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BY WILL BREDDERMAN President Obama skipped Brooklyn in his tour of Hurricane Sandy-slammed neighborhoods on Thursday, outraging residents in FLOODING IN the borough that cast more votes for the commander in chief than any other part of the city . “He should’ve made Super storm’s one stop, just to get out and say some- thing, let people refugees head know ‘hey, we’re here,’ give them some reassur- to Bay Ridge ance,” said Co- ney Island resident BY WILL BREDDERMAN Alberto Rodriguez, Hurricane Sandy victims from an avid Obama sup- the Rockaways, Breezy Point, and porter who has been Staten Island are looking to Bay cleaning out Sandy-fl ooded busi- Ridge for sanctuary — but neigh- nesses along Surf Avenue. “When borhood realtors say they don’t people see a big fi gure, it means a have enough open houses for the lot for them.” glut of new residents. Brooklynites in other storm- “There’s been a tremendous in- battered neighborhoods were fl ux in the demand for Bay Ridge similarly miffed at the Presi- rentals since the hurricane,” dent’s decision to fly over Coney said Joseph Hamdan of Coldwell Island and Rockaway as he made Banker Reliable Real Estate at his way to Staten Island. the corner of 75th Street and Fifth “We really don’t know why he Avenue. “Bay Ridge is close to the didn’t stop by Red Hook,” said water but doesn’t have the expo- Frances Medina, a coordinator sure of some of the more affected with the not-for-profit Red Hook neighborhoods.” Initiative, which has handled Frankie goes to Salty Dog Others say many Rockaway much of the recovery effort in residents are ex-Ridgites trying to the washed-out neighborhood. Brooklyn music legend Frankie Marra poses with kind-hearted Brooklynites who attended the relief concert benefi t- return home following the disas- “People are saying that we’re ting Hurricane Sandy victims at the Salty Dog on Nov. 18. For more, see page 2. Photo by Stefano Giovannini ter — with mixed success. Continued on Page 20 Continued on Page 22
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Motorists must have been Daredevil dance company shoots for stunts on stage By Will Bredderman “We’re trying to tell the story of action,” on the sidelines, dropping pithy aphorisms But they will have to sign a waiver first — n the stage, you have to do your own said company founder Elizabeth Streb. in the character of a mad scientist, her face Streb is full contact. stunts. “We’re trying to have a theatrical version of occasionally projected on the background of “We’re the roughest sport outside boxing O The Williamsburg-based dare- what action would look like if it were put on the stage. and football,” Streb said, explaining that her devil dance company Streb is back from a dramatic event.” “The movical is by far the most cohe- crew is trained in her own technique of “pop its death-defying performance during the Streb’s performers will fall from great sive action show I’ve made,” the artist said. action” shock absorption, which involves roll- wondering if an Aflac com- Summer Olympics — where members rode heights, drop bowling balls onto concrete “We’ve tried to put a story together as action. ing and flexing with impact. the spokes of the 400-foot-high London Eye blocks, run into and up walls, spin I-beams, And action is essentially an experience, so I “Forces! The Movical!” at Streb observation wheel and bungee-jumped from battle a shifting floor, and even ride upside want the audience to feel as though they’ve Laboratory for Action Mechanics [51 N. the Millennium Bridge in July — and have down on the outer-rim of an enormous yel- done some of the moves.” First St. between Berry Street and Wythe created a new theatrical piece of wild con- low wheel. And the audience will actually get to do Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384–6491, traptions and intense physical stunts dubbed As her team of action heroes displays some of the moves and try out the props once www.streb.org]. Nov. 29, 7:30 pm, $25 “Forces! The Movical!” its physical skills, Streb herself will stand the show’s over. adults, $15 children. mercial was being filmed (albeit with a swan instead Your entertainment of a duck) near the Flatbush guide Page 33 BR Avenue exit as they spotted the bird waddling down the Police Blotter ...... 8 west-bound shoulder, appar- ently unfazed by the vehicles Letters ...... 30 zooming past it. It’s unclear It’s Only My Opinion ...... 31 what encouraged the bird to A Britisher’s View ...... 31 hit the bricks, but witnesses Not For Nuthin’ ...... 31 said the web-footed wanderer Sports ...... 43 successfully accessed an on- ramp before heading toward Sheepshead Bay. HOW TO REACH US Rockin’ out for a good cause Mail: Courier Life Relief concert raises more than $14,000 for Hurricane Sandy victims Publications, Inc., 1 Metrotech Center North BY NATALIE MUSUMECI Ridge; Radio Daze; Head N’ Relief Fund for Staten Is- 10th Floor, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge bands South; and Out of the Blue. land. N.Y. 11201 brought more than 350 big- Event organizers also Many displaced families General Phone: hearted Brooklynites out to collected a multitude of whose homes fell victim to the Salty Dog on Sunday — supplies ranging from toys the storm came out to the (718) 260-2500 where the bands rocked out to cleaning products to pet concert and had the oppor- News Fax: and concert goers dug deep food, which was donated by tunity to speak to a Federal (718) 260-2592 into their pockets to benefi t concert attendees. Emergency Management News E-Mail: Hurricane Sandy victims. “We have enough sup- Agency offi cial who was on [email protected] More than $14,000 was plies to fi ll a U-Haul,” said hand to answer any ques- raised at the 10-hour concert the neighborhood headliner. tions, Marra said. Display Ad Phone: at the Salty Dog Restaurant “I’m elated with what we “They needed this cel- (718) 260-8302 on Third Avenue between raised. What we are doing is ebration to let their hair Display Ad E-Mail: 76th Street and Bay Ridge just a drop in a bucket, but down and listen to some [email protected] Parkway, where Brook- we need all of those drops good music,” he said. LUMP SUM: Breezy Point resident John Cadotte collected money Display Ad Fax: lyn music legend Frankie because the devastation is A displaced woman who Marra and other neighbor- from big-hearted Brooklynites at the Nov. 18 relief concert. just phenomenal.” lost her Breezy Point home (718) 260-2579 hood band favorites rocked Photo by Stefano Giovannini All of the money and in the storm won a complete Classified Phone: all day and night. donations raised will be di- kitchen set that was do- (718) 260-2555 The lump sum will di- phenomenal and all the included Frankie Marra vided up among hurricane nated by Joe’s Appliances Classified Fax: rectly aid storm-ravaged bands were excellent,” said and his band — featuring recovery funds including on Fifth Avenue. (718) 260-2549 victims in hard-hit areas Marra, who spearheaded special guest John Rafferty the Breezy Point Coopera- Longtime Bay Ridge across Brooklyn, Queens, the event. “It was an out- — Lepore, Cassone, and tive Disaster Relief Fund, resident Paulie SanFilippo Classified E-Mail: and Staten Island, Marra pour of love and support.” D’emic; Dirty Stayouts with the Brooklyn Recovery said it made him “feel great [email protected] said. Classic rock to southern Janice Higgins; High Tides; Fund, and the Tunnels to to be apart of an event like “The turn out was just rock bands who performed The Piranha Brothers; The Towers Hurricane Sandy this.” :FLI@J:FLI@<:FLI@I8G?@: > GL9C@J? Third merchant C . 22–28, 2012, killed by the OURIER L same gun: Cops IFE BY THOMAS TRACY Southern Brooklyn’s shopkeeper killer is back — and investigators believe an unassuming man seen BR at two of the three crime scenes may have answers to all of their questions. Police say the man who gunned down two mer- chants in the summer struck again on Friday, killing 78-year-old Flatbush clothing store owner Vahi- dipour Rahmatollah in his Flatbush Avenue shop. MANHUNT: Police say that Cops were using footage this man has been seen at from neighborhood sur- two of the crime scenes, mak- veillance cameras to try to ing him a “person of interest” fi nd a witness to the slaying in the search for the Brooklyn when they say they found a South shopkeeper killer. man they had seen before. Chipping in Courtesy NYPD Sources told the New Brian McGinn takes charge of a wheelbarrow as volunteers clean up the Hurricane Sandy-hammered Santos White Garden on York Post that a balding, Mermaid Avenue and W. 21st Street in Coney Island on Nov. 17. Photo by Steve Solomonson mustachioed man toting Rahmatollah was found a duffl e bag was seen on dead inside his store. Friday, as well as on 86th The senior had been Street in August after 99- shot in the head — a killing Cent store owner Isaac Ka- that quickly brought back dare, 59, was shot to death memories of the slaying of Scare tactics: Masked thieves — making him the NYPD’s Kadare. top “person of interest.” An autopsy revealed Ballistic tests confi rmed that Kadare had died from that the same gun was used a bullet to the skull — a in Rahmatollah’s killing, bullet fi red from the same knock over Ridge bank, say police as well as he murders of Ka- .22-caliber gun that killed dare and Bay Ridge cloth- Gebeli in his Bay Ridge BY WILL BREDDERMAN ing merchant Mohammed clothing store. Gebeli had Cops are looking for two Gebeli in July. been shot in the neck, po- costumed crooks who held “It was a positive match lice sources say. up a Bay Ridge bank last to those recovered at the Detectives had put to- month. two other crime scenes gether a sketch of the man Investigators say two this past summer,” NYPD they believe killed Kadare men armed with handguns spokesman Paul Browne and Gebeli, and had a line entered the Capital One said in a statement. on two possible witnesses branch on Fifth Avenue Cops were dispatched to to the crime, yet no one has near Ovington Avenue at She She Inc. near Linden been charged with the two 2:10 pm on Oct. 27 wearing Boulevard, at 7:17 pm after murders. Halloween masks and la- tex gloves. Workers said the thieves were wearing a goblin mask and a skull mask — something straight out of the movie “The Town” — as they threatened the teller with their guns and ran off with an undisclosed amount of money, say po- lice, who managed to fi nd video of the suspects before TRICK OR TREAT!: These two thugs entered the Capital One Bank near the corner of Ovington and they put on their masks. Fifth avenues wearing Halloween masks and carrying guns, according to police. Cops are currently cir- culating photos taken from scribed as white males be- Anyone with informa- CrimeStoppers at (800) the video. tween 5-foot-8 and 5-foot- tion regarding this inci- 577–TIPS. All calls will be Both suspects are de- 10. dent is urged to contact kept confi dential. Photo by Steve Solomonson 4 Boody students help storm victims . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, BY COLIN MIXSON of whom have lost their OV , N A handful of students homes, drove the school’s IFE from IS 228, David A. Boody Parent Teacher Association L Junior High School, worked and Student Government to OURIER alongside teacher and par- organize the clothing and C ent volunteers to help or- food drive. ganize fi ve vans full of sup- “We have a very ac- plies donated by big-hearted tive and supportive PTA Brooklynites for Coney Is- that wanted to make a dif- landers in need following ference,” said De’Angelo. the ravages of Hurricane “Sandy really affected the BR Sandy — and they did it on lives of so many people a Saturday! across the area. It hit every- “We had a tremendous one.” turnout of support by all So much was received people in the community,” in the way of contributions said Dominick D’Angelo, that it took volunteers fi ve principal of the Gravesend hours to organize all the school. “It was very power- jackets, blankets, toiletries, ful to see.” and food donated. Boody, on Avenue S, is However, everything one of the schools that has was packed into vans and become a temporary, scho- shipped off to the Coney lastic refuge for students Island Mission by 1 pm, displaced from PS 288, where it was distributed which sustained substan- among victims grateful for tial damage from Hurri- the comfort. cane Sandy and will not be “We’re very fortunate holding classes for at least our building wasn’t touched a month while it undergoes at all,” said De’Angelo. renovations and repairs. “The least we could do was The infl ux of around help out those people who THE GIFT OF GARB: Ten students from IS 228 in Gravesend contributed their time to sorting through the mounds of clothing that were 300 new students, many weren’t so lucky.” donated by local residents to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy. 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A 35-year-old man was arrested for SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST— Street sometime overnight on Nov. 11, ac- The victim reported that he left his making threats on a woman’s life with a MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND cording to cops. vehicle between 74th and 75th streets at 3 metal rod in his hand outside of the vic- The victim told police he locked his ride to pm, and came back at 6 am to fi nd his ve- tim’s W. 33rd Street home on Nov. 15. Fire entrance The victim told police that she was in- his fence between Fourth and Fifth avenues hicle short one safety feature. A thief looted $7,450 in electronics from side her house between Mermaid and Surf at 11 pm, and came out at 7 am the next day to an Avenue Z business on Nov. 12 — after fi nd he is now the owner of a unicycle. Free upgrade avenues at 10:15 pm when the suspect be- the security gate had been damaged dur- gan pounding on her front door with the ing a fi re at the neighboring building. A lowlife took thousands of dollars Rolled melee weapon. The victim told police that he left work worth of electronics from a cellphone store “I am going to kill you, you guys have A punk forced down the windows of a between E. 21st and E. 22nd streets at 8 pm, on Third Avenue on Nov. 15, cops say. to come out sooner or later,” the suspect car parked on 66th Street and took hun- and returned the next morning to fi nd a Dell An employee reported that somebody allegedly bellowed. dreds in electronic gadgetry from inside desktop computer, an Apple laptop, a scanner, entered the premises between 74th Street on Nov. 12, police report. copier, and a fax machine had been taken. The car owner said he left his vehicle and Bay Ridge Parkway between 5:30 and Rough ride There had been a fi re at the building next between 11th and 12th avenues at 7:30 am, 6 pm and walked out with an iPhone 4S, Police arrested a 63-year-old man who door, and the responding fi refi ghters had and came back two and a half hours later Galaxy Note II, and HTC View tablet. Po- they say drove drunk and crashed his 2004 cut a hole in the business’s security gate and to see his windows rolled down and his lice are looking at security tapes for clues. 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L Janna Doheny, 43, was charged with welfare fraud, IFE grand larceny, and offering a false instrument for fi ling Albanian gangster extradited after investigators learned that she was claiming poverty while she owned several luxury waterfront apartments in A reputed leader of an ethnic-Albanian organized Brighton Beach — each of which cost well over $500,000, crime syndicate was ripped from his European home and as well as a $170,000 in cash in a safe deposit box. brought to Brooklyn, where he is facing drug smuggling “It is not a matter of if people who steal money from charges. public assistance programs will be caught; it is when,” Arif Kurti — who is also known as “The Bear,” as well BR Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said in a state- as several other names — was brought to the U.S. on Nov. ment when announcing Doheny’s indictment on Nov. 14. 16. “My offi ce will prosecute these cases to the fullest extent According to the federal indictment, the syndicate of the law.” that Kurti is allegedly a member of comprises several in- Investigators say that when Doheny enrolled her and ter-related ethnic Albanian family clans with hundreds her daughter into New York State’s Health Plus Medicaid heny purchased fi ve apartments in the luxury seaside of members, workers, and customers. In operation for Benefi ts program, she claimed that her only source of in- complex over that period. A further investigation of prop- more than a decade, the syndicate is allegedly respon- come was $1,550 a month that she earned working at an erty records showed that Doheny had also purchased sible for organizing the importation and distribution of adult entertainment establishment in Queens. On the ap- properties in Bay Ridge, Long Beach, Long Island, and tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana plication she claimed her bank accounts and other invest- multiple properties in South Florida. from Canada and Mexico, hundreds of kilograms of co- ments totaled less than $5,000. The investigation also found Doheny had several bank caine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru, and According to the indictment, investigators from the accounts in her own name as well as an account in the large quantities of diverted prescription pills, such as Offi ce of the Medicaid Inspector General started to look name of her business, Oceana Ventures. Records show oxycodone. more closely at Doheny when it was brought to their at- annual deposits to these accounts were in excess $100,000. Attempts to reach Kurti’s attorney were unsuccessful tention that between 2002 and 2010 she had purchased fi ve She also had checking accounts that she shared with two as this paper went to press. apartments in the luxury seaside Oceana Condominium separate men. If convicted, Kurti, who is charged with operating a complex in Brighton Beach. 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Photos by Steve Solomonson h"v h"v BUSES AND h"v h1v 4RAINS ON #ORNER ,IC .9 .* NO FEE UNLESS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL SANTA COMES TO GRAVESEND Delighted children fl ock to annual event BY COLIN MIXSON soliciting Santa for colorfully Smart kids know that if wrapped gifts, their parents you want a merry Christ- spent the day buying the pres- mas, you have to go through ents from vendors who’d set Santa. up shop in the church. Good old Kris Krin- Mary Kay, Avon, Cel- gle showed up at Our Lady ebrate Home, Tastefully QualityQ Care with of Grace Church’s annual Delicious, and a variety of Christmas Fair, held from other vendors — including CCompassion, Efficiency Nov. 16 to 18, and some kids many amateur craftsmen partook in the traditional and women — supported the andan present list, which St. Nick re- church by buying tables from Excellence viewed with his typical, jolly which to sell their wares. sense of humor. FROSTY THE SUN CATCHER: Downstairs from the an- “My god, one of the kids Bernadette Persico sold her nual Christmas marketplace, RNs, LPNs, Home Health Aides had 15 things on his list,” handmade sun catchers at Our volunteers donated their exclaimed Mary Ann De time to work in the cafeteria, Lady of Grace Church’s Christ- Hospital and Nursing Home Companions Luca, who helped organize while Girl Scouts helped the the event as part of the Gra- mas Fair on Nov. 17. vendors out by taking orders Hospice Care, PT, OT, Speech and Nutrition vesend church’s Christmas and ferrying food between Fair Committee. the weather. upstairs and down. On Saturday the kids got “I didn’t have a Frosty,” And at the church’s raffl e Your language and cultural needs are our priority the chance to sprawl out at said De Luca. “It was prob- one lucky winner walked the foot of Father Christmas’s ably too warm for him any- away with a very desirable big-buckled boots to listen way.” Kindle Fire, while run- while he read the tale Frosty Around 70 kids showed ners-up went home with gift Servicing ALL 5 boros the Snowman, who unfortu- up throughout the three-day cards from Sunoco, Modells, nately couldn’t make it due to fair, and while they were busy and Best Buy. 11 N OV . 22–28, 2012, C . 22–28, 2012, OURIER L IFE BR 12 Saturdays, November 17 & December 1, 2012 at 8pm They’ve got an ax to grind Sundays, November 18 & December 2, 2012 at 5pm . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, OV Tickets $15 Critics: City stopped residents from cleaning up downed trees , N Reservations: 718-836-3103 IFE BY COLIN MIXSON hire a contractor who would L or [email protected] Talk about being cut off! then have to get the Parks Bay Ridge Jewish Center OURIER The city slapped down Department’s permission to C 4th Avenue & 81 Street a volunteer group’s plan touch the perennial plant. Brooklyn, NY 11209 to cut up uprooted trees “Non-certifi ed foresters blocking Brooklyn streets who do not have permission in Hurricane Sandy’s af- from Parks should not go out By the termath, claiming that with chainsaws and remove author of Show Begins Nov. 17 residents shouldn’t become trees,” said Parks Depart- BR Driving Ridge emergency lumberjacks — ment spokeswoman Megan Miss Repertory even if the Parks Depart- Lalor. “It’s dangerous.” Daisy Company ment can’t handle the job. But the city’s redwood- presents Once Hurricane Sandy hard policy has left a lot of left the city, Flatbush Southern Brooklyn home- ALFRED UHRY’S Shomrim founder Chaim LOCKED AND LOADED: The Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol mem- owners with fallen trees in Deutsch and his team be- bers show some of the tools they used to cut their way through front of their homes bark- gan cutting up and carting Hurricane Sandy’s path of destruction. Photo by Steve Solomonson ing mad. off more than 75 uprooted “The Parks Department The trees blocking roads and the fallen trees left on city “We already did a large does not do a good job with Last preventing first respond- streets alone. “He said we’re part of the Parks Depart- trees,” said Sheepshead ers and supply trucks from not supposed to be doing ment’s job by cutting Bay resident Allen Pop- of getting around Sheep- that, but I said in a crisis, I’ll down 75 trees,” the safety per. “They do a terrible job. Night shead Bay, Manhattan do whatever I have to.” patrol leader said. Chaim Deutsch and the Beach, Marine Park, and City offi cials told Deutsch Parks Department offi - Flatbush Shomrim were do- Brighton Beach — until that if the fallen tree wasn’t cials say that only agency ing everything Bloomberg’s the city shut them down. causing an emergency, its foresters and contractors people should have done.” Ballyhoo “We had a little problem date with a mulch pile will with special permits can Deutsch says he’s put with the Parks Department,” have to wait two weeks — take an axe to a city tree — down his chainsaw, but is said Deutsch, who claimed something a man with a even in an emergency. Even ready to pick it up again if an- Directed by James Martinelli that a Parks Department of- gassed-up chainsaw at the if a tree falls on private prop- other Hurricane Sandy-type fi cial told him to leave all ready can’t fathom. erty, the homeowner must emergency hits the borough. 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Hundreds of screaming BROOKLYN NETS Justin Bieber’s tweeny-bop- pers mobbed the pint-sized singer’s bus as it was leav- ing the Barclays Center on Monday night, blocking FAN OF THE WEEK sidewalks and traffi c and making an awful racket as they chased it down the street — and police could do nothing to stop it. “I didn’t anticipate this type of crowd or this hyste- ria over a performer,” said Dep. Insp. Michael Ameri, commanding offi cer of the WING AND A PRAYER: Justin Bieber fl ew into Barclays Center 78th Precinct. “It caught Monday night, and his fans went crazy outside of the arena a few me by surprise a little bit.” hours later. 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Actress Anne Hathaway and rapper Mos Def live there. Katie Holmes takes daughter Suri Cruise to its playgrounds. President Obama’s technical team held a fund-raiser there in May. And it is parodied in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV as “BOABO” — an ac- ronym for “Beneath the Off-ramp of the Al- gonquin Bridge Overpass.” The city recognized DUMBO’s storied past by landmarking 91 buildings in the Photo by Tom Callan area bound by John, York, Main, and Bridge A SIGHT TO BEHOLD: Brooklyn Bridge Park offers spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline, while providing a tranquil oasis for leisure lovers. streets — a legacy-loaded loop known today as the DUMBO Historic District. corrugated cardboard boxes at 45 Washing- is undeniable. pioneered its industrial golden age, and ad- The nod is well-placed for a belt that ton St. between Front and Water streets. The renovated pier at the foot of Old vanced the nation’s civil rights movement has reinvented itself more times than Ma- DUMBO has also been called “Walentas- Fulton Street was the site of the fi rst ferry on land once dominated by early settlers donna, and had more names than Kim ville” in jest, after canny developer David service between Brooklyn and Manhattan Joris Jansen Rapalje, and brothers Comfort Kardashian’s Twitter feed, including “Ra- Walentas, who promoted its later gentrifi - back in 1642. and Joshua Sands. pailie,” “Olympia,” “Fulton Landing,” and cation by buying up spaces in abandoned At that time, the East River fl owed up to The clamor of ships loading and unload- “Gairville” — the latter after early-20th buildings for $6 per square foot and resell- Front and Water streets, making DUMBO ing goods to and from Europe and the colo- century Scottish industrialist Robert Gair, ing them for $1,000 per square foot. the chief port of entry for the revolution- nies was unsettling for new arrivals. who once manufactured paper bags and The region’s signifi cance to the borough aries, merchants, and African slaves who “It was a very busy and noisy place, STANDING OVATIONS Neil Young & Crazy Horse ARE THE ONLY KIND Patti Smith and her Band, and Everest Andrea Bocelli IN BROOKLYN Dec. 3 - 7:30pm Dec. 5 - 8pm 19 N frightening in its strangeness to many of OV the unwilling newcomers to our land,” C . 22–28, 2012, wrote the Brooklyn Historical Society. DUMBO facts DUMBO played an integral role in the Revolutionary War, too, when George Washington led his army’s heroic retreat Six things you need to know OURIER during the Battle of Brooklyn from Fulton Landing. about this nabe’s history L By the mid-1800s, it was a major manu- IFE facturing site, counting Ajax Iron and Wire Company, Arbuckle Coffee Mill-Sugar Re- DUMBO was once jok- fi nery, Brillo, Campbell and Thayer Lin- ingly referred to as seed Oil Factory, and A. Zaracas Sons Mac- “Walentasville,” after aroni among its fi rms. developers David and Their comings and goings were recorded Jane Walentas, who in the Brooklyn Eagle, a hometown news- helped to gentrify BR paper that had its warehouse and storage Photo byCallan Tom the area. company at 28 Front St. for 114 years — its editor the famed poet Walt Whitman whose poem, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” is etched Jane’s Carousel in on the railings of Fulton Landing. Brooklyn Bridge Many of the original streets and build- ings are long gone, but their ghosts linger TECH HEAVEN: DUMBO is a hot commodity for techies like (from left) Freddie Pikovsky and Eduardo Park is the nation’s along Main Street, which once extended all Garcia of DUMBO Startup Lab, Rachel Higgins and Simon Endres of Red Antler, Jeff Kurtzman of The fi rst nationally the way up the hill to Fulton Street. Enlightened Shopper, and Michael Geer of Cause Cart. Photo by Elizabeth Graham landmarked merry- Thomas Kirk owned a print shop at Wa- go-round. Proujansky Alice by Photo ter and Main streets that became the bor- couldn’t go there at night for fear of being go-round to become a national landmark ough’s white-only district school in 1816. robbed,” says Danny Brown, a long-time — is an 85-acre oasis bound by Plymouth, Mr. Mill’s Tavern at Main and Front Vinegar Hill resident who worried about New Dock, Furman, and Old Fulton streets, The $25 million streets was the starting point of an 1818 the neighborhood’s fate when it was re- offering heart-stopping views of the Man- ClockTower civil rights march by the Brooklyn African named DUMBO in the late 1970s. hattan skyline, much like adjacent Empire- building on 1 Main Woolman Benevolent Society. “I wondered what its future was gonna Fulton Ferry State Park. St. is one of the Black merchant Henry C. Thompson ran be like with such a crappy name,” he says. Both spaces are a stroll away from Civil world’s most a shoe and boot-blacking business south of Former Le Cirque pastry chef Jacques War-era coffee and tobacco warehouses, spectacular tri- Front Street — a profi table trade in those Torres was one early visionary who took including St. Ann’s Warehouse at 38 Water plex residences. days, as most people only owned one or two a chance when he opened Jacques Torres St. between Old Dock and Main streets, a File photo by Mike Short pairs of shoes that had to be constantly re- Chocolate in 2000 at 66 Water St. world-class performance venue currently paired until they wore out. “I was in a neighborhood that was de- presenting Yael Farber’s “Mies Julie,” a Grimaldi’s York Street, near Washington Street — serted,” Torres famously said. “It was not South African State Theatre production Pizzeria’s was today a parking lot — was a jumble of clap- the neighborhood we know today.” DUMBO’s art-smarts also extend to gal- board homes. One of them belonged to Peter These days, DUMBO’s turnaround is ap- leries like DUMBO Arts Center at 30 Wash- on Old Fulton Croger, founder of Brooklyn’s fi rst private parent at every turn. ington St., which spotlights greenhorns Street for school for African Americans. Bubby’s at 1 Main St. is a neighborhood with its annual DUMBO Under the Bridge years before The early streetscapes disappeared by staple, along with Grimaldi’s Pizza at 1 Festival. moving around the early 1900s, as the opening of the Brook- Front St., Peas and Pickles at 101 Washing- Many start-ups with playful names like the corner. Photo by Stefano Giovannini lyn and Manhattan bridges provided entry- ton St., The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory Huge, Carrot Creative, SawHorse Media, ways to new opportunities elsewhere. at Fulton and Water streets, and Gleason’s and Big Spaceship are also seeking a piece Parts of the neighborhood were de- Gym at 77 Front St., off Old Fulton Street — of DUMBO’s prized pie by setting up shop Oscar-nominat- molished in the 1950s to make way for the the former training ground of boxing great there. ed actress Anne Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, leaving it a Mike Tyson. They are helping to realize the vision Hathaway is virtual no-man’s land ventured only by in- Barge Music at Fulton Ferry Landing of- of transforming the once-decaying water- among DUMBO’s trepid movie directors including Stanley fers year-round chamber music on a former front into a chic cornerstone of urban life. crop of celeb- Kubrick who fi lmed his 1955 motion picture coffee barge, a fl oating music hall estab- Last month, Mayor Bloomberg announced rity residents. “Killer’s Kiss” in DUMBO. lished by late musician Olga Bloom. that a state-of-the-art “Made in NY” Media AP / Evan Agostini The badlands remained the hub of ter- “I wanted to create a place for them to Center will be built at 20 Jay St. overlook- tiary manufacturing sites, sweatshops, and perform in an environment that would nur- ing Brooklyn Bridge Park. Gleason’s Gym at crime for the next several decades, until ture, rather than destroy, their creativity,” DUMBO’s triumphant recovery contin- 77 Front St. is the artists seeking cheap dwellings and work Bloom once said. ues to be a work in progress. spaces settled there in the 1980s and 1990s. Brooklyn Bridge Park — home to 90- Its graceless name has been its saving former training “There was nothing there — you year-old Jane’s Carousel, the fi rst merry- grace, while adding to its charm as an in- ground of boxing novative, close-knit community — and the greats like Mike new port of call for folk seeking the good Tyson. AP / Kristina Barker NEXT WEEK, WE CELEBRATE SUNSET PARK life. 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BR The show itself — one =c`T]]RWa^`S^O`SRT`SaVROWZgeWbVbVS that Bieber entered by drop- ¿\SabW\U`SRWS\ba 6][S[ORS_cOZWbg ping down from the rafters Qcab][WhSRb]g]c`^S`a]\OZbOabS with a pair of gigantic sil- 1]`^]`ObS>O`bWSa1]QYbOWZ>O`bWSa ver wings — failed to draw AWb2]e\2W\\S`0`c\QV]`XcabT]]R rave reviews from those outside the Belieber spell. b]U]eSQO\QObS`g]c`SdS`g “His dance moves lacked JUSTIN!: After the concert, Bieber fans fl ocked outside the Bar- QcZW\O`g`S_cW`S[S\ba energy, his singing showed clays Center, where they chanted and screamed late into the night. no passion,” wrote Buzz- Chef Marie Aflak feed’s Katie Notopoulos, Many residents of Prospect Heights said the scene had caused who called Bieber’s per- them to become non-Beliebers. Ccourtesy of Peter Krashes 2OWZgA^SQWOZa;SRWbS`O\\SO\A^SQWOZbWSa9OP]Pa formance “wooden,” “fl ac- cid,” and “rote,” though she one of the best things I’ve bopper plays Brooklyn’s AOZORa/aa]`bSR2SaaS`baAbcTTSR>WbO chalked it up to his recent ever experienced,” wrote a new arena. break-up with actress and Twitter user named Mia C. “Next time Justin Beiber >:/13G=C@6=:72/G=@23@AB=2/G singer Selena Gomez . The incident left the comes to town, we’ll have a 1OZZT]`[S\c2SbOWZa Still, the Beliebers area’s top cop vowing he’ll better plan,” Ameri said. begged to differ. be more prepared the next “Thank god nobody got % & !&D7<3&"$! “Bieber in Brooklyn was time a golden-voiced teeny- hurt.” &! !!`R/dS j:c\QV2W\\S` cancy rate, realty agents Fifth Avenue. “They want are desperately looking for a three-bedroom apartment Realty available apartments. or a house to rent, and we Continued from cover “We know all the build- don’t have that.” “They worked hard ing owners, and they’re tell- Pedziwiater said another and they did well and they ing us nothing’s available,” problem is that the Hurri- bought a house on the beach. said Winnicki. “It makes cane Sandy victims want to And now it’s gone,” said Re- me sick because there’s rent month-to-month since nee Winnicki of Jabour Re- nothing we can do for a lot they don’t know how long it alty on Third Avenue near of these people.” will be before they can re- 87th Street, who said that Other realtors say that turn to their fl ooded home SS a woman who sold her Bay there are few Bay Ridge — and most landlords want NO SALES TAX Ridge home two years ago apartments that will fi t ex- tenants to sign year leases. returned to her offi ce shortly panded families. “My advice is they after Sandy wiped out her “They’re coming from should sign one year house in Breezy Point. big houses, families of six or leases, and then if they go But realtors say because seven people and maybe two back, talk to the owners 5 SHOW ROOMS of the poor economy, most pets,” said Urszula Pedziwi- and see if they can’t break apartment tenants are stay- ater of Alpine Realty at the the lease,” Pedziwiater rec- OPEN 7 DAYS ing put. 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TILL 8PM • SUN. 10AM-3PM OPEN 7 DAYS • LATE THURS. TILL 7:30PM 26 Brooklyn’s Biggest Booster STANDING by Joanna DelBuono . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, OV , N IFE L OURIER Eagle of Honor has landed C GRAVESEND “Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but BAY RIDGE how to live,” Baden-Powell It’s lots of mazel to Avrohom Hoffman. Semper fantastic BR The Torah Two touchdowns and a big Stand- Troop teen ing O to senior Laray Smith. The was feted at an high schooler was selected to play Eagle Court in the Semper Fidelis All-American of Honor cer- Bowl sponsored by the United States emony on Oct. Marines Corps this January in Car- 21 after earn- son, California. Our pal Laray is no ing the rank of stranger to fame. The running back Eagle Scout. was named Junior All-American in No tender- the 200-meter dash last year and is foot, our pal a three-year football standout, aver- Avrohom had aging almost 10 yards per carry this to work hard season for the Clippers. to achieve the Did we mention humble, too? coveted goal. Laray says being chosen for the team GET YOUR BLANKETS NOW: A National Grid liason hands out blankets to those affected by Tasks for ac- is an incredible honor. complishing Hurricane Sandy in Sheepshead Bay. Courtesy National Grid “This is extra special because it the rank in- has to do with much more than just clude earning what happens on the football fi eld,” more than 21 Big utility company — bigger heart! he told us. merit badges, Laray has garnered raves from serving six months in a troop leadership posi- BOROUGH WIDE Our pal Ken added, “We are present the promoters of this event for his tion, developing a service project, taking part in the communities we serve every day. outstanding high school academics, in a scoutmaster conference, and successfully National Grid supplies the gas that In response to Hurricane Sandy we have as well as his game. completing an Eagle Scout board of review. heats the houses and cooks the food, so transformed that daily presence, supple- “He’s the real deal,” said Shaon Sheesh, it’s easier to become a Supreme Court it keeps us warm, toasty, and well fed. mented by additional staff and resources Berry, founder of Semper Fidelis. Justice. Unfortunately, a visit from Hurricane from other parts of our company, to a “Players across the nation have But Avrohom did it and now he proudly Sandy put an end to many of the perks comprehensive community storm re- an opportunity to have standout se- wears his Eagle Scout badge. like hot water, heat, and electricity for covery effort. We are grateful for all our nior seasons and earn their way onto Congregation Ahavath Achim [E. many of us. Believe Standing O when community partners who are joining us the playing fi eld,” he added. Third Street at Avenue P in Gravesend, she says, “Cold showers are really not in this monumental effort.” Laray certainly has. (718) 376–2585]. fun.” Crews and company liaisons worked The confi rmation is nice, but Enter National Grid. If the company with local offi cials and community Standing O already knows Laray SHEEPSHEAD BAY couldn’t keep us warm with gas heat, it agencies to provide food, water, cloth- Smith is the “real deal,” and he’s one was going to keep us warm with blan- ing, blankets, dry ice, and other essen- heck of an All Star, too. Sashes on! kets — 31,000 to be exact, along with tial household items to customers in the Xaverian High School [7100 Shore Neither Sandy nor snow kept these intrepid other necessities to get Brooklynites community as well as to our neighbors Rd. at 71st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) students from proudly snapping on the banner through the worst storm many of us to the north and east. National Grid lit- 836–7100] of PS 255’s Student of the Month for October. have ever seen, Standing O included. erally went door to door blanketing the According to Linda Singer, principal of The company handed out batteries, neighborhoods with blankets, as well as the school, “Students must show exemplary fl ashlights, electric heaters, and bottles working around the clock to get us all up healing house was evacuated due to San- behavior, do good class work and be a model of water throughout the areas hit the and running safely. dy’s visit, so Mama Jiang did the best thing hardest. Two handy tips from National Grid ever, she went to Long Island College and “National Grid’s core expertise is in — if you do not smell gas, but don’t have delivered this healthy bundle of Josephine delivering natural gas to New York City service, call (718) 643–4050. If you do joy right here and Long Island, but our commitment, smell gas, don’t delay, call the number in our very especially in times of dire need, goes far immediately. own bor- beyond that to doing whatever we can to What a stand-up sort of company — ough. help communities endure and recover especially when the chips are down. Stand- from this devastating disaster,” said National Grid [One Metro Tech Cen- ing O says, Ken Daly, president of National Grid in ter, 15 West in Downtown, (718) 403– “Hello Jose- New York. 2503]. phine, we’re so happy that you have ar- fourth grade is, especially math — how do BROOKLYN HEIGHTS rived.” citizen in order to be selected.” they do it with all those Venn diagrams, SUNY Standing O is shouting out from the pre-pre algebra X=Y-Z questions, and who Welcome to the world Downstate bleachers, and gives out a great big huz- knows what else? Welcome to baby Josephine Yin. The Medical zah to all the grades awarded. Special men- Standing O says, “Wave, sashay, and bouncing bambino braved Sandy and was Center, University Hospital of Brooklyn at tion to fourth graders Katherine Takha- hold your pencils high!” born as the winds whirled and howled out- Long Island College Hospital [339 Hicks St. lov, Kursat Bulan, Aliya Khan, and PS 255 [1866 E. 17th St. at Avenue S in side. Mama Jiang Yu Yin was supposed at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, Ivy Chen, because we all know how hard Sheepshead Bay, (718) 376–8494]. to deliver in a Manhattan hospital, but the (718) 780–1000]. 27 N OV . 22–28, 2012, C . 22–28, 2012, OURIER L IFE Marines run for Seal Team Six BR Annual One Voice event honors Navy commandoes HAPPY RETIREMENT: Lt. Gen. Willie Williams celebrates with Jonelle Cooks during her retirement ceremony at the Marine Corps Logistics Command’s base chapel. Photo by Sgt. Brandon Director Jonelle Cooks retires HARBOR WATCH supporting the budget, fi - Jonelle D. Cooks, direc- nancing, execution, and tor of the Marine Corps management of the fund. Working Capital Fund, For her work, she re- Marine Corps Logistics ceived many awards and Command, has worked in accolades, including being the federal government for selected for the 1990 Finan- more than 37 years. cial Management Scholar- She recently retired ship, Team of the Year in during a ceremony at the 2009, a cash award for proj- Base Chapel, in which Lt. ect management support Gen. Willie Williams, di- to Department of Defense’s ON YOUR MARK: Marines stand in formation before running in the eighth annual Operation One Voice Run on Nov. 7. The soldiers ran rector, Marine Corps Staff, Humanitarian Assistance through the streets of Albany, Ga., singing cadences. Photo by Pamela Jackson Washington, honored her Program, and many other achievements. annual high achievement HARBOR WATCH “This is our eighth year of the armed forces and a in special operations and Her fi rst federal job was performance awards. It’s not uncommon to see running through Albany wounded service member, felt this was a great way to with the Social Security She received commen- Marines running to stay in and each year the Marines Stevens said. give back and support their Administration as a claims dations from former Geor- top physical shape, espe- come out and support us,” “This year we are hon- cause,” he said. representative. gia Sen. Max Cleland for cially when their careers Duluth Police Department oring the Navy Seal Team “It was very motivat- Cooks started perma- her work with South Geor- and overall health depend Lt. Bill Stevens, founder, Six, where 20 members ing to run with my fellow nent work with the Depart- gia fl ood survivors, from on it. said. “For the fi rst time, we were killed in a helicopter Marines and get together ment of Defense in 1979, Dougherty County Board However, when they ran do not have Marines run- crash in Afghanistan, Aug. with them to support serving the remainder of of Commissioners for her through the streets of Al- ning on our team. As we 6, 2011,” he noted. “This was such a great cause,” Perry her federal career in vari- work on the Blue Rib- bany, Ga., as a large group make the 72-hour, 560-mile the biggest loss of life since added. ous positions — personnel, bon Committee, and from singing loud cadences, they run from Duluth, Ga., to U.S. military operations be- According to its web- contracts, logistics and Dougherty County Voter stopped traffi c on one of the U.S. Special Operations gan there.” site, operationonevoice. supply, depot maintenance, Registration offi ce for her the city’s busiest streets on Command in Tampa, Fla., Cpl. Cameron Perry, org, Operation One Voice automated information work with voter registra- Nov. 7. the Marines here provide administrative specialist, is a not-for-profi t program systems, and fi nance — at tion and as a poll manager. More than 35 Marines us much needed motivation Headquarters and Support designed by police offi - Marine Corps Logistics In her spare time, from Marine Depot Main- along the way.” Company East, Marine cers, fi refi ghters and com- Command. Cooks serves as legal ad- tenance Command, Marine Annually a group of Corps Logistics Command, munity leaders to raise As the director of Ma- visor, fi nancial counselor, Corps Logistics Command, police offi cers, fi refi ght- was one of the Marines funds to help support the rine Corps Working Capi- wedding planner, business and Marine Corps Logistics ers, and special opera- who volunteered to join the immediate needs of chil- tal Fund, Cooks directed manager, and market re- Base Albany participated tions forces members run group run. dren and families of fallen multi-million dollar activi- searcher for private cus- in the eighth annual Opera- from Atlanta to Tampa to “I volunteered because and wounded Special Op- ties of many organizations tomers. tion One Voice run. honor a different branch I have always wanted to be erations Forces. 28 ‘Old Abe’ and Wisconsin Color Guard . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, OV The tale of the origin of the Screaming Eagle Insignia for the 101st Airborne , N IFE L HARBOR WATCH oaken cask, the bird grew Regimental colors. marched “Old Abe” to the OURIER The Screaming Eagle in- larger and quickly became Seeing “Old Abe” atop state and presented him C signia of the 101st Airborne too expensive to feed. Mc- his perch during the battle to Gov. James Lewis. “Old Division (Air Assault) is Cann actively sought to sell of Corinth, Miss., Confeder- Abe” was donated to the perhaps the most recog- the as yet unnamed bird to ate General Sterling Price people of Wisconsin by the nized and famous shoul- the many units of Wiscon- remarked, “that bird must loving comrades alongside der sleeve insignia in the sin troops passing through be captured or killed at all whom he had fought for United States Army. the area enroute to their hazards, I would rather get four years. BR The eagle is not just any muster site at Camp Ran- that eagle than capture a In 1865, an enterprising American bald eagle, but dall in Madison, Wisc. whole brigade or a dozen Chicagoan, capitalizing on instead, it commemorates After many unsuccess- battle fl ags.” “Old Abe’s” fame, sought the most famous animal ful attempts to rid himself During “Old Abe’s” ser- to enlist him in support of mascot that ever served in of the bird, McCann eventu- vice, the Eighth Wisconsin the United Sanitary Com- the United States Army. ally sold the eagle for $2.50 participated in many bat- mission’s efforts to provide In 1861, an American to Capt. John E. Perkins, PRETTY BIRDY: “Old Abe” and the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer In- tles, expeditions, and pur- aid and comfort to wounded Indian named Ahgamah- commanding offi cer of a suits of Confederate forces. veterans. Thus, the “Army fantry Regiment Color Guard in 1863. Courtesy U.S. Army wegezhig — or Chief Sky — militia company called the Among these were the bat- of the American Eagle” was a member of the Flambeau “Eau Claire Badgers.” Part tles of: Iuka; Corinth; Is- formed. Children were “en- band of the Chippewa tribe, of the money was, reluc- The Eau Claire Eagles’s what was then known as land Number 10; Big Black; listed” to sell paper photo- cut down a tree in an at- tantly, given by local tav- mascot was adopted by the the Western Theater of the Champion’s Hill; the Red graphs of “Old Abe.” tempt to capture two Amer- ern-keeper S.M. Jeffers. new Eighth Wisconsin Vol- American Civil War, com- River and Meridian expe- The eagle’s post-war life ican bald eaglets in their In light of their newly ac- unteer Infantry Regiment, prising: Missouri; Arkan- ditions; and the Battle of was punctuated by frequent nest. Chief Sky later traded quired mascot, the unit re- which was quickly nick- sas; Tennessee; Mississippi; Nashville. “Old Abe” was nation-wide travel in sup- the surviving eaglet to Dan- named themselves the “Eau named the “Eagle Regi- Louisiana; and Alabama. there every step of the way. port of veteran reunions, iel McCann of Eagle Point, Claire Eagle.” ment.” After much delibera- “Old Abe” was present dur- The men were mus- patriotic gatherings, soldier Wisc., for a bushel of corn. Perkins’s unit entered tion, the mascot was named ing all of the battles and tered out of federal ser- relief benefi ts, and special McCann took the bird federal service and was “Old Abe,” in honor of Pres- was carried into combat vice in late 1864. The reg- exhibitions during which to Eau Claire, Wisc., and re-designated as Company ident Lincoln. by a sergeant on a special iment was no more. On he achieved a rock star-like briefl y kept it as a family C, Eighth Wisconsin Vol- The regiment spent its perch alongside the Eighth Sept. 26, 1864, a contingent status. In 1876, “Old Abe” pet. Caged inside a modifi ed unteer Infantry Regiment. entire military service in Wisconsin’s National and of 70 regiment veterans again toured the country as part of America’s Centen- nial Exposition. ANT YOU TO SM “Old Abe” lived out the E W ILE remainder of his life in an W ! aviary in the Capitol build- ing. In 1881, a fi re broke out in a paint and solvent stor- age area near “Old Abe’s” aviary. A month later, the famous eagle, weakened by fumes, died in the arms of his handler, George Gilles. Bensonhurst Upon his death, “Old Abe” was preserved and ex- General Dentistry hibited in the Capitol build- ing’s Grand Army of the Re- public Memorial Hall until a fi re destroyed the display Dr. Mark Herzog & Associates in 1904. Sadly, only a few of “Old Abe’s” feathers sur- 8421 Bay Parkway Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214 vive, carefully preserved by the Wisconsin Veterans’ Museum in Madison. (718) 259-1110 Today, large sculptures of “Old Abe” stand atop the Participant with United Concordia Wisconsin monument at Vicksburg, Miss., and atop Tricare ADDP and MetLife TDP the entrance to old Camp Treating both Dependants and Active Duty Personnel Randall. Since 1921, “Old Abe’s” head, in profi le, Day, Evening & Saturday Hours has served as the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Family Dentistry Assault). A large-scale di- By Appointment orama of the 8th Wiscon- sin’s Color Guard, complete www.drmarkherzog.com with “Old Abe,” is on exhibit MC/VISA AMEX DISCOVER in the atrium of the division headquarters building on Fort Campbell. 29 N OV . 22–28, 2012, C . 22–28, 2012, PurchasingPower.com/HarborWatch OURIER L IFE Play games BR with your friends, not your finances. 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BR lished food pantry at Our Lady of Refuge patronize our local community stores and meandering around in darkness, or avoid- The public statioon PBS offers pro- Church at Ocean and Foster avenues. restaurants to shop and eat, they don’t eat ing fallen trees and other hazardous con- gramming unmatched by any other net- Special thanks to the businesses who either. ditions from the hurricane. work, such as science, history, arts, and hosted our collection boxes: Michael’s Please join me and your neighbors in While the safety of our children and kids shows that entertain and inform. Bakery, JoMart Chocolates, Mini Mart continuing to support our this newspaper parade participants is important, and It covers controversial topics other and Pronto Pizza, all on Avenue R at Nos- chain. while most people supported his decision, networks won’t touch. trand Avenue; Tom’s Cleaners and Hen- Patronize their advertisers; they pro- he has attracted the wrath of one devilish Its news shows delve into serious news. ry’s Deli on Avenue S at Nostrand Avenue; vide the necessary revenues to help keep fellow, namely Satan. Other networks have newscasters who T and D Bakery on Avenue U near E. 23 them in business. Let them know you saw You don’t upset the devil — especially laugh, act silly, and joke around, while Street; G and S Pork Store and Avenue U their ad. on Halloween. PBS newsmen like Bill Moyers talk about Fish Market, both on Avenue U near E. This helps keep our neighbors em- How the Grinch stole Christmas is one the toxic affects of fracking, and how the 27th Street; and Roosevelt Savings Bank ployed and the local economy growing. thing. How the mayor canceled Hallow- banks and wealthy are ripping us off, at Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue. Larry Penner een is quite another story. among other subjects. The Key Food on Gerritsen Avenue al- Great Neck, N.Y. Let’s hope Thanksgiving traditions These things are important for all of lowed us to set up a very successful food continue here in the city. us to know about. collection table. Disaster relief It seems the offi cial residence of our Other networks are afraid to cover top- Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein To the editor, ghoulish mayor, Gracie Mansion, is now ics like this for fear of offending a spon- (D-Midwood), state Marty Golden (R-Bay The disaster wrought by Hurricane swarming with poltergeists and Mayor sor. Ridge), and Councilman Lew Fidler (D- Sandy calls for drastic thinking. Bloomberg is afraid to sleep there. This country needs PBS. Marine Park) all supported the event. With thousands suddenly homeless Kitchen nightmares have become a re- The military budget last year was $700 Ed Jaworski and winter fast approaching this calls for ality for our mayor. He’s called in a group billion. The Republicans want to add bil- The writer is presdient of the Madison- FEMA and the city to create a modular of experts, including psychic mediums lions more, some of it to fund things the Marine-Homecrest-Civic Association. home assembly line. John Edward and Sylvia Browne, to rid military says it doesn’t even want. This solves two problems. his home of the ghostly entities in what he How about cutting those? Small biz Saturday It quickly provides well-built safe calls Operation Apparitions. Jerome Frank To the editor, warm homes for our storm-ravaged home- The Ghostbusters were unavailable, Coney Island You can support small retailers by join- less, and it also brings jobs to here. as they are powerless and stranded in Far ing me and your neighbors on the second Another idea is use the steel-shipping Rockaway. Classroom blues annual national Small Business Saturday containers that line the docks by the thou- “No Halloween! This is unthinkable,” To the editor, on Nov. 24th. sands. said Shelly Weiss, the great grand daugh- An article recently appeared in the pa- Skip the national chain stores’ annual They can be quickly turned into tem- ter of magician Harry Houdini. pers bemoaning the fact that pre-kinder- Black Friday Madness, which now starts porary living quarters that are strong Is it any wonder that malevolent spirits garten children were being suspended in early Thursday night. and resilient. are raising havoc over at LIPA headquar- large numbers. Stay home and enjoy your Thanksgiv- The technology is there for the taking. ters? Department stores, costume shops, The public and our so-called educa- ing meal with friends and family. Get a We have to think outside the box. small businesses that relied on Halloween tional leaders refuse to realize that if good night’s sleep and instead come out We cannot settle for how we normally sales, and places like Party City were not these children are allowed to get away and support Small Business by shopping accomplish construction jobs. Quickly in very good spirits with Halloween being with even minor infractions their behav- local. we must see to it that our storm-ravaged canceled. ior will get worse as they get older. In these diffi cult economic times, it is neighbors are housed in safe and warm Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman, For once I would like to see Donna Lie- especially important to patronize your quarters. and Lindsay Lohan could not be reached berman of the ACLU be an advocate for neighborhood businesses. There are so I believe Floyd Bennett fi eld would be for comment regarding Halloween. children who come to school to learn and many great options to choose from. a good location because it’s close to the No one and nothing is happy over these teachers who come to teach, but both can’t Remember these people are our neigh- Queens and Brooklyn areas that have tough decisions. Even the pumpkins were do this because other children are dis- bors. They work long hours, pay taxes, been devastated. not putting on their happy grins. rupting the classes constantly. You could also use it to set up a trailer, Just wait until the next witches Sab- As for Schools Chancellor Dennis Wal- shipping-container house community bath, you have no idea what tricks lie cott, he will never understand the issue that could be secured by a fence and a ahead for New York. because he never taught in a city class- LET US HEAR FROM YOU neighbor security patrol. Beware! Mark Lane room. With a Q35 bus stop there, our neigh- Douglaston, N.Y. Heading a day-care center for two Submit letters to: Vince DiMiceli, Editor, bors could get to work, school, or do shop- Stan and PBS years does not make you an authority on Community Newspaper Group, 1 Metro- ping. teaching. Tech Center North, Brooklyn, NY 11201, or We could also set up a shuttle bus To the editor, Where is the U.F.T and C.S.A. on e-mail to [email protected]. Please system to make living at this temporary Stanley Gershbein doesn’t want gov- this issue? Instead of demanding the community more user friendly. ernment funding of PBS (“Stan says PBS restoration of the 600 schools for dis- include your address and telephone M. Taeler isn’t worth funding,” It’s Only My Opin- ruptive pupils, both groups divert the number for so we can confi rm you sent Marine Park ion,” Oct. 25). minds of their memberships by hav- the letter. We reserve the right to edit • • • Its funding is minute compared to ing them become actively involved in all correspondence, which becomes the To the editor, other things in the budget. presidential politics and other issues. property of Courier Life Publications. Mayor Bloomberg canceled Halloween Stan says we shouldn’t fund it be- Ed Greenspan due to Hurricane Sandy. cause it is not necessary, so it should be Sheepshead Bay 31 N OV Stan’s thankful for Israel’s offensive in Gaza C . 22–28, 2012, srael’s air offensive Jews sustained 887 attacks lots of things into Gaza — a fter A BRITISHER’S in 2010 . enduring months The Zionist crusade for I OURIER ’Reilly does it again. of Palestinian rocket self-preservation would Last year Mr. Bill fi re — is one more rea- VIEW have destroyed lesser folk, L Openned the ultra-fan- son to give thanks for Shavana Abruzzo yet Israel has managed IFE tastic, page-turning “Killing the Jews. to survive for one reason Lincoln.” If way back in the ’50s The world would alone — it values Jews. we had books that were half as be a worse place without them — can wax away about Palestinian That much was witnessed last interesting, I would have gotten no modern physics, no social sci- rights versus Israeli might, while year when Israel released more a better mark in High School ences, no antibiotics, no modern vilifying Israel as an oppressor. than 500 Palestinian prisoners in history. banks, no department stores, and But they’re still hard-pressed to exchange for one Israeli soldier held Now comes “Killing Ken- few if any of the electronic devices justify why the more than 20 Arab hostage by Hamas for fi ve years . BR nedy,” a super-sensational hard- we have come to love — all of them nations that occupy 640 times the Peace in the Middle East is not cover fi lled with loads of facts Jewish inventions. land mass of Israel — and whose dependent on Israel, but on the and, again, another thoroughly IT’S ONLY There likely wouldn’t have been residents outnumber Israeli Jews Arab majority that has fostered enjoyable read. a British Empire without Jews. by nearly 50 to one — harbor such the Palestinian sense of decay and I picked it up this week The fortunes of English-Jewish fi - a resentment towards Jews. abandonment. to mention both titles, even MY nanciers like the Rothschilds, the All roads point to jealousy. Israel, by contrast, has been though the JFK book has been Salomonses, the Goldsmids, and Jews comprise less than one the region’s salvation, providing out for a while. Take a look at OPINION the Montefi ores helped to rise Eng- percent of the world’s population jobs, medical care, and resources today’s date and let me remind land’s star across the oceans. of six billion — that’s a mere 13 to Palestinians who lost their cred- you that on Nov. 19, 1863, Abra- Stanley P. Gershbein The U.S. would have been a million in a world that’s 99 percent ibility the day they began using ham Lincoln delivered the pipe dream, too, if not for Jewish non-Jewish — but their accom- their children as human shields , Gettysburg Address, one of cash — Jewish industrialist Louis plishments have been remarkable. their mosques as weapons store- the most prominent American ate year causing many close re- Santanel funded Columbus’s voy- Even stellar. houses, and their schools as train- speeches fi lled with phrases lationships to be split forever. age to America. Jews are leaders in science, art, ing grounds for a new generation known by all. In the spirit of the holiday it Yet Jews have been history’s literature, entertainment, modern of terrorists . Every sixth grader in this would have been nice if a “No eternal scapegoats, although they technology, and philanthropy, and Palestinian schools instituted nation can deliver the opening discussion about politics” sign have refused to become its vic- have won more Nobel prizes than the compulsory subject “Know and closing lines of President was posted on the door. tims. any other ethnicity. All of it with- Your Enemy” this past May be- Lincoln’s stirring address. Can This major rule could have Jews have conquered and pre- out fanfare. cause, according to its Education you? been established and enforced vailed over institutionalized rac- Yet their very existence has Miniustry, “We look at Israel as • • • at least for the day. ism and attempted genocide, and met with resistance, mischief, all- an enemy — we teach our students If you are reading this on the Let’s have another glass of their unassailable appetite for life out violence, and bitter acrimony the language of the enemy.” Monday it is posted on Brook- wine and talk about the turkey, over death has been stretched to — even in America, the most toler- Palestinian statehood? No lynDaily.com, you have another the weather, Aunt Sarah’s rec- the limits and back by their sworn ant nation in the world. thanks. three days until Thanksgiving ipe for chulent, Jennifer Anis- enemies, who want them and Is- Jews are the most persecuted Follow A Britisher’s View on Day. Did you remember to de- ton and the football game. rael wiped off the map. group here, according to the FBI, Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/ frost the turkey? Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt a bit Critics, apologists, and others whose latest fi gures show that BritShavana Right now, before another to mention those things we are minute goes by, walk over to the thankful for. freezer and take it out. I am most thankful for the The frozen bird needs a few new addition to the Gershbein days in the refrigerator to de- family. Grandchild number Not for Nuthin’, but enjoy that turkey frost properly. You forgot about eight, Jacob Gershbein, checked that, didn’t you? Ok. So do it in on Oct. 30 at more than nine right now. You’ll thank me pounds. ed fugit interea fugit irrepa- you’ve run out of time, and may later. By this time next year, I ex- rabile tempus…“But it fl ees you always have time left to say If you are reading this in a pect him to tell me what fi eld of Sin the meantime: time fl ees goodbye. Friday newspaper, I hope you medicine he will specialize in. irretrievably.” • May you always have the abil- enjoyed the turkey chow mein, For years I’ve heard about Faster than you can say “Happy ity to laugh at yourself and have turkey and broccoli and turkey how wonderful it is to have Thanksgiving,” this old world has your tongue fi rmly planted in egg drop soup from the Chinese grandchildren. turned round the sun one more your cheek. takeout restaurant. Everybody on the planet has time and here we are again. My • May you always have the time Now to those of you who were heard the gag, “How marvelous time to wish you all the time to you need, the time to appreciate well prepared with the timing life would be if we could only do all those things that you never the small things and the time to and delicacies, congratulations. fi gure out how to bypass the have the time to do, and offer a few live through the big things. I hope and pray that you had a children and go directly to hav- of my thanks and wishes. • May your turkey be juicy, your peaceful feast but, the force may ing grandchildren.” Things to be grateful for: gravy not lumpy, your sides plen- not be with you. Being a grandpa is the only • My house lost power for only NOT FOR tiful and only split with laughter, I am willing to bet you 50 part of my life that lived up to two days. and, most important, may you al- cents that somewhere between the advance hype. • There’s one less year on our ways have the time to savor those the fi rst glass of wine and the But having a grandchild? mortgage. NUTHIN’ pies. time the turkey was carved You hold him, you hug him, you • New weather-tight windows Thanks there was at least one major po- sing to him, you love him and for the basement. Joanna DelBuono Thanks to those who read my litical battle. then you look at your watch. • The roof and basement sur- words, whether you agree or don’t I also would not be surprised “It’s fi ve o’clock already? vived Hurricane Sandy. doesn’t matter, because without if Uncle Ralph and Aunt Phyllis Here sweetheart. Hold your • Family and friends survived • I fi nally got DVR — yippee! No you, there wouldn’t be a “Not for picked themselves up and swore, baby. I’m heading home.” Hurricane Sandy. more missed “Big Bang” episodes. Nuthin™.” as loud as they could, that they I am StanGershbein@Bell- • I survived having an empty • I learned how to Skype. Not for Nuthin™, but have a will never return. south.net wishing you all hap- nest. • My family’s health. Happy Thanksgiving. The point is, this has been piness, good health, wealth, and • My Friday nights are all my Wishes Follow me on Twitter @JDel- one hell of a politically passion- the time to spend it. own. • May you never lose hope that Buono. 32 Carmine’s got a few words for a few things . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, ’m madder than Brook- of the universe. (That’s right! I Signed, Bob and Carol Bailie. In last week’s column I wrote OV , N lyn Cyclone mascot Sandy could swim like a fi sh! Now, it’s And that’s just one of many about the topping off of Il Centro IFE the Seagull when she real- more like a beluga whale, or one the ol’Screecher received! and, in it, reference all the great L I ized she could be accidentally of those cows that fl oat near Flor- So apparently the rest of the contributions made by the Ital- OURIER mistaken for the evil “cyclone” ida.) nation is focusing on our real ians. C named “Sandy” that just ripped Oh, now’s the point in the col- problems, but here in New York, Well, this week, in the name through her hometown over umn where I cut and paste from the papers are blind to it (present of equal time, I’d like to tell you the fact that this hurricane has a free-mail. I’m sure glad my company excluded, of course). about an Italian I’m not so proud changed everything and all the grandson taught me how to do The fi rst day of the Petraeus of: Rep. Nancy Pelosi tabloids care about is this Petra- that. Incredible time saver! sex scandal, the Daily News ran Now, I hear she was terribly eus scandal. “We are only two of the mil- seven full pages on it. And then disappointed that the govern- BR Look, I even hear they want lions of Texans who want to came the stories of the Bergen ment-paid jet she commandeered to change the name of Little Or- send heartfelt concerns, caring Beach, Bell Harbor, Seagate, Ger- for her own use as Speaker of the phan Annie’s dog from “Sandy” thoughts, and best wishes to all ritson Beach, Brighton Beach, House was taken away. to “Chita.” of youse who have suffered from Coney Island, and even lower Good! But when the paper boy deliv- Sandy’s disastrous attack on Manhattan’s disasters. So let me offi cially nominate ers my daily letters to my door- New York and New Jersey. And to think that a soldier Nancy Pelosi as Un Grande Dis- front, all I read about is some guy “When we looked at the to- cheating on his wife should cre- graziata. who cheated on his wife? tal scope of this tragedy, we can ate such chaos that hogged the Her contributions to the Now I don’t need to tell you only hope and pray that our headlines. Perhaps to his devoted United States are totally self- that the outpouring of support teammates have survived with wife it was, but it didn’t deserve serving! BIG we Brooklynites have received limited impact. While the loss of any of our attention. Some argue Gee, I let off a lot of steam is incredible, but the big dailies power may still delay the arrival that “he was a four-star general with this column attacking the don’t seem to care! of this note, we wanted to touch and head of the CIA.” news media’s lust for lust, and SCREECHER Take, f’rinstance, this e-mail base and convey our hopes that Balderdash! nominating Nancy Pelosi as this Carmine Santa Maria I got from my old swimming everyone is holding up OK and Now’s the point in the column country’s worst Italian Ameri- teammate from Brooklyn Tech that you are on a path to recov- where I completely change the can. Not bad. in 1953, when we were kings ery.” subject just to confuse you. Screech at you next week! Courier-Life Classifieds call (718) 260-2555 WWW.BROOKLYNDAILY.COM PUBLISHED BY CNG • 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 33 N OVEMBER 22-28, 2012, C 22-28, 2012, OURIER L IFE 24 SEVEN Real-life action heroes: Jackie Chan’s got nothing on the dancers of Streb dance company. Photo by Tom Caravaglia LIGHTS, THEATER, ACTION! Daredevil dance company shoots for stunts on stage By Will Bredderman “We’re trying to tell the story of action,” on the sidelines, dropping pithy aphorisms But they will have to sign a waiver first — n the stage, you have to do your own said company founder Elizabeth Streb. in the character of a mad scientist, her face Streb is full contact. stunts. “We’re trying to have a theatrical version of occasionally projected on the background of “We’re the roughest sport outside boxing O The Williamsburg-based dare- what action would look like if it were put on the stage. and football,” Streb said, explaining that her devil dance company Streb is back from a dramatic event.” “The movical is by far the most cohe- crew is trained in her own technique of “pop its death-defying performance during the Streb’s performers will fall from great sive action show I’ve made,” the artist said. action” shock absorption, which involves roll- Summer Olympics — where members rode heights, drop bowling balls onto concrete “We’ve tried to put a story together as action. ing and flexing with impact. the spokes of the 400-foot-high London Eye blocks, run into and up walls, spin I-beams, And action is essentially an experience, so I “Forces! The Movical!” at Streb observation wheel and bungee-jumped from battle a shifting floor, and even ride upside want the audience to feel as though they’ve Laboratory for Action Mechanics [51 N. the Millennium Bridge in July — and have down on the outer-rim of an enormous yel- done some of the moves.” First St. between Berry Street and Wythe created a new theatrical piece of wild con- low wheel. And the audience will actually get to do Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384–6491, traptions and intense physical stunts dubbed As her team of action heroes displays some of the moves and try out the props once www.streb.org]. Nov. 29, 7:30 pm, $25 “Forces! The Movical!” its physical skills, Streb herself will stand the show’s over. adults, $15 children. 34 22-28, 2012 22-28, OVEMBER , N IFE L OURIER C 24 SEVEN Cash benefit After the storm 35 N ow you can square dance for a cause. o to beach and enjoy the waves — on the OVEMBER Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Gowanus shore. Nand country music star Rosanne Cash G The polluted canal isn’t known for C 22-28, 2012, will headline a relief show benefitting the storm- warm, tropical waters, but in the wake of Hurricane battered community of Red Hook. Sandy’s destructive path, fine art and performance “Red Hook is such a special corner of Brooklyn, Best folk friends forever venue Gowanus Ballroom is hosting an art project and there is really no place like it in the entire that will transform the storm-ravaged space into New York metropolitan ormed in the youthful days a tropical paradise replete with a heated pool OURIER area,” said Cash, the eldest of college, Bombadil is a and life-size boats built by Belgian artist Benoit Wed. L daughter of country music FNorth Carolina pop-folk Verbeke. IFE 11/21 legend Johnny Cash, who quartet that has survived the years Originally meant to bring a colorful addition added that it is part of her by sticking to what matters — the to the lives of fisherman, Verbeke’s art project responsibility “to see that all of Red Hook comes music. FlutuArte, or Floating Art, gathered artists from back to life.” Lyrical sincerity, plucky folk around the world to paint the tops of over 60 fish- All proceeds of the Nov. 21 folk extravaganza guitar riffs, and the interweaving, ing boats in Rio de Janiero. at the Bell House will go directly to Restore Red mellifluous vocals of every band “[FlutuArte was] about bringing this beautiful 24 Hook, an organization that aims to help the neigh- member characterize Bombadil’s thing into the fishermen’s lives. To see their faces SEVEN borhood’s small businesses get back on their feet music, which goes for intimate when they saw the after Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters inundated live shows based on subtlety rather [boats’] rooftops, they them, ruined inventory, destroyed machinery, and than decibels. looked really, really crippled livelihoods. “We work a lot at singing,” said happy,” said Verbeke. The benefit, hosted by the Jalopy Theatre and drummer James Phillips. “We all The plan was to Friends, will kickoff with a honky-tonk square have the opinion that music can be Things are looking up: Bryan Rahija, James Phillips, Stuart Robinson, bring some of this joy dance and feature a range of musical perform- too loud at times. It’s harder to get and Daniel Michalak are Bombadil, a pop-folk group. to Brooklyn on Nov. ers including John Pinamonti, Jesse Lenat, the quiet and sing well together.” Photo Courtesy of Bombadil 17, but then Sandy Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues, the Whiskey Keeping their focus as a band the band calls upon for the content blew in, putting the Spitters, and Alex Battles and the Whiskey was difficult, too, having left the Wed. of its songs. As the new record took space literally under- Rebellion. care-free days of dormitory jam 11/28 shape, Phillips noticed that there water for several There will also be a standup performance by sessions. was a shared theme of leaving the hours at the height of comedian and co- The band had to go on an extend- carefree sentiments of college and the storm. creator of the Daily ed hiatus in 2009 due to a wrist injury to gui- early professionalism as the friends approach “There were waves Show Lizz Winstead tarist, Daniel Michalak. While Michalak took a new time in life, filled with responsibilities coming through Ship shape: Benoit Verbeke and consequence. and a screening of care of himself, the band spread out across here,” said Gowanus works on a boat installation Michael Buscemi’s the country and spent time writing music. “We spend a lot of time thinking about the Ballroom owner Josh for the Gowanus Ballroom. film “B61.” Tone However, this close-knit unit remained in con- words that we’re singing and the stories we Young, pointing out Photo by Hannah Palmer Egan Johansen, co-owner tact. Their new record, scheduled for a spring share,” said Phillips. “All of us are at the end places where seawa- of neighborhood release, was an internet collaboration paired of our twenties and getting older and thinking ter washed out sections of the wall, rising over staple Sunny’s Bar, with cross-country visits. about what life is going to look like.” four feet, corroding everything in its path, and which fell victim to But they got together in the end. Bombadil with Hurrah a Bolt of Light and postponing the event due to lack of power. the storm, will even “It never stopped being a thing. We knew Baby States at Union Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth When power did come back, Verbeke and sing a few ditties we were going to come back,” said Phillips. Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638–4400, www. Young were both relieved to get to work. about life and love The blending of the vocals of every band unionhallny.com]. Nov. 28, 7:30 doors, $8. “We were working by tiki-torches for a while,” in Red Hook. member reflects the shared experiences that — Eric Dryden Young said with a laugh. “Sandy devas- Verbeke went ahead with building the boat tated the Red Hook installations standing in for community and the ones in Rio. The paint- Country gal: Grammy award- Sat. hurt the residents, Mirror, mirror, Disney on the ice ings will be projected onto winning musician Roseanne Cash 11/24 will headline a musical extrava- renters, homeown- isney’s got talent! the boats’ sails. ganza to “Restore Red Hook.” ers and businesses Mickey, Minnie and other Disney He also got to work on Photo by Hannah Palmer Egan there, so we’ve been Dfavorites will christen the ice at the building a pop-up pool which he will heat with doing what we can Barclays Center in an upcoming spectacle that propane for bikini-clad (or not so bikini-clad) to help out,” said Jalopy Theatre owner and event takes a new twist on Disney’s best-known clas- bathers’ pleasures. organizer Lynette Wiley. sics. As if kicking off the holiday season in pop-up “This benefit is a great way to bring people The skate show “Rockin’ Ever heated pool in a storm-ravaged gallery wasn’t sur- together in the midst of these challenging times After” remixes the stories of Disney’s Starting real enough, additional entertainment will come and raise money for the community.” most adventurous heroines with tal- 11/27 in the form of aerialists, fire-wielding performers, It will take an estimated $2 million for the ent search TV shows so popular these and stilt-walkers. waterfront community’s restaurants, bars, vintage days, with classic characters Mickey, Young has also set up an IndieGoGo campaign, shops, and corner bodegas to reopen their doors, Minnie, Goofy, and Donald scouring the globe which will reward donors with art pieces, music said Wiley. in search of Disney favorites to compete to be lessons, or bona fide bits of the Brooklyn Bridge, “If we can sell out the Bell House we will raise the next superstar. The comical segments revolve salvaged from a past renovation. During the event, $15,000 for Restore Red Hook,” she said. “It will around the now familiar tales of famed Disney Gowanus Ballroom will also accept canned goods, take more than this benefit to reach our goal, but princesses like Ariel from “The Little Mermaid,” Ice, ice, Disney: Rapunzel will also make her debut at the clothing, toiletries, and other sundry items, and this is a nice way to start.” Rapunzel from “Tangled,” Belle from “Beauty Barclays Center for Disney on Ice’s “Rockin’ Ever After.” redistribute the goods to others in need. Byrne said that the Red Hook peninsula, cut and the Beast,” and Merida from Disney Pixar’s Photo courtesy of Feld Entertainment All proceeds from the FlutuArte event will fund off by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, func- “Brave” in her ice debut. the daughters of King Triton in “The Little the clean-up, repair, and re-building of the venue, tions like a small town. “Our challenge in developing ‘Rockin’ Mermaid,” the stepsisters from “Cinderella,” and which also serves as a metal shop. “If the economic center of a small town is Ever After’ was figuring out how to highlight Pinocchio. The Gowanus Ballroom began as a side-project destroyed the ramifications extend beyond small moments from these beloved stories in a way that A moment not to miss in the show, which took to Young’s work in the metal shop; he had extra businesses. It’s a ripple effect for the entire com- reflects the type of entertainment that families nearly a year to craft, is when Ariel magically room in the shop and wanted to share it with the munity,” she said. “This is about rebuilding the value today,” said producer Juliette Feld. gets her legs and performs a dazzling ballet in community. community as a whole.” “By pulling elements from the talent show the air above the ice. “You only live once,” Young said. “Why not A Benefit to Restore Red Hook at the Bell trend on contemporary television, we developed Disney On Ice’s “Rockin’ Ever After” build something you can enjoy while you’re here?” House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third a truly unique way to lead into each fairy tale.” Barclays Center [620 Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush FlutuArte, Save the Gowanus Ballroom at the avenues, (718) 643–6510, www.thebellhouseny. As the Disney posse journeys to find the Avenue, (212) 359–6387, www.disneyonice.com]. Gowanus Ballroom [55 Ninth St. at back of building, com]. Nov. 21, 6 pm doors, 7 pm show, $30. most talented performers in the land they will Nov. 27–Dec. 2, starting at $23.95. (347) 460–2687, www.gowanusballroom.com]. Nov. — Natalie Musumeci come across special routines by Sebastian and — Natalie Musumeci 24, 6 pm–5 am, $15. — Hannah Palmer Egan 36 22-28, 2012 22-28, BROOKLYN KNIGHT RISES OVEMBER , N IFE L Billionaire Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov gets his own comic book OURIER By Chuck O’Donnell C he Nets’ new mascot is a dark knight — and the team’s owner, none other than TBruce Wayne. Billionaire owner of the newly minted Brooklyn 24 basketball team Mikhail Prokhorov is a larger- SEVEN than-life character, a tall, handsome bachelor athlete with the ability to reach for rim, and now he’s a comic book hero, too. “If there ever was a real-life Bruce Wayne, It’s Mikhail Prokhorov,” said author Tony Laplume, who wrote the biographical comic about the Nets owner “Orbit: Mikhail Prokhorov.” Laplume’s bio-comic traces Prokhorov’s mete- oric rise from Moscow schoolboy to one of the richest, most influential men in the world, touch- ing on everything from his love of martial arts to his $200 million investment into Russia’s first hybrid car. Brooklynites most likely won’t see the Russian mogul jumping across rooftops in Clinton Hill or Greenpoint in a black cowl and cape under the cloak of night, but Laplume’s book shows off the vibrant life of a playboy. The 24-page full-color comic is an informative and fun read without airbrushing Prokhorov’s blemishes, like his arrest — and the eventual dropped charges — for flying several women to Speaking to his public: Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov meets the media. party in France in what became a prostitution scandal, the 12-month period he lost $5 billion, his ingredient of Batman’s alter ego ably demon- figure never really gets its due, and Prokhorov is doomed run for the presidency in Russia, and even strated in Christopher Nolan’s films.” no different,” LaPlume said. “That’s always my his failed attempt to lure all-star center Dwight But like Bruce Wayne, parts of Prokhorov’s favorite aspect of any bio. There was some mate- Howard to the Nets. origin-story remain a mystery. Vancouver, Wash.- rial available, but I would have loved to have found But the man known as the “Bachelor Billionaire” based Bluewater Productions, which has featured out more. It’s probably what would have been has had his share of success, especially with ladies. everyone from Steve Jobs to Justin Bieber in its the biggest benefit of speaking with Prokhorov “I suppose the most surprising element [of bio-comic series, reached out to Prokhorov for his directly.” researching the comic] was the playboy, bad boy help, if not his support, with the comic. Since he “Orbit: Mikhail Prokhorov” is available at image he’s inadvertently cultivated, which was didn’t respond, there was no way of learning more St. Mark’s Comics [148 Montague St. between Netvenger: The Net’s owner gets one of the reasons I made the comparison with about his childhood. Henry and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Heights, immortalized in a comic book that Bruce Wayne,” Laplume said. “That’s the main “The formative development of any public (718) 935–0911]. tracks his larger-than-life story. Shakespeare play makes Romans out of audience By Sol Park The stage will be divided into several parts, t tu, audience? with the audience walking among wooden spikes A new rendition of William that differentiate Brutus’s garden, Caesar’s EShakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” is putting house, the capital steps, and other settings. theater goers eye-to-eye with the famous politi- Spectators will witness both Brutus’s and cal and military leader — and the conspirators Antony’s funeral orations, which were both who murdered him — in a production that gives speeches appealing to the emotional masses — the audience a chance to feel like the Roman eventually leading to the republic’s downfall. masses. The play is a part of a larger project called By the end of the play, ticket holders will the “1599 Project,” the theater ensemble’s focus experience an emotional roller coaster, having on a pivotal year in Shakespeare’s career, when cheered for a hero only to lose him and lose he wrote “Hamlet,” “As you Like It,” “Henry everything that made Rome a great republic. V,” and “Julius Caesar.” Each of these plays “This [play] is looking at power and the mob brought the bard’s work to a new level of politi- and the mob itself becomes a major character,” cal relevance, said Greisse, and the Irondale said Terry Greisse, who will play the role of Ensemble hope to perform all four plays leading Julius himself. into 2013. “The audience will feel like the Romans, with Julius Caesar at the Irondale Center [85 S. actors scattered in there as well, and when Caesar Oxford St. between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton is stabbed the audience will see it happen.” Street in Fort Greene, (718) 488–9233, www. Greisse said the effect would be brutal and irondale.org]. Nov. 27–Dec 15, 8 pm, $25; $10 Friends or foes: Victoria L. Ford, Terry Greiss, and Patrena Murray are Antony, Caesar, and Brutus, in a new produc- violent. Tuesdays, 7 pm. tion of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” Photo courtesy of Irondale Ensemble 37 N OVEMBER 22-28, 2012, C 22-28, 2012, OURIER L IFE 24 SEVEN Pipin’s Pub presents Johnny & Steve “B2C” Friday Nov.30 @ 8:30pm !VE s 38 Not just a food Olive oil’s in with your 22-28, 2012 22-28, SNIFF FIRST, THEN SIP cat’s food can prevent cats usefulness from form- OVEMBER Olive oil tasting room comes to Williamsburg , N beyond the ing hair IFE By Will Levitt balls. L ou know you prefer a Pinot Grigio to a Chardonnay, but dinner plate 3. Snore control: OURIER do you know your favorite varietal of olive oil? C Y A new olive oil shop O Live Brooklyn has bottles By Will Levitt Many believe that a table- lining its shelves and sitting in crates like a liquor store, and the live oil is great to spoon of olive oil before bed owner hopes enthusiasts will be talking about extra virgins like eat, but this old and can help relieve snoring. It they would a single malt or an old Bordeaux. Orevered key compo- might sound unlikely, but a “It’s like wine, single varietal olive oil with tastes from mild to nent of many culture’s cui- restful night’s sleep is more 24 robust and peppery,” said owner Greg Bernaducci in his spotless sines goes beyond the kitchen, than worth it, so why not give SEVEN new tasting room and retail shop in South Williamsburg. bringing benefits like health- it a try? Tasting olive oils is reminiscent of wine tasting as well. ier skin and happier Shoppers interested in sampling should first hold a sample cup house cats. 4. Leather touch up: between their hands to warm it and release the full flavor. After a Polishing your smell, they should sip the olive oil through their teeth with plenty leather doesn’t nec- 1. Personal mois- of air — just like tasting a fine wine. Flavor notes range from essarily require an turizer: smooth, clean and mellow to grassy, pungent and even spicy. expensive oil or Olive oil can be But flavor isn’t the only consideration. expert care — apply- rubbed in directly to The FFA count, Bernarducci will say, denotes the “free fatty ing a small amount of olive the skin or lips for a acids” in an olive oil, and is one of the many markers of a specific oil to worn leather might do natural, effective remedy for oil’s acidity and freshness. Country of origin and crush date are just the trick. dry skin. Whether the olive just a few of the other considerations to keep in mind when pick- oil’s smell is a pro or con is ing out the right olive oil — perhaps this season’s Frantoio from 5. Makeup and paint remover: completely up to you! Chile, an oil with a remarkably olive-like flavor. Makeup and paint dried While other olive oil stores have been popping up across the Have a drink!: Greg Bernarducci pours olive oil out for discerning extra virgin to the skin can be a pain to 2. Fight hair balls: country for a few years now, Bernaducci hopes his 12 varietals fans in his Williamsburg store, O Live. Photo by Elizabeth Graham remove, but rubbing in a bit If you’re only feeding of extra virgin olive oils and 11 infused olive oils will have sells balsamic vinegar and other oils as well. of olive oil will take them yourself and your human fam- Brooklynites thinking twice before just picking up any old bottle “Once people come and taste, they really like it,” he says. right out. Just head for the ily dishes containing olive oil, of the stuff. 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Free. L MUSIC, DR. WHO 50TH AN- 4–8 pm. Daphne Art Gallery NIVERSARY PARTY: Dress as [154 Montague St. in Brooklyn OURIER your favorite doctor. The Way Heights, (718) 643–0229], www. C Station [683 Washington Ave. collectgaryrosenthal.com. between between St. Marks CONCERT, EATING VEGANS: Avenue and Prospect Place in Japanese Action Comic Punk Prospect Heights, (347) 627– Band PEELANDER-Z meets 4949], waystationbk.com. up with Electric Eel Shock in TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE: The Park a night put on by KFBK and 24 Slope Civic Council is again Brooklyn Vegan. $10. 7 pm. hosting the annual holiday col- Knitting Factory [361 Metro- SEVEN lection. Books and toys are politan Ave. at Havemeyer needed for families with chil- Street in Williamsburg, (347) dren 2 to 12. Various locations 529–6696], ny.knittingfactory. throughout Park Slope. Visit com. website for list of drop-off loca- BARCLAYS, NBA BASKETBALL: tions. Free. www.parkslopeciv- The Brooklyn Nets take on iccounil.org/toys-for-tots. the LA Clippers. Starting at MOVIE NIGHT: Shorts and a $15. 7:30 pm. Barclays Center full length family appropriate [620 Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush movie. Free! 6:15. The Moxie Avenue in Downtown, (212) Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between 359–6387], www.BarclaysCen- Hicks and Henry streets in ter.com. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923– ART, CARIBBEAN, LATIN AMERI- 9710], themoxiespot.com. CAN SHOW: “Algo different BLACK FRIDAY: While the rest of group show” at Weeknights the city shops and burns off is pleased to exhibit work cre- the Thanksgiving feast, chil- ated by artists part of such a dren can explore the museum rich culture that has inhabited the whole day. Free with mu- and infl uenced so much of the seum admission. 9am–5 pm. city landscape we co-exist in. Brooklyn Children’s Museum Free. 7:30–10 pm. Weeknights [145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks [566 Johnson Ave., Studio #27 Avenue in Crown Heights, (718) in Bushwick, (201) 953–4062], 735–4400], www.brooklynkids. weeknights.wordpress.com. org. GLOBAL SHOES: The exhibit, SAT, NOV. 24 which incorporates cultural arti- facts from the museum’s collec- MUSIC, “LA BOHEME”: Regina tion and a variety of hands-on, Opera Company present a fully feet-on activities, encourages staged performance of Pucci- children and their families to ni’s romantic tragedy. $25 ($20 explore global cultures within seniors and college students, Bed of nails: Check out these bona fide Shaolin Monks, who are not only capable of dealing out punishing attacks on threatening foes, but whose the context of fantasy shoe $5 teens, children free). 3 pm. training allows them to withstand blows that would kill a normal man, in Midwood on Nov. 25. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn College store and factory. Suitable for Our Lady of Perpetual Help children 5 to 12 years old. $7.50 auditorium [5902 Sixth Ave. at (Free for members and children 59th Street in Sunset Park, (718) under1). 10 am–5 pm. Brooklyn 259–2772], www.reginaopera. 991–7807], www.parkslope- 2:30–3:30 pm. Lefferts Historic am. Cumbe [558 Fulton Street, Portland Trailblazers. Starting Children’s Museum [145 Brook- org. fl eamarket.com. Quilt show: Homestead [452 Flatbush Ave. 2nd Floor, Brooklyn NY 11217, at $15. 3 pm. Barclays Center lyn Ave. at St. Marks Avenue MUSIC, JUAN LUIS GUERRA The 21st annual show features between Empire Boulevard (718) 935–9700]. [620 Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush in Crown Heights, (718) 735– AND JUANES: Grammy Award theme of Cool-whether it’s a and Eastern Parkway in Park THEATER, THE SHAOLIN WAR- Avenue in Downtown, (212) 4400], www.brooklynkids.org. winning artists and Latin pop cold wintery science, and cool Slope, (718) 789–2822], www. RIORS: Direct from Beijing, 359–6387], www.BarclaysCen- FLEA MARKET: New, used and icons Juan Luis Guerra and colors. $3. Noon–4 pm. Lef- prospectpark.org. the People’s Republic of China, ter.com. unique items; antiques, books; Juanes will perform in the fi rst- ferts Historic Homestead [452 ENTERTAINMENT, DANCE the performance mixes martial electronics; garden and home ever Latin show at the state-of- Flatbush Ave. between Empire PARTY: Que(e)ry: Graphic Con- arts, athleticism, and theat- items; knickknacks; music; the-art Barclays Center. Start- Boulevard and Eastern Parkway tent, a dance party for alterna- rics. The spectacle features MON, NOV. 26 in Park Slope, (718) 789–2822], video, vintage and retro. Free ing at $70.85. 6:30 pm. Barclays tive lifestyle librarians, comes 22 monks performing feats of MUSIC, TRIVIA CONTEST: Ask www.prospectpark.org. coffee and activities for chil- Center [620 Atlantic Ave. at to Public Assembly. Free. 10 strength, agility and combat. Me Another: A rambunctious dren. Free. 10 am–5 pm. Flea- Flatbush Avenue in Downtown, “HANSEL & GRETEL”: The Broth- pm. Public Assembly [70 N. $30. 3 pm. Brooklyn Center for hour that blends brainteasers Markets.net [2092 Stillwell Ave. (212) 359–6387], www.barclay- ers Grimm classic comes to life Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in the Performing Arts at Brook- and local pub trivia night with in Gravesend, (718) 765–0018], scenter.com. and music with songs by Hump- Williamsburg, (718) 782–5188], lyn College [2900 Campus Rd., comedy and music. $10. 6:30 www.publicassemblynyc.com. www.fl eamarkets.net. CONCERT, FUNK AND SOUL: erdinck and adapted for mari- between Amersfort Place and pm. Bell House [149 Seventh St. STORY TIME WITH JORDAN: Pre- Robert Randolph and the Fam- onettes by Nicolas Coppola, VISCERAL CHORDS: Ashes Kenilworth Place in Midwood, at Third Avenue in Gowanus, (718) 951–4500], www.brook- schoolers listen to stories from ily Band. $17. 8 pm. Brooklyn suggested for children 4 years Within plays brutal, honest (718) 643–6510], www.thebell- lyncenteronline.org. favorite books. Free. 11:30 Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. between old and up. $9 ($8 children; $7 music and they promise this houseny.com. groups of 20 or more). 12:30 night will be one of “maxi- FUNDRAISER, FLEAAAA am– noon. PowerHouse Arena N. 11th and N. 12th streets in MUSIC, BARBERSHOP CHORUS and 2:30 pm. Puppetworks [338 mum visceral impact.” Ready? MAAAARKET: Get your old [37 Main St. at Water Street Williamsburg, (718) 963–3369], REHEARSALS: Sweet Adelines Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street in $10. Midnight. Knitting Fac- things! Your dusty old things in DUMBO, (718) 666–3049], www.brooklynbowl.com. Women’s group. Free. 7:30–10 www.powerhousearena.com. MUSIC, LIVE MUSIC: The Ab- Park Slope, (718) 965–3391], tory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at this church-run fl ea market. www.puppetworks.org. at Havemeyer Street in Wil- 9 am. Holy Family - St. Thomas pm. (917) 836–4304, www.har- ART, BRIC-A-BRAC: Exhibition sinthe Drinkers spawn catchy, monize.com/brooklyn. continues BRIC’s rich history of original pop/funk/rock/what- ATLANTIC AVE SHOPPING: Kick liamsburg, (347) 529–6696], Aquinas Church (249 North 9th MUSIC, TEA FOR JAZZ JUNKIES: documenting Brooklyn as an ever songs from works of lit- off the holiday season with a ny.knittingfactory.com. St. in Park Slope). The Delphian Jazz Orchestra innovative hub for design and erature ancient and modern. day on the avenue. Carolers, WINTER ON THE FARM: Children sustainability by selecting de- 10 pm. The Way Station [683 Trolley Rides, refreshments and learn how to make candles, performs music that stretches signers, architects and artists Washington Ave. between be- great deals abound. Presented SUN, NOV. 25 start a patchwork quilt and pre- outside of the typical param- who focus on the environmen- tween St. Marks Avenue and by the Atlantic Avenue Busi- serve food for the cold months eters of a traditional big band, MUSIC, LIVE BAND KARAOKE music that drastically morphs tal side of contemporary urban Prospect Place in Prospect ness Improvement District. WITH BUNNY ENGLAND ahead. $3 (Free for children styles that fall anywhere from living. 12–6pm. BRIC Rotunda Heights, (347) 627–4949], way- Free. 1–5 pm. Atlantic Avenue AND THE NEW ORIGINALS: 16 and under). 1–4 pm. Lef- Ellington and Monk to Stravin- Gallery [33 Clinton Street stationbk.com. (Between BQE to Fourth Av- Karaoke with a live band. Do- ferts Historic Homestead [452 sky and Zappa. $5 suggested. Brooklyn, NY 11201, (718) MUSIC, DANCE MUSIC: The enue in Downtown), www.atlan- nations appreciated. NA. Bell Flatbush Ave. between Empire 9 pm. Tea Lounge [837 Union 683–5604]. Rub: The Rub is a Bell House ticavebid.org. House [149 Seventh St. at Third Boulevard and Eastern Parkway ART, KENNETH B. DINKEL: Fea- tradition, combining the very NATURE’S HELPERS: help keep Avenue in Gowanus, (718) 643– in Park Slope, (718) 789–2822], St. at Seventh Avenue in Park tured “Abstract and Inspira- best in modern dance music the park and the waterways 6510], www.thebellhouseny. www.prospectpark.org. Slope, (718) 789–2762], www. tion.” Free. 1–3 pm. Berkeley and mixed drinks. $10. 10 pm. clean and enjoy the day. com. WHAT A HOOT: Children 4 years tealoungeny.com. Gallery at Berkeley College Bell House [149 Seventh St. Free. 2–3 pm. Prospect Park DANCE, FITNESS PARTY: Come old and up explore the world of [255 Duffi eld St. at Fulton Mall at Third Avenue in Gowanus, Audubon Center [Enter park be a part of history as BellaFit owls and dissect an owl pellet. TUES, NOV. 27 in Downtown, (914) 273–3543]. (718) 643–6510], www.thebell- at Lincoln Road and Ocean NY launches their fi rst fi tness Free with museum admission. ART, SCULPTURE ON DISPLAY: houseny.com. Avenue in Prospect Park, (718) class, VaVaVoom Fitness Party. 1:30–2:30 pm. Brooklyn Chil- ENTERTAINMENT, DISNEY ON Sculptor Gary Rosenthal will PARK SLOPE FLEA MARKET: 287–3400], www.prospectpark. In this rhythmic & fun fi tness dren’s Museum [145 Brooklyn ICE: Mickey and Minnie have help launch the holiday sea- Peruse antiques, collectibles, org/audubon. class, the choreography is easy Ave. at St. Marks Avenue in searched the globe for the hip- son in Brooklyn Heights at the vintage, crafts, and furniture. 8 TASKS AND CRAFTS FROM to follow. Styles include: reg- Crown Heights, (718) 735– pest and hottest acts to per- Daphne Art Gallery, the open- am–6 pm. PS 321 [180 Seventh THE PAST: Try your hand at gae, salsa, hip hop, swing, Bra- 4400], www.brooklynkids.org. form in Disney On Ice’s “Rockin ing night of the gallery’s “A Ave. between First and Second needlepoint, play old fash- zilian samba & much more! Pay BARCLAYS, NBA BASKETBALL: Ever After,” and are bring- Celebration of Lights” exhibit streets in Park Slope, (917) ioned games and more. Free. What You Wish. 10:15–11:30 The Brooklyn Nets take on the ing them all to the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn! TALK, BUSINESS NETWORKING: designers and crafters who sell 7:00pm. The Barclays Center Business with Style presented on Etsy.com, the largest online 41 [620 Atlantic Ave. (718) 942– by Southwest Brooklyn Busi- marketplace for handmade N 9587], www.barclayscenter. ness invites you to network and goods. Free. 11 am–6 pm. The OVEMBER com/events/disney-on-ice. meet with author Orly Amor. Space (50 North Third St. in READING, YOUNG ADULT LIT: RSVP required. 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MUSIC, STANDUP COMEDY: Nick Slope), www.prospectpark.org. 6i>Ê-V>«Ê >ÀÃ>>Ê"ÀÊ*ââ>>ÊUÊ*iiÊ>Ê6`>Ê7Ì ÊÀi`Ê ViÊ"ÀÊ- À« READING, BLACK SWAN AU- Kroll: Nick Kroll will perform PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: THOR: Best-selling author standup, with a preview of his ÛV>`Ê->>`Ê/««i`Ê7Ì ÊÀi`Ê-> Children 6 to 12 years old Nassim Taleb (The Black Swan) new Comedy Central series, with an adult tour the zoo and drops by powerHouse Arena “Kroll Show.” $20. 7 pm. Bell Served With Potato Or Rice And Fresh Vegetables take pictures. Digital camera to celebrate the launch of Anti- House [149 Seventh St. at Third fragile: Things That Gain From Avenue in Gowanus, (718) 643– required. $35 ($40 non-mem- CHOICE OF ONE Disorder: a look at how stress 6510], www.thebellhouseny. bers; $15 additional child or and tension lead to healthy com. adult). 10–11:30 am. Prospect $ 95 APPETIZER OR with societies. 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Chorus return every year for edible and medicinal wild CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING: this great classic and its famous plants and mushrooms. RSVP The Shore Road Parks Con- “Hallelujah Chorus”. $20.00. required. $20 ($10 children servancy is hosting this annual 5:30 pm. Lafayette Avenue under 12). 11:45 am. Grand event complete with entertain- Presbyterian Church (85 S. Ox- Army Plaza [Union Street be- ment provided by Xaverian ford St. at Lafayette Avenue in tween Flatbush Avenue and High School Glee club and Fort Greene). Prospect Park West in Park band, the Guild for Excep- THEATER, “THE LAST NIGHT Slope, (914) 835–2153], www. tional Children chorus and OF BALLYHOO”: Romantic wildmanstevebrill.com. Mary Carmosino. Toys, Santa comedy by the author of Driv- ST. NICHOLAS DAY: Meet St. and light refreshments. Rain ing Miss Daisy. $15. 8 pm. Bay Nicholas, hear a reading of $ 95 date, 11/29/12 at 7:30 pm. Free. Ridge Jewish Center [8025 “The Baker’s Dozen” and listen 7. Price FIxed Menu 7:30 pm. Gazebo (90th St. and Fourth Ave. between 80th and to balladeer Linda Russell. $5 Shore Road in Bay Ridge). 81st streets in Bay Ridge, (718) ($3 children under 10). Noon–4 836–3103]. pm. Wyckoff Farmhouse Mu- Includes Beverage, Entree and a Treat seum [5816 Clarendon Rd. at THURS, NOV. 29 MUSIC, GLOCKENSPIEL: Pearl and the Beard: Pearl and the Ralph Ave. in Flatbush, (718) rd WORKSHOP, STORYBOARD ART- Beard is three voices, one cello, 629–5400], www.nycgovparks. 7721 3 Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn ISTS: Brooklyn Young Filmmak- one guitar, one glockenspiel, org. ers center presents storyboard one melodica, several drums, WORLD AIDS DAY SERVICE: The artists apprentice project, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, LGBTS Ministries of St. Augus- a workshop featuring David and one soul. $15. 8:30 pm. tine, Immaculate Heart of Mary, 718-989-8951 Cooney, of Broadwalk Empire, Bell House [149 Seventh St. and Friends of Social Justice at as guest instructor. $105. In- at Third Avenue in Gowanus, St. Francis Xavier, invite you to dividual Appts TBA. Brooklyn (718) 643–6510], www.thebell- a celebration of remembrance ££>££«Ê-Õ°q/ ÕÀðÊUÊ££>£>ÊÀ°ÊEÊ->Ì° Young Filmmakers Center [143 houseny.com. and hope, for our 6th annual Waverly Ave. at Myrtle Avenue ETSY, MODERN DAY ELVES: The World AIDS Day Service. Free. in Clinton Hill, (718) 935–0490], Etsy NY Team, are a collec- 7 pm. St Augustine Church [116 Free Delivery www.wearebyfc.org. tive of local artists, artisans, Sixth Ave. (917) 921–8153]. LATE PAGE 42 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE 27 DOWNING LLC, a Nicholas Lembo, 155 State of NY (SSNY) on Organization were filed IRA GROUP LLC. Articles NOTICE OF FORMATION CitiMortgage, Inc., in ac- CitiMortgage, Inc., in ac- domestic LLC, Arts. of Third St., Brooklyn, NY 11/13/12. Office with the Secretary of of Organization filed with of limited liability cordance with its rights cordance with its rights Org. filed with the SSNY 11231. General location: Kings County. State of New York (SSNY) Secretary of State of New company (LLC). Name: as current secured party, as current secured party, on 10/10/12. Office Purposes. Princ. office of LLC: 67 on 07/12/12. Office York (SSNY) on V3 NYC LLC. Articles of . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, will conduct a public sale will conduct a public sale location: Kings County. Partrick Rd., Westport, location: Kings County. 10/09/2012. Office Organization filed with OV of security: the proprie- of security: the proprie- SSNY is designated as LEGAL NOTICE CT 06880. SSNY SSNY has been location: Kings County. Secretary of State of New , N tary lease and 144.6 tary lease and 106 agent upon whom designated as agent of designated as agent of SSNY designated as York (SSNY) on IFE 27 DOWNING LLC, a L shares of stock of WIL- shares of stock of CLIN- process against the LLC LLC upon whom process the LLC upon whom agent of LLC upon whom 09/27/2012. Office LOUGHBY WALK COOP- TON HILL APTS. OWN- may be served. SSNY domestic LLC, Arts. of against it may be served. process against it may be process against it may be location: Kings County. Org. filed with the SSNY OURIER ERATIVE APARTMENTS, ERS CORP. Said security shall mail process to: SSNY shall mail process served. SSNY shall mail a served. SSNY shall mail SSNY designated as C INC. Said security is ap- is appurtenant to premis- Nicholas Lembo, 155 on 10/10/12. 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Articles of CALL 718.260.2555 TO ADVERTISE WITH ALL OUR PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS REPORTER INC. 43 ‘It was a little disappointing ‘It was an incredible N • • OV not to be in the AA playoffs, feeling, but it was a C . 22–28, 2012, but we did a great job.’ tough win.’ OURIER — Bishop Ford coach Jim Esposito — Erasmus Hall’s Curtis Samuel L IFE Erasmus Dutchmen BR survive Shark attack BY JOE PANTORNO A contested 15-yard VICTORY LAP: New Utrecht High School’s boys soccer mem- touchdown run allowed bers take to the fi eld proudly sporting their trophies after Sat- the Dutchmen to escape urday’s championship match. with a 38–30 double over- time squeaker against the Sheepshead Bay Sharks on Sunday — allowing Eras- New Utrecht wins mus Hall to take the Public School Athletic League’s Championship quarterfi nal match. third soccer title Running back Curtis Samuel’s run helped the BY DANIEL MARTIN Dutchmen, who were one Talk about going down game short of being city to the wire! champions last year, take New Utrecht senior the lead and the game in soccer star Grei Mujok the fi nal possession. Sam- kicked in the winning uel celebrated the victory goal in the 78th minute to by extending his arm and help the Utes snag a 3–2 pointing to the sky as his victory over the Newtown teammates rushed the fi eld Pioneers at Randall’s Is- — but he didn’t want to take land on Saturday night — all the credit. and take the Public School “It’s an incredible Athletic League Class B CATCHING UP: A New Utrecht feeling, but it was a boys soccer fi nal. player tries to snag the ball tough win,” Samuel The Utes had just given from a Newtown High School said. “It took a team ef- up a tying goal 30 seconds player. fort to fi nish this game earlier. Off the restart, off.” Mujok scooped up an er- Photos by Priyanka S. Katumuluwa But the Sharks believed day, three rushing and one KEEPING THE SHARKS AT ARM’S LENGTH: (Above) Erasmus Dutch- rant Newtown pass and the play was illegal. Eras- on a 47-yard punt return. man Kahlil Lewin keep the charging Sharks from the ball. (Below) dribbled past defenders fateful 78th minute when mus had fi ve players in the Like Samuel, Erasmus Erasmus’s Curtis Samuel catches some air as the Sharks try to stop down the right side before Newtown senior Juan backfi eld, instead of the le- (10–0) was expected to roll the team’s advance. Photos by Steve Solomonson burying a shot in the back Valencia sent the crowd gal four, said Sheepshead through Sheepshead Bay of the net for the winner. into a frenzy with the ty- Bay coach Frank Snyder. (5–5), which upset Thomas “Please score, please ing goal off a free kick to “I feel that the offi cials Jefferson in the opening score, that’s all I had in bring the Pioneers (17–2) refused to call an illegal set round. mind,” Mujok said. “It’s even at 2–2. that Erasmus had,” he said But the Sharks had the best feeling ever.” This is the third “They had fi ve guys in the other ideas: Shaquon Mor- Mujok was the last and straight year that New backfi eld and they score on row scampered in from the fi rst person to score on Utrecht has taken home that play and they don’t call seven yards out for a touch- Saturday: in the 15th min- the division title, but even it.” down with 28 seconds re- ute, he rocketed the ball team leaders weren’t sure Erasmus coach Danny maining in the game and into the lower right cor- where Saturday’s game Landberg refused to com- Jim Campbell burst in with ner to give the Utes a 1–0 was going to go until Mu- ment on Snyder’s claims, a two-point conversion to lead. More back-and-forth jok struck. putting his focus on his tie up the game 30–30. The action led to an equalizer “I was hoping we would players’ performances. Sharks’ survival instincts from Newtown’s Brian come back,” coach Brian The Sharks had trouble weren’t lost on Landberg. Paredes off a header. Donohue said. “Some- stopping Samuel all after- “Sheepshead Bay is an A penalty kick goal times these things go into noon. The gridiron star ran incredible team and they by New Utrecht (16–1) in overtime, but luckily we for 127 yards on the ground brought it every single the 61st minute gave the were able to have it go in and four touchdowns on the play,” he said. Utes a safe lead until that our favor.” 44 Falcons win their . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, OV , N IFE L OURIER C second-straight title BY JOE PANTORNO to the excitement by The Bishop Ford forcing six turnovers, Falcons are champi- keeping the Royals to ons — again! just 67 yards, but the BR The gridiron players still have some squad won its sec- regrets — they wanted ond-straight Catholic an AA title. High School Football Bishop Ford fell a League Class A title win shy of fi nishing on Saturday follow- in the top four of its ing a resounding division, leaving the WHAT A SPLASH!: The victorious Bishop Ford Falcons celebrate their title win by 49–6 victory over the Falcons in the bottom dumping their cooler over coach Jim Esposito. Photos by Christina Santucci Christ the King Roy- rung of the Catholic als in Uniondale. High School Football we are where we are and we did a team, but it probably wasn’t for Falcon quarter- THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Bishop Ford’s George Clement kisses League’s post season great job,” said Bishop Ford coach us,” said Aiken. “Hopefully we’ll back Xaviah Mattocks the trophy the Falcons won on Saturday. schedule. But the team Jim Esposito. be there next year.” completed two passes believes it would have His players, most of them ju- Bishop Ford’s hopes of playing on the day, opening the game with tack of Dante Aiken and Rodney left players in the upper division niors, echoed his sentiment, say- a better caliber team may come a 48-yard bomb to Malik Warner Gonzalez combined for 199 yards quaking in their cleats. ing they deserved a mid-level play- sooner than it thinks: the Falcons — who made a diving catch in the rushing and three touchdowns. “It was a little disappointing off spot. are scheduled to play Xaverian, a end zone — and the running at- The Falcons’s defense added not to be in the AA playoffs, but “We should’ve been an AA top tier team, on Thanksgiving. Anchor Audi of Lynbrook The Audi Certified pre-owned vehicle you’ve been looking for is just a click away. See what we’ve got and shop anytime. 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Eagles’ marked the second time in coach Chris Fugelsang three years that the Eagles said his team didn’t show had reached the fi nal four up to play, forcing goal — not a bad end for a team keeper Terrance McCa- hampered with injuries rthy to do all the heavy lift- LEG WRESTLE: Players from St. Edmund and McClancy fi ght for all season, Fugelsang ex- ing — making three point domination of the ball. Photos by Christina Santucci plained. blank saves in the fi rst 18 “It was kind of nice to minutes before McClan- “Our goal keeper kept player, but I need him in get to this point again,” he cy’s offense fi nally broke us in the game,” Fugelsang the goal because he is just said. “It’s another step in HEADSTRONG: St. Edmund’s Ilir Mujaj takes a header during the through. said. “He wants to be a fi eld so valuable.” the right direction. semifi nal match. Ida’s hot, and so are her picks Final rout! Collegiate defeats Two roads diverged in a wood and Ida took neither of them. Why stay on the path at all? Our pigskin princess didn’t get where she is today by following other people’s paths, well- trodden or not. Oh no, fair football fan, our Ida cuts through the underbrush of life itself, Poly Prep Blue Devils 2–0 machete in one hand, torch in the other, snakes, lions, and old lawn mowers be damned. There is a tale that begins with Ida crisscrossing the Darien Gap – the swampland and forest at the base of the isthmus of Panama that has foiled the dream of traveling the length BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI inance of the Manhat- Devils at a 1–0 defi cit at of the Americas uninterrupted for centuries — with nothing more than a donkey and a na- Poly Prep lost a tanville College fi eld last the end of the fi rst half. tive called Adi. Ida and this man — graying, but still bold — have lunch a week, at a small chance to unseat the Tuesday night, the Blue “That was just wor- restaurant that serves knishes in the shadow of the El’s overpass. New York State Asso- Devils say they could ries about being killed,” There is more to this tale; but even the thought makes Ida consider the words of poet Eliz- ciation of Independent have taken the defend- said Stone. abeth Bishop, who so profoundly wrote: “Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, Schools defending soc- ing champs — if the soc- But the team re- too?” cer champs last week as cer stars were aligned grouped after the break the Blue Devils fell to the properly. with Poly’s best scoring Ida’s picks: Collegiate High School “We didn’t have much chance coming at the Lions (3), Broncos (−10.5), Redskins (3.5), Bears (even),n), Ida Eisenstein: Dutchmen 2–0. luck,” said Poly Prep 48th minute: Connor Raiders (8), Steelers (even), Colts (−3), Titans (−3), Bucca-a- Collegiate’s Elias coach Gerry Stone. “We Doherty fed senior for- neers (even), Rams (2.5), New Orleans (2), Eagles (−2.5) Bresnick headed in a needed some luck to beat ward Dan Sullivan near G@>JB@E cross in the 29th min- these guys. We didn’t get the top of the box, but Breakouts: GIF>EFJK@:8KFI ute and Weller Hlinimaz it.” Sullivan hammered the Seahawks (−3) over Dolphins rifl ed a shot into the top The Blue Devils know shot off the inside of the “Going with my team.” left corner to extend the how to win a champion- right post, causing it to lead in the 75th minute ship — the team won two rebound out. Ravens (−2) over Chargers — shooting down any in the last six years and “I didn’t hit it hard “Easy.” hopes that Poly Prep have been to the fi nals enough. I didn’t whip would snag the title the fi ve times since 2006. it,” said Sullivan. “We Jets (6) over Patriots Dutchmen took from the Stone says his team got a little unlucky, but “What can I say?” team in 2010. held a conservative I felt like we could have Yet, despite Colle- mindset at the outset — beaten them. 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