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THIS WEEK KNOW YOUR SIGN Bloomberg James Golden Thomas The Paper reveals Bridge path marker RESOLUTION / Vince DiMiceli / Vince By Dana Rubinstein And now, at long last, The The Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn Paper has found out who she is: Roslyn Beck. REVOLUTION The mystery of the sur- We’d like to say we discov- reptitious sign-maker has ered Beck through diligent,

The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn been solved! boot-leather reporting. But in Pols and people mark Okay, so it’s not exactly the Pete Hamill reality, she was generous Bermuda Triangle enigma, but enough to write us a letter — a new year with 2007 plans for years, many Brooklyn letter! — after we mentioned Heights residents have won- her then-anonymous handi- / Dana Rubinstein dered about the unknown per- work in an article last month. By Dana Rubinstein son who had been secretly That story was about a plan to The Brooklyn Paper BOOK hanging hand-painted wooden install 110 signs throughout Resolutions. Everyone makes ’em, every- signs in Cadman Plaza Park to Downtown that will lead tourists one breaks ’em. But we at The Brooklyn guide visitors to the famed, but to many attractions, including the Paper The Brooklyn Paper feel that, as journalists, it’s our job to impossible-to-find, Brooklyn footpath. The signs, to be in- MYSTERY SOLVED: Roslyn Beck is the lady behind those handmade hold these people accountable. So, for the Bridge pedestrian pathway. See PATH on page 12 signs pointing confused tourists to the Brooklyn Bridge footpath. first time ever, we’ve compiled the resolu- MARK tions of some of our best-loved local celebri- Gentile ties — and promise (resolve, you might say) Dine with famous BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS to follow up at the end of the year to see if authors at BAM they kept their vows. Mike Bloomberg, Mayor By all accounts, 2006 was one of best years By Karen Butler New York has ever had. But my personal resolu- for The Brooklyn Paper Including Brooklyn Heights Paper, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, Downtown News, Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper and the DUMBO Paper tion is to make 2007 even better. Want to help Pete Hamill Bill DeBlasio, Councilman, Park Slope write his next novel? Ask him Protect children in the shelter system by con- a lot of questions. tinuing intense oversight of the agencies handling Hamill, who is one of nine au- child welfare; enroll a large percentage of the thors participating in this year’s more than 500,000 New Yorkers who are eligible popular “Eat, Drink & Be Liter- WE’RE ALL BROOKLYN PAPER NOW for food stamps but are not currently enrolled; pass electronic waste legislation, which makes ary” series at the Brooklyn Acad- Here it is, folks: The new Brooklyn Pa- BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS manufacturers responsible for disposing of toxic emy of Music, said he likes being per! Zigun waste in a way that does not pollute our environ- at such events because a smart What was wrong with the old Brook- audience makes him a better ment or pose health hazards. lyn Paper, you ask? Nothing — but a little writer. Including Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park, Midwood, Kensington, Ocean Parkway Papers tinkering with our banner will help us uni- Sandi Franklin, Executive Director, Brook- “A question asked might sug- fy all of our editions under one great lyn Center for the Urban Environment gest a question that has never oc- BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS Dim your lights. Use less energy. Shine less. curred to me, and [then] forces name. So while you continue to enjoy The Drive less. Buy local. me to ponder the answer,” Hamill Vincent Gentile, Councilman, Bay Ridge told GO Brooklyn. “If not imme- Brooklyn Paper (with a new logo), readers To lose more weight than [Borough President] diately, then later, in the dark, af- of our Park Slope Paper will now devour Including The Bensonhurst Paper Marty Markowitz, grow taller than [City Council- Markowitz ter midnight.” The Brooklyn Paper/Park Slope Edition, and Bay Ridge readers will get The Brook- man] Bill DeBlasio, and to win by a larger mar- Hamill — whose journalistic gin than [Sen.] Chuck Schumer. career includes editing stints at lyn Paper/Bay Ridge Edition. ough’s arts and entertainment offerings. ough in 1978. the Daily News, New York Post Other neighborhoods will have their Over the next few weeks, you’ll find As always, we look forward to your Marty Golden, state Senator, Bay Ridge and Newsday, and whose less- own editions, too. expanded coverage of your neighbor- feedback. No, really — our phone num- We will be successful in keeping Victory creative pursuits include the This week’s changes are more than hood, new columnists, wider arts cover- bers are right there on page 2 (plus, you Memorial Hospital an acute care facility. We will memoir “A Drinking Life” and skin deep, and there’s more to come. age and innovative Web features — all can always e-mail our writers and edi- see the expansion of local schools by building ex- the novels “Snow in August” and On page 2, we’ll tell you “Where to GO” compiled by the same Brooklyn-based tors by using their last name, followed tensions and additional classrooms. We will target “The Deadly Piece” — will head- in a revamped calendar of events section staff you’ve come to know and love by @BrooklynPaper.com). and eliminate wasteful Medicaid fraud in New line the Jan. 25 event. that features a new civic calendar and a list since this award-winning, family-owned A new year, a new look, but the York State. We will adopt legislation that will low- See LIT FEST on page 10 of editors’ picks for the best of the bor- newspaper began covering the bor- same great Brooklyn Paper. See RESOLUTION on page 6 Rev. Billy INSIDE Brooklyn to Ford: Miss you Our 38th president, Gerald Ford, lived in infamy in the minds of Nixon. Nevertheless, his death on Dec. 26 at age 93 unleashed more WHERE TO some New Yorkers, thanks not only to the famed Daily News headline, than a small amount of sympathy for the accidental president. Here are EDITORS’ PICKS “Ford to City: Drop Dead,” but his pardon of Watergate fiend Richard two ways in which Brooklyn mourned. SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY January 6 January 7 January 8 January 11 January 12 Justin time Art writer ‘Murmur’ The preschool set has reads producer already danced along to his videos on Noggin, Love art? Love New York? surfaces and now they can see Then head for the Y in Park Slope to hear Long R.E.M. producer and He lost a their favorite musician, For him, bell Island University art pro- former Let’s Active Justin Roberts (below), in frontman, Mitch Easter the flesh, courtesy of fessor Cynthia Maris Dantzic read from her will support the release Brooklyn Center for the of his first solo album

Birthday Lisa Yuskavage Performing Arts. book, “100 New York bounty Painters,” a just-published in 18 years, “Dyna- 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theatre compendium of artists Literary feast mico” with this gig. Don’t bring gifts for (Brooklyn College campus, who trained in, showed in, Brooklynites get to 2900 Campus Rd. at Hillel The third year of “Eat, the 35th birthday of lived in, or just have some hear it before those Place in Midwood). Tickets: Drink & Be Literary”— a Brooklyn Heights’ Jon connection to Gotham. saps in Manhattan $12. Call (718) 951-4500 or series of dinners and Quinn. But do come to Dantzic’s book is a whirl- have to shell out 18 visit www.brooklyncenter- food-for-thought chats — his party — featuring online.org for information. wind tour accompanied bucks at the Bowery pen pal kicks off at the Brooklyn DJ Chris Powers by a generation of artists Ballroom on Saturday. (above) — with checks Academy of Music with For more Brooklyn tolls in Ridge — including Chuck Close the aptly named novelist for New York Coalition and George Tooker — Nightlife options, see Francine Prose (above). for the Homeless. who looked to NYC for our listings on page 10. See story on front page. 8 pm. Magnetic Field (97 inspiration. 8 pm. Magnetic Field (97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry 6:30 pm. BAMcafe (Peter Jay Atlantic Ave. at Henry 7:30 pm. Prospect Park YMCA By Dana Rubinstein Street in Brooklyn Heights). Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Street in Brooklyn (357 Ninth St. between Fifth Suggested donation: $10. Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Heights). Admission: $10. and Sixth avenues in Park Greene). Tickets: $45. Call By Gersh Kuntzman Call (718) 834-0069 or visit Call (718) 834-0069 or visit Slope). Free. Call (718) 599- The Brooklyn Papers www.magneticbrooklyn.com (718) 636-4100 or visit www.magneticbrooklyn.com 0960 for information. for information. www.bam.org for information. for information. The Brooklyn Paper No Brooklynite is mourning the death of President Gerald Ford quite Gerald Ford is best known for his “only”: He remains NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN the only president who was elected neither vice presi- Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay like the borough’s letter-writer-in- chief, Louis Schlamowitz, who had dent nor president. Brooklyn’s best picks for things to do in the coming been exchanging missives with Ford But he was also an “only” in another way: Ford remains, as- week — and two extra days for good measure! Our ex- since the 1970s. tonishingly, the only president who was an Eagle Scout. And that, more even than Ford’s 900-day presidency, expanded calendar of events BEGINS ON PAGE 2. Not that Schlamowitz is particularly en- plains why Robert Buonvino spent a part of Saturday morning amored of Ford. Over the course of 50 ringing the 305-year-old years, Schlamowitz has sent notes to — and Greenhood / Aaron bell (right) at Benson- received responses from — every bold- hurst’s historic New Ut- faced politico from here to Afghanistan. recht Reformed Church in Call it an obsession, but Schlamowitz honor of Jerry Ford. has posted thousands of birthday cards, an- “The church has rung

niversary cards, get-well wishes, and con- Paper The Brooklyn the bell to mark the death gratulatory notes to the likes of Fidel Cas- of every president since tro and John F. Kennedy, Dick Cheney and Louis Schlamowitz shows off his book of photos and letters that he received from President Gerald Ford over the years. Washington, so obviously, Nancy Pelosi, Jimmy Carter and Ayatollah we were going to ring it Khomeini — plus every astronaut who has for Ford, too,” said Buon- traveled to space. and autographed photos, in addition to let- Christmas card left, and he asked his friend vino, who is not only Indeed, corresponding with Schlam- ters from First Lady Betty Ford, complete what he should do with it. president of the Friends of owitz is probably the only thing Muammar with her rounded, girlish signature. “My friend said, ‘Send it to Harry Tru- Historic New Utrecht, but also chairman of the Brooklyn chap- Qadaffi and Bill Clinton have in common. “The last time I wrote him was when he man.’ ” So, as an experiment, Schlamowitz ter of the National Eagle Scout Association. Schlamowitz has preserved a half-centu- went to the hospital — I wished him well,” sent Truman a letter, and got a response on “But the fact that he was our only Eagle Scout president ry of epistolary history in 60 albums, said Schlamowitz, 76. “He was a really January 1, 1954. The rest is history (not made it even more important to me.” which are piled high in a hallway closet in good pen pal.” Truman’s, but Schlamowitz’s). On Saturday, Buonvino used the funeral clapper, which Canarsie’s Bayview projects. Schlamowitz described the ex-prez as “a Over the years, Schlamowitz has been makes a lower, more mournful “gong” than the standard clap- One of those albums is devoted to gov- great, very warm, sweet individual.” But visited by FBI agents, and most recently, per, and sounded the tone 38 times, pausing 10 seconds be- ernment officials who’ve broken the law. it’s hard to gauge Schlamowitz’s true feel- officials from Homeland Security eager to tween clangs. And each recent president, including the ings, given that he often has to cloak his discus his “relationships” with government It’s the first time the bell — which has tolled for every late late great 38th, has his own album. actual opinions to add to his collection. officials, and his “motivations” for writing. president since Washington died in 1799 — had been run since “President Ford returned to Congress [in “Not all of my pen pals are friendly,” “I said, ‘I have no motivations. This is the death of Ronald Reagan in June 2004. 1970], and I wrote him, ‘I’d like to add your said Schlamowitz. “I use diplomacy on just a hobby!’” he said. “It’s what keeps The tolling for Washington was more appropriate than for all picture to my collection,’” said Schlamo- some of them. That’s how I get my letters.” me going.” the other late great leaders of the free world, it turns out. witz. Still, Schlamowitz has yet to coax a re- Regardless of the obstacles, Schlam- Though the church dates back to 1677, Washington was the Flipping through the Ford album, he sponse from Kim Jong Il, the North Korean owitz showed no signs of giving up his only president to ever visit, which he did in 1790.

Efrain Gonzalez pointed to a Ford family Christmas card dictator. hobby last week, as he headed to the lobby “At the time, there was a school on the church grounds,” from a couple of years back, the ex-presi- A lifelong Canarsie resident and former to retrieve his mail. Buonvino said. “And he visited and had supper at an inn across dent looking miles away from his death- flower arranger, he began his letter-writing Sure enough, there was an envelope the street. Grand fireworks bed. career when he was stationed in Yung bearing a signed photo of embattled Senate “All the students were told to put on their Sunday bests — Fireworks lit up the night sky over Grand Army Plaza on There were dozens of such exchanges Dung Po, Korea in 1953. He had just one Majority Leader Joe Bruno. and Washington shook everyone’s hand.” New Year’s Eve, ushering in 2007 in spectacular Brooklyn style. The display, visible here over the Memorial Arch, began after the traditional countdown by Borough President Markowitz. Afterwards, runners set out on the annual “fun Police Blotter, p 4 • Editorial, p 11 • Checkin’ in with... p6 run” in Prospect Park. Markowitz was not among them. 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 6, 2007 100 Wine Tips

A Wine Lover’s Resolutions for the New Year By Darrin Siegfried WHERE TO ’ve learned that most (alright, all!) of the res- “special occasion” wine at least once each olutions that we make for the coming New month... as well as something to go with it! No IYear that set the bar too high will fail... and “occasion” to celebrate? Having a really good yet, there ARE things that I want to change. bottle of wine with someone special IS a special EDITORS’ PICKS My solution is: this year’s resolutions will be occasion. Life is too short: enjoy it! ones that I can keep, and that will have a built- 6) Pop open some bubbly! While there really in incentive. Here’s my list, so far. is nothing quite like Champagne, there are 1) Drink more Bordeaux! It never fails that plenty of other sparkling wines that are truly SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY when I open a bottle of Bordeaux, I ask myself delicious... and bubbly makes every get-togeth- January 6 January 7 January 8 January 11 January 12 “Why don’t I drink more Bordeaux?” The bal- er seem like a party, doesn’t it? Sunday morning ance, the complexity, the combination of fruit, breakfast with a glass of Prosecco seems like a floral and earthy, the way they match with mini-vacation, and opening a half bottle of Justin time Art writer ‘Murmur’ foods... I will drink more Bordeaux! Clairette for just the two of you as you’re getting dressed to go out makes the night feel like The preschool set has 2) Stop holding on to so much wine. How it’s right out of a movie. Champagne and reads producer many times have I picked up a bottle and then already danced along to sparkling wines are often neglected as accompa- Love art? Love New York? returned it to the shelf, thinking, “Oh, it’s just niments for meals, yet there are few wines that his videos on Noggin, surfaces a simple meal. I’ll save this for some better go better with shellfish, white-fleshed fish and and now they can see Then head for the Y in time” and then, years later when I open that R.E.M. producer and chicken. There are few things on this good their favorite musician, Park Slope to hear Long bottle find that it is long past its prime. It’s not earth that bring as many smiles as a glass of Island University art pro- former Let’s Active just the money, it’s the lost pleasure that I bubbly, and I promise myself to enjoy more of Justin Roberts (below), in frontman, Mitch Easter mourn when this happens. There is no better it. the flesh, courtesy of fessor Cynthia Maris time that now; there is no sweeter day than this. Dantzic read from her will support the release 7) Once Spring arrives, let’s break out the Brooklyn Center for the Open up those bottles and drink them. Your of his first solo album

Birthday Lisa Yuskavage Rosé! Dry rosé wines from the south of France, Performing Arts. book, “100 New York heirs will not enjoy the wine nearly as much as from Italy and from Spain (along with those Painters,” a just-published in 18 years, “Dyna- you will! bounty from the rare few American wine makers who 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theatre compendium of artists Literary feast mico” with this gig. 3) Always use the “good” wine glasses. Years understand that pink does NOT equal sweet) Don’t bring gifts for (Brooklyn College campus, who trained in, showed in, Brooklynites get to ago, I had a friend who used the finest antique are wonderful, refreshing wines that not only 2900 Campus Rd. at Hillel The third year of “Eat, the 35th birthday of lived in, or just have some hear it before those china, silver and crystal, as well as a linen nap- are perfect for picnics, but make the meals you Place in Midwood). Tickets: Drink & Be Literary”— a kin, for every meal that he ate at home. Even if serve with them feel as if you’re on a picnic. Brooklyn Heights’ Jon connection to Gotham. saps in Manhattan $12. Call (718) 951-4500 or series of dinners and he was alone having a sandwich, he used only Once the weather turns warm and we begin to Quinn. But do come to Dantzic’s book is a whirl- have to shell out 18 the best, saying that he deserved it at least as eat lighter foods, rosés are just right! visit www.brooklyncenter- food-for-thought chats — his party — featuring online.org for information. wind tour accompanied bucks at the Bowery much as any of his guests did. He was right. 8) I will introduce more people to the joys of kicks off at the Brooklyn DJ Chris Powers by a generation of artists Ballroom on Saturday. From the simple, slightly chilled Beaujolais Beaujolais. They have a saying in the bistros of Academy of Music with poured after work while I prepare dinner to the (above) — with checks — including Chuck Close For more Brooklyn Paris: “When in doubt, choose Beaujolais”, and the aptly named novelist glass of Sherry while the sun sets on a day off... with good reason. Beaujolais tastes good, com- for New York Coalition and George Tooker — Nightlife options, see every glass of wine this year will be drunk from Francine Prose (above). pliments almost every dish, and is so affordable. for the Homeless. who looked to NYC for our listings on page 10. good stemware. Every wine tastes better in a The Crus of Beaujolais represent enormous See story on front page. proper glass, so why not? value for their price, and deserve more recogni- 8 pm. Magnetic Field (97 inspiration. 8 pm. Magnetic Field (97 tion. Another plus: you simply cannot be a Atlantic Ave. at Henry 6:30 pm. BAMcafe (Peter Jay Atlantic Ave. at Henry 4) Always have a bottle of dessert wine 7:30 pm. Prospect Park YMCA wine snob with a glass of Beaujolais in your Street in Brooklyn Heights). Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Street in Brooklyn open... and drink them! Porto, Sherry, Madeira, (357 Ninth St. between Fifth Sauternes, Muscats, Maurys, Ice Wines, Late hand! Suggested donation: $10. Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Heights). Admission: $10. and Sixth avenues in Park Harvest Wines... the world is a wonderful place Call (718) 834-0069 or visit Greene). Tickets: $45. Call Call (718) 834-0069 or visit 9) Organize my cellar. I’m afraid that even Slope). Free. Call (718) 599- partly because of these almost magical wines, Oscar Madison would cringe at the sight of my www.magneticbrooklyn.com (718) 636-4100 or visit www.magneticbrooklyn.com 0960 for information. and it’s a shame that most of us enjoy them so scattered wine collection, and this year I will for information. www.bam.org for information. for information. rarely. In the middle of the afternoon as a pick- organize it. Simple shelves and index cards will me-up, instead of a cup of afternoon tea, after do if you have a few cases on hand, but I’ve work while reading the mail, after dinner gone way beyond that point. There is wonder- instead of dessert, after dinner WITH dessert, ful software available, including some free web- as a snack with a piece of cheese, while watch- sites, that will help you to remember what you ing the news, before bed... there are dozens of have on hand, and what needs to be drunk up acceptable excuses for having a sip of a sweet, before it goes “over the hill”, which is why I’ve delicious dessert wine, aren’t there? They taste had to make resolution #2. so delicious that they seem a bit like forbidden NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN I want to wish you, your family and your fruit. After all, don’t we deserve it? friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay 5) Once a month, I will splurge on a bottle Year, filled with all good times and all good CARNIVAL: La Troupe Makandal, New York’s of wine. I always say that there are wines for things, from me and from all of us at Red SAT, JAN 6 Center for Afro-Haitian Traditional Art pres- every day, wines for Sunday dinner and wines White & Bubbly. I look forward to seeing you EVERYONE’S A CRITIC: Watch ents its closing performance of “Rising Sun.” for special occasions. This year, I will have a in 2007! OUTDOORS & TOURS their performances and offer $15, $10 students and seniors, $5 ages 12 BIRDING: Salt Marsh Nature Center hosts an your feedback at the Brooklyn and younger. 8 pm. South Oxford Space, exploration of its marsh. Learn about the 138 S. Oxford Street, between Atlantic migrants who claim the marsh as their Arts Exchange’s “First Weekends Avenue and Hanson Place. (718) 953-6638. home in the winter. 8 am. 3302 Ave. U. New Performance and 211 Fifth Avenue (718) 421-2021. Free. Discussion Series” on MULCHFEST 2007: Bring your holiday tree — SUN, JAN 7 (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE without decorations — to Prospect Park, Jan. 12 and 13. and help recyclers turn it into mulch. 10 am OUTDOORS & TOURS Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 12-8pm to 2 pm. Prospect Park; enter at any park EARLY BIRD WALK: Explore the secrets of na- entrance. At Third Street, you can watch ture with naturalists from the Prospect Park www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 your tree go into the chipper and take Audubon Center. 8 am to 10 am. Enter park home some mulch for your garden. Other at LincolnRoad and Ocean Avenue. (718) locations include Fort Greene Park (Wash- 287-3400. Free. ington Park and Willoughby Street) and Amazing Garden (Carroll and Columbia ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. $5, streets). (718) 965-8999. Free. $3 seniors and children. $5.50 skate rental. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a pm. Prospect Park. Access through the tour of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brook- Parkside/Ocean avenues entrance or the lyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Marriott Lincoln Road/ Ocean Avenue entrance. (718) Hotel, 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. 287-5252. PERFORMANCE MULCHFEST 2007: See Sat., Jan 6. 10 am to 2 pm. HAITIAN MUSIC: La Troupe Makandal pres- PERFORMANCE See the New ents “Carnival Dawn,” a performance that marks the transition from winter ceremoni- CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Friends of Cham- als to pre-vernal rites. $15, $10 students ber Music presents “Ecco” (East Coast and seniors, $5 ages 12 and younger. 8 pm. Chamber Orchestra). $15, $10 in advance, South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford St. $5 students. 3 pm. The Lafayette Avenue Floor Show! (718) 330-1234. Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Oxford St. at Lafayette Avenue. (718) 855-3035. HERE WE GO: Polybe + Seats presents “Here We Go: 365 Days/ 365 Plays, Week 8.” $5 CHILDREN These “long-legged” stunners will brighten any suggested donation. 8 pm. Brooklyn FAMILY FUN: Brooklyn Center for the Per- Kitchen, 616 Lorimer St. (212) 967-7555. forming Arts presents Justin Roberts and corner. The ARC light is great behind a sofa! CHILDREN the Not Ready for Naptime Players. $12. 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theater at Brooklyn Col- Use any of our contemporary floor lamps to DANCE: MC Dance Theater invites kids ages 3 lege, one block from the intersection of Flat- and up to classes in hip-hop, ballet, tap, bush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. African and more. 10 am to 4 pm. Sioloam bring out the beauty of your room ––– Presbyterian Church, 260 Jefferson Ave. OTHER Call for info. (646) 246-7521. GALLERY TALK: Brooklyn Museum presents FAMILY DANCE: Brooklyn Arts Exchange the third installment of the three-part Annie begins winter classes for babies and tod- Leibovitz gallery talk. Experts in the field of dlers. 10:15 am to 11 am. 421 Fifth Ave. Lily Baldwin contemporary photography will lead the Call for fee info. (718) 832-0018. session. 2 pm to 3 pm. 200 Eastern Pkwy. ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum hosts “Arty PROSPECT PARK LIGHTS: Holiday lighting (718) 965-8999. Free. (718) 638-5000. Free. Facts.” Explore the galleries, enjoy a family installation, with performers representing ORIENTATION: Sheepshead Parents SUNDAYS AT SUNNY’S: presents “Subway activity and create art based on “Head, the best of Brooklyn’s diverse ethnic and Chronicles.” Readers include David Ebers- Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” Appropriate Without Partners hosts a singles event. 8 cultural communities. 5:30 pm to 7 pm. pm. Perry’s Restaurant on Nostrand hoff, author of “The Danish Girl and Pasa- for ages 4 to 7. $8 adults, free for kids ages dena,” Amy Holman, poet and author of 12 and younger and members. 11 am to 2 Free hot chocolate and candy sticks. Avenue and Avenue U. Kids welcome. Bartel-Pritchard Circle, Prospect Park. Reservations necessary. (718) 790-6040. “Wait for Me, I’m Gone,” Megan Lyles and High pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Tim McLoughlin. Suggested donation: $3. 3 Rating in BLOOMING BABIES: Tiny tots are invited to pm. Sunny’s, 253 Conovor St. between learn about baby animals. Appropriate for Beard and Reed streets. (718) 625-8211. Zagat 2005 ages 18 months to 2.5 years. $4, free for NYC Shopping WRITING WITH CONSTRAINTS: Proteus members. 11 am to noon. Brooklyn Children’s Gowanus hosts a talk on the literary move- Guide Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. ment to apply mathematical thinking to ver- TWEENS ROCK: Liberty Heights Tap Room CIVIC CALENDAR bal composition. Learn about writing in the invites kids to a Care Bears on Fire show. All MONDAY, JAN 8 room, 209 Joralemon St. (bet. Court form of algorithms. $15. 3 pm to 5 pm. 543 ages welcome. 2:30 pm. 34 Van Dyke St. Union St. (718) 243-1572. Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Asso- and Adams streets), 6 pm. Call (718) (718) 246-8050. Free. 596-5410 for information. MEMORIAL: “An Ethical Life and Its Legacy: COLONIAL CRAFTS: Lefferts Historic House ciation: Monthly meeting. On the agen- Charles Horwitz, BSEC’s Ethical Action Mes- hosts an arts and crafts session. 2:30 pm to da? Truck traffic! 106 First Pl. (corner of Community Board 6: Monthly full- board meeting. Find out more about sage In These Times.” 11 am. Also, a me- 3:30 pm. Children’s Corner, inside the park’s Court Street), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 858- morial at 3 pm, and a reception follows. 53 Willink entrance at the intersection of 4699 for information. the proposed sale of the defunct fire- house at 299 DeGraw St. Old First Re- Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. Free. Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard. Community Board 6: Monthly executive CAFE STEINHOF: presents the film “Where (718) 789-2822. Free. formed Church, 729 Carroll St. (at floor lamps • table lamps • lampshades committee meeting. Cobble Hill Com- Seventh Avenue), 6:30 pm. Call (718) the Buffalo Roam” (1980) with Bill Murray. OTHER munity Meeting Room, 250 Baltic St. (be- 643-3027 for information. 10:30 pm. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369- repairs • ceiling fans • low voltage lighting tween Court and Clinton streets), 6:30 pm. 7776. Free. FIRST SATURDAY: at the Brooklyn Museum. Call (718) 643-3027 for information. MIRRORS • TABLES • DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES Learn to waltz with Stepping Out Dance THURSDAY, JAN 11 Studio. Films, gallery talks, family art-mak- Community Board 10: Traffic and trans- Community Board 11: Monthly full- ing, and live music. Family movie is “Mup- portation committee. Board office, 621 board meeting. Holy Family Home (1740 MON, JAN 8 86th St. (bet. Fort Hamilton Parkway and 84th St. at New Utrecht Avenue), 7:30 pets Take Manhattan” (1984). Classic noir FLOWER ARRANGING: Brooklyn Botanic film is “The Naked City” (1948). 5 pm to 11 the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), 7 pm. pm. Call (718) 266-8800 for information. 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By Dana Rubinstein rant’s owner, as shoppers milled cavernous space, the lack of park- restaurant, one calling the food The Brooklyn Paper about him. “My family and I have ing, and a stroke of bad luck. “great” but the restaurant “uncom- It’s “finito” for Palmira’s — been here every day for four years.” Six weeks after Desmond fortably empty.” the latest eatery to close at the Palmira’s is the latest in a long opened, the building was struck As the fire sale took place in- cursed corner of Clark and line of restaurants that have tried to by lightning. side, two women showed up for Hicks streets. make a go of it at the bedeviled in- To implement the necessary lunch, only to discover a note on tersection. Kevin’s, Heights Cafe, repairs, the building, the St. the door announcing the estab- On Tuesday, the restaurant was packed — but not with pa- Lotus and Stubs also failed at the George Tower co-op, put up scaf- lishment’s demise. trons looking for a hot bowl of site. folding for two years, making the “This is so sad,” said Amy, who pasta fagioli. The visitors were “Palmira’s is only the most-re- restaurant, on an already obscure was particularly fond of the pizza, eyeing the restaurant’s chafing cent place to struggle,” said Rob corner, even harder to find. but would not give her last name. GRAND dishes, leather chairs and pans, Perris, district manager of Com- Regardless of the obstacles, the “We used to come here, even WHO’S OPENING! all bound for the auction block. munity Board 2. restaurant garnered good reviews. when we lived upstate.” “This is very difficult,” said Desmond attributed the high Users of the foodie message board, She shook her head and then Roger Desmond, the late restau- mortality rate to the restaurant’s www.chowhound.com, lauded the walked away. YOUR DOGGY Premium Pet Food & Supply DUMBO gets 197 Adelphi Street (Corner of Willoughby Avenue) trees, lighting WE DELIVER • 718-522-5244 10% OFF ALL STORE MERCHANDISE WITH THIS AD By Gersh Kuntzman ness”) improvement district. The Brooklyn Paper “The streetscapes in this neighborhood have been neg- / Gersh Kuntzman Just in time for the dead of lected for years, not only due to winter — street trees! a lack of trees, but also basic

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She near Sackett Street, sometime Fifth Avenue bank on Dec. 27 ized what was happening — but 33-year-old Manhattan woman slipped the cat back inside and after 3 pm that day, and before and escaped — but a dye pack it was too late. The thief ran off had her purse stolen from a car thought little of it — until po- 6:50 am on Dec. 31. Once in- secreted into his cache by a with a load of jewelry and de- parked in a lot on Second Av- lice came to investigate the side, they snipped the padlock quick-thinking teller destroyed signer clothing valued at nearly crime later that week. on a storage room and loaded enue, between 11th and 12th his loot, cops said. $6,400. As he ran, he advised up on nearly $2,000 worth of streets. The thieves caused $200 The robber wandered into the victim to just “walk away.” Sick thief smokes. in damage, breaking the dri- the bank branch, near Garfield Instead, she counted her loss- For the victim, it was twice ver’s-side window, to steal the Place, at 11:20 am, walked up es: a $1,200 gold tennis bracelet, the pain. A real pain bag, which held charge cards, a to a 26-year-old teller and hand- a diamond ring worth $3,000, A Long Island man became Burglars stole $150 from a driver’s license, a hospital ed him a note that read, “Give two crucifixes, a wedding band, the target of a theft while he sandwich shop on Sixth Avenue pager and a pair of diamond me the money. I have a gun.” a pair of men’s Timberland was a patient at a Fourth Av- in a pre-dawn raid on Dec. 30, earrings, valued at $500. He also told the clerk to “be boots, a Lacoste sweater and a enue clinic on Dec. 29, police police said. easy.” pair of Ecko jeans. said. The thieves broke through a Cell swipe The teller did his best, load- Police are looking for a white Someone swiped a suitcase screen door at the French bak- Ateenager lost her lifeline ing the cash — and dye pack Hispanic man in his mid 40s, 5- belonging to the 55-year-old ery, at Ninth Street, between 1 when two thugs stole her cell- — into a bag. The thief bolted foot-11, 230 pounds, with short, victim from the medical offices, and 6 am, when it was time to phone on Dec. 30, police said. from the bank, leaving the note dark hair. He was dressed that at Sixth Street, sometime make the beignets. Once inside, The 16-year-old was walking on Atlantic Avenue, near Fifth Avenue, heading toward a shoping mall around 4:30 pm, when the two thieves walked up. One restrained her as the other punched her, and then Year in grabbed the cell from her waistband. The brutes ran off on At- lantic Avenue with the phone, leaving her destined for Brook- crime lyn Hospital with a swollen lip. The victim told cops that one The Brooklyn Paper of the two thieves was a black A new year means a new man, 5-foot-8, dressed in a chance to see whether crime is black snorkel jacket. up or down. Here’s how Park Slope’s 78th Precinct fared for the just-ended calendar year. Statistically speaking, there RELIGIOUS were the same number of murders — three — last year com- SERVICES pared to the previous year. But that’s only because the NYPD First A.M.E. Zion Church 54 MacDonough St. changed the way it calculates (bet. Tompkin & Marcy Ave.) murders, classifying a death as BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN a homicide if the person died Sunday School 9:45 am within the calendar year, even if Morning Worship 11:00 am the crime occurred years earlier. Wednesday Midweek That change had an immedi- Service/Bible Study 6:30 pm ate impact in the Slope, where (718) 638-3343 one of the 2006 murder “vic- Dr. Daran H. Mitchell, Pastor tims” finally succumbed to LM30-18 wounds he sustained in a shootout 13-years-ago, police Congregation said. Kol Israel Overall, crime declined more Located in Prospect Heights than five percent in the 78th since 1924 603 St. Johns Place Precinct last year. bet. Classon & Franklin The area showed steep de- 638-6583 clines in some crime categories: Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz • There were three rapes in Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am 2006, down from seven in W34/37/52 2005. Cong. B’nai Jacob • Robbery reports fell 20 per- Park Slope Synagogue cent, to 191 in 2006. • Car thefts fell 25 percent, 401 9th Str. btw 6th & 7th Ave. 718-832-1266 to 138. Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan But several other categories Shabbat: Fri Sundown Sat 9:30am saw increases: CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS • There was a 28-percent www.parkslopeshul.org hike in assaults, to 96 reports. L30-34 • And there were statistically insignificant up-ticks in burgla- Congregation ry and larceny. Mount Sinai Overall, crime continues to 250 Cadman Plaza W. fall in the 78th Precinct at a rate Conservative/Egalitarian that mirrors the city in general. A House for Prayer / A Home for People Since 2001, the area has seen 718-875-9124 violent crime drop nearly 19 Friday Eve Services 6:30pm Saturday Morning 10:00am percent, and nearly 70 percent Rabbi Joseph Potasnik since 1993. A42 In those 13 years, murders have fallen more than 57 percent, rapes are down a whopping Shabbat Shalom! 88 percent, and robbery declined Presented by nearly 78 percent. The least-im- B’nai Avraham pressive decline, still good at al- of Brooklyn Heights most 11 percent, was in larceny reports. — Stainton 117 Remsen St. • 596-4840 Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin www.bnaiavraham.com LEGAL NOTICES Candle

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By Lilo H. Stainton early 20s, disappeared from the complied, crowding into the away. The attackers — strangers 86th Street, and disappeared. Awitness saw the 25-year- The Brooklyn Paper laundry, which is near Stillwell restroom, while the thieves ran- to the victim — were described Bag snatch old victim stumble from the wa- Avenue. 62/68 BLOTTER sacked the register. as white Hispanic men in their tering hole, at West First Street, 68th Precinct But the Laundromat may not Despite the violence, the rob- mid-20s. Athief snatched a woman’s around 11 pm, with many have been the thief’s first job of bers collected only $50 from the Early AM mug bag as she walked home along bloody cuts on his body. the day. Police are also investi- The gang of four stopped its Police later picked up two sus- salon and a few extra bucks Shore Parkway on Dec. 27, The witness also saw two An armed thief dropped his Agang of four thugs robbed cops said. loaded weapon, but escaped gating another armed robbery, 17-year-old victim shortly be- pects on robbery and assault from terrified customers. No white men in their mid-20s, a man heading home from work The 58-year-old woman with more than $2,200 when he just 10 minutes earlier, at an fore 3 pm, as he neared 24th charges. one could describe the thieves to dressed in black, hooded sweat- on Benson Avenue on Dec. 30, stepped off the B1 bus at 86th robbed a Fifth Avenue bank on Avenue O supermarket fewer Avenue. police. shirts, run from the bar. Hair-raising cops said. Street, around 10:30 pm. As she Dec. 30, police said. than 10 blocks away. Two of the thugs stepped for- The pair jumped in a black It was the New Year’s Eve Stop-and-steal The group surrounded the neared 20th Avenue, a mugger The thief walked into the In that crime, a masked man ward, and one punched him in SUV, which sped east on Kings round-up at a Stillwell Avenue Atrio of thugs in a Toyota 63-year-old man at the corner of rushed her from behind. The savings bank, at Bay Ridge armed with a gun rushed a the face and forced him to the Highway. salon. abducted, beat and robbed a Bay 40th Street, moments after thug grabbed the purse, pushed Parkway, at 11:45 am, and store, at West Seventh Street, at pavement, leaving him with A trio of thugs posing as cus- man on Bath Avenue on Dec. 1 am. A man in a red leather the victim to the pavement, and No holiday headed straight to a teller. He 4 am. He trained a black hand- cuts and bruises on his temple tomers wandered into the hair 28, police said. jacket pushed him to the dashed down 20th Avenue. A thief cleaned out a Chinese handed the 36-year-old clerk a gun on the clerk, helped himself and a black eye. and nail shop, at Avenue T, The car pulled up alongside ground, punched him in the The robber was described restaurant on 20th Avenue that note that simply stated, “I have to an unknown amount of cash The other aggressor harassed the 34-year-old victim at 11:20 head and insisted, “Give me had been closed for New Year’s from the register, and ran into a around 7:15 pm. A woman only as a white Hispanic man. a gun. Give me your money.” the teen verbally, insisting, walked in first to inquire about am, as he walked near Bay 34th your money.” Eve, police said. The teller played it safe, waiting car. He escaped with $30, various “What do you have in your a manicure, followed by two Street. They snatched the victim Another thief rifled through credit cards and ID, police said. The burglar broke through handing over $2,229, and the Nab 2 brutes pocket? Give me what you men. from the street, pulled him into his backpack, pulled out his the side door of the eatery, off thief bolted for the door. When Police arrested a pair of 16- have.” Once all three were inside, the stopped car and pummeled wallet, snatched $130 and Bar brawl 78th Street, sometime after 11 a security guard grabbed him year-olds after they allegedly Luckily, two Good Samari- one thug pulled a silver semi- him several times in the face. tossed the billfold back, cops Aman suffered several stab pm on Dec. 31. and tried to block his escape, joined a Dec. 28 attack on an tans happened upon the melee automatic handgun and insisted, The thieves rifled his pock- said. wounds after a booze-fueled When workers arrived on the robber hollered: “I have a older boy walking along Bath before the attack escalated and “Give us your money and get in ets, removed $400, threw the The posse dashed down Bay dispute in a Kings Highway bar New Year’s Day, the cash regis- gun, I’m gonna shoot you!” Avenue. drove the teenage thugs away. the bathroom.” The victims victim out of the car, and roared 40th Street, made a right on on Dec. 29, police said. ter was short $200. The thief wrenched himself free and failed to live up to his threat. Instead, his loaded 9 mm Luger clattered to the ground as he ran out of the bank and down Bay Ridge Parkway. Police are now looking for a dark-skinned black man, rough- ly 30-years-old, 5-foot-1 and 150 pounds, dressed that day in a gray snorkel jacket and blue jeans. ‘Stealler’ party What a way to ring in the New Year. A quick visit by a burglar left a Bay Ridge man without a computer on New Year’s Eve, police said. The prowler dropped by the 50-year-old’s home, at the corner of Ridge Boulevard, at around 7:20 am, wandered in the front door, snatched up the Dell, and left. The thief didn’t leave any damage and neighbors never saw a thing. Target Lexus It was a bad week to be an RX300 on the streets of Bay Ridge. Thieves ripped the airbags from two Lexus models parked several blocks apart, police said. The safety devices can be illegally resold for up to $1,000 each. A 30-year-old New Rochelle woman parked her 2001 sedan on 95th Street, near Third Av- enue, at 8 pm on Dec. 28. When she returned the next morning, the driver’s side window was busted, the steering column damaged and the dashboard slashed open to free the two airbags packed inside. Between midnight on Dec. 28, and 1 pm the following day, the RX300 of an Orange Coun- ty man suffered a similar fate. The 42-year-old parked his 2003 sedan on Colonial Road, near 91st Street. When he next saw the vehicle, a passenger- side window was cracked and the two dashboard airbags had been liberated. C’card scams Forget the holiday spirit. Athief rang up more than $75 in charges on the stolen credit card of a 33-year-old Bay Ridge woman, police said. The woman, who lives on Fort Hamilton Parkway, told cops that she lost her debit card on Dec. 21. Sure enough, on Dec. 22, a thief charged $33.90 at a gas station in Queens and $42.89 at a filling station just over the border in Long Island. The victim apparently left the card in a taxi and told police she suspects the cabbie is the culprit. 62nd Precinct Masked thief Really, the armed robber said it all. “I don’t want to ruin your New Year, (but) give me the money in the register,” a gun- toting thief insisted shortly after entering a Kings Highway laundry at 4 am on New Year’s Eve, according to police. After uttering his greeting, the clerk complied, turning over $200. Then the robber, described as a white man in his Correction The Brooklyn Paper In last week’s story about Herbie the Hereford (“Calf with a beef on the lam,” Dec. 30), we incorrectly referred to the calf’s new home. It is the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanc- tuary, not merely Woodstock Farms. The Brooklyn Papers re- grets the error.

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BROOKLYN BRIEFS Will return next week January 6, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 5 Roger cuts ‘Green’ for Yards review Citing racism, lawmaker/breaker blocks grant bucks By Ariella Cohen who called a developer in a as long as it also included asso- hensive review that caught many last year in office complaining done by his side. The Brooklyn Paper Jewish neighborhood the ‘man- ciations with longer records of of [the state’s] mistakes.” that project opponents exploited “[People who support the ager of a concentration camp?’” public service such as the Fifth Vogel said that the entire racist ideas about the black project] have used very foul, In a final strike against At- Green said. Avenue Committee and the $100,000 allocation was slated community. very racially charged language,” lantic Yards opponents, outgo- Green’s decision to block the Pratt Area Community Council. to go to the consultants. “These people have consis- said Urban, who is white. “To ing Assemblyman Roger Green grant is not without irony. Despite The result was a lengthy re- The state budget typically in- tently used terms like ‘Cadillac bring up one comment and not / Jori Klein blocked a promised grant of being a strong Atlantic Yards sup- view by outside consultants that cludes plenty of handouts to civic Benefits Agreement’ to describe bring any of the others is very $100,000 for an independent reporter, he was the lawmaker in found numerous shortcomings groups like CBN, though each [the Community Benefits] inappropriate.” view of the project by a coali- control of the grant to the CBN, with the project’s draft environ- must be formally requested by a agreement made [by Ratner] City Councilwoman Letitia tion of 40 civic groups, citing a which opposed Atlantic Yards. mental impact study and recom- local representative — in this with black leaders,” Green told James (D-Prospect Heights), who racially charged comment made In another irony, the CBN mended that the state scrap the case, Green, who once resigned The Brooklyn Paper after Gold- helped the CBN get $130,000 in by a lone individual. was formed in 2005 after Bor- DEIS and start over. from office after being convicted stein’s gaffe. “They have used city funding, said Green over-re- Green, who is black, told ough President Markowitz — “We hired experts because of fudging state expense forms — other radicalized language that acted to Goldstein’s gaffe. James, Paper file The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper that he in- another a diehard Yards support- outside review was necessary and approved by the legislature. has hurt the African-American who is black, acknowledged that Daniel Goldstein Roger Green structed state officials to re- er — excluded DDDB from a and lacking,” said CBN spokes- Goldstein apologized for his community — and their chances there had been concerns in both move the allocation from this forum on the controversial state man James Vogel. “white masters” remark after it at fighting this project.” the Council and the state Assem- tions CBN made to the public re- racially neutral because the year’s $112-billion budget after mega-development. Local ac- “Now we can’t pay these pro- became public, but Green was But Therese Urban, a co- bly about CBN’s connection to view process. project will have adverse im- Daniel Goldstein, a spokesman tivists then created a neutral fessionals, who put many hours of unmoved. chair of the CBN, said Green Goldstein, but said she was ulti- “Analyzing the 2,000-page pacts on the entire community,” for the anti-Yards group Devel- group that could include DDDB hard work into a full and compre- In fact, he spent much of his was blind to the race-baiting mately persuaded by the contribu- environmental impact study is James said. op Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, referred to developer Bruce Rat- ner as a “white master” in June. Goldstein is white. “I was not going to approve any money to any group that included members that had Losing pol Owens doles out advice to Obama used language that was hurtful to the African-American community,” said Green (D-Pros- By Gersh Kuntzman by Obama’s writing in the best-sell- Sharpton. “5. A stump speech is an essential pect Heights), who blocked the The Brooklyn Paper ing “The Audacity of Hope,” the “3. Make sure your committee part of every campaign [but] please grant to the Council of Brook- book that fast-tracked the junior work provides you with as much for- abandon certain stories and humor lyn Neighborhoods before his Just because you lost the race Senator’s White House hopes. eign policy exposure as possible. lines that have been overused.” term ended this month. for your father’s Congressional Not even Owens thinks Obama is “4. Personally call every African- Who knows? If Obama would “Would you give money to a seat doesn’t mean you don’t have listening to him. “He has no partic- American leader you can — every- only listen to Chris Owens, the group that included a member really good political advice to ular reason to listen to me other where — and ask for their support White House (or a fourth-place fin- impart. than the fact that I am now. ish) could be his for the taking! That truism, apparently, based in [Hillary] has encouraged Chris Clinton’s state and I Owens — who remains have some under- a private citizen thanks standing of both Communion to his fourth-place fin- the black and ish in the race to suc- white progressive and ceed his father, Major communities,” Owens — to send Owens said. Christening Illinois Sen. Barack So without Obama a friendly list further ado, Sen. Dresses of tips for winning the Obama, here are presidency. Chris Owens’s sev- “So, Barack (we like en tips for running to use first names, you for president (which know), some advice from we’ve pared down to the peanut gallery” Owens five because two actual- FLOWER GIRLS writes on his blog, “Power ly weren’t tips. For the full, from Truth.” 1,800-word missive, see TUXEDOS/SUITS No disrespect intended, but what http://powerfromtruth.blogspot.com/ business does an almost-Congress- 2007/ 01/ barack-obama-should- SPECIAL man have giving advice to a future run-for-president.html): OCCASIONS president? “1. Don’t miss your Senate votes “Obama is the hottest political while you are campaigning. commodity out there, so there is no “2. Be ‘the progressive’ and con- better time than now to weigh in solidate “the left.” Your position on Made 4 Me with an opinion, for whatever it’s Iraq has yet to resonate with anyone, Boutique worth,” Owens told The Brooklyn let alone the Democratic progres- Paper. “As someone who hopes to sives (after all, you supported 298 DeGraw St. be involved with media coverage of Lieberman over Lamont!) You can- (near Court Street) the Congressional Black Caucus, I not simply compete for Clinton’s (718) 596-7362 want to be part of that mix.” voters, you need to win all of the[m]. Sun-Fri by appt / Sat 11-6 Owens also said he was “moved” You also do not need Rev. [Al] GET THE GEAR YOU NEED!

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KIDS THE TEENS At your local pizzeria, Brooklyn Paper SCHOOL CAMPS it’s hold the tables! City goes after eateries over old toilet law STYLE PARENT MUSIC THE BROOKLYN By Gersh ANGLE Kuntzman Teen Spirit’s New Year’s IM TOILETGATE WENT INTO MY LOCAL pizzeria the other day and Ihalf of it was missing. The table by the window showed a real lack of IQ where my daughter did “the fold” for the first time — gone. That table near the counter SIDE FROM THE So once she got home, where I had my first garlic knot drunken woman who Smartmom promptly fell — gone. A threw up (and just asleep. At 6 am, Hepcat woke Enjoy the View! The center table where six missed Smartmom) on the A her up to say that Teen Spirit kids could eat while their par- train, Smartmom spent an ex- had never made it back. ™ ents played a zone defense at Vari / Jeff ceedingly pleasant STOKKE XPLORY the two surrounding tables — New Year’s Eve gone, gone and gone. drinking champagne And you know whom I and sparkling cider SMART Urban Stroller blame? Those neat freaks at the with Hepcat, the Oh 10% off all store merchandise with this ad! Department of Health, that’s Papers The Brooklyn So Feisty One and a (minimum $75 purchase) whom. After receiving a ticket from the Health Department, Roma Pizza in Park Slope ripped out gaggle of college mom It seems an overzealous col- half its seats to comply with a law barring public use of a toilet behind the counter. friends in the West By Louise Crawford 315 Court St., Brooklyn lections, er, enforcement officer Village. bet. Sackett and Degraw from the Health Department en- Just before the olá baby 718.422.1978 • olababy.com tered my pizzeria, Roma Pizza, dirty, filthy public (again, I’m gives me a ticket for $400!” sign in every bathroom remind- SPECIALTY SHOP midnight hour, her college “But I spoke to him twice on Seventh Avenue in Park not talking about myself here) is Ceesay said. “The Health ining employees that they have to friends’ kids were handed all during the night,” she told Hep- Slope and suddenly noticed that not legally allowed to be in the spector has been coming in here wash their hands after using the variety of percussion instru- cat. Then she shot up in bed: the bathroom was on the other food-preparation area — except twice a year for three years — toilet. The public (OK, this ments to make ear-shattering “No I didn’t. I must have been side of the counter. in restaurants with fewer than and all of a sudden, he gives me time, I am talking about my- noises when the ball dropped. dreaming.” Any idiot (not my real name) 20 seats, apparently. a ticket. Yes, my bathroom is in self) does not. It was quite a New Year’s Frantically, she dialed Teen Brooklyn who has a kid knows that the the kitchen, but I always let But this law is killing me. moment, and Smartmom found So Roma now has only 16 Spirit’s cellphone. First, she got bathroom at Roma Pizza is on people use it.” Maybe I’m not Brooklyn herself quite moved by the en- his annoying message, the seats — and the bathroom re- the other side of the counter. mains behind the counter. The Here is the part of the column enough, but I don’t like to eat a thusiastic and raucous celebra- voice of a female friend saying, Fencing And any idiot (again, I’m not slice standing up, like Tony tion by her college friends’ chil- “Teen Spirit can’t come to the result? I still have to ask the where I would typically let the necessarily talking about my- counterman to let me go into the Health Department defend its Manero. dren (not that Smartmom was phone right now. He’s been kid- self here) can ask the counter- Perhaps I shouldn’t com- kitchen to use the can — and persecution of New York’s hard- feeling old, you know). napped.” Center man to lift the hinged section plain. The owner of Roma cer- OSFO, who was dubious Then the panic really set in. now I can never find a seat at working small businessmen and • Group Classes and allow him to use the bath- explain why 11 restaurants — all tainly isn’t. Sure, he’s peeved about attending the He’s dead, Smart- beginner to advanced my neighborhood pizzeria! that he got a ticket, but he told room near the kitchen. in Brooklyn — have gotten these party in the first mom thought. She 5 years to adults What kind of crazy law is me he’s happier now. But not any more, because summons since July. place, had to be imagined him Roma ripped out half of its this? “When I had all these seats, dragged away from bleeding on Ninth • Open Fencing “It’s very crazy,” said John ROBLEM IS, NO ONE in A text Monday - Saturday seats rather than fight a law that people would sit here for hours the festivities at Street. He’d been requires restaurants with more Ceesay, owner of the Soul Spot the department wanted to and order only one slice,” he 1:30 am. She bond- message at • Private Lessons robbed and killed. than 19 seats to “provide toilet on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Ptalk on the record. Off the said. “Now, they have to stand, ed with a group of 2:30 am? She just knew it. • Summer Camps facilities for the public.” Hill, another restaurateur who got record, they told me that the so they eat and they leave.” girls her age, who My poor baby. And “public” means that the a ticket for having too many seats food-preparation area is simply The whole thing makes me were reading the And it’s all my Parties up to 20 kids and a slightly awkward restroom. supposed to be off-limits to the sick to my stomach. If only I Is he FENCING BIRTHDAY PACKAGES! Ages 6 & up crapper can’t be in the food- “Guinness Book of fault, she thought. I preparation area because the “I had 23 seats and the guy public. That’s why there’s a could use the bathroom at Roma. World Records” should have gone out loud. kidding?! and picked him up 62 Fourth St. (corner of Hoyt) • (718) 522-5822 The train ride all those hours ago. www.BrooklynFencing.com home was mostly Then she tried uneventful except for the afore- him again on the cellphone. mentioned vomit near-miss, “Hello?” Teen Spirit said grog- REGISTER NOW FOR 2007 which incited every one on the gily. RESOLUTIONS… train to bolt from the car. Now Smartmom felt like “I don’t feel so good after killing him. In cold blood. It’s Gan Menachem Continued from page 1 Iraq in 2007. Personally, one of my seeing that,” OSFO told Smart- moments like these that make er the cost of prescription drugs. I will resolutions is that, despite what prom- mom. “It looked like Progresso her want to keep Teen Spirit in Kiddie continue to advocate for the implemen- ises to be a busy legislative year, I find Soup.” Think pretty thoughts lockdown. tation of the death penalty for cop killers. the time to do more reading. Smartmom said. “Why didn’t you call?!?!!” We will build additional senior cen- Aaron Naparstek, head of the Pretty thoughts. Pink roses. she screamed. KORNER ters and youth centers and we will ex- Open Space Coalition Your Build-a-Bear. Your little “I sent you an Instant Mes- pand the education tax credit and pro- I resolve to fight for less traffic con- Nintendogz’s face. sage. I didn’t want to wake JEWISH PRESCHOOL vide property tax relief. We will make gestion, safer streets, better bicycling, Arriving in Brooklyn at 2:30 you guys” he said. “Can I go our community, our city, state and na- Warm, loving, experienced care for babies, faster buses, cleaner air, a smaller car- in the morning, Smartmom back to sleep? It’s 6 in the tion a better place to live, work and cellphoned Teen Spirit, who morning.” toddlers and young children up to 5 years. bon footprint, smarter development had attended a parent-super- “I know it’s 6 in the morn- raise a family. and, without question, convincing vised party in Park Slope. ing, you little jerk. That’s why In the heart of Brooklyn Heights - Close to all transportation Letitia James, City Council- Brooklyn drivers to stop honking their f—ing horns so much. Also to write “Should we pick you up?” I’m calling you.” Call Shternie Raskin for a tour: (718) 596-4840 x25 woman, Prospect Heights she asked as they walked past My resolution is to reduce the size about all of it on streetsblog.org. Oh, MARTMOM checked 117 Remsen Street (between Clinton & Henry Sts) Smiling Pizza and the new Hepcat’s cellphone and of Atlantic Yards. and to quit drinking so much coffee. Zana cafe. checked the text message ddkddk James Oddo, “No, that’s OK,” he said. S Marty Markowitz, in-box on his phone. There “We’re playing with the Wii Borough President Councilman Bay Ridge

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(718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings January 6, 2007 Bold strokes One artist’s thwarted attempt to put up his dukes has escalated into a full-blown, one-man-show of power. Powerful art, that is. Red Hook artist Ed Rosko is being feted with an exhibition all his own — “Solo Flight” — at Prospect Heights’ Gallery on Dean now through Feb. 8. Among the works on display are “more than 20 boxers, of the TKO kind,” according to curator Peter J. Ketchum. y Among the pugilists on display is the acrylic- Classicall cool on-corrugated panel, “Big Red Boxer” (pictured), which is indeed “big” at 45-inches by 45-inches. Quartet takes chamber music out of concert hall and into a club The artist told GO Brooklyn that his series of boxers was inspired partly by “a cool image of a Mexican boxer” that he had come across and part- By Kevin Filipski ly because of an attempt to get into an exercise for The Brooklyn Paper routine at DUMBO’s famous Gleason’s Gym. Rosko said the trainers weren’t eager to take henever obituaries are written about the him on — as he was unlikely to start winning belts supposed death of classical music, at age 46 — but “it was such a cool testosterone-y Wthere’s always a caveat: if someone — experience” that he’d like to donate one of his in- anyone — would figure out a new way to spired paintings to the gym’s cluttered walls, “so reach potential fans, then perhaps classical mu- I’ll be a part of it.” sic would finally get off life support. Whether getting into shape or approaching his One solution that’s always mentioned is art, Rosko clearly relishes a challenge. reaching new audiences with innovative ap- Rather than painting on a flat canvas, he fre- proaches to live performance: the staid, tried- quently paints his big graphics on the unconven- and-true classical presentations are not for tional, undulated surfaces of corrugated construc- everybody, so why not shake things up by tion material, which he finds at Home Depot rather bringing music to them in a way they can ap- than Pearl Paint. preciate? Rosko will be on hand to answer questions The members of the Chiara String Quartet about his technique at the Jan. 13 reception at the

are not just talking about this approach, they Paper file The Brooklyn gallery. are actually doing it. Their upcoming appear- In pursuit of youth: The Chiara String “Solo Flight” is on display now through Feb. ance at Williamsburg’s Rose Live Music on Quartet (at left) will perform works by 8 at Gallery on Dean [755 Dean St. at Underhill Tuesday is a perfect example, since it is neither Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 638-3326]. Mozart, Prince (pictured above at Cele- a typical club show nor a typical recital — and The reception for the artist will be held Jan. 13, that’s how the quartet’s members want it. brate Brooklyn last year) and more at from 4 pm to 7 pm. For more information, visit “We’ve played for a lot of different audi- Grand Street’s Rose Live Music on Jan. 9. www.edrosko.net. — Lisa J. Curtis ences, which has always been important to us,” said the ensemble’s violist, Jonah Sirota, Depending on the vibe the musicians are in an exclusive telephone interview with GO feeling from the audience they’re playing for, Brooklyn. “This is simply great music that the evening’s works may be shuffled, re- speaks to people directly, no matter where it’s arranged or dropped entirely. SHOPPING performed.” “We have a set list for these types of shows, The Chiara String Quartet was formed out but there is a flexibility for us while we’re out of a friendship made about a dozen years ago, there playing,” the violist notes. “We don’t re- when violinist Rebecca Fisher and cellist Gre- ally have the freedom to do that in a classical gory Beaver met in a summer music camp concert. while in high school. Sirota joined them a cou- “We’ll even throw the audience a bone and ple of years later, and violinist Julie Yoon be- on the pedestal, so to speak, at a classical play a cover tune,” Sirota continues; when came the quartet’s fourth member in 1999 MUSIC recital hall. And we won’t have to worry if the pressed for more details, he admits that it will when all four musicians were attending The audience hasn’t been ‘trained’ in what to wear be a Prince song. The Chiara String Quartet performs at Rose Juilliard School. Live Music, 345 Grand St. between Marcy Avenue or when to clap, something that is unknown to “It’s a great feeling when you hear the au- Since then, the quartet has been mentored and Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, on Jan. 9 club audiences.” dience get crazy,” he laughs. “Maybe one day by the Juilliard Quartet, founded the Red River at 9 pm. Tickets are $5 at the door. For more in- Among the transformations at the quartet’s they’ll do that when we play Beethoven!” formation, call (718) 599-0960. The quartet’s Jan. Chamber Music Festival — a summer study 11 at 8 pm performance at Merkin Concert Hall, club show is the evening’s program, which, in Sirota has his own take on the current debate and performance festival in Grand Forks, N.D., 129 W. 67th St. at Broadway in Manhattan, in- keeping with the type of concert it will be, is over the would-be demise of classical music. and recently developed a music entrepreneur- cludes music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Zhou Long, much looser and more free form than usual. “Every once in awhile we hear that classical ship program at the University of Nebraska’s Osvaldo Golijov and Bela Bartok. Tickets are $25. “We mix it up,” Sirota says. “It’s mostly a music’s dying, but that’s not true,” he asserts. Sofa so good For more information, call (212) 501-3330. School of Music in Lincoln, where the mem- combination of stuff we play, including newer, “There are more concerts and more orchestras bers are currently artists-in-residence. more contemporary classical quartets. It will be and more of an ability to hear this music [in live With more than 170 stores worldwide, Danish Still, for all that, performing for enthusiastic soul searching,” Sirota explains. “We realized a dramatic switch right from the start, going settings, on recordings, and online]. furniture retailer Bo Concept has just opened its audiences remains a passion for the group, and we weren’t getting to the audiences we’d like from Mozart to Gabriela Lena Frank [a Peru- “But that flexibility hasn’t always been newest outpost on Front Street in DUMBO. this past year saw the beginning of such to get to, which are those people around our vian-Jewish composer whom the quartet’s there,” he admits. “Since we always want to In-store design consultant Maiko Katayama be- branching out with the “Chamber Music in own age. It was amazing the few times we’d members are currently championing with a play challenging music, there has to be a dras- lieves customers will be drawn to the store because Any Chamber” initiative. (The quartet is also done such performances, because the audience new recording on their own CD label, New tic change away from the stuffiness and the “People are looking for a new style to make their performing a classical concert at Merkin Con- fed off our energy onstage and vice versa. Voice Singles] to Bartok. We love to have such class distinctions, which I think presenters and homes impressive.” With a wide variety of modern cert Hall in Manhattan on Jan. 11.) “So we decided it would be a great oppor- freedom in this setting, because audiences performers are finally realizing: since we start- wares from the locker-like Volani wall cabinet to “We play a lot of traditional concerts, and tunity to perform in smaller venues [like Grand don’t come in with predetermined expectations ed doing these shows earlier in the fall, other smaller accents like vases, pillows and bowls, Bo this past summer we went through a period of Street’s Rose Live Music], where we’re not up like they do at a classical concert.” groups are doing them as well.” Concept has all the trappings to furnish the mini- malist loft of your dreams. According to store manager Elaine Lim, the $799 Zen Sleeper Sofa (pictured), a shape-shifting couch that is shown in purple on the floor, has been the most popular item in stock since the store Bridging the divide opened on Dec. 23. As strange as it may seem, The Brooklyn Jazz by 10 of Brooklyn’s independent, underground tic mix of rhythms and sounds. Although the area is not lacking in furniture and Underground, a newly formed collective of per- musicians and their ensembles, are deeply The collective is also celebrating the release design stores, Katayama thinks that Bo Concept formers from the borough, is coming together for rooted in improvisation and individuality. of their first annual compilation CD. will stand out because of the high quality of the a unique celebration of musical innovation, inspi- Many of the artists have worked alongside fa- “The timing couldn’t be more perfect,” said furniture and the customer’s option to have most ration and talent, Jan. 11 – 14 … in Manhattan?! mous jazz artists including Ravi Coltrane, Har- Byrne. “It’s the New Year, and the newly laun- pieces custom-made to their specifications. “Smalls is a legendary jazz club,” said Brook- ry Connick, Jr. and Bill Frisell. ched collective is symbolic of new beginnings.” “We use real woods — not laminates,” she says. lyn Jazz Underground spokesperson Jason Byrne From the Spanish-influenced music of Alex- The Brooklyn Jazz Underground “It’s more durable and beautiful, so it’s very differ- about their decision to launch on the wrong side is Cuadrado to the Indo jazz of Sunny Jain, Launch Festival will take place Jan. 11-14 ent than any other furniture store.” or the river. “Besides having great acoustics, the moods and souls will be soothed and energized at Smalls (183 W. 10th St. at Seventh Av- Bo Concept is located at 79 Front St. at Wash- owner of the club allows performers total con- throughout the festival while instruments of all enue South in Manhattan, (212) 929-7565]. ington Street in DUMBO. For more information, trol. It’s all about freedom of expression.” kinds — strings, percussion, brass and wood- For more information, visit the Web site including store hours, call (718) 246-8188 or visit

Courtney Grant Winston The shows, a combination of performances winds — bang it out for an exciting and eclec- www.brooklynjazz.org. — Chiara V. Cowan www.boconcept.com. — Adam Rathe

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Get toasted: At Bocca Lupo on Henry Street, a plate of bruschetta includes toppings such as (clockwise from top right) truffled egg salad BROOKLYN and asparagus; sausage, fennel and caramelized cipollini; and warm, Neighborhood creamed spinach and artichokes. Dining Guide and panini (grilled sandwiches on crusty bread). The plates are meant to be shared; one or two diners get a few bites each. The dish size conforms to the Italian norm with dessert being the Bites only exception: Two or more diners could share one finale and feel like This week: they’ve had a full serving. WILLIAMSBURG An antipasti of “sizzling scampi diavolo,” five big, plump shrimp served in a lemon-scented, hot oil bath that’s heavily imbued with garlic, was the

Lodge Greenhood / Aaron 318 Grand St. at Havemeyer Street, (718) 486- best of the bunch we tried. Slices of 9400, www.lodgenyc.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) grilled Italian bread sop up the sauce Entrees: $5-$14. once the sweet shrimp are gobbled up. A slope-side feeling abounds at Lodge, which Several of the bruschetta make terrif- opened in June 2005, thanks to both the warm, / Daniel Krieger hearty fare and the decor that, in another life, gave ic beginnings to the meal. The eggplant

a ski chalet its charm. “The place looks like an old Paper file The Brooklyn spread was tart and nutty-tasting with cabin in the woods,” says manager Peter Cornell, The cobb salad at Lodge. crumbles of ricotta salata adding a salty “it has a very genuine feel to it.” Executive chef tang. Goat cheese added creaminess to Brendan McDermott’s menu features stick-to-your-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn a fricassee of buttery, sauteed crimini, ribs dishes like the newly added pan-seared “essential late-night Mexican spot” also offers free salmon (or tofu) with soy-honey glaze, accompa- delivery well into the wee hours in case hunger oyster and button mushrooms; and nied by grilled bok choy and wasabi mashed pota- strikes at home. Open daily for lunch and dinner. slightly spicy sausage is tamed by the toes, as well as the highly popular turkey meatloaf, freshness of fennel and sweetened with served with stuffing and a roasted tomato and onion salad. Desserts are straightforward, like a S.E.A. Thai Bistro caramelized onions. carrot cake that GO Brooklyn’s Tina Barry calls 114 N. Sixth St. at Berry Street, (718) 384-8850, Antipasti of razor thin slices of roast “better than expected” thanks to “fluffy cream www.spicenyc.net (MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$14. pork loin suffered from ice-cold tem- cheese icing and a scoop of luscious maple walnut Zen meets disco in this Williamsburg eatery, ice cream.” Brunch, including tofu scramble and perature and a bland “tonnato” (in this owned by Kanda Vachirabayong. S.E.A. (South case, a not-so-tart tuna sauce). biscuits and gravy, is served on weekends. Open East Asia) Thai Bistro, which opened in 2003, offers daily for lunch and dinner. We tried the panini for dessert. Tufo an aural backdrop of pulsing club music Thursday Italian sojourn through Sunday, and center stage, a large pool fills thin slices of bread with the hazel- Peter Luger Steak presided over by a life-size Buddha with a small nut spread, Nutella, and pieces of ripe wooden boat filled with lush floral arrangements banana, then grills it into crisp, gooey House floating about his ankles. Two bars serve designer Cobble Hill’s Bocca Lupo wine bar triggers 178 Broadway at Driggs Avenue, (718) 387-7400, drinks, like their pomegranate mojito or strawber- triangles. It’s kiddie food — chocolate www.peterluger.com (Cash only) Entrees: $7.95- ry guava martini, to a clientele of young, hip party- and sweet, crunchy and buttery; a big $36.95. ers. Chef Joe Sanguanpun’s menu, a range of memories of Venice — and a hangover fluff of whipped cream just adds to the This legendary Williamsburg steakhouse, at the seafood, noodle and curry dishes, includes “drunk deliciousness. foot of the bridge, has been rated No. 1 in Zagat’s man noodle,” a mixture of broad noodles, chicken, for the last 20 years — and for good reason. New squid, shrimp and egg in a spicy basil sauce; jumbo By Tina Barry aperitif that I haven’t stumbled on since a well as warm jeans and footwear. A chewy, not-too-sweet brownie York’s best steaks are served here in a German shrimp in a clay pot; and seafood dumplings. for The Brooklyn Paper 2005 jaunt to Venice; here it’s called an Lederman, who also owns Nectar torte crowned with a delicate chocolate beer hall setting — principally Peter Luger’s Specials, such as mussels in light, clear lemongrass “Aperol and orange.” Aperol is an Italian juice bar on Court Street, and his atten- mousse and sprinkled with peanuts famous porterhouse for two — juicy, tender and broth, are offered daily. Manager Wade ecently, so many small plate eater- liqueur made with bitter orange, gentian tive, professional waitstaff go a long sounds like cocoa overkill, but both delicious. Each USDA Prime dry-aged steak, says Schemsazasdijai says that “the best entree, and co-owner Jody Storch, is personally selected by most ordered around here, would have to be the ies have opened that places serv- and rhubarb. At Bocca Lupo, the drink is way towards warming up the place. He components were just sweet enough. herself, her mother or her aunt. The restaurant also pad Thai, a rice noodle dish served with scallions, ing appetizers, entrees and made with fresh-squeezed orange juice, stops by tables to chat up guests and of- And, like a beige room brightened bean sprouts, peanuts, with either chicken or R serves broiled salmon, lemon sole and lamb chops, desserts are starting to look inspired. and the liquor’s uniquely bitter, herba- fer tastes of new with a hot pink but if you’ve made it this far, go for the steak and shrimp.” Open daily for lunch and dinner. their signature German fried potatoes! Unless, of Now add one more to the list of multi- ceous flavor balances the fruit’s sweet- wines. The exten- pillow, a mundane course, you come before 3 pm. Then you can try Union Picnic course places: Bocca Lupo, an Italian ness. In Venice, the bartenders serve a sive list of Italian DINING circle of cheese- one of the best deals in the city — the lunchtime- “enoteca” in Cobble Hill. “Spritz” — Aperol with Prosecco bottles is varied cake was given a 577 Union Ave. at North 10th Street, (718) 387- only Luger Burger. (Order it with Muenster and the However, this “wine bar” differs from (sparkling white wine), a large green and well priced Bocca Lupo (391 Henry St. at Warren spark from a com- thick-cut bacon.) One of the tastiest and juiciest 3800 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.25-$10.95. Street in Cobble Hill) accepts American around, it starts at just $8.50. Desserts include Owner Suzy O’Brien describes the three-year old other small plate eateries in the area. In- olive and a slice of orange. The Venetian with glasses rang- Express, MasterCard and Visa. Small pote of rich plum apple strudel, pecan pie and chocolate mousse, Union Picnic’s cuisine in one line: “down-home, stead of serving smallish dishes that are combination is much drier than this ver- ing from $6 to plates: $5-$13. The restaurant serves halves and wine. served with house-made German “schlag” darn-tooting, finger-licking, southern comfort far larger than their Italian counterparts sion, but both are enjoyable. $9.50 (the Mon- lunch and dinner daily. Brunch is available About that on the weekends, from 10:30 am to 4 (whipped cream). Oh, and the bar stocks a good food.” After perusing the south-of-the-Mason- — with wine to complement the dishes Sipping wine at the long wood counter tepulciano, the “toasted almond”: selection of beers on tap and makes a mean mar- Dixon-line selections on the menu, you’ll find it pm. Subway: F to Bergen Street. For tini. Open daily for lunch and dinner. hard to disagree: buttermilk fried chicken, fried — Bocca Lupo (a phrase meaning that runs along one glass wall of the cor- Cannonau and the more information, call (718) 243-2522. It looks like an in- green tomatoes, BBQ ribs, gooey mac ‘n’ cheese “mouth of the wolf,” which dates back to ner space is an appealing way to while Lagrein are steals nocent cup of Relish and chicken-fried steak. Rome’s mythical creators Romulus and away an hour or two, as is sitting at one at $6, $7 and $9 steaming hot cho- If you can’t stick around the diner-style dining room Remus) is really a traditional “enoteca.” of the tables in the industrial chic room. respectively) and an eclectic selection of colate crowned with a cherry. Beneath the 225 Wythe Ave. at North Third Street, (718) 963- and enjoy its kitschy decor, try the “Box Dinner” to 4546, www.relish.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: You can certainly enjoy a meal here, But be warned. In July, when owner Jeff bottles begins at $25. fluff is vodka and Kahlua swirled into a go — it includes three pieces of fried chicken, $9-$20. mashed potatoes, chicken gravy, coleslaw and but wine — which is poured with a heavy Lederman launched the place, the room Ken Tufo (formerly of Maremma, creamy syrup that goes down too easily. Relish, open since 2002, is housed in a restored cornbread for $9.95. Seafood lovers have a choice hand — is the big draw. And there’s a was luxuriously breezy with the doors Veritas, DB Moderne and Industry in At Bocca Lupo you can try a little 1950s diner complete with a converted, sleek blue- of several dishes such as the “blackened catfish lethal hot drink, too, called a “toasted al- open and the cement floor cool underfoot. Manhattan) divides the menu into four wine, or a lot of wine, or a small plate and-silver dining car. Chef Lou Silver (who trained supper” with plump cornmeal fried blackened cat- at the River Cafe) concocts an array of domestic fish served with French fries and coleslaw, or shrimp mond,” that left me feeling like I’d par- In December, chilly air seeps through the categories: Antipasti and “insalata” of this or several plates of that. You can and internationally-inspired dishes in the spirit of and blackened catfish po’boy sandwiches. With tied long and hard with Danny DeVito door and clings to the flooring, so don’t (salad); bruschetta (grilled Italian bread linger for hours or be out the door in New American cuisine. Dinner might start with their liquor license pending, Union Picnic is still and George Clooney. pull a Britney Spears and show up “au with topping); “tramezzini” (untoasted minutes. It’s all very casual, very Italian “harpooned shrimp,” asparagus-speared grilled BYOB: “bring a six-pack and we’ll put it on ice for shrimp in lemon Dijon garlic butter sauce; followed ya,” says co-owner Ed Bode. Or wash the meal Bocca Lupo also offers a version of an naturel.” You’ll want your panties on, as sandwiches on crustless white bread); and just right for Brooklyn. by an entree of tuna au poivre served with Yukon down with a sweet tea, and then select from a vari- Gold mashed potatoes and green beans. ety of desserts, such as the maple pecan sweet For dessert, Silver recommends the “chocolate potato pie, or cherry or peach cobbler. Come early marquis,” a “chocolate mousse terrine with passion to get a crack at the chocolate peanut butter pie, fruit cloud.” For brunch, you’ll find choices like recommends Bode, because “as fast as we make it, steak and eggs, crab-cake Benedict or biscuits and it’s gone.” Open daily for lunch and dinner. gravy; or for extra flavor, scrambled eggs mingled Tasters’ choice with coriander chutney and tomato and accompa- Williamsburgh Cafe nied by homemade merguez sausage. The restau- Red Hook has had a great culinary lection of eight to 10 artisanal cheeses rant boasts an outdoor garden for summer dining. 170 Wythe Ave. at North Seventh Street, (718) 387-5855, www.williamsburghcafe.com (AmEx, year. First, Fairway opened, bringing is available, as well as charcuterie. Her Relish serves lunch and dinner daily, and brunch is served on weekends. MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$20. outstanding produce and just about grilled panini, like the prosciutto, The atmosphere at Williamsburgh Cafe is “like an anything else the food-obsessed crave. arugula and robiola cheese (a creamy old 1900s farmhouse” says owner Steve Oh, with San Loco its two wood-burning ovens, its polished wooden In September, along came Tini Wine Italian made from sheep’s and cow’s 160 N. Fourth St. at Driggs Avenue, (718) 218- floors, rustic brick archways and its “garden-like” Bar, a cozy, 25-seat bar and eatery, to milk) with lemon oil is popular with 8479, www.sanloco.com (Cash only) Entrees: array of plants. The restaurant, which opened in play Mutt to the mega-market’s Jeff. her clientele. $1.75-$5.75. 2003, offers a raw bar and a range of appetizers, “It’s very pretty, simple and unpre- Desserts at Tini (named for its With three Manhattan locations already up and run- such as fried calamari with sesame seeds and chili ning, San Loco jumped across the East River in orange sauce or squid with strawberry, fresh pea tentious,” says Monica Byrne, the chef diminutive size) aren’t an afterthought. 2006 to give Williamsburg yet another late night and lettuce salad in lemon tarragon dressing. Chef and one of the three owners (co-part- Her creamy, brittle-crusted flourless dining option with a busy takeout counter and a Corter Dahr serves up entrees like wild white ners are Leisah Swenson and Tina Lu- chocolate torte attests to her training as handful of seats for those who just can’t wait till salmon in red wine butter sauce with carrot zucchi- ongo) of the brick-walled, tin-ceiled a pastry chef. they’re home. Open until 5 am on the weekend ni slaw. Or try the roasted organic half chicken and 4 am during the week, San Loco serves inex- served with pan gravy and your choice of two sides. space. “We had a bachlorette party Tini Wine Bar (414 Van Brunt St. / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron pensive, hearty tacos and burritos as well as soups Seasonal fruit cobblers are served for dessert. show up dressed to the nines as well as between Van Dyke and Coffey and salads out of their storefront space. Margaritas Brunch is served on weekends, from 11 am to 3:30 people covered in paint, wearing torn streets in Red Hook) accepts Ameri- are available frozen or on the rocks in a variety of pm, with live gospel performances on Sundays. Or flavors, while red or white sangria and a number of listen to live jazz and blues musicians on Tuesday, jeans. Everyone’s welcome.” can Express, Discover, MasterCard beers are also on the menu. The self-proclaimed Friday and Saturday evenings. The Williamsburgh The international wine list is 75 per- and Visa. Small plates: $3-$14. The Cafe can accommodate private parties of up to cent organic and biodynamic with eatery is open Tuesday through Sun- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn 100. Open daily for lunch and dinner. small women-owned vineyards among day from 4 pm to midnight. Closed = Full review available at the mix. who specializes in soft drinks, are of- Martha and Brothers, a specialty roast- Mondays. Brunch is available from 11 Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants www.BrooklynPaper.com in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not “Our wines are reasonably priced fered in unusual flavors such as laven- er in San Francisco. am to 4 pm on weekends. To reach comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to and excellent, with several glasses der. Byrne, who cooked for the Liberty the restaurant, take the B61 or B77 Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpaper.com on the Web. If your each night in the $5 to $7 range,” says Beer is either Belgian or from Heights Tap Room and owns the cater- bus to Van Dyke Street. For more in- Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via Byrne. 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WALKING TOUR: Join the Urban Park Rangers for a tour explor- ing Prospect Park’s Winter Won- 9 DAYS... derland. Discover wildlife and how it survives during the cold- Continued from page 2 est part of the year. 1 pm. Meet at Wollman Rink, Prospect Park. an afternoon at the movies with Access through the Parkside/ Woody Allen’s “Radio Days.” 1 Ocean avenues entrance or the pm. Refreshments served. Kings- Lincoln Road/Ocean Avenue bay YM-YWHA, 3495 Nostrand entrance. (718) 965-8951. Free. Ave. Call for more information. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio (718) 648-7703, ext. 226. Lorence hosts a tour of Fort MANY FACES OF ANGER: Learn Greene, Clinton Hill and Brook- the roots of parental anger. Iden- lyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. tify the triggers, change pat- Marriott Hotel, 333 Adams St. terns, and practice appropriate (718) 789-0430. responses. Five sessions. $125, $100 Family First members. 7 PERFORMANCE pm to 8:30 pm. Families First, GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “De- 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. dication or The Stuff of Dreams,” by Terrence McNally. $18, $14 children and seniors. 8 pm. 199 TUES, JAN 9 14th St. between Fourth and Fifth avenues. (212) 352-3101. BRAILLE CLASS: Learn how to read PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION: simple words and phrases in Brooklyn Arts Exchange hosts Braille. 10 am to 11 am. Helen its First Weekend series. Dance Keller Services for the Blind, artist-in-residence Faye Driscoll Parent and Early Education Re- performs with Barbara Mahler source Center, 57 Willoughby St., and Amber Sloan. $15, $10 mem- third floor. Reservations needed. bers. 8 pm. Brooklyn Arts Ex- (718) 522-2122 ext. 343. Free. change, 421 Fifth Ave. (718) SOLO GUITAR CONCERT: Don 832-0018. Witter Jr. performs. 6:30 pm to MUSIC: Vox Pop presents folk- 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s singer David Rovics and punk Brooklyn Heights branch, 280 rock provocateur Randy Nerve. Cadman Plaza West at Tillary $10, $5 students. 8 pm. 1022 Street. (718) 623-7100. Free. Cortelyou Rd. (718) 940-2084. BOOK SIGNING: “The Secret MUSIC FOR PIANO: New Music Lives of Men and Women,” by Collective performs. $15, $10 author Frank Warren. 7:30 pm. students and seniors. 8 pm. Barnes and Noble, 267 Seventh Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. of Music, 58 Seventh Ave. (718) MEETING: AARP Bay Ridge Chap- 622-3300. ter 3630 meets. 2:30 pm. Com- SONGS AND SCENES: Comedy munity Room of Shore Hill “Corrective Lens,” a Jewish- Housing, 9000 Shore Rd. (718) interest musical. $10. 9 pm. 748-9114. Mike’s Steakhouse, 72 Clark St. CHIARA STRING QUARTET: per- (718) 855-1555. forms at The Rose Live Music. $5. 9 pm to 10 pm. 345 Grand CHILDREN St. between Marcy and Have- FLICKS FOR TOTS: Brooklyn meyer streets. (718) 599-0960. Children’s Museum presents animated films. Ages 5 and younger. 11:30 am to 12:30 WED, JAN 10 pm. $4 adults, free for members. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) WORKSHOP: “Early Literacy and 735-4400. Your Child with Visual Impair- ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum ments and Other Special hosts “Arty Facts.” Explore the Needs.” 10 am to 11:30 am. galleries, enjoy a family activity Helen Keller Services for the and create art based on “Head, Blind, Parent and Early Edu- Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” cation Resource Center, 57 Appropriate for ages 4 to 7. 11 Willoughby St., third floor. am to 2 pm. $8 adults, free for Reservations needed. (718) 522- kids ages 12 and younger and 2122 ext. 343. Free. members. 200 Eastern Pkwy. BABIES AND BOOKS: Enjoy (718) 638-5000. books, songs and rhymes with NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: “Snowed babies, birth to 18 months. 10:30 In: The Great Blizzard of 1888.” am. Brooklyn Public Library’s Kids are invited to hear stories Central branch. Grand Army about one of the city’s largest Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. snowstorms, and its effects on PUBLIC HEARING: Jeremy Laufer, travelers and transportation. district manager Community Make and take home a wintry Board 7 presides. Agenda city scene in a “snow globe.” includes discussion of an appli- $5, $3 children ages 3 to 17 and cation to permit accessory park- senior citizens. Call for time. Cor- ing of vehicles on the rooftop of ner of Boerum Place and Scher- the building located at 211/283 merhorn Street. (718) 694-1600. 63rd St. 6:30 pm. 4201 Fourth MOVEMENT CLASS: Brooklyn Ave. (718) 854-0003. Public Library’s Central branch hosts a dance class with members of the Mark Morris Dance THURS, JAN 11 Group. Live musical accompani- ment. 4 pm. Grand Army Plaza, TAX CONFERENCE: 2007 IRS Tax second floor meeting room. Pro Conference hosted by New (718) 230-2100. Free. York State Society of CPA’s in coordination with the IRS and OTHER Long Island University. $115, PILATES SEMINAR: “Get Your Bot- $99 for NYSSCPA members; toms Ready for Bikini Wear” includes breakfast and lunch. movement class, hosted by the 8:30 am to 5 pm. Long Island Pilates Garage. $35. Noon to 2 University, Brooklyn Campus, 1 pm. 291 Eighth St. between Fifth University Plaza, Room HS 107. and Sixth avenues. Reservations (800) 537-3635. necessary. (718) 768-1235. RECEPTION: “The Spirit Hunter, PUBLIC OPENING: “Solo Flight: Part 2, The Photos: Connecting The Vibrant Art of Red Hook’s to Gods, Spirits and Ancestors.” Ed Rosko.” 4 pm to 7 pm. 6 pm to 9 pm. Henry Gregg Refreshments served. 755 Dean Gallery, 111 Front St. (718) 408- St. at Underhill Avenue. (718) 1090. Free. 638-3326. Free. MUSICAL CONCERT: hosted by ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Edward R. Murrow High Guest speakers explore African- School’s Music Department and Americans’ experiences with Music Institute. This week: Win- urban environmental causes, ter Concert features five instru- featuring performances by mental ensembles and four Drummers’ Grove musicians. vocal groups. $7, $5 in advance. Noon to 4 pm. Prospect Park, 7 pm. 1600 Ave L. (718) 258- Audubon Center, enter at 9283 ext. 199. Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. Check www.prospect- park.org for time. Free. FRI, JAN 12 FREEDOM QUILTS: Readings of the story, “Sweet Clara and the SIGN LANGUAGE: Learn com- Freedom Quilt.” 1 pm to 3 pm. monly used sign language Lefferts Historic House, phrases. 10 am to 11:30 am. Prospect Park, Flatbush Avenue Helen Keller Services for the at Empire Boulevard. Free. Blind, Parent and Early Educa- LAYOUTS AND LIFESTYLES: NYC tion Resource Center, 57 Wil- College of Technology hosts a loughby St., third floor. Re- talk, “Anatomy of a Brown- servations needed. (718) 522- stone.” Meet craftspeople who 2122 ext. 343. Free. can repair your home’s prob- RECEPTION: Fillmore Atlantic lems. 1 pm to 5 pm. 300 Jay St. Gallery presents the exhibit (718) 552-1170. Free. “Social Justice in America.” 10 am to 5 pm. 345 Atlantic Ave. (718) 797-3943. Free. SUN, JAN 14 BASKETBALL CLINIC: The Beacon Program at Seth Low JHS offers free clinic for girls, ages 9 to 13. OUTDOORS AND TOURS All skill levels welcome. Learn ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is shooting, defense and ball han- open. $5, $3 seniors and chil- dling. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. West dren. $5.50 skate rental. 10 am 11th Street and Avenue P. Call to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm. Pros- for more information. (718) 934- pect Park, access through the 5032. Free. Parkside/Ocean avenues en- SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE: Con- trance or the Lincoln Road/ gregation B’nai Avraham pres- Ocean Avenue entrance. (718) ;/167B=/<227HHG;/AB3@>7313A ents “The Jewish Guide to Stress 287-5252. Management: Karen Bridbord.” Services at 4:45 pm; dinner and PERFORMANCE lecture at 6 pm. Call for ticket MUSIC: St. Patrick’s Church pres- DIAVOLO information. 117 Remsen St. ents “Brooklyn: A Bridge to Jacques Heim, Artistic Director (718) 596-4840. Music,” featuring The Rhapsody LECTURE: Dr. Sanford Cloud Players. Learn about famous speaks about bias, bigotry and Brooklyn composers and song- Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM racism after Sabbath services at writers. $15, $10 seniors and Union Temple. 8:15 pm. 17 children. 3 pm. 97th Street and Eastern Pkwy. For more infor- Fourth Avenue. (718) 238-2600. mation, call (718) 638-7600. CONCERT: “Music at St. Jacobi Hailed by the L.A. Times as “the dance MUSICAL CONCERT: at Edward R. Concert Series” presents The Murrow High School. Chamber Central Baptist Church Gospel Orchestra performs. 7 pm. See Choir. The Rev. Bobby Lewis bridge to the 21st century,” the dancers, Thurs, Jan. 11. leads. 4 pm. 5406 Fourth Ave. PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION: (718) 439-8978. 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dience — when young — where I “Public Space”; and Jessica Hage- events. could have asked questions of BOOKS dorn, author of the novels “The “I think [the series appeals] to LIT FEST... Hemingway or Fitzgerald, or such Gangster of Love,” “Dogeaters” authors and readers for the same Brooklyn figures as Joe Heller or “Eat, Drink & Be Literary” and “Dream Jungle.” reason: more than the standard, Continued from page 1 events take place from Jan. 11 Daniel Fuchs, Mailer, Irwin Shaw, through May 30 at 6:30 pm at the Hamill, for one, can’t wait. somewhat impersonal reading- Hamill has been a headliner be- Capote, Marianne Moore, etc. ... BAMcafe, Peter Jay Sharp Building “When the writers deal with and-signing, they’re intimate and fore at the BAM literary events, Not simply as a would-be writer; (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Brooklyn, they can help the oldest relaxed and communal — every- Place in Fort Greene). Tickets must which allow bibliophilic gour- but as a reader. To understand bet- be purchased 48 hours prior to and newest Brooklynites under- one eating and drinking wine to- mands to dine on fare prepared by ter what the writer is up to in those event at the BAM box office, stand the place better, its secret ge- gether,” Andersen said by e-mail BAMcafe’s culinary genius Cole- printed pages ... to make reading through the www.bam.org Web ographies, its myths, the sense of last week. site or by calling (718) 636-4100. man Foster while sipping varietals even richer: that’s the great thing Tickets are $45 and cover the price time that is its cement,” he ob- “And for the audience, too, a from California’s Pine Ridge Win- about such events.” of that night’s talk, dinner, wine, served. “Although the details might probing conversation between a ery, listening to live acoustic music The series ends with longtime tax and tip. For a complete sched- be different, I’ve learned from novelist and a smart interviewer and, of course, hearing from the Carroll Gardens resident Kurt An- ule, visit www.bam.org. Jonathan Lethem in the same way (an interviewer who’s also a novel- borough’s best and brightest. dersen on May 30. Along the way, that I’ve learned from Alfred ist her/himself) is apt to be lots A voracious reader and nurturer Brooklynites can engage authors Kazin.” more revealing than an author just of the notion of a literary commu- such as Francine Prose (“A Teeth”) on April 18; Sandra Cis- Andersen, a columnist for New reading and answering questions,” nity, Hamill understands the appeal Changed Man,” “Blue Angel”) on neros (“The House on Mango York magazine and host of the ra- he added. “For (most) authors, the of the BAM series for readers and Jan. 11; Michael Cunningham Street”) on May 3; and Gary dio show “Studio 360,” will dis- face-to-face encounter with readers writers. (“The Hours,” “A Home At the Shteyngart (“Absurdistan”) on cuss his upcoming novel, “Hey- is thrilling — after endless hours “[They] offer … a unique chance End of the World”) on Feb. 15; May 17. day,” on May 30. Andersen is also alone in a room making the stuff to ask those questions of writers Jonathan Franzen (“The Correc- The sessions are moderated by a veteran of the “Eat, Drink & Be up, it’s great to see and hear a room that seldom get asked,” said tions”) on March 8; Cynthia Ozick Brigid Hughes, a former editor of Literary” series, having inter- full of one’s readers. I think it’s an Thomas Hart Shelby Hamill, a Park Slope native. “How (“Heir to the Glimmering World”) the Paris Review and founding edi- viewed “Arthur and George” scribe absolutely reciprocally rewarding Spine tingler: Author Kurt Andersen will be featured at the May 30 I wish I could have been in an au- on April 5; Zadie Smith (“White tor of the Brooklyn literary journal Julian Barnes at one of last year’s experience.” “Eat, Drink & Be Literary” event at BAM.

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The Lucky Cat Two Boots Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Night of the Dozzman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Saturdays: Karaoke hosted by drag Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe din- Cookers queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. www.theluckycat.com. BAY RIDGE www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. ner); Fridays: Live Russian music and 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Jan. 6: Billy & The Bad Boys, 10 pm, FREE. dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix- Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. 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Minotaur, AxCx, Embalmer, Dimen- FREE; Jan. 11: Spankin’ the Freak, 10:30 Event with bands and DJs, 8 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 Kris Delmhorst, 8 pm, $12; Jan. 11: Pop tianon, Annunaki, 7 pm, $30. pm, FREE. Donation requested; Jan. 8: Difference pm; Tuesdays: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, Emporium Night with Jason Trachten- Crossroads Engine, 8 pm, $TBD; Jan. 10: IDork FREE; Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance burg, Reggie Watts, Ching Chong Song, Saloon Pete’s Candy The Wicked Monk Night, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 12: Dead party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 Three Drinks to Lizzie, 8 pm, $5; Jan. 12: James Levy, Michael Leviton, Soltero, Mia 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings High- Store 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Flowers presents Mitch Easter, Basker- after 10:30 pm; Jan. 7: Wehikul Czasu, 8 pm, $3. Riddle, 9 pm, $6; Jan. 13: Charming, 8 way in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street Ridge, (718) 921-0601, villes, Shalini, 8 pm, $10; Jan. 13: Shrine Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.wickedmonk.com. pm, $TBD. for the Black Madonna, Jason-Michael, 8 Club Exit FREE. www.petescandystore.com. Jan. 6: Big Slick, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 7: Open pm, $7. Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Mic with Joe Walz, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 11: 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan PROSPECT HEIGHTS Jan. 6: Matt Bauer, 10 pm, Loiter, 11 pm, Jenna, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 12: La La’s Base- Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349- WILLIAMSBURG FREE; Jan. 7: Ryan Doyle, 8:30 pm, Bjorn BUSHWICK 6969, www.club-exit.com. ment, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 13: Bar Fly, 9 pm, $5. The Backroom Quenemoen, 9:30 pm, Arlan Feiles and Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 Black Betty Micheline’s (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth The Lone Howdys, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. (ladies FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622- 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer 8: Spelling Bee, 7:30 pm, Robbie Collins, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT 1124 Broadway at Kosciuszko Street Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE. 7035, www.freddysbackroom.com. Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599- 10 pm, S.M.O. (Slink Moss Orchestra), 11 in Bushwick, (718) 453-0400. Food 4 Thought Jan. 6: Paris Gun, 9:30 pm, Caveman 0243, www.blackbetty.net. pm, FREE; Jan. 9: Bingo, 7 pm, Senator, Jan. 10: Free Blood, Juiceboxxx & Dre Studio B Go, 10:30 pm, Brendon Mazur, 11:30 Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; 9 pm, Rob Kendt, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 10: 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Skull, Never Heard of Zeppelin, and DJs 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in pm, FREE; Jan. 7: Board Game Night, Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean MacDonough Street in Bedford- Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Holloway & Night- Riff Raff Crew and Armani XXXchange, 8 Greenpoint, (718) 389-1880. Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. 5:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 8: Spelling Bee, 8 shade, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 11: Group of pm, $6. Jan. 6: Matt and Kim, Meneguar, Aa aka pm, FREE; Jan. 9: Alice Bierhorst, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson Names, 7 pm, Ellie Everdell, 9 pm, Amy Saturdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, $6; BIG A little a, Totally Michael, Tiny The Space Brothers, 9 pm, The and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Miles, 10 pm, Mike Robertson, 11 pm, Mondays: Fade to Black Mondays a.k.a. Easter time: Guitarist Mitch Easter, co-producer of R.E.M.’s Masters of Today, 8 pm, $6. Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 11: Opera Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; FREE; Jan. 12: Radius, 8 pm, The Sweet- Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: CLINTON HILL “Murmur” album, will play tunes from his new solo album on Tap/Diva Night, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ back Sisters, 9 pm, Sarah Lentz, 10 pm, Game Night, 7 pm, FREE. Dakar Cafe at Magnetic Field on Jan. 12. 13: Dr. Zoo, 10:30 pm, Liza & the MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G- Polaroy, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Cat Mar- PARK SLOPE Wonder Wheels, 11:30 pm, FREE. man, 11 pm, FREE. tino, 8 pm, Josh Marcus, 9 pm, Flugente, Sistas’ Place 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in 10 pm, A Locomotive, 11 pm, FREE. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, Barbes Galapagos Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) www.granddakar.com. RED HOOK 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Cattyshack Melt 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Stain 498-1766, www.sistasplace.org. Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, Slope, (718) 965-9177, 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in FREE; Tuesdays: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. The Hook Jan. 6: Cecil Bridgewater and his trio, 9 Park Slope, (718) 230-5740, Park Slope, (718) 230-5925. www.galapagosartspace.com. Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 day of FREE; Fridays: Live band, 10 pm, FREE. Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $8 www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street www.stainbar.com. in Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, the show; Jan. 13: Mario Escalera Group suggested donation; Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Saturdays: Shack 249 with DJs BK Mingle, 11 pm, FREE. FREE; Jan. 6: “Open Wide,” The 2nd Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often featuring Lil Philips, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 www.thehookmusic.com. Reign Party, 9 pm, $10; Jan. 6: Lambic, 7 pm, $8 Brewster, Daryl Raymond, and more, 10 Annual Galapagos Staff Show-Off accompanied by the jazz guitar of in advance, $30 day of the show. Jan. 6: Jen Urban and the Box, 8 pm, All 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue suggested donation, Bill Carney’s Jug pm, $5, $7 after 11 pm; Mondays: The Perch Cafe Festival, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation; Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: Addicts, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Grown up, 8:45 pm, El Jefe vs. Demons, in Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tues- Jan. 8: SMUT, 8 pm, FREE, Monday “JAMstain,” an informal open mic host- Jan. 7: Reuben Radding’s The Book of 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park 9:30 pm, Bless the Nation, 10:15 pm, Solomon’s Porch www.myspace.com/reignlounge. days: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednes- Night Burlesque presents “Girls on Film! ed by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE. Questions, 5:30 pm, $8 suggested do- Slope, (718) 788-2830. Mia Riddle and her Band, 11 pm, Chief, 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with days: Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, A Celluloid Tribute,” 9:30 pm, $5; Jan. nation, The T. Griffin Coraline, 7 pm, $8 Jan. 6: Jamie Reynolds Trio, 9:30 pm 11:45 pm, 6 Ex, 12:30 am, $10; Jan. 11: in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. DJ Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, FREE ($2 after 10 pm), Oink Boys Party 10: DJ Ease and DJ Sicroc with MCs Raks Trash Bar suggested donation; Jan. 8: Hoshneva (two sets), $5 suggested donation; Jan. Emergenza Festival with Sliver, 7:30 pm, Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $5 (ladies $20 after 12:30 am. (ladies welcome with sexy boys), 10 pm, One and Stimuli, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 12: (Turkish Classical/Ottoman music), 7 pm, 8: Zack Brock Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 Death by Names, 8 pm, I.Decide, 8:30 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in FREE before 10 pm). $5; Thursdays: Shitkickers, 8 pm, FREE Consignment with Tall Days, Ezra Reich, $8 suggested donation, Las Rubias del suggested donation; Jan. 9: Amy pm, Surface, 9 pm, The Middle Eight, Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, Sputnik ($5 after 9 pm), Poison Ivy (glamorously The Sugar Report and DJ Invisible Kid, www.thetrashbar.com. Norte, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Crawford Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 9:30 pm, White Noise, 10 pm, $15; Jan. dirty rock ’n’ roll), 10 pm, $5; Fridays: 10 pm, FREE. BOERUM HILL 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Jan. 9: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 sug- suggested donation; Jan. 11: Yoon Sun 12: Emergenza Festival with Chiba-Ken, Jan. 6: Dodger, 8 pm, The Attorneys, 9 R.P.M. with DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE, Clinton Hill, (718) 398-6666, gested donation; Jan. 10: JD Parran, 8 Choi and E-String Band, 8:30 pm (two 7:30 pm, Rosencrantz, 8 pm, The pm, King Hell, 10 pm, Thula, 11 pm, Frisky Fridays with live DJs and go-go Hank’s Saloon www.barsputnik.com. pm, $10, Denominators, 10 pm, $10; Jan. sets), $5 suggested donation; Jan. 13: Dangerous Ones, 8:30 pm, City Scum Laila Lounge Rifle, Midnight, $7; Jan. 7: The B.C.P., 9 dancers, 11 pm, $5 ($7 after midnight). 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Saturdays: French Beats International, 9 11: Nurse Kiah, 6 pm, $8 suggested dona- Angela Bingham, 9:30 pm (two sets), $5 Shot, 9 pm, Whiskey Bravo, 9:30 pm, The 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue pm, East Coast Scammers, 10 pm, Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Around the tion, Sam Bardfeld’s Stuff Smith Project, 8 suggested donation. Pauwau, 10 pm, Axis Unknown, 10:30 in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Hooliganism, 11 pm, Angels With Filthy Souls, Midnight, $6; Jan. 8: The Day www.hankssaloon.com. Way and Electric Soul with DJ Kwame pm, $8 suggested donation, Andy Stat- Center for pm, $15; Jan. 13: Emergenza Festival www.lailalounge.com. Before, 8 pm, Deep Intent, 9 pm, $6; Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Akbar, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ man, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 12: The Sounds of with The Doug Gordon Band, 7 pm, Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tues- Improvisational Puppet’s Jazz Bar Jan. 9: DJ Mojo presents The Sterns, 8 Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 Nicole Leone, 9 pm, FREE. Taraab, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park pm, $5; Jan. 10: DJ Mojo presents Rezin, pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 Monkey Farm, 10 pm, $8 suggested dona- Music Slope, (718) 499-2627. 8 pm, Animal Pharm, 9 pm, Paper Moon, pm, FREE; Jan. 6: The Buzzards, The tion; Jan. 13: Glass Eye, 7 pm, $8 sug- 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in FLATBUSH Jan. 6: Mark Johnson Smooth Players, 10 pm, Cosmos Sunshine Band, 11 pm, Lonesharks, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 8: Live gested donation, Alison Young, 9 pm, $8 Park Slope, (212) 631-5882, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. 8: Zef Noise, Midnight, $6; Jan. 11: Shark! band kuntry karaoke with Rob Ryan and suggested donation, Matt Darriau’s Para- www.schoolforimprov.org. Cornerstone Pub Jaime Aff Jam Session, 9:15 pm, 10:40 Attack 1916, 8 pm, Griffin the Shepherd, the Brooklyn Country All Stars, 9:30 pm, dox Trio, 11 pm, $8 suggested donation. Jan. 11: Faculty concert, 8 pm, $12 ($8 pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. 9: Sam Raderman 9 pm, Dellacane, 10 pm, Cargun, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 11: Nathan Farrar Blues, 10 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough for students with valid ID). Quartet, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $6; Jan. 12: Chris Cubeta & the Liars pm, FREE; Jan. 12: I’m Jeph Duarte Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, www.cornerstonepub.com. Cafe Steinhof $5; Jan. 10: Rael Wesley Grant Trio, 9:15 Club, 10 pm, The Statues of Liberty, 11 Bitch, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Justin Tra- Magnolia Be an intern! Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Jan. 11: pm, Bugs in the Dark, Midnight, $7. wick, Blip Blip Beep, 10 pm, FREE. Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park FREE (donation suggested); Tuesdays: Jaime Aff Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, www.cafesteinhof.com. Slope, (718) 369-4814, is now interviewing Dan Pratt Quartet, 9 pm, FREE (donation Midnight, $5; Jan. 12: Rasheed & Jaime Union Pool Jan. 10: The Jack Grace Band, 10:30 pm, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. BRIGHTON BEACH suggested); Thursdays: Stephane New Hype Jazz, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, candidates for our spring 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in FREE. Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. Midnight, $5; Jan. 13: Bill Ware’s Pups Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, National Vibes, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5. internship program. www.myspace.com/unionpool. Restaurant Vox Po p Jan. 6: Late Night Back Room Party with If you love arts and DJ Alianna & Nikki, Time TBD, FREE; 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Southpaw Second Street in Brighton Beach, Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in entertainment and are enrolled as a Jan. 10: “Winter Cabaret” Trapeze Loft (718) 646-1225, www.voxpopnet.net. TALK TO US… Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, Show with McMurray Hill, 8 pm, $TBD; Jan. 12: Nicky Click/Cathy Cathodic and www.come2national.com. Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- www.spsounds.com. To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as pos- graduate or undergraduate student, DJs, 8 pm, $TBD. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance drink/snack minimum; Jan. 6: Julie sible. Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the pub- Jan. 6: The Re-CONNECT Party with Milgram, 8 pm, Maude Wiltshire, 9 pm, lic to call, Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send list- Michele Louis and all her friends and please send your cover letter, resume Williamsburg FREE; Jan. 11: Chris Harris, 8 pm, Ken ings and color photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] or guest DJs, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 7: Lickedy Split Lowy, 9 pm, Ken Beasley, 10 pm, $TBD; via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. Party with Ronica Mukerjee (comedy and and writing samples to Music Center Jan. 12: Matthew Fox, 9 pm, Taylor We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. spoken word), Novice Theory, Charles- 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street Remember Armstrong, 10 pm, Eric Peterson, 11 pm, The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to ton Chu, Johnny Kat, Electric Fiction, 8 [email protected]. in Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. $TBD; Jan. 13: Randy Nerve with David confirm event details. pm, $TBD; Jan. 12: Lo-Fi Entertainment Hone your journalism skills Jan. 6: Live music from the Gerry the most Rovics, 8 pm, $TBD. presents NYC Hip-Hop with Chronikill, Eastman Quintet, 10 pm, $5; Jan. 12: Aquavibe, Cold Hands Collective, Seer while accumulating clips for your portfolio! 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Roger Green’s race card

OGER GREEN, at long last, have you no claim that opposition to the project came mostly jobs that keep them in poverty. sense of decency? from white Brooklynites who wanted to deny Green is in no position to lecture Daniel Gold- R The disgraced former Assemblyman — blacks the “jobs, hoops and housing” that Ratner stein. who once had to resign after being convicted of says he’ll lavish on Brooklyn’s underprivileged. Sadly, it is the poor and less-fortunate who ac- stealing state funds — hit a new low just before But it was Green, not the Council of Brooklyn tually will suffer from Green’s pettiness. leaving office last month with a vendetta-filled Neighborhoods, who played the race card repeat- Because he blocked the CBN grant, the group move to block funding for an independent review edly during the public approval process for At- won’t be able to pay the outside experts who did of the massive Atlantic Yards project. lantic Yards. such a good job pointing out genuine flaws in the As Green told The Brooklyn Paper this week, His most noxious performance was at the main Atlantic Yards project. If such experts don’t get he blocked the promised funds for the Council of public hearing on Aug. 23: paid for their work, they’ll be far less likely to re- Brooklyn Neighborhoods because a single mem- “I was born in Brooklyn,” he said, contempt in view future developments — and that will only ber — Daniel Goldstein of the anti-Yards group his voice. “Some of you have not been in the Fort play into the hands of the very developers whom Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn — wrote an Greene housing project … Some people have not Roger Green complains typically leave the black email to a reporter in which he compared develop- even dared to go into Farragut Houses … And community behind. er Bruce Ratner to a “wealthy white master.” some of us will not be lectured to … I’m from That Green was in a position to block the Goldstein immediately apologized, but it was- Brooklyn. I’m from Brooklyn!” CBN’s already-approved grant speaks to the dys- n’t enough for Green, who seized on the email as Green slammed opponents for not acting civilly, function that is Albany’s calling card. But the fact evidence that white opponents of the project yet stood by as Ratner allies played race politics, that he put pettiness ahead of public policy by ac- looked down on its black supporters. ignoring the fact that Atlantic Yards will actually tually blocking the grant, speaks to his lack of Green, a consistent ally of Ratner’s mega-devel- increase the gentrification that drives out low-in- concern for his own constituents and his ongoing opment, used Ratner’s race-card-filled playbook to come residents and create mostly minimum-wage coddling of developers like Bruce Ratner. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Councilman: Indeed, I do have a great bladder To the editor, from New York City has given me a perspec- sive, screaming, potty-mouth. ment advantage over the free market and in I write to thank you for awarding me tive that, I feel, current residents lack. In a sane world, it would be his career en- many cases actually have negative net eco- You go, guys “Bladder of the Year” (“Here’s to the win- Many opponents of Atlantic Yards moved der. nomic impacts. To the editor, Opting out of ners,” Year in review, Dec. 30). Indeed, my into the borough fairly recently, shelling out Marty doesn’t care about affordable hous- His second concept is some sort of quaint While I don’t always agree with the posi- bladder deserves this award, as it boldly $1 million or more for brownstones and then ing like the sincere Saint Stuckey. He wants and romantic notion of a throwback to Ebbets home delivery withstands a daily barrage of coffee that delighting when coffee bars and restaurants excitement to come to Brooklyn. He obvi- Field. Unfortunately, the professional sports tions taken by The Brooklyn Paper, I think would destroy most other bladders. But even opened that catered to their every need and ously wants a monument to point to in his arenas of today are not the stuff of his nostal- you have done a great public service in your Every week, we deliver copies of the boldest warriors must find relief at times, predilection. upcoming mayoral run. gic memories. coverage of the Atlantic Yards development. The Brooklyn Paper to homes and my bladder does quite often, as it must in Now, they turn around and accuse Ratner Hey, Marty, Brooklyn has enough spirit Until Nicholas Confessore started writing throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. If other stadiums in the city are any indica- order to survive the hell that I put it through. of “gentrifying” Brooklyn. This strikes me as and excitement. Try the rock and jazz clubs tion, the children of Brooklyn will not be able for the New York Times, there was an aston- Our unique system limits deliveries in the Slope and Billyburg. Great restaurants ishing lack of discussion of the impact of the to two papers per building (eliminat- The difference between an ordinary bladder utter hypocrisy. to afford seats at the arena — any more than and the “Bladder of the Year” is the where- For a previous generation of Brook- are everywhere. Run around Prospect Park. their parents are going to be able to pay for the development on Brooklyn, especially given ing the kind of clutter caused by cir- Go to Cyclones games. Stay healthy in the cular and menu delivery services). withal to capitalize on these instances of relief lynites, who lived on moderate incomes and “affordable housing,” if it ever gets built. the other mega-developments underway at new year and don’t get too excited. We hope everyone appreciates to the fullest extent possible. As you note, my couldn’t afford $30 dinners, it was these I admire Marty Markowitz’s civic pride, the same time. our free home delivery, but realize bladder did this brilliantly approximately one newcomers who gentrified and ruined Paul Heller, Park Slope but I strongly believe it is misplaced. His Markowitz speaks from both sides of his there are exceptions to every rule. year ago, allowing me to support the election Brooklyn. legacy will not be the return of professional mouth when he lambastes the Atlantic Yards’ To the editor, If you’ve received The Paper at of Council Speaker Quinn in spite of my in- Is Ratner going to destroy the borough? sports to Brooklyn, but a monumental scar in critics (a group that includes a great number home and no longer want this ability to vote for her for religious reasons. No more so than the 20- and 30-somethings I read your Markowitz interview with the heart of the city — a testament to politi- of his constituents), since he himself has free service, you may “opt out” The alternative could have been to do who’ve transformed it in recent years. great dismay. He obviously remains an un- cal leaders that wanted to mimic Manhattan, qualified supporter of the Atlantic Yards proj- raised concerns about the size of the project, of our delivery program by filling something that I have yet to do at a Council My suspicion is that these gentrifiers are but ended up marring Brooklyn at their con- among other things. out the online form at BrooklynPa- meeting but many of my colleagues do quite using Ratner as a scapegoat so they don’t ect despite the well-reasoned objections of stituents’ substantial expense. numerous city organizations, from the Park Please continue your good work in exam- per.com/html/about/optout.html often: abstain. have to face the truth that it was they who are Greg Hopper, Park Slope ining the matters that affect the lives of all I have given my doctor permission to sus- most responsible for the changes Ratner now Slope Civic Council to the Municipal Arts Society, and many in between. Brooklyn residents. pend doctor-patient privilege so that you may seeks to capitalize on. His support seems to be premised on two To the editor, discuss with him the science behind my ex- Really folks, wherein lies the difference? Sarah Flanagan, Park Slope very flawed concepts: The first is that At- Thanks to your recent interview, we can Send a letter traordinary bladder. Lawrence Goodman once again be reminded of Marty Marko- By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn I look forward to speaking to you about lantic Yards will foster secondary develop- Providence, R.I. ment along the avenues leading to it — a vi- witz’s blatant ignorance and how he does not Talking turkey Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, your findings in the near future. listen to nor understand his constituents. NY 11201 sion on which he almost waxes poetic in the To the editor, Simcha Felder, Borough Park interview. If he thinks the concern about Atlantic By fax: (718) 834-9278. The writer is the City Councilman Mad Marty Yards is based on shadows and light, then he During this holiday period when Ameri- This frequently repeated argument fails to cans pause to share with others and give By email: from the 44th district To the editor, acknowledge that such development would clearly has been sitting in the darkness far [email protected] thanks to God, how could The Brooklyn Pa- The edited print version of the interview happen with any reasonable proposal for site. longer than anyone thought. per publish an article with a recipe of hostili- All letters must be signed and with Borough President Markowitz as com- It is not necessary, and in fact may be coun- But we will have to just let the next gener- include the writer’s home address Ratner hypocrites pared with the unedited, audio version should terproductive, to proceed with an oversized, ation of working families explain what was ty and foreign flavors (“Thanksgiving turkey and phone number (only the writer’s To the editor, be required for Journalism 101 (“Marty’s taxpayer-subsidized project when the mo- meant by shadows and light when they are smackdown,” Nov. 18)? name and neighborhood are pub- Was it in response to you and yours who lished with the letter). Letters may As a former Brooklynite, I have watched humble opinion,” Dec. 30). mentum of private development is already living far far away after being kicked out be edited and will not be returned. with a certain bemusement as my former bor- In the print version, Marty comes across as poised to add substantially to the housing from the high-rise above market-value con- hunger for so-called Old World tastes of The earlier in the week you send ough cohorts have battled Bruce Ratner’s At- somewhat sane and rational. In the audio ver- supply and development of the borough. dos built in Phase I of Messiah Ratner’s plan. tyranny and domination? your letter, the better. lantic Yards project. My current distance sion, he comes off as a filibustering, defen- Subsidized sports arenas carry no develop- Deb Goldstein, Sunset Park Linda Setlech, Bay Ridge

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/ Tania Haas / Tania enough anymore. limelight,” he said. weeklong voyage across the At- & White Ball and Ascot Ball. In fact, rather than posting “Gays and lesbians want the “We are proud to welcome lantic to Southampton, England. best of the best and then some,” the building on the real-estate RSVP Vacations, the Min- RSVP Vacations aboard our flag- broker’s Web site, Annunziata said David. And the QM 2, one of nesota-based company chartering the most opulent ships ever built, ship Queen Mary 2,” said Cunard has been personally reaching what it calls the first-ever, full- spokesman Brian O’Connor. out to developers he thinks is certainly fit for, well, a queen. ship chartered gay cruise, has The fun doesn’t come cheap. Straight family members have

might be interested. Paper file The Brooklyn worked with other Cunard Line also been known to travel on Brownstoner, a real-estate Tickets start at $1,595 per person “Broken Angel” owner and ships before, but not the Queen. and climb to $6,595. RSVP cruises. blog, broke the news last week. And unlike Cuba Gooding Jr. in The news that the Downing builder Arthur Wood. “It’s the Queen Mary 2 [so] David believes it’s worth the the 2002 flop, “Boat Trip,” they Street building is on the market the jokes about ‘queens on the price tag, thanks to what he shocked those who have been Queen’ were going to be made,” called an “inclusive and diverse” have a gay old time. RSVP’s invi- intimately involved in rescuing save the Woods’ unique home. said James David, spokesman for atmosphere. tation to “cut loose” and “feel free” the hand-built ziggurat man- Wood could not be reached RSVP. “And I love it!” “It’s not just open to one seg- extends to everyone, David said. sion following a devastating for comment, but James’s chief October fire. of staff Kate Suisman reached The accident sparked a out to Wood and later told The moves Beck’s signs when they’re damaged. Buildings Department investi- Brooklyn Paper that, “No mat- “We don’t intentionally remove the signs,” said Phil gation that uncovered myriad ter what happens, [the new Abramson, an agency spokesman. “It’s just that they code violations and led to owners] would probably in- PATH… are often damaged from the weather.” Wood’s arrest for violating an clude room for the couple to Beck is quite an unlikely rebel in red hat and match- order to vacate. continue to live there. Right Continued from page 1 ing gloves. The lifelong Brooklynite, who taught at “I didn’t know they put it on now, [Wood] is keeping his op- stalled by the Metrotech BID, will replace the current Long Island University for 35 years and officiated at the market,” said City Council- tions open and is considering hodgepodge of dirt- and graffiti-covered civic placards grand-slam tennis tournaments on the side, said she is woman Letitia James (D-Fort selling, if that’s what it comes that are hard to find and nearly impossible to read. motivated by nothing but goodwill. Greene), who’s been represent- down to.” That’s in contrast to Beck’s, whose white wood, “People should have some information,” she said. ing Wood pro bono in his nego- Conceivably, it could come black-lettered signs remain mostly clean and readable. “You want to be helpful to people.” tiations with the Department of down to Broken Angel coming She hangs them by herself, sneaking into the park And helpful she is. Not only does she post signs, but Buildings. down. after dark to help hapless tourists who get off the High she routinely personally directs tourists to the Prome- “It’s a development site,” Street subway and promptly get lost. Thanks in part to James, the Haas / Tania nade, Fulton Ferry, and, of course, the Brooklyn Bridge agency agreed to allow Wood said Annunziata. “There’s a In so doing, Beck is flouting Parks Department reg- pathway. In fact, that’s exactly what she was doing to re-occupy Broken Angel if possibility [that it will be de- ulations, not to mention human nature’s tendency to- when we met up with her on Wednesday. the upper levels are taken down stroyed].” ward apathy. The Metrotech BID has promised that its new signs and the central stairwell recon- But Annunziata is hoping to “What’s so depressing is the Parks Department reg- will be multi-colored and made from “high-quality ma- structed. find buyers who would pre- ularly removes the signs,” said Beck, picking at a stick- terials,” not scrap lumber like Beck’s. They’ve also Students and experts at Pratt serve its idiosyncratic shell. Paper The Brooklyn er someone had stuck on a sign at the Cadman Plaza promised to maintain them. Institute have been volunteer- “There’s a lot of value in “Broken Angel” at 4 Downing St. in Clinton Hill has so many building code viola- West entrance to the park. “If so, I will relinquish my sign-posting activities as ing their time and expertise to those bricks,” he said. tions its creator has put it up for sale But the Parks Department argues that it only re- soon as they’re put up,” Beck added with a laugh.

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The Brooklyn Paper •Burglaries dropped from 160 in homicide victims was a man who suc- each crime category has dropped by increase, murder has declined 56 per- 2005 to 117 last year. cumbed to gunshot wounds he suffered double-digits over the past five years cent since 1993 and nearly 95 percent The 30-year-old victim was walking near Clinton Avenue around A new year means a new chance to 9:45 pm when the knifeman rushed up and grabbed his wallet, with •Grand larceny fell more than 10 in 1992, police said. and between 42 percent (larceny) and 90 since 1990. see whether crime is up or down. percent, to 217 last year. Overall, violent crime in the precinct percent (car thefts) since 1993. Overall, violent crime in the 88th $35 inside. But Police Officer Anthony Barbee chased after the sus- Here’s how precincts in and around pect and cuffed him on robbery charges. • And 94 cars were stolen in 2006, dropped 3.5 percent from the year be- Together, violent crime in the 84th precinct has dropped 8.3 percent over Downtown fared for the just-ended cal- versus 119 the year before. fore: Precinct has fallen nearly 27 percent the last year. The highlights: Cell swipe endar year. Overall, crime has dropped by more • Rape reports dropped from 10 in since 2001, more than 72 percent since • Car thefts dropped by 25 percent, Ateenager lost her lifeline when two thugs stole her cellphone on Homicide detectives in Carroll Gar- than 10 percent in the 76th Precinct in 2005 to six last year. 1993, and by 80.5 percent since 1990. to 121. Dec. 30, police said. dens’ and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct the past six years, and by more than 63 • Robberies fell 12 percent, to 209 in Figures for Brooklyn North show a de- • Robberies fell nearly 17 percent, to The 16-year-old was walking on Atlantic Avenue, near Fifth Av- were happily bored, thanks to zero percent since 1993. All seven crime cat- 2006. cline of more than 19 percent in violent 264. enue, heading toward one of the avenue’s shopping malls around murders in 2006, down from four the egories have declined in the past 13 •Burglary declined 4.5 percent, to crime reports in the past five years, a At the same time, there was a 5.3- 4:30 pm, when the two thieves walked up. One restrained her as the year before. years; all but larceny have fallen by 148 reports last year. drop greater than two-thirds since 1993, percent hike in larceny reports. other punched her, and then grabbed the cell from her waistband. The But rapes were up dramatically, from double-digits. Rape reports have nearly • And car thefts dropped by one- and a drop of more than 73 percent Despite the reversal in murder brutes ran off on Atlantic Avenue with the phone, leaving her des- three in 2005 to eight last year: been cut in half since 1993, and de- third, to 69. since 1990. trends, crime in the 88th Precinct con- tined for Brooklyn Hospital with a swollen lip. All other violent crime categories clined 80 percent since 1990. Besides murder, there were some In Fort Greene’s 88th Precinct, tinues to decline — at a faster rate than Car crimes saw decreases, for a total drop in vio- In the 84th Precinct, which covers minor increases: murder skyrocketed from a single Brooklyn North in general. Reports of lent crime of 16 percent last year. Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, there •Assaults rose from 136 to 141. killing in 2005 to 11 last year. The violent crime fell nearly 22 percent Thieves in Fort Greene burglarized at least five cars and stole an- • Robberies dropped from 149 in were two murders in 2006, spoiling a • And larceny rose from 633 to 655. number mirrors the bloody year 2001 since 2001 in the Fort Greene area, other two vehicles outright during Christmas week, police reports 2005, to 133 last year. perfect zero from 2005. But like Roger Overall, crime continues to fall in the and tipped the Fort Greene precinct to- close to 71 percent since 1993, and show. The vandalism included: •Assaults dropped from 98 two Maris’s home run record, this statistic precinct at a faster rate than elsewhere in ward the double-digit murder rates of 73.5 percent since 1990. • On Dec. 26, between 5:10 pm and 7:45 pm, a 1997 Ford was burglarized. The 18-year-old owner, a Staten Island woman, parked the vehicle on Washington Avenue, at Park Avenue, and returned to find the passenger-side window cracked open and her iPod, credit cards, bank card, Social Security card and birth certificate missing. • Later that day, at 10 pm, a 26-year-old Long Island woman left her 1997 Mazda GTE on Washington Avenue, near Gates Avenue. When Big price tag in Hook she returned two days later, the passenger-side window was broken and a Triton Extreme keyboard, valued at $2,000, was missing. •In the early morning of Dec. 27, a Jersey City man parked his By Ariella Cohen Red Hook coastline, via ferry connections. BMW 525 on Carlton Avenue, near DeKalb Avenue. The 34-year- The Brooklyn Paper “It is fair to say that EDC is undertaking the old man returned at 11:30 am to find someone had swiped both most-ambitious redevelopment of the Brooklyn Transforming a cargo port on the Red Hook wa- headlights from the 2001 station wagon. waterfront in half a century,” Ascher said. terfront into a maritime tourist attraction will cost • On Dec. 28, between noon and 5 pm, a vehicle was burglarized But Yassky’s doubts echo concerns that have $326 million, according to an internal city docu- on Fleet Place and Willoughby Avenue. The 33-year-old driver dogged the agency since the plan was made pub- ment obtained by The Brooklyn Paper this week. parked the car and returned to find the driver’s-side window broken lic last spring. In fact, not one elected official or and his wallet gone. The billfold held bank cards, four department And that price tag could be the final straw for local resident spoke in support of the plan at the the controversial plan, officials said this week. store charge cards, and his Social Security card. December hearing. • Sometime after 9 pm on Dec. 29, and 8:30 am the following “These are large numbers for a half-baked plan,” said City Councilman David Yassky (D–Brooklyn “It is not clear what kind of economic develop- morning, thieves scored jewelry and an iPod from a car parked on ment will be generated,” said City Councilwoman Ashland Place, near Willoughby Street. Heights). “This plan is clearly not well-thought out, Fox and the numbers demonstrate that a viable ongoing Jessica Lappin (D-Manhattan), chair of a Council • On Dec. 29, around 12:30 pm, a woman snatched the keys to a subcommittee that must approve all uses of water- Tom business shouldn’t be kicked out in its service.” 1988 Plymouth Sundance from the owner as he was about to open The “ongoing business” is the Red Hook Con- front land. the car, which was parked at the corner of Lefferts Place and Clas- A city plan to transform the Red Hook waterfront is meeting with resistance. Currently, tainer Port, which the city plans to evict this spring “Once you lose waterfront land [to building], it son Avenue. She jumped in and drove off in the sedan. part of the area is used for parking New York Water taxi boats. to make way for a hotel and shops, a boat repair is gone forever,” she said. facility, a Brooklyn Brewery plant and tourist- Lappin pointed out that the $60-million Brook- friendly beer garden, as well as a smaller industri- lyn cruise ship terminal failed to create as many al port, a ferry connection to Governors Island and jobs as the city expected. a second pier for cruise ships. Only 10 of the 255 jobs at the terminal are full- The cost of the ambitious project had been un- time. Nonetheless, the EDC document obtained Oh, babies! known until now. this week claims that 810 full- and part-time jobs The bulk of its budget — $230 million — would be created if the $326-million maritime dis- would modernize the piers so they could support trict expansion becomes a reality. A Flatbush couple triumphed in the hard-fought race new buildings. Opponents say they do not want to By comparison, the container terminal supports to deliver the city’s first baby of 2007, popping out a see new structures on the waterfront if it means just 133 full-time jobs, according to the EDC — bouncing boy named Oladipupo Oluwagbemiga at closing the container port, which they believe is the stroke of midnight at Long Island College Hospi- although American Stevedoring, which operates important for the city’s long-term growth. the port, says it has 623 jobs. tal in Cobble Hill. The 6-pound, 10-ounce first-gener- At a City Council hearing last month, Kate As- Besides that, neighbors say the cargo port is a ation Brooklynite, whose name means “prosperity,” cher, vice president of the city Economic Devel- was born to Mabel John and Shola Karimu, both opment Corporation, defended the cost, saying the considerate neighbor that generates less traffic Nigerian immigrants. The prize? A mother-child pho- new mix of industrial and recreational uses would than a tourist attraction while maintaining the area’s historic maritime identity.

to-op with Borough President Markowitz (photo / Kathryn Kirk triple the number of jobs along the waterfront right) and the admiration of babies all over who were while opening it up to residents. “People have come to a remarkable consensus slouching towards New York to be born. Randy Ruiz “Under our plan, no existing longshoreman jobs about keeping the working waterfront and, at the clocked in five minutes later at Lutheran Medical will be lost,” she said, repeating the line for emphasis. same time, adding more open space,” said David Center in Sunset Park. Elizabeth Haylie Paris (left, The pier plan is part of Mayor Bloomberg’s larg- Lutz, executive director of the Neighborhood Open with her mom Leslie) arrived seven hours, 21 minutes er vision of a tourist-friendly “Harbor District” of Space Coalition, who lives on Columbia Street. after midnight at New York Methodist Hospital in waterfront parks that would connect all the boroughs “There is plenty of developable land elsewhere,”

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Cell (917) 535-3506 Now Online Lic#0581317 • Insured A30-6 A30-29 A30-18 16 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 6, 2007 Recycling Tips for the Holidays! After all the gifts have been opened, here are some tips to reduce New York City’s waste: Recycle your holiday cards and promotional mail This time of year, we get inundated with mail and catalogs. When you’re done with these, recycle them with your mixed paper and cardboard. Do this year round with all unwanted mail! Recycle paper gift wrap and cardboard boxes Paper gift wrap and cardboard tubes are recyclable. So are the cardboard boxes that held your presents. Recycle these along with your other mixed paper and cardboard.

Recycle your tree! Remove all lights, ornaments, stands and plastic bags. Trees with lights and tinsel can’t be composted and will be collected as trash.

Sanitation Collection: MulchFest: Friday, January 5 Saturday and Sunday, thru Tuesday, January 6 & 7 January 16 10 am – 2 pm The Department of Sanitation will collect Bring your clean Christmas tree to clean Christmas trees left at the curb designated parks, where it can be chipped on the dates shown above. into mulch. Bring a bag if you want to take away mulch for your own use. Clean trees are chipped, mixed with fall leaves, and recycled into rich For MulchFest locations, call 311 or visit compost for NYC’s parks, community www.nyc.gov/parks. gardens and residents like you!

Check the Compost Project website for upcoming workshops and events: www.nyccompost.org

City of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Department of Sanitation, John J. Doherty, Commissioner 12/06 Call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/sanitation