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BY ALLEGRA HOBBS The only taboo topic at this mothers’ group is mothering. A Park Slope sex shop is hosting a monthly meetup where moms gab about their erotic ex p eriences, sexua l fa n- tasies, and penis preferences. The ladies aren’t allowed to discuss their kids, but their leader insists the kink coun- sel ultimately helps them be- come better parents. “Children in Park Slope came from f------,” said Sid Azmi, owner of Fifth Avenue pleasure emporium Please, where she hosts the monthly meetings dubbed “Banana SKY HIGH: Developers want to chop into the Dime Savings Bank to make room for this “supertall” skyscraper. Shop Architects Pancakes.” “In order for us to perpetuate the happiness we get from our children, we need to go back to the root and say ‘This is how we got here.’ ” Azmi says she started the group after noticing many of her fellow matriarchs were losing touch with their sen- TALL ORDER! sual sides — partly due to the whirlwind life-changes that come with motherhood, but also because there is a soci- Developers want to crack landmark bank for tower etal shroud of silence around sexuality after giving birth. BY LAUREN GILL the bank,” said Hazra Ali, a The portion of the build- has shot down changes to the Moms are expected to be They want to break the bank! member of Community Board ing slated for destruction is protected building before — it nurturing beings who put The developers behind 2’s land-use committee, which a service area that is not ar- refused to let previous owner their kids’ needs fi rst, said Brooklyn’s fi rst “supertall” enthusiastically approved the chitecturally signifi cant, the JP Morgan Chase build a Azmi, but that should not skyscraper want to demolish changes 11–0 with one absten- fi rms claimed. handicap ramp there in 2013. mean forgetting their own part of Fulton Mall’s land- tion at last week’s meeting. If city offi cials don’t ap- But one preservationist says needs. marked Dime Savings Bank Reps for builders JDS De- prove the change, the develop- he thinks the body won’t have “There is a loss of identity to make room for the 73-story velopment and the Cherit ers told residents they would too many gripes with this al- when you become a mother, behemoth, and build stores Group told residents they just erect their massive new teration, and doesn’t think but that doesn’t have to be inside the rest of the 108-year- want to pulverize a segment tower fl ush against the back its members will object to the the case,” she said. “You can old cash repository. And locals in the back of the bank at Flat- of the bank — blocking its neighboring tower, either. be a mother and still be a say they can’t wait to crack bush Avenue Extension so windows, and creating an un- “Getting landmarks’ ap- woman.” the vault after seeing the plan they can create a glassy new attractive fl at wall along Flat- proval is not going to be the The gab sessions are com- last Wednesday night. entrance and set the Chrysler bush Avenue Extension. thing that stops it if some- pletely judgment-free zones, “It’s a beautiful project and Building-sized tower off to The city’s Landmarks one wants to stop this tower,” Continued on page 23 a great opportunity to save the side. Preservation Commission Continued on page 23
A CNG Publication Vol. 36 No. 9 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE P’Park Zoo NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D Tell me moor, tell me moor: Alexis Cregger (right) playing the title character in the Scottish tragedy “Lucia di Lammermoor,” sings about her star-crossed love to Jennie Mescon, who plays her handmaiden. The show opens on March 5. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf weekend of Feb. 27 — just in Great Scots! time for the zoo’s Lunar New Regina Opera sings a Scottish tragedy Year celebration ringing in By Dennis Lynch The lyrics of the opera, written by 19th audience will never forget, Lehr said. ing young singers and stage veterans are t’s time to get opera close and per- century composer Gaetano Donizetti, are “The first time you sit in a theater with sure to impress. sonal! in Italian, but every line of “Lucia di an orchestra and singers performing with- The company will also offer two free I Brooklyn’s Regina Opera Lammermoor” has been translated into out microphones is a pretty thrilling and performances before the official start of Company aims to draw in new fans with English and will be projected above the visceral feeling,” she said. “The emotion the run: a selection of opera and Broadway a swashbuckling Scottish tale of murder, stage during performances. is so strong in the music in this opera — it numbers at Vesuvio restaurant in Bay betrayal, and astounding arias. The tragic The production is a no-brainer for those carries you along.” Ridge on Feb. 27 at 4 pm, and a free the Year of the Monkey! The love tale “Lucia di Lammermoor,” open- looking to get their operatic feet wet. But Donizetti loosely based “Lucia di preview of “Lucia di Lammermoor” on ing on March 5, is an ideal introduction visitors should not let the affordable price Lammermoor” on Sir Walter Scott’s novel March 1 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help at to opera for newcomers, according to its tag and all-volunteer lineup of performers “The Bride of Lammermoor,” about a 7:30 pm, but with a piano accompaniment stage manager. fool them — the group is as professional as woman whose love for a man from a instead of a full orchestra. “There are some sword fights and it’s it gets, the company’s president said. rival family is thwarted by her ambitious “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Our Lady all love, madness, and murder,” Linda “You can call us a small or a medium- brother, who wants her to marry a local of Perpetual Help School auditorium [5901 Lehr said. “And even though they’re in size opera, but do not call us an amateur lord. As Lehr describes the plot: “Nothing Sixth Ave. between 59th and 60th streets in primates — a lady and a gent a different time period, all of the things opera company,” said Francine Garber- ends well, but there is some really cool Sunset Park, (718) 259–2772, www.regi- people go through in relationship are there. Cohen. singing in between.” naopera.org]. March 5–6, 12–13 at 3 pm. You’re going to find this more accessible The company’s singers, accompanied The opera features some famously $26 ($21 seniors and students, $5 teens, that you think it will be.” by a 35-piece orchestra, create a night the challenging arias, and the cast of promis- kids free). — will move into the Hall of Your entertainment Animals building with a cou- guide Page 45 ple of white-faced saki mon- keys, another species found in South America. The zoo’s Police Blotter ...... 8 festivities will include a Chi- Standing O ...... 18 nese puppet show, scavenger Rhymes with Crazy ...... 22 hunt, craft activities, and a Letters ...... 24 calligraphy workshop. Sports ...... 53 WCS / Julie Larsen Maher Brooklyn is over the moon HOW TO REACH US Kings County celebrates Lunar New Year in Sunset Park Mail: BY DENNIS LYNCH Courier Life They weren’t monkeying Publications, Inc., around! 1 Metrotech Center North Tens of thousands of rev- 10th Floor, Brooklyn, elers rang in the Year of the Monkey during the Brook- N.Y. 11201 lyn Chinese-American Asso- General Phone: ciation’s Lunar New Year pa- (718) 260-2500 rade on Feb. 21. News Fax: More than 500 young danc- (718) 260-2592 ers and senior singers kicked off the party with a perfor- News E-Mail: mance at 50th Street and [email protected] Eighth Avenue. The singers Display Ad Phone: belted New Years songs and (718) 260-8302 selections from a popular BRINGING GOOD LUCK: (Above) Organizers dropped red and yellow bal- Chinese opera while dancers Display Ad E-Mail: loons and lit fi recrackers to bring revelers good luck in the Year of the [email protected] performed traditional steps. Local leaders and rep- Monkey. (Left) Youngster Sharon Huang got into the spirit. Display Ad Fax: resentatives from commu- Photos by Georgine Benvenuto (718) 260-2579 nity groups hopped on stage Classified Phone: to bid the crowd a happy nity board. the street — a tradition said then led the procession down (718) 260-2555 new year after the perfor- Then celebrants marched to scare off evil spirits — and Eighth Avenue, which was Classified Fax: mances. Guests this year in- down Eighth Avenue to 61st organizers released thou- lined with partiers throwing (718) 260-2549 cluded Public Advocate Leti- Street. The procession liter- sands of red and yellow bal- confetti and intoning noise- tia James, Comptroller Scott ally started with a bang — loons into the air. makers. Classified E-Mail: Stringer, state and local leg- or thousands of them. The Traditional lion dancers The New Year was Feb. 8, [email protected] islators, police offi cials, and Fire Department lit off more in their colorful costumes but the association postponed members of the local commu- than 50,000 fi recrackers in held a ceremonial dance and its party due to cold weather. :FLI@ GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, FEB. 26–MARCH 3, 2016 DT P‘Slope nursing home evictees demand change BY ALLEGRA HOBBS State lawmakers must pass a bill that would stop the own- ers of old-folks homes evict- ing their elderly tenants on short notice, say Park Slop- ers whose loved ones were given just three months to scram from a notorious Grand Army Plaza nursing home. BROOKLYN GOTHIC: Green-Wood’s Fifth Avenue entrance is already a landmark. By the end of the year, the Friends and family mem- cemetery could have three more. Photo by Elizabeth Graham bers of beleaguered Prospect Park Residence tenants will trek to Albany next month to share the harrowing or- THERE’S THE DOOR: Joyce deal they and their frail kin Singer scrambled to fi nd a place have been through since the for her elderly mother Alice when landlord abruptly attempted the operator of Prospect Park ALTAR-ATION to boot them out in 2014 so he could sell the facility for $76 Residence tried to give them the million, and demand pols boot with only 90 days’ notice. City won’t landmark Green-Wood Cemetery— ratify the languishing leg- Photo by Jason Speakman islation so it cannot happen again. ing owners give at least one but might tap three of its historic buildings “It would not only allow year’s notice for any subse- elders to be able to plan with quent evictions, according BY ALLEGRA HOBBS Green-Wood, while the agency and Fifth Avenue — but they more options, but it would to Assemblywoman Jo Anne What a plot twist! is not overburdening the cem- feared turning the entire warn so-called ‘operators’ — Simon (D–Park Slope), who City preservation bigwigs etery.” property into one would make who are usually property de- re-introduced the measure have buried a controversial Landmarks Preservation it diffi cult for grieving plot- velopers — that they cannot last year after inheriting it proposal to landmark the en- Commission offi cials revealed holders to change loved one’s churn their buildings with from her predecessor. tirety of Green-Wood Cem- at a hearing on Tuesday they gravestones, as landmarked impunity at the expense of Currently, retirement- etery, instead opting to keep are now only looking to land- structures can’t be visibly al- the vulnerable,” said Sandy home owners only have to just three structures on the mark the graveyard’s Gothic tered without going through a Reiburn, the daughter of a give their residents 30 days’ site in the running for the des- chapel and a couple of 19th- lengthy city approval process. former tenant, who will meet notice to vamoose. Prospect ignation — and that is just fi ne century gatehouses. The caretakers indicated with assistant speaker Felix Park Residence actually by historic-building buffs, Cemetery honchos had they are open to adding a few Ortiz (D–Sunset Park) to dis- gave its wizened occupants who say the famed burial been dead-set against an ear- more individual landmarks to cuss the bill on March 1. 90 days’ notice to clear out, ground would be hellish to lier plan to bestow the historic their collection, however, and The bill would place an but even that was a huge bur- maintain under the full pro- designation on every inch welcomed the commission’s immediate moratorium on den for the oldsters — many tective shroud. of the sprawling graveyard, change of heart. any nursing homes closing of whom were more than 100 “I think this is a very good which holds hundreds of thou- “We look forward to our for around two years while years old and dealing with decision and compromise,” sands of tombstones and still continued conversations with state offi cials launch a study chronic illnesses — said the said Simon Bankoff of pres- functions as an active ceme- staff of the Landmarks Pres- into the stress that short- daughter of one resident. ervation advocacy group the tery. ervation Commission about notice shutters place on old- “It was absolute panic,” Historic Districts Council. The graveyard is already the future landmarking of sters. The results would said Joyce Singer, whose “We are acknowledging and home to one city landmark — extraordinary Green-Wood- ideally pave the way for a mother Alice suffers from protecting the importance of a giant archway at 25th Street Continued on page 23 permanent law mandat- Continued on page 17 City may build new bridges for streetcar BY LAUREN GILL Planners factored in funds spokesman Wiley Norvell af- Greenpoint’s Pulaski Bridge Sending streetcars over the for the brand-new spans in the ter the meeting, at which jour- — where the city struggled for Gowanus Canal may be a trolley’s projected $2.5-billion nalists were instructed not to years to balance the weight of bridge too far! price tag in case they can’t quote anyone verbatim. new bike paths with the draw- The city may have to build run tracks across existing The city still hasn’t an- bridge mechanism — but Glen new crossings for Brooklyn’s bridges, Deputy Mayor Ali- nounced the tram’s exact acknowledged that may not nautical purgatory and the cia Glen told reporters during route from Sunset Park to actually be possible. Newtown Creek to accommo- a press briefi ng touting the Queens, but it will have to tra- The new crossings could date the trolley system Mayor scheme. verse both toxic waterways include bike and pedestrian DeBlasio wants to construct “We took a very conserva- while coming in and out of paths, she added. FANTASY?: A rendering shows the along the borough’s water- tive approach and ensured Red Hook and Greenpoint. In the weeks since the proposed streetcar going over the front, offi cials revealed last even new bridges could be ac- Press materials show a mayor announced his so- Pulaski Bridge, but city honchos Friday. commodated,” said mayoral mock-up of tracks going over Continued on page 17 admit that may not work. DT COURIER LIFE, FEB. 26–MARCH 3, 2016 3 BUSINESS, BROOKLYN STYLE – ADVERTISEMENT OH BUOY: Red Hook’s Atlantic Basin could be the site of the neighborhood’s new ferry dock. 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It is the tunnel of shove! “There should be another The Metropolitan Trans- entrance because there are portation Authority must add huge crowds and it’s over- a second entrance to York whelming,” said artist Eliz- Street station, say Dumbo res- abeth Hazan, who works in idents and workers, who claim Dumbo and avoids the station the daily hordes are already altogether during rush hour. eakman pushing each other out of the “If you’re trying to go against p way to get in and out of the F the grain it’s impossible.” stop’s lone, long egress, and The pit-stop’s popularity an emergency situation could has swelled in recent years as end in tragedy. the formerly industrial area “It’s unsafe now,” said has boomed with new resi- Photo by Jason S Dumbo resident Anna Law- dents, businesses, and tour- GOING NOWHERE: (Above) Masses of people fl ood through York Street ton. “If anything ever hap- ists — an average of 9,000 peo- Station’s one exit during the morning rush hour. (RIght) A map shows pens, there’s going to be a mas- ple swarmed the station every where York Street station platform sits underground. sive problem.” weekday in 2014, up from Modern stations have around 6,000 in 2009, accord- more than a thousand addi- “They shouldn’t move on to sport at least two escape ing to agency data . tional denizens to the ’hood. anything until there’s two ortation Authority ortation routes, but the only way to And the neighborhood’s A rep for the transit agency exits in the York Street sub- p enter or exit the 79-year-old numbers are set to surge even said it is speaking with the way,” said Doreen Gallo, who station on the corner of Jay further in the coming years — city about forcing develop- is president of the area civic olitan Trans olitan and York streets is to make there are several huge offi ce ers to help pay for station up- group the Dumbo Neighbor- p a lengthy trek up or down buildings in the pipeline, plus grades when their buildings hood Alliance and who saw a single ramp and fl ight of a massive empty lot for sale add a signifi cant number of how things could go disas- Metro stairs — a set-up that leads to next door, where real-estate riders. And local leaders are trously wrong at the stop fi rst- of Lights, overwhelming the impenetrable crowds moving experts say a developer will demanding the city lay down hand in 2014 when an unprec- platform and forcing police to in one direction en masse at likely build several big resi- the law before the new towers edented throng showed up to functionally shut it down . rush hour, according to one dential towers that could add rise in Dumbo. outdoor arts gala the Festival Continued on page 17 WHERE TECHNOLOGY CAN TAKE YOU? City Tech (New York City College of Technology) is the largest public college of technology in the Northeast NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY and ranked #1 in the nation in producing the highest paid associate-degree earning graduates (PayScale.com). 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The comply with all regulations.” owner of Nostrand Avenue’s Gobwa Nineteen block association mem- Exotic Imports — previously Labay bers have petitioned the mayor, Market — is keeping fish and vegeta- seeking relief from garage’s alleged bles in an adjacent, Midwood Street stench. garage, but locals say they’re fed up “He’s not supposed to use that ga- with the smell and garbage and want rage for that purpose,” Muhammad the city to finally do something about said. it. Locals lodged eight complaints to- “The garbage and filth and the ward the garage since 2010 — two of WHAT’S HIDING IN THE GARAGE?: (Above) Neighbors Asim Muhammad and Hermon fact that it’s a garage that they’re us- them citing a dirty sidewalk — ac- Grant say the owner of Gobwa Exotic Imports is using a residential garage on Midwood ing to store people’s foods — crazy,” cording to the city’s 311 records. Street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens to store vegetables and fi sh, creating a smelly and said Nathaniel Lewis, a neighbor and But the garage is zoned for commer- dirty atmosphere. (Below) The storage area. Photos by Jordan Rathkopf member of the Midwood Street 300 cial use, city records show. And state Block Association, which has filed agriculture inspectors found no prob- complaints with the mayor, health de- lems in a Feb. 5 inspection, an agency partment, and the state agriculture spokeswoman said. department to see if what the owner The market appears to comply with is doing is even legal — and if not, to city and state regulations, but smell is shut it down. having a ripple effect on the neighbor- But deli and garage owner McDon- hood, Lewis said. ald Romain says the complaints are “This morning there were about a red herring and blamed block as- 20 seagulls — we are not near the sea sociation member Asim Muhammad here on the corner — eating whatever for mounting a quixotic campaign it is that’s dripping down in the gut- against him. ter,” he said. WhatWhat areare youyou doingdoing inin 2016?2016? Affordable Training with Nationally Recognized Certification, Job Placementment Assistance, and College Credits atat Kingsborough Community College! 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The victim was working at the The victim told cops the guy al- eatery between Ninth and 10th saw what had happened, she fl agged that was in one of the goon’s pock- legedly came into the deli near streets at 10:30 pm when he got into down a cab and took her sweetheart ets. — Lauren Gill Boerum Street at around 11:50 pm a verbal spat with the lowlife and to the hospital, said offi cials. and said “Give me all your money” asked him to leave, according to a while brandishing two blades. The police report. Down to the wire 90TH PRECINCT raider then allegedly waved one of The bad guy then punched the the knives in the store clerk’s face A fraudster cheated a Henry SOUTHSIDE–BUSHWICK worker several times in the head, in a slashing motion while the em- Street man out of more than $1,000 pushed him to the fl oor, and bran- ployee forked over the cash, said on Feb. 15 by telling the guy his Teens cuffed dished a knife before hoofi ng it, au- cops. brother was being held captive. Cops collared two teens who thorities said. The perp also caused Police arrested the alleged crook The victim — who lives near they say bashed a lady in the head damage to the diner before he left, the next day, and recovered two Cranberry Street — said he got a and snatched her purse on Boerum cops said. knives from him, according to a po- call from someone saying his sib- Street on Feb. 20. lice report. ling was involved in a hit and run, The victim told cops she was be- Hack attack and they were holding him. The tween Manhattan Avenue and Leon- Some jerk snatched a taxi driv- caller said the goons were going to ard Street at 7:20 pm when she felt 94TH PRECINCT er’s license from his cab while it shoot him if he didn’t wire $1,600 a tug at the pocketbook and turned was parked at Fifth and Fourth av- through Money Gram. around to see the duo trying to grab GREENPOINT–NORTHSIDE enues in the early morning hours of The man did as he was told and her purse. The alleged perps then Feb. 9. sent the money to Puerto Rico, but punched her in the side of the head L train beatdown The 63-year-old driver told cops when he spoke to his dad, he found and ripped the purse off her shoul- Three dirtbags bashed and he left his car parked at the corner out his brother was fi ne and at work der, pushing her to the ground, be- robbed a straphanger on an L train the night before, but when he re- in Boston, cops said. fore fl eeing through the yard of a near the Bedford Avenue stop on turned at around 4 am, the car door nearby residence, authorities said. Feb. 21. was open and his taxi license was Bad sports Police arrested two teen boys, a The victim told cops one of the gone from the holder on the back of A trio of thieves lifted more than 15 and 16 year old, for the crime the brutes fi rst approached him as he his seat. There was no sign of bro- $1,500 worth of athletic gear from a next day, said a police report. boarded the train in Manhattan at ken glass or damage to the door, au- Fulton Street store on Feb. 15. around 1:20 am and leered threat- thorities said. The witness said three goons Cash bagged eningly, “Do you want something?” with hoodies over their faces en- A wretch wearing a ski mask The victim moved down the train Shrimp scamp tered the store near Hoyt Street at and latex gloves robbed a Metropoli- car to avoid the snake, but as the Police arrested an employee of a 7:41 pm and proceeded to remove tan Avenue gas station at gunpoint train entered the tunnel to Brook- Third Street grocery store who they four pairs of leggings, 12 sweat- on Feb. 21. lyn, the same wretch approached say stole a bunch of shrimp and shirts, and 10 pairs of sweatpants. A gas station employee told cops him again and punched him on the other foods on Feb. 9. They skipped the cash register and the reprobate came into the conve- left side of his face, police said. The Another employee of the market left the shop without paying, police nience store near Varick Avenue at victim tried to fi ght back, but sud- near Third Avenue was conduct- reported. around 11:40 am and pointed a gun denly two other jerks joined in the ing random bag searches at 8:10 am at him, saying “I’ll kill you if you assault and beat on him until he when he noticed the alleged crook’s Cutting it up don’t give me all the money.” was unconscious, police said. bag was stuffed with $75 worth of A scoundrel stole a guy’s phone The dirtbag went behind the He came to at the Atlantic Av- shrimp, some cream lime sauce, at knifepoint on York Street on Feb. counter and pulled $250 from the enue stop in a train that was mov- and orange juice, authorities said. 17. register, placing the cash in a clear ing towards Manhattan, when he The suspect had no proof of pur- The victim was walking to work plastic bag before fl eeing down Ten realized his wallet, cellphone, and chase for the items, and cops cuffed at 8:15 am when he was approached Eyck Street towards Stewart Ave- credit cards were all mising, au- him at the scene, according to a po- by a crook near Gold Street, who nue, cops said. thorities aid. lice report. — Allegra Hobbs asked to use his phone to make a The perp was wearing a black The victim later found a fraudu- call. The victim handed over his ski mask, a gray hoodie, a black lent charge on his credit card at a 84TH PRECINCT cell, but when he asked for it back, baseball cap, and blue latex gloves Manhattan bar, according to a po- the cretin fl ashed a knife and told while committing the crime, police lice report. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO– him that wasn’t going to happen, ac- reported. BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN cording to a police report. Rear window Aw, ’nuts A looter broke into a Clifford Cold cuts Just for kicks A knife-wielding rogue robbed a Place apartment through the fi re es- A wretch knocked a guy out then Four nogoodniks relieved two Grand Street doughnut shop on Feb. cape window and snatched a bunch knifed him on DeKalb Avenue on people of their money and shoes 17 after asking for a couple of the de- of electronics on the night of Feb. Feb. 21. while they were strolling in Brook- licious cakes. 17. The victim told cops he was lyn Bridge Park near Furman Street The victim was working at the The victim left his apartment strolling near Flatbush Avenue Ex- on Feb. 20. shop near Bushwick Avenue at 7:05 near Meserole Avenue at around tension with his girlfriend at 3 pm The duo said they were near Pier pm when the ruffi an came in and 7:30 pm and returned at 9:20 pm to when a villain punched him in the 2 at 7 pm when a quartet of crooks asked for two of the fried treats, fi nd the rear window leading to the back of the head, knocking him out followed them then demanded their police said. When the employee fi re escape open, authorities said. cold. The baddie then stabbed him cash and footwear, police said. turned around to get the pastries, The victim told cops the window in the left leg and slashed his face After the victims handed both the ruffi an leaped onto the counter had been locked when he left, au- while he was unconscious, authori- over, the punks told them to stay in and snatched roughly $300 from the thorities said. ties said. the park and threatened to harm register, authorities said. The bandit fl ed with a laptop, two The girlfriend said she was walk- them if they told police, said a re- The employee turned around cameras, and some camera equip- ing ahead and did not see the inci- port. One of the victims told police and saw the goon standing over ment, according to a police report. dent, police reported. As soon as she he saw a black handle from a gun her, holding a knife, before the perp — Allegra Hobbs 8 COURIER LIFE, FEB. 26–MARCH 3, 2016 DT It’s a new year! 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Be filled with the spirit — but not He figured the community could the spirits. use an all-inclusive place to come A Bedford-Stuyvesant reverend together outside the shadow of the is running an entirely booze-free cross. cocktail lounge, which the barman “It came to me — why don’t we of the cloth says is just as much an build a space where people can come alternative to his church as it is to and don’t have to fight with reli- the common dive bar. gion, but can come together and talk “The lounge is to help people en- about what they have in common?” gage and become more social and he said. intimate and build relationships, But he also witnessed the toxic af- rather than a lounge that will get fects of alcohol on the neighborhood % people drunk or another church that — two of his loved ones died from will separate people based on their liver failure, and he often saw teens spirituality,” said Reverend Rob- boozing on the Antioch steps at night " " 11 ert Watermann of the Antioch Bap- — and didn’t want to add more of the APY tist Church, who has been slinging demon drink to the mix. mocktails at neighboring Canticles Watermann has a strong history Sober Lounge since 2008. of trying to exorcise booze from Other than the lack of ethanol in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s streets — the the drinks, the dry watering hole is nix-ologist is a member of the local just like a regular bar, Watermann community board, and says he con- says — the good reverend himself sistently votes down liquor license shakes up virgin pina coladas, mar- applications from new businesses, garitas, and daiquiris, while patrons fearing they put profits over public ! ! enjoy live music and spoken word health. No minimum balance required performances at open mic nights. “Small businesses and entrepre- And the barstools are open to peo- neurship is a great thing,” he said. No monthly service fee ple of all — or no — faiths, he says. “But what about the people we de- “I’ve had Jewish people walk in stroy?” and buy a can of Coke and sit there In the future, Watermann hopes and listen to the music,” he said. to expand Canticles by serving cof- “It’s not just geared towards spiritu- fee and pastries, and add a recording ality.” booth for artists looking to immor- Watermann says he created Can- talize their works. ticles — another word for “hymns” Canticles Sober Lounge (207 BROOKLYN OFFICE: — after noticing that holy houses in Lewis Ave. at Lexington Avenue in 689 Fifth Avenue Bedford-Stuyvesant). 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