Mayor: Park and No Ride!

July 14–20, 2017 Including Brooklyn Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE ALSO SERVING PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, KENSINGTON, AND GOWANUS Mayor: Park and no ride!

BY COLIN MIXSON It’s wheel-y happening! Mayor DeBlasio on July 10 announced a ban on all cars inside Prospect Park from July 17 to Sept. 11. And while the administration described the embargo as temporary, local leaders who support a vehicle-free meadow said they are optimistic that the seasonal restriction is a pre- lude to full-on prohibition. “Hopefully, it will lead to a permanent closure,” said Eric McClure, Chairman of Community Board 6’s Trans- portation Committee. “I and many others have felt for a long time that the park should be completely free of cars, and doing a trial clo- READY TO WORK: Young teens participating in the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which provided 70,000 14- to 24-year-old New sure to measure the effect is Yorkers with seasonal jobs, attended its kick-off celebration hosted by Councilman Mathieu Eugene and local organizations in Prospect Park on a great idea.” July 5. Offi ce of Councilman Mathieu Eugene The ban — which will begin Prospect Park’s fi rst- ever entirely car-free period — temporarily eliminates a two-hour window that al- lows Downtown-bound drivers to zip up the park’s East Drive from 7 to 9 am on week- THEY’RE HIRED! day mornings to circumvent rush-hour traffi c. It follows the mayor’s 2015 decree that pulled vehicles from the Pol kicks-off city’s summer job program for kids meadow’s West Drive , which let Coney Island-bound mo- BY ALEXANDRA SIMON respect for others,” said Eu- Youth Employment Program The city’s Department of torists cut through Brook- He’s putting these kids to gene, the Chairman of the are at public green spaces, in- Youth and Community De- lyn’s Backyard during the work! Council’s Youth Services cluding Prospect Park, where velopment, also a partner evening rush and gener- Seventy thousand New Committee. “Some young Eugene celebrated partici- in the program, receives ally saw less traffi c than the Yorkers in their teens and people go down the wrong pants’ fi rst day of work with around 135,000 applications Downtown-bound route. early 20s received summer path because of lack of self an announcement alongside annually for it, according Fewer cars travel on the jobs through a city-wide esteem and discipline, but reps from Flatbush’s Council to Eugene, and more than East Drive in the summer youth employment program in providing jobs we will of Jewish Organizations, a half of the young job-seekers than in cooler seasons — kicked-off by Councilman help reduce the violence partner in the program. found work this year — a re- about 300 per hour as com- Mathieu Eugene (D–Flat- and juvenile delinquency Other industries that pro- cord number for the scheme, pared to 400 per hour in the bush) on July 5 that teaches among them, and instill vided employment opportu- which just years ago pro- fall — and the city expects the young adults skills to skills and values they need nities, which pay minimum vided only 35,000 opportuni- the ban will have negligible build careers and stay out to succeed in life.” wage and continue through ties. effects on streets surround- of trouble, said the pol. Some of the entry-level Aug. 19, include education, “These kids are willing ing the park, according to “Jobs are very important jobs available to 14- to healthcare, retail, market- to work and begging for the Continued on page 19 ways to learn discipline and 24-year-olds in the Summer ing, and real estate. Continued on page 19

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BY LAUREN GILL process when it announced Talk about picking a lane! the race last year, but Mc- The city closed a section Clure said he had not heard Green grub: Liza Zusman of Avocaderia holds up a toast gar- nished with sliced avocado, water- melon radish, arugula, and beet hummus. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf of the dedicated Greenway of the Greenway closure until Your guide to dining at Industry City bike path along the Red Hook reached by this paper. By Caroline Spivack Second and Third avenues in Sunset Park, Booze cruise shop will feature on-site seating for on-site unset Park has a lot on its plate! (347) 227–0350, www.avocaderia.com]. eating of its delicious dumplings, which Industry City was once a fine Open Mon–Fri, 9 am–4 pm; Sat–Sun, 11 Belly up to seasonal tug-boat-turned- include blue crab and pork soup dumplings, Sdining desert, but a garden of eatin’ am–5 pm. eatery the Wheelhouse, now landlocked sticky rice dumplings, and garden veggie has bloomed in the massive shorefront Light eating in an Industry City courtyard. The team dumplings. Noodles, soups, and other tradi- complex. Whether you are looking to sink behind the Manhattan-docked vessel tional delicacies are also on the menu. waterfront for nearly three And other locals said block- your teeth into the latest food trend or The latest sit-down eatery in Industry Frying Pan are serving up a slew of nautical Yaso Tangbao opening soon at 253 36th master your favorite fare with a cooking City, Filament at the Landing, offers a fare, including lobster rolls, ceviche tacos, St. between Second and Third avenues in class, this foodie hub has you covered. high-brow twist on pub grub. Culinary and spiced shrimp banh mi, along with Sunset Park in Industry City. Get a taste with our guide to the latest craftsmen Vincent Chirico, who also beer, wine, and cocktails. You can settle at Foodies in training joints that have taken root or will soon runs two Mediterranean-inspired spots any of the benches around the courtyard, or bloom in Industry City. on the distant isle of Manhattan, has migrate mere steps to a Brooklyn-themed The Brooklyn Kitchen has shifted its weeks as the nabe gears up to ing off a key access point for Wholly guacamole! brought some of more well-known dishes mini-golf course for a round. cooking class operation to Industry City to the better borough, including charred The Wheelhouse at Industry City after more than a decade in Williamsburg. Take your avocado obsession to the octopus served on a bed of jalapeno Courtyard 5/6 [enter on Second Avenue Instead of selling produce and kitchenware, next level at Avocaderia. The all-avocado pesto and a chicken-under-a-brick dish. between 34th and 35th streets in Sunset the Sunset Park spot focuses on classes eatery, which made headlines worldwide In addition to bold bites, the space fea- Park, (347) 902–4829, www.fryingpan- and special events, with daily workshops when it opened in April, plates the creamy tures a courtyard bar, pool tables, and wheelhouse.com]. Open Mon–Wed, noon–8 that will help you hone your cooking craft. host a leg of the allegedly envi- cyclists in the subway-starved fruit on toast, in salads, and blended into shuffleboard. pm; Thu–Fri, noon–9 pm; Sat, noon–8 pm; Classes offered this month include “Chinese smoothies. Each month also features new Filament at the Landing (220 36th Sun, noon–6 pm. Dinner Party,” “Halal Cart at Home,” and specials that imagine the green goody in St. between Second and Third avenues All that and dim sum “Not Sad Desk Lunch.” a unique form. July’s creations include in Sunset Park, (347) 417–8494). Open The Brooklyn Kitchen [254 36th St. “Avo chocolate mousse” and an “Avo Mon–Tue, 9:30 am–8 pm, Wed–Fri, 9:30 Downtown dumpling spot Yaso Tangbao between Second and Third avenues in burger” that uses the fruit as a bun. am–10 pm, Sat, noon–10 pm, and Sun, will open its second location at Industry City Sunset Park, (718) 389–2982, www.the- Avocaderia [238 36th St. between noon–6 pm. later this month. The Shanghai-inspired brooklynkitchen.com]. Class times vary. ronmentally-friendly, interna- nabe made them question how tional electric-car racing se- much city and Formula E hon- Your entertainment ries Formula E, leaving area chos have engaged residents. guide Page 29 cyclists with nowhere safe to “How are you involving the pedal during peak riding sea- neighborhood when you close son, said local leaders. the bike lane?” said a Van Police Blotter ...... 8 “The Greenway is heav- Brunt Street business owner Standing O ...... 20 ily used at this time of year,” who asked not to be named. Letters ...... 24 said Eric McClure, Chairman City Councilman Carlos Rhymes with Crazy ...... 26 of the Community Board 6 Menchaca (D–Red Hook) said Transportation Committee. he also never received ad- Sports ...... 35 “Not having accommodation vance notice about the plan to for users while they’re taking close the Greenway, and that up the space seems like an er- he asked city and Formula E ror in judgment.” ofﬁ cials to host community The landscaped, green- meetings this week, in order colored path that runs along to address locals’ concerns be- Bowne Street between Com- fore the race weekend. merce and Verona streets is “Event operators failed to closed from July 3 to 21 so offer advance notice to nearby crews can set up the race’s residents and cyclists — in- HOW TO REACH US fan village, where spectators cluding myself — who rely on can buy items such as food that section of bike path,” he Mail:

and merchandise during the Community News Group / Lauren Gill said. “At a site visit last week, Courier Life two-day competition on July NO RIDE: (Above) The Greenway around the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal I called on the Formula E team Publications, Inc., 15 and 16, according to a For- is closed in preparation for the international electric-car race. (Below) and the EDC to demonstrate 1 Metrotech Center North mula E spokesman. Drivers take their battery-powered vehicles to city streets in the For- their commitment to commu- Access to a portion of the nity relations by conducting 10th Floor, Brooklyn, mula E Championship racing series. stretch — some of which has a pair of open meetings this N.Y. 11201 been covered by concrete week to address this and any General Phone: slabs — is blocked by fences, other concerns.” (718) 260-2500 and planters that normally sit The Formula E rep ac- News Fax: beside it were exiled to nearby knowledged it dropped the (718) 260-2592 sidewalks, where signs an- ball by closing the bike lane, nouncing the lane’s closure but said it was an inevitable News E-Mail: have been posted. consequence of setting up the [email protected] The city recommended on fan village planned for the Display Ad Phone: Twitter that riders cycle along site, and that the organization (718) 260-8302 nearby Van Brunt Street in- did all it could to not put locals Display Ad E-Mail: stead, but they must share that out by hosting the event. [email protected] road with drivers, making it “I completely understand far less safe than the Green- these comments,” said Sam Display Ad Fax: way, according to McClure. Mallinson. “We want to min- (718) 260-2579 “Van Brunt doesn’t offer imize the disruption in our Classified Phone: any protected space the way host cities. The stretch is un- (718) 260-2555 the Greenway does for bike Formula E fortunate but we feel that hav- Classified Fax: riders and runners,” he said. and Paris — will zoom along parallel to Imlay Street. ing worked closely with local (718) 260-2549 Drivers in the massive a route that runs past the The city’s Economic De- authorities, we’ve limited the race — who have taken their Cruise Terminal and hooks velopment Corporation — the impact on the neighborhood.” Classified E-Mail: battery-powered cars to the around Atlantic Basin, go- agency working on the event The Department of Trans- [email protected] streets of such exotic locales ing to the edge of Pioneer and with Formula E — claimed portation did not return re- as Hong Kong, Marrakesh, Conover streets, then running it would include locals in the quests for comment.

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2 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 DT Garden grows locals’ picks BY LAUREN GILL These buds are for you! Stewards of an abandoned Fort Greene community garden have reopened the green space and are asking locals for ideas on how to revitalize the meadow, according to its keepers. “We’re trying to open it up to the community to make the best of the space,” said Demetrice Mills, president of the Brooklyn Queens Land Photo by Caleb Caldwell Trust. REBIRTH: Offi cials want locals to Poor leadership led to the submit ideas on how to makeover more than two-year-closure a long-abandoned community of The Greene Garden on garden in Fort Greene. DeKalb and S. Portland avenues, according to Mills, who funds in order to fully re- said his organization hired a vamp the space, but will be- team to breathe new life into gin its makeover by cutting the plot, which can be used down some trees so sunlight by neighbors to grow plants can fl ood the patch, which is of their choice. furnished with benches and He solicited residents for a gazebo where visitors can BATH TIME: Developer Greystone unveiled its restoration efforts at Park Slope’s landmarked bathhouse on input on what they’d like to relax in the meantime. Fourth Avenue last week. Photo by Jason Speakman see in the nursery at a meet- And even though The ing last month, and received Greene Garden is just across a variety of suggestions that the street from the massive included creating a retreat Fort Greene Park, it gives for neighbors to lounge and locals a different kind of programs to engage area meadow to spend their days, SPLASHY DEBUT youngsters. according to Mills. “Part of it can be a garden, “Sometimes there are part of it can be a place where questions about how there’s Renovations complete at historic baths you can have events or meet- a big park across the street, ings,” Mills said. “We’re try- but some people like a pri- BY COLIN MIXSON Slope facility, which were lo- ing to attract the youth, too, vate, smaller space for their Talk about freshening up! cated across the city, became and get them more involved. kids to run around,” he said. Park Slope’s historic bath- obsolete in the 1930s when in- Instead of hanging out in the There is no defi nitive house emerged from behind door plumbing became a re- street, they can come in the timeline for the revamp, but scaffolding on July 7 after a quirement for all residences. garden and make a differ- Mills said people can con- year-plus-long renovation of The structure was reborn as ence.” tact his offi ce with their sug- the turn-of-the-century facil- a gymnasium that decade, Brooklyn Queens Land gestions and can expect big ity — which could not have which it remained until it was Trust needs to raise more changes soon. come at a better time, accord- abandoned in the 1950s. ing to a rep for the developer. The National Register of “It was incredible the build- Historic Places recognized ing was still standing,” said Almirall’s bathhouse in 1984, Greystone’s Cian Hamill. and the city’s Landmarks The 111-year-old building FRESH FACE: The builders sal- Preservation Commission — which operated as a com- vaged as much of the original ma- made it a landmark that year, munity and events center for terials from the structure’s land- meaning it cannot be demol- two decades before Greystone marked façade as they could. ished and its façade cannot purchased it in 2014 to secure Photo by Jason Speakman be changed without the city’s the property’s air rights for permission. an adjacent, 13-story residen- buildings at a time when in- Greystone salvaged as QUIET REFUGE: Benches and a gazebo already adorn the patch of tial project — could not have door plumbing remained op- much of the original glazed green space, which offi cials said provides a more intimate escape been in worse shape by then, tional. brick, limestone, and terra Photos by Caleb Caldwell according to the spokesman, The handsome building’s cotta from the façade as it than nearby Fort Greene Park. who said its steel superstruc- neo-classical design by archi- could, but large portions of the ture suffered from severe rot. tect and Brooklyn native Ray- structure’s outer walls had to “There were defi nitely a lot mond Almirall was used to en- be scrapped, and the builders of surprises along the way,” he courage people to take baths, used a lightweight concrete to said. according to Hamill. replicate the discarded por- The bathhouse at 227 “The thinking was if this tions, Hamill said. Fourth Ave. between Presi- building had the same pres- The bathhouse, now fully dent and Union streets, which tige as a bank, courthouse, or renovated, will try its luck as opened in 1910, was commis- library it would entice people a gym again when new tenant sioned by the city to serve to use the facility,” he said. Blink Fitness opens for busi- residents of nearby tenement But public baths like the ness later this month. DT COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 3 Building resentment Plans fi led to start work on towers despite court case

BY LAUREN GILL pearance, after which she will They’ve got some steely re- deliberate on a decision on solve. whether the park is violating The developers planning an agreement that says it will two towers for Pier 6 in Brook- only build as much housing as lyn Bridge Park ﬁ led paper- is needed to sustain it. work earlier this month to More than 400 100-foot steel

start construction before a beams will be hammered 90 Photo by Jason Speakman judge decides whether the feet into the ground as part of HOT DOG!: Takeru Kobayashi took the win in a wiener–eating contest. high-rises can even be erected, the fi rst phase of the project, prompting a local civic group according to the court fi ling. that is fi ghting the project The builders tested driv- Jaw-dropping return in court to demand that the ing the piles for three days in builders be banned from act- ODA Architecture May in preparation, and a res- BY LAUREN GILL competed in Nathan’s Fa- ing until a ruling is made, be- IMPATIENT: Developers planning ident of nearby condo build- He downed these dogs for a mous Hot Dog Eating Contest cause their work would sully two towers for Brooklyn Bridge ing One Brooklyn Bridge Park good cause! since 2009 due to confl icts the meadow in its most popu- Park’s Pier 6 fi led paperwork ear- measured the noise, which Hot-dog–eating legend with Major League Eating lar season. lier this month to start construc- exceeded 100 decibels — far Takeru Kobayashi inhaled — devoured the dogs during “That activity will gen- tion before a judge decides if the more than the 85 decibels that 23 franks in three minutes the event at Kings County erate unbearable noise for buildings can even go up at all. experts say can cause hearing at a Brooklyn distillery on Distillery in the Brooklyn neighbors and park visitors. loss. July 4, and revelers who wit- Navy Yard to raise money for It threatens to shut down the that they will start building Ziegler compared the nessed the epic act of con- MS Foundation for Women, a playgrounds and park areas at the towers at the foot of Atlan- racket that park-goers and res- sumption were stunned by social services organization Pier 6, and adjacent sections of tic Avenue on or after July 19, idents will endure to that of his superhuman sausage-eat- that helps ladies. the park, during the height of per a stipulation that requires the subway or a raucous con- ing ability. The former champ faced- visitor season,” said the court them to give the civic group cert. “I was watching and off against a kid, whose sheer fi ling by Richard Ziegler, the three weeks notice before com- “It will sound as if a partic- thought ‘How does he do determination was just not Brooklyn Heights Associa- mencing construction. ularly noisy subway train is this?’ ” said drag queen Mer- enough to out-eat the top dog. tion’s attorney. Ziegler and the lawyers for taking 20 to 30 minutes to pass rie Cherry, who emceed the Attendees of the event en- Developers RAL Develop- the green space and develop- by, or a very loud rock concert event. “It was quite interest- joyed music, drinks and good ment Services and Oliver’s ers are expected to plead their is being held in 20 to 30 minute ing and also gross, but in a company along with the hot- Realty Group notifi ed the fi nal cases to Justice Lucy spurts from 7 am to 4 pm,” the fun way.” dog–eating spectacle, Cherry Heights Association last week Billings in a July 18 court ap- fi ling said. Kobayashi — who has not said. Healthy Gums And Teeth For A Lifetime! Gentle And Effective Treatment! St. Marks Painless Dental

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4 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 DT Robber gets 31 years Dismissed plea deal after being found guilty BY COLIN MIXSON A/D3C>B= A string of bad decisions got him three :/AB decades behind bars. A Bedford-Stuyvesant man con- victed of robbing four women at gun- 1/:: point in Kensington and Windsor % Terrace — one of whom he pistol- A/:3 whipped in the head — was sentenced B63A/:3<3EG=@9E/7BA4=@ to 31 years in prison on July 5 after he chose to forgo a plea deal, a regrettable 9LP(JL@K choice in retrospect, according to his 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< attorney. “The pre-trial plea offer that he was given was very good at the time — and, >JJN<]`bOPSZZO Long Island Rail The hub’s At- &&%!`R/dS>]`bOPSZZO J_fgXkGfikXY\ccXfecè\%Zfd !""'8S`][S/dS>]`bOPSZZO Road kicked-in as lantic Avenue– '!&!`R/dS4W\] part of Gov. Cuo- Barclays Center 0@==9:G< ?C33]`bOPSZZO $! &8O[OWQO/dS>]`bOPSZZO 1`]aa1]c\b`gAV]^^W\U1S\bS`>]`bOPSZZO Hell.” which serves the ! :WdW\Uab]\>]`bOPSZZO !#$AbSW\eOgAb>]`bOPSZZO "'&>O`YQVSabS`/dS>]`bOPSZZO $% >WbYW\/dS>]`bOPSZZO $"&8O[OWQO/dS4W\] 0Og>ZOhOAV]^^W\U1S\bS`>]`bOPSZZO The Metropoli- 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, # ##bV/dS>]`bOPSZZO !%!&8c\QbW]\0ZdR4W\] !A]cbV"bV/dS;]c\bDS`\]\ tan Transporta- Q, and R trains " !9\WQYS`P]QYS`/dS>]`bOPSZZO ?cSS\a1S\bS`?cOWZa "'&;Sb`]^]ZWbO\/dS>]`bOPSZZO tion Authority is — is coziest dur- '"CbWQO/dS>]`bOPSZZO @]]aSdSZb4WSZR?cOWZa $&0O`b]e/dS>]`bPSZZO ###4ZObPcaV/dS>]`bOPSZZO cutting train ser- ing the morning &# 4ZObPcaV/dS>]`bOPSZZO <3E83@A3G ;/<6/BB/< &%0`]ORAb>]`bOPSZZO vice at Penn Sta- slog, when rail- ## <]abÒ\R/dS4W\] "!E #bVAb>]`bOPSZZO E]]RP`WRUS1S\bS`?cOWZa !$$4cZb]\Ab>]`bOPSZZO E #bVAb4W\] tion to accommo- road tickets dou- ## $0SÙS\ZW\S/dS?cOWZa #%1Vc`QV/dS4W\] "#AbZOhO>]`bOPSZZO ;O\VObbO\;OZZ>]`bOPSZZO track repairs, and GETTING COZY: Long Island Rail Road com- for the duration of :WdW\Uab]\;OZZ?cOWZa %':SfW\Ub]\/dS>]`bOPSZZO funneling a por- muters are diverted to Atlantic Terminal Satan’s summer, tion of the 9,600 af- due to track repair at Manhattan’s Penn which is sched- 8ccd\iZ_Xe[`j\efkèXccjkfi\j%N_`c\hlXek`k`\jcXjk% fected Long Island Station, which will end Sept. 1. uled to end on 8ck\iXk`fej\im`Z\XmX`cXYc\èdfjkjkfi\j JXc\gi`Z\jk_ifl^_Alcp*(#)'(. commuters to the Associated Press / Mark Lennihan Sept. 1. DT COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 5 It’s lit-erature in Slope Pavilion Theater’s marquee displays movie-inspired haikus

BY COLIN MIXSON leased the historic Pavilion Haikus on marquee. Brooklyn Theater at 188 Prospect Park fi lms inspire street art. See it West last year, were only too in Park Slope. happy to offer their signage for Nitehawk Cinema owners passers-by’s cultural enrich- handed the old Pavilion The- ment, Gross said, although the ater’s marquee to a band of lo- marquee will be reclaimed to cal artists who are using the display fi lm showings when display to showcase haikus the venue reopens sometime inspired by fi lms set in Kings next winter. County. And while the illumi- “Nitehawk’s owners have nated, wrap-around sign may been amazing,” Gross said. have been made to advertise “They get what we want to do, movie showings, it could not and have been very support- be more perfect for the Japa- ive.” nese short-form poetry, ac- The proprietors suggested cording to the bards. DANCING WORDS: Poet Diane the artists focus their poems “The marquee itself is such Mehta wrote a haiku for “Saturday on Brooklyn-based fi lms, lead- an interesting canvas, in that Night Fever” that now graces the ing Gross to select “A Tree there’s enough room for a title, marquee at the Pavilion Theater. Grows in Brooklyn,” “Satur- a blank space, and three lines Nitehawk Cinema day Night Fever,” and Spike of poetry,” said Drew Pisarra, Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” KINGS COUNTY BARDS: Poets Molly Gross and Drew Pisarra wrote and who started the project with using its façade. But that plan for the fi rst round of hai- solicited poems inspired by Brooklyn-based fi lms and stuck them on the poet Molly Gross. “It’s practi- fell through, however, and kus, which will emblazon the marquee of the Pavilion Theater. Photo by Jason Speakman cally built for haikus.” when it did, the artists did a marquee until the end of the The poetic pair, who oper- literal 180 and saw the perfect month, when three new poems 17 perfect syllables. sure there are enough As, Bs, ate under the moniker Saint canvas staring them in the will debut. And though the haikus fi t and Cs. Flashlight, sought out pub- face, according to Pisarra. Gross penned the piece fl awlessly on the Pavilion’s “Your haiku may be great, lic spaces where they could “We turned around and about Lee’s fl ick, while Park marquee, Pisarra said the the- but if we’re short on Ys, maybe bring their art to the masses there was the movie theater,” Slope poet Diane Mehta ater does not always have the your poem gets bumped to the and originally approached the he said. and Williamsburg bard letters needed to produce all next month, and we put in the nearby Oak Park Pharmacy at The owners of Williams- Karen Hudes were tapped of the poems, which requires poem that we have the letters 205 Prospect Park West about burg’s Nitehawk Cinema, who to distill the others into some literary logistics to en- for,” he said.

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DT COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 7 ing the building, according to a 78TH PRECINCT report. PARK SLOPE Preppy pilferers Dudley do right A pair of thieves stole Polo A thief stole a security guard’s clothing from a Fulton Street phone during a scuffl e inside a store on June 7. Fifth Avenue pharmacy on June The two fi lchers walked into 28. the department store by Livings- The rent-a-cop told police he was inside the drugstore between ton Street at 4:16 pm, with one tak- snapped off at around 10:28 pm. next day and ran off with the own- Sixth and Seventh avenues at 7:40 ing out a blue bag from a backpack Inside, he snatched 80 vials of er’s hammers and drills, accord- pm when he spotted the thief tak- and placing it on the ground near perfume, cops said. ing to authorities. ing his pick of the shop’s mer- the clothing shelves, authorities chandise. reported. As the guard tried to intercept Bad fare Caught The other nogoodnik then re- the crook, though, he dropped A fare beater shoved a taxi Cops cuffed two suspects who moved a stack of $1,700 worth of his cellphone, which the thief driver on Second Avenue on June they say threatened a guy with Polo shirts from the shelves and 26. a gun, punched a woman in the promptly snatched before run- placed it in the bag, while the The victim told police that she face, and stole their cash in the ning off, cops said. other took 10 hats from the dis- dropped her lowlife fare at his des- middle of the night on July 6 on Beer trap tination at 1:15 am, but the sleaze W. Ninth Street. play rack and also put them in refused to pay and, when the cab- The 65-year-old victim told the bag, authorities said. The duo Cops busted an alleged thief bie got out to complain, the man police he was near Hicks Street then walked out of the store, ac- who they say tried to make off gave her a shove before stomping at 3 am when the two punks ap- cording to cops. with $25 worth of beer from an off. — Colin Mixson Atlantic Avenue supermarket on proached him, showed a gun, and June 26. demanded his cash. Soccer snake An employee told police the 76TH PRECINCT The guy handed over fi ve dol- Some sneak snatched a bag suspect was inside the market lars, according to authorities. from a locked locker in Brooklyn One of the snakes also struck a near Flatbush Avenue at 12:25 pm CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL– Bridge Park on July 7 when its woman in the face and swiped when he was spotted attempting RED HOOK owner went to go play soccer. $100 from her and her cellphone, to slip past the register with a few The goal kicker secured his ill-gotten 12 packs. Bad passengers offi cials said. Police arrested the two sus- bag in a locker on Pier 5 and then Cops cuffed two teens for at- went to play, returning at 9:30 pm tacking a taxi driver on Third pects later that day near Centre Citi-thief to fi nd his bag — containing his Place on July 8. Mall, according to authorities. Someone never returned a Citi phone, credit cards, driver’s li- The 19-year-old guy and 15-year- Bike to its 14th Street docking sta- cense, and keys — had been taken, tion on June 23. old girl had the driver take them Two against one authorities said. An employee called police to re- all the way from Coney Island to Two weasels punched a guy in port one of the rental bikes at the Henry Street at about 5 am when the face on Pacifi c Street on July station between Second and Third they started hitting him, causing 5, police said. Duped avenues was nabbed at 10:30 pm, cuts and swelling on his nose, ac- The 39-year-old victim told po- An unlicensed taxi driver without offering further details cording to authorities. lice the two malefactors punched drove away with his passenger’s on the crime. They also stole money from the him above his right eye, causing phone after he got out to use a 48-year-old driver’s pockets after a cut, between Hicks and Henry cash machine on Fourth Avenue striking him in the head, police streets at about 5 pm, according to Drive-by harasser on May 28. said. authorities. Cops are hunting the jerk who The victim took the unregu- Emergency responders treated hurled insults and foreign objects Take a seat! the victim in an ambulance, po- lated taxi to a deli near Dean at a 51-year-old man from the seat Street at 2 am, and stepped inside A villain threw a chair at a lice said. — Julianne Cuba of his ’06 Ford van on Flatbush to get some money. Avenue on June 27. guy and cut him with a knife on But when he came back out- The victim told police he was Columbia Street on July 7, police 84TH PRECINCT side, the driver quickly drove off near Seventh Avenue at 10:20 am said. when the suspect launched into The 44-year-old victim told po- BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO– — with his iPhone still in the car, his drive-by tirade. lice the two got into an argument BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN according to a report. Fortunately, the creep’s aim between Mill and Verona streets was off, and the middle-aged gen- at 2:45 pm when the snake chucked Bathroom heist Bashed tleman didn’t suffer any injuries the chair at him and then cut him Someone took a woman’s white A creep mugged a guy as he was with a knife. as a result of the unpleasantness, gold diamond ring she left on the opening his Sands Street apart- according to a police report. Emergency responders took sink inside a Joralemon Street ment door on July 7. the victim to Methodist Hospital, building on June 30. according to a police report. The victim told police he was Fragrant fi lcher The lady told police she placed opening the door in his building her jewelry near the faucet in the Cops busted a man suspected by Gold Street at 10 pm when the of nabbing a small fortune in per- Tool thief building by Court Street at 11:10 bruiser pushed and punched him fume from a Flatbush Avenue lin- A baddie swiped a bunch of am and left the restroom. She rein the face. gerie store on June 18. tools from a man’s Hoyt Street membered leaving it behind fi ve An employee told police the home sometime overnight on July minutes later, and returned to The jerk then went into his back door of the store near Atlan- 6, police said. fi nd it was gone. pockets and removed $800, his tic Avenue was locked up for the The jerk broke in to the home She viewed surveillance foot- phone, and two gold chain neck- night, but the suspect violently near Baltic Street sometime be- age but it was poor and didn’t laces, authorities said. yanked at the door until the lock tween 4 pm on July 6 and 7 am the show the faces of the people leav- — Lauren Gill

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DT COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 11 Verrazano outlaws cash payments

The city rolled out cashless tolling on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for smoother commutes starting July 8. The span joined six other city bridges that have eliminated toll booths as part of Gov. Cuomo’s cashless initiative, and swapped singles for sensors that scan and charge drivers through their license plates. Here’s what Rock-bound drivers should know about the change:

How does cashless tolling work? Drivers can zoom across the bridge without dealing with toll booths, toll barri- LUSH: The Pier 5 Uplands include an inviting lawn and plenty of benches to catch views of lower Manhattan. ers, or dedicated toll lanes. Photo by Jason Speakman Instead, cameras and sensors suspended over the highway will automatically charge drivers by reading New Uplands upgrade their license plates, and then mailing a $17 bill per trip to the registered owner. How does this affect E-Z Pass users? B’Bridge Park’s Pier 5 Nothing changes for E-Z Pass customers. Vehicles BY LAUREN GILL benches along the upper edge grassy new look and were with the electronic tolling They put paradise onto a park- where park-goers can gaze at jealous their home boroughs’ gizmo will continue to be au- ing lot. the lower Manhattan skyline, lacked such a bucolic escape. tomatically charged the dis- The lush, hilly landscape of and a grassy berm to muffl e “Wow, this is really nice,” counted rate of $11.52 or $5.20 Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 noise from traffi c on the crum- said Civita Mazzella, a Bronx for Staten Island residents. Uplands opened to the public bling Brooklyn–Queens Ex- resident. “I’m really im- But if an E-Z Pass tag is not CASHLESS: The Verrazano-Nar- on July 6, and Brooklynites pressway behind the site. pressed, like damn, I wish I mounted on a windshield or rows Bridge is cashless as of July who visited the rolling-coun- Work began last year on had this in my backyard.” is not scanned properly, cam- 8. File photo by Tom Callan tryside-inspired retreat were the $22-million project, which, Eighty percent of the park- eras will capture an image of relieved to fi nd a greened-up in addition to the just-opened land inside the sprawling riv- motorist’s plates and if the my bill? waterfront parcel where a gi- lawn, will include a new boat- erside greensward is now com- vehicle is registered with the Customers who dodge ant stretch of concrete used house, maintenance building, plete. The huge lawn and kids’ service, the toll will post to their initial bill will be to be. and Furman Street park en- play space at Pier 3 are under the driver’s account. slapped with an overdue bill. “I’m glad they fi nally did trance called the “Montague construction, designs for the How can I pay my bill? If they still fail to cough up something with this space,” Street Turnaround” when Pier 2 Uplands have yet to be The Metropolitan Trans- the dough, they will receive a said Bedford-Stuyvesant resi- complete. fi nalized, and funds are still portation Authority will notice of violation carrying a dent Beverly Smith. “It’ll be The paved lot that the Up- being raised for a plaza that mail motorists a bill in ap- fi ne of $100. After three such a great place to walk around, lands replaced was once the honchos plan to build beneath proximately 30 days, or driv- orders, the vehicle’s registra- hang out, and enjoy the pier home of popular food mar- the park’s namesake span . ers can use the “pay toll now” tion will be suspended. De- area.” ket Smorgasburg, but visitors And, of course, two towers option on the Tolls by Mail linquent drivers would also The Uplands’s main lawn who came from across the are planned for Pier 6, which website: www.tollsbymailny. run the risk of being pursued includes an inviting sloped city to celebrate opening day activists are currently fi ght- com. in court. meadow, a shaded grove, said they preferred the space’s ing against in court . What happens if I don’t pay — Caroline Spivack

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DT COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 15 Activists: Armory deal bad for nabe Protesters take Borough Hall as Adams holds hearing on project

BY MATT JOHN The concerned father pro- An army of detractors tested the plan to give the took the resistance to new military structure to devel- heights. oper BFC Partners alongside Crown Heights locals affordable housing advocates joined labor union members from the Crown Heights Ten- and affordable housing advo- ants Association, Churches cates outside Borough Hall for Fair Housing, and Wil- on July 10 to denounce Mayor liamsburg’s Los Sures, as DeBlasio’s plan to hand over well as members of unions the publicly-owned Bedford- Local 79, which includes con- Union Armory to a private struction laborers, and 32BJ, developer with a reputation which includes property ser- for pursuing profi t at the ex- vice workers such as cleaners pense of safety on construc- and doormen. tion sites, according to at- The rally took place as tendees. Borough President Adams “Every part of this devel- — who said earlier this year OPPOSITION AT WORK: Local 79 member Oniel Rosen, left, holds a sign while protesting against the city- opment is done to privatize that he would recommend the backed plan to put the Bedford-Union Armory in the hands of a developer. Community News Group / Matt John the profi t and socialize the city kill the deal — held an risk,” said area resident D.J. open meeting that continued center to the building on Bed- “It’s good that the guys liver his recommendation Waletzky, who attended with the project’s public review ford Avenue between Presi- who came up with the pro- on the plan by the end of this his daughter. “My grandfa- process, which ended its fi rst dent and Union streets, for its posal want to help the city, month, after which it will ther, who was a contractor, phase last month when Com- planned 50 luxury condomin- but when you live in Crown head to the Department of died from asbestos — my fam- munity Board 9 unanimously iums. And because only 18 Heights all your life, you want City Planning, then to City ily lives just down the block voted down the scheme . units among a total 330 will to benefi t from something like Council, which is expected from the armory, and I’ll be Opponents continue to be offered at rates within the this too,” said Oniel Rosen, a to vote in line with Council- damned if my daughter dies criticize the proposal, which means of area residents — far neighborhood resident and woman Laurie Cumbo (D– from the same thing that would bring below-market- too few, according to protest- Local 79 member. Crown Heights), who has said killed her great-grandfather.” rate housing and a recreation ing locals. Adams is expected to de- she will oppose it.

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DT COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 17 Local Arab Americans host bazaar

BY CAROLINE SPIVACK to show why this culture is eral Arab cultures. Revelers Call it a bazaar sight. great,” said Fatima Feknous, ate fare such as kebabs and Some 3,000 revelers packed who moved from Algeria to falafels, twirled and danced into Bay Ridge’s Shore Road Brooklyn in 1994. “It reminds on the green, and inked their Park to enjoy the Arab Ameri- me of my roots and keeps me hands with Henna tattoos. can Association of New York’s connected to my culture.” But the festivities also had annual bazaar on July 9 with Vendors included Fifth a political tinge this year, a medley of food, dance, and Avenue sweets shop Nablus with some fest-goers carrying crafts. It was the local group’s Sweets, stands selling clas- “#NoMuslimBanEver” signs 11th-annual party, which sic New York halal food, and — taking the opportunity to showcases a growing part of booths hawking jewelry and voice their opposition to Presi- Brooklyn’s — and particularly wares from the Arab world. dent Trump’s order that aims CELEBRATING DIVERSITY: (From left) Attendee Samantha Kenny used Bay Ridge’s — ethnic mosaic, The Freedom Dabke to block citizens of six Mus- the festival to make a political statement. The Freedom Dabke Troupe said one fest-goer. Troupe performed traditional lim-majority countries from “I’m happy that they cele- Levantine line dances along entering the U.S., which the performed its traditional Levantine line dance at the 11th-annual Arab brate the Arab and North Af- with a slew of other dance Supreme Court partially rein- American Association Bazaar. Henna tattoo artists inked intricate de- ricans and give them a chance groups and singers from sev- stated last month. signs onto fest-goers. Photos by Georgine Benvenuto

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on pushing the city to make the tem- ce of CouncilmanOffi Mathieu Eugene porary prohibition permanent. FOR THE KIDS: The teens employed by the program found work in various industries, in- “It’s a big move in a much safer cluding city services, education, healthcare, retail, marketing, and real estate. direction and our focus now is in making it permanent,” said Paul LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Steely White, of Transportation Al- SUMMER JOBS ternatives. “We hope to make a con- Continued from cover vincing case to the mayor that leaving the park in place for park users opportunity, and we raised is the best policy, and should be the the number of jobs to 70,000, rule, not the short term exception.” which is unprecedented,” the White, who spent a week moni- pol said. toring motorists on the East Drive Bringing home a paycheck, with his team earlier this year, said of course, is another perk for drivers routinely broke the road’s participants, many of whom 25-mile-per hour speed limit, creat- come from families that can ing a hazard for park pedestrians. not afford to provide allow- The anti-car activists shared ances and benefi t from the ad- LEGAL NOTICE their fi ndings with the city, but ditional income, Eugene said. White said that the temporary ban “Many come from working was more likely motivated by the families that struggle to sur- NO CARS ALLOWED: A woman jogs along growing popularity of alternative vive and to raise them, and Prospect Park’s East Drive, which for years travel options and an approaching making money from these jobs has accommodated cars from 7 to 9 am on September primary. can be used by the families in weekdays, but will be closed to vehicles “I think politicians understand addition to the young adults,” from July 17 to Sept. 11 as part of Mayor that this has always been a common he said. “When they start DeBlasio’s temporary ban on automobiles sense issue, but now it’s a popular making money, they will love inside the green space. File photo by Becky issue,” he said. “Being an election to work, and will continue to Holladay year, no decision are taken lightly.” make more.” How does the BROOKLYN PAPER sound? Hear it Tuesdays The Community News Group is proud to introduce Brooklyn Paper Radio. Join Brooklyn Paper Editor-in-Chief Vince DiMiceli and the New York Daily News’ Gersh Kuntzman every Tuesday WITH at 4:30 pm for an hour of talk on topics Brooklynites hold dear. Each show, featuring in-studio guests and call-out segments, can be listened to live or played anytime at your convenience.

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By Caroline Spivack Second and Third avenues in Sunset Park, Booze cruise shop will feature on-site seating for on-site unset Park has a lot on its plate! (347) 227–0350, www.avocaderia.com]. eating of its delicious dumplings, which Industry City was once a fine Open Mon–Fri, 9 am–4 pm; Sat–Sun, 11 Belly up to seasonal tug-boat-turned- include blue crab and pork soup dumplings, Sdining desert, but a garden of eatin’ am–5 pm. eatery the Wheelhouse, now landlocked sticky rice dumplings, and garden veggie has bloomed in the massive shorefront Light eating in an Industry City courtyard. The team dumplings. Noodles, soups, and other tradi- complex. Whether you are looking to sink behind the Manhattan-docked vessel tional delicacies are also on the menu. your teeth into the latest food trend or The latest sit-down eatery in Industry Frying Pan are serving up a slew of nautical Yaso Tangbao opening soon at 253 36th master your favorite fare with a cooking City, Filament at the Landing, offers a fare, including lobster rolls, ceviche tacos, St. between Second and Third avenues in class, this foodie hub has you covered. high-brow twist on pub grub. Culinary and spiced shrimp banh mi, along with Sunset Park in Industry City. Get a taste with our guide to the latest craftsmen Vincent Chirico, who also beer, wine, and cocktails. You can settle at Foodies in training joints that have taken root or will soon runs two Mediterranean-inspired spots any of the benches around the courtyard, or bloom in Industry City. on the distant isle of Manhattan, has migrate mere steps to a Brooklyn-themed The Brooklyn Kitchen has shifted its Wholly guacamole! brought some of more well-known dishes mini-golf course for a round. cooking class operation to Industry City to the better borough, including charred The Wheelhouse at Industry City after more than a decade in Williamsburg. Take your avocado obsession to the octopus served on a bed of jalapeno Courtyard 5/6 [enter on Second Avenue Instead of selling produce and kitchenware, next level at Avocaderia. The all-avocado pesto and a chicken-under-a-brick dish. between 34th and 35th streets in Sunset the Sunset Park spot focuses on classes eatery, which made headlines worldwide In addition to bold bites, the space fea- Park, (347) 902–4829, www.fryingpan- and special events, with daily workshops when it opened in April, plates the creamy tures a courtyard bar, pool tables, and wheelhouse.com]. Open Mon–Wed, noon–8 that will help you hone your cooking craft. fruit on toast, in salads, and blended into shuffleboard. pm; Thu–Fri, noon–9 pm; Sat, noon–8 pm; Classes offered this month include “Chinese smoothies. Each month also features new Filament at the Landing (220 36th Sun, noon–6 pm. Dinner Party,” “Halal Cart at Home,” and specials that imagine the green goody in St. between Second and Third avenues All that and dim sum “Not Sad Desk Lunch.” a unique form. July’s creations include in Sunset Park, (347) 417–8494). Open The Brooklyn Kitchen [254 36th St. “Avo chocolate mousse” and an “Avo Mon–Tue, 9:30 am–8 pm, Wed–Fri, 9:30 Downtown dumpling spot Yaso Tangbao between Second and Third avenues in burger” that uses the fruit as a bun. am–10 pm, Sat, noon–10 pm, and Sun, will open its second location at Industry City Sunset Park, (718) 389–2982, www.the- Avocaderia [238 36th St. between noon–6 pm. later this month. The Shanghai-inspired brooklynkitchen.com]. Class times vary.

24-7 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14-20, 2017 29 BARD GOES BARE Naked, all-male ‘Hamlet’ in Prospect Park By Julianne Cuba hey will Ham-let it all hang out! An all-male group of actors Twearing only their birthday suits will perform a nude version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in Prospect Park next month. The thespians will bare Swanning about: This 1890 photo, on display in the exhibit, their bodkins during four productions of shows a family enjoying one of the swan boats that once plied the Bard’s tragic play, starting on Aug. Prospect Park Lake. Brooklyn Historical Society 10, and one actor says that the lack of pantaloons will force the audience and the actors to concentrate on the words, Prospect past words, words. “It raises the stakes of the play Exhibition looks at the because as actors that is the one time that we are totally in the most vulner- history of Prospect Park able state, we have nothing to protect us,” said Mike Press, who will play By Lauren Gill Long Meadow and the Laertes. “It also raises the stakes for the t’s a look back at Neathermead, and a “water viewer, because they have to get over Brooklyn’s back yard! carousel” on Prospect Park the fact we are naked and really listen I The Brooklyn Lake featured a 200-per- to what it is we are saying.” Historical Society is cel- son yacht that circled the Last year, the same theater company ebrating Prospect Park’s water. used an all-female troupe for its produc- And thus they clothe their naked villainy: Thespians Miles Butler, Clinton Powell, Max 150th anniversary with Historians dug into the tion of “The Tempest,” so it seemed Wingert, and director Pitr Strait rehearse before their naked debut of “Hamlet” on Aug. 10. a new exhibit that looks Prospect Park Alliance’s only fair to give men the same opportu- Photo by Jason Speakman back at the history of archives over the last year nity to explore body positivity through tell a story where men are free in their “Art is supposed to make people the massive green space. to discover forgotten trea- the words of the Bard, said director Pitr own bodies.” uncomfortable — I really love the idea “The Means of a Ready sures and personal stories, Strait — and he thinks “Hamlet” is the The actors will begin the show in that if your life is stable and secure then Escape,” which opened including a scrapbook perfect play for those themes. costume, but will show off more and maybe it’s good to have art come in and this week, explores the made by a woman who “Shakespeare had a lot of themes he more of their too, too solid flesh as the shake you up a bit, and if your life is full many different ways that babysat kids for Park Slope returned to over and over, and one of the show goes on, said Strait. The lack of of anxiety and worry then art should be Kings County residents moms between from 1938 biggest ones was trying to be yourself, costumes will be especially challenging there to say you’re not alone, it’s okay to have used the 526 acres and 1980, often taking to learn who you are, learning to truly for the actors playing female characters, be who you are,” he said. “That’s what of fields and trees over the them to the park. Ely also be yourself — to thy own self be true. who will have to use body language to we are trying to do.” years, according to one of tracked down the daughter That freedom to be yourself has a lot embody the more restricted life of a “Hamlet” at Prospect Park’s the show’s curators. of the man who started the to do with the body,” said Strait, who woman in the 1500s. Music Pagoda (at the north end of the “The exhibition really park’s Drummers Grove, lives in Park Slope. “We wanted to find Presenting the Bard in the buff may Nethermead, enter at Ocean Avenue looks at how the park has where people gather every a story that has this idea of trying to be make some a little wary, but pushing and Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts been an escape for gen- Sunday to drum, and got free, even when everyone in the world people’s boundaries is the point of art, Gardens). Aug. 10–12 at 5:30 pm, Aug. erations of people,” said pictures of the activity is telling you that you’re crazy — to said Strait. 13 at 2 pm. Free. Marcia Ely. from the early ’90s and The show looks at five 2000s. eras of the meadow’s his- Ely hopes that the tory: its origin as a home exhibit will enlighten to Native Americans, the people about the rich past Enter the spin zone initial plans from famed of the grassy knoll, which Central Park designers offers a more complete By Colin Mixson them to the fairly bland stretch of Frederick Law Olmsted connection to nature than hey didn’t stick a pin in it — parkland. and Calvert Vaux; its any other spot in the bor- they stuck 7,000 pins in it! The wheels were set in motion by first 100 years; the park’s oughs, she said. T The Prospect Park Alliance a series of workshops and tours of the graffiti-ridden decline in “Being able to go to the planted thousands of yellow pin- area as the park conservancy solicited the 1970s and ’80s; and its park and look down to the wheels in an oft-overlooked corner public input for what is expected to modern incarnation under meadow and see nothing of Brooklyn’s Backyard as part of its be a substantial renovation project, the management of the but grass and trees is real- ongoing 150th anniversary celebra- Kirschner said. Prospect Park Alliance. ly unlike anything else in tion. The effect of the spinning sea of “We thought it would be wonderful The wheel deal: Design artist Suchi Reddy Among the memora- this entire city,” she said. golden petals is pretty snazzy, accord- to have the art installation focused on was among the team that designed the bilia and photos are pic- “Prospect Park is unique ing to a spokeswoman for the conser- this space to draw attention to the area pinwheel art project at Prospect Park. tures of people practicing in the way that you can get Photo by Stefano Giovannini vancy. and give the public a unique and sort of archery, playing lawn ten- lost in the woods — there’s “Oh my god, we’re so over the whimsical way of interacting with the the celebration,” said Kirschner. nis, and riding in swan not many places in New moon for it,” said Deborah Kirschner. space,” said the spokeswoman. And if you have an idea for an boats — all once-popular York City where you can “It looks wonderful.” As part of the park’s interaction artistic design that you want to stick on activities that might sur- get lost in the woods.” The Alliance hopes its new art with locals, patrons were invited to a pinwheel, you can join the Alliance prise modern visitors, said “The Means of a Ready project, on display through July 17, submit artwork for the pinwheel dis- in Grand Army Plaza on July 14 and Ely. Escape” at Brooklyn will draw patrons to the Rose Garden, play. Hundreds of amateur and pro- 15, between 11 am and 7 pm, to create “I think people are Historical Society [128 a once-vibrant corner of Brooklyn’s fessional artists heeded the call to your own pinwheel, Kirschner said. going to enjoy seeing all Pierrepont St. at Clinton Backyard near Flatbush Avenue, leave their work spinning in the wind, Connective Project in Prospect of the things the park was Street in Brooklyn Heights, between Grand Army Plaza and the printed on the back of the bright yellow Park’s Rose Garden (near Flatbush used for back at the turn of (718) 222–4111, www. Prospect Park Zoo. The area has fallen spinners. Avenue between Grand Army Plaza and the century,” she said. brooklynhistory.org]. into neglect by both the city and park “We love this idea of doing an Prospect Park Zoo in Crown Heights, At one point, 300 lawn Open Wed–Sun; noon–5 patrons, who — before the legions installation where the community con- www.connectiveproject.com). 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24-7 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14-20, 2017 31 GOING GREEN Visit B’klyn Bridge Park Pier Six by boat By Carlo Bosticco ier into the park! The prettiest of the stops on Pthe South Brooklyn ferry line is at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier Six . Sometimes a gun is just a gun: While rehearsing the horror play You step off of the ferry and straight “Oddity,” opening July 20, actor Aliyah Hakim threatens Kelsey into a verdant, peaceful oasis — and Jefferson Barrett, who plays a detective and gender specialist. the activities available in the park Samantha Turlington make it an ideal spot for anyone’s summer day out. The little ones have much to get Bloody ‘Odd’ excited about — this section of the park is a huge playground, with themed A horror show plays areas divided by beautiful tall hedges, and the ground is soft and bouncy trans theater festival throughout to protect tender knees from inevitable falls. Right out of the By Alexandra Simon he has. ferry gates is Swing Valley, a winding ueer writing trans- “A major theme of this path filled with an astounding assort- cends genre! piece is what it feels like ment of swings, and Slide Mountain, Q The second to be gaslighted,” said which offers a multitude of slides and Two thumbs up!: Ray Niel, 5, from the Bronx, is a big fan of the Pier Six’s Water Lab annual Trans Theatre playwright Ashley Lauren towers that range from mild to vertigo- playground Photo by Jason Speakman Festival, returning July Rogers. “We’re following inducing. And most welcome during a the feel is very beach bar resort. yours to tread and explore, with occa- 17 to the Brick Theater in this character who is learn- hot July afternoon is the Water Lab, And speaking of beaches — there sional benches to sit and relax, and Williamsbung, will feature ing things, and knows what where kids can run through foun- are three Beach Volleyball Courts at the edge of the pier you will find a lineup of comedies, trag- he knows, but is constantly tains that spray from all directions right next to Fornino. You can watch big, coin-operated binoculars with edies, and musical stories being told by people above — swimming gear is recommended. a match from the rooftop, or wan- which to spy on the folks of lower from transgender creators him that it’s not true.” But as tempting as the water may be der down and work off your pizza Manhattan. — showcasing the diversity Rogers describes her for adults, it is just for the kiddos — calories with a quick beach-volley And if you really want to sprawl found within community, piece as “psychological anyone over the age of 12 should be skirmish. The courts sometimes host out, you can wander towards the said one of the festival’s body horror.” The protago- accompanied by a child. league play, but at least one court Brooklyn Bridge and explore the curators. nist’s encounters reflect Directly opposite the water fea- is usually open for first-come, first newly opened Pier 5 Uplands, a lush “We try to go for variety those often experienced by ture you will find the well-known served games — just bring your sloped meadow with a shady grove of and it’s very important to transgender people trying wood-fired pizza place Fornino. This own ball! trees for relaxed daytime lounging. me as a curator to make sure to navigate medical care, branch of the Brooklyn mini-chain To cool down after the match, New York City Ferry at Brooklyn that we have funny and silly she said. distinguishes itself with a ground- keep walking down the pier towards Bridge Park’s Pier Six (Atlantic pieces, the feel-goods, the “I want to kind of unset- floor patio and a second-floor terrace. the river, where you will find wind- Avenue at Furman Street in Brooklyn light dramas, and the hard tle anyone and everyone Either is an ideal spot for summer ing paths among an immaculately Heights, www.ferry.nyc). $2.75 per hitters,” said Maybe Burke. who is watching and ulti- drinks and dinners in the open air — kept flowering esplanade. The area is trip. “It’s also really important mately I want to highlight that we don’t force people the gaslighting, particularly to talk about being trans, the history of medicaliza- and that we find people who tion and gaslighting of trans want tell the stories that bodies,” said Rogers, who Strolling away from the Ridge they want to tell — whether lives in Prospect Lefferts or not they want to talk Gardens. By Caroline Spivack pm until 10:30 pm. about their identity.” The playwright chose dieu, Bay Ridge! Those who prefer to stay settled in The festival runs from the Victorian era for her It is this reporter’s last one place can wind down Friday eve- July 17–29, and it includes piece because, although it Aweek at the helm of your go- ning with alto-saxophone player Ken musical performances, has a reputation for being to-guide for weekend antics in the Simon at the Brooklyn Firefly (7003 such as Burke’s “Accidental strait-laced, the period had Ridge. And while your weekly dose of Third Ave. at Ovington Avenue), and Trans Anthems,” experi- a more complex under- neighborhood shenanigans will never pair some smooth, jazzy rhythms with mental theater such as the standing of gender than be the same, let us make the most of your swanky cocktail. Simon takes the postlanguage play “Lauras,” most people think. it this weekend with some beloved stage at 8 pm. and a goofy transgender “I feel like what people barroom rock and a sentimental stroll On Saturday, keep the good times take on Justin Bieber titled think they know about the that is packed with neighborhood rolling with what Bay Ridge does best “Swaggy.” Victorian era is not all true, nosh, booty-shaking jams, and local — classic rock ’n’ rolling. Saunter over Among the more seri- and there are good texts in goodies. to the Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third ous offerings is “Oddity,” particular about Victorian On Friday night, break out a pair Ave. between 77th and 78th streets) at opening July 20. The story sexuality and the Victorian of comfy walking shoes for a half- 10 pm for local rockers Cherry Bomb, follows a Victorian-era understanding of gender,” mile amble along Third Avenue for who are inspired by the likes of Guns transgender man, a “gender she said. the season’s first Summer Stroll ’N’ Roses, Joan Jett, and Blondie. specialist,” who is trying “Oddity” at the Brick (Third Avenue between 80th and 90th Finally, escape the evening’s balmy to solve a series of mur- Theater [579 Metropolitan streets). The 10-block stretch will be weather at the Wicked Monk (9510 ders in a mysterious under- Ave. between Lorimer closed to cars so you can wine, dine, vendors hawking clothes, crafts, and Third Ave. between 95th and 96th ground facility. During his Street and Union Avenue in and meander the shuttered roadway vintage knic-knacks, and if the mood streets) with a Christmas in July con- investigation, he begins to Williamsburg, (718) 907– in peace. Soak up some fresh air and so strikes you, boogie down to your cert by Radio Daze starting at 11 pm. questions everything that 6189, www.bricktheater. sink your teeth into pizza, pasta, or favorite beats from a handful of live The ’80s pop tribute band will trans- he knows, as a collection com]. July 20 at 9:20 pm, pierogies at one of the many restau- acts — including a New Orleans-style port you to cooler times with winter of cisgender characters con- July 22 at 2 pm, July 24 at rants that will extend their seating marching band — that will be pep- holiday-themed tracks to go with your tradict the little knowledge 9 pm. $20. into the street. You can shop at the pered along the stretch, playing from 6 frosty beverages from the bar. 32 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14-20, 2017 24-7 Smutty Book Club will dis- FRI, JULY 14 cuss “Dark Challenge” by MUSIC, QUANTIC, TEI SHI, Christine Feehan. Free. 7 ALEX ANWANDTER: Part pm. Paddy’s of Park Slope of the annual outdoor Cel- [273 13th St. between Fifth ebrate Brooklyn! festival. and Sixth avenues in Park Free. 7 pm. Prospect Park Slope, (718) 369–0831], Band Shell [Prospect Park www.meetup.com/Smutty- West and Ninth Street in Book-Club. Park Slope, (718) 965– TALK, DRUNK SCIENCE: 8900], www.bricartsmedia. Three intoxicated come- org/cb. dians present scientifi c ART, BASTILLE DAY PHO- dissertations. $8 ($5 in TOGRAPHY EXHIBI- advance). 8 pm. Littlefi eld TION AND COOKIE FUN: (635 Sackett St. between French photographer Third and Fourth avenues Stéphanie Pfeiffer displays in Gowanus), www.little- her portraits and serves fi eldnyc.com. Parisians cookies. Free. 7 pm. Michel and Augustin’s THURS, JULY 20 Banana Farm (98 Fourth Eddie’s on fire!: Heavy metal band Iron Maiden will melt the St. at Bond Street in Gow- MUSIC, PRESERVATION faces off the Barclays Center audience on July 21 and 22. anus). HALL JAZZ BAND: New Iron Maiden THEATER, “JULIUS CAE- Orleans horn outfi t the SAR”: The Gallery Players Preservation Hall Jazz present their rendition of Band plays an afternoon COMING SOON TO gig of tunes straight from Shakespeare’s timeless the French Quarter. Free. drama. $25 ($20 children BARCLAYS CENTER Noon. MetroTech Com- and seniors). 7:30 pm. Gal- Future so bright eyes: Dreamy folk performer Conor Oberst mons (Myrtle Promenade lery Players [199 14th St. will play the Bric Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect at Bridge Street in Down- between Fourth and Fifth Park on July 20. But buy a ticket — this concert is not one of town), www.bam.org. THU, JULY 20 WED, AUG 14 avenues in Park Slope, the free ones! Associated Press / William Philpott (212) 352–3101], www.gal- MUSIC, CONOR OBERST: MUSIC, KENDRICK MUSIC, SHAWN MEN- leryplayers.com. The indie darling plays LAMAR: $103–$652. DES: $29–$550. 7:30 songs from his new album, THEATER, “PRISCILLA EIP [1651 Ralph Ave. be- (Prospect Park West and 7:30 pm. pm. “Salutations,” and deep QUEEN OF THE DESERT”: tween E. 76th and E. 77th Ninth Street in Park Slope), cuts from his Bright Eyes Piper Theatre Company streets in Canarsie. (718) www.nyrr.org. days at this fund-raising presents a fabulous, 241–9211]. FRI, JULY 21 SAT, AUG 19 SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- concert. $40. 7 pm. Pros- gender-bending musical FREDDY’S BAR DOG FASH- CLONES V. STATEN pect Park Band Shell [Pros- MUSIC, IRON MAIDEN: SPORTS, WWE NXT based on the hit movie. ION SHOW: Dress up your ISLAND YANKEES: Join pect Park West and Ninth $69–$190. 7:30 pm. TAKEOVER: $tba. Time Free. 8 pm. The Old Stone doggie and set them loose the Cyclones for NYPD Ap- Street in Park Slope, (718) tba. House [336 Third St. be- on the runway for the an- preciation Night! Starting 965–8900], www.bricarts- tween Fourth and Fifth av- nual Dog Fashion Show. at $12. 7 pm. MCU Park media.org/cb. SAT, JULY 22 enues in Park Slope, (718) [1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th SUN, AUG 20 Free. 5 pm. Freddy’s Bar FILM, SEATTLE SHORT 768–3195], theoldstone- MUSIC, IRON MAIDEN: [627 Fifth Ave. between St. in Coney Island, (718) FILMS: Rooftop fi lms pres- SPORTS, WWE SUMMER- house.org. 17th and 18th streets in 449–8497], www.brooklyn- $69–$190. 7:30 pm. ents a screening of short SLAM: $tba. 6:30 pm. 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34 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14–20, 2017 DT • ‘It showed I can do good • ‘You gotta work stuff on the track, even hard and not rely though I’m from the city.’ on other people.’ — Former Clara Barton track star — Berkeley Carroll’s Richie Palacios Ronaldo Griffiths on competing in Jamaica. on the Brooklyn mentality. Old-timers: Baseball’s historic beginnings

BY TROY MAURIELLO this an annual event,” said Call it the all-but-forgotten Cusato, who directed, pro- sport. duced and edited the docu- The names of athletes who mentary. “The nostalgia that played it are not remembered, people get from the day, that their statistics were never alone makes me feel good.” recorded, their highlights The exhibition gave un- never preserved on fi lm. initiated spectators a look Brooklyn fi lmmaker Jay at what stickball is: a game Cusato is working to change played with a broomstick that, by shining a new light used as a bat and a pink on the long-dormant urban Spalding ball on city streets sport of stickball with his — preferably fi tted with documentary “When Broom- manhole covers — in neigh- sticks Were King.” He’s get- borhoods across Brooklyn ting help from the Brooklyn and the rest of the city in the Cyclones, which held its sec- 1930s, ’40s, ’50s, and into the ond annual “Stickball Day” ’60s. at MCU Park July 9, screen- Cusato said that as a ing Cusato’s fi lm and host- youth, he often heard tales of ing a Stickball Hall of Fame local stickball glory from his Game on the fi eld before the father, uncles and other rela- Cyclones-Staten Island Yan- tives. There were never any kees contest. trophies at stake, and very “I’m so happy and honored STEPPIN’ UP TO BAT: Filmmaker Jay Cusato joined the action as well, settling into a rhythm at the plate at the few organized tournaments, that the Cyclones have made Stickball Hall of Fame Game on July 9. Jake King Continued on page 36 Brooklyn baseball star seizing summer-time opportunity

BY TROY MAURIELLO freshman in 2016, Palacios big-league style of play would Let the good times keep roll- became the fi rst player in help him sharpen his game, ing. Towson history to be named and broaden his life experi- That’s what former Berke- Colonial Athletic Associa- ences. ley Carroll baseball star tion Rookie of the Year. He “The baseball is super Richie Palacios wants, be- followed that up this year competitive, that’s the fi rst cause that’s what he’s experi- by hitting for a .338 average thing,” he said. “But the sight- enced since he left Brooklyn. with fi ve home runs, 29 runs seeing is also a nice thing to After high school, he made batted in and 19 stolen bases. have, to spend time with your his way to Towson Univer- Earlier this summer, Pala- teammates on off days and BATTER UP: Former Berkeley Carroll star Richie Palacios has hit his sity in Maryland, where he cios trekked to Massachu- get to know the area.” stride on Cape Cap this season, competing with the Bourne Braves in the has excelled in his fi rst two setts to play in the Cape Cod Palacios, an infi elder, re- prestigious summer league. Bourne Braves seasons for the Tigers. As a League, because he felt the Continued on page 36 $BMM5PEBZUP4DIFEVMFB$POWFOJFOU"QQPJOUNFOU 718.339.7878 bleaching JOSEPH LICHTER, DDS 15% off 15% off 1420 Ave. P, 2nd Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11229 (Between East 14th and 15th) We call our office State-of-the-Art Dentistry because we keep our technology .PO8FEBNoQNt5VFTBNoQNt5IVSTBNoQN and techniques up-to-date to provide you the best experience possible. Fri. 8am–2pm We accommodate families of all ages with strict sterilization techniques. COURIER LIFE, JULY 14-20, 2017 35 STICKBALL Continued from page 35

but the block-versus- block rivalries were just as fi erce and the memories just as lasting. “It was really about neighborhoods and brag- ging rights,” he said. “What that did was it cre- ated long-lasting friendships, because the guys that grew up playing stickball together, as they got older when they’d get together those are the stories that they’d talk SHINING A LIGHT: Fans of all ages took the fi eld to compete in about.” the historic sport. Jay Cusato Those lifelong bonds OUTRUNNING THE COMPETITION: Former Clara Barton track star Ronaldo and friendships, Cusato over all the awards that hopes that those events Griffi ths, pictured with his mother Natalee Doyley, wrapped up his high-school said, were the inspiration we’ve won,” Cusato said. will lead to a stickball career with a Wingate Award last month. Photo by Robert Cole for “When Broomsticks “Because it now leads to renaissance, if only on a Were King,” which won something that’s going smaller scale. awards at several fi lm fes- to hopefully last a really “We will never have tivals between 2001 and long time, it’s going to be what we did 50 to 60 years 2011. But the fi lmmaker an annual thing.” ago, but if young kids are Run the world insists he was never more The Cyclones plan playing it and passing the proud than at last year’s to hold “Stickball Day” game on, they can kind Clara Barton grad ready for next challenge inaugural “Stickball annually, and stickball of realize what it was to Day” at MCU Park. leagues still do compete the city and the kids that BY LAURA AMATO pionship award with a 53.28 fi n- “That fi rst year was every weekend in Harlem grew up at that time,” he He’s got his sights set on the fi n- ish that outdoor season — and probably my proudest and the Bronx. Cusato said. ish line — and he’ll race anyone discovered he could combine his to get there. love of distance with his natural Clara Barton grad Ronaldo ability for sprinting in a single Griffi ths has been running for as event. PALACIOS long as he can remember. Now, “I took my distance technique Continued from page 35 the award-winning hurdler is and my hurdling technique … anxious to take the next step and kind of combined them to- cently debuted for the — onto the track at Mississippi gether,” he said. “I just fi gured Bourne Braves, one of 10 State University. out that was the perfect race for teams made up almost en- “When I put up the times me.” tirely of players recruited that I have, I’m confi dent,” said Griffi ths, who was born in by their college squads to Griffi ths, who won the Wingate Jamaica but moved to East New play in Massachusetts for Award in boys outdoor track last York when he was just 6 years the summer. month. “The fi rst time I ran [the old, has his sights set on inter- Palacios shares a dug- hurdles in 52 seconds], I was kind national competition. He ran in out at Bourne with play- of stunned because I was only a the Caribbean Free Trade Asso- ers from some of the top freshman. My fi rst thought was, ciation Games in Jamaica this college baseball programs just imagine what I can do when I past March, posting a 51.92 fi nish in the country — includ- get to my senior year.” in the 400-meter hurdles. That ing Oregon State, Louis- Griffi ths was nothing short of time shattered the previous re- ville and Florida State — unstoppable throughout his high- cord by a Public Schools Athletic a situation, he believes, school career. He racked up victo- League runner — Boys & Girls that can only improve his BROOKLYN EDGE: Richie Palacios credits his Brooklyn upbring- ries in the 400-meter hurdles this High School sprinter Frank Men- professional chances. ing for his competitive spirit, one he hopes serves him well with spring, posting fi rst-place fi n- sah’s 52.58 fi nish in 1992, and, “It’s an awesome expe- the Bourne Braves. Bourne Braves ishes at both the city champion- Griffi fths hopes, opened the eyes rience and it’ll also help ship and the Mayor’s Cup tourna- of the international track and me in the future, hope- than 1,000 Major Leagu- tion tournament. ments, and also picking up a city fi eld community to his talents. fully if I get to play profes- ers played on the same “I would love to make a title in the 110-meter hurdles. “That was a good debut inter- sional baseball one day,” fi elds Palacios currently regional, win a champion- Griffi ths set the citywide stan- nationally,” he said of his 51.92 he said. calls home. He uses that ship as a team,” he said. dard in hurdles during his ca- time. “It showed a lot of people Palacios has a major fact for self-motivation. “We just have to improve reer, but he’s quick to point out that I can do good stuff on the league pedigree; his fa- “It defi nitely is an every day. We’ve got a lot that distance running — not hur- track, even though I’m from the ther made it to Triple-A honor, and it reminds you of guys playing summer dling — was his fi rst track and city. A lot of people don’t expect with the Detroit Tigers, that with hard work and ball, working on their fi eld choice. that [from New York City ath- and an uncle made it all diligence, you can achieve game to help the team.” “I was a distance runner, but I letes].” the way to The Show with the same things that the Palacios credits much saw the hurdles and it looked fun Griffi ths is keeping his op- the Kansas City Royals in guys that have played of the success he’s had so and I wanted to do it,” he said. tions — hopeful he’ll be Olympic- the late 1980s. here have achieved,” he far — and any he might “We started with some lower bound in 2020 — but fi rst, he’s If he plans to follow in said. achieve on the baseball heights until we got up to the ready to take on collegiate com- their footsteps, Palacios In the short term, diamond in the future — competitive ones and then I pro- petition. is in the right place; the Palacios has his sights to “that Brooklyn men- gressed throughout my middle “I don’t know how far I can Cape Cod League is argu- set on helping his Tow- tality, [which means] school years and took it serious go,” he said. “This is just the be- ably the most historic am- son team — which strug- you gotta work hard and in high school.” ginning. My parents always ask ateur baseball loop in the gled to a 20–34 record this do what you can do to Griffi ths began competing in where all this determination country, with roots dating year — win a conference achieve the things you the 400-meter hurdles as a fresh- comes from, and who knows? I back to 1885. At one point title and make an appear- want to achieve and not man — picking up a city cham- just want to keep running.” or another throughout ance in the National Col- rely on other people for its storied history, more legiate Athletic Associa- those things to happen.” 36 COURIER LIFE, JULY 14-20, 2017 :P:CFE

BY MATT JOHN The lefthander was one of the top himself back into “game shape” and Call him the new kid on the block! pitchers in Division I college baseball get some innings in this season so that David Peterson, the Mets’ fi rst- this past season for the University of he can contribute in a big way next round selection in the 2017 Major Oregon, posting an 11–4 won-loss re- season. League Baseball Draft, was signed by cord, a terrifi c 140–14 strikeout-to- “For me it’s just getting used to the big club last week and has been walk ratio, and breaking the school’s pro ball and using this time to get as assigned to play for the Cyclones this record for most strikeouts in a game prepared as I can for spring training season. To say that the 21-year-old with 20. Those numbers have Cyclones next year,” Peterson said. “I think I lefthander is looking forward to join- manager Edgardo “Fonzie” Alfonzo can learn a lot from this season, even ing Brooklyn’s Boys of Summer at intrigued. though it is a short season, to get ready MCU Park would be an understate- “I’m looking forward to seeing what for next year.” ment. he’s got,” Alfonzo said. “Hopefully Peterson has only been with the “I’m super excited. I’m over- he will bring good chemistry to the team for a short time, but already feels whelmed right now and I can’t get wait team.” at home in the Cyclones organization. LEADING OFF: Mets fi rst-round pick David Pe- to get on the journey,” Peterson said. Peterson has been out of action “They’ve welcomed me with open terson is set to get his pro career underway, “Coming in and having a club like this since the Ducks’ season ended, so the arms and there are defi nitely a lot of joining the Cyclones after signing with the club and getting to meet the guys has been Cyclones have him on a “throwing good guys here, so I’m excited,” he last week. Brooklyn Cyclones really good.” program” for the next few weeks to get said. COURIER LIFE, JULY 14-20, 2017 37 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE

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