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By Mike McLaughlin the idea, according to people who at- “David’s position has always been The Brooklyn Paper tended the meeting at Borough Hall. that we need a new middle school in the The city wants to open a new Yassky’s support for a jailhouse general Downtown area,” said Sam middle school — in jail. middle school follows his opposition Rockwell, Yassky’s spokesman, adding to a plan by DUMBO developer that the councilman would certainly Developers responded so weakly David Walentas to include a middle consider the school-in-a-jail concept. to a city invitation for ideas for retail school in his proposed Dock Street “It’s bizarre,” said one participant and residential use at the soon-to-reopen Brooklyn House of Detention apartment tower because part of that in the meeting. “Retailers don’t want that the city is now considering put- building might block some views of to be in the building, yet Yassky ting a middle school in the space. the Brooklyn Bridge. would put our kids there?” For months, the city has said it plans to reopen — and double the capacity of — the 11-story, 750-inmate Big House on Atlantic Avenue between Smith Street and Boerum Place. TALE OF THE TAPE But last year, when the city solicit- HOUSE OF DETENTION Institution SCHOOLHOUSE ed bids for ground-floor shops in the infamous holding pen, retailers Convicted criminals, Who’s Children, age 11–14,

showed only lukewarm interest. whether they like it or not. inside whether they like it or not Bachner / Jeff Besides the weak response from re- Taxpayer dollars Financing Taxpayer dollars

Mindy Huls tailers, only one developer submitted a bid to build a residential tower adja- While awaiting court dates Terms While awaiting high school Our intrepid — and award winning — edi- cent to the soon-to-reopen jail. Callan / Tom tor, Gersh Kuntzman, in Iowa last week. Warden, guy with shiv Who to watch for Principal, bullies

As a result, Corrections Commis- Paper The Brooklyn sioner Martin Horn told a group of Sloppy Joe Favorite lunch Sloppy Joe local pols and community activists at Coney beaut SNA tabs Gersh a Jan. 2 meeting that he is consider- Crime doesn’t pay, who your What you learn Reading, writing, how to pop ing housing a new middle school in friends are, and that you on the inside a pimple, and that your par- Miss Cyclone, Angie Pontani, was one of 200

the jail. Paper file The Brooklyn should never try to break out ents are right when they call people at a hearing about the city’s Coney Is- as leader of pack on a rainy day using a gun it “the awkward years.” Councilman David Yassky (D– The Brooklyn House of Detention made out of a bar of soap. land plan — where the main opponent, state The Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn Heights) strongly supported could house a public middle school. Sen. Carl Kruger, was shouted down. Page 6. Just a few months after The Brooklyn Pa- per was named “Newspaper of the Year,” Pa- per Editor Gersh Kuntzman was named “Edi- tor of the Year” by a national newspaper association on Thursday. The Suburban Newspapers of America, which represents nearly 2,400 daily and weekly newspapers in both urban and subur- Pols: Pull Ratner off the trough ban markets, cited Kuntzman as the country’s top weekly editor for providing the “most focused and sharply written coverage” and for property-tax abatement say it has of revenue from cable TV, luxury “good exploratory stories and graphics.” MSG subsidy is little cost the city just under $300 mil- MORE YARDS • Meet the Yards ombudsman boxes and higher ticket prices. On hearing the news, Kuntzman, 42, was lion since 1982. on page 14 • Atlantic Yards quiz show set Meanwhile, opponents have turn- atypically humble. But Yassky pointed out that the ed their attention to the Atlantic Yards arena, which, unlike the Mad- “An editor doesn’t win awards like this city has already allocated $205 mil- why Ratner still gets tax breaks tion passes. Any effort to trim or alone,” he told The Paper’s staff, which had compared to A’Yards lion to help build the proposed At- for his decades-old Metrotech eliminate subsidies to MSG or At- ison Square Garden renovation, gathered in the newsroom. “The only reason I lantic Yards basketball arena, plus complex and both his Atlantic Av- lantic Yards would require ap- will be built with public money. was even nominated is because of the amaz- agreed to tax breaks that will bring enue shopping malls. proval in Albany. The Independent Budget Office ing work everyone here is doing. Now, get By Gersh Kuntzman million-per-year property tax abate- the package to at least $500 million. “He may have needed those The MSG deal was created in said that when its bean counters back to work.” The Brooklyn Paper ment on Monday, Councilmembers “So this is a much worse deal subsidies in the past, but Brooklyn 1982, when the owners of the are- crunch the numbers, MSG’s tax It’s been a pretty good year for The Brook- Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) and A City Council effort to reign than MSG,” he said. “If we are is hot right now, so these subsidies na argued that if they didn’t get break is greater than the $140 mil- lyn Paper. In August, The Paper was named David Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights) in a tax break enjoyed by Madi- going to scrutinize MSG, we have are inappropriate,” she added. property tax relief, they would lion in subsidies that Atlantic “Newspaper of the Year” by the SNA. And a demanded that the city and state re- son Square Garden should bring a responsibility to do the same for Yassky and James have called take the Knicks and Rangers out Yards will receive over 40 years month later, the Independent Free Papers of visit its subsidies for Ratner’s $4- about a cutback of the massive Atlantic Yards.” on Speaker Christine Quinn, who of New York City. At the time, it — but that figure does not include America gave Kuntzman and Brooklyn Paper public subsidies lavished on At- billion mega-development. Both councilmembers said they the $305 million in direct city and Senior Editor Vince DiMiceli its top prize for is spearheading the attack on the seemed like a plausible threat. lantic Yards developer Bruce “If you think the MSG deal was would put forward a resolution MSG subsidy yet is also a strong But now, money is flowing into state infrastructure improvements, editorial writing. Ratner, two councilmembers de- crummy, the Atlantic Yards deal is within days that would “scrutinize a spokesman for the IBO said. The SNA award will be presented at the Atlantic Yards supporter, to bring Madison Square Garden, thanks to manded this week. far worse,” Yassky, an early Ratner the effectiveness all the these tax the resolution to a vote. a privately funded renovation of It also does not take into account group’s spring conference next month in Ponte supporter, told The Brooklyn Paper. that Ratner will not pay property tax Vedra Beach, Fla., which sounds like a really After the Council’s Finance breaks citywide,” James said. It is unclear what would hap- the “World’s Most-Famous Are- nice place to pick up an award. Committee discussed MSG’s $11- Critics of MSG’s 25-year-old She questioned, for example, pen even if a City Council resolu- na” in the 1990s and a huge influx See A’YARDS on page 14 PATRICK STEWART is Beam them to BAM, Scotty Trekkies are in heaven with ‘Picard’ as Macbeth By Dana Rubinstein fequencies when you see his perfectly “Stewart is more than a cult figure,” freelance cartoonist and Network mem- The Brooklyn Paper molded, ghostly white cranium. said Fidler, who has almost every “Star ber, is a bit more decisive. She’ll be For those unfamiliar with the pecu- Trek” episode on videotape or DVD, there. No question. Fans of “Star Trek” will boldly go liar allure of the gentleman often re- plus a small model Starship Enterprise, “I always loved the old ‘Star Trek’ se- where few have gone before — into ferred to as the Sexiest Bald Man Alive, and in his office, a poster called “Ten ries, and when Stewart started in ‘Star the Brooklyn Academy of Music, no here’s some background: Things I learned from Star Trek” (one Trek,’ it enhanced my Trekism,” said less — to see Captain Jean-Luc Pi- Between 1987 and 1994, Stewart lesson? “Beware of your enemies. Like Dairo, who first discovered Stewart card (sometimes known as Patrick starred as the strong yet sensitive Cap- Romulans, they often come cloaked”). when he did “Dune,” another sci-fi fan- Stewart) flex his sinewy theatrical tain Picard in “Star Trek: The Next “I consider myself a fan and not a fa- tasy, and “Lady Jane,” a historical drama. muscles in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Generation,” an incarnation of a sci-fi natic, but I’d love to meet Captain Pi- “He has the audience in the palm of The Patrick Stewart Network, the series that has inspired delirious devo- card,” said Fidler. his hand,” she added. actor’s officially sanctioned fan club, is tion amongst its fans — so delirious in Indeed, Fidler so badly wants to Indeed, Stewart may be a cult hero sending 70 of its 300 members to the fact, that some even get in character, meet Picard (er, Stewart) that he said he to Trekkies, but to the larger creative Feb. 22 performance of “that Scottish donning Vulcan ears and furry masks might even go so far as to attend the world, he is one of the great Shake- play” — about half of them theater before attending “conventions.” show at BAM. spearian actors of our time. In addition, buffs who, thanks to Stewart’s role in Stewart later reprised the role in four “I’m a little bit more excited that his one-man staging of “The Christmas “Star Trek,” became Trekkies. films, the best of which was “Star Trek: he’s coming to Brooklyn than I am that Carol” in the late 1990s, in which he / Sam Ferri “He’s just got that rare talent that can First Contact.” they’re putting on ‘Macbeth,’” said Fi- gracefully moved through more than 30 captivate an audience,” gushed Kath- Councilman Lewis Fidler (D–Canar- dler. “Let me put it you this way. If different characters, remains legendary. leen Scranton, the Philadelphia-based sie) isn’t a member of the Network, but Patrick Stewart weren’t in it, I wouldn’t But Stewart’s popularity got a warp- vice president of the Network. hear him talk, and you sorta wonder remotely consider going.” speed boost after his star turn in “Trek,” And try not to open those hailing fr- why not. Janet Dairo, a Long Island-based See PICARD on page 14 The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Supermarket could come to ‘park’ Where’s the Bill? Constituents wonder what High-end grocer is sought for Furman Street building DeBlasio’s doing … in Iowa By Mike McLaughlin Even supporters of the condo, mandate that the site’s mainte- Levine, a spokesman for the ers say, makes it all possible. The Brooklyn Paper commerical and open-space de- nance budget come from eco- building’s owner, Robert A. “Parks should not be self- By Mike McLaughlin said Eric McClure, a member of velopment consider a supermar- nomic activity on the site Levine. sustaining,” said Ken Baer, The Brooklyn Paper Park Slope Neighbors, echoing a Suddenly, there’s going to widespread sentiment. ket a bad idea. rather than from the state’s “Our initial push is for a chair of the Atlantic Chapter of You win some votes, you lose be a supermarket in Brooklyn “I don’t think it’s the most general treasury. high-end market with prepared the Sierra Club. “They are DeBlasio and several staffers Bridge Park. complimentary business for As a result, park planners food,” Levine said. Then, re- public amenities. All the land some votes. were in Clinton County, Iowa, The developer of One the park,” said Judy Stanton, added in condos into the park’s ferring to the park’s self-fi- within the park should be de- Constituents of Councilman from Dec. 27 until Jan. 3, to help Brooklyn Bridge Park, a 449- executive director of the footprint. Fees on residents of nancing mandate, he added, voted to recreational space.” Bill DeBlasio blasted the political get out the vote for New York’s unit residential building within Brooklyn Heights Association. those condominiums — and “Unfortunately, the park would- But they are fighting a los- animal for spending most of the junior senator (who did win the the 85-acre waterfront devel- Planners’ original dream of taxes collected at their super- n’t come to fruition without us.” ing battle, because the city and past two weeks campaigning for county, though she lost the state’s opment is negotiating to get a a waterfront park stretching market — are supposed to Still, the pronouncement state have signed off on the Sen. Hillary Clinton in Iowa and caucus to Illinois Sen. Barack grocery story in his building, 1.3 miles from the Manhattan cover the maintenance costs. reinvigorated the controversy plans, though a lawsuit is New Hampshire. Obama). After briefly returning to which is at the corner of Fur- Bridge to Atlantic Avenue has The Brooklyn Bridge Park around Brooklyn Bridge Park pending. Demoliton within the “I’d like to think that our coun- his Brooklyn district, DeBlasio man and Joralemon streets and morphed into a revenue-gener- supermarket won’t be just an- and renewed criticism of the footprint is set to begin as ear- cil members are spending their and his retinue hurried to Dover, an anchor of the park plan. ating enterprise under a state other bodega, promised Ian funding scheme that, support- See ‘PARK’ on page 14 Councilman Bill DeBlasio time trying to solve city issues,” See DEBLASIO on page 14 4 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 12, 2008

NEED CASH FAST??? Villains ring in ’08 with crime The Brooklyn Paper POLICE BLOTTER SATNICK'S 78th Precinct Standoff! Slope comes to halt New Year’s Eve is a popu- BUYS GOLD, DIAMONDS lar time for partiers to practice new year began. that his apartment had been their hedonistic art, but it also The 28-year-old told police used by teens “for parties over a AND WATCHES!!! proved to be a good time for that she was in the restaurant, a period of two days,” according as man with shotgun goes nuts criminals to get to work. popular place for Cajun pizza and to the police report. really good margaritas between Worse, the kids were bad They also told the two officers that there At least five crimes — in- By Gersh Kuntzman Seventh and Eighth avenues, at party guests, stealing $650, gift The Brooklyn Paper was a shotgun in the house. Hearing that, the “Highest Prices Paid” cluding an assault, two break- around 1 am when she went to cards, a Sony PlayStation game, cops got the family out of there and called for ins, a purse-snatching, and a car the bathroom. When she re- DVDs, a camcorder, a Nintendo Ninth Street was locked down late on Sunday, backup. theft — all occurred in Park turned, her handbag was missing system, 50 pills and “assorted Jan. 6 and early into the next morning after an Officers from the Emergency Services Unit JEWELS BY SATNICK Slope in the hours just before or — along with her credit cards, food, beer and wine from the emotionally disturbed — and possibly drugged took up a tactical position on Ninth Street, and just after the ball dropped in $200, a Blackberry, an asthma in- apartment, which is between out — man fired a shotgun inside his house. the suspect fired off two rounds from the shot- Times Square. Here’s a roundup: haler and a cellphone charger. Fifth and Sixth avenues. Cops eventually arrested the gunman and gun, though it is unclear if he was firing at the 187 State Street (718) 852-1421 • Two thugs used a possibly • A thief swiped a laptop The total value of the rude charged him with weapons possession, harass- officers. (between Court and Boerum) fictitious bump on the street as from an apartment on Berkeley haul was $1,850, cops said. ment, menacing and reckless endangerment — At that point, cops set up an inner and outer a pretext for beating up a man Place between Seventh and Mint condition but not until six hours after he started the perimeter and called in the hostage negotiation on Fifth Avenue hours after the Eighth avenues on Dec. 31 — standoff by terrorizing members of his family team. new year began. An 11th Street coin collector Store Hours: M-F 10 am to 6:30 pm, thanks to a front door that can had eight valuable silver dollars with a knife, police records show. After eight hours of negotiations, the suspect The 33-year-old beating vic- be opened with just a credit Police were called to the home, between Sev- finally surrendered and was taken to Kings tim told cops that he was walk- stolen from his basement on Saturday 11am to 5pm card, the victim told cops. Dec. 31, cops said. enth and Eighth avenues, at around 8:20 pm af- County Hospital for a psych evaluation, cops ing near the corner of 11th • A man who parked his Jeep ter getting a call about a man with a knife. said. Street at around 3:40 am on The 69-year-old victim told Wrangler on Sixth Avenue near police that eight Morgan silver Once at the apartment, the man’s mother, The arrested man was identified by police Jan. 1 when a 22-year-old man St. Johns Place at 8:15 am on father and sister, who also live in the building, and the District Attorney’s office as David came over and said, “Why’d dollars — a coin that was in reg- Brooklyn's Most Trusted Jeweler!!! Dec. 31 returned nine hours lat- ular circulation between 1878 told cops that the man was on drugs and “act- Shields, 30. The gun and the knife were recov- you bump me?” before punch- er to find that it had been stolen. ing erratically.” ered as evidence, cops said. ing him in the head with a for- and 1904 and has become popu- eign object. A second perp, also Bank bust lar with collectors — were taken 22, stood watch, cops said. A bandit who fled a Seventh from the basement of the build- Avenue bank on Dec. 31 with ing, which is between Eighth The injured man was taken cards, three wallets and a pock- 47-year-old woman, sending her cops that she was approaching to New York Methodist Hospi- close to $2,000 was caught two Avenue and Prospect Park West, days later, cops said. sometime between 8 am and 7 etbook, but no cash. falling to the ground and causing her apartment building, near tal on nearby Seventh Avenue. — Adam F. Hutton minor injuries before he stole her Police say the 45-year-old pm. — Gersh Kuntzman 84th Street at 2 am, when the • A Seventh Avenue resident purse at around 12:30 pm. thug followed her inside. got the fright of her life when man entered the Astoria Federal Savings branch at President 76th Precinct But moments later, the thug He threatened her with the she entered her living room and 84th Precinct was arrested when a plain- gun, grabbed her handbag and Harbor Motor Inn found herself face to face with a Street at around 2:15 pm and handed the teller a rude note. clothes officer caught him as he fled, cops said. would-be thief seconds after the Court slash All bark, no bite fled — still holding the lady’s new year started. The teller handed over $1,940. Missing gun But two days later, he was ar- A woman was slashed with a A gun-wielding robber left an pocketbook. The 54-year-old woman told razor after an argument at the eatery on Dwight Street, between The purse and all of its con- A 67-year-old man left his cops that she walked into the rested when he was at the Scher- handgun on a shelf at a Fort merhorn Street courthouse in criminal courthouse on Jay Wolcott and Dikeman streets, tents were recovered. living room at 12:01 am — Street on Jan. 3. empty-handed at 7 pm on Dec. — Mike McLaughlin Hamilton Parkway gun club on while Dick Clark was still say- Downtown Brooklyn on an un- Dec. 19 — and by the time he related criminal matter, cops said. Two women, both 27 years 19, despite his violently menacing “Happy New Year!” — and old, were arguing in a court- ing words to an employee. 68th Precinct remembered where he left it, it found the 5-foot-6, 180-pound House party room at around 10 am when the The would-be robber entered was gone! man standing there. A man who gave his keys to suspect reached out and cut the the restaurant and hollered, “Go Police are investigating the “I’m leaving, I’m leaving,” a friend so he could stay at his victim’s left arm, cops say. behind the counter and give me School bully club’s records, which list the the would-be thief said — and Sixth Street house ended up un- Police arrested the suspect at the money or I’ll shoot you!” A Fort Hamilton HS student names of everyone who enters ZFBSTJOCVTJOFTT "NQMFQBSLJOHPOQSFNJTFT then did just that, exiting the wittingly hosting a bunch of the courthouse and found a ra- Behind the counter went the who was asked to remove his the building, which is near 67th home, which is between Lincoln teenagers after the keys fell into cap indoors on Jan. 4 went Street. $POWFOJFOUMPDBUJPO IPVSTFDVSJUZ zor blade tucked in her waist- teenage worker, but instead of and Berkeley places, the way he the wrong hands, cops said. band. The woman was charged emptying the cash register, he berserk and assaulted a school Break it up! came in: through the window. The vacationer, 51, gave the security officer, police say. PGG&YJUPOUIF#FMU1LXZ &BTZ5BYJ$BC"DDFTT with felony assault. dialed 911, which caused the A 25-year-old man who tried • A Long Island woman ring- friend the keys on Dec. 28. But perp to flee. The incident began at 1 pm #CVTTUPQTJOGSPOU 'PPE%FMJWFSJFT ing in the new year at a Second shortly afterwards, someone Motor-psycho when the teen was told about the to break up a fight on Third Av- Street restaurant had her bag swiped the keys from the friend. Cops nabbed a would-be 3-buck stick-up headgear restrictions. In short or- enue ended up getting stabbed stolen when she used the bath- When the man came back from motorcycle thief red handed at A criminal robbed a man at der, he began yelling and scream- under his left armpit. room about an hour after the vacation on Jan. 2, he noticed the corner of State and Smith gunpoint on the corner of Van ing in the hallways, though he did Police say that the man inter- Harbor Motor Inn streets on Jan. 4. Brunt and Coffey streets in the not turn violent until a school vened in the 3 am fight, which The victim, who lives on wee hours of the morning on safety officer tried to escort him broke out between 88th and 89th 3HORE0ARKWAY Prospect Park West, called po- Dec. 29 for a grand total of $3. to the dean’s office. streets on New Year’s morning, BETWEEN"AY0ARKWAYTH!VENUE lice at around 9 pm when he The robber had a silver That’s when the teen tore off but was nicked by a knife. 0HONE saw the thief trying to hot-wire handgun and, at 1:40 am, told the officer’s shirt and punched He was rushed to Lutheran HEIST! $1M-worth Medical Center for treatment. &AX the chopper. the 54-year-old victim to “Give him in the face, screaming, “I’m Cops quickly showed up and me your money.” a boxer! You’re not a real cop!” Big burg arrested the 17-year-old. 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ment Corporation to respond to respond to Corporation ment peated questions about the bridge the about questions peated

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the proposed basketball arena. basketball proposed the

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ment” but rather supply manuals, directories and other materials materials other and directories manuals, supply rather but ment”

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and promptly squelched linger- squelched promptly and

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“I will not allow my community to be held hostage to these Bachner / Jeff individuals who don’t respect it,” said James. Suzanne DeBrango, a boardmember of the Society for Clin- ton Hill and the secretary of her block association, walks her dogs every morning between 7 and 8 am, and said that at that hour, patients are already lining up for methadone. And where The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Illegally parked “official” cars are the bane of Brooklyn, but nowhere is the problem worse than on Jay Street in Downtown. Even with a placard (below), cars are not supposed to park in bus stops and at hydrants — but many do it with impunity. The Mac Support Store 168 7th Street and 3rd Avenue Placard crackdown — can it work? Brooklyn, NY 11215 9–6 Weekdays By Adam F. Hutton standing by those tickets,” he said. “Now 718-312-8341 10–4 Saturday The Brooklyn Paper that they have word from One Police Plaza / Jeff Bachner / Jeff Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to crack that parking abuse shouldn’t be tolerated, www.macsupportstore.com down on government workers who abuse we should see a reduction in abuse.” their parking privileges will only succeed Downtown isn’t the only neighborhood in Downtown Brooklyn if the NYPD crying out for relief. Judy Stanton, executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Associa-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn makes good on its promise to ticket illegally parked permit-bearing cars, experts Bachner / Jeff tion, says parking permit abuse remains Neighbors are complaining about this methadone clinic rampant in her neighborhood. Baseball Cards say. at the corner of Fulton Street and Waverly Avenue. “Mayor Bloomberg and police officials The Bloomberg administration pledged are frequently quoted in the news as saying Comics · Toys last week to reduce the number of city-is- there are patients, she said, there are drug dealers. that they don’t tolerate parking placard sued placards by 20 percent, but that prom- Sports Cards “These drug dealers don’t even try to hide the fact that abuse, but that’s hot air,” Stanton said. ise could mean little in Downtown Brook- Paper The Brooklyn they’re selling drugs,” said DeBrango. “What I see is city cars with placards park- lyn, the epicenter of illegal placard parking Bought & Sold Police disagree that the drug-dealing situation is as bad as it may in the borough, because most cars parked in ing anywhere they please.” seem. “Sometimes people call in because they see three or four Others had permits marked “Federal Law “No Standing” zones typically have permits Stanton said that asking the NYPD to Pokemon people hanging out and automatically assume they’re dealing Enforcement.” One of the illegally parked The Baseball Card issued by state or federal agencies. ticket other cops is like having the fox OPEN Yu-Gi-Oh drugs,” Deputy Inspector Philip Sferrazza of the 88th Precinct, said cars had no permit, but a state Corrections 7 DAYS! “It’s not the number of city permits that guarding the chicken coop. DUGOUT in November. “Sometimes they’re just hanging out.” ID card on the dashboard. Another parking is the problem,” said Wiley Norvell, a “I think that enforcement should be given And Robert Sage, a spokesman for the agency that operates spokesmen for Transportation Alternatives. scofflaw presented a New York State Frater- back to the Department of Transportation,” 453 COURT ST. · (718) 624-2527 the clinic, said his patients are being scapegoated: “I’m not go- “The problem has always been [that] permit nal Order of Police membership card and a she said. “You can’t count on the police to WWW.JOEROCKSCARDS.COM ing to say there aren’t a small number of our patients involved in abuse has never been subject to police en- Suffolk County Patrolmen’s Benevolent As- ticket other police or judges or anyone else some of these issues, but we’re certainly not alone in this.” forcement.” sociation card — but no permit. in law enforcement.” The clinic has an eight-person security force stationed within the A Brooklyn Paper investigation revealed When Bloomberg made his announce- The city has issued at least 70,000 plac- building charged with making sure patients don’t loiter. Then again, the truth behind Norvell’s comment. On Fri- ment last week, Police Commissioner Ray ards to its employees, but acknowledges that when members of the security force have approached alleged deal- WINTER IS HERE day, a reporter went to Jay Street between Kelly promised that drivers who parked il- there are probably thousands more out there ers, they’ve been threatened, Sage said. Tillary and Willoughby streets and spotted a legally would be punished. because it has allowed each agency to issue STOCK UP ON WINTER GEAR For now, James has called for a cap on the number of patients. dozen cars, all displaying placards and all Norvell said such enforcement would be permits without keeping track. Bloomberg parked illegally. None of them got tickets. welcome. says that the power to issue permits will The majority of those vehicles had plac- “What this comes down to is police giv- now rest only with the NYPD and the De- COBBLE HILL ards issued by the New York State Courts. ing tickets and commanders at the precincts partment of Transportation. LICH docs: Set us free! PARK SLOPE By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper Cop: Muggers not singling out women AMERICAN Doctors at Long Island College Hospital said the facility is 10% OFF faltering because its parent company is reportedly siphoning By Dana Rubinstein Yes,” said Argenziano. “But of 17 her purse, and fleeing. Only The Blog Knows Brook- HOUSEWARES ALL STORE MERCHANDISE ® WITH THIS AD money to a Manhattan hospital also under its control. The Brooklyn Paper robberies, five victims were She lost her iPhone, iPod, lyn that she was mugged on This week, the doctors wrote to state Attorney General An- women and 10 were men. … So credit cards and $150. She was Sunday night at around 10:30. Park Slope’s top cop is dis- drew Cuomo to stop the bleeding, according to the New York women are not being targeted.” physically unharmed, but emo- The good news is that the perp 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn Daily News. missing rumors that muggers His statements contradict the tionally distraught. Her husband in that case was caught, Argen- In 1998, LICH became part of Continuum Health Partners, have been targeting women rumors of a crime spree fanned later told The Brooklyn Paper ziano said: “Honor among Ê"«iÊÇÊ >ÞÃÊÊ7iiÊUÊ ÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓ{Îän{{ which also owns Beth Israel Medical Center. Since then, doctors walking by themselves. by local bloggers and an e-mail that he sent the e-mail to alert thieves — he turned in his friend. claim that Continuum has been too secretive about the 150-year- Deputy Inspector John Ar- from Ashkan Sahihi, whose his neighbors to the danger. Now we’re doing line-ups.” old hospital’s finances and will not reveal how $83 million of a genziano, commanding officer wife was mugged on New “I decided, no way man, this For his part, Sahihi said he bequest destined to LICH’s coffers has been spent. They also say of the 78th Precinct, said there Year’s Day. is not happening here,” said was keeping a keen eye on his I’ll be your bridge from where you are hospital equipment needs to be replaced. were five more robberies in De- According to the police re- Sahihi on Wednesday. “This is a daughters: “We’re more careful. to where you want to be “There’s a feeling that our hospital, once regarded as the pre- cember compared to the year port, two men followed his wife community, and the response We have a 13-year-old and [the] miere facility in Brooklyn, has lost some of its luster,” Dr. Arnold before, but women were not as she was walking south on has been incredibly supportive.” gradual expansion of her free- Licht, president of LICH’s medical board, told the Daily News. disproportionately targeted. Eighth Avenue near Second Sahihi’s story was echoed by dom has stopped somewhat. It ELLEN The hospital declined to comment for this story. “Were there woman robbed? 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By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper Hear Amos Wengler’s song at The principal opponent of the VOX POP city’s plan to revitalize Coney Is- BrooklynPaper.com A parade of Brooklynites stepped up land was booed down at a public to the mic on Monday night to express meeting on Monday night, prompt- their support, however qualified, for the ing city officials to cut off the blus- back on track. pur, the Department of City Plan- city’s grand vision for Coney Island. tery politician mid-speech. “I’ve lived in the area for eight ning’s Brooklyn director. Here’s what a few of the more than 200 State Sen. Carl Kruger (D–Brigh- years, and I do want to see this go The centerpiece of the plan calls raucous attendees had to say: ton Beach) was the first in a parade of through,” said Noah Campbell. for turning the faded amusement Brooklynites to come to the mic at a “For my kids and their kids, to have district between West Eighth Street boisterous “public information ses- Bachner / Jeff something wonderful like this in the and Stillwell Avenue — most of sion” at Lincoln HS, but he was the community would be great.” which is owned by private develop- only one shouted down by the crowd. Amos Wengler, the unofficial er Joe Sitt — into a 15-acre public Kruger later told The Brooklyn poet laureate of Coney Island, used park, surrounded by hotels, retail Paper that his opposition to the plan his allotted three minutes to sing a and more amusements. was based upon its unfeasibility. Paper The Brooklyn song called, “Save Coney Island” The city would have to buy out “It’s like so many concepts that (see vox pop). / Jeff Bachner / Jeff Angie Pontani (aka Miss Cyclone) speaks at the Coney Island com- Sitt — who spent more than $100 the Bloomberg administration has munity meeting on Monday night. The two-and-a-half hour meeting million to acquire the land — in or- put forward,” said Kruger. “Why began with a more detailed explana- der to make that happen. are we going through all of these tion of the city’s vision, which was The plan also calls for rezoning gyrations of advancing a plan, get- The majority of the dozens of our community.” first unveiled to the Brooklyn Cham- “I said 20 years ago that there are the area bounded by West 20th three things Coney Island needs: jobs, ting people’s hopes and aspirations speakers did not share Kruger’s Rather, they expressed a tepid ber of Commerce in November. Street and Mermaid, Surf and Still- up, creating a firestorm of contro- Paper The Brooklyn contention that Mayor Bloomberg’s hope that the city’s plan represents “This is not your suburban Dis- jobs and jobs. We needed it 20 years well avenues to allow for 1,800 new ago, and we need it now.” versy, instead of just advancing a State Sen. Carl Kruger was booed plan for the People’s Playground the best chance for the long-suffer- ney park, and we want to keep it apartments and 100,000 square feet simpler solution?” away from the microphone represented “a crime committed on ing amusement area to finally get that way,” promised Purnima Ka- Lou Powsner, 84, of retail space. Coney Island resident A third area, bounded by the Boardwalk, West 19th and West 24th streets and Surf Avenue, much of which is currently mapped as parkland, would be de-mapped to stimulate the private construction of 2,700 apartments and 360,000 City rejects historic housing plan square feet of retail space. Kapur and Lynn Kelly, the presi- By Mike McLaughlin with their entrances on a private, gated lane. dent of the Coney Island Develop- Historically, a mews was a small side street ment Corporation, offered even The Brooklyn Paper more details of how the city’s plan The city Landmarks Preservation Com- for stables. Now it’s back to the drawing board for would move forward: “The city has the money to buy that mission shot down a controversial plan to • The city optimistically predict- Lucky Boy Development and Time Equities, land — why doesn’t the city have the build a row of new, gated-off townhouses in ed that the state environmental re- the developers of the project. money to fix the Boardwalk? There the Cobble Hill Historic District. view, the legislation required for the has to be something to address the Opponents, including the Cobble Hill As- demapping of some parkland and needs of the community.” The commission disapproved of almost all sociation and Community Board 6, were ec- elements of the plan that called for converting the creation of new parks, and the Brian Gottlieb, attorney static that the city snuffed the plans. the historic Lamm Institute at the corner of uniform land use review process “The project was an interesting idea, but it Amity and Henry streets into eight apartments would be completed by early 2009. and for the construction of six, single-family doesn’t fit with the neighborhood,” aid Mur- • The city also said a request for townhouses in a controversial “mews-style” ray Adams, president of the Cobble Hill Asso- proposals for an amusement opera- gated compound that would not only obstruct ciation. “They encroached much too much on tor to run the new amusement park neighbors’ views, but would also be inconsis- the backyards” of their would-be neighbors. would be issued by 2009. tent with existing architecture in the historic Like the rankled residents, the Landmarks • All work will be done by 2012. district. Preservation Commission also criticized the • The city estimates that the proj- “The gates were not a feature seen in the layout, because five of the townhouses would ect will create about 20,000 tempo- district or anywhere in the city of New York not directly face any public street. rary construction jobs, and more for that matter,” said Lisi De Bourbon, a The extent of the city’s criticism surprised than 3,000 permanent jobs.

Landmarks spokeswoman, and “the mews the developer. • The city claims the plan will Bachner / Jeff concept was out of context with the district.” “They certainly had more comment about draw, over the next 10 years, more “Save Coney Island/Save Coney Is- The developers designed their project as a the site plan than I was anticipating,” said than $2.5 billion in private invest- land/Save Coney Island/Don’t let modern mews — in this case, a private lane and Jonathan Wachetel, principal at Lucky Boy. ment, and will generate about $6.5 them take it away.” Amos Wengler, courtyard — accessible from Henry Street. Five Plans for the historic building at 110 Amity St. in Cobble Hill, which call for a mews- “I was expecting comments about the façade billion in tax revenue for the city poet laureate of Coney Island over 30 years.

of the townhouses would have formed a row type housing project, have been rejected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. details — that’s fair game.” Paper The Brooklyn

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The literati who will be mulling over the at- traction the borough holds for them include Paul Auster (“The Brooklyn Follies,” “The New York Trilogy”), Rick Moody (“Demon- ology,” “The Ice Storm”) (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings January 12, 2008 and Nicole Krauss (pictured), author of “The Histo- ry of Love.” “I’ll be asking them if there is something unique about Brooklyn that these writers are particularly inspired by — as a place that they live or as a place of the imagination,” Goldstein told GO Brooklyn. “How does it work for them? “When I’m in Brooklyn, and I’m there frequently to visit my mother, I’m struck time and time again by how beautiful and how filled with varieties of people Brooklyn is,” mused Goldstein. “I think it affects the literary imagination just as it affects filmmakers.” Cuckoo for cocoa Goldstein believes that Brooklyn has “an amazing bank of perspective” that isn’t prevalent on the other side of the East River. GO treks across the borough for the best mugs of hot chocolate “What’s exciting to me is that you have Paul Auster, who is adamantly situated himself in Brook- By Lucy Baker lyn,” said Goldstein. “He walks through Brooklyn for The Brooklyn Paper DINING streets to get to his office — at least he used to. You get a different feel of life in Brooklyn. ec. 21 marked the first offi- Brooklyn Bean & Tea Company (355 At- “So many people talk about Brooklyn as a place lantic Ave. at Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill) ac- cial day of winter, the season cepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa. attendant on Manhattan, like it’s a suburb of Man- Dof snowball fights, roaring The shop is open Monday through Friday, hattan. What I hope to do in the panel is to look at fires and wooly sweaters. Of from 7 am to 7 pm, and weekends, from 8 am Brooklyn as its own place, not a satellite.” to 7 pm. For information, call (718) 855-3580 course, it’s also time for runny or visit www.bklynbeantea.com. “Literary Brooklyn,” a panel discussion with noses, bone-rattling winds and Brooklyn Label (180 Franklin St. at Java authors Paul Auster, Nicole Krauss and Bill dusk right after lunch. Thankfully, Street in Greenpoint) accepts American Express, Moody, moderated by Bill Goldstein, will take there’s one beverage that both cel- MasterCard and Visa. The restaurant is open place on Jan. 12 at noon at The TimesCenter Monday through Friday, from 7 am to 11 pm, ebrates and soothes the feelings Saturdays, from 8 am to 11 pm, and Sundays, (The New York Times Building, 41st Street be- that this time of year provokes: hot from 8 am to 4 pm. For information, call (718) tween Seventh and Eighth avenues in Manhat- chocolate. 389-2806 or visit www.brooklynlabel.com. tan). Tickets are $25. For more information, visit Chiles & Chocolate (57 Seventh Ave. at The term “hot chocolate” is of- Lincoln Place in Park Slope) accepts Master- www.artsandleisureweek.com. — Lisa J. Curtis ten used interchangeably with Card and Visa. The restaurant is open Monday “hot cocoa,” although technically, through Thursday, from 11 am to 10 pm, Fri- days and Saturdays, from 10 am to 11 pm, the two are different. The former and Sundays, from 10 am to 10 pm. For infor- is made with actual chocolate, mation, call (718) 230-7700. DANCE which contains cocoa butter, The Chocolate Room (86 Fifth Ave. at while the latter is made with co- Warren Street in Park Slope) accepts Master- Card and Visa. The shop is open Tuesday coa powder and has had all the through Thursday, from noon to 11 pm, Fri- fats pressed out of it. days and Saturdays, from noon to midnight, The Mayans were the first civi- and Sundays, from noon to 11 pm. Closed Mondays. For information, call (718) 783-2900 Russian feet lization to mix cocoa into a palat- or visit www.thechocolateroombrooklyn.com. able potion of water, wine and D’Amico’s (309 Court St. at Degraw Street “Being a dancer is a full time job that’s not easy,” chiles. (Here, we’ll visit Park in Carroll Gardens) accepts American Express, Elena Shcherbakova, director of the Moiseyev Slope’s Chiles & Chocolate for an Discover, MasterCard and Visa. The shop is Dance Company, told GO Brooklyn in an e-mail open Monday through Friday, from 7:30 am to Oaxacan interpretation.) Centuries / Robin Lester 7 pm, and Saturdays from 7:30 am to 6 pm. this week. “Every artist, if he is dedicated to his later, Europeans adapted their own Closed Sundays. For information, call (718) craft, should aim for perfection.” versions using chocolate 875-5403 or visit www.damicofoods.com. And with her group’s Saturday, Jan. 12 stop in Le Gamin (556 Vanderbilt Ave. at Dean and cream or milk, and Street in Prospect Heights) accepts American Midwood for the Brooklyn Center for the Perform- sometimes flavored Express, MasterCard and Visa. The shop is open ing Arts’s “World of liqueurs. (We’ll give you Paper The Brooklyn daily, from 8 am to 10 pm. For information, call Dance” series, Shcher- the scoop on a blend of (718) 789-5171 or visit www.legamin.com. bakova plans to do just cocoa spiked with Grand that. The troupe’s 85 Marnier that’s served up dancers and 32 musi- at Le Gamin in Prospect the garnishes. The whipped cream took up over cians will perform Russ- Heights.) Today, in true, half my mug, which would have been a disap- ian dances (including over-the-top, American pointment if it weren’t so fresh and delicious, the traditional “Sum- fashion, we top ours with very airy and only mildly sweet. Likewise, the mer” and “Polyanka” whipped cream and orange added a bold note of citrus that contrast- pieces, as well as a suite marshmallows. (See the ed beautifully with the buttery cream. of Greek dances) that

Chocolate Room in Park / Robin Lester The hot chocolate, hidden away at the very will showcase what has Slope for housemade bottom, was like a tepid afterthought. Overall, made the Moiseyev ’mallows.) the “Brooklyn Cocoa” is a satisfyingly sweet Dance Company one of We all know about the beverage, but it’s not one that will warm you the world’s most respected for over 70 years. famously rich versions at up on a freezing day in January. Named for its founder, Igor Moiseyev, a renowned

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in DUMBO, but the cold / Robin Lester Variations on a theme: (Clockwise from top) At Le Gamin in Chiles & Chocolate age of 101, the group is known for the preservation weather had me looking Prospect Heights, Valrhona cocoa is blended with Grand There are two kinds of hot chocolate on of traditional folk dances. And while that sounds for less well-known — Marnier; Greenpoint’s Brooklyn Label garnishes its hot choco- the menu at this tiny, hole-in-the-wall Oaxa- quaint, Shcherbakova, through her translator, said but equally decadent — late with grated orange peel; and at Chiles & Chocolate in can restaurant in Park Slope: the first, the each work can take a month to perfect — which is concoctions from Green- Park Slope, Lourdes Leon prepares a spicy, Oaxacan version. “Chocolate Mayordomo” ($3), is a blend of especially important for the group’s stop in Brooklyn, point to Carroll Gardens. Paper The Brooklyn chocolate and milk flavored with cinnamon where it returns on almost every tour. and almonds. It was sweet, nutty and warm, “The audience should be familiar with what they Brooklyn Bean & Tea Company ordered mine with — gasp! — skim milk, I Brooklyn Label and the high-quality cinnamon imparted a are about to see,” said Shcherbakova. And if they’re Recently, this funky, tiny, new coffee shop still felt like I was sipping something sinful. This popular Greenpoint joint has an exten- complex finishing note, like a hint of a Red familiar with perfection, it sounds like they’re in for a in Boerum Hill has added drinking choco- The seasonings — cinnamon, ginger and car- sive hot chocolate menu. While all the versions Hot candy at the back of my throat. treat. lates to their extensive menu of coffees and damom — were light yet distinctive, espe- sounded enticing, I opted for our borough’s The second, the “Chiles Y Chocolate” Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts pres- teas. I stopped by early one morning and, on cially on the nose and in the finish. Each sip namesake — the “Brooklyn Cocoa” ($4.25). ($4), mixes chocolate and milk with “the ents The Moiseyev Dance Company at 8 pm on a whim, ordered a “Moroccan Hot Choco- began with their heady fragrance, gave way It’s a blend of Venezuelan chocolate and whole essence of chipotle.” Before being filled, the Jan. 12 at Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman The- late” ($3.50). While it may have lacked the to full chocolate flavor, and ended with an milk, topped with whipped cream and grated inside of my mug was smeared with a spicy atre (2900 Campus Rd. at Hillel Place in Midwood). caffeine kick of my usual cup of joe, I barely extra-warming note of spice. Whipped cream orange peel and dusted with cocoa powder. paste, and while it was a little uneven (one Tickets are $30-$45. For information, call (718) 951- noticed. The silky, dark chocolate was ex- was offered, but I declined; this hot chocolate After my first taste, I determined that the side of the mug was more heavily coated 4500 or visit www.brooklyncenteronline.com. pertly blended with the milk. Even though I was absolutely perfect unadorned. point of this hot chocolate is not the drink but See COCOA on page 8 — Adam Rathe Enjoy Our $21.50 PRIX-FIXE DINNER IN CASE OF EMERGENCY 5TH PERSON FREE (One time only. Good only for parties of 5) Choice of Appetizer -Soup Choice of Entree-Coffee & Dessert

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The Chocolate Room Foodswings, a vegan fast-food When Brooklynites are in the joint in Williamsburg, will be start- His wings are considerably bigger mood for cocoa, the Chocolate ing a fun, cruelty-free tradition when than traditional Buffalo wings; Room in Park Slope is a no-brain- they hold the first ever “Vegan Buf- Tripodi, hardly a small man at 5-feet, er. The “Classic Hot Cocoa” falo Wing Eating Contest” on 10-inches tall and weighing in at 188 ($4.50) is a delightful take on tradi- Wednesday, Jan. 16. pounds, told GO Brooklyn that he tion, as both chocolate and cocoa Contestants, herbivore and omni- has never eaten more than five of powder are blended with steamed vore alike, have registered to battle them in one sitting. He plans on whole milk and a hint of vanilla. for prizes including cash, T-shirts, starting the contestants — none of An additional 50 cents will buy tattoo gift cards and of course, ulti- whom are pro eaters — out with 10 you a homemade marshmallow. mate bragging rights in the soy flesh each, and said he’d be “really im- If you’re looking for a super eating community. Bikers, hipsters, pressed” if anyone topped 20. sweet treat, this is the way to go. musicians and artists are just some of Registration for the event was There is absolutely no hint of bit- the people stretching their stomachs closed a half an hour after it opened terness — just pure, milk chocolaty for the big day. — even with a $20 entry fee — but flavor. The beverage is surprisingly The rules are simple: 10 pre-regis- / John N. Barclay the public is invited to view the dis- light, about the consistency of a tered contestants will have 15 min- play of masticating prowess. View- cappuccino, and has a similar (if utes to devour as many fiery hot veg- ers in the first few rows should con- slightly less prominent) layer of gie wings as they can. Anyone who sider wearing their ponchos. bubbly foam at the top. The tem- MODERNMODERN MMEXICAN CUISINE MODERN vomits is disqualified. The “Vegan Buffalo Wing Eating The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn perature was just right. Contestants have to eat the wings Contest” kicks off at 6 pm on Jan. to the “bone” (or more literally, to Buffalo wings are the most popu- owner-chef Freedom Tripodi. They 16 at Foodswings (295 Grand St., D’Amico’s the wooden stick), with only water lar item on the menu at Foodswings. are amazingly accurate imitations of between Roebling and Havemeyer In the very back of D’Amico’s, available to put out the hot sauce-in- Concocted of texturized soy (i.e. the their poultry counterparts, which is streets, in Williamsburg). For more Carroll Gardens’ oldest and most duced flames. (The showdown is fruit of the soybean with a texture surprising as Tripodi himself admits, information, call (718) 388-1919 or revered coffee institution, past the sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot approximating chicken) imported he hasn’t tasted a real chicken wing visit www.foodswings.net. bustle of workers scooping and Sauce.) from China, they were created by in over 20 years. — Chris Varmus grinding beans from giant wooden barrels is a small, whirring machine. It is inconspicuous — easy Oven: the right idea Old Fulton Street in DUMBO) is close to open- to miss next to the larger, shinier ing — and just blocks from the venerable coffee makers — but it dispenses of combining a wine bar CHEWS Grimaldi’s. It will be a feat to match the quality some of the richest, most velvety BREAKING of Grimaldi’s famous pies, but if the newcomer hot chocolates I’ve ever tasted ($1). & designer pizza place; offers delivery and accepts credit cards, it could The portion is very small — only nice, a veggie-friendly surely go a long way. four ounces — but trust me, it’s all a good move in sandwich shop and coffee There’s plenty going into the oven in Park you need. More dessert than drink, Sbar with one location in Slope as well. Peppino’s, the Bay Ridge main- D’Amico’s hot chocolate is like Brooklyn Heights Manhattan’s West Village, is fi- stay, has opened a second pizza parlor at 469 molten, melted ice cream. While it nally wising up and opening a Fifth Ave., near 11th Street in Park Slope. And if is seriously sweet, the sugar takes a — Tina Barry, The Brooklyn Paper Park Slope location. The shop you’re looking for something besides a soda to backseat to the intense, dark choco- will open on Fifth Avenue near sip with your slice, try Juice Box (1289 Prospect late flavor. If you’re craving the 60 Henry Street Third Street in just a few weeks, Ave. at Greenwood Avenue in Windsor Terrace), kind of hot chocolate that will coat (at Cranberry Street) and GO Brooklyn will be first in a new wine shop that opened in December and is your throat, look no further. 718.237.8720 line for a smoothie and a seitan already a hit with thirsty types. www.ovenny.com Philly cheese steak. / Sei Shiroma On to fishier matters: Park Slope’s Inaka Sushi Le Gamin If you made a New Year’s res- has closed and dialing the phone number now This rustic French bistro in Lunch & dinner Tuesday through Saturday; dinner on Sunday olution to drink less at home, leads callers to Mura (369 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Prospect Heights serves up a check out Rustik Tavern (471 Street in Park Slope) where a staffer wouldn’t ex- lethal concoction of Valrhona co- DeKalb Ave. at Franklin Avenue plain what happened to Inaka, but did offer to coa, steamed milk and Grand in Bedford-Stuyvesant), a new Paper The Brooklyn replicate any item from its menu for me. Marnier called the “Chocolat bar that opened on New Year’s Slice of life: Soon-to-open Ignazio’s in DUMBO is around the While playing with your food is ordinarily Gamin” ($6) in a bowl the size of Eve and offers a full menu for corner from famous pizza parlor Grimaldi’s. frowned upon, there’s one school in Midwood the one I use for my breakfast ce- dinner and brunch in addition to that’s encouraging you to go ikebana on your veg- real. The flavor was floral and all the ingredients for a proper liquid lunch. Bridge Overpass, folks. Front Street Pizza (80 gies. On Jan. 13, Virginia-based Chef James Parker slightly bitter (if you have a sweet Also new is Square Root Cafe (584 Myrtle Front St. at Washington Street in DUMBO), GO (www.veggyart.com) will host a class on making tooth, you might need to add a Ave. at Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill), a first time Brooklyn’s favorite slice shack and the spot of floral bouquets out of everyday fruits and vegetables packet of sugar) but not bracing, effort from neighborhood residents Eda Sanchez- many of our weak moments, raised its prices on at the new Center for Kosher Culinary Arts like really good, unsweetened 58 B 7278?B Persampier and her husband Joe. The spot serves Jan. 1. In an effort to keep up with the soaring [1047 Coney Island Ave. at East 11th Street in Mid- chocolate. Unfortunately, when I C7414BC breakfast all day and has vegetarian-friendly lunch dairy and fuel prices, the unpretentious pizza wood, (718) 692-2442]. 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hit him up for a loan, but instead of pulling out his checkbook, Howard counters with a plea for them to help him clean up some unpleasantness with a former employee who has grown chummy with investigators looking into Howard’s business. The snitch can’t be bought, and Allen sets the scene so that the only way to deal with him can be bullets over Buckingham Palace. With the grease beneath his finger- nails and his endless pill popping, the audience might guess that Terry would be the brother willing to slay for pay, but as the brothers plot, bun- gle and then carry out the murder, it’s Ian whose icy cool prevails. (Should Daniel Craig meet a terrible fate, let it be said that McGregor might make a very smart Mr. Bond.) So, while there was the expected back-and-forth between the brothers leading up to the homicide, the real problems don’t begin until afterward. While Ian basks in the glory of his newfound wealth, buying his trampy paramour fancy earrings and taking meetings with very important-looking people, Terry wallows in despair, hit- ting the bottle harder than ever and practically dying to tell someone what he’s done. Farrell pouts and moans through the second half of the film, while McGregor’s Ian frets about how to control him while keeping his clue- Keith Hamshere / TWC 2008 Keith Hamshere less girlfriend Kate (Sally Hawkins) from taking him to a shrink. Things quickly unravel from here as Terry begins to contemplate sui- cide or, worse, turning himself in. Allen’s picture doesn’t fall completely flat — although it has gone Hot salsa straight to DVD in Germany. The score, by Philip Glass, and the cine- According to Jose Conde, a Park Slope resident and veter- A curdled ‘Dream’ matography are lovely, and the act- an of the Latin music scene, his music will “make you dance ing, for the most part, is well done. and move your hips whether you’re a devoted salsa dancer or What I found lacking was a plot to a wallflower.” Woody Allen returns to London for dull suspense flick get hooked on. There’s very little in On Saturday, Jan. 12, Conde and his band, Ola Fresca — the way of narrative turns that leap which means “fresh wave” in Spanish — will join other By Adam Rathe “Cassandra’s Dream” follows two poker. But their very rich uncle from the audience’s first guess, and Latin- and African-tinged bands, including Bushwick- The Brooklyn Paper brothers, played by Ewan McGregor Howard, played by veteran Tom worst of all, there’s really nobody to dwellers The Budos Band, for the first ever “Mondo Music (“Star Wars: Episode III,” “Moulin Wilkinson (“The Exorcism of Emily root for. Festival,” a concert celebrating international music. row all you want about the Rouge”) and Colin Farrell (“Miami Rose”), who seems to be the sole Ian is slick and likeable, but his “This is a real special occasion,” Conde told GO Brooklyn. Noah Baumbachs and Darren Vice,” “Alexander”), whose big-mon- point of con- cold pursuit of “You’re going to have some of the finest, most forward-look- C Aronofskys making movies to- ey dreams are constantly being burst. tention between material things ing bands in New York — who all happen to be based in day, but as far as Brooklyn filmmak- Terry, played with surprising depth by their quibbling CINEMA doesn’t endear Brooklyn — playing together and pushing the envelope in ers are concerned, there are generally Farrell, is a compulsively gambling parents, comes him to the view- Latin funk and Afrobeat music.” only two words in a conversation: mechanic who guzzles more whiskey to town and, “Cassandra’s Dream,” directed er. And Terry’s so When he isn’t playing shows, Conde said he counts on see- by Woody Allen, opens on Jan. 18 at Woody Allen. than the cars he works on do gas, wouldn’t you the Landmark Sunshine Cinema (143 messed up that ing them at a handful of the borough’s hotspots to keep him With the release of “Cassandra’s while Ian (McGregor) plans to be- know it, has a E. Houston St. at Forsythe Street in three-quarters of in the international music loop. Dream,” his 42nd film, though, the come a hotelier but can barely handle proposition for Manhattan) and Lincoln Plaza Cine- the way through “Barbes is amazing, and so is Southpaw,” he said. “Williams- mas (1886 Broadway at West 62nd Midwood native continues down the managing the failing restaurant that the boys. Street in Manhattan). For show times, the movie, I burg is wonderful: I go to Zebulon and Bembe, which is one of course he set with “Match Point” in their father runs. Of the film, call (212) 777-FILM. stopped feeling my favorite spots in Brooklyn. I also listen to the dogs in Pros- 2005. Gone are the quirky, oh-so-New- After both brothers find them- Allen has said, any sympathy for pect Park each morning, and they really inspire me musically.” York films that made him famous (and selves on the backside of a lucky “It’s a tragic sto- him at all. So, whether the inspiration is coming from abroad or right even made moviegoers cringe, such as The plotters: (Top, left to right) streak — Ian’s met a foxy actress, ry with suspense,” and he’s right While it’s plain to see that Allen here in Brooklyn, Conde packs the spice of life into his songs, “Melinda and Melinda” from 2004), Tom Wilkinson plays rich Uncle played by newcomer Hayley Atwell about the first part. has turned a corner in his storytelling, which is precisely what makes them so delicious. and in their place have grown moody, Howard to Ewan McGregor’s Ian (indeed, a foxy actress), but can’t During Uncle Howard’s visit — and should be applauded for not rest- “The Mondo Music Festival” will take place at 7 pm on gray films that play out across London and Colin Farrell’s Terry in “Cas- make good on his lavish promises scheduled between the opening of a ing too much on his laurels, “Cassan- Jan. 12 at Hiro Ballroom (363 W. 16th St. at Ninth Avenue in like episodes of “Law & Order” with a sandra’s Dream,” directed by and Terry’s found himself $90,000 in plastic surgery office in China and a dra’s Dream” wasn’t the same as Manhattan). Tickets are $15-$18. For information, call (212) more attractive cast. Woody Allen (above). the hole after a game of high-stakes vacation in Thailand — the brothers mine when I walked into the theater. 242-4300 or visit www.hiroballroom.com. — Adam Rathe

Jan. 12: (Front room) Jezebel Music presents Tavo Carbone, 9 pm, Balthrop, Alabama, 10 BROOKLYN Consignment with My Pet Dragon, 10:30 pm, pm, Gryphon of Peyos and the Plastic Mohawk, Hello Nurse, 11:30 pm, The Bloodsugars, 12:30 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: Gabe The Rothschild, 9 am with DJ Codec, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: The pm, Andy Friedman & The Other Failures, 10 Dirtie Diva, Monday Night Burlesque, Darlinda pm, Alex Battles, 11 pm, FREE. Just Darlinda, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 17: (Front room) Crashin’ In with live performances by Sound Fix Lounge Matt Gangi, 8:30 pm, Weird Owl, 9:30 pm, 110 Bedford Ave. at North 11th Street in Violens, 10:30 pm, The Rosewood Thieves, Williamsburg, (718) 388-8090, 11:30 pm, Sholi, 12:30 am, with DJ Oil, 8 pm, www.soundfixrecords.com. Nightlife $8; Jan. 18: (Backroom) “The Bunker” Dance Jan. 12: Jones Street Boys, Woodpecker, Kelly Party, 11 pm, $10, (Front room) Face Improv, Buchanan, 8 pm, DJ Mark Ryan, 11 pm, FREE; Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan 7:30 pm, $TBD. Jan. 14: Ed Murray’s Comedy Night, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 15: Kimya Dawson, 8 pm, FREE; Vox Pop’s Brooklyn Art Manifesto, 7 pm, $TBD; The Lucky Cat Jan. 17: Kings of Karaoke, 5 pm, The XYZ Affair BAY RIDGE Jan. 18: ‘Shooting War’ Anthony Lappe (author), and Gates of Heaven, 8 pm, DJ D Redgrave, Tah Phrum Dah Bush (hip hop), 7 pm, $TBD. 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in The Wicked Monk Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Heartbreaker DJ, Miss Jurgen, 10 pm, FREE; 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, www.theluckycat.com. Jan. 18: ChingChong Song CD release with (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. FORT GREENE Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 Jason Trachtenburg, 8 pm, FREE. Jan. 12: High Def, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 17: Stand-Up pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic comedy night, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 18: Driven Blind, BAM Cafe Night hosted by Ed Gorch, 7 pm, FREE, You Stain 9 pm, $5; Jan. 19: Jar Full of Pennies, 8 pm, $5, 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Need a Band, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 12: Share- 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Wil- Dog Voices, 10 pm, $5. Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. groove with special guests, 10 pm, $TBD; Jan. liamsburg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Jan. 12: Chris Bergson Band, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: DJ Marble, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 16: Fanning Mondays: “PAINTstain,” 6:30 pm, FREE; 18: BRC’s Children of the Revolution, 9 pm, Pack presents Zetemale, June Morris and spe- Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open BEDFORD-STUYVESANT FREE; Jan. 19: BRC’s Children of the Revo- cial guests, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 18: Mindbug, 10 pm, mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Food 4 Thought lution, 9 pm, FREE. FREE; Jan. 19: Names You Can Trust Jamboree, Jan. 12: Klas Toresson and Jeremy Udden, 8 10 pm, $TBD. pm, FREE; Jan. 19: A night of low-key musical 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Night of the Cookers performances hosted by Josh Fox, 8 pm, FREE. Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. Luna Lounge 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street Trash Bar Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live in Williamsburg, (718) 260-2323, 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. www.lunalounge.com. Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, Game night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE; Fridays: Jan. 12: Skidmore Fountain, 8:30 pm, The Party www.thetrashbar.com. Zodiac Lounge, 7 pm, FREE. Faithful, 9:30 pm, $8, Circus Neverland Party Jan. 12: Roadside Graves, 8 pm, Can’t Hang, 9 GOWANUS Tonight with Demetra, 11 pm, Valeze, 11:55 pm, pm, Chris Cubetta & The Liars Club, 10 pm, BOERUM HILL Issue Project Room $10 with costume, $15 without costume; Jan. Stanton, 11 pm, I’m Turning Into, Midnight, $7; 13: Paper Cities, 7:30 pm, Telly, 8:30 pm, The Jan. 13: Rock, 9 pm, Choose to Find, 10 pm, Hank’s Saloon 232 Third St. at Third Avenue in Gowanus, On a ‘Mission’: Seminal post-punk band, Mission of Burma, which was experimenting with tape CreamSicles, 9:30 pm, Nova Clutch, 10:30 pm, Dark Red, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 14: Kilifax, 8 pm, Rain (718) 330-0313, www.issueprojectroom.org. 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, loops and feedback when today’s noise rockers were still singing nursery rhymes, brings its still-fresh FREE; Jan. 14: Tension Fields, 8 pm, Cranio- of the Rock, 9 pm, Displaced, 10 pm, Eleventh (718) 625-8003, www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. Jan. 12: Jim Pugliese’s Phase III CD Release pagus, 8:30 pm, Abandoner, 9 pm, Diaphragm, Hour, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 15: The Affected Party, 8 pm, $10; Jan. 16: The Trojan Pony Tour sound to the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday, Jan. 19. Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack 9:30 pm, Anamnesis, 10 pm, Hands Rendered Affections, 8 pm, The Czar Bomba, 9 pm, 3D featuring Ross Goldstein, Jesse Stiles and Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band Useless, 10:30 pm, Ahlzagailzehgah, 11 pm, $8; Mystery, 10 pm, $6; Jan. 16: The Heart Ons, 8 Penny Lane, 8 pm, $10; Jan. 17: Totem/Blacks- Kuntry Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Gina Leishman, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, pm, $20 in advance, $25 day of the show; Jan. Jan. 15: The Marine Electric, 7:30 pm, Jared pm, Daemas, 9 pm, Girls Like Cigarettes, 10 berg/Hernandez/Evans/Lipson, 8 pm, $10; Jan. Hook, (718) 237-0276. Hank’s Country Bluegrass Jam, 10 pm, FREE; 19: Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, 9 pm, $20 in Micah and Hats, 8:30 pm, Juliet Echo, 9:30 pm, pm, Muy Casando, 11 pm, The Press, Midnight, 18: An evening with DJ Olive and special Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 18: Kane Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, Wednesdays: Live band “Rockstar Karaoke,” Mathis, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, advance, $25 day of the show. Magic Tricks, 10:30 pm, $8; Jan. 16: Ezra $6; Jan. 17: Lazy Lions, 8 pm, The Artist guests Marina Rosenfeld, Toshio Kajiwara and 9 pm, FREE; Fridays, Saturdays: Karaoke hosted Formerly Known as Vince, 9 pm, Bryan Baker, 10 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 12: Judge Roy Beans, Smokey’s Roundup, 8 pm, $10 suggested Furman & The Harpoons, 7:30 pm, Spanish Barry Weisblat, 8 pm, $10. by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. pm, Gasganno, 11 pm, Loverless, Midnight, $6; Golden Rocket Car, Beasts of Eden, Religion donation, Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts, 10 pm, $10 Tea Lounge Prisoners, 8:30 pm, Left Lane Cruiser, 9:30 pm, Black Diamond Heavies, 10:30 pm, $8; Jan. 17: Jan. 18: Colorways, 8 pm, The Thickness, 9 pm, Money, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 17: The Inbreeds, 10 suggested donation; Jan. 19: Laurent Alferi, 6 Jalopy 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Kenny Cambre, 7 pm, Peter Nevins, 7:40 pm, Serious Heart Attack, 9:45 pm, Kissy Kamikaze, pm, FREE; Jan. 19: The Highway, 10 pm, Ninth GREENPOINT pm, $10 suggested donation, Vitamin D, 7:30 (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Red New Heathens, 8:20 pm, Kara Suzanne & The 10:30 pm, Bloody City, 11:15 pm, Super Potent House, 11 pm, FREE. pm, $10 suggested donation, Pre-War Ponies, Jan. 14: Benny Lackner Project, 8 pm, $5 sug- Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. Gojo Hearts, 9:10 pm, Irv Irving, 10 pm, Rev. Death Baby, Midnight, $7; Jan. 19: Jotkarock, 8 Club Europa 8:30 pm, $10 suggested donation, Sasha gested donation; Jan. 16: Jeff Davis Band, 9 pm, Jan. 12: Red Hook Ramblers, 9 pm, Shanghai John Delore, 10:45 pm, Tongs, 11:25 pm, $8; pm, Nevereven, 9 pm, Lame Drivers, 10 pm, Dobson, 9:30 pm, $10 suggested donation, BRIGHTON BEACH 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in $5 suggested donation, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested Love Motel, 10:30 pm, $8; Jan. 16: Roots ’n’ Jan. 18: Nouvellas, 7:30 pm, Silver Rockets, 8:30 The Naked Heroes, 11 pm, $6. Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, The Snow, 10:30 pm, $10 suggested donation. donation; Jan. 17: Lambic, 9 pm, $5 suggested Ruckus, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 17: Country blues pm, The Ettes, 9:30 pm, The Mooney Suzuki, www.europaclub.com. National Restaurant donation, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; jam, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 18: Caroline 11:30 pm, $5 in advance, $8 day of the show; Union Pool Saturdays: VIP dance party, 10 pm, FREE Biscuit BBQ 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Jan. 18: Thought, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation, Cutroneo and Runaway Train, 9 pm, The Jan. 19: Hidden People, 7:30 pm, The Jupiter 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation. Lonesome Billys, 10:30 pm, $8; Jan. 19: Daniel Deluxe, 8:30 pm, The Great Mistake of 1898, days: Karaoke night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, 1225, www.come2national.com. Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com Levin’s Black Bear, 9 pm, Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, 9:30 pm, La Dolce Vita, 10:30 pm, $10. www.myspace.com/unionpool. progressive dance party, 10 pm, FREE before Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, and www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. Two Boots Brooklyn 10:30 pm, $10. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Jan. 16: Kimya Jan. 14: Begushkin, Soft People, Barghest, 8 pm, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: Tuesdays: “Konceptions” featuring live music, Music Hall of Dawson with Karl Blau, Angelo Spencer, 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park $7; Jan. 16: Boy Scout Recordings Night with Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, 8:30 pm, $5 and one-drink minimum, live Slope, (718) 499-3253, Rocky Sullivan’s Cuddles Kovinsky, 7 pm, $10; Jan. 17: Gwyn- Williamsburg Turner Cody Project, Barrett Lindgren and more, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live music, 9:45 pm, $5 and one-drink minimum; www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. bleidd with Nadja, Lapdog of Satan, Randall 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red 8 pm, $TBD; Jezebel Music presents Wakey! Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE Jan. 15: Nate Wooley Trio, 8:30 pm, $5 and Hook, (718) 246-1793. 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Flag, 11 pm, $6. Jan. 18: G.R.A.S.S., 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: Wakey!, Lowry, Kendra Morris, Willie Breeding, 8 (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). one-drink minimum, Akiko Pavolka, 9:45 pm, Chuck MacKinnon Mactet, 10 pm, FREE. Saturdays: Seanchai and The Unity Squad, 9 Williamsburg, (718) 486-5400, pm, $8; Jan. 18: Tall Firs, Alexa Wilding, Chris www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. Studio B $5 and one-drink minimum. pm, FREE; Mondays: The Traditional Sounds of Brokaw, 8 pm, $7; Jan. 19: Late Night Backroom Union Hall Chris Byrne and Andrew Harkin, 8:30 pm, Jan. 18: Rosebuds, 9 pm, $14 in advance, $14 Party with DJ Alfreako, 11 pm, FREE. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Greenpoint, Cafe Steinhof day of the show; Jan. 19: Mission of Burma, (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth FREE; Tuesdays: Live jazz, 7 pm, FREE; Wed- (718) 389-1880, www.clubstudiob.com. 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, nesdays: Soul night with Sugartime, 9 pm, Jonathan Kane’s February, Third Border, 9 pm, Williamsburg Music Magnetic Field Jan. 12: Flawless Media presents “Verboten” Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, $20 in advance, $20 day of the show. (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. www.unionhallny.com. FREE; Thursdays: Pub Quiz with host Scott Center 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn featuring VNDLSM, Alexander Technique, I Jan. 16: J. Walter Hawkes Trio, 10:30 pm, FREE. M.X. Turner, 8:30 pm, FREE. Heights, (718) 834-0069, Love You Airlines and DJ Van Scott, 10 pm, Jan. 12: Royal American, Clair, The Rowboats, 8 Pete’s Candy Store 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in www.magneticbrooklyn.com. $TBD; Jan. 19: Duckie, authentic London pm, $8, Saturday Night Karaoke Club hosted by Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Good Coffeehouse Dick Swizzle, 11:30 pm, $1 suggested tip per 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Jan. 12: Chris Mills, The Rivals, 8 pm, $TBD; Jan. Honkytonk – London (Miss High Leg Kick, SHEEPSHEAD BAY Sundays: Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber song; Jan. 13: Tearing the Veil of Maya, comedy Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, 15: Pant-Hoot, Charles Star’s Comedy Show- Marisa Carnesky, Kazuko Hohki) vs. New York Music Parlor www.petescandystore.com. with Greg Tate, 8 pm, 11 pm, $7. with Eugene Mirman and Michael Showalter, Anyway Cafe case, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 16: Dick Swizzle’s Sudden City (Murray Hill, Dynasty Handbag, Scotty the (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical 7:30 pm, $7; Jan. 14: The Loom, Julie Doiron, Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, Matty Charles, Death Game Show, 8 pm, $5 per contestant; Blue Bunny), 10 pm, $10. Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th Zebulon The Battle of Land and Sea, 7:30 pm, $7; Jan. 15: 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Bingo, 7 pm, FREE; Jan. 17: Live band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 18: Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, Wednesdays: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in The Sweet Divines, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: A Lee www.bsec.org. Global Warming Discussion Group, 7:30 pm, www.anywaycafe.com. GREENWOOD HEIGHTS FREE; Jan. 16: Dave Deporis, Dawn Landes, 7:30 12: Kyle Ervin, 8 pm, Dave Deporis, 9 pm, Jay- Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Grows in Brooklyn — 37th Edition, 8 pm, FREE. Jan. 18: Third Friday with the Park Slope Food Saturdays: Grace Garland, 8 pm, FREE; Mon- pm, $7; Jan. 18: Melomane, Lucinda Black Bear, may, 10 pm, Wynn Walent, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Co-op featuring Barry Brysen’s band Swing days: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Living Room Lounge The Lovely Sparrows, Laura Marling, 8 pm, $8; 13: Action Set, 9:30 pm, Meredith Wilson, Jan. 12: Zozo Afrobeat, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Street, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: Monday Evening DJ Ansome Night and friends, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. CLINTON HILL 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Jan. 19: Ungdomskulen, 8 pm, $8. Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Susan Heights, (718) 499-1505, Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Robbers, 9:30 pm, Baby 14: Ryan Feirrera Solo Project, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. Parlor Jazz Melt Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, Soda, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 15: Ali Eskan- 15: Pitom, 9 pm, Greg Wall Quartet, 10 pm, www.myspace.com/livingroombrooklyn. 9 pm, FREE. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Street in Clinton Saturdays: DJ Kurt, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park PROSPECT HEIGHTS darian, 9 pm, Young Scratch, 10 pm, Kate FREE; Jan. 16: Edom, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 17: Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. Guitar Hero, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Slope, (718) 230-5925. Crossroads Saloon Sweeney, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 16: Deborah Smith Sharon Van Etten present Matt Bauer, 8 pm, The Backroom and Friends, 10 pm, Pillowfighter, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: George V. Johnson, Jr. with Roger mic night, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: ’80s music, Fridays: “Stuck in the ’80s” party featuring DJs She Keeps Bees, 9 pm, Sharon Van Etten, 10 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway Jan. 17: Gregory Stovetop, 9 pm, Steve Lent, David Robaire and Phil Stewart, 9 pm, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Wasabassco Burlesque Paul EZ and Jan Cooley, 11 pm, FREE. (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue pm, FREE; Jan. 18: Meta and the Cornerstones, in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. 10:30 pm, $20 (includes both sets, open wine Show, 9 pm, $10. in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Shiffman & The Land of No, 10 pm, Color TV, 11 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: TÚNELTRIO, 9 pm, bar and snacks). Patio Lounge www.freddysbackroom.com. Fridays: Karaoke, 10:30 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; Jan. 18: S Rich & The KNO, 8 pm, Cosmic Jibaros, 10 pm, FREE. 179 Fifth Ave. at Degraw Street in Park Jan. 12: Twilight Zone, 8 pm, Mountain Men, PARK SLOPE 10 pm, Backwards, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: DUMBO Slope, (646) 810-1916, WILLIAMSBURG Barbes www.patiolounge.com. Brooklyn College Reading Series, 7 pm, FREE; For more listings, visit www.brooklynpaper.com Mondays: Laugh Out Loud Mondays, 8 pm, Jan. 14: Dear Claudia, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 15: Death by Audio Five Front 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, FREE; Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: Dance Minimalist Brooklyn Chick Jazz with Christiana 5 Front St. at Old Fulton Street in DUMBO, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Drapkin and Stephanie Greig, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 49 S. Second St. at Wythe Avenue in party, 9 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, No phone. (718) 625-5559, www.fivefrontrestaurant.com. Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; Jan. 12: 16: HAM, Humans Against Music gives a two- Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, FREE. APAP Showcase featuring Alash, 7 pm, $15, 8 Southpaw song tribute to the late Dan Fogelberg and Jan. 12: Growing, IUD, Vorhees, 8 pm, $8; Jan. pm, $15, APAP Showcase featuring Son de more, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 17: The Kings County 15: Future Islands, Nuclear Power Pants, 8 pm, TALK TO US… Madera, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Jan. 125 Fifth Ave. at St. Johns Place in Park Opry, 8:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 18: The Marvin $TBD. FLATBUSH 13: Andy Baskin, 7 pm, $10 suggested dona- Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Barnes Time Machine, 10 pm, Warm Hats, 11 Galapagos To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Vox Po p tion, Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 suggested Jan. 12: Hot Jamz, DJ Kool Kear, 10 pm, $5; pm, FREE; Jan. 19: The Woes, 9:30 pm, FREE. name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site donation; Jan. 14: Las Rubias del Norte, 8 pm, Jan. 13: Mirah and Spectratone, International 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- $10, Chicha Libre, 10 pm, $10 suggested dona- This Place, M Shanghai String Band, Les Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. tion; Jan. 15: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 sug- Chauds Lapins, 8 pm, $15 in advance, $15 day RED HOOK www.galapagosartspace.com. free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with two- gested donation; Jan. 16: Matt Bauder’s White of the show; Jan. 15: The Wreckroom, 8 pm, Hope and Anchor Saturdays: (Backroom) Larry Tee presents drink/snack minimum; Jan. 12: David Levy Trio, Blue Yellow and Clouds, 8 pm, $10, Curtis FREE; Jan. 17: Bekay and special guests, 8 pm, “Dizzy” with Earl Dax and Kevin Graves, 11 pm, event details. 8 pm, $TBD; Jan. 17: Opening reception for Hasselbring’s Decoupage, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 17: $10; Jan. 18: Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, 9 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red $5; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; January 12, 2008 THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM AWP 11 New brew Writing on the wall In the eastern stretch of Williamsburg, the Pour House was known as a reliable — if seedy — spot to grab a drink. Now that the New anthology rounds up love letters to Brooklyn Pour House has been transformed into Le- gion Bar by the team behind Williamsburg’s By Adam Rathe Brooklynites to swarm around a book as if popular K&M bar, what was “Pour” is a The Brooklyn Paper it were a benefit concert. The read- whole lot richer. ing at BookCourt on Jan. 15 — Perhaps it’s the impressive selection of ubway readers, prepare for a new featuring Darcey Steinke (“Easter draft beer — featuring hard-to-find Chimay accessory. Last week, “Brooklyn Everywhere”), Alexandra Styron on tap — and single-malt Scotch that’s SWas Mine,” a collection of essays (“All the Finest Girls”) and Barton bringing in the crowds. by local literati — including Jonathan (“Brookland”) — will help draw And although Legion has a bit more pol- Lethem, Phillip Lopate, Emily Barton attention to the tome and give fans ish than its predecessor, it hasn’t forgotten its and Jennifer Egan — was released a rare chance to see some of these roots: Each evening, happy hour runs from and, from what we can tell, it will celebrity authors read together. / John N. Barclay 4 pm until 9 pm, with a dollar off all well soon replace paperback copies of And what’s in “Brooklyn Was drinks, and draft beers and pool games are “Everything is Illuminated” and Mine” for people who, for some rea- always only $1. rumpled Dawn Powell novels as son that we’re not quite sure of, don’t Locals who might otherwise be turned prime F train literature. live in the borough?

off by a fancy lounge, which opened under Paper The Brooklyn Conceived by Vogue magazine “I think on one hand, Brooklyn is its new ownership in September, have defi- editors Chris Knutsen and Valerie an American ideal. It has such a rich, nitely taken notice. The exposed brick walls and faux fire- the clamor of busy Bedford Avenue, that’s Steiker — he lives in Fort Greene, deep history from Coney Island to the “It’s become part of my routine for after- place create a warm and cozy feel that in- all you can ask for. she lives in Brooklyn Heights — Dodgers to Walt Whitman — there’s work beers,” Greenpoint resident Lou Cal- spires late night revelers to dance, and the Legion Bar (790 Metropolitan Ave. at the book is comprised of non-fic- the sense that it’s an American land- darola told GO Brooklyn. “They’ve really back room presents the option for a bit of Humboldt Street in Williamsburg) accepts tion works that range from the scape,” said Steiker. “I think there’s changed and improved the place: the back privacy should you need it; regular Perry American Express, MasterCard and Visa. very personal (Alexandra Sty- some crazy statistic that one in four room is great for a group gathering, the mu- Lee described the spot as “low-key and The bar is open daily, from 4 pm to 4 am. ron’s “A Sentimental Educa- Americans can trace their roots back to sic is good and the bartenders are friendly neighborhoody.” And in a corner of the For information, call (718) 387-3797. tion” delves into her relation- Brooklyn and on the other hand, we hope and down-to-earth.” neighborhood where people go to escape — Sarah McCormick ship with her father, William, the essays transcend the sense of place.” famed author of “Sophie’s The book works so well because the es- Choice”) to more historical says do just that. Whether it’s “Down the — Egan’s “Reading Lucy” Manhole,” Elizabeth Gaffney’s story about sions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm follows the life of a Navy the cutting-edge sewers of 19th century to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Yard worker over five Brooklyn or “I Hate Brighton Beach,” 9 DAYS... Ocean Avenue. (718) 965-8999. months in 1944. Lara Vapnyar’s essay about the way Russ- WINTER WATERFOWL WALK: The book’s introduction, penned by ian culture has washed up on American Continued from page 2 Discover the geese and ducks of Fresh Creek Park. Noon. Lopate, makes a strong argument for the shores; the stories reek of the borough but (718) 768-2972. Free. Meet at Louisiana and Seaview book’s existence on merit alone when it are universally appealing. Readers are COLONIAL COOKING: Urban avenues. Call 311 and ask for points out, “[Brooklyn’s] literary soul is BOOKS asked to suspend their disbelief and accept Park Rangers offers a demo to the Urban Park Rangers. Free. find out what it took to keep a sound and robust, and its writers fiercely a locale that can boast everything from a colonial fed. Samples provided. PERFORMANCE loyal.” Emily Barton, Darcey Steinke and world-class minor league baseball team to Alexandra Styron will read from “Brook- Noon. Meet at the Fort Greene BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Visitor Center, on the hill near However, it isn’t just to crow about the lyn Was Mine” (Riverhead Books, $15), the Cyclone in Coney Island to the dimly presents Beckett’s two-person edited by Chris Knutsen and Valerie Steik- the Myrtle Avenue and Wash- comedy “Happy Days.” Fiona strength of our writers that the book ex- lit pubs of Kensington; a place that only ington Park entrance. Call 311 ists, although that would be enough; all er, at 7 pm on Jan. 15 at BookCourt (163 those who live here know truly exists. Shaw and Deborah Warner per- Court St. at Pacific Street in Cobble Hill). for info. Free. form. $25 to $75. 2 pm and of the proceeds from the book’s sales The flap copy describes Brooklyn as ADOPTION TALK: Spence-Cha- For information, call (718) 875-3677 or 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, visit www.bookcourt.org. pin Adoption Agency offers 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. will be donated to Develop Don’t De- “what Greenwich Village was for an ear- information to prospective par- OPERA: American Opera Projects stroy Brooklyn, the community action lier generation — a wellspring of inspira- ents about the adoption pro- presents Program B: “Unruly group dedicated to opposing the Atlantic tion and artistic expression.” And while cess. Meeting is open to cou- Horses” at 6 pm and “The Yards project. dense development of towers,” Lethem the award-winning (and, most likely, ples and singles interested in Golden Gate” at 9:15 pm. $20, adopting children from Eastern $15 students and seniors. “From the very beginning, the idea (“The Fortress of Solitude”) told GO brownstone-owning) contributors do rep- Europe, Asia, Latin America or South Oxford Space, 138 S. was, ‘That’s what we’re going to do,’ ” Brooklyn in a 2007 interview. “To op- resent the brigade of bookish types that Ethiopia. 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Oxford St. (718) 398-4024. said Steiker. “And it was remarkable that pose that is not to be against develop- have taken over certain parts of the bor- Brooklyn Public Library’s Cen- www.operaprojects.org. tral branch. Grand Army Plaza. BAX: presents Space Grant Show- 20 writers immediately passionately ment, but to say that this is really badly ough, at times it can feel as though Advance registration required. jumped on board and were excited to put together and to question why it’s Brooklyn is theirs, since no one not al- (212) 369-0300. Free. case #2 featuring Doug Howe, Thalatta, David Wining, Cagey write pieces but also to work for a noble been forced down the gullet of the bor- ready in the triumphant writers club is in- HARVEST PAINTING: Brooklyn Productions and Miriam Wolf. Botanic Garden offers a class $15, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 cause.” All of the essays in the book ough instead of being built from the cluded. But a book of unknowns most on painting techniques. Class is Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. were donated by the writers, who usually neighborhood’s interests up.” likely wouldn’t fly off the shelves in held outdoors. 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. Call BARGEMUSIC: Classical music command very large paychecks. It’s not surprising that the “Brooklyn quite the same manner, and would earn for fee info and to pre-register. program features works by The development, which is slated to Was Mine” contributors were interested in less for the non-profit that the book is (718) 623-7220. Beethoven. $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 8 pm. Fulton include an arena for the Nets basketball preserving the endangered area that abuts meant to bolster. PARENTING CLASS: The Brook- Music Lee: On Jan. 17, famed composer — and father of Ferry Landing, Old Fulton lyn Arts Exchange hosts a talk: team and a slew of high rises, has ac- neighborhoods many of them call home. So, fly it should. All the celebrity Spike — Bill Lee will be performing as part of Bargemu- Street at the East River. (718) quired some of its space through eminent “In the beginning,” said Knutsen, “we names and Atlantic Yards fervor aside, Parenting 2008. Discussion 624-2083. focuses on topics pertinent to sic’s “Thursday Night Jazz” series. Lee has worked with domain, inciting the wrath of community noted that there were several writers al- the collection is a strong showing from parents today in an interactive, OTHER intimate conversation-style. luminaries such as Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan, and activists. ready on the advisory board of Develop some of the brightest talent writing today. BLOOD DRIVE: hosted by the “[The Atlantic Yard project] is a big Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. So it wasn’t a The sum of the collection does end up Suggested donation, $5. 6 pm. has also composed original music for a number of his Red Cross. 11:30 am to 5 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. son’s films, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see a few fa- Old First Reformed Church, mistake. It’s not just a sports [arena] and huge associative leap to make.” equaling more than its parts, not unlike www.bax.org. mous guests in the audience. 126 Seventh Ave. (800) 933- some housing — it’s this incredibly Another safe bet is counting on brainy the borough itself. STORYTELLING: Maggid Yitzhak BLOOD. Buxbaum and other storytellers LEFFERTS HISTORIC HOUSE: offer an evening of holy tales, Celebrate the history of the live music and refreshments. page. 7 pm. 163 Court St. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. African-American fight for free- $10, $5 students. 7 pm. Con- (917) 553-6244. Free. EATING CONTEST: Foodswings dom in America. 1 pm to 3 gregation B’nai Avraham, 117 MEDITATION CLASS: Weekly restaurant hosts a Vegan Buf- pm. Lefferts Historic House, Remsen St. (718) 624-2452. class discusses the daily practice falo Wing Eating Contest. See Prospect Park. Call 311 and CAFE STEINHOF: presents the of meditation. $10. 7:30 pm to story, this issue. Registration ask for the Urban Park film “North by Northwest” 8:45 pm. Unity Church, 1901 required. 6 pm. 295 Grand St. Rangers. Free. (1959). 10:30 pm. 422 Seventh Beverly Rd. (718) 496-5514. (718) 388-1919. SELF DEFENSE COURSE: Center Ave. (718) 369-7776. Free. ARTIST LECTURE: Filmmaker and BAM: “Happy Days.” 7:30 pm. See for Anti-Violence offers a four- photographer Anna Gaskeel to Sat., Jan. 19. week adult course in self- speak as part of Pratt Visiting MON, JAN 14 defense. Women and trans- Artists Lecture Series. Free. gender people are invited to 12:45 pm. Engineering THURS, JAN 17 SENIOR EXERCISE PROGRAM: attend. Sliding scale fee. 3 pm Building, Room 371 on Pratt to 6 pm. 327 Seventh St. (718) Seniors in Shape presents its Campus. (718) 636-3554. SENIOR EXERCISE PROGRAM: Winter 2008 Program. Classes 788-1775. BAM: “Happy Days.” 7:30 pm. See Seniors in Shape presents its SALON SERIES: Brave New include tap dance, slimnastics, Winter 2008 Program. Classes pain management and more. Sat., Jan. 19. World Repertory Theater include chi-gong, reiki, dance hosts a reading of Wilder’s $5 day pass. 8:30 am to 3:30 and more. $5 day pass. 8:30 pm. Aviator Sports and “Our Town.” $18 includes din- WED, JAN 16 am to 3:30 pm. Aviator Sports ner catered by Fairway. Dinner Recreation, Hangar 5, Floyd and Recreation, Hangar 5, Floyd Bennett Field. (718) 758-7500. at 7:30 pm; reading at 8 pm. BOOK LAUNCH: Patricia O’Brien Bennett Field. (718) 758-7500. Old Stone House, JJ Byrne MEMORY SCREENING: The celebrates the publication of LECTURE: Heights and Hill Com- Memory Center of NY Metho- Park, Fifth Avenue between her novel, “Harriet and Isabella,” munity Council presents Trav Third and Fourth avenues. dist Hospital offers a screening which is set in Brooklyn Heights. S.D., performer and vaudeville for early diagnosis of Alz- Reservations necessary. 7 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society. historian. 2 pm. 160 Montague www.bravenewworldrep.org. heimer’s or dementia. 3 pm to 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222- St., third floor. Call to register. 6 pm. Park Slope Geriatric Day 4111. www.brooklynhistory.org. (718) 596-8789. Free. Center, 1 Prospect Park West. Free. EXHIBIT: BAC Gallery hosts a SUN, JAN 20 Call for an appointment. (347) group exhibit: “The Lack of 296-2345. Free. SPECIAL NEEDS WORKSHOP: Resources for Children with Desire.” 6 pm to 8 pm. 111 CONCERT: Edward R. Murrow Special Needs, Inc. presents a Front St., suite 218. (718) 625- PERFORMANCE Music Institute presents a talk: “Getting Appropriate 0080. Free. CONCERT: Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music concert. $8, $6 Educational Services. “ 10 am EAT, DRINK AND BE LITERARY: Chamber Music presents a in advance. 7 pm. Edward R. to 1 pm. Brooklyn Public Li- Brooklyn Academy of Music concert with Nathan Hughes, Murrow High School, 1600 Ave. brary’s Brooklyn Heights offers a sold-out salon where Susie Park, Jennifer Stumm, L. (718) 258-9283 ext. 119. branch, 280 Cadman Plaza writers, readers and eaters Sophie Shao and Gilles Von- LECTURE: Park Slope Greens West. (212) 677-4650. Free. meet. Tonight: MacArthur sattel. Works by Rolla, Kurtag, presents a talk, “A Report on Fellow George Saunders. $48 Mozart and Brahms. $20, $10 the Global Climate Change CONCERT: Edward R. Murrow Music Institute presents a includes buffet dinner, wines, students. 3 pm. Lafayette Conference in Bali.” Sean Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Digital Media concert. $8, $6 in live music and talk. 7:30 pm. 30 Sweeney of the Global Labor Oxford St. (718) 855-3053. advance. 7 pm. Edward R. Lafayette Ave. Reservations Institute of Cornell University is and pre-payment necessary. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music guest speaker. 7 pm. Park Murrow High School, 1600 Ave. L. (718) 258-9283 ext., 119. (718) 636-4100. program features works by Slope Methodist Church, 410 BARGEMUSIC: Bill Lee plays jazz. Brahms, Shostakovich and Sixth Ave. (718) 788-2260. Free. RECEPTION: BRIC Rotunda Gal- Tchaikovsky. $35, $30 seniors, lery presents “Infinite Line: Con- $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. ESL REGISTRATION: The 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, $20 students. 4 pm. Fulton Flatbush YMCA offers English temporary Drawing in Time Ferry Landing, Old Fulton and Space.” 7 pm to 9 pm. 33 Old Fulton Street at the East as a Second Language classes. River. (718) 624-2083. Street at the East River. (718) 1401 Flatbush Ave. (212) 875- Clinton St. (718) 875-4047. Free. 624-2083. BOOKCOURT: presents a reading CONCERT: Edward R. Murrow 4345. Free. Music Institute presents a Vo- OPERA: American Opera Projects with Evan Fallenberg, author of presents Program B: “Unruly “Light Fell.” 7 pm. 163 Court calfest concert. $8, $6 in advance. 7 pm. Edward R. Murrow Horses and The Golden Gate.” TUES, JAN 15 St. (917) 553-6244. Free. $20, $15 students and seniors. MEETING: Community Education High School, 1600 Ave. L. (718) 258-9283 ext. 119. 8 pm. South Oxford Space, BLOOD DRIVE: hosted by the Council District 20 meets. Topic 138 S. Oxford St. (718) 398- Red Cross. 11 am to 4:30 pm. of discussion: “Annual School 4024. www.operaprojects.org. Kingsborough Community Col- Report Cards: Learn What They FRI, JAN 18 BAM: “Happy Days.” 3 pm. See lege, 2001 Oriental Blvd. (800) Mean to You and Your Chil- Sat., Jan. 19. 933-BLOOD. dren.” 7 pm. PS 204, 8101 15th OPERA: American Opera Projects SEMINAR: CAMBA presents Ave. (718) 759-3921. Free. presents Program A: “Seance OTHER “How to Sell More: Marketing OPERA: The Tchaikovsky Opera on a Wet Afternoon,” with NUTS ABOUT SQUIRRELS: Learn Basics.” Learn how to research presents a fully-staged produc- soprano Lauren Flanigan. $20, about the world of squirrels. an industry, identify a target tion of “Mazeppa,” based on $15 students and seniors. Noon. Canarsie Park, East 89th market and develop effective Pushkin’s story of an older’s man South Oxford Space, 138 S. Street and Seaview Avenue. marketing solutions to reach love for a younger woman. Rus- Oxford St.(718) 398-4024. Call 311 and ask for the Urban the potential customer. 3 pm sian baritone Victor Cherno- www.operaprojects.org. Park Rangers. Free. to 5:30 pm. 884 Flatbush Ave. mortsev performs. $35 to $85, LECTURE: African Americans and (718) 282-2500. Free. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music $17.50 to $42.50 students and program features works by the American Revolution pre- BOOKCOURT: presents a reading seniors. 7:30 pm. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT No to jailhouse school

t almost sounded like a joke: At a meet- Yassky has been calling for a new middle tions three years ago to an earlier version of ing last week, the city’s Corrections school to serve Brooklyn Heights, Down- Walentas’s plan. That incarnation was ICommissioner Martin Horn announced town and the growing neighborhood of bulkier and blocked far more views of the that he’s had so much trouble finding com- DUMBO — but his support for a middle Brooklyn Bridge. As a result of public out- mercial tenants for the ground-floor retail school in the jail is wrongheaded and, cry and Yassky’s opposition, the plan failed. annex at the Brooklyn House of Detention frankly, petulant. But now, Walentas has returned with a far better project. that he’s considering putting a middle school Yassky, you see, staunchly opposes DUM- BO developer David Walentas’s plan to build By acquiring additional land, the 18-sto- in the two-story space. an 18-story apartment building — which ry wing of the building is set further back But it was no joke. And, according to sev- would include a middle school, free of charge from the fabled bridge. Also, he has made a eral people who were at the meeting, Coun- to the city — along Dock Street. His opposi- commitment to environmentally friendly cilman David Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights) tion is based, he says, because part of the construction and has set aside 20 percent of supported Horn’s laughable idea. building would block some views of the the rental units at below-market rates. Putting a middle school at the jail site is as Brooklyn Bridge — though he downplays the And he’s including that middle school. bad an idea that has bubbled up from the bu- fact that most of the lost views would be from If Yassky still wants to oppose the Dock reaucracy in years. Not only does it treat al- apartments whose owners were told when Street project, that’s his prerogative. But if ready struggling public school parents with they purchased the units that they would lose he thinks a jail is a better place for a new contempt, but it sends a poor symbolic mes- their postcard-perfect look at the bridge (see middle school than in the first two floors of sage to students — that the government treats Walentas’s renderings at www.dockstreetdum- a David Walentas building in DUMBO, he education and incarceration as the same thing bo.com). needs to re-educate himself on the true (merely the age of the inmates is different). There was some merit to Yassky’s objec- needs of his constituents. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Our Brooklyn (Iowa) coverage earns accolades

To the editor, and Flatbush avenues, it would not be pos- was being developed? To the editor, Kudos on your most original issue of The sible to relocate the “stadium” further from CBN hired experts who analyzed the pro- The only thing more idiotic than Rep. Brooklyn Paper to date — your coverage of the street, unless the Nets intend to play ject’s myriad environmental impacts, and we Yvette Clarke’s reason for voting against the the Iowa caucus from Brooklyn, Iowa half-court games or drastically reduce the submitted extensive testimony on a wide Christmas resolution was Rep. Steve King’s (“Brooklyn votes,” Jan 5)! number of planned seats. range of the project’s potential effects. We, self-pitying rationale for introducing it. No- I liked your coverage of “the other And CBN, of course, understands that and the larger community, would have valued body I know, Christian or not, is trying to Brooklyn,” though I was disappointed that better blast-resistant materials exist today, input from the AIA in their areas of expertise. deny the importance of Christmas. If any- you did not show us a picture of their but a glass-walled building still presents sig- Eric McClure, Park Slope body is trying to eradicate the meaning of “Brooklyn Bridge”. It’s probably anticli- nificant safety challenges. While we hate to The writer is a member of the Council of the holiday, it is the mass merchants with mactic, but I’d love to see it. dwell on the potential for terrorism, it does Brooklyn Neighborhoods’ Steering Committee their constant Christmas promotions, not the Also, your feature about the 80 people exist, and like structural engineers and their ACLU, as King claims. and things to watch in ’08 was great. Thank modern materials, terrorists and their wea- PS: On a positive note, the Smartmom col- you for the mentioning BCAT, where Greg pons are getting more sophisticated, too. Food no-op umn was thoughtful and perceptive (“Hepcat Sutton is doing a great job. We also understand that measures can be To the editor, can’t wait for 30th reunion,” Dec. 22). Then again, I don’t think Marty Mar- taken to keep vehicles from getting “too I loved the Park Slope Food Co-op when It’s disturbing to think that a college kowitz is going to be mayor — especially close” to the planned arena and other glass- could determine an alumnus’s worth based / Gersh Kuntzman I lived in Park Slope, but I’m not sure if as Atlantic Yards continues to blow up. walled buildings. But Mr. Weston conve- that’s what’s best for Fort Greene and Clin- on a questionnaire. I feel this is a result of Steve DeSève, Brooklyn Heights niently disregards the fact that an NYPD ton Hill now (“A Food Co-op of their many students’ view of the university as an Editor’s note: Obviously, omitting a photo of the spokesperson has said that the department own?” Dec. 22). upscale trade school that one attends solely Brooklyn (Iowa) Bridge was a tremendous oversight. doesn’t foresee a need for bollards. In that to be qualified for better employment. So here it is, at right! There is a small co-op already in exis- case, unless someone plans on digging a tence and a vegetable/fruit service called the Richard A. Presutti, Carroll Gardens To the editor, Paper The Brooklyn moat, vehicles would not be kept from get- Clinton Hill CSA, which has been growing I enjoyed meeting your reporter, Gersh The Brooklyn (Iowa) Bridge, over Big Bear Creek, is not a suspension bridge. ting too close. by leaps and bounds the last few years. Kuntzman, during his trip to our Brooklyn and And better blast resistance hasn’t kept It seems it would make sense to work on Wait gain wanted to pass on to him that everyone read Newark police from closing streets adjacent something already, rather then to take the To the editor his stories and watched the video clips, and we its proposed demolition casts a pall on protec- faces meaty competition,” The Brooklyn to that city’s new Prudential Center arena. Slope model and transplant it to Clinton So, once again I was standing at the bus all loved his coverage of the Iowa caucus. tive oversight of the Landmarks Law. Angle, Dec. 22). We took our daughter and In addition to his misunderstanding of Hill. Eulalia Brooks, Clinton Hill stop for half an hour, waiting for a bus that’s I even learned a few things about my lit- Simeon Bankoff, Windsor Terrace her husband to Peter Luger for a treat last CBN’s concerns about security, Mr. Weston supposed to arrive every 10 minutes and it tle hometown thanks to his reports (though The writer is executive director of the spring, and were totally disappointed. offers several traffic “solutions” that are not dawned on me that if I had walked, I I was relieved I didn’t end up in our town Historic Districts Council. The steak was not tasty and had so much solutions at all. His proposal to relocate sur- Clarke hailed would’ve been home by now! That’s when paper’s gossip section). gristle that there was no possibility of face parking lots to the less-affluent neigh- I realized that these lousy buses must be overeating — or any need for a doggie bag! borhoods of Brownsville or East New York To the editor, part of Marty Markowitz’s anti-obesity My jaded California friends thought I have not been terribly enamored of there was no way Barack Obama could pull Rats! Column unfair And since nothing else on the menu at smacks of classism, and would make fact the campaign! To the editor, Peter Luger has ever been worth going for, fears that some neighborhoods have about Rep. Yvette Clarke’s first year in Washing- Nice one, Mr. Borough Prez! off Iowa, but when he did, they were very ton, but kudos to her for having the political inspired. They loved seeing how the caucus Rats get no love at all and if Juliana it was a pathetic, expensive meal, enhanced being turned into vast park-and-ride areas by Henry Hook, Park Slope courage and common sense to vote against worked in Gersh’s video. Bunim gets her way, it will get savagely by the usual surly service. congestion pricing. Editor’s note: For the record, the Borough President the “Christmas is nice” resolution (“Yvette Laura Calderwood, Brooklyn, Iowa worse (“Brooklyn’s rat killer fights on,” Never again, especially with so many Mr. Weston’s proposal to eliminate on- has no control over the Metropolitan Transportation votes ‘No’ on Christmas,” Dec. 22). Dec. 22). Bunim seems to want them shot great places to eat in Brooklyn. street parking on major thoroughfares Authority, which oversees the timing of buses. At best, this was bit of pointless legisla- or smashed. I read the Times, but it’s your paper that around the site would have the unintended tive fluff that could have well been amend- Good Purchase Behind this hysteria, of course, is a dirty I really love. Keep going! consequence of causing serious hardship to ed to include the statement that “puppies are To the editor, little truth: Rats proliferate because humans Rona Schneider, Brooklyn Heights merchants. Atlantic Avenue business own- In your recent article regarding the begin- are so messy. Anyone who has ever seen a ers have been working feverishly to elimi- cute” — factually true, but accomplishing Send a letter ning of construction at Brooklyn Bridge Park rat die of poison knows what a long, ago- nate the elimination of metered parking cur- nothing useful. (“ ‘Construction’ of ‘park’ ‘begins’ with dem- nizing process it is. But even if you hate rently in effect from 4–7 pm on weeknights, At worst, the resolution was a cheap at- By e-mail (the best way): olition,” Jan. 5), you incorrectly reported that these clean, curious rodents (who mate for Some expert which has been a detriment to businesses tempt to score political points by showing [email protected] To the editor, “resolve” against the fictitious — but fre- the Purchase Building under the Brooklyn life, by the way), consider how truly inef- there. Sacrificing established local business- By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, fective “rat abatement” programs are. I. Donald Weston’s recent letter to the Ed- quently hyped — “War on Christmas.” Bridge is not a landmark. The building is es and entrepreneurs for the sake of Atlantic 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. within the Fulton Ferry Historic District and Our job is to keep Brooklyn Heights a lot itor (“Expert: There is a way to fix Atlantic Yards is no solution. And creating more In either case, the result is the same: the therefore falls under the oversight of the cleaner than it is now. Yards traffic,” Dec. 22) accused the Council traffic capacity will only encourage more ability of Christians to practice their faith By fax: (718) 834-9278. Landmarks Preservation Commission. Wayne Johnson, Brooklyn Heights of Brooklyn Neighborhoods of a “lack of un- people to drive. has been neither strengthened nor weak- All letters must be signed and include The LPC’s action to allow the building to derstanding” — a wrong accusation. While Mr. Weston’s intentions appear ened, and the Congress has now set the the writer’s home address and phone be demolished without even a clear plan of Before criticizing CBN’s understanding noble, his suggestions are a dollar short and precedent that the hundreds of other reli- number (only the writer’s name and what is going to be erected in its stead was Bitter beef of building design, it would behoove Mr. a day late. 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It just means he may Grand Street may be rezoned to prevent high-rise construction. In a last-ditch effort to save a Flatbush Av- to install the left-turn signal to make the intersection safer. be able to put it off for The left-turn light enables westbound vehicles on Atlantic enue watering hole long enough to serve a few another 30 days. more rounds, a Prospect Heights bar-owner is Avenue to turn onto the one-way Hoyt Street before giving a Fang could not be green light to oncoming cars. WILLIAMSBURG adopting an unusual tactic, one involving, of all reached for comment for things, an article in The Brooklyn Paper. Bachner / Jeff “This could be life-saving,” said Margaret Cusack, president this story. A man who of the Hoyt Street Association. Kevin Mooney, the owner of Mooney’s Pub, a answered the phone at 20-year-old Irish bar between Park and Sterling Then again, the improved signal wouldn’t have prevented the her Flatbush Avenue liq- Dec. 29 accident, which happened when a car ran a red light. places, had been paying rent month-to-month for uor store said she was That’s why some residents say the new turn signal (below) 15 of those years when, in October, he was served out of the country. won’t have a big impact on safety. D’zone ain’t so ‘Grand’ a notice of eviction from his landlord, Lina Fang. Mooney is counting “It’s isolated and there’s no continuity,” said Sandy Bal- Then, following the correct legal procedure, on this slender hope. Paper file The Brooklyn boza, president of the Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association. By Adam F. Hutton process, such tall buildings could start cropping she sued Mooney for eviction. “I’m trying to prolong it as long as I can,” said According to NYPD figures from 2006, Atlantic Avenue at The Brooklyn Paper up, said Phil DePaolo of the New York Communi- But Jeffrey Saltiel, Mooney’s lawyer, said Fang Mooney, who will be in court again on Monday. Hoyt Street actually had far fewer accidents than other nearby ty Council, a zoning watchdog. erred when she then told The Brooklyn Paper that “And then I’ll have to kill it, I guess. Williamsburg residents are complaining that “Developers are going get their foundations in, intersections on Brooklyn’s avenue of death and destruction. a city proposal to limit high-rise development while Mooney’s had to leave, she was not, in fact, “Flatbush Avenue needs a Mooney’s pub.” Hoyt Street was the site of 25 accidents, compared to Boerum and they’ll be protected when the change does go evicting that pub. Place, which saw 47 crashes, and Flatbush Avenue, where along Grand Street is too little, too late. through,” DePaolo said. “It’ll be a nightmare.” “We are not evicting anyone,” Fang was quoted there were 123 fender benders or worse incidents. The Department of City Planning says the Williamsburg’s development mavens are all in The Paper. “[Mooney’s is] leaving because they COBBLE HILL That’s why Balboza wants the DOT to reign-in would-be downzoning plan would “preserve the scale of the keeping an eye on the corner of Grand Street and can’t afford the current rent.” Mario Andrettis, but a DOT spokesman said that lights are neighborhood and reflect Grand Street’s retail and Driggs Avenue, where architect Karl Fischer has Saltiel said that single comment is the basis for already set to keep most drivers at a legal velocity. residential feel,” according to a spokeswoman. designed a 16-story building. But Fischer may Mooney’s case. Besides, he added, speeding is a police matter. But the low-rise feel on Grand Street, which have to go back to the drawing board if the zoning “I’m going to attack the eviction, saying that was not protected in the 2005 rezoning that change goes through. the notice is contradicted by the landlord’s state- brought about the ongoing building boom on “That project is just one example of what could ments to the press,” said Saltiel. “The notice has Williamsburg’s waterfront, may be lost long be- happen if we don’t get the rezoning done in a hur- to be unequivocal. And this is clearly equivocal.” fore the city proposal makes it through the eight- ry,” said CB1 member Evan Thies. Saltiel acknowledged that this was not the most Callan / Tom month public-review process, critics said. But Ken Fisher — a lawyer and former City traditional of attacks, but, “In some situations, it’s “The city was wrong to have left this area out Councilman who is representing the developer — all you have.” of the rezoning,” said Community Board 1 Land said that rushing the downzoning might set prece- And according to Bob Dubno, a real estate attor- Use Committee Chairman Ward Dennis. dents that lead to worse things than tall towers. ney in Park Slope, what they have ain’t all that bad. The situation on Grand Street recalls the ongoing “Rezonings that are geared against a single

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