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By Julianne Cuba cision could be “undone.” Brooklyn Paper Workers nearly finished con- What’s almost done is done. structing the shorter tower at 15 Opponents of the two in-prog- Bridge Park Drive by the time St. ress towers that a judge in February George ruled, and now the 15-story ruled could legally rise at Brook- building is fully topped out with a lyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 — months scheduled spring 2019 opening, a after developers started building rep for the developers said. them — will not appeal the deci- And contractors have completed sion, according to the head of the civic group that sued to stop the 16 f loors of the 28-story high-rise development back in 2016 . The at 50 Bridge Park Drive, chris- Brooklyn Heights Association will tened Quay Tower, which builders instead divert its attention to other expect to top out later this spring issues in the nabe, said its exec- before welcoming its first occu- utive director, who took one last pants next summer, according to swipe at park leaders in his an- the rep, who said the 126 luxury nouncement. condominiums inside it — which “We will not pursue an appeal, include two-bedrooms starting at and our legal challenge to the Pier $1.9 million and five-bedrooms at 6 development has ended,” said $5.5 million — will go on sale in Peter Bray. “We hope that the Photo by Caleb Caldwell the coming months. Brooklyn Bridge Park Corpora- The Brooklyn Heights Association will not appeal a judge’s The leader of the Brooklyn tion will be more respectful of its decision to let the Pier 6 towers — which are fast approach- Bridge Park Corporation said commitments to the community ing completion — rise in Brooklyn Bridge Park. the group looks forward to com- in the future.” pleting the Pier 6 towers, and will Leaders of the Heights Associ- Project Plan, which permits de- And on Feb. 16, seven months work with locals to ensure their ation took park bigwigs and their velopment within the green space after the case’s first public hear- needs are met as the green space chosen builders RAL Develop- only to rake in moolah needed to ings began in a Manhattan court- evolves. ment Services and Oliver’s Realty maintain it. room, Justice Carmen St. Victoria “We are pleased to put the liti- Group to court after the real-es- gation behind us and move ahead
But meadow attorneys dis- St. George ultimately ruled in fa- Photo by Stefano Giovannini tate firms filed plans for the 15- missed that charge, arguing that vor of the semi-private corporation with this essential project,” said and 28-story towers at the foot the high-rises would generate that oversees the meadow in con- Eric Landau. “We look forward of Atlantic Avenue — the shorter money the cash-strapped park junction with the city, green-light- to working closely with the com- of which will contain 100 units needed to repair Pier 6’s support- ing the towers that her predecessor, munity not only throughout con- Sign of spring of so-called affordable housing ive timber pilings from the 1950s, Justice Lucy Billings, allowed the struction, but beyond, as we con- — charging the project violated which are being gnawed away by developers to start building last tinue to make Brooklyn Bridge Julie DeLaurier stood an egg up on its fat side at during an annual event at Grand Army Brooklyn Bridge Park’s govern- wood-eating crustaceans called July on the condition that what- Park one of the city’s most pop- Plaza to usher in the Spring Equinox — the day before a massive snowstorm hit the bor- ing document, the 2006 General marine borers. ever went up ahead of the final de- ular public open spaces.” ough last week. For more egg-citing springtime celebrations, see page 10.
the one-time kindergarten and its neighbor for protection, in order to save the former from the wrecking Concerted effort ball before it’s too late, according to residents of 238 President St. Avo Construction officials have yet to file the necessary paperwork Joan Baez joins push to save former school to demolish the old classrooms and build the seven-story complex — By Julianne Cuba at the Manhattan-based real-es- ident St. more than four decades the tallest height allowed by current Brooklyn Paper tate firm Avo Construction are in earlier, in 1853, and it later served zoning laws — but a deal is in the They shall overcome! contact to scoop up the old school as housing for teachers before be- works, according to Bankoff, and The city must landmark a Car- — known in its Gilded Age hey- coming living quarters for locals the city must landmark it and the roll Gardens building where some day as the Hans S. Christian Me- including the folk singer’s kin, ac- next-door residences before the De- of Kings County’s youngest learned morial Kindergarten — and plan to cording to a history buff. partment of Buildings issues any their ABCs before a developer de- bulldoze the ancient classrooms to “These two buildings are linked permits to the developer. stroys it to build condos, demanded erect a seven-story apartment build- together,” said Simeon Bankoff, the “The issue is that 236 has re- a pack of preservationists including ing in their place. executive director of private preser- cently been sold, the paperwork a legendary folk singer and activist The two-story, 1897 structure vation group, the Historic Districts hasn’t gone through,” he said. “It’s whose family lived next door. between Clinton and Court streets Council. “One actually served as the Associated Press / I. Lopez very imminent.” “I was disheartened to learn that served as the borough’s first free- residences for the teachers.” Baez wants to save the Landmarks members are review- there is a possibility of demolition,” standing kindergarten before public The properties sit just outside of building that her grandfa- ing the proposal to preserve the two musician Joan Baez, whose grand- schools offered classes to such young the Carroll Gardens Historic Dis- ther once preached in. structures after receiving requests father once lived adjacent to the for- tykes. And it later became home trict, which the Landmarks Preser- from Baez, a 238 President St. res- mer learning house at 236 President to parishioners of Brooklyn’s first vation Commission established in and 77-year-old Baez — who was ident, and local pols including Car- St., wrote in a letter read aloud to lo- Spanish-speaking house of worship, 1973 to preserve some 134 buildings born on Staten Island and gained roll Gardens Assemblywoman Jo cals who rallied for its protection on the First Methodist Episcopal con- on Carroll and President streets be- notoriety for championing the civ- Anne Simon and Councilman Brad
Photo by Caroline Ourso March 23. “The building is of unique gregation, where Baez’s Mexican- tween Smith and Hoyt streets. il-rights movement and criticizing Lander, who stressed the urgency Locals, pols, and Joan Baez are calling on the city to land- social and historical significance, born grandfather preached. And now, current and former the Vietnam War during her nearly of saving the schoolhouse. mark this President Street building before it gets demol- and it should be protected.” Builders erected the school’s residents of the schoolhouse-adja- six-decade career — are calling on “If we don’t act now, a treasure ished and replaced with apartments. Neighbors claim that bigwigs next-door neighbor at 238 Pres- cent building, along with local pols the landmarks agency to designate will likely be lost,” Lander said. Bad news for some business owners Shopkeepers blast city’s new parking regulations on Flatbush Avenue
By Julianne Cuba Greg Yerman, who runs Burrito Bar and the evening window on the Prospect Park places, and the Prospect Heights– Brooklyn Paper Kitchen on Flatbush Avenue between Heights–bound side. bound side between St. Marks Avenue This traffic plan is giving business Park and Prospect Places. “Small busi- The increased regulations are part of and Prospect Place as well as between owners road rage. nesses are shunned once again.” a six-month pilot program Mayor De- Park and Sterling places. Flatbush Avenue mom-and-pops are On March 19, the Department of Blasio introduced under his so-called But the dedicated loading zones make already suffering after the city nixed Transportation installed “no standing” Congestion Action Plan, an initiative it even harder for car-using customers to parking on a stretch of the commercial signs on both sides of the thoroughfare announced last fall that he claims will find spots outside stores, according to a corridor last week in a scheme officials all the way from Tillary Street in Amer- reduce traffic throughout the five bor- local business booster, who argued that claim will calm congestion, because the ica’s Downtown to Grand Army Plaza in oughs. eliminating all of that parking for such a loss of curb space complicates deliveries Prospect Heights, which prohibit park- The Transportation Department also large chunk of the day is excessive. at many shops and leaves patrons with ing from 7 am to 10 am and 4 pm to eliminated one-hour metered parking “Our businesses deserve to have load- less spots to pull up outside them. 7 pm on weekdays. The new regula- that had been available from 10 am to ing zones, it just seems odd. These are “For us and trucks trying to make de- tions expand on previous restrictions, 4 pm to create loading-only zones for fairly substantial curb links,” said James
liveries, it’s impossible — we prepare which forbade parking on the Down- trucks along three large swathes of Flat- Ellis, executive director of the North Photo by Caleb Caldwell our food fresh daily, if we can’t get deliv- town-bound side of Flatbush Avenue bush Avenue, which include the Down- Flatbush Business Improvement Dis- Joe and Victoria Butrico, who own Flatbush Avenue’s All-star Lock- eries on time it creates a problem,” said during the morning hours and within town-bound side between Prospect and See FLATBUSH on page 9 smith and Hardware, blasted the city for taking away parking.
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Brooklyn Public Library bigwigs are kicking-off some CARING FOR A multi-million dollar changes at the aging Central branch with the construction of a new lobby FAMILY MEMBER WITH space named for one of the bor- ough’s most prestigious former pols — and librarians. MEMORY LOSS, The welcome center planned for the Prospect Heights book lender will honor the late Con- WHO’S CARING gressman Major Owens, who rose to represent a swath of cen- tral Brooklyn after he worked Brooklyn Public Library Public Brooklyn FOR YOU? for the library system, accord- ing to one of its executives. Renderings show the Central Library’s new and improved “popular” section, “He was the only librarian which will feature a regularly curated collection of new books. in congress and where did he work? Brooklyn Public Li- The lobby transformation around books,” he said. worms too old for the branch’s brary,” said David Woloch, the will include relocating the The first fixes are expected existing Youth Wing as part of system’s executive vice presi- branch’s New York City–identi- to end sometime in 2020, and phase two of the larger renova- dent of external affairs. fication-card and passport-ser- although portions of the library tion, which also calls for restor- Workers will completely re- vice centers to a larger space will close to patrons to accom- ing some under-utilized areas configure the Central branch’s on the first floor of the build- modate the repairs, the branch of the 77-year-old building in THE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE current lobby area in order to ing’s Flatbush Wing, which itself will remain open through- order to reorganize it to better build the Major Owens Wel- runs along Flatbush Avenue. out the job, Woloch said. serve readers, Woloch said. AND RELATED DEMENTIAS come Center, which will come Bumping the administra- And phase one is the only Other far-off changes in as part of a job to make much- tive offices will also allow li- fully funded portion of the store for the Central branch in- FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM. needed upgrades to the facility’s brarians to bring the branch’s massive makeover — thanks clude creating a new basement elevators, ventilation system, “popular” section closer to the to contributions from the state floor and building a deck over bathrooms, and outdoor front building’s entrance, according and local pols — according the book lender’s back lot that Caring for a family member who has trouble with thinking and memory can plaza. The $35-million make- to Woloch, who said the now to the executive, who said he provides direct paths to nearby be extremely challenging. So challenging, in fact, that caregivers may feel over — which will also include video- and newspaper-heavy and his colleagues are hard at green spaces. But bigwigs are overwhelmed, struggling to maintain their own health and well-being. the construction of a business division will boast a wider se- work securing public and pri- shelving those aspects of what center on the library’s second lection of newly released books vate money to foot the remain- Woloch said is likely a decade- NYU Langone’s Family Support Program provides convenient, personalized, floor — will begin in April, and after it moves from its current ing $100-million tab. long project till later — and for and ongoing support to people caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other marks the first of four phases second-floor spot. Some of that cash, once good reason. of a larger, $135-million read- “We envision a more vi- raised, will go towards build- “We hope enthusiasm will thinking and memory disorders. ing-room renovation. brant space that revolves ing a space for teenage book- lead to funding,” he said. The program is provided free of charge to individuals living within the fi ve boroughs. You will receive access to counseling; connections to doctors and support groups; and compassionate guidance by being paired with a caregiver Plus! Updates at Pacifi c branch who has had a similar experience. Join a community dedicated to providing the support and guidance you need, By Julianne Cuba funds donated by steel mag- The new ramp will arrive already set aside for them. for as long as you need it. Brooklyn Paper nate Andrew Carnegie — by sometime in May, following Readers displaced by the Changes are ramping up at adding the incline and a fresh the rest of the $250,000 face- Pacific branch’s makeover can this book lender! coat of paint along with a new lift, ahead of the branch’s sched- visit a bookmobile that will park Workers are preparing to in- floor and ceiling, air-condition- uled reopening later that month, outside the 114-year-old facility For more information or to enroll, call us at 646.754.2277 stall a temporary access ramp ing system, and visual equip- Kaye said. But it will only be on Mondays and Wednesdays or visit nyulangone.org/memorydisordersupport. leading to a historic Brooklyn ment including a projector, ac- temporary until the public from 11 am to 4 pm during the Public Library branch after lo- cording to a rep. book-lender can raise enough renovation, according to Kaye, The Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Family Support Program cals begged reading-room lead- “We are thrilled to be able to moolah to pay for a massive who also directed patrons to is supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Health. ers to make it easier for disabled begin making improvements to capital project that would in- the book lender’s locations in residents and stroller-pushing the Pacific branch,” said Mad- clude constructing a permanent Park Slope and Fort Greene — moms to scope out its stacks. eline Kaye. “In addition to im- incline and elevator at the li- where workers are also putting Officials shuttered the Pa- provements like new lighting, brary on the border of Boerum a new roof on the nabe’s Walt cific Library on Fourth Avenue furniture, and technology, we Hill and Park Slope, according Whitman Library, which isn’t earlier this month to renovate will also make the library in- to the rep, who could not con- expected to close for a signifi- the ca. 1904 branch — the first creasingly accessible with a firm a timeline for those up- cant stretch of time to accom- to open in Kings County with ramp to the building.” grades or how much money is modate the job, she said. 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Kramer of 20-year-old Ebony Young — which sits on the border you and always will,” wrote 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens inside the Broadway bodega of the hip North Brook- one man who signed his name 624-5554 s 624-7055 near Malcolm X Boulevard lyn enclave, next door to a as Fabian. “You’re in a bet- Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking around 3:52 pm, according to Broadway boutique hotel ter place now.” and insurance plans accommodated cops, who couldn’t confirm that opened last year with a Cops are examining sur- what sparked the deadly al- website touting its location veillance footage and inter- Community News Group / Anthony Rotunno in “one of the most enticing rogating witnesses in order Police are hunting for the woman who they said stabbed another woman to neighborhoods” — claimed to identify the suspect, ac- death inside this deli on the border of Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant. the victim died in the store cording to a police spokes- before emergency responders man, who said no arrests have tion regarding the incident mit tips by logging onto the 274637 (CRIMES) then en- EXPIRES SOON: transported her to the hos- been made in their continu- is asked to call Crime Stop- Crime Stoppers website at tering TIP577. pital, pointing to the floor ing probe. pers at (800) 577–8477. www.nypdcrimestoppers. 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Paramedics, meanwhile, A cur punched a tran- The robber entered the deli sit worker in the face in- BrooklynPaper.com/blotter provided treatment for the !!" between 49th and 50th streets side a subway station near worker’s wounded kisser at through the basement door Pacific Street on March 24, lice said. hind near Lafayette Avenue the scene, according to po- sometime between 10 pm on cops said. The victim told cops she and then chased him down lice. the 23rd and 11 am the next The 29-year-old victim told walked into work around 7:50 around 8:45 pm. One of the New car police the good-for-nothing am after leaving the building snakes took out a knife and day, breaking three locks with A patrolman nabbed an al- came up to his window in around 7:30 pm the day be- said “Give me your wallet,” unknown objects and going leged car thief after spotting the station near Fourth Ave- fore, and saw her Dell lap- according to authorities. into the storage area. the 16-year-old suspect cruis- nue around 11:25 am to ask if top was gone before noticing The victim handed over The shop owner said he ing along Third Avenue in a the Q train was working, and her co-worker’s Dell laptop his iPhone 7 and the pair fled was unsure if anything was stolen car on March 14. when he looked down at his and charger were also not on S. Portland Avenue, offi- taken. The arresting officer said schedule, the snake socked there. cials said. he was near Warren Street at him in the face, according The victims said it looked Friends or foes 68TH PRECINCT like someone broke into the 9:44 am when he ran the sus- to authorities. Some sneak swiped a wom- Bay Ridge– second floor of the building pect’s plates, which were re- Un-happy meal an’s jewelry from her Clifton Dyker Heights between John and Plymouth ported stolen. A baddie stabbed a guy in Place apartment sometime be- After pulling over the Gun to the face streets, according to police. tween March 20 and 23, po- the neck inside a Livingston vehicle, the officer found a A brute pointed a revolver Street diner on March 25, po- lice said. 16-year-old girl sitting in the at a man and then repeatedly lice said. 88TH PRECINCT The 24-year-old woman, driver’s seat, cops said. hit him in the face with the The 39-year-old victim who lives between Grand and The girl proved a fighter, Fort Greene–Clinton Hill gun — causing a laceration got into an argument with Road rage Classon avenues, told cops and did her best to resist arrest the criminal inside the eat- she last saw her white-stone by pulling on the patrolman’s — inside a building on 101st A malefactor stabbed a guy ery near Bond Street around earrings, ring, chain, anklet, arms, but the cop ultimately Street on March 20. in the chest after getting into 3:30 am when the lout left and rose-colored white-stone brought her into custody, and The victim told police he a fight on Hanson Place on and then came back about 30 ring in her bedroom when she she was charged with criminal opened his apartment door March 24, police said. minutes later and stabbed the went to put them on around possession of stolen property, in the building near Fourth The victim told cops he victim in the right side of his 8:30 am on March 20, after according to authorities. Avenue at 1:50 am to inves- was riding his bike near Ful- neck, cops said. she had a guest over. A knife lady tigate what sounded like ar- Paramedics took the vic- ton Street when he got into The woman told authori- guing in the hallway. tim to Methodist Hospital, a verbal argument with the ties she lives with three room- Cops busted a 64-year-old The goon then pointed the and the sneak fled on Liv- brute driving a silver pickup mates and no one locks their woman who they said slashed revolver at him, and the victim ingston Street, according to truck with yellow New York bedroom doors. a man on Prospect Place on punched him to get the gun officials. plates around 8:30 pm. — Julianne Cuba March 15. out of his face, officers said. The motorist hopped out The victim told police The savage then began to re- Not funny! of his truck and punched the 78TH PRECINCT he heard a loud bang on the peatedly hit him, causing the A crook broke into a Jay biker in the back of his head front door of his home be- victim to eventually pass out, Street building and stole a and then stabbed him in the Park Slope tween Clinton and Vander- leaving the perp free to flee, speaker and comic books chest with a pocket knife, ac- Food fight bilt avenues, and opened the according to a report. sometime overnight on March cording to authorities. Para- Some goon slugged a door to find the older woman 17, cops said. medics transported the vic- standing there wielding a sil- Shopping spree The malefactor broke in tim to Methodist Hospital worker at a Flatbush Av- A thief stole an estimated enue chain restaurant on ver knife. through the front door of the with a cut in his chest and $1,200 worth of merch from March 11. The woman slashed the building between John and the good-for-nothing sped man once on his forearm, ac- an 86th Street department Plymouth streets and ran off, cops said. The victim informed po- lice that the 20-year-old tough cording to police, who cuffed store on March 22. out with a Jawbone Jambox Chase and steal the suspect soon after on as- The theft occurred just be- speaker and Marvel comics guy started giving him trou- Two nogoodniks chased sault charges. fore 4 pm at the store between from the 1960s ’70s, author- ble after being asked to leave down a guy and threatened Emergency responders Fourth and Fifth avenues, ac- ities said. the restaurant near Atlantic him with a knife on S. Port- Avenue through the main en- took the victim to Brook- cording to authorities. Big data breach land Avenue on March 19, trance, but he insisted on us- lyn Hospital, where he was treated for the wound, accord- Doored Some baddie swiped lap- cops said. ing a side door, and the dis- A burglar broke into a tops from a school build- The 36-year-old victim pute turned ugly when the ing to police. — Colin Mixson Marine Avenue home on ing on Jay Street sometime told police one of the vil- scoundrel socked him once March 22. overnight on March 22, po- lains pushed him from be- in the face at 10:50 pm. The miscreant busted 72ND PRECINCT through the door — caus- Sunset Park– ing damage in the process Windsor Terrace — to the apartment between Beatdown Ridge Boulevard and 95th Police arrested a man who Street around 10:30 pm, but they said punched a bodega officials do not know what manager in the face and he stole. 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A new interactive installation in Williams- burg lets visitors experience a waking dream, wandering through nine trippy rooms, each set up with surreal visuals straight from the Sand- man. “Dream Machine,” opening on April 5, not only evokes the visions found beyond the gates of slumber, but visitors’ ambitions and lofty goals, said the installation’s creative director. (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 30–April 5, 2018 “It takes you through a sleep cycle, falling deeper and deeper into sleep,” said Paige Solo- mon, who lives in Williamsburg and created the installation with her partner Gary Johnson. “It’s a nine room experience that touches on dreams, both sleep and aspirational dreams.” The installation, which will take about an hour to sleep-walk through, explores the dif- ferent stages of slumber and dreaming. Visi- tors start in a sky-blue room filled with fluffy clouds, trek to another suffused with fog and bubbles, and then make their way to a ball pit Getting a round! stuffed with 35,000 tiny spheres, with light pro- jections that make it look like the bottom of a swimming pool, said Solomon. “It looks like you’re in a swimming pool, so that Fried cookie dough balls come to Smorgasburg room is really fun and immersive,” she said. And the so-called “infinity room” looks like a galaxy filled with mirrors and lights, infinitely du- By Julianne McShane plicating whatever image is in the mirror to create Brooklyn Paper a beautiful never-ending display, said Solomon. “That room is probably the most beautiful, hey’re rolling in dough! very stunning when you walk in there,” she said. Visitors to outdoor food festival “The rest are really fun and whimsical.” T Smorgasburg, which returns this week- The final room in the exhibit is a gift shop, end, can get a taste of a brand new dessert: selling work by various artists. The shop also a chewy and gooey concoction that com- features a chalkboard for guests to write their bines the best elements of raw cookie dough own dreams, whether describing what they and crispy mozzarella sticks. The sweet and experienced during their most recent visit to crispy treat evokes a classic cookie, with a Dreamland, or their ambitions to travel across layer of fried, funnel cake-like batter cov- the world, said Solomon. ering a ball of warm dough, according to “Share your dream, whatever that means to one of its creators. you — dream to be your own boss or go to Thai- “It’s a crispy exterior that also gives you land,” she said. a little bit of that chewy cookie crust, with And each room offers a perfect opportunity molten raw cookie dough in the center,” said to pose for a photograph and share it on social Matt Gallira, the president of fried cheese media, she said. purveyors Big Mozz. “And the awesome Dream Machine (93 N. Ninth St. between thing is, if you overcook it — it just turns Wythe Avenue and Berry Street in Wil- into a cookie.” liamsburg, www.visitdreammachine.com). Gallira, who lives in Fort Greene, Open April 5–May 31; 10 am–10 pm (closed helped to cook up the creation last sum- Wednesdays). Tickets must be purchased in mer, when his snack stand was stationed advance. $38. — Julianne Cuba next to raw cookie dough sellers Do at a music festival in the northern hinter- lands of Queens. During a slow moment, the founder of the cookie dough company BOOKS suggested frying up some of the sweet stuff, she recalled. “I basically said, ‘We should try and throw some cookie dough in the fryer and see what happens,’ ” said Downtown resi- Reading picks dent Kristen Tomlan. “We tried it, and it was one of the best things we had had.” Greenlight Bookstore’s pick — At Smorgasburg, the deep-fried balls “Family Lexicon” by Natalia Ginzburg of cookie dough will be sold in six-packs, Although every bit is factual, Natalia Ginzburg’s each containing two chocolate chip, two “Family Lexicon” reads as cake batter, and two brownie batter balls. though it were a novel. This The package of a half-dozen doughy de- genre-defying story cen- lights will cost $12. ters on the author’s family: And unlike the cookies you might mix her Jewish father, Giuseppe in your kitchen, this raw dough is safe to Levi, a scientist and avid eat, said Tomlan, because pasteurized eggs mountaineer with a quick and heat-treated flour keep out the bacteria fuse; her mother Lidia, an that causes salmonella. So gluttons can get optimistic Catholic; and her all the pleasure of eating raw dough with- siblings Gino, Paola, Al- out worry, Tomlan said. berto, and Mario. The back- “You get a little of the baked and un- drop is Mussolini’s fascist baked, and it’s warm and gooey and deli- Italy, and every Levi re- cious,” she said. mains staunchly anti-fas- Another sweet new arrival to the food cist. Despite the complications that disrupt their festival is the King Street Kitchen stand, lives, Ginzburg demonstrates how language, sto- where the former pastry chef from famed rytelling, and specific turns-of-phrase within a Manhattan eatery Eleven Madison Park will family act as anchors, time machines, and door- serve up a gluten-free olive oil and citrus ways, no matter how many years go by. Photos by Dina Coloma bundt cake, along with other pastries. And Dough, or dough not — there is no try: (Pictured clockwise from top) Kristen Tomlan, of cookie dough company — Melissa Hohl, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Port- before dessert, Brooklyn foodies can sample Do, collaborated with Matt Gallira of Big Mozz to create a fried cookie dough ball that will debut at Smorgasburg new savory snacks from around the world, land Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, including a Honduran bean, cheese, and this weekend. The collaboration cookie features a crispy, breaded outside with a gooey inside of raw chocolate chip www.greenlightbookstore.com]. avocado tortilla dish from 504 HN Market, cookie dough, cake batter, or brownie batter. And new Smorgasburg vendor Himalayan Horizon will serve shabaley, or Korean fried chicken from newcomer a Himalyan street food similar to an empanada. Community Bookstore’s pick — Dashi Fried Chicken. The Williamsburg “The Inkblots” by Damion Searls outpost will feature even more new op- rice to the market; and Himalayan Hori- with spicy sauces. starting March 31, 11 am–6 pm. And at This book is both a biography of Hermann tions, including Downtown Middle East- zon, which will serve the street food sha- Smorgasburg at East River Park (90 Breeze Hill (East Drive and Lincoln Road in Rorshach, whose iconic test has moved from ern restaurant Boutros, which will bring baley — fried circular dough pockets filled Kent Ave. at N. Seventh Street in Williams- Prospect Park), Sundays starting April 1. 11 psychiatric curiosity to its pork shawarma tacos and bulgur fried with buffalo, beef, and potatoes and topped burg, www.smorgasburg.com). Saturdays am–6 pm. Free. pop-cultural trope, and an extended essay on the intersection of art early 2000s, so viewers often get to and psychology at the experience something new, said the turn of the last century. show’s host and co-producer. Rorshach emerges as a “People will be introduced to car- rich and fascinating fig- toons they’ve never heard of before or ure — a student of the the- Tooning it up! seen before,” said Nell Casey. “Be- ories of Freud and Jung, a a cause some contest winner said they lover of art and literature, want to watch it, people will leave and a talented artist. From the show with a new cartoon to ex- Rorshach’s vantage point, Boozy cartoon festival plore that they were really not famil- we witness the birth of abstraction in the visual iar with.” arts, the developments of new theories of the un- And viewing their favorite cartoons conscious, and the role of early photography and expands to Bell House with older eyes can finally reveal jokes optical research in the understanding that how that flew over the heads of viewers’ we see is fundamental to how we think. By Alexandra Simon and Booze’ because of the experi- younger selves, added the Williams- — Samuel Partal, Community Bookstore [43 Brooklyn Paper ence of nostalgia and cereal,” said burg event organizer. Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- Michael Austin, who lives in Bed- “The thing about cartoon-watching field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. his cartoon festival is growing ford-Stuyvesant. as an adult is, it can be unintentionally commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. up! After six sold-out years at Many of the cartoons are now avail- funny and that’s the beauty of watch- T the Nitehawk Cinema, the child- able on the Internet, but people return Photo by Caleb Caldwell ing in a group compared to watching Word’s pick — “How New York Breaks hood revival show “Spoons, Toons, to “Spoons, Toons, and Booze” to re- Cereal killers: Michael Austin and Nell Casey, hosts of the monthly at home,” she said. “Now you’re view- Your Heart” by Bill Hayes and Booze” will expand to a second, live their childhood memories with a “Spoons, Toons, and Booze” cartoon extravaganza, will swoop into ing the cartoons through adult senses, This book of street photography is the per- larger location, coming to the Bell crowd, he said. the Bell House in Gowanus for a sweet second show on April 7. and you might catch a drug reference fect love letter to New York City! Hayes’s pho- House on April 7. Nostalgia for the “People respond well to experienc- or something racy — and you might tos of ordinary New York- Saturday morning cartoons of their ing these cartoons in a group setting, cluding a White Russian topped with bating which cartoon show is best, a not like it as much, or it’ll confirm ers gives us an intimate youth among adult millennials and and a lot of us grew up on these car- Cocoa Puffs. trivia contests, or identifying a car- what they love about it.” portrait of the city that is Gen Xers has kept the show busy, and toons that we don’t get to experience The larger space at the Bell House toon theme song from its first few Austen and Casey hope to make the captivating and moving. I the new spot means that even more anymore,” he said. “It’s not the same will not only allow for more guests, but notes. The winner of each contest de- Bell House edition a monthly event, found this collection to be people will be able to experience the watching alone — having a shared it will open up more opportunities for termines which cartoon screens next, in addition to their twice-monthly beautiful and sentimental celebration of cartoons, cereal, and experience in a room full of people audience interaction, said Austin. said Austin. screenings at Nitehawk. in all the right ways. Fall in alcoholic beverages, said the show’s who are passionate about toons and “We’ve got a bigger stage, more au- Visitors often choose cartoons from “Spoons, Toons, and Booze” at love with New York. Break founder and producer. seeing other people enjoy these clas- dience, and we’ve got more time, so the ’80s or ’90s, including “Darkwing the Bell House [149 Seventh St. be- up with New York. Fall in “We fill up every month, and we sic cartoons.” there’s going to be new, more silly, and Duck,” “The Care Bears,” or “The tween Second and Third avenues love. Break up. Start the cycle all over again. are always sold out within two to three Each early afternoon event fea- crazier contests,” said Austin. Flintstones,” but Austin has more than in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www. — Mary Thompson, Word [126 Franklin St. days of tickets going on sale, but the tures five or six cartoons, an open Those contests might include iden- 100 cartoons ready to go at any mo- thebellhouseny.com]. April 7 at 1 at Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, people want more ‘Spoons, Toons cereal bar, and special cocktails, in- tifying a cereal brand by taste, de- ment, dating from the 1940s to the pm. $12. www.wordbookstores.com]. 6 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 30–April 5, 2018 DISCOVER THE SOUND OF WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY March 30 March 31 April 1 April 3 April 4 Wit’s end Picture it Sometimes it feels Learn not to trust like the world should your lyin’ eyes — and be canceled immedi- something about the ately. Comedian Zach past — at “Photo- Zimmerman was shoppin’ History,” a Mane event raised to think that Bear tale night of four story- Shack up It ain’t no passing was actually going to What better secular tellers sharing true Brooklyn duo the craze! Those who saw happen, and dis- activity for Easter stories about histori- Shacks has already “The Lion King” as cusses his apocalyp- Sunday than Shake- cal subjects, accom- had its airy dream- kids are still crazy tic Christian upbring- speare’s play about a panied by wildly pop featured on an ing in “The End of untrue visuals. about the Hamlet- woman who is iPhone commercial the World” tonight, Among the speakers analog with the unjustly accused, dies, and on teen soap in a double bill with will be Mary Brown- smelly warthog pal, and then returns in opera “Riverdale,” the queer 1930s-style lee’s discussion of so tonight’s adults- miraculous fashion? but now you can revue “Fag and Hag going over Niagra only “Lion King This production of catch Shannon Wise Pull Out all the Falls in a barrel. Movie Musical Party” “The Winter’s Tale” is and Max Shrager live, Stops” (pictured). — featuring perfor- a wonderfully acted, 7 pm at Starr Bar (214 when they return to mances from Disney 9:30 pm at the Brick [575 tear-jerking tragedy, Starr St. between Irving their hometown to and Wycoff Avenues in cover band the Little Metropolitan Ave. lightened by some launch the band’s between Union Avenue Bushwick, starrbar.com). Mermen (pictured) — and Lorimer Street in excellent clowning in $5. debut album “Haze.” Tune in to our radio will have a screening, Williamsburg, (718) 907– the second half and a With opening act sing-alongs, and a 6189], www.bricktheater. dance-off with a bear. Holy Hive. trivia contest. com. $10. 2 pm at the Polonsky 7:30 pm at Baby’s All 8 pm at the Bell House Shakespeare Center [262 Right [146 Broadway station every week! [149 Seventh St. between Ashland Pl. between between Bedford and Second and Third avenues Fulton Street and Lafayette Driggs avenues in in Gowanus, (718) 643– Avenue in Fort Greene, Williamsburg, (718) 599– 6510, www.thebellhouse- (212) 229–2819, www.tfana. 5800, www.babysallright. WITH ny.com]. $15 ($12 in org]. $90–$100 ($20 peo- com]. $12 ($10 in advance). ple under 30). advance). NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, MARCH 30 ART, CARL MEHRBACH: An exhibit of three-dimensional abstract paintings and drawings. Free. 3–7 pm. One Brooklyn Bridge Park [360 Furman St., waterfront side between Piers Find lots more listings online at 5 and 6 in Brooklyn Heights, (212) BrooklynPaper.com/Events 391–8151], www.chashama.org. FILM, “GAMERA”: A gigantic fl ying, VARIETY SHOW: Chris Donahue fi re-breathing turtle sets its sights and Chris Calogero host a Good on destroying Tokyo. Free. 6:30 pm. Friday variety show! 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BARCLAYS CENTER between Kent and Wythe avenues Each show, featuring in-studio guests and call- Free. 8 pm. Freak Bar (1208 Surf Ave. in Williamsburg, (718) 486–5400], at W. 12th Street in Coney Island), FRI, MARCH 30 WED, APRIL 4 www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. www.coneyisland.com. OUTDOORS, BIRD WATCHING: out segments, can be listened to live or played MUSIC, ASHANTI, JA RULE, LIL’ SPORTS, NEW YORK ISLANDERS MUSIC, LORDE: $39–$99. 8 pm. Join Prospect Park Alliance on a MO, AND LLOYD: $49–$99. 8 pm. V TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS: birdwatching walk and learn about anytime at your convenience. Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave. $15–$350. 7 pm. Prospect magnifi cent array of birds between Beverly Road and Tilden THU, APRIL 5 and how to identify them! Free. Avenue in Flatbush), www.kingsthe- Noon. Prospect Park Audubon Cen- atre.com. 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Listen- Your Content = t’s great music, folks. ers will spot a similarity be- Jug bands, banjo players, tween the traditional Moroc- I Moroccan folk stars, and can string instruments and the UNLIMITED the best fiddler in Brooklyn old-fansioned American banjo, will all take the stage at the said one band member. 10th Annual Brooklyn Folk “I think there will be new POSSIBILITIES. Festival next weekend. The faces that have never heard three-day festival, happen- gnawa music,” said Samir ing at St. Ann’s Church in Langus, who lives Benson- Brooklyn Heights on April hurst. “The way we play the 6–8, offers a chance for musi- sentir is like how you play DISCOVER cians from Brooklyn and from the banjo.” around the world to play tradi- In addition to music perfor- tional music for a generation mances, the folk festival will Brooklyn Free Speech TV that craves authenticity, and host workshops, documenta- not the slick sounds of over- ries about folk music, and the produced pop, said one of the beloved banjo-tossing compe- BRICartsmedia.org/BFreeBK fest’s headliners. tition, where contestants see “There’s always a trend in how far they can hurl a banjo societies that are sick of popular Steber Bill into the Gowanus Canal. And music and popular culture to for the first time, fiddlers will go to folk culture,” said Jerron have a chance to compete be- “Blind Boy” Paxton. “I think fore a panel of their peers to that time is about now.” determine who is on top, and #NotYourBasicCable The visually-impaired who plays second fiddle. banjo player, who grew up “We’re gonna try and find @BFreeBK playing traditional African- out who the best fiddler in American folk and blues in Brooklyn is,” said Smith. Los Angeles and now lives in Over the last 10 years, Queens, has played every year the musical extravaganza of the Brooklyn Folk Festi- has grown enormously, and val. He keeps coming back to last year brought almost 4,000 hear the diverse sounds of real visitors to St. Ann’s Church, PHOTO: LIAM BILLINGHAM New Yorkers, he said. said Smith — a much larger “It’s a home festival in my space than the 100-seat Ja- new home and hometown,” lopy Theatre, where the fes- said Paxton. “New York is a tival started, and which still diverse place, and the music presents the fest. He attri- is gonna match it, especially butes the vast increase in folk music — the music of the genre’s popularity to peo- real people.” ple fleeing sterile suburbs in In addition to Paxton, who search of something authen- will play the main stage on Strugglers Hill Down tic, and finding it among the Saturday night, the festival many folk musicians here in will feature more than 45 mu- Folk culture: Jerron Brooklyn. sical acts, featuring folk music “Blind Boy” Paxton will “I think young people from the United States, Eu- take the stage at the and artists are fleeing many rope, and Latin America. For 10th Annual Brooklyn parts of America and coming its 10th year, the show brought Folk Festival, happening to Brooklyn and New York FOLLOW OUR DAILY UPDATES ON back some of the best Brook- at St. Ann and the Holy City looking for something lyn and New York City artists Trinity Church on April real,” he said. “They’re trying to perform in the past, said 6–8. Brooklyn band the to play some music that’s more the festival’s founder. Down Hill Strugglers is down home and human.” “We tried to bring back our “Brooklyn Folk Festival” favorite performers from the among the many local at St. Ann and the Holy Trin- 10-year history of this festi- acts playing at the folk ity Church (157 Montague St. val,” said Eli Smith, who lives festival. And the annual at Clinton Street in Brooklyn in Red Hook and will perform banjo toss is one of the Heights, www.brooklynfolk- twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper with his band the Down Hill Brooklyn Folk Festival’s fest.com). April 6–8 at vari- Strugglers. “And we wanted to Geltner Brian most beloved events. ous times. $25–$85. Green Meadows Farm Easter Egg Hunt at Aviator Sports [3159 Flatbush Ave. between Belt Parkway and Avia- tion Road, (718) 440–3358, www.green- meadowsfarmbrooklyn.com]. March Hippity hoppity 29–April 2; 10 am–4 pm. $9. Flatbush Brooklyn’s oldest house holds an Our eggs-austive guide to egg-straordinary Easter Egg Hunt, featuring face-painting, a visit from the Easter Bunny, music, snacks, and Easter hunts in Brooklyn games. Easter Egg Hunt at Wyckoff House By the GO Brooklyn Bunny [5816 Clarendon Rd. at E. 59th Street in Brigade Flatbush, (718) 629–5400, www.wyck- for Brooklyn Paper offmuseum.org]. March 31; Noon–3 pm. Free. rooklyn has a lot of bunny busi- ness! Bay Ridge B Our hard-boiled reporters have State Sen. Marty Golden throws his tracked down an Easter Egg hunt in al- egg-citing annual Easter Egg Hunt, with most every neighborhood in the borough games, music, prizes, and a photo op- of churches. Read ahead to find the closest portunity with the Easter Bunny. The spot for your Easter egg-citement! last egg hunt starts at 3 pm! Marty Golden’s Annual Easter Egg Marine Park Hunt in Shore Road Park [Shore Road Brooklyn’s biggest egg-hunt will be at 79th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 238– in Floyd Bennet Field, where the Green 6044, golden.nysenate.gov]. March 31; Meadows Farm will host a five-day egg- 2–4 pm. Free. stravaganza! Kids can hunt for colored eggs filled with prizes, pose for pictures Photo by Steve Solomonson Dyker Heights with Whiskers the bunny, and go on a Bunny bliss: The Easter Bunny will It’s no yolk! On April Fool’s Day — hayride. And for an egg-stra fee, there hop from spot to spot this week- which is also Easter — the Dyker Beach are pony rides and a petting zoo. end for pictures with kids. 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Street and Morgan Avenue TUES, APRIL 3 Heights, (718) 230–2100], Bushwick [12 Jefferson St. THEATER, “THE WINTER’S roulette.org. between Knickerbocker and in Bushwick), facebook. MUSIC, CAROLINE ROSE: The www.bklynlibrary.org. THURS, APRIL 5 TALE”: 7:30 pm. See Friday, COMEDY, 2 RAW 4 RADIO: Irving avenues in Bushwick, com/triggerplaycomedy- A comedy show benefi t- singer-songwriter performs show. March 30. ART, DREAM MACHINE: An (413) 204–7795], www.bi- ing WBAI 99.5 FM Radio. tunes from her new album immersive, surrealist play- COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL “Loser.” With opening act WED, APRIL 4 zarrebushwick.com. ART, CARL MEHRBACH: $13.00. 7 pm. The Com- ground that takes attendees COMEDY: A special Satur- Henry Jamison. $12. 9 pm. COMEDY, FULL MOON COM- 11 am–4 pm. See Friday, mons Brooklyn [388 Atlantic through 10 unique rooms day night show featuring March 30. Ave. between Hoyt and Rough Trade NYC [64 N. 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Learn about COMEDY, PUNDERDOME: good time, featuring Mike campfi re safety, and sing PUPPIES ’N’ PINTS: Hang out April 3. with rescue pooches from A monthly pun competi- Lebovitz, Julia Shiplett, Ash- along to some fun campfi re local shelters, take a picture tion hosted by Jo Firestone. ton Womack, and musical songs with the Urban Park $10. 8 pm. Littlefi eld (635 tionbk.com. in the puppy photo booth, th guests The Crown Heights Rangers. Free. 1 pm to 9404 4 AVENUE Sackett St. between Third Riots. Free. 8:30 pm. The COMEDY, COMEDIANS YOU and drink beer. $10 sug- and Fourth avenues in Gow- Way Station [683 Washing- SHOULD KNOW: The 2:30 pm. Fort Greene Park gested donation. Noon–3 anus), www.littlefi eldnyc. ton Ave. between St. Marks Chicago-style stand up Visitor Center [Enter park at pm. Coney Island Brewery com. Avenue and Prospect Place showcase features Matteo Myrtle Avenue and Wash- (1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th READING, CECILE RICH- in Prospect Heights, (718) Lane, Jeffery Joseph, Erin ington Park in Fort Greene, Street in Coney Island), ARDS: The former president 627–4949], www.waysta- Jackson, and more. $10 ($5 (718) 722–3218]. www.coneyislandbeer.com. BAY RIDGE BROOKLYN ter Egg Hunt in the park near in Coffey Park (Richards topreds.com]. April 1; 2–5 the Bandshell, and they have Street between King and pm. $40. APPETIZERS invited all the neighbors. In Verona streets in Red Hook, … with Spicy Marinara Sauce … $8.95 EGGS... &RIED #ALAMARI addition to the egg search, the www.facebook.com/Re- Bed-Stuy 3HRIMP #OCKTAIL ... 3 Jumbo Shrimp served with Tomato Horseradish Sauce … $12.95 Continued from page 7 event will have music, tem- demptionRedHook). March The New Journey Church &RESH -OZZARELLA AND "EEFSTEAK 4OMATO … with Balsamic Vinaigrette … $9.95 porary tattoos for the kiddos, 31; Noon–4 pm. Free. will host an Easter Egg Hunt, $EEP &RIED -OZZARELLA 3TICKS … with Tomato Sauce … $8.95 Golf Course will host an Eas- crafts, festive treats, and cof- featuring an appearance from #RABMEAT 3TUFFED -USHROOM #APS … $12.95 ter Brunch and Egg Hunt! En- fee for the grown-ups. Fort Greene the Easter Bunny. A DJ and an joy a giant afternoon meal, Easter Egg Hunt (Prospect Bring your own basket to open mike will entertain those Three Course Prix Fixe take a photo with the Easter Park Bandshell, enter at 11th Fort Greene Park, where you waiting on tiny egg hunters, Bunny, and send the kids Street and Prospect Park can join the Easter Bunny — and there will also be food hunting for eggs along the West in Park Slope, www. and Councilwoman Laurie and games. Easter Menu fairway! tgcparkslope.com). March Cumbo — on an egg hunt. Easter Egg Hunt 2018 at 0OTATO ,EEK 3OUP or Easter Brunch and Egg 31; 10:30 am–1 pm. Free. Kids can also join the arts and New Journey Church (480 3ALAD OF "ABY 'REENS WITH "ALSAMIC 6INAIGRETTE Hunt at Dyker Beach Golf crafts sessions to egg-spress Bainbridge St. at Saratoga Course [86th Street at Carroll Gardens their artistic sides, and can Avenue in Beford-Stuyve- CHOICE OF ENTRÉE Seventh Avenue in Dyker It may not be an Easter Egg listen to live music. sant, (718) 452-0949, www. 2OAST ,EG OF ,AMB … with a rosemary sauce & mint jelly … $41.95 Heights, (718) 836–9722 hunt, but the “Green Eggs District 35 Egg Hunt at newjourneyny.org). March ,EMON 0EPPER (ERB #HICKEN … baked half chicken with sautéed spinach … $26.95 x261, www.dykerbeachgc. Eco-Friendly Easter” event Fort Green Park (enter at 31; 11 am–3 pm. Free. .9 3IRLOIN 3TEAK … served with herb butter … $43.95 com). April 1, 11 am–2 pm. in Carroll Park will teach kids Myrtle Avenue and N. 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Before and after the For your convenience a gratuity of 18% will be included when your check is presented instead it has cooked up an Photo by Jon Farina Park, (Smith Street between an all-adult egg hunt high in search, kids can listen to mu- “Adult Eggstravaganza” for He got them all!: At last Carroll and President streets the sky! Rooftop Reds hosts sic from singer Esther Crow, SPECIAL CHILDREN’S MENU Easter, featuring an egg and year’s Green Meadows in Carroll Gardens, make- an Easter Egg Hunt — the $40 engage in eggy arts projects, Includes soup, dessert and choice of entreé: spoon race over an obstacle Farm Easter Egg Hunt better.camp/egg). March 31; admission gets you a glass of and pose for photos with the #HICKEN &INGERS WITH &RENCH &RIES … $17.95 course, brunchy snacks, and in Marine Park, young noon–3 pm. Free. sparkling wine, a basket filled Easter Bunny. Proceeds ben- 0ENNE WITH -ARINARA 3AUCE … $14.95 adult beverages. 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The small local publishers to cut less newsprint industry and the Every day at the News Me- printers who typically utilize their print product entirely — restructuring that has taken dia Alliance headquarters, a Canadian newsprint are those or even shut their doors. place in recent decades. stack of newspapers arrives in the northeast and Midwest, Some, like NORPAC, may If the tariffs on Canadian for myself and the staff. But where there are currently no argue that by imposing duties newsprint are allowed to stand, with the Department of Com- U.S. mills operating. on Canadian imports we’re sav- we’re not only risking a cen- merce and the International But those regions are not ing American jobs and boost- turies-old relationship with Trade Commission currently newsprint deserts because of ing our own economy, but while our neighbors to the north, considering tariffs on Cana- unfair trade by Canadian paper that may sometimes be true for but we’re putting our own dian newsprint, those days of mills. Rather, newsprint mills other industries, the opposite U.S. news industry in jeop- screen-free reading could be shut down or converted to pro- is true of newsprint. ardy. While the big national coming to an end. ducing other, more profitable What we’re seeing with the and regional papers may have The fact that newsprint is paper products when the de- newsprint tariffs is not a gov- less trouble finding the funds being threatened is the work mand for newsprint fell, some- ernment acting to try to better to keep their print editions of one newsprint mill in the thing that has been happen- the economy for its citizens. In- coming, we could see small Pacific Northwest, NORPAC. ing steadily for decades. Since stead, it is “political arbitrage” publishers lose footing, and In August 2017, NORPAC 2000, the demand for news- by one private investment group those tiny local papers are petitioned the United States print in North America has — where they are effectively some of the most vital mem- Department of Commerce to dropped by 75 percent. looking to use the U.S. gov- bers of our news community. begin applying tariffs to news- But affordable Canadian pa- ernment to tax local and com- Under the right conditions, print imported from Canada, per has helped keep the printed munity newspapers across the those papers can find a way claiming the imported paper news alive and flourishing well United States in order to bolster to maintain their footing, but was harming the U.S. news- into the 21st century. With new their own bottom line. if the newsprint industry can’t print industry. But NORPAC is tariffs, many smaller newspa- When considering whether support them, those commu- not acting in the best interests pers will feel their belts tight- to take NORPAC’s claims seri- nities will become news des- of newsprint consumers or the ening. The combination of pre- ously, the Department of Com- erts, and that’s a future none U.S. paper industry at large — liminary countervailing and merce excluded input from of us want. they are acting in their own in- antidumping duties increases U.S. newsprint mills owned We may not be able to save terest and no one else’s. the cost of imported newsprint by Canadian companies — the entire industry by keep- The buying and selling of by as much as 32 percent, and specifically Resolute Forest ing tariffs off our paper, but newsprint has always been re- a number of newspapers have Products and White Birch. Ex- we can keep it thriving while gional without regard for the already experienced price in- cluding manufacturers who, we re-position ourselves for border. Consumers of news- creases and a disruption in sup- during the period of investi- the years to come. Having af- print — from newspaper ply. If the International Trade gation, had three functioning fordable newsprint will help and book publishers to tele- Commission and the Depart- newsprint mills in the U.S. be- us do that. phone directory manufac- ment of Commerce make these cause they have sister mills in David Chavern turers — tend to buy news- tariffs permanent in the com- Canada shows an unwilling- President, print in their region, close to ing months, it could lead some ness to understand the border- News Media Alliance they wanted to implement this, Clinton Hill blasted as bad how it’s hitting the local stake- for business. FLATBUSH... holders, and why they’re pi- A report on how the re- Continued from page 1 places. “If you can’t park, it’s loting a program on its ef- strictions along Flatbush Av- trict. “Maybe we don’t need not good for business. Plain fectiveness in an area that’s enue impact congestion, dou- that full block.” and simple.” already disrupted.” ble parking, deliveries, and The pilot initiative’s re- curb-regulation compliance And the many in-progress The store owners and Ellis strictions don’t affect mom- on the road will be released fully conceded to the street’s construction projects along and-pops on Flatbush Avenue this fall, following the pilot Flatbush Avenue only add in- congestion problems, but crit- Extension between Fulton and program’s culmination, ac- sult to injury for shopkeepers icized DeBlasio’s program as Tillary streets as much as they cording to the Transporta- mourning the loss of parking a quick fix that doesn’t solve do businesses further down the tion Department. — especially because the jobs anything and suggested the road, because parking along DeBlasio’s Congestion Ac- may be what caused increased city instead focus its time and that stretch of the street is al- tion Plan also calls for amped- traffic on the road in the first effort on enforcing the exist- ready more regulated, accord- up enforcement to keep traf- place, according to another ing rules of the road. ing to Community Board 2’s fic flowing at intersections business owner. “It’s symptomatic of this district manager, Rob Perris. across the city, including five “They’ve been doing con- administration creating new But overall, the six-month in Kings County, at Flatbush struction lately so maybe re- regulations instead of en- crackdown on curb use is rem- and Eighth avenues, Atlan- ally it’s the construction that forcing what’s already on iniscent of the much-maligned tic and Pennsylvania avenues, makes the congestion,” said the books,” Ellis said. “We changes the city made to a 86th Street and Seventh Ave- Joe Butrico, who runs All- by no means thought of con- stretch of Fulton Street last nue, Tillary and Jay streets, star Locksmith and Hard- gestion as a non-issue, espe- year , when it installed ded- and Flatbush and Myrtle av- ware on Flatbush Avenue cially on Flatbush Avenue, but icated bus lanes that shop- enues, according to informa- between Prospect and Park we’re bothered how quickly keepers in Fort Greene and tion from the agency. 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 30–April 5, 2018 Hare-raising visit STAND-UP JOB! Locals balance eggs to honor Equinox Easter Bunny delights dogs, terrifi es tykes By Colin Mixson By Colin Mixson fer Turner said of her 2-year- money at the event received Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn Paper old daughter, Veronica Madar. the opportunity to photograph They did one shell of a These kids had a little too “He didn’t talk, which may their two- or four-legged chil- job! much bun. not have helped.” dren with the Easter Bunny A group of merrymakers Youngsters jumped in line The floppy-eared furball — a photo op that generated flocked to Grand Army Plaza to meet the Easter Bunny at appeared at a so-called “Egg- lots of excitement resulting on March 20 for a crack at a Washington Park near Park stravaganza” event for hu- in long queues that left some hard-boiled challenge — bal- Slope’s Old Stone House mu- mans and their canine com- parents waiting as long as 45 ancing 360 eggs upright atop seum on March 24, but some panions that local pet-sitting minutes to snap a shot of their the rough-hewn stone sur- tots were not hoppy at all after service Brooklyn Bark orga- loved one with the rabbit, ac- rounding the oval’s Bailey face time with the festive rab- nized to raise funds for the cording to Turner. Photo by Taylor Balkom Fountain. bit, according to one mom. no-kill shelter Sean Casey The mom said her daugh- But the egg-cersize in equi- (Above) Mom Jennifer “She was extremely excited Animal Rescue in nearby ter was thrilled at the thought librium did not ruffle the feath- to see the Easter Bunny — un- Windsor Terrace. of meeting the buck-toothed Turner smiled while her ers of the steady-handed Brook- til we got very close,” Jenni- Attendees who donated bunny while she patiently daughter Veronica Mad- lynites, who managed to stand ar clung to her after re- all 30-dozen eggs straight up Photo by Stefano Giovannini alizing she wasn’t quite on their fat sides, according to It wasn’t easy, but locals managed to stand up all ready to meet the Easter the organizer who egged par- 360 eggs before carting the specimens off to a Bunny. (Right) Youngster ticipants on. local soup kitchen, where they were used to pre- Athena Schutte and “We did it!” said Donna pare food for the needy. Shiba Inu Ashley made “Mama Donna” Henes, a self- friends while waiting to proclaimed urban shaman who meet the rabbit. egg-cellent adventure. she unsuccessfully attempted hosts esoteric events through- “I ask people to shake off to poach other helpers from a out the city. everything they don’t want to nearby public learning house. Offi ce: 718-336-3900 | Fax: 718-336-3990 waited in line, but that things Henes hatched the idea for bring into the new season,” The Trilok School youngsters took a turn for the worse when the egg-balancing event more she said. proved to have an egg-cep- the girl came face-to-face with than four decades ago, and And although Henes’s tionally deft touch when it the hare. Photo by Taylor Balkom cooks it up each year to co- springtime blessing may came to the balancing act, “She was delighted during the next time she meets the incide with the Spring Equi- sound like a bunch of new- according to the shaman. the wait to meet him, until she Easter Bunny, she’ll sit on the nox — the first day of the sea- age nonsense, one Park Sloper “They’d run over shouting, actually got close enough to bench and shake his hand,” son, when the day is roughly insisted it was no yoke, and ‘I stood up 13,’ or, ‘I stood up touch him and started cry- Turner said. equal in length to the night. that it inspired a sense of 15,’ ” she said. ing,” Turner said. “I’m not Parents of dogs seemed to She’s staged the egg-strava- calm among the amateur And after all 360 eggs expecting a different reac- fare better than those of hu- ganza, which borrows from a acrobats. achieved complete balance, tion to Santa.” mans, however, as most pups popular Chinese tradition of “It was amazingly har- the group carefully recol- But the sweet kid quickly took the visit with the fluffy balancing eggs to achieve good monious,” said Julie De- lected the specimens before recovered from her traumatic white hare as an opportunity luck, at Grand Army Plaza for Laurier. bringing them to the nearby audience with the rabbit, in- to pal around, according to the last 20 years. The flock of locals re- Chips soup kitchen on Fourth sisting that, come next spring, another attendee. The shaman kicked off the ceived some unexpected as- Avenue, where they were used she’ll be ready for a less emo- “We had a good time,” said event by corralling her col- sistance with their equilibrial to prepare an eggs-quisitely tional sit-down, according to Jamie Goldstein, who brought ony of balancers into a cir- endeavor from students at a spiritual dish for needy Kings YOUR HEALTH MEANS her mom. her 1-year-old hound Rosie to cle and encouraging them to Fort Greene private school, Countians, Henes said. “She’s been talking about meet the rabbit. “It was re- shed any emotional baggage Henes said, who appeared un- “They have a sacred omelet EVERYTHING TO US! him every since, about how ally fun.” before embarking on their solicited to lend a hand after once a year,” she said. 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The punchy beats of hip- By Stephanie Thompson In reality, I have no idea 902 Quentin Road 9101 4th Avenue 26 Court Street “They actually say these hop come, often, with an how this music really in- #701 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY words,” she wailed. overlay of words and themes fluences him or any of his Brooklyn, NY 11223 11209 11242 I laughed, watching her, that are eye-watering in their ing my sexual inclinations on rude? Is there some that’s friends. My guess is that, like and nodded in great under- shock value. At my age I am repeat until I’m hoarse. But nice? he said, it is a form of expres- standing. Apparently it was a not shocked by graphic sexual maybe that’s just me. Why do Boy: (Begins to look sion that feels cathartic. themes, but hearing a bunch other people like it so much? through his playlist. Gestures I have learned as a fly of boys I’ve known since they How come it’s so popular? to iPhone). See, like this one. on the wall, watching these were toddlers loudly belting I decided to have a sit down He’s being nice. He’s paying teenage boys, that lots and out said themes in my house with my 16- almost-17-year- for a girl’s new breasts. lots of thoughts are flitting is, well, different, to say the old about the appeal. Mom: That’s lovely. through their developing least. It was in our sun-filled Boy: And “Magnolia” by brains, so many of which THREE WAYS TO LOVE I’m not really sure what to kitchen the morning of the Playboi Carti (He raps the lyr- are happily shared through do. I am the understanding snow day, the trees outside the ics I had heard all the night song. And even though I may mom, the one who accepts windows heavy with a thick before on a loop, a lovely find some of these thoughts that my teens are going to in- white layer. I had, unusually, refrain of mutual sucking). a bit revelatory, even for me, dulge in a variety of things put the kibosh on a sleepover Since when is reciprocating I have to force myself to un- that I am not in control of. I the night before, sending ev- oral sex a bad thing? derstand that humans have a try not to judge, especially eryone home at 10:30 pm so I Mom: (Nods, wincing lot of sorting through to do, since I don’t want them to lie could assure some quiet rap- slightly. This is her baby af- and to do so in such a joy- and sneak. free hours. ter all). Yes. I see now. You ous rhythmic way can’t be But, laying on my swing- I announced my intentions have a point. I should really be all bad. ing couch listening to loud to attempt to understand his looking at this differently. I just have to find a way free-styling upstairs, I some- musical tastes. Boy: (Searching for more to leave the house, or drown IN PRINT times can’t help but feel a lit- Mom: So, tell me, what “nice” rap lyrics. Finally, he it out with the more me- tle bit sick to my stomach. is it you like about rap? Is it points). And this one, Action lodic love songs I prefer. Or Pick up Brooklyn Paper every Is it the misogyny? The vi- nice? Bronson, he says, “I use MIL- maybe, if you can’t beat ’em, olence? The graphic sexual Boy: (Shrugs). People are Fhunter.com to ease the pain.” join ’em. Friday across Greenpoint, language? What exactly am I expressing themselves. I just See mom, he likes the old la- Maybe I’ll learn some of Williamsburg, Bushwick, reacting to? After all, I appre- like the music. dies. the more graphic lyrics and ciate honesty, and am hardly Mom: (Nods). Yes, I’m all Mom: Oh, how sweet. I just start singing them at the Downtown, and Brownstone a prude. for people expressing them- feel so grateful. dinner table. Yet sometimes I really just selves, but don’t you think This concluded our chat. That should give every- Brooklyn. Each paper delivers don’t get the allure of scream- some of this stuff is pretty I actually felt slightly bet- one a think. news, arts, sports, and parenting in one package. Numbers game ON YOUR COMPUTER, Players press city to keep PHONE, OR TABLET tennis cheap in P’Park No one else covers Brooklyn By Colin Mixson tember outdoor season, when Brooklyn Paper the rest of the facilities are like BrooklynPaper.com. The site These tennis players fear managed by the Parks De- is updated throughout the day, a racket! partment — expires in Oc- Hundreds of local athletes tober. And the city’s so-called offering the latest local coverage signed an online petition im- fair-practice rules require the ploring the Department of Parks green-space agency to allow other companies to compete with more depth than any other and Recreation renew the con- File photo by Stefano Giovannini web publication. tract of Prospect Park’s current for control of the courts, which Hundreds of local tennis aficionados endorsed a pe- tennis-court operator, lest a new generated more than $2 mil- tition to keep the Prospect Park Alliance as the op- lion in gross revenue in the one swoop in and serve a price erator of the tennis center in Brooklyn’s Backyard. increase to patrons. 2015–16 seasons alone, ac- “The fear is getting another cording to the Parks Depart- IN YOUR INBOX, NEWSFEED, vendor means the fee will go ment’s request for proposals to sponse to the RFP,” said Ma- Some local tennis players up,” said Susan Fox, a mem- manage the tennis center. eri Ferguson, who added that who endorsed the petition ad- OR TIMELINE ber of the Prospect Park Com- The new operator will be agency bigwigs are reviewing vocating for the alliance — munity Committee, the liai- allowed to hike fees for facil- proposals and hope to make a which had 1,488 of its desired Brooklyn Paper will come to you, too. Follow us on son between locals and the ities during the indoor sea- final decision sometime this 1,500 signatures by press time Twitter at @Brooklyn_Paper, like us on Facebook at green space’s stewards. son, but can’t institute any spring. on Wednesday — praised its The Prospect Park Alli- price increases without the And Prospect Park Alli- operation of the courts over Facebook.com/BrooklynPaper, and sign up for our ance, which maintains the green-space agency’s writ- ance officials worked with the the past decade. meadow in conjunction with ten approval, according to a Parks Department to ensure “The Prospect Park Alli- e-mail newsletter at BrooklynPaper.com/about/alerts. the city, currently operates spokeswoman, who said Parks its bid met all of the city’s ance has proved its compe- the nine clay and two hard Department leaders will con- needs, although there’s no tency in running a diverse, courts at the tennis center in sider the will of the people guarantee the current oper- community-based tennis pro- Brooklyn’s Backyard during when picking the courts’ new ator will keep its gig, a con- gram,” wrote signee Phyllis the October–May indoor sea- — or old — custodian. servancy rep said. Sears. son under a 15-year agreement “Parks will take the com- “We definitely have been But most expressed con- BROOKLYN PAPER and BrooklynPaper.com it secured in 2003. munity’s concerns and sugges- working closely with the cerns about what cost in- But that contract — which tions, including those related Parks Department to make creases a new steward would also requires the conservancy to pricing, into consideration sure we’re meeting their re- lob at patrons, if chosen. Your go-to source for a daily dose of Brooklyn! to provide instructors and al- during the evaluation process, quirements,” said Deborah “Keep affordable tennis at lows it to use three courts for and will select the best over- Kirschner. “But we don’t Prospect Park,” wrote Arian lessons during the June–Sep- all proposal submitted in re- have an inside track.” Camilleri. March 30–April 5, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 12 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 30–April 5, 2018 Transit Workers Mourn St. Clair Ziare Richards Stephens Joy Anthony Sammuel McPhaul 11/21/02 7/17/01 Chris Bonaparte 8/8/02 Transit Workers killed on the job since 2001 Kurien Baby 11/22/02 Harold Dozier Janell Bennerson 12/14/04 1/18/03 Barrington Garvey 4/20/05 Louis Gray 11/3/16 Lewis G Moore 12/1/05 Marvin Franklin William Pena Daniel Boggs 4/29/07 2/12/14 4/25/07 Edwin Thomas 12/01/08 The 43,000 men and women of Transport Workers Union Local 100 mourn the tragic death of Trackworker St. Clair Richards Stephens, 23, killed on the job March 20, 2018 in service to the City of New York. Transit workers are on the job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide New York City with its most essential service. We toil in tough, dirty, dangerous conditions both above and below ground. TWU Local 100 strives to insure the safety of this valiant workforce, yet the incredibly dangerous jobs we do continue to take its toll on the men and women of New York City Transit. We ask that the millions of New Yorkers who take public transit every day Paid for by TWU Local 100, Tony Utano, President