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I N S BROOKLYN’S ONLY COMPLETE U • Celebs support Cobble Hill W L O P Health Center N • Inside St. Ann’s ‘Dollhouse’ Nightlife Guide • Prospect Heights dining listings CHOOSE FROM 36 VENUES — MORE THAN 140 EVENTS! 2003 NATIONAL Brooklyn’s Weekly Newspaper AWARD WINNER Including The Downtown News, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications at 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 © Brooklyn Paper Publications • 14 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol. 26, No. 48 BWN • December 1, 2003 • FREE Judge rules for TROLLEY WAR Gardens shelter Rose House for battered women set to open By Kristen Hinman court established that they applauded the ruling. for The Brooklyn Papers have no legal grounds to be In a joint statement, the two harassing us in this way,” said legislators said: “We are A Brooklyn judge this Kyung Yoon, the organiza- pleased to see the court act week refused to bar a shelter tion’s chairwoman. “We’re with prudence and restraint in for battered Asian women hopeful that we can show the addressing this legal chal- and children from setting up community that there is no ba- lenge. If the proposed facility shop in a Carroll Gardens sis for all the fear-mongering.” is legal, and believing that the brownstone. legitimate concerns of the In an emergency hearing in Yoon said the installation of Kings County Supreme Court staff and settling of families neighborhood will be ad- downtown, Judge Lawrence would be gradually “phased in.” dressed, we continue to hope Knipel swiftly dismissed a re- City Councilman Bill De- and urge that community resi- quest by 14 Carroll Gardens Blasio and Assemblywoman dents treat the families and residents for an order barring Joan Millman, whose districts staff of the residence as they the New York Asian Women’s include the planned shelter, See SHELTER on page 6 Center (NYAWC) from hous- ing up to 20 clients in the brownstone. The NYAWC did not need to call any witnesses in its de- fense before Knipel ruled in the organization’s favor Nov. McMonty St 19, saying that because the building was not yet occupied, the court could not determine McDonald’s-owned burrito whether its use violated zoning regulations. shop to open in Heights Knipel said the court should have been the last resort for By Deborah Kolben “It’s the perfect kind of lo- the plaintiffs, who, he said, The Brooklyn Papers cation,” said Chipotle spokes- must first take their complaint woman Katherine Newell Chipotle Mexican Grill, an that the shelter violates zoning Smith when asked about the upscale burrito restaurant regulations to the city Depart- company’s move into Brook- / Greg Mango / Greg chain owned by McDonald’s, ment of Buildings. If they dis- lyn Heights. “It’s a great will be opening its first agree with the Buildings De- neighborhood and a lot of peo- partment’s ruling they can Brooklyn eatery on Mon- ple are very food savvy.” appeal the decision before the tague Street this spring. city Board of Standards and The Denver-based compa- McDonald’s owns 90-per- Appeals, Knipel said. ny, which boasts a “cantina cent of the chain, part of the The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The ruling means NYAWC moderne” flair and prides itself fast-food giant’s ventures out- Trolley cars purchased by Bob Diamond sit dormant in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Diamond has shifted focus from Red Hook to Brooklyn Bridge Park. can begin operations at the fa- on using fresh ingredients and side of its core hamburger op- cility, tentatively called Rose drug-free meats, will be taking erations, which include Boston House, either in the closing over the former Municipal Market and Donatos Pizza. days of this month or in early Credit Union space at 185 But Chipotle, which has Who’ll put streetcars inside park? December as planned. Montague St., between Court earned kudos from food critics “We’re really happy that the and Clinton streets. See McMONTY on page 6 By Deborah Kolben money into the plans, came close to real- “Brooklyn City Streetcar is a sham The Brooklyn Papers izing his vision when his organization, consisting of stolen documents,” said the Brooklyn Historic Railway Associa- Diamond, who said he fired Melnick af- When the city put an end to the tion (BHRA), won city approval and ter catching him downloading docu- dream of a trolley linking Red Hook public funds to lay tracks connecting Red ments and printing files in the dead of to Downtown Brooklyn this year, no- Hook to Atlantic Avenue. night. body thought the borough would ever Ikea ready to hire Those plans fell through and Dia- “We’re the ones who came up with hear the clattering of trolleys again. mond is now trying to push for a trolley the idea way back when,” said Dia- Now news that the planners of Brook- around the planned Brooklyn Bridge mond. “Basically, anything they have lyn Bridge Park are considering a trolley Employment policy already in place Park that would also connect to Bor- was stolen off our computers.” that would take visitors around the ough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn. Diamond also accuses Melnick of By Deborah Kolben In letters sent to more than “Jobs are one of the things we planned waterfront development has not spreading a rumor that he was dead, only sparked interest, it has started a war. On the other side is Arthur Melnick, 1,000 residents, community really need so bad in Red plotting to steal his dozen trolleys stored The Brooklyn Papers The two combatants, who each have a former BHRA spokesman who had a groups, civic leaders and news Hook. Once upon a time we at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and being a Ikea may still be a year or / Greg Mango / Greg proposed plans for a trolley line that falling out with Diamond and left to outlets, Ikea announced its had nothing but employment would encircle the park and connect to form the Brooklyn City Streetcar Com- “corporate trader with some murky po- more away from winning “one-of-a-kind, Red Hook- and so many of the businesses surrounding neighborhoods, were briefly pany Inc., which has already submitted litical connections to the Brooklyn ‘ma- city approval to build a Red specific” policy for new hires, have moved out.” partners in the Red Hook trolley plan. a detailed, five-page proposal to the chine’” and to Assemblyman Clarence Hook store, but that hasn’t which focuses on neighbor- Ikea is proposing to build a On one side is Bob Diamond, a Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Norman Jr., who heads the Kings Coun- stopped the Swedish furni- hood residents. $70 million, 346,000-square- Brooklyn Heights resident and transit Corporation (BBPDC), the agency ty Democratic Committee. ture manufacturer from an- As part of that plan, Ikea has foot store on the 22-acre for- buff who has dreamed of bringing trol- formed to build the park. Melnick, a Midwood native who met nouncing its hiring policy to committed to only accept ap- mer New York Shipyard, be- The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn leys back to Brooklyn for the past 20 But according to Diamond, that pro- Diamond two years ago when he stum- fill the approximately 600 plications at the Red Hook site tween Dwight and Columbia Diamond stands in front of one of his years. Diamond, who says he has, over posal is based on information, maps and bled upon his Red Hook office while fol- jobs they expect the store to — at Columbia and Van Brunt streets along the Erie Basin. vehicles in Red Hook. the years, put nearly $300,000 of his own plans stolen off of his computers. See TROLLEY on page 6 create. streets — and to open up the The company would also build hiring process to residents 1,400 parking spaces and Ikea in the 11231 ZIP code two has proposed running ferry weeks before the general service to the store from public. The company has downtown Manhattan. also said it will host job The store would create 500 fairs to prepare Red Hook to 600 part- and full-time jobs residents to apply. that pay “competitive wages,” ‘Davis Post Office’ While Ikea supporters according to Ikea real estate touted the stated hiring manager Patrick Smith. policy this week, claiming “There are not a lot of qual- it would ensure much- ifications necessary. We don’t needed jobs for neighbor- necessarily look for retail ex- awaits Bush OK hood residents, opponents perience. We’re basically look- — most of who oppose ing for people who will show By Deborah Kolben said Geoffrey Davis, brother of establish a citywide James Davis the store based on project- up and have a good attitude,” Smith said. The Brooklyn Papers the former councilman, who earli- Progressive Democratic Club. ed traffic congestion — er this month lost a bid to replace In September, the Brooklyn accused Ikea of using the Employees working 20 or Legislation seeking to rename him in the council. Academy of Music dedicated a new policy to bolster support more hours a week are eligible a Crown Heights post office for Working Families Party candi- arts and cultural center at 80 Hanson and make the store’s open- for full medical and dental murdered City Councilman date Letitia James was elected to Place in honor of Davis. Callan / Tom ing appear imminent. coverage as well as education James Davis has passed both the seat, which includes portions Davis, 41, a former police officer John McGettrick, co- reimbursement for up to two houses of Congress and awaits of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, was finishing his first term repre- chair of the Red Hook courses per semester, he said.

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