BROOKLYN Your Neighborhood – Your News Now Including Park Slope Courier, Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier & Williamsburg Courier Aug. 8–14, 2014 SERVING GOWANUS, PARK SLOPE, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, DUMBO, METROTECH, BOERUM HILL, CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, RED HOOK, WILLIAMSBURG & GREENPOINT K_\Xk\i :fd\Xe[ K_\YfifËj `ek_\ m`j`klj lck`dXk\ ifle[ fec`e\Xk ZcXjj`]`\[ J\\)+J\m\e 9iffbcpe;X`cp%Zfd j\Zk`fe A’Yard s given a BRAKE FAST new name BY NOAH HUROWITZ Flatbush Ave. Atlantic Yards, meet Pacifi c Park. The developers of the 16-tower speed limit to mega-development at Flatbush and Atlantic avenues have changed its name to “Pacifi c Park,” For- est City Ratner announced to the drop to 25 real estate website Curbed on Monday . The BY NOAH HUROWITZ name change Flatbush Avenue is getting the shifts the proj- go-slow treatment this fall. ect’s market- The Department of Transpor- ing focus from tation is lowering the speed limit the Long Island from 30 to 25 miles per hour along Rail Road train the second-longest Brooklyn road, yard along At- as well as two other borough thor- lantic Avenue, oughfares, as part of the city’s SO GREEN: This over which part Vision Zero push to reduce traf- rendering shows of it is supposed fi c deaths to zero by 2024. Road- the proposed de- to be built, to safety activists said that making the park it is busy, wide roads so-called “slow sign for 535 Carl- supposed to con- zones” is a crucial step towards ton Ave. Cookfox tain along a de- saving lives. mapped block “What’s really important about of Pacifi c Street between Carlton this program is that arterial roads and Vanderbilt avenues. are where roughly 60 percent of fa- The news came packaged talities are happening,” said Car- with new details about two of the oline Samponaro, a spokeswoman buildings that make up the de- for the car-critic group Transpor- velopment, which is being built tation Alternatives. “You have to by Forest City with the Chinese- tackle the streets that are causing government-owned developer the greatest harm.” Greenland, a majority partner in Check out this beefcake The slowdown will affect 7.8 the project. Construction is sched- miles of Flatbush Avenue and uled to begin in December on an We mean the burger, of course. Firefi ghter Mike Biserta of the Engine 279 in Red Hook, who shows off his love Flatbush Avenue Extension, from 18-story tower at 535 Carlton Ave. of the Mets on his biceps, plates a beef patty he grilled up during the fi refi ghter cook-off on July 30. For more the Manhattan Bridge to Marine between Dean and Pacifi c streets, mouth-watering action, see page 2. Photo by Stefano Giovannini Park, though the speed limit will Continued on page 17 Continued on page 19 A CNG Publication Vol. 33 No. 32 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM 2 INSIDE NNN%)+J<M<E9IFFBCPE%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D<KIFK<:?:<EK<IEFIK?('K?=CFFI9IFFBCPE#EP(()'( Theater . 8–14, 2014. 8–14, UG in the FDNY’S GOT CHOPS , A round IFE L Fairway fi refi ghter cook-off takes Courier reporter’s breath away OURIER C Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em: Anthony Apruzzese, co-organizer of the “Free Pizza” Pizza Show, prepares with a slice. Photo by Stefano Giovannini BY NOAH HUROWITZ Comedians pen pizza-themed plays Firefi ghter chefs went By Vanessa Ogle “Pizza has always been popular, but it is in plain cheese slices. Anna Drezen, and Conner O’Malley, alongside his event might sound cheesy, but the vogue to say how much you love pizza right Another play was all about dough — the slices from Carmine’s Pizzeria on Graham crowd eats it up! now,” said Anthony Apruzzese, who likes his green kind. Avenue. Sharp promised that his play will get T The “Free Pizza” Pizza Show is a pies with pepperoni and sausage. “There were two women playing rats eating saucy — literally and figuratively. semi-regular night theater night at Legion bar The comedians have about three weeks to pizza,” said Firestone, who organizes a bunch “Mine is going to be based on the moment in Williamsburg, where audience members write the plays, which will be performed with- of other bar-based events around Brooklyn, in a porn film when the pizza man comes scarf down pizza while watching five short out scripts, and past performances have gotten including Punderdome 3000 and the Inner over,” said Sharp, who likes grandma slices. comedian-penned plays — all of which are pretty spicy. Beauty Pageant. “They had poisoned it for The “Free Pizza” Pizza Show at Legion head to head last Wednes- about pizza. One of the event’s organizers said “There was one that had a doll — like a doll each other, out of greed.” [790 Metropolitan Ave. at Humboldt Street in they are just giving the pizza-loving public made of pizza — that someone made love to,” The next show, on Aug. 8, will pie-light Williamsburg, (718) 387–3797, www.meatball- what it wants. said co-organizer Jo Firestone, who prefers the work of comedians including Josh Sharp, presents.tumblr.com]. Aug. 8 at 8 pm. Free day at the Fairway Fire- Your entertainment fi ghter Food Face-Off in Red guide Page 25 Hook, and your culinary DT correspondent was on the scene as a “celebrity” judge. Police Blotter ....................8 Sweating over the bar- becues were four teams Letters ...............................14 of smoke eaters from fi re- Standing O ......................24 houses in Brooklyn Heights Sports ...............................35 and Red Hook. Joining me at the judging table were Red Hook Star-Revue pub- lisher George Fiala and two Fairway functionaries — look, the supermarket’s publicity people called us celebrities, not me. Not be- ing one to ever miss an ap- peal to my ego or an offer of free food, they had me at “barbecue.” HOW TO REACH US The three courses of Mail: burgers, chicken, and ribs Courier Life came on plates tagged just with numbers to obscure Publications, Inc., their teams of origin. At 1 Metrotech Center North high noon — well, a little af- 10th Floor, Brooklyn, ter — the burgers came out N.Y. 11201 and the gluttony got going GET IT WHILE IT’S HOT: (Clockwise from above) A fi refi ghter with General Phone: whole hog. Red Hook’s Engine 279 throws some chicken on the grill. The boys The competition, as of Brooklyn Heights’ Hicks Street Engine 224 celebrate their win. (718) 260-2500 you might imagine, was Food-critic-in-training Noah Hurowitz chows down on a cheese- News Fax: heated, but the crown jewel burger in the fi rst round of the competition. came early in the form of (718) 260-2592 Photos by Stefano Giovannini News E-Mail: a hamburger topped with [email protected] cheese and bits of per- fectly seasoned steak. That bit of a blur, but the same Once more Team Two blew out to be the tongs behind from Borough President Ad- Display Ad Phone: might sound like more crew who made my favor- me away, this time with a Team Two and they cleaned ams. “See you next year!” (718) 260-8302 than enough artery-coat- ite burger were also behind rack of ribs tenderer than a up, winning all three cat- The victors took home a Display Ad E-Mail: ing punch packed into one the best chicken dish, strips Conor Oberst album. egories. The Heights grill $500 grocery gift card and [email protected] sandwich, but the mouth- of grilled breast in a small The organizers tallied gurus took home top prize named the group Friends of Display Ad Fax: watering package concealed fl our tortilla. Team Two, the judges’ marks, but I had last year, too , and immedi- Firefi ghters to get a portion an even more decadent sur- those mad geniuses, had no doubts: Team Two was ately upon hearing of their of an Aug. 20 fund-raiser. (718) 260-2579 prise, as I learned when I taken the lead, in my mind in it to win it. The identity latest win they vowed to Me, I got extremely full and Classified Phone: bit into the beef patty and at least. of that team was another make next year’s contest a ever-so slightly more fa- (718) 260-2555 out gushed melted cheese. I Before the ribs came story, so the suspense was three-peat. mous. Classified Fax: couldn’t eat the whole thing I wasn’t sure if I could go as thick as barbecue smoke “We needed everybody To the publicity people (718) 260-2549 — I needed to save room on, but when those glis- as we waited for the teams to get this done, and col- reading this, I certainly — but I could easily have tening slabs of meat ap- to be unveiled and the win- lectively we did a great wouldn’t mind getting in- Classified E-Mail: demolished that burger in peared before me, I found ner announced. job,” said a triumphant Rob vited back next year. I [email protected] minutes. the fortitude, and room in The boys of the Brooklyn Scally, as he and his compa- should have that burger The chicken round is a my tummy, to continue. 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