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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2011 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 34, No. 17 • April 29–May 5, 2011 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO DEATH IN LIBYA The new evidence of the horrify- Two Brooklyn war photographers killed ing cost of war stunned many in the borough that the two world travelers By Alex Rush tary “Restrepo” was nominated for an His colleague Chris Hondros, who called home. The Brooklyn Paper Oscar this year, was on assignment in worked out of a studio on Varick Street “We worked with him for a long time, Two acclaimed Brooklyn-based pho- rebel-held Misruta when he was caught near Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint, so this is such a big loss for us,” said tojournalists were killed on Wednesday in a hail of shells launched by forces lapsed into a coma after being hit by Nan Richardson, publisher of Umbrage AP Photo/Getty Images AP / Tim Hetherington doing their jobs in war-torn Libya. loyal to Libyan strongman Muammar the shells and was pronounced dead Editions, the DUMBO company that put Tim Hetherington, shown here in Williamsburg-resident Tim Hether- Qaddafi. several hours later, according to the out Hetherington’s photography book, Greenpoint-based Chris Hondros, a self-portrait from Afghanistan. ington, whose Afghanistan documen- He died within a few hours. New York Times. See WAR on page 6 shown here in Afghanistan. AUTHOR, All bark, no bite Fundraiser seeks money for new teeth By Gary Buiso AUTHOR! The Brooklyn Paper Jamie Mandel is one Brook- lyn barkeep whose bark is worse Own a bit of Norman Mailer than his bite. But he’s hoping to change from his old Heights home all that during a 15-hour ping pong tournament this weekend, By Gary Buiso worth of objects that when he’ll be raising money to The Brooklyn Paper fill the walk-up, where pay for the teeth he lost in car Fans of Norman Mailer completed his accident. Mailer will soon Pulitzer Prize–win- At the “Pong for Teeth” event have a chance to own ning “Executioner’s at B61 on Columbia Street, op- a piece of the scrappy Song” in 1979. ponents will pay at least $20 for Photo by Chris Stocksmith scribe — or at least Mailer’s offspring the privilege of playing the man — nine surviving chil- Ping pong legend Jamie “Gums” Mandel earned his nick- the jukebox, books they call “Gums” — and support- name because of a lack of teeth. Now, he’s holding a fund- dren from his six wives — ers can also sponsor him by the and other possessions raiser to get some. that crowd his Brooklyn will soon decide what they hour in hopes of landing Mandel Heights home. want to keep, according to a new set of choppers. The literary lion’s nautical- his son Matthew Mailer, 39, a “This is so I don’t have to be That condition dates back to 1995, barreled into his car, knocking themed crib on Columbia Heights Fort Greene screenwriter. Photo by Stefano Giovannini in debt,” he said. when the Virginia native was driv- nine teeth out his mouth. near Pineapple Street is on sale The rest of the booty will be of- BROOKLYN CRIBS: Norman Mailer’s son, Matthew, in At 34-years-old, Mandel is ing home from a Doobie Broth- It took Mandel three years be- for a cool $2.5 million — but fered to the home buyer — for an the family’s Columbia Heights home. The house, and its certainly not long in the tooth ers/Steve Miller concert in his fore he was finally able to replace also on the market are decade’s See MAILER on page 6 contents, are for sale. — indeed, he doesn’t have many. home state and a drunk driver See TEETH on page 5 Choppers banned from Hook skies By Gary Buiso Choppers will now be allowed for the Economic Development allowing the skies over Red Hook Heights with choppers. Residents sult? Choppers were f lying closer The Brooklyn Paper to fly only over the Buttermilk Corporation, which oversees he- to become a whirlybird Wild in those neighborhoods urged an to mainland Red Hook. The city has banned tour- Channel — the body of water licopter traffic. West, collateral damage from amended flight plan — and got And then the Department of ist helicopters over Red Hook, between Red Hook and Gover- The agency promised not the 2009 closure of a heliport one last April . Homeland Security mistakenly amending a controversial flight nors Island — and not over the only the new route, but a “strict on Manhattan’s West Side. But then complaints started to told the city that there was a se- plan that diverted choppers to long-put-upon peninsula. enforcement system,” Wood The shuttering shunted more fly in from officials at Governors curity issue with the choppers the forsaken neighborhood to “The city takes the complaints added. air traffic to a location near the Island — which is devoid of res- flying over the cruise terminal appease residents in tonier Brook- of Red Hook residents seriously,” The move comes three months South Street Seaport, filling the idents, but home to a school and at Pier 12 along the waterfront, lyn Heights and DUMBO. said Julie Wood, a spokeswoman after residents blasted the city for skies over DUMBO and Brooklyn other cultural attractions. The re- See CHOPPERS on page 5 Greenest Block? Oh, it’s on By Natalie O’Neill The green-thumbed residents of the The Brooklyn Paper block between Seventh and Flatbush av- Look out, Vanderveer Place, Ster- enues have already earned an “honor- ling Place has already started sprucing able mention” award for the “greenest” up for the Greenest Block in Brook- residential block — but are now gearing lyn contest. up to outdo last year’s champ, Vander- Yes, applications aren’t even due veer Place between Flatbush Avenue until June 1, but the borough’s annual and East 23rd Street in Flatbush. gardening competition — and blood “We have big aspirations,” said Ste- sport — is on. phen Gilroy, the block association pres- In the latest example of how the an- ident. “It’s a growing movement, like nual Botanic Garden competition is get- a rolling snowball, it’s getting bigger ting as serious as the NBA playoffs, a and bigger.” Photo Callan by Tom throng of devoted neighbors braved the To enter the contest, visit www.bbg. Craig Hammerman is a bureaucrat by day and a card shark by night. pouring rain on Saturday to install a org/greenbridge/greenestblock and fill six-foot planter made of scrap metal — out the application by June 1. Winners and fill it with pansies, kana flowers Photo by Stefano Giovannini will be announced in August and first and a sign that reads, “Keep it clean; Valerie Goffin carries out the raw material for “Greenest Block” place receives $300 — and the admi- don’t be mean.” greatness during a rainy kickoff on Sterling Place. ration of an entire borough. His poker face Slope community board district manager doubles as a casino king Kobayashi now By Gary Buiso The Brooklyn Paper Call him Cool Hand Craig. Tips from Craig By day, Craig Hammerman is dis- Poker stud Craig Hammerman trict manager at Community Board offered us these tips: off the ‘Wall’ 6 — a desk jockey who acts as an Don’t use props: “What if intermediary between city govern- your sunglasses break? Then you ment and residents of Brownstone haven’t trained yourself not to be New sign erases Nathan’s champ Brooklyn. dependent on them.” But when night falls (on nights Never bet what you can’t By Gary Buiso of Major League Eating, without board meetings, of course), lose: “You can’t play if you’re The Brooklyn Paper the governing body of all Hammerman sheds his civic cloak afraid to lose money.” A landmark for hot dog duodenum-defying sports, to become a five-card stud known in Hold the alcohol: “Don’t lovers is now the site of re- disagreed. some circles as “Morpheus Waits” — drink until after you’ve won. Al- visionist history. “This is not Mt. Rush- a cold-blooded poker assassin. cohol tends to make people make Organizers of the Na- more,” he said. “This is not “I am not a high roller under any bad decisions.” than’s hot dog eating con- a museum. This is not a circumstance, and as a public ser- Pay attention: “Watch a play- test in Coney Island have Hall of Fame.” vant I don’t expect to become er’s blink rate, how he places The action, while stun- one,” he said. his bets — whether they erased international legend Photo by Bess Adler Takeru Kobayashi — the ning from a historical per- Still, he doesn’t just par- throw chips or slide Takeru Kobayashi (inset) used to have a place of pride on the Wall of ticipate in the tourna- them. This can re- six-time world champion — from the spective, was expected after the Jap- Fame. The new version, hung last week, erases him entirely. arena’s “Wall of Fame,” a stunning push anese jawbreaker’s refusal to sign a ments — he wins. veal a lot.” from grace for the man who once had contract with the league last year, say- He recently placed Stay in shape: the world on a sausage-string. ing he wanted to be free to compete in plete when he was arrested after he occupied by Sonya “The Black Widow” 12th out of 120 chal- “You can’t sit at a After all, Kobayashi’s the Abe Lin- non-league events. The decision was bun-rushed the stage just at the end Thomas, who has never won the contest. lengers at the Borgata table for 12 hours and coln of eaters, and the wall is the sport’s costly — resulting in his expulsion from of the 2010 contest. Shea again blamed Kobayashi for his Spring Poker Open — focus if you’re not in shape Mt. Rushmore. the annual Coney Island contest. His But further humiliation was forth- Greek tragedy of a fall from grace. taking home a respect- mentally and physically.” George Shea, the executive director humiliation was believed to be com- coming. His place on the wall is now See NATHAN’S on page 5 See POKER on page 5 BERBERS FROM LAMINATES FREE CARPET & PLUSHES Any Room SHOP FREE PADDING! FREE INSTALLATION! $ 89 $699 AT 1-800 -RUGS-R-US 1 sq foot HOME 1-800-784-7787 www.1800RugsRUs.net (up to 108 sq ft) 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 29–May 5, 2011

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Saxelby Cheesemongers has concentrate solely on creating way is breathing easy. 4 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 29–May 5, 2011 Fix is in on Norman Ave. State workers start a chemical clean-up at contaminated site By Aaron Short ples, but there are no ef- water in several places in the That’s good news to resi- vironmental activist Mi- The Brooklyn Paper fects on the neighborhood neighborhood. dents of Greenpoint, where chael Schade, who hailed A toxic factory on Nor- as a result,” said state en- State officials tracked the toxic chemicals lurk under- the clean-up. man Avenue is getting its vironmental spokeswoman chemicals back to the dry ground. For the next 18 to 24 own scrubbing, Lori Severino. cleaning factory, which “Cancer-causing chem- months, contractors will col- State workers have be- Once owned by the Spic used such toxins to steril- icals have no place in the lect samples, the first step and Span Cleaners and Dy- ize clothes. gun a multi-year clean-up ground around our homes before the agency can pro- Photo by Stefano Giovannini at the former dry cleaning ers, the property is now oc- Later, state contractors and community,” said en- pose a remedy. The state will clean toxins from the former factory on Norman Avenue. plant, where plumes of gas cupied by a warehouse and drilled test wells on Norman were found underground four a woodworking shop, and is Avenue, Kingsland Avenue years ago. adjacent to several blocks of and Monitor Street, and of- The chemicals are widely houses from Kingsland Ave- fered indoor air testing to known to be carcinogenic, but nue to Monitor Street. area homes. state health and environmental The state pinpointed four In January, 2009, the De- iPhone taken on Lafayette Ave. officials insist that neither the sites in northeast Greenpoint partment of Environmental soil gas nor its clean-up poses as the source of contamina- Conservation declared the chained his pricey wheels out a knife and cut his arm a risk to residents’ health. tion after workers discovered property a state Superfund 88TH PRECINCT to a bike rack at Rockwell instead. “Neighbors may have no- high concentrations of the site, allowing the state to seek Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Place at noon. But when he POLICE BLOTTER Marcy robbery ticed [workers] installing chemical tetrachloroethene funds from the polluters for returned at 9:30 pm the bike A 13-year-old swiped an Two thieves robbed a man wells and collecting sam- in both the soil and ground- the clean-up. was missing. iPhone from a woman near Find more online every Wednesday at on Broadway on April 18 as the corner of Lafayette and Storage steal BrooklynPaper.com/blotter he was walking home from Washington avenues on April A crooked entrepreneur work. 23 — but was grabbed by po- swiped more than $6,000 The perps followed the lice before he could enjoy his That was enough time for in baby products from a 84TH PRECINCT the thug to grab it — along man down Marcy Avenue ill-gotten prize. Hall Street storage locker at 11:30 pm, when they GENERAL& COSMETIC The 28-year-old victim Brooklyn Heights– with the birth control pills — items that he later ped- and an iPhone inside. confronted him. One thief SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS was texting on her phone at dled on eBay. DUMBO–Boerum Hill– held his hand while the other — Natalie O’Neill 11 pm when the teen ran past Workers for Baby Deedee Downtown grabbed the wallet, and then Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse her, plucking the phone from said more than 300 baby Photo snatch both fled the scene. her grasp. Chemical peels “sleep nests” were pilfered A crook stole some expen- 76TH PRECINCT Bloody easy from the company’s storage Spider veins Blackberry snag sive art from a photographer Carroll Gardens-Cobble A burglar tried to steal a locker between Flushing and Laser hair removal A criminal quintet jumped on Willoughby Street over- Hill–Red Hook laptop from a Bogart Street Park avenues between Feb- night on April 17. Acne. Herpes a 33-year-old at the corner of Bag bozo business on April 21, but he Vanderbilt and Greene ave- ruary and April 20 — when The artist told cops that Someone stole a backpack led police right to his hid- Warts. Moles nues on April 22 — taking they learned that someone he locked his art studio from two men in Red Hook ing place. Blemish removal the man’s Blackberry. was selling them online. near Bridge Street at 6:30 Park and then demanded Cops say that the man en- Keloids The victim was nearing Bar flies pm, then returned the next tered the building, near Sc- day at around 10 pm. That’s money to return the phone 718-636-0425 the intersection at 8:20 pm Several diners and bar hop- holes Street, at 12:05 am, when he discovered his five- inside on April 20. 27 EIGHTH AVE (AT LINCOLN PL) when the crew attacked. pers were victimized as they but must have nicked him- PARK SLOPE, BKLYN by seven-foot photograph — The 37-year-old victim celebrated at their favorite Fort self on a broken window be- Saint stabbing worth $11,000 — had been told cops that he and a friend 212-288-1300 Greene nightspots last week. cause drops of blood led po- An unhinged woman at- swiped. There was no sign were exercising in the park, 1000 PARK AVE (AT 84TH ST) Here’s what happened: lice right to him. tacked a 26-year-old man on of a break-in. opposite Columbia Street, at MANHATTAN, NY ALAN KLING, MD St. James Place on April 24 — • A thief snagged a hand- around 3:40 pm, when some- Cops got an easy collar. DAY AND EVENING HOURS Board-Certified Dermatologist stabbing him in the arm. bag from a woman having a Brave lady one made off with the $90 Big Driggs PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT drink at the Fulton Grand Bar CARLY BODA, PA The victim told police that A crook snatched a stu- North Face bag, containing A thief stole a computer INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES on Fulton Street on April 17. he had never met the woman dent’s wallet on Court Street an HTC cellphone, credit from a S. Eighth Street apart- The woman was sitting in- before the 6:20 pm attack be- on April 22. cards, driver’s license, car ment on April 21. side the bar at Grand Ave- tween DeKalb and Lafayette The 26-year-old NYU stu- keys and $75. The tenant told police that nue at 8:45 pm, but left her avenues — but the assault dent told cops that she was The victim called his he left his apartment near Dri- purse on a chair when na- left him in Brooklyn Hospital near Dean Street at 9:30 am phone, and the jerk picked ggs Avenue at 1:50 pm and ture called. with five stab wounds. when a man swiped her wal- up to say that $200 would returned to 12 hours later to • A crook palmed a hand- let from behind. She chased assure the phone’s safe re- find his front window ajar Pocket slap bag from a woman enjoying a down the thug and — with turn. and his computer gone. A thug robbed a 20-year- night at the Autour du Monde the help of some bystanders old woman of her pocketbook restaurant at the corner of — held the jerk until cops Seat creep Craptop after his victim refused to Clinton Avenue and Fulton arrived and arrested the Someone stole thousands A thief stole a laptop “ho” for him during an Street on April 20. The wom- 33-year-old. of dollars in bicycle parts from a Metropolitan Av- April 21 altercation on Ful- an’s bag was hanging from Bad dinner from a Henry Street lobby enue apartment overnight ton Street. the back of her chair when on April 23. on April 17. The victim was in a bo- it was taken between 10:45 A thief stole a purse from The 37-yer-old victim The tenant told police she dega between S. Elliott Place and 11 pm. a woman at Junior’s on April said she left her home, lo- left her apartment near Marcy and S. Portland Avenue at • A thief plucked a 46-year- 22. cated near President Street, Avenue at 5 pm, but when she 2:15 am when the thief — old woman’s handbag from The victim told cops she at around 9:45 pm, and re- retuned at 9 am the next day, whom the victim knows — the back of her chair as she placed her Coach handbag on turned an hour later to find her computer was gone. the back of a chair at the fa- came in and made his re- celebrated inside Chez Os- that $2,850 in miscellaneous Road report quest. kar on DeKalb Avenue on mous eatery on Flatbush Ave- parts, including a seat, fork, At least three cars were When she said no, the April 21. The bag was taken nue near DeKalb Avenue at 6 and handlebars were gone. pm, then sat down. While her attacked last week: thief slapped her, followed sometime between 8 and 9:30 back was turned, the crook Bike burglar • A thief broke into a car her down the block and ran pm in the restaurant between I can’t predict the future, but I promise snatched her bag — along Someone stole two bicy- near Bogart Street on April off with her handbag. Adelphi Street and Clermont with the wallet inside. cles from a Sackett Street 18 and stole an iPhone. The Pratt pinch Avenue. home on April 17. I’ll help you prepare for it. Diamond mine driver told police that he had A goon made off with a Marshall stack The 47-year-old victim parked near McKibbin Street A thief swiped a fancy Don’t just think you’re covered. Let someone Pratt Institute student’s lap- Crooks converged on the said she left her home, near at 8:40 am and returned 12 piece of jewelry from a top computer after visiting Marshall’s inside the trou- Court Street, around 8:30 hours later to find his win- who cares help make sure you’re covered. shop on Willoughby Street the Willoughby Avenue cam- bled Atlantic Center on At- am, and when she returned dow smashed and his phone on April 21. pus on April 22. lantic Avenue between Fort at 10:45 pm, the wooden gone. A witness told cops a store The victim left his laptop Greene Place and South Port- frame around her door was • A thief stole an Audi clerk let a customer try on in a classroom for just five land Avenue last week. Here damaged, and two bikes, a on Lorimer Street on April The D’Arienzo Agency a $2,800 diamond ring at minutes when it disappeared are some highlights: Cannondale and a Magna, 16. The driver told police he Estelle’s Fine Jewelry near Paul D’Arienzo around 7 pm. • A goon grabbed a were gone. parked near Montrose Ave- Bridge Street at 12:30 pm. www.nationwide.com/pauld 30-year-old woman’s purse — Gary Buiso nue at 1:30 am, but when he Wallet grab The thief must have liked as she shopped for clothes returned to his spot at 7:45 1979 Marcus Ave Ste 210 A thief swiped a wallet it because he then strolled inside the department store am that morning, it was from a car parked at the cor- outside without paying for 90TH PRECINCT Lake Success, NY 11042 on April 15. The woman laid missing. ner of Fulton and St. Felix the rock. Southside–Bushwick her bag by her feet as she • A thief stole a Toyota on (516) 313-1247 streets on April 18. Cops arrested a 21-year- went through several cloth- Full plate Ainslie Street on April 20. The car was broken into old man for the crime that ing racks at 8:30 pm. When Four thugs smashed a The owner had parked near sometime after 4 pm, but the very same day. she completed her task 15 man’s face with a glass bot- Bushwick Avenue at 11 pm, victim didn’t realize any- Birth control tle inside a Graham Avenue thing was wrong until his minutes later, she realized but it was gone by 1 pm the restaurant on April 18. next day. credit card company con- her bag was missing. A jerk swiped a wom- • A 47-year-old woman an’s purse at a restaurant The victim told police — Aaron Short tacted him about unauthor- that the group surrounded ized purchases. was arrested on April 19 af- on Front Street in DUMBO ter she was caught stealing on April 20. him at 1:10 am while he 94TH PRECINCT Pedal pinch more than $1,600 worth of The 25-year-old victim was drinking at the restau- A freewheeling goon clothing and accessories. The told cops that she hung her rant near Maujer Street, and Greenpoint–Northside swiped an $1,130 bike left thief was grabbed leaving the purse on the back of a chair beat him to a pulp. All four Eagle wallet on Lafayette Avenue on store at 8:12 pm without pay- the eatery between Wash- perps were arrested. A perp struck a man and ©2006 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Affiliated Companies. Nationwide Life Insurance Company. Home office: Columbus, Ohio April 21. ing for handbags, shoes and ington and Adams streets at took his wallet and necklace 43215-2220. Nationwide, the Nationwide Framemark and On Your Side are federally registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Laundry whip Company. Not available in all states. The owner of the Ped- lingerie. 11:30 pm, then walked away Two thieves robbed and as he was walking on Eagle line Xtracycle said that he — Thomas Tracy for less than a minute. pistol-whipped a manager Street on April 24. inside his own Laundromat The victim told police that on April 22. he was near Manhatttan Av- The employee told po- enue at 5 am, when the perp We Get Results lice that two thugs entered approached him from behind, Do You Have Credit Problems? pushed him and punched his the Broadway store at 1:40 Removing: am to purchase soap, but one head. pulled out a black firearm and The thief took the man’s Our team of lawyers will fight for you in court against Creditors, shouted, “Don’t move!” jewelry and cash, and ran Collection Agencies and Law Offices that report negative The thug smashed his face away. s"ANKRUPTCIES with the gun and removed Two burgs information to the credit bureaus and use unethical and illegal $500 from his wallet be- At least two homes were practices to collect money from you. 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By Natalie O’Neill the former buttercream peddlers with wacky colors that will make closed down a month ago, claim- nut butter-banana medley dubbed, The Brooklyn Paper and Ricky’s NYC, the costume your teeth hurt.” ing that Ricky’s NYC failed to predictably, “The Elvis.” Three butter queens now sit and cosmetics company that con- Customers choose from three promote the bakery. Butter Lane also sells Stump- on the cupcake throne of Park trols the lease and, for some rea- flavors of cakes — chocolate, va- If reviews of Butter Lane’s town Coffee, cupcakes by the Slope. son, really wants a cupcake shop nilla and banana — along with flagship store are any indica- dozen and is adorned with white, A trio of frosting-slinging gals to work at that location. more than 20 frostings, includ- tion, it won’t have the same prob- 1970s-style chairs. just launched Butter Lane, a cup- Butter Lane co-owner Maria ing chocolate mint, maple and lems. Online comments are hail- “We’re excited to give it a cake bakery that takes over the Baugh is up for the challenge, blueberry for $3 each. ing the cupcakes — from Butter shot,” said operations manager Seventh Avenue storefront of Park explaining that she and her co- “We use real fruit — no dies Lane’s Manhattan location — as Marco Lopez. Slope’s now-dethroned King of owners have a unique concept — or preservatives,” said Emilio “my favorite” and “insane.” (In Butter Lane [240 Seventh

Cupcakes. a “cupcake for adults.” Tostado, whose greatest-ever job a good way.) Ave. between Fourth and Fifth Community Newspaper Group / Natalie O’Neill The pop-up shop is in the midst “We’re cutting down on the title is actually, “Power Icer.” Special treats include the salted streets in Park Slope, (718) 369 Frosting man Emilio Tostado recommends the banana of a two-week “trial period” in the sugar and increasing the flavor,” The shop is set-up differently caramel cupcake, which is topped 0466]. For info, visit www.but- maple cupcakes at Butter Lane, which just popped up in wake of a bitter blowout between she said. “These aren’t cupcakes than King of Cupcakes, which with popcorn kernels; and a pea- terlane.com. place of the recently dethroned King of Cupcakes.

her down the block and ran off with her handbag. Pratt pinch This stinks! Two sushi lovers burglarized A goon made off with a Pratt Institute student’s lap- The vicitm told cops that Street on April 21. St. Marks Avenue on April 78TH PRECINCT Super slick top computer after visiting A slick perp ripped off a she had set down the purse The victim told cops he 23. the Willoughby Avenue cam- Park Slope Pacific Street home on April POLICE BLOTTER in the seat next to hers in the left his car parked between The 29-year-old vic- pus on April 22. tim told cops he was near At least two sushi lovers 22 with an unlikely burglar’s salon between Park and Ster- Seventh and Eighth avenues The victim left his laptop at 7 pm and returned three Vanderbilt Avenue at 4 am, ended up with a raw deal in tool — the front door key! Find more online every Wednesday at ling places, but it was gone in a classroom for just five hours later to find a laptop, when a stranger started talk- separate burglaries on Fifth The victim told cops that BrooklynPaper.com/blotter by the time she returned from minutes when it disappeared Avenue on April 22. Here is picking out a nail color. a navigation system and an ing smack. The violent jerk around 7 pm. she her home between Fourth iPod missing. then whacked him in the face, the stinky news: and Flatbush avenues at 10 am Zoo station Wallet grab • A thief snatched a wom- she parked a full van at the in denim on April 20. leaving him with a bloody and returned 11 hours later to A thief busted a car win- Civic-minded A thief swiped a wallet an’s purse while she dined U-Haul near Sixth Street, and A worker at the boutique, gash on his lip. find her laptop computer and a dow and snatched a wom- A thief stole a 12-year- from a car parked at the cor- at Ginza, between First and returned the next day to find which is near Union Street, pair of earrings missing. an’s wallet along the quiet old Honda Civic on Sev- Mac attack ner of Fulton and St. Felix Second streets. The victim the truck gone. told cops that three perps en- She told cops that she gave stretch of Flatbush Avenue enth Street overnight on A crook snatched some streets on April 18. told cops that she had set The perp got her living tered the store at around 5 her super the apartment key near the Prospect Park Zoo April 17. computers from a Pros- The car was broken into down her purse at 8:10 pm, room and bedroom furniture, pm. One distracted an em- to make repairs earlier, but on April 20. The victim told cops that pect Place building on sometime after 4 pm, but the but it was not there when she a TV, chest of drawers, chair ployee while the other two the handiman said he wasn’t The victim told cops that she parked her gray Tin Lizzie April 21. victim didn’t realize any- tried to retrieve it. Later, a and china cabinet — all val- snagged 14 pairs of designer The 40-year-old woman at work during the time of she parked her car at 11:30 am between Seventh and Eighth thing was wrong until his videotape showed the fishy ued at $11,500. jeans before fleeing. told cops that she left her the burglary. and went for an hourlong job. avenues at 7 pm. By 10:30 credit card company con- bandit making his move to She didn’t report the crime An employee got a good home near Washington Av- When she returned, she dis- the next morning, the beloved tacted him about unauthor- swipe the goods, valued at Furniture score until April 19. look at the trio, and cops enue at around 1 pm, then covered that the rear passenger clunker was gone. ized purchases. $820. A crook made off with quickly arrested two sus- returned around 5:45 pm. Denim’s da window had been busted and — Dan MacLeod Pedal pinch • A thief swiped a wom- nearly half of a woman’s pects nearby. That’s when she discov- her wallet had been taken. A freewheeling goon an’s purse at Mura, which home when he swiped a mov- breaks Nailed! ered someone had sneaked 77TH PRECINCT swiped an $1,130 bike left is between Fifth and Sixth ing van from a storage facil- Cops nabbed two clothes iPerp through her rear window, A thief snatched a wom- on Lafayette Avenue on streets, at around 8:25 pm. ity on Fourth Avenue over- hounds a block away from a an’s nurse while she got her A tech-savvy perp swiped Prospect Heights swiped two Macintosh computers and $1,000 dig- April 21. He got away with a purse and night on March 25. Fifth Avenue store where they nails done at a Fifth Avenue a bounty of digital goods Busted mouth The owner of the Ped- $550 in stuff. The victim told cops that allegedly nabbed over $2,000 salon on April 22. from an SUV parked on Fifth A thug beat up a man on ital camera. The apartment next door line Xtracycle said that he was also burglarized of two chained his pricey wheels computers. to a bike rack at Rockwell Place at noon. But when he Play scare returned at 9:30 pm the bike A thug got busted carry- was missing. ing a knife in playground on Dean Street on April 18. Storage steal Cops spotted a suspi- A crooked entrepreneur cious man in a playground swiped more than $6,000 near Sixth Avenue at around in baby products from a 6:30 pm, and then discov- Hall Street storage locker BIG NEWS, ered he was hiding a switch- — items that he later ped- blade. dled on eBay. — Natalie O’Neill Workers for Baby Deedee said more than 300 baby “sleep nests” were pilfered 68TH PRECINCT from the company’s storage Bay Ridge–Dyker locker between Flushing and Heights Park avenues between Feb- Green getaway ruary and April 20 — when Bay Ridge! they learned that someone A thief stole three TVs from the clubhouse of the was selling them online. 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Continued from page 1 so-toothy grin on his already- New bar war comes to Slope his smile, but a year ago, doc- legendary video . tors had to yank out the faux The gummy dare, first re- — but we do need stay open have live music and offer a choppers because his bone ported by Gothamist , has yet Locals protest another sports tavern near arena late to survive.” late-night outdoor patio bar and gums receded around the to be acknowledged by the That’s just what some resi- — but then agreed to a com- By Natalie O’Neill ing out and pissing on our metal implants that held the scarlet-maned starlet. dents are worried about. One promise with neighbors, in- Mandel and friends The Brooklyn Paper neighborhood,” said Jon woman even passed around cluding an 11 pm outdoor teeth in his jaw. Crow, a longtime advo- Insurance will only pay the hatched the fundraiser idea Park Slope residents newspaper clips detailing curfew. one night while flapping their are rallying against an- cate of nightlife limits in crimes that have allegedly Pappalardo said he has no first $2,000 towards replace- Park Slope. “People looking ments — a tiny portion of the gums at the bar. other new sports bar that occurred inside sports bars such patio plans, and vowed to that will open next to the to drink until three or four expected $35,000 surgery. “Jamie has always been across the country. “work out a set of stipulations” Barclays Center. in the morning are already As such, Mandel is champ- an unusual person,” said An- The owners — who run with the community before thony Capone, co-owner of A fiery group of neigh- three sheets to the wind.” ing at the bit to take on all Social Eatz on East 53rd making a final presentation B61, Mandel’s employer bors stormed a Community Residents of the once- comers, including actress Street in West Brooklyn — to the board next month. for the past nine years. “He Board 6 meeting on Mon- hardscabble, “Fortress of added that the venue will wel- Susan Sarandon, co-owner Hours of operation will has his own outlook on the day night to rage against the Solitude”-esque block said come “an all-ages crowd.” of Spin, a Manhattan ping likely be the most conten- world.” proposed “Players Gastro- they don’t want to go back Pappalardo predicted an pong club. tious issue. Pong for Teeth at B61 pub and Sports Bar,” which to the bad old days. opening late this year in the “From a business perspec- “Give me two games. No [187 Columbia St. at De- seeks to serve alcohol un- “We’ve fought long and building that now houses

Photo by Stefano Giovannini tive, we know the neighbor- — give me three games. Best graw Street in Red Hook, til 4 am across the street hard to bring stability to the American Mattress & Fur- hood [clientele] is the most of three. Susan Sarandon, I (718) 643-5400], April 30 from the rising arena on block,” said Syble Hen- Neighbors are fighting a plan to build a sports bar inside a former furniture warehouse directly across niture Warehouse. important,” Pappalardo dare you!” he says with a not- from 1 pm to 4 am. Pacific Street at Flatbush derson, of the East Pacific The battle over the new bar the street from the rising Barclays Center. promised. “We’re gonna Avenue. Street Block Association. comes just weeks after a heated work it out.” It would be the closest “We don’t want a busi- debate over Prime 6, one of The liquor license ap- drinking establishment to ness that’s potentially dis- meeting — said their estab- die rock scene.” several recent proxy battles in plication will be discussed a venue that is expected to ruptive.” lishment would serve pizza, “We’re not trying to pull the lost war over the Atlantic during a Community Board draw 19,000 sports fans per But owners Scott Alling boast a celebrity chef and the wool over anyone’s eyes,” Yards mega-project. 6 committee meeting in CHOPPERS night. and Michael Pappalardo — cater to Brooklyn Nets fans Pappalardo told The Brook- Prime 6 initially planned May that has not yet been Continued from page 1 loud these things were.” “I don’t want fans com- who also attended the CB6 and the neighborhood’s “in- lyn Paper. “We are not a club to cater to the arena crowd, scheduled. further pushing flyboys over But Red Hook sky-watch- the peninsula, according to ers said they haven’t noticed a city official. a change just yet. Milo, who has taught at Fort school, an Education Department The newly refined flight “So far, it seems like it’s Hamilton HS for a decade, tes- spokeswoman explained. plan took effect April 14. Pi- being disregarded,” said Wol- tified for 40 minutes during last Stoll demanded that the Depart- lots will be fined $100 for cott Street resident Todd Ms. Milo is cleared! week’s grand jury proceedings, tell- ment of Education take the dis- a first offense, and on May Bonne, who vowed to closely ing jury members she never in- missal of the case into consid- 1, scofflaws will receive a monitor the clouds. tended to make good on her so- eration and “return this highly $1,000 fine. “I don’t mind one every Grand jury frees Ft. Ham ‘Columbine’ teacher called threats. Milo also called in regarded teacher to the classroom, Residents were thrilled blue moon, but a helicopter plenty of character witnesses — where she belongs.” with the news. ever five minutes — all you By Michelle Manetti “The grand jurors had the cour- “It will be Columbine all over friends, fellow teachers and Fort Fort Hamilton HS students “It’s about time!” said Sue hear is the sound. We just for The Brooklyn Paper age to say that the facts did not again,” she allegedly told a hand- Hamilton students — who called agreed that their teacher serves Peebles, a Beard Street resi- want them to please make A troubled art teacher arrested support a criminal charge,” Mi- ful of co-workers inside the school’s her a kind-hearted “free spirit” that them better in the classroom than dent. “You can’t imagine how it stop.” in the rubber room. for threatening to shoot up Fort lo’s lawyer, Andrew Stoll, said in teacher’s lounge. Witnesses said wouldn’t hurt a soul. a statement on Wednesday. Milo was sobbing at the time, leading But the Department of Educa- “We knew all along that [Milo] Hamilton HS has been cleared of Police arrested Milo on April 1 them to believe she was serious. tion isn’t sold on that assesment. wasn’t serious about what she said,” the crime — but she won’t be teach- for after she was overheard threat- Milo was charged with making The criminal charges may have said Nancy Ta, who graduated from ing class there anytime soon. ening to smuggle a machine gun terrorist threats — and was facing been dropped, but Milo remains Fort Hamilton HS in 2007. “Now All criminal charges against under a trench coat — a direct five years in prison if convicted. barred from even entering Fort she can continue doing great things NATHAN’S Sabrina Milo, 34, were dropped reference to the 1999 Columbine But a grand jury found insuffi- Hamilton HS until a disciplinary to help students with promising Continued from page 1 This is not the first time on April 15 after a grand jury re- High School massacre — and “set- cient evidence to allow the case hearing. She’s currently assigned to futures.” “Kobayashi actively re- the wall has defied its own fused to indict her. tle some scores.” to proceed. the administration office of another — with Thomas Tracy moved himself from the glorious history. Last year, world of professional eat- league officials removed ing and as a result, we must dog deities Ed “The Mas- ADVERTISEMENT make room for those who peth Monster” Krachie, Mike will continue to engage in “The Scholar” Devito, “Hun- professional eating,” Shea gry” Charles Hardy, Eric EscapeMaker.com’s Green Getaways, said. “We did not drive him “Badlands” Booker and away. He changed what he Amos Wengler, the “Bard” wanted.” of Coney Island, claiming Local Food & Travel Expo to Feature Wine & Cheese, But the gustatory Godzilla that none of men had fame fired back, saying his legacy anymore. will live on. 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The tory stays with the memories league announced this week the people have,” Kobayashi that the contest would fea- BROOKLYN, NY — EscapeMaker.com’s Green “We’re holding the Geocaching 101-Amazing said through spokeswoman ture a separate women’s com- Getaways, Local Food & Travel Expo, which Race for Kids, which is a seven-clue scavenger Maggie James. “I respect the petition. many players who left the “The accomplishments of will be held from 11 am to 5 pm, Saturday, April hunt inside the historic former Williamsburgh contest before me and con- women have not been fully 30, at Skylight One Hanson, 1 Hanson Place in Savings Bank clocktower (now called Skylight tinue to do so, for freedom recognized because of the ac- Brooklyn, will feature local weekend getaway One Hanson) with the winners receiving adven- complishments of the men,” — and in search of new be- ture prizes like zipline passes, kayak tours, hot air ginnings in competitive eat- said Shea. ideas within a few hours of NYC, fun activities, ing.” Last year, winner Joey vacation prizes, music, and eco-friendly work- balloon and bi-plane rides,” said Caylin Sanders, But the league is still leav- Chestnut gobbled 54 hot shops that the entire family will enjoy. 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Continued from page 1 has been playing poker with able $698. Hammerman for 10 years. ket Quiz by GrowNYC; face painting, tempo- And he’s now preparing to “He has a really good poker rary tattoos, and natural and organic regional play in regional tournaments demeanor — very steady.” that could lead to a seat at the Modern poker evolved treats like ice cream from Ronnybrook Farm World Series of Poker this over 10 centuries from a va- Dairy and Maple Candy from Woodhomestead summer, where top players riety of games — all involv- Maple.” from around the globe com- ing the basic principals of An indoor farmer’s market featuring seven pete for millions of dollars ranked card or domino com- in prize money. binations and “bluffing” to wineries and 20 local farms and regional food For now, Hammerman’s snooker opponents, accord- producers will offer wine tasting and food sam- winnings — his biggest take ing to poker.com . To excel at ples including 10 kinds of cheese, three kinds was $2,800, at another tour- any of the game’s variations, of chocolate, eco-certified fruit, jams, mustard, nament at the Borgata — are experts say players must syn- helping to bolster his annual thesize strong mathematical fresh milk, and tamales. In addition, chef Jacques $100,000 salary. skills, discipline, psychology, Gautier, whose Park Slope restaurant Palo Santo “I absolutely think this is a and a sense of risk vs. re- specializes in Latin American cuisine, will give good way to supplement my ward. a farm-to-table food demonstration. salary,” he said. “I am play- Hammerman, who has ing for my next career.” failed in two bids for the Sixty eco-friendly destinations from New The Midwood-native, who City Council, thinks he has York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont now lives in Park Slope, has what it takes. that are accessible by car, train, bus, or ferry been district manager for “It involves all the things I the past 18 years, earning a like: math, statistics and hu- will be exhibiting. reputation for being mild- man behavior,” he said. Exhibitors will give away more than 50 get- mannered, and somewhat And his vanquished oppo- away prizes including overnight stays at Mo- quirky — he’s a huge Star nents attest to his skills. honk Mountain House, resorts in the Hamptons, Trek fan. “He cleaned my clock at But just because you know a charity poker event for the Lake Placid, and the Poconos, inns in Saratoga him doesn’t mean you know Cobble Hill Health Center Springs, Okemo Valley, and the Hudson Valley, him. last year,” said Councilman a Catskills tennis camp, and passes to local at- “You can’t read him, Brad Lander (D–Park Slope), tractions and festivals. which I think is good,” said who recalled Hammerman’s Tom Miskel, a longtime stoic “poker face,” and “ded- Presentations will be held throughout the board member. “He’s good ication to the task at hand.” event on topics such as Hiking via Mass Transit at reading cards around the As a player, he’s controlled and Adventure Bicycling presented by the Ap- table — which he’s had to — just like “The Matrix” palachian Mountain Club, and Green Travel 101 do around the negotiating ta- character played by Lau- ble with politicians and city rence Fishburne referenced presented by Green Key Global. GrowNYC will officials to get things done. in his nickname. present a workshop on recycling, and Vokashi He has to play things close “A dealer once said that will give a demonstration on composting. to the vest.” the way I was sitting looked Hammerman caught the ‘just like Morpheus,’ ” said Regional bands—Boston’s Kingsley Flood, poker bug at a young age, Hammerman, who uses the New York’s Pearl & the Beard, and Ugly Purple watching both sets of grand- name as an identity on on- Sweater from Washington, D.C. —will per- parents play pinochle or ca- line poker sites. form. nasta. City rules don’t prohibit For more information please see http://www. “They used to take me to Hammerman’s participation the Brighton Beach Baths and in tournaments, provided he escapemaker.com/travelexpo. sometimes they would never does so on his own time. see any sun — they’d be sit- And he certainly doesn’t ting under an umbrella all hide his passion. day playing cards,” he re- Keen-eyed visitors to his called. office on Baltic Street near He’s been playing a house Court Street will notice game “for literally nickels stacks of poker chips from and dimes” since 1994, but casinos he’s visited — from only began to play seriously Las Vegas (where his favor- over the last decade, encour- ite casino is the Bellagio) to aged by the meteoric rise of the Caribbean. Internet poker and coverage And he always keeps a of the World Series of Poker deck of cards at the ready on national television. inside his trademark back- “Craig has a really good pack. sense of the cards,” said Phil “You never know when Leshinsky, a retired trans- a game will break out,” he portation consultant who said. Children attending EscapeMaker.com’s Green Getaways, Local Food & Travel CALL TO ADVERTISE Expo can milk Dutchess, a 6 foot tall, 300 pound, fake cow. (718) 260-4503 April 29–May 5, 2011 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 R: BR 5 TEETH... Continued from page 1 so-toothy grin on his already- New bar war comes to Slope his smile, but a year ago, doc- legendary video . tors had to yank out the faux The gummy dare, first re- — but we do need stay open have live music and offer a choppers because his bone ported by Gothamist , has yet Locals protest another sports tavern near arena late to survive.” late-night outdoor patio bar and gums receded around the to be acknowledged by the That’s just what some resi- — but then agreed to a com- By Natalie O’Neill ing out and pissing on our metal implants that held the scarlet-maned starlet. dents are worried about. One promise with neighbors, in- Mandel and friends The Brooklyn Paper neighborhood,” said Jon woman even passed around cluding an 11 pm outdoor teeth in his jaw. Crow, a longtime advo- Insurance will only pay the hatched the fundraiser idea Park Slope residents newspaper clips detailing curfew. one night while flapping their are rallying against an- cate of nightlife limits in crimes that have allegedly Pappalardo said he has no first $2,000 towards replace- Park Slope. “People looking ments — a tiny portion of the gums at the bar. other new sports bar that occurred inside sports bars such patio plans, and vowed to that will open next to the to drink until three or four expected $35,000 surgery. “Jamie has always been across the country. “work out a set of stipulations” Barclays Center. in the morning are already As such, Mandel is champ- an unusual person,” said An- The owners — who run with the community before thony Capone, co-owner of A fiery group of neigh- three sheets to the wind.” ing at the bit to take on all Social Eatz on East 53rd making a final presentation B61, Mandel’s employer bors stormed a Community Residents of the once- comers, including actress Street in West Brooklyn — to the board next month. for the past nine years. “He Board 6 meeting on Mon- hardscabble, “Fortress of added that the venue will wel- Susan Sarandon, co-owner Hours of operation will has his own outlook on the day night to rage against the Solitude”-esque block said come “an all-ages crowd.” of Spin, a Manhattan ping likely be the most conten- world.” proposed “Players Gastro- they don’t want to go back Pappalardo predicted an pong club. tious issue. Pong for Teeth at B61 pub and Sports Bar,” which to the bad old days. opening late this year in the “From a business perspec- “Give me two games. No [187 Columbia St. at De- seeks to serve alcohol un- “We’ve fought long and building that now houses

Photo by Stefano Giovannini tive, we know the neighbor- — give me three games. Best graw Street in Red Hook, til 4 am across the street hard to bring stability to the American Mattress & Fur- hood [clientele] is the most of three. Susan Sarandon, I (718) 643-5400], April 30 from the rising arena on block,” said Syble Hen- Neighbors are fighting a plan to build a sports bar inside a former furniture warehouse directly across niture Warehouse. important,” Pappalardo dare you!” he says with a not- from 1 pm to 4 am. Pacific Street at Flatbush derson, of the East Pacific The battle over the new bar the street from the rising Barclays Center. promised. “We’re gonna Avenue. Street Block Association. comes just weeks after a heated work it out.” It would be the closest “We don’t want a busi- debate over Prime 6, one of The liquor license ap- drinking establishment to ness that’s potentially dis- meeting — said their estab- die rock scene.” several recent proxy battles in plication will be discussed a venue that is expected to ruptive.” lishment would serve pizza, “We’re not trying to pull the lost war over the Atlantic during a Community Board draw 19,000 sports fans per But owners Scott Alling boast a celebrity chef and the wool over anyone’s eyes,” Yards mega-project. 6 committee meeting in CHOPPERS night. and Michael Pappalardo — cater to Brooklyn Nets fans Pappalardo told The Brook- Prime 6 initially planned May that has not yet been Continued from page 1 loud these things were.” “I don’t want fans com- who also attended the CB6 and the neighborhood’s “in- lyn Paper. “We are not a club to cater to the arena crowd, scheduled. further pushing flyboys over But Red Hook sky-watch- the peninsula, according to ers said they haven’t noticed a city official. a change just yet. Milo, who has taught at Fort school, an Education Department The newly refined flight “So far, it seems like it’s Hamilton HS for a decade, tes- spokeswoman explained. plan took effect April 14. Pi- being disregarded,” said Wol- tified for 40 minutes during last Stoll demanded that the Depart- lots will be fined $100 for cott Street resident Todd Ms. Milo is cleared! week’s grand jury proceedings, tell- ment of Education take the dis- a first offense, and on May Bonne, who vowed to closely ing jury members she never in- missal of the case into consid- 1, scofflaws will receive a monitor the clouds. tended to make good on her so- eration and “return this highly $1,000 fine. “I don’t mind one every Grand jury frees Ft. Ham ‘Columbine’ teacher called threats. Milo also called in regarded teacher to the classroom, Residents were thrilled blue moon, but a helicopter plenty of character witnesses — where she belongs.” with the news. ever five minutes — all you By Michelle Manetti “The grand jurors had the cour- “It will be Columbine all over friends, fellow teachers and Fort Fort Hamilton HS students “It’s about time!” said Sue hear is the sound. We just for The Brooklyn Paper age to say that the facts did not again,” she allegedly told a hand- Hamilton students — who called agreed that their teacher serves Peebles, a Beard Street resi- want them to please make A troubled art teacher arrested support a criminal charge,” Mi- ful of co-workers inside the school’s her a kind-hearted “free spirit” that them better in the classroom than dent. “You can’t imagine how it stop.” in the rubber room. for threatening to shoot up Fort lo’s lawyer, Andrew Stoll, said in teacher’s lounge. Witnesses said wouldn’t hurt a soul. a statement on Wednesday. Milo was sobbing at the time, leading But the Department of Educa- “We knew all along that [Milo] Hamilton HS has been cleared of Police arrested Milo on April 1 them to believe she was serious. tion isn’t sold on that assesment. wasn’t serious about what she said,” the crime — but she won’t be teach- for after she was overheard threat- Milo was charged with making The criminal charges may have said Nancy Ta, who graduated from ing class there anytime soon. ening to smuggle a machine gun terrorist threats — and was facing been dropped, but Milo remains Fort Hamilton HS in 2007. “Now All criminal charges against under a trench coat — a direct five years in prison if convicted. barred from even entering Fort she can continue doing great things NATHAN’S Sabrina Milo, 34, were dropped reference to the 1999 Columbine But a grand jury found insuffi- Hamilton HS until a disciplinary to help students with promising Continued from page 1 This is not the first time on April 15 after a grand jury re- High School massacre — and “set- cient evidence to allow the case hearing. She’s currently assigned to futures.” “Kobayashi actively re- the wall has defied its own fused to indict her. tle some scores.” to proceed. the administration office of another — with Thomas Tracy moved himself from the glorious history. Last year, world of professional eat- league officials removed ing and as a result, we must dog deities Ed “The Mas- make room for those who peth Monster” Krachie, Mike will continue to engage in “The Scholar” Devito, “Hun- professional eating,” Shea gry” Charles Hardy, Eric said. “We did not drive him “Badlands” Booker and away. He changed what he Amos Wengler, the “Bard” wanted.” of Coney Island, claiming But the gustatory Godzilla that none of men had fame fired back, saying his legacy anymore. will live on. The Kobayashi incident “Images can be taken off isn’t the only change in store the wall, but I hope the his- for the historic contest. The tory stays with the memories league announced this week the people have,” Kobayashi that the contest would fea- BIG PARTY, said through spokeswoman ture a separate women’s com- Maggie James. “I respect the petition. many players who left the “The accomplishments of contest before me and con- women have not been fully tinue to do so, for freedom recognized because of the ac- — and in search of new be- complishments of the men,” ginnings in competitive eat- said Shea. ing.” Last year, winner Joey But the league is still leav- Chestnut gobbled 54 hot ing room for Kobayashi’s re- dogs and buns in 10 min- turn. utes. The top female chal- Bay Ridge! “This is not to say that he lenger Thomas ate 36 in the won’t be up there again,” said same time, enough for fourth Shea, who has made over- place. tures to Kobayashi, but the “I’m not saying they can’t eater has shunned all over- compete,” Shea said. “This tures to return to the table (ne- is about getting more recog- gotiating or otherwise). nition for them.” Grand Opening POKER… Celebration at our Continued from page 1 has been playing poker with able $698. Hammerman for 10 years. And he’s now preparing to “He has a really good poker play in regional tournaments demeanor — very steady.” that could lead to a seat at the Modern poker evolved brand new branch! World Series of Poker this over 10 centuries from a va- summer, where top players riety of games — all involv- from around the globe com- ing the basic principals of pete for millions of dollars ranked card or domino com- in prize money. binations and “bluffing” to For now, Hammerman’s snooker opponents, accord- winnings — his biggest take ing to poker.com . To excel at was $2,800, at another tour- any of the game’s variations, nament at the Borgata — are experts say players must syn- helping to bolster his annual thesize strong mathematical $100,000 salary. skills, discipline, psychology, “I absolutely think this is a and a sense of risk vs. re- good way to supplement my ward. salary,” he said. “I am play- Hammerman, who has ing for my next career.” failed in two bids for the The Midwood-native, who City Council, thinks he has now lives in Park Slope, has what it takes. been district manager for “It involves all the things I the past 18 years, earning a like: math, statistics and hu- reputation for being mild- man behavior,” he said. Saturday, April 30, 10am-12pm mannered, and somewhat And his vanquished oppo- quirky — he’s a huge Star nents attest to his skills. Trek fan. “He cleaned my clock at But just because you know a charity poker event for the him doesn’t mean you know Cobble Hill Health Center 86th St and 4th Ave him. last year,” said Councilman “You can’t read him, Brad Lander (D–Park Slope), which I think is good,” said who recalled Hammerman’s Tom Miskel, a longtime stoic “poker face,” and “ded- board member. “He’s good ication to the task at hand.” • Raffl e for over $1,500 in local merchant gift certifi cates at reading cards around the As a player, he’s controlled table — which he’s had to — just like “The Matrix” do around the negotiating ta- character played by Lau- • Games, toys and fun for everyone in the family ble with politicians and city rence Fishburne referenced officials to get things done. in his nickname. He has to play things close “A dealer once said that • Live entertainment and refreshments too! to the vest.” the way I was sitting looked Hammerman caught the ‘just like Morpheus,’ ” said poker bug at a young age, Hammerman, who uses the watching both sets of grand- name as an identity on on- parents play pinochle or ca- line poker sites. nasta. City rules don’t prohibit Stop in to enter our Raffl e today! “They used to take me to Hammerman’s participation the Brighton Beach Baths and in tournaments, provided he sometimes they would never does so on his own time. 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CALL TO ADVERTISE (718) 260-4503 ©2011 The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh. 6 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 29–May 5, 2011 ADVERTISER FOCUS ‘Death’ fi lms in Cobble Hill By Gary Buiso For area residents, there was a The Brooklyn Paper price for their brush with celebrity Cobble Hill was more “boring” — they were forced to move their than usual on Thursday. cars on Henry Street between Bal- Cast and crew of HBO’s hit comedy tic and Amity streets as well as Con- series, “Bored to Death,” transformed gress Street between Henry and Clin- Cobble Hill Park at Congress and Clin- ton streets. ton streets into Burbank during film- “It’s an inconvenience because ing of a third-season episode. there’s no parking,” said resident On hand was bearded big shot Zach June Negrycz, an artist who does Galifianakis, who plays Ray, the best not watch the show, but saw the film- friend of Jonathan (Jason Schwartz- ing. Her sentiment echoes that of res- man), an apparently fictionalized ver- idents in nearby neighborhoods such sion of Jonathan Ames, the Boerum as DUMBO , who have grown frus- Hill scribe and series creator . trated with the endless film shoots The show follows the misadventures that invade area streets. A ‘New Era’ in of Ames, who moonlights as an unli- But it’s not all that bad, Negrycz censed private detective, and also stars added. Ted Danson, of “Cheers” fame. “That they want to film here vali- home improvement Galifianakis — a North Caro- dates what we already know: Cobble lina native who catapulted to star- Hill is a great place,” she said. By Camille Sperrazza start, the sooner you can enjoy the new dom after his boozy work in “The The series airs Friday and Satur- Have a home improvement project? look. “With each new remodel project, Hangover” — showed his paternal day nights on HBO. When the series Photo Callan by Tom side inside the lush park, holding a resumes, new episodes premiere on “Bored to Death” star Zach Galifianakis shows his paternal instinct New Era Development Group, a we accept the responsibility to make baby instead of a bottle. Sunday nights. in Cobble Hill last Thursday, during filming of the HBO series. home improvement business, is ready your experience the best it can be,” says to tackle it. Michael. The company provides an array of The company promises to provide services, spanning all facets of con- uncompromising professional service, owner of the Complete Trav- struction and design for the home or he says, and “the highest quality work- eller Antiquarian Book Store workplace, says owner, Michael Palm- His favorite things in Manhattan. manship in the industry.” The goal is MAILER… Autographed, first-edition isano Jr. “to add value to our clients’ homes in a Continued from page 1 oral bid in 1969 that reads: You’ll never be able to write like Norman Mailer Mailers are another story. In fact, he says New Era Development discerning and creative way.” added fee — or be a part of an “I would sleep better if Nor- — but you may be able to own his ballpoint pen — The most expensive Mailer Group is “the best remodeling company They are aware that every new con- estate sale. Mailer’s hundreds man Mailer were Mayor;” and hundreds of other items that occupy his Brooklyn on eBay is a signed, first-edi- in the tri-state area.” What makes it so? struction project has its unique chal- of books alone are worth a Mailer’s desk itself, though Heights home. Here are some of the highlights: tion copy of “The Execution- “Strong leadership, a work force with lenges, which is why they work with small fortune. that item has already been Books! Mailer’s volu- er’s Song,” with a price tag years of experience dedicated to excel- subcontractors and associates “to the “The library is something claimed by Susan Mailer, the minous library, which he of $1,500. lence, and a business philosophy based mutual benefit of all parties involved,” we are probably going to sell eldest child. carefully culled and edited, But the Mailer clan may on honesty and integrity,” he says. he says. — this is something a lot of “I’d take a lot of this a necessity since he was rou- face stiff headwinds, as the The results speak for themselves — If you’ve been burned by contrac- people are interested in,” stuff, but I just don’t have tinely sent books from au- Great Recession has pro- “thousands of successful projects and tors disappearing before a job is com- Mailer said, adding that the the space,” Matthew Mailer thors eager to have his name duced a sustained buyer’s happy customers,” he says. plete, rest assured that New Era Devel- family intends to keep the said. “It’s not practical, but on their book jacket. Authors market for collectibles. Their full-service general contracting opment Group, will be there “from the signed, first edition copies I wish I could store it all in run the gamut, from D.H. Lawrence to “At the moment, every- a time capsule.” capabilities include nearly everything: first step to the last step in the comple- of his father’s works. Kobo Abe. one is selling, and no one is new construction; brownstone renova- It’s unclear what else in Mailer said the items in Music! A Wurlitzer jukebox that buying,” said Rachel Leibo- tion of your entire home or workplace the home — a teak-roofed the house have yet to be ap- tion; interior and exterior alternations; project,” says Michael. Mailer gave his sixth wife Norris Church wicz, owner of Circa An- ship’s bridge with stagger- praised. tiques on Atlantic Avenue additions; electrical and plumbing; car- “Our meticulous management, expert one Christmas. Artists include Bob Dy- ing view of the Manhattan “For someone who was near Bond Street. “People pentry; building code corrections; kitch- craftsmanship uncompromising integ- lan, Fats Domino, and the Slewfoot skyline — the Mailer siblings a fan, you can’t really put Five. are downsizing, and every- ens and bathrooms; sheet-rocking, com- rity, and sustainable building practices will covet. a price tag on them,” he mercial construction, patios and decks, Ceramics! Two cobalt one has his mother’s or fa- ensure the creation of a sound invest- A 1960s-era jukebox — added. ther’s things.” doors, remodeling and repairs, home and blue Chinese dogs, stand- ment and a unique home to be enjoyed a sweet gift from Mailer to The home includes multi- True, but not everyone’s building inspections; painting, paper- by children and grandchildren for years Norris Church, Matthew’s level loft spaces, designed by ing silent guard over their domain. father was one of the most ing, and stucco; foundations and base- to come,” he says. mother and Mailer’s sixth Mailer to resemble a ship’s acclaimed writers of the 20th ments; custom building and windows; The company is fully licensed, bonded wife — stands at the ready galleys. Art! Artwork by Nor- century. Mailer wrote more fire and water damage; and demolition and insured. (once fixed) to play songs “It’s a great party pad,” ris Church, and Mailer’s than 40 books, including 11 daughter Maggie cover the and clean-up services. Michael is happy to answer ques- such as “Hound Dog” by El- the son said. mega-novels, and is consid- walls and might be for sale. As we’ve all survived one of the harsh- tions and to speak with you about your vis Presley or “Ain’t Misbe- The house has been on the ered one of the originators est winters in recent memory, get out- havin’ ” by Fats Waller. market just 10 days and has A haunting Kabuki-style of “New Journalism,” a non- home improvement needs. “Learn why sculpture may also be up doors and take a good look around your Other choice items include already been receiving keen fiction style that elevates re- we are a different consulting firm,” he for grabs. property. Surely you’re in need of one African masks that Mailer interest, according to Dolores — Gary Buiso portage into an art form. 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MOM Gift her right The Brooklyn Flea — now with two loca- tions! — isn’t the only place to get last-min- ute Mother’s Day purchases. This weekend, more than 60 craftspeople will descend on tthe Brooklyn Lyceum in Park Slope for the annual Spring Craft Market. There’ll be adorable one- ssies from Bugsella, color- fuful cotton baby clothes from HHuggy Bunny, and, for a ggift that’s really just for mmom, unique, tchotchke jewjewelry from Schmutzer- landland. “P“Pay special attention to some out-of-towners who aren’t normally on the market circuit in New York,” advised Ly- ceum owner Eric Richmond, singling out jew- eler McGinithen Glass, accessory maker House (718) 260-2500 April 29–May 5, 2011 of Minerva, Punk Rock Knits and illustrator The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings Kassondra Amada. Music, food and drink will also entertain, but don’t waste this opportunity to score a gift for the mother in your life, as Mother’s Day is fast approaching on May 8. Spring Craft Market at the Brooklyn Lyce- um [227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, (718) 857-4816], April 30 and May 1 from 11 am-7 pm. For info, visit ww.lyceummarkets. ‘Bunker’ hill com. — Meredith Deliso Park Slope sniper’s nest is actually an art exhibit TOURS

By Meredith Deliso The Brooklyn Paper Come on in! our eyes aren’t deceiving you — among Calling all voyeurs. the brownstones of Park Slope, you May kicks off house tour season, when you Y can find a bona fide bunker. can get a peek inside your neighbors’ home and On the sidewalk of President Street near their elaborate dining rooms, rare art pieces Fifth Avenue sit neat stacks of olive burlap and innovative renovations. sandbags, an empty window carved out where First up are 10 homes an M60 would be right at home. in Clinton Hill, as well It’s no Vietnam war memorial or un- as properties in Wal- conventional yard decoration, but part of labout, that includes a new exhibition at Prophecies Gallery gardens, a mansion, opening on April 30 featuring artwork an artist’s studio, and by veterans. a French revival Gothic Gallery owner Lenny Goodstein spent church. 12 hours building the bunker with some Then, on May 7, you of the featured artists as a way to draw can explore Brooklyn Heights and its historic

people in to his new show. Photo by Judith Angel “It’s not just a fun thing, it’s a politi- townhouses. Highlights cal statement,” said Goodstein, a Vietnam include a nearly 170-year-old Greek Revival veteran who lives a few blocks from the brick townhouse owned by an artist; a Fed- gallery. “I’ve met too many homeless vets eral-style house renovated by famed New York recently, and I’m not too happy about it. architect William Tubby; and the oldest house The Veterans Administration is not help- on the tour, built in 1826, which features Pa- ing these guys.” risian chandeliers, a dining room table where The bunker certainly draws attention — Winston Churchill once ate, and a garden with spend a few minutes inside it, and you’re a cherry tree. likely to see people taking photos or pop- Clinton Hill house tour starts at the Queens ping their heads in to get a closer look. of All Saints Church [300 Vanderbilt Ave. be- “I love it,” said Ralph, a Park Slope res- tween Dekalb and Lafayette avenues in Clinton ident who was strolling by after a recent Hill, (718) 638-7625], May 1, noon-5 pm. Tickets lunch who declined to have his last name $25. For info, visit sctyclintonhill.tumblr.com; printed. “I can only imagine what [the sol- Brooklyn Heights house tour starts at St. Ann’s diers] must have gone through.” School [129 Pierrepont St. between Clinton Ultimately, though, the bunker’s meant to and Henry Streets in Brooklyn Heights, 718- draw you into the gallery, where you’re first 858-9193], May 7, 1-5 pm. Tickets $40. Res- greeted by a window installation featuring ervations recommended. For info, visit www.

the artifacts of war — helmets from World Photo by Stefano Giovannini thebha.org. — Meredith Deliso War I, II and Vietnam, a Green Beret uniform The art of war: Park Sloper Lenny Goodstein built a bunker on President Street in front of his gallery, which is running an and a sculpture of a B-52 bomber. exhibition featuring work by veterans starting April 30. Inside, the walls of the gallery barely show any white, covered with a variety of PARTY pieces, from oils to needlepoint to sculp- “It’s all done from emotion.” word spread about the show, though the “It feels really good to do that,” said ture to photography — some of it abstract, Many of the 23 artists, a group that in- gallery is only a little bit bigger than the Goodstein. “Some of these guys are still but most of it related to the artist’s expe- cludes male and female veterans who have size of an apartment lobby. suffering.” rience, such as Domingo Vega’s colorful served in wars from Vietnam up until the Proceeds from the sale of the artwork Veterans art show at Prophecies Gal- Derby time paintings of battlefields to Tony Velez’s present day, are from Brooklyn and the will go to the Veterans Quality of Life/Ac- lery [665 President St. near Fifth Avenue black-and-white photographs of Vietnam outlying boroughs. Goodstein has received cess Network, which helps homeless veter- in Park Slope, (718) 230-3022], Tuesday And they’re off! War protesters. mailed-in submissions from veterans in ans find shelter and receive benefits — fur- through Sunday, April 30-May 31, 11 The mint juleps will be flowing, the hats “All of it is gut work,” said Goodstein. Kansas, South Carolina and Virginia once ther driving Goodstein’s cause home. am-7 pm. Opening night party, 4-8 pm. will be crazy and the seersucker suits will be in full force when the Bell House throws its annual Kentucky Derby Party on May 7. chy in a Jar, and pickles from Melting Pot that feature a map “Where I come from, Sour Puss Pickles and, even- of the borough. it’s the biggest holiday tually, Brooklyn Brine. “I buy it for all my friends who of the year,” said Mi- Vendors, for their part, are have babies,” said DiLoreto. chael Boyd, a Kentuck- excited to join the borough- In addition to featuring lo- ian who organizes the centric venture. cal vendors, it was important party. “It’s our version “I’ve met many customers to DiLoreto that the offerings of Mardi Gras.” over the years who would love span the spectrum from old Boyd started host- to buy more locally made prod- school to new. To that end, ing Derby parties in his Cobble Hill apartment

Buy by! Photo by Allan E. Shoening ucts,” said MaryAnne LoVerme the shop will have Manhattan of Wabisabi Brooklyn, who will Special Soda, which has been 13 years ago, but they be selling her decoupage jewelry making its espresso coffee soda became so popular that he moved to the for- Brooklyn-only shop at the store. “Being a Brooklyn in the borough for more than mer Magnetic Field. They soon outgrew that native myself, I beam with pride 100 years, next to Fresh Ginger venue, and then Union Hall, before moving at the thought of being able to Ginger Ale by Bruce Cost, the to the Bell House three years ago. opens on Smith Street shop in an all Kings County- new kid on the block. “There’s something about it that people re-

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Community Bookstore [143 THEATER, “OLIVER”: It’s the musical Seventh Ave. at Carroll Street in twist on Dickens’s “Oliver Twist.” Brooklyn Campus Park Slope, (212) 477-8242]. $18, $14 (seniors and children under THEATER, “KING LEAR”: Derek Ja- 12). 8 pm. Gallery Players [199 14th (Flatbush & DeKalb Avenues) cobi stars in Donmar Warehouse’s St., between Fourth and Fifth av- production of Shakespeare’s trag- enues in Park Slope, (212) 352-3101], LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY edy. $25-$80. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Photo by James McDowell galleryplayers.com. Theater [651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Body check: With a name like Body Language, you know they’re DANCE, “INTIMACY “: 8 pm. See Fri- Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636- Media Arts Center in the business of making you dance. Check out the Brooklyn day, April 29. 4100], www.bam.org. MUSIC, KENNY PICKETT, THE BY- Spike Lee Screening Room DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. MOCKING- band at Southpaw on April 29. GONES, AND ADIRA AMRAM: BIRD. WHORE.”: Company XIV Free. 9 pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth does a one-woman dance piece Ave. between 17th and 18th streets Program begins at 10 am plazas. Free. 11 am. Brooklyn Public based on the work of Charles Bu- SAT, APRIL 30 in Greenwood Heights, (718) 768- Reception at 12:30 am kowski. $30, $25 students and Library’s Central branch [Flatbush 0131.] www.freddysbar.com. Avenue at Eastern Parkway in seniors. 8 pm. 303 Bond Street MUSIC, CUNNINLYNGUISTS, Theatre (303 Bond St. near Union OUTDOORS AND TOURS Grand Army Plaza in Park Slope, (212) 564-4441]. TONEDEFF, BLUE SKY BLACK Street in Gowanus), www.Company- PTA 5K RUN: Help raise money for DEATH, AND BED STUY CHEW: XIV.com. 17 public schools. 10 am. Prospect PERFORMANCE $15. 9 pm. Knitting Factory [361 THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: Criti- Park [Bartell Prichard Square, Pros- MUSIC, ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S: Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer cally hailed play about soldiers in pect Park West and 15th Street in Street in Williamsburg, (347) 529- Iraq returns for third run. $55-$90. 8 Selections by Schumann, Mahler Park Slope, (718) 499-1090]. and Anton Arensky. $35, $25 mem- 6696], ny.knittingfactory.com. pm. St. Ann’s Warehouse [38 Water SAKURA MATSURI: Celebrate Japa- bers, and $10 students. 2–4 pm. MUSIC, FRANKIE MARRA: Free. 10 St. at Dock Street in DUMBO, (718) nese culture at this cherry blossom Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern pm. Greenhouse Cafe [7717 3rd 254-8779], www.stannswarehouse. festival. $15, $10 for seniors and Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Ave. between 77th and 78th streets org. students. 10 am–6 pm. Brooklyn Prospect Heights, (718) 638-5000], in Bay Ridge, (718) 833-8200], www. DANCE, “INSECTINSIDE”: New aerial Botanic Garden [1000 Washington www.brooklynmuseum.org. greenhousecafe.com. show from Grounded Aerial. $18. 8 Ave., at Eastern Parkway in Crown THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 pm. SALES AND MARKETS pm. Brooklyn Lyceum [227 Fourth Heights, (718) 623-7220], www. See Friday, April 29. Ave. at President Street in Park bbg.org. BROOKLYN FLEA: More than 100 Slope, (718) 857-4816], www.brook- MUSIC, PEARL AND THE BEARD: vendors. 10 am–5 pm. (176 Lafay- TOUR, ARCHITECTURE: View the lynlyceum.com. With Kingsley Flood. $10. 8 pm. ette Ave between Clermont and architectural ornaments of animal Rock Shop [249 Fourth Ave. be- Vanderbilt avenues in Fort Greene), MUSIC, LAKE, APRIL MARCH AND and plant imagery in buildings and tween Carroll and President streets JULIEN GASC, AGESANDAGES, www.brooklynfl ea.com. AND PALEO: $12. 8 pm. Knitting PLANT SALE: Free. 10 am–3 pm. Nar- Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at rows Botanical Gardens [7200-7398 Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, Shore Rd. between 69th and 71st (347) 529-6696], ny.knittingfactory. streets in Bay Ridge, (718) 748- com. CIVIC CALENDAR 4810], www.narrowsbg.org. DANCE, “INTIMACY “: A solo dance MON, MAY 2 [191 Union St. Between Sackett CRAFT FAIR: Textiles, jewelry, wood- by Levi Gonzalez. $15. 8 pm. Brook- Bay Ridge AARP. Monthly meet- and President streets in Carroll works and more. Free. 11 am–4 pm. lyn Arts Exchange [421 Fifth Ave. ing. 2 pm. Bay Ridge Manor [476 Gardens, (718) 834-3207]. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at Eighth Street in Park Slope, (718) 76th St. at Fourth Avenue in Bay (7420 Fourth Ave. at 74th Street in 832-0018], www.bax.org. Ridge, (718) 256-3551]. WED, MAY 4 Bay Ridge), www.brfa.us. MUSIC, MEAGHAN BURKE: Free. 9 Community Board 2 Health, SPRINGTIME CRAFT MARKETPLACE: pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth Ave. TUES, MAY 3 Environment and Social Service More than 60 artisans, music, fi ne between 17th and 18th streets in Committee. Monthly meeting. food and drink. Free. 11 am–7 pm. Community Board 2 Economic 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Hospital [121 Greenwood Heights, (718) 768- Development and Job Creation Brooklyn Lyceum [227 Fourth Ave. DeKalb Ave. at St. Felix Street in at President Street in Park Slope, 0131.] www.freddysbar.com. Committee. Monthly meeting. 6 Fort Greene, (718) 596-5410]. MUSIC, BODY LANGUAGE: $12. 9 pm. Long Island University [DeKalb (718) 857-4816], www.brooklyn- lyceum.com. pm. Southpaw [125 Fifth Ave. at and Flatbush avenues in THURS, MAY 5 Downtown, (718) 596-5410]. St. Johns Place in Park Slope, (718) Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club. OTHER 230-0236], www.spsounds.com. Community Board 1 Parks and Weekly meeting. 12:15 pm. BUSINESS EXPO: Meet local mer- MUSIC, THE KINGS COUNTY BLUES Waterfront Committee. Monthly Brooklyn Marriott [333 Adams St. chants, live demonstrations, cou- BAND: Free. 10 pm. Freddy’s Bar meeting. 6:30 pm. Swingin’ Sixties in Downtown, (917) 804-0797]. pons and take home samples. Free. [627 Fifth Ave. between 17th and Senior Center [211 Ainslie St. at Community Board 1 Public Safety 10 am–2 pm. Grand Army Plaza 18th streets in Greenwood Heights, Manhattan Avenue in Committee. Monthly meeting. (Union Street between Flatbush Av- (718) 768-0131.] www.freddysbar. Williamsburg, (718) 389-0009]. 6:30 pm. Polish National Home enue and Prospect Park West). Don’t sweat over com. 76th Precinct Community [261 Driggs Ave. between Leonard BIKE FESTIVAL: Live entertainment, MUSIC, CITY SOUNDS: Free. 10 pm. Council. Monthly meeting. 7:30 and Eckford streets in face painting, riding related classes, heating and Greenhouse Cafe [7717 3rd Ave. pm. 76th Precinct Stationhouse Williamsburg, (718) 389-0009]. bike repair and demos. 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ebrate “Tanz in Den Mai” MUSIC, MAURICE: Free. 6 Greenlight Bookstore [686 Avenue in Park Slope, (718) with beer, sausages and pm. Greenhouse Cafe Fulton St. between South 789-2762], www.tealoung- music. 3 pm. Loreley Wil- [7717 3rd Ave. between Elliott Place and South eny.com. 9 DAYS... liamsburg [64 Frost St. 77th and 78th streets in Portland Avenue in Fort MUSIC, KOREAN SINGER- near Leonard Street in Wil- Bay Ridge, (718) 833-8200], Greene, (718) 246-0200], SONGWRITERS: Free. 9 Continued from page 8 liamsburg, (718) 599-0025], www.greenhousecafe.com. greenlightbookstore.com. pm. Brooklyn Academy of www.brooklynhistory.org. DANCE, “INTIMACY “: 6 pm. THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: Music [30 Lafayette Ave. lyn Bridge Park (1 Main “ANOTHER EVENING IN See Friday, April 29. 8 pm. See Friday, April 29. near St. Felix Street in Fort St. at Atlantic Avenue in ITALY”: A night of Italian MUSIC, MATT PAVOLKA: 7 THEATER, “OLIVER”: 8 pm. Greene, (718) 636-4100], DUMBO), www.bikenewy- food, dancing and per- See Saturday, April 30. www.bam.org. ork.org. pm. Barbes [376 Ninth St. formances of scenes from at Sixth Avenue in Park MUSIC, CLASSICAL CON- MUSIC, THE RIDGE, STEVEN PLANT SALE: 11 am–4 pm. Italian operas. Reserva- Slope, (718) 965-9177], CERT: Music by Vaglini, [Hoyt Street and Pacifi c AND JOHN OF BURLAP tions required. $25. 7 pm. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Lenzi, Perocco, Tomio, and TO CASHMERE: 9:30 pm. Street in Boerum Hill, (718) Christ Church [7301 Ridge others. $35 ($30 senior, $15 596-0449]. MUSIC, “TONGUE AND The Schnitzel Haus [7319 Blvd. between 73rd and GROOVE”: Robert Pat- student). 8 pm. Bargemusic Fifth Ave. between 72nd VACATION EXPO: Learn 74th streets in Bay Ridge, erson’s new experimen- [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old and 73rd streets in Bay about your next green (347) 299-4227], www. tal piece. $15 ($25 at the Fulton Street and Furman Ridge, (718) 836-5600], getaway. $10 in advance, christchurchbayridge.org. door). 7:30 pm. Galapagos Street in DUMBO, (718) www.schnitzelhausny.com. $12 at the door. 11 am–5 Art Space [16 Main St. at 624-2083], www.bargemu- MUSIC, SOUND CHASER: pm. Skylight One Hanson sic.org. [1 Hanson Pl. near Flatbush Water Street in DUMBO, Free. 10 pm. Green- SUN, MAY 1 (718) 222-8500], www.gala- MUSIC, NEW AMERICAN house Cafe [7717 3rd Ave. Avenue in Fort Greene, FOLK ROCK: Steven Delo- (718) 230-0400], www.es- pagosartspace.com. between 77th and 78th OUTDOORS AND TOURS MUSIC, SMOKING POPES, poulos and guitarist John streets in Bay Ridge, (718) capemaker.com. Philippidis. Free. 8:30 pm. READING, SAHAR SIM- TOUR, BIRDING AND RID- DIRTY TACTICS, AND 833-8200], www.green- ING: Explore the park’s THE SCUTCHES: $14. Schnitzel Haus [7319 Fifth housecafe.com. MONS: Author of “Beauty Ave. between 72nd and and Brains.” RSVP re- birds by bike. $30. 9 am–1 7:30 pm. Knitting Factory MUSIC, KARAOKE: $10. pm. Grand Army Plaza [361 Metropolitan Ave. at 73rd streets in Bay Ridge, Midnight. Union Hall [702 quired. Free. Noon–4 pm. (718) 836-5600], www. Carol’s Daughter [1 South (Union Street between Flat- Havemeyer Street in Wil- Union St. at Fifth Avenue bush Avenue and Prospect liamsburg, (347) 529-6696], schnitzelhausny.com. in Park Slope, (718) 638- Elliot Pl. at Dekalb Avenue MUSIC, RADIO JAROCHO: in Fort Greene, (718) 596- Park West). ny.knittingfactory.com. 4400], www.unionhallny. SAKURA MATSURI: 10 am–6 COMEDY, “PRETTY GOOD Photo by Johan Persson $10. 10:30 pm. Jalopy [315 com. 1862], www.carolsdaugh- Columbia St. between ter.com. pm. See Saturday, April 30. FRIENDS”: Hosted by Eu- A family affair: Derek Jacobi and Pippa Bennett Warner star as father and gene Mirman. $7. 7:30 pm. Hamilton Avenue and READING, SULEIMAN PERFORMANCE daughter in “King Lear,” one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. The production Woodhull Street in Colum- OSMAN: Author of “The Union Hall [702 Union St. at SAT, MAY 7 THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music starting April 28. bia Street Waterfront, (718) Invention of Brownstone 395-3214], www.jalopy.biz. Brooklyn.” $6, $4 seniors. 2 2 and 7 pm. See Friday, (718) 638-4400], www. OUTDOORS AND TOURS April 29. unionhallny.com. pm. Brooklyn Historical So- along gypsy swing re-in- performance of the puppet TOUR, LANDMARK HOUSE ciety [128 Pierrepont St. at THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 3 DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. FRI, MAY 6 AND GARDEN WALK: pm. See Friday, April 29. MOCKINGBIRD. terpretations of standards. play City of Hamburgers, WED, MAY 4 Clinton Street in Brooklyn 9 pm. Barbes [376 Ninth a a chili cook-off, games, Visit fi ve privately owned Heights, (718) 222-4111], THEATER, “OLIVER”: 3 pm. WHORE.”: 8 pm. See Fri- THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 historic townhouses. $40. day, April 29. St. at Sixth Avenue in Park prizes, dancing and more. pm. See Friday, April 29. pm. See Friday, April 29. www.brooklynhistory.org. See Saturday, April 30. Slope, (718) 965-9177], $25 ($20 in advance). 7 pm. 1–5 pm. St. Ann’s School OYSTER BASH: Oyster and MUSIC, SALOME CHAMBER MUSIC, DANA LYN: $10. 8 www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Jalopy [315 Columbia St. READING, VICTORIA ZACK- READING, DAVE ISAY: [129 Pierrepont St. be- beer pairing, with brews ORCHESTRA: Selections pm. Jalopy [315 Columbia between Hamilton Avenue HEIM: Editor of “He Said Author of “Mom: A Cel- tween Clinton and Henry St. between Hamilton Av- MUSIC, CYNTHIA SAYERS What?: Women Write ebration of Mothers from from Sixpoint Brewery. from Bach and Tchaikovsky. HOT BANJO TRIO: $10. and Woodhull Street in Co- streets in Brooklyn Heights, $30. 2–4 pm. Dressler [149 $40 ($35 senior, $15 stu- enue and Woodhull Street lumbia Street Waterfront, About Moments When StoryCorps”. Free. 7:30 pm. (718) 858-9193], www. in Columbia Street Wa- 9:15 pm. Jalopy [315 Co- Greenlight Bookstore [686 Broadway between Bed- dent). 3 pm. Bargemusic lumbia St. between Hamil- (718) 395-3214], www. Everything Changed”, with thebha.org. ford and Driggs avenues [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old terfront, (718) 395-3214], jalopy.biz. readings by contributors. Fulton St. between South www.jalopy.biz. ton Avenue and Woodhull Elliott Place and South PERFORMANCE in Williamsburg, (718) 384- Fulton Street and Furman Street in Columbia Street MUSIC, CHICHA LIBRE: 9:30 Free. 7:30 pm. Greenlight 6343], www.dresslernyc. Portland Avenue in Fort Street in DUMBO, (718) MUSIC, STEPHANE WREM- Waterfront, (718) 395- pm. Barbes [376 Ninth St. Bookstore [686 Fulton St. THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 com. 624-2083], www.bargemu- BEL: Mixes up the tradi- between South Elliott Place Greene, (718) 246-0200], pm. See Friday, April 29. 3214], www.jalopy.biz. at Sixth Avenue in Park greenlightbookstore.com. MAY DAY FESTIVITIES: Cel- sic.org. tional Django repertoire Slope, (718) 965-9177], and South Portland Avenue DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. SALES AND MARKETS www.barbesbrooklyn.com. in Fort Greene, (718) 246- DANCE, “LOVER. MUSE. MOCKINGBIRD. CARROLL GARDENS 0200], greenlightbook- MOCKINGBIRD. WHORE.”: 8 pm. See Fri- GREENMARKET: 8 am–6 store.com. WHORE.”: 8 pm. See Fri- day, April 29. pm. [Carroll and Smith TUES, MAY 3 MUSIC, WINTERSLEEP, TELE- day, April 29. THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: streets in Carroll Gardens, TEXTILE: $10. 8 pm. Union THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: 8 pm. See Friday, April 29. BROOKLYN BOROUGH 8 pm. See Friday, April 29. (212) 788-7476], www. Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth THEATER, “OLIVER”: 8 pm. grownyc.org. HALL GREENMARKET: 8 Avenue in Park Slope, (718) MUSIC, REVEREND HOR- am–6 pm. See Saturday, See Saturday, April 30. ARTISTS AND FLEAS: 8 am–6 638-4400], www.union- TON HEAT, REVEREND April 30. hallny.com. PEYTON’S BIG DAMN MUSIC, BAYOU N BROOK- pm. See Saturday, April 30. LYN MUSIC FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, SECONDHAND MUSIC, ROOTS AND BAND: Rock music. $25. CORTELYOU GREENMAR- SERENADE AND PLUG CAJUN AND ZYDECO KET: 8 am–6 pm. [Corte- RUCKUS: Night of folk, 8 pm. The Bell House IN STEREO: $17. 7 pm. [149 Seventh St. at Third MUSIC: 8 pm. See Friday, lyou Road between Argyle old-time and blues music. 9 May 6. Knitting Factory [361 pm. Jalopy [315 Columbia Avenue in Gowanus, (718) and Rugby roads in Ditmas Metropolitan Ave. at MUSIC, CLASSICAL CON- Park, (212) 788-7476], www. St. between Hamilton Av- 643-6510], www.thebell- Havemeyer Street in Wil- enue and Woodhull Street houseny.com. CERT: Selections from grownyc.org. liamsburg, (347) 529-6696], Haydn Piano, Ravel and BROOKLYN FLEA: Vintage, in Columbia Street Wa- MUSIC, BAYOU N BROOK- ny.knittingfactory.com. terfront, (718) 395-3214], LYN MUSIC FESTIVAL OF Schubert. $35 ($30 senior, Mother’s Day at antique, handmade, and THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 $15 student). 8 pm. Barge- food vendors. 10 am–5 pm. www.jalopy.biz. CAJUN AND ZYDECO pm. See Friday, April 29. MUSIC: Performances music [Fulton Ferry Land- (27 N. 6 St. at Kent Avenue MUSIC, THE MANDINGO ing, Old Fulton Street and THEATER, “BLACK WATCH”: $10. 10 by the renowned Cajun in Williamsburg), www. AMBASSADORS: Furman Street in DUMBO, brooklynfl ea.com. 8 pm. See Friday, April 29. pm. Barbes [376 Ninth St. musician Jesse Lege and friends, community jam (718) 624-2083], www. SPRINGTIME CRAFT MAR- THEATER, “THE QUEEN at Sixth Avenue in Park CASELNOVA OF THE MAY & HER sessions, workshops and bargemusic.org. Slope, (718) 965-9177], KETPLACE: 11 am–7 pm. more. $15 ($10 in advance) MUSIC, LANDLADY, BIG See Saturday, April 30. HARVEST KINGS — AN www.barbesbrooklyn.com. EVENING OF COMPE- or both days $30 (24 in TREE: $10. 9 pm. Union NOT JUST YOUR TYPICAL TRATTORIA OTHER TITION”: Set in 1929 in advance). 8 pm. Jalopy Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth fi ctional Glass City, Ohio, THURS, MAY 5 [315 Columbia St. between Avenue in Park Slope, (718) PLANT SALE: 11 am–4 pm. Hamilton Avenue and 638-4400], www.union- See Saturday, April 30. twin brothers compete Three course menu offered to impress the pageant MUSIC, BOBBY AND ALEX Woodhull Street in Colum- hallny.com. POETRY SLAM: Virtual Poetry queen. $15. 8 pm. Galapa- BLEEKER & THE FREAKS: bia Street Waterfront, (718) MUSIC, PRODIGAL CHILD: Salon live provides a forum gos Art Space [16 Main St. $10. 7 pm. Knitting Factory 395-3214], www.jalopy.biz. Free. 10 pm. Green- as well as our normal menu for poets and writers to at Water Street in DUMBO, [361 Metropolitan Ave. at MUSIC, CLASSICAL CON- house Cafe [7717 3rd Ave. share their creative endeav- (718) 222-8500], www. Havemeyer Street in Wil- CERT: Selections by Schu- between 77th and 78th ors. Free. 4–6 pm. Puppet’s galapagosartspace.com. liamsburg, (347) 529-6696], bert. $35 ($30 senior, $15 streets in Bay Ridge, (718) Jazz Bar [481 Fifth Ave. at Special hours for the day 1pm–9pm MUSIC, SLAVIC SOUL ny.knittingfactory.com. student). 8 pm. Bargemusic 833-8200], www.green- 11th Street in Park Slope, PARTY: $10. 9 pm. Barbes THEATER, “KING LEAR”: 7:30 [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old housecafe.com. (718) 499-2622], www.pup- [376 Ninth St. at Sixth Av- pm. See Friday, April 29. 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him — or a buyer — to glow-in-the-dark bowling build the apartment com- — a special that lights up plex and a synagogue. A the lanes on Fridays and residential zone already ex- Saturdays. Maple Lanes BOWLED OVER! ists across the street from also attracts Brooklyn’s the alley. Big Lebowskis with deals Boro’s oldest bowling alley may close The change could like dollar games on Sun- make the property more days, party packages, and By Alex Rush palatable to the number $2 plates of French fries. The Brooklyn Paper of nearby congregations For the kids, Maple Lanes The owner of Brooklyn’s who could then expand offered bowling lessons largest bowling alley is pav- atop the land. and free games all sum- ing the way for its demoli- There are more than mer, according to its web- tion by trying to convince a dozen congregations site, bowlmaple.com. the city to allow apartments within a mile radius of Brooklyn still has a fair and a synagogue to be built the bowling alley, some amount of bowling alleys, where it stands. of which operate out of but none come close to the The owner of Maple private homes. size of Maple Lanes. Lanes, a kingpin’s haven The city has not yet ap- For instance, Shell proved the application, and Lanes on Bouck Court for more than 50 years in “Manhattan” will kick off Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies with a View on July 7. Bensonhurst, applied in Au- it would take lengthy pub- in Gravesend has 16 less gust to rezone his property lic review process before lanes, while the 34-lane Gil to allow a seven-story build- the zoning change could Hodges Lanes on Strick- ing and a shul, according be made. land Avenue in Mill Ba- to the Department of City The news of the possi- sin turned about half its This year’s ‘View’ Planning. ble shuttering hit patrons lanes in 2003 to a gym. Building owner John as hard as a bolwing ball And three years ago, the By Meredith Deliso July 14: “Ghostbusters” LaSpina, whose father Pe- to the foot. borough’s bowling scene The Brooklyn Paper July 21: “Sweet Smell of Success” “I think it’s terrible, I’d suffered a big blow when ter opened Maple Lanes in The schedule for this summer’s “Mov- July 28: “Basquiat” 1960, told the New York be lost,” said Adam Ar- Mark Lanes on 88th Street ies with a View” series at Brooklyn Bridge Aug. 4: “An American Tail” Times that he sought the chone, who lives on 72nd in Bay Ridge was demol- Park’s Pier 1 is up — and this year is focus- Aug. 11: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” change to increase the value Street in Dyker Heights and ished and replaced with a Aug. 18: “Crooklyn” of the property. bowls in the Veterans Af- parking lot . ing on the “view” part of the name. Most of the films in the series have a Manhattan Aug. 25: “Rosemary’s Baby” Presently, the building, fairs League. “I come here Nearby congregations Sept. 1: Public vote: Choose your own focus — which only makes sense given the at 60th Street and 16th Av- four times a week.” could not be reached for favorite New York story! Check brooklyn- enue, is zoned for manufac- The 48-lane center is comment on Friday night, city views from the park at the foot of Old bridgepark.org for details. turing — which would not Photo by Steve Solomonson home to amateur leagues but a rep from the Shoneh Fulton Street. Movies with a View at Pier 1 [Old Ful- allow construction of hous- There’s nothing like bowling at Maple Lanes in for all ages, an annual Halochos congregation on Here’s the complete New York-centric ton Street at Furman Street in DUMBO, ing. LaSpina wants the city Bensonhurst (even when you have form like this scholarship tournament, 56th street said his group lineup (all films are after dusk on Thurs- (718) 802- 0603]. Seating starts at 6 pm, to change the zoning to res- guy), but the beloved lanes may not be around and scores of casual bowl- wasn’t interested in ex- days): with the movie beginning after sunset. For idential, which would allow much longer, thanks to a development plan. ers looking for a night of panding. July 7: “Manhattan” info, visit brooklynbridgepark.org. LET’S KIDS • SCHOOL • STYLE • TEENS • CAMPS • MUSIC PARENT HAVE FUN! SUMMER PROGRAM Ages 2–12 Blown sideways through life Affordable Rates: $200 per week REGISTER didn’t think too hard about place to stop. I had one single- My kids are die-hard road- junkyards and beautiful horse driving to Florida with minded mission: drive until I trippers, adorably sweet when farms back on to a blissfully NOW! I my kids. All I knew was was pretty much guaranteed we wake them pre-dawn to Fearless clear I-95. Sessions cover that flights anywhere warm 80 degrees. Ignorance is bliss hit the road. When we set Eli was smiling, panic re- June, July, on Spring Break were too ex- — until it’s not. out last Saturday, our Subaru placed with peacefulness of August and the pensive, and it had been too Still, our travels proved a stuffed with suitcases filled Parenting things going right, again. first week of long since I’d seen the sun. I great lesson in playing the with shorts and bathing suits, By Stephanie Thompson “People were helping other September. didn’t focus on the 1,300 miles hand you’re dealt — and liv- we were all in chipper spirits. people,” he noted. “It made between us and Sanibel Is- ing out that age-old adage: We would prove to all the nay- me feel better that we were 7:30 am–6:30 pm land, didn’t check the weather you get what you get and you sayers that a road trip to Flor- all in it together.” ida could be family bonding appreciation of the moments had blown through and had forecast for our trip or book a don’t get upset. of not feeling sick, and joy in turned over two tractor trail- Our glass was half full, es- Library U Reading U Math U Singing of the finest kind. But then, pecially when we found one Arts & Crafts U Local Parks before we’d even hit New Jer- watching “The Simpsons” on ers on the highway just ahead. of the last rooms available at Amusement Parks U Movies *
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