions wrought by the rift be- streets of Brooklyn Heights over the years, ed material from several local sources, includ- ture, there are many chances for imagination We want to be a public resource as well as a re- tween Beecher’s real-life sisters, Harriet during her trips to visit her daughter Mari- ing the Brooklyn Historical Society, Plymouth to build a story,” explained O’Brien. source for our members.” Beecher Stowe and Isabella Beecher Hook- anna Koval, president of the Brooklyn Church and the Brooklyn Public Library’s on- “I am very fond of him, even though I The Gowanus Studio Space (119 Eighth St. er, who took opposite sides when Henry Bridge Park Conservancy, who lives in line archive of the original Brooklyn Eagle. think he was guilty,” admits O’Brien. “He between Second and Third avenues in Go- stood trial for adultery in 1875. nearby DUMBO. “When I was writing the chapters on the was like many people who find themselves wanus) will host its opening party at 6 pm on O’Brien was especially intrigued by the “A few years ago, there was a particular- trial, I kept the [archive] open on my com- very powerful: People are drawn to them; Feb. 1. For information, call (347) 351-5753 or public lives of Harriet, who penned the abo- ly beautiful, snowy night, and I thought, puter screen,” recalled O’Brien. “I read the they are charismatic and sexually seductive.” visit www.gowanusstudio.org. — Adam Rathe

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Your Host Joseph Chirico table there? She’s dying for a song. Paper The Brooklyn whiff of the grill complementing the Please go make her happy.” fish, and the sauce vibrant with the Green dream: At Park Slope’s MarcoPoloRistorante.com About $20 later, he did. clean-tasting herb. On a recent Thursday night, I was re- Piramide, guacamole is prepared DINING That “pupusa” is a pleasure as well. minded of that day at the new Mexican tableside. The crunchy little disc of the ground Piramide (499 Fifth Ave. between restaurant Piramide in Park Slope. 12th and 13th streets in Park Slope) ac- yucca tastes like mashed potato and is Twice a month on Thursdays, the five- handsome place. cepts American Express, Discover, Mas- filled with a mild, creamy cheese and a piece mariachi band Mexico Lind plays. Owners Geraldine and Pasquale Vig- terCard and Visa. Entrees: $15-$24. bit of hot pepper. Lunch is served Tuesday through Friday. Seconds after my husband and I sat giano, who opened Piramide, their first Dinner is available daily. On weekends, I wouldn’t leave the restaurant with- FREE DELIVERY ($15.00 Minimum) down, the musicians — wearing embel- venture, in September, have hired two brunch is served from 11 am to 4 pm. out trying the bread pudding, a dessert lished suits that Elvis would’ve killed talented chefs: Mexican born John Zit- Subway: F to Fourth Avenue, R to Ninth that was introduced the night I visited. It 347 Court Street off Union St. · (718) 243-1000 Street. www.mexpiramide.com. For for — made their way to our table to lalpopoca of Brasserie Ruhlmann in more information, call (718) 499-0002. should become a standard. Smith’s ren- Brick-Oven Pizza · Panini · Hot & Cold Italian Sandwiches perform. This group happens to be tal- Rockefeller Center and Amber Smith dition is crisp and slightly chewy on the ented, not passive-aggressive like our creating desserts. Zitlalpopoca employs outside and custardy within. The center Salads · Homemade Pasta · Veal · Chicken · Fresh Seafood California performer. After one song, the bold flavors of Mexican cooking, resembles a blooming poppy. The deep is filled with mellow apple pieces, cin- Menu Available At The Front Desk they moved on to the next table. lightening some of the preparations and orange mix is served in a modern white namon and raisins, making it an ideal The band was just one surprise in an plating the dishes carefully. bowl that dips in the front as if you’re dessert for a cold night. evening full of special moments. The For instance, order guacamole and a peering into a portal. A swirl of “crema” Smith’s “tres leches” (three milks) first is the restaurant itself: In a town table covered with bowls of minced (runny sour cream) makes a whirlpool cake features two exceptionally light with plenty of hole-in-the-wall, so-so jalapeño peppers, onions and tomatoes, over the top and in its center is a cluster layers with a delicate, milky taste and Mexican joints, Piramide (pronounced chopped cilantro, halved limes and sev- of barely sweet, crisp, honey-roasted aroma. A crown of whipped cream sits Puh-rah-ME-duh, and named for the an- eral ripe Haas avocados is wheeled pumpkin seeds. All the topping would over the dessert and a few ripe raspber- aXqqXkc`eZfceZ\ek\i cient Chichen Itza pyramid in Mexico) over. Tell the runner that you prefer just be window dressing, if each of the ries add color and their unique, sweet- delivers carefully seasoned “modern more or less onions, or however you ingredients didn’t perform their job so tart flavor. Mexican” cuisine in an attractive set- like your dip, and he’ll start by mashing skillfully: The “crema” adding tang to Avoid Thursday at Piramide if a rov- ting. The large room may not be as chic the ingredients with a pestle in a tradi- the sweetness of the vegetable and the ing mariachi band isn’t your thing, but as some of the new Park Slope places, tional stone bowl (a “molcajete”). The seeds’ crunchiness adding texture. do give the restaurant a try. The owners but with a wall of French doors facing mix is bright and chunky with the herb Among the restaurant’s “platos tradi- and waitstaff exude pride in their estab- Fifth Avenue, sand-colored tile floors, adding freshness, and the fruit lending a cionales” are “tacos el carbone,” avail- lishment and truly want to please. Add and an inviting blonde wood bar with a pleasantly acidic edge. able with either a corn or flour tortilla that to the refined Mexican fare, and it hacienda-style, terra cotta “roof,” it is a The multi-layered sweet potato soup and filled with grilled chicken, steak, looks like Fifth Avenue’s got a keeper. / Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn / Robin Lester

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For information, call (888) including chimichangas, burritos and Shop, chicken fajitas at Mexicali. warmth of the sun can be felt again, all FRYCHIP or visit www.chipshopnyc.com. the popular chicken “mole poblano”; we can think about is taking a vacation. and desserts like the house-made flan complete without splurging on the But why bother going somewhere Luna Rossa and fried ice cream. chocolate fondue, served with angel else when you can experience global If it’s a trip to Naples that you’re “Everybody says our margaritas are food cake and fresh fruit. That molten flavor without leaving Brooklyn? dreaming of, look no further than Luna the best in Brooklyn,” said owner Eva chocolate is sure to fortify you against Whether you’re in the mood for some Rossa, a Carroll Gardens Italian spot Sanchez, who offered that the classic the chill of winter; chef Spees said it’s hearty British comfort food, or a Mexi- open since November 2007. Under the tequila cocktails come in a variety of the most popular dessert on the menu. can dish infused with fiery chiles, watchful eye of chef Adolfo heady flavors. If margaritas aren’t Oven (60 Henry St. at Cranberry Brooklyn’s the place to be when you’re Montal, dishes like arugula your thing, though, a number Street in Brooklyn Heights) accepts hungry for culinary adventure. salad with goat-cheese- of other drinks, like moji- American Express, Discover, MasterCard covered grapes, fresh tos and martinis, areal- and Visa. Entrees: $13.99-$28.99. The The ChipShop seafood pasta, which so available with dif- restaurant is open Tuesday through Sun- With two locations — one in Park the chef serves him- ferent mixers. day for lunch and dinner. Closed Mon- Slope that opened in 2001 and another, self, and 15 different Mexicali (141 days. For information, call (718) 468- with a bar, in Brooklyn Heights that’s brick oven pizzas Court St. between 6836 or visit www.ovennewyork.com. been around since 2005 — Chip Shop — supervised by Atlantic and Pacific might be the our favorite British im- pizza guru Salvatore avenues in Cobble Piramide port. (It’s at least tied with NBC’s “The Nigriello — served Hill) accepts American Open since September 2007, this Office.”) with toppings such as Express, Discover, Mas- Park Slope restaurant serves up a taste Specializing in deep-fried fish served broccoli rabe and terCard and Visa. En- of Central America with modern with French fries, owner Chris Sell of- sausage, bring the tastes of trees: $10.25-$27.50. The Mexican cuisine courtesy of chef fers plenty of other delights, including Italy to the streets of Brooklyn. restaurant is open daily for John Zitlalpopoca, formerly of Bras- shepherd’s pie, macaroni and cheese, Desserts include tiramisu, mixed lunch and dinner. For information, call serie Ruhlmann in Rockefeller Center. Welsh rarebit and even deep-fried pizza. fruit custard cake and a variety of Ital- (718) 625-7370. Guacamole, made tableside, and tradi- If you’ve got a sweet tooth, desserts ian ice creams, and they can be eaten tional entrees like tacos filled with like apple and blackberry crumble with at the restaurant or brought home as a Oven steak, chicken, fish or veggies, come in custard or its fried Twinkies and candy souvenir of your culinary getaway. Open since April 2007, this chic sharable sizes. bars — Mars Bar, Twix, Snickers, Luna Rossa (552 Court St. at West Henry Street pizzeria offers more than Until the restaurant gets its liquor li- photo by Gianni Sambugaro Bounty and Reese’s peanut butter cups Ninth Street in Carroll Gardens) ac- Italian food. Its menu boasts a world of cense, sangria, beer and wine are avail- are available — are widely regarded as cepts Discover, MasterCard and Visa. culinary influences, evident in the cur- able to pair with your meal; and some of the best around. Entrees: $12.95-$15.95. The restaurant ried chicken pizza and the decadent desserts like tres leches cake and bread The ChipShop (383 Fifth Ave. at is open Tuesday through Thursday, roasted Maine duck pizza, served with pudding are sweet endings to your “co- Don’t miss the New York City premiere of this Sixth Street in Park Slope) accepts from 11:30 am to 10:30 pm; Friday and mozzarella cheese, scallions, cucumber mida.” Saturday, from 11:30 am to 11 pm; and internationally acclaimed Italian chamber ensemble, American Express, MasterCard and and cilantro. Music fans should stop by on every Visa. Entrees: $7.50-$13.50. The Sundays, from 11:30 am to 11 pm. Entrees include a New York strip second and fourth Thursday evening as they evoke the romance and elegance of Venice restaurant is open daily for lunch and Closed Mondays. For information, call steak, Atlantic salmon and a slew of in- for live mariachi music. Ole! with a program of Baroque music. dinner. Brunch is served from 11 am to (718) 875-1384. ventive pasta dishes thanks to chefs Er- Piramide (499 Fifth Ave. between 3:30 pm on weekends. For informa- ica Reichlin, Dadan White, Tanner 12th and 13th streets in Park Slope) ac- This program is supported, Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College tion, call (718) CHIPSHOP or visit Mexicali Spees and Andrea Vargas. cepts American Express, Discover, Mas- in part, by public funds from the Having been in business for over 25 And Oven, which has been known to terCard and Visa. Entrees: $15-$24. New York City Department of 2900 Campus Road, Brooklyn (on-site paid parking available) www.chipshopnyc.com. Cultural Affairs The ChipShop (129 Atlantic Ave. be- years, Cobble Hill’s Mexicali is one of draw celeb guests, serves the new Virgin Lunch is served Tuesday through Friday. tween Clinton and Henry streets in the borough’s most revered Mexican Vines, the collection of wines from bil- Dinner is available daily. On weekends, Tickets and info: www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org Brooklyn Heights) accepts American Ex- restaurants. What keeps the customers lionaire Richard Branson, who also brunch is served from 11 am to 4 pm. press, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: coming back is Chef Meneses Hipoli- owns Virgin Airlines. For more information, call (718) 499- Box Office: 718-951-4500 (Tues - Sat, 1pm-6pm) $7.50-$13.50. The restaurant is open to’s authentic dishes, including appe- Finally, no trip to Oven would be 0002 or visit www.mexpiramide.com. 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By Adam Rathe meets with Alex (Blair Underwood The Brooklyn Paper TV from “Dirty Sexy Money” and “L.A. “In Treatment” will air Law”), a first-time patient who’s fter nearly a decade of airing ac- Monday through Friday at 9:30 pm more interested in asking questions beginning Jan. 28 on HBO. For infor- Oven: the right idea tion-packed, original program- mation, visit www.hbo.com. than answering them. Hammed up by Aming like “The Sopranos” and Underwood, the character is all blus- of combining a wine bar “Sex and the City,” HBO is going in ter and one-liners, but through his a whole new direction with its newest of an introduction, I floundered for a swagger, it’s easy to see that the re- show, “In Treatment.” few moments trying to figure out cent events of his life — a botched & designer pizza place; The series stars Brooklyn Heights who this woman was, and why I bombing in his career as a Navy pilot resident Gabriel Byrne (“The Usual should care. and a subsequent heart attack — a good move in Suspects,” “Stigmata”) as Dr. Paul Once the first episode hit its stride, have him more rattled than he lets on. Weston, a psychotherapist whose however, things started to go smooth- It’s in this session that viewers get Brooklyn Heights weekly meetings with one of four pa- ly. This isn’t a shoot-’em-up or feel- the first peek of Dr. Weston truly en- — Tina Barry, The Brooklyn Paper tients — as well as visits to his own ’em-up like HBO has been known to gaging with a patient; the cool, calm therapist — make up the show’s present; it’s going to take time to and collected façade (in an office episodes. learn about each character, and as Dr. decorated with sailboats, no less) be- 60 Henry Street The set-up goes like this: each Weston himself says, sometimes a gins to crack just a bit, which, for a (at Cranberry Street) half-hour episode focuses on one ses- patient lies to a therapist and some- show that will require patience and a 718.237.8720 sion, and the episodes will be aired times even to himself. keen eye, was a mighty big deal. www.ovennewyork.com Monday through Friday for nine It was slightly surprising, in As the season goes on, viewers Lunch & dinner Tuesday through Saturday; dinner on Sunday weeks beginning Jan. 28, allowing watching Laura’s session, to see a will meet the rest of the cast, includ- viewers to get to know each patient number of psychotherapy stereotypes ing aspiring gymnast Sophie (Mia and his particular set of issues. play out so immediately. Perhaps my Wasikowska), married couple Jake We first encounter Dr. Weston dur- mind resides permanently in the gut- (Josh Charles from “Sports Night”) ing his 9 am Monday session with ter, but Dr. Weston’s couch looked and Amy (Embeth Davidtz from Laura (Melissa George from awfully big for one patient, and Lau- “Schindler’s List”), and Gina (Oscar- “Alias”), a young anesthesiologist ra’s face, despite being caked in winner Dianne Wiest), Dr. Weston’s whose relationship is close to fizzling makeup, was plastered with a come- own analyst. And though it might out. 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While some of the borough’s more de- vout rockers might scoff at the idea of packing a club to hear an orchestra play, those in the know are clamoring to get tickets to the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s Jan. 31 show. That’s the newly added date — the first night sold out the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s opera house — for the Philharmonic’s concert with indie DT`]Z`dZd EYVd``_Vc songstress Joanna Newsom, and it’s one of the hottest tickets in town. Newsom shot to fame in 2004 with “The Milk-Eyed Mender,” a lush collec- tion of songs that caught the ear of music ZeÅdUVeVTeVUeYV aficionados around the world, including Michael Christie, the Brooklyn Philhar- monic’s musical director. After last year’s successful series of concerts with other SVeeVceYVTYR_TV pop acts, including artists Joan Osborne and Laurie Anderson, a collaboration be- tween Newsom and the Philharmonic seemed like a good fit. “The whole concept revolves around `WT`ccVTeZ_XZe the idea that these artists are producing music that seems to be a perfect match for a medium size orchestral group,” Christie said. Joined by 29 members of the Philhar- monic, Newsom will perform her 2006 al- 3COLIOSISISACOMMONCONDITIONFOUNDINBOTH bum, “Ys,” in its entirety, followed by a second act of other material with her band. CHILDREN AND ADULTS BUT IS MOST OFTEN lRST “It’s all about the fact that we really feel a kinship with these artists, so we’re very DIAGNOSED DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS &ORTU enthusiastic partners,” said Christie, who will be conducting the orchestra. “I think NATELY IT CAN USUALLY BE TREATED EFFECTIVELY people will be surprised that the whole or- chestral idea of being stuffy doesn’t apply nESPECIALLYWHENITSDETECTEDEARLY here. People who don’t know us as well will come away surprised at just how much we add to what these artists have al- ready produced.” $URING A ROUTINE PHYSICAL EXAM A DOCTOR IS Joanna Newsom will perform with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at 8 pm on LIKELYTOCHECKAYOUNGPATIENTFORTHISPROBLEM Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman MANYSCHOOLSALSOHAVESCREENINGPROGRAMS  Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ash- land Place in Fort Greene). The Feb. 1 3COLIOSIS USUALLY PRESENTS ITSELF AS SOME show is sold out. Tickets are $25-$55. For information, call (718) 636-4100 or FORM OF ASYMMETRY FROM UNEVEN SHOULDERS visit www.brooklynphilharmonic.org. — Adam Rathe $R*UAN#ARLOS2ODRIGUEZ/LAVERRI -$ TO AN UNEVEN WAIST OR HIPS ! DOCTOR MAY -AIMONIDES-EDICAL#ENTER RECOMMENDANX RAYTOCONlRMTHEDIAGNOSIS free for members. 3 pm. 200 /RTHOPEDIC3URGERY Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. ANDTOASSESSTHESHAPEANDTHEDEGREEOFTHE ISRAELI FILM FEST: Kane Street -USCULOSKELETAL3ERVICES 9 DAYS... Synagogue hosts the Brooklyn- Israel Film Festival. Tonight: ABNORMALCURVATURE Continued from page 2 “Someone to Run With,” a leads group. 2:30 pm to 3:30 drama based on the novel by pm. Miner Pavilion, 506 Sixth David Grossman. $10. 8 pm. 236 Kane St. (718) 875-1550. St., room 706, (718) 780-5078. Free. COOKING: The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts presents )NMOSTCASES THECAUSEOFTHESCOLIOSISISIDIOPATHIC MEANINGITHASNOKNOWN CREDIT SEMINAR: CAMBA pres- a class on “Bocaditos: Tasty ents “Money for Your Busi- Bites from Latin America.” $70. 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They per- Park Slope United Methodist form Baroque works from the CONTINUETOGROWTOMAKESURETHEIRSCOLIOSISDOESNTBECOMEWORSE Church, 410 Sixth Ave. (718) 18th and 19th centuries. $25. 2 624-5921. pm. Walt Whitman Theatre at MEDITATION CLASS: “Daily Brooklyn College, one block Practice: How to Bring Medi- from the junction of Flatbush tation into Our Daily Life.” $10. and Nostrand avenues. (718) !TTHE-AIMONIDES-EDICAL#ENTER$IVISIONOF/RTHOPEDIC3URGERY-USCULOSKELETAL 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm. Unity 951-4600. Church, 1901 Beverly Rd. (718) MUSIC: Regina Opera’s Salute to 496-5514. Broadway. $10, $5 teens, free 3ERVICES WEFREQUENTLYTREATPATIENTSWITHADVANCEDSCOLIOSIS!COMMONTREATMENT for children. 3 pm. Regina Hall, 65th Street and 12th Avenue. INVOLVES THE USE OF A BACK BRACE WHICH DOES NOT REVERSE THE CONDITION BUT CAN WED, JAN 30 (718) 232-3555. 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Enter Visitor’s Center, Myrtle Avenue Synagogue hosts the Brooklyn- BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC: park at Lincoln Road and and Washington Park. (718) Israel Film Festival. Tonight: performs Joanna Newsom’s Ocean Avenue. (718) 965-8999. 722-3218. Free. “Watermarks,” a documentary “The Milk Eyed Mender.” FIDO: Fellowship in the Interest GROUP ART SHOW: Art and live about the champion women Michael Christie conducts. $25 of Dogs and their Owners music at Freddy’s Bar and swimmers of Hakoah Vienna. to $55. 8 pm. Brooklyn’s (FIDO) hosts a get together for Backroom. 8 pm. 485 Dean St. $10. 8 pm. 236 Kane St. (718) Academy of Music’s Howard dogs and their owners. Coffee, (718) 622-7035. Free. 875-1550. Gilman Opera House, 30 cake and chew bones. 8 am to LECTURE: Brooklyn Museum GALAPAGOS: Movie: “Casa- Lafayette Ave. Limited tickets. 10 am. Prospect Park, in the Library Reading Room hosts a blanca” and “Punch-Drunk Call. (718) 636-4100. 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MUSIC The Liars will perform at 8 pm on Feb. 9 at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave. at Eckford Street in Green- point). Tickets are $16.50. For infor- mation, call (718) 387-0505 or visit www.polishnationalhome.com.

around. I started feeling the intensity of New York a bit too much and wanted a bit of respite.” So the band made its second album, “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned,” inspired by the folklore of witch trials, while ensconced in the bucolic Jersey landscape. Ennui set in again, though, and soon enough the band had relocat- ed to Berlin. That city’s avant-garde sensibility and artist-friendly pricing appealed to Andrew, and it was there that “Drum’s Not Dead” and “Liars” were both recorded. Working in Germany, said Andrew, “was more about [writing] the songs than the album. It was a lot of fun to

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Joe Dilworth with your gut a bit more.” And though the band has called By Adam Rathe many cities home — since completing The Brooklyn Paper “Liars,” the members have relocated to Los Angeles — the upcoming Paper The Brooklyn e just wanted the most mean- Brooklyn show seems to be some- “ ingless title we could come thing of a homecoming. Wup with,” said Liars singer “The first thing I want is to see a Totally ‘Rad’ Angus Andrew about his band’s re- bunch of people I haven’t seen in cently released fourth record. “And g ages,” said Andrew. “A lot of our When it opened in Decem- park for serious suds admirers. that was the name of our band.” Lies on sta e friends live right around there! I’m ex- ber, after months of breathless And with long rows of picnic But the threesome’s fourth record, cited to just go to someone’s house, speculation, the 4,500-square- tables and an army of wait- “Liars,” isn’t an afterthought unwor- Liars to return in support of new record maybe go have dinner.” foot Radegast Hall Biergarten resses wearing dirndls (those thy of a name. The record is one of Andrew doesn’t expect Williams- was met with little fanfare. “Heidi”-style Alpine ensem- the band’s strongest, and Andrew — what I’ve been into — even just Led Oneida — the bands released a split was at that point when Williamsburg burg to be the same as when he was in Perhaps, it seemed, that bles) to carry your pint, liter or along with bandmates Aaron Zeppelin and Black Sabbath — any- record in 2002 — the Yeah Yeah started to feel really small,” said An- residence, though. Williamsburg had reached its pitcher of beer, they can gather Hemphill and Julian Gross — want- thing that was beefy.” Yeahs and Interpol, Liars’ first drew. “It didn’t feel like it did when we “I was in New York over Christmas, quota for kitschy bars, or that en masse. ed to let the music speak for itself. On Saturday, Feb. 9, the band, record, “They Threw Us All in a first lived there, so we started moving and it’s changed a lot since I was living there were already enough “It’s spacious but still Opening with “Plaster Casts of along with LA-based openers No Trench and Stuck a Monument on further out to Bushwick. Getting on the there — I feel like a tourist again and I places for locals to drink beer. cozy,” said Williamsburg resi- Everything,” the album is both ecstatic Age, will bring its new, beefier Top,” cemented the band as a local L train felt claustrophobic.” need to be taken places. I was on Bed- Two months in, however, it dent Colleen Ryan. “It’s a and epileptic, squealing and sauntering sound to Warsaw in Greenpoint; a favorite and garnered attention from But even the wilds of Bushwick ford Avenue and there was a Subway seems that even without the more mature place than most through 11 songs that boom with the homecoming of sorts as Liars called the international music press. weren’t quiet enough for the band. sandwich place, which was shocking.” flavor-of-the-month crowd, in the neighborhood, and it’s full sound that the group’s earlier Williamsburg home during the heady Despite being Bedford Avenue “I’m from Australia,” said Andrew, The band has changed just as Radegast — owned by Ivan nice trying different beers. records — all arguably concept al- late-’90s and early aughts, when the royalty, however, the band remained “and decided I should move out to much as its old stomping grounds, Kohut, formerly head bar- There’s only so much Brook- bums — were missing. neighborhood was effectively the more interested in making music the countryside to make our second but with the upcoming show at the tender at Astoria’s Bohemian lyn Lager you can drink.” “We made ‘Drum’s Not Dead’ center of the rock music world. than enjoying the spoils of fame. record. I got a place with a big garden Warsaw, it seems that the two will be Hall and Beer Garden, his And with summer — when right before this,” said Andrew, “and Coming up alongside bands like “We had done our first record, and it and a basement to switch my life happy to get reacquainted. wife Joanna and partner Andy the retractable roof will be put that was just drums and minimal Ivanov — has become a to use and the mobs will arrive stuff. This time, I just wanted to have stronghold for Williamsburg’s — still months away, enjoying a guitar and solo. The idea of rock in beer aficionados and perhaps the heated hall is reason a bit more of a traditional way was those unwilling to brave the enough to yell out a hearty crowds at packed hipster “Prost!” haunts like the Levee, which Radgeast Hall Biergarten sits across the street. (113 N. Third St. at Bedford With an impressive selec- Avenue in Willamsburg) ac- The algo-rhythm tion of beer — 13 on draught, cepts American Express, Dis- With all the rock that came from 18 German bottles and 16 Bel- cover, MasterCard and Visa. Williamsburg early in the millennium, gian bottles — a full bar, a The bar is open Monday lunch and dinner menu featur- through Friday, from 5 pm to what makes Liars different than any oth- Take the hard edge of classic fuzzed-out rock like the Stooges, pioneering Australian rock band Liars’s new, self-titled record. ing steak, schnitzel, strudel 4 am, and weekends, from 3 er Tom, Dick or Larry Tee? GO Brooklyn Black Sabbath (we’re parti- another defining force in the the Scientists, whose hits like “Last We suggest putting the first broke down the band’s new, self-titled cularly fond of 1971’s “Para- New York scene. Take the swag- Night” and “Frantic Romantic” set track, “Plaster Casts of and other Teutonic treats, and pm to 4 am. For information, record to give you an idea of what noid”) and throw in a dash of… ger of 1973’s “Raw Power” and the standard for angry, young Everything,” on high volume a separate kiosk for sausages call (718) 963-3973 or visit makes them a must listen. add a twist of… musicians. And you’ll have… and dancing in your room. and fries, the Bavarian-themed www.radegasthall.com. beer hall is like an amusement — Adam Rathe

point, (718) 389-1880, 7:30 pm, $7, a special acoustic evening with turing Team Robespierre, Ninja Sonik and DJ FREE; Jan. 31: Tete, 9 pm, Steve Shiffman & The www.clubstudiob.com. Laura Veirs, 9:30 pm, $15 (advance tickets are Dre Skull, 8 pm, $TBD. Land of No, 10 pm, The Rotary Club, 11 pm, BROOKLYN Jan. 26: The Chromeo after sold out); Jan. 28: The Ukuladies, Dreamboat, 8 FREE; Feb. 1: Medicine Woman, 10 pm, Larune, party with Steve Aoki album pm, $8; Jan. 29: Union Hall Spelling & Grammar Galapagos 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 2: Que Verde, 9 pm, Michael release party, 10 pm, $10 in Bee hosted by David Witt, 7:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Swan, 10 pm, Lisa Kasimow, 11 pm, FREE. advance, $12 day of the show; 30: Polite Sleeper, The Octagon, Alberta Cross, Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Jan. 31: New York Magazine 7:30 pm, $7; Jan. 31: Impervious, Violens, The www.galapagosartspace.com. Sound Fix Lounge presents Karaoke Relapse with End of the World, 7:30 pm, $8; Feb. 1: Eugene Saturdays: (Backroom) Larry Tee presents 110 Bedford Ave. at North 11th Street in The Thermals, 8 pm, $20; Feb. Mirman with special guest DJ Jim Leyland, 8 “Dizzy” with Earl Dax and Kevin Graves, 11 pm, Williamsburg, (718) 388-8090, 1: Spank Rock, The Rapture DJ pm, FREE; Feb. 2: Ola Podrida, Andrew Kenny, $5; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; www.soundfixrecords.com. Nightlife set, Busy P, So Me, JD Samson, Ghosts I’ve Met, 8 pm, $8. Jan. 26: (Front room) Crooked Disco, 10 pm, $5 Jan. 26: James Blackshaw, 6 pm, Comedy, 8 Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Eamon Harkin and Tippy, 10 with RSVP; Jan. 28: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque, 7:30 pm, DJ Mark Ryan, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: pm, $12 in advance, $15 day of PROSPECT HEIGHTS pm, $5, Miss Saturn Returns!, 9:30 pm, $5; Jan. Project Potluck, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 28: The Very the show; Feb. 2: “Fixed,” offi- 31: (Front room) Baton Blanc presented by Air Best of The Ed Murray Show, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. BAY RIDGE CLINTON HILL cial Hot Chip after party with The Backroom Drop featuring Death of Fashion, Say Hello to 29: Music Trivia Tuesdays with Carla Rhodes, 8 resident DJs JDH and Dave P, Symphony, Finding Four and DJ Connie, 10 pm, pm, FREE; Jan. 31: Kings of Karaoke, 5 pm, Five Spot (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue $10; Feb. 1: shadoWord Roductions presents The Salty Dog 10 pm, with special guest The in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Showpaper presents Air Waves, Scarey “Poets of the Unreeled: CinePoetry & Per- 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, Restaurant Teenagers, 11 pm, $10 in www.freddysbackroom.com. Mansion, Urxed, 8 pm, DJ D Redgrave, Heart- advance, $12 day of the show. formance Extravaganza,” 7 pm, $6; Feb. 28: breaker DJ, Miss Jurgen, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 1: (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. Jan. 26: Boogie Force, 9 pm, Trash Rock All 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in (Backroom) Urbivor Records presents Childe, Great Lakes, Frank Pollis, Deleted Scenes, Fridays, Saturdays: Live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, Stars, 10 pm, Junior League, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 7:30 pm, $TBD, (Front room) Crashin’ In pres- Martin Moscrop, DJs Mojo and Shred, 8 pm, Wednesdays: Karaoke night, 9 pm, FREE. www.fivespotsoulfood.com. 27: Sten Hostfalt, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 28: OPP GREENWOOD ents Apache Beat, Free Blood, Heartthrobz, FREE; Feb. 2: Sweet Soubrette, Cikestra, 8 pm, a.k.a. Other People’s Poetry, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. Saturdays: DJ Aki, 7 pm, FREE; Mondays: RPM- HEIGHTS Magic Zorillo, 10 pm, $8. DJ Mark Ryan, 11 pm, FREE. The Wicked Monk Open Turntables hosted by DJ Copa (bring 31: Misha, 10 pm, FREE. 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, your own needles and vinyl), 8 pm, FREE; Tues- Kitchen Bar Goodbye Blue Stain (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. days: Five for Funny Tuesdays hosted by Dave 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Lester, 10 pm, $5; Wednesdays: Open mic with RED HOOK Monday 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Jan. 26: Hollaback, 10 pm, $5; Jan. 27: Jerry Street in Greenwood burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Farley Showcase, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 31: DJ Old Nate Jones and Da Feel, 9 pm, $5 ($10 after 10 Heights, (718) 499-5623, 1087 Broadway at Dodworth Street in Hope and Anchor Mondays: “PAINTstain,” 6:30 pm, FREE; Wed- Skool, 9 pm, FREE. pm); Jan. 26: DJ Kenny Parker, 10 pm, $5. www.kitchenbarny.com. Williamsburg, (718) 453-6343, 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red nesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open mic Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 www.goodbye-blue-monday.com. Hook, (718) 237-0276. hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Grand Dakar Cafe pm, FREE. Jan. 26: Gutter & Spine, 10 pm, M. David BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozz- Hornbuckle’s Dixieland Space Orchestra, 11 Jan. 26: The Worthy Few, 8 pm, The Band of 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton man, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays, Saturdays: Karaoke Black Gypsies, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 31: Geoff Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. pm, NY Howl, Midnight, FREE. Living Room hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Ferris, 7:30 pm, Army of Bjork Theme Party, a Food 4 Thought Saturdays: Rhonda Benet (funk, jazz, soul, ’80s, 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Lounge The Lucky Cat costume party featuring cold weather, warm old school), 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live reggae Jalopy wine and Bjork’s music, 9 pm, FREE. Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. music, 7 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Don Juarez 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: (Brazilian music), 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ in Greenwood Heights, (718) 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Red burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Trash Bar Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- Afro-Freaky, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live music, 499-1505, www.myspace. Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 com/livingroombrooklyn. sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: 10 pm, FREE. Jan. 26: Reddy Music Series featuring Tomas pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- Game night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE; Fridays: Saturdays: DJ Kurt, 8 pm, Fujiwara The Hook Up, 9 pm, Michael Bisio Night hosted by Ed Gorch, 7 pm, FREE, You burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Zodiac Lounge, 7 pm, FREE. FREE; Sundays: Guitar Hero, 8 Quartet, 10:30 pm, $10; Jan. 30: Roots n’ Need a Band, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: Julia Jan. 26: The Rakehells, 9 pm, I’m With Cupid, DUMBO pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues, 9:30 Massey, 8 pm, The Spines, 9 pm, Greasy with 10 pm, Heap, 11 pm, Richard Bacchus & The mic night, 8 pm, FREE; Thurs- pm, FREE; Jan. 31: Country Blues Jam, 9:30 DJ Jumpy and Girlsoul, 10 pm, $TBD; Jan. 27: Luckiest Girls, Midnight, $7; Jan. 27: Zodiac, 9 BOERUM HILL Five Front days: ’80s Music, 8 pm, FREE; pm, FREE. DJ Marble, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 30: Fanning Pack pm, Krust, 10 pm, Turrigenous, 11 pm, Dudes of 5 Front St. at Old Fulton Street in DUMBO, Fridays: Wasabassco Bur- presents TBD, 9 pm, $5; Feb. 1: Philadelphyinz Doom, Midnight, $6; Jan. 28: Sun Over Hades, Hank’s Saloon (718) 625-5559, www.fivefrontrestaurant.com. lesque Show, 9 pm, $10. Rocky Sullivan’s featuring DJs Skinny Friedman, Nick Hook and 8 pm, Dollhouse Disaster, 9 pm, Red Gretchen, 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, FREE. 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Egg Foo Young, 10 pm, $TBD. 10 pm, Paper Cities, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 29: Take a ‘Schein’: On Jan. 29, violinist Jenny Christopher Payne-Taylor, 8 pm, Matty Z and (718) 625-8003, www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. PARK SLOPE Hook, (718) 246-1793. Sundays: Jam band Sundays, 5 pm, FREE, Sean Saturdays: Seanchai and The Unity Squad, 9 Luna Lounge The Brawlers, 9 pm, Protean Collective, 10 pm, FLATBUSH Scheinman, will play at Barbes in Park Slope. $6; Jan. 30: DJ Mojo presents Jessie Kilgus, 8 Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, Barbes pm, FREE; Mondays: The Traditional Sounds of 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street FREE; Mondays: Live band kuntry karaoke, 10 “She’s a wonderful violinist who doesn’t Chris Byrne and Andrew Harkin, 8:30 pm, pm, Dilian, 9 pm, Novice Theory, 10 pm, Ish, 11 Vox Po p 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 260-2323, pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hank’s Country Bluegrass sound like anyone else,” Barbes owner FREE; Tuesdays: Live jazz, 7 pm, FREE; Wed- www.lunalounge.com. pm, Volut, Midnight, $6; Jan. 31: L.A.W., 8 pm, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- in Park Slope, (718) 965-9177, The Highway, 9 pm, Baywa, 10 pm, Real Be Jam, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Live band nesdays: Soul Night with Sugartime, 9 pm, Jan. 26: Tzar, 7:30 pm, J-san and The Analog bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Olivier Conan told GO Brooklyn. Easys, 11 pm, $6; Feb. 1: Thursday Night All- “Rockstar Karaoke,” 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: FREE; Thursdays: Pub Quiz with host Scott Sons, 8:30 pm, Guignol, 9:30 pm, Nanuchka, Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 Stars, 8 pm, Jeff Taylor, 9 pm, Beyondo, 10 pm, Uncle Leon Farewell Show, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with two- M.X. Turner, 8:30 pm, FREE. 10:30 pm, $10; Jan. 27: Owen Roberts, 7:30 pm, pm, $10; Jan. 26: Kill Henry Leron Thomas, 11 pm, Tiombe Lockhart, Mid- 31: The Governors, “Farewell Show & Campaign drink/snack minimum; Jan. 26: Gerald Jay King, Sangsara, 8:30 pm, Fro, 9:30 pm, A.K.A.C.O.D., night, $7; Feb. 2: Sharks, 8 pm, Clown Vomit, Kickoff Night” featuring Lifejacket, Gunfight, 5 pm, $TBD, 12 Hour Shift and Friends, 8 pm, Sugar, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Jan. Paul EZ and Jan Cooley, 11 pm, FREE. 10:30 pm, $8; Jan. 30: Joey John, 7:30 pm, 27: The Quavers, 7 pm, $10 suggested dona- SHEEPSHEAD BAY 10 pm, Her Chance to Dream, 11 pm, Code Minetta Creek, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 1: Bears and $TBD; Jan. 30: “Local Infy” featuring Rene Boogie Force, 8:30 pm, The Stoics, 9:30 pm, $8; tion, Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 suggested Anchor, Midnight, $10. the Enemy Before, Chumley, The Brand, Collins, Hava Collins, Jessie White, Holley Ander- Patio Lounge Jan. 31: Goes Cube, 8 pm, Foreign Islands, 9 son, Mike Fiorito, Dave Feddock, Don Ducote donation; Jan. 28: Osso, 8 pm, $10 suggested Anyway Cafe Striptease Battleship, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 2: Baby 179 Fifth Ave. at Degraw Street in Park Slope, pm, Dub Trio, 10 pm, $12; Feb. 1: Blood City, and a surprise guest, 7 pm, $TBD; Feb. 1: Twice donation, Chicha Libre, 9:30 pm, $10 suggested 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th Union Pool Daddy, 10 pm, Sidecar a Gogo, 11 pm, FREE. (646) 810-1916, www.patiolounge.com. 8:30 pm, Far From Finished, 9:30 pm, U.S. as Bright, Aunt Ange, Ryan Rhodes, 7 pm, $TBD; donation; Jan. 29: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 Mondays: Laugh Out Loud Mondays, 8 pm, Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, Bombs, 10:30 pm, $12.50 in advance, $14 day of 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Feb. 2: Matt Keating, Marnie Rice, 8 pm, $TBD. suggested donation; Jan. 30: Logan Richardson FREE; Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: Dance www.anywaycafe.com. the show; Feb. 2: The Yes Way, 7:30 pm, Arbor Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, BRIGHTON BEACH Quintet, 8 pm, $10, Loren Stillman’s Bad Touch, party, 9 pm, FREE. Saturdays: Grace Garland, 8 pm, FREE; Mon- Day, 8:30 pm, My Other Friend, 9:30 pm, The www.myspace.com/unionpool. 10 pm, $10; Jan. 31: The Mad Jazz Hatters, 8 days: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: FORT GREENE Bosch, 10:30 pm, We Tigers, 11:30 pm, $8. Jan. 26: Hullabaloo with The Nouvellas, The National Restaurant pm, $10 suggested donation, John Tchicai, 10 Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Shalitas, Thee Lexington Arrows, The Clean pm, $10 suggested donation; Feb. 1: Opera on Southpaw 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Susan Teens and live DJs, 8 pm, $7; Jan. 27: Leffrey M. Night of the Tap, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; Feb. 2: Yale 125 Fifth Ave. at St. Johns Place in Park Music Hall of Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, Robinson with special guests Mark Shippy, Pat Strom and Hot Pstromi, 8 pm, $10 suggested Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. 1225, www.come2national.com. Cookers 9 pm, FREE. Williamsburg Samson, Matt Carson and David Yow, Stars Like donation, Howard Fishman, 10 pm, $10 sug- Jan. 26: Get Him Eat Him, Mahjongg, Miss Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Fleas, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 31: Larkin Grikmm, gested donation. Fairchild, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the Williamsburg, (718) 486-5400, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Crossroads Saloon Vuk, 8 pm, $8; Feb. 2: The Dodos, Phosphores- show; Jan. 27: Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway cent and Phil and The Osophers, 8 pm, $8. Biscuit BBQ 29: Shot for Sderot presents Blue Fringe, Rock Jan. 26: Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. of David, Levitikus, 8 pm, $15 in advance, $20 9 pm, $22 in advance, $22 day of the show; Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE FREE. 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Fridays: Karaoke, 10:30 pm, FREE. Williamsburg Music Slope, (718) 399-2161, day of the show; Jan. 30: Eric Bachmann, Henry Feb. 1: The Whigs, The Spinto Band, 9 pm, $10 (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. Mena, 8 pm, $15 in advance and day of the in advance, $12 day of the show; Feb. 2: Bang Center GOWANUS Tuesdays: “Konceptions” featuring live music, show; Jan. 31: Steel Train, Person L, Paper WILLIAMSBURG Camaro, Cheeseburger, 10 pm, $15 in advance 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 8:30 pm, $5 and one-drink minimum, live Rival, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the and day of the show. Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Issue Project Room music, 9:45 pm, $5 and one-drink minimum; show; Feb. 1: Mr. Metaphor presents “The Black Betty Sundays: Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber Evolution of Marc Bars,” Rawkus release and Last Exit Bar and 232 Third St. at Third Avenue in Gowanus, Jan. 29: Bad Touch, 8:30 pm, $5 and one-drink 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street Pete’s Candy Store with Greg Tate, 8 pm, 11pm, $7; Feb. 1: Steve (718) 330-0313, www.issueprojectroom.org. minimum, Josh Roseman’s Water Surgeons, after party featuring Pumpkinhead, Ryan in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Bloom Project, 10 pm, $10. Perfect, Block McCloud, Lil Lego, War Bixby 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Lounge Jan. 26: Loren Connors with Suzanne Langille 9:45 pm, $5 and one-drink minimum. www.blackbetty.net. Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, and DJs Eclipse, Trauma, Dutchmaster, Iron 136 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn and Hahn Rowe, 8 pm, $10; Jan. 31: Michael Saturdays: DJ Emskee and G Man the MC www.petescandystore.com. Zebulon Lyon, Emskee and more, 9 pm, $10. Heights, (718) 222-9198, www.lastexitbar.com. Haleta, Zbigniew Karwoski, 8 pm, $10. Bogota Latin Bistro present the “Make Love, Not War” party, 11 Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, Matty Charles, 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Saturdays: “Kayo’s Knockout,” DJ Kayo’s booty- 141 Fifth Ave. at St. Johns Place in Park Slope, pm, FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Bingo, 7 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, shakin’, jam-jumpin’, all night get down party, 10 Tea Lounge Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, Wednesdays: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, FREE; Jan. www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. GREENPOINT (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. pm, FREE; Jan. 31: Sugartown with Colleen Wednesdays, Thursdays: Live music, 7 pm, 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his 26: The Campbell Apartment, 8 pm, Tsui, 9 pm, Jan. 26: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, 11 Crumbcake, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 1: “Pleasure- FREE. Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jeremy Christensen, 10 pm, Betty Ironthumbs, pm, FREE; Jan. 27: Jonathan Goldberger Trio, web” with DJs Oneman and E’s E, 10 pm, FREE. Club Europa Jan. 30: Corey King’s Cells, 9 pm, $5 suggest- Hotrocks, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: “What is 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: Hugo, 9:30 pm, Shoney 9 pm, Brandon Seabrook Trio, 10 pm, FREE; 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Cafe Steinhof ed donation, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested dona- Soul?” with DJs Adrian Hibbs and Eric Johnson, Lamar, 10:30 pm, Emily Easterly, 11:20 pm, Jan. 28: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Magnetic Field Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, tion; Jan. 31: Root Valdez, 9 pm, $5 suggested 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ FREE; Jan. 28: Stand-Up Comedy, 7:30 pm, guests, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 29: Stuart Bogie spe- www.europaclub.com or www.europalive.net. 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, donation, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Kelley McRae, 9:30 pm, Lauris Vidal, 10:30 pm, cial evening “Super Human Happiness,” 10 pm, Saturdays: VIP dance party, 10 pm, FREE before Feb. 1: Stebmo, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation, pm, FREE; Jan. 31: Isabelle Day, 11 pm, FREE. FREE; Jan. 29: Dave Tucker, 9 pm, …And the FREE; Jan. 30: Bee’s Nest, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. Heights, (718) 834-0069, Jan. 30: The Second Fiddles, 10:30 pm, FREE. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation. Wiremen, 10 pm, Lord Ward, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 31: Jordan McLean’s Astro-Chemical Radiation, Karaoke night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy pro- 30: Turner Cody, 10 pm, The Wowz, 11 pm, 10 pm, FREE. Jan. 26: The Bamboo Kids, The Mighty Fine, The Callbox gressive dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 Good Coffeehouse The Anabolics, 7:30 pm, $8; Jan. 28: Overcat, Two Boots Brooklyn 148 Kingsland Ave. at Lombardy Street in pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Jan. 27: Emorel, Killing Music Parlor 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Williamsburg, (718) 384-0179, Time TBD, $TBD; Feb. 1: Lil’ Hospital, One Valentina, Soho Violet, The Downtown Action, A Happy Island, Spoilsport, 7:30 pm, $8. (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.thecallboxlounge.com. Lacerated Sky, 3 pm, $10. Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Saturdays: Seductive Saturdays with DJ Jose, Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, Feb. 1: Spoke, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 2: Memphis 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: ’80s Party with The TALK TO US… BUSHWICK Club Exit www.bsec.org. Train, 10 pm, FREE. Airwaves, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Dance music all 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Feb. 1: Traveling Troubador Series featuring night, 9 pm, FREE. To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Silent Barn in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, folk musicians Steve Gillette and Cindy Mang- Union Hall name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site 915 Wyckoff Ave. at Hancock Street in www.club-exit.com. sen, 8 pm, $15 adults, $6 children. (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Death by Audio address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Bushwick, No phone. Saturdays, Fridays: DJ dance party, 10 pm, $15 Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, 49 S. Second St. at Wythe Avenue in formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are Feb. 2: (Upstairs) Deer Rick, Angel Dera- (ladies FREE until 11 pm). Melt www.unionhallny.com. Williamsburg, No phone. free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. doorian, Nat Baldwin, Karl Blau, (Downstairs) 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Jan. 26: Bon Savants, Kinetic, 8 pm, $8; Jan. 27: Jan. 26: Eric Copeland, David Scott Stone, The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Wet Hair, Secret Abuse, Evan Miller, Nimby, G Studio B Slope, (718) 230-5925. “Tearing the Veil of Maya,” comedy with Caguamas, Emmy, 8 pm, $7; Feb. 1: Team event details. Lucas Crane Vs. Nonhorse, 8 pm, $7. 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Green- Fridays: “Stuck in the ’80s” party featuring DJs Eugene Mirman, Michael Showalter and more, Robespierre Impose Record Release Party fea- 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 26, 2008 DECISION ’09 CAMPAIGNS ARE STARTING EARLIER THAN EVER The next citywide election is still 22 months away, but the frenzy has already begun. the number at this point four years ago. And would-be borough president Bill DeBla- A record 51 candidates have already declared for the City Council — more than triple sio already has $450,000 in his war chest. Time to look ahead: A five-for-all to replace DeBlasio

By Mike McLaughlin neighborhoods’ personalities. The Brooklyn Paper While he’s the only one who’s run for office before, los- Whoever takes over for ing to DeBlaiso in 2001, his Councilman Bill DeBlasio last-place finish taught him (D–Cobble Hill) will have some valuable lessons, such as, some big shoes to fill — liter- “I love her dearly, but my ally. The NBA-sized DeBlasio mother will not be my cam- is term-limited out, but al- paign manager this time.” He’s ready five candidates have • Though he’s a campaign stepped up to represent the newbie, Zuckerman has been in 39th Council district. government as a staffer for a Of the five Democratic can- New Jersey state senator (is that Dollar didates — Craig Hammerman, a plus or a minus?). Now he’s Brad Lander, Gary Reilly, Josh Brad Lander Josh Skaller Craig Hammerman Gary Reilly Bob Zuckerman running to reform government. Skaller and Bob Zuckerman — One idea is to reclassify the job Bill running in a district that covers of a councilmember as a full- parts of Cobble Hill, Carroll in Park Slope. (No Republican about the same thing. All five fordable housing and a way to district. and livability,” meaning cheap- time gig to prevent the honor- Gardens and Park Slope, every- has declared yet.) candidates told The Brooklyn decelerate the development • Hammerman’s mantra is er housing, embracing green The Brooklyn Paper able officials from earning out- one but Reilly makes his home Right now, they’re talking Paper about the need for af- that’s been sweeping across the “affordability, sustainability technology, and preserving the side income on top of their Councilman Bill De- $110,000 city salaries. Blasio is running away “If you are elected to serve, with the race to succeed you need to be a full-time rep- Borough President Mar- Park Slope is known for babies, but now the neighborhood is giving birth to aspiring councilmen. Of the five declared resentative,” he said. kowitz — at least the candidates for the council seat currently occupied by term-limited, would-be borough president, Bill DeBlasio, only • Lander, who has spent the money race, that is. one does not live in the Slope. In this crowded field, every last vote in Park Slope will be hard fought, so look over the The Fightin’ 39th field now because they’re going to be looking for you, o registered Democratic voter, later. — Mike McLaughlin last 10 years at the Fifth Avenue DeBlasio (D–Carroll Committee and, now, at the Gardens) has raised nearly $446,000 in the race for Name BRAD LANDER JOSH SKALLER CRAIG HAMMERMAN GARY REILLY BOB ZUCKERMAN Pratt Center for Community Borough Hall against Development, would make ur- Councilman Charles Bar- Age 38 39 42 33 47 ban planning and affordable ron (D–Canarsie), the housing his focus. only other declared candi- Neighborhood Park Slope Park Slope Park Slope Carroll Gardens Park Slope “People will be drawn to me date. because I’m both a fighter for “I feel good,” DeBlasio Employment Director of Pratt Center for Director of information tech- District manager of Communi- Lawyer Executive director of the Go- the neighborhood, as well as told The Brooklyn Paper. Community Development. nology and systems at Global- ty Board 6. wanus Canal Community De- someone who brings resources “We had a very strong works. velopment Corporation and to our neighborhoods,” he said. campaign finance filing the Gowanus Canal Conser- • Skaller has an unconven- this month.” vancy tional resume for someone Not only is DeBlasio seeking elected office. Right ahead of the game, but Bio Headed the Fifth Avenue Com- Field director of Democracy Park Slope Civic Council Member of Carroll Gardens Member of CB6, just nomi- now, he’s an IT director, and he already has a Web site mittee from 1993–2003, mem- for New York City and presi- trustee, chairman of the Neighborhood Association, lo- nated to become president of before that, he was a musical in anticipation of the up- ber of Community Board 6. dent of the Central Brooklyn Prospect Park Track Club. cal blogger. the Independent Neighbor- composer at Harvard Univer- coming election (www. Independent Democrats. hood Democrats. sity. billdeblasio.com). He says his priority would be Not so Barron. Appar- Quote “I’ve got a history of working “Our campaign is completely “I’m a third generation Brook- “The two biggest issues are “There’s a certain amount of education, where he objects to ently adopting a more on city planning and afford- unbeholden to special inter- lynite, so Brooklyn’s streets are transportation and develop- government reform and coun- “the high-stakes testing kids are laid-back approach to the able housing around the city.” ests, [unlike] the way so many coursing through my veins.” ment — they get me fired cil reform that needs to be election — still a year- being subjected to,” and would other campaigns are across up.” implemented.” seek to improve “the quality of and-a-half away — Bar- Brooklyn right now.” ron has raised a whopping middle schools and high schools,” he said. $920. Pluses He’s got a good head start on As head of CBID, he should Has campaign experience Not stuck in the Park Slope Has been in politics since he He was out of the fundraising, with more than have some supporters with from his 2001 council run. candidate bottleneck. volunteered for the McGovern • Like his opponents, Reilly, country until the end of double anyone else’s receipts. political know-how. campaign at age 11 in 1972. the Carroll Gardens entrant, the month, his spokes- wants to slow the unfettered de- woman said, and could Minuses As an advocate, he might be Not too many IT directors get Came in last out of six candi- Youngest candidate; shortest Relative newcomer to Brooklyn velopment, but his pet project is not be reached for com- uncomfortable as a legislator. elected to public office. dates in 2001. resume. increasing mass transit. ment. She declined to Last year, he started a grass- elaborate. — Rubinstein Money Raised $63,015 $30,234 Has not filed paperwork. Has not filed paperwork. Has not filed paperwork. roots petition for express serv- ice on the F-train.

Three-way for Yassky’s "/
"8"3%8*//*/( seat in Heights, W’burg :&"3 By Adam F. Hutton As a former chief of staff to Yassky, Thies has al- The Brooklyn Paper ready raised an impressive $20,000 in just a few months. Though he may be young, the 28-year-old At the moment, there are only three Democratic Thies has campaign experience, working for both At- Evan Thies candidates vying to replace term-limited Council- torney General Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Hillary Clin- man David Yassky and represent a sprawling district ton. that stretches from Greenpoint to Park Slope. He also has strong ties to Williamsburg, serving as More candidates are on the way, insiders said. chairman of CB1’s Environmental Protection and What those candidates will focus on depends on, Waste Management Committee. well, the candidates themselves. Levin hasn’t started raising funds for his “Growth is the issue,” said Evan Thies, a campaign yet, but he’ll soon form a campaign Williamsburg resident and member of committee. The 27-year-old is also no Community Board 1. “The district is stranger to the campaign trail, having growing faster than the rest of the city as worked on various judicial campaigns, on a whole, and that affects everything Lopez’s Assembly campaign and on Mar- from development to the quality of our tin Dilan’s state Senate campaign. schools.” “I know the nuts and bolts of what goes Greenpoint resident Steve Levin, who is into a successful ground campaign, for sure,” Stephen Levin chief of staff to Assemblyman Vito Lopez, Levin said. “It amounts to a lot of door- put affordable housing at the top of his priority knocking and hitting the streets and I’ve done list — both maintaining the existing housing a lot of that.” stock and creating more affordable places. Simon has lived in Boerum Hill for 25 Jo Anne Simon, a Boerum Hill resident and Demo- years (that’s almost as long as Thies and Levin have cratic District Leader, says the real trick is walking the been alive). As a longtime president of the Boerum Hill tightrope between the needs of the 33rd district and the Association, Simon has community activist credentials needs of the rest of the city. as well as support within the Democratic Party as a dis- “In my mind, the issue that unites all of the commu- trict leader. nities in the 33rd is how to balance the needs of our dis- She’s been working hard on fundraising as well, trict with the needs of the city as a whole,” Simon says. having put more than $26,000 in her war chest. “That’s a common thread in all of the issues facing my Before this game is over, though, other candidates, district from education, environmental sustainability including failed state Senate candidate Ken Diamond- and the intersection of land use and transportation.” stone, could jump into the fray. Jo Anne Simon

The Fightin’ 33rd The 33rd Council district sprawls along the waterfront from Greenpoint to Cobble Hill, plus adds parts of Park Slope and Boerum Hill. There are already three declared candidates, and a fourth — Ken Diamondstone of Brooklyn Heights — waiting just outside the ring with cap in hand. — Adam F. Hutton

Name EVAN THIES STEPHEN LEVIN JO ANNE SIMON

Age 28 27 55

Neighborhood Williamsburg Greenpoint Boerum Hill

Bio Currently an adviser to environ- Currently chief of staff to As- Currently an attorney with a REAL The cup runneth over for Brooklyn’s newspaper, where it’s an award-winning year. mental, affordable housing semblyman Vito Lopez. focus on disability rights, stan- In August, The Brooklyn Paper was named a Newspaper of the Year by Suburban groups and other non-profits. dardized testing and higher Newspapers of America, a leading national trade group that represents 2,400 daily Also on Community Board 1. education. Also a Democratic district leader. and weekly newspapers. The SNA cited our “aggressive, readable coverage” of the Atlantic Yards mega-project as a prime reason for the award. Now, the SNA has se- Experience Former chief of staff to Coun- Ran a state program that pro- Taught at the Perkins school TOP WEEKLY NEWSPAPER EDITOR cilman David Yassky. Also vided a lead-free home for chil- for the blind in Watertown, lected our fearless leader, Gersh Kuntzman, as America’s worked campaigns for Attor- dren and their families. Also ran Mass. Ran a program for dis- — Editor of the Year — lauding The Brooklyn Paper for having the “most focused and ney General Andrew Cuomo a city anti–predatory lending abled students at Gallaudet in sharply written coverage” and for providing “good exploratory stories and graphics.” and Sen. Hillary Clinton. program. Washington. Whatta year! Whatta paper! Pluses Young, energetic, full of ideas Young, energetic, full of ideas Experience, experience, expe- rience.

Minuses Grew up in New Hampshire Grew up in New Jersey Grew up in Yonkers

Quote “I’ve spent five years in city “I have a strong devotion to- “I’ve been working effectively government getting things ward public service, and … with communities throughout done … and I’d using that ex- bring an intense passion to large swaths of Brooklyn. That’s www.BrooklynPaper.com perience to accomplish even serve my neighbors.” what makes me different. I’m more in the Council.” best qualified.” January 26, 2008 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 15 Yes, the pain is exquisite, thanks

fter last week’s column about my • • • ken joint, I assure you), but the ankle takes darnedest things. broken ankle, I was pleased to re- THE BROOKLYN What’s with these orthopedic specialists a backseat to no bag of bones — especially But what he said was more than ceive a genuine outpouring of sym- anyway? Do they think they’re bone gods if I’m going to experience such consider- darnedest. It was close to the dumbest. A By Gersh or something? able pain. “Here’s what you have to do,” he said. pathy from my readers. Kuntzman I only wish the outpouring extended to ANKLE After setting my ankle originally, the ER • • • “When it happened to me, I took the next six my doctor. nurse at New York Methodist Hospital had Favorite moment of the week: Guy sees weeks off, sat on a beach and didn’t work. Now, when I say “my” “doctor,” I’ll re- sage with his service that I was “experienc- instructed me to call the hospital’s “physi- me huffing up Eighth Avenue on my That’s the only way to beat this thing.” mind you that I’m an American, so I don’t ing considerable pain.” cian referral service” to get a recommend- crutches. It’s about 15 degrees out, but Excuse me, I said. Got any other bright have a doctor; I have a thick book from my I’m still waiting for a callback. ed orthopedist for the requisite follow-up. sweat is pouring off my forehead like I’ve ideas? Actually, he did. insurance company dictating the doctors Now, when I used to call recent ex-girl- That made sense — except when I called just played three sets with Borg, and he si- “Get a chauffeur,” he said. “It’s worth it. I’m permitted to see. friends and leave messages saying that I the hotline, I was given only three names, dles up to commiserate. Best $100 a day you’ll ever spend.” I called about 20 orthopedic specialists and was “experiencing considerable pain,” I’m all of them beginning with the letters “Man, that’s rough,” he said, suggesting Make that the only $100 a day I’ll ever only one would give me an appointment. man enough to admit that the women were “ME.” I wondered: is this a referral service that I stop and talk. spend — because once I spend the $100 a Thus, he became my doctor. justified in blowing off the call. or a random doctor name generator? Frankly, I was happy to stop and talk, day, I won’t have anything left. On Friday, he replaced my temporary, But I tend to like a little more, how you I called all three specialists, but didn’t mostly because stopping and talking al- Kuntzman’s ankle is expected to be in a cast for four more weeks. Will he be free of emergency-room cast with a real Fiberglas say?, concern from the medical profession. get an appointment. lowed me to stop, which meant I could this Fiberglas hell in time to collect his Edi- model, the kind of cast you can stick into a Perhaps in the future, I should reconsider “I don’t do ankles anymore,” one told me. catch my breath. And as I discovered in the tor of the Year award in Ponte Vedra Beach, closing elevator door with impunity. my method of picking doctors. Throwing a Don’t do ankles? Since when is the an- first installment of what I hope will only be Florida on Feb. 21? Watch for updates. In Our columnist puts his worst foot forward But two days after my appointment, my dart at the insurance company handbook kle a second-class citizen? I may be sitting a four-week series on life with a broken (in the meantime, sympathy cards and fruit to write this week’s update. foot started hurting. I called and left a mes- isn’t working. in the back of the bus (to protect my bro- two places!) ankle, people say the baskets can be sent to The Brooklyn Paper.

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Mishpatim night evacuation of 200 some tenants from ly illegal matzo factory in the basement. Bachner / Jeff Fri., Feb.1, before 4:54 pm the building, which is between South 11th Tenants were set to get more time in their Has G-d stepped into the background and left things up to physical Street and Division Avenue on the Williams- units later in the week after three tons of St. John–St. Matthew–Emanuel burg waterfront, city officials said. grain were removed on Wednesday from si- and human nature Lutheran Church Park Slope “I’ve been through all this before,” said los that fed that factory. 283 Prospect Ave (5th and 6th Aves.) Doris Josovitz, who moved to 475 Kent But the ultimate fate of the tenants re- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn (718) 768–0528 www.stjme.org three years ago after being evicted from 808 mains in limbo. Residents of this factory building on Kent Six Wednesdays, starting February 6 ELCA — Reconciling in Christ Driggs Ave. under similar circumstances. This isn’t the first time Brach has gotten Sunday Worship 11:00 “So I guess I’m getting used to it.” into trouble by housing people in old indus- Avenue were evicted after the city found 7:30 - 9:00 pm Rev. David C. Parsons Still, the controlled chaos wasn’t easy for trial buildings. He was fined in June after a an illegal matzo factory in the basement. A31- 28 non-eviction veterans. Tenants were given firefighter died battling a blaze at Brach’s This week, residents were briefly allowed Brown Memorial about an hour to gather whatever they could. converted sewing factory at 83 Meserole St. back in to collect their belongings. Baptist Church Jewish Learning Institute 484 Washington Ave., Ft. Greene Sunday School 9:15am Morning Worship 8:00am & 11:00am Real Learning for Real Life Wed. Bible Study 1:00pm & 7:15pm 718-638-6121 Rev. Clinton M. Miller - Pastor LM31-12 How B’klyn butcher KO’d FDR DIBCBE!PG!CSPPLMZO!IFJHIUT Cong. B’nai Jacob Park Slope Synagogue 117 Remsen Street (between Clinton & Henry Streets) 401 9th Str. btw 6th & 7th Ave. By Mike McLaughlin of the bridge or in Washington.” 718-832-1266 The Brooklyn Paper That plotline made it hard For more information: Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan for anyone to root for FDR. Shabbat: Fri Sundown Sat 9:30am A Brooklyn Heights author “It was fun that she picked a please call (718) 596-4840 CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS told a gathering at the Heights www.parkslopeshul.org story that showed the spunk of or e-mail [email protected] LM30-34 Casino last week how a the Brooklyn entrepreneur,’ said kosher butcher in Brooklyn, David Wenk. Congregation playing David to President Mount Sinai Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s

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The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn TH Brooklyn Great Depression,” puncturing 260 65 STREET Heights the aura that in many New York Author Amity Shlaes railed against FDR at the Heights Casino. Synagogue salons still envelop FDR’s eco- BROOKLYN, NY 11220 131 Remsen St. · 718-522-2070 nomic policies. Casino, a social and squash Franklin Stone. “She’s shown a [email protected] Affiliated with the Union of Reform Judaism The 1930s showdown pitted club on Montague Street, might more complex view. a hallowed figure in the Demo- have been the roost of New Shlaes’s portrayal of the four- Bay Ridge Towers, Inc., a Mitchell Lama limited profit cooperative housing company A warm, welcoming, and Jewishly cratic pantheon against some Deal-criticizing capitalist buc- times-elected chief executive as diverse community, dedicated to supervised by the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, will life-long learning and to caring for hometown boys, the Schechter caneers, but these days, the con- economically wrongheaded is, the world and each other. brothers, a brood of kosher ventional thinking on FDR has for many, a fresh approach to be selecting a limited number of applications by lottery for placement on the one- butchers who beat the price-fix- been soaked up even by Brook- Depression-era history. Please join us! bedroom and studio waiting lists. Shabbat evening service ing, anti-market policies of the lyn’s upper crust. She said it’s the perfect every Friday at 6:30 pm New Deal’s National Recovery “We all sort of had this rosy Brooklyn story because it has 100 Studio Applicants Torah study Administration, in a historic Su- view that the New Deal was “that outsider sense that’s al- every Saturday at 9:30 am preme Court case in 1935. what pulled us out of the De- ways skeptical of government 300 One Bedroom Applicants A51 At one time, the Heights pression,” said Casino President — whether it’s on the other side If selected in the lottery, preference in admission will be given to qualified disabled vet- erans in accordance with applicable provisions of the Private Housing Finance Law. PFIZER Purchase prices, monthly carrying charges, household composition and maximum in- Continued from page 1 come limits are as follows: lyn Paper. “For me, affordable Do you live, work or shop in housing in Williamsburg means meeting the needs of the people Apartment Family Purchase Carrying Maximum who are earning between $30,000 and $50,000 a year and Size Composition Price Charges Annual House there is no guarantee from Pfiz- Hold Income er that they will meet that Then come to a need.” Studio 1 Person $10,165 - $12,979 $389 - 488 $49,600** BROOKLYN? Studio 2 Persons $10,165 - $12,979 $389 - 488 $56,700** Residential Parking Forum 1 Bedroom 2 Persons $14,075 - $17,046 $542 - 628 $63,250** with NYC Department of Transportation *Purchase prices and carrying charges are subject to change without notice. **Based on the total household income for the prior calendar year, less $1,000 for each (Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan scheduled) personal and dependent exemption, and less $17,000 (or actual earnings if less) for each secondary wage earner. Household income must be within the allowable limit at

/ Nicole D’Arrigo time of application and at time of apartment availability. MONDAY - February 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm St. Francis College Auditorium Directions for Requesting Lottery Application and Instructions

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn To request a lottery application and instructions, you must send A STAMPED, SELF- Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights Though the rhetoric coming ADDRESSED ENVELOPE, NO SMALLER THAN 9 BY 4 INCHES, BY FIRST from both sides sounds bitter, Subway: 2,3,4,5 (Borough Hall); R (Court Street) Brad Lander of the Pratt Center CLASS MAIL to ESC, PO Box 8134, Garden City, NY 11530-8134. Certified, reg- for Community Development istered or overnight mail, walk-ins or telephone requests will not be accepted. Your says it doesn’t have to be pub- lic-private slugfest. request must be received no later than 9:00am on February 4, 2008. Requests received “Pfizer could be a partner in a public process, and I would after the deadline will be returned to sender. ORGANIZED BY strongly prefer a public process over a private one.” said Lander. Council Members David Yassky, Letitia James, Bill DeBlasio “Pfizer could agree to sell the NOTE: This is a two-step process. First, follow the directions above to obtain a lot- property to the city, state or a tery application and instructions. Second, when you receive the application, follow Boerum Hill Association, Brooklyn Heights Association, Carroll non-profit, yet retain some rights about what happens on its land. the instructions and submit your completed application with a processing fee of $150 Gardens Neighborhood Association, Concord Village, Fort Greene “Pfizer says it will include af- fordable housing, but it is also payable to Bay Ridge Air Rights, Inc. If your application is not selected in the lottery, Association, Park Slope Civic Council, Prospect Heights looking to maximize its sale the processing fee will be returned. price, which will come at the Neighborhood Development Council, Society for Clinton Hill expense of affordable housing,” Lander added. “And that’s why EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOUSING I have a problem with the rede- velopment being a strictly pri- vate process.” 16 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 26, 2008

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Not a waste of time

ruce Ratner and his state enablers Kass told The Brooklyn Paper that if he privately owned properties and hand them are trotting out a new argument for made any such comment, it was merely a to Ratner. B steamrolling through the legitimate generic complaint that sometimes opposition In both cases, had the Empire State De- legal challenges to the $4-billion boon- groups bring lawsuits simply to delay proj- velopment Corporation — a pro-business doggle that is Atlantic Yards. ects and harass developers. agency that Pataki treated as a cash ma- We certainly share Kass’s sentiment that chine for his favorite developers — gone Last Friday, during a court hearing to dis- the legal battle over Atlantic Yards should through the normal, rigorous (and public) cuss scheduling the Yards opponents’ appeal be waged with all deliberate speed — but land-use review process, the very flaws that of their recent loss in state Supreme Court, a any delay at this stage is the fault of state are addressed in the current litigation could lawyer for the Metropolitan Transportation officials, who circumvented normal plan- have been exposed, debated and fixed, Authority apparently asked that the appeal ning review processes during their rush to thereby forestalling the need for litigation. be expedited because the long legal battle approve Ratner’s mini-city before his old As Daniel Goldstein, the spokesman for over the project is having “a chilling affect” law shcool chum, Gov. Pataki, left office Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, put it, on Ratner’s ability to get financing. last year. “Our lawsuit was not ‘designed’ for any- The lawyer, Steve Kass, later denied to a Lest we forget, the two remaining legal thing. It was filed in order to make sure that Brooklyn Paper reporter that he had made challenges center on vitally important mat- a state agency follows state laws.” the comment, but two lawyers who were in ters of state: Doing so may end up costing Bruce Rat- the hearing confirmed that Kass had specifi- • one suit challenges the state’s substan- ner a few bucks, but our sympathies lie with cally cited Ratner’s financing woes as the dard environmental review of the project; those who seek the truth about this shady reason for the request for an expedited ap- • the other attacks the state’s legally ques- back-room deal, not those who tried to do

peals process. tionable use of eminent domain to condemn an end-run around the public. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Sympathy for Gersh ankle, congrats on Paper award

To the editor, of the Year,” The Brooklyn Ankle, Jan. 19). I don’t know how you do it, but the pa- trough,” Jan. 12), reported on a City Coun- important, the Navy Yard would have kept As a member of the “Brooklyn broken What he’s going through is like learning per incorporates the Brooklyn I remem- cil effort to “reign” in tax breaks. them in good condition. If the preservation- Trekking trash ankle club” — I had five screws and two how to do the simplest tasks all over again. bered and loved with the Brooklyn of today. As you well know, “reign” refers to ists were running the Brooklyn Navy Yard, To the editor, plates in mine — I was happy to hear that You get really good at strategizing and at re- Rachel Gallagher, Brooklyn Heights length of time in high office, such as a king. it would be turned into a yacht club, not a Everyone in the Patrick Stewart Network Gersh Kuntzman’s injury was modest com- “Rein,” which you should have used, refers working industrial park. alizing how precious having whole limbs is. To the editor, thought your article about “Macbeth” was pared to mine. The best part will be rehab. Learning how to bringing things to a slower pace or a halt, Also, congratulations on your article an insult to Patrick Stewart and the PSN Heal quickly! I want to congratulate Gersh on the such as “reining in” a horse. to use your ankle again, regaining its strength award. about the placard parking problem in (“Beam them to BAM, Scotty,” Jan. 12). In Marty Markowitz, Park Slope with the simplest of movements. I was told I’d Nancy Wolf, Brooklyn Heights Downtown (“Placard crackdown — can it what way was it negative? For starters: The writer is borough president of Brooklyn I always enjoy reading The Brooklyn Pa- never play golf again. Ha! Wrong! Rehab is per, whether I agree with its opinions or not. To the editor, work?” Jan. 12). I liked the picture of a pas- 1. Instead of saying Patrick Stewart, the To the editor, painful, but don’t let that stop you. (Take a It does cover our “world” very well. Even though I’ve crossed the river, I still senger boarding the bus in the middle of the writer said “Jean-Luc Picard,” who is the Two of the worst fractures you can have pain pill before sessions — it helps.) However, as “Editor of the Year,” surely keep up with The Brooklyn Paper and I street. character he played in “Star Trek.” I realize are an occipital humeral fracture and one to Also, I wanted to congratulate Gersh on Gersh Kuntzman should know the differ- LOVED Gersh’s column about his broken Today, we had a black Jeep parked in the that the author might have meant it to be a the ankle, so I had to sympathize with his Editor of the Year award (“Editor of the ence between “reign” and “rein.” A recent ankle. It made me laugh out loud. middle of the bus stop all day on the east joke, but we didn’t take it that way. Patrick Gersh’s plight (“Freak accident fells Editor Year!” Jan. 12). It’s well deserved. front-page article (“Pol: Pull Ratner off the Of course, I do hope he’s feeling better, side of Jay Street between Willoughby and Stewart is a person and an actor. Jean-Luc too. Susan LaRosa, Manhattan Fulton streets. Nothing was done about it. Picard is just a character and that is it. We Al Pankin, Downtown are not going there to see someone who doesn’t exist. GUEST VIEW By Michael D.D. White Hola to immigrants 2. The writer also suggested that we are To the editor, No to super-park-et all “Star Trek” fans. Some of us are This country is made better because we To the editor, Trekkies; me included. However, not all of were all once immigrants. Thus, I offer a Is the supermarket-in-the-park concept a us are. We don’t like the image that the solution to ease this issue: 1) amnesty regis- done deal (“Supermarket could come to writer describes us as. How Jacobs would view Yards tration; 2) certification; 3) job sponsorship ‘park,’” Jan. 12)? It is getting very tiring to One of the members had the image of a or relocation; 4) two-year probation; 5) keep hearing plans that give public space person still living at home, wearing T-shirts, community service; 6) citizenship. away to private enterprise. collecting “Star Trek” stuff. Jane Jacobs, the one-time mingling of buildings that vary dorsement of the mega-develop- development earns almost en- Kenneth T. Akama, Clinton Hill A supermarket? Parks need healthy To be honest, that is what I did for years Brooklyn Heights resident in age and condition and even ment’s 15-story illuminated tirely failing grades. sports and leisure stuff for the public, not before I got married. But not all of us are whose seminal 1961 work, some of her more-obvious guid- electronic billboard. Jacobs pointed out that “big more opportunities for connected business- like that. We like Shakespeare, we like super plans” lead to “big mistakes.” “The Death and Life of Great ance: Don’t expect Jacobian en- Across-the-board, the mega- Jail school outrage es. Sonia Collins, Brooklyn Heights heroes, animation, “Star Trek,” and we like American Cities,” is still re- Her thinking also points out To the editor, Jiffy. quired reading, celebrated the that when enormous subsidies The idea to put a middle school in the We like all kinds of things that Patrick kind of urban vibrancy that are misdirected with disrespect Brooklyn House of Detention perfectly il- Leaf it alone! Stewart has done, not just “Star Trek.” flourishes when developers Yards report card for the city’s vital fabric, those lustrates our city’s approach to public edu- I don’t know what to do except tell you Real-estate lawyer and Jane Jacobs expert Michael D.D. mistakes are bigger and govern- To the editor, how upset the article made us. I will men- and city planners follow com- cation (“Lock ’em up,” Jan. 12). We spend Your article “Neighbors demand arbor- White combed through Jacobs’s 47 guidelines for urban ment is much more culpable for millions building condos (for which people tion the article on the [Web bulletin] board mon-sense guidelines she set the harm. cide,” (Aug. 11, Bay Ridge edition and on- out. planning to create a “Jane Jacobs report card” for At- will also pay millions) complete with gyms, and put your contact information as well. The “F” grade that Jane Ja- line) was ridiculous. The people demanding The other members of the PSN will tell you Jacobs is on my mind these lantic Yards. Here’s an edited version: music rooms, landscaped roofs and high- cobs would have given this end shops, then relegate our poor and mid- that the birth tree be cut down must have a themselves why they thought it was insult- days. Partly because of the Mu- GUIDELINE FINAL GRADE project speaks for itself. lot of time on their hands to complain about nicipal Art Society’s “Jane Ja- dle-class children to decaying buildings that ing. Michael D. D. White is a real-es- have no such luxuries. a tree that they should be appreciating, not Kristy Star Sisk, Poplar Bluff, Missouri cobs and the Future of New Avoidance of Monotony? ...... NO cutting down. York” exhibit (closing Jan. 26) tate, housing and public finance at- The comfort of developers and the rich Appropriate density? ...... NO torney, with a masters degree in With all of the issues, concerns, and top- — but also because the future seem to be considered first, then, almost as Parks are designed with desirable centers? ...... NO urban planning. His uncle was pub- an afterthought, we consider the needs of ics in Bay Ridge, these residents can see of Brooklyn stands to be great- lisher of both “Architectural Fo- Parks are designed so sun shines within them? ...... NO our children. nothing better to concern themselves with Send a letter ly shaped by the proposed At- Project will work with city fabric? ...... NO rum” and “Fortune” when Jane lantic Yards mega-development Dave Hall, Boerum Hill this tree, which cleans the air (and last time Concentrated diversity of use? ...... MAYBE NOT Jacobs worked for “Architectural By e-mail: [email protected] which surely would have Forum” and when she wrote the I checked Bay Ridgites were big fans of earned Jacobs’s ire. Avoidance of harmful parking lots? ...... NO “Fortune” article on urban down- their SUVs), provides home for wildlife (as By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, How can I be sure? I went Avoidance of gigantic outdoor ads? ...... NO towns that evolved into her semi- Pankin on a roll we take more and more of it away), and 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. through the principles set forth Public participation? ...... NO nal book, “The Death and Life of To the editor provides us shade (which we need more All letters must be signed and include in Jacobs’s book to create an Eminent domain used with restraint? ...... NO Great American Cities” (1961). The The residents near the Navy Yard need a and more of). the writer’s home address and phone last chance to see the Jane Jacobs Keeping blocks short ...... NO supermarket more than they need restored I think the residents of Bay Ridge need number (only the writer’s name and neigh- Atlantic Yards report card. This exhibit at the Municipal Art Society borhood are published with the letter). report card covers all of Ja- Good deployment of available resources? ...... NO (457 Madison Ave., at 51st Street, houses that nobody will use (“Navy Yard to look away from the tree and towards oth- Letters may be edited and will not be cobs’s standards, such as the Final grade ...... F in Manhattan) is Jan. 26. Call (212) supermarket on hold as feds consider er things to concern themselves with. returned. The earlier in the week you send need for short blocks, a close 935-3960 for info. ‘Row,’” Jan. 19). If those houses were so Victoria Booth, Bay Ridge your letter, the better.

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Specializing in the Purchases and Sales of Residential Property Telephone: (910) 277-1980. Attorneys for Petitioner, Scotland County Department State University of New York. Notice to Bidders. The State University of of Social Services. January 12, 19, & 26, 2008. New York Downstate Medical Center will receive sealed Proposals for BP4 FULTON STREET CLINTON HILL Over 100 Services on our Project No. 08-005. Titled: Removal and replacement of damaged wood Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County LUXURY CONDOS LUXURY CONDOS Classified & Home flooring in Gymnasium until 2:00 p.m. Local Time on February 15, 2008 on the 22nd day of January, 2008, bearing Index Number N00051/2008, a Improvement Sections at 450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203, Room # 1-15, where such copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL 1-2 Br. from 390K Lr. 1-2 Br. from 449K 100 proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. Remove and replace COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Henry Ivan Tamanis-De Excellent Loc. Excellent Loc. approximately 4,000 s.f. of maple wood flooring in the Student Activities Jesus. My present name is Henry Ivan Tamanis. My present address is 605 57th Bldg. gymnasium located at 394 Lenox Rd., Brooklyn, NY 11203 which Street, 4F, Brooklyn, NY 11220. My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is April 24, 2004. BOERUM HILL PROSPECT PARK was damaged by water infiltration. In addition, the entire gymnasium SP4 floor is to be sanded and finished including application of required strip- LUXURY CONDOS LUXURY CONDOS Notice is hereby given that a license number 1204079 for beer has been ing for gymnasium activities. 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GRAND OPENING are accessible and icy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in reader friendly room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Joel Alfonso Ray, Jr. My contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected present name is Jeremiah Joel JR Ray. My present address is 630 Ocean LEGAL NOTICES to cooperate in implementing this policy. The State University of New Avenue #12G, Brooklyn, NY 11226. My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is October 28, 2005. Notice of Formation of Prospect Street Owners York reserves the right to reject any or all bids. BP4 The Brooklyn Paper, voted 2007 BP4 LLC; Arts., of Org., filed with NY Sec. of State 'Newspaper of the Year' by the Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings ("SSNY") 12/14/2007. Office in Kings County; Suburban Newspapers of America. County on the 16th day of January 2008, bearing Index Number N00038/2008, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the SSNY designated agent for service of process To place your ad today, Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, AVAILABLE Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume with copy mailed to Attn, Donald Capoccia, BFC call (718) 834-9350 the name of Matthew Mina Zakhary. My present name is Matthew Mina ONLINE Partners LP, 325 Gold Street, 7th Fl., Brooklyn, NY Gendy. My present address is 28 Bay 49th St., Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is January 21, 2007. 11201, All lawful business purposes. BP4 www.BroooklynPaper.com BP1-6 18 AWP / Ê ,""9 Ê*
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