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Eat Your Green! It’S Not All White PS 307 Leader Fears Dumbo Residents Greenpoint Eateries Now Offering Avoiding Recently Rezoned School INSIDE: TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW BUYS MASSIVE LOT IN DUMBO, P.3 Yo u r World — Yo u r News BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2016 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/10 pages • Vol. 39, No. 52 • December 23–29, 2016, 2016 • FREE ROLL THIS JOINT City wants to green-light illicit bike path across Court St. MEAN Streets Brooklyn’s boulevard battle lines By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper Legalize it! The city will finally sanction a popular but illicit route for cyclists trying to get across Court Street from Amity to Dean streets under a proposed overhaul of the Cob- Transportation Department of ble Hill intersection, and easy rid- ers are stoked — they say they’ve trying to provide a safer way for been blowing that joint for years some of these people who making anyway, and it’s time The Man let that crossing.” them bring their habit out in the The signs are just one part of the open so they can do it safely. plan — agency officials also want “People are already doing it,” Photo by Caleb Caldwell to stick a two-block bike lane on said Cobble Hill bike activist Ba- The city will finally sanction a popular but illicit route (seen Amity Street from Henry to Court hij Chancey at a Community Board in diagram) for cyclists trying to get across Court Street streets to fill gaps in the pedaling- 6 meeting on Dec. 15, where De- from Amity to Dean streets. path network, and install another partment of Transportation big- crosswalk over Court Street, outside wigs unveiled the plan. “I don’t out getting on the wrong side of do something that is supposed to the Starbucks at Dean Street. think it will increase the number the Fuzz — although many rid- be against the law. The changes won’t bogart any of people doing it, I just think it ers do it anyhow. “You’re allowing cyclists to do vehicle lanes, though they could nix means the people who are doing Now officials want to okay the something that is technically ille- one parking space, the reps said. it will be safe.” underground movement, paint- gal and you can ticket a motorist Workers will just narrow the cur- Photo by Paul Martinka The two streets both abut Court ing markings across Court Street for it,” said Jerry Armer. rent one-way travel lane on Amity Street on opposite sides but are off- and installing signs that read “no A transportation honcho said Street a little and paint the cycling set by about 45 feet. Traffic on the left turn except bicycles” at Am- the department is making a rare lane markings next to it. Having a ball hairy thoroughfare is one-way and ity Street. exception for safety’s sake. The committee members de- Red Hook-bound, so travelers com- But one board member totally “It’s not something we like to do cided to hold off voting on the pro- Wonder twins Everett, right, and Lumi Komulainen-Chin, 3, teamed up to build a snow- ing to the end of Amity Street can’t harshed the bikers’ mellow, say- all of the time,” said Ted Wright, posal until they rap with more Cob- man in Prospect Park on Saturday, which, by the looks of its bottom half, was set to dwarf make a left-hand, Carroll Gardens- ing it was half-baked to encourage the department’s director of, err, ble Hill residents at next month’s the duo. The snowfall gave the borough its first taste of a white winter, but rain and bound turn over Dean Street with- more free-wheeling commuters to greenways. “What we’re doing is meeting. warming temperatures quickly melted the fun. USEFUL! Pols reject C’Gardens rezoning Developer slammed for refusing to include any below-market housing By Lauren Gill a heated exchange with the build- 2012 after buying the vacant land local community board told the “I think you should step back Brooklyn Paper er’s lawyer at a hearing a few days for $1.5 million. developer it would need to com- that comment — no one here is try- They’ve lost the plot! earlier, at one point threatening But a series of delays, includ- ply anyway if it wants their bless- ing to hold anyone up for money,” The Council’s land-use com- to walk out. ing Hurricane Sandy, pushed the ing — and the pol was outraged the councilman said. mittee shot down a developer’s “You’re taking away something lengthy rezoning process back and when the firm came before the Rothkrug took it back and the pitch to rezone an industrial Car- that’s useful to the public … and the city then introduced its manda- Council this week with no inten- hearing continued, but he main- roll Gardens lot for condos after the adding nothing that is useful to the tory inclusionary housing scheme , tion to do so, leading to the show- tained that it is “wrong” to de- builder refused to include any be- public,” said Lander at the zoning which requires builders to include down on Monday. mand Oestreicher include below- low-market-rate housing, rejecting subcommittee hearing last Mon- so-called affordable housing in The builder’s lawyer Adam market housing when there is no the plan unanimously last Wednes- day. “I don’t understand why we’d new properties of more than 12,500 Rothkrug accused the Council of legal obligation to do so, while the day and giving the firm a tongue- even consider supporting it.” square feet. saying, “Pay us this money and members explained that it is un- Photo by Caleb Caldwell lashing in the process. Oestreicher Properties first ap- Oestreicher insists it should you’ll get your rezoning” — and precedented for a developer in the Councilman Brad Lander saved this long-vacant industrial The proposal especially en- plied to erect a 10-unit complex be exempt because its proposal Lander then said he’d storm out DeBlasio era to seek a rezoning lot from rezoning, arguing the developer needs to offer raged Councilman Brad Lander on 14–18 Carroll St. between Co- squeaks in just below at 12,459 of the hearing if the legal eagle with no low-income housing. something to the community in return. (D–Carroll Gardens), who got into lumbia and Van Brunt streets in square feet, but Lander and the didn’t retract. See REZONING on page 8 Eat your green! It’s not all white PS 307 leader fears Dumbo residents Greenpoint eateries now offering avoiding recently rezoned school returnable takeout containers By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper By Lauren Gill So far, 14 people have joined, accord- White families living in Dumbo may Brooklyn Paper ing to the program’s organizers. be choosing to send their kindergartners Now this is clean eating! They acknowledge they’re asking to schools other than the mostly minority Two Greenpoint restaurants are now members to put in more leg work and PS 307 in Vinegar Hill despite a contro- offering reusable takeout containers — elbow grease than the average take-out versial rezoning that many heralded as and discounts for diners who use and customer, but believe the discount and a crucial step towards integration , and return them — as part of a new five- sense of satisfaction for helping save one school leader is questioning whether month experiment called Shareware that the earth will be enough incentive for the neighbors are avoiding the institu- they hope will prove to-go services can local do-gooders to get on board. tion because of its racial makeup. Photo by Jason Speakman be less trashy. “The people participating are com- “My fear is that despite the rezoning, Plans to integrate PS 307 in Vine- “The restaurant business is such a munity members who are passionate white parents aren’t going to come to gar Hill are yet to net any results. wasteful industry as it is,” said Todd about being part of reusable container this school because of its demograph- Andrews, the chef and general manager program so they’re probably eager and ics,” said Faraji Hannah-Jones, a former excited to return it,” said Allison Cur- bring white and black children together at Italian eatery Anella on Franklin and Parent-Teacher Association co-president in a city where many schools are heav- Green streets, which has been offering rier, the environmental and community whose daughter attends the school. ily segregated. Shareware since Dec. 8. “I think it’s an organizer for eco-activist group Neigh- The Department of Education dramat- But in its first year, the school’s ra- opportunity to show people it’s possi- bors Allied for Good Growth. ically expanded the area PS 307 serves ble to at least attempt to cut down on The group purchased 250 polypro- cial makeup has remained roughly the this school year — it was previously same, with fewer than 10 white kids restaurant waste.” pylene boxes with grant money from just zoned for some kids in the Farragut enrolling in kindergarten — the same Joining Anella in the planet-friendly the Greenpoint Community Environ- Houses, and now encompasses all of Photo by Stefano Giovannini figure as last fall, according to educa- program is comfort-food restaurant Jim- mental Fund — a state slush fund cre- Dumbo — in order to ease overcrowd- my’s on Calyer and Franklin streets. ated from money ExxonMobil had to Anella restaurant manager Lindsey Johnston shows off a Shareware ing at the mostly white PS 8 in Brook- tion department data, which does not To participate, eco-savvy eaters need cough up after spilling some 30 mil- reusable takeout container in action.
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