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Pacific Street will ing basketball arena . offer secondary access to Flat- The changes, already ratified bush Avenue, but trucks are not by the state and city, will take hold permitted to use it. on July 15. They include: The changes mean that Flat- • Conversion of Fourth Ave- bush Avenue–bound cars on Photo by Stefano Giovannini nue between Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue will either have Steve Buscemi led a rally to save Engine 220 in Park Slope, one of two on the day. Flatbush Avenue into a one-way to turn on Pacific Street, or take southbound street. Photo Callan by Tom Atlantic Avenue to Third Avenue: • Reversal of the direction of Bruce Ratner’s traffic consultant, Sam “Gridlock Sam” the Flatbush Two-Step is born. Pacific Street between Fourth Schwartz, poses at the problematic intersection of Flat- But it’s not all about cars, said and Flatbush avenues, chang- bush, Fourth and Atlantic avenues. See TRAFFIC on page 3 Buscemi’s ﬁ re Actor, Sloper & ex–smoke-eater rallies Bigot papers cars against Brooklyn’s ﬁ rehouse closures By Natalie O’Neill showed up at a morning rally at print and television reporters. and Kate Briquelet Engine 205 in Brooklyn Heights He also mingled with Council- White supremacist strikes in Greenpoint The Brooklyn Paper and then at an evening rally at man Steve Levin (D–Park Slope) You know him as Mr. Pink Park Slope’s Engine 220, both and Councilwoman Letitia James By J.J. Despain has Greenpoint residents fearful A neighbor removed the fli- — but in Brooklyn, Steve Bus- slated to be closed under Mayor (D–Fort Greene). of racists in their midst. ers soon after they showed up — and Aaron Short cemi is Mr. Fireman. Bloomberg’s budget. Just as he did earlier at En- The Brooklyn Paper “It’s scary to think they’re but not before a photo of one ap- The actor — famous for his “Firehouses are symbols of gine 205 on Middagh Street — White people — it’s time to here,” said Cynthia Ruiz. “That’s peared on the Greenpoint blog, role in the cult classic “Reser- safety in our neighborhoods,” where one first-grader read a let- “awake” and “save” your “great crazy and disgusting.” New York Shitty. voir Dogs” — spent most of last he said. “Closing them is no way ter declaring the mayor “made race!” The fliers’ message was aimed “I really would like to think Thursday in the far-different role to protect New York.” a big mistake!” — the “Board- That was the message of white at recruiting new members to the this type of crap isn’t going of community activist, urging the On 11th Street in Park Slope, walk Empire” star encouraged supremacist fliers that were plas- New York chapter of the Cre- on in Greenpoint,” said Miss city to drop its plan to close eight Buscemi donned a red fire de- hundreds of sign-waving pro- tered all over car windows on ativity Movement, whose slo- Heather, the blog’s anonymous Courtesy New York Shitty firehouses in Brooklyn. partment shirt, and posed for testers to call 311 to complain Greenpoint Avenue near Leon- gan calls for “the survival, ex- tipster. “But where there’s smoke, These fliers were slapped The indie flick king and Park photographs with fans and about the closures, which would ard Street last Wednesday — a pansion and advancement of the there’s fire.” on cars all along Green- Slope resident — who was a fire- shook hands with firefighters delay fire response times by 30 bit of free speech vandalism that white race!” See HATE on page 3 point Avenue. man himself in the early 1980s — while maneuvering a scrum of See FIRE on page 3 Is it open season on hipsters? “It’s more like a prefer- Dude, ‘hate crimes’ keep on mounting against plaid-wearers ence,” he said. “Some of my employees are band mem- By Adam Rosen window of Vinnie’s Pizzeria Red Cross intervention to as- bers.” for The Brooklyn Paper in Williamsburg, barring ap- sist the internally displaced A brief history of hipster oppression Robert Lanham, author It’s hard out there for a plications from people who artists, musicians, and fire SEE PAGE 10 of “The Hipster Handbook” hipster. need “weekends off because jugglers. and founder of the website, Casual slurs against you have a gallery opening.” As bad as it’s been, the FREEwilliamsburg, under- gimme-cap wearers have A month ago, CNN saw fit to real “J’accuse” came on May their own elected official not unimaginable that the au- stands the pizzeria’s frustra- long been a way of life in publicize an obscure poll of 11, when a Metro cover story even. Councilwoman Di- thorities begin asking, “Have tion. New York, but a series of re- Mac and PC users to insinu- suggested that activist veg- ana Reyna (D–Bushwick) you ever gushed over Charles “I think that’s one of cent events may have mar- ate that the former are “elit- ans and their ilk had bank- attributed the city’s census Bukowski?” to anyone with those things people are fed ginalized an entire class of ist and more pretentious” due rupted the city. undercount to — her word a 11206 ZIP code. up with — not living in the people who are just trying to to their preference for hum- “Hipsters to blame for — “hipster” apathy. Vinnie’s Pizzeria manager real world,” he said. crown the best album of the mus and red wine. And at billions of dollars in Cen- What’s going on here? Has Dan Clayton denied that his Lanham says he person- second-half of the third week the end of April , an artists’ sus losses?” the headline bigotry against the bearded hiring practices are discrim- ally does not condone dis- of the month in peace. collective living in a “trailer asked. become officially sanctioned inatory or that he hates hip- crimination against anyone, Last month, a “Help park” in Bushwick was force- In the article itself, hip- by the state? sters. Indeed, some of his best even hipsters, though he did

Illustration by Sylvan Migdal Wanted” ad was placed in the fully disbanded, requiring a sters got no comfort from Unlikely, perhaps, but it’s friends are hipsters! See HIP on page 10 Historic Monte’s ‘Junk ’ mail Now it is unclear if weird joins 21st century ‘porno-tweet’ is Weiner’s By Sarah Zorn “We wanted to keep the neighborhood By Gary Buiso and Weiner — whom we dubbed for The Brooklyn Paper feel of the old Monte’s, but make it a lot “the Midwood Mouth” last year more modern and fun,” said new co-owner, Kimberly Lightbody After unexpectedly closing down in The Brooklyn Paper after his latest explosion at his 2008, the century-old Monte’s on Car- Tina Castelvetre. Will the real weiner please Republican colleagues on the roll Street is finally set to reopen today, That means updated interiors that resist House floor — did not smile at kitsch with sage green and exposed brick stand up? in name — and signature ricotta cheese- Embattled Rep. Anthony the uncomfortable press gath- cake — only. walls — and the gigantic murals of Venice ering , refusing to answer basic have been replaced with vintage Brook- Weiner admitted on Wednes- And that’s the good news. day that the lewd photograph questions about the whole affair, lyn street maps, wrought iron sconces, The former speakeasy and Rat Pack dispatched via Twitter to a Se- including why he was even “fol- playground — which long claimed to be and the occasional pizza paddle. attle co-ed might be his lowing” a 21-year-old col- the oldest Italian restaurant in the bor- “We kept what we could, like the old own. lege student on Twitter ough — was beginning to lose luster as bar,” said Castelvetre. “We just gave it a Photo by Paul Martinka Weiner told in the first place. customers grew weary of its over-the-top new marble countertop. The tables got Dominick Castelverte has reopened Monte’s restaurant, believed to be MSNBC that he To understand décor and increasingly lackluster Italian- a new base. The red booths aren’t origi- the oldest Italian restaurant in the borough. The Carroll Gardens main- “could not say with this fast-break- American food. See MONTE’S on page 3 stay will specialize in wood-fired pizzas. certitude,” that the ing, Internet-speed groin-level picture news story, here’s was not a part of his our “Weinergate” tury — where prosecutors painted according to court transcripts of reed-thin frame — timeline: the nattily dressed, old-school po- the proceeding. while still insisting • The picture — litico as an unhinged do-gooder But Perfetto says a court of- that he never per- including what ap- HE’S GUILTY! who didn’t know when to stop sonally sent it, and peared to be an erec- ficer told him to sign the doc- helping people. that his computer was tion — was tweeted to ument, known as a “notice of the woman on Weiner’s ac- Inside the bizarre accusation, trial Perfetto, a boxer turned private appearance,” and answered ques- “hacked.” investigator, was arrested in 2010 “Someone commit- count at 11:30 pm on Friday, tions thrown at him — nothing May 27. But the tweet — and and conviction of Ralph Perfetto for signing a court document in- more. ted a prank on the Internet,” dicating that he was his cousin’s Weiner said, suggesting that the underwear — was visible to “I never pretended to be an at- By Thomas Tracy 75-year-old neighborhood pub- lawyer during a misdemeanor ar- “something was manipulated” all of the congressman’s nearly The Brooklyn Paper lic servant is facing a year in the raignment proceeding on Aug. 21, torney,” Perfetto said before the and that someone was having 50,000 followers.

Photo Callan by Tom It’s official: No good deed goes slammer. 2008. During his brief time in trial began. “This whole thing is a laugh at his expense. • One of those followers was THE ACCUSED: Former unpunished. The groundbreaking verdict front of Judge Evelyn LaPorte, he preposterous.” “The implication is I did the writer of a conservative blog, District Leader Ralph A jury convicted former Bay came after three painstaking days waived the reading of the charges Jurors weighing the evidence something wrong,” the law- Biggovernment.com, who man- Perfetto misrepresented Ridge District Leader Ralph Per- of deliberation in the week-long against his kin, submitted tes- in this zany “My Cousin Vinny” maker said. “I was a victim of aged to capture and repost the himself as a lawyer, pros- fetto of pretending to be a law- misdemeanor case — which many timony from two witnesses and spin-off ultimately agreed with a prank.” picture, airing the congress- ecutors said. yer last Thursday — and now the have labeled the trial of the cen- agreed on the next court date, See GUILTY on page 9 The latest revelation comes a man’s dirty laundry about one day after an ashen Weiner was hour later. uncharacteristically humble in • Someone in Weiner’s of- Metrotech, replacing a depart- discussing a report posted over fice, or the congressman himself, quickly deleted the orig- ing insurance company. It will the Memorial Day weekend that Weiner had sent a picture of his inal post — a move that gave NYU is up on Downtown also take over the ninth and 10th the growing scandal the name floors at 2 Metrotech. midsection in gray-underwear to 21-year-old Gennette Cordova “Weinergate,” as some called NYU-Poly already owns aca- the deletion a cover-up. School rents more space in Metrotech Center demic buildings at 6 Metrotech via his Twitter account. Within hours, the porno-Tweet became • The congressman said he By Kate Briquelet a sign that university is serious recently been going cheap. and 5 Metrotech, a residence hall known as “Weinergate,” a scan- took down the salacious post The Brooklyn Paper about Brooklyn. “The increased student pop- on Johnson Street, and admissions dal that could prick Weiner’s because his account had been NYU is expanding its existing NYU-Poly signed a 20-year ulation will be a boon for busi- offices on Bridge Street. mayoral dreams. “hacked,” though in the early Polytechnic Institute to include lease with Forest City Ratner for nesses and attract greater private “Expanding into buildings that “This is a distraction and hours of the scandal, he main- two more buildings in Metrotech space in Metrotech Center, a cam- investment to the area,” said Bor- Photo by Stefano Giovannini flank the commons allows NYU- I’m not going to let it distract tained his sense of humor. Center, a move that borough of- pus of 11 mixed-use buildings be- ough President Markowitz. NYU-Polytechnic will ex- Poly to own the square, and im- me,” the usually peacock-proud, “Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is ficials cheered as a magnet for tween Flatbush Avenue Extension The engineering school will pand into two more Metro- parts a more dynamic, vibrant six-term congressman told re- my blender going to attack me Downtown development — and and Jay Street, where space has move into the sixth floor at 15 tech Center buildings. See NYU on page 9 porters. See WEINER on page 10 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 June 3–9, 2011

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But Schwartz said the direction of Pacific Street was The Fourth-to-Flatbush reversed not for arena-goers Two Step TRAFFIC... but for block residents, mak- FREE Continued from page 1 The plan was first broached To ease car and pedes- ing it easier to get to their six years ago in the project’s trian traffic heading to the scheme’s creator. homes. Yes, there will un- environmental impact state- the 18,000-seat Barclays “This is a plan that can questionably be more cars HEALTH be implemented and it does ment, one that galled crit- Center, planners will make on game days, he conceded, STATE ST. a lot for what Brooklyn is ics who claimed the changes but the overall effect will be FLATBUSH AVE. major changes to the — a walking city,” said Sam splash lipstick on a pig — troublesome intersection beneficial, he promised. EXAM Schwartz, the consultant to namely, an 18,000-seat arena Moreover, he said, the pri- of Flatbush, Fourth and developer Forest City Ratner surrounded by low-rise resi- mary route will be Third Av- Atlantic avenues. who devised the plan. “This dential neighborhoods. for all Another route to enue — not Pacific Street, Flatbush Avenue makes it easier to walk across “They want to turn my which won’t get through traf- (trucks allowed) Atlantic, Flatbush and Fourth street into a viaduct,” said fic because the only way to new avenues.” Pacific Street resident Jim approach it will be by turn- THIRD AVE. Schwartz said he ap- Vogel, who said he expects ing. “Brooklynites who know patients! PACIFIC ST.* Elimination of Fourth proached the intersections mayhem on game nights — Avenue approach to the street system in the area Flatbush Avenue the same way the city tack- when 500-800 cars will tra- ATLANTIC AVE. will find that Pacific Street led traffic snarls at Her- verse Pacific Street between is not the desirable route,” PARK SLOPE ald Square in Manhattan Fourth and Flatbush avenues he said. — by removing one of the every hour, according to the But that’s leaving those VETERINARY CENTER DEAN ST. approaches, Broadway, on developer’s estimates. near Third Avenue none too which drivers are able to Other block residents were pleased. Dr. Yvonne Szacki access an epicenter of con- equally perturbed. “We are deeply concerned gestion. In Brooklyn’s case, “What mitigation?” won- about traffic back-ups on Dr. Beth Balsam that means that Fourth Av- dered Therese Urban. “You Third Avenue and the di- One route from enue will no longer have an mean the one that doesn’t mit- -EDICINEs3URGERY * Pacific Street betwen northbound Fourth BARCLAYS version to local streets,” said Fourth and Flatbush Avenue to north- BARCLAYS approach to Flatbush Avenue, igate traffic and only adds $ENTALs-ICROCHIP bound Flatbush CENTERCENTER Howard Kolins, president of avenues would be Avenue (no trucks) improving or complicating to it. This was objection- the Boerum Hill Association. /N 3ITE,ABs$IGITAL8 2AY reversed to a one-way things for drivers and pedes- able when it was first writ- “This is one more step in a eastbound street. New signal trians, depending on whom ten six years ago — and it FOURTH AVE. and crosswalk process that has little or no TH!VENUE you’re talking to. still is.” governance.” (at 19th Street) The Empire State De- velopment Corporation 718-369-PETS That diversity might be who identified himself as verbal violence.” will host a forum about the Mon to Fri - 9am to 7pm precisely what makes Green- “Brother Adams.” “We rec- Matthew Hale, who re- changes at Borough Hall Sat - 9am to 2pm HATE... point a target. The Creativ- ognize that the white race for vived the national movement (209 Joralemon St. between ity Movement, a neo-Nazi centuries has produced all in 1993 after its founder Continued from page 1 Court and Adams streets in thing.” movement based in Illinois, things beautiful and worth- overdosed on sleeping pills, Brooklyn Heights) on June PARKSLOPEVETERINARYCENTERCOM Police are investigating But longtime Leonard includes a commandment while in societies and civi- remains at a maximum se- 14 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. the propaganda, and the in- Street resident Elizabeth “to relentlessly expand the lizations when in contrast, curity facility after being cident has been referred to Tezeschi said it’s nothing white race and keep shrink- the black race has never pro- convicted of solicitation of its hate crimes unit — but new. ing our enemies,” according duced their own written lan- violence and obstruction of locals had already drawn the Tezeschi, who is white to its website. guage, never reinvented the justice. conclusion that a vile crime and was once married to a A representative of the wheel (they carry things on He’ll be released in had been committed. black man, has received un- movement’s New York chap- their heads) and they never 2037. “It disturbs me that peo- identified letters every few ter said his organization is domesticated an animal.” For now, residents said, ple are so open about their years since 1991 that insult an advocate for the white The Southern Poverty the best way to fight such hatred,” said block resi- her and her family. race to “control its own des- Law Center, which keeps fire is with ire. dent Neil Driscoll. “You “I don’t understand how tiny” — though the group track of hate groups, said “You can’t prevent peo- can get away with saying, people would write this, it’s is non-violent. on its website that the Cre- ple who express and give out ‘Let’s take back the neigh- mind-boggling,” Tezeschi “What is good for our ativity Movement has “a rep- f lyers,” said Corina Hernan- borhood’ and all that crap. said. “Especially where we people is the ultimate utation for … criminal vio- dez. “I just hope that nobody It’s a weird pride in the whole are, it’s so diverse.” good,” said the spokesman, lence [by] its members and takes them seriously.”

balls with ricotta, sherry Pretty fancy stuff for a res- the neigborhood anymore,” onions, cauliflower and ses- taurant that once drew visi- said Castelvetre. “Now we MONTE’S... ame cream, grilled octopus tors more for its exploits than have a place where you can with radicchio, chick peas, its food — if it drew visitors come with your family, or Continued from page 1 giano,” said new chef Chris- and green olives, homemade at all given its isolated lo- for a dinner date, or a few nal, but we kept the look the tian Sbordi, whose resume “trenette” pasta with wild cation next to the Gowanus late night drinks with friends. same. Everything else needed also includes stints at The boar ragu and parmagiano Canal. That’s what the area needs Rainbow Room/Cipriani’s K@D<KFIC The most striking aspect hattan. nata and saba, a syrup made ing scene. between Third Avenue of the renovation is an en- “There’s nothing wrong by reducing the first grape “We respect the history of and Nevins Street in Gow- with shrimp fra diavolo, but D`ccnfib:ljkfd:XYè\kip tirely open kitchen, where pressings for wine. Monte’s, but it wasn’t serving anus (718) 852-7800]. 8iZ_`k\ZkliXcNff[nfibè^ patrons can watch pizzaiolo I’m a three-star chef. I want to create three-star modern John Censullo shuttle thin 9l`ck@ej=lie`kli\I\gXìj# Italian food … that people rested for protesting an earlier crusted pies from a massive can still afford.” I\jkfiXk`fe#I\gXì wood-burning pizza oven. round of firehouse closings. The new menu includes a The arrest hasn’t changed his ?`jkfi`Z&G\i`f[I\gif[lZk`fej And while the 100-year- roster of carefully selected FIRE... Dfc[è^j#Nè[fnj#;ffij old recipe for Monte’s famous opinion about New York’s meats and cheeses ($9 each, Continued from page 1 Sen. Daniel Squadron (D– Bravest. ricotta cheesecake remains or $18 for five) and starters and 52 seconds in Park Slope Brooklyn Heights) and As- C`Z\ej\[@ejli\[&C@:('.+'*+ untouched, soggy platters of “Every time a firefighter :FEK8:KLJ=FIE

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By Dan MacLeod a work crew unearthed the you dig a little deeper, you’ll would use bones for med- thing like 10 years old, that’s and Gersh Kuntzman bones while making room always find something.” ical research and merely scary.” The Brooklyn Paper for a patio. The Kent Street house is, bury them. The NYPD said there Alas, poor Yorick — no “[Police] said it was a indeed, old — and its age may Other neighbors specu- was no sign of foul play at one knew him well, appar- woman’s skull. It’s strange, have something to do with lated that the remains were the scene, but detectives are ently. but it’s not the strangest the macabre discovery. from burials at the Church investigating it as a crime Neighbors and other thing in my life,” said Sean The house, which has of the Ascension, which is scene. A police spokes- gawkers had no explanation Green, the building’s owner. a plaque on it that says it next door to the three-story man referred questions to Photo by Stefano Giovannini on Monday for the mysteri- “It looks pretty old, it’s an- was built in 1856, was the house. the medical examiner, who Human remains were discovered behind a house on Kent Street in Green- ous skull, teeth and vertebrae cient. You know, this house home of Dr. Moses Seley In any event, few people could not be reached on point. Neighbor Miriam Wright wasn’t exactly surprised. that were discovered over the goes back to 1867. You never from 1905 until his death on the block seemed con- Monday. Memorial Day weekend in know when that skull was at age 89 in 1967, accord- cerned. This isn’t the first time a the backyard of a Green- buried back there.” ing to his obituary in The “Back 100 years ago, gruesome find was made in ting a rat trap underneath ton in the basement of 101 not appear to be haunted. New York Times. point home. By Sunday, it was the talk times were rougher,” said the area. In 1872, the son of an adjoining butcher shop at Java St. “There was never a bump It is widely believed that Ulona Inac, who works on a blacksmith came upon a 57 Greenpoint Ave., and in In case you were wonder- in the night or visits from any Police showed up at 119 of the neighborhood. doctors in an earlier age the block. “If it was some- headless skeleton while set- 1901, a maid found a skele- ing (we were) the house does ghosts,” said Vance. Kent Street between Frank- “Nothing surprises me lin Street and Manhattan Av- anymore,” said Miriam enue on Saturday at around Wright, who lives one block ichbach’s short, but spirited, noon, at least one day after away. “This place is so old. If career in civic life. Reichbach was a lifelong TREE OF HOPE Boerum Hill resident and ris- 1,000 POSTCARDS ing star in borough politics. Last year, she mounted an im- Pols and locals honor fallen Reichbach pressive campaign against a $ .00 By Kate Briquelet longtime incumbent in a race 185 The Brooklyn Paper for district leader. plus tax By Kate Briquelet Judges and city politicians weren’t the only mourners Full Color More than 200 people — at Friday’s ceremony. Chil- Full Bleed from Brooklyn’s best-known 16 pt. Cardstock dren from Boerum Hill’s bold-faced names to its less- Strong Place Day Care Cen- Enquire About 2 sided fortunate residents — planted All of Our Other ter showed up to honor Re- Great Printing Deals. UV or Matte a tree on Borough Hall plaza ichbach, who fought to save on Friday to honor late City the facility from budget cuts. Council staffer Hope Reich- The children from the center, bach, who died of a drug over- which will soon be named in dose last month at age 22 . Reichbach’s honor , sang, “I’ll 305 Atlantic Ave. (@ Smith St.) Open Monday-Saturday City leaders, family and Make the Difference.” 718.858.0313 [email protected] friends met at the north end Photo Callan by Tom “She is loved by every- of Columbus Park to memo- (Above) A panoply of political and community body and went out of her way rialize Reichbach, an aide to leaders planted a tree in honor of late City Council to help a lot of people,” said Councilman Steve Levin, staffer Hope Reichbach last Friday morning near Photo Callan by Tom Ladanza Worthy, a coordi- who praised his staffer’s the Supreme Court near Borough Hall. Reich- tree is a symbol, will be far- ichbach, were also on hand to nator at the Gowanus Senior work on saving senior and bach’s parents, Gus Reichbach and Ellen Meyers, reaching and enduring,” said plant the London Plane tree Center, which Reichbach also child care centers from bud- are in the center. (At right) Kids from Strong Place Levin. in front of the Adams Street helped save from closing. HEALTH, get cuts. Day Care Center, which will soon be renamed for Reichbach’s parents, Ellen courthouse and near Borough “I am happy to be here “Her legacy, of which this Reichbach, sang. Meyers and Judge Gus Re- Hall — a tribute to Hope Re- for her.”

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near Borough Hall — a tribute to Hope Reichbach’s short, but spirited, career in civic life. Reichbach was a lifelong TREE OF HOPE Boerum Hill resident and ris- ing star in borough politics. Last year, she mounted an im- Pols and locals honor fallen Reichbach pressive campaign against a longtime incumbent in a race for dis- By Kate Briquelet trict leader. The Brooklyn Paper Judges and city politicians By Kate Briquelet weren’t the only mourners at Fri- More than 200 people — from day’s ceremony. Children from Brooklyn’s best-known bold-faced Boerum Hill’s Strong Place Day names to its less-fortunate resi- Care Center showed up to honor dents — planted a tree on Borough Reichbach, who fought to save Hall plaza on Friday to honor late the facility from budget cuts. The City Council staffer Hope Reich- children from the center, which bach, who died of a drug over- will soon be named in Reichbach’s dose last month at age 22 . honor, sang, “I’ll Make the Dif- City leaders, family and friends ference.” met at the north end of Colum- “She is loved by everybody and bus Park to memorialize Reich- went out of her way to help a lot

Photo Callan by Tom bach, an aide to Councilman Steve of people,” said Ladanza Worthy, (Above) A panoply of political and community leaders planted a tree in honor of late City Levin, who praised his staffer’s a coordinator at the Gowanus Se- Council staffer Hope Reichbach last Friday morning near the Supreme Courthouse on work on saving senior and child nior Center, which Reichbach also Columbus Plaza near Borough Hall. Reichbach’s parents, Gus Reichbach and Ellen Mey- care centers from budget cuts. and enduring,” said Levin. bach, were also on hand to plant helped save from closing. ers, are in the center. (At right) Kids from Strong Place Day Care Center, which will soon “Her legacy, of which this tree Reichbach’s parents, Ellen the London Plane tree in front of “I am happy to be here for be renamed for Reichbach, sang. is a symbol, will be far-reaching Meyers and Judge Gus Reich- the Adams Street courthouse and her.”

to invite people to shop, dine “The proposal has the po- Bay Ridge will join a number Avenue business owners were and visit,” said John Quagli- tential to bring money and of neighborhoods through- so put off by “Williamsburg one, a spokesman for Sena- attention to our local econ- out Brooklyn that have such Walks” that its original six Sat- tor Golden. omy, which would be a great “summer street” pedestrian urday closures were cut to just Third gives the bird one weekend last summer. Golden has the support of thing for Bay Ridge,” Gen- plazas, including Fort Greene Councilman Vince Gentile tile said. and Brooklyn Heights. But Community Board 10 (D–Bay Ridge), who agrees The “community” will get it’s not the first time that Traffic and Transportation Locals slam Golden’s plan for pedestrian mall Committee meeting at the pedestrian mall could at- its say on the idea at the Com- business owners have re- St. Anselm’s Church [365 By Michelle Manetti Friday from 6 to 11 pm dur- block all the traffic.” “Sen. Golden is hoping tract attention to the bustling munity Board 10 Traffic and volted against a streetscape 83rd Street between Third for The Brooklyn Paper ing July and August to cre- Colverg says he’s collected that such an event will cre- avenue. But Gentile said he Transportation Committee scheme supposedly designed and Fourth Avenues in Bay Locals are slamming a ate what he thinks would be 946 signatures from residents ate an atmosphere on Friday would defer to the “commu- hearing on June 8. with them in mind. Ridge, (718) 745-6827] on Bay Ridge pol’s plan to turn a more inviting atmosphere and shopowners who think nights during the summer so nity.” If the plan gets approved, In Williamsburg, Bedford June 8 at 7 pm. a 10-block stretch of Third for shoppers. that closing the avenue will But workers of Foodtown be bad for business. Avenue into a Manhattan- between 91st and 92nd Streets “I’m not only a business style pedestrian plaza nine have started a petition to stop owner, but a resident,” said times this summer — ban- Golden. Damien Christopher, the ning cars in favor of shop- “How are we supposed chef at Hom near 88th Street. Thief was in a real Crunch! pers and pedestrians. to make deliveries and “This plan will just cheapen State Sen. Marty Golden make money?” said John the neighborhood.” during the chase. Cops caught 8 pm on May 27. The thugs (R–Bay Ridge) wants to close Colverg, the manger of the A spokesman for Golden 78TH PRECINCT up with him later. had come from behind her the important artery between store. “We had to start a pe- said the plan will “invite peo- Park Slope POLICE BLOTTER • Two perps swiped a cell- and forced the phone from 82nd and 92nd Streets every tition because this idea will ple to shop, dine and visit.” There were at least three phone from a woman as she her hands. thefts — two on the same Find more online every Wednesday at walked through the park at — Dan MacLeod day! — at the Crunch Gym BrooklynPaper.com/blotter on Flatbush Avenue between Park and Sterling places: The gym rat broke into Stoop id she left her home, which is his first locker on May 23 A thief made the easist near 89th Street, at 8:30 am HEALTH, at around 5:30 pm, stealing score of the week, taking and returned 11 hours later UNDUE FAVOR $160 in property and cash. a package — and the lap- to find her apartment ran- Just a half-hour later, the top inside it — that was left sacked. The thief made off MIND & BODY Contemporary same thief swiped $1,100 in on a Sixth Avenue stoop on with bracelets, earrings, wed- property from another man’s May 28. ding bands, an engagement Christian Gospel locker. The victim told cops that ring and a handbag. The thief took a three-day FedEx had left the computer Tool timer DENTISTS In concert: Friday, break from his heavy work- on his stoop, between Union A thief stole eight power June 10, 7:30 p.m. load, but returned on May 27 and Presidents streets, be- tools from an 88th Street to cut a woman’s lock and tween 1 and 5 pm. At some apartment overnight on Affordable Family Dentistry steal $150 in stuff at around point, the thief approached, May 25. in modern pleasant surroundings Free! 1 pm. took the box, and left. The victim told cops that (Donation is appreciated) Shady business — J.J. Despain the house, which is between State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) A thief tricked a man out Ridge Boulevard and Third Emergencies treated promptly of $500 in an iPhone scam 77TH PRECINCT Avenue, had been left un- Special care for children & anxious patients locked for a construction on May 26. Prospect Heights WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD The victim met the perp crew who was working in- • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) on 13th Street between Third Kicked kicks side. 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One pulled There were at least three and insurance plans accommodated out a black gun, then told the cell swipes in Fort Greene An intruder broke into an dupe to cough up his yellow Park last week: organic grocery store on Flat- chain necklace, a horse shoe • Cops arrested two teen bush Avenue on May 28, but ring, and even the Nike sneak- suspects after one of them Park Slope. did not take any property. ers on his feet. snatched a woman’s phone The manager returned to Cold-hearted while she walked through the the DNY Natural Land store park on May 24. 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CELEBRATE Bird sings! Forget the solstice — here, the summer officially starts when Celebrate Brooklyn does. And this year, the annual outdoor festival of music, film and dance kicks off on June 10 with a free performance by Andrew Bird. The Chicago-based songwriter will be tot- ing along his violin, guitar, glockenspiel and cheery whistling to play his visionary folk at the Prospect Park band shell. “We wanted to mix things up and try some- Photo by Cameron Wittig thing different,” said Jack Walsh, festival producer and the director of performing arts programs for BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, which runs Celebrate Brook- lyn. “He’s certainly that.” (718) 260-2500 June 3–9, 2011 True, the classically trained multi-instru- The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings mentalist is hardly the marquee name like past Celebrate Brooklyn openers, including former headliners Norah Jones and David Byrne, who broke record attendances for the long-running festival. Still, Bird’s a seasoned veteran of such mega-outdoor jams as Bonnaroo and Lollapa- looza, so he knows a thing or too about getting the crowd going. Andrew Bird at Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park band shell (enter park at Ninth Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope), June 10 at 8 pm. Free. For info, visit www.bri- Folkin’ good cartsmedia.org. — Meredith Deliso Brooklyn fest now a three-day, two-venue stand SHOPPING By Meredith Deliso and they’re looking for something that The Brooklyn Paper they can identify with.” The 30-plus acts include Pat Conte he one thing the owners of Ja- of The Canebrake Rattlers and Peter All’s fair lopy can’t stand is turning people Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders; T away. So when they were plan- traditional banjo music from North Car- McCarren Park’s DIY spectacular — the Ren- ning this year’s Brooklyn Folk Festi- olina’s Clifton Hicks; country crooner egade Craft Fair — sets up on June 11 and 12 val, they knew that the popular event Alex Battles; blues musician Blind with more than 300 indie craft vendors. There’ll needed to go big — or make people Boy Paxton; and Smith’s own folk be items to buy, with handmade goods in the go home. band, the Dust Busters. genres of jewelry, clothing, ceramics and sta- So this year’s festival will not only “The most well-known forms tionery, bath products, be in two venues — the Columbia of American music will be well rep- posters, housewares, Street theater, plus the significantly resented, but we’re also going to have comics, and plush ob- larger Brooklyn Waterfront Artists music from the Balkans, the Caribbean jects. Coalition pier — but also span three and North Indian classical music for the Taliah Lempert will days, June 10-12. first time this year,” said Smith. be there with her bicy- “I hate turning people away, and The weekend will also feature cle artwork, as well as last year we did that regularly,” said workshops, films, a square dance, T-shirts, cards and cy- Jalopy co-owner Lynette Wiley. “This and, in another first, a banjo toss, cling caps featuring her is a good solution. a contest Smith thought up late one images. The festival is essentially one long night wherein whoever throws the in- “I love that vendors weekend of the Red Hook venue’s strument farthest into the bay wins a come from all over the weekly Roots and Ruckus night — a brand new banjo. country to show their celebration of traditional roots, blues, “That’s going to be a hoot,” said stuff,” said the New York-based artist. “The cre- and folk music. Wiley. “It’s crazy.” ative energy is inspiring and there’s cool stuff “A think a lot of people are hun- The Brooklyn Folk Festival at Ja- there that you won¹t see anywhere else.” gry for this, they’re looking for some- lopy [315 Columbia St. between Ham- Shoppers can get crafty themselves thanks to thing they perceive as real,” said fes- ilton Avenue and Woodhull Street in workshops, including sewing tips from Burda- tival founder Eli Smith. “People hear Photo by Stefano Giovannini Red Hook, (718) 395-3214], and the Style, an accessories table manned by Brook- a lot of music on the radio that’s not Finger pickin’ good: Eli Smith (far left) brings a folk festival to Red Hook’s Jalopy, from Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition lyn Charm, and prints from Freshly Drawn. human, thanks to synthesizers and June 10 to 12. Natually, he’ll play with his folk outfit, the Dust Busters, Craig Judelman [499 Van Brunt St., near Reed Street When not shopping, munch on goodies from people singing through computers, (center) and Walker Shepard. in Red Hook, (917) 655-2980]. Hecho en Casa and Urban Rustic, or get your photo taken at the Magnolia Photo Booth and make it a fair to remember. Renegade Craft Fair at McCarren Park (between Bedford and Bayard avenues from The full Brooklyn Folk Festival schedule N. 12th to Lorimer streets in Greenpoint, no Here’s the full finger-pickin’ brake Rattlers 3:15 pm: Larry Hanks and Deb- phone), June 11 and 12, 11 am-7 pm. For info, good schedule for the Brooklyn 8:45 pm: Uncle Monk orah Robbins visit renegadecraft.com/brooklyn. Folk Festival: 9:30 pm: Peter Stampfel and 4:15 pm: The Americans — Meredith Deliso the Ether Frolic Mob 5 pm: Hubby Jenkins June 10 10:15 pm: Feral Foster 5:45 pm: Lankandia Cissoko Jalopy Theatre 11 pm: Jake Sanders Sextet 6:30 pm: Walker, Jay and Steve 6 pm: Winston Fleary and the from Baltimore TOURS Big Drum Nation Dance Com- June 11 7:15 pm: Black Sea Hotel pany Brooklyn Waterfront Artist 8 pm: Roulette Sisters 7 pm: Jay Gandhi Coalition 9 pm: Jerron “Blind Boy” Pax- 8 pm: Major Contay & The Cane- 2:30 pm: Jake Sanders ton Home made 9:45 pm: The Dust Busters 10:30 pm: Radio Jarocho Prospect Lefferts Gardens gets its turn at 11:15 pm: Clifton Hicks apartment envy. Midnight: Whiskey Spitters On June 5, the neighborhood will host its house tours, granting you entry into century- June 12 Photo of Clifton Hicks old brick homes and private gardens. Brooklyn Waterfront Artist 8 pm: Little Brothers 4 pm: Square Dance Now in its 41st year, the Prospect Lefferts Coalition 8:45 pm: The Tillers 5 pm: Veveritse Gardens House and Garden Tour features eight 2 pm: Tamevale Kapelye (The 9:30 pm: The Whistling turn-of-the-century Foolish Band) Wolves Jalopy Theater [315 Columbia residences, includ- 2:45 pm: Alan Friend 10:15 pm: The Newton Gang St. between Hamilton Avenue ing a 1910 neo-Re- 3:30 pm: Willy Gantrim 11 pm: Kerri Lowe and Woodhull Street in Red Hook, naissance limestone 4:15 pm: Jackson Lynch (718) 395-3214]; Brooklyn Wa- stocked with contem- 5 pm: Elizabeth Butters June 12 terfront Artist Coalition [499 Van porary art; a 1909 5:45 pm: The Pearly Snaps Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Brunt St. near Reed Street in Red free-standing Co- 6:30 pm: Boom Chick Coalition downstairs stage Hook, (718) 596 2507]. Tickets lonial Revival with 7:15 pm: Brotherhood of the 3 pm: Banjo Toss and Banjo- $20 day of, $55 for the weekend. a charming wrap- Jugband Blues rama Workshops $10. around porch; and a late Romanesque Revival four-story 4 pm: Beginning Jam Workshop (not con- townhouse that re- Workshops & films firmed) tains much of its original woodwork, 113 years 5 pm: Fiddle: Tunings and Styles in Old Time Mu- later. And there’s complimentary wine. June 11 sic, taught by Craig Judelman Prospect Lefferts Gardens House and Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition Garden Tour, tickets available at K-Dog & screening room June 12 Dunebuggy Café [43 Lincoln Rd. between Photo of Radio Jarocho by Sergio R. Reyes 1 pm: Hazel Dickens Singing Workshop Screening Room, BWAC Flatbush and Ocean avenues in Prospect Lef- Folking on: Catch Radio Jarocho (bottom left) and the banjo- 2 pm: The films of John Cohen 1 pm: Intermediate Jamming Workshop ferts Gardens, (718) 284-6210 or (718) 462- playing Clifton Hicks (right) both playing at the Brooklyn Folk 3 pm: The films of Alan Lomax 2 pm: Banjo: Tunings and Styles in Old Time Mu- 0024], June 5 from noon to 5 pm. Tickets $25, Festival on June 11. $20 in advance. For info, visit www.lefferts- manor.org. — Meredith Deliso

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We erything I could volved at PS 29 as unthink- discover a renewable and them from screwing it up now, that charade.” can all agree that what they Dad ing, misguided, idiotic, self- clean source of energy, be- before it’s really begun. That’s to prevent it. Defense attorney Andrew Rendeiro, who didn’t call did, from forming the idea In fact, I can’t involved, stupid teenagers. come a great artist, a chef or all these other parents are try- By Scott Sager any witnesses during the trial, painted a different pic- to make a “Jackass”-like think of a parent But their parents, I suspect, just a decent human being. ing to do, and it makes them ture in his summation: Perfetto just followed a court video, to pouring the alco- of teenagers, who have dreams for their chil- I can’t blame those parents real, honest parents who are dren, that they will grow for believing in their chil- taking on the struggle. Good officer’s instructions. hol on the slide, to running were not already felons-in- might enhance the student’s “Someone in the courtroom saw a 70-year-old man away as the flames shot up training, who would throw test performance? up, have jobs, and families dren and their futures. luck to them. in a suit come in and asked him to fill out [the notice into the sky, were a series their hands up and say, “You And we spend money on of appearance],” Rendeiro explained. “It was a simple of stupid choices, one worse deserve whatever you get. I’ll our progeny to give them a mistake in a courtroom where more than 100 cases were than the other, leading them try and visit you in prison, but leg up on the competition. It going on. We will never know who spoke to Ralph, but to hope that the whole mess don’t hold your breath.” doesn’t matter if Music To- SUMMER AT the government shouldn’t have arrested a citizen be- would just go away and they Don’t get me wrong, if this gether made my daughters cause it made a mistake.” wouldn’t get caught. It didn’t had been my girls, they might smarter, or that I enjoyed It was clear that the jury wrestled with trial Judge and they did. be grounded for the rest of meeting other parents, if Alexander Jeong’s instructions that Perfetto must be This is where their par- their lives, have babysitting all the other kids are doing found guilty if the prosecution proved beyond a rea- ents come into the picture, wages garnered to repay all it, I’ll find the money so my sonable doubt that he “practiced or appeared as an at- hiring a lawyer and cough- that money, fed very thin soup kids can do that, too. torney at law.” Perfetto’s fate-holders took nothing for ing up $50,000 to replace the for dinner every night. 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They’ve got to was “someone who practices as an attorney at law” — point of view, these parents No question in my mind, I’d be responsible for their ac- s7ATER0LAY s-USIC-OVEMENT not that helpful). have joined with their off- be doing everything I could tions, sure, but I’m going to s3PRINKLERS s'YM&ACILITIES Perfetto stood stone faced as the guilty verdict was spring to stand up and take to help them avoid those con- try and control the fallout in s,ARGE/UTDOOR9ARD s!RT0ROJECTS read, then — ever the class act — raised his hand and responsibility for the dam- sequences. a thoughtful, meaningful way s3PACIOUS#LASSROOMS asked Judge Jeong for the opportunity to thank the jury age that was done. Parents try to control the instead of letting them face for its time and attention. But I’ve heard and read impact of life on their chil- the arbitrary punishment of A professional staff provides a warm stimulating But Jeong wouldn’t allow it, reminding Perfetto that a lot of negative comments, dren all the time. Usually the blogosphere, newspapers environment for your child 2.3 – 5 years old anything he says should be filtered through his defense saying these parents are try- these actions seem morally and an overburdened justice 2, 3, 4, or 5 mornings, afternoons or full days. attorney — even words of appreciation. ing to buy their kids out of neutral, like hiring a tutor so system. 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I believe I’m innocent, but this taught me a valuable wouldn’t do the same thing from some Board of Ed em- points on my license. I know get a Free Kid Combo, Pizza, Pasta or Mac & Cheese lesson: no matter how noble one’s intentions may be, if he or she had the cash and ployee. What about parents one or two people who cheat After 5:30p, Applies to Deliveries! you have to very careful not to cross the line.” connections to do it? I cer- who convince doctors to put on their tax forms or pay cash Perfetto will be sentenced on July 18. tainly couldn’t watch my their child on medication that to avoid sales tax. When was Come Together THE with Family & Friends Chris Havens. but it remains a possibility. of students to Downtown He said that NYU likely Aside from Polytechnic’s with open arms. NYU… took advantage of a “fantas- new digs, NYU has greater “We have a reservoir of tic deal” and that Metrotech Brooklyn plans. The univer- space that can accommodate Continued from page 1 ment by 40 percent, to 6,000 space is “going cheap.” sity’s 25-year citywide ex- those needs, so it’s fortunate SPOT feel to our campus,” said students, over the next four “The biggest hole in pansion plan calls for the for us,” said Mike Weiss, ex- NYU-Poly President Jerry years. 2 floors of Restaurant and Play Space Brooklyn is Metrotech — rental or construction of one ecutive director of Metro- 81 Atlantic Ave (@Hicks) 718-923-9710 Hultin. But the school’s growth there’s lots of space there for million square feet of class- tech BID. Mon-Wed 10am—6:30pm, Thurs-Sun 10am — 8:30pm The land grab is part is also a boon to the area’s lease,” Havens said. “It’s fi- room, residential and office Downtown has become Www.themoxiespot.com EVENING of Polytechnic’s 10-year, empty office space. nally starting to go now. Edu- space by 2031. college territory over the last $38-million expansion and The Metrotech complex cation is the future of Down- NYU spokesman John few years, with more than Beatles Rockband Family Disco Wii Night Fri Movie Night, renovation plan, now in its — built in the early 1990s town Brooklyn.” Beckman said that the uni- 57,000 students attending 1st Saturdays, 6p 2nd Sats, 6p 3rd Sats, 6p Sun Bingo Night! second year, to accommo- with hefty public subsidies Before choosing Metro- versity would likely expand classes — even more than date a projected rise in en- — has largely included finan- tech, NYU-Poly flirted with into Downtown mostly, with in Cambridge, Mass! 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Con Edison customers can receive a $30 reward by recycling their inequality old, energy-wasting “second” refrigerator, have it removed for free and save up to $100 a ix decades after the closing schools last year as year in energy costs. For Staten landmark Supreme well, and after we sued to SCourt ruling on edu- stop their closure in 2010, Island residents Philip and cational equality, Brown we worked with the DOE v. Board of Education, it is to come up with a plan to Colleen Esposito, the utility’s outrageous that thousands provide extra support to offer presented an ideal oppor- of New York City children these struggling schools. tunity to have their more than get a graphic lesson in in- But the DOE walked away equality every day when from every promise it made 20-year-old garage refrigerator they walk through the doors to these schools and never taken off their hands May 18. of their schools. provided any of the help These are students – from it said it would. Instead, The couple became keenly Harlem to Brooklyn, from it cynically declared the aware that the older unit, while the South Bronx to Man- schools were performing hattan’s East Village -- who poorly and moved to close originally thought useful for extra attend co-located schools in them again in 2011. cold storage for summer gather- buildings where a district It’s another lesson in in- school is housed alongside a equality. These are schools ings, was also consuming way too charter school. In too many By Michael Mulgrew with large numbers of high- much energy. Refrigerators as old cases, there are smart boards, President of the United Federation needs learners and some of freshly painted walls and of Teachers the most disadvantaged as the Esposito’s second refrigera- small class sizes in the char- students in our city. These tor can cost twice as much to run ter school while in the public students are as entitled school there are broken blackboards, crumbling to an education as any other students, yet the as newer, more efficient models. facilities and overcrowded classrooms. Separate DOE refuses to provide the resources and sup- “Old refrigerators account and unequal. port needed to teach them, and instead moves In some cases, charter students get dispropor- to close their schools and push them further to for nearly 20 percent of the tionate access to shared facilities like the cafete- the margins. energy used by the average New ria or the gym. In one case in Brooklyn, parents Universal public education is one of the foun- at PS 9 raised funds to have a library built and dations of a democratic society, an idea pioneered York household,” said Cristina To schedule a FREE week- then watched as the Department of Education by Americans in the last century and under at- Coltro, manager for residential day or Saturday pick-up or proposed co-locating a charter school in their tack now by “reformers” who think education building and giving the 160 charter students should be run as a competitive marketplace energy efficiency programs at inquire about eligibility, visit 6.75 hours in the library per week while the 550 rather than treated as a universal right. Con Edison. conEd.com/greenteam or call to 610 PS 9 students were to get 4.75 hours. That is why we, as educators, fight for educa- It is not the charter schools that are to blame tional equality — we fight for all of our students Con Edison residential electric Con Edison’s “Green Team” at for this injustice, but the DOE. It is the DOE and all of the children of our city. It is why we customers in one-to four- 1-800-430-9505. that comes up with co-location plans and it is are fighting for all children to have equal access the DOE that is responsible for making sure to school facilities and why we are fighting to family homes are eligible for Staten Island Borough President those plans are fair and in compliance with the stop the DOE from simply abandoning strug- the incentives. The company James Molinaro said, “I am pleased state’s charter law, which requires an “equitable gling schools and disadvantaged students. It is allocation” of shared facilities. It is the DOE that why we care not just about teacher layoffs that will remove regular-sized to join with Con Edison in urging is fostering inequality in our school system, di- would devastate education inside the classroom, second, or extra, refrigerators, Staten Islanders to save money by rectly harming children’s education. but also about child care cuts that would push That is why the UFT, the NAACP and others already struggling families into crisis; why we which are often kept in garages turning in their old appliances for sued the DOE to end the practice of co-locations think closing libraries is bad and giving another and basements, at no charge. more energy-efficient models. It’s that treat district school students as second-class tax break to the rich is unconscionable. It’s why citizens. 20,000 people turned out on May 12 to protest Refrigerators must be in just common sense in this day and Our lawsuit also seeks to stop the closing of the mayor’s budget and why we will continue to working condition in order to be age to cut household costs and sup- 22 schools because again, the issue at stake is do whatever it takes to pass a city budget that’s equality for our city’s most vulnerable students. fair to all of our students and the citizens of our picked up and recycled. port ‘green’ energy alternatives.” Fifteen of the 22 schools were on the list of city. 10 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 June 3–9, 2011 Greenpoint tenants upset over smelly chicken slaughterhouse By Aaron Short sionally,” said Greenpoint Avenue res- the factory would be gone soon. it’s in the wrong place.” The Brooklyn Paper ident Andrew Rodgers, who is mov- Rodgers and his neighbors have suf- The condo’s developer, Leonard Rut- Why did the luxury condo tenant ing out of his building, near Franklin fered from the smell and noise of fac- kowitz said New Lee’s owner John move across the road? Street, this month. tory workers, who unload metal crates Chen wrote to him about a plan he It’s not a stupid kids joke, but a oder- But the one-story factory, New Lee’s with tasty ducks, chickens, and turkeys hatched to move the factory to Johnson iferous situation on Greenpoint Avenue, Live Poultry Market, has been a work- into the factory at 5 am every day. Street — but Chen blamed city regu- where residents of a converted historic ing slaughterhouse since 1928. Now, he’s put a homemade sign ad- lations for delaying the move. building are moving out because they Rodgers is one of several tenants vertising a moving sale in his building’s “I have heard from more than one can’t stand the fowl smell and squawking who felt caged in living above the kill- storefront, which reads, “The chick- person that sales agents shilling this

Photo by Stefano Giovannini from a neighboring slaughterhouse. ing factory. He said his broker “glossed ens are driving me crazy!” property were telling clients the slaugh- Andrew Rogers is moving out of his Greenpoint Avenue apartment af- “It’s dirty, there’s always feathers over” the presence of the slaughter- “This is a beautiful neighborhood terhouse would be gone in six months,” ter discovering how smelly and loud the poultry slaughterhouse next flying around, and there’s a nasty house when he looked at the place a and there’s this blight on the street,” wrote the blog, New York Shitty. “Ob- door actually is. smelling liquid that leaks out occa- year ago and allegedly suggested that said Rodgers. “It’s not a good place, viously, this didn’t happen.”

a bona fide hipster hit. New York’s Hate Crimes Act of 2000 Additionally, diehipster.com’s Given this mounting climate provides protection against “crimes “beatings” are likely shielded by of hate, what’s a suspender-clad, motivated by invidious hatred toward no less a ’zine than the U.S. Consti- HIP… 14th-century Bulgarian lit major particular groups,” but it’s “really, tution. “The First Amendment pro- Continued from page 1 to do? really hard to prove” that someone vides a lot of protection for incendi- offer one universally accepted ex- According to Brooklyn Law has been discriminated against due to ary speech,” said Araiza. “There’d ception: “People who are into jam School professor Bill Araiza, local association with a particular “scene” have to be speech that counseled bands.” mustache enthusiasts have little legal (i.e. goths, Dave Matthews Band fans, imminent lawless action — not ab- Until recently, serious anti-hip- recourse against their persecutors. seersucker aficionados). stract or implied.” sterism was mostly confined to the Urban Outfitters bookshelf, where titles such as “Look at that F—ing Hipster” found a welcome home. As of late, however, the malice seems to Hipster-bating — nothing new be growing ever more mainstream Hipster-baiting may seem nental Army put in stocks for ar- a Pabst Blue Ribbon can as bait — — and virulent. Not only are coun- to be at a fever pitch, it’s ac- riving to war 30 minutes late. are spotted across North Brook- cilmembers denouncing their own tually been around forever. In- Nov. 2, 2002: Last non-pejo- lyn and the East Village. constituents, diehipster.com, the deed, once man could speak, rative use of term “hipster.” April 13: Unicycle activist and web’s foremost epicenter of flan- man could criticize — all the March, 2011: The Bushwick Brooklyn juggler Kyle Petersen, nel-based animus, openly fantasizes more so if wolf sweaters were Trailer Park, a group of 20 artists who is suing the city of New York about “hipster beatings.” involved. Below, crucial mo- living in modified trailers in an for ticketing him on his unicycle, Community Newspaper Group / Kimberly Lightbody “Today, I heard a salamander- ments in hipster history: empty parking lot, is disbanded; is dubbed “The Enemy Within” Glenn Astrada offers his reaction to seeing what many believe is Rep. An- physiqued [sic], rooftop farming, 1700 BC: Calling Abraham the artists regroup inside a nearby by Stephen Colbert. thony Weiner’s underwear–clad erection. MacBook D.J./fusion chef gasp- “derivative,” Hammurabi authors warehouse, but they’re evicted a Mid-April: Vinnie’s Pizzeria ing for air,” one poster wrote. “So own batch of stories month later and — under the aus- in Williamsburg posts a “Help character “letter” to Presi- I took my Timberland off his neck Plato taunted for ma- pices of the Red Cross — given Wanted” sign on its window, bar- dent Obama. and poured a Liquid Plumber latte 372 BC: joring in philosophy. temporary shelter at the Sunset ring applications from band mem- Weiner’s political allies down his throat. End of story.” Park Days Inn. WEINER… 33: A bearded philosopher bers, artists, and anyone who “just seem pornographic to me. came to his quick defense. The shadowy crusader behind the March 14: “Hipster traps” — Continued from page 1 “I don’t think there is the is killed near what is current wants to work a few weeks before Personal is personal.” site — who will say only that he’s “a animal trap replicas with Ameri- [going] off to Europe.” next?” he tweeted. remotest possibility that a guy guy born and raised in Brooklyn” day Jerusalem can Spirit cigarettes, neon Way- This week, in the heart of If most of the reactions April 19: The state Health De- were muted, it might be be- like Anthony Weiner would — is unrepentant. And, he’s hardly 1775: Drummer boy in Conti- farer sunglasses, a bike chain, and partment places kickball (as well Weiner’s district, the porno- do something as dumb as has an irrelevant crank, frequently re- Tweet incident barely got a cause so few of Weiner’s peo- as Wiff le Ball and Freeze Tag) on ple really know what Twitter been suggested,” said Coun- ceiving more than 50 comments a list of potentially hazardous ac- rise out of his constituents. cilman Lew Fidler (D–Mill on postings, the majority of them is, despite its ubiquity since tivities requiring further regula- “What’s the big deal? He’s Basin). “Why would Anthony like-minded in their elimination- launching in 2006. tion; after protests, the effort is a politician, but he’s still a ist rhetoric. The social networking Weiner send a graphic photo abandoned. man,” reasoned George Ske- “[Hipsterism] is a social dis- site started as a way for to a girl in Seattle that he’s April 22: CNN reports the vos inside the Mirage Diner never met?” ease,” he said. on Kings Highway, where friends to keep each other No latte poisonings were re- results of a poll conducted by abreast of each other’s com- Last year, Weiner mar- techie site, Hunch.com, on differ- Weiner often has breakfast. ported, but the Williamsburg- “Whether or not he did it, ings and goings, but of late, ried to Huma Abedin, an Bushwick borderland was the site ences between Mac and PC users, it has become the new soap- aide to Secretary of State claiming that Mac users “prefer he’s a man and he’s entitled of a several real-life “hipster rob- to do what he wants.” box, where public figures Hillary Clinton. As such, the beries” just a few weeks ago. Resi- designer or vintage duds, hum- and politicians can air their case is reminiscent of mar- mus, red wine, indie films, The Others said it’s best to dents of the McKibbin lofts, a well- judge a man by the content of views without being inter- ried Republican Rep. Chris New York Times and … San Pel- known stronghold of organic soy his character — and not by rupted by pesky reporters. Lee, the upstate lawmaker legrino Limonata.” supporters, were robbed at gun- the junk in his trunk. On May 11, for example, who quit last year after he Metro stokes the indig- point three times in four days. It May 11: “You should vote for peo- Newt Gingrich sidestepped sent a picture of his shirt- may have just been a crime of op- nation of its readers with the front ple based on what they do in the “lamestream media” by less torso. At the time, he portunity — The Brooklyn Paper Photo by Bess Adler page question: “Hipsters to blame the community and for so- announcing his presidential initially claimed his com- reported that “few residents are Raquel Mavecq is one of Bushwick’s ‘ trailer park’ residents for billions of dollars in Census ciety,” said Irina Grinberg campaign on Twitter. And puter was hacked. taking necessary [security] pre- who was evicted. losses?” — Adam Rosen of Sheepshead Bay. “It’s a Sarah Palin recently tweeted The truth was just the cautions” — or it may have been silly picture, but it doesn’t her 534,000 followers a 140- opposite. June 3–9, 2011 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 June 3–9, 2011

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