BRUNCH TREATY ON TABLE New law will end North ’s simmering food feud

By Aaron Short on sidewalk cafes be- “follow up accordingly” ing the Lorimer Street restaurant The Brooklyn Paper fore noon on Sundays, with restaurant inspec- the first casualty in the War on Councilman Steve Levin has aligning city code with THE WAR ON BRUNCH tions in North Brook- Brunch . drafted legislation that could state laws that permit llyn, agency commu- Consumer Affairs inspec- end a 21-day conflict between brunching as early as nnity relations director tors struck again on May 5, cit- the city and rebel restaurants — 8 am. flictthateruptedlastflict that erupted last RRicky Wong wrote in a ing Five Leaves and the Meatball and save outdoor dining on Sun- “The legislation is in the very month when Community Board dispatch to Community Board 1 Shop on for the day mornings, The Brooklyn Pa- early stages,” said Levin (D– 1 leaders warned city officials that was obtained by The Brook- same offense. per has learned. Greenpoint). “I am still listen- that several Northside cafes lyn Paper. Lokal and Five Leaves vowed Levin’s bill, which he sub- ing to all the stakeholders, includ- were violating the seldom-en- Four days later, city inspec- to fight the tickets in separate mitted to city council on Mon- ing the brunching community, the forced Sunday morning outdoor tors raided the Mediterranean court appearances next month. Restaurants will no longer break the law by serving brunch day, would change a 30-year-old religious community, and the reli- brunch ban. bistro Lokal and issued a sum- “We’ve been serving Sunday outdoors before noon on Sunday under a new bill intro- city law that prohibits cafes from gious brunching community.” On April 18, the Department mons for allegedly setting up ta- before noon for five years and duced by Councilman Steve Levin. serving customers food and drink The bill could defuse a con- of Consumer Affairs agreed to bles outdoors at 9:35 am — mak- See BRUNCH on page 5

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By Natalie O’Neill The Brooklyn Paper A diehard parking vigilante is try- MEAN ing to rid Park Slope of spot-hogging drivers — one homemade “citation” Streets at a time. A slew of motorists near Prospect The battle for Brooklyn’s byways Park West discovered two-page notes on their windshields last week, bash- and are laughing at the Dirty Harry of ing them for disrupting the unspoken the parking world. code of the street by leaving un-park- “It’s a bit over the top, but it’s true Photo by Elizabeth Graham able half-spaces in front of and behind that people park very sloppily,” said Park The owners of Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe in Park Slope will their cars. Slope resident Carl Makower. open a hoagie hub on Jones Walk near Luna Park. “Your excessive use of parking space Other drivers cheered the notes, may or may not have been your fault,” saying they pinpoint a headache-in- the flier declares. “But leaving more ducing phenomena they’ve noticed space than necessary can deprive an- for months. other driver of a parking spot.” “Parking is rough,” said Vick Narain, Tonier Coney The detailed — but totally unofficial a doorman on Prospect Park West. “Dur-

— citations have prompted strong reac- File photo by Stefano Giovannini ing the day, you’re driving around for tions from neighbors who loathe, love, Parking on Prospect Park West? Someone is watching you. See PARKING on page 6 The ‘Downtownifi cation’ of the Boardwalk is underway By Daniel Bush The Brooklyn Paper SO, WHAT SHOULD Cut to Commercial The People’s Playground is fast becoming Downtown’s din- BE NEXT? ing room. SEE PAGE 5 Greenpoint park stalls as deal unravels The city’s push to upgrade the By Aaron Short Meadows of point lot into a park because the Depart- Coney Island Boardwalk has begun The Brooklyn Paper ment of Transportation will not allow — and Brownstone Brooklyn busi- est in a growing list of Downtown A plan to build a park at the edge of the MTA to relocate emergency vehi- nesses are leading the charge. restaurants replacing game booths Newtown Creek is stalled because the cles from the Commercial Street plot to Popular Park Slope eatery Zi- and Boardwalk bars that embraced Department of Transportation won’t a city-owned site under the Williams- to’s Sandwich Shoppe will open a Coney Island’s honky-tonk charm for decades. make room for the Trans- burg Bridge, mayoral officials told com- The Brooklyn Paper Callan / Tom gourmet hoagie hub on Jones Walk portation Authority, sources say. SHAME munity leaders last week. Bureaucratic red tape has prevented this MTA near Luna Park, becoming the lat- See CONEY on page 5 The city will not transform a Green- See PARK on page 11 parking lot from becoming a park. Name game It’s slower times ‘Arena Properties’ linked to Barclays — by name only for Automotive High By Natalie O’Neill he claims gaining web traf- The Brooklyn Paper fic from Nets-related Google School to add bike workshop to curriculum He’s not Bruce Ratner, but searches was the main reason By Aaron Short next to its auto repair shop. this Prospect Heights real es- he named his three-man resi- The Brooklyn Paper “We’ve been criticized for tate player is selling the Bar- dential and commercial enter- The principal of Greenpoint’s being in the community, not of clays Center. prise after the arena — a de- Automotive High School wants the community,” said Automo- Broker Greg D’Avola dubbed velopment that has sparked a to reinvent the Bedford Avenue tive principal Caterina Lafergola- his new Bergen Street firm real estate gold rush and pro- school to better reflect its neigh- Stanczuk. “The work of education Arena Properties — an Atlan- tests from neighbors who say borhood — by teaching students is to bring everyone together, and tic Yards–influenced name he it will harm the community’s how to fix bicycles. to learn from one another.” hopes will help snag custom- quality of life and charming The Department of Education Lafergola-Stanczuk said the ers searching online for land ma-and-pa spirit when it opens will close the ailing school at the bike repair shop would help stu- near the soon-to-open basket- this fall. Photo by Bess Adler end of June and reopen it with new dents better understand simple ball arena. D’Avola’s company doesn’t Real estate broker Greg D’Avola has no involvement in the teachers, a different mission, a fresh Photo by Bess Adler mechanics while providing a D’Avola has no stake in the just reference the Barclays soon-to-open Barclays Center — but he has named his new name, a redrafted curriculum, and Kids at Automotive High much-needed service to cyclists controversial mega-project, but See ARENA on page 6 firm after the arena. a student-run bicycle repair shop School will fix bicycles. See AUTO on page 5 IT’S A WRAP Grills grilled Neighborhood embroiled in City halts fi lm shoots in Cooper Park barbecue battle DUMBO and Bklyn Heights By Aaron Short More than 60 outdoor cook- By Aaron Short woman Marybeth Ihle. The Brooklyn Paper ing opponents packed a Commu- The Brooklyn Paper Production companies have A group of Williamsburg park- nity Board 1 meeting on Monday, Cut! not filmed any movies, tele- goers are searing mad about con- demanding the city remove eight The city has imposed a vision shows, or commercials troversial grills installed in Coo- new grills and six picnic tables temporary moratorium on in large parts of the historic per Park on Sunday — and they’re from the northeast corner of the Photo by Ben Lockhart Maspeth Avenue park and halt film shoots in DUMBO and neighborhoods since April burning up over the fact the city a pilot program that could bring Brooklyn Heights — halting 1, when the Mayor’s Office Several Williamsburg families staged a peaceful protest may put nine more cooking sta- against new barbecue pits in Cooper Park on Friday. tions in the green space. movie-making in two of the of Media and Entertainment See GRILLS on page 11 borough’s most cinematic com- pulled the plug on shooting in munities due to complaints the area.

File photo by Stefano Giovannini from neighbors. A limited number of pro- DUMBO resident Fred “It is part of our office’s con- ductions can shoot on Gold Connolly was furious tinuing efforts to weigh the Street, between Plymouth Loft victory a game-changer about all the filming in his needs and concerns of the com- and Front Street this spring, neighborhood last year munity while supporting the but other streets in DUMBO By Natalie O’Neill ings, thanks to a ground-break- the court system to determine if a judge ruled in a precedent-setting — now there’s a mora- jobs that come from film and and Brooklyn Heights could The Brooklyn Paper ing court decision over a displaced group of photographers and paint- decision late last month. torium on movie produc- television production in the be off limits for another two Brooklynites living in lofts have group of Gowanus artists. ers can keep living in a building Kings County Civil Court tions in the community. city,” said city film spokes- See MOVIES on page 6 a better shot at fighting landlords A city panel specializing in ten- zoned for manufacturing at Doug- Judge Katherine Levine’s ruling who want to boot them from build- ants’ rights is better suited than lass Street and Third Avenue, a See LOFTS on page 11

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Register your child now Sidewalk standoff over! for a fun and fulfilling summer cart until 11 pm, when his of music! Halal cart returns to old spot in Bay Ridge team was finally given per- mission to open up. By Will Bredderman Once the tables were The Brooklyn Paper down, Kassen moved his The occupation of Fifth cart back to his favorite Summer Programs for Kids Avenue has ended. spot. The benches that be- The Save Our Streets cam- gan the food cart war, how- paign, an alliance of local ever, remain. July 9 to August 24 business owners who dis- Gentile felt he and his team placed a popular gyro seller accomplished their goal of by setting up tables on Fifth highlighting what they con- Avenue and distributing lit- sider unequal treatment of Register food carts by the city. erature protesting food wag- • PRIVATE INSTRUCTION Food vendors only have ons, gave up its protest at 5 Children 6 years old and up develop their love to pay the city $200 for a Today! am last Wednesday, follow- two-year permit, while tra- of music with instrumental and voice lessons. ing two days of protests. ditional businesses pay thou- Save Our Streets mem- sands in monthly rent, Gen- bers, led by Lone Star Bar tile claimed. • WORLD DRUMMING FOR KIDS owner Tony Gentile, set up “We made our point and it Children ages 6 to 9 explore the world as they their tables at 7 am last Mon- was time for us to pack out,” discover the rhythms and traditions of many day, preventing the Middle Gentile said. cultures. Eastern Halal Cart from Photo by Elizabeth Graham “If there’s no reform, or opening at a prime spot near Workers at the Middle Eastern Halal Cart won a bizarre battle against brick- signs of reform in the law in 86th Street. and-mortar businesses on Fifth Avenue last week. 30 days, we will be back.” • JUNIOR ROCK WEEK But the campaign ulti- But Bay Ridge residents Students ages 7 to 11 play with seasoned For tuition and mately failed: Middle Eastern not affiliated with Save Our professionals in a week of fun learning Halal Cart manager Sammy March 22 — and heated up Halal Cart workers shouted by calling the police. financial aid details Streets have begun their own and rocking. Kassen — who promised the cold war between the ven- at the Save Our Streets mem- “We were trying to be the movement. to circle his cart around the dor and brick-and-mortar busi- bers as they rolled by. better person, trying to keep They’re calling for peace call the Registrar at nesses along Fifth Avenue’s “The boys from the ha- the peace,” Kassen said, add- block until Save Our Streets on Fifth Avenue. • MUSIC ADVENTURES FESTIVAL 718.622.3300. removed its tables — put his commercial strip. lal cart were yelling at the ing that he had to wait sev- “I love this restaurant and wagon further down Fifth Av- Cart workers posted a guys at the table, something eral hours before the police I love that restaurant,” said Children ages 18 months to 4 years experience enue toward 87th Street at 2 message on the cart’s Face- like ‘I’m an American, too,’ ” would allow him to start serv- Slavik Cucosh, pointing at an exciting week of singing, dancing, instrument pm last Tuesday, rolling past book page, urging its 557 on- Salzarulo said. ing food. both the Lone Star bar and playing, and learning about music. www.bqcm.org the Save Our Streets table. line fans to seek it out and But Kassen said Save “They were the ones get- Middle Eastern Halal Cart. He also rolled by a pair of support the food cart. Our Streets members were ting rowdy. They kept telling “They should sit down like benches that were mysteriously Carlo Salzarulo, who runs the ones acting up — and us, ‘You can’t open here, you men and square it out. No • MUSICWORKS WEEKEND placed in the Middle Eastern the A&S Pork Store on Fifth tried to stop him from open- can’t open here,’ ” he said. more of the b------we saw Kids and families discover the joy of music in Halal Cart’s old location on Avenue, said Middle Eastern ing further down the block Kassen stayed with the yesterday.” workshops like Inside the Band, Songbuilding, Storyhearing, Music at the Movies, and more! filmmakers C.K. Swett and Russel Fong that police had him committed to hospitals Come to the Conservatory this summer! ‘Ranter’ arrested multiple times and that he 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 has taken Thorazine, a psy- chiatric drug used for treat- Bedford Avenue fi xture threatened ing schizophrenia. LaDouceur also recounted to rape middle-schoolers, cops say his family history to the doc- umentarians, noting that he By Aaron Short to touch the backs of four after the incident and chil- did not become a “sex ob- The Brooklyn Paper pre-teens, cops said. dren identified LaDouceur ject” until he turned 13, that GENERAL& COSMETIC Police arrested a man “Wait for me after school, as the culprit. Police arrested he has fathered several chil- known as the “Bedford I want to see you,” the perp him at his room in the Glen- dren of his own, and that he SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS Ranter” and accused the Wil- told one girl, according to wood Hotel on two is the Jewish messiah. Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse liamsburg fixture of threaten- police. days later. “All of the painful events Chemical peels ing to rape fifth and sixth grad- “Lucky you were by the Cops said they were fa- Courtesy Russel Fong and C.K. Swett of my life were based on the ers outside a middle school. fence, if not, I would have miliar with the suspect, who Lawrence LaDouceur identity of being a sex ob- Spider veins Prosecutors charged Lau- taken you and raped you,” he is known for strolling down — pictured in the film ject, now that that’s over, it’s Laser hair removal rence LaDouceur, 62, with ha- allegedly told another student Bedford Avenue and loudly “Study For ‘A Moral So- terrible,” LaDouceur said in Acne. Herpes the film. rassing and endangering six before brushing his hand over proclaiming his views on gov- ciety” — was arrested Warts. Moles children last month behind a two other girls’ shoulders and ernment, police aggressive- for harassing children in Swett said LaDouceur suf- fers from mental illness and Blemish removal fence at the MS 577 school- running off, according to the ness, Mayor Bloomberg, civil Williamsburg. yard on N. Fifth Street. criminal complaint. society, and his own depres- said his alleged actions are Keloids Parents of the victims told Prosecutors claim LaDou- sion, among other issues. a manifestation of his dis- 718-636-0425 police that LaDouceur ap- ceur returned to the school- “We knew who he was im- face a maximum sentence of ease. 27 EIGHTH AVE (AT LINCOLN PL) proached a 12-year-old on yard an hour later and solic- mediately,” said 94th Precinct six years in prison. “It’s really unfortunate,” PARK SLOPE, BKLYN April 20 near Driggs Ave- ited an 11-year-old girl. Deputy Inspector Terence LaDouceur’s attorney Al- he said. 212-288-1300 nue and threatened to rape “If you have sex with me, Hurson. “We’ve never had yssa Mack declined to com- “My heart goes out to the 1000 PARK AVE (AT 84TH ST) the child. I would love you more and a problem with him.” ment about the case. young women who are be- MANHATTAN, NY ALAN KLING, MD Four days later, LaDou- make your parents proud,” A Brooklyn judge set bail The suspect was the sub- ing harassed and to someone DAY AND EVENING HOURS Board-Certified Dermatologist ceur allegedly returned to he said, according to inves- for LaDouceur, who appeared ject of a 2009 short film ti- who has had a severe disease PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT CARLY WALLIS, PA the schoolyard and reached tigators. in court last Thursday, at tled “ Study for ‘A Moral and has been functional for INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES through the chain-link fence Parents called the cops $1,000. 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Brooklyn Heights– Vacation spoils POLICE BLOTTER Thieves punched a man DUMBO–Boerum Hill– A thief broke into a Wyck- Insecurity in the face after they tried to Downtown off Street apartment some- Find more online every Wednesday at A jerk took a woman’s steal his iPhone on Metropol- Cops arrested a man who time between April 26 and BrooklynPaper.com/blotter purse when she left it unat- itan Avenue on May 6. they say stabbed a woman at April 30 and stole two com- tended at a Fulton Street of- The victim told cops he the Borough Hall train sta- puters, a cellphone, and an fice on May 2. was near Graham Avenue at tion on May 3. his tires, rims, and spoiler leaving the parked vehicle iPod. stripped. between Underhill and Van- The 58-year-old victim 1 pm when a teenaged duo The victim was waiting The victim told police she told cops she left her purse confronted him and one perp 2=;3AB71 for a train at the Joralemon Bad bunkmate derbilt avenues. When she re- left the house between Hoyt turned at 10:30 am the next at her seat in the Social Secu- snatched his phone from his Street station at 3:30 pm when and Smith streets at 9 am on A creep stole a wallet, iP- rity office near Hudson Av- hand. the man stabbed her in the day, she discovered that her D7=:3<13 April 26 to go on vacation. hone, and iPad from a hos- stuff was gone. enue at 4:10 pm. The victim chased the neck and back with a box- When she returned on April pitalized man at New York When she returned a few crooks down the street and 7bQO\VO^^S\b]O\g]\S cutter, police said. She was 30 at 11:30 am, a window Methodist Hospital on Sixth iSnatch minutes later, it was gone. managed to recover the iP- rushed to Long Island Col- A crook stole a woman’s Ac^^]`bWaOdOWZOPZST]`bVS2SOT1][[c\Wbg leading onto the fire escape Street on May 3. Trashed hone — but one of the thieves lege Hospital, where she was was open, and the electron- The 51-year-old victim iPhone on Eastern Parkway punched him in his right eye listed in critical condition as told cops he was in his room on May 5. A thief stole a man’s wal- and ran off. ’ :SO`\V]eb]^`]bSQbg]c`aSZT ics were gone. let at a DeKalb Avenue hos- ’ 5Sb@Sa]c`QS7\T]`[ObW]\ of Tuesday night. Numbers game — which he was sharing with The 23-year-old victim Bad burglar Police apprehended a sus- another man — at the medical told cops that she was in pital overnight on May 3 — but left its contents. A tenant fought off a bur- >`SaS\bS`(2OWag;O`bW\Sh pect that day. A thief stole a man’s news- center at noon when he fell front of the Brooklyn Mu- The 26-year-old victim glar inside his N. Eighth 0O``WS`4`SS8cabWQS papers on Livingston Street asleep. He woke up four hours seum at Washington Ave- MT-Hey! told cops that he had his wal- Street home on May 4. on May 5. later and discovered photos nue at 4:10 pm when a man 0`]]YZg\2Wab`WQb/bb]`\Sg¸a=T¿QS A crook broke into an let at 10 pm inside the Brook- The resident told police he The victim said he was from his wallet scattered walked up to her, snatched MTA locker room at the lyn Hospital Center at Flat- confronted the intruder inside ESR\SaROg;Og $bV  . (>; near Clinton Street at 8:45 across his roommate’s bed her phone, and fled into the Schermerhorn Street G train bush Avenue, but noticed it his apartment at 12:30 pm. am when the crook grabbed — and the shady bunk buddy train station. 0172 %A[WbVAb`SSb!`R4Z]]` station on April 29 and stole his copies of six newspapers. missing at 1 am. After a tussle, the perp 0SbeSS\:WdW\Uab]\4cZb]\Ab`SSb gone. He then discovered his $400 worth of construction Pointed He later found its contents fled. Police arrested a sus- The news junkie fought back, credit cards, cellphone, and A^OQS7a:W[WbSR@AD>Pg;]\ROg;Og "bV equipment. A thug robbed a man at dumped out in the emergency pect nearby. saying, “Don’t mess with my tablet were missing. A transit worker told cops numbers,” according to a po- gunpoint on St. Johns Place room’s bathroom. Break in bad 1OZZ(% &''&!d]WQS he locked the room on the Hard day on May 4 — making off with lice report. Checked Police say they nabbed ]`SWZ(d_cW\bg\.PQWR]`U Queens-bound platform of $15,000 worth of electron- But the crook made off A thief swiped an iPod a thief stealing cash from a the station at Hoyt Street at ics. Someone tried to steal with the newsprint. from a shopper on Second parked car on Meeker Ave- AWU\ZO\UcOUS7\bS`^`SbS`e]cZRPSOdOWZOPZS 3 am. When he returned the The 30-year-old victim $2,145 from a liquor store on Un-Courtly Avenue on May 5. Fulton Street sometime be- nue on May 5. next day at 6 am, the door to told cops he was between @ST`SaV[S\baeWZZPSaS`dSR The 35-year-old victim tween April 27 and May 6. The car’s owner and his the storage room was open A crook swiped $960 from told cops she was at Lowe’s Washington and Underhill a shopper on Court Street on avenues at 2:10 am when he Police say a thief stole a friend told investigators they Home Improvement near 11th check from the business near spotted someone inside the April 30. Street at 1:55 pm when she was approached by a man The victim told police she with a gun. St. Felix Street, and tried to vehicle near N. Seventh Street set her tote bag in a shopping deposit the amount into his at 12:05 am and pulled the entered a store at Joralemon cart, then walked away for “Give me your backpack,” Street at 1:30 pm and left her the brute demanded. The vic- banking account. would-be-crook out of the five minutes. When she re- car. wallet inside of her shopping turned, her bag — includ- tim handed over his satchel — Eli Rosenberg SATNICK’S FINE JEWELRY cart. She said that she turned containing the gadgets and Officers arrived on the ing with her iPod and wal- scene and took a suspect away for a minute, and when let — was gone. the thief fled. 68TH PRECINCT she looked down again the into custody. cash was missing from her White rabbit Door rob Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights — Aaron Short Mother’s Day Sale wallet. A punk broke into a car Two robbers stole $9,000 No class Play nice parked on Sterling Place on worth of electronics from an A burglar broke into a car 90TH PRECINCT April 28 — and left with some apartment on Dean Street on A thief stole a woman’s parked on 81st Street some- clothes and an iPad. May 4. Southside–Bushwick * purse at a Brooklyn Bridge time over the weekend of The 29-year-old victim The 36-year-old victim Bad robber Park playground on April April 27 — and stole $21,000 UP TO 75% OFF told cops she parked her told cops she came back to 29. in Department of Education Cops arrested a man who white 2009 Volkswagen Rab- her apartment between Wash- The victim told cops checks. allegedly tried to steal cash Suggested Retail Price bit near Seventh Avenue at ington and Underhill avenues that she left the purse unat- The victim — a Board of from a Havemeyer Street 11 pm, then came back next at 7 pm and was unable to tended inside of the park’s Education director — said bank on May 4. ON ALL 14KT. GOLD, DIAMONDS, SILVER day at 7:30 am. That’s when open her front door. She Main Street Lot near Plym- he parked his car in front of The would-be thief en- JEWELRY, WATCHES AND GIFTWARE she discovered her rear pas- started yelling and scream- tered the bank near Broad- outh Street at 6:30 pm. When his apartment between Third senger-side window broken ing before the two crooks way and passed a note to the she returned to get it several Avenue and Ridge Boulevard and her device, $300 shoes, emerged — and then fled teller at 12:17 pm, which read, minutes later, the purse was at 4 pm on Friday, and came BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!!! and makeup were gone. with her valuables. “Hand it over,” according to no longer there. back out at 7:45 am on Mon- on select Chamilia beads (of equal or lesser value) Sitter scammed — Eli Rosenberg day to see that the payslips, police documents. — Daniel Bush She refused and pulled the Cops say a con artist along with a city-owned lap- 88TH PRECINCT top, external hardrive, mo- alarm. Minutes later, cops ar- 187 STATE STREET 78TH PRECINCT scammed a babysitter out of rived on the scene and placed Fort Greene–Clinton Hill dem, and computer mouse thousands of bucks on Fourth a suspect under arrest. (Between Court and Boerum Streets) Park Slope Street on April 26. were all missing. Car assault Crash dummies Block heads The victim told cops she A reckless driver hit a po- Time out 718-852-1421 A professional crook advertised her services on- lice officer’s car on Carlton A thief swiped a $5,000 Three violent thugs line, then was asked to babysit crashed their car into a ve- Store Hours: Tues-Fri, 10am to 6:30pm; Sat, 11am to 5pm snatched some fancy car Avenue on May 4 — knock- watch and some other elec- parts from a vehicle parked for a family living near Fifth ing over the cop. tronics from a 65th Street hicle on Rodney Street on Brooklyn’s Most Trusted Jeweler! on 14th Street on May 2. Avenue. One of the parents The victim told cops that apartment on April 30. May 6 and beat up the other The 40-year-old victim wrote her a check for $3,561, the man was driving reck- The victim told police he motorist. The unlucky driver told ***All sales are final and may not be combined with any other discount or previous sale. Engagement told cops he parked his orange then asked her to wire some lessly down Carlton between left his home near 12th Av- rings, designer jewelry, antiques/watches, custom orders and special orders are excluded from this sale. 2012 Honda Fit near Seventh money in return, as part of Lafayette and DeKalb ave- enue at 8:30 am, and came cops he got into an accident Quantities of merchandise are limited and on a first come – first serve basis. Lay-a-ways and merchandise near Hooper Street at 4:30 bought before May 4th does not apply to this sale. DCA#1272660 Avenue at 9 am, then came an agreement they made. The nues at 8:05 pm when he back at 10:30 pm to find his back the next day at 8 am. He sitter wired the cash — but struck the officer’s car — front door unlocked and his am, when the three men who discovered his pumpkin-col- then the check bounced, leav- which the officer was lean- costly Chanel timepiece — hit him got out of their car and ored ride had been propped ing her thousands of dollars ing on — knocking him along with a cheaper Ken- confronted him. The perps up on cement blocks — and in the hole. down and causing him sub- neth Cole watch, his cam- pulled him out of his vehi- — Natalie O’Neill stantial pain. era, laptop, and Playstation cle, punched him, and drove Three — gone. his car two blocks away to School burglar Union Avenue, where they 76TH PRECINCT A thief stole several com- Metalhead ransacked it and fled, the Carroll Gardens–Cobble puters and a fax machine A crook took 600 feet of victim said. Emigrant Bank and its Hill–Red Hook from a school on Waverly copper cable from the con- Harassment Teen angst Avenue on May 5. struction site of a Fourth 1 Representatives from the Avenue school overnight A teenager allegedly affiliated Regional Banks A 16-year-old was arrested on May 1. grabbed a woman’s rear end for threatening a woman with school told cops that the jerk entered the school between The foreman working on and stole her headphones on are proud to announce that a knife and slashing furniture the building at Ovington Av- Union Avenue on May 4, but inside her Columbia Street Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue sometime between enue told cops he punched cops arrested the suspect. Spring Mortgage Promotion apartment on April 8. out at 2:30 pm and returned The victim told police she The victim told police that 12:15 am and 8 am, and left with the electronics. the next day at 7 am to find was near S. Second Street at is Back! she was inside her apartment that somebody had walked 6:55 pm, when the 16-year-old between Center Mall and Crooked off with the precious wire perp approached her, lifted Bush Street at 2 pm when A thief broke into a pet — valued at $3,000. her skirt, and pinched her. the teenager brandished a boutique on DeKalb Avenue When she swung around, knife and began waving it on May 5 — and walked away Triple threat the crook grabbed her head- in a threatening manner. with $500. A trio of villains robbed phones and ran away. Current Mortgage Incentives “I don’t give a f----,” he Employees from Kiki’s a girl of her watch and iPod The victim called the cops yelled, before going on a fur- Pet Spa and Boutique be- Touch on Eighth Avenue on and officers apprehended a Include: May 5. SPRING MORTGAGE niture-slashing rampage, ac- tween Vanderbilt and Cler- suspect a few hours later. cording to cops. mont avenues told cops that The victim told police that Trash bash Laptop loot the thief entered the store be- she and a companion were PROMOTION IS HERE 9 tween 4:45 and 9 am, dis- leaving the N train station at A thug punched a man First-Time Home Buyers may Cops arrested a 20-year- mantled the store’s alarm sys- 11:40 pm when they realized and demanded cash while old man for stealing a laptop tem, and took the cash from that a man and two women his victim was taking out save $500 in closing costs** from a Wolcott Street deli a cabinet. were following them. The ter- the trash on Seigel Street on May 1. rible trifecta stopped them at on May 6. Police say footage from a BAM! 67th Street and struck up a The victim was dump- surveillance camera inside A sneaky crook made off conversation, during which ing his garbage near Bog- 9 Purchase/Refinance Applicants the sandwich shop near Rich- with a teen’s purse while she they swiped the victim’s G- art Street at 4 pm when the ards Street showed the sus- was taking a dance class on Shock watch and iPod with- perp approached him and may qualify for up to $2,000* pect and another man taking Lafayette Avenue on April out her noticing. punched him in the face. a black bag that contained the 30. — Will Bredderman The crook asked for cash in closing costs and 0.375%* pricey laptop at 11 pm. The 17-year-old victim and the victim handed over — Colin Mixson told cops she put her bag 94TH PRECINCT $40, police say. down while at dance prac- Subway mug tice at Brooklyn Academy Greenpoint–Northside off the rate** 77TH PRECINCT Two teenagers terrorized a of Music at St. Felix Street Green St. rape Prospect Heights woman on the Lorimer Street at 4 pm. When she went to A woman’s boyfriend retrieve it at 6:20 pm, it was subway platform and stole 9 Murdered raped her in her Green Street Existing Branch Customers† gone. her wallet and phone on A vicious gunman killed apartment on April 23, ac- May 6. another man on Washington BAM no. 2! cording to police. The victim was buying a may receive a closing credit Avenue on May 1. A thief made off a man’s The victim told investi- MetroCard at 5 pm, when one Witnesses to the murder cash and flask on Lafayette gators she was having sex perp put her in a headlock. of $175.00 between Sterling and St. Avenue on May 5. with her boyfriend at 11 pm, The other demanded cash and Johns places told cops that The 29-year-old victim but felt pain and told him to a phone, so she handed them the 36-year-old victim was told cops he was at Brook- stop several times. But he ig- $10 and her iPhone. standing in front of Louis & lyn Academy of Music at St. nored her and continued, she The perps fled toward Shorty’s barbershop at 9:51 Felix Street at 10:30 pm when said. Broadway. To find out if you qualify, pm when he was shot in the someone took his property. 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Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking and insurance plans accommodated May 11–17, 2012 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5 BROOKLYN Parade issues bugle call PHILHARMONIA CHORUS Nation’s oldest Memorial Day parade desperate for new vets Saturday, May 19th at 7:30pm By Will Bredderman different warriors, explained Olnejc The Brooklyn Paper Jason Hansman, who served at St. Augustine’s R.C. Church The Brooklyn Memorial as a Civil Affairs Specialist Day Parade — a 145-year- in Iraq, and is now a spokes- 116 6th Ave. • Park Slope, Brooklyn old cavalcade honoring fallen man for the Iraq and Afghan- ?kj_anp American soldiers — is run- istan Veterans of America. ning thin on veterans, accord- The Brooklyn Memorial Day Pdeolnkcn]isehhba]pqna ing to worried organizers committee asked the Man- Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb who fear the nation’s old- hattan-based group to pad Ralph Vaugh Five Mystical Songs est, continuously run Me- its roster. morial Day procession will “Because there was no Randolph Thompson Frostiana come to a halt if new vets draft, the population of Plus More don’t join the march. Iraq and Afghanistan vet- “The World War II veter- erans is less than one per- For More information Call 718-907-0963 ans are virtually gone,” said cent of the population,” said Or email us at: [email protected] parade committee spokesman Hansman, claiming that to- Anthony Giovinco, adding day’s soldiers are less likely

Courtesy Ray Aalbue Please note: Concert tickets are $25 each if purchased at the door, or $20 each if purchased in advance that the Greatest Generation’s to get involved with local vet- threadbare legions have trav- The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade — a 145-year-old cavalcade honoring erans’ groups because they eled mostly in motorcades in fallen American soldiers — is running thin on veterans, according to worried don’t have neighbors who recent processions. members of the Kings County Memorial Day Parade Committee. served with them. “They’re Giovinco, 65, a Vietnam mostly from rural areas and vet, said he issued a bugle May 28 jaunt. said he wants younger vet- cial announcement for them towns with military bases in call to Iraq and Afghanistan “We don’t understand erans to attend because he when they come up because the south and Midwest. To- veterans, but he’s only re- why,” Giovinco said. wants to recognize their vol- they chose to go overseas,” day’s veterans tend to meet cruited a handful of soldiers Parade vice chairman Ray unteerism and heroism. he said. up online.” from those conflicts for the Aalbue, another Nam-era vet, “We want to have a spe- But different wars create See PARADE on page 6 CONEY... Continued from page 1 ing for a five-star dining ex- Who’s coming next? Zito’s co-owner Marcello perience.” Prospect Heights eatery Tom’s Res- • Barcade: Coney Island has plenty Bucca said he decided to in- Richie Smith agreed. taurant, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria in DUMBO, of places to play games, and plenty of vest in Coney Island after “The beach is supposed to and now Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe in Park places to drink beer. If Barcade opens a Tom’s Restaurant in Pros- belong to everybody,” Smith Slope all plan to open outposts in Coney satellite suds shop near the beach, peo- pect Heights and Grimaldi’s said. “It shouldn’t be priced Island this summer — proof that a Brown- ple can do both under one roof. Pizzeria in DUMBO snapped out of the reach of the aver- stone Brooklyn takeover of the People’s • Peter Luger’s: Forget about sea- up properties in the amuse- age person.” Playground has begun. But the invasion food. What beach-goers really want are ment area — which the city Longtime Coney busi- won’t be complete until a few more shops heaping portions of prime rib. A name- wants to transform into an nesses also say they’re wary of open new locations on the Boardwalk brand steakhouse with waterfront views upscale, year-round tourist the new eateries and promise and Surf Avenue. Here’s a few Down- would give Gargiulo’s — Coney Island’s destination. to fend off the gourmet com- town businesses we’d like to see open reigning white tablecloth eatery — a run “The fact that Grimaldi’s petition, claiming that these in the Amusement District: for its money. and Tom’s are making big- outsider businesses won’t be • Junior’s: Have a Junior’s cheese- money moves proves that it’s raking in the bucks they’re ex- • : Who better to take cake — then go throw it up during a ride the beginning of a renais- pecting during their first sea- over the Boardwalk’s historic Childs Res- on the Cyclone. If the city really wants to sance in Coney Island,” said son on the sand. taurant at West 21st Street than Williams- highlight Brooklyn-born businesses on Bucca, a Bensonhurst native. “People are investing big burg’s wildly popular Brooklyn Bowl? A the Boardwalk, the borough’s most iconic “New people are coming in. dollars now but it’ll take bowling alley-music venue in Coney Is- diner needs a seat at the table. We’re banking that the area’s quite some time to get a re- land would be a perfect strike. • Bark Hot Dogs: Nathan’s monop- changing.” turn,” said Michael Sarrel, • American Apparel: The trendy oly on the Coney Island’s wiener market Bucca’s also hoping that the owner of Ruby’s Bar, an clothing store has locations in Williams- has gone on for far too long. Bark, a pop- Coney Island beachgoers will amusement area staple who burg, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and ular food spot in Park Slope, would give be willing to pay Downtown has tried to keep the spirit Park Slope. Why not expand to Coney Is- visitors gourmet alternatives such as the prices: Zito’s will offer a Six of the iconic Coney Island land, where hipsters could shop till they Bacon Cheddar Dog, the Bark Slamwich Point braised roast beef sand- Boardwalk alive by rebuild- drop between rides at Luna Park? and Smoked Brat. —Dan Bush wich with marinated mush- ing his bar out of its weather- rooms and house-made moz- worn planks. zarella for $11, while roast But Dick Zigun, who ket, which opened on Seventh evicted several longtime car- rant and a bigger Nathan’s beef sandwiches at a Coney runs Sideshows by the Sea- Avenue near Seventh Street nies and awarded the land to hot dog stand to the iconic Island staple — the Island shore, said the new restau- last August and boasts or- Central Amusement Interna- seaside walkway. Food Court on Stillwell Ave- rants should see a payoff once ganic meets, cheeses, and tional, which was tapped to Tom’s is replacing Cha- nue — go for just $4.75. they open. locally-brewed beer. re-make the People’s Play- Cha’s Bar, one of several be- Some beachgoers are “These aren’t chains,” Zi- The deli-sized space will ground. One month later, loved Boardwalk shops that already kicking sand at gun said. “These are qual- replace Skin the Wire, one Central Amusements an- were kicked off the prome- the upscale changes Zito’s ity places that are all Brook- of the old-school Boardwalk nounced that neighbor- nade, while Grimaldi’s — a and Tom’s Restaurant will lyn-centric.” game booths between Surf hood businesses such as Ru- tourist favorite at the foot of the bring. Zito’s outpost will serve Avenue and Bowery Street by’s Bar and Paul’s Daughter Brooklyn Bridge — is opening “I come out here to en- subs, potato croquettes, and that links Luna Park to De- would be allowed to remain a pizza spot on Surf Avenue joy the hot dogs,” said visitor other menu items currently no’s Wonder Wheel . on the Boardwalk, and inked near Stillwell Avenue. Amy Porter. “I’m not look- found at its Park Slope mar- In November, the city deals to bring Tom’s Restau- — with Derrick Lytle BRUNCH... Continued from page 1 their allies said the war must we never received any com- end at a Community Board plaints,” said Lokal co-owner 1 on Tuesday. Serkan Uzel. “We’re overwhelmed from “We’re paying our taxes, what we say is a witch hunt we’re trying to be nice to our in our neighborhood,” said neighbors, and we try to avoid Five Leaves co-owner Jud every complaint.” Mongell. This month, the war “It seems weird to be the turned as cold as a smoked only two restaurants to be salmon platter when sev- victimized by this.” Take charge of your retirement eral cafes north of McCa- Kathy Meachem, another rren Park hauled in their out- owner of the popular Aussie- door tables in retreat. But influenced eatery, said re- even though it was quiet on scinding the law would bring What you do now will affect your lifestyle in retirement. Join us for a free retirement the front line, the eateries fairness to Sunday morning were working behind the outdoor dining. planning seminar to learn how you can help protect your retirement dreams with a scenes to mobilize support “Either it should be en- ® from hundreds of diners — forced everywhere or they RiverSource variable annuity. and power players including should change the law,” she Levin and Borough Presi- said. dent Markowitz. Community Board 1 pub- Meanwhile, Community lic safety chairman Tom Bur- Date: Hosted by: Board 1 leaders expanded rows, who lead the charge their onslaught, implor- against rule-breaking eater- Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Jennifer R. Filocomo, CRPC®, CRPS® ing members of other civic ies, declined to comment. Financial Advisor groups to adopt an if-you- News of Levin’s brunch Time: see-brunching-say-some- bill comes just four days 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600 thing policy and call 311 before Mother’s Day — ar- 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. with any reports of scoff- guably the single most im- New York, NY 10110 law eateries. portant brunching day of Location: 646.292.8008 Rebel restaurateurs and the year. Trinity Lutheran Church 9020 3rd Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209 AUTO... RSVP: Continued from page 1 colleges or work in the au- Call Edie Cavalieri at in North Brooklyn — the bor- tomotive industry. 646.292.8039 or email: ough’s bicycle capital. Neighborhood enrollment “Many automotive shop isn’t Automotive’s only prob- [email protected] classes begin with an under- lem: only 53.6 percent of its standing of how bicycles work students graduated from the Presented by: and many people become me- Bedford Avenue school within Jennifer R. Filocomo, CRPC®, CRPS® chanics based on their experi- four years compared to the ence with bicycles” she said. 2010 citywide average of 66 Financial Advisor Lafergola-Stanczuk, who percent. will remain in charge of the The city has eyed closing school as it undergoes its re- the school for years, and in birth, believes the new bike March, the Department of Ed- workshop, along with ex- ucation named the school as panded science and engineer- one of 24 it would shutter and This is an informational seminar. 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you can’t deny it’s coming,” “This is a generation of me, said D’Avola. myself, and I — honor, loy- ARENA... Arena Properties isn’t PARADE... alty, love of country, these the first small business to things don’t mean anything Continued from page 1 “We’ll lease to artists, attempt to capitalize on — Continued from page 5 Afghanistan, blamed chang- any more.” Center in its name — the restaurateurs, and cloth- and name itself after — its Hansman said his group ing values for the disinterest The 145th Annual Kings “neighborhood” section ing designers — that’s the proximity to the sports fa- connected with vets in cy- among younger soldiers. County Memorial Day Pa- of his website features a business model that works cility. berspace to get more of them “The military used to be rade [Councilman Vincent large image of the future around here,” said D’Avola, In 2007, a bagel shop to participate in Memorial like a church, a subculture, Gentile’s district office, 8703 home of the Brooklyn Nets a Gowanus resident. on Fifth Avenue near Ber- Day marches, primarily the now it’s part of the larger cul- Third Ave. between 87th and and promises the stadium Neighbors have long gen Street in Park Slope one held in Arlington, Vir- ture,” said the soldier, who 88th streets in Bay Ridge, “will welcome some of the feared the Barclays Cen- was planning to open un- ginia. served in the Air Force in (917) 873-1508] May 28 at 11 most exciting sports and ter will bring a wave of der the name ARENA Ba- Fort Hamilton Staff Sgt. the early 1980s, and signed am. Visit www.brooklynm entertainment events in corporate chains like T.G.I. gels, but promptly altered its File photo by Julie Rosenberg Jose Minaya, who served in up for the Army after 9-11. emorialdayparade.com. the world.” Fridays and Applebees to sign to read A.R.E.A. Ba- But he says the office Prospect Heights and sur- Arena Bagels didn’t go over so well in 2007. The gels after neighbors threat- near the corner of Vander- rounding communities — owner eventually changed the name to A.R.E.A. ened to protest. Bagels. But some cyclists bashed bilt Avenue, which opened so it’s no surprise the firm Ravi Aggarwal, the owner the fliers, saying they wrongly this week, will cater to the put the word “arena” in its of A.R.E.A. Bagels, told The PARKING... pin blame on the much-used kinds of small businesses name, said Gib Veconi Veconi said. location — much like the Brooklyn Paper he wasn’t strip of green paint. that neighbors love, not of the Prospect Heights D’Avola agrees the neigh- Manhattan neighborhood of ready to discuss the idea of Continued from page 1 saving “parking ring,” in “This person seems to national chains such as Neighborhood Develop- borhood will soon see an Chelsea, which isn’t far from changing the shop’s name half an hour or 45 minutes which doormen at posh Pros- continue the fantasy of as- Hooters, which took heat ment Council. influx of big businesses, Madison Square Garden. back to ARENA Bagels, but just to look for a space.” pect Park West buildings al- cribing the neighborhood’s from neighbors after re- “There’s little question but he’s confident Pros- “I understand a lot of peo- claims he has kept the noto- The bold-typed notes come legedly save parking spaces problems to the bike path,” portedly making a push that commercial businesses pect Heights will retain its ple have a bitter taste in their rious ‘N’ “somewhere safe” weeks after neighbors com- for paying tenants by inten- said lane supporter Eric Mc- to open nearby. have the arena in mind,” charm despite its arena-side mouth about the arena — but in the years since. plained about a secret spot- tionally taking up a spot and Clure. “It’s not true.” a half — then later inch cars The fliers also declare that forward to make room for “free on-street parking is a other residents’ vehicles. precious public resource” The car crusader blames — a declaration that some the Prospect Park West neighbors joked compares bike lane for making park- parking to drinking water ing tighter in the neighbor- or clean air. hood, claiming the contro- It remains unclear who versial two-way cycling slipped the leaflets, which path snatched up “numer- were first reported by Streets- ous” spaces. (The city re- blog , under windshield wip- moved 22 spaces to install ers along the roadway. the 19-block long path). — with Ben Lockhart MOVIES... Continued from page 1 own catering,” said La Bagel months. Delight clerk Steven Ortiz. Health Plus and Amerigroup Some neighbors cheered the “Sometimes they’ll block off intermission for easing park- parking and won’t get there have become one health plan. ing and congestion, but others to use the space until six the claim any moratorium — even next day.” a limited one — will hurt the Residents of the photoge- city’s film industry and neigh- nic neighborhoods have long the same great products — borhood businesses. complained about being be- “Most residents do not un- sieged by film crews, which derstand that filming in NYC set up lights, power cables, they’re not changing. has a strong positive economic and trailers on their streets. impact on the community,” Last year, DUMBO dwellers But now they’re backed by a team said DUMBO resident Mark pushed the city to ban film- Winkel, who stages events and ing in the neighborhood, but that has more doctors, more runs a production studio. “The in the months since, several shops, cafes, and galleries all television productions includ- hospitals and more choices than gain substantially from any ing “Person of Interest” have type of extra foot traffic — shot in the community. ever. HealthPlus Amerigroup: it’s hard times right now, and DUMBO Neighborhood businesses need any push they Alliance’s Doreen Gallo ac- can get.” knowledges criticism of the The city has benefited shoots, but hopes the film in- greatly from Hollywood’s dustry will return. generosity. Mayor Bloomberg “People complain while HealthPlus Amerigroup is an HMO announced on Tuesday that it’s happening but they love it with a Medicare contract. the film and television in- after it’s happened,” she said. New York has a dustry has spent $60 billion “Everyone loves to see their Managed in the city over the past de- neighborhood in film and in Long-Term Medicare cade, including $7.1-billion print. But while it’s happen- Care in 2011, while employing ing, not so much.” great new team. 130,000 people. Filmmakers hope the ban Y0005_12 HP Print File & Use 03/26/2012 But some small businesses is lifted quickly. say the movie crews don’t “You’re not taking a shot boost their bottom line. of the Brooklyn Bridge in the Questions? Visit . “It certainly doesn’t help background in the Bronx,” healthplus.amerigroup.com because they’re not buying said Kevin Balktick, a pro- from us — they have their duction manager.

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MUSIC All grown up The chorus may no longer be teenaged — but the kids still are. The renowned Brooklyn Youth Chorus is turning 20, and celebrating its anniversary with a Spring concert at Roulette in Boerum Hill where its more than 300 students will sing. “When you listen to them, you forget you’re working with children,” said Dianne Berkun, the chorus’s founder and di- rector. “But, when you’re working with them, you don’t forget it — the way they approach things can be so intense and so fully engaged.” The Chorus has performed with the likes of Elton John and John Legend and even won a Grammy in 2005 — but there’s no place like (718) 260-2500 May 11–17, 2012 home, says the director. The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings “As much as the chorus performs in Man- hattan, when you get those opportunities to really celebrate our Brooklyn roots it has a special feeling about it,” said Berkun. “We’re really excited to be part of this renaissance in the borough.” The Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette [509 Atlantic Avenue at Third Avenue in Downtown, (212) 219–8242]. May 19, 7:30 pm. All aboard! Visit www.roulette.org — Eli Rosenberg Shuffl eboard bar lets young people party like old folks DANCE By Natalie O’Neill Carroll Gardens serves craft beer along- The Brooklyn Paper side games of Backgammon and Scrab- ble. And Union Hall in Park Slope and Worldly feet ow you can have all of the fun Floyd in Brooklyn Heights have bocce So they think they can dance — and they’re of retirement without giving up ball scenes that could win over many right! N your job. Bensonhurst grandpas. Dancers from Mali, Senegal, Brazil, Hawaii, A massive, kitschy-cool shuffleboard That’s part of why Abilene owner Bangladesh, Poland, Ukraine, and India will strut club inspired by Florida’s senior scene Mike O’Neil said he likes to offer up their stuff on Saturday in “Folk Feet Females,” in is coming to Gowanus — and it’s one bar-side games such as Yahtzee that Downtown Brooklyn’s Kumble Theater. more sign that Brooklyn’s dyed-and-tat- many patrons remember from their “We want to exem- ted set of cool kids love geezer games Bubbe’s place. They’re simple, they plify and emphasize as much as actual old people. go well with booze, and they help women’s dance tradi- Jonathan Schnapp and Ashley Al- shy drinkers bust through awkward tions that are important bert will open the Royal Palms, a gro- silences, he said. expressive arts within di- cery-store sized club featuring regu- “Sometimes you run out of things verse communities in lation-size shuffleboard courts and a to say,” O’Neil said. “They don’t take Brooklyn,” said Brook- full bar in Gowanus with an undeni- too much thought — and they remind lyn Arts Council’s Kay ably geriatric vibe: there’ll be lounge you of the past.” Turner. “Plus, the dances music, bingo, and even episodes of He added games also have nostal- are in themselves beau- “The Love Boat” on TV. gic value, which is part of the shuffle- tiful to watch.” Arts Brooklyn Council by Provided “We want it to feel like a Florida ho- board appeal, too, Albert said. Fans of dance can tel from the ’70s,” said Albert. “It’s a Her club, which was first reported look forward to Caribbean-born Brooklynite chore- fun vintage thing for 20-and-30-some- by the blog Gothamist, will also serve ographer Sewaa Codrington and her troupe, Kow- things to try.” key lime-flavored cocktails, boast a Teff African Dance, performing a West African Sure, hipsters have been ripping dozen regulation-sized courts, and courtship ritual — without any of the men. off elderly people for years — with potentially include a roof deck by She’s hoping to pick up a few moves from her their handlebar mustaches, vinyl re- next year. colleagues at the festival too. cord collections, and love for pickling She declined to say the exact loca- “It’s also very enlightening,” said Codrington. their own vegetables — but the phe- tion of the new club — a final leas- “It helps us to grow and appreciate the wealth and nomena is best illustrated by Brook- ing agreement is in the works — but populations within Brooklyn.” lyn’s grandparent-approved nightlife she added it will likely be “super-af- offerings, bar owners say. fordable” spot to channel your inner “Folk Feet Females” at the Kumble Theater Underground Rebel Bingo Club, for snowbird. at LIU [1 University Place (718) 625–0800]. May 12 7:30 pm. $15. — Aaron Short example, holds secretive bingo-centric Photo by Shanna Gillette, courtesy of Ashley Albert “There’s just something kind of booze-fests, complete with sexy dancing Let the old times roll: Who says senior citizen sports aren’t cool? Not shuffle- cool about old time-y activities,” she at locations in the borough. Abilene in board-loving entrepreneurs Jonathan Schnapp and Ashley Albert. said. “Right?” THEATER LITCRAWL HOTSPOTS Don’t miss these highlights of a Womyn play literary night on the town: Bookworms meet barfl ies What if men didn’t exist? “Art School Confidential” at Peo- A provocative all-female acting troupe is ex- ple’s Republic of Brooklyn: Brooklyn Lit geeks get lit at borough’s writerly bar crawl ploring that idea by staging a gender-bending novelists Samantha Hunt, James Hannaham, twist on the Greek tragedy “Antigone.” The dreamy modern play is a queer-friendly and Thad Ziolkowski — all on loan from By Will Bredderman The Brooklyn Paper reinterpretation of the classic betrayal story that Pratt — read artwork-inspired fiction. turns Antigone into a les- 247 Smith St., at the corner of Douglass ut on your beer glasses, bian and King Creon into Street in Cobble Hill (718) 522–6100. May and join the exodus into the Queen Creon. 19, 6 pm. Free. P most literary borough of “We look at what would happen to this Cambridge Writers Workshop Lit- them all! The Litcrawl on May 19 — held family in the absence erary Cabaret at Ceol: A team of au- of men,” said Rachel thors will yank volunteers from the au- at 13 different Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Brooklyn Heights Broderick of Our Ladies dience to play classic characters for this venues, nine of them bars—is the of South 4th Street, the alcohol-powered masquerade. first time the beer and book themed troupe. “It’s a compel- 191 Smith St., at the corner of Warren ling, insular world.” festival has tipped over into Brook- Photo by Kirsten Darner Street in Cobble Hill (347) 643–9911. May lyn since Suzanne Russo founded Broderick said she 19, 6 pm. Free. the New York Litcrawl in Man- wrote a spin-off script, based on the Fifth cen- hattan in 2008. tury tale, complete with an alternate ending, an Literary Taboo with Electric Liter- “Brooklyn is so literary, it illicit gay affair and tense burial scene. ature at Boat Bar: Play the classic word- seemed like a no-brainer,” Russo She said her script explores the power dy- guessing game with a twist, hosted by Seth said. “There’s so many friendly namic between women and features a plot twist Fried, author of “The Great Frustration.” venues and so much going on Photo courtesy of Aslan Chalom that makes the story more relevant today. The 175 Smith St., between Warren and in the literary sphere there, we Books and booze: These Litcrawl revelers are probably talking about their favorite authors. show has an “earthy, dirty” and poetic tone Wyckoff Streets in Cobble Hill (718) 254– thought it’s really the place we complete with dancing, she said. 0607. May 19, 6 pm. Free. should be.” a little more mom and pop shops The Litcrawl will feature, among novelists will read excerpts. The troupe — which stages small productions Russo said Brooklyn’s commit- coming out. There’s sort of an en- other things, readings, acted-out “We’re very into the arts here in the Williamsburg abode it is named for — Armchair/Shotgun’s Old-Timey Ra- ment to cultivating a literary com- ergy in Brooklyn, a creative spirit short stories, trivia contests, and at PRB,” said Roach. “If every- also plans to use a single pile of dirt to set the dio Show and After-Party at 61 Local: munity came out in working the that’s more of a, go with the f low, an old-time radio show. thing turns out right, we’d most stage, where not a single man will set foot. See an old-fashioned radio drama, then stick local pubs and publications that we’ll-do-whatever kind of thing,” Michael Roach, owner of Peo- definitely want to be a part of it “Absence is a powerful thing,” she said. around for the Litcrawl after party. donated their space and talent— said Russo. “The literary maga- ple’s Republic of Brooklyn, said next year.” “Antigone” at The Brick Theater [575 61 Bergen St., between Smith Street much different from the glossy zines we’re working with get what his bar — which holds a story- See left side to get a taste of Metropolitan Ave. between Union Avenue and Boerum Place in Cobble Hill (347) old guard on the other side of the we’re doing, and they get that we’re telling night open mic on Mon- what the Litcrawl has to offer. and Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, (718) 763–6624. May 19, 7 pm. Free. East River. not trying to be the New Yorker days — was the ideal venue for Visit www.litcrawl.org/nyc/ to see 907–6189], May 18 -19, 11 pm. $12. 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Waterfront Artists Coalition [499 Photo by Malcolm Brown pm – 9 pm opening reception. 12 Van Brunt St., near Reed Street in pm – 6 pm. See Friday, May 11. Red Hook, (718) 596-2506], www. Sacred cows, scorched earth: New York based artist Prune bwac.org. Nourry focuses on gender selection in India, and the lack of TALK, TALK: Wonder and Decay: free and clean water, opening on May 12 at the Invisible Dog. WED, MAY 16 Djuna Barnes’s New York: Katherine Biers, Assistant Professor of Eng- SNEAK PREVIEW: Art21 Season Six, lish and Comparative Literature at www.theinvisibledog.org. Greenpoint, (718) 383-5333], www. History Episode and Discussion Columbia University, speaks about BLACK BIRD WHITE SKY: Black Bird barmatchless.com. Lead by Cultural Historian Jennifer Barnes’s journalism. Suggested White Sky returns to Matchless by Morgan. Free. 7 pm. Brooklyn His- $12, students and seniors $8. 2 pm. popular demand! With upbeat melo- torical Society [128 Pierrepont St. at Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern dies inspired by The Cure and the SUN, MAY 13 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, Parkway in Prospect Heights, (718) emotional angst of Radiohead, their (718) 222-4111], www.brooklynhis- 638-5000], www.brooklynmuseum. self-titled debut album has been MUSIC, ORGAN AND BASS: A con- tory.org. org. called “nothing short of a work of art” cert benefi ting the restoration of MUSIC, CHOBAN ELEKTRIK (CD FUNDRAISER, CONCERT: Pre-moth- by Sony/Red. Come see why fans are the old landmarked church, featur- RELEASE PARTY): Choban Elektrik ers day musical fundraiser for the going crazy over this new Brooklyn ing an organ, three trumpets, two is a band that performs traditional Society for the Advancement of the band! $7. 8 pm. Bar Matchless [557 trombones, a tuba and a timpani. Balkan folk music on vintage key- Caribbean Diaspora. Entertainment Manhattan Ave. at Driggs Avenue in And you though classical music was board instruments, played in a by Braata Folk Singers, Jazzberry psychedelic and improvisational Jam. $20. 6 pm. St. Francis College setting. Also playing are Raya [180 Remsen St., between Court Brass Band, and Which Way East and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Trio featuring Jesse Kotansky, Eva Heights, (917) 771-7935], httP;;www. CIVIC CALENDAR Salina Primack, and Adam Good. eventbrite.com. $12 - $15. 7:30 pm. Rock Shop [249 Community Board 10 Traffic and Community Board 10 Police and Fourth Ave. between Carroll and ART, “HOLY RIVER” EXHIBITION OF Transportation Committee: It’s the Public Safety Committee: Ever SCULPTURES, INSTALLATIONS, President streets in Park Slope, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND VIDEOS AT idea that just won’t die: the wonder how your favorite watering (718) 230-5740], www.therocksho- THE INVISIBLE DOG: A multimedia Department of Transportation will holes get permission to serve you pny.com. exhibition by New York based artist meet with board members for the the wine and spirits you love? Come Prune Nourry, focusing not only on third time to discuss the 86th Street gender selection in India, juxtapos- down to the CB10 Police and Public THURS, MAY 17 ing the symbol of the woman and Reconfiguration Project, the plan to Safety Committee meeting to find MUSIC, BAROQUE BURLESQUE cow’s sacred fertility, but also bring- cool the heels of speed demons on out! 7 pm. Community Board 10 OPERA: Company XIV, in asso- ing awareness to the lack of free and the thoroughfare. 7 pm. Community office [8119 Fifth Ave. between 81st ciation with Morningside Opera clean water, and other social, political, Board 10 office [8119 Fifth Ave. and 82nd streets in Bay Ridge, (718) and SIREN Baroque, presents the and ecological issues. Opening recep- World Premiere of Judge Me Paris, tion is May 12. Open through May 27, between 81st and 82nd streets in 745-6827]. a Baroque Burlesque Opera. $40. Tuesday and Wednesday by appoint- Bay Ridge, (718) 745-6827]. 8 pm. 303 Bond Street Theatre ment only. Closed on Monday. 6 pm (303 Bond St. in Carroll Gar- – 10 pm. The Invisible Dog [51 Bergen To list an event in the Civic Calendar, e-mail [email protected] Street in Boerum Hill, (347) 560–3641], See 9 DAYS on page 10

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lot more noise, smoke, and li- would beef up patrols in the permitted in Cooper Park, it’s “[The city] is still not giv- ers will renovate the park’s park planning sessions, but quor, and we’re worried about park this summer. fantastic,” said Karen Leader. ing us clear answers about tennis, handball, and basket- claim the existing grills are GRILLS... the aftermath.” Pro-barbecuing Williams- “It’s not just for Cooper Park how it is going to clean up ball courts, and construct a an immediate safety risk. But Parks Department burgers, including many resi- Houses residents, it’s for our trash after the weekend,” skate park, a dog run, and “This is just the one truly Continued from page 1 ing and possibly fighting,” officials and the staff of dents of a nearby public hous- neighbors as well.” said Williamsburg resident volleyball courts. If the Parks green part of a very small additional barbecue spots to said Williamsburg resident Councilwoman Diana Reyna ing development that lobbied But Williamsburg hom- Sondra Braeutigam. “We’re Department deems the grills park where people can have the park in 2013. Belinda Yee, who claims the (D–Williamsburg) — who for the grill stations at com- eowners who live near the already in an incredibly in- successful — and popular a picnic, take a walk, and ride Critics fear the grills neighborhood is already brac- sponsored the barbecue sta- munity meetings last year, park say they don’t plan on dustrial area so air quality is among residents — the city scooters,” said Melissa Dar- will lead to pollution and ing for peak grilling season. tions as the first phase of an celebrated their arrival. cooking, instead grilling the already an issue and this is plans to install another nine ling. “When you put a bunch violence. “On Memorial Day, they’re extensive $2.6-million ren- “This is something we were grills that they believe will just going to add more stuff cooking spots. of open flames and hot coals “We’re scared — I’m sure going to barbecue all day and ovation plan — refused to looking forward to for a long char a leafy corner of the to the air.” Opponents say they want in that area, you make it a dan- there’s going to be barbecu- all night, there’s going to be a budge, but promised police time, and the fact that it’s now green space . Over the next year, work- their voices heard in future gerous place for us.”

tion won’t allow MTA trucks and explosive materials un- under the bridge because the der bridges without approval vehicles contain pressurized from a state agency, accord- PARK... gases. ing to an e-mail obtained by www.NYParenting.com Continued from page 1 emergency vehicles under the A Bloomberg administra- The Brooklyn Paper. Negotiations between the bridge at Kent Avenue and S. tion official said the Depart- But federal highway and agencies unravelled one year Sixth Street — a switcheroo ment of Transportation is re- state transportation spokes- after the city and the MTA that would free up the Green- luctant to welcome the MTA men say the Williamsburg Where every family matters and struck a tentative agreement point space for public use. vehicles due to a federal reg- Bridge is out of their juris- to transfer a fleet of buses to a But several sources claim ulation that prohibits the stor- diction since it belongs to lot in Queens and move transit the Department of Transporta- age of hazardous, flammable, the city — meaning the reg- where New York parents fi nd ulation does not apply. A Department of Trans- help, info and support. “This is our home and our portation spokesman said that rights are being acknowl- the agency has not granted LOFTS... edged,” Romano said. the MTA permission to store The case will go before a any materials at the site, but Continued from page 1 its kind — anywhere,” said city panel that rules on “Loft is discussing the location of SCAN empowers longtime inhabit- George Locker, a lawyer rep- Law,” which grants some rights transit vehicles with the tran- t Great Articles ants of industrial buildings resenting the artists. to longtime residents of build- sit authority. — and comes after a landlord The decision will allow ings zoned for manufacturing. Calls made to the Mayor’s HERE tried to evict 100 residents John Romano — a photogra- The board is better educated on Office were not returned, and t A Happening Calendar and small business owners in pher who has lived in the build- the particulars of the law than the MTA, for its part, says order to convert 269 Doug- ing for more than 15 years and most judges, giving guys like it’s ready to leave Greenpoint lass St. into a school. is its last remaining resident — Romano a leg up, tenant rights once it has a new place to Informative Directories “It’s the first decision of to stay, at least for now. activists say. park its vehicles. t “We stand ready to move out of 65 Commercial St. as soon as the city identifies an t Ticket Give-A-Ways: Each woman’s unique appropriate replacement site that is ready to be occupied,” Everyone’s a winner. accomplishments said MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan. will be highlighted in The setback in the long- Log-in, enter & fi nd out. awaited park plan infuriated a keepsake publication Councilman Steve Levin (D– Greenpoint), who blamed the on May 24, 2012. Bloomberg administration for the latest open space debacle since the city’s 2005 promise to build a series of parks in North Gala Reception Brooklyn in exchange for al- lowing high-rise development will feature and celebrate some of the along the waterfront. “Our neighborhood was borough’s outstanding women. promised a park at 65 Com- mercial St. and seven years later, this administration con- tinues to jerk us around,” said Levin. Thousands of units of hous- ing have sprouted along the Williamsburg waterfront over the past six years, but the bulk of the promised parkland — including much of the sprawl- Coney Island ing — has not materialized. ON*UNE s PM State Sen. Dan Squadron said the city should give the MTA a waiver to allow its 2012 Honorees: vehicles to park under the sGale Stevens Haynes sGeneva Farrow sMercedes Narcisse Williamsburg Bridge, letting the Commercial Street park sPat Singer sCecilia Clarke sDoris Palazzo move forward. sMatti Berkowitz sEileen O’Connor sIjana Nathaniel “I’ve long believed that bu- sSharon Myrie sSusan Doban sMary Sansone reaucratic hurdles and other challenges can be overcome sMarlene Hochman sCathie Gearity sIrina Yuryeva with sufficient creativity and sAida Leon sDoreen Garson sDr. Monica Sweeney commitment,” he said. “Where Yonnette Fleming Ellen Salpeter Christine M. Coley there’s a will, there’s a way.” s s s But activist Laura Hofmann sCatherine Hodes sSusan Pulaski said the stalled plan is an in- NYParenting Media/CNG sJosephine Sanfi lippo sSandra Chapman sult to the neighborhoods — and residents should consider For Information Call: Stephanie Stellaccio suing the city. “The city’s reneging of its [email protected] Offi ce: (718) 260-2575 [email protected] rezoning promises makes the mayor look like a royal jack- ass,” she said. “The commu- nity should be raising holy 718-260-4554 hell.” 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 11–17, 2012 May 11–17, 2012 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 13 14 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 11–17, 2012

Because of ticket quotas, police officers are being subjected to undue pressure to write summonses to as many motorists as possible. And for some reason, once the case gets to traffic court, they are being subjected to undue pressure to convict as many motorists as possible. In the first instance, the pressure comes in the form of lousy assignments, denial of transfer requests, unwanted transfers and other penalties. And in traffic court, where Internal Affairs supervisors are assigned for the sole purpose of punishing officers, the pressure comes from the risk of losing three vacation days — worth more than $900 — if the motorist is found not guilty. With all these pressures, the cop loses, the public loses and the traffic court justice system loses. The only winner may be the cityʼs treasury, which collects either from the cop or the motorist.

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