94 Years Old & Homeless

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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/16 pages • Vol. 30, No. 2 • Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO 94 YEARS OLD & HOMELESS Says he’ll sleep in his Buick before he leaves C’Gardens

EET DOMINICK DIOMEDE. HE’S 94 years old. He’s lived in Carroll Gardens THE BROOKLYN Mfor almost every day of his life. He’s sharp as a tack, pays his rent on time, does free By Gersh electrical work for anyone who asks, and is the Kuntzman cleanest person this side of Tony Randall. ANGLE And next week, he’ll be homeless. Eliot Widaen, who became Diomede’s lawyer Happy New Year, Dom. thanks to a program by the city Department for The story of how Dominick Diomede will up the Aging that hooks up seniors with pro-bono without a roof over his head is more than a tale of lawyers and social workers. “He doesn’t have a an old man whose landlord wants him out so he lease. The court gave him six months [to leave], can get more rent, but a larger story about what and that’s the max.” happens when a city chews up and spits out one DFTA has been searching for an apartment for of its own. Certainly, though, it starts with a landlord-ten- Diomede, but it doesn’t control any housing units ant dispute. of its own, and even the city Housing Authority Diomede, you see, pays just $500 a month for doesn’t give seniors priority (until they’re actually his floor-through apartment on Woodhull Street. on the street, that is — which is the very scenario the Department for the Aging is trying to avoid). / Julie Rosenberg His downstairs neighbors? They came much later, so they pay $2,500. So that’s it then? A 94-year-old guy who was Unlike them, though, Diomede doesn’t have a best friends with the man whose grandkids are lease. He never needed one; his best friend Char- evicting him will be out on the street simply be- lie owned the building, and back in the old days, cause people nowadays can’t wait for an old man to die before they cash in on the gentrification that / Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn a handshake and an on-time rent check were the only contract anyone needed. guys like Diomede helped set into motion. But Charlie is long gone and now his grand- “It’s all about the money,” Diomede told me. kids want Diomede out. They served him with an “I’ve known this family since 1920. I did all their Lazy days of winter eviction notice on Jan. 5 and he’ll be forced to electrical work. I shoveled. I mowed the garden.” A sun-loving tyke enjoys the spring-like weather last week at Coney Island, just a move on Jan. 22. (Neither the landlord, nor his The other day, I sat rapt as Diomede told the Paper The Brooklyn few feet from where the Polar Bear Club, which would normally be swimming, held lawyer, could be reached for comment.) story of his life. Born in 1912 — “At 32 Luquer Dominick Diomede, 94, has lived in Carroll Gardens for 90 a silent protest of global warming. See Brooklyn Briefs, page 6. “Dom’s legal battle is hopeless, really,” said See DOMINICK on page 13 years, but has been evicted from his apartment of 20 years. Thumbs up! Fonzie’s back BAM honors MLK By Adam Rathe to return Cyclones to glory The Brooklyn Paper Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Rutha Harris had a song. By Moses Jefferson a team that hasn’t guzzled champagne since his “That was a day I shall never forget,” said Harris, 66, re- The Brooklyn Paper 2001 Cyclones went all the way in the franchise’s calling performing with her group, the Freedom Singers, just The only manager to lead the Brooklyn inaugural season. before King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Aug. Cyclones to a New York-Penn League cham- “We are extremely excited to have Fonzie back in 28, 1963, March on Washington. Brooklyn,” Cyclones’ General Manager, Steve Co- Now, 43 years later, Harris, who is still active in the civil pionship is back for another tenure as skipper. hen said in the understatement of the year. “He is a rights movement, will perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Edgar Alfonzo will try to bring the magic back to proven winner.” Music’s 21st annual ”Come Share the Dream” tribute to King Last year’s manager, George Greer, presided over on Monday, Jan. 15, at 10:30 am. The event is free. a topsy-turvy, 41-33 season that began with seven Harris, who now lives in Georgia, has resurrected her old ER-OMET straight losses, peaked as the team reached first group — rechristened the Albany Civil Rights Museum Free- RE ER place midway through the campaign, ended with a dom Singers — which still performs every other week at her G | | | | | | | | | | mad dash for the last wild-card berth and crashed local museum to the civil rights movement. | | | | | “We tell the story of the movement through song,” said | | | | dismally with a first-round playoff sweep by the | | | | hated Staten Island Yankees. Harris, explaining why she re-formed the group. “Young peo- | | | Like all prior managers before him — an A-list ple today don’t know anything about the civil rights move- of Mets legends that includes Howard Johnson, Tim / Gary Thomas ment. The songs are a part of history [that] needs to be told.” Teufel and Mookie Wilson — Greer was not invited For Harris’s appearance, her first at BAM, she plans to belt SAFE!OUT! out movement classics, including “I’m Gonna Sit at the Wel- SAFE! back to Keyspan Park. come Table” and “We Shall Overcome.” Under Alfonzo, whose brother, Edgardo, was a Joining Harris at the event will be Will Power, the hip-hop beloved member of the 2000 National League theater innovator whose one-man show, “Flow,” won a best

See FONZIE on page 13 Paper file The Brooklyn theater performance award at the 2004 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. His recent modern adaptation of the ancient Rutha Harris sang at the March on Wash- GREER REPORT: During Manager George Greer’s topsy-turvy 2006 campaign with the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Brooklyn Paper’s patented Greek drama Seven Against Thebes, titled The Seven, won ington and she’ll perform Monday at the “Greer-ometer” (left) swung like a pendulum. But because virtually no minor-league manager gets fired in the middle of season, both ends three Lucille Lortel Awards in 2006. Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual Mar- of the device read, “Safe.” Now, with the hiring of former skipper Edgar Alfonzo (right), the “Greer-ometer” makes its final appearance. See BAM MLK on page 13 tin Luther King Jr. tribute. ‘Lonely’ tourists heading for Brooklyn Kings fit for the masses For us, Greenpoint’s Franklin Street is the By Gersh Kuntzman included the Alaska Highway, world-class place to visit,” said The Brooklyn Paper Antarctica (hot, no doubt, due to Borough President Markowitz. global warming), Finland (the So what’s so hot about Brooklyn? boro’s new hot spot Oy vey, here come the whole country, even the fish pro- tourists. For one thing, Lonely Planet cessing plants), Somaliland (a cor- seems obsessed with Coney Island, The editors of the Lonely Planet By Adam Rathe ner of war-torn Soma- which is mentioned seven times in The Brooklyn Paper travel guide — who have lia), Turkmenistan (now the two-page spread. Under the been telling back- that dictator Turkmen- heading “Life-changing experi- The editors of the Lonely Planet guidebooks named packers where to bashi is dead) and New Brooklyn one of the top-30 travel destinations for 2007 go for decades — ences,” for example, the book rec- Orleans (a sentimental ommends “passing out on the BDF — and to think, they did it without even mentioning are now telling the choice?). Greenpoint. world that the train after a big night out, then Naturally, the bor- waking on Coney Island to see the Indeed, a neighborhood best known for Polish food and a hottest destination ough’s biggest booster sun rise over the Atlantic.” massive waterfront fire last May is quickly emerging as the in New York is was cheering Brook- Sounds like fun for the whole hottest area of our already-hot borough. Not too far from the Brooklyn. lyn’s latest accolade, been-there, done-that streets of Williamsburg, trails are being The borough was which follows last family! “Europeans love Coney Island,” blazed as formerly industrial strips come alive with bars, one of 30 cities, year’s spread in the restaurants and shops owned and frequented by the area’s highways, islands, re- explained Ginger Adams Otis, who Ho / Dennis W. tony Conde Nast influx of young, imaginative residents. gions, countries and writes Lonely Planet’s New York Traveler. The intersection of Greenpoint Avenue and Franklin even river basins on City guide. “I commend Street has become the epicenter of the neighbor- Lonely Planet’s just- “Believe it or not, they love the Lonely Planet for rec- hood’s dining and nightlife scene, helping to fur- released list of must- ognizing what Brooklynites have hot dog-eating contest. I’m not sure ther the revival that has put this warehouse- see places in 2007. always known: our borough is not it’s our strongest cultural offering, Paper The Brooklyn Brooklyn was third on the list just the best place to live, work, but that’s how they know Coney Is- Let them eat: Liza Queen, chef-owner of Queen’s Hideaway in Green- heavy neighborhood on the real-estate radar. (OK, so it was alphabetical), which and raise a family — it’s also a See LONELY on page 13 point, dishes up different Southern accented meals daily. See GREENPOINT on page 10 GE 7 BEGINSPA ON 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 13, 2007 DIAVOLO Jacques Heim, Artistic Director Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Hailed by the L.A. Times as “the dance bridge to the 21st century,” the dancers, WHERE TO actors, and gymnasts of Diavolo present highly physical choreography that EDITORS’ PICKS creates an almost cinematic experience. SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY January 13 January 14 January 16 January 17 January 18

Walt Whitman Theatre, one block from the Footwork Mo’ problems junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues. on film With 22 essays exploring how money, or a lack

With experimental shorts, Mango / Greg thereof, affects life, live performances and a “Money Changes Every- post-screening discussion thing” looks inside your all before a 9 pm wrap

wallet and mind. Editors Chris Fangol party, the “2007 Dance Jenny Offill and Elissa on Camera Festival” will Schappell read selections. Blood red keep ballet buffs on their Papers file The Brooklyn toes all night. 7:30 pm. Park Slope Barnes & zinger Re-play Dance dish Noble (267 Seventh Ave. at 6:30 pm. Galapagos (70 N. Sixth Sixth Street in Park Slope). World music-inspired The Gallery Players Fort Greene-based chore- St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- Free. Call (718) 832-9066 for Vampire Suit, which present the first revival ographer and founder of burg). $10. Call (718) 384-4586 more information. includes members on 2006-2007 SEASON of Terrence McNally’s or visit www.galapagosart- the eponymous dance guitar, violin, reeds and (above) 2005 show space.com for more information. troupe, Mark Morris talks percussion, hits the Tea “Dedication or The with critic and author Lounge for two sets. Stuff of Dreams,” a hit Robert Greskovic at the Their jazz, blues and for the award-winning Brooklyn Public Library rock hybrid makes a LILA ACHESON writer during its Off- about his 25 years of work Program support provided by: WALLACE THEATER good match with FUND Broadway run. in dance, music and opera. Moroccan mint. 8 pm. The Gallery Players 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, Tickets and info: (199 14th St. at Fourth Central branch (second floor 9 pm. Tea Lounge (837 Union Avenue in Park Slope). $18. meeting room, Grand Army St. at Seventh Avenue in Park www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org (718) 951-4500 Call (212) 352-3101 or visit Plaza in Prospect Heights). Free. Slope). $5 suggested dona- www.galleryplayers.com for Call (718) 230-2100 or visit tion. Call (718) 789-2762 or more information. www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org visit www.tealoungeny.com for more information. for more information. Got Lighting? Leigh Evans We’re New York’s largest lighting store! NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay

Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. SAT, JAN 13 (718) 694-1600. MOVEMENT CLASS: Brooklyn Public Library’s OUTDOORS AND TOURS Central branch hosts a dance class with MULCHFEST: Bring your holiday tree without members of the Mark Morris Dance Group. decorations to Green-Wood Cemetery and Live music accompaniment. 4 pm. Grand turn it into mulch. 10 am to 2 pm. Fifth Aven- Army Plaza, second floor meeting room. ue and 25th Street. (718) 768-7300. Free. (718) 230-2100. Free. ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. $5, $3 OTHER seniors and children. $5.50 skate rental. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. YOUNG FILMMAKERS SALON: Long Island Prospect Park, access through the Park- University hosts a conference: “How to Get side/Ocean avenues entrance or the Lincoln Started in a Career in Film.” Conference offers Road/Ocean Avenue entrance. (718) 287-5252. a special screening of the film “Inside Man,” The Victoria Collection directed by Spike Lee. Workshops offered on FORT GREENE PARK: Join the Urban Park editing, screenwriting, art and set construction, High Rangers to learn about the key players who hair and makeup and wardrobe. $25. 10 am to Rating in brought forth the evolution of Fort Greene 7 pm. Spike Lee Screening Room, DeKalb and Paris Modern Park and the Prison Ship Martyr Monument. 1 Flatbush avenues. (718) 935-0490. Zagat 2005 pm. Meet at the Fort Greene Visitor Center, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Guest speakers NYC Shopping near the Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park Guide explore African-Americans’ experiences with entrance. (718) 421-2021. Free. urban environmental causes, featuring per- WALKING TOUR: Join the Urban Park Rangers formances by Drummers’ Grove musicians. for a tour exploring Prospect Park’s Winter Noon to 4 pm. Prospect Park, Audubon Wonderland. Discover wildlife and how it sur- Center at the Boathouse. Enter at Lincoln vives during the coldest part of the year. 1 Road and Ocean Avenue entrance. Check pm. Meet at Wollman Rink, Prospect Park, www.prospectpark.org. (718) 287-3400. Free. access through the Parkside/Ocean avenues LAYOUTS AND LIFESTYLES: NYC College of entrance or the Lincoln Road/Ocean Avenue Technology hosts a talk “Anatomy of a entrance. (718) 965-8951. Free. Brownstone.” Meet craftspeople who can WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a tour repair your home’s problems. 1 pm to 5 pm. of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn 300 Jay St. (718) 552-1170. Free. Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, YOGA WORKSHOP: “Queens, Kings and 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. Stirling Court Normandie Court Teens” at Yin Yang Yoga. Adults and teens PERFORMANCE invited. 1 pm to 2:30 pm. 748 Myrtle Ave. (718) 875-2648. Free. floor lamps • table lamps • lampshades BANJO MUSIC: Brooklyn Public Library’s Brook- lyn Heights branch presents music with The ARTS FORUM: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch hosts “Mysteries of the Creative Pro- repairs • ceiling fans • low voltage lighting Banjo Rascals. 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. 280 cess,” with composer Phil Kline, visual artist Cadman Plaza West. (718) 623-7100. Free. John Himmelfarb, and photographer Lourdes MIRRORS • TABLES • DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES BARGEMUSIC: All-Beethoven chamber music. Steven Schreiber Delgado. 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza, second $45. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Ful- GET MOVING: Creative Outlet Dance Theater performs “Remembering, floor meeting room. (718) 230-2100. Free. ton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. EXHIBIT: Gallery on Dean presents “Solo Flight,” GALLERY PLAYERS: “Dedication or The Stuff of Lest We Forget,” modern dance with spiritual and innovative style, Jan. exhibit by Ed Rosko. 4 pm to 7 pm. Refresh- Dreams,” by Terrence McNally. $18, $14 chil- 19-21 at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater in Downtown Brooklyn. ments. 755 Dean St. (718) 852-9232. Free. dren and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. between Fourth and Fifth avenues. (212) 352-3101. FIRST WEEKEND SERIES: Brooklyn Arts Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” For ages 4 inside Prospect Park’s Willink entrance at SUN, JAN 14 Exchange presents performance and discus- to 7. 11 am to 2 pm. $8 adults, free for the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Everything in lighting… Discounted! sions. Dance artist-in-residence Faye Driscoll performs with Barbara Mahler and Amber kids ages 12 and younger and members. Empire Boulevard. (718) 789-2822. Free. OUTDOORS AND TOURS 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. EXHIBIT: Brooklyn Artists Gym presents a gal- 1073 39th Street (718) 436-2207 Sloan. $15, $10 members. 8 pm. Brooklyn ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. $5, Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. FLICKS FOR TOTS: Brooklyn Children’s lery show from its Kids Art Program. 3 pm to (CORNER FT. HAMILTON PKWY) $3 seniors and children. $5.50 skate rental. MUSIC FOR PIANO: New Music Collective per- Museum presents animated films. Ages 5 5 pm. 168 Seventh St. (718) 858-9069. Free. and younger. 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. $4 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm. Prospect Mon. & Tues. 9-5:30; Wed. CLOSED; Thurs. 9-8; Fri. 9-5:30; Sat. & Sun. 10-5 forms. $15, $10 students and seniors. 8 pm. NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: presents “Snowed Park, access through the Parkside/Ocean Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, 58 adults, free for members. 145 Brooklyn In: The Great Blizzard of 1888.” Kids are – FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED FOR OVER 30 YEARS – avenues entrance or the Lincoln Road/Ocean Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Ave. (718) 735-4400. invited to hear stories about one of the Avenue entrance. (718) 287-5252. LEFFERTS HOUSE: In honor of Martin Luther city’s largest snowstorms, and its effects CHILDREN King, Jr. Weekend, Lefferts Historic House on travelers and transportation. Make and PERFORMANCE ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum hosts “Arty hosts a reading from the book “Sweet Clara take home a wintry city scene in a “snow MUSIC: Rhapsody Players present “Brooklyn, A Facts.” Explore the galleries, enjoy a family and the Freedom Quilt.” Also, quilting globe.” $5, $3 children ages 3 to 17 and Bridge to Music,” a musical journey through activity and create art based on “Head, workshop. 1 pm to 3 pm. Children’s Corner, senior citizens. Call for time. Corner of the history of composers and songwriters who were born in Brooklyn. Works by Carol King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Manilow, Comden and Green and many others. 3 pm. St. Pa- Community Board 2 land-use committee. trick’s Auditorium, 97th Street and Fourth Polytechnic University’s Dibner Library (5 Avenue. Call for ticket info. (718) 496-2030. CIVIC CALENDAR MetroTech Center, Tech Place bet. Jay CONCERT: “Music at St. Jacobi Concert Series” Street and Flatbush Avenue). Call (718) 596- presents The Central Baptist Church Gospel SATURDAY, JAN 13 Avenue), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 636-6511 for 5410 for information. Choir. The Rev. Bobby Lewis leads. 4 pm. 5406 Develop Don’t Destroy fundraiser. On the information. Fourth Ave. (718) 439-8978. Free. agenda: raising money for the legal fight 68th Precinct Community Council. Monthly THURSDAY, JAN 18 GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Dance Films Asso- against Atlantic Yards. 409 Park Pl. (between meeting. 68th Precinct stationhouse, 333 Community Board 6 transportation com- ciation’s 35th annual Dance on Camera Fes- Underhill and Washington avenues), 8 pm. Call 65th St. (at Third Avenue), 7:30 pm. Call mittee. On the agenda: The rehab of the tival. $10. 7 pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 384-4586. (718) 636-9089 for information. (718) 439-4229 for information. Third Avenue Bridge over the Gowanus GALLERY PLAYERS: “Dedication, or The Stuff Canal. Al-Madinah School, 383 Third Ave. of Dreams.” 3 pm. See Sat., Jan. 13. Pedestrian safety speak out. Community TUESDAY, JAN 16 (bet. Third and Sixth streets), 6:30 pm. Call BARGEMUSIC: All Beethoven. 4 pm. See Sat., Board 7 (4201 Fourth Ave. at 43rd Street), 6:30 (718) 643-3027 for information. Jan. 13. 84th Precinct Community Council. Monthly pm. Call (718) 854-0003 for more information. meeting. On the agenda: “Cop of the Year” District 15 Community Education Council. CHILDREN ceremonies. St. Francis College (180 WEDNESDAY, JAN 17 Monthly Meeting. On the agenda: school FAMILY SCIENCE WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Remsen St. at Clinton Street), 7 pm. Call Community Education Council District 20- grants, city and state funding, and info on Children’s Museum presents “Let It Snow!” (718) 875-6850 for information. Region 7. Monthly meeting. PS 69 auditori- tax-free status for your PTA. P.S. 29, 425 Kids are invited to learn how animals survive in 88th Precinct Community Council. Monthly um (6302 Ninth Ave. at 63rd Street), 7 pm. Henry St. (bet. Kane and Baltic streets), 7 the winter. $4, free for members. 3 pm to 5 meeting. 300 Vanderbilt Ave. (at Lafayette Call (718) 759-3921 for information. pm. Call (718) 935-4267 for information. pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: 1 pm. See Sat, Jan 13. To submit a civic calendar listing, please e-mail [email protected]. See 9 DAYS on page 11

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Over 35 If there were anything else to sell, it would’ve been pawned WE SHIP Years Exp. months ago. The windows need repair, the retaining wall in the back needs to be fixed. And the congregation remains as needy PUPPIES & KITTENS! as ever. It’s war over 16th Street condo The churchyard has to go. Best Health • Home Bred • Temperments We all read about recidivism rates in our city, yet when Liz By Ariella Cohen FREE Kittens Alexander tries to make a difference, all she gets is scorn from w/ Supplies What’s happening on 16th Street? The Brooklyn Paper 5 STAR her neighbors. Her congregants may not all come from the It depends on whether you ask streets of the Slope, but they are our neighbors nonetheless. 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Would you uproot mate grudge match between the some daffodils to help get a child a warm coat? these people should put up some builder of a four-story, luxury It is all well and good to say that we want to help the needi- chain link. —Ariella Cohen condo and the couple next door, est, and it’s guilt reducing to send a check to the Red Cross or who charge that their home was A-Z Dental, PC put a dollar in the Salvation Army jug, so how come we think damaged during the condo’s differently when the needy are in our neighborhood? THEY SAID... HE SAID... construction. Family THE KITCHEN SINK The pair, Mimi Chung and Hey, Joe Torre, your doppelganger is running around Park Workers trespassed onto our roof and A court settlement gave us Christopher Grimaldi, wants Dentistry Slope. The other day, he was at Dizzy’s, where he denied being used it as a storage shed. the right to work there. the developer to pay for thou- the Yankee skipper. “But I wish I had his job,” he said. … Ran sands of dollars in repairs and Gentle, Painless Touch into Councilman Bill DeBlasio at the Tea Lounge the other A hole was dug under our foundation, letting That problem is fixed. has waged a PR war that they • FREE Examination and Consultation day and overheard him explaining to the barista why Shelly Sil- say won’t stop until they get the ver didn’t step in and block Atlantic Yards. DeBlasio’s take? It’s rainwater seep in. The repair was done shoddily. fix-up funds. with any dental work all about power — and how Silver chooses to use it … Good “We want people to be • Insurance and Medicaid plans accepted news for all Windsor Terrace bookworms: Babbo’s Books, at A 12-foot gash was torn in our home and No comment. aware of the kind of builder 242 Prospect Park West, opened this fall. With its selection of replaced with siding of the wrong color. that they are dealing with,” said • Ultimate 4-step sterilization new and used fiction, children’s books and books with political Chung, describing disputes focus, you will no longer have to go to Seventh Avenue to get Sellamage promised to power-wash No comment. ranging from a lawsuit filed by • Comprehensive Care, including that new book on Che Guevara. … Even the raptors are leaving our property yet never did. the developer when the couple teeth whitening, bad breath, etc. Manhattan! Arthur and Guinevere, a pair of American refused to let workers use their kestrels (the smallest type of falcon), now call Brooklyn home. Sellamage spilled concrete all over our shutters No comment. backyard as a staging area, to They have a new “condo” with a floor to ceiling glass observa- expletive-laden emails ex- EXAMINATION, NECESSARY and we had to replace them ourselves. $ tion window, but theirs was not designed by Richard Meier. changed after workers tore a X-RAYS AND TEETH CLEANING Watch them dive for dinner at Prospect Park Zoo’s Discov- 12-foot gash in their two-story 55 ery Center. … Is Park Slope a great neighborhood or what? On 55 with this ad home — and then covered it a recent Saturday night, we caught guitar legend Danny Kalb with the wrong color siding. — for free! — playing everything from Lead Belly to a song Chung and Grimaldi have from “the Sound of Music” in the backroom at Barbes. 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Only two of their Adistraught Kensington Iraq, one was a Marine, and one was in the Army Reserve. … Taco, but when she came out, 24 complaints resulted in viola- family is facing a new year The Civic Council meeting was chock-full of political celebri- Bisou and her leash were gone. tions against the builder, Louis PERSEVERANCE without its old pal, Bisou, the 8- ties, with both old (Councilman Bill DiBlasio) and new (state “Someone stole her,” said Sellamage. TURNS DREAMS ) politicos coming in to say how much they year-old black lab-pit bull mix Sen. Eric Adams Block. “She couldn’t have got- Chung and Grimaldi have look forward to working with the council for the good of the INTO REALITY who was apparently stolen from ten [away] by herself.” also created a Web site, www. community. the corner of Church Avenue Block flagged down a cop, 229vs231.com, and are even Talk to us. 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So soon enough, the ledger books scribbled with notes about Fox / Tom Cup of Coffee fusty boilers and sugar orders that were late in 1982 will be gone. In due time, the signs will all be removed (one, near the exit, warned in the City” workers to be careful because “a fire could put us all out of work”). –– Fox 5 Good Day New York Sitt envisions six buildings with a fish restaurant, a hardware store and apartments at the peninsula-like site near where Ikea is building its first store in the city and the Civil-War-era ware- Paper The Brooklyn house that became Fairway last year. The Atlantic Basin in Red Hook, home to Brooklyn’s cruise ship terminal and a working container port, will become a Sitt sees families and wealthy singles colonizing what has be- maritime-themed tourist attraction, but won’t include a hotel, say city officials. come an icon of post-industrial Brooklyn and a seaside wonder- 309 Court Street • damicofoods.com • (718) 875-5403 land for squatters and neighborhood ne’r do wells. (One left a poem on one wall: “23 men sailed up from the Red Hook Sisco Bay/They were too busy watching those old flame bars sway”). Sitt, who is also developing the Coney Island Boardwalk, won’t City: No hotel on R’Hook shore GRAND say if he intends to save any of Revere’s existing structures. So, before WHO’S OPENING! he began taking them down, I took a last look inside the old refinery. By Ariella Cohen The request for proposals is- Fox declined to comment on clear that that they want to see a Despite the mess, one building in the enormous sugar-making The Brooklyn Paper sued this week asks developers whether he would remove the hotel elsewhere in the develop- complex is oddly pristine. The 12 x 12 wooden beams that line to submit schemes including a hotel from his scheme to fit the ment, which stretches along the YOUR the three-story warehouse farthest from the shore hasn’t been City officials dashed several marina and a boat repair center city’s vision. waterfront from Atlantic Avenue touched. New lumber shores a creaky stairwell. Workers have developer’s hopes this week by that can employ local residents, The Atlantic Basin develop- in Brooklyn Heights deep into tossed several Dumpsters worth of trash out the window of the declaring part of the Red Hook but not a hotel. ment is part a larger plan to Red Hook. 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And, indeed, I was. portion of the Red Hook Con- the area,” said Joshua Sirefman, dustry while adding new shops, withstand the new develop- Joe Sitt has big plans for reinventing some of its more sacred, tainer Port, has been a hot topic interim president of the city’s parkland, artist’s studios and ment. WE DELIVER • 718-522-5244 and faded, spaces. He considers himself a visionary. in the Hook since the city be- Economic Development Corpo- restaurants. The plan has not yet been ap- This lonely warehouse at the far end of a derelict sugar plant is gan planning for a flashy, tour- ration. City officials have made it proved by the City Council. the place to prove it by incorporating it into whatever Sitt builds. ist-friendly reinvention last year. Like the Girl Scouts once sang: Make new, but keep the old. An earlier, but non-binding, call for development schemes Looking for a THE KITCHEN SINK netted plenty of hotel visions, better mailbox? Great news! 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Another fan, Rebecca Holding, added that the official closure was Brooklyn Heights and Carroll Gardens The DeKalb Avenue boite had Memorable Funeral — are surging from their parents’ loins been promising for most of those “a shame.” into the once-hardscrabble neighborhood. two years to reopen, but que sera, “It had a great atmosphere,” she Ft. Greene can offer your loved one And, like a suburban guy who must apparently, sera. said. “I know a lot of people will be drive an SUV, these tots need their space. “Liquors is not re-opening,” the sad.” Enjoy the serenity of As a result, just the other day, property manager for the site told Meanwhile, the fate of owner L’Epicerie, a neighborhood grocery a comfortable chapel The Stoop (forgive us for not being Robin Lester Christian Dennery — who has store, refashioned its tofu-laden interior GREENE surprised — the place has been closed his other two eateries, Bode- located in the historical and widened its aisles to make more ACRES closed for two years!). gas on Fulton Street, and Lewis Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area. room for the little ones and their high- The manager declined to give and Ruby’s in Bedford-Stuyvesant priced wheels. Dana Rubinstein his name, but his cell number is — remains a mystery. Services customized to meet your needs. “They have every type of stroller,” posted on the defunct restaurant’s The circumstances are certainly said Jean-Battiste Caillet, owner of the Vanderbilt Avenue store. front door — for would-be renters. bizarre: Liquors had an “under Serving Fort Green-Clinton Hill “They have double strollers. There are a lot of those jogging And the iconic “Liquor Store” sign strollers, which are kind of big, with big tires. They have the renovation” sign posted for has been taken down. months, and Bodegas still has all for over 40 years four-wheel strollers — I call them ‘stroller Hummers.’ “The market will dictate what “I’ve lived here 12 years, and I’ve definitely seen a big of its furniture inside. will eventually go there,” he added, The rumors range from normal Robert F. 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Cranford rant on Vanderbilt, with its tot:grown-up ratio of 4:1. asked. “It could be a coffee shop, it But rest assured, neighborhood Andrew Simon, a still Baby-less magazine editor who has could be anything.” noshers, the banquet will go on. lived in the fast-gentrifying neighborhood since 2003, said that It could be anything that can pull The spot that once housed Lewis even Tillie’s on DeKalb Avenue, one of the few neighborhood in enough dough to afford the and Ruby’s already has a new tenant spots where once can sip a cup of joe and read the paper, has be- $4,000- to $6,000-a-month rent, Robin Lester — Petit Bassam — and rumor has it come lousy with children. that is. The old “Liquors” sign has been torn down at Liquors that the lentil shepherd’s pie is to die Massage Therapy for mind, body & spirit “I know one person who was in Tillie’s with her laptop on a The news, while long expected in Fort Greene. 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Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY (signed) Virginia O’Hanlon, 87th Street.” Yes, Virginia, there is a called “the PLO” stalking the (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 Santa Claus. He exists certainly as legendary community activist streets of Bay Ridge — or is “Bay Ridge is a safe com- Carmine Santa Maria exists. As usual, Santa Maria made his this a case of post-9-11 para- munity,” said Dean Rasinya, a rounds this holiday season, delighting kids (scaring some, he ad- noia? This photo of the alleged “PLO gang,” taken at a pro-Pales- 30-year law enforcement veter- an who was recently elected mitted) wherever he went. … State Sen. 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One of the defibrillators was seated on lyn. viewed it as a clear message to ports of new “PLO” graffiti on the table next to Eaton at the famous meeting last month when On Memorial Day last year, hide his flag. trees in Owls Head Park and Allen Bortnick demanded a written ballot instead of a voice vote. residents of Senator Street be- Police later charged a 12- fire hydrants around the neigh- Eaton got flushed, but the defibrillator was not ultimately needed. tween Sixth and Fifth avenues year-old described only as borhood. Brooklyn’s Best … A special Stoop welcome to James A. Sapala, M.D., con- awoke to see the letters “PLO” “male, 12-years-old, Arabic” That’s when the picture sur- sidered a pioneer in the field of bariatric surgery, who is the painted on a garage, four trees, with the Memorial Day graffiti faced showing a young teen newest addition to the Lutheran Medical Center surgical de- and a van. 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Police Officer man was dressed in all black, as she was walking along Clin- 11 pm when a man ran up Trudy Fung of the 84th Precinct but he couldn’t describe the ton Street, near Degraw Street, alongside her. Before she could arrested the 27-year-old man on clothing on the fourth man. shortly after 8 pm. He wrapped react, the mugger grabbed her assault charges. The wallet, worth $120 it- his left arm around her and held bag and bolted with the credit School rob self, held $150 and various ID the gun to her cheek with his cards, ID and $180 inside. cards. right hand They literally took the jacket “Don’t turn around,” the “Give me your purse,” he in- from his back. Nab Goldfinger thief sad, as he ran. She de- sisted. Two thieves stole a teenager’s Police arrested a 21-year-old But for some reason, the scribed him as a Hispanic man leather 8-ball jacket, jewelry, man after he allegedly tried to thief pushed the victim away dressed in a red hoodie. PlayStation and Metrocard as he slip a gold chain worth $9,500 THROUGH FEB 19 and dashed down the street be- Clubbed walked to school on Fourth Av- into his pocket in a Dekalb Av- fore she could respond. Still, his Parking is tough in Down- enue on Jan. 5, police said. enue jewelry store on Jan. 6. mugging spree wasn’t over yet. town Brooklyn. But is a spot The thugs rushed the boy The clerk, also 21, said the The gunman ran down De- worth clubbing someone for? near the corner of Dean Street, thief walked into the store, near graw Street and, as he neared Apparently, the answer was around 11 am. They forced the Bond Street, around 6:30 pm. He asked to look at a costly Court Street, grabbed another yes for one 25-year-old man victim up against a wall, gold chain, and the employee victim. He held the 28-year-old who attacked another driver stripped him of his clothing and handed him the necklace. woman tightly, jammed the gun with a pipe after the man re- valuables, and ran off along But once he held the jewelry into her side, and again de- fused to move his car quickly Fourth Avenue. The stolen in his hand, the temptation manded her purse. enough, police said. goods included the red leather But, once again, something jacket with a black 8-ball on the proved too much. The thief ' The argument, over a spot slipped the gold links into his Hmjuufs! !!spooked the thief. He pushed near Bergen Street, sparked back, worth nearly $300, silver pocket and tried to flee. He did- the victim away and bolted. A around 8:40 am. The assailant earrings and a silver chain, witness saw him jump into a worth $250 together, and a PSP n’t get far before Police Officer ordered the victim and his 22- Ismir Radoncic nabbed him on silver car and speed away. year-old passenger to move with a speaker, valued at $250. Police described the scaredy- Police are looking for two larceny charges and recovered their car immediately. the gold chain and pendant. cat mugger as a white Hispanic When the victim urged him black men. One is 5-foot-7 and man, 5-foot-6, in a black to chill out, the angry man lost 130 pounds, with short hair, !!!Eppn snorkel jacket. Neither of the his limited cool. He went into blue jeans and a blue snorkel victims was injured. his Fourth Avenue home around jacket, while the other is 6-foot- I’ll be your bridge 1 and 15- pounds, with a black Cleaned out the corner, and returned mo- from where you are to GERMAN PORTRAITS A burglar ransacked a First ments later with a metal pipe. jacket with fur trim, black jeans Place apartment and stole Swinging the weapon, he and a black skullcap. where you want to be FROM THE 1920s $1,675 in valuables on Jan. 5, slugged the victim several times Knife mug police said. in the face. The victim was left Police arrested one teen and The 42-year-old victim left his with serious cuts, bruises and are seeking two others after an OPEN LATE FRIDAY AND home, near Court Street, around bleeding. The thug then jumped armed mugging on State Street 2:30 pm. When he returned, in a 2004 Toyota sedan and on Jan. 5. SATURDAY EVENINGS around 8 pm, he couldn’t get in- sped away. The 28-year-old victim was side his own apartment. 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By Ariella Cohen lized tenants from five build- our best residents,” he said on neighborhoods, or paying the process harder. In the East eventually settled and moved The Brooklyn Papers ings in Park Slope and Brook- his campaign Web site. more to stay in the area, hous- Village, opposition forced a to cheaper parts of the bor- lyn Heights. Needless to say, the irony ing advocates say. developer to withdraw his ough. A growing mob of local of- Assemblywoman Joan Mill- hasn’t escaped the tenants “These ‘phony demolitions’ Farricker said the tenants in ficials is circling in on a liber- demolition request. He later man (D-Cobble Hill) and Coun- awaiting his company’s march- aren’t about modernizing the current dispute are being al Connecticut politician who agreed to renovate the rent-sta- cilman David Yassky (D-Brook- ing orders. structures [but] about getting dishonest. He reiterated his is trying to evict rent-stabi- bilized buildings with the ten- lyn Heights) are calling on the “He runs on affordable [rent-stabilized] people out so ants inside. promise that they would be al- state Division of Housing and housing and then tries to evict wealthier people can move in,” At the Candy Factory build- lowed to return to the building Community Renewal to block us,” said Barbara Callender, said Jenny Laurie, an advocate ing, tenants battled Penson, but when the work was completed. RELIGIOUS Frank Farricker from taking ad- who lives in one of the eight at the Metropolitan Council on Then the ex-candidate vantage of a state law that al- units at 188 State St. in Brook- Housing. blamed his could-be-evictees lows him to evict rent-stabilized lyn Heights, which would be Farricker says he only works for his 66-33 percent loss on SERVICES gutted and converted into a for the Penson Companies, tenants. Farricker file Election Day. “This is a renovation project five-unit building. which owns the five Brooklyn First A.M.E. Zion Church “It was a smear campaign ... [that will] evict tenants from “This is crazy.” brownstones, as well as the 54 MacDonough St. and [the Brooklyn tenants] got (bet. Tompkin & Marcy Ave.) current affordable housing in State law does allow build- Candy Factory building at 20 Frank Farricker, who is BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN order to transform the building ing owners to evict rent-stabi- Henry St., which is now being accused of trying to evict what they wanted,” he said. Sunday School 9:45 am into luxury housing,” Millman lized tenants and demolish and converted from a rent-stabilized rent-controlled tenants, But it is unclear whether the Morning Worship 11:00 am has buildings at these tenants will get what they say Wednesday Midweek said. modernize old buildings. 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LM30-18 midst of his state senate race for luxury condos and, in one paper when someone else was • 219 St. Johns Pl. “The current policy at Congregation — in which he pledged to be case, a boutique hotel. away,” he told The Brooklyn • 182 State St. DHCR favors Penson,” said Kol Israel an affordable housing advo- The law requires building Paper. • 186 State St. Sandhya Reju, a lawyer for cate, of all things. owners to relocate the rent-sta- Papers The Brooklyn At one time, such approvals • 188 State St. South Brooklyn Legal Services Located in Prospect Heights since 1924 “We can’t let the spiraling bilized tenants, but often, they Barbara Callender is about to be evicted by a man who were easy to get, but increas- • 100 Clark St. who is representing some of 603 St. Johns Place cost of housing cost us some of end up living in less-desirable ing political pressure has made the effected tenants. bet. 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Stainton tween 18 and 24-years-old. One The Brooklyn Paper had short, close-cut hair, a red POLICE BLOTTER jacket, blue jeans and black Talk about a desperate sneakers. Another had a red gamer. jacket and blue jeans. The third A thug with a gun threatened But after the carpet duo left, man was dressed in all black, to shoot a man leaving a mall Thwart mob mug but he couldn’t describe the A teenager suffered a blow to the victim discovered the fol- on Flatbush Avenue if he didn’t lowing items missing: two long clothing on the fourth man. turn over his PlayStation game the face and almost lost his iPod to a gang of five thieves who at- strands of Tiffany pearls, valued Flat fix heist on Jan. 1, police said. at $1,800 together; a Movado The thief followed the 27- tacked him near Fort Greene Asimple repair ended up Park on Jan. 6, police said. watch worth $3,000; and anoth- costing one Bronx woman far year-old victim out of the dis- er, less-expensive watch. count department store, which The posse rushed the 19- more than she anticipated. is in the mall near the corner of year-old victim as he walked Paint pilfered The 38-year-old victim left Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, along Dekalb Avenue, near Burglars removed three pal- her 1988 Mazda at a flat fix shop shortly after 4 pm. He stopped Washington Park — the eastern lets of paint supplies — valued on Cumberland Street, between the man, showed him what border of the park — around at over $11,000 — from a city Flushing and Park avenues, could have been a gun under 9:45 pm. One thug punched the storage site on Flushing Avenue around 1 pm on Dec. 31. When his jacket, and said he would teen in the face while another sometime in early December, she returned to fetch the gray shoot if the shopper didn’t give made a grab for the popular police said. sedan, at 8:30 am on Jan. 2, work- up his game. digital music device. Between noon on Nov. 30 ers told her it had been stolen. THROUGH FEB 19 But the fellow held onto his The effort failed and the and 8 am on Dec. 12, thieves Cell snatched PlayStation, and the gunman gang ran empty-handed down removed the goods from the Aman lost his cellphone to a ran off without firing. A securi- Cumberland Street. Police are warehouse, near Cumberland teenage thief who robbed him ty camera from the store shows looking for a black teenager, Street, rented by the Depart- outside a mall on Flatbush and the suspect clearly: he is a black around 17-years-old, 5-foot-9 ment of Environmental Protec- Atlantic avenues, on Jan. 7, po- and 160 pounds, dressed that man, in his mid-20s, 5-foot-1, tion. There was no sign of a lice said. day in a blue snorkel jacket. 200 pounds, dressed that day in break-in, and all employees The 37-year-old victim was The victim couldn’t describe a multi-colored coat, gray jeans were questioned and the site leaving a ground-level discount the other thieves in detail. and tan work boots. searched, but no one was turned department store, along with a Check swiped over to police for prosecution. 28-year-old friend, when the ‘Run it’ rob The stolen items included 25 ' A pair of gun-totting robbers Arequest for a light provid- teenager rushed up to them. The Hmjuufs! !! ed cover for two lowlifes who cans of paint and related goods, boy grabbed the Motorola Razr stole critical ID and jewelry several dozen cans of resin, and from a man on North Elliot picked the purse of an elderly and dashed away with it. lady in a Myrtle Avenue store more than 200 cans of a coating Place on Jan. 3, police said. material. The 42-year-old victim was on Jan. 3, police said. walking near Flushing Avenue The 77-year-old woman was Target cafe around 10:15 am when the pair paying for her purchases at Someone swiped electronics I’ll be your bridge of thugs approached. One pulled around 3 pm when the two men worth nearly $1,000 from a from where you are to !!!Eppn out a black gun and said, “You came in the store, which is at French restaurant on Myrtle Av- know what time it is. Run it.” Carlton Avenue. One fellow enue on Jan. 2, police said. where you want to be The second thief rifled his waited behind her in line as the The thieves broke in some- GERMAN PORTRAITS pockets, pulling out the victim’s other bumped into her and then time between 1 am and 3:30 wallet and grabbing his jewelry, asked for a light for his cigarette. pm. When a 39-year-old work- FROM THE 1920s and the pair fled along Park Av- It’s not clear if the victim er arrived that afternoon, he enue. The billfold held his dri- smoked, or if she offered them found the basement window ver’s license, several bank, a match, but the two men soon open and the metal bars outside OPEN LATE FRIDAY AND credit and charge cards, a So- left. Once they had gone, the bent wider apart. The good cial Security card and $25. He woman realized the purse she news? A security camera at the SATURDAY EVENINGS also lost a silver ring, silver had hanging on her arm was gas station across the street chain and a watch. missing a number of valuables. most likely recorded the entire Police are looking for two Gone was a $700 Social Se- break-in, police said. black men in their early 20s. curity check, a $25 money or- The stolen items included a One was 6-foot-1 and 165 der, a book of stamps, and $3 in 19-inch computer monitor, a pounds, with short hair, dressed change. computer, a cordless mouse and Visit the Met • See the World in a black jacket, blue jeans and Carpet caper other electronics. tan work boots. The second When two men installed a new Mob rob ELLEN GOTTLIEB man was 5-foot-8, 150 pounds, carpet for a Lafayette Avenue res- A quartet of thugs robbed a blond, with a red jacket, blue ident on Dec. 26, they removed teenager on Fulton Street at jeans and a black hat. far more than the old rugs. dusk on Jan. 7, police said. 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Stainton board near the glove compart- and said he didn’t recognize The 27-year-old victim re- The Brooklyn Paper ment between 7:30 pm and the boys. Moments later — turned to her home, off 20th 7:30 am on Jan. 2. once police had cut the teens Avenue, around 4:30 pm, to NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH loose — the victim changed find thousands of dollars 68th Precinct High-tech heist WHERE CRIMES TOOK PLACE Someone swiped the com- his mind, and admitted the worth of clothing and jewelry suspects were the ones who 68 PRECINCT For one Bay Ridge senior, puter system from an office on missing. attacked him. New Year’s Eve offered no Fifth Avenue that was closed A neighbor told her some- Retracing their steps, police reason to celebrate. for the New Year’s holiday, one had left the apartment ear- tracked down two of the three A mob of five thugs robbed police said. lier that day, dragging two teens, a few blocks away, on the 62-year-old man as he The thief sneaked into the large, black plastic bags, full 59th Street. waited for a B63 bus on Bay mortgage company, near 83rd of stuff. The neighbor also A 17-year-old and a 15- Ridge Avenue around 10:30 Street, sometime after 7 pm said the visitor had threatened year-old now face multiple pm, police said. on Dec. 31. When a 38-year- her with a knife when she The victim was at the cor- robbery charges, while a third questioned the woman’s pres- old employee arrived for work boy remains free. ner of Fifth Avenue when the on Jan. 2, at 7 am, he found ence. posse approached. One thug the front door wide open. It New Utrecht rob Thanks to the witnesses’ grabbed him and threw him to had been closed, and locked, A trio of teens cut and help, police tracked down the the pavement, where another when workers left on New mugged two men walking thief and arrested the 24-year- rifled his pockets. Year’s Eve. along Bay Parkway on Jan. 7, old on burglary charges. They The thieves collected $60, The stolen items — valued police said. also recovered a knife and his cellphone, and a bottle of at over $2,000 — included a The thieves rushed the 29- some of the stolen goods. prescription painkillers, and trio of Dell computers and a year-old victim and his friend Double break-in ran off down Fifth Avenue. as they neared the corner of Cisco Systems router. Someone swiped cash and Police are searching for a Bagel bust 74th Street, moments before 8 white Hispanic man, around pm. Two of the attackers held jewelry worth nearly $3,000 age 20, 5-foot-6 and 150 Forget party time. the victims as the third from a 24th Avenue home — pounds, with straight, brown At a Fourth Avenue bagel searched their pockets, snatch- and locked the owner out in hair and a goatee. The victim shop, New Year’s Eve was ing one man’s wallet. the process, police said. was unable to describe the burglary time. The teenage robbers ran off The 18-year-old victim re- other thugs. Police said thieves stole turned home at 4:30 pm to with an unknown amount of 62 PRECINCT Big-dollar burg $3,500 from the shop, near cash. The 29-year-old was left find the chain latched on the 69th Street, closed for the inside of her front door, even Neighbors never heard a with a cut on his chin, while night. his friend suffered a gash on though no one was inside the thing as thieves swiped Workers locked up around $21,750 in valuables from a his head. apartment, in a building on 10 pm on Dec. 31. But when a 64th Street. Once she broke Bay 40th burg turned to her home, near Har- KEY TO THE CRIMES building near John Paul Jones 41-year-old employee arrived Transit mug way Avenue, around 8:30 am Break-in Arrest into her own home, the victim Burglars removed $4,000 in iPod-like device taken Park on Jan. 4, police said. for work at 5 am the following Aknife-wielding thief beat on Jan. 5. That’s when she dis- The burglars pushed in the found the bedroom in disarray day, he found the back door and robbed a woman in a cash and other valuables from covered a ground-floor door in Robbery Purse snatch front door of a first-floor and her valuables missing. Armed robbery forced open and the cash Bensonhurst subway station Police believe the thief a house on Bay 40th Street last the back damaged, and the apartment on 101st Street, off on Jan. 8, police said. missing from the office. came in — and left — through week, police said. cash, jewelry and several bank Assault Death Car stolen Fourth Avenue, sometime af- The 56-year-old victim was a side window. The 45-year-old victim re- books missing. ter 9:30 am. When the 35- 62nd Precinct at the turnstile in the station, at year-old victim returned New Utrecht Avenue and 79th home, at 7:30 pm, he discov- Two nabbed Street, around 9:50 pm when ered the theft. As the song goes, two out the robber rushed her from be- The stolen goods included: of three ain’t bad. hind. He grabbed her, put her a 40-inch LCD television, val- But on Jan. 5, police came in a headlock and held the ued at $2,500; a laptop; an so close to a clean sweep. blade of a knife to her neck. Pol: Don’t dredge iPod; a $4,000 Rolex; a plat- The drama began around “This blade is real and I’m inum engagement ring worth 10:30 pm, when a trio of not afraid to use it,” the thug $5,000, and a matching wed- told her, then demanded she By Matthew Lysiak chaired by area District Leaders garbage trucks, day and night, teenage thieves rushed a man The Brooklyn Paper Charlie Ragusa and Jeanette Gi- crowding already heavy traffic,” ding ring valued at $2,000; an from behind as he walked turn over her purse. 18-caret white gold bracelet; The victim offered cash — How about a 30-year ac- vant — will hold a Town Hall he said. “The noise, the smells, along 62nd Street, near 20th meeting next week to release a the traffic will be unbearable and and a set of white gold and di- Avenue, police said. but not her bag — and turned cumulation of lead and tox- recent study that indicates that this community has had enough! amond earrings, police said. Two thugs held the 21- over an unknown amount. The ins with that fish? Acura attacked brute took the bills, pushed dredging would disturb mercury “Dredging will disturb and re- year-old victim, while the A city plan to dredge toxic and other toxins. What a welcome — to the third stepped in front, decked her to the pavement, and soil in Gravesend Bay to make lease 30 years of toxins of lead The Department of Sanitation New Year and New York. him in the face and rifled his punched and kicked her sever- room for a proposed waste- and mercury that settled in A 50-year-old Pennsylvania pockets (and also left him al times before he ran off. transfer facility on Shore Park- has said that dredging must be Gravesend Bay [and] will even- woman suffered a visit from with a black eye). She said the thief was way has run into a brick wall in done to accommodate tugboats tually end up in the food on our vandals when she parked her But luckily, a Good Samar- around age 18, and had an ac- Callan / Tom the form of Assemblyman Will- and large barges needed to ferry dinner plates!” he added. sedan on Ridge Boulevard on itan came along, and chased complice. iam Colton (D-Bensonhurst). trash from the proposed facility The DOS declined a chance Jan. 1, police said. the three teens down 62nd Bust bag burg “This is a toxic mess,” said — but Colton feels this is a life- to comment on the specifics of Thieves broke into the Street. What a way to start 2007. Colton aide Carmine Santa and-death issue. Colton’s charges. 2003 Acura, left at the corner Police soon arrived, Police nabbed a woman Maria. “This would be a danger “Residents’ lives will be Colton’s anti-waste-transfer task of 84th Street, through the searched the area and found who allegedly hauled two to everyone who eats fish from threatened from the aftermath of force, Shore Parkway Jewish Center passenger-side rear window. three likely suspects. But trash bags full of valuables Papers file The Brooklyn Coney Island to Manhattan.” the toxic disturbings [and] their (8885 26th Ave, near Cropsey Av- They stole the airbags from when the victim was asked to from a 78th Street apartment Assemblyman Bill Colton (D-Bensonhurst) says a city Colton’s Anti-Waste Transfer quality of life will be vastly de- enue), Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 pm. the steering wheel and dash- identify the trio, he got scared, on New Year’s Day. plan to dredge Gravesend Bay will stir up toxins. 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The Brooklyn Paper The electorate closed a door, but Gov. Spitzer has opened a BRIEFS window to his pal Carl An- drews, giving the former state Senator a job in his new admin- istration and earning complaints from critics, who call the position a cynical “quid pro quo.” Andrews, the close associate

House of Representatives of convicted Brooklyn Democ- It’s snow / Graham Letorney ratic boss Clarence Norman who lost a divisive race for a congressional seat this fall, told The Brooklyn Paper that he’s now working for Spitzer in “in- problem now March on Washington Paper The Brooklyn tergovernmental relations.” Rep. Yvette Clarke takes the oath of her new office on Jan. 4, flanked by her nephew Kai, her “When I know [my exact The Brooklyn Paper mother Una — herself a former City Councilwoman — and a veritable cornucopia of supporters. title], I’ll let you know,” The city should use the money it saved this winter because Clarke won the so-called “Fightin’ 11th,” which encompasses parts of Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, quipped Andrews, a longtime Slow roasted fine of global warming to combat global warming, says one politi- Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, and succeeds Rep. Major Owens, now in retirement ally of the new governor. cian — and it’s not Al Gore. after a 24-year tenure. Being sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) “really drove Critics say Andrews’s ap- The Brooklyn Paper Councilman David Yassky (D-Park Slope) wants the city to home the responsibility I have to the people of the district,” Clarke said. “And it was kind of surreal, pointment is a stain on Coffee is best prepared and enjoyed behind closed doors, ac- spend its “global warming dividend” — the money it is saving because not only are you a participant, but you’re also a witness.” — Dana Rubinstein Spitzer’s reformist image. cording to a long-awaited court ruling that has finally, after four, this winter on snow-removal costs — to make the city more “Carl’s involvement with slow-roasting years, ended Brooklyn’s best-loved coffee maker’s energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Clarence Norman and the bitter dispute with city environmental officials. “No snow and no cold equals millions of dollars of taxpay- Brooklyn machine produced a Don Shoenholt and Hy Chabbott, owners of Gillies Coffee er money unspent — money that could be used to help solve huge amount of votes, which Company, a bean-roasting plant on 19th Street, found out this our environmental problems and help New Yorkers save gave Spitzer his margin of week that a judge had upheld a city ruling that the smell of roast- money in the future by becoming more energy efficient now,” Coney Bears fight heat victory in his first campaign ing coffee is indeed a pollutant. said Yassky, unveiling his bill at a Jan. 6 press conference. for attorney general,” said one Needless to say, they’re as sad as a cup of lukewarm Folgers. He held the event on that day because it marked the longest political insider. “To say that coffee should be treated like the effluxes from a winter stretch that New York has gone without seeing a snowflake. An hour later, the Arctic Ice Chris Owens, who finished waste dump is absolutely thoughtless,” said Shoenholt, the presi- Proving the adage, “better safe than snowed under,” the Breakers had its own “non- fourth in the four-way race to dent of the 166-year-old, family-run business that supplies java city had set aside $37 million this year for snow removal. swim.” succeed his father, Major to Fairway, as well as some of the city’s fanciest dining rooms More than half of that money is budgeted for overtime to pay The irony of the warm Owens, also raised an eye- and restaurants. Sanitation workers, while the remainder is for materials like weather was not lost on club brow: “I don’t think anyone Shoenholt has been fighting City Hall since 2002, when a city in- salt and sand. members. should be surprised by the ap- spector dropped by after an anonymous complaint and issued a $400 Virtually none of the money has been tapped into — so Polar bears, after all, are pointment, given that ‘Mr. Re- violation after (surprise) smelling a strong odor of coffee roasting. Yassky is proposing to do just that. one of the species that are form’ endorsed Andrews [in “He said that the coffee smell ‘annoyed’ him,” said Shoenholt. His proposal calls for the surplus money to underwrite city now considered endangered the congressional race].” “They call it fugitive odors. I call it natural odors.” businesses that want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. because of global warming — Andrews’s new job is simi- The city and Gillies have declared a cease-fire — for now at least. Yassky also wants to use some of the unspent cash to retrofit but clearly, it’s not just the lar to one he held from 1999- “[Inspectors] won’t go roaming for [coffee] odors, but we are city buildings with green energy systems. kind in the arctic. 2002 for then-Attorney Gen- complaint-based,” said DEP spokesman Charles Sturcken. If the bill passes, the city could become Don Quixote’s Saturday’s non-swim didn’t eral Spitzer. — Rubinstein — Ariella Cohen dream come true. — Christie Rizk raise any money for the world’s imperiled polar bears, but it did put their plight on GRAND OPENING FEBRUARY 10, 2007 / Julie Rosenberg the weather map. “This is not about raising VALENTINE’S DAY PACKAGES/GIFT CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILABLE money,” said Polar Bear club spokesman George Shea. “It’s about raising awareness. Any- “Combining Spa & Wellness with Medicine” The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn one can raise money, but raising awareness, ah, that’s much The Brooklyn Paper 71, the bathing beauties went more important.” The weather last Saturday public with their disgust. “This is ridiculous,” said — Gersh Kuntzman was warm enough for a swim Steven Calvino, MD Louis Tranese, DO — and that’s the problem, said Tony Nastro, a five-year Polar members of the Coney Island Bear, who participated in Sat- Polar Bear Club, who protest- urday’s protest and experi- ed the summery weather by enced a reverse form of sea- Correction walking to the water’s edge, sonal affective disorder. 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“Strip Club,” in this Roxanna Velandria case, is the secret identity that Freddy’s Bar & Backroom assumes every second Sunday. The delightfully dive-y institution welcomes comic artists and anyone with a knack for drawing to a night of very graphic art on Jan. 14 at 8 pm. For two hours, artists and hopefuls alike can drink, draw, play games and get to know one another, gearing up for the show-and-tell and critique at the end of the evening. No matter if you’re a real superhero or more of a (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings January 13, 2007 Charlie Brown or Cathy type, “Strip Club” encourages participants to meet and mingle with fellow artists and hone another skill: the fine art of conversation. “Strip Club” will take place at Freddy’s Bar & Backroom (485 Dean St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Prospect Heights) on Jan. 14 at 8 pm. Admission is free. For more information, call (718) 622-7035 or visit the Web site at www.freddysbackroom.com. — Adam Rathe

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Oh,Yoko ‘Deluxe’ show Cynthia Hopkins (pictured), who garnered wide- spread acclaim for her amnesia operetta “Accidental South Williamsburg menswear Nostalgia,” returns to DUMBO’s St. Ann’s Warehouse on Wednesday with the New York premiere of her “Accidental” prequel, “Must Don’t Whip ’Um.” designer finds himself — and Backed by her band Gloria Deluxe, Hopkins will perform the role of a failed ’70s pop star via a widely varied cycle of songs that she’s written and composed. Afeatured show of the “Under the Radar 2007” his neighborhood — in vogue festival, which promotes independent and experimental theater, “Must Don’t Whip ’Um” is a multi-media By Angela Gaimari production that everyone will be talking about. for The Brooklyn Paper “Must Don’t Whip ’Um” will be performed at St. FASHION Ann’s Warehouse (38 Water St. between Main and Yoko Devereaux, located at 338 Broadway oko Devereaux is not an actual person. between Rodney and Keap streets in Williams- Dock streets in DUMBO) Jan. 17-Feb.4 at 8 pm. Rather, it is the brainchild of Andy burg, is open Wednesday through Saturday, Tickets are $25. For more information, call (718) 254- Salzer, a 34-year-old Seattle native from noon until 8 pm, and on Sundays, from 8779 or visit the Web site www.artsatstanns.org. Y noon until 6 pm. Closed Mondays and Tues- who’s made a home and prosperous fashion days. A sample sale is starting on the evening of — Lisa J. Curtis design company — now celebrating its fifth Jan. 12 and running through Jan. 14 with give- year — in Williamsburg. aways and discounts on this season’s designs. For more information, call (718) 302-1450 or vis- “Andy Salzer as a brand name doesn’t con- it their Web site at www.yokod.com.

note any kind of imagery,” he said of his Callan / Tom menswear label’s moniker, which is a riff on CINEMA the prestige one hoped to buy into with design- Salzer, whose educational background is in er jeans of the ’80s (think Gloria Vanderbilt). art history, accumulated his work experience “Devereaux is like southern American, old — prior to the six years he’s spent on the brand French money, which I love, but I wanted it to — around successful retail ventures in Seattle Paper The Brooklyn Tony time be more international, hence Yoko: a very and online. Without formal design training, his Boys of summer: Yoko Devereaux mastermind Andy Salzer (above) perches in his Broadway common Japanese girl’s name. The imagery is clothes are all about ideas; he says that he shop, which also serves as a wholesale operation and design studio. Polos, suits and shorts Bay Ridge filmmaker Tony De Nonno’s latest this woman who is so lovely and so jet set.” knows what people want. from Yoko Devereaux’s Spring 2007 collection are at top left. presentation was 400 years in the making. Of course there’s been much ado about “It used to be, men either wore vintage, The film, “It’s One Family: Knock on Wood,” tells Williamsburg in recent years, what with the jeans and T-shirts, or Dior and Helmut the tale of the Manteo family, who have protected and neighborhood’s main export being youth cul- Lang,” he said. “There was no streetwear that Yoko Devereaux’s signature garment is a Fred Segal in LA, he’s as likely to see his de- cherished the long-lost art of marionette making, a Si- ture and trends that resonate well beyond the wasn’t hip-hop oriented, so my brand fell three-piece suit made of sweatshirt-soft signs on the backs of his neighbors as he is cilian folk tradition that dates back to the Renaissance. 11211 ZIP code. into where there was a lack.” fleece or jersey. on uptown and international types. Mike and Aida Manteo, who lived in Gravesend, “Seeing Williamsburg grow went hand in What started out as an artist’s collabora- “I pay a lot of attention to fit and tailoring “I do really well at Saks,” he said of his are the main focus of the hand with the general movement in design: A tion, with silk-screened tees and sweatshirts, structure, but I try not to use traditional fab- section on the seventh floor of the luxury re- film — but their children similar thing was going on with art and fashion has become a full line of menswear. The rics that tend to be constricting, like what tail behemoth. “That says more to me about and their grandchildren, and music,” said Salzer, who has clothed local most succinct way to describe the niche he’s your father would wear,” said Salzer. the kind of guy who lives uptown, who not who continue the family rock heroes Scissor Sisters and The Rapture. born is high-end streetwear. “Skaters are a huge part of my market. It’s so much tries to buy into it, but wants to ex- tradition of creating life- “All these different worlds were colliding into “I draw a lot of inspiration off the rock ’n’ for the guy who’s worn a hoodie for 10 years perience the Brooklyn thing, because there’s size marionettes, get each other, and a lot of people were utilizing roll and indie scenes,” said Salzer. “Yoko Dev- and now is 25 and has a job and a girlfriend.” a cachet and masculine raw beauty about plenty of screen time. fashion to get their message out, even if they ereaux was a hipster brand before people start- But it isn’t for L-train denizens alone. guys in the Brooklyn scene. The brand’s sen- “It speaks about four weren’t traditional designers.” ed throwing that word around constantly.” With retail accounts from Colette in Paris to sibility is very Brooklyn.” generations working to- A decent walk from the hipster haven that gether to preserve a tradi- is that plum stretch of Bedford Avenue sur- tion,” De Nonno (pic- Moto [394 Broadway, at Hooper Street, rounding the subway stop, Salzer set up shop tured) told GO Brooklyn, “It tells a timeless story (718) 599-6895] one year ago on Broadway in Southside about a ritual that dates to the 1600s.” All sewn up “I ended up picking this location [for the Williamsburg. De Nonno has written and directed over 50 docu- Yoko Devereaux designer Andy Salzer store] because Moto is right down the street, “People were like, ‘I can’t believe you’re mentary films. He’s ecstatic that the film he created 27 works and plays in Southside Williams- and it’s my favorite date restaurant.” going to open up a store over here,’ ” he re- years ago is getting screened on Sunday as part of the called. “This neighborhood is more coming Yeshiva University Museum’s Puppet Festival. burg. Here, GO Brooklyn gets the low- DuMont Burger [314 Bedford Ave. be- than up, and if I didn’t have a wholesale “It’s thrilling that it still touches a chord, ” he said. down on his neighborhood favorites: tween South First and South Second streets, (718) 384-6127] component, hadn’t been doing this for a Tony De Nonno’s film, “It’s One Family: Knock while, and was just opening up a shop, I on Wood,” will be shown at noon and 3 pm on Dressler [149 Broadway between Driggs “This is the best burger place in town.” and Bedford avenues, (718) 384-6343] don’t know if it would’ve worked.” Jan. 14 at the Yeshiva University Museum’s Interna- “[Dressler, pictured at right,] is my all-time Barcade [388 Union Ave. at Powers Street, So why not that well-treaded path of the tional Puppet Festival (15 W. 16th St. between Fifth favorite restaurant. I go there twice a week, (718) 302-6464] Northside, Bedford Avenue? and Sixth avenues in Manhattan). Free with muse- sometimes just for drinks and dessert at the “Barcade is close by, and perfect if you ever “I love the Southside more because I’m um admission: $8 adults, $6 kids and seniors. For bar. The date cake is the best thing ever: need your ’80s video game fix.” convinced — I have this conspiracy theory more information, call (212) 294-8330 ext. 8819 or

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very month, from the two to three ––––––––––––––––––––– Newly reborn Park Slope grill pit has smoke signals crossed hundred wines I taste, I pick four Ethat are my Best Buys selection: four Darrin’s Discovery By Tina Barry delicious wines that I sell for less that $10 for the Brooklyn Paper each that will taste like you paid more for Wines for January! DINING them. The write-ups are my own, too. I he best fried chicken I’ve ever had Biscuit BBQ (230 Fifth Ave. at Presi- ––––––––––––––––––––– was in the dining room of a de- dent Street in Park Slope) accepts tell you what I think of the wines, and American Express, MasterCard and Visa. I love discovering new wines! partment store in a weird little Entrees: $9-$26. The restaurant serves what you can expect from them without T Sometimes it’s a wine made from a grape town in South Carolina. lunch and dinner daily. Brunch is avail- any “wine speak” or confusing numerical able from 11 am to 3 pm on weekends. that’s barely known outside of its own The bird’s pieces were mahogany Subway: R to Union Street. For more in- ratings. region, even though it may have been colored and a little greasy, slightly formation, call (718) 399-2161 or visit the Web site www.biscuitbbq.com. Abruzzi, Marche, Piemonte and grown there for centuries. It may be from salty and generously peppered; I think it was fried in lard. The crust broke off Sicilia... All four of this month’s Best an area whose wines are reaching America for the first time, or made by a winemak- in chunks, the flesh was moist and a Buys are from Italy, and each one is bit gamey, like chicken used to taste while I wouldn’t call the mac and delizioso! er who is doing something different. The before Perdue came along. cheese a travesty anymore, it’s not go- best (and most interesting) of these I bring Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, Bosco Locally It was utterly sublime. ing to win any prizes. Pies, like the to you every month as my Discovery At Biscuit BBQ, Josh Cohen’s res- pecan and the buttermilk-coconut we called “Bambino”, since the clusters of Wines. These are wines that I delight in taurant, which recently reopened on tried, are baked according to Mar- grapes resemble a swaddled infant with sharing with my friends. Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, you get a tinez’s recipe. The pecan isn’t cloying outstretched arms. Abundant floral and Jasnières, Pascal Janvier “Cuvée lot of bird for your money: it’s grease- and the buttermilk is tangy, but neither herbal notes mixed with mango and lime du Silex” Our good friend and icono- less with a very crisp “double-dipped” slice is memorable. aromas. Crisp dry with clean, slightly tart clast Willie Gluckstern brought this batter and juicy meat inside. The pre- There are two very good starters on notes. An ideal seafood white... with a remarkable white wine to us, and I think dominant taste, though, is salt. the menu. The “Hatch Green chile and retro label right out of the 1950s. –$9.95 When the original Biscuit was on hominy stew” is a deep bowl of tart, that you’ll love it! Jasnières is a small Flatbush Avenue (it closed in Septem- full-flavored vegetable broth given Barbera, Cantine San Silvestro appellation, planted only with Chenin ber 2005), I wandered in and was dis- heat from the New Mexican peppers, This is one of those “delicious with any- Blanc, and Chenin doesn’t get much bet- appointed with the food. I remember and filled with chewy pieces of ter than this! This wine, grown in the thinking that the rubs were dull and hominy (dried corn kernels re-hydrat- thing” wines! Intense ruby red color with mineral-laden “silex” (slate) soil of garnet at the edge. Plenty of ripe aromas the mac and cheese was a travesty. I ed in the broth until they’re the size Jasnières shows delicate yet abundant flo- never returned for a second visit. and shape of popped corn). The soup of fruit, but with a wild herb note. Full ral notes, along with notes of grapefruit The experience was surprising, be- is pleasantly hot, not throat-burning. bodied and well balanced, clean dry with and gunflint. Each sip reveals deep, com- cause a few years prior to the Biscuit Pieces of tender pulled pork lend a a lip-smacking finish. This red is a real plex layers of flavor and minerality. This debacle, I had a great meal prepared sweet, smoked nuance to the dish. charmer! –$9.95 one is a “Must Buy”! –$15.95 by Cohen at Williamsburg’s Relish, The onion rings are fabulous. The Sangiovese, Di Maio Norante where he was the restaurant’s owner buttermilk batter puffs about the cir- Italy’s Lacrima di Morro d’Alba, Luigi and chef. Delicious ribs in a complex, cles of crisp onion in a crown of salty most famous grape, delightfully fresh and Giusti The Lacrima di Morro is one of vinegar-heavy sauce and a sublime crunch. They’re perfect when dunked pleasing with ripe, easy-to-like fruit fla- the most ancient grapes in all of Italy. key lime pie were standouts. into a saucer of the garlicky ranch vors. Aromas of violets, black cherries Grown in Marche, it makes such an excel- I was hesitant, too, about visiting dressing. raspberries and leather and a trace of lent wine that it was recently granted its Biscuit’s new location. Twice over the “Smoked-to-the-bone” ribs have woodsmoke. This wine spends time in own Denominazione! The word here is past year I dined at that same location potential, but are not what they should when it was Night and Day, an ambi- be yet. Cohen gives the pork a dry huge vats, not barrels, so you taste the fruit: plenty of it, layer upon layer, all in a tious bistro and entertainment venue. Greenhood / Aaron spice rub then smokes it over hickory wine, not the wood... just as it should be! well balanced, full-flavored red wine that The original owners, Judy Joice and and apple wood. –$9.95 is absolutely delicious to drink! The wine Robin Hirsch (Hirsch is Cohen’s part- The ribs are big and meaty and rea- Nero d’Avola, Nausica This Sicilian goes through a short, second fermentation ner in this venture), went through sev- sonably fatty, but lacked the smoked red is so easy to like! Brilliant ruby red in atop semi-dried grapes (the ‘Governo’ eral chefs before Cohen stepped in. flavor and aroma that should be the methode) to extract more flavor. Open The first time, the food was a disaster. Paper The Brooklyn dominant note. They sit over a pool of the glass. Loads of ripe berries and cherries My second visit, with chef Simon “Lexington Red Sauce,” (a cider vine- Home cookin’: At Biscuit BBQ, on the nose, inviting and enticing. Full this wine with roast lamb, beef or pork, Glenn in the kitchen, yielded positive gar-based sauce tinged with tomato) flavored and ripe tasting on the palate, with Osso Buco, sautéed liver, braised rab- results but not a long tenure on dishes like double-dipped fried that needs more of a kick. There are well balanced and just right with richer bit, with hearty pasta dishes or with your Glenn’s part. Once a place goes chicken (above) and hand-cut kit- squeeze bottles of sauces — one sweet foods like roasts, stews and baked pasta most full-bodied cheese. This is one you through several staff turnovers and chen sink fries (at left), loaded with and tart, one mustardy and the other dishes. –$8.95 should not miss! –$15.95 theme changes, it seems jinxed. cheese, bacon and peppers, will vinegary — that ratchet up the flavor a Biscuit BBQ retains much of its stick to your ribs. few notches. Buy Darrin’s Best Buys 4 Pack Buy Darrin’s January Discovery 2 predecessor’s decor. The attractive Besides candied yams with warm and Save 10% –$34.94 Pack: Save 10% –$28.72 room sports the same ocher-colored, on a hibachi on Long Island, barbeque spices of nutmeg and clove, and crisp, star-covered wallpaper; the same fans have concrete ideas of what chunky coleslaw, the “lip-smackin’ wood tables and bar; and, unfortunate- makes good “’Que” and they’re not sides” weren’t. Spicy collard greens ly, the same view from the dining Greenhood / Aaron afraid to express them. liberally laced with vinegar were sharp room onto the service station near the Cohen plays it safe with the food’s but dry, smashed red bliss potatoes 211 Fifth Avenue kitchen. To give the room a down description, and, in some instances, with white country gravy had plenty (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE home touch, a television has been in- with the cooking, too. Certain things, of black pepper but needed salt, and a

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192 Prospect Park West at 14th popular, says Kontogiannis. There’s Paper The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Street, (718) 499-5595 (Disc, MC, also a pasta menu, and a brand new Visa) Entrees: $10.95-$19.95. saute menu featuring poultry, meat and seafood. The heartier appetite Aptly named for its location on the will be satiated by the meat loaf, Bartel-Pritchard traffic circle south-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn broiled Jersey pork chops with west of Prospect Park, this spacious applesauce, or steak tips served over Seoul food restaurant and bar offers a selection Crazy for crustaceans: The “paglia e fieno,” fettucine with rice with mushrooms and onions. For Cathy Palm is turning the border of industrial-looking corner space with Korean barbeque, is available with beef of hearty dishes and a fusion of tra- dessert, create your own sundae or ditional American, Italian and Mexi- lobster, shrimp, clams and mussels, at Da Vincenzo. Prospect Heights into a mini restaurant huge windows. Inside, diners can sit be- (at right) or a whole mackerel. try Windsor’s famous cream cheese can cuisines. Chef Ramon Zillalba’s cake. A prix fixe brunch on week- empire. In 2004, Palm opened Le neath red lanterns and indulge in “ban- There’s a full bar with an internation- menu offers portobello pork chops, ends offers a choice of entrees, san- Gamin, a casual French bistro where chan,” side dishes like “kim chee” al wine list, a variety of sake, “soju” 16-ounce marinated shell steak, selection of biblical proportions — There are also a variety of salads and gria or mimosa, and coffee, tea or salmon in pesto cream sauce with representing a litany of Latin soups (hot and sour lemongrass or one can while away a lazy afternoon (spicy pickled cabbage); big bowls of (liquor made from rice, that tastes like juice for $12.95. Open Sunday to roasted peppers, as well as 17 kinds American countries, as well as offering Thai coconut). For the main course, over a crepe and hot chocolate. The lo- chef Victor Kim’s “bibim bob” a hot vodka) and a lichee martini that’s Thursday from 6 am to 10 pm, and of gourmet pizza and weekly spe- Iberian seafood dishes — prepared by choose from yellow curry, Muslim cals have been so receptive to the place, stone pot filled with white rice, vegeta- smooth enough to take the sting out of cials. Low-hung ceilings and antique chef Jose Nunez. Margarita happy style curry, spicy basil or peanut Friday through Saturday from 6 am furnishings accent the cozy, family- hour is from 4 pm to 6 pm, Monday sauce to flavor your choice of veg- to 11 pm. Free delivery. that in September, she decided to add bles, meat or fish and a fried egg; “man “kim chee.” style interior. Circles is open daily for through Thursday; or get really happy etables, tofu, chicken, beef or Noo Na, a Korean restaurant, to the end du gug” a dumpling and noodle soup Noo Na (565 Vanderbilt Ave. at Pa- on Fridays, starting at noon. Open shrimp. A favorite dish, according to lunch and dinner. Brunch is served Editor’s note: These are a sampling of of Vanderbilt Avenue. with rice cakes, thinly sliced beef, scal- cific Street in Prospect Heights) ac- daily for lunch and dinner. manager Tina Orasa, is the sauteed on Sundays, from 11 am to 3 pm. restaurants in the neighborhood. The Delivery available. cashew nut with pineapple and chili “I got really tired of trekking into lions and egg; or “son kal guk su” cepts American Express, MasterCard list rotates, and it is not comprehen- Midtown for Korean food, so I thought which is described on the menu as “fan- and Visa. Entrees: $8-$20. The restau- Rhythm & Booze peppers, with a choice of vegetable, sive. For more restaurants, go to 1674 10th Ave. at Prospect chicken, shrimp, beef or vegetarian www.brooklynpaper.com on the Web. I’d give it a try here,” says Palm (pic- tastic homemade noodles bursting with rant serves lunch and dinner daily. Clemen’s duck. For dessert, there’s “Sang- 252 Prospect Park West at Avenue, (718) 788-9699 (AmEx, If your restaurant is not listed and you tured, above left). clear broth that mingle with octopus, Subway: C to Clinton/Washington kayah pumpkin custard.” Open since would like it to be, please contact GO Prospect Avenue, (718) 768-0909 MC, Visa, Disc) Entrees: $9.95- Noo Na (an endearment a Korean shrimp and mussels in this complex Ko- Street. For more information, call $18.95. August 2004, Tookata offers lunch Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via e-mail (Cash only) Entrees: $5-$7.88. specials for $5.50, from 11:30 am to at [email protected]. boy says to an older sister) is a modern, rean comfort food.” “Bul go gi,” the (718) 398-6662. — Tina Barry Billing itself as a “taco and burrito Chef Ed Florio whips up good old place,” Clemen’s actually offers a American comfort food, including large array of Mexican choices. A the popular pulled-pork sandwich long list of appetizers precedes a and the Rhythm & Booze burger, a varied menu of salads, tacos, burri- plump yet manageable handful of tos and fajitas, many of which have a richly flavored, grilled meat served build-your-own quality. With a dozen on an English muffin and accompa- meat, vegetable and seafood filling nied by crisp and salty hand-cut options, the combinations are practi- fries. During the day, large case- cally endless. Many vegetarian ments illuminate the sponge-paint- entrees are available, like Clemen’s ed gold walls and the deep-green, burrito, stuffed with rice, beans, pico Irish-proud color scheme. Happy de gallo, sour cream or non-fat hour is popular here and goes on all yogurt and chile relleno. Smoothies day on Monday and Wednesday; are also available. Eat in the breezy from noon until 7 pm, on Sunday; wood-and-stainless-steel dining from noon until 6 pm on Tuesday, room or order takeout or delivery. Thursday and Friday. On Sunday, Open daily for lunch and dinner. Monday and Wednesday, happy hour includes 35 cent chicken wings. Lunch and dinner are served daily, Crossroads Cafe with brunch offered from noon until 1241A Prospect Ave. at Reeve 3 pm on the weekend. Place, (718) 972-1852, www.cafe- crossroads.com (Cash only) Pastry: $1-$2.25; sandwiches and Sushi Yu salads: $5.95-7.95. 214 Prospect Park West at 16th Street, (718) 832-8688 (AmEx, Just a few blocks from Prospect Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.95- Park, this small, windowed cafe $59.95 (for the “Love Boat” — offers neighborhood dwellers a the chef’s combo platter of sushi, place to read or type while they caf- feinate. “We’re wired up!” says sashimi maki and hand roll). owner Suzanne Meehan about the “There are moments of genius in cafe’s free wireless Internet service. Jimmy Liu’s cooking,” writes GO The colorful, suede-covered seats Brooklyn dining critic Tina Barry and dark wooden tables also offer a about the chef of this elegant and cozy environment for a snack or light unassuming sushi bar. The restaurant, lunch; many varieties of sweet and owned by the chef’s brother Michael savory pastries, salads, sandwiches, Liu, specializes in sushi rolls and offers burgers and “high-end” juices are an assortment of noodle and teriyaki served daily. The white bean soup dishes. In the winter, try the with spinach is popular with cus- “Christmas Roll” with tuna, yellow tomers, says manager Yasmin Gur; tail, salmon, cucumber, avocado and while the carrot cake, banana bread “masago” (fish roe). Daily special and chocolate chip cookies are include dishes like “Tokyoto,” a roll “famous.” The chicken curry sand- filled with tuna, salmon and yellow wich is a big favorite, says Gur, as are tail, topped with eel, spicy “kame” panini like the “California” (avocado, (crab stick) and “masago,” garnished cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato). with crunchy tempura flakes and Thursdays at 10:30 am, the cafe fea- served with a choice of eel sauce, tures “Toddler Sing Along with spicy chili sauce or mayo. Lunch spe- Gina”: a live music and puppet cials served from 11:30 am to 3:30 show. Crossroads Cafe also has a pm. Open daily for lunch and dinner. takeout window serving breakfast to on-the-go commuters. Open daily. Terrace Bagels 222A & 224 Prospect Park West Da Vincenzo at Windsor Place, (718) 768-3943 256 Prospect Park West at (Cash only) Entrees: $5.50-$9.50 Prospect Avenue, (718) 369-3590 While New York City may be the (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) bagel capital of the world, there are Entrees: $12.95-$21.95. few shops that still roll their bagels by Brooklynites in search of traditional hand, and Terrace Bagels is one of Italian fare seat themselves in Da them. For more than 10 years, princi- Vincenzo’s dining room or in the pal bagel maker Vicharn “Boone” sidewalk cafe. Offering, in owner Tangchitsumran, who has more than Nat Natale’s words, a menu that’s 20 years of bagel-making experience, “two-thirds northern Italian and a has been rolling Terrace’s crusty-on- third southern Italian,” chef Peter the-outside, chewy-within circles of Folores whips up lentil soup, shrimp dough. Owner Louie Thompson also scampi and chicken rollatini. Natale offers an extensive menu of over- also recommends the halibut baked stuffed, jaw-locking sandwiches with in slices of potato, and the “tilapia whimsical names like the “Cajun Da Vincenzo,” sauteed with toma- Tornado,” the “Boys of Summer” and toes, capers, onions and olives. A the “Godfather.” In true delicatessen favorite dish, says Natale, is the style, substitutions are always kosher: “gnocchi quattro formaggi,” dump- for example, “Chicken Fantastic” lings in a medley of brie, gorgonzo- comes with a fried or grilled chicken la, fontina and Parmesan cheeses. cutlet, topped with bacon, if you’d For dessert, Natale suggests the like; smothered in melted American chocolate lava cake, a round torte cheese (or provolone?) and Russian filled with a flood of chocolate dressing (unless you’d rather have ganache, and served with mixed mustard and mayo). Breakfast is wild berries and a scoop of hazelnut served on weekdays from 5 am until 4 gelato. Open for dinner Tuesday pm. The cafe adjoining the bagel through Sunday, Da Vincenzo also shop is open from 6 am until 4 pm, serves brunch on Sundays, starting and the bakery and deli, which also at 11:30 am. Closed Mondays. carries homemade cookies, scones, brownies and more, is now open from 5 am weekdays and 6 am on week- Elora’s ends. Terrace Bagels stays open until Restaurant 11 pm, except on Fridays and 272 Prospect Park West at 17th Saturdays, when the doors close at midnight; on Sundays, you can buy Street, (718) 788-6190 (AmEx, Disc, fresh bagels until 10 pm. Free local MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$37.95. delivery. Terrace can also cater Spanish-speaking locals gather at this Superbowl parties and other special sit-down restaurant to feast on over- occasions. stuffed Cuban sandwiches and sizzling fajitas amid the romantic plucking of music hispanica. The stark decor, Tookata Thai adorned with several beaded som- breros and dark-wood paneling, Grill recalls the austere furnishings of a 268 Prospect Park West at 17th Western saloon. But don’t let its sim- Street, (718) 369-2472 (Cash only) plicity fool you. The menu offers a Entrees: $7.75-$13. The blond wooden interior and Buddha statues lend a tranquil = Full review available at ambiance to this narrow, sparsely www.BrooklynPaper.com tabled restaurant. Appetizers include chicken or beef satay (grilled Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American meat on skewers with a peanut dip- Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card ping sauce); crispy coconut shrimp; or steamed vegetable dumplings. Be an intern! is now interviewing candidates for our spring internship program. If you love arts and entertainment and are enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student, please send your cover letter, resume and writing samples to [email protected]. 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trained dancer, however, is that Heim frequently needs to bring one with him to demonstrate for other companies or show book- ers certain moves he can’t do himself. “I use other dancers to say, A ‘Diavolo’-cal plan ‘Imagine this was my body,’” he noted. “So far, it’s been working OK.” L.A.’s cutting edge dance troupe makes Bklyn debut Emphasizing he cares more about how audiences react than By Karen Butler what critics say, Heim says he for The Brooklyn Paper thinks a lot of ticket holders turn up for shows out of curiosity. oes one really have to Audiences are intrigued by the forego a career in dance if promise of extraordinary physi- Dhe is neither graceful nor cal feats as well as the inventive quick on his feet? use of ordinary doors, pipes, ob- Not a chance. stacle courses and stairways. Greenhood / Aaron Just ask Jacques Heim, the “Sometimes, audiences ex- physically uncoordinated, al- pect a circus and it is absolutely though brilliant, artistic director not a circus whatsoever! There of the Diavolo dance company. is some acrobatic movement, Through Heim’s unique vision, but that is it,” Heim clarified. “It Paper The Brooklyn the troupe celebrates life in mo- is not really traditional dance ... tion and illustrates how people it’s a fusion of different things.” interact with their environments. Heim says he is excited the GREENPOINT... By blending modern dance, bal- troupe will be making its let and acrobatics, Heim creates Brooklyn debut later this Continued from page 1 provocative scenes about faith, month, and insists that — even Without the same level of hipster glitz that struggle and survival and sets though he has not yet seen the defines much of neighboring Williamsburg’s them against surrealistic back- space where his dancers will scene — camera-toting tourists and television drops; not bad for someone who perform — he is sure his pro- crews have yet to arrive en masse — Green- claims that he can’t dance. duction team can easily adapt point is carving a niche for itself with cozy Heim’s 15-year-old, Los An- the show’s sets and enormous bars and inventive restaurants that have be- geles-based company is sched- props to fit the Whitman The- come must-hit spots for locals and curious vis- / Dennis W. Ho / Dennis W. uled to take the stage of the Walt Elazar Harel atre’s stage. itors alike. Whitman Theatre as part of Rock the boat: Diavolo dancers perform “Trajectoire,” which will be part of the program “We have a great production On Greenpoint, west of Franklin, marked Brooklyn Center for the Per- of their Jan. 20 show at Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman Theatre. manager…he tells me the space by a neon sign reading “BAR,” is CoCo66, forming Arts’ season on Jan. 20. and then we sort of finalize which opened in August 2005. Lined with

The Brooklyn engagement of- where we put a structure and booths and lit by dim candlelight, the lounge- Paper The Brooklyn fers a rare opportunity to see the inflexible artistic director that of my discovery of movement.” — the troupe has earned three where we are going to shift y feel is only magnified by the availability of award-winning company per- you will ever meet ... When I About that same time, Heim Lester Horton Awards, and was things. We work with what we classic drinks like the Sidecar and that perfect form, and is the only Big Apple left Paris in 1983, I wanted to go says he was considering a career named Best of the Fest by the have,” he assured. “Nobody is a antidote for winter (global warming or not): stop on their 2006-2007 globe- into the theater, but because my in architecture. Instead of going London Independent in 1995 at diva here; nobody says, ‘This the hot toddy. spanning tour that that route, however, he decided the Edinburgh Festival — it’s stage is too small!’ We try to CoCo66 doesn’t skimp on details. Some of includes dates in- to find a way to merge his two no wonder the company’s find a way. Sometimes we see a the tasty drinks are made with chocolate sup- South Korea and passions. founder seems to harbor no re- little structure that is sort of plied by neighboring Brooklyn Chocolate & Italy. The troupe is DANCE “I love structure and I love grets he was not born to per- coming out of the wings and we Cocoa Co. The billiards and ping-pong tables Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts environment,” he explained. form on stage. put a black curtain over it. You expected to perform presents Diavolo at 8 pm on Jan. 20 at the definitely have their fans, but most of the four pieces from Walt Whitman Theatre, on the campus of “When I graduated in 1991 “The advantage is I have no know, if it distracts the audi- young, stylish drinkers file into the front its innovative re- Brooklyn College, one block from the junc- from the California Institute of rules!” declared the man who ence, then there is something room to listen to the DJs, who take over the tion of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues in pertoire – “Knock- Midwood. Tickets are $15- $25. For more in- the Arts [with an MFA in was recognized in 1997 by the wrong with our work.” sound system nightly. Even with just a faux turne,” “Trajec- formation, call (718) 951-4500 or visit their Choreography], the natural Los Angeles Times as one of The French immigrant says fireplace, CoCo is definitely hot this winter. Greenhood / Aaron toire,” “D2R-A” Web site at www.brooklyncenteronline.org. progression was to start a “36 Faces to Watch.” “So, any he hopes his company is mak- On the corner of Greenpoint and Franklin and “D2R-B.” dance company. I knew I was- time I start a piece, I say to my- ing dance more accessible to is the Pencil Factory, a charming bar named “It’s a little bit n’t going to be an architect, but self: ‘I don’t know how to contemporary American audi- for the lead-filled factory that once sat across unusual the way [I came to this English was so bad, my friend I thought movement is a little choreograph. I don’t know any- ences, folks who, in Heim’s es- the street. Formerly a watering hole popular career],” Heim told GO Brook- told me, ‘Take some dance bit like architecture.” thing about dance.’ That’s my timation, are not always thrilled with dockworkers, the five-year-old Pencil Paper The Brooklyn lyn this week. “I am a non- classes, you won’t have to Given Diavolo’s success blank page.” to catch a traditional dance Factory’s warm, inviting space is a hit with Any given night: Greenpointers can play dancer. I am probably the most speak.’ That was the beginning over the past decade and a half Adisadvantage to not being a recital. local beer hunters. Skee-ball at Lost and Found (top), have a “Dance sometimes can In addition to an impressive selection of drink at the Pencil Factory (center) or scare people away, and so I beer and single malt whiskies, the Pencil Fac- shoot pool at CoCo66 (above). want the audience who is not tory offers wine, liquor and a small menu of used to going to see dance to pressed sandwiches. The crowd is always actually appreciate that this is mellow and diverse — a good mix of the and a photo booth. Regulars return for the lo- [different]. post-collegiate set plus artists and profession- cal DJs, the cheap drinks and the complimen- NOW OPEN “There are scenes in our als who all enjoy the classic corner bar at- tary hot dogs from 6 pm until 3:30 am. pieces, but there is no narrative mosphere. Reminiscent of popular bars in Williamsburg process. Audiences use their Just across the street is the recently re- and Manhattan’s East Village, Lost and Found imagination because, in a way, christened Lost and Found — formerly adds a dash of color to the Greenpoint scene and what we do on stage is like a Lulu’s — a three-level, carnival-themed bar gives residents their very own clubhouse. Bay Ridge live, abstract painting.” complete with video projections, Skee-ball See GREENPOINT on page 11 Fifth Avenue & 82nd Street edic Group Is cademic Orthopa Brooklyn’s Only A Walk Away... 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seniors, $20 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. NIGHTLIFE (718) 624-2083. GREENPOINT.. 9 DAYS... WORLD OF DANCE: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents Diavolo, a troupe Continued from page 10 Club Europa (98 Meserole Ave. at Manhat- Continued from page 2 comprised of dancers, gymnasts and actors. tan Avenue in Greenpoint) accepts MasterCard $15 to $35. 8 pm. Walt Whitman Theater at and Visa. Open Tuesday through Sunday, from OTHER Brooklyn College, one block from the inter- “This is the start of the new Greenpoint,” 5 pm to 4 am. For information, call (718) 383- HISTORY CLUB: This week’s topic: “Brooklyn section of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. Lost and Found manager Tommy Gunnz told 5723 or visit www.europaclub.com. Brews.” Find out about Brooklyn’s “hoppy” (718) 951-4500. GO Brooklyn. “As you go down Franklin, CoCo66 (66 Greenpoint Ave. between history. 1 pm. Salt Marsh Nature Center, MUSICAL: The Rhapsody Players present Franklin and West streets in Greenpoint) ac- 3302 Ave. U. Call 311. Free. “Brooklyn, A Bridge to Music,” a musical that’s where you see all the new stores and cepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa. POP UP BOOKS: Proteus Gowanus offers a journey through the history of composers restaurants.” The bar is open daily, from 4 pm to 4 am. For talk on how to make pop-ups that expand and songwriters who were born in Brooklyn. information, call (718) 389-7392. from the 2D page to the 3D space. $30. 3 Works by Carol King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Gunnz, who has lived in the neighborhood Manilow, Comden and Green and many oth- Lost and Found (113 Franklin St. at Green- pm to 5 pm. 543 Union St. (718) 243-1572. for four years, added, “I don’t like going to EXHIBIT: Danny Simmons Corridor Gallery ers. 8 pm. St. Johns Episcopal Church, 99th point Avenue in Greenpoint) accepts American Street and Ft. Hamilton Parkway. Call for tick- Williamsburg anymore, there’s more to do in Express, Diner’s Club, MasterCard and Visa. presents “Up, Up, and Away: Interpreted Greenpoint now. The feeling I used to get Comics and Graphic Novels,” an exhibit of et information. (718) 496-2030. Open daily, from 3 pm until 4 am, and compli- three comic-inspired artists. 3 pm to 7 pm. PLAY NOIR: Inverse Theater presents “The Death there — five or six years ago — I’m now get- mentary hot dogs are served from 6 pm to 3:30 Music with Songhai Djeli Band. 334 Grand of Griffin Hunter.” $18. 8 pm. Brick Theater, ting in Greenpoint.” am. For information, call (718) 383-6000. Ave. (718) 230-5002. Free. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (646) 552-4754. Next door to CoCo66 is Paloma, a family- Paloma (60 Greenpoint Ave. between FILM LECTURE: Learn about films of World GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Dedication, or West and Franklin streets in Greenpoint) ac- War II during a continuation of lecture series The Stuff of Dreams,” by Terrence McNally. owned restaurant that started serving up its cepts American Express, Diner’s Club, Discover, on Hollywood and the Jews. 4 pm. Brooklyn $18, $14 children and seniors. 8 pm. 199 creative dishes and imaginative cocktails in MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $7-$13. Dinner Heights Synagogue, 131 Remsen St. (718) 14th St. (212) 352-3101. April 2005. is served Tuesday through Sunday, and brunch 522-2070. Free. on weekends, from 11 am to 3 pm. Closed MEET THE ARTISTS: hosted by the Clinton Hill Jazz it up: On Jan. 13 at 2 pm, photographer Lourdes Delgado (whose CHILDREN “Artists who come to the neighborhood, Mondays. For information, call (718) 349-2400 Art Gallery for the exhibit, “Each One Teach portrait of Avishai Cohen is above), composer Phil Kline and visual artist ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum hosts “Arty younger people, are the ones who are opening or visit www.palomanyc.com. One.” The show features each educator’s Facts.” Explore the galleries, enjoy a family style, influences and mentoring of future John Himmelfarb will discuss “Mysteries of the Creative Process” at the activity and create art based on “Head, businesses,” said co-owner and executive The Pencil Factory (42 Franklin St. at artists. 6 pm to 9 pm. Refreshments served. Central branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” Appropriate chef Camille Becerra. “The locations further Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint) accepts 154a Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue. for ages 4 to 7. 11 am to 2 pm. $8 adults, from Manhattan Avenue are more reasonably American Express, MasterCard and Visa. Open (718) 857-0074. Free. free for kids ages 12 and younger and mem- Monday through Friday, from 3 pm until 4 am, SOCIAL DANCE: hosted by Parent’s Without sits down with choreographer Mark Morris $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 7:30 pm. bers. 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. priced.” and weekends, from 1 pm to 4 am. For infor- Partners, Chapter 160. Ages 45 and older. $9, to discuss his work in dance, music and Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at OTHER With room for 60 in the loft-like space, mation, call (718) 609-5858. $6 members. 8 pm to midnight. Shore Park opera. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s the East River. (718) 624-2083. PHOTO SCRAPBOOKING: Brooklyn Historical Paloma attracts a crowd, thanks to Becerra’s The Queen’s Hideaway (222 Franklin St. be- Jewish Center, 5959 Ave. Y. (718) 790-6040. Central branch, Grand Army Plaza. (718) PERFORMANCE: Dance Theater performs a tween Green and Huron streets in Greenpoint) ac- CAFE STEINHOF: presents the film “Rush- 230-2100. Free. fusion of modern dance, jazz, traditional Society offers: “New Techniques for Old New American food, as well as art installa- more” (1998). 10:30 pm. 422 Seventh Ave. MUSICAL CONCERT: hosted by Edward R. African movement with a spiritual and inno- Photos.” Brooklyn photo archivist Julie May cepts cash only. Entrees: $12-$20. Dinner discusses topic. $30, $15 members. 2 pm to tions and live music on Friday nights, giving Wednesday through Sunday. Closed Mondays (718) 369-7776. Free. Murrow High School’s Music Department vative style. $30. 7:30 pm. Kumble Theater and Music Institute. Today: Vocal Fest. $7, 3:30 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. Reservations a gallery-like feel to the restaurant. and Tuesdays. For information, call (718) 383-2355 for the Performing Arts, Long Island Univer- required. (718) 411-2222. or visit www.thequeenshideaway.com. $5 in advance. 7 pm. 1600 Ave. L. (718) sity, corner of Flatbush and DeKalb avenues. Paloma has a maverick style that spills off 258-9283 ext., 199. Reservations required. (718) 230-0492. SELF DEFENSE: Center for Anti-Violence offers a Studio B (259 Banker St. between Mese- MON, JAN 15 four-week, self-defense class for adult wo- the plates and draws hungry locals for week- role and Calyer streets in Greenpoint) accepts MUSIC: with Mark Morris Music Ensemble. $20. men and transpeople. 3 pm to 6 pm. 421 ML King Jr’s Birthday 10 pm. The James and Martha Duffy Perfor- Fifth Ave. Call for fee info. (718) 788-1775. end brunch and dinner seven nights a week. American Express, Discover, MasterCard and mance Space, 3 Lafayette Ave. (212) 352-3101. “We used to say that it was great that you Visa. For information, including bar hours, call SHARE THE DREAM: Brooklyn Academy of WED, JAN 17 EXHIBIT: Dance Theater Etcetera presents (718) 389-1880. Music hosts its 21st annual tribute to Dr. Mar- PLAY NOIR: “The Death of Griffin Hunter.” 8 “Angels, Accordions, and Art,” interactive, didn’t have to leave Brooklyn, but now we TWEEN TIME: Spend time with books and pm. See Sat., Jan. 20. tin Luther King, Jr. Guests include singer friends. Brooklyn Public Library’s Central site-specific performance. A question and say it’s great that we don’t have to leave our Rutha Harris, Black Rock Coalition Orchestra, GALLERY PLAYERS: “Dedication, or The Stuff answer session with Director Martha Bowers branch, Youth Wing. Grand Army Plaza. Call of Dreams.” 8 pm. See Sat., Jan. 20. The Full Effect Gospel Ministries Mass Choir for time. (718) 230-2100. Free. and Music Director Bob Goldberg follows. neighborhood,” Becerra said. “Everything’s and hip-hop performance by Will Power. $8 adults, free for kids ages 12 and younger here.” cal artists, longtime Greenpoint residents (for NYC Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and WHAT TO EAT: Families First hosts a talk “Eating for Pregnancy.” $25, $20 members. and members. 1 pm. Brooklyn Museum, 200 The darling of the strip is the Queen’s whom Queen says she makes sure to keep NYC Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. SAT, JAN 20 Eastern Pkwy. Call for time. (718) 638-5000. give opening remarks. Emcee is Deputy Bo- 7 pm. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. Hideaway at Franklin and Green streets — weekday entree prices low) and intrepid food- rough President Yvonne Graham. 10:30 am. OPENING RECEPTION: BRIC’s presents “Spec- and you can tell because it’s been jammed ies coming in from around the city. BAM Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) tral Evidence.” 7 pm to 9 pm. Rotunda OUTDOORS AND TOURS 636-4100. www.bam.org. Free. Gallery, 33 Clinton St. (718) 875-4047. Free. AUDUBON CENTER: Learn about 200 species SUN, JAN 21 every night since it opened in May 2005. The These five hotspots are thriving, along with MLK CELEBRATION: Celebrate the spirit of Dr. PLAY NOIR: “The Death of Griffin Hunter.” 8 of birds in Prospect Park. Take a guided tour food is great, of course, but the greater a smattering of boutiques, coffee shops, gal- King at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Pro- pm. See Sat., Jan. 20. through the Nature Trails and find out why PERFORMANCE gram includes a performance of spirituals fea- the National Audubon Society has designat- YOUTH ORCHESTRA: Brooklyn Conservatory hunger, said owner Liza Queen, was simply leries and nightclubs such as Club Europa, ed Prospect Park an important bird area. for a quirky spot with a garden and a relaxing, which has started hosting rock shows in addi- turing the Great Day Chorale. 11 am and 2:30 performs works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, pm. Also, tour of the plants of Africa. 1 pm. THURS, JAN 18 Noon to 1:30 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road Mahler and Bach. 4 pm. Old First Reformed Southern-influenced menu. tion to dance nights; and the much-talked- Garden is open from 10 am to 4 pm. 1000 and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. Church, corner of Seventh Avenue and “It was just so obvious [to open a restau- about Studio B, a former Polish disco which Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220. Free. SENIOR SERIES: Today, “Brooklyn Poets.” Fran- BATTLE PRATTLE: Learn what the names Carroll Street. (718) 622-3300. Free. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Major Owens and cis Morrone discusses Walt Whitman, Mari- DeKalb, Putnam, Lafayette and Kosciusko GALLERY PLAYERS: “Dedication, or The Stuff rant],” said Queen, who lives next door to her has been reborn as a hip dance club and the Central Brooklyn Martin Luther King anne Moore and Hart Crane. 2 pm. 160 mean. Join the Urban Park Rangers in Fort of Dreams.” 3 pm. See Sat., Jan. 20. eatery. “I was bored as a resident, and I knew lounge. Commission hosts an afternoon of events. Montague St., third floor. Call for more infor- Greene Park for a discussion on where these BARGEMUSIC: Classical music. 4 pm. See Sat., Gowanus Wildcat Drill Team performs; Ife- mation, registration required. (718) 596-8789. and other names you’ll find around Brooklyn Jan. 20. I was hungry.” The result is a once-forgotten corner of tayo dancers and drummers entertain; rap RIDGE GIRLS: Meet and make friends with came from. 1 pm. Meet at the visitor center, Her instincts have paid off, as the Queen’s Brooklyn that has become an entertainment artist “Papoose” entertains. 1 pm to 3 pm. other tweens with whom you can share your near the Myrtle Avenue and Washington CHILDREN Hideaway is now the de facto cantina for lo- and dining destination. Door prizes. Prospect Heights High School, writing. Write poetry, prose, anything you Park entrance. (718) 421-2021. Free. STORYTELLING: Folktales about animals from 883 Classon Ave. (718) 222-9563. Free. want during this girls-only time. 4 pm. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a around the world with storyteller Ron MEDITATION CLASS: Vajradhara Meditation Brooklyn Public Library’s Bay Ridge branch, tour of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Sopyla, inspired by the works in the special Center offers a class. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. First 7223 Ridge Blvd. (718) 748-5709. Free. Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, exhibition “Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Unitarian Congregation Society, 48 Monroe BROOKLYN MUSIC NOW: Join musician and 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. Walton Ford.” $8 adults, free for kids ages Pl. (718) 496-5514. For fee information, visit author Alan Licht, Carlos Giffoni, Brian STAR STUCK: A night under natural lights at 12 and younger and members. 2 pm to 5 www.meditateinbrooklyn.org. Chase and Brad Truax as they discuss the Fort Greene Park. Dress for the weather, pm. 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. $5, current experimental music scene in Brook- and a telescope if possible. 6 pm. Fort YOKO.. $3 seniors and children. $5.50 skate rental. lyn. 7 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Greene Park, Fort Greene Visitor Center, OTHER Today’s hours are 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm branch, second floor meeting room, Grand near Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park OPEN HOUSE: hosted by the Mark Morris Continued from page 7 to 6 pm. Prospect Park, access through the Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Entrance. (212) 439-9675. Free. Dance Group. Offerings include dance class- Parkside/Ocean avenues entrance or the POETRY READING: Freebird Books and Goods es in tap, belly dancing, West African and Lincoln Road/Ocean Avenue entrance. (718) hosts a reading with Jason Schneiderman, PERFORMANCE ballet. Also, yoga. Refreshments. 11 am to 4 joked Salzer. “Over here, the architecture is 287-5252. Michael Broder and Priscilla Becker. 7 pm. WINTER CONCERT: sung by the Brooklyn pm. 3 Lafayette Ave. (718) 624-8400. Free. more interesting, like the Gretsch building, and JEWISH LECTURE: The “Mystery of the Twelve 123 Columbia St. (718) 643-8484. Free. Conservatory Children’s Chorus. Repertoire DIVERSITY IN PARK SLOPE: Brooklyn Arts Ex- I love the elevated train — it feels very ‘Satur- Tribes” is explored by Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of consisting of contemporary, folk, theater change presents: “I Am Park Slope: Will in a series of David Berg lectures. Tonight’s Ravel, Schubert, Brahms and Rachmaninoff. and world music. $5, children are free. 4:30 Diversity Be Part of Our Future?” $5 dona- day Night Fever.’ It still feels like Brooklyn focus is on the tribes of Dan and Naftali. $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 7:30 pm. pm. Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of tion. 6 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. over here: not too gentrified, with Hasidic Open to everyone, knowledge of Hebrew is Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at Music, 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. TALK WITH THE CURATOR: Join exhibit co- meets Latin meets hipster, which you can’t get not required. 8 to 9 pm. Congregation B’nai the East River. (718) 624-2083. DANCE: Creative Outlet Dance Theater performs curator, Ellen Levitt for a lively discussion Avraham of Brooklyn Heights, 117 Remsen St. PLAY NOIR: “The Death of Griffin Hunter.” 8 a fusion of modern dance, jazz, traditional about the exhibition “From Synagogue to anymore unless you go far out into Brooklyn.” Work it: The short-sleeved V-neck “sus- (718) 596-4840 ext 18. Free. pm. See Sat., Jan. 20. African movement with a spiritual and inno- Church.” Levitt talks about the genesis of vative style. $30. 7:30 pm. Kumble Theater On Jan. 12, Salzer celebrated his shop’s penders” T-shirt from the spring collection. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Dedication, or The Stuff the project, and takes a look at Brooklyn’s one-year anniversary. With its interior made of of Dreams.” 8 pm. See Sat., Jan. 20. for the Performing Arts, Long Island Univer- houses of worship and their neighborhoods TUES, JAN 16 sity, corner of Flatbush and DeKalb avenues. past and present. Discussion follows with an illuminated wall of silkscreens from past Reservations required. (718) 230-0492. some of the congregants of these syna- ECONOMY TALK: Dr. Irwin Kellner, Chief Eco- artist collaborations, vintage wallpaper, mili- Mishka NYC, a label similar to Yoko that is RI AN BARGEMUSIC: Enso String Quartet performs a gogues and churches. Free with admission. nomist for North Fork Bancorporation, is key- F , J 19 classical music concert featuring works by 2 pm to 3 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society, tary-inspired fixtures and raw brick accents to also sold to Collette in Paris. note speaker at a meeting of the Senior SCHOOL GROUP LECTURE: Museum of Con- Mozart, Ginastera and Dvorak. $35, $30 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 411-2222. house his full collection — as well as a com- With his line for sale in over 70 stores Umbrella Network of Brooklyn. Topic: “How temporary African Diasporan Arts presents plementary women’s line from H. Fredriksson around the world, Salzer shows no signs of Seniors Are Affected by the Economy.” 9 am “Remembering Lest We Forget.” $10. 11 to 11 am. Victory Memorial Hospital, Com- am. Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts — Salzer’s slice of Broadway is becoming a slowing. munity Meeting Room, 699 92nd St. (718) at Long Island University, corner of Flatbush fashion destination. New wholesale offices “It’s crazy to think I’ve been doing some- 745-7508, ext. 246. Free. and DeKalb avenues. Reservations required. LIST YOUR EVENT… and storefronts are expected in the coming thing for six years,” mused Salzer. “Have you BARBERSHOP QUARTET PERFORMANCE: by (718) 230-0492. the Brooklyn Chapter of Kings Chorus. 1:30 WINTER CONCERT: Edward R. Murrow High To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send your year from the The KDU (Keystone Design ever done something or even just lived in the pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s New Utrecht School hosts a digital music festival. $7. 7 listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paper, 55 Union), a group which includes The Royal same place for that long? Every time I think branch, 1742 86th St. (718) 236-4086. Free. pm. 1600 Ave. L. (718) 258-9283. Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and print- Magazine, to the clothing line Savant and Yoko has plateaued, 10 new doors fly open. It MORRIS IN CONVERSATION: Writer and Wall BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of ed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Street Journal dance critic Robert Greskovic Ravel, Schubert, Brahms and Rachmaninoff.

www.caponesbar.com. 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 16: Bingo, 7 pm, Bikini A- Union Hall Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and DJ Flim Hole, 9 pm, Woodpecker, 10 pm, Brian Kelley, (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 18: Vanessa Boyd, 9 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 17: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, pm, $TBD. Edward Gorch, 10 pm, Hawk and Dove, 11 pm, BROOKLYN www.unionhallny.com. FREE; Jan. 18: Iron & Albatross, 9 pm, Matt Jan. 13: Boss Tweed, Charming, Elizabeth Bauer, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: In My Blood, 8 Harper & The Matinee, 8 pm, $7; Jan. 15: An Galapagos 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in pm, FREE; Drew Victor and We Are The evening of film, art and music with Tracy Beautiful, 9 pm, The Shells, 10 pm, Chris Bonham, Shannon Brunette and Joe McGinty, 8 Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Barron, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 20: Beau Jennings & pm, $10; Jan. 17: Cold War Kids, 8 pm, $12 Friends, 9 pm, Wynn Walent, 10 pm, Big City Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; (limited tickets at door); Jan. 18: Fionn Regan, Bright Lights, 11 pm, FREE. Nightlife Ian Love, John Southworth, 8 pm, $10; Jan. 19: Jan. 13: (Backroom) The FUSE presents an Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Mark Eitzel, Ola Podrida, 8 pm, $12; Jan. 20: evening of poetry, hip-hop, and classical music, Mexican Institute of Sound, Gritty Midi Gang, 8 hosted by MC Dapper D, 6 pm, FREE, Stain Bushwick, (718) 453-0400. pm, $10. Reverend Mofo, 8:30 pm, $5, (Frontroom) 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. BAY RIDGE Jan. 15: Hundred Eyes, Ill Ease, 8 pm, $5 Multi-Hop featuring Akrobatik, DJ Rob Swift, DJ Double U Tomek, 10 pm, $15 ($10 with Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- Kitty Kiernan’s PROSPECT HEIGHTS flyer); Jan. 14: Jenny Rocha Dance, 8 pm, $15; nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, CLINTON HILL Jan. 15: Starshine Burlesque presents Studio Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. The Backroom 54, 9:30 pm, $5; Jan. 17: Punk Rocks the Kid mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Ben, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 20: Surf & Turf Reign (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue presents Siberia featuring Kung Fuse, 10 pm, Jan. 13: Pro_Piece Symposium, 7 pm, FREE; with Brian & Paul, 11 pm, FREE. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Twilight City Fracture, 11 pm, The Day before, Jan. 14: Chocolate Tiger, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 15: Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, www.freddysbackroom.com. Midnight, $10; Jan. 18: (Backroom) Sally Lily Maase, Jangeun Bae and guests, 10 pm, www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Jan. 13: Al Duvall & Singing Sadie, 9:30 pm, Dr. Distance, 8 pm, $TBD, Dubistan Brooklyn fea- FREE; Jan. 16: Bad Egg Collective, 8 pm, FREE; The Salty Dog turing Dub Gabriel and special guest musicians, Jan. 18: Wiggins Sisters, 8 pm, Clifton Hyde, 9 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ Zoo, 10:30 pm, Liza & the Wonder Wheels, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 19: (Backroom) Pillow Fight (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after 11:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: Strip Club, 8 pm, pm, Va Va China, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: Ophir FREE; Jan. 15: Stand-Up Comedy, 9:30 pm, League, 8 pm, $15 in advance, $20 day of the Drive and Zach Lider, 8 pm, Karl Walters Trio, 10 Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 12:30 am. All’s well: Local hardcore act Endwell hits The Third Rail on Jan. 19 to FREE; Jan. 16: Minimalist Chick Jazz, 9:30 pm, show. pm, FREE; Jan. 20: Guy Trio, 10 pm, FREE. 18: Gravy, 10:30 pm, FREE. play songs from their recent record, “Homeland Insecurity.” FREE; Jan. 17: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 18: Sputnik The Kings County Opry with Song Circle, 8:30 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Laila Lounge pm, Yarn, 9:30 pm, Andy Friedman & the Other Trash Bar The Wicked Monk Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Failures, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: Lost Kitten, 8 Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. Saturdays: Afrokinetic with DJs Chris Annibell before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm. Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. pm, Damian Quinones & Friends, 9 pm, FREE; www.lailalounge.com. Jan. 13: Hired Center, 8 pm, Matter Antimatter, Jan. 13: Bar Fly, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 14: Terminal One and Amon, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Jan. 19: Third Friday with the Park Slope Food Jan. 20: Wine Cooler, 9:30 pm, Deal Breaker, Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 9 pm, Wild Bee, 10 pm, The Shorebirds, 11 pm, MLK Bash with live performances by Gravesend Mic hosted by Poetica, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 10:30 pm, Alicia Levy, 11:30 pm, FREE. Co-op featuring Barry Brysen’s Swing Street, 8 Bluegrass Tuesday, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: $7; Jan. 14: The Opposite Sex, 9 pm, The and DJ Justin Brannan, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 18: DJ Nicole Leone, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Twelve PARK SLOPE pm, $10 adults, $6 children. Jezebel Music Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 Funeral Crashers, 10 pm, Din Glorious, 11 pm, 24Seven, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 19: Billy Mira & the Hit Tribes presents Escape to Brooklyn MLK pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Fridays: OHM The Wasted Freaks, Midnight, $6; Jan. 15: The Men (from Howard Stern), 9 pm, $5; Jan. 20: Holiday Celebration with DJs Op! and Barbes RED HOOK Waajeed, 10 pm, $5. and special guests, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Emory Porch, 8 pm, Allie Moss, 9 pm, Michael Sister Venus, 8 pm, Green Machine, 11 pm, $5. 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Magnolia Bragging Party, 9 pm, The Pencey Affair, 10 pm, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Brunnock, 10 pm, $6; Jan. 16: Krylls, 8 pm, The Hook $TBD; Jan. 16: Vincent Cross and Good Suicide Dolls, 9 pm, Division of Planes, 10 pm, Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $8 suggest- (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in FLATBUSH Company, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 18: Giraffes, 9 pm, Hype! Of the State, 11 pm, The Ravages, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT ed donation; Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, Khan Men, 10 pm, DJ Fat Tony, 11 pm, $TBD; Midnight, $5; Jan. 17: DJ Mojo presents Elisa $10; Jan. 13: Glass Eye, 7 pm, $8 suggested Ken Simon, 9:30 pm, FREE. www.thehookmusic.com. Cornerstone Pub Jan. 20: Jenny Martin and Foldable Hearts, 9 Flynn, Juneteenth, 9 pm, Fly Ashtray, 11 pm, $6; Sistas’ Place donation, Alison Young, 9 pm, $8 suggested Jan. 13: Emergenza Festival with The Doug pm, James Apollo, 10 pm, $TBD. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road donation, Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, 11 pm, $8 Gordon Band, 7 pm, Sound Frontier, 7:30 pm, Jan. 18: Mt. Quimbly, 8 pm, Bill Popp & the in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, suggested donation; Jan. 14: Reuben Radding’s The Perch Cafe Aeodema, 8 pm, Lomaxx, 8:30 pm, JD Crane, Tapes, 9 pm, Underground Society, 10 pm, www.cornerstonepub.com. 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, www.sistasplace.org. The Book of Questions, 5:30 pm, $8 suggested 9 pm, Matthew Puckett, 9:30 pm, Mainline The Lucky Cat Agents of Karma, 11 pm, Carousel Rogues, (718) 788-2830. Jan. 13: Mario Escalera Group featuring Lil Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- donation, Barbes Classical with The Janaki String Gypsy, 10 pm, Jaggery, 10:30 pm, Neruda, 11 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- Midnight, $6; Jan. 19: Hot Iron Swallows, 8 pm, Philips, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quar- Trio, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation; Jan. 15: Las Jan. 13: Angela Bingham, 9:30 pm (two sets), pm, $15; Jan. 14: Emergenza Festival with The burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Lolita Bras, 9 pm, Moto:Rosa, 10 pm, The day of the show. tet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thurs- Rubias del Norte, 10 pm, $8 suggested dona- $5 suggested donation; Jan. 14: Brazz Tree, 7 Weapons of Mass Seduction, 5:30 pm, Alien Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Night host- Jealous Girlfriends, 11 pm, Rahim, Midnight, $7; days: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. tion; Jan. 16: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 sug- pm, 2-drink minimum and suggested donation; Soup, 6 pm, Z.D.M., 6:30 pm, Ratay, 7 pm, Year ed by Dave Cuomo, 7 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: Dave Jan. 20: Elizabeth Harper and the Matinee, 11 gested donation; Jan. 17: Jim Pugliese/Kevin Jan. 15: Zack Brock Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 of Confession, 7:30 pm, When Distance Fails, 8 Truet’s Clarify, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 17: Binky pm, The Isles, Midnight, $7. BENSONHURST Vox Po p Norton, 8 pm, $10, RE:ACTION, 10 pm, $10; suggested donation; Jan. 16: Brenda Earle pm, Myth of Mitch, 8:30 pm, When All Else Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 pm, $TBD; Jan. 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flat- Jan. 18: Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble, 8 pm, $8 Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested dona- Fails, 9 pm, Victoria’s Dying Secret, 9:30 pm, 18: Radom Party with Moist Paula, 11 pm, Union Pool Third Rail Studios bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. suggested donation, Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, $8 tion; Jan. 18: Melissa Stylianou Trio, 8:30 pm $15; Jan. 18: Emergenza Festival with Eleven FREE; Jan. 19: Another Futurefunk Friday, 11 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in 1549 63rd St. at Sixteenth Avenue in Benson- Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- suggested donation; Jan. 19: Delta Dreambox, (two sets), $5 suggested donation; Jan. 20: Forty 3, 9 pm, Bullet Society, 9:30 pm, Hard pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, hurst, (718) 232-7774. www.thirdrailny.com. drink/snack minimum; Jan. 13: Randy Nerve 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, One Ring Zero, Seung-Hee Quartet, 9:30 pm (two sets), $5 Drive, The Band, 10 pm, Delaware Hudson, www.myspace.com/unionpool. Jan. 19: Endwell with Emure, My Bitter End, Lost with David Rovics, 8 pm, $10 ($5 with valid stu- 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Jan. 20: Daniel suggested donation. 10:30 pm, Hot Steppah, 11 pm, $15; Jan. 19: Northsix Jan. 19: Milksop Party #6, 11 pm, $TBD. and No One Knows, From a Lacerated Sky, Of dent ID); Jan. 14: Kommunity Komedy with Colin & Dominique Cravic (Paris Musette), 8 pm, Brand Timebomb, 9:30 pm, Dirty Mother 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- Smoke and Mirrors, and more, Time TBD, $10. Karla, 7 pm, Michael Fiorito, 8 pm, AC Haley is $8 suggested donation, The Jack Grace Band, Nation, 10 pm, Dissent, 11 pm, Through the burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Williamsburg Music Burnin’ Rage, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 19: Bill Bernthal, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation. Puppet’s Jazz Bar Discipline, 11:30 pm, $15; Jan. 20: Emergenza Jan. 13: Carnivore, Kreig, Lair of the Minotaur, 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, Festival with Johnny Beehive, 8:30 pm, 8 pm, Dave Elder, 9 pm, Michael Nahmias, 10 (718) 499-2627. AxCx, Embalmer, Dimentianon, Annunaki, 7 Center BOERUM HILL pm, Soan Jhollon, 11 pm, $TBD; Jan. 20: The Travesty, 9 pm, Stackin Apples, 9:30 pm, pm, $30; Jan. 15: Wheatus, Midstates, Mason 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in Cafe Steinhof Jan. 13: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, 10:40 Buffalo Poets, 6 pm, Satchel Jones & Friends, 8 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Apophenia, 10 pm, The Fearless, 10:30 pm, Dixon, 8 pm, $10; Jan. 19: The Second Annual Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. 15: Jaime Aff Session, Hank’s Saloon pm, Barbara McKay, 10 pm, $TBD. (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Captain to Copilot, 11:30 pm, $15. JezebelMusic.com Benefit Show for Common Jan. 13: Gerry Eastman Quintet, 10 pm, $5; 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. 16: Rael Jan. 17: Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout, 10:30 Ground with Sexy Champions, Proton Proton, Jan. 19: Live Jazz Jam Session, 10 pm, FREE; Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Wesley Grant Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, pm, FREE. SHEEPSHEAD BAY The Black Spoons, Lowry, Jaymay, Leah Siegel, Jan. 20: Gerry Eastman Quintet, 10 pm, $5. Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw FORT GREENE $5; Jan. 17: Rich Huntley Quartet, 9:15 pm, Black Bunny, Via Audio, 8 pm, $15; Jan. 20: An and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. 18: Sean Wayland evening with Gob Iron featuring Jay Farrar and Zebulon Cafe Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: BAM Cafe Cattyshack Group, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. Anyway Cafe Anders Parker, 9 pm, $15. 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Justin Trawick, Blip Blip Beep, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, 19: Arturo O’Farrill Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, 18: Heap, 11 pm, Saint Bastard, Midnight, FREE; Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Midnight, $5; Jan. 20: Arturo O’Farrill, 9:15 pm, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. Saturdays: Shack 249 with DJs BK Brewster, www.anywaycafe.com. Pete’s Candy Store Jan. 19: The Blue Suede Bombers, 10 pm, Shark 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Jan. 13: Veronica Valerio, 10 pm, Zemog, 11 Hat, 11 pm, The Crevulators, Midnight, FREE; Jan. 13: Anti-Social Music, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. Daryl Raymond, and more, 10 pm, $5, $7 after Mondays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 11 pm; Mondays: Chump Change, 10 pm, Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, pm, FREE; Jan. 14: Red Robot, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 20: Simon and the Bar Sinisters, The 19: Sam Bardfeld in “The Saul Cycle,” 9 pm, www.petescandystore.com. Jan. 15: Tribute to Martin Luther King (visuals Arkhams, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation. FREE; Jan. 20: Tea Party records presents DJ FREE; Tuesdays: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Southpaw FREE; Wednesdays: Grace Garland, 9 pm, 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: by Scott and music by Magnets for Teeth), 10 Ian Friday and Manchildblack, 9 pm, FREE. Wednesdays: Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after 10 pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. Cat Martino, 8 pm, Josh Marcus, 9 pm, pm, FREE; Jan. 16: Pure Horsehair, 10 pm, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS welcome with sexy boys), 10 pm, $5; Jan. 13: La Laque, NaNuchKa, Pink Noise, 9 Flugente, 10 pm, A Locomotive, 11 pm, FREE; FREE; Jan. 17: Special Patrol, 10 pm, FREE; Night of the Jan. 14: Patrick Keesey, 8:30 pm, Ethan Rose, Jan. 18: Boogaloo Communications, Part-Time Thursdays: Shitkickers, 8 pm, FREE ($5 after 9 pm, $8; Jan. 14: Final Destination Music Group WILLIAMSBURG Magnetic Field Cookers pm), Poison Ivy, 10 pm, $5; Fridays: R.P.M. with and Gospel Goodtimes presents “A Tribute to 9:30 pm, Alan Hampton, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. Hoodlums, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: Qawwali 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE, Frisky Fridays with live Martin Luther King” with Esther Lormil and 15: Monday Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Band, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 20: The Sway Gregory Residence, 9:30 pm, Kelley McRae, Machinery, 10 pm, FREE. Heights, (718) 834-0069, Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. DJs and go-go dancers, 11 pm, $5 ($7 after Friends, Tyrone Birkett, Mrs. Victory, 7 pm, $10; Black Betty 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: midnight). Jan. 16: DJ Bazooka Joe, Trizolini, I-Jah-the in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Jan. 13: Shrine for the Black Madonna, Jason- Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, Prophet of Vibes, 9 pm, $8; Jan. 17: Gonna Get www.blackbetty.net. Michael, 8 pm, $7; Jan. 17: Dick Swizzle’s Sudden FREE. Got, ADM, Djioubti, 9 pm, $10; Jan. 18: pia- Center for Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- Death Game Show, 8 pm, $5 per contestant; Jan. menta, heedoosh, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $18 days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand 18: Live band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 19: A Improvisational day of the show; Jan. 19: Bakerton Group, TALK TO US… GREENPOINT and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Lee Grows in Brooklyn (MF co-owner Lee’s birth- Music Never Got Caught, 9 pm, $TBD. day celebration with live music), 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include 20: Ursula Points, Rotary Downs, 8 pm, $6. Club Europa (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Fri- name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site days: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne and address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Jan. 18: Open Jam Session, 8 pm, $7. Tea Lounge Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are BUSHWICK www.europaclub.com. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT It’s still not a damn park! E’VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR MORE — which allows a handful of private develop- fully “under-parked”). than half a decade, but this week, state ers to circumvent city regulations and taxes to If local leaders are to be faulted, it was that W planners once again admitted that their create luxury apartments, a hotel and cafes — they believed in the sincerity and good inten- luxury residential, commercial and open space has been that it violates state law forbidding just tions of state officials. Now, instead of a peo- development along the DUMBO and Brooklyn such a thing. ples’ park, we face the prospect of seeing our Heights waterfront is not a park. So if the court takes the backers of “Brooklyn precious waterfront being developed — at tax- Sure, they’ll continue to use the name “Brook- Bridge Park” at their word —i.e., that they’ve been payer expense — into a walled-off sanctuary for lyn Bridge Park” when publicly describing their lying for years about intending to build, first and the wealthy. 1.3-mile-long site, but in court — where they’re foremost, an actual, accessible, usable public park The courtroom name change allows real-park being sued by advocates of a real park on the — the opponents will have proven their point but advocates to say, “We told you so,” but their grounds that putting housing in a park is illegal — lost their legal foundation. battle was lost years earlier when control was planners have admitted it’s no park. ••• ceded to economic development officials whose Where once the development’s lawyers called Before state economic development officials primary role in New York State is to hand over their scheme a “civic project” — a term that links (not parks officials) got involved in planning land to private developers with little oversight it to such visionary open spaces as Central Park this project, local civic leaders were designing a (Atlantic Yards, anyone?). and Prospect Park — legal papers are now calling bona-fide park — a park that could be enjoyed If the park component of “Brooklyn Bridge it a “civic and land-use project.” by residents of Brownstone Brooklyn (which Park” must be “self-supporting,” that goal should This is not a simple little change of language. abuts the site) and northern Brooklyn (which, be pursued under the direction and control of The basis for the lawsuit against this project despite the existence of Prospect Park, is woe- parks people, not luxury housing developers. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Yea and nay for Marty, Atlantic Yards reports To the editor, To the editor, watch a basketball game if the project goes I’m appalled that Marty Markowitz called I am a Brooklyn native and lifelong resi- forward. Is “brownstone” Brooklyn ALL of A’Yards is big City’s right Hook The Brooklyn Paper’s coverage of the Atlantic dent who is in favor of the Atlantic Yards Brooklyn? I don’t think so. To the editor, To the editor, Opting out of Yards project “biased” (“Marty’s humble opin- project and dismayed that some (including The opponents also say public money is After reading your ongoing coverage of In a recent article about development in ion,” Dec. 30). I, for one, am thankful for your your newspaper) so strongly oppose it. being used in the project. That’s OK by me. I the Atlantic Yards project, I thought you Red Hook (“Big pricetag in Hook,” Jan 6), “bias” towards accurate coverage. Even just a In his recent interview with Gersh Kuntz- home delivery have no problem seeing some of my tax might consider characterizing the project as you wrote that “not one elected official or lo- few days into 2007, I can see that you intend to man, Borough President Markowitz hit the money used to bring employment, housing Every week, we deliver copies of “two times the size of Rockefeller Center.” cal resident spoke in support of the plan” at a follow that course. Thank you. nail right on the head: The Brooklyn Paper and economic benefits to Brooklyn. It’s actually bigger than twice the size in The Brooklyn Paper to homes Your interview with Borough President has been solidly anti-Yards, even in its news hearing in December. throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. Without the Ratner project (which will in- both square footage and in acreage. Of course There’s one possible reason: No one Markowitz was revealing. You included his coverage. As Marty says, you are quite free clude below- and market-rate housing), can none of the square footage in the Manhattan Our unique system limits deliveries to comments on surveillance around the project to express your opinions in editorials. But knows when such hearings are being held. just a few papers per building (elimi- the average New Yorker afford to live in that project is for residential use, but it still is a Many of us in Red Hook broadly support the site and his justifications for Ratner placing he’s right when he says that your paper has area? No. The surrounding neighborhood has way to give readers a sense of the dimension nating the kind of clutter caused by cameras everywhere. But you didn’t ask how not been objective in its news coverage of the city’s plan for the waterfront, but we are be- circular and menu delivery services). improved over the years, and with that has of Atlantic Yards — you know, put it in per- ing drowned out by the more strident voices, he feels about all the surveillance that will project. come much higher property values and rents. spective. We hope everyone appreciates come when events begin in Frank Gehry’s Although I do favor complete environ- Eric Albert, Boerum Hill including the paid supporters of the American our free home delivery, but realize Unless you happen to enjoy rent-control sta- Stevedoring company, such as our own con- there are exceptions to every rule. glass arena. The issue of the public’s reaction mental and financial reviews of the project, tus or a pretty high income, you can’t afford to excessive surveillance recently came up in and a reasonable scale, I support major devel- gressman, Rep. Jerry Nadler. If you’ve received The Paper at to live in Prospect Heights or Park Slope. A polite note The location of this tax-payer subsidized home and no longer want this Chicago. It is only one of the many predicted opment in the [LIRR yards] area. It will be So who’s complaining? A lot of people who “unintended consequences” of this project nice to finally see that area become some- To the editor, operation on some of the most stunning and free service, you may “opt out” of are in a better position than many to pack their Congratulations on your recent editorial underused section of the Brooklyn waterfront our delivery program by filling that were raised by the community and sub- thing worth visiting. bags and move on should they need to, that’s sequently ignored by our political leaders and All through the 1960s through the late “Covering Atlantic Yards” (Dec. 30). is a terrible disservice to Red Hook. The out the online form at BrooklynPa- who. It was a great trip down Memory Lane. The city’s plan for visitor-friendly, maritime- per.com/html/about/optout.html the Empire State Development Corporation. 1980s, as I grew up, I passed the area count- A second, almost Freudian example of the less times. It was always a disgrace. Dirty, As a single parent, I lived through years of Brooklyn Paper’s consistent coverage all year themed uses of this parcel of land seemed vi- discomfort with issues of responding rationally unattractive and downtrodden [with] dingy high rents in Prospect Heights and Park long on this issue was the most complete of any sionary to those of us who have craved more to a post 9-11 world appears in the audio por- meat-packing plants, weeded lots, homeless Slope from the late 1980s until 2000. I did media outlet. Your piece reminded me of how open space and access to the waterfront, tion of the interview. people. Now, someone is finally interested in not enjoy the benefit of rent control or rent fortunate we are living in one of the few re- while still maintaining the balance of housing Send a letter There, Marty goes off about how his crit- fixing the place up and your publication is stabilization. When the rent became too maining free societies with a wealth of informa- and industry which makes Red Hook unique. By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn ics care more about Atlantic Yards than dedicated to stopping it! much, I didn’t complain. I did what I had to tion sources available for any citizen to access. On the north side of Hamilton Avenue, we Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, do and bought a house in Crown Heights (I could use more housing. But Stevedoring has NY 11201 catching Osama Bin Laden. Marty needed to Opponents say that the project will destroy Larry Penner, Great Neck couldn’t afford one in Park Slope or Prospect worked against residential development such as By fax: (718) 834-9278. be asked if he agrees with the ESDC’s asser- Brooklyn’s character. That’s nonsense. tion that addressing terrorism in regards to Brooklyn is huge and can undoubtedly bene- Heights and still can’t). the Imlay Street proposal. By email: Atlantic Yards is “unreasonable.” And if so, fit from finally having a REAL downtown The folks who live in the arena area who op- A not-so-polite note They feel residential cannot live by indus- [email protected] is it then “unreasonable” that Methodist Hos- area. pose the project are thinking mainly of them- To the editor, trial maritime use — a notion that is dis- All letters must be signed and pital has used the thwarted Atlantic Avenue Will Coney Island, Williamsburg, Marine selves, but they represent a vocal minority. Do you make a habit of bitching about all the proved by many cities around the world. In include the writer’s home address Station suicide bomb plot (from 1997) in his Park, Greenpoint, East New York, Flatbush, These people, unlike many Brooklynites, do neighborhoods you serve, or is Park Slope spe- Australia, ferries, water taxis and cruise ships and phone number (only the writer’s have an alternative if the project troubles them name and neighborhood are pub- emergency preparedness planning? Ditmas Park or dozens of other Brooklyn cial (“Another politically correct year,” Dec. 30)? pull in and out right next to condominiums lished with the letter). Letters may These kind of dots need to be connected. neighborhoods be negatively affected by this so greatly: they can move somewhere else, Do you think we don’t read your paper here? and the Sydney Opera House, no less. be edited and will not be returned. We need to know more about how security project? More likely, the folks living in these preferably back to where they came from be- Do you ever wonder if we might stop? Happy It makes for a more interesting and appeal- The earlier in the week you send issues will be playing out over time. areas will finally have a new area within fore they discovered Brooklyn. New Year, a-holes. ing environment, not less. your letter, the better. Alan Rosner, Prospect Heights Brooklyn to shop, hang out and maybe even Brian Major, Crown Heights Name withheld, Park Slope Adam Armstrong, Red Hook

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/ Gersh Kuntzman Suburban pals a memory coverage of Diomede’s plight will encourage someone to rent this nice guy an apart- MARTMOM HATES IT growing up in a big city is just get to see stars at night and Re- ment. when, every couple of years, plain weird. publicans at the Safeway. Thanks to a steady pension, one of her friends or This argument galls Smart- Part of her loved the idea of WHAT’S COOKING?

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn S he can afford $800 a month neighbors decides to leave Park mom because she’s a city kid reinventing herself as a Califor- — if such a thing exists in Dominick Diomede holds a picture of himself at age 9 out- Slope for supposedly greener through and through (and just nia farm girl. But she knew she At KIDS COOK!, our ten-week program this city anymore. side a Red Hook automobile service station. pastures. look how normal she is!). As didn’t have the guts to make a teaches children essential kitchen skills The move is usually preced- the Music for Aardvarks song big change in her life. and techniques. Kids learn how to measure, ed by a whole lot of bellyach- goes: “Beep beep, honk honk, OWHILE BROOKLYN sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, ing: “The city is dirty and dan- can you spare a dime? Have a is obviously the right as they prepare wholesome and delicious foods from around the world. 39-year-old Alfonzo. gerous”; “my apartment’s too bagel with a schmear and see Splace for her gang — “I have amazing memories small”; “real-estate prices are the Guggenheim…” Teen Spirit likes to be walking • Afterschool classes through the roof”; distance from Music Matters — of my time in Brooklyn, and I • Private Parties FONZIE… “parking is ridicu- Smarmtom is trying to learn to can’t wait to get back there for • Fun & learning for ages 5-13 Continued from page 1 “The phrase that comes to lous”; “the schools are respect the choices her friends another season,” said Alfonzo, overcrowded”; “there’s make and not get so defensive Champion New York Mets, mind is, ‘The magic is back!’” who has been a minor-league SMART Classes meet at 170 Hicks St. the Cyclones were 52-24, and said Mark Lazarus, the self- too much crime”; “pri- when they leave. coordinator for the Mets organi- Smartmom still waves at in Brooklyn Heights Alfonzo was named Baseball professed “Mayor of Section vate school is too ex- mom zation for the past three years. pensive.” Mrs. Deserter’s window every To register, call Jane at (718) 797-0029 America’s “manager of the 14” and a season-ticketholder “Being a part of that first year time she walks OSFO to school year” — and not just for the for the life of the team. Times like these, By Louise Crawford www.kidscookbrooklyn.com was something very special.” Smartmom finds her- in the morning. New York-Penn League, but “I believe in deja-vu. We When asked why, Alfonzo But Smartmom hasn’t mas- for all of short-season base- had great success with Edgar self getting defensive. When Acity childhood is no differ- made it plain: “The fans,” he tered the art of the long-dis- ball. the first year and we will have people say they’re leaving Park ent from childhood anywhere said. “Those fans are different Slope, Smartmom feels her else. Smartmom frolicked on tance friendship. New phone After that thrilling season, great success with him again. numbers must be memorized. the Clones swept a best-of- There was such a fire in the from anywhere else. They gave core values, her life choices, are West 86th Street, dropped water us support, and they gave us under attack. balloons from her parent’s New conversation topics must three playoff series from the dugout when he was here.” So what’s wrong with Park ninth-floor bedroom window, be substituted for the old stand- Yankees before splitting the Lazarus’s enthusiasm was energy. … I know they’ll do bys: local real estate, 321 teach- the same thing this year.” Slope? If it’s good enough for popped wheelies on her bike in first two games of the final se- not only about the Cyclones’ Smartmom… Riverside Park and got to trick- ers, gripes about the Food Co- ries with the Williamsport on-field performance under Greer’s departure did not op, and Third Street gossip. Brooklyn mean wholesale changes to At the same time, Smart- or-treat on 12 floors of her Crosscutters. Alfonzo. mom can’t help but think that if apartment building — what a As for Gluten Free and The series was suspended “The best thing about him the Cyclone management people move away, there’ll be treat bag! Dadu, Smartmom still dials 718 team. Pitching coach Hector instead of 845 whenever she Fencing because of the Sept. 11 attacks was how much fun we — the less of them to steal a Thursday Fencing Berrios will return for his ES, THERE ARE ALSO calls them even though they’ve and both teams were named fans — had with him,” parking space, a spot on line at some key differences. At champions. Lazarus said. “He was so ac- fourth season and coach ConnMuffCo, or a place or two been gone for four years. The an early age, Smartmom ease of shouting up to a win- Center But that’s ancient history as cessible. We all love him and Guadalupe Jabalera and train- in class at PS 321. Y Center knew where to find the Jackson dow Brooklyn-style must be re- far as Cyclones fans are con- his family.” er Matt Hunter will also be OK. Smartmom gets it. Pollocks at MOMA and the • Group Classes cerned. Right back at you, said the back. Everyone has real-estate and placed with the effort of picking beginner to advanced French impressionists at the up the phone. 5 years to adults quality-of-life longings he can’t Met. satisfy here. They say it can be done, but • Open Fencing She went to “be-ins” in Cen- Smartmom is still having trou- But are such concerns worth tral Park and Young People’s Monday - Saturday going bumper-to-bumper in the ble. After all, she still hasn’t Concerts with Leonard Bern- visited the Deserters in their • Private Lessons Lincoln Tunnel or shopping in stein at Lincoln Center. She fre- big box stores at the mall? palace in Nyack, which, let’s • Summer Camps quented FAO Schwarz, Barney face it, isn’t that far away LONELY TOURISTS… Greengrass, Charivari, the Au- HEN HER FRIENDS, (physically, at least). Parties up to 20 kids tomat, the New Yorker Book- FENCING BIRTHDAY PACKAGES! Continued from page 1 the Deserters, moved Louise Crawford, a Park Ages 6 & up land. But once they’re there, to a big Victorian store, and the Thalia. W Slope mom, also produces the 62 Fourth St. (corner of Hoyt) • (718) 522-5822 they appreciate a place like To- Where in the world? house in Nyack, Smartmom In high school, she’d hang out with friends at the West Web site, “Only the blog knows tonno’s because it’s not mass- The editors of the Lonely Planet guidebooks have pretended to be happy for them. Brooklyn.” www.BrooklynFencing.com But really she felt abandon- End, a jazz club near Columbia produced. Manhattan has the named Brooklyn one of their 30 hot destinations for University. 2007. Where else is hot? See the partial list below: ed. Weren’t they going to miss largest Olive Garden in the their impromptu Sunday night And when it was time for country. They don’t want to see • Alaska Highway, Alaska • Lamosquitia, Honduras potluck suppers and their juicy Saturday Night Live, she’d hail that. They want the real urban • Antarctica •Namibia and Botswana stoop conversations? a cab and be home in time for experience.” • Central Bulgaria • New Mexico When Gluten Free, Dadu and Rosanne Rosannadana. The hot list’s Brooklyn •Northeast Cambodia • New Orleans family left Prospect Heights for Then as now, subways, taxis •Cartagena, Colombia • Northern Ireland and car services were a godsend JEWISH pages also celebrate a walk a house in upstate Kingston over the Brooklyn Bridge to •Cornwall, England • Oriente, Equador that’s almost as big as Atlantic to city parents of teens. Teen DUMBO, enjoying the “ab- • Danube Delta, Romania • Patagonia, Chile Yards, Smartmom supported driving is just one less thing to sof—kinglutely unreal views • Finland • Portland, Oregon their decision to move. But worry about. SUMMER of Lower Manhattan” at Alma • Gabon • Puglia, Italy what she really wanted to say UT IT’S TRUE, Smart- along Columbia Street, and the •Northeast India • San Sebastian, Spain was: why would you want to mom and Hepcat con- Atlantic Antic street fair (we • Jordan • Somaliland, Somalia move so far away from me? Bsidered leaving Park Smartmom knows she has to Slope once. Only once. love those curly fries. too). • Southern Laos •Tohoku, Japan CAMP FAIR stop personalizing everything! In fact, they came very close Lonely Planet even • Madagascar •Turkmenistan • Maluku, Indonesia • Xinjiang, China But nobody likes to be left be- to buying a mid-century modern weighed in on Atlantic Yards: hind — especially for the farmhouse in Northern California “One the plus side is pro wrong reasons. right next door to Hepcat’s mom. Jewish summer camps help kids: sports’ return to the borough Often, the desire to move can Occasionally, Smartmom al- to bury the ghosts of the be summed up by one word: lows herself to wonder if they Dodgers’ abandonment. backyard. For some baffling made a mistake. Maybe life on • build a strong Jewish identity On the minus, it’s a land reason, backyards have deep the farm would have been real- grab scam that’ll boot out ten- psychological meaning to those ly cool. • have a great time BAM MLK… who grew up in the ’burbs. It’s Instead of a column in The ants and further Wal-Martify NYC.” their Rosebud, their code word Brooklyn Paper, she could be • form lasting friendships Continued from page 1 for “normal childhood.” writing for the Tracy Press. In the end, the Lonely Plan- In addition to honoring King, the BAM tribute has become Deep down, those who She’d find out what it’s like to et editors were so wild for a must-stop for local politicians. City Council Speaker Chris choose the ’burbs believe that be a landowner. Her kids would Brooklyn that they even saw it Quinn and city Comptroller Bill Thompson will speak and Come learn about several great summer camp options. as a metaphor for all things dozens of lower-level pols will work the room, seeking to re- great about cities: alize their own dream. Hear from camp representatives and recent campers. “What’s hot [in Brooklyn]? The “21st Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, The Bronx,” the editors wrote. 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Some guys go to bars to down a few “I am looking for President Bush to tell Not even a wild calf running through cold ones and watch their favorite team on us that he is going to stay committed to get- Fifth Avenue could have disrupted the the big-screen television. ting the job done,” said Jonathan Judge, the Young Republicans as the lights were And then there are the Brooklyn Young club secretary. “No one wants a civil war, dimmed and the president admitted mistakes Republicans, who took over Peggy but what we want to hear is that he has and tried to sell a new course. O’Neill’s bar on Fifth Avenue on Wednes- learned from his mistakes and is moving When the speech concluded and the day night so they could watch their favorite forward.” lights were turned back on, several youthful president explain how we’re going to win in What they wanted to hear was a clear GOPers applauded and most said they felt Iraq. path to victory. the president had delivered what they want- More than two dozen club members “I believe that the recent use of quick ed. camped out below Peggy O’Neill’s 72-inch strike capabilities and good intelligence, “I like what I heard,” Vander Linden said. projection screen as the president prepared which was successful on Somalia terrorist “He seems to have a healthy degree of self- to address the nation. camps, should be used as the model,” added awareness and the ability to admit that not “It’s a little out of the ordinary,” said the Luke Vander Linden. everything he tried in the past worked.” bartender, Charlie. “Usually the televisions Staten Island’s Republican District Attor- Others, though, couldn’t get past the size are tuned into football or basketball.” ney Dan Donovan was the president’s of the television. 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