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Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications at 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 © Brooklyn Paper Publications • 20 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No. 42 BRZ • October 20, 2003 • FREE Basketball CB10 to allow 9-11 tributes Civilians to receive honor pros: Move along with firemen, cops By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers A battle in Bay Ridge over how to commemorate the victims of the World Nets here Trade Center attacks may finally have been settled. But it took the intercession of Gov. George Pataki and other elected officials to By Deborah Kolben static as Borough President Marty get it done. The Brooklyn Papers Markowitz, who has been trying Stephen Harri- to bring a professional sports Some of Brooklyn’s great- son, chairman of team to the borough since the day Community Board est basketball stars gathered he took office. 10, received a letter with real estate developer “My lifelong dream will be ful- from Pataki admon- Bruce Ratner at Junior’s filled,” Markowitz said. ishing the board for restaurant Tuesday afternoon Not so fast, Marty. its decision to post- to promote his bid to bring the Ratner is among a group of pone street namings New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn. bidders making a play to purchase for civilian victims “We are going to fulfill the the Nets from YankeeNets, the of 9-11. dream of all Brooklynites,” said parent company of the team. “I strongly dis- Ratner, who seemed to be having New York Islanders hockey agree with the no-
the time of his life as he joked team owner Charles Wang also tion that only emer- Mango / Greg with basketball greats including submitted a bid to bring the Nets gency personnel lost Connie Hawkins, World B. Free to Long Island. And only real es- on that tragic day and Albert King. tate mogul Charles Kushner and should be honored Taking the microphone, some Sen. Jon Corzine, who also made and remembered in of the stars, many of who hailed a bid, said they would keep the the community through The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn
/ Tom Callan / Tom street namings,” Pa- from Brownsville and Bedford- team in New Jersey. Eileen Geraty’s licence plate is a tribute to her daugh- But Ratner’s bid might have taki wrote in a letter Stuyvesant, touted the importance ter, Suzanne, who died in the Twin Towers. of having an NBA team in the gotten a boost from Nets players dated Sept. 30. Borough of Kings. this week, who said they would While the gover- “I hope this happens,” rather be traded than move to nor said he wouldn’t ordinarily speak up on a decision within the purview of local government he felt compelled to have his voice heard.
Hawkins said, adding, “I would Long Island. Papers The Brooklyn come back to find a job.” Both Nets point guard Jason In a meeting this week, the executive committee of CB10 voted to amend the “Brooklyn Nets, let’s go,” Kidd and center Alonzo Mourn- board’s strict street-naming guidelines to allow for the special circumstances of 9- added Free, who grew up in ing told reporters that if the Nets 11, a move that would allow all local victims on whose behalf a request is made to Brownsville and retired in 1989 moved to Long Island they would Made in Red Hook have a street named after them. after 13 years in the NBA. ask to be traded. While both On Beard Street Tuesday, “Sopranos” star James Gandolfini (left) with actors Frank Vincent and “I hope that the community board does look favorably upon the executive com- But no one seemed quite as ec- See ARENA on page 5 Steve Buscemi, of Park Slope, take a break during the filming of the popular HBO mob drama. See TRIBUTES on page 6 Hynes: Norman stole Dem bucks 10 dead in DA charges Clarence treated party as ‘personal piggy bank’ By Deborah Kolben symbolic last meal at the Park Plaza Diner ferry crash, The Brooklyn Papers on Cadman Plaza West, where many of the Brooklyn Democrats’ meetings are held, be- A grand jury investigation into the fore walking with a cadre of supporters to sale of judgeships in Brooklyn brought the district attorney’s office just before 9 pm the county’s Democratic Party boss on Oct. 9. before a judge of his own this week. 42 injured Norman arranged for his own highly pub- The chairman of the Kings County Demo- licized perp walk from the diner to District cratic Committee, Assemblyman Clarence Attorney Charles Hynes’ office at 350 Jay St. By Michael Weissenstein Norman Jr., was indicted on charges of steal- He spent the night there, was fingerprint- Associated Press ing $5,000 from his own re-election commit- ed, handcuffed and released on $25,000 bail A Staten Island ferry slammed into a pier as it was docking tee and submitting 76 fraudulent vouchers after turning over his passport and entering a Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, tearing off victims’ limbs for reimbursements for travel expenses total- not-guilty plea at his arraignment Friday and reducing the front of the mighty vessel to a tangled mass of ing more than $5,000. morning. wood, glass and steel. At least 42 people were injured. According to Hynes, the Democratic Par- Hynes called a press conference immedi- The ferry pilot responsible for docking the vessel fled the ty picked up the tab for Norman’s gas and ately after where he outlined the charges scene immediately after the crash, went to his Staten Island tolls, but Norman allegedly double-dipped, against Norman and accused the Democratic home and attempted suicide by slitting his wrists and shooting by filing for reimbursement from the As- boss of using the party as his “personal pig- himself with a pellet gun, a police official told The Associated sembly. gy bank.” Hynes said more charges against Press on the condition of anonymity. The pilot was rushed to If convicted, Norman could face up to party officials could be in the offing. the same hospital as many of the victims and underwent sur- seven years in jail. “The train is leaving,” said Hynes, noting gery. This week, Norman called the charges that those who want to avoid prosecution Staten Island Councilman Michael McMahon said Thursday “ludicrous” and told The Brooklyn Papers should come forward. / Tom Callan / Tom that investigators told him the assistant pilot slumped forward the travel expenses were an allowance, not a Jeffrey Feldman, executive director of the / Tom Callan / Tom / Tom Callan / Tom at the controls. He had failed to take his blood pressure medica- reinbursement. Kings County Democratic Committee, was tion, McMahon said. Norman accused Hynes of using the in- not indicted by the grand jury. He is still un- The 310-foot ferry, carrying about 1,500 passengers, plowed dictment as a political tactic to insure his der investigation, sources said. into the enormous wooden pilings on the Staten Island end of own re-election. Norman has responded to Hynes’ indict- its run from Manhattan at 3:20 pm, ripping a giant hole in the “He came up with nothing,” Norman said. ment with a charge of his own. Papers The Brooklyn three-level, bright-orange vessel. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “We’re going to win this battle.” In a letter this week to Brooklyn Chief Indicted Assemblyman Clarence Norman Frank Corchado was sleeping in the back of the Staten Island District Attorney Charles Hynes announces Joined by supporters and almost all of the Judge Ann Pfau, Norman’s attorney, Roger walks to DA’s office on Jay Street last ferry, on his way home after his shift as an elevator mechanic. the indictment of Clarence Norman on Friday. borough’s 42 district leaders, Norman took a See DEM BUCKS on page 2 Thursday. The screaming woke him. Corchado, 29, saw dozens of people running and screaming as the ferry sped toward a windswept Staten Island pier and crashed into the dock, shattering glass windows and severing the limbs of several people. “The scene was total chaos. You ever see a dead person all cut up? That really put the zap on me,” said Corchado. Oddo tags Dean’s mural ‘artist’ “There was a lady without legs, right in the middle of the boat. She was screaming,” he said. Corchado said he tried to help as many people as possible get By Deborah Kolben “Please accept this note of thanks for nabbing a wanted bank robber. out. Witnesses said some jumped into the choppy, 62-degree The Brooklyn Papers helping New York’s Finest capture a want- Following the Dean debacle, police were water and others ran as the pier chewed up the side of the boat. ed felon,” Oddo wrote to Dean. able to match a photo of Lethem on the In- “Most of the people who died were older people, I believe, A graffiti scrawler hired by presi- Oddo’s acerbic letter went on to invite ternet to a home video showing graffiti who couldn’t move or didn’t have enough time to get out of the dential hopeful Howard Dean to pen a Dean back to New York to stage a rally in vandals, allegedly including him, defacing way,” Corchado said. backdrop for an August campaign front of a bank, where he could invite other subway cars in upper Manhattan, police Corchado said it felt as if the ferry accelerated as it ap- rally in Manhattan was nabbed by “miscreants and criminals” in hopes of said. proached land. He ran away from the front of the boat to safety, police last Monday for his part in van- Lethem, also known as “KEO,” was ar- but saw others who weren’t as lucky — six people dead, includ- dalizing subway cars four years ago. rested in his East Village apartment on Oct. ing one who had been decapitated. The arrest delighted Bensonhurst Coun- 6 by members of the police Transit Vandals Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at least 10 people were cilman James Oddo, who along with the INSIDE THE PAPER Squad. Lethem could not be reached for killed and 42 injured, making it New York’s worst mass-transit mayor and borough president had roundly Classifieds ...... GO 9-11 comment by press time. accident in nearly a century. Some bodies were accidentally counted twice, leading to an initial report by city officials that criticized Dean for giving the impression GO Brooklyn 12 pages ...... Section 2 Lethem, 36, is the brother of well-known that New York was a graffiti-strewn throw- Home Improvement ...... GO 10 Boerum Hill novelist Jonathan Lethem, 14 people were dead. whose current novel, “Fortress of Soli- The crash happened on a windswept afternoon, with gusts back to its early-’80s self. Police Blotter ...... page 3 “Maybe in your world graffiti vandals tude,” focuses on two friends growing up over 40 mph and the water in New York Harbor was very chop- are artists,” Oddo wrote in that letter. “In Parent...... Back page on — of all places — Dean Street and per- py. / Stuart Ramson New York City — and in the real world — Real Estate ...... GO 11 fecting their graffiti skills, leaving their tags The cause of the crash was not immediately known, although they are criminals who destroy our quality everywhere from the Brooklyn House of Bloomberg suggested the heavy wind as a possibility. The Na- of life.” Online at Detention to a homeless man on the street. tional Transportation Safety Board convened an accident inves- Last week he fired off another letter to the All that aside, Oddo suggested that Dean tigation team, which will look at the weather, among other pos- former Vermont governor praising him for www.BrooklynPapers.com try running on a new platform. Associated Press sible factors. what Oddo termed Dean’s role in the bust, Hear our editors and reporters discuss the news “Dean helped us fight criminals and Presidential hopeful Howard Dean stands in front of “It’s a terrible tragedy, people who were on the way home, having brought the alleged vandal, Blake every week in EDITORIAL ROUNDTABLE maybe he should be running on that. Who graffiti mural during rally in Bryant Park in Manhattan all of a sudden, taken from us,” Bloomberg said at a dockside Lethem, out of the woodwork. See GRAFFITI on page 8 last month. See FERRY on page 8
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The Brooklyn Papers Borough President Mar- ty Markowitz has a mes- BOROUGH BRIEFS What makes the sage for the women of Maimonides Brooklyn: Take your man onto www.brooklyn-usa.org five-minute opening statement rial Mass and reception held to the doctor. for a complete listing of free by each candidate, a question- in honor of the Bay Ridge res- Cardiac Institute one of the During his “Take Your Man health screenings, including and-answer portion and a five- ident and Xaverian High to the Doctor Week,” Oct. 20- many at Borough Hall, on Jo- minute closing statement by School alumnus. in the world? 25, Markowitz and about a ralemon Street at Court Street. each candidate. The public is invited. dozen Brooklyn hospitals and Then on Tuesday, Oct. 28, Hosted by the Hoban fami- best health care providers will of- Bay Ridge at 7:45 pm, the Bay Ridge ly in conjunction with the fer free screenings and check- Community Council will host NYPD, the memorial mass ups to encourage men, with a Council a forum with the two candi- will be offered at noon at the bit of prodding from their dates at PS 185, on 86th Street Basilica of Our Lady of Per- mates, to get checked for can- race forums at Ridge Boulevard. petual Help, on Fifth Avenue cer, high blood pressure, dia- Democratic incumbent Vin- at 60th Street in Sunset Park. betes and other diseases and cent Gentile faces a challenge PO Hoban Following the mass there will maladies. this November from Republi- be a reception at the Notre “I am no different from can Pat Russo. Two upcoming memorial Dame Hall, at 526 59th St. most men out there. I ab- forums will feature the candi- For the past 15 years, the solutely hate going to the doc- dates fielding questions and Mass at OLPH Hoban family, friends and tor. But I know I can’t say no stating their cases. Police Officer Christopher Xaverian High School have to my wife, Jamie,” On Monday, Oct. 20, at Hoban was an undercover of- hosted an annual race in Markowitz said in announcing 7:30 pm, the Men’s Club of ficer with the Manhattan Hoban’s memory to raise the program. “We have a Bay Ridge will host a 43rd North Narcotics squad who money for a scholarship fund week of free screenings and Council District candidates fo- was killed in the line of duty in his name that provides a consultations in locations rum at the Bay Ridge Jewish 15 years ago. four-year partial scholarship to across the borough.” Center, 8023 Fourth Ave. He was 26. This Sunday, the children of law enforce- Call (718) 802-3875 or log The format will include a Oct. 19, there will be a memo- ment officers.
“Our Catheterization Lab, where we diagnose and treat blocked arteries, cusation that his vote had cal of the system since being been bought by Norman. elected district leader last is one of the busiest in Brooklyn—and DEM BUCKS… At Thursday’s meeting, year. Perfetoo and Fleishman “We need to change the for good reason. We have the best rates Continued from page 1 Judge Gerald Garson, who is shook hands and agreed to way we operate completely,” Adler, said the grand jury that being investigated for accept- put the incident behind them. said Seminara. She refused to for successful angioplasty among all New charged him should be inves- ing gifts in exchange for fa- While a replacement for vote for the past two judicial tigated for leaks to the Daily vorable divorce and child cus- Norman was not formally dis- slates because, she said, they York City hospitals according to the New York News. tody rulings. cussed, phone calls lobbying were single-handedly selected Adler also fired off a letter Despite the indictment, on behalf of several potential by Norman rather than voted State Department of Health. The talent and to city Chief Judge Joan Norman has no intentions of candidates including Benson- on by the leaders. Carey asking for a special relinquishing his seat, he said hurst district leader Joseph This year, Seminara helped expertise here is amazing. If you have a loved prosecutor to investigate the during Thursday’s political Bova were placed to several organize a women’s caucus leaks, which occurred under sit-down at the Park Plaza district leaders before Thurs- that screened judicial candi- one in need of cardiac care, this is where Hynes’watch. Restaurant. day’s meeting, sources said. dates, but she said that process Hynes spokesman, Jerry “It didn’t even come up,” Bova, who has been a dis- was not taken into considera- you want to trust your heart.” Schmetterer told The Brook- one district leader said of a trict leader for the past 13 tion by Norman, who ulti- – Arlene Dayao, RN lyn Papers this week that the possible successor to Norman. years, acknowledged the push mately chose the slate. Maimonides Catheterization Lab leaks were “an intolerable sit- But according to Bay to nominate him but said, “It’s Because Brooklyn is made uation” and said Hynes would Ridge district leader Ralph not my idea, it’s the idea of up predominantly of Democ- welcome the investigation but Perfetto, people were jockey- others.” rats, a spot on the Democratic PREVENTION I DIAGNOSIS I EMERGENCY MEDICINE I TREATMENT I REHABILITATION I RESEARCH was not considering conduct- ing for position at the restau- Asked about Norman, ballot almost guarantees a ing his own probe at this time. rant before Norman turned Bova simply said, “He’s a judgeship. At the press conference, himself in. good guy.” “I am concerned about the Hynes blasted those responsi- “The body wasn’t even In a bit of non-Norman image of the party,” said ble for the leaks and joked cold yet,” said Perfetto, who business at Park Plaza, Fred Fleishman, adding that the To learn more about the Cardiac Institute go to: with a Daily News reporter, said he was trying to rally Hamilton was voted in to re- Kings County Democratic asking if she wanted to give support for Norman. place longtime party vice Party was among the largest in www.maimonidesmed.org up the name of her source. “Let’s not rush the judge- chairman Pat Guadagnino, the country. Norman told The Papers he ment,” he added. who retired. “My job as a district leader To make our team part of your care, call: Maimonides believed the leaks were com- Perfetto made headlines While Norman retains the is to elect Democrats,” said 1-800-682-5558 CARDIAC INSTITUTE ing from Hynes. last month when he and Park party’s helm, some leaders Fleishman. “But it becomes The Norman probe came Slope district leader Allan would like to see him resign. difficult when we have all as part of a grand jury investi- Fleishman got into a shouting “He should seriously con- these charges and rallies and One of the top heart hospitals in America* gation into the sale of judge- match that turned physical sider stepping down for the articles — all these distrac- *Modern Healthcare Magazine ships in Brooklyn set off by outside the party judicial con- good of the party,” said Bay tions — that don’t keep our the bribery indictment of vention. Perfetto had taken Ridge district leader Joanne focus on what we’re really Brooklyn Supreme Court exception to Fleishman’s ac- Seminara, who has been criti- here to do. I am concerned.”
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The theft happened between uarterdeck 62/68 BLOTTER ’Pockets prowl A gang of three men and a midnight and 6:15 am on the Q A pair of pickpocket crimes, woman brutally attacked a corner of Avenue P and Still- near-blind 78-year-old woman backed away, the man found a separated by one day and four Gourmet Seafood Market old victim’s stolen phone. well Avenue. streets, happened in Benson- at the corner of 11th Avenue nearby call box on 74th Street After the call, police in the “Quality is our first ingredient.” and 64th Street. where he alerted police of the Scared away hurst this week. Internal Affair’s Bureau were An outspoken shopper The first, on Oct. 8, happened The Oct. 7 knifepoint mug- mugging attempt. notified and made an arrest at ging happened around 6:30 pm thwarted a crook who was cas- near the corner of 18th Avenue Police Officer Vito Buccella- the disclosed location. and 86th Street. A 29-year-old while the woman was walking to made the arrests after spot- ing shopping carts at a grocery Sgt. Peter Moy of the 62nd store on Third Avenue between man reported the crime after re- Fresh Fish Market to a drug store near her home ting the dubious duo on 69th Precinct said that Internal Af- 94th and 95th streets — simply turning to his home around 1 am. on 11th Avenue at 66th Street. Street and Shore Road. fairs might have been involved Over thirty varieties daily! According to police, the by stating the obvious. Though no descriptions were Cell-napper either because the owner of the While scanning the grocery made, the man said someone woman was stopped after the lost phone was a police officer, four thugs pulled to the side of A man who lost his cell store aisles on Oct. 12 at 2:25 bumped into him earlier that or the thief himself had claimed the road. phone Sept. 30 got an earful pm, the 29-year-old shopper left night. 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Highway. 10, at 11 pm, at a cocktail Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail – Poached Salmon Platters According to police, the per- lounge on the southeast corner By Jotham Sederstrom Sometime around 1 am, the Fliers posted in Bay Ridge of 80th Street and Third Av- Smoked Salmon Platters – Steamed Lobsters – Baked Clams petrator forced his way in for The Brooklyn Papers man offered to drive them all last week described the man through the front door between enue, police said. The woman to Park Slope for a late-night as between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 had left her bag at a table. No time to cook? We also have a selection of Prepared 6 pm and 10:30 pm on Oct. 11. A Bay Ridge woman dinner. On the way, however, inches and weighing about The computers were valued at was raped Oct. 8 by a man The brown bag contained the Food to go – all made on premises. New items every day! the two brothers asked to be 175 pounds. His name is be- woman’s driver’s license, a mil- $4,900. she had met in a bar. dropped at their home in Bay lieved to be “Mike,” accord- itary ID, a cell phone, several th th Mug duo busted The woman was sexually Ridge, leaving the woman and ing to the flier. credit cards, a Social Security 8618 Third Ave. (bet. 86 /87 ) • (718) 836-0880 A swift-thinking Bay Ridge assaulted and sodomized in the unidentified man alone in Police confirmed that a card and the brown wallet that man coming home late from Sunset Park after her attacker his car. He assaulted her at rape report was filed for the contained them. Store Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am-7pm; Saturday 9am to 6pm work scared away two would- abruptly pulled to the side of a 1:35 am, according to police. incident. See POLICE on page 6 be muggers and managed to dimly lit street en route to a alert police in time for a quick Park Slope diner. arrest. The victim, 28, had joined After parking his car, the 38- two friends, brothers, earlier year-old man was approached that Tuesday night for drinks by two unarmed thugs while at several Bay Ridge bars, in- walking toward 73rd Street on cluding Copperfields, Peggy Shore Road around 1:46 am on O’Neill’s and the Bean Post Oct. 9. Pub, according to a friend of “Give us what’s in your the victim, who spoke on con- pockets,” said 23-year-old dition of anonymity. Nashawn Pearson, one of two The group was later joined attackers said. The other walked by an acquaintance of the two behind the man, closing him in. men described as having dark The victim, however, began brown hair and brown eyes, screaming profanities and the friend told The Bay Ridge pleading for neighbors to call Paper. police. After the two thugs October is Spinal Healthcare Month at the Chiropractic office of Dr. Peter Marascia Serving the community for over 21 years STOP SUFFERING NEEDLESSLY We accept acute and chronic cases. 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By Marc Humbert and spending despite a major pollster Lee Miringoff. Associated Press state revenue shortfall. Miringoff, the head of Dance Classes It is a far cry from 1994 Marist College’s Institute for Martial Art Classes State Conservative Party when, with Long’s help, Pata- Public Opinion, said that Swim Academy Program Chairman Michael Long is ki ousted liberal icon Mario shouldn’t come as a surprise. not a happy man. Cuomo from the governor’s “You’re in a state where Gymnastics His longtime political al- mansion and Bruno, with there’s a lot more Democrats Jazz & Tap Classes lies, Republican Gov. George well-polished conservative than Republicans,” the pollster Basketball Pataki and state Senate GOP credentials, staged a success- said. Majority Leader Joseph Bru- ful coup against moderate Miringoff said his polling no, were instrumental in pass- Long Island Republican Ralph hasn’t really shown the elec- w Writing / Greg Mango / Greg
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in bars, restaurants and other Papers File The Brooklyn Like much of the rest of the Papers File The Brooklyn Associated Press 40 percent described them- indoor areas over the very vo- nation, the old liberal bastion selves as moderates; and 24 cal objections of Long, a Bay that was New York appeared Michael Long George Pataki Joseph Bruno 30 Third Avenue percent said they were liberal. Ridge liquor store owner. to be moving to the right. of Brooklyn (bet. Atlantic & State) This year, 34 percent said they Y Also this year, and over Pataki and Bruno officially been slashed. cent in 1994 on a scale where to 54 percent in 1995 and were conservative; 41 percent Pataki’s objections, Bruno took over their new jobs in The state Conservative Par- 100 percent meant lawmakers soared to 75 percent in 1996. For more information call moderate; and 25 percent lib- 718-875-1190 joined with state Assembly January 1995. Before the year ty’s annual legislative ratings always agreed with the Con- “Ah, those were the good eral. Speaker Sheldon Silver, a was out, the death penalty had seemed to reflect the shift. servative Party on selected old days,” recalled Shaun Nonetheless, Long said a Manhattan Democrat, to adopt been reinstated in New York The state Legislature, as a bills. With Cuomo gone, the Marie Levine, the party’s ex- a state budget that raised taxes and the state income tax had whole, had a rating of 43 per- Conservative Party rating rose ecutive director. lack of fiscal discipline has But with Pataki and Bruno created a climate much like moving to the left in recent that when voters ousted Cuo- PERFECT LEGS years in search of votes in mo. heavily Democratic New “Companies leave, indus- Treating varicose veins and spiders York, the picture has changed. tries leave, families leave and by treating the source (leaks) Early this month, the Con- children never come home ... Spitzer visits Chamber servative Party came out with The economic environment in its 2003 ratings for the Legis- New York is becoming very lature. unhealthy,” Long said. By Jotham Sederstrom can’t build schools and tions. State leaders “have forgot- provide energy, then “I know that we’re going to “The 28.7 percent overall for The Brooklyn Papers rating of the New York state ten the lesson that people do we’re in deep trouble spell governor S-P-I-T-Z-E- rise up. I’m not using Califor- Resembling a stump and people will not Senate and New York state speech more than a tradition- R,” said Markowitz. “I know Assembly shows how liberal nia as an example, but that is continue to live here.” that’s going to happen.” an example,” he added. al salute to Brooklyn’s busi- Since his 1999 elec- the major parties have be- ness community, Attorney Spitzer, who joked of turn- come,” Long said. While the Conservative tion as attorney gener- ing down tickets to a Yankees Party chairman said many of General Eliot Spitzer, a pre- al, the Harvard Law “It’s the lowest in the histo- post-season match-up against ry of the party,” Long said the politicians who have drift- sumed 2006 Democratic School graduate has ed left are his friends and have gubernatorial hopeful, ad- the Minnesota Twins so that Thursday. earned headlines for he could make the meeting, run in the past with the party’s monished the city’s new pub- his hard stance against Bruno’s personal rating, 75 was at ease during the chicken percent in 1995, was at 41 endorsement, he warned that lic school system while organized crime, Mer- and veggie luncheon, and at percent in the latest review. if they don’t change their rill Lynch and invest- lamenting the accountability “It’s a clear indication the ways, the party may support of the Metropolitan Trans- Callan / Tom ment banks. But critics one point praised Fishman’s efore skills from beyond the arc on elected officials in this state other candidates. Unlike most B er portation Authority and the say Spitzer is an op- states, New York allows major Aft the basketball court. have moved to the left,” the state’s ability to withstand portunist, reaping the party chairman added. party candidates to also run on benefits of the media “Forget the bank,” Spitzer Exclusive Patent pending procedure another blackout, at the annu- said. “His outside shot is what While Long is stewing, the minor party ballot lines. That attention that comes can make third-party votes Entirely in the office al meeting of the Brooklyn he’s really proud of.” shift to the left appears to have 18 YEARS Chamber of Commerce. from big-time Wall paid dividends at the ballot crucial in close elections. No need for major anesthesia
The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn Street busts and perp Markowitz was as opti- experience “Right now, we’re failing,” box for Pataki and Bruno. The “I’d rather make love than Immediate return to work walks. mistic about Brooklyn as ever. Spitzer told the more than 300 governor was easily elected to war, but I have no problem re- Elliot Spitzer The borough president noted Brooklyn business leaders gat- Spitzer’s critics a third term last year and ally declaring war if I have hered at the Brooklyn Botanic were few and far be- the city-funded Coney Island Bruno added a seat to his Sen- to,” said Long, a Marine Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center Garden’s Palm House. “Gov- schools and the state’s unem- tween at the Chamber meet- Local Development Corpora- ate majority. Corps veteran. ernment has got to take care of ployment rate, notched at 11th ing, as both Independence tion, a flood of incoming “The political community Marc Humbert has covered 263 7th Avenue (718) 499-7755 education as job number one.” nationally. “That’s not good,” Community Bank President chain stores and the possibili- has pitched things more to the New York state politics for The Suite 5E http://www.cureveins.com Spitzer said that policymak- he said. Alan Fishman and Borough ty of a professional basketball middle,” said independent Associated Press for 25 years. ers are leading New Yorkers “Public authorities are not President Marty Markowitz team as proof of what he astray. He pointed to the city’s being run properly,” he backed the Bronx-born politi- called the borough’s “cutting consistently underachieving warned. “And if government cian’s gubernatorial aspira- edge.”
According to MTA glad to see the Nets come to spokesman Tom Kelly, Rat- the site. Neighborhood protest- ARENA… ner’s bid to develop on the ers gathered outside Junior’s property was accepted by the Tuesday to let Ratner and Continued from page 1 that tickets would be “afford- MTA, giving him sole rights Markowitz know just how OK’d a move to Brooklyn, able” to develop there for a certain they feel. staying in New Jersey ranked When asked what made his period of time. “This is not a good idea,” as their first choice. bid the best, Ratner beamed, Kelly would not disclose said Muriel Tillinghast, of Ratner has proposed a “This is Brooklyn.” how much Ratner paid for the Prospect Heights, who cited 20,000-seat arena and 5,500 Ratner, known for develop- rights or for how many years, traffic, ecology and asthma units of residential housing ing the Metrotech office com- but added that Ratner would among the key concerns. over the Metropolitan Trans- plex in Downtown Brooklyn still have to get approval for a Vanessa Carey, who lives in portation Authority’s Long Is- and the under-construction At- specific project, like a Nets Fort Greene, blocks away land Rail Road yards, roughly lantic Terminal office, retail and arena, from the MTA before from the proposed site, said the same site where Brooklyn transit hub at Atlantic and Flat- building there. the new construction was “al- Dodgers owner Walter O’- bush avenues, adjacent to the Ratner has hired renowned ready a headache,” referring to Malley had proposed in the proposed arena site, holds the architect Frank Gehry, known Ratner’s Atlantic Terminal early 1950s to build a domed development rights to the for his design of the Guggen- project. baseball stadium. When he neighboring Long Island Rail heim Museum Bilbao, in The group has collected couldn’t work out a deal with Road yards over which the Spain, to design the arena. 1,500 signatures of residents the city, the team moved to sports complex would be built. But not everyone would be who oppose the stadium. Los Angeles in 1957. Markowitz considers the day the Dodgers left Brooklyn among the grimmest of his 58 years. “When I was 12 years old I cried like a baby when the Dodgers left for la-la land,” Markowitz said. Redefining Senior “HOME” Ratner said the idea to buy the team actually came from Markowitz who contacted Whether it’s our pets in residence, our Visit or call Sunrise Senior Living him last October to say “we gotta get the Nets to Brook- flowering plants or our staff that acts like to see what we do to make our lyn.” And if Ratner was jazzed about bringing the team here, family, Sunrise Senior Living provides communities in Brooklyn places he was tight-lipped about de- tails. everyday experiences that make our seniors can call home. Ask about our Questions about how the team would be funded, how Callan / Tom the bidding process would communities simply, more livable. service offerings. work, and where the team would play during the three years it would take to com- plete the arena all came back Papers The Brooklyn At Sunrise, we understand that the with “no comment.” Borough President Marty Markowitz, NBA great Connie Hawkins and developer Bruce Ratner did vow, however, Ratner at Junior’s on Flatbush Avenue Extension and Dekalb Avenue Tuesday. transition to a senior community isn’t OPEN HOUSE always easy. So, we focus on the details Saturday, October 18 and Diabetes? Sunday, October 19 from Low cost of living, from beautifully appointed Caught between these two health problems? 12pm-4pm alternative to Then you may qualify for Look AHEAD, a National living spaces to delicious meals, Institutes of Health research project studying the full-time staffing long-term benefits of weight loss in people, ages 55 engaging social activities and to 75, with type 2 diabetes. Study-related exams and educational programs are provided at no cost to transportation. • construction specialists volunteers who qualify. C& W • full charge bookkeeping ENROLLMENT ENDS SOON! BUSINESS • payroll For more information, call SOLUTIONS • union reporting • certification of payroll St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital (718) 836-1780 Sunrise at Mill Basin 718-444-2600 5905 Strickland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234 • Quick Books/ (212) 523-8037 Sunrise at Sheepshead Bay 718-616-1850 2211 Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235 Brooklyn Office Timberline/MAS 90 Overweight? www.sunriseseniorliving.com October 20, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 5
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The Brooklyn Papers punks.” day morning, was discovered The 12 stained-glass panels Harrison has insisted that the street signs were meant to “We should require them to Saturday night by Moshe Wei- on the doors leading into the Vandals attacked stained mark achievement in life, not to serve as memorials. go the Holocaust museum in denfeld, an assistant to Rabbi synagogue depict the tribes of But in other communities, including neighboring Benson- glass windows and spray- Manhattan to understand the Hecht. Israel. The panels depicting painted graffiti at a Park hurst and on Staten Island, community boards have approved end result of hatred,” Weidenfeld said he didn’t the tribes of Reuben and Shi- all requests for street namings in honor of World Trade Cen- Slope synagogue over the Markowitz said. notice the graffiti until the next mon were cracked. ter victims. weekend during the The borough president said morning when he returned to Hecht estimated it would The issue came to a head in June when a request by Eileen Jewish holiday of Sukkot. he was assembling a task force the synagogue. cost about $3,000 to replace Geraty to have a stretch of Gelston Avenue named for her At a news conference Mon- of religious leaders to address While police said they did- them. daughter, Suzanne, an employee at Cantor Fitzgerald who day afternoon in front of Con- the issue. n’t immediately recognize the Park Slope Councilman Bill worked on the 103rd floor of the North Tower, was stymied gregation B’nai Jacob, an Or- The incident is under inves- graffiti tags, the Gang Unit DeBlasio, who lives nearby, by the board. thodox synagogue on Ninth tigation by the Hate Crimes and Transit Vandal Squad, gazed up at the lost window While a de facto group headed by Harrison met over the Street at Seventh Avenue, Task Force, police said. both of which keep track of and called the act of vandalism summer to discuss the issue, the Republican officials of Rabbi Shimon Hecht called Last week, the tires of more graffiti, was notified, said “grotesque.” southwest Brooklyn fired off a letter in September blasting the vandalism “heartbreaking” than three dozen cars belong- Deputy Inspector Edward “What would drive some- the board for its policy. and said he believed it was an ing mostly to Jewish families Mullen, commanding officer body to do something like In the letter, addressed specifically to Harrison, Rep. Vito act of anti-Semitism. were slashed in Crown of the 78th Precinct. that?” asked DeBlasio, who Fossella, state Sen. Marty Golden, Assemblyman Matthew Hecht said he found the act Heights on Yom Kippur, the “This is the only incident said his office would help the Mirones and Councilman James Oddo called the policy particularly hurtful on a holi- most holiest day of the Jewish we have had,” Mullen said re- synagogue raise funds to re- “wrong and misguided” and requested that it be reversed. day when “Jews don’t just year. Most of the car owners ferring to attacks against any place the window and remove But the board’s recent ruling, Harrison said, was due to pray for themselves, but pray were praying in their syna- of the neighborhood’s four the graffiti. months of discussions over the summer by a de facto com- for all mankind.” gogues at the time. synagogues. In his two years in office, mittee headed by Harrison, not because of the added pressure Sukkot celebrates the fall At press time, police said Built at the turn of the cen- DeBlasio, who noted a grow- by elected officials. harvest and commemorates there was no reason to believe tury as a synagogue, the build- ing graffiti problem in his dis- “The purpose of the postponement was to find the right the desert wandering of the there was a connection be- ing was used as a VFW Hall trict, said he could remember way to say yes, not to say no,” Harrison reiterated this week, Jews during the Exodus. tween the incidents. for decades and left in disarray several other incidents, in charging that the politicians had jumped onto the issue late in “Unfortunately people don’t A witness who lives across Mango / Greg until it was bought by Congre- neighboring Kensington and the game. respect one another,” Hecht said from the synagogue, on Ninth gation B’nai Jacob about five Borough Park, where vandals “Some people felt that we were ignoring this and we’re not of the incident. Street, told B’nai Jacob offi- years ago. painted swastikas on a Jewish ignoring it,” Harrison said. Borough President Marty cials that she had seen two “We have put a lot of time deli, synagogue and on a fami- Eileen Geraty, who learned of the board’s decision this Markowitz touted the bor- teenagers trying to smash the and money into the building,” ly’s garage. week, said she was relieved but still had her reservations. ough’s religious diversity at window, but did not call po- Papers The Brooklyn Hecht said, noting that the cost “We are taking this very seri- “I think it’s great. I think it’s about time. I think anybody the press conference and con- lice. of the property and renova- ously,” said Lt. James Woods of who wants it, deserves it,” said Geraty. “I’m happy for my demned the vandals, who he The broken glass, which tions have run over a million Patrol Borough Brooklyn South. daughter that she’s going to have some recognition for every- thing she’s done in her life.” “As happy I am about this, we’ll wait and see what they say before we get all excited,” Geraty said. A full board vote will be held at the full community board Slam Port Authority over pier plan meeting on Oct. 20. POLICE… By Deborah Kolben dens, Cobble Hill, the Columbia for “waterfront dependent” uses for April and there seems to be no short- who went so far as to host his own The Brooklyn Papers Street Waterfront District, Gowanus, the piers and rejected “residential, age of interest from both the private public meeting on the process. Continued from page 3 As a consulting firm prepares a Park Slope and Red Hook, called the ‘big box’ or other ordinary commer- and public sector. Critics have complained that the Airbags stolen public participation process “crucial- cial activity.” Advocates for everything from af- questions-only policy at Alschuler’s A Queens man spending the night at a friend’s home in proposal that will determine the ly flawed” and said residents were “There has been no attempt what- fordable housing to luxury condo- meetings has prevented them from fate of the Red Hook-Columbia Bay Ridge returned to his car on the corner of 74th Street and being left in the cold in the actual de- soever to have the community active- miniums to continued maritime use making statements and having their Seventh Avenue to find the automobile much less safe than Street piers, Community Board 6 cision-making process. ly and demonstrably participate in the have come up to bat for their cause. voices heard by the general public. the night before. has issued a scathing rebuke to the Jerry Armer, chairman of CB6, deliberative process,” read the CB6 To determine the best possible use The community board decried that The 28-year-old parked his 2002 Honda Accord on the firm, charging it has ignored com- fired off a letter to John Alschluer, a statement. for the piers, the Port Authority and the policy claiming that it impeded dis- street Oct. 10 around 9 pm, according to police. When he re- munity input, rushed the study principal in Hamilton Rabinowitz & The statement was approved by the city Economic Development Corpora- cussion and that “meetings were turned the next morning, however, the vehicle’s left rear win- along and failed to give hard facts Alschuler (HR&A), the consulting board at its monthly meeting on Oct. 15. tion hired HR&A, which is expected to structured so that valuable meeting dow was smashed and two airbags, estimated to be worth about the port’s operations. firm hired to lead the study. The future use of Piers 6-12 has release their findings shortly. time was wasted recapping the pre- $4,000, were stolen. The community board also advo- “We are absolutely dissatisfied with been debated for months as the Port Throughout the study process, dur- ceding meeting.” Asks then takes cated for continued maritime use of the public participation process both in Authority of New York and New Jer- ing which Alschuler has hosted a se- The community board has even A 16-year-old boy was arrested outside of a home on 80th the piers and requested a copy of the terms of how the process was structured sey decides whether or not to renew ries of public meetings, the working- put together a Web site, www.water- Street between 16th and 17th Avenues after he asked to bor- draft so it can weigh in on the final and how the public was engaged,” the lease of Sal Catucci, who operates waterfront advocates have often fronmatters.org, where the commu- row, then decided to take, $7 from a 14-year-old acquain- version. Armer wrote in a letter accompanying his American Stevedoring company butted heads with the button-down nity can learn about the piers and tance. As for community input, the the board’s statement of position. out of all but one of those piers. planner. Especially vocal in his dis- weigh in with their own comments Hard-up for cash, the boy asked to borrow money from his board, which represents Carroll Gar- In that statement, the board called Catucci’s lease is up for renewal in dain for the process has been Catucci, for the consultants. friend on Oct. 11 around noon. But when the friend took out his wallet, the boy grabbed it and removed the money. He then gave the wallet back and walked away. Midday mugger A 37-year-old woman was mugged while waiting for a bus XAVERIAN HIGH SCHOOL on the corner of 76th Street and Fifth Avenue around 1 pm on Brooklyn Law Oct. 6. The mugger, described as having black hair and brown eyes, crept behind the woman and said: “Don’t do anything. Just keep going.” Educating Fine Young Men work irks nabes After reportedly relieving the woman of $500, the crook For Over 40 Years By Deborah Kolben fled in a vehicle with Pennsylvania license plates. The Brooklyn Papers Jewelry heist Nearly $22,000 worth of jewelry was reported stolen from Downtown Brooklyn residents concerned about the a home on Bay Ridge Avenue near Fifth Avenue on Oct. 8. surge of construction in their backyards may have reason The early-to-rise burglar, who entered through a rear bed- for alarm after a crane hook smashed through a woman’s room window at 8:30 am after climbing a fire escape, swiped eighth-floor window at 96 Schermerhorn St. a collection of jewelry worthy of Tiffany’s. Included in the The woman was not home at the time and the damage was take were 15 necklaces, five bracelets, 20 rings, two watches minimal aside from shattered glass and frayed nerves, but the in- and an assortment of coins valued at $500. cident has spurred a Department of Buildings investigation into Policeare investigating the incident, but have not made any possible safety violations at the Boerum Place and State Street arrests yet. site, where a controversial 22-story Brooklyn Law School dormi- tory is being built. Nab bar thief Caroline Herron, said she was shocked when she returned A man was arrested on Oct. 9 after a botched break-in at a home the night of Oct. 1 to find her window missing and ply- bar and grill on Fifth Avenue between 80th and 81st streets. wood in its place. While Herron has kept her cool about the inci- The 48-year-old burglar was arrested at 4:08 am by Police dent, residents along the block, many of who opposed the 230- Officer Michael Coleman after forcing open a side entrance unit dormitory this week, fumed over the crane incident. door with a tire iron. Inside, the man pilfered a cash register “It’s a little bit out of control,” said Meryl Salzinger, a photog- and attempted to open vending machines. rapher who has lived on the block for the past 13 years. Coleman, who caught the burglar on his way out the front “I understand the reasons for needing a building like this in entrance, made the arrest after the restaurant’s owner called Downtown Brooklyn, but at a very minimum we should be safe 911. here,” she added, saying the crane was close enough to her build- ing that she was afraid to go on the roof. “They’re like cowboys,” said neighbor Jessy Levy of the con- struction workers. The construction company hired by Brooklyn Law School, Kreisler Borg Forman, was issued a violation by the Department PSYCHOTHERAPY XAVERIAN’S of Buildings on Sept. 30 for operating a crane in an unsafe manor. A stop-work order was issued until Brooklyn Law could sub- TEN STEPS TO SUCCESS mit plans showing that roof protection and screening had been FEMINIST PSYCHOTHERAPY individuals/couples/children provided for row houses adjacent to the site and that they could specializing in the reduction of stress, 1. International Baccalaureate Degree Program (IB) demonstrate how they would operate the crane in a safer manor, relationship crisis & school problems for said Buildings Department spokesman Sid Dinsay. persons of all lifestyles. helps you change your world. 2. Advanced Placement Program (AP) A slew of violations were issued a week earlier and the Build- DR. GEORGINE GORRA, D.S.W. 3. 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Q: “We always feel pulled (Walker & Co., 2003). “Chil- or weekend before or after a in different directions about Parent-to-Parent dren can feel your tension. If holiday with one set of rela- where to spend all the holi- you are racing around, it un- tives so you won’t be packing days. Will we eat two turkey By Betsy Flagler nerves your child.” up just when everyone seems dinners this year or be more For more relaxed holidays, to have settled in. FERRY CRASH KILLS 10… sensible?” — parents lower your expectations, • Be flexible in how you A: Over the holidays, it’s Newman suggests, particular- celebrate: Try new, neutral lo- Continued from page 1 trauma, back and spinal injuries, chest Thursday morning rush, officials said. up to parents to say “no thank ly if you are hosting the festiv- cations, begin new rituals, and news conference. pains and hypothermia. The water temper- The mayor, who was attending the New you” to second and third serv- ities. The purpose is to be to- let go of old ones especially if He said the ferry’s crew will be inter- ature was about 62 degrees. York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game with ings of guilt. When you create gether and have fun — not get they remind you of a parent’s viewed and tested for drugs and alcohol. The assistamt ferry pilot, identified as the American League pennant on the line, your own “Holiday Survival into Martha Stewart-entertain- death or divorce. Firefighters picked their way through Richard Smith, was undergoing surgery at left Yankee Stadium to head to the scene. Checklist,” put your health ing contests. • Explain the arrangements the debris aboard the ship, the Andrew J. Staten Island University Hospital, said Dr. He boarded the ferry to assess the damage and the comfort of your “Everybody feels holidays you plan to follow clearly and Barberi, looking for victims, and Coast Pietro Carpenito. The police source said himself. spouse and children at the top have to be perfect, but you early to everyone involved: Guard divers searched the water. At least he was taken to the hospital after someone Steamboat ferries began operating be- of the list, says Susan New- don’t need to use your best Devise a realistic, comfortable one body was recovered from the water. at his home called 911 about an hour after tween Manhattan and Staten Island in man, PhD, a social psycholo- tablecloth. Announce that schedule, inform your parents “The ferry was coming too fast,” said the accident. He bolted the scene so quick- 1817. A railroad company ran the ferry gist at Rutgers University. spills are allowed,” she says. and relatives, and stick to it. witness William Gonzalez, who lives in a ly that he left behind his keys, and was from 1884 until 1905, when it was taken Holiday stress usually “Particularly with children in- • Take breaks with your nearby apartment complex. “They had no forced to break into his home, the law en- over by the city. It is now run by the city comes from trying to fulfill volved, the more relaxed and children when visiting family control to stop the boat.” forcement source said. Transportation Department. Several acci- the hopes of others, she says. informal the setting, the better or having guests over: Holi- Commuters were trapped in piles of de- Police said they had obtained a sample dents have occurred aboard Staten Island Look for options, turn invi- time people will have.” days should include special bris aboard the 22-year-old ferry, and vic- of the pilot’s blood for testing, and that he ferries over the years. tations down as needed, rotate Even when parents make time for just your little group tims screamed and dove for cover as met- was being represented by an attorney. A boiler explosion on a ferry killed 104 holidays with different sides an effort to balance time with as well. al crunched into wood just before the start Telephone messages left at his home were passengers as it was preparing to leave of the family. Let others know extended families, someone • Spell out “do and don’t of the evening rush hour, tearing girders not returned. Manhattan for Staten Island in 1871. as early as possible what inevitably winds up feeling rules” for your children and and splintering planks. The five-mile trip between Staten Is- In 1997, a car plunged off the ferry as it schedule works for you this “Don’t be afraid to enforce left out or stressed out. ask relatives to follow them. “People who were sitting there as the land and Manhattan normally takes 25 was docking in Staten Island, causing mi- year. the plans you make to protect “It’s agonizing,” says a This will eliminate much un- ferry docked were hit by the pilings that minutes. A free ride on the Staten Island nor injuries to the driver and a deckhand Just don’t take on extra re- yourself and your family,” mother who strives to strength- pleasantness and frustration came through the side of the boat,” the Ferry is one of the city’s most beloved at- who was knocked overboard by the car. sponsibilities out of guilt — says Newman, author of “No- en ties with two sets of grand- for you. Remind grandparents mayor said. The pilings hit on the right tractions to New Yorkers and tourists In the summer of 1986, a man wielding two turkey dinners in one body’s Baby Now: Reinvent- parents while building tradi- calmly that you are the one side of the ferry’s main deck, crashing into alike, giving visitors a Hollywood-style a sword attacked riders on a ferry, killing day? — and expect to have an ing Your Adult Relationship tions in her own home. “It’s left to undo problems created the windows that ordinarily afford a post- view of lower Manhattan’s skyscrapers. two and injuring nine others before he was enjoyable time. with Your Mother and Father” exhausting when there are so when routines aren’t followed. card view of the Statue of Liberty. The seven boats that make up the Stat- subdued by a retired police officer. many variables to organize.” • Tell family members “There were numerous injuries like en Island Ferry fleet carry 70,000 com- New York’s worst subway accident oc- For parents with no free time ahead of time what children fractures and lacerations,” said Fire De- muters a day between Staten Island and curred in 1918, when a train derailed in to spare, pressure and guilt might like as holiday gifts to partment spokeswoman Maria Lamberti. lower Manhattan. The boats make 104 Brooklyn, killing 92 people. trips make matters worse. avoid both child and giver dis- “There were a couple of people with am- daily trips between the two boroughs. The A New York City subway crash in 1991 “When you put pressure on, appointment. putations — legs and arms.” Andrew J. Barberi travels at about 18 killed five people and injured more than you do damage,” says Sue • Remember that children Hospital officials said at least three vic- mph. The boat holds 6,000 passengers. 140. Federal investigators blamed the mo- Johnson, a grandmother who act on your stress and become tims had limbs severed in the accident, Ferry service was halted after the crash, torman’s heavy drinking and lack of sleep. KIDDIE wrote “Grandloving: Making while others were suffering from massive but officials said it would resume for the — with AP writer Tom Hays over-stimulated easily by the Memories with Your Grandchil- holiday rush. dren” (Heartstrings Press, 2000) with her daughter-in-law. Can you help? O Need a pre-school “Give your children their “My 19-month-old daugh- wings and they will fly away ter has major screaming at- and return. Try to hold on, and the-top-of-her-lungs tantrums in Downtown they will resist. any time she is put to bed. 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ART DUMBO fest If you have yet to discover DUMBO, the neigh- borhood Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Over- pass, or even if you think you are already well ac- quainted with the burgeoning burg, don’t miss this weekend’s DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival. Spanning Oct. 17- 19, the arts festival in- cludes a wide variety of art exhibitions, includ- ing a last chance to see the “Landslide” show at Smack Mellon Gallery at 56 Water St., which features the plaster cata- pulting installation by Bill Schuck titled “Surge” (pictured). / Greg Mango / Greg The fest will also (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings October 20, 2003 feature artist talks, open studio tours, a short film and video festival, a country music stage The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn hosted by Little Red Hen at Main Street be- tween Front and Water streets, parties and a dance performance. For more information about where to pick up your comprehensive festival map, call the DUMBO Arts Center, 30 Washington St., at (718) 694-0831 or visit the Web site www.dumboartscenter.org. For more information about Smack Mellon, call (718) 834-8761. — Lisa J. Curtis / Tom Callan / Tom / Greg Mango / Greg / Greg Mango / Greg / Tom Callan / Tom / Greg Mango / Greg
MUSIC The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn ‘Can’ opener Bang on a Can founders and composers Julia Wolfe, David Lang and Michael Gordon (pictured) will unveil the world premiere of their staged mul- timedia musical experience, “The New Yorkers,” at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland The Big Eat Place in Fort Greene) on Oct. 22 at 7:30 pm. The pro- Largest Brooklyn Eats tasting event brings more to the table duction (which also plays Oct. By Tina Barry 24-25 at 7:30 for The Brooklyn Papers pm) explores
and challenges Peter Serling f you found yourself looking less than the notion of svelte this summer and swore that you’d what it means to I start eating moderately come fall, then live and create art by all means avoid the Seventh Annual in New York City. Brooklyn Eats Festival on Monday evening, As the rock-inflected Oct. 20. string quartet Ethel, the The festival, sponsored by the Brooklyn Michael Gordon Band, vocalist Theo Bleckman and Chamber of Commerce, convenes in the the Bang on a Can All-Stars perform the trio’s com- Grand Ballroom of the New York Marriott positions, moving video projections and multiple Brooklyn on Adams Street Downtown. screens will display Ben Katchor’s cartoons, Bill Fifty-nine restaurants, caterers, gourmet gro- Morrison’s decayed film footage and video by ceries and artisanal wine and beverage pur- William Wegman. veyors will be participating this year. Together Gordon, Lang and Wolfe are the artistic “This is the largest group of restaurants directors of Bang on a Can, an organization they ever involved, with 15 recently opened es- founded in 1987 as a daylong music festival. It is tablishments joining us this year,” said now a touring and recording ensemble (the Bang on Brooklyn Chamber President Kenneth a Can All-Stars), a commissioning body, a record la- Adams. “Let’s face it, this hasn’t been a bel and an educational institution for young com- great year for the country’s economy, but posers based at Mass MoCA. For more information, we have a record number of new partici- visit www.bangonacan.org. pants at the festival. What better example is (A 6 pm BAMdialogue with the trio precedes the there of the vitality of Brooklyn’s dining Oct. 22 performance, at BAM Rose Cinemas.) scene?” Tickets for the performance are $20 and $45; $8 for For those who managed to stay away in the BAMdialogue. For more information, call (718) previous years, let me set the scene: In a vast 636-4100 or visit the Web site at www.bam.org. ballroom chefs set up their chafing dishes, arrange cakes and pastries, and slice pate. Huge coffee urns and palate-cleansing pitch-
ers of ice water are set up centrally. Diners Mango / Greg from all over swarm the tables raising their EXHIBIT eyes from their plates just long enough to wave a barbecued shrimp at their neighbor nibbling a wonton. People taste, give a
thumbs-up or a non-committal “eh,” and Papers The Brooklyn move on to the next table. Take it for Grant-ed: Restaurant Gia chef and owner Ian Grant will offer tastings of both his ginger shrimp wrapped in Napa It’s a food orgy of enormous proportions. cabbage with daikon radishes and Asian-style fishcake with spicy tomato relish at Brooklyn Eats on Oct. 20. A glutton’s paradise. The $60 pre-paid ticket buys unlimited tast- ings of French, Italian and Mexican delicacies. Patty Lowry owns two Brooklyn restau- at the Brooklyn Eats festival. I’m thrilled to Alongside classic beef Wellington, you’ll find rants: Five Front, a cafe in DUMBO that be a part of the affair this year. It’s a great DINING down-home barbecue and hand-cranked Amer- opened a year ago, and the 12th Street Bar chance for people to sample the diverse ican ice cream — and Grill in Park cuisines in Brooklyn’s ever-evolving dining The Seventh Annual Brooklyn Eats will not gelato. There’s Slope. Lowry has scene.” Grant will be serving tastings of his be held Oct. 20, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Grand Ballroom of the New York Marriott Irish “bangers and participated in the “American bistro” cuisine. at the Brooklyn Bridge (333 Adams St. be- mash,” African Brooklyn Eats fes- The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce tween Willoughby and Tillary streets) in Brook- groundnut stew, and BROOKLYN tival three times. will award the second annual Brooklyn Eats lyn Heights. Tickets ordered online are $60 per person for general admission, and $85 per On a plane hot Thai green curry. This year she’s ex- scholarships to three aspiring chefs. The person for VIP admission (which allows entry (The $85 VIP cited about intro- prizes of $1,000 each will be presented to at 5:30 pm). Tickets at the door for general “Flights of Fancy: Toys from the First Century of ticket awards the ducing Five Front senior hospitality management students en- admission are $85. To order online visit the Web site at www.ticketweb.com or call (866) Aviation,” an exhibition of model airplanes, games diner an extra hour to new diners. rolled at the New York City College of Tech- 468-7619. and construction toys, will open on Oct. 24, from 6- of grazing time be- “The Brooklyn nology who have demonstrated excellence 9 pm, at the Doll and Toy Museum of New York fore the throngs of Eats festival is the in their course work and have participated in City, inside Room 103 of PS 146/MS 822, at 610 eaters enter at 6:30 Bites best opportunity community service. A cake created by the staff door-to-door, block-to-block in Brook- Henry St. at Rapelye Street in Carroll Gardens. pm.) Turn to pages GO 2 & GO 3 for us to promote students especially for the event will be lyn, gathering the information for our restau- Among the works on display will be a Metalcraft To wash it all for a complete list of Five Front to the served. rant listings,” said Adams. “We now have model of Charles Lindbergh’s plane (pictured); a down, small-label neighborhood,” said “This is the second year that we’re award- 750 restaurants with all their relevant infor- large Tinker Toy model of Orville and Wilbur bottlers serve ice- Brooklyn Eats restaurants Lowry. Five Front’s ing the scholarships,” said Adams, “and mation — neighborhood location, cuisine, Wright’s airplane, which made the historic first cold birch beer, mi- and site map! chef, Paul Vicino, we’re really happy to do it.” prices and decor — on the site. Our data flight on Dec. 17, 1903; and a cardboard cockpit crobreweries serve concurs. Being relaunched at the event, with comput- base is many times the size of the Brooklyn used to train young pilots during World War II. their wares, winer- “The festival is ers erected for viewing, is the Brooklyn Cham- Zagat Survey — and it’s free.” Admission is $8, $4 students and seniors. Bring ies pour glasses of good for Brooklyn ber of Commerce’s www.ibrooklyn.com, a The best way to enjoy Brooklyn Eats is to ID to enter the building. Order tickets at www.dol- pinot grigio, and at the end of the evening, if and great for us,” said Vicino. comprehensive, online listing of Brooklyn wear elastic waist pants (for obvious rea- landtoymuseumofNYC.org or www.ticketweb.com you need a pick-me-up before your 20th Ian Grant, chef and owner of the eight- restaurants. sons), comfortable shoes and leave self-con- or call (718) 243-0820. The museum is open Tues- tasting, brewers serve steaming cups of month-old, elegant Restaurant Gia in Fort “Brooklyn Eats producer Martha Bear trol issues at home. The event is all about days through Fridays, from 10 am to 2 pm, by ap- strong coffee. Greene, said, “Two years ago I was a guest Dallis, of Bear Dallis Associates, sent her excess. Who are we not to comply? pointment only.