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Barry Shifrin lards at its new Atlantic Terminal to meetingsmee quickly need to be THE BOLLARDS Walder hailed the facility as nothing less than a wizards behind the popular Victorian Gardens theme Grand Central Station for Brooklyn, though the advises that bollards The Brooklyn Paper / park will begin running an amusement park by the “measure between 30 HERE’S THE building is far smaller than its Manhattan counter- Boardwalk this summer — and they’re using the operators to provide an “open and affordable” pay- part, and only services a branch line of the Long and 36 inches in height” ! throwback name Luna Park! as-you-go experience in Coney. Zamperla’s track re- Island Rail Road rather than the full Metro-North and be spaced 48 inches apart. the snowstorm of the century during scheduledschs as breakfast meet- Zamperla, an Italy-based manufacturer of amuse- cord in that area includes the Victorian Gardens op-

Gersh Kuntzman Gersh R But the granite-covered sarcoph- commuter railway. ment park rides that has also gotten into the theme eration, which offers an all-day unlimited rides pass agi in front of the LIRR’s newly built The Brooklyn Paper / A “This is a place where you would want to take Fear Factor park business with its popular attraction in Manhat- for $21.50 that has proven very popular. Atlantic Terminal are 50 to 52 inches a train to or from,” Walder said. “It is a spectacu- E tan’s Central Park every summer, has won the city Nearby attraction operators are excited to see such a high — and they are far bulkier than The strongest bollard cited in the lar new addition to Brooklyn.” big name coming to Coney Island. Dennis Vourderis, NYPD security report is classified by Y contract for an unspecified, but up to 10-year, run the last week of 2010. And through it ings,ing before being turned into even the most-rigid barricades in the The glass walls and roof of the new center bathe New terminal is ringed by as the faded funhouse’s newest, biggest draw. manager of the enormous Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park, NYPD handbook. And in some places, the State Department as K-12, capa- E commuters in sunlight. Grand staircases bring rid- The Brooklyn Paper / Paper Brooklyn The The contract comes with big expectations: the Eco- See LUNA PARK on page 10 they are 36 inches apart. ble of stopping a 15,000-pound truck H ers down from street level, where a craggy overlook going 50 miles per hour. T The new Long Island Rail Road terminal is open and nomic Development Corpora- Outrage about the massive obstruc- monuments to paranoia designed by artists Ellen and Allen Wexler offers Pictures of K-12 barriers downloaded F airy — if you can get past those giant granite bollards tion has a much broader vision tion around the new $106-million ter- all, The Brooklyn Paper has been there O “Gersh“G picks up the deli be- a nifty vantage point down on the harried work- from the Web sites of bollard manu- Y of a revived Coney Island that S R that block the entrance (below). minal was reported by The Brooklyn TO hy bother having the ter- landmark of civic design, to paraphrase ers. There’s a new ticket window, an area for maps will see the former People’s Paper earlier this month. But last week, facturers show that such strength can ror trials in a courthouse Ouroussoff again, but a line of civic de- THE BROOKLYN and schedules, and even inviting rest rooms. Playground transformed into Streetsblog, a Web site devoted to trans- be had without nearly as much bulk Wwhen we could have them fense. Borough President Markowitz offered a dose a 24-7, all-year entertainment, portation and so-called “livable streets,” as the LIRR is deploying at Atlantic at the new Long Island Rail Road ter- Of course, you don’t have to believe of Brooklyn pride. :&45&3:&"3 for you (try to remember us with foref coming into the office” amusement, games and retail got out the measuring tape and revealed Terminal. minal? -&+$ me, a man whose formal architectural “Why would you disembark in cold, soul-less, One such picture shows an unob- By GershBy Gersh KuntzmanKuntzman zone — one that will take at the LIRR’s security over-reach. After all, the new “Atlantic Termi- training ended at Lego. Genuine archi- windowless Penn Station when you could come least a decade to realize . The Brooklyn Paper’s own mea- trusive line of K-12 bollards in front nal” rail station that opened officially tects are coming out of the wainscot- to this beautiful atrium, where the rays of the sun of the Singapore legislature — pre- portal into a bunker. Until that Xanadu can be surements confirmed the Streetsblog on Tuesday is one of the most heavily ting to slam what the LIRR did. come all the way deep underground?” he mused.   sumably a high-risk target. something nice next Christmas!). meetings. Train stations are supposed to be built, Zamperla will bring in account. “I say, ‘All aboard!’” It is unclear from the NYPD se- armored facilities in the borough — about magic and adventure, not para- “Those coffins are unfortunate,” its rides — though the actual In an interview at the terminal’s ringed by no less than 14 mammoth said designer Brendan Coburn. “[Other Markowitz pointed out that the terminal — which amusements remain unde- opening earlier this month , LIRR Presi- curity report if the Long Island Rail noia and fear. They’re supposed to in- Road terminal even fits the definition concrete coffins that give the beau- buildings] do this more sensitively connects the LIRR to 10 subway lines — may it- cided — and begin operat- dent Helena Williams admitted that the Glass Claire spire Americans to explore and look of such a “high-risk” site, which re- tiful new facility the look of an out- beyond narrow parochialism, not en- using stone and stainless steel bol- self become a hub of economic development. It will ing by this summer. large bollards were not in the original So without further ado, here it is — post in the Green Zone. lards.” serve as the destination of future fans of the Brook- Gersh Kuntzman “We’re excited,” said EDC renderings of the terminal, but were quires 288-648 points on the depart- courage it. ment’s “risk score” worksheet, a cal- The appalling capitulation to the Instead, we get a train station that’s a Fellow architect Hayes Slade said lyn Nets, who hope to one day be ensconced in the spokesman Dave Lombino. added after “the NYPD … assess[ed] so-called “realities” of the so-called that di Domenico was obviously or- Bruce Ratner–built Barclays Center across the street, “But we can’t comment on the risks and [told] us what kind of se- culation that takes into account a site’s fortress — designed in a style that archi- location, strength, importance and re- “post–9-11 world” have turned archi- tectural critic Nicolai Ouroussoff calls dered back to the drawing board at some and it may entice Long Islanders to make day trips the rides or the selection pro- curity we need.”

The Brooklyn Paper / Paper Brooklyn The our loving, somewhat cynical trib- FebruaryFe nown. tect John di Domenico’s inspirational “21st-century medievalism.” It’s not a See COFFINS on page 8 to cultural offerings such as the Brooklyn Academy cess until the agreement is This week, the LIRR did not an- finalized.” swer questions about why the agency Long Island Rail Road passengers took ad- The terminal is a vital transporta- See TERMINAL on page 8 The Brooklyn Paper / Though details remain would install bollards that greatly ex- vantage of The Brooklyn Paper’s patented tion hub that has close to 60,000 users a sketchy, the EDC did re- The original Luna Park made Coney Island a national landmark, a ceed the NYPD standards that Wil- “Measure-o-meter” to check how they day, and would cause severe economic liams cited. compare to the new security bollards. See BOLLARDS on page 10 ute to 2010. Just when we quire all would-be interim name synonymous with fun. New moniker: 5IF
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— for now. He thinks that with but started work knowing that look of a Green Zone fortified bunker. the contract to build a new green — tada! — M.C.U. Park. But the By Stephen Brown The Brooklyn Paper better equipment and research we were tweaking the rules Want to save the earth? How — and, of course, a bit of old- quite a bit,” said Joachim. about living in a house made fashioned pork in the form of To do so, Joachim got his of pig flesh? grant money — he can make hands on a line of pig cells, Campbell Andy Not only did the NYPD admit that the amusement park at Coney Island’s for- Cyclones were the same old team on the Sure, it sounds wonderful, building-sized abodes (with ex- which he then nurtured in a but for now, it’s only a dream of tra sphincters, too). sterile box in the Metropoli- Mitchell Joachim and the other The inspiration for the por- tan Exchange Building on Flat- 1"3305
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form One, a Flatbush Avenue– / Paper Brooklyn The Ethical Treatment of Animals, then put the cells in a syringe, Bird found after three days on the lam based firm that designs not only KINGMAKER: Would-be senator Harold Ford, Jr. came buildings, but provocative vi- which called for scientists to which he injected into a modi- develop in-vitro meat for hu- fied inkjet printer that “printed” By Gersh Kuntzman cie sitting on her windowsill, 12 sto- We have your bird. to Williamsburg to have lunch with Assemblyman and sions of how we’re all going to man consumption. out the flesh for the house. The Brooklyn Paper ries up!” “It was an amazing chain of events,” Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez. Lopez is needed to be, but even Bruce Ratner’s worldly brand of seediness to Ameri- through the New York–Penn League, SUGARLAND live someday. Joachim, who was named one Joachim then turned the meat The woman enticed the 12-year-old Myers told us. “He survived three considering backing him against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Of course, that means homes Put away the seeds and the bird call of the “15 People the President into jerky and erected his non- — Gracie has been found! Gracie into the apartment with a piece nights on the mean streets and was constructed from laboratory- By Andy Campbell Should Listen To” by Wired kosher crib. The missing African grey parrot of apple. Once the bird was safe, the lucky he was rescued! I could not be Domino project ready to take its lumps grown animal flesh. But wait, The Brooklyn Paper New York’s best Magazine, took a dif- See PORK on page 8 — whose mysterious disappearance woman went online and discovered a happier.” architects said they stunk. ca’s favorite beach attraction. By year’s yet falling in the playoffs. there’s more. The path to the Senate obvi- political coverage By Andy Campbell opment company, which bought cal of multiple 30- and 40-story of the complex’s units, or 660, ferent approach to from her Prospect Place apartment last “Missing Bird” posting from a Mid- In our initial coverage, Myers de- “The apertures in the meat wood couple. scribed herself as frantic after losing ously goes through the stomach The Brooklyn Paper the site just north of the Williams- towers on the waterfront, and re- would be set aside as below-mar- the word, “con- Thursday became front-page news on house will be sphincters,” sumption.” BrooklynPaper.com last week — was The woman called the couple, who Gracie, whom she had known since he of Assemblyman Vito Lopez. The $1.2-billion redevelop- burg Bridge in 2004 after Dom- iterated that he did not support ket-rate housing, or roughly 220 Joachim said. “They seal up “We were returned to his owner on Sunday in showed up and were disappointed to was a chick, from her apartment be- Would-be New York senator ment of the old Domino Sugar ino shut down operations. “We’ve the project because CPC never units more than required by cur- whenever you need them to.” and former Tennessee congress- “We need better leader- Domino falls: The city begins its end, the company would evict the last Brooklyn poet: Tina Chang is interested in a tale of heroism, good luck and one discover that Gracie was not their miss- tween Fifth and Sixth avenues. The Adler Bess factory — which calls for sev- rent zoning. The mixed-use proj- worked very hard to get to this opened its books for him. If you can’t stomach the idea winning plucky bird. ing bird. But they put aside their grief bird disappeared through a door that man Harold Ford, Jr. journeyed ship,” he said, referring to Gilli- eral skyscrapers surrounding a point. We can’t find opposition Others question whether there ect will also include four acres of a “meat house,” Joachim has the con- According to owner Lora Myers, a and took the bird home, fed him and her husband, Andrew Kolker, left open to Cono’s restaurant in Williams- brand. historic refinery building with because we’ve worked so well will ever again be a market for of publicly accessible recreation a prototype he’d like to show test, Prospect Park West woman was watch- called the Center for Animal Care and when he was taking out the garbage. burg on Friday to dine with the Ford won’t officially an- a glass-walled penthouse along with advocacy groups and an- 1,600 units of luxury housing space, 274,000 square feet of re- you. ing television on Sunday at around noon Control. “We’ve had him 12 years,” she said. believed-to-be-powerful Brook- nounce for a few weeks whether public review of Williamsburg’s largest old-time businesses on the Boardwalk, named Brooklyn’s poet laureate, and the Williamsburg waterfront — swered their concerns.” in a neighborhood with a glut tail space, and a waterfront es- Made of dried pig flesh that when she heard a chirping noise on the Myers had registered her missing “This is my child!” lyn Democratic Party boss. he’s even running, but if he does, moved forward on Monday, as Pollock is exaggerating, as of them. planade. wasn’t hacked off an animal, but windowsill. fair feathered friend with the group She was also disappointed by the re- / Paper Brooklyn The And while virtually every he’ll certainly need Brooklyn’s city officials deemed it ready to there are some dissenters. As- But Lentol and others’ nay- “Hopefully, that will carry the grown in a Petri dish, Joachim’s “She was watching ‘Treasure Island’ three days earlier and, sure enough, sponse (or lack thereof) from officers FREE BIRDS: Lora Myers poses with Gracie, member of the state’s Democratic support, given that the borough enter the eight-month public re- semblyman Joe Lentol (D–Wil- saying fell on ears that also heard day,” she said. prototype is only football sized — she made a point of telling me. But the group called Myers with the four of the 78th Precinct, who declined to the bird who went on a four-day freedom ride, establishment has backed first- comprises 13 percent of the development project, the former Dom- including Ruby’s Bar, which dated to promptly tells us that she considers the view phase. liamsburg) has long been skepti- Pollock’s promise that 30 percent See SUGAR on page 8 she heard the chirp and noticed Gra- happiest words in the English language: take a “Missing persons” report. but was recovered by a Good Samaritan. term incumbent Kirsten Gilli- state’s Democratic electorate. The “certification” of the proj- brand for re-election, Lopez is For his part, Ford said he’s ect by the Department of City playing the Sphinx role. on a “Listening Tour.” Planning starts a process that in- “She isn’t much of an incum- “In the next couple of weeks, volves public hearings and votes I’ll be getting a better under- ino factory, leading to months of pre- the Depression (and helped ease plenty edge of the Gowanus Canal the most bent, and people in my district by the community board, the bor- have no idea who she is,” said standing of people in Brook- ough president, the City Planning Whole Foods will clean up site, but store is uncertain Report: Brownstones are down zones lyn,” Ford said outside the Gra- Lopez, who added that he has Commission and the City Coun- spoken to several other would- ham Avenue restaurant, where By Stephen Brown say overpriced) grocery store will ever inally expected to be done in conjunc- arm of the malodorous canal. cil — all of which are expected By Andy Campbell ner of luxury housing — includ- conducts the quarterly study for million to $1.15 million. age price of all housing were Wil- be challengers to Gillibrand. he sought the boss’s blessing. dictable bickering and the inevitable over the years). romantic spot in Brooklyn — we have The Brooklyn Paper be built. tion with construction of a new gro- The potential site has been the sub- to back a rezoning from manu- The Brooklyn Paper ing the borough’s iconic brown- the Prudential Douglas Elliman Other types of units in the same liamsburg and Greenpoint, where “But Ford is a celebrity — peo- The two chatted about “jobs, facturing to residential to allow The proposed site of a Whole Foods “There hasn’t been any determina- Cleaning the cery store. ject of much speculation in the last year. Prices for the borough’s most stones. But there was one bit of real-estate firm. geographic area dropped in price the average price increased by ple say, ‘Oh, I’ve seen him on jobs, jobs,” Ford said after. He Community Preservation Corpo- store along the Gowanus Canal may re- tion when — or if — we will open a “The construction of the [Whole Last July, a Whole Foods spokeswoman more than seven percent between also said he enjoyed the meal at luxurious housing have plum- good news: apartment sales, The main findings: by an average of 16.7 percent. TV before.’ He resonates with ration to build a 2,200-unit water- main nothing more than a hole, but at store,” said Whole Foods spokesman Foods] will not take place at this time,” told The Brooklyn Paper that the gro- which are often an indicator of s4HEPRICEOFTHEAVERAGEONE The good news is that the summer and the end of last year. the community.” the restaurant, which is famous approval by City Council. Brooklyn finally a lot in common. meted — speeding a trend that Deli-wars: Michael Sinatra. “We’re focused on the Gowanus said a letter from the state agency. “A cery store had no plans to build there, front complex with a higher rate least it will be a decontaminated one. a housing market about to re- to three-family brownstone in so- number of total sales increased But the increase is based heavily Lopez said the lunch did not for its chicken parmigiana. of affordable housing than other State officials announced late last present, the clean-up of the property. soil cover will be installed at the site only to later insist that the company began when the economy took a bound, have started to trend up- called “Brownstone Brooklyn” by nearly 10 percent, though the on an influx of high-priced condo amount to an endorsement — Ford, the former five-time Ten- luxury developments nearby on month that a clean-up of the toxic site Then we’ll take it from there and iden- ing on the site in question. The latest following remedial excavations.” was still weighing its options . nose-dive two years ago . wards again. — covering everywhere from number of brownstone sales was units, which aren’t selling well. it takes a few more meals for nessee congressman, moved to the waterfront gold coast. at Third Avenue and Third Street will tify what we’ll do next.” evidence that Whole Foods thinks the Now, the clean-up will proceed with- The clean-up will be carried out as part New numbers released last It’s all spelled out in a new re- Brooklyn Heights to Windsor the same as last quarter. “It’s the new-development ver- that — but the party chair did New York three years ago after he “This is a spectacular mile- commence on Jan. 11 and is expected Since announcing its plans for its first site is spoiled came from the Depart- out any certainty as to what will be of a state program that encourages devel- Finally! The long- achieves pastrami greatness as Mile The MTA says sus resale question — when you Slope armory: Jackson station: week show steep declines in the port from the real-estate consult- Terrace — declined by 22 per- s4HEONLYNEIGHBORHOODSRE say that he’s disappointed with lost his 2004 Senate race against stone,” said Susan Pollock, se- to take three months — though it is un- Brooklyn location in 2006, Whole Foods ment of Environmental Conservation, built on the property, which occupies opers to voluntarily decontaminate brown- fourth quarter of 2009 in all man- ing firm Miller Samuel, which cent in one quarter, from $1.48 porting an increase are the aver- See REPORT on page 10 the state’s junior senator. Republican Bob Corker. nior vice president of the devel- certain whether the organic (and some has steadily backed away from build- which noted that the clean-up was orig- the majority of the block bordering an fields by doling out tax incentives. delayed Park Slope Armory opens, giv- End Delicatessen opens in Boerum Hill See 2010 on page 3

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Losers came into the shop at around 7 pm. the Barclays Center.” Steven Matlin, an- would serve the sports SEE PAGE 10 Dozens of Carroll Gardens resi- ing that the city douse the neighbor- Fourth and Fifth avenues were also pretty surprised after ment of Agriculture spokes- Geese: They’re all dead. “She said to him, ‘Goodbye — you won’t be see- given the seven years since the proj- Explaining the redaction, the other senior counsel; fans attending Brooklyn dents rallied against hate on Mon- hood’s allegedly burdensome hookah hearing that their street apparently harbored a drug kingpin. woman, confirmed the grim reap- ing me anymore,’” McCleneghan’s mother, Barbara ect’s unveiling, given the so-called quasi-state organization said in a and Darren Bloch, Nets games at the Bar- Parents: How do they an- day night at Luquer Street between Foes lambast superstore — but rally is tiny bars and cafes. nues, whose members have been com- “It’s startling to know that something like this can go on ing that federal Wildlife Services Sullivan, told The Brooklyn Paper. “She told him War on Terror, and given that this year, statement that “it is the ESDC’s de- currently the exec- clays Center, should it plaining about the secondhand smoke swer the teary question, the Long Island Rail Road admitted Hamilton Avenue and Clinton Street, Opponents say that the Arab-influ- right under your nose,” said Paul Basile, who lives in the staff executed on the fateful morn- that she was headed to Long Island.” termination that certain responsive utive vice president ever be built. Starrett City resident Sofie Rosen- produced by Ramala Coffee Shop, a “Mommy, where did all that it ringed its new terminal across steps from the spot where a gay man By Stephen Witt enced hangout spots create a health haz- building next door to Goldshtein’s. “He’s only lived here ing of July 8. Park lovers outraged That testimony is contrary to reports that Mc- information contained in the docu- of strategy, policy The tomb-like bol- The Brooklyn Paper blum said she was at the protest out of neighboring hookah lounge. “God the geese go?” the street with an oversized anti-ter- Just a Tish-grace! was attacked two weeks earlier. ard for patrons; are attracting teenagers about six months and was usually wearing sunglasses.” “Free-ranging waterfowl like ment is exempt from disclosure.” and public affairs. lards — which exceed Cleneghan was last seen leaving a party at Sosa’s Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio, A smaller-than-expected crowd worry it would affect her current job. who should be in smoke-free environ- only knows what they are loading in Goldshtein was arrested along with two California men By Stephen Brown sent to the gas chamber to pro- love for wildlife with the need Tupper Thomas: Park home at 2 am on Feb. 7, just a few doors down from ror perimeter because it is necessary The exchange was initiated on Only Maldinado NYPD counter-terror- this can be gently herded, then Comptroller John Liu, Councilman showed up last week at Starrett City “I work for Pathmark and my job is ments; and are causing a nuisance for these things.” who allegedly supplied the drugs in bulk, and three al- The Brooklyn Paper tect airplanes flying thousands for air safety. administrator has gone si- “in this day and age.” Nov. 13, 2007, by senior counsel Jo- responded. ism standards, and have been individually picked out, put into her own apartment. Councilwoman James stars in bizarre lawsuit Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) joined a to protest Walmart’s proposed first New on the line,” said Rosenblum. “I repre- nearby residents, who are forced to en- No deity need be evoked: Hookah leged street-level dealers. lent, just as Prospect Park Yet the Empire State Development seph Petrillo in an e-mail to a num- ESDC spokesman Warner John- decried as ugly — raised the question crates, moved into a nearby loca- Prospect Park was in mourn- of feet overhead. “It’s appalling how it was done Sullivan said that Sosa and her daughter were few dozen candle-bearers — a crowd York City superstore. crimination and wage theft. sent the union. Walmart doesn’t treat dure a sickly sweet smog produced by bar owners say that their smokeable The local pushers sold mostly to students and yuppies Alliance donors are won- Corporation claims that its officials ber of officials, including Jennifer ston maintained that the lone e-mail of whether similar measures would be tion and euthanized using carbon ing on Tuesday, as Brooklynites As parkgoers strolled by the — gassing the geese,” said Brian “drinking buddies,” and that McCleneghan had in- Park Sloper Marion fer … continuous pain and did not recall James limping or using Giovannini Stefano By Stephen Witt that impressed some residents, though Organizers of the rally last Thursday “The last thing we need is a Wal- its workers well.” the water pipes, which have cultural mix, called shisha, consists of dried See DRUGS on page 5 dioxide,” Bannerman said. Wood, who was snapping pho- dering what is going on. Stephen Brown Stephen wrestled with the horrifying news lake completely devoid of geese, tended to spend the night of Feb. 7 at Sosa’s place. McCleneghan, 40, has have had just one e-mail exchange Maldonado, the former director of exchange was indeed all the internal taken at the Barclays Center. Community Newspaper Group inconvenience,” according crutches during the summer. fruits, molasses, honey and sometimes it left some activists disappointed. at the nation’s largest low- and moder- mart coming in to take over the neigh- Rosenblum admitted that she occa- significance in the Arab world. See GEESE on page 5 that around 250 geese had been they struggled to reconcile their See OUTRAGE on page 5 See MISSING on page 14 disappeared. Councilwoman Letitia to court papers filed last But court papers paint a very dif- “It’s kind of surprising that there ate-income housing complex predicted borhood and give out minimum-wage sionally shops at the non-union Target “It’s hooking kids and wasting their tobacco. James has filed a personal month in Brooklyn Su- ferent scenario of the events of July 11 weren’t more people here,” said Brook- a turnout of 100 people, but about half jobs,” said Starrett City resident Maria located at the nearby Gateway shop- Levin Ted Photo by time,” said Habib Joudeh, a member After some local complaints, the injury suit against an itiner- preme Court by James’s on Fulton Street between S. Portland lyn Heights resident Richard Murray that attended — many holding placards Maisonett. “We need real jobs that pay ping center at Jamaica Bay — adjacent A protester decries Walmart’s of Community Board 10 and board community board voted unanimously ant laborer after she allegedly attorney Robert Mijuca of Avenue and S. Oxford Street. as he held his boyfriend’s hand. decrying the big-box retail giant’s al- living wages, not ones that wouldn’t to the undeveloped Gateway II site that proposed first New York City member with the Arab American As- last week for a series of measures that the powerful law firm of The lawsuit claims that James “came injured herself walking into The Brooklyn Paper / “It’s totally necessary to come here, leged history of employee abuses, dis- even allow us to pay our rent.” See WALMART on page 9 superstore in Starrett City. sociation on Fifth and Ovington Ave- See HOOKAH on page 10 his legally parked truck. Rubenstein and Rynecki. into contact with the exposed, unpro- David Day is being sued by right where the attack took place,” The Democratic lawmaker, The court documents tected hitch,” contact that led to “great he said, gazing up at spectators who Councilwoman Letitia James, Community Newspaper Group / ARENA IN NAME ONLY You pick the new Kosciuszko Bridge who makes $122,500 a year as also allege that the injuries physical and mental pain” — though who claims she was injured when preferred to watch, anonymous, from Dozens of residents, including the people’s representative in Fort caused James to be unable to the actual body part that was damaged she bumped into his parked car. their windows above. “The people of Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio, Greene and Clinton Hill, is seeking attend to her usual occupation is not cited. this block are all looking out of every gathered near the scene of the Best Western capitalizes on Barclays Center By Andy Campbell an unspecified amount of damages for — though the alleged pain and suf- James claims that Day’s hitch is ille- window. They need to know that this parked closely behind him. She bumped beating of a gay man. The Brooklyn Paper wounds she claims to have sustained fering occurred on the eve of the coun- gal and that her injuries resulted “solely stuff is not going to be tolerated.” A PUPPY L By Stephen Brown into the hitch when walking between The state wants you to choose your on July 11 when she walked into a four- cilwoman’s re-election campaign, one [from] the careless and negligent man- Like most pols, DeBlasio, who used The Brooklyn Paper own billion-dollar bridge! inch trailer hitch protruding from Da- that she waged with her typical vigor ner in which [he] owned and main- the cars to the sidewalk, he said. he said.
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Stephen Brown and install sprinkler systems. you want when we’re taking groups Area politicians have sided with the of his accomplishments. Brown. “I thought, ‘Regardless mediately, a dog park came to See DOGS on page 2 Avenue, far from the site of the Barclays Center. Patel is pointing in Walker Blankinship, owner of the be- a regular bridge user. “Whichever “It was a one, two, three punch,” out [in Prospect Park]. stables, echoing Blankinship’s claim has to stake his claim now! the general direction of the distant future arena. design they choose will be a lot less loved stables on Caton Place near Pros- Blankinship said. “I was going to lose “Four out of five NYPD barns use that the reforms should be directed “Once it opens up, there will be a big Photo By Stefano Giovannini steep, which will make the traffic pect Park, was pleased to hear that the a lot of operating income.” He added that straight stalls,” added Blankinship, solely at the care of carriage horses, Community Newspaper Group / Stephen Brown jump of business,” said Patel, whose flow way better.” Board of Health had decided to skip some he would likely have had to close the sta- whose barn is the only one of its kind not steeds meant for riding. Best Western has opened its hotel is ringed by auto repair shops. cans find hotels by taking a three-sec- of auto repair shops. To vote for your pick, e-mail ko- “Arena Hotel” in Crown Heights “It won’t just have basketball games. ond glance at a Google map rather than Patel expects that Atlantic Avenue It’s hot out! drastic reforms — which would have bles, which he has owned for the last 17 not on the fringes of the borough. “We hope that the [Kensington] sta-

So which bridge do you want, Brooklyn? A soaring cable-stayed design, a scoring Bayonne Bridge knockoff, a snoring arched deck design, or a boring box girder? See BRIDGE on page 14 / Paper Brooklyn The required costly renovations — but he years, if the reform went through. Similarly, the notion of equestrian bles will be exempted [from any pend- — and it’s pretty far from the There will be concerts, conventions — considering that eight avenue blocks — at least the stretch between the arena NEIGH! Walker Blankinship, owner of Kensington Stables, has won, knows he’s not out of the woods yet. But Blankinship still has a problem furloughs also undermines the train- ing Council bill]” said Rachel Good- arena that is being built at the almost 365 days of activities!” in New York City can mean the dif- and New York Avenue — is in for a And to think that city bean counters wanted to close the Double- thanks to a Board of Health decision to not change horse-boarding After all, a law addressing the care with what he calls the misguided notion ing for the Kensington Stable horses, man, a spokesman for Councilman Brad intersection of Flatbush and At- And Patel will certainly get plenty ference between bunking down on the major facelift. D pool this summer! Bather Nina Altamirano shows ’em why the laws. Here, he enjoys the victory with Bingo. of horses is moving through commit- that expanded stalls — called box stalls which are mounted by people with little Lander (D–Park Slope). lantic avenues. of bookings, given that most Ameri- Gold Coast or in a, well, neighborhood See ARENA on page 5 Gowanus watering hole must stay open! SUNSET Southern dis-comfort SUV kills Vespa mom

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The Brooklyn Paper / ily in Virginia. at an investment bank. sella — the family-values politician who McMahon (D-Bay Ridge). di Vino, into a world-class store in only four days last erything goes according to plan, development offi- and his bandmates started receiving Eddie Sarkis rocks out with his public to mistakenly believe that you has taken his hat out of the ring for his The car that slammed into two pedestrians on Flatbush Avenue is registered to a old Bay Ridge-Staten Island seat — “After considering all that’s involved “Many people have expressed sup- values families so much that he has two The Staten Island committee nomi- Superfund takes this ‘Toll’ year, completely for free. cials revealed on Monday night. last year from the makers of Southern band, Head Over Heels, days af- are associated with, authorized by, or Bronx woman who claims her sister was driving. an announcement that came one week and enjoying life in the private sector, port for me in the last few days,” he of them — to reclaim the seat instead nation of Fossella came just one day af- That left the owners of Dry Dock, who renovated The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corpo- Associates Valkenburg Van Michael Comfort, who threatened legal action ter finally agreeing to change his sponsored by Southern Comfort Prop- ration, which will oversee the “park” until the new Someday, you’ll be able to have a waterfront drink in erties when they are not.” after a GOP committee on Staten Is- I’m in a place where I need to be and added. “I’m humbled by that and grate- of the two declared GOP candidates al- ter the Kings County Republican Party their own store at the corner of Van Dyke Street late if the name wasn’t changed. other band’s name from South- Community Newspaper Group / Steven Goodstein Gowanus project offi cially dead in wake of fed clean-up

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cacy group. Around 100 water- But federal officials — along ing federal data. “Eighty per- Photo Paul Martinka by Streets ber, insisting that the birds that lar notion that ing red- and white-striped jump- about a few thousand dollars a — is the only one of its kind in “The total cost is typically Brooklyn that get the benefit of Park West bike lane, which has been cent favored that configuration, but Park West, which has long been de- were snuffed out on July 8 are fowl lovers were so distraught with many locals in favor of the cent of birds strikes occur under Ida Gensler, 2, mourned the geese with dad Andy Gensler. suits — have been setting up and week.” Brooklyn. more than $60,000 a crew,” said prison labor. And there is no paper a lightning rod since it was installed The battle for Brooklyn’s byways with “some changes.” scribed as a speedway for motorists, the geese of “culling” — say that the mas- exactly the kinds of fowl that that they even gathered for a 1,000 feet, when a plane is ei- breaking down the chairs used Under the “Cool Hand Luke”- A Department of Correction Erik Kriss, a spokesman with the trail as to how he ended up as the in June. The most-vehement opposition to the and a danger to pedestrians who were Prospect Park memorial service last week- sacre was necessary so as to strike planes near New York ther taking off or landing. That this summer for Borough Presi- style program, the inmates set official said that there are only state’s Department of Correc- only official getting such labor. Only 22 percent of residents respond- lane came from survey respondents who left to dodge cyclists on the wide side- were innocent end . avoid another incident similar pared the study with Councilman Steve airports. is a critical point when the plane dent Markowitz’s controversial up 2,000 seats at the front of the two other chain gang-style work tional Services, explaining why But there is no doubt that the ing to a survey sponsored by the neigh- Levin, saw that as a slam dunk. identified themselves as residents of walk. Bikers said they feel safer now victims of an to the crash landing on the Hud- is most vulnerable!” Carol Bannerman, a spokes- overkill ap- shows in Coney Island’s Asser park’s bandshell near Surf Ave- crews in the city — both near the program was cut. concerts have highlighted the borhood’s two councilmen said that the “There are deep and passionate feel- Prospect Park West itself. Of those 272 with their protected lane. son River last year, the so- But Bannerman’s comments Vigil for the lost Beep’s political savvy and influ- Prisoners from Rikers Island have been assembling and woman with the federal agency proach to air Levy Park. nue and West Fifth Street hours Rikers Island. After the state cutback, city should return the roadway to its ings, but this survey reveals strong over- respondents, 50 percent favor returning Indeed, 85 percent of survey respon- called “Miracle on the did little to smooth the feathers The inmates aren’t a threat to before the show. The next morn- Markowitz had taken advan- Markowitz went to the city’s ence — it was only three months disassembling the thousands of chairs used in the summer that carried out the goose gas- safety car- Hudson” that original three-lane configuration. all support from community residents,” the roadway to its original configura- dents feel that the project has “very sing earlier this month, sought of residents still angry about By Gersh Kuntzman killings of geese, which have been public safety, according to the ing, the inmates are returned to tage of the discounted labor-in- jail system for help setting up See PRISON on page 11 concerts at Asser Levy Park as part of a labor assignment. GIN FIZZ ried out by was caused Councilman Brad Lander, who pre- said Lander. tion, while 31 percent favor retaining See BIKE on page 6 to counter growing public out- the annihilation of 290 geese The Brooklyn Paper done periodically in the name of air- the United — including 40 goslings. rage over the middle-of-the- States De- More than 100 people — from plane safety, but have never been Two booze makers claim night massacre, saying that the “We don’t believe that the animal-rights activists to animal done in such a wholesale manner partment of USDA and the city have done resident geese in Prospect Park consumers — gathered on Saturday as the early morning secret opera- Agriculture due diligence proving that the posed a real danger to aircraft under orders night for a somber and angry vigil tion inside Prospect Park. Brooklyn’s good name geese pose a danger,” said Pat- “We have met with the city and beside a Prospect Park lake devoid of Photo by Matthew Nedbalsky Photo by David Shenk Photo Paul Martinka by flying overhead. from the city and rick Kwan, the state director “If there are summer strikes the Port Authority. hundreds of Canadian geese slaugh- the USDA and presented evidence By Natalie O’Neill when pilot Chesley for the Humane Society of Grimaldi’s saved By Stephen Brown ing trees, damaging cars, peelings roofs AUNTIE EM! Brownstone Brooklyn went over the rainbow as a result of a rare twister. (Left to right) Carlton Avenue in Clinton Hill was impassible, Since the mass exe- tered by federal officials . that these slaughters are unneces- WHAT TRASH? for The Brooklyn Paper with airplanes, those are most “Sully” Sullenberger’s the United States. “This was The Brooklyn Paper from houses, sending at least one man RABIES! while Henry Beers Shenk was stunned by the damage on St. Johns Place in Park Slope and Prospect Park bore the wrath of mean Mother Nature. likely to be resident Canada cution of waterfowl, count- plane collided with a flock of The crowd of activists and reg- sary and inhumane, but they re- Manhattan has its own epon- a knee-jerk reaction — there are to the hospital, and destroying, possi- geese,” said Bannerman. “Al- less park-goers have been left migrating geese. ular park-goers vowed to turn their fuse to listen,” said Patrick Kwan, But landlord It was a twister! ymous cocktail, but Brooklyn Watch us more humane, more effective anger about the July 8 massacre into New York State director of the Hu- The National Weather Service con- bly forever, the myth that no one is safe deem the areas worthy of federal aid. borough was sufficiently pummeled sky suddenly veered into “Wizard of told us via terrified e-mail. “I noticed Park critter tests pos most half of goose strikes oc- shocked and outraged — a for- Bannerman insisted that and more cost-effective meth- Park offi cers give litterers a free ride now has two gins — and this be- test gin at a campaign to get the city and the mane Society of the United States. firmed late last week what many rattled from the wrath of Mother Nature. Queens has long been a disaster area to warrant federal aid. Oz” territory. the wind was picking up, it started to cur from May to September mer Parks Department commis- data shows that most geese fly ods. This amounts to an unsci- will evict pie ing Brooklyn, the makers are in a By Gary Buiso have been dumped with sioner has voiced his opposi- United States Department of Agri- “There are better ways, there are Federal officials visited Brooklyn BrooklynPaper.com when only ‘residents’ are in into airplane engines during entific and crude catch-and- Brooklynites had suspected all along: as far as most Brooklynites are con- The greenish-grey whirlwind “S— is out of control in my neigh- rain a lot harder, lightning was flashing street fight over who’ll get to use The Brooklyn Paper the trash rather than dis- the area.” tion, along with local elected warm weather, when migra- culture to change its policy about the See VIGIL on page 11 in fi lthy park, but crack down on dogs that an actual tornado tore through Park and Queens, a neighboring borough, cerned — but local witnesses to the touched down at around 5:30 pm, just borhood. I had to outrun the tornado!” all around, and the clouds looked green. our borough’s great name. joint next year A Prospect Park rac- patched to the Depart- Bannerman’s comments were officials and FIDO, a dog-advo- tory geese are flying north to See GEESE on page 11 Slope last Thursday afternoon uproot- on Wednesday to determine whether to storm will no doubt testify that our minutes after an overcast, but benign, Prospect Heights resident John Derian See STORM on page 6 In one corner, weighing in at doesn’t make sense,” said Breuck- ment of Health for proper By Stephen Brown elen Distilling owner Brad Esta- coon has tested positive $39.99, wearing the cobalt blue for rabies — and park ad- testing. By Andy Campbell for The Brooklyn Paper brooke, whose gin has hibiscus notes bottle and preferring the modern vocates are slamming city “People need to know,” The Brooklyn Paper SCOREBOARD and a velvety finish. “How could The agency in charge of polic- Meadows of name of the borough is Brooklyn and park of- said Anne- Grimaldi’s won the battle, but someone who doesn’t live in Brook- ing Prospect Park hasn’t written a Gin, a concoction distilled upstate ficials for Katrin Titze, pizza lovers have lost the war. single summons for litter in the last by a Miami Beach–based company lyn try to squash me when I’m mak- being part a state-certi- The owner of the building housing 20 months — but its officers have run by a former Bacardi and De- ing a product right here?” Photo Paul Martinka by of the prob- fied wildlife Heights irked by fi lm series the famous DUMBO pizzeria was Community Newspaper Group / Andy Campbell written up scores of dog owners for war’s executive. Of course, like any good heavy- The Skyscraper Historic District would honor Brooklyn’s iconic skyline (such as it is). lem. rehabilitator. ordered by a judge today to accept Grimaldi’s owner Frank Ciolli off-leash pets. 147 0 In the near corner, weighing in weight battle, this one has been “There is al- On Dec. late rent payments and allow the coal- was in no mood to talk, even FLAT at $35, in a clear bottle and opt- months in the making. ready an out- swiftly to the complaints — in park’s boundaries,” said Brook- In 2009 and so far this year, dur- Van plan scam? 2, the rac- the form of a letter. lyn Bridge Park President Regina oven joint to remain at its Old Ful- though he won his case. ing a barrage of coverage of filth in ing for our homeland’s ancestral It all started in April, 2010, coon was dis- break of rac- New location draws noise complaints Citations for Citations for when Brooklyn Gin owner An- And there was no apology, but Myer in the letter . “However, we ton Street location — but the land- Prospect Park by local media out- spelling is Breuckelen Gin, a spirit covered to be coon rabies in dogs off leash littering gel “Joe” Santos — who really By Andy Campbell Aliens,” noise complaints started The key, apparently, was the merely notification that there will ask for your patience, and your lord says that she will kick out the “There is a God!” he said as lets, Park Enforcement Patrol offi- SHAME ‘Dollar’ vans on former B71 route can go anywhere concocted on 19th Street in Sun- carrying the vi- Central Park — late-paying restaurant when its lease since 2008 since 2008 set Park by a laid-off stock bro- does own a posh waterfront condo and it’s clearly mov- The Brooklyn Paper flooding in. new location for the popular film be plenty more amplified events feedback, as we fine-tune the pre- he left the Downtown courtroom. cers wrote zero tickets for litter — Source: Parks Department Tower turmoil ral disease, which could expires in November, 2011. “We’re staying in Brooklyn. Let’s Community Newspaper Group file / Julie Rosenberg By Gary Buiso that traveled from Columbia Street ker–turned–flannel-clad booze in Miami Beach — filed papers to ing.” Even a park is too loud for “There were swift and nu- series, which has been in the ad- on Pier 1 this summer, including sentation.” but issued 147 tickets for dogs that cause death in humans if But today’s news — the stay of go have some pizza.” while issuing 50 summonses for dog- show they’re doing nothing to prevent The Brooklyn Paper in Carroll Gardens through Park aficionado. legally trademark the name Brook- left untreated. But city offi- In Central Park, more Brooklyn Heights residents! merous complaints after the first jacent Empire-Fulton Ferry State a spoken word and music series, Officials also said that they’re The people who left this trash did were not on a leash, according to data execution by Judge Robin Shears — The decision came as a surprise not get a ticket from a Parks En- obtained by this newspaper. related offenses. the litter — prevention is key!” TIRE! A city proposal to provide shut- Slope to Crown Heights. Round 1: A federal trademark lyn Gin, eight months before Esta- ‘Skyscraper District’ plan assailed cials didn’t reveal the infor- than 120 raccoons have After the July 8 screening of event,” said Rob Perris, district Park for 10 years. It moved to a recital by the Metropolitan Op- trying to appease the party-poop- was as satsifying as a Grimaldi’s pie to the landlord’s son, Mark Wax- forcement Patrol officer. In fact, no The NYPD, which also patrols the “It’s so crazy! I’m floored, really!” There are typically two to four Park tle service on bus lines killed by Brownstone Brooklyn will lawsuit, filed on Oct. 25 by the brooke. He finally started selling mation to the public — and tested positive for rabies, manager of Community Board Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1, “Annie Hall,” the first of Brook- era, and of course, movies every ers by turning the speakers to- for owner Frank Ciolli. See PIZZA on page 11 litterer has gotten a ticket from a park, issued only four summonses said Deanna Zandt, who regularly visits Enforcement Officers stationed in Pros- the MTA could flood area streets be virgin territory for the vans, makers of Brooklyn Gin, claim- bottles in June 2010 — two months By Andy Campbell Brooklyn Heights Associa- Many of the opponents live haven’t even been testing city data reveal . To com- 2. “I think what we have to find at the foot of Old Fulton Street, ‘Bikes in Buildings’ The “Movies With a View” series in the new Brooklyn lyn Bridge Park’s “Movies With Thursday night. ward the East River, but admit- PEP officer in at least 20 months. for litter in the same timeframe — the park with her dog. “Numbers like this See TRASH on page 11 with dollar vans. which typically operate along ma- ing that the liquors are “phoneti- before Estabrooke did, according The Brooklyn Paper tion’s long-dreamed-of plan at 75 Livingston St., the only the dozens of animals that bat rabies there, the city out is how the sound travels, and this year. jor thoroughfares such as Flat- to the lawsuit, though Estabrooke’s began a widely publicized Bridge Park is under scrutiny from its Brooklyn Heights a View” series this year, and the “We have done our best to min- ted that the film series — which Under the controversial Taxi cally identical” and that mix-ups Call them faulty towers! an underhanded move to save residential building in the pro- have turned up dead in the bush and Nostrand avenues. Some website and lawyers claim that he raccoon vaccination pro- neighbors. Up next: “Rear Window” on July 29. July 15 screening of “Monsters vs. how it is best contained.” Park officials responded imize noise spillover outside the See FILM on page 5 law proves a bust and Limousine Commission ini- have caused the Florida firm “ir- Critics this week slammed a few old and historically unat- posed 20-building district sur- park during a spate of bi- vans have a reputation for oper- was making and distributing his gram. tiative to bring private mini-buses reparable harm.” the proposed “Skyscraper tractive towers — while rais- rounding Borough Hall. These zarre critter deaths. ating recklessly. By Stephen Brown to defunct MTA routes, the vans Round 2: The counterpunch. “It See GIN on page 11 Landmark District” slated ing the cost of living for ten- foes claim, among other com- Instead, animal corpses See RABID on page 6 Yassky has said that the vans The Brooklyn Paper will have marked pick-up points for Downtown, calling the ants in the area. See TOWER on page 6 A much-ballyhooed law that is supposed to al- but are under no obligation to stick will stop at designated spots along Name the Nets low bicycle commuters to bring their wheels into StefanoPhoto by Giovannini to the marked route and will in the killed bus routes, adding a They’ll bury him Len Kamdang is an attorney who can fact be permitted to roam free transportation alternative that has their offices has gone flat in Brooklyn. bring his bike to work inside 300 Cadman Nine months throughout the service area. been lacking since the MTA cuts GET ON Plaza West in Downtown, one of the few earlier this year — but whether Shots after party Russian owner to change name of Man selling unauthorized ‘Casket’ T-shirts after the “Bikes “There is no fixed route,” read in Buildings” buildings that allow the practice. the small type on a map of the the vans will do as their told is By Gary Buiso law went into MEAN supposed pick-up stops along Photo Levin by Ted another story entirely. Devon Gordon (left) and Sulaiman Haqq are co-owners of Municipal Building on the market More trouble for annual Prospect Park event Brooklyn-bound basketball team The Brooklyn Paper effect, only 12 The applicants that failed in their efforts to the former B71 route, whose After all, the MTA made its bring bicycles into the workplace generally faced the Brooklyn Van Lines, which will begin serving the for- cuts based on the agency’s conten- A Queens man who is hawking applications Streets van service is scheduled to be- By Alex Rush Apple,” Markowitz said on Mon- Markowitz said. Indeed, he still may even host multiple stores, at one of Brooklyn’s busiest cor- Basement and Shake Shack have By Stephen Brown and By Stephen Brown to change the team name from “New Jer- Will Devin The battle for Brooklyn’s byways one problem: a resistant landlord. mer B71 bus route with their van. tion that ridership was too low to THE POLE souvenirs of the borough’s iconic have been sub- gin on Monday. The Brooklyn Paper day after the city announced that hasn’t even responded to Markow- depending on the type of pro- ners and close to 14 subway lines announced that they’d be stak- Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Paper sey Nets” to the “Brooklyn Nets.” Harris have Under the much-misunderstood program, cy- justify a dedicated bus line. Van casket company is digging his own mitted by Brook- The lack of a “fixed route” is it had begun seeking developers itz’s original pitch, a video of the posals the city receives, said Ste- and 16 buses. ing their claim in the area , join- The Brooklyn Paper A team in a new town needs a new Previously, Prokhorov had joked to report- to get a lyn workers who want to bring their rides into clists must initiate the process in their workplaces worrying critics, who fear that the they stop short,” charged Monique sioner David Yassky last week. drivers may come to that conclu- The Municipal Building could ers that he would change the name of the team grave — legally speaking. become a place to buy things to buy or lease two floors of the Beep buying an iPad and then us- phen Goldsmith, deputy mayor “Real estate is all about location, ing H&M, Trader Joe’s, Barney’s Strip-club-inspired One man was wounded and hun- name, right? new jersey? Gary Comorau has been sell- offices — and only four landlords have fully by first formally approaching their boss and re- so-called dollar van drivers will Verret, a member of Community On Sept. 27, the vans will make sion quickly, too. New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prok- to his girlfriend, and that every time he got a rather than pay parking tickets building, which currently houses a ing it to e-mail Jobs. for operations. and there’s no better spot for retail- Co-Op and Aeropostale on the dreds more were terrified when shots ing South Brooklyn Casket Com- complied with the request, according to the De- questing to bring a bicycle into the building. go anywhere to find fares. Board 6’s Transportation Com- their debut in Brownstone Brook- Indeed, on Monday afternoon, were fired into a massive crowd out- horov has filed paperwork with the NBA new one, he would change the name again. partment of Transportation. See BIKES on page 6 “They stop everywhere and mittee, which hosted taxi commis- lyn along the former B71 bus route See VANS on page 6 under a city plan to convert two ticket-paying office at Joralemon Markowitz may be pie-eyed The city would not indicate ers today,” Markowitz said. area’s chain gang. fi tness craze arrives to change the name of the Brooklyn-bound In the spirit of new beginnings, we asked pany T-shirts and other garb on his floors of the stolid Downtown of- and Court streets . “It’s the per- over Apple, but city leaders say how much money it expects National chains have indeed The privatization of the mu- side Prospect Park on Sunday night af- own website — but now the multi- By Gary Buiso ter the controversial “Heatwave” gath- team — setting the stage for countless argu- our readers online to send in their proposed fice building into a retail store, fect location for it and there’s no they will lease the space to what- from the bids, but the Downtown been rushing into Downtown nicipal building is part of a city- name for the Brooklyn squad by e-mail or national funeral company that bought The Brooklyn Paper ering ended and celebrants dispersed ments at sports bars across the borough. restaurant or, if Borough Presi- reason why Apple shouldn’t be ever company makes the highest Brooklyn Partnership says that Brooklyn with an excitement wide effort to consolidate money- “The name change will happen in 2012,” in our comments section. Here were some the Gowanus gravemaker in 2005 Will the Municipal Building dent Markowitz has any say over in Brooklyn.” bid. The space, which is about selling the two floors could gross not seen since the early part of sucking city offices and make Stephanie Mancuso’s got legs — and she knows onto Ocean Avenue. Prokhorov told Forbes Russia magazine, replies — with a few suggestions from wants to put his business venture six become Brooklyn’s next big Apple head honcho Steve Jobs two-thirds of the size of the pro- up to $20 million, most likely the last century. In the past few room for money-making shop- how to use them. Witnesses said that a huge crowd the matter, an Apple store. referring to when the team is expected to the guys in the newsroom: Dodgers, feet under on the grounds that he is GOOSEWATCH Mancuso, 26, is the woman behind the borough’s was hanging out at around 9 pm along shopping destination? “I will definitely be pitching to has been playing hard-to-get, posed Whole Foods in Gowanus , thanks to the great location — weeks, Panera Bread, Filene’s ping centers. play in the Barclays Center at Flatbush and Brownstones, Straphangers, Knights violating their copywright. first pole dancing studio, a plum-painted sanctu- the strip between Empire Boulevard Atlantic avenues. (like Brooklynites, get it?), Crowns, But Comorau is whistling past BessPhoto by Adler BUMP IN THE TRUNK ary of sexy fitness on Fifth Avenue and 90th Street and Parkside Avenue in the wake of 2010 It is unclear what the Shooting Tsar ac- Traffic Jams, Blacktops, Paper. the graveyard. Gary Comorau is selling a line of South Brooklyn Casket in Bay Ridge. the packed “Heatwave” party. tually has planned, though — apparently Send your proposed new name by “I’ve ignored their ‘cease-and-de- Pole dancing — a vigorous striptease-style work- It is unclear what sparked the violence Company T-shirts — apparently in violation of the com- Many of the faithful took caffeine suppositories e-mailing [email protected] . TH out performed while clinging, grappling, and swing- in front of 135 Ocean Ave., but a source the paperwork needs to be filed even just See CASKET on page 5 pany’s wishes. By Andy Campbell who owns a bike store in Williamsburg. ditional entrance or its exit — is against ing from a steel pole — is all the rage in Manhattan, living on Ocean Avenue said that ten- Community Newspaper Group / Stephen Brown Stephen / Group Newspaper Community 137 The Brooklyn Paper “Some take it before sundown, but most the spirit of the ritualistic fast. 50 but the craze has yet to fully penetrate the Borough sions began to rise as night fell. Hate crime in W’burg “We’re supposed to do it the old fash- of Churches. “It was not an amicable atmosphere,” Massive throngs attended the “Heatwave” party on Sunday in Pros- Not so fast! take it throughout their fasting. These ioned way — I wouldn’t advise [sup- ANNIVERSARY “The first time I tried it, I didn’t feel like I was said the witness. “Guys were getting pect Park, leaving behind some garbage — but the bigger problem Jews throughout Williamsburg guys love a good loophole.” GEESE IN By Aaron Short South Williamsburg street Two Shomrim patrol Cops said that the 14- from where three thugs working out,” Mancuso said the day before her stu- out of fancy cars with bodyguards — was a shooting on Ocean Avenue after the “official” party was over. snapped up caffeine suppositories last These huge, rectally inserted pills positories],” said Rabbi Simcha Wein- The Brooklyn Paper a week ago. officers, Hershy Deutsch and 15-year-old suspects brutally beat Yeshiva dio’s July 17 opening. “It’s not like being on a tread- the money on display was crazy.” The ‘Apple’ of Downtown’s eye Friday, hours before the start of the Yom are popular. Pharmacists at Rafieh — stein, an Orthodox leader. “We wanna PROSPECT PARK Police arrested two The two juvenile offend- and Max Masri, were being confessed to the crime of teacher Joel Weinberger, Kippur fast that would deprive them of one of many distributors in south Wil- keep Jews in the synagogue and not in ers were caught near Har- hailed as heroes this week beating Guttman, who had 26, only 10 days earlier. mill. I felt like a woman. I felt sexy.” Another witness, who only identi- spent rounds found at the scene of the nual party hosted by MIH Ventures, (As of Tuesday, Sept. 21) teenage suspects for beat- After her stab at the pole, she decided to bring the fied himself as Joe, added, “It was like shooting. His condition was unknown an event planning and music promo- By Andy Campbell For the second time in three made the storefront even more leased a similar rendering depict- “Apple” then, too. the jolt — and hunger suppression — liamsburg on Lee Avenue — sold nearly the bathroom.” ing up a Hasidic man on rison Avenue and Walton for chasing the perps to Va- been visiting Williams- In that case, witnesses strip-club-inspired workout regimen to Brooklyn, it had been building up to something at this time. tions company. The Brooklyn Paper years, the Downtown Brooklyn glassy and stuck a few Apple lo- ing the same building, along with Unfortunately, Apple is play- that coffee typically provides. 150 suppositories last Friday. Back-door caffeine consumption is a Monday night — and Street after allegedly punch- ret Street and holding them burg for a family Hanuk- heard one of the assailants The day-long fast is the centerpiece “We have caffeine suppositories!” gray area, even in the Torah — which, Two months after authori- ing 45-year-old Moshe Gutt- until officers from the 90th kah party. shouting an anti-Semitic because, as she explains it, “a lot of women don’t for quite some time.” More than one thousand people Shane Bennett, an employee with Downtown Brooklyn planners Partnership has released a ren- gos on it. promises of some sort of retail ing Sphinx. The company isn’t Community Newspaper Group / Andy Campbell charged them for a simi- ties slaughtered geese in Photo by StefanoPhoto by Giovannini the store’s handwritten sign heralded. of course, was written before stimu- want to come to the city to work out.” Police said the wounded man showed had gathered peacefully on Sunday MIH Ventures, explained that the Heat- are taking another crack at land- dering of a bustling retail center The quest to fill the Municipal center that would fill the build- talking, though it has said that of the holiest day on the Jewish calen- Many religious Jews in Williamsburg inserted caffeine suppositories lar bias attack against a Ye- man in the face in an echo Precinct took the suspects The assault occurred slur before the gang beat “Be ready!” lants like caffeine were discovered. Yom Prospect Park, 137 of the The Bensonhurst native found a former televi- Stephanie Mancuso has opened an exercise studio in up on his own at Kings County Hos- afternoon in the park’s Nethermead wave event was a way to show cus- ing the borough’s first Apple store in the ground floor of the dour Building with something other ing’s “dead space” and raise rev- Brooklyn is “an option.” dar — but some religious Jews saw a to skirt Yom Kippur restrictions on the intake of food. Here, Baruch shiva teacher on the same of the earlier crime. into custody at 11:30 pm. less than a block away the teacher. Talmudic loophole that allows them to But is it kosher? Kippur is supposed to be about self- waterfowl have returned See POLE on page 11 Bay Ridge devoted to the rigors of the pole. pital with bullets that matched the area for the “Heatwave” event, an an- See PARTY on page 11 AMD Studio — and this time, they really (re- Municipal Building on Joralemon than bureaucrats dates back to enue for the city. An option? There are more Mac Herzfeld shows off his supply. ingest their daily dose of caffeine, al- There’s some controversy over sacrifice — so curbing one’s hunger to the lake, according to Planners want an Apple store in the Municipal Building. ally) think it’ll work. Street — but this time, planners 2007, when the Partnership re- Everyone mouthed the word See APPLE on page 11 beit through a different orifice. whether Jews observing the Biblical would seem like cheating. Anne-Katrin Titze. Keep lion Superfund clean-up will in- “It helps — you know, it’s hard to con- fast should be taking an easy out (or, “That’s one way to look at it,” Herz- tion, you have to find some way to has befallen us because of you: the an eye out for Goose- clude fixing the waterway’s main centrate when you’re fasting and also ad- more accurately, in). feld said. “But on the other hand, it’s concentrate on prayer.” stopping up of all body orifices — Watch 2010 — our weekly lingering problem: the raw sewage dicted to caffeine,” said Baruch Herzfeld, Some Jewish leaders said that consum- all about introspection. If you have a Perhaps, but we all know what it [those] of semen, urine, and excre- update. that routinely overwhelms the ca- an Orthodox Jew ing anything — through the body’s tra- headache because of caffeine addic- says in Genesis 20:9: “A plague … ment, the ears and the nose.” PLUG IT UP nal during heavy rainfall. DA eyes Vespa mom death News that the federal agency The DC-8 landed on Seventh Avenue at Sterling Place, causing massive destruction City declared ‘no fl y zone’ is even examining the sewage and killing six people on the ground. By Jared Foretek agency, making it difficult to know Superfund czars might fi x problem is significant because for The Brooklyn Paper what branch of the Treasury Depart- the feds have insisted that their The Brooklyn District Attorney ment is involved in the death of Mc- Bloomberg wanted even more birds in crosshairs sewage leaks into waterway concern is the legacy of industrial Kay-Dalton. pollution buried in the sediment announced last Wednesday that it GOOSEWATCH By Stephen Brown would conduct its own criminal in- The DA’s announcement came By Gary Buiso along the 1.8-mile waterway — Death from the sky Documents obtained by The Brooklyn Paper reveal that last month’s BIG MAN IN THE NEWS: VITO LOPEZ The Brooklyn Paper vestigation into the tragic death of a amidst mounting public pressure for The Brooklyn Paper and not the sewage overflows, 2010 The blood is on the city’s hands. extermination of some 290 geese in Prospect Park may not have Cleaning the Fort Greene mother of three who was a more thorough investigation into been necessary. The excerpted transcript below represents minutes Tiny criminals Federal environmental offi- which occur when stormwater By Gary Buiso ghastly smell of death out of forget its horror — at the time, New documents revealed this week run down by an SUV that apparently the accident at DeKalb and Clinton of a meeting among various state, city and federal agencies from cials may be getting their hands overwhelms the city’s archaic The Brooklyn Paper his head. the worst aviation disaster in

that city officials pushed for a “no-fly Weiss Michael ran a red light last Thursday. avenues. 2006 that discusses a recommended kill zone. dirtier than they expected as they Gowanus sewage system, dumping a dis- Fifty years have passed Today, there’s no grand me- American history. The move by Brooklyn DA Friends, neighbors, and Council- zone” for geese far wider than a five- Bedbugs hit DA Hynes’s offi ce ‘I have cancer’ Vito’s charity shakeup Pipes like these spill pollut- embark on a massive clean-up of gusting slurry of human waste since United Airlines Flight morial at the site of the crash, A tranquil blanket of snow U.S. Department of Agricul- number. The liability issue can ex- Charles Hynes came after the NYPD woman Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) 107 mile radius from airports suggested by ants into the Gowanus Ca- the fetid Gowanus Canal. munity advisory group this week directly into the canal. 826 crashed into Seventh Ave- but Fiumefreddo and those who covered Park Slope that morning, tend 30 miles [and] influence any Photo by Bess Adler A five-mile radius is sensible, had ruled that there was “no crime say that the NYPD mishandled the ini- federal officials — even discussing the ture: By Ben Kochman and noon. “They’re so disgusting.” that they are close to a decision on nue and Sterling Place, but Vito were in the neighborhood on but in the sky nine miles away, not further than five miles. large area. nal. But on rainy days, the Environmental Protection Critics of the federal effort Like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge is facing committed” when the Ford Explorer tial investigation by ruling that there need for a 30-mile kill zone. Gersh Kuntzman Hynes’s spokesman has no idea Party leader quietly reveals City fi nds fraud — and orders the broom No additional studies will pollution is human waste. Agency representatives told a com- whether the proposed $500-mil- See CANAL on page 6 Fiumefreddo still can’t get the frigid Dec. 16, 1960 will never See CRASH on page 11 three years of construction that will drive you nuts. slammed into Aileen McKay-Dal- was no criminality even though wit- The minutes from the Nov. 15, 2006, Kim Wagner of Federal Wild- USDA: The Brooklyn Paper how the outbreak started, but said GEESE IN Geese will be hard- occur. … [We] ton, the 40-year-old mom. nesses say the behemoth vehicle that meeting of the Bird Hazard Task Force life Services: A little villain is taking that the DA’s office has hired By Aaron Short prove oversight in the wake of al- est to control in parks. [There is] an need to pick a health scare to supporters “People came forward and said hit McKay-Dalton was speeding and PROSPECT PARK — the team that would later approve a bite out of the people an exterminator. The Brooklyn Paper leged fraud charges. Michael Locke / My Little O emotional issue. [We] need to know distance. that there are some things we should had run a red light. the controversial, middle-of-the-night who take a bite out of “Just thinking about A Bushwick-based nonprofit “[Board members will be in- (As of Tuesday, Aug. 17) how to handle [it]. DEP: [Can we] By Aaron Short eral years. look into,” Hynes’s spokesman Jerry registered to Metro Property Apprais- Those allegations were front and massacre of geese in Prospect Park this crime. it makes me itch,” said long linked to its founder Assem- terviewed by the mayor’s office] Bridge two far! Department put to rest the five-mile The Brooklyn Paper Over the weekend, Lopez met center during a candle light vigil for summer — reveal a vigorous debate dential a woman who works on to ascertain their strengths, loy- INSIDE: Schmetterer told us. “We’re inves- ers, a Manhattan company that does At least four floors Assemblyman Vito Lopez, with several South Brooklyn state blyman Vito Lopez has agreed Runaway bride salvages wedding Just one month after fed- of Environ- limit? [We are] not satisfied. tigating [if] a crime was commit- not appear to exist. McKay-Dalton at the site of the acci- among various city, state and federal in District Attor- the ninth floor of the to a massive internal shake up alty and commitment [to the non- mental Pro- Port Authority of NY and NJ: the most powerful politician in committee members for breakfast Manhattan also facing repairs ted.” dent on Wednesday afternoon. eral authorities slaughtered agencies about just how far they would Confi ney Charles Hynes’s building — one floor as a result of a widening govern- profit],” according to an agree- The car’s registration gives the Accord- Five miles is a huge area to man- Brooklyn, has had his share of in Bay Ridge urging them to sup- Greenpoint Reformed Church ing each other and having fun As of this Tuesday, though, nei- A crowd of 50 people showed up virtually every goose in go to ensure that airplanes would not tection: Downtown office have below the DA’s office. ment signed by Ridgewood By Andy Campbell officials said that the $834-million company address as 29 John St. in ing to the Federal age. battles with political opponents port him for another term as the ment investigation that charged OODLES OF Turns nuptial party into a Hunger Program. Robins sold should not [compete] with each ther of the principle witnesses in Manhattan — but that building is for the vigil, most hailing the Scotland Prospect Park, 107 Canada collide with geese. been infested with the “I just hope that they’re that workers were taking city Bushwick’s Executive Director The Brooklyn Paper project would cut off upper- and geese have returned to the Aviation Administration in previ- Jamaica Bay representative: gone soon.” throughout his career, but he is county’s Democratic Party leader, tickets to the “blessed” event at other.” the accident report had been con- entirely residential, and the driver of native McKay-Dalton as a pillar of her “A five-mile radius is sensible, not pesky mites — and despite his health concerns and a funds for programs that never Christiana Fisher, who is also Lo- The Manhattan Bridge is about lower-lanes of traffic, pedestrian community and a dear friend. lake. What will be the goose ous … meetings, five miles is just a Five miles is good. Office workers have facing an even more formidable fundraiser for soup kitchen the restaurant Dressler — and Fun was the last thing on Rod- tacted by the DA’s office, although the car, Joel Loudon Murphy, does further than five miles,” a represen- workers are not happy. Short Aaron / Group Community Newspaper actually existed. pez’s campaign treasurer. to undergo a two-year cable re- paths and bicycle thoroughfares in their own theories for how foe — cancer. widening city investigation into she now feels even closer to the gers’s mind when she called off “Aileen really loved living in population on the lake next CNG / Aaron Short COUPONS TO Schmetterer said that his office had not live there. The accident report tative from the U.S. Department of “When I found out that A source confirmed that Lo- the nonprofit he founded. ‘VETO VITO’: Just before Assemblyman Vito Lopez Ridgewood Bushwick Senior The move comes on the heels By Alison Fox neighborhood. the wedding — and coughed up construction project — and you’re segments every weekend starting Photo by Stefano Giovannini Brooklyn,” said Kelly Fitzgerald, a the bug invasion began. neighborhood she lives in. spoken to other witnesses. gives a Louisiana address for him, week? Keep an eye out for Agriculture said at the meeting, ac- only provide the name of the agency Department of Environmental Protec- there were bugs, I ran out of there “His cancer is back terri- Citizens Council agreed to sweep- Angie Battaglia is a city plan- of a 10-page report released on about to undergo a double-dose of as early as August and continu- friend of the family. “We’re going to One woman blamed the Brook- pez has been telling political al- was overwhelmingly re-elected as chairman of the for The Brooklyn Paper After calling off her wedding “This is not about self-sacri- almost $9,000 in deposits for invi- The initial investigation revealed Candles were lit for Aileen McKay-Dalton but has not returned repeated calls GooseWatch 2010 — our cording to the minutes, which we ob- speaking during the conversation, not tion said that a five-mile radius is sim- as fast as I could,” a woman said bly,” said Delia Schack, a dis- ning commish and housing Thursday by the Department traffic congestion. ing for three years — the same pe- miss her forever.” See BUGS on page 11 lies this week that he believes his Brooklyn Democratic Party operation on Monday ing reforms that include bring- On a chilly December night only months before the big day, fice, it’s about fun,” said Rodgers, tations, a dress and the venue. that the Ford Explorer that hit Mc- at Clinton and DeKalb avenues, where left at his Bayou State home.A source official counter. tained through a Freedom of Informa- the speaker. ply not adequate. outside the office on Friday after- esophageal cancer has returned trict leader in south Brooklyn. night, insurgent party members, including Lincoln ing in an independent auditor and director of the nonprofit that of Investigation, which alleges SAVE YOU CASH Department of Transportation See BRIDGE on page 11 At the end, the group of witnesses, in a restaurant in Williamsburg, Robin Rodgers decided to throw AlisonPhoto by Fox a 40-year-old mother of two. “Do- But when life throws you bro- Kay-Dalton is owned by the Trea- she was killed on July 8 when a car hit her said that law enforcement vehicles are tion Law request. The minutes typically But then a representative of the city’s See GEESE on page 11 after being in remission for sev- See CANCER on page 5 Restler, rallied against him. See story, page 5. an outside general counsel to im- Vito Lopez founded. See CHARITY on page 5 sury Department, even though it’s as she rode her Vespa (above right). typically not registered to the actual See MOM on page 5 one woman said, “I do” — to her a party on Sunday to benefit the Robin Rodgers ing important things like feed- See BRIDE on page 5

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sponse so slow.” Elevated subway tracks — common in borough, though virtually unheard of in Man- hattan — were rendered im- passable for nearly three SNOW JOB! days. Service to most train lines was finally restored by Wednesday afternoon, Brooklyn vents its fury over but most borough buses re- main in park, making travel a chore or an impossibility. city’s lame blizzard response One B69 bus was frozen solid to Seventh Avenue in Park By Gary Buiso inably glacial Slope on Sunday and was still The Brooklyn Paper response to there on Wednesday morn- The winter of Brook- the blizzard of BROOKLYN ing, it’s flashing sign read- lyn’s discontent lingered 2010 — still ing, “Not in Service.” into Wednesday as bor- fuming even is ANGRY “This isn’t the worst storm ough streets from Williams- after Mayor we’ve ever had, but it seems to burg to Sheepshead Bay re- Bloomberg be the worst response to any mained unplowed more than admitted on Tuesday that between Seventh and Eighth major storm in recent mem- 72 hours after the city’s fifth- “some things that we prob- avenues remained unplowed ory,” said Councilman Steve worst snowstorm dumped two ably could’ve done better.” by midday Wednesday. Levin (D–Williamsburg). feet of snow. The mea culpa did little “It’s just so lame,” he said. Indeed, much of Brook- Residents went snow blind to warm 12th Street resident “We’ve had deeper snowfall, lyn remained inaccessible by with rage at the city’s abom- Corey Snyder, whose block but I’ve never seen the re- public or private transpor- tation. Major arteries, such as Nassau Avenue in Green- point and Fourth Avenue in Park Slope were impassable through Tuesday. Beyond the inconvenience HOPE of it all, the storm itself caused Photo by Greg Mango PROJECT Following the ferocious storm, for most of the Monday, traffic in Brooklyn looked like the intersection FIGHTING ILLNESS WITH LOVEOVVE some serious damage. The roof of a parking garage on Sec- of Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, where even a snowplow got stuck. ond Street in Park Slope col- lapsed, shutting down Fourth Avenue from Atlantic Avenue to Eighth Street on Monday. BOUTIQUE Wind and snow damaged the “bubble” covers at the Pros- pect Park Tennis Center, which put out an all-points-bulletin for volunteers to shovel off the THRIFT snow so that games could re- sume. But even three days af- Not your typical thrift store! ter the storm began, Union Street looked more like Crested Butte than Cobble Hill, more Catamount than Carroll Gardens. Since the storm, 76th Precinct cops — not Sanitation workers driv-

ing plows — were forced to e Rosenberg put down their night sticks i and picked up shovels to help dig out stranded residents. “It’s been crazy here,” a Photo by Jul police source said. (At left) Chris Landis, a resident of unplowed 13th e Rosenberg Entire neighborhoods, i Street, was frustrated on Wednesday, and this B69 such as Greenwood Heights, was still stuck at the corner of Ninth Street and from 24th Street to the Pros- Seventh Avenue.

pect Expressway, were un- Photo by Jul plowed. But there was finally (some) joy in Mudville on wood Heights plow didn’t 1969. “I would doubt the Up- South Slope, for example, a Until Wednesday, train Wednesday. run amok like a Sanitation per East Side is like this. Or traffic jam of abandoned cars service was suspended in 469 VANDERBILT AVE. tractor infamously did on Jo- the Upper West Side for that imprisoned a plow, rendering much of southern Brook- (corner Gates Avenue) “I am happy my street was cleared, especially when we ralemon Street on Monday, matter,” he said. “Something the vehicle impotent. lyn, trapping the area in 347-457-5982 know that tonier neighbor- laying waste to three cars happened that we got behind The agency said it assem- a snowy isolation. Tran- as it bulled its way clear of the curve. And Brooklyn … bled 365 salt spreaders, 1,700 sit spokeswoman Deirdre Fort Greene - Brooklyn hoods, mostly in Manhattan were taken care of first,” said a snow trap. The disaster took the brunt of it.” plows and 2,000 workers to Parker said the storm scut- Aaron Brashear, a Green- was captured on YouTube Sanitation Commission clean up the mess — but long- tled the agency’s pre-blizzard wood Heights activist. and watched by 1.5 million John Doherty insisted that time Bloomberg critic state preparations, which included Sun. 11:30- 6:00 people by Wednesday. the culprit was simply the Sen. Carl Kruger (D–Mill moving trains from outdoor Mon. - Wed. 11:00 - 7:00 But even when the plows Watch for our finally showed up, they did a The neglect harkened to storm’s ferocity, though Basin) said it wasn’t enough, yards to enclosed areas. Thur. 11:00 - 7:00 lousy job, Brashear observed 1969, when just 15 inches of abandoned cars at a variety calling the debacle a “colos- “It just overwhelmed our Fri. 11:00 - 2:00 Weekly Specials — and documented on You- snow unexpectedly fell on the of intersections didn’t help sal failure.” And Bloomberg equipment,” she said. Ice on the Sat. Closed Tube . “They showed up at 1:30 city, yet paralyzed Queens, the clean-up effort. “We can’t ally Councilwoman Christine electrified rail stalled trains, am, in a questionable manner whose streets remained un- get through the streets,” he Quinn (D–Manhattan) called some as long as seven hours. that I would call ass-backward, plowed for days. Borough said on Tuesday. the city’s response “unaccept- “We had snow blowers, but at Donations Welcome Anytime ramming ” he charged. President Markowitz branded At the intersection of Fifth able” and vowed to hold hear- some point during a blizzard, But at least the Green- Brooklyn 2010 the Queens of Avenue and 21st Street in the ings on Jan. 10. it just blows right back.”

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The Mac Support Store nka i Brooklyn’s First ty Newspaper Group / Joe Anuta i Apple Authorized Repair Shop! Photo by Paul Mart Commun THE YEAR THAT WAS: • (Clockwise from top left) It Mac and iPod Repair was the end of an era in Coney • Brand New Macs in Stock Dead geese, dueling pols, Island, when the 76-year-old Ruby’s bar was evicted in No- • Mac Rentals and Loaners vember. Giant trees toppled when an honest-to-goodness • No Fee Mac Data Recovery tornado hit the borough in bike wars, giant coffi ns September. Bruce Ratner fi- • Memory & Hard Drive Upgrades nally began construction work on his Atlantic Yards project • On-site Calls in March. Competitive eating champ Takeru Kobayashi got No Appointment Necessary and a genuine twister! arrested at Nathan’s during the July 4 contest. Dr. Claw, 168 7th Street and 3rd Avenue Continued from page 1 the underground lobster roll Brooklyn, NY 11215 that it will not rename the Hoyt- dealer was busted in August. Schermerhorn stop after Michael The first phase of Brooklyn 718-312-8341 Jackson, but the Downtown Brook- Bridge Park opened in March 9–6 weekdays, 10–4 Saturday lyn Partnership pushes its plan to (the bike lane followed in Au- hang a mural of the late great pop gust). The sarcophagi outside

Photo by Bess Adler [email protected] star above the station entrance. the new LIRR station prompt- Jumpin’ Jehovahs: The Jehovah ed an outcry in January. www.macsupportstore.com Witnesses announce plans to leave Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO af- talk of the office — with a warm ter 101 years for a compound in up- editorial . He takes off just after state New York, no doubt because the new year.

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fr 1,000 POSTCARDS Paul Giamatti, who kept pestering i designers and artists teamed up them to see his movies. But their de- to stage Nutria-palooza, a fash- parture may bring about a gift for ion show and wetlands benefit in Brooklyn Bridge Park enthusiasts, as Bushwick. The creatures are de- $ .00 parks officials voted at year’s end to scribed as “an invasive pest” — 185 plus tax consider using tax revenue from the Photo by Barry Sh just as Bay Ridge’s beloved Quaker Full Color former headquarters to help main- parrots once were dubbed. Full Bleed tain the park. Thank you R.J. Reynolds: 16 pt. Cardstock The tobacco giant must hate hip- Enquire About 2 sided March: sters as much as everyone else — All of Our Other Yards groundbreaking: De- Photo by Butch Moran they’ve launched a “Williamsburg” Great Printing Deals. UV or Matte veloper Bruce Ratner, Gov. Paterson made the city realize that, oh wait, version of Camel cigarettes, a brand and future Gov. Jay-Z break ground people want these around. it says is not about hip, but rather, at Atlantic Yards while about 100 “breaking free.” counterprotesters mostly break September Pizza to go: Manhattan burger 305 Atlantic Ave. (@ Smith St.) Open Monday-Saturday Borough President Markowitz’s Dust up: We uncovered — or shrine Shake Shack is coming to chops. By year’s end, the first set created, depending on your view- Downtown , and that means Tony’s 718.858.0313 [email protected] of steel pillars were up and Rat- point — controversy at a “histori- Famous Pizzeria — a quintessen- ner was already making produc- cally insensitive” renaming contest tial greasy slice joint — will be tion deals. for Bay Ridge’s Dust Bowl, which getting the boot. ty Newspaper Group / Andy Campbell It’s a Tish-grace: Councilwoman i was eventually renamed , “Quaker The descent: Greenpoint res- Tish James (D–Fort Greene) files a Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl.” ident Philippa Kaye was passing lawsuit against an itinerant worker Imperfect storm: Brooklyn Flatbush and Fifth when she en- for walking into the hitch of his truck Commun was walloped by the storm of the countered a hole in the sidewalk so venue — and then drops it after we wrote span was originally Rawlins Red , decade , which the feds later con- huge she just had to climb in. The about it (and after realizing that you though city officials disputed that, firmed was a tornado. Even Presi- city fixed the chasm after we pub- th can’t sue a guy when you bump your claiming that the 126-year-old land- dent Obama got in on the action, de- lished our pun-filled (“sinking feel- rt knee into a parked car). mark was originally painted in two claring the borough a disaster zone, ing,” “lowdown shame,” “the hole Meadows of shame: Reporter shades of buff. Oh, OK! though that was small comfort to truth,” we could go on) story. ASupplies Stephen Brown stumbles upon a Don’t hold your breath: The residents near the Gowanus Canal, Smokin’ warehouse: The St. 7 horrific scene of animal cruelty in city officially acknowledged what which briefly turned into a river of Ann’s Warehouse theater company Prospect Park, leading to a grip- residents have noticed for months human waste ( and a YouTube sen- was awarded the contract to reno- 376 ping mystery that we have already — regular street recepticle pick- sation ) during the storm. vate the vacant Tobacco Warehouse sold to Miramax as “The Butcher of ups along Brooklyn’s commer- Trolley comeback: The city in Brooklyn Bridge Park, convert- Supplies for 7th Ave. Prospect Park,” starring Alec Bald- cial strips have been cut to twice said it would finally consider return- ing it into a $15-million mixed-use the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) win as The Butcher and Bjork as a a week, instead of five to seven ing trolleys as a form of mass tran- performance hall and plaza. Graphic Artist, murdered goose. Brown’s sighting days a week. sit. Transportation Commissioner Exxon gassed: The state Student was just the first of many through- Claw foot: The underground Janette Sadik-Khan said experts are reached a settlement with Exxon- and Children 369-4969 ty Newspaper Group / Aaron Short out the year, a number of myste- lobster roll dealer, Dr. Claw, got i “Looking back to the future.” No Mobil, forcing the energy giant to rious entrails, pools of blood and spotted (illegally) selling his deli- word on flying cars just yet. shell out $25 million for projects to

disposed carcasses were found by cious treats in Greenpoint. Then he Commun Ring ding: A Florida man was improve the area near the Green- parkgoers in the same spot near the got threatened with arrest in August proposing to his girlfriend on the point spill, which it is liable. But lake — most disturbingly two bags (but by year’s end, we insiders still declaring his “free agency,” then Brooklyn Bridge when he dropped critics say that the energy giant of animal parts and bones and a knew where to get our redcoated was later arrested when he rushed the .6-carat diamond engagement should pay more. goat’s head found within two days roll. Don’t tell the cops!). the stage as the competition came ring onto scaffolding far below. HEALTH, of each other in October. Smoked out: Bay Ridge’s com- to an end. Though by August, Ko- Transportation workers recovered December Bridge bark: Brooklyn’s most munity board voted for a crackdown bayashi had beaten the rap, setting the ring, returning it to the happy, Green thief: Smartphone uses anticipated park in two decades, on hookah bars, whose sickly sweet the stage for one heck of a rematch but stressed-out, couple. were shaken to the core when at Brooklyn Bridge Park, finally opens smoke was allegedly pouring into (or remand). Today, the scorned least four women had their fancy iP- MIND & BODY — but nobody still has any idea nearby homes (those were the lucky Kobayashi can’t even eat an entire October hones stolen across three precincts how to pay to maintain it. ones!). In response to the vote, we pizza in two minutes, a symbol of Welcome to the club: Polluted by a thief on a bicycle — a chill- The glorious Pier 1 opened in sent our intern to get high (and he his fall from greatness. Newtown Creek joined the Gowanus ing reminder of a crime wave cops March, followed by Pier 6 in June, did — legally). Gooseicide: The feds gassed Canal as a Superfund site, proving thought they pitted last year. which offered unparalleled views of Urban counterfeiters: Two hundreds of Prospect Park geese true the age-old chestnut, “Polluted Bank on it: A low-rent hos- DENTISTS the Manhattan skyline to the public vendors at Brooklyn Flea accuse in the night, citing airplane safety. waterways come in pairs.” The des- tel chain paid $4.5 million for the as well as movie nights (it was thor- Urban Outfitters of stealing their That’s right — Beaky’s dead. Tar- ignation is the first step in a decade- iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank oughly crowded during a screening haute line of jewelry. The resem- get’s dead. Every one of them, dead. long $500-million clean up. branch on Driggs Avenue, and al- of “The Big Lebowski”). 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The 49-year-old victim Stay informed on what’s new, what’s hot, Dec. 26, as she was trying when he went back inside the wallet on the treadmill at the said the boob, who had a not- to take advantage of some shop near Water Street at about frequent crime scene, which icable hump akin to Quasi- what’s on sale & the latest popular styles post-Christmas sales. 9:20 am, his equipment was is near Fulton Street, at about modo, made off with the gone. He had security cams @ WWW.DNAFOOTWEAR.COM Clinton bill 9:20 pm. When he returned contents of her parcel, vid- captured all the action, but cops minutes later, the wallet was eos worth $150. A thief tried to steal two still can’t find the perp. jackets and jewelry from a gone, along with $900. — Gary Buiso Clinton Avenue apartment Earring fail on Dec. 21 — but the ten- A perp stole a ritzy ant walked into the apart- $30,000 pair of earrings ment and ripped the clothes from a State Street shop on right off him. Dec. 20. 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Two perps robbed a man and punched him in the head R-ipped off on Dec. 19 on Lafayette Av- A phoneless creep enue. snatched a woman’s iPhone “Supafly” The perps approached on an R train at DeKalb Av- “Seattle” the man at 1:40 am and de- enue on Dec. 21. manded his phone — then The woman said that she Caring for Brooklyn’s Pets for over 30 years one punched him for good was on the train, which was The measure. stopped under Flatbush Ave- We specialize in personalized and compassionate pet care. Your questions are always welcome and your pet’s needs are thoroughly nue Extension, at about 1 pm addressed. Learn how Dr. Dendtler and Dr. Johnson can put their 30+years of knowledge and experience to work for you. Lafayette rob when the dude sitting next to Pizza A thug held up a woman her grabbed the expensive SOME OF OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: on Lafayette Avenue on Dec. device and fled. Exams, Vaccines & Lab Tests SAVE BIG WITH OUR LIMITED TIME OFFERS 24, taking her bag. 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anybody at the church. In- to the Diocese. A spokesman pez-backed rezoning of the stead you have to call All with the Diocese said that the so-called Broadway Trian- Saints.” “inflammatory accusations” gle, and also objected to a And church leaders said were made by a “small, but Lopez bill that would shield that Montserrat collects about loud, group” that was “not the Diocese from some pedo- BIBLE BELTED! $13,000 from a parking lot it being accurate.” phile priest lawsuits. Lopez owns on Vernon Street — in- “Each parish has to take a and DiMarzio were allies on Foes say Bklyn Diocese cooked the come that was not reflected big responsibility of its finan- both initiatives — though Lo- in the ledger. And none of cial future and the Diocese pez has denied that he played books at political Bed-Stuy church the Passionist Order’s sup- of Brooklyn can be there to any role in influencing Di- port for the church’s utilities help but it can’t be there to Marzio to shutter Montserrat was included either. help financially,” said Dio- By Aaron Short report on Montserrat will- cally earns only $25 for each and muzzle O’Shea. Parishioners expressed cese spokesman Shane Ka- Dunbar thinks the Dio- The Brooklyn Paper fully inflated the church’s ex- of the four to seven masses further puzzlement after vanagh. “We can’t be the cese should re-evaluate its A church official cooked penses and did not consider at per week. That would come All Saints’ Father William payer of last resort.” decision to shut the chapel the books to suggest that a least two sources of income to $5,200–9,100 — but in Chacon announced at mass The closure of the church, politically active Bedford- from the property. most cases, the priest doesn’t that about $125,000 from an and the allegation of fiscal — which has served central Stuyvesant parish that Brook- “The numbers are highly even take the stipend, leav- account held jointly by All shinanigans to bolster the de- Brooklyn for over 60 years. lyn Diocese officials wanted inflated — there are some ing it in reserve. Saints and Montserrat was cision, plays out against a She has already found a vol- to close was financially un- line items that don’t ex- Other reported costs for used to renovate the All highly politicized backdrop. unteer to fix the building’s stable. ist,” said parishioner Juan salaries and utilities raised Saints rectory. Earlier this year, Montser- boiler — for free — but Di- Bishop Nicholas DiMar- Ramos. “We don’t have as eyebrows, particularly “He said he took money rat pastor, Rev. Jim O’Shea, Marzio, after meeting with zio of the Brooklyn Diocese much debt as they say we do, $17,257 in salary for a sec- from an account from took controversial positions a group parishioners last announced his decision to and we don’t have all those retary and an $811 phone bill Montserrat,” said parishio- on issues of extreme impor- Thursday, said his decision shutter Our Lady of Montser- services.” — since the church has nei- ner Anita Dunbar. “He re- tance to the church and to was final. rat Church by the end of Jan- For example, the Diocese ther of them. did the floors, cleaned up the the local power boss, As- “At this point we’ll try uary and move its parish- report has a $11,203 budget “We haven’t had a phone rectory. It was a mess.” semblyman Vito Lopez anything,” said Dunbar. ioners to All Saints Church line for clergy salaries. But for over three years,” said When asked for comment, (D–Bushwick). O’Shea, for “We just want to save our because it “could not sup- Ramos said that a priest typi- Ramos. “You can’t reach Chacon referred all inquiries example, criticized the Lo- church. That’s all.” port [Montserrat] finan- cially” after providing nearly $400,000 in subsidies to the church over the past decade and forgiving $1.7 million debt in 2000.

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When he and the bad guys fled. straphanger from entering the grabbed it. But she wasn’t returned at about 4:05 pm, his Morgan Avenue subway sta- giving up there — she strug- Grand burg gled with the man before he window had been smashed A thief bored a hole in the tion on Dec. 24 — and stole Bridge Plaza Animal Clinic his phone instead. pushed her to the floor and in, and his cash-heavy bag door of a Grand Street apart- fled the train. — which was hidden under ment on Dec. 24 and stole a The perps blocked the man from the subway at Harrison Metropolitan Avenue and the seat — was gone. computer and jewelry. Lorimer Street The tenant told cops that Place at 3:30 pm, and de- Leonard loser he left his apartment at 5:30 manded either his phone or Headlock Some cretins broke into pm, but when he returned his cash. He surrendered his phone Three jerks were ar- a Leonard Street apartment apartment near Havemeyer and boarded the train. rested for assaulting a man and took everything of value Street at 10:30 pm the next Hooper hijinx and stealing everything he on Dec. 22. day, he found his door dam- A gunman struck a man had on Jackson Street on The victim, who was away aged and his stuff stolen. with his pistol inside his Dec. 21. from the home near Calyer Gifts gone Hooper Street building on The victim said that he was Street for a day, said she ar- “Supafly” Dec. 20, demanding $600. near Manhattan Avenue at rived at about 7 pm to find A thief broke into a car “Seattle” The perp followed his vic- about 7 pm when the three a broken front door and the loaded with Christmas gifts tim inside his home near S. approached. One thug put place trashed. 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You don’t get more Clinton Hill than Ha- das Gallery. The new space on Myrtle Avenue is founded by neighborhood fixtures and features work by local artists. Heck, the name is even He- brew for Myrtle. “I wanted to show- case art being made in the area,” said Joshua Stulman, a recent Pratt University graduate recruited to curate the space by omni- present rabbi and gal- lery founder Simcha Weinstein. “Brook- lyn is very dense with artists. There’s a great diversity and wealth of styles, mediums and approaches.” The inaugural show is dedicated to pho- (718) 260-2500 Dec. 31, 2010–Jan. 6, 2011 tography, specifically, the abstract work of The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings Richard W. Golden, who finds inspiration in Prospect Park, the Botanic Garden, and Co- ney Island. A single shoot can result in hun- dreds photos for a photographer, but Golden never takes more than six. “If I can’t capture what I see in a half-dozen negatives, then shooting an entire roll prob- ably won’t either,” says the artist. “Depth/Balance/Surface”t Hadas Gallery (543 Myrtle Ave. between Steuben Street and Emerson Place in Clinton Hill, no phone), Jan. 2-31. Opening reception on Jan. 9 from ‘Kings’ for a day 2-5 pm. For info, visit www.hadasgallery. Keep celebrating Christmas with a Rosca de Reyes com. — Meredith Deliso THEATER By Erica Sackin for The Brooklyn Paper DINING La Vitalia [171 Grand St. at Bedford or many children, the highlight of the Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 486-8761]: Classic Ibsen Christmas season is Dec. 25, but in Grand Morelos [727 Grand St. at Graham F Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-9441]; Brooklyn’s Latino community, the La Princesa [94 Graham Ave. between The first must-see show of 2011 is the Abby real fun often starts on Jan. 6 — Three Seigel and Moore streets in East Wil- Kings Day. liamsburg, (718) 388-3399]; Don Paco Lo- Theatre’s month-long production of Ibsen’s “John And on this celebration of the birth pez Panaderia [4703 Fourth Ave. at 47th Gabriel Borkman” at the BAM Harvey. Street in Sunset Park, (718) 492-7443]; Beginning on Jan. 7, catch Alan Rickman of Jesus, the highlight is a good Three Las Conchitas Bakery [4811 Fifth Ave. Kings Day cake, also known as Rosca de between 47th and 48th streets in Sunset (pictured), Fiona Shaw and Lindsay Duncan on Reyes, a ring-shaped bread topped with Park, (718) 437-5513]; La Gran Via Bakery one stage in the master’s penultimate play. sweet dried fruit and pocked with hidden [4516 Fifth Ave. between 45th and 46th “To open [the sea- toys throughout. streets in Sunset Park, (718) 853-8021]. son] with a new Abbey Though recipes vary, all Roscas de production featuring Reyes are made from yeast, flour, eggs, tional figs and candied orange peel, as well Shaw alongside artists butter, sugar, and an array of candied fruits as with candied cactus fruit died colorful of the caliber of Alan (which can include figs, orange peel, and reds and greens for the holiday. The secret Rickman and Lindsay even candied and colored cactus). De- ingredient, however, is orange flavoring. Duncan is particularly pending on the size of the cake, anywhere Though you can’t taste the orange, you gratifying,” said BAM from three toys to 15 can be placed inside, can taste its affect on the dough, signal- Executive Producer Joe though for a little more money most bak- ing that what you are eating is in fact an Melillo. ers are happy to add extras. authentic Rosca de Reyes. Rickman’s titular “My favorite part is when you put the “A lot of places sell Rosca de Reyes,” said character is the origi- toys in,” said Niceforo Sosa of La Vil- Lopez. “But they use a traditional sweet nal Gordon Gekko — lata Bakery in Williamsburg. “You try bread dough, not the dough for Rosca de a “greed is good” type sent to prison for embez- and make people guess: will the toy be Reyes. We do our best to make the right zlement. Now done serving his sentence, he is in this piece or that piece?” bread and keep that tradition alive.” destitute, disgraced and desperate for a come- Sosa has been making the scrumptious Raul Gonzales, of Grand Morelos bak- back. So is his estranged wife, Gunhild (Shaw), sweet breads since the 1980s and now op- ery on Grand street in Williamsburg, is who plots to restore the family’s name. erates out of a tiny bakery on the corner also helping to keep the tradition alive. Enter into this already unhappy scene Gun- of Grand Street and Bedford Avenue. Be- He’s been making Roscas for the past 14 hild’s twin sister, Ella (Duncan), Borkman’s cause the cakes are such a special tradi- years, and says that each year the bakery former lover. Her unannounced entrance trig- tion, the bakery only makes a few each keeps fielding more and more orders for gers the devasting drama that, though written year, selling them right before the actual the kingly cake. over 100 years ago, is all too timely. holiday. This means a precarious guess- “We started out making about 20 to 30, “John Gabriel Borkman” at the BAM Har- ing game — foreseeing just how many then that became 80, and now we’re mak- vey [651 Fulton St. between Rockwell and cakes he’ll need before cake production ing over 100,” said Gonzales, who helps Ashland places in Fort Greene, (718) 636- shoots into high gear about a week be- to make all the cakes by hand. “Believe 4100], Jan. 7-Feb. 6. Tickets $25-$95. For info, fore the holiday. me, it’s a lot.” visit www.bam.org. — Meredith Deliso Still the cakes themselves are worth The bakery uses traditional dried fruits, n it. “We may only sell a few,” Sosa said, i as well as the less traditional peaches. “but they’re delicious.” Gonzales also uses lemon juice, and lets ca Sack ca Miguel Lopez, on the other hand, makes i the dough sit and rise for a full 24 hours DINING several thousand Roscas de Reyes each before baking, which helps to develop year at Don Paco Lopez Panaderia in Sun- the flavor. set Park, one of the oldest Mexican bak- Photo by Er “You can’t know how good a cake is until Mac attack eries in Brooklyn. The ring: Raul Gonzales shows off his rosca de reyes — or king cake — at you buy it and eat it,” Gonzales says. “It’s The bakery tops its bread with tradi- his Grand Morelos Bakery on Grand Street in Williamsburg. not how they look, it’s how they taste.” Kraft mac ’n’ cheese is the greatest thing in the world — if you’re 4-years-old. Thankfully, Greenpointers now have a delightful alternative tinkerers, a never-ending modifi- length album, “Riposte,” earlier to that safety-vest-colored main course. cation process for Sanchez espe- this fall, recorded out of Dyer’s Brooklyn Mac, a new take-out spot on Nor- cially, a former instrument maker Red Hook studio, Polyphonic man Avenue, offers deliciously decadent macaroni for the Blue Man Group. Workshop. But their live show and cheese. Take the Red

“We’re always tweaking our is something to behold, not so i Hook plate ($10.50) with

The DIY duo n sound,” said Sanchez, who obses- much for showmanship — ef- i bacon, Gouda, caramel- sively modifies his gass in ways fects pedals and foot percussion ovann ized onions and bread- that only he, or a similar music keep them seated for the dura- i crumbs, it’s easily the They play their own way geek, would understand. tion of their set — but for their best thing we ate this For now, though, that sound compelling synergy, described week (though, truth be By Meredith Deliso seems to be working just fine as a “weird fight click” by the told, the competition was The Brooklyn Paper MUSIC for the two. When they first met band. two-day-old pizza in the Photo by Stefano G Buke and Gass at Silent Barn roughly 10 years ago, they imme- “We’re similarly obsessive and newsroom kitchen). uke and Gass are the quint- [915 Wyckoff Ave. near Hancock diately started making music to- anal,” said Sanchez from his stu- But don’t take it from us, ask the Green- essential DIY band. Street in Bushwick], Jan. 8 at gether, first in the post-punk noise dio recently on how the two get pointers. B 8 pm. Tickets $7. For info, visit The pair — Aaron Sanchez www.bukeandgass.com. group Hominid. When that dis- along so well. “It’s really tasty and cheesy — not at all like and Arone Dyer — does everything banded, they went their separate “Don’t use that word,” inter- the boxed powder stuff,” said Lucy Cottrell, themselves, right down to making ways — Dyer as a bike mechanic, jected Dyer. who checked out the newcomer on opening their own amps and instruments. you get the idea. Sanchez for the band Proton Proton “We’re particular,” Sanchez day last month. “I think it’s a good thing for That peculiar name even comes This instrumentation comes — but reunited a couple years ago concedes. the neighborhood.” from their homemade toys — a partly out of necessity — there as Buke and Gass. They quickly Next up for the band is Silent And don’t think you’ve seen it all just be- modified six-string baritone uke- is just the two of them, after all, drew attention for their folk-stomp- Barn on Jan. 8, an aptly DIY cause you’ve gone to S’Mac in Manhattan — lele, aka the buke, played by Dyer, and a gass produces more sound ing sound, Dyer’s supermelodic, venue on the Bushwick/Ridge- Brooklyn Mac offers more variety, cheaper

and a guitar/bass hybrid (the gass, than your standard bass, and a gui- hypnotic vocal lines, and, yes, those Photo by Grant Cornett wood border. fare and a better dish all around. pronounced like base) played by tar was a bit too heavy for Dyer, homemade instruments. Double the fun: Buke and Gass, a quirky “It’s got bleachers. How can Brooklyn Mac [77 Norman Ave. between Lo- Sanchez. And let us not forget the who gets wrist pain. It’s also a After hours of improvisation, Brooklyn two-piece, bring their acoustic, you go wrong with bleachers?” rimer Street and Manhattan Avenue in Green- toeborine that Dyer plays with, well, fun project for the self-described the two put out their debut full- self-made sound to Silent Barn on Jan. 8. says Dyer. point, (718) 706-9622]. — Andy Campbell

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MUSIC, “HAPPY HOUSE NEW Free. Noon–6 pm. Kiki’s Pet Spa & YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION”: $15. Boutique [60 Broadway between 8 pm. Union Hall [702 Union St. at Berry and Wythe streets in Wil- Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) liamsburg, (917) 572-4495], www. 638-4400], www.unionhallny.com. brooklynanimalfosternetwork.org/ Brooklyn. MUSIC, NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY kikis.html. WITH THE ROOTS: $85. 8 pm. READING, DIMITREA TOKUNBO: Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. be- Author of “The Sounds of Kwan- Enhance your culture. tween N. 11th and N. 12th streets zaa.” Free. 1 pm. Greenlight Book- in Williamsburg, (718) 963-3369], store [686 Fulton St. between South Improve your bottom line. www.brooklynbowl.com. Elliott Place and South Portland MUSIC, STEVEN DELOPOULOS AND Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246- JOHN PHILIPPIDIS. Free. 8:30 0200], abookstoreinbrooklyn.blog- pm. Schnitzel Haus [7319 Fifth Ave. spot.com. Move your business between 72nd and 73rd streets in SPORTS, ROSE BOWL: Watch Wis- to DUMBO, Brooklyn. Bay Ridge, (718) 836-5600], www. consin vs. TCU on the big screen. schnitzelhausny.com. Take me home: Mr. Brownstone, a Guns and Roses tribute band, 4:30 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum [227 Find out how by visiting, MUSIC, NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY naturally, will help you ring in the new year with a raucous party Fourth Ave. at President Street in TwoTreesNY.com WITH MR. BROWNSTONE: A at the Rock Shop. Park Slope, (718) 857-4816], www. Guns and Roses tribute band, brooklynlyceum.com. naturally. $25. 8:30 pm. Rock Shop LECTURE, ADULT ED’S “ABNORMAL Two Trees Management Co, LLC [249 Fourth Ave. between Carroll PSYCHOLOGY”: The monthly “use- and President streets in Park Slope, Park Slope), brooklynroadrunners. 45 Main Street, Suite 602, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY 11201 org. SAT, JAN. 1 less lectures” series. 5. 8 pm. Union Commercial and Residential Property Management (718) 230-5740], www.therocksho- Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue pny.com. NEW YEAR’S EVE UKULELE DROP: in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400], MUSIC, HAR MAR SUPERSTAR: Join Sonic Uke and the Green- OUTDOORS AND TOURS www.unionhallny.com. The alter ego of Sean Matthew wood Heights neighborhood folk POLAR BEAR CLUB SWIM: Greet the Tillmann. $30 at door. 8:30 pm. to usher in the new year. Free. 11:45 new year by jumping into the Atlan- Littlefi eld [622 Degraw St. between pm. Ukulele Drop (320 23rd St. be- tic Ocean. It’s a Brooklyn tradition. SUN, JAN. 2 Fourth and Fifth avenues in Gow- tween Sixth and Seventh avenues in 1 pm. [Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue anus, (718) 855-3388], www.little- Greenwood Heights). in Coney Island, (917) 533-3568]. DANCE, “NUTCRACKER ROUGE”: 8 fi eldnyc.com. pm. See Friday, Dec. 31. NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION: Hot refreshments, entertainment MON, JAN. 3 and dazzling fi reworks. Free. 11 pm. Grand Army Plaza [Union Street be- CIVIC CALENDAR MUSIC, SCOTT REEVES JAZZ OR- tween Flatbush Avenue and Pros- TUES, JAN. 4 Committee. Monthly meeting. 7 CHESTRA: Free. 9 and 10:30 pm. pect Park West, (718) 965-8999], pm. Brooklyn Hospital [121 DeKalb Tea Lounge [837 Union St. at Sev- www.nycgovparks.org. Community Board 2 Economic enth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Development and Job Creation Ave at St. Felix Street in Fort PARTY, “PROCRASTINATOR’S BALL”: Greene, (718) 596-5410]. 789-2762], www.tealoungeny.com. Annual low-priced New Year’s Committee. Monthly meeting. 6 pm. Long Island University [DeKalb party. 11 pm. Free. Water Street THURS, JAN. 6 TUES, JAN. 4 With tall street-side dim sum, experience Restaurant and Lounge [66 Water and Flatbush avenues in NIA Community Services Net- windows, dim light- our mouth-watering St. between Dock and Main streets Downtown, (718) 596-5410]. work. 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Brooklyn ern Parkway in Grand Army ORY CHURCH”: Daniel ROUGE”: 8 pm. See Friday, Historical Society [128 Pier- s3ALMON2OE: $2.00 s&RESH3CALLOP: $3.50 Plaza in Park Slope, (718) Kitson’s one-man show. Dec. 31. repont St. at Clinton Street (ikura) (hotategai) 230-2100]. $35-$60. 8 pm. St. Ann’s in Brooklyn Heights, (718) THEATER, “THE INTERMINA- 222-4111], www.brooklyn- s3EA5RCHIN: $3.75 s4ORO $6.00 WORKSHOP, PLANNING A Warehouse [38 Water St. BLE SUICIDE OF GREG- (uni) (fatty tuna) SHORT FILM: Adults and at Dock Street in DUMBO, history.org. ORY CHURCH”: 8 pm. See MEMORIAL, BELLA AKHM- teens sit in on an actual pre- (718) 254-8779], www. Thursday, Jan. 6. production session. $6 (per stannswarehouse.org. ADULINA: Recollections MUSIC, BUKE AND GASS: from family members, session). 6–9 pm. ShopTalk $7. 8 pm. Silent Barn (915 Art Gallery [35 Lafayette fellow poets and video FRI, JAN. 7 Wyckoff Ave. near Hancock footage of the prolifi c poet Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Street in Bushwick), www. Greene, (718) 935-0490]. who died on Nov. 29. Free. MUSIC, “KARAOKE KILLED bukeandgass.com. 3 pm. Brooklyn Public Mitoushi Sushi MUSIC, ROOTS AND THE CAT 2011”: 12 am. RUCKUS: Folk, old-time and Library’s Central branch See Saturday, Jan. 1. OTHER [Flatbush Avenue at East- blues music. 9 pm. Jalopy THEATER, “JOHN GABRIEL TREE RECYCLING: Recycle ern Parkway in Grand Army *!0!.%3%2%34!52!.4 [315 Columbia St. between BORKMAN”: The Abbey your holiday tree at Mulch- Plaza in Park Slope, (718) Hamilton Avenue and Theatre’s updated version fest and have a cup of hot 230-2100]. Woodhull Street in Colum- of Henrik Ibsen’s classic. chocolate, some cookies READING, PATTON OS- bia Street Waterfront, (718) $25–$35. 7:30 pm. BAM and spicy cinnamon tea all 395-3214], www.jalopy.biz. 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My mother opined, many lose weight, be a better father lion times.” She’s This same daughter got years ago, that I’m secretive or increase my happiness next Dad labeled “indecisive” many and refuse to express an opin- WE DO FENCING BIRTHDAYS! right; I have. I year. The obstacles between just can’t see her By Scott Sager years ago, a quality cemented ion to her. I was a teenager Parties up to 20 kids me and my personal upgrade as old enough to into our family lore due to so, of course, she was right. Now, I get frustrated speak- are formidable, things like actually do it. “lellow” clothes. an unfortunate incident at ing with her because she’s chocolate chip cookies, and I make it hard for my chil- She’s 13 now, and “lellow” a candy store in Saratoga BROOKLYN 62 Fourth St (corner of Hoyt) never been able to see me how far away the gym seems dren to grow and evolve into is not her favorite color any- Springs. She’s stuck in my (718) 522-5822 differently. One evening, my FENCING CENTER on a cold morning. their next phase of being. I more — but you wouldn’t mind at that moment, unable www.BrooklynFencing.com family was in the kitchen and I certainly think my kids resist their mutations. They know that from me, her to chose between fudge and would benefit from some ice cream, dissolving in tears the phone rang. When I hung become stuck in my head a mother and her grandmoth- up, my wife asked who called. well-thought-out resolutions certain way and I’m unable ers. We still look at her as if under the pressure of picking, (keeping their rooms clean, finally being dragged, empty Both my daughters immedi- to see the evidence of their nothing has changed, in spite ately said it was Grandma getting to bed on time, doing transforming identities. of the evidence: she is now handed, to the car. their homework neatly come Since that day she has and they could tell because My younger daughter taller than five feet and able to I don’t talk to anyone else to my mind). But as teenag- loved the color yellow when pronounce that color just fine, made thousands of deci- ers, they’re changing all the sions, but any time she hes- the same way. At 48, I feel she was 3-years-old, maybe thank you very much. We still like a teenager whenever I time, in spite of me and the titates, I think, “See, she still longer. Everything yellow — give her yellow clothes and talk to my mother. other adults around them. stuffed animals, food, paints. bring her yellow toys. I can can’t handle making choices.” For my teenagers, today On Christmas, we were in I found this wonderful and be alone in the house, say- And I know, years from now, is one moment in their lives. the kitchen creating home- endearing. She called it “lel- ing “lellow” to the dog and, I will introduce her to my My New Years resolution is DAY SCHOOL, INC. made pizzas. I went to take low,” which was so cute and magically, it’s as if that lit- chums in the nursing home to let them keep changing and the knife from one of my kids, made us all ask her if she tle girl is in the room with as my indecisive child and growing and not to freeze A fully licensed and certified preschool but she looked at me and said, wanted “lellow” candy or me again. begin to tell them this story them at a point in time for- ever, even if I say “lellow” 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, once in a while. Licensed teachers afternoons or full days It still makes me smile. 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