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By Ariella Cohen ing more chipmunks than people for Subaru Forester that I can park on Miles would have been far more [young] could come in,” Harding “Smith isn’t done yet, but it’s not Ralph, frontman for the Brooklyn- The Brooklyn Paper a while. We’re ready for a change,” the street,” added Miles, a 63-year- likely to settle in Brooklyn Heights said. “Now, the buildings are $1.5 too much either,” she said. born band. said Mimi Miles, who, with her old semi-retired perfume industry or Park Slope. million and there aren’t that many Not everyone agrees. In fact, the Meanwhile, those who remain on It’s the invasion of the suburban husband Jeff, recently bought 285 chemist. Certainly, the Miles are far from people with that kind of money.” Mileses’ move almost sounds like a the block say that they will wel- grandparents! Smith St. on the corner of Sackett A generation ago, people from pioneers on the ever-upscaling Mimi Miles said she and her hus- new verse tacked onto the end of come the new neighbors. Two Westchester millionaires are Street in Carroll Gardens for $1.6 swank enclaves like Croton-on- restaurant row, but they do represent band chose the brick, three-story Life in a Blender’s just-released “In my experience, Smith Street selling their $1.7-million mansion million. Hudson — where it is not unheard of just how far the street has come since building after looking at homes in Smith Street dirge, “What Hap- has been a place for thirtysomething — complete with a swimming pool, The Miles decided last year to for a person to commute to a Lower the restaurant row’s founding father Park Slope and visiting Williams- pened to Smith?” The catchy pop creative types with some money and plenty of extra bedrooms for the flee their tony Croton-on-Hudson Manhattan office via helicopter — Alan Harding opened the street’s first burg with their 26-year old-son. tune laments the loss of the street’s a taste for the finer things,” said grandkids and five lush acres to run nest — selling the seven classic cars wouldn’t have pulled over for a can- stylish bistro, Patois, in 1998. “Park Slope is too settled and mythically gritty image, the identity Lara Fieldbinder, owner of the indie around on — and moving to a non- that lived in its double-decker noli on gritty, Godfather-run Smith Hip Smith Street has grown up Williamsburg is too young,” said that once kept homebuyers like the fashion boutique Dear Fieldbinder descript, 1,700-square-foot apart- garage — and move to the city, Street, much less lived there. — so naturally, it’s now attracting Miles, who described herself as “a Miles away. at 198 Smith St. ment above a dry cleaner on Smith where, Jeff Miles said, “we would Even five years ago, following the grown-ups. woman of a certain age.” “Now they live there — and I “But there’s room for all kinds.” Street. have less to take care of.” the street’s evolution into a trendy “Ten years ago the buildings For the Mileses, Smith Street was live somewhere cheaper and com- There goes — or here comes — “We’ve been in the suburbs see- “I sold three Porsches and got a restaurant row, a couple like the were [cheap enough] that someone the ideal middle ground. mute back for shows,” said Don the neighborhood.
INSIDE / SEE PAGE 16 Collapse at Yards stalls STAR POWER Ratner’s wrecking balls / Tom Callan / Tom By Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Paper Bruce Ratner’s demolition of the Ward Bakery inside the At- lantic Yards footprint remains Paper The Brooklyn blocked by city officials, a week after hundreds of pounds of debris crashed onto Pacific Street as workers began tearing EVERYBODY IN! apart the historic building. By Dana Rubinstein “We’re working on getting the One day after the April 26 Floating Pool up for the summer,” partial building collapse at 800 The Brooklyn Paper Brooklynites may be able to dog- said Errol Cockfield, a spokesman Pacific St., a coalition of elected for the Empire State Development officials — some of them sup- gy-paddle, scissor-kick, swim laps porters of Ratner’s Atlantic Yards and do cannonballs in the East River Corporation. mega-development — called on this summer — without having to Cockfield said the pool would be Gov. Spitzer to halt further dem- touch its murky waters. parked between Pierrepont and Jo- ralemon streets, near the location of olition work on the 97-year-old The state’s economic develop- the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park building. ment agency told The Brooklyn Pa- waterfront open space and condo Hours later, the Empire State per this week that the Floating Pool Development Corporation and — a swimming hole built on an old development. Ratner voluntarily suspended barge — may open as a public swim “It would be free,” added Cock- demolition of the building, pend- center this summer off the Brooklyn field. “But all the details are not fi- ing an investigation into why a Heights waterfront, despite long- nalized.” large section of the roof broke standing rumors that the coveted The Floating Pool has been bob- away. barge was headed for Greenpoint. See POOL on page 16 No one was injured, but more than 300 residents of a nearby Christopher Grant homeless shelter were evacuated for several hours. Several cars Bill stumps for Hill in Heights were badly damaged by the Raises cash on Garden Place falling debris. It remains unclear what caused part of the parapet wall of the building to collapse. An FDNY chief told New York 1 that April’s heavy rains may have been to blame — but whatever the cause, Forest City Ratner Vice President Bruce Bender told the station that his company was not at fault. “At the time of the purchase, in March, 2006, the building was already in a state of disrepair,” Brooklyn’s Cocktail! Bender said. Where to taste it ... and how to make it City environmental and build- ings officials rushed to the scene
/ Tom Callan / Tom after the rubble crashed to the street. Ian Michaels, a spokes- Mango P. / Gregory man for the Department of Envi- ronmental Protection, said some material in the debris “is known to contain asbestos.” The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn “The company doing the as- Paper The Brooklyn Sandy squawks in Coney bestos abatement work was told A half-dozen cars, but, thankfully, no people, were buried under debris from a to clean it up, and they did,” partial building collapse last week at the Ward Bakery in Bruce Ratner’s At- PAGE 7 Ed Shakespeare’s The Play’s the Thing See ROOF on page 6 lantic Yards site. 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If 1862, the holiday has shaped messenger bags, pate tonight to chat about Chicken breast with rosemary & mushrooms fully they’ll all change out you’re ready to trade in become an excuse to get perfect for summer trips growing up in Brooklyn and of their pajamas. that vintage Ikea set, or ––––––––––––––– Dessert––––––––––––––– blotto in between St. to Coney Island. becoming a big, famous Traditional Italian Cheese Cake Strudel Di Mela Patrick’s and Memorial just want to figure out 11 am at the corner of Smith author who chats with 8 pm at the Old Stone House how people sit on those Apple strudel served with ice cream days. As fans of history Leonard Lopate. Expect to (Fifth Avenue and Third Street Cuore Di Mamma and Union streets in Carroll modern chairs, this is the and margaritas, we find Gardens. For information, visit hear about McCourt’s lat- in Park Slope). Free. For infor- Vanilla mouse filled with cherries, served with black forest fruit sauce ourselves torn. 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See, although he and Poussot seem to be telling the same story, their strands are as twisted as the dough Cobble Hill Variety in an Almondine braided brioche. Mango P. / Gregory Poussot’s lawyer, Ralph Hochberg, claims that when Richard- & Mailing Center son and the woman, Elaine James-France, entered Almondine to demand an apology, Poussot did indeed give one, albeit quarter- 495 Henry Street • (718) 852-8844 heartedly. He then asked James-France and Richardson to leave. Open 7 Days ‘til 9pm But on his way out, Richardson “started throwing tables and chairs around and damaging Mr. Poussot’s property,” said Paper The Brooklyn Hochberg. Poussot had no choice, he said, but to tackle Richard- son to the floor to put an end to the destruction. CARROLL GARDENS But Richardson bakes a different pie. “From the moment we entered the store, [Poussot] was belliger- Vinegar Hill power play ent and confrontational,” said Richardson, adding that Poussot screamed, “You want an apology? Fine! I’m sorry! Now get the Planning for the future of New York could start very close to home. The PlaNYC 2030 Commission — the group formed by f—k out of my store!” Richardson denied he wreaked havoc and Mayor Bloomberg to find ways to sustain the city’s growth over the next 23 years — is calling on Con Edison to make some destruction on Almondine. steam plants, like this one on Hudson Avenue in Vinegar Hill, more efficient and cleaner. “We’re talking about it,” said Con Ed “I turned to leave, and there was a chair in my way,” said spokesman Chris Olert. “But it could be a few months before we have any sort of plan.” Residents of Vinegar Hill like the idea Richardson. “I was angry. I knocked it over. But I wasn’t throw- ing furniture around.” of a cleaner power plant. “Sounds good to me,” said one. — Christie Rizk In fact, said Richardson, it was Poussot who started the fight, (718) 596-3333 Beautifully renovated 4 story, tackling him from behind and shoving him to the ground. 4 family townhouse ... $2.2 million. “I defended myself,” Richardson said. See our listings: View entire listing on our website. When cops arrived a few COBBLEHEIGHTS.COM minutes later, Poussot was ON OUR OTHER Stripped of its park bleeding, so they arrested Richardson. stoop So that’s evidence of By Josh Saul ing by the DUMBO lot came up PAGES Richardson’s guilt, right? for The Brooklyn Paper with some better names. “It’s a garage, so I’d call it ‘Tarmac PARK SLOPE Not at all, he countered. The Parks Department has a Meat market “I was wearing a ring,” well-known reputation for Park,’” said Genevieve Sheppard. How To Throw “How about ‘Brooklyn In- RED HOOK he said. “When I went to stamping its leaf logo on every- A Memorial Day BBQ Dumb driving defend myself against thing from freshly planted traffic dustrial Park?’” added Jeomar Poussot’s attack, the ring Montelon. BAY RIDGE islands to jogging paths. Arabic TV? must have cut him.” But now Parks workers have Then again, “Park Strip” sure I asked Richardson how / Julie Rosenberg gone where even former Com- beats Dead Dog Park, one name FT.GREENE he could conclusively say Wallabout art missioner Henry Stern had nev- that Stern once doled out. that Poussot had thrown er gone before: they’ve plas- AParks spokesman said that Step One: online at BrooklynPaper.com James-France out of Al- tered their logo on a parking lot the agency logo — with its mondine because she’s at the intersection of Red Cross vaguely sycamorish leaf — was Visit American Housewares. black and middle class, and not because, say, it was 6:30 pm and The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Place and Cadman Plaza East. posted so that people would close to closing time. Or because she bought a croissant at Al- Park-ing lot: A new sign indicates that the Parks Department One of the signs even dubs the know which city bureaucrats mondine, yet brought coffee in from somewhere else, as Pous- lot “Park Strip,” but people walk- were responsible for upkeep. sot claims. “That’s for the jury to decide,” he said. has taken over this lot on Cadman Plaza East — but is it a park? That’s fine, but the journalist in me is hoping for another irate e-mail so I can keep following this nutty story. Herve? Text me! 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn THE KITCHEN SINK Courts are appealing to Open 7 Days A Week • • (718) 243-0844 Kudos to the New York Sun for pointing out what all of us have been complaining about for years: the lousy elevators at the Clark Street subway station. The Sun reported that the Jehovah’s Witnesses three elevators have broken down nearly 400 times in the last two years. Riders have been trapped inside more than 20 times. The Brooklyn Paper So now maybe we’ll finally get some elevators that work? … Tennis anyone? Yes, but not for everyone NEW SPRING COLLECTION The New York Landmarks Conservancy honored a Brooklyn FROM FARYLROBIN, HOLLYWOULD, BERNARDO & MORE Heights building this week. The restoration of the façade of 25 DUMBO’s only open-air tennis court will soon be open for busi- Grace Ct. was cited as an “outstanding preservation project” ness. The hard-surfaced court, which sits atop a five-story building for its detailed restoration of the masonry and brick, and several at 69 Adams St., has been drooled over by the net set, which has wooden elements around the door, windows and balcony that long hoped the court would be returned to service. Excitement had rotted away. … Oven, the new pizza place/wine bar that volleyed around the neighborhood after workmen were spotted re- / Julie Rosenberg is opening on the dreaded “Corner of Cranberry,” has furbishing the rooftop court. pushed back its grand opening for a few more weeks. The new “We are resurfacing it and patching it up,” said Richard Devine, a joint was supposed to open on May 5. … The new path in spokesman for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, which owns Cadman Plaza Park is nearly finished. Here’s hoping the the building. But Devine cautioned locals to not start practicing their manure smell that permeated the park this winter, when the backhand: The court is only open to Jehovah’s Witnesses who live Paper The Brooklyn Parks Department laid down fertilizer, has dissipated. in other Watchtower buildings in DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights Workers were spotted last week sprucing up a long-dormant E-mail us at [email protected] — not to the general public. 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But traffic lights are supposed to slow down traffic — yet a traf- fic expert said the Olds driver was probably going too fast. “Usually when a driver loses control and crashes into parked Cobble Hill Variety car, there is excessive speed involved,” said Amy Pfeiffer, Di- rector of Planning at Transportation Alternatives, a safe-streets & Mailing Center watchdog group, 495 Henry Street • (718) 852-8844 Whatever the cause, the accident is a call to horns for anyone Mike Arauz Open 7 Days ‘til 9pm worried about getting his limbs/cars/bikes/friends crushed by The grain silo in Red Hook will soon be put back into service, this time holding the mixings for concrete. speeding cars. Of course, we have met the enemy and it is us. We hectored the city to put in a light because Van Brunt Street had gotten so busy. Yet when we’re behind the wheel, we’re the first to com- CARROLL GARDENS plain about how traffic lights slow us down. ‘Concrete’ plans for terminal Van Brunt isn’t particularly dangerous, statistics show. In fact, only three accidents on the corner of Pioneer Street were report- ed from 1995–2001, according to police records compiled by Transportation Alternatives. Yet, acts of dumb driving seem Former grain unit could house cement mix somehow endemic on the street. One recent evening, on the same corner, I watched a truck By Ariella Cohen Gowanus Canal, the reinforced concrete “We always wanted to bring this area give a fender-crushing smooch to a storefront garage, ramming The Brooklyn Paper grain terminal has languished since 1965, back to what it has always been: a center for headlong into its metal pull-down door, which ironically opens when waning shipping traffic on the canal industry,” said Quadrozzi. 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COBBLEHEIGHTS.COM low another truck to back will store the raw materials for concrete, ac- ON OUR OTHER cording to John Quadrozzi Jr., the owner of Adecade later, Quadrozzi bought the ele- Shopping is the other part (see story be- into a narrow curbside park- vator and the 159-acre industrial area around low). ing spot. Suspense was high the Columbia Street Grain Elevator. “Nowadays, we need room for building it for concrete production and storage for “I see this area as ideal for a mixed-rise stoop as the ever-present (except bulk materials like road salt. Growth has project that would encompass retail,” the PAGES when you need it) B61 materials in Brooklyn,” said Quadrozzi, who choked gingerly past. said that it would take a year to do the re- been steady and in the fall, Tri-State Bio- longtime industrial developer told The Stoop. PARK SLOPE diesel will begin manufacturing environ- “Ikea has created a shopping destination How To Throw Meat market In the past, residents pairs necessary to make the elevator work blamed truck drivers for the again. mentally friendly fuel in the shadow of the here. I could swim upstream [and continue BAY RIDGE grain elevator, which is often used as a set to do only industry], or I could swim with A Memorial Day BBQ Arabic TV? congestion. Then the blame Built in 1922 at the dead-end where Co- lumbia Street meets the mouth of the for movies. the other fishes.” DUMBO was placed on Fairway Second helping shoppers, who were suppos- edly hightailing it to the FT.GREENE Wallabout art olive oil tasting bar. Ikea’s future shoppers are also Step One: online at BrooklynPaper.com blamed, though they haven’t yet arrived. But the truth is Visit American Housewares. that industrial truck routes like Van Brunt Street won’t be safe un- ‘Beyond’ Ikea, Bed and Bath? til all of us change the way we drive on them — and that requires more than one light. Pfeiffer said that last week’s crash was a fluke, but one that is likely to occur more and more frequently as the area’s popula- Smaller chain could find a home in Red Hook tion grows and more people in cars and outside of them compete for the two-lane roadway. By Ariella Cohen building and opening our IKEA can make the location even neighbors, the mega-store is ex- “It’s numbers,” she said. The Brooklyn Paper store,” said spokesman Joseph more of a draw for customers,” pected to bring a considerable 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn And physics. And brain cells. Driving while dumb is dangerous. Roth. Roth told a trade publication, amount of traffic to the neigh- Open 7 Days A Week • • (718) 243-0844 Remember those 70,000 ex- “We currently do not have DSN Retailing Today, in 2005. borhood’s cobble-stoned streets. tra square feet of retail space that THE KITCHEN SINK plans underway for other [retail Red Hook residents said that McGettrick said that his group the city approved at the Ikea locations] at this point.” they would discourage the New planned to warn other retailers Firebombings ain’t cheap: Chop Chop grocery on Smith site? The Stoop hears that part of Perhaps, but Ikea’s approval Jersey–based home furnishings that building in the community Street spent $80,000 to reopen last week after an early morning the space will be filled by a Bed from the city did include a pro- store from coming to the neigh- would damage their reputation. arson attack on its glass cube of a storefront on the corner of Dean Bath & Beyond. vision for more than 70,000 ad- borhood. “If [these stores] are concerned Street. Thousands of dollars in marinated olives and smoked A source says that the linen ditional square feet of retail. The “Any additional stores will about the environment, the roads NEW SPRING COLLECTION salmon was lost in the attack, said co-owner Jisoo Sun. A and toiletry giant is interested in average Bed Bath & Beyond increase the level of environ- and the safety of children, they FROM FARYLROBIN, HOLLYWOULD, BERNARDO & MORE spokesman for the FDNY said that investigators are still looking becoming part of the Swedish store is 30,000 — but the chain mental damage to Red Hook,” will not set up shop,” he said. for the perp. … It’s growing season: Get yer whiskers ready for furniture retailer’s location on has recently been opening stores said John McGettrick, co-chair Asupporter of the project, Brooklyn’s “premiere” mustache contest at the country-and-west- the Hook’s waterfront. twice that size. of the Red Hook Civic Associa- Ray Hall of Red Hook Rise, ern-themed benefit for “Off the Hook” creators Falconworks Ikea denied any plans to In the past, Roth has spoken tion and a longtime critic of the which develops academic, em- Artists Group. 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A school representative wouldn’t reveal the secret ingredient in her potent, developer-vanquishing recipe. / Graham Letorney “I don’t know [how we did it],” said Aeena Frempong, the educa- tional director of the Phyls Academy in East Flatbush. “I didn’t know [we had so many competitors]. They called us, we were interested, Cobble Hill Variety and everything checked out. It really wasn’t that complicated.” & Mailing Center She’s clearly keeping her cards close to her chest. But one Paper The Brooklyn thing’s for sure: the Academy won’t be building some sort of They’ve got big balls: Joe Weiner (left) and artist George Spencer prepare to open the Pink Elephant Projects gallery 495 Henry Street • (718) 852-8844 school/luxury condo hybrid to take advantage of its 9,500 build- in the Wallabout section of Fort Greene. Open 7 Days ‘til 9pm able square feet. She swears. “There won’t be a tower going up, no,” said Frempong, who has been approached by developers asking to build condos atop the school. “I don’t think anyone will be disappointed by that.” CARROLL GARDENS She’s probably right. “Wow, this is wonderful,” said Sharon Barnes, co-chair of the The ‘Elephant’ in the womb Landmarks Preservation Committee for the Society for Clinton Hill. “For a community to work, you need more than just houses Wimmer and Weiner aren’t jumping into island in an otherwise deserted neighborhood. — you needs schools, stores, open space,” added Barnes. “We By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper the neighborhood blindly. Weiner is a Pratt “It looks like Chelsea did 10 years ago,” are very short on school choices to keep young families here.” Institute graduate who has lived in the said Weiner. “It’s desolate during the day. Her neighbor, Nancy Bruni, whose son attends fourth grade Two artsy Brooklynites are betting that neighborhood for seven years, and Wimmer But at night, with the Chocolate Factory, it’s at PS 11, agreed. Wallabout — the northern edge of Fort lives in Fort Greene. more traveled. There’s something going on “Although PS 11 is on the up-and-up, a lot of parents are Greene and Clinton Hill — will be the They plan to showcase Brooklyn artists, here.” looking for alternatives,” said Bruni. “Especially, a viable pre- next “it” place in the Brooklyn art scene. (718) 596-3333 Beautifully renovated 4 story, many of them from the neighborhood. First They’re hardly the only locals to notice a 4 family townhouse ... $2.2 million. K-to-fifth-grade program.” On Friday, Joe Weiner, a painter, and Tri- up is Charles Lutz’s show, “Denial and Ac- The Academy plans to tear down the current one-story ware- difference. 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Recycled, the relatively new vintage store PAGES chitects have yet to finalize “The number of dogs coming here increas- Weiner and Wimmer think that’s about to on the same Washington Avenue block, the es every year a little bit,” said Carpenter. And PARK SLOPE the design of the facility, change. two happened upon an empty space that if artists and pampered puppies aren’t harbin- Meat market which should be open for “There are a ton of artists studios around seemed just perfect. That same block houses How To Throw the 2008 school year. gers of gentrification, then what is? 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The other two are in Florida, where some of the Frempong family relocated. The East Flatbush institution operates By Dana Rubinstein ing the affordable housing ad- a day care, elementary school, after-school care and summer The Brooklyn Paper vocates PACC, will build more camp. Tuition runs about $10,000 a year. than 400 residential units, plus It’s unclear how much the new Academy on Classon Avenue Community leaders hailed commercial and open space, will charge, although chances are it will be a bit pricier than its the city’s selection of Pratt and a community facility on the sister school to the south, given the community’s relative wealth. Area Community Council as 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn site of the former Navy Brig, Open 7 Days A Week • • (718) 243-0844 But we do have one suggestion. How about a scholarship one of three groups that will which was demolished in 2005. funded using the tuition for an adult education class: “How to develop the site of the former The city has promised that 77 beat developers at their own game.” Navy Brig on the border of percent of the units will be afford- Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. able to families of four with a THE KITCHEN SINK “It’s an excellent thing,” said household income between Get your foundations in the ground now, folks! The down- Phillip Kellogg, chair of the Fort $21,250 and $92,170 and from zoning of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill is finally inching for- Greene Association. “It’s a com- $14,900 to $64,480 for single- NEW SPRING COLLECTION ward — it was certified on Monday, so the seven-month land re- munity-based project, and PACC person households. The develop- FROM FARYLROBIN, HOLLYWOULD, BERNARDO & MORE view process can begin. Any construction that begins before it is a great partner,” adding that ment will also be LEED certified, takes effect, though, can be completed — so get digging! … Fort Greene and Clinton “desper- an industry standard for environ- Brooklyn’s favorite clock tower, at the Williamsburgh Sav- ately” need affordable housing. mentally sound construction. ings Bank building, should be unshrouded by July 4, accord- Councilwoman Letitia James The land is bounded by ing to its developers. … We hear there’s a 134-year-old elm tree (D–Fort Greene), who often finds Flushing, Clermont, Park, and in Fort Greene Park. Is your curiosity piqued? If so, check herself at odds with developers, Vanderbilt avenues in the Wal- out the Urban Park Rangers’ tree tour of the park on Sunday, called the project “a high-quality labout section of Fort Greene. May 6. Fort Greene Visitors Center, Fort Greene Park, 1 pm. 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He pointed out that his ground meat booming Fourth Avenue — the ones that Douglass streets. build some affordable housing on-site in or- $ is better than what you can get at a supermarket; because Gallo are boarded up like crack houses in Gary, Rodriguez could not be reached for com- der to qualify. The tax-incentive program X-RAYS AND TEETH CLEANING does the actual butchering of the sides of beef that come in the Indiana? So was The Stoop, so we did 55 ment. A co-worker did confirm that he was was created to spur housing development 55 with this ad store, he knows which cuts to use for the best flavor. some digging. trying to sell the buildings and was close to during the 1970s, yet lingers despite the Some butcher shops get their meat already cut, but not Gallo. 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That means better Second helping quality and better cuts, ac- RED HOOK cording to the butcher. Dumb driving His customers agree. While I stood there talking BAY RIDGE Arabic TV? to Gallo, a half-dozen cus- tomers stopped in. Every FT.GREENE one of them said versions of Wallabout art the same thing. “This is the online at BrooklynPaper.com best place to buy meat,” said Let’s stop dreaming Marika Lugo. “It is clean, everything is always fresh and they are just so friendly.” I must admit that I do occasionally buy my meat at Costco. I get big “family packs” of cheap-but-tasteless steak, and I buy and start doing. the extra large bottle of Peter Lugar’s steak sauce to ensure some flavor on the plate. But hearing Gallo talk about his cus- tomers and about how he cares that they get the best made me feel more loyal to a shop I have used for over a decade. Now that it is grilling season, I’ll be making regular runs to United. 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THE KITCHEN SINK Community Bookstore owner Catherine Bohne has always run a menagerie-like store, but when we ran into her the other day, Guy Scroco she actually pulled a baby crow out of her shirt. “Look what the cat dragged in last night,” she exclaimed. … Amanda Pike, Windsor Terrace resident and first grade teacher at the Berkeley Carroll Messy crash School, has been awarded the school’s Dexter Earl Award, which recognizes teaching excellence, dedication, involvement, passion, and the promotion of an intellectual community. … And on Berkley Pl our pal Julia Harris, a Berkeley Carroll student who won a re- gional humor-writing award for her essay that mocked Park Slope The corner of Berkeley Place and Eighth Avenue was lit- novelist Ned Vizzini (also a friend of The Paper, by the way), just tered with everything from volleyballs to crackers on Thurs- Make home found out that the piece has won a gold medal from the Scholastic day after an SUV overturned in a horrific accident at around Writing Awards, a national group. … Seneca, this is Manipi. 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Like many storeowners, Lykourezos is worried about an 18-month sew- Beckmann did some digging of her own and found out that er-repair project that is about to begin. the workers had told the truth. Gentile and other area lead- Harbor “He had applied for cabling work in connection with his job ers said the lengthy project at Arabic News Channel 6,” said Beckmann as the mystery should be broken up. will be torn-up for work on an “overlay” on the sidewalk so that zos, who owns Casa Calamari deepened. “We quickly put a halt to all street work and installa- “While this plan represents underground water main. the flow of foot traffic is unim- on 86th Street and Third Av- tion until we can figure out exactly what is going on.” an improvement over the previ- Pols and community leaders peded when construction is not enue, and also supported a two- Motor Inn ous one, residents and small met last Thursday with the city actively going on. Beckmann said that zoning regulations are clear: no one can op- phase project. “But what choice • 25 years in business owners still have legit- departments of Transportation, News of the compromise do we have? I’ll just have to erate a television station from a private home on 94th Street. And business some neighbors surmised that an Arab man digging up the side- imate concerns about it,” said Environmental Protection, and didn’t alleviate the concerns of take it day by day.” Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay walk to open a television station was something to be concerned Design and Construction to re- all local merchants, especially No one likes construction, • Ample parking Ridge). “We all agree that the mind the bureaucrats that tear- those who depend on their out- about in this day in age. but the work is a necessary evil, on premises Time-Warner defended ideal option is for the project to ing up the sidewalk will hamper door sidewalk cafes. according to Patrick Condren, ON OUR OTHER the move as just business as be divided into two phases.” local businesses. “Between the costs of executive director of the Bay • 24 hour security usual — the kind of thing The 18-month renovation of That reminder not only led to lawyers and fees in trying to Ridge Business Improvement stoop that Chinese and Greek sta- 86th Street will begin in the the expedited repair schedule, figure out what to do, this is just District. • Convenient PAGES tions do all the time. The next few weeks as sidewalks but also a promise to put an killing me,” said Leo Lykoure- “We are talking about a wa- location (off Exit PARK SLOPE cable giant also told Beck- ter main that was built in 1896. 5 on the Belt Meat market mann that Halsik’s home is It is unquestionable that this Pkwy, B6 bus work needs to be done,” Con- RED HOOK not a “television station,” stops in front) Dumb driving but merely a facility where dren said. “I have no doubts he can collect footage for that 86th Street businesses will DUMBO Sister Act 2: Nab sib in tot slay • continue to thrive despite the Second helping future broadcast on Arab News Channel 6. He needs The Brooklyn Paper The news comes only two weeks after the sis- disturbance.” FT.GREENE the underground wiring so ter, Laura Sergio, 25, was indicted for murdering Condren also mentioned that 1730 Shore Parkway Wallabout art The sister of the Bay Ridge woman who alleged- (between Bay Parkway & 26th Avenue) he can digitally send the ly smothered her newborn baby girl and then left her newborn by allegedly smothering it with a he was impressed that the De- sign and Construction Depart- online at BrooklynPaper.com footage from his home to her outside to die is now facing charges of her own. towel shortly after giving birth on April 6. Phone: (718) 946-9200 the station. Sergio’s lawyer Thomas Cascione, who has not ment will issue a monthly “re- Halsik had the same operation in his prior residence and was District Attorney Charles Hynes announced last responded to requests for comment, insisted at Laura construction newsletter” that will Fax: (718) 266-0888 only trying to bring his work with him to his new home, accord- week that a grand jury had indicted Andria Sergio, Sergio’s arraignment earlier this month that his client keep area merchants updated. ing to Time-Warner. This left the community board in uncharted 27, of disposing of the body of the newborn that never thought she was pregnant — and didn’t know But Ridgites have a good waters — and scrambling for the dictionary to figure out the def- her sister allegedly smothered. what was happening, even after she gave birth. memory. These projects don’t al- inition of what, exactly, is a television station. She was also charged with hindering a prosecu- Hynes believes the sisters had no excuse, espe- ways go according to schedule. tion in the first, second and third degrees. All to- Baseball Cards “I can tell you it is one question this board has never had to cially since New York State law protects mothers A city water- and sewer-line re- gether, she’s facing seven years in jail. Comics · Toys deal with before,” Beckmann said. “We are trying to determine who want to give up unwanted newborns. placement at the corner of 92nd “Initially, she was only charged with moving the if there will be foot traffic and if he will have employees, or if “Pregnant women who do not want to keep Street and Fort Hamilton Park- Sports Cards body,” a source at the District Attorney’s office said. Halsik is just going to be working on his computer by himself. their babies need to realize that there is a program, way took 18 months — six Bought & Sold “But after looking at all the evidence, the grand jury Baby Safe Haven, that allows them to legally months longer than promised. We have a lot of questions, but the primary one is what consti- OPEN The Baseball Card Pokemon added the charges of hindering the prosecution.” leave their unharmed newborns at hospitals, fire- “That was a mess,” said 7 DAYS! Yu-Gi-Oh tutes a television station.” DUGOUT Sergio pleaded not guilty at last Wednesday’s ar- houses, and churches throughout Brooklyn,” Beckmann. “Let’s hope this Questions remain unanswered — but my brief encounter with 453 COURT ST. · (718) 624-2527 raignment. A date for trial has been set for June 19. Hynes said. — Lysiak time there is no comparison.” WWW.JOEROCKSCARDS.COM Halsik did leave me convinced that there is no big television sta- tion coming to 94th Street, and that Halsik is, as Time-Warner contends, only a self-employed, work-from-home guy. This became clear when Yellow Hooker rang the television maverick’s doorbell at 10 am in hopes of speaking with the man Councilman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. (and maybe get a peak at our new community station, too). “I can’t talk right now. I was sleeping and you woke me up,” a visibly irritated Halsik said. “Give me your business card, and and Region 7, Superintendent Dr. Dorita Gibson I will give you a call later.” He never called, but I walked away convinced that the bull- dozers should get on with their work and that Gamil Halsik invite you to should be allowed to carry on. If nothing else, Yellow Hooker understands that Halsik is the living, breathing, embodiment of the American Dream. Sleeping until 10 am on a Monday morning? American dream, indeed. THE KITCHEN SINK Congrats to our pals, Carmine and Sharon Santa Maria. Artists...Visionaries...Dreamers... The president and vice president of the Bensonhurst West End Community Council just welcomed their latest grandkid into the world. Dean Christian Santa Maria — the son of Carl and Lori Santa Maria — was born April 30 at Long Is- An Exhibition of Student Work land College Hospital in Cobble Hill and weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Carl is principal at PS 153 on Avenue T. … Nellie Bly amusement park is dead — but only in name. A new kiddie cen- by Student Artists of Department of Education Region 7 ter will reopen in the same Bensonhurst location next week un- der the less-inspired moniker, Adventures Entertainment. It’s along Shore Parkway at the foot of 18th Avenue. … Gris- wold’s Pub finally closed for good on Saturday. The great rib shrine will soon become, you guessed it, a bank. … The build- ing that housed the Loft restaurant at 9101 Third Ave. was sold Newhouse Gallery · Snug Harbor Cultural Center for $1.8 million and sources tell The Stoop it will be demol- ished. Does Victoria Hofmo know? … No one enjoys the golden years more than state Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island Ridge). Golden is hosting his annual senior fair on May 3 at St. Patrick’s Gymnasium (9511 Fourth Ave.). … Danzas, at 6205 18th Ave., has a great marinara sauce, but the chicken in our source’s Chicken Parmesan platter was re-heated. How did our source know? He saw it happen. … Some of the ball- May 4 to May 27 · Tuesdays to Sundays · 10 am to 5 pm fields near Shore Road Park will soon be refurbished and covered over with artificial turf, which some local papers called “Toxic Turf” after Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum put out a press release. A little research reveals such coverage to be a bit alarmist. The truth is that the amount of the supposed cancer- causing agent — polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon — is actually harmless at the level used in the turf. Councilman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Chair of the Council’s Cultural Affairs Committee, E-mail us at [email protected] is a strong supporter of the arts in our public schools. Recchia has obtained funds for arts programs in schools throughout Districts 20 and 21. These funds helped make More stoop coverage at this exhibition of student art work possible. www.BrooklynPaper.com Councilman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., 445 Neptune Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224 · 718-373-9673 4 DTZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 May 5, 2007 Police seek pervert in bizarre attack
By Lilo H. Stainton at her bedside. He fled when he The billfold held charge and lection of Japanese game cards The Brooklyn Paper realized she was awake. credit cards, a Wisconsin dri- as they rode in a subway over the Manhattan Bridge on April Talk about a real-life night- But the man’s mad dash 84th PRECINCT ver’s license, Zip Car rental in- from the building, near Atlantic formation and $80. Graffiti clean-up 28, police said. mare. The 18-year-old victim got A teenager awoke on April 28 Avenue, led him past the vic- Food swipe tim’s grandfather, who hap- thief who snatched it from her woman left her purse on her on the Manhattan-bound Q to find a freak fondling her shopping cart inside a Goodwill baby’s carriage when she Talk about desperate. By Lilo H. Stainton pened to be in the lobby. When The Brooklyn Paper train at Kings Highway. When while she lay in bed inside her store on Livingston Street, po- ducked into a second-floor rest- A boy walking home on the other teens boarded the Clinton Street home, police said. the 60-year-old asked the Warren Street on April 26 lost You don’t have to be arrested to do community service. stranger if he was a delivery lice said. room at a bookstore chain on train, at Atlantic Avenue, one of The 17-year-old was startled The 79-year-old victim was Court Street, near Schermer- his dinner to a trio of teenage Now that the weather is nice, the 88th Precinct is looking them menacingly flicked open a from her slumber around 9:30 person, the man replied that he thugs, police said. lived there — but continued out examining the clothing at the horn Street. The thief took ad- for volunteers to help remove graffiti from all over the neigh- switchblade. Once the train am by the feeling of someone vantage of her 4 pm pit stop The 14-year-old was near a the door. second-hand shop, at Bond borhood. eased onto the bridge, around 9 grabbing her breasts. When she and snatched the billfold. pet store, between Court and “It’s nice to be outside,” said 88th Precinct Community Police have forensic evi- Street, when the thief struck, at pm, the thug opened the blade opened her eyes, a stranger was The victim lost $70, a $500 Smith streets, when the trio Affairs Officer Varlos Brathwaite. He said the call to arms is dence, and are searching for a around 11:30 am. One minute again. check, her New York driver’s jumped him, around 9 pm. One not a response to a “sudden surge” in graffiti, but rather “just black man around age 25. He her bag was in the cart, the next “Give me the cards. It’s not license, and various credit thief insisted, “Empty your something that’s been stepped up in the past two or three was described as being 5-foot-6 it was gone. worth losing your life over,” the The woman found her purse cards, along with the black pockets and drop your food.” years.” armed teen said. The victim had and 160-pounds, wearing blue The youngster did so, and inside the store’s dressing room, leather wallet. The precinct is also asking residents to report any new to agree, and turned over multi- jeans, a dark blue jacket and a And on April 27, a woman the robbers snatched up the graffiti, which volunteers — and perps — will power-wash light blue skullcap. but the wallet inside was gone. ple packs of the Yu-gi-oh! cards. suffered a similar fate inside a food and ran off. and remove, free of charge. The teenage thugs detrained at The black billfold held her New One was a white Hispanic Subway heist York driver’s license, various Court Street coffeehouse fran- If community service or good weather aren’t motivation Canal Street and ran off. Awoman was thrown to the chise, near Joralemon Street. boy, around age 16, 5-foot-9 enough, there is always the money: rewards of up to $500 The victim could describe credit cards, $60 and a bank and 140 pounds, with short hair, concrete and robbed by a trio of check for $800 more. The 35-year-old woman visited are available to people who report graffiti vandalism in only the knifeman in detail; he teens as she tried to enter the the chain shop, at Joralemon a black jacket, black jeans and progress, or whose tips lead to a conviction. All calls are con- was a black boy, around 6-foot-1 subway system at Smith and Buggy blues Street, around 5:15 pm. black sneakers, cops said. De- fidential. and 210 pounds, with a red jacket Bergen streets on April 22, po- Thieves snatched two She paid for her beverage, tails on the other thieves — or Observers should dial 911 if they see someone tagging a and red hat. lice said. women’s wallets from their stowed the wallet inside the the victim’s dinner — were not building; they can also report existing graffiti, or tips on past The 80 cards, which are used The 22-year-old was heading baby strollers — both inside stroller, and sat down at a table. available. crimes, to the city’s graffiti task force through 311. To volun- for a game developed in Japan to the F train around 10:30 pm upscale Court Street franchises But by the time she left the Yu-gi-oh! teer, or request clean-up help, call the 88th Precinct at (718) (and inspired several TV shows when the thieves ran down the — in the past week, police said. store, the wallet had disap- A posse of teens held an old- 636-6511. and two movies), were valued at stairs behind her. She was head- On April 25, a Queens peared. er boy at knifepoint for his col- $500. ed through the turnstile when they threw her to the ground and grabbed her bag. The bag held a pair of shoes Baseball Cards worth $200, along with a tank top and sweatpants from Victo- Comics · Toys ria’s Secret, valued at $30 to- Fossella’s Fried Green plan gether. The victim was only able to describe one of her at- Sports Cards tackers, a black man, 6-foot-1, By Matthew Lysiak and equipment. Biodiesel is a cleaner-burn- wearing a yellow jacket. The The Brooklyn Paper “We are all sensitive to the ing alternative made from any Bought & Sold fat or vegetable oil, produced other thieves were female. Enough freedom fries will environment, and this is one by removing glycerol through a OPEN The Baseball Card Pokemon Goodwill grab turn any pol green. way to reduce our reliance on 7 DAYS! Yu-Gi-Oh foreign oil,” added Fossella, chemical process called transes- How low can you go? Just ask Rep. Vito Fossella terification. Cars that run on a DUGOUT A senior citizen lost her (R–Bay Ridge), who wants to en- whose prior commitment to the environment has been ques- pure form of biodiesel belch out 453 COURT ST. · (718) 624-2527 pocketbook on April 27 to a courage restaurants to take their 50 percent fewer ozone-deplet- used frying oil and turn it into an tioned by such groups as the WWW.JOEROCKSCARDS.COM League of Conservation Voters, ing hydrocarbons, virtually no environmentally safe fuel. sulfates (which contribute to On Monday, Fossella traveled which said Fossella supported the group 11 percent of the time acid rain), and nearly half the to Yellow Hook, a bar and grill in 2005; and Republicans for carbon monoxide as conven- MIX IT UP! popular with local conservatives, Environmental Protection, which tional diesel vehicles. to announce legislation that At KIDS COOK!, our ten-week program gave Fossella a 17-percent rat- One of Yellow Hook’s chefs O would double the tax credit — said he was all for the Fossella a c teaches children essential kitchen skills ing in the same year. in ea and techniques. Kids learn how to measure, from 50 cents a gallon to $1 — bill. n The goal of Fossella’s bill is h sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, for the makers of the so-called to encourage restaurants — “It is pretty simple: we store C as they prepare wholesome and delicious “biodiesel” fuel, whose raw ma- which currently pay private the grease, and a truck comes to foods from around the world. terial is the grease in which companies to dispose of their pick it up,” said McConnell. restaurants fry calamari, French grease — to partner with fledg- “Before you would even have Chinese Open • Afterschool classes fries and other deep-fat delights. ling biodiesel manufacturers, to pay someone to take it away, Cuisine • Private Parties To highlight his support for who may eventually pay the and now you can get paid.” 7 Days the bill, Fossella even got be- Vito Fossella is certainly no Sushi • Fun & learning for ages 5-13 restaurants for their liquid gold. a Week hind the fryers with Yellow The bill is needed, Fossella stranger to fried foods. In 2003, Salad Classes meet at 170 Hicks St. Hook Chef Eugene McConnell. said, because the cost of the fifth-term Congressman got on the bandwagon to start call- in Brooklyn Heights “It is no pie-in-the-sky idea,” biodiesel production is still high- Fossella said. “This futuristic er than the cost of producing ing French fries “freedom fries” To register, call Jane at (718) 797-0029 technology is here and now.” as part of a symbolic show of d Gr standard fuel. In 2005, it cost 67 ran an www.kidscookbrooklyn.com Fossella noted that biodiesel unity against France’s opposition G g Op d cents to produce a gallon of reg- enin enin is already being used on Staten ular diesel, compared with about to Fossella-backed war in Iraq. Op 82 Livingston Street g Island and the rest of the city by $1.41 to produce a gallon of But now he has a more im- (between Court St. & Boerum Pl.) the Parks Department to power biodiesel from from restaurant portant use for the oil that creates its 650 diesel-operated vehicles grease, Fossella’s office said. Rep. Vito Fossella those delicious freedom fries. FREE Delivery • (718) 260-8870 4 PSZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 May 5, 2007
BUY GROOMING • BOARDING DIRECT Dogs & Cats • Your Inspection Invited! Letters support 9th St bicycle path We Service the Movie Stars! Editor’s note: We received a remark- ation, and we depend on the delivery trucks that usually clog founded. Of course it will. But bike lanes and traffic-calming to allow for the more orderly ably high volume of mail regarding the safety of bike lanes for protec- the adjacent side streets. what’s to fear? Bike riding is measures on Ninth Street that flow of traffic. There is simply controversy over a city plan to eliminate tion from the increasing crush of The city plan for a single healthy, efficient and non-pol- will make the street safer for no downside to this plan. Over 35 one lane of traffic in each direction on city traffic. We cannot allow the travel lane and left turn lanes luting. Biking should be en- cyclists and pedestrians. Gary Eckstein, Park Slope WE SHIP Years Exp. Ninth Street and replace them with left- turn bays and install bike lanes on each parochial interests of a few will greatly alleviate this speed- couraged and bikes need safe This street is heavily used by To the editor, side of the street. Virtually every letter Ninth Street residents to stand in ing problem, making the route routes throughout the city. recreational users (joggers, cy- I’m thrilled to see the plan to PUPPIES & KITTENS! was in favor of the city plan. the way of an enlightened proj- safer for everyone. Christina Kelly, Cobble Hill clists, roller bladers, walkers) in get Ninth Street organized. Sim- To the editor, ect that would benefit everyone. Roger Westerman, Park Slope To the editor, Prospect Park and bicycle com- ply crossing the street is a nerve- Best Health • Home Bred • Temperments My family applauds the De- David Alquist, Park Slope To the editor, Kudos to Nica Lalli for see- muters, and therefore it is logi- racking experience when you FREE Kittens ing the light at the end of the cal for the city to make Ninth w/ Supplies partment of Transportation’s To the editor: I understand a motorist’s frus- hear a reving engine from a block 5 STAR plan to install bike lanes on I am a Park Slope resident tration when his car is stuck be- bike lane (“One driver for the Street more hospitable to these away. Ninth Street in Park Slope who uses Ninth Street frequent- hind a cyclist on a narrow street. bike lane,” Park Slope Edition, types of users. No doubt the parents of all the (“Ninth Street freezeout: ly, both as a bicycle commuter But as a cyclist, I’m frustrated, April 21). It’s encouraging that Even though I do own a car kids now in strollers will appreci- (718) 258-2342 Neighbor vs. neighbor on bike and as a motorist. too. I don’t enjoy being stressed the Department of Transporta- and sometimes drive on Ninth ate the added safety as they start lane plan,” April 21). My morning [bicycle] com- out by a driver bearing down on tion sees the lanes as a non-ne- Street, I believe it is important riding bikes together. As car-free residents of Park mute is a dangerous one, as I try me and honking the horn. gotiable safety enhancement as that street designs take into ac- Katie Gallagher, Park Slope 2082 Flatbush Ave. Bklyn, NY Slope, we use our bikes for to squeeze by in the right lane, We need to put bike lanes on a response to the community’s count the needs of pedestrians, To the editor, transportation, not just recre- avoiding suddenly opening streets like Ninth Street that are concerns growing out of the cyclists, etc., and not just the Improvements like this en- doors and frequently double- large enough to safely accom- Dizzy’s crash in 2005. needs of automobiles. courage people to get around in a parked cars. modate both bikes and cars, Steven O’Neill, Prospect Hts Murray Lantner, Mill Basin more healthy way and raise pub- I also use Ninth Street as my which may actually help mini- To the editor, To the editor, lic awareness about cycling and driving route to the Brooklyn– mize the number of bikes on the As a bicycle commuter who The proposed plan for Ninth the presence of cyclists on the Celebrate Mother’s Day! Battery Tunnel. The wide street more narrow streets. rides about 10 miles each way Street will enhance safety for streets, and their calming effect is the only sure way to be able The fear that a bike lane will from Mill Basin to Lower Man- pedestrians and bicyclists, while improves safety for everyone. to pass by garbage trucks and encourage bike riding is well hattan, I am strongly in favor of adding turning lanes for vehicle Ed Throckmorton, Park Slope Montgomery woman mugged at home
By Lilo H. Stainton asked them to copy a key for him. The thief sneaked into the The Brooklyn Paper The man programmed the ma- third-floor abode, in a building 78th PRECINCT chine and made the key, as direct- near Eighth Avenue, between A Montgomery Place resi- ed. But instead of taking the key 9:30 am and 7:30 pm. He broke dent was attacked in her lobby alone, the driver snatched the en- the front door lock and made off on April 24 by two thugs who daughter, who police said beat he had $187 and five Metro- tire machine and drove off in a with an Apple laptop, an iPod, a claimed to be looking for a another woman in the head cards in his pockets. Some of dark-green Mercury sedan with a Sony Playstation, a game con- man named “Tony” on the with the tire-changing tool after the cash and one of the cards is beige top. sole, a pair of hoop earrings third floor, police said. an April 26 dispute on Second believed to have been stolen Police are looking for a light- with stones, a pearl necklace, a The 30-year-old woman re- Avenue, near 14th Street. from a worker at the Fifth Av- skinned 5-foot-5 Hispanic man, leather wallet and $25 in coins, turned to her home, near Eighth Police arrested the 35-year- enue eatery. around 40 years old, who wore police said. Avenue, around 9:30 pm. A old parent and her 20-year-old black shoes and a black coat Smash and grab man came in the door behind Buggy blues that day. The machine — a Treat Mom to a massage, one of our daughter after the 3:30 pm at- Someone destroyed hundreds her and said he was looking for A Park Slope woman shop- StratTec Code Seeker — is val- tack at the site of a traffic slow- of dollars’ worth of collectables signature facials, a body treatment another resident. Suddenly, the down. The pair, driving in a ping for children’s clothing had ued at $4,399. or nail care this holiday! stranger pushed her to the floor her wallet stolen from her and stole cash and electronics 1998 Oldsmobile, now faces Big-dollar burg from a Butler Street basement and held her down while his fe- multiple assault charges. stroller while inside a Seventh male assistant grabbed her Avenue shop on April 23, po- For a petty thief, it was a on April 23, police said. FREE MANICURE The 35-year-old victim said mother lode. The burglar sneaked into the purse. The pair fled, leaving the lice said. the pair hunted her down with the A burglar managed to score cellar of the home, near Nevins with every gift certificate victim, uninjured but sprawled The 32-year-old was in a kid’s iron bar and that the traffic condi- electronics and jewelry valued Street, between 4 pm and 5:30 on the ground. store between President and purchase of $100 or more tions “caused the perps’ rage,” ac- at over $4,100 from an apart- pm. Once inside, he smashed Police are looking for a 5- cording to police. The woman Union streets, around 2 pm, when the theft happened. She had her ment on 12th Street on April 23, the owner’s personal items and Expires May 13, 2007 • Mention ad for offer foot-6 black woman, who was suffered head injuries, but was police said. made off with a camcorder, a last seen in blue jeans, white able to direct Police Officer Jim- wallet tucked into a bag on the sneakers and a white tank top; my Jeanmary to her attackers. back of the buggy, and said she and a 5-foot-6, bald black man, Bistro bust turned away for only a moment, who wore a tan baseball hat, a when the wallet disappeared. brown leather jacket, blue jeans Clearly, he wasn’t coming The brown leather billfold Baseball Cards and white sneakers. for the steak frites. held credit cards, her video and The pair escaped with her Police arrested a 24-year-old health club memberships, a So- Comics · Toys credit cards, Georgia driver’s li- man after workers cornered him cial Security card, and her Ger- cense, an iPod, a Treo cell- in the basement of a Fifth Av- man ID card and driver’s license. Sports Cards phone and her yellow purse. enue French restaurant on April She was not carrying cash. 28. Traffic tussle The suspect, who now faces Keyed-up Bought & Sold Traffic in and around Park burglary charges, allegedly Alivery driver snatched a Slope is enough to make any- sneaked through a side door of costly key-making machine OPEN The Baseball Card Pokemon one’s blood boil. But not all the bistro, near Carroll Street, from a Fifth Avenue hardware 7 DAYS! Yu-Gi-Oh drivers take their frustrations just before 9 pm. The door led shop on April 24, police said. DUGOUT 157 Fifth Avenue (between Lincoln and St. Johns) Park Slope, NY 11217 TEL 718-398-2100 out with a tire iron. to a basement, where staff A 34-year-old worker in the That appears to be the route found him cowering in a corner. store, near Ninth Street, said the 453 COURT ST. · (718) 624-2527 Open 7 days www.dmaiurbanspa.com Extended Hours to relief sought by a mother and When police arrested the man, cabbie came in around 1 pm and WWW.JOEROCKSCARDS.COM 4 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 May 5, 2007 Brooklyn’s Best Fossella’s fried green proposal HOTEL cents to produce a gallon of reg- Free Continental Breakfast • 60 Rooms With All Amenities Rep. wants ular diesel, compared with about $1.41 to produce a gallon of Meeting Hall • Fitness Room • 4 Jacuzzi Rooms • Free Wireless Internet biodiesel from from restaurant to spur bio- grease, Fossella’s office said. Secure Limited Parking • View On The Bay • Close To Restaurants Biodiesel is a cleaner-burn- diesel fuel ing alternative made from any fat or vegetable oil, produced Convenient Location By Matthew Lysiak by removing glycerol through a The Brooklyn Paper chemical process called transes- terification. Cars that run on a Enough freedom fries will pure form of biodiesel belch out turn any pol green. 50 percent fewer ozone-deplet- Just ask Rep. Vito Fossella ing hydrocarbons, virtually no (R–Bay Ridge), who wants to en- sulfates (which contribute to courage restaurants to take their acid rain), and nearly half the used frying oil and turn it into an carbon monoxide as conven- environmentally safe fuel. tional diesel vehicles. On Monday, Fossella traveled One of Yellow Hook’s chefs to Yellow Hook, a bar and grill said he was all for the Fossella popular with local conservatives, bill. to announce legislation that “It is pretty simple: we store would double the tax credit — the grease, and a truck comes to from 50 cents a gallon to $1 — pick it up,” said McConnell. for the makers of the so-called “Before you would even have “biodiesel” fuel, whose raw ma- to pay someone to take it away, terial is the grease in which and now you can get paid.” restaurants fry calamari, French Vito Fossella is certainly no fries and other deep-fat delights. stranger to fried foods. In 2003, To highlight his support for the fifth-term Congressman got the bill, Fossella even got be- on the bandwagon to start call- hind the fryers with Yellow ing French fries “freedom fries” Hook Chef Eugene McConnell. as part of a symbolic show of “It is no pie-in-the-sky idea,” unity against France’s opposition Fossella said. “This futuristic Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) gets behind the fryer at Yellow Hook bar in Bay Ridge to pro- to Fossella-backed war in Iraq. 8 mi. to JFK • 20 mi. to LaGuardia technology is here and now.” mote his bill that would encourage the creation of more biodiesel fuel. But now he has a more im- BY CHOICE HOTELS Fossella noted that biodiesel portant use for the oil that creates is already being used on Staten foreign oil,” added Fossella, Environmental Protection, which ling biodiesel manufacturers, those delicious freedom fries. Island and the rest of the city by whose prior commitment to the gave Fossella a 17-percent rat- who may eventually pay the “The bill is a win-win situa- 3218 Emmons Ave. Bklyn, NY SHEEPSHEAD BAY the Parks Department to power environment has been ques- ing in the same year. restaurants for their liquid gold. tion for both the restaurant op- its 650 diesel-operated vehicles tioned by such groups as the The goal of Fossella’s bill is The bill is needed, Fossella erator, who now has another vi- (betw. Coyle & Bragg) E-mail: [email protected] and equipment. League of Conservation Voters, to encourage restaurants — said, because the cost of able option for the disposal of “We are all sensitive to the which said Fossella supported which currently pay private biodiesel production is still high- old oil, as well as the general Fax (718) 368-3963 Tel: (718) 368-3334 environment, and this is one the group 11 percent of the time companies to dispose of their er than the cost of producing public, who benefit from ener- way to reduce our reliance on in 2005; and Republicans for grease — to partner with fledg- standard fuel. In 2005, it cost 67 gy conservation,” Fossella said. Disguise master cashes $30,000 at ‘auto shop’ By Matthew Lysiak Unchained bike and Michael Giardina A middle-aged man had his The Brooklyn Paper bike stolen after leaving it un- chained outside a 19th Avenue 68th Precinct home on April 29. The 46-year-old man left the A man created a new identity home, which is near 79th for himself before swindling his Street, at around 3 pm. He re- victim out of almost $30,000. turned to notice that someone The 44-year-old victim no- had taken his bike — and the ticed the cash missing when he wallet and cellphone that he checked his bank statement at 6 had laid on top of it. pm on April 7, and immediately called the cops. Thief caught Police say the man first went A woman attempting to rob a into the Fifth Avenue and 75th Bay Parkway department store Street bank and asked for a on April 27 was later caught by cashier’s check in the amount the entrance doors with a car- of $29,620. riage full of goods. When the teller asked for Store guards caught the wo- identification, the perp pulled man at around 6 pm after she out a fake driver’s license with had somehow gotten past the his picture, but the victim’s checkout area with the items. identity. The $1,122 in goods were The check was issued and returned to the store, which is then immediately cashed at an near Cropsey Avenue. “auto store,” according to the Finger stick-up victim’s bank statement. But An 18th Avenue pharmacy when cops tried to track the was robbed at finger point on phone number, they discovered April 27, when a thug simulat- it was a phony. ed a handgun with a plastic bag. Chevy trick It all went down around 5 A thief who pretended that am within the pharmacy, which he was falling off the steps of a is near 65th Street. The perp bus swiped the wallet of a came into the drug store de- Good Samaritan as she tried to manding money, and when the help him regain his balance on cashier refused, he pulled out April 25. the ever-dangerous plastic-bag- Cops say the pratfalling perp covered finger. Apparently, the bumped into the 22-year-old digit was enough to scare cus- victim at the corner of Fifth Av- tomers and employees, who enue and 86th Street at around handed over $1,200 in cash and 4:20 pm. coins, police said. He made off with two debit The thief hoped into a blue cards, a Victoria’s Secret credit minivan and sped down 64th card, and a $20 Barnes and No- street, cops said. ble gift card. Evening mug Map missing A trio of thugs attacked and A navigation system, along mugged a man as he walked with some other expensive ac- home from an 18th Avenue cessories, was stolen from a van video chain on April 26 — but on April 3. they didn’t batter him so much The 26-year-old victim was that he couldn’t later help cops awakened by his car alarm at nab two of them. 5:20 am, so he looked out the The 20-year-old victim was on window to see a perp jumping 78th Street, near 20th Avenue, at out of his 1994 Chevy Astrovan around 6:30 pm when two guys and into a green Celica that and one girl approached him. The quickly sped off from the crime threesome proceeded to choke scene, which was on Second and punch him, knocking him to Avenue near 95th Street. the ground. Next, the thugs The perp made off with snatched his bag, which con- $3,569 worth of goods, includ- tained $130, including his credit ing a navigation system. and debit cards, police said. Police later caught the girl Perp no pay pal and one of the thugs, and the An unknown perp made victim positively identified them. $4,000 in online purchases after stealing a 27-year-old woman’s Trunk travesty identity on April 14. A man who had parked his The woman discovered the truck on Cropsey Avenue re- fraud when one of her credit card turned hours later to discover companies notified her of suspi- thieves had stolen the tailgate cious activity on her account. door off the back of the vehicle. Police say the largest pur- The 55-year-old man discov- chases were set up through a ered the unusual robbery at Paypal account and that the around noon on April 23. The stolen goods were delivered to truck had been parked near Bay an apartment on Third Avenue 16th Street. After calling the and Third Street — nowhere manufacturer, the victim told near the woman’s home on police that the rear lift gate was Colonial Road and 79th Street. worth $2,500. Fur follies 62nd Precinct Five fancy fur coats — val- ued at $12,500 — are missing Afternoon stroll from an 86th Street fur store. A woman’s leisurely walk The owner first discovered along 18th Avenue was ruined the filched furs on April 17 dur- when a thug snatched her purse ing a routine inventory at the on April 29. store, which is near 17th Av- The victim was near 62nd enue. The owner told police Street at around 3 pm, when that he suspects his employee someone came from behind her was involved in the heist be- and swiped the handbag. cause they were alone in the The pocketbook contained store the previous day. more than $1,500, plus credit No charges have been filed and debit cards, police said. against the employee — yet. May 5, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 5
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York, 2007 Consolidated Edison Company of New © 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 May 5, 2007 Meet Brooklyn KIDS THE TEENS Fencing the Center • Group Classes beginner to advanced new Brooklyn Paper 5 years to adults • Open Fencing SCHOOL CAMPS Monday - Saturday • Private Lessons Yards • Summer Camps Parties up to 20 kids By Ariella Cohen FENCING BIRTHDAY PACKAGES! Ages 6 & up The Brooklyn Paper 62 Fourth St. (corner of Hoyt) • (718) 522-5822 It’s back to the drawing STYLE PARENT MUSIC board for the Atlantic Yards www.BrooklynFencing.com — they wish. Armed with a digital projec- tor and a lot of lung power, a group of planning wonks came together last Saturday to create Physically Active, a new development at the At- lantic Yards site in the (unlike- Smartmom’s mea culpa to ly) event that the various law- Nature Oriented, suits aimed at blocking Ratner’s $4-billion residential, retail, of- fice and arena project succeed. Outdoor,Traveling “If this project is stopped, we all the stepmoms among us must be pre- Day Camp pared with a plan that the N THESE VERY PAGES, Step-parents occupy such a attitude.’” Daily Trips to: Swimming at a lake, pool and community Smartmom inadvertently tricky spot. They are required to Smartmom’s conversation the beach. Weekly hikes and trips to Museums, wants to move insulted her stepmother, become part of something that with Savvy Stepmom made her forward,” said I Zoos, Playgrounds, The Aquarium, Liberty Science MiMa Cat. It was the article existed before they came along. want to call MiMa Cat up and Councilwoman about the Buddhist Haggadah. They’re supposed to blend to- SMART make a lunch date. They need Center, Bowling and a special trip to Sesame Place Letitia James (D- Smartmom neglected to men- gether like Skippy creamy to have a talk about so many Prospect Heights), who attend- tion that for many of the past 20 peanut butter with people they things. ed the event, which was mod- •Experienced, years, MiMa Cat has prepared a barely know. It’s been a long journey, but eled after the “UNITY” delicious family Passover feast. Getting close to one’s step- mom Smartmom knows that they are Carefully Chosen, planning forums she organized mom can feel like a betrayal of finally at the point where they Adult Staff in 2005. A superlative cook, MiMa Cat cooks up tasty Seder classics your actual mom. But not get- By Louise Crawford love and trust one another • Flexible Schedule: Those planning forums cre- ting close to one’s step-mom enough to be able to share what ated a rival bid for the Yards like brisket, homemade matzoh 3, 4, 5 or 6 weeks ball soup, and noodle kugel. can feel like a betrayal of your they’ve been through and site, the Extell Development mother. She’s a beautiful, involved in a proxy war be- Yum. dad. where they’re going. 3, 4or5days a plan, which was rejected by the It’s a lose-lose situation for warm, funny, interesting person tween her parents. week state (in a sham process, Yards So it’s understandable that Smartmom Louise Crawford children of divorce caught in who has always been very kind It’s something divorced par- is hosting the Second Annual opponents say). MiMa Cat felt sideswiped by • Early drop-off that tug-of-war between their to Smartmom. ents do all the time. And Smart- Brooklyn Blogfest on May 10 at This time around, seven-hour Smartmom’s omission of her in (8am) and late parents. And step-moms have MARTMOM first met mom and MiMa Cat, like many 8 pm at the Old Stone House (in think-fest was sponsored by the her column. step-moms and stepchildren, pick up (6pm) “You know, you hurt my been singled out for particular MiMa Cat back in 1980, J.J. Byrne Park, between Fourth Council of Brooklyn Neighbor- the year she graduated pay dearly. It nearly ruined and Fifth avenues and between available hoods, a coalition of 26 civic feelings. I’ve made so many scorn throughout popular cul- S from college. Her parents sepa- Smartmom’s wedding and her Passovers for all of us,” she told ture (“Cinderella,” anyone?). Third and Fourth streets). groups, and the Center for Com- rated in 1975, and her father relationship with MiMa Cat. • Ages 5 to 11 Smartmom a few weeks ago. MiMa Cat is no wicked step- munity Planning and Develop- and MiMa Cat were moving What’s a girl to do? Some- years ment at Hunter College. The fact is: MiMa Cat is an into an apartment in Brooklyn one should write a how-to man- The resulting “New Unity” incredibly huge part of her life, Heights. ual for stepparents and children FAMILY plan resembles Atlantic Yards so Smartmom tried not to get OK, so it was a little strange of divorce or, at the very least, Park Slope • (718) 768-6419 defensive. But of course she — but with smaller buildings, for Smartmom (then just Smart- set up a support group. CLASSIFIED 27 years of operation was. “The article was about the an Atlantic Avenue with a daughter) to meet his father’s ND THAT’S EXACTLY Buddhist Haggadah. It wasn’t planted median, a hotel in a re- girlfriend. But she rose to the what one stepmother — about you,” she told her on the stored Ward Bakery building, occasion with aplomb, and call her Savvy Stepmom Entertainment more affordable housing, a verge of hyperventilation. A soon Smartmom, Diaper Diva, — did in Park Slope, creating a PARK SLOPE • BAY RIDGE • WINDSOR TERRACE • KENSINGTON manufacturing area, artists’ stu- But that wasn’t the point, Groovy Grandpa and MiMa safe place where stepparents dios — no big box retail, no su- and Smartmom knew it. She Cat were having weekly din- could commiserate. perblocks, more open space and had, by omitting MiMa Cat, ners and occasional weekends Smartmom spoke with no — they repeat, no — arena. “Quality Magic At Affordable Prices” made her feel invisible. at MiMa Cat’s beach house. Savvy Stepmom, who works as In other words, it doesn’t re- And that’s an awful feeling. Things soured a bit when a doula and massage therapist. Magicians • Clowns • Jugglers semble Atlantic Yards at all. Facepaint • Cotton Candy • Bounce Tents And it got Smartmom to thinking Smartmom and Hepcat tied the She moved in with her Shows Starting @ $99 about their relationship. They’ve knot after Smartmom’s mother boyfriend a year ago and they www.MagicalEntertainmentPlus.com definitely had their ups and wouldn’t allow MiMa Cat to want his 12-year-old daughter 718.308.6060 downs but together they’ve creat- come to the wedding. Smart- spend more time with them in A39 ed new family traditions — spe- mom was angry and confused. Brooklyn. cial birthday dinners, games of She wanted to please her Rico the Clown Six women and one man Magician & Comical Nerd charades, and October weekend’s mother, but she certainly didn’t came to the first meeting of ROOF Smartmom and Hepcat on Birthday parties and special upstate — that are meaningful want to hurt MiMa Cat. Mostly, Brooklyn Step-parents at the their wedding day. occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, Continued from page 1 and fun to both of them. though, she didn’t want to be Tea Lounge on Union Street. Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, Michaels added. According to Savvy Stepmom, Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. Nonetheless, in the wake of most of the women are preg- “University Professor of Speech & Communications” the accident, Councilmember nant or have their own kids so 718-434-9697 917-318-9092 David Yassky (D–Brooklyn they are dealing with blended A45 Heights) reminded state offi- families. A few of the people cials that they’d promised to have step kids with ADD or Photography hire a construction overseer PARK SLOPE ADHD and wanted to talk who would “be responsible and about those special challenges. Our Camp accountable.” And there was a lot of talk • Variety of programs for 1 “This was a very serious ac- LITERACY about exes. campers age 3 /2 to 15 cident and there should be no Everyone seemed to agree construction or demolition ac- • Safe, fun, stimulating that trying to blend families is environment Open House for tivity at Atlantic Yards until that no walk down Seventh Avenue. person is appointed,” Yassky In fact, it’s more like a murky • Very flexible registration; Summer Camp added. swim in the Gowanus. accommodating 9 week An ESDC spokesman said Where Kids Learn to Read, Spell, For Savvy Stepmom, getting season Saturday, May 12 that the agency is “still in the to know her stepdaughter hasn’t • Free morning transportation Presentations at 12 & 1pm middle of a search for a moni- Comprehend and Communicate been easy. “I’m not a parent. from most Bay Ridge and tor that will oversee construc- I’m a stranger. 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While I want her CHILDREN’S PHOTOGRAPHER AKRF is the city-hired firm to love me, I don’t blame her that recently issued a much-ma- www.parkslopeliteracy.com (718) 768-3526 for not loving me right away. ligned report that argued that But it’s hard to be rejected.” seven houses on Duffield Street Savvy Stepmom remains in Downtown Brooklyn could hopeful. “One day, she will be torn down because they do come around to see that I am a not have a link to the Under- nice person and that I want to ground Railroad. Day be her friend. I would love to be “Oh, not that firm again,” a positive influence in her life.” KIDS PORTRAITS said Councilwoman Letitia But it could be a long haul. RECITALS & BIRTHDAYS James (D–Prospect Heights) School, Adolescence is a difficult time FAMILY GATHERINGS when told that AKRF was for children of divorce. They 212-866-2822 working at the Yards site. 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Fast fashion When the dust settled after BK Fashion Week(end) in March, we were left with one question: Where were all the Williamsburgers? This weekend, L-train types will find out for them- selves with the first “Williamsburg Fashion Weekend.” The three-day festival will feature local designers as well as live music, belly dancing and performance art. (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings May 5, 2007 Event organizer Artur Arbit told GO Brooklyn that there is no way to compare what’s happening in Williamsburg with the fashions shown at BK Fashion Week(end). “We’re showing designers outside the mainstream,” he said. “This is Williamsburg, the most stylish place in the country,” said Arbit, “Yet we have [had] rock shows, but no fashion shows.” Not anymore. “Williamsburg Fashion Weekend” at Secret Pro- ject Robot (210 Kent Ave., at Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg) will take place May 4–6. Free. For Drink it up information, visit www.secretprojectrobot.org. The Brooklyn cocktail finally comes into its own — Angela Gaimari MUSIC
/ Josh Saul Killah in Bklyn It’s only three years old, but the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival has scored big time, landing Ghostface Killah to headline the five-day event this June.
The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn The rapper, most fa- mous for his work with the Wu-Tang Clan, will perform for free.
/ Daniel Krieger In the rap world, this is big news. “Ghostface has a cult following that’s as odd- ball and colorful as the The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn rapper himself,” said An- High spirits: Clockwise from above, drinkers at the Greene Grape chat with James drew Simon, managing editor of Complex magazine. Waller and Ramona Ponce, LeNell Smothers, Linda Swain pouring a Brooklyn at The New Yorker recently called Ghostface, who reBar and Kevin Mulvaney mixing his version at Fourth Avenue Pub. will perform on June 23, “the de-facto Wu-Tang stan- By Joshua Saul dard-bearer,” and described his voice as “a gorgeous and Chris Varmus this cocktail is nearer the original version of created a high-octane version of the drink. / Chris Varmus instrument.” for The Brooklyn Paper Manhattan than most Manhattans nowa- Over in Park Slope, the Fourth Avenue And you know, we always take our rap advice from days,” he added. “I’m prejudiced — I live in Pub has a more traditional version of the the New Yorker. t’s a fact: people prefer Brooklyn. At least and love Brooklyn, but the Manhattan is my cocktail. “We didn’t invent the Brooklyn, Check out www.brooklynbodega.com for infor-
they do when they’re drinking. favorite cocktail. I’m a biased guy.” though we kind of wish we did,” opined bar- Paper The Brooklyn mation. — Dana Rubinstein I According to James Waller, Fort Greene The perfect cocktail, however, is something tender and co-owner Kevin Mulvaney. “It’s resident and author of “Drinkology: The Art that people often have trouble agreeing on. a simple variation on the Manhattan. Just mask the taste of the bourbon.” They make and Science of the Cocktail,” 80 percent of the “The Brooklyn is a favorite of mine,” said like Brooklyn the borough is to Manhattan the Brooklyn with dry vermouth and a dash people he recently polled preferred sipping the LeNell Smothers, the whiskey-wise owner of — a little less sweet, a little more edgy, a lit- of bitters, a subtler combination that brings Brooklyn to the better-known Manhattan. LeNell’s, Red Hook’s “wine and spirit bou- tle better.” out the oaky, refined flavor of the bourbon. DINING At a tasting event last week at Fort Greene’s tique.” “I’m a bit disappointed in how many Here, as with the traditional Manhattan, So, while not every bar in the borough has Greene Grape liquor piss-poor versions ex- the Brooklyn is served with a maraschino wised-up to the Brooklyn just yet, it’s only a store, Waller mixed ist around Brooklyn.” cherry — but that is the only sweet element matter of time. Gone will be the days where up versions of both DRINKING Smothers cites a in the cocktail. You have to work for it, like a the proud local has only beer to order — and Pig out cocktails and let the 1910 article from the child powering through lima beans to get to don’t let the possibility of an uninformed thirsty patrons decide. Greene Grape (765 Fulton St., at South Washington Post that dessert. You can’t have your cherry ’til you barkeep stop you from trying. “If you can On May 12, you’ll definitely want to hoof it over to They overwhelmingly Portland Avenue in Fort Greene) is open Sun- gives a gin-heavy finish your bourbon. make a margarita or a martini,” Linda Empire Fulton-Ferry State Park for the seventh annual day through Wednesday from noon–9 pm, chose this borough’s Thursday and Friday from noon–10 pm and recipe for the cock- “The thing about a Manhattan,” Mulvaney Swain, a bartender at reBar told us, “you can Brooklyn Pigfest. Starting at 1 pm, the park will go offering. Saturday from 10 am–10 pm. For information, tail as one example. said, “is sometimes the sweet vermouth can make a Brooklyn.” barnyard with four expert barbeque teams, a trough’s The original Man- call (718) 797-9463. “The article does not worth of Brooklyn Brewery suds, and a performance by reBar (upstairs at 147 Front St., between hattan, according to Pearl and Jay streets in DUMBO) is open Sun- speak highly of this local bluegrass six-piece, the Cobble Hillbillies. Waller, was invented day through Tuesday from 1 pm–2 am and drink, quoting a bar- “We start cooking on Friday morning,” said Water- in the 1870s to honor Wednesday through Saturday from 1 pm–4 tender saying if he front Alehouse owner Sam Barbieri. “It takes about 22 Lady Sarah Churchill am. For information, call (718) 797-2322. lived in Brooklyn, he hours to cook the whole pig, but it’s good practice for fu- Fourth Avenue Pub (76 Fourth Ave., at St. In the drink — Winston’s mother Mark’s Place in Park Slope) is open daily from 3 might stick to beer ture competitions.” — who, despite being pm–4 am For information, call (718) 643-2273. rather than drink James Waller’s “The Art and Science of Barbieri and his team are a resident of Brooklyn this,” she said. “Af- the Cocktail” lays out this recipe for the happy to work alongside the Heights, was having a ter stumbling across Brooklyn. Deceptively simple, the other pit masters at the event party thrown for her at the Manhattan Club. this recipe, I figure there have been question- recipe might be short on ingredients, — from which all of the pro- The drink was originally made with sweet able versions for many, many years.” but it’s big on flavor and certainly packs ceeds are being donated to the vermouth, bourbon and bitters, but has One of the newest cocktails to bear the bor- a punch. Brooklyn Bridge Park Conser- changed over time, especially as rye has fallen ough’s name is the Brooklyn at reBar, the pop- vancy — because “we’re not competing here, we’re 1 1/2 ounces rye out of (and recently back into) style. Waller ular DUMBO watering hole. A far cry from 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth complementing one another.” kept the original version in mind, though, the classic formula, however, reBar’s concoc- Dash maraschino liqueur Though the price of admission might break a piggy when creating the Brooklyn. He uses rye tion is better suited for a mug than a flask. bank, the entry ticket includes all the beer you can whiskey and sweet vermouth, but eschews bit- “Everyone loves energy drinks to be able Rim a chilled cocktail glass with a drink, making it a bit easier to wash down the heaps of ters in favor of sugary maraschino liqueur. to stay up late, but this is a more elegant way lemon twist. Combine the other ingre- meat and piles of sides. “It’s based on other recipes,” Waller told to do it,” owner Jason Stevens told GO / Daniel Krieger dients in a mixing glass, with ice. Stir, Brooklyn Pigfest will be held at the Tobacco GO Brooklyn. “The other Brooklyn cocktail Brooklyn. His version of the drink is heavy and strain into the cocktail glass. Gar- Warehouse at Empire Fulton-Ferry State Park recipes I’ve read have called for Canadian on an aspect of the borough he’s particularly nish with the twist. (Water and Dock streets in DUMBO) on May 12 whiskey, but I substituted rye as a nod to the keen on — coffee. Mixing vanilla vodka with — from “The Art and Science of from 1–6 pm. Tickets are $75 in advance and $85 original history of the Manhattan cocktail.” Kahlua, Frangelico and coffee, then garnish- the Cocktail” by James Waller on the day of the fest. For information, visit The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn “Brooklynites can be proud of the fact that ing the brew with roasted beans, Stevens has www.brooklynbrewery.com. — Joe Pompeo
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Brunch is available on weekends from chef Octavio Simancas (above) are bringing gourmet grub to Fort Greene. saw past the avenue’s rough edges and, 11 am to 5:30 pm. Subway: C and G to this past September, opened Chez Lola. Clinton/Washington Ave., B,M,Q,R to The pair also owns Chez Oskar on DeKalb Ave. For information, call (718) richness of grilled fresh tuna “es- seared, full of deep mineral flavor and DeKalb Avenue — the area’s now-staid 858-1484 or visit www.bistrolola.com. cabeche” with tart, lemony slices of cooked to a rosy tenderness with big Main Street — yet they have fully em- caramelized green and red peppers. shiitake mushroom caps making a soft braced their new home on the neigh- Entrees zigzag all over the globe, foil to the dense beef. borhood’s latest frontier. a bracing, curry-laced broth of white stopping in Morocco for lamb tagine And the frites! They’re thin, full of Janssen’s carefully crafted setting wine, lemon juice and garlic. No one at and France for a chicken breast Proven- potato flavor and salty enough to war- has a languid 1920s-style glamour; a my table could resist dipping slices of cal. There are also visits to Spain, New rant the glass of Bordeaux I ordered. patron could spend an evening letting crusty bread into the lush soup. There Zealand and the United States. (The wine list is well priced with a few ALSO JOIN US FOR ADDITIONAL TASTINGS his eyes wander slowly from one area wasn’t a drop left when the waitress A good old American sirloin steak esoteric choices in the mix, though it of the eatery to another, from the cleared away the dish. was given a French twist with a crust of could use more offerings by the glass.) shelves behind the mahogany bar lined Another winning starter featured the black pepper. The meat was ordered A thick slice of salmon steak was as Saturday, May 12 at noon with tea-colored Japanese patterns to sunny tastes of Spain. Simancas cut the medium rare and arrived perfectly bold and satisfying as the sirloin. The the clever wine rack made from the fish was moist with its ring of fat Sunday, May 13, 2-6 pm coils of an old box spring. In the back, seared to a crisp crust. It sat over a hash and just right for the warm weather, is a of Yukon gold potatoes tossed in a gorgeous, tree-shaded terrace, its floor pleasing dressing of olive oil, lemon patterned in green and cream marble juice and parsley. diamonds. A mix of antiques is casually It’s a pleasure to read a dessert menu displayed along one wall. The garden without the holy trinity — cheesecake, would make an unforgettable setting molten chocolate cake and tiramisu — for an informal wedding. that appear in too many of the bor- For the menu, the duo has tapped ough’s eateries. But, alas, this list into the considerable talents of Octavio promises more than it delivers. Simancas who has also served as exec- Who could pass on a “white choco- utive chef at Chez Oskar. Unlike the late lavender bread pudding”? Not me. mostly French menu there, however, It started with a promising spoonful of Chez Lola offers traditional bistro stan- silky creme anglaise lightly perfumed dards as well as dishes with a global in- with the herb. Too bad the pudding fluence. The fare is lighter than French lacked the custardy moistness that classics, with a liberal use of fresh makes the dessert so delectable. “Libby herbs and olive oil standing in for but- Hellman’s crunchy meringue pie” tast- ter. ed like something you’d find on a Each evening, Simancas offers spe- Passover Seder table: not crunchy, cial homemade ravioli that can be rather dry and with a strong, nutty taste. shared as an appetizer. Recently, the pa- But a tart was dubbed “the best choco- per-thin pasta squares were filled with late dessert I’ve ever had” by the pastry
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KICK OFF NY DESIGN WEEK AT BKLYN g DESIGNSTM Workin week 2007 Joshua Ferris chronicles life in cubicles A JURIED EXHIBIT By Chris Varmus renegade, the clown — and and Garbedian dream of open- OF THE BEST for The Brooklyn Paper then those same stereotypes ing a landscaping company (an- CONTEMPORARY get turned on their heads with other job Ferris enjoyed in his FURNISHINGS met Joshua Ferris at B61, a surprising actions. For exam- youth). Mota, trying to con- MADE IN BROOKLYN cozy bar on Columbia ple, Tom Mota, whose angry vince Carl to join him, writes in Street that has views of behavior and inter-office mis- an e-mail, “Think of it. The sun I THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTS Brooklyn’s waterfront. It was sives cause co-workers to on the back of your neck. The about as far from a cubicle as imagine he will gun them all taste of cold water after you’ve you can get. It’s also where down after being laid off, ap- worked up a genuine thirst. The Ferris, author of “Then We pears the most affected of any- pleasures of a well-groomed Came to the End,” a poignant one at the funeral of Janine lawn.” Landscaping, for Ferris, and darkly funny debut novel, Gorjanc’s abducted daughter. seems to represent “getting out” SUPPORTED BY engages in his two favorite I asked Ferris which charac- in the most desirable of ways. MAY 11- 13, 2007
pastimes: drinking beer and ter he identified with most: Ben- Carroll Gardens, where Fer- / Daniel Krieger shooting pool. ris has lived since 2002, ap- ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE It’s a setting we peals to him for some of the 38 WATER STREET can all identify BOOKS same reasons. It’s still develop- + with: hating your ing under the radar in certain SMACK MELLON “Then We Came to the End” is avail- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn 92 PLYMOUTH STREET job, but living in able at BookCourt (163 Court St. at Dean ways, creating opportunities for fear of being fired. Street in Cobble Hill) for $19.19. For informa- emerging artists to define their Joshua Ferris, author of “Then We Came to the End.” + In “Then We Came tion, visit www.ThenWeCameToTheEnd.com. landscapes. BKLYN DESIGNS ANNEX to the End,” Ferris “I’m here for the duration,” about working in an office are cure and self-consciously ma- 81 FRONT STREET explores the intrica- he said. “ I love it.” the people.” nipulative advertising world, DUMBO, BROOKLYN cies of cubicle life, from back- ny Shassburger, who makes Though he has no desire to Ferris now spends his days there is no narrator, only the dis- biting and sordid gossip to everyone wait in his office for go back to office life — he’s a writing — longhand — in his embodied voice of the group, For information about downright bizarre behavior, in- him to get coffee before telling writer “for real” since getting apartment, while his wife occasionally derisively referred tickets, seminars and events INTERIOR cluding acts of outright ven- his stories? Or Carl Garbedian, his MFA from UC–Irvine and a works at her Manhattan office. to as “you people.” (The one DESIGN visit www.bklyndesigns.com geance. whose fear of admitting to his $65,000 grant from the Interna- He’s not very active in any sort time Ferris breaks from the magazine It’s been years since Ferris doctor wife that he’s depressed tional Institute of Modern Let- of Brooklyn literary scene “we” voice is in describing the himself has worked in an office. incites him to steal Janine’s anti- ters — he clearly misses certain (though he recently had a well- solitary evening fearsome boss BKLYN DESIGNS™ receives additional support from Speaker His last job was at the end of depressants? social aspects of working: the attended reading at Union Hall lady Lynn Mason spends the Sheldon Silver and the Brooklyn Delegation to the NYS Assembly, Speaker Christine Quinn and the Brooklyn Delegation to the NYC the dot-com era, at a Chicago Ferris dodged the question coffee and smoke breaks, story- in Park Slope). Rather, his daily night before going into the hos- Council and the New York City Department of Small Business Services. advertising firm not dissimilar artfully, explaining that it was telling sessions around the wa- interactions are mainly limited pital for surgery. In doing so, he to the one in his book. Perhaps more like each character corre- ter cooler, shared deadlines on to the service industry: his land- creates an even more uncom- that distance — he now spends sponded to a part of his person- group projects. What he doesn’t lord, the bartender at B61 and fortably intimate glimpse of a leisurely afternoons perched on ality, with the sum of the parts miss is the constant tension of the sandwich makers at Ca- lonely and vulnerable woman.) a barstool — is what gives him adding up to a greater whole. having to be nice, day in and puto’s. He especially attached The idea Ferris manages to get the perspective to give such a Ferris’s first job, one that is day out, to people to whom he to his UPS guy, Joe, whom he across with this narrative is that balanced, if not rosy, account. dear to his heart, was busing ta- was essentially indifferent. gave an advance copy of the while individuals are messy and In a neat trick, his characters bles at a Godfather’s Pizza in “Without a doubt, what I book. “He liked it a lot,” said conflicted, the group eventually start off embodying familiar Florida when he was 12. His miss most about working in an Ferris. “He’s been recommend- does level itself out. office stereotypes — the story- affection for hands-on work is office are the people.” He went ing it to his friends.” But, hey, it’s all in a day’s teller, the gossip, the slut, the apparent from the way Mota on. “What I don’t miss at all In Ferris’s inherently inse- work.
Mendelssohn and Schubert. $40. 8 pm. your-own-pace, self-guided tour features Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at five Brooklyn Heights brownstones. $30. 1 the East River. (718) 624-2083. pm to 5 pm. Tickets available at St. Ann’s 9 DAYS... BAM: Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline.” 7:30 pm. School, 129 Pierrepont St. (718) 875-5607. See Sat., May 12. Continued from page 2 PERFORMANCE BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents ments and mausoleums and hear stories THURS, MAY 10 Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline,” a mix of fanta- about permanently entombed residents. sy and reality. $25 to $65. 2 pm and 7:30 $13, $10 members, $8 seniors and stu- OPENING: Shakespeare’s Sister presents pm. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) dents. 1 pm to 3:30 pm. Meet at 25th “New Paintings by Georgia Redd and Linda 636-4100. Street and Fifth Avenue. (718) 788-8500. Moses.” 5 pm to 7 pm. 270 Court St. (718) 651 ARTS: presents singer/ guitarist Aurelio SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE: 59th annual 694-0084. Free. 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Information GALLERY PLAYERS: presents an improv chal- presents “La Divina Commedia.” Musicians prika and others. $20 includes refreshments. includes adult day care, counseling services, lenge. $8 kids, parents free. 11 am. 199 perform selections from Dante’s time. 4 7:30 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. nursing homes, home care, medical servic- 14th St. (718) 595-0547. pm. St. Augustine Church, 116 Sixth Ave. es, physical therapy, meals-on-wheels and Call for more info. (917) 544-9514. Free. transportation. 9:30 am to 11:30 am. OTHER BAM: Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline.” 3 pm. See TUES, MAY 8 Sunset Park Senior Center, 4520 Fourth BROOKLYN DESIGNS: Fifth annual event of Sat., May 5. Ave. (718) 492-9370. Free. NY’s curated design show opens. Works on IMPACT THEATER: “Orphans.” 3 pm. See NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: presents BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS: 41st annual film view from established and emerging design- Sat., May 5. “Paper Passages: Collages by Chris Pelle- and video festival continues. 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Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Public Library’s Midwood branch, East 16th Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. info, www.bklyndesigns.com. Fourth Avenue and 81st Street. (718) 836- Street and Avenue J. (718) 252-0967. Free. DRAWING CLASS: Workshop features female HEALTH FEST: Lutheran Family Health Center 3103. SENIOR MEETING: AARP Bay Ridge Chapter models. Short poses for artists. $10. 8 pm hosts a day of information for the entire UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family entertainment. meets. 2:30 pm. Shore Hill, 9000 Shore Rd. to midnight. Retreat Lounge, 147 Front St., family. 10 am to 3 pm. 150 55th St. (718) 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm. See Sat., May 5. 2nd floor. [email protected] 630-7208. Free. “ (718) 748-9114. ” ARTS SEMINAR: Legal and business issues for BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert fea- INDIE MARKET: Collective of Brooklyn-based OTHER tures a program of works by Klein, emerging designers show their wares of CARPENTERS’ MASS: The Roman Catholic film and video professionals is offered by the Brooklyn Arts Council. A lawyer from Beethoven and Brahms. $40. 8 pm. Fulton fashion, accessories, bath and beauty, pet Diocese of Brooklyn and Local Union 926 of Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East gear, home-goods and more. 11 am to 7 the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts gives one on one advice. 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Appoint- River. (718) 624-2083. pm. Smith and Union Street. www.brook- Joiners of America offer a mass for all BAM: Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline.” 7:30 pm. lynindiemarket.com. Brooklyn carpenters in honor of St. Joseph ment necessary. 55 Washington St. (718) 625-0080. Free. See Sat., May 12. 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Noon to 5 pm. 212 in America.” Jim Manley, filmmaker and di- 16th St. (718) 369-0991. Free. rector of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Institute, Relative.” Today’s talk is “Introduction to blished and emerging designers of contem- is guest speaker. Film at 10 am; talk at 11 am. Caregiving.” 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 160 porary indoor and outdoor furniture. $12, 53 Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. Montague St. (718) 596-8789. Free. members of the trade free on opening day. CHILDREN’S DEPRESSION SCREENING: 10 am to 8 pm. St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 SUN, MAY 13 ASTHMA SCREENING: Noon to 4 pm. Gallery Water St. For info, www.bklyndesigns.com. of the Fulton Street, Fulton Street Mall, NYC Department of Health and Mental Mother’s Day Energy Saving DeKalb Avenue and Albee Square West. Hygiene and the MHA of NYC offer screen- (866) 99-ASTHMA. Free. ings throughout Brooklyn. Call for location info. (800) LIFENET. Free. SAT, MAY 12 OUTDOORS AND TOURS SENIOR TALK: Lutheran Family Health Cen- BUSHWICK OLD AND NEW: Brooklyn Center ters’ Services for Older Adults Presentation for the Urban Environment hosts a tour of on Community Services. Panel presentation OUTDOORS AND TOURS Bushwick. Learn about this former Dutch EDS AY on services hospital offers. Information W , M 9 SALT MARSH: Urban Park Rangers hosts an early and then German settlements. View an old includes adult day care, counseling services, morning birding walk. 8 am. Salt Marsh Nature brewery, mansions of former beer barons, nursing homes, home care, medical servic- CANASTA CLUB: Brooklyn Canasta Club seeks all levels of players for new groups. Center, 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 for info. Free. churches and more. $13, $10 members, $8 es, physical therapy, meals-on-wheels and EARLY BIRD WALK: at the Prospect Park Audu- seniors and students. 11 am to 1 pm. Meet transportation. Noon to 2 pm. St Andrews 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. 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LUNCHEON: Lutheran Medical Center 5406 Fourth Ave. (718) 439-8978. Free. Auxiliary hosts its annual event. Noon to 4 ride. $13, $10 members, $8 students and CRAFT WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Artists Gym pre- seniors. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Also, 1 pm BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert fea- 99 sents the topic: “Polaroid Transfer and Emul- pm. Bay Ridge Manor, 476 76th St. Call for tures a program of works by Piston, Lees, info. (718) 630-7296. to 4 pm. Meet at Added Value Farm, sion Lift.” $40 plus $10 materials fee. 1 pm to Columbia Street between Halleck and Webern and Schumann. $40. 4 pm. Fulton 5 pm. 168 Seventh Ave. (718) 858-9069. HEALTHY EATING CLUB: Lutheran Health Sigourney. (718) 788-8500. Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS: 41st annual film Care invites seniors to share recipes and River. (718) 624-2083. 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By Lilo H. Stainton The Brooklyn Paper TOURS call (718) 707-1277. he stately George DuPont Pratt The Society for Clinton Hill’s The Prospect-Lefferts Gardens House may not be the most house tour (259 Washington Ave., be- self-guided tour will be on June 3 at Mango P. / Gregory elaborate of Clinton Hill’s tween DeKalb and Willoughby av- noon. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 T enues in Clinton Hill) will run from day of at Mike’s International Re- magnificent mansions from the noon-5 pm on May 6. Tickets are $25 saurant (552 Flatbush Ave. at Maple outside, but its opulent interiors are that day, $20 in advance. For informa- Street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens) remarkable. Behind an ornate iron tion, call (718) 638-2978 or visit For information, call (718) 284-6210. door exist large, leaded bay win- www.societyforclintonhill.org. The Victorian Flatbush tour will Paper The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Heights Association take place on June 10 at 1 pm. The dows, a three-story circular stair- tour will take place on May 12. Check tour begins at Temple Beth Emeth (83 Dapper digs: The George DuPont Pratt House (above) will be way in dark walnut and carved, in begins at 12:30 at St. Ann’s School Marlborough Rd. at Church Avenue in open for a house tour, giving visitors a glimpse inside (left). burl-wood pillars with an ivy motif. (129 Pierrepoint St. at Clinton Street Prospect Park South). For information, in Brooklyn Heights). Tickets are $30. call (718) 859-3800. The work is jaw-dropping. For information, call (718) 858-9193. The Crown Heights North tour will of the day called the area, explained grandmotherly classics — and a And starting May 6, the public can The Park Slope Civic Council tour take place on October 6 at noon. The Sharon Barnes, co-chair of the Soci- black and silver drum set incongru- get a rare peek inside this Gilded Age will take place on May 20 at noon. tour begins at St. Gregory’s Church (991 ety’s Landmarks Preservation Com- ously placed at one end didn’t dimin- Victorian, thanks to the Society for Meet at Congregation Beth Elohim St. John’s Pl. at Brooklyn Avenue in mittee. ish the impressive spectacle. (274 Garfield Pl. at Eighth Avenue in Crown Heights). Tickets are $20. For in- Clinton Hill’s biennial house tour. Park Slope). Tickets are $20 in ad- formation, call (718) 756-1920. You enter the DuPont Pratt house The stunning front hallway, with The Clinton Avenue home, between vance, $25 day of. For information, The Prospect Heights tour will from a brick annex of St. Joseph’s orange walls and the fabulous curved Willoughby and DeKalb avenues, is call (718) 832-8227. take place on October 14 at noon. Lo- College, into a red Damask-clad par- stairway, was recently renovated, ex- one of dozen stops on the tour, and The Brownstone Brooklyn Garden cation TBA. Tickets are $20. For infor- lor. The walls match the chairs and plained Michael K. Banbach, public District tour take place be on June 3 at mation, call (718) 707-1277. one of three Pratt-family buildings 11 am. Meet at the BAM Triangle Gar- The Bedford Stuyvesant tour will nicely offset the impressive crown affairs manager at St. Joseph’s. The that will be included on the schedule den (at the intersection of Lafayette Av- be on October 20 at 11 am. Location molding and wooden built-in book- former convent, which once housed enue and Fulton Street). Tickets are $15 TBA. Tickets are $20. For information, Mango P. / Gregory for the first time. in advance, $20 day of. For information, call (718) 574-1979. cases with leaded-glass doors. 15 sisters, was renovated to accom- “People just go ga-ga when they Three glass chandeliers brighten a modate school offices last year, he see the architectural detail,” gushed light gray living room, larger than said. Linda Scher, a Society for Clinton sports a glass floor and marble stair- roster. Even if you can’t tell a parquet many New Yorker’s apartments, that Sister Elizabeth Hill, the college’s
Hill member. case, Scher said. floor from a sheet of plywood, it’s al- Paper The Brooklyn stretches along the North side of the president, is active in the neighbor- St. Joseph’s College owns the House tours may not be every- ways fun to poke around other peo- building, The pink of petunia trees in hood and agreed to put the house on DuPont Pratt and the Charles Pratt body’s thing, but they are a Brown- ple’s homes. day’s estates, but the original details built the house after completing his the garden peeks through the heavy tour this year, Scher said. “She’s a house, a mansion across the street, stone Brooklyn springtime ritual as The George DuPont Pratt house include plenty of wow-factor. own palace first. It is one of four glass in the intricate panes of the win- real ball of energy,” Scher said, “and which includes an original Otis ele- sure as hay fever, and Clinton Hill is may not be wired for the plasma TVs Charles Pratt, a kerosene magnate buildings he had crafted for his off- dows. Even the mix of furnishings active in the Myrtle Avenue BID and vator, plus the Pratt Library, which, the first neighborhood on this year’s and whirlpool baths common in to- and partner of John D. Rockefeller, spring on “the Hill,” as the aristocrats — antiques and some mid-century, the blogging community.”
www.lailalounge.com. pm, A Gun That Shoots Knives, 9 pm, Jeff Lewis, Tuesdays: Bluegrass Tuesdays, 9 pm, FREE; 10 pm, FREE; May 12: Andy Stack, 8 pm, BROOKLYN Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an Senator, 10 pm, FREE. open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; May 5: Jezebel Music Features followed by a DJ set by DJ B, 8 pm, Stain $TBD; May 11: Emma Easterly/Dakota Rings, 9 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- pm, Von Robinson and his own universe, 10 pm, burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. DJ Fat Tony, 11 pm, $TBD. Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; The Lucky Cat Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open mic Nightlife 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE. Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Saturdays: Carter Van Pelt and guests, 9 pm, Trash Bar days: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. $TBD; Sundays: Shul of Rock, 11 pm, FREE; 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- BAY RIDGE Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Vox Po p pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic May 5: Dead Letter Box, 8 pm, Raygun Girls, 9 Kitty Kiernan’s Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot Popcorn pm, Dormitory Effect, 10 pm, SOS, 11 pm, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, Verismo, Midnight, $7; May 6: Maniacal Plan, 9 bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. featuring Binky Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. pm, $TBD; Thursdays: Vic Thrill, 10 pm, $TBD; pm, Buffalo Bison, 10 pm, Imi, 11 pm, Da Bears, Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- May 5: Amo, 10 pm, FREE; May 12: Gerald, 10 May 5: Imperial Roots & Dubwise, 11 pm, $TBD; Midnight, $6; May 7: The Tall Pines, 8 pm, Billy drink/snack minimum. pm, FREE. May 11: Pagoda and friends, 11 pm, $5; May 12: Anne Crews & The Jibbs, 9 pm, Runaway Dance Party, 11 pm, $TBD. Dorothy, 10 pm, On Mono, 11 pm, Dead Heat, The Salty Dog FORT GREENE Midnight, $6; May 8: Dirty Wings, 8 pm, Elysia 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, Luna Lounge Flynn, 9 pm, Special Guest, 10 pm, $5; May 9: (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. BAM Cafe 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street Discovery, 8 pm, Frauke, 9 pm, Nuh-uh, 10 pm, Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE. (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, Beardlift, 11 pm, Naked Boys Makin’ Noise, Mid- Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort www.lunalounge.com. night, $6; May 10: Lesion, 8 pm, At the End of the World, 9 pm, Ancient Soul, 10 pm, Atomic The Wicked Monk Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. May 5: Chairman Race, 7:30 pm, Arizona, 8:30 Brother, 11 pm, Jesus Knevil, Midnight, $6; May May 5: Bryan Vargas & Ya Esta, 9 pm, FREE; pm, The Library, 9:30 pm, Mason Dixon, 10:30 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, 11: Hard Rock Zombie, 8 pm, Wussy, 8:45 pm, (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. May 11: Pillow Theory with The Smyrk, 9 pm, pm, The Parlor Mob, 11:30 pm, FREE; May 6: Line of Control, 9:30 pm, Metal John, 10:15 pm, FREE; May 12: The Smyrk with Pillow Theory, 9 Lowell Thompson, 8:30 pm, This Car Up, 9:30 pm, May 5: DJ Kyle, Hollaback, 9 pm, $5; May 10, Grande, 10:45 pm, King Dust, 11:30 pm, Super- pm, FREE. $7; May 8: The Teddy Bear Orchestra, 7:30 pm, Live band karaoke with The Open Mic Project, 9 villain, 12:15 am, $7; May 12: Deadspin, 8 pm, Captured! By Robots, 8:30 pm, $10 in advance, pm, $5; May 11: Run Away, DJ Kyle, 9 pm, $5; Bebek, 9 pm, Psychotic 4, 10 pm, Stiff Mickeys, Night of the Cookers $12 day of the show; May 9: Andrew Kenny (of May 12: DJ Pepe, Bar Fly, 11 pm, $5. 11 pm, Kissy Kamikaze, Midnight, $7. 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in American Analog Set), 7:30 pm, Inlets, 8:30 pm, Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Ola Podrida, 9:30 pm, $8; May 10: BNS Collective Union Pool
Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Robbie Lee presents Cyphered Threads, 7:30 pm, Hope, Star, Food 4 Thought Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, and Browning, 8:30 pm, The Soundscapes, 9:30 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in FREE. Happy birthday: On May 12, Barbes celebrates its fifth anniversary with performances by One Ring pm, The Ravages, 10:30 pm, $TBD; May 11: Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, www.myspace.com/unionpool. 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Dehaven Garrison, 7:30 pm, Ergo Skinnybones, Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. Zero (pictured), Las Rubias del Norte, Chicha Libre and others. May 5: I Like Food, Food Tastes Good, a book GREENPOINT 8:30 pm, Wormburner, 9:30 pm, Moisturizer, 10:30 Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: pm, $7, Avant Mutek, Midnight, $15; May 12: release party with Chris Mills, Gabe Levine, and Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- Broadband, 8 pm, Limbs, 9 pm, Umami, 10 pm, DJs, 5 pm, FREE; May 7: The Radio Faces, The Club Europa pm, FREE. sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: Biscuit BBQ Jalopy Susu, 11 pm, Dealer, 11:55 pm, FREE. Measure, and more, 8 pm, $TBD; May 10: The Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE. 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Basement, Ponieheart, Honeychurch, 8 pm, $7; Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Perch Cafe 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Red May 12: Sweatheart, Hail Social, The Odds, and Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com. Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. Pete’s Candy Store Sistas’ Place www.europaclub.com. 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, DJs Burton & AJ Ready Right, 9 pm, $7. Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John Fridays; Saturdays: Live music, 9 pm, $TBD. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE (718) 788-2830, 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $10; Mon- Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: www.myspace.com/theperchcafe. Williamsburg Music days: Debra and Mary’s Night on the Town, 8:30 www.petescandystore.com. www.sistasplace.org. Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Pro- May 5: House of Iseness & Dumpster Hunter, 9 Liberty Heights pm, $10; Tuesdays: Songwriters’ Showcase Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Tues- Center May 5: Bradford Hayes, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in gressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before pm, $5 suggested donation. Taproom hosted by Staci Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, $5 sug- days: Alan Hampton, 10 pm, FREE; May 5: 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in advance, $30 day of the show; May 12: Taurean 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; May 5: A bene- gested donation; Wednesdays: Argentinean 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Kentucky Derby Party with a backyard BBQ, live Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Birthday celebration featuring Ahmed Ab- fit for the family of Monica Henk featuring Un- Tango Night hosted by Annatina featuring Puppet’s Jazz Bar Hook, (718) 246-8050. music, and drink specials, 4 pm, Goodbye Better Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. dullah’s Ebonic Tones, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in sane, Indecision, Locked in a Vacancy, Nervous dance instruction, 7 pm, and dancing/milonga, 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, May 9: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; May 11: Frank Sherlock Benefit with Dustin Williamson, 9 advance, $30 day of the show;. System, Nassau Chainsaw, 7 pm, $10; May 11: J-Live, IsWhat?, X:144, SPS, 7:30 pm, $12. 8 pm, $12; May 5: Celebrating Cinco de Mayo (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. Brandon Greene, The G.O.D., 9 pm, FREE; May pm, Corrine Fitzpatrick, 9:20 pm, John Colletti, Zebulon Cafe 12: The Brutal East, The G.O.D., 9 pm, FREE. Solomon’s Porch with Paul Carlon Octet, 9 pm, $15; May 10: May 5: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, 10:40 9:40 pm, So L’il, 10 pm, I Feel Tractor, 10:40 pm, 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Club Exit Aperto, new music series, 8:30 pm, $TBD; May pm, Midnight, $10; May 6: Igor Lumpert & Pumpernickel, 11:20 pm, FREE; May 6: Laura Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in 11: Elin, 9 pm, $10; May 12: Tango Double- Innertextures, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, SHEEPSHEAD BAY Cortese, 8:30 pm, John Houx, 9:30 pm, Yellow www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club-exit.com. Feature Night with Juan Felix, Maria Cangiano, $TBD; May 7: Jaime Aff Session, 9:15 pm, 10:40 Fever, 10:30 pm, FREE; May 7: Monday Evening May 5: Boston Afro-Beat Society, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $7; April 14: Octavio Brunetti, and more, 9 pm, $15. pm, Midnight, FREE; May 8: Jesse Sheehan Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 Anyway Cafe Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Widower, 9:30 pm, A May 6: Dawn landes, 8 pm, Lone Wolf featuring Gifrants, 9 pm, $TBD. Quartet, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; May (ladies FREE until 11 pm). 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th Locomotive, 10 pm, Drew Victor, 10:30 pm, Ryan Sawyer, 9 pm, Invincible Hummingbirds fea- Brooklyn 9: Matthias Bublath Band, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, FREE; May 8: Bingo, 7 pm, Transformers, 8 pm, turing Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett, 10 pm, BOERUM HILL Conservatory of Midnight, $5; May 10: Dave Marks Group, 9:15 www.anywaycafe.com. Double Fantasy, 9 pm, Alan Hampton, 10 pm, FREE; May 7: A Night of Music with special GREENWOOD HEIGHTS pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; May 11: Arturo Mondays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Supermonster, 11 pm, FREE; May 9: Quizz-Off, friends, 10 pm, FREE; May 8: Edom, 10 pm, Music O’Farrill Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10; Hank’s Saloon Kitchen Bar Jazz with Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wednes- 7:30 pm, The Lowlands, 10 pm, Rats with Wings, FREE; May 9: Spot, 10 pm, FREE; May 10: Apa- 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park May 12: Arturo O’Farrill Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 days: Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 11 pm, FREE; May 10: Jason Myles Goss, 9 pm, katastasis Duo featuring Matt Lavelle & Ryan Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Greenwood Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. pm, Midnight, $10. Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric Kristin Diable, 10 pm, Fran King and Duncan Sawyer, 9 pm, UB313, 10 pm, FREE; May 11: Heights, (718) 499-5623, Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack May 6: Salon Series, 6 pm, FREE; May 12: Yoko Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. Maitland, 11 pm, FREE; May 11: Pete’s Big Amayo’s Fu-Arkist-Ra, 10 pm, FREE; May 12: www.kitchenbarny.com. Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band Kimura, 8 pm, $10 ($5 seniors and students with Southpaw Poetry with Nathan Parker & Abraham Smith, 7 Zemog, el Gallo Bueno, 10 pm, FREE. Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE. kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: valid student identification). 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Crossroads Saloon Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; May 5: The Donors, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in 10 pm, C. Gibbs, 11 pm, Eric Brendo & The Living Room Lounge Cafe Steinhof Tuesdays: The Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; May 5: Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Suicide Watch, Midnight, FREE; May 11: Rust 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park The RUB with DJs Ayres, Cosmo Baker, and Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Kings, 10 pm, Fourteen Feet, 11 pm, FREE; May Heights, (718) 499-1505. Slope, (718) 369-7776, Eleven, 10 pm, FREE; May 6: Brightblack Mor- TALK TO US… 12: MacGillicuddies, 9:30 pm, Sprinkle Genies, Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Cult www.cafesteinhof.com. ning Light, 9 pm, $13 in advance, $15 day of the 10:45 pm, I’ll be John Brown, 11:15 pm, FREE. Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Concerts Wednesdays: Live music, 10:30 pm, FREE. show; May 9: The Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; WILLIAMSBURG To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name on the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: May 10: Live at The BK BBQ a birthday roast for Black Betty of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, BRIGHTON BEACH Open mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Cattyshack MC Search of 3rd Bass and The White Rapper times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to Live music, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Karaoke, 8 pm, Show, 8 pm, $10; May 11: Sloan, Small Sins, 9 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, National Restaurant FREE. (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. pm, $20 in advance, $20 day of the show; May available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. www.blackbetty.net. The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm event 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Mondays: Open Psyche (open mic), 8 pm, 12: The Detroit Cobras and special guests, 9 pm, $13 in advance, $15 day of the show. Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- details. Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, PARK SLOPE FREE, Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand www.come2national.com. Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke Bar4 Tea Lounge and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after 10 pm), Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with sexy 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park FREE; Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE Slope, (718) 832-9800. boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: S—tkickers, 8 pm, Slope, (718) 789-2762, FREE; Wednesdays: The Joint hosted by DJ May 6: Shane Endsley, 7 pm, Ohad Talmor’s FREE ($5 after 9 pm), Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; www.tealoungeny.com. (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Rus- Nabil; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ B’H sian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with “Newsreel,” 9 pm, $5. Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE. Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 $50 prix-fixe dinner). $5 suggested donation. The David Berg Lecture Series Presents Barbes The Center for pm, FREE. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Improvisational Two Boots Brooklyn Capone’s Bar (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Music 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, 221 N. Ninth St. at Roebling Street in Williams- Magnetic Field Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 sug- (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. burg, (718) 599-4044, www.caponesbar.com. Moses to Microsoft 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn gested donation; Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 May 12: Heather Wolfe Trio, 10 pm, FREE. (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. Fridays, Saturdays: The Beat Club/All Disco, 9 Heights, (718) 834-0069, pm, $10; May 5: River Alexander’s Mad Jazz pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and DJ May 5: NYU small groups featuring Ralph Alessi, A Workshop Series in Leadership www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Hatters, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, Lumi- Union Hall Flim Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Speakeasy, an 7:30 pm, FREE; May 8: NYU Improvisation Group May 5: Kentucky Derby Party, 3 pm, FREE; May nescent Orchestrii, 10 pm, $10 suggested do- (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue open mic night, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: The featuring Robert Dick, 8:30 pm, FREE. 7: Siwat, Low Red Land, 8 pm, FREE; May 10: nation; May 6: Michael Hearst’s Song for the Ice in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, Stroke with DJs Brian Tweedy and Dave Ready, with Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin Live band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; May 11: Les Cream Trucks, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; www.unionhallny.com. 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Rehab, 9 pm, FREE. May 7: Balkan Overflow with Greg Squared, 10 Good Coffeehouse Sans Culottes, Peacock’s Penny Arcade, 8 pm, May 5: Jon Auer, 8 pm, $10, The Race, 10 pm, and Thomas D. Zweifeld $7; May 12: Livefastdie, The Yokohama Kicks, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation; May 8: Oliver Music Parlor $3; May 6: Tearing the Veil of Maya, comedy Galapagos pm, $5. Manchon’s Orchestre de Chambre Miniature, 7 with Eugene Mirman and Michael Showalter, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation; May 9: Tim (at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in (CEO of the Swiss Consulting Group) pm, $7; May 8: Brooklyn Writers’ Space, 7 pm, Berne’s Little Satan, 8 pm, 10 pm, $10 per set; 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. FREE; May 9: Taxi Taxi, Life in Bed, The Ne’er www.galapagosartspace.com. CLINTON HILL May 10: Sam Bardfeld’s Stuff Smith Project fea- Do Evers, 8 pm, $7; May 11: Elk City, Sea Wolf, ______turing Anthony Coleman, 8 pm, $10 suggested May 11: Old-School Bluegrass Music with Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Tim Bracy, 8 pm, $8; May 12: The Changes, Dakar Cafe donation, Andy Statman, 10 pm, $10; May 11: James Reams & The Barnstormers, 8 pm, $10 May 5: (Backroom) Rahu-Ketu, 7 pm, $TBD, Takka Takka, The End of the World, 8 pm, $10. 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Guy Klucevsek, 8 pm, $10, Scott Kettner’s adults, $6 children. (Front room) Aphrodesia, 7 pm, $8, (Both Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. Nation Beat, 10 pm, $10; May 12: Barbes is Five rooms) Technodemayo, 10 pm, $10 in advance, Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE; Tues- Years Old, a birthday celebration with One Ring Magnolia RED HOOK $15 day of the show; May 6: (Backroom) The MONDAY NIGHTS days: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Zero, Las Rubias del Norte, Chicha Libre, and 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Vintage DJ presents “His Inimitable Trans- DJ Mohamed, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: WBAI more, 8 pm, $TBD. (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. The Hook Temporal Dance Party,” 8 pm, $7, (Front room) New Arrivals Volume 2 CD Release Party, World 7:30 - 9:30 PM DJ Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red band, 10 pm, FREE. Bogota Latin Bistro Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Hunger Benefit Show, 6 pm, $15 ($12 with non- perishable food items for donation); May 7: Melt May 5: Emergenza Festival with Soundeffect, 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park (Front room) SMUT hosted by Desiree Burch, 8 May 7 Out of Egypt: Unleashing Your Power Reign Slope, (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park 7:30 pm, The Genre, 8 pm, Broken, 8:30 pm, pm, FREE, Monday Night Burlesque presents 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in Slope, (718) 230-5925. Wednesdays: Live Brazilian and Latin jazz, 7 Clown Vomit, 9 pm, Eleven Forty 3, 9:30 pm, 5 Miss Galapagozanga Amateur Burlesque Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, pm, FREE. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 North, 10 pm, Dead and Dreaming, 10:30 pm, May 14 No Idols: Authentic Vision www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Contest hosted by Murray Hill & Miss Allison, Da Prospex, 11 pm, Blood From Stone, 11:30 9:30 pm, $5; May 8: “Poop Culture: How Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ pm, $15; May 6: Gorilla Productions presents America is Shaped by its Grossest National Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after “Battle of the Bands” with Dulaney Banks, Metro Product,” a book release party with music, com- 12:30 am. COFFEES, GIFT BASKETS, & GOURMET FOODS May 21 Not in vain: Communicate or Die Sonics, Apollo, Fatal Plush, Fugitive Radio, edy, film, and more, 7 pm, FREE; May 9: Jim Render me Useless, The No-Shirts, Mark Sputnik Avignon, Katja Loher, and the Goethe-Institut “D’Amico: Prescott, Broken Existence, Common Res- New York present “Blind Date Europe on 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton ponse, 3:30 pm, $10; May 10: Emergenza Europe Day” with live music and more, 8 pm, ADMISSION FREE Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Festival with JD Crane, 9 pm, Samefourwalls, $10; May 10: (Backroom) “Kerry’s Bye-Bye Saturdays: French Beats International, 11 pm, The Best 9:30 pm, The Fearless, 10 pm, Sound Frontier, Boobie Party,” an all-out queer riot dance party FREE; Tuesdays: Kings of Karaoke with Colin King 10:30 pm, $15; May 11: Emergenza Festival top surgery fundraiser, 10 pm, $sliding door fee, ______of Karaoke and DJ FlimFlam, 10 pm, FREE; Wed- Cup of Coffee with Where Life Takes Us, 9 pm, When all Else (Front room) Sounds from the OtherGround nesdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Fails, 9:30 pm, Delaware Hudson, 10 pm, featuring live performances by Skyzoo, Amanda (Upstairs) Skylab, 10 pm, FREE; May 11: Mashup Esteban, 10:30 pm, Crave the Air, 11 pm, $15; Diva, Stimuli, Nona B, and Torae, 10 pm, FREE; Culture with DJs Londonbroil, Bnice, Charlie in the City” May 12: Get Hot or Go Home presents “New May 11: (Backroom) “Oriental Dance Fusion Brown, Nasty Love, Uncutchuck, 9 pm, $TBD. York Breakdown” with The Round Up Boys, Ike Congregation B’nai Avraham –– Fox 5 Good Day New York Diva JPN,” 7 pm, $10, (Front room) Enormous and The Capers, Cherry Casino and The Gam- Television 6, comedians and rock n’ roll, 7 pm, FLATBUSH blers, Cordwood Draggers, The Garnet Hearts, FREE, Crashin’ In presents Frances, Apartment, 117 Remsen Street – between Clinton & Henry Sts. 4 pm, $TBD. Jumbling Towers, Check it Out, Donora, 10 pm, Cornerstone Pub $8; May 12: (Both rooms) Cassette, a (718) 596-4840 Ext.18 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road in Hope and Anchor film/art/dance party featuring Daedelus, The Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Guts, and live DJs, 10 pm, $5 with RSVP. www.bnaiavraham.com www.cornerstonepub.com. Hook, (718) 237-0276. Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, Laila Lounge nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quar- 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in tet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thurs- 309 Court Street • damicofoods.com • (718) 875-5403 hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, 12 DTZ (BHD) THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 May 5, 2007
Exceptional care at Atrial Fibrillation Center
Maimonides Medical Center for the most thorough assessments and The Atrial Fibrillation Center of Excel- MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER treatment plans. lence at Maimonides Medical Center in Not all therapies are suitable for all pa- Borough Park was created to provide the tients, though, cautions Dr. Greenberg. “For most innovative and comprehensive diag- work together seamlessly as we diagnose are mutually supportive, not competitive, example, a patient with both heart failure patients and design the most effective treat- they’re able to determine which patients are and atrial fibrillation may benefit from a nosis and treatment for patients. ment plan to address their needs.” better suited to a surgical, medical or inter- combined approach of correcting the AF Knowing that Maimonides is historically In some cases, medication can control ventional electrophysiologic approach.” and inserting a biventricular defibrillator. at the forefront of cardiac care, it is not sur- atrial fibrillation. But in others, ablation — a Dr. Saltman believes this approach is No two patients are alike, and our program prising that this Center is the first and only procedure in which a small portion of heart highly conducive to successful research. gives each the best combination of therapies such program in the nation. tissue is intentionally “ablated” or neutral- “We’re putting together a study right now to for his or her circumstances.” Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a potentially ized to restore normal heart rhythm — may compare the different devices used to treat Maimonides strives to help patients stay dangerous heart rhythm disturbance that can be necessary. This procedure is sometimes patients in the operating room. That’s not out of the hospital – but in the event that lead to an uncontrolled rapid heart rate, de- performed surgically, with a minimally-inva- something that’s been done before. And you or a loved one needs life-saving cardiac creased cardiac performance, and/or a life- sive technique developed by Dr. Saltman countless patients will benefit from the re- care, the professionals at the Maimonides threatening stroke. The Maimonides AF that often allows the patient to go home the sults of our research.” Cardiac Institute are available round-the- Center of Excellence with its three compo- next day. It can also be done non-surgically The AF Center of Excellence at Mai- clock to administer that care in the finest nents (academic, research and clinical prac- with an approach called catheter ablation, by monides integrates established approaches traditions of medical practice. Referring tice) is able to offer the newest medications, the experienced team of electrophysiologists to care with advanced technology in a pa- physicians can call 718-283-LIFE to alert most sophisticated devices and latest in headed by Dr. Greenberg. The surgeons and tient-centered environment. This method the Maimonides ER that a chest pain patient minimally invasive treatments. cardiologists confer on which approach is complements the teaching environment at will be arriving. “Almost three million Americans suffer best for each patient. Maimonides, as well. As a renowned train- For general information about The Car- from AF today, and that number is expected “One strength of our program is getting ing ground for the next generation of car- diac Institute at Maimonides, call (800) 682- to rise to as many as 14 million by the year perspectives from the different team mem- diac experts, faculty members know that Maimonides Medical Center 5558, or log-on to www.maimonidesmed. 2050,” said Dr. Yisachar Greenberg, Co-Di- bers,“ added Dr. Greenberg. “Because they looking at problems from all sides makes Minimally invasive catheter ablation is sometimes used at the AF Center. org. rector of the AF Center and Director of Electrophysiology at Maimonides. “We knew we had to find better options for these patients. So we gathered a multi- disciplinary team to examine this condition and its treatment protocols.” The AF Center of Excellence was form- Program in Slope fights childhood obesity ed through the efforts of cardiologists, elec- trophysiologists, cardiac surgeons and nurs- es to better serve patients with this New York Methodist Hospital are obese and more than 28 percent of with obesity. Intervention is vital: obese debilitating condition. The unique collabo- A program at New York Methodist children in New York City are overweight. children are at a much higher risk for hy- NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL rative approach at Maimonides means bet- Health care professionals at New York pertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, Hospital in Park Slope is combating asthma, depression and other conditions. ter, more individualized care for patients. childhood obesity. Methodist Hospital are concerned about “Atrial fibrillation is pervasive and diffi- childhood obesity and have taken signifi- “Taking preventative measures while the An advocate for children’s health, Dr. the epidemic but at least you know when cult,” said Dr. Adam Saltman, co-director of Obesity is one of the fastest growing cant steps to battle the growing epidemic. patient is young is much more effective in Hes was among the physicians to testify in you step into a restaurant that your family the AF Center and Director of Cardiotho- health threats to Americans—and children The Hospital’s Pediatric Weight Manage- decreasing the chances that he or she will October 2006 in support of the New York will not be exposed to trans fat.” racic Surgical Research at Maimonides. are not immune. In fact, it’s estimated that ment Program provides comprehensive and develop diabetes or other complications at City Department of Health proposal to ban In addition to NYM’s Pediatric Weight “Our cardiologists and cardiac surgeons roughly 25 million children 17 and under multi-disciplinary treatment for children a later stage in life,” said Asjad Khan, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (trans Management Program, the Hospital also M.D., chief of pediatric endocrinology at fat) from restaurants. “Prolonged exposure helped establish “Be Fit,” a twice-weekly NYM. to trans fat can lead to childhood obesity, exercise and nutrition program for children After a comprehensive physical exam, high blood pressure, heart disease and dia- offered by NYM and the Prospect Park DENTISTS each child is given an individual plan, betes, among other complications,” said Dr. YMCA. which includes counseling on diet, exercise Hes, who noted that most foods that contain For more information on NYM’s Pedi- planning, behavior modification and, when trans fat are targeted towards children. atric Weight Management Program, please needed, the use of prescription anti-obesity “Eliminating trans fat is not going to cure call 718-780-3066. medications. The staff focuses on the emo- COURTEOUS AND Quality Dentistry tional needs of both patients and their fami- lies, as weight can be a sensitive subject in COMPREHENSIVE Gentle care in our ultra-modern office many households. “The best weight loss DENTAL CARE • Cosmetic Dentistry • Cosmetic Laminates programs are those that combine healthy • Reconstructive & Bonding eating, lifestyle changes and exercise,” ex- Provided at our new spacious, plained Dyan Hes, M.D., director of modern and friendly office Dentistry • Advanced Sterilization NYM’s Pediatric Weight Management Pro- • Gums & Implants • Behavior Modification gram. • Bleaching • Sealants Providing Excellence in All Phases of Dentistry NYM’s program has many success sto- • Nitrous Oxide • Fluoride ries. One boy lost 75 pounds and now is ac- (Sweet Air) •Preventative Dentistry COSMETIC DENTISTRY: Porcelain Laminates, Tooth Color Fillings, tive in sports clubs after school. Another Metal Free Crowns. Porcelain Inlays, Onlays, Tooth Whitening boy, who was banned from his school’s football team because of high blood pres- IMPLANT DENTISTRY: Surgical Placement and Restoration RONALD I. TEICHMAN, DDS sure, lost so much weight that his blood PERIODONTICS: Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatment of Gum Disease pressure returned to normal and he returned Saturday & Evening Hours to the team. ROOT CANAL THERAPY: Using State of the Art Rotary Instrumentation 357 Seventh Avenue at 10th Street “It’s absolutely essential that family COMPUTERIZED DENTAL X-RAYS members and child care providers be in- CROWNS, BRIDGES, PARTIAL & FULL DENTURES 768-1111 volved,” said Dr. Hes. “Until children reach their teens, it is the parents, grandparents Emergency Patients are seen on the same day! and babysitters who shop, prepare and serve meals; they must understand what Methodist Hospital New York EUGENE D. 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Emergency Many Insurances and Credit Cards Accepted * Current/Successful projects that included Phillips Medical Systems Healthcare equipment. • Prosthodontics • Implants * Expertise in electronic project management www.strachandds.com in Modern Pleasant Surroundings * Previous experience with SUNY or other New York agencies • Treatment of Gum Disease * Contracted personnel must meet JACAHO- requirements Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri: 8am to 6pm • Fixed & Removable Bridges State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) ALAN R. KLING, M.D. * Bid Bond -5% if the bid Emergencies treated promptly * Pre-Proposal Meeting/Site Walk- Thru: May 8, 2007 at 2: 00 p.m Saturday: By appointment only • Emergencies Seen SAME DAY BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST Contact: Alvin Dunaisky, AIA, AICP, Senior Project Manager, Design & Construction, Facilities Special care for children & anxious patients Conditions Related To Hair, Skin & Nails Management & Development, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave., Box 13, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098; Tel: 718-270-8291; Fax: 718-270-3760; E-mail: Alvin.Dunaisky@down- WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD state.edu. • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) 27 8th Avenue 1000 Park Avenue Submit to: Luis Cardinali, AIA, Assistant Vice President for Design & Construction, Facilities Man- ROOT CANAL agement & Development, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave., Box 13, Brooklyn, GENERAL & COSMETIC • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, (corner Lincoln Place) (at 84th Street) NY 11203-2098; Tel: 718-270-2394; Fax: 718-270-3760; E-mail: [email protected] EXTRACTIONS Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY All work on this Contract is to be completed within 63 calendar days starting ten (10) calendar DENTISTRY • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment days after the contract approval date of the New York State Comptroller. Advanced sterilization and infection control (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 Bidding and Contract Documents may be examined free of charge at the campus and at: Site PERIODONTAL WORK • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings (SUNY Campus), Plan Rooms (Offices that apply from Form UF-9 - i.e., Brown’s Letter, Inc., Dodge • Impant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) Reports). Jack Irwin, D.D.S. Complete sets of Contract Documents for bidding may be obtained from: Downstate Med- CROWNS • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) ical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 13, Brooklyn, NY 11203 or (718) 270-7508, the Consultant. 414 Seventh Avenue Section 143 of the State Finance Law requires payment of a deposit to receive these docu- bet. 13th & 14th Sts. Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer PSYCHOTHERAPY ments. Accordingly, a deposit check of $45.00, made payable to Downstate Medical Center is re- quired. Deposits less than $50.00 are nonrefundable. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Save the Duffield Seven!
he City Council this week took up the issue ing firm called AKRF. Even if we put aside for a apart virtually all of its pre-colonial and Revolu- of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to tear down moment the question of AKRF’s independence — tionary history. When tourists come to the city, Tseven old houses on Duffield Street in after all, the city wants to tear down the Duffield they see our soaring monuments to modern mon- Downtown to make room for an underground Street houses, and if the city is paying AKRF for a ey-making, but precious little of the historic relics parking lot and a one-acre park. report, the report will likely say whatever the city that could explain why this city was so vital to its That the houses are historic is not disputed. wants it to say — the consultants’ report is a stun- earliest European settlers in the first place. Several of them date back to the colonial era. ningly flawed document. It would be a tragedy if this is allowed to happen What is in contention is whether the houses are di- At a Council hearing this week, the company on Duffield Street, whose houses remain a powerful rectly linked to the Underground Railroad, the sto- had to admit that it never even hired an archeolo- reminder of how slavery touched — and built — ried fugitive slave network that spirited escaping gist to examine the underground tunnels, and that New York City. As such, at least one of the houses Africans from their Southern masters to freedom the company relied heavily on official maps of the should be saved and turned into a museum to the in the north and Canada. area, maps that might have been made by the very horror of human bondage in these United States. There is substantial evidence that the houses people from whom the secret of the Underground Such an institution would not just serve the were, indeed, part of that network. Two owners — Railroad was actually being kept. African-American community, but all New York- Joy Chatel and Lewis Greenstein — have shown Further, several councilmembers pointed out ers, including those in the white community who reporters and historians sub-basement tunnels that that eight of the 12 outside Underground Railroad grew up in the North, where schools fed the pre- connect the houses and secret passageways in experts hired to review the AKRF study said they vailing myth that the only role white Northerners which slaves could hide while the houses were be- disagreed with all or part of it. played in the slave trade was to bring about its end. ing searched. And a prominent Abolitionist family That’s not a study. That’s an embarrassment. In fact, the opposite is true; our modern, — the Truesdells — did own one of the houses on Clearly, the city needs to do better before allow- wealthy nation — North and South — was built the block. ing our shared history to be paved over. on the backs of African slaves. To determine the truth about the Undergorund In our never-ending rush to make a buck, New A museum on Duffield Street would celebrate Railroad link, the city hired a Manhattan consult- York has knocked down, paved over and torn history. Destroying the houses desecrates it. Cristian Fleming
LETTERS Supporter of Slope supportive housing has say
To the editor, Dwyer stated in his letter, that the calls were of tenants and the precinct data indicate one much of the Islamic world believe that they I’d like to respond to some of the points in response to medical needs and “…vari- arrest in August. Not one of our 67 tenants Holy war, indeed were good Muslims. It is incredibly dis- made by Mr. Dwyer and Mr. Grimaldi in re- ous crimes.” was arrested or charged with a crime. To the editor, tressing to believe that a New York City Delivery Opt out cent letters to The Brooklyn Paper about the We have reviewed our records to deter- Regarding the number of EMS respons- As the father of 4-year-old twins who at- public school principal denies the reality of Every week, we deliver copies of The proposed supportive housing project on mine the actual number and nature of these es, our tenants range in age from 29 to 97 tend PS 321, I was distressed to read about the murderers who killed so many of her Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout Fifth Avenue (“Foes of supportive housing calls. We also contacted the 84th Precinct to years old, with an average age of 56. Thirty- the Khalil Gibran International Academy close neighbors. It suggests a failure of in- Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- in Slope fight back,” April 21). verify our information. For this period, Com- two percent are over 60. These could be opening in Park Slope (“Holy war! Slope par- tellect so great that she should not be al- tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- Community Access is the development munity Access and the precinct both show 34 your parents or grandparents. Also, many ents protest Arabic school plan,” March 17). lowed to teach young people. pers per building (eliminating the kind partner and social service provider at 551 911-related calls. Of these, Community Ac- tenants have chronic health problems as a As an atheist, I am not happy about pub- Joseph Sullivan, Park Slope of clutter caused by circular and menu Warren St., which is also a supportive apart- cess records indicate almost half of the calls result of long-term homelessness and the lic schools teaching religious culture, delivery services). ment building. The Fifth Avenue Committee involved an ambulance (84th Precinct data lack of access to routine medical services. whether Christian or Islamic, and I serious- We hope everyone appreciates our is the property manager of the building. Our indicate 22, or two-thirds). Eight other calls Linkage to health services is a principal role ly doubt that the Department of Education Mayor’s good PlaNYC free home delivery, but realize there are two organizations co-own the property. stemmed from disagreements between ten- of our on-site staff. would permit a public school to mandate To the editor, exceptions to every rule. Concern has been expressed by oppo- ants or their guests, and the rest were requests It should also be noted that we have coop- teaching Christian culture. I believe that al- I’m surprised to see that any Brooklyn So, if you’ve received The Paper at nents of the new FAC project about the for assistance (noise complaints, etc), or re- erated fully with investigations into drug activ- lowing a public school to teach Islamic cul- resident (including our politicians) would be home and no longer want this free number of 911 responses (they cite the ports that a tenant had been a victim of a ity in the neighborhood, including providing ture is an invitation to a lawsuit for violating against Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC (“Tak- service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- number 48) to 551 Warren St. during the crime outside of the building. space for police surveillance. And by having a the First Amendment. ing its tolls,” April 28). ery program by filling out the online past year. The implication being, as Mr. Our records indicate two arrests of guests front desk staffed around the clock, a well- More distressingly, my brother-in-law The plan, which includes congestion form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ lighted lobby, and security cameras inside and was slaughtered by Muslim terrorists on pricing, will reduce the number of cars and optout.html outside the building, 551 Warren St. represents September 11, yet according to the New trucks that cruise through our residential a safe haven for the local community. York Sun, the school’s principal, Debbie Al- streets to avoid tolls on bridges. To see the The Fifth Avenue Committee has made montaser, believes that “Arabs or Muslims problem, just go to Fourth Avenue in the numerous offers to provide tours of 551 are innocent of the terrorist attacks of Sep- morning and look at all the cars trying to Send a letter Decked highway needs a school Warren St. It is a very clean, well-run apart- tember 11, 2001.” avoid the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel. By e-mail: [email protected] ment building featuring a live-in super, a Almontaser states, “I don’t recognize the I’m happy that Borough President By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn To the editor, largest small town. With planning, Brooklyn computer lab, kitchen and dining facilities, people who committed the attacks as either Markowitz is giving congestion pricing an- Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY New housing over the Brooklyn–Queens can continue to develop and maintain the on-site laundry, and access to a range of em- Arabs or Muslims.” Instead, she blames other chance. I’ve been to London, and the 11201. Expressway sounds great (“Deck the halls small-town vibe that makes it such a desirable ployment, recreational, and training servic- September 11 on Washington’s foreign poli- change from before to after is truly stun- By fax: (718) 834-9278. with lots of housing,” April 28). But where place to work, live and raise a family. cies, saying the “U.S.A. breaks its promises ning. We need it here, and I will vote es. If anybody reading this would like to All letters must be signed and include are the children that move into these new Mayor Bloomberg is an active supporter learn more about our services or tour our with countries across the world, especially against any Brooklyn pol who is against it. the writer’s home address and phone homes going to school? As it is, many fami- of economic development and has recently other apartment buildings, we would be in the Middle East, and the fact that it has Anyone who has questions about the number (only the writer’s name and lies must win a lottery to have their child at- made a commitment to energy efficiency and happy to accommodate any requests. not been a fair mediator.” plan should read it at http://www.nyc.gov/ neighborhood are published with the let- tend their zoned public school. clean air. Therefore, a “green” school would Steve Coe Unfortunately for Almontaser, the Saudi 2030. It’s incredibly well thought out, and ter). Letters may be edited and will not I propose that some “deck space” be devel- be a just and appropriate “muffler” over the The writer is executive director of Com- Arabian and Egyptian terrorists who killed will make the city more livable. be returned. The earlier in the week you oped as “desk space.” Brooklyn is the world’s BQE. Eieen Shannon, Red Hook munity Access on September 11 were Arabs, and they and Michael Freedman, Gowanus send your letter, the better.
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By Michael Giardina for The Brooklyn Paper From Garden Place to the Rose Garden? A nod to Former President Bill Clinton stopped by actor Gabriel Byrne’s Garden Place home last Thursday to raise money for his wife’s White House bid. The usually quiet street was briefly filled with rock-fan-like screams as the former the Pod leader of the free world got out of his black limo and shook a few hands before bounding up the front stoop to press the monied palms FTER SHUTTING OUT THE NEW YORK YANKEES inside (photo, right). in Game Seven of the 1955 World Series — the clincher of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ first and only world’s champi- “Before he pulled up, it was a Garden A onship — Johnny Podres was more popular in Brooklyn than Place scene — we were all sitting on the the Cyclone, Coney Island, egg creams, and Nathan’s combined. stoop, having wine and hors d’oeuvres,” said Two years later, the Dodgers’ owner took his team, with Renee Auriema, a neighbor of the “Usual young pitchers like Podres and Sandy Koufax, to Los Angeles. Suspects” star. “Then the black cars pulled The Dodgers never came back, but Podres, 74, visits Brook- up.” lyn periodically, and he made his latest incursion on Sunday, Parents rushed towards the former Com- greeting fans who were waiting on line at Keyspan Park to pur- mander-in-Chief — donning a spiffy green chase individual game tickets for the Cyclones’ seventh season. tie for the Irish-American fundraiser — to get And the first fan on line was Wayne Armstrong, a gruntled autographs and pictures of Clinton posing postal worker from Brighton Beach. with their kids. “I’ve been a fan since the first season,” said Armstrong, who “I got a picture with my two daughters,” arrived on line on the sidewalk along Surf Avenue at 4 pm Sat- said Valerie Frankel. “It’ll be something I urday, 17 hours before the tickets finally went on sale. treasure for the rest of my life.” “It got a little chilly at night,” added Armstrong, who brought Days later, the block still lingered with the a folding chair and a sleeping bag with him. aura of Clinton. Armstrong has been first on line for Cyclones’ tickets for “He is quite a celebrity still,” said Land Grant, who lives on the block with the Tony- and Oscar-nominated actor. “[Byrne’s house] is always useful for someone with that type of profile.” Christopher Grant Magic’s latest trick
By Ariella Cohen and Rev. Clinton Miller of Brown Or air. The Brooklyn Paper Memorial last year when he refused to Brown Memorial Baptist owns no va- reserve any space in the One Hanson cant land, but it does have air rights over Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Place tower — the borough’s tallest — its sprawling, low-rise chapel. Miller said Johnson is in talks with Council- for affordable housing. that he had spoken informally with John- woman Letita James (D–Fort Greene)
He said that the two community ad- son about what it would take to build Callan / Tom and a prominent Clinton Hill religious vocates “reached out” to him as soon above the church, a historic landmark leader to build affordable housing in as they learned of his Brooklyn cam- that can’t be altered without a rezoning. the fast-gentrifying neighborhood, The paign stop. Johnson’s affordable housing offen- Brooklyn Paper has learned. “I told them, because of the cost of sive has James back on the developer’s “We think that there are some op- the [bank tower], [affordable units team after months of tense dealings portunities for building [affordable weren’t] feasible there,” Johnson said. over the all-luxury Hanson Place site. Paper The Brooklyn housing] here,” Johnson said after a “But we are open to exploring options “He has now given us assurance that he Johnny Podres greeted fans at Keyspan Park on Sunday. public appearance at the Brown where there is appropriate land.” is going to do affordable housing some- Memorial Baptist Church last week. Johnson’s development company, where in the neighborhood,” James said. three years in a row (ever hear of season tickets, Wayne?). Johnson came to Brown Memorial Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, and its “It’s a quid pro quo and I accept that.” Another early arrival was Louis Alberici. as part of his “I Stand with Magic” anti- partner, Dermot Co., paid a reported In 2003, Johnson’s group helped “I’m from Bensonhurst — the home of Ralph Kramden,” said / Graham Letorney AIDS campaign, but the hot local topic $165 million for the 34-story, four- fund a condo conversion on the site of Alberici, who then made a confession. of housing couldn’t be avoided, accord- faced icon in 2005. the former Brooklyn Tabernacle in “I have Rudy [Giuliani] blood in me,” he said, admitting his ing to the former LA Laker, and co-de- The athlete-mogul said he would Park Slope. The development fund re- allegiance to the Yankees, both Bronx and Staten Island variety. veloper of the landmark Williamsburgh consider pairing with a Brooklyn church cently began investing in a third Also on line early was Sea Gate resident Sy Golde, who grew Savings Bank building, at One Hanson — and building on its land — in order Brooklyn project, in Greenpoint. up in Coney Island. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Place, which he is now converting into to keep expenses down this time. The Clinton Hill partnership would “I was a Giants fan, and I was surrounded by Dodger fans Magic Johnson speaks on AIDS awareness — and, later, affordable housing 189 luxury condos. “We are interested in talking with any be the b-baller’s first affordable project who gave me plenty of abuse,” said Golde as he waited to buy — at Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Fort Greene. Johnson attracted the ire of James Brooklyn church that has land,” he said. in the borough. tickets for his sons and his grandchildren, all from New Jersey. “Everyone thought I was crazy to root for the Giants, and I got lots of abuse from the Dodger fans, but it was all in fun.” Johnny Podres also remembered fun. “When I came up to the Dodgers, I was only 20 years old, Dem Bums’ last season and I stayed at the Bossert Hotel, just down the street from the Welcome to Brooklyn (Senegal, that is) Dodgers’ offices on Montague Street,” said Podres. “I would go out to Coney Island all the time. I made sure I got To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brook- on that first seat on the Cyclone. That was almost as big a thrill The Brooklyn Paper the only Senegalese town lyn Dodgers’ final, dismal campaign, The Brooklyn as beating the Yankees in the World Series.” The Brooklyn Paper’s in which Silver found Paper will provide a weekly reminder of the fabled They also took advantage of their talents (while also benefit- own international corre- traces on Kings. Boys of Summer. Here’s this week’s highlight: ting from the era’s lack of celebrity culture). “I also [found] Brooklyn spondent, Laura Silver, May 6, 1957 Dodgers 5–Braves 4 (14 innings) “Tommy Lasorda and I came over [to Coney Island] one time recently snapped this pho- spray-painted on walls in to throw baseballs at those things [dolls on sticks],” said the left- two different cities with A Gino Cimoli homerun in the bottom of the 14th saved hander. to for us while on a trip to populations under 50,000,” the Brooks from a second straight loss to the Braves. Cambérène — a Muslim Sandy Koufax got the win, his first of the year. “We knocked down so many that they found out we were Silver said. Dodger pitchers, and they wouldn’t let us play any more. [But town in northern Senegal. “What’s up with that?” by then], we’d won so many of those stuffed animals that we “The owner said he was Well, the large Senega- took them to Ebbets Field and sold ’em at the ballpark.” inspired by ‘Joe’s Bed- lese community in Browns- Fifty years after the Brooklyn Dodgers’ last season, baseball Stuy Barbershop,’ the 1983 / Laura Silver ville might have something enthusiasm in the borough is stronger than ever, albeit in a mi- film that Spike Lee made to do with why our bor- nor (league) key. when he was in grad ough is so popular in But on a day when Johnny Podres returned to Brooklyn, school,” Silver told us via African desert villages. when hundreds of people lined up for Class A baseball tickets, e-mail from the West Or maybe they all just when the mood was overjoyed that the Cyclones’ original man-
African nation. Paper The Brooklyn really like Spike Lee. ager, Edgar Alfonzo, is back as skipper, could anyone be blamed But Cambérène wasn’t The Brooklyn Barber Shop — in Cambérène, Senegal! — Christie Rizk for dreaming of a 2007 New York–Penn League championship?
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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is hosting a series of outreach The Brooklyn Paper Hosted by Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman (above left) moderated events throughout the City to improve customer another episode of BCAT’s Reporter Roundtable show this week. Joining our Gersh on the panel was newcomer Ethan Brown of the service for its account holders.DEP Customer New York Sun (center) and veteran BCAT yakker Jotham Seder- Council Member David Yassky strom of the Daily News. Topics included Mayor Bloomberg’s con- Service representatives will be on hand with gestion-pricing plan, Atlantic Yards and pols behaving badly. The show premieres on Friday, May 4, at 9 pm, and repeats on Saturday, computers to check water usage history, answer May, 5 at 9 pm; Monday, May 7, at 1 pm; Tuesday, May 8, at 1:30 and 9:30 pm; and Thursday, May 10, at 2 and 10 pm. BCAT is chan- Thursday, May 10, 2007 questions and set up payment agreements. nel 56 (Time-Warner) and channel 69 (Cablevision). 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. The event will also feature information from other St. Francis College New York City agencies that offer programs of BY LEON 182 Remsen St. between Court & Clinton Streets interest to property owners. The other agencies are: FREILICH Brooklyn, NY 11201 Leon Freilich, the poet laureate of Park Slope, was so impressed by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s recent testimony in Con- M, N, or R train to Court Street; Department of Finance (DOF) gress that he wrote this inspired verse, “I Did Not Do What I Can’t Remember”: 2, 3, 4, or 5 train to Borough Hall Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) So Alberto Gonzales misspoke — so what? Department for the Aging (DFTA) Wasn’t Scooter Libby in a similar spot? Despite the Democrats’ righteous rages, Couldn’t faulty recollections be contagious? We need to allow that memory lapses For more information: (718) 595-3496 Are among the plausible perhapses, Though it often happens that political climbers Come down with a case of convenient Alzheimer’s. 16 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 May 5, 2007 NATIONAL Council takes up ‘Railroad’ fight CLASSIFIEDS By Mat Probasco protection of their homes as his- mer owners — the Truesdell for The Brooklyn Paper toric landmarks. family — was heavily involved So the EDC paid a Park Av- in the Abolition movement. The battle over whether the Reader Advisory: National trade associations to which we belong purchased enue consulting firm, AKRF, a But Do said oddities in the Underground Railroad passed the following classifieds. This publication has not verified the value of any of the serv- through seven houses on half-million dollars to research sub-cellars were merely “venti- ices or products advertised; some advertisers do not offer “employment” but rather the historic value of the proper- lation wells” for kitchens, not Duffield and Gold streets supply manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients estab- ties — and specifically their ties tunnels between houses. lish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under NO circumstance should made it this week to the City to the Underground Railroad. AKRF’s report also said you send any money in advance or give an advertiser your checking, license ID, or Council, which could block a On Tuesday, an AKRF vice there were few definitive links credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of city plan to destroy the houses president, Linh Do, said the Un- between owners of the proper- credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone for a hotel parking lot. derground Railroad did, indeed, ties and abolitionists in the mid- it’s illegal to request any money before delivering its service. “We should be celebrating make more stops in Brooklyn to-late 19th century — and that history, not [destroying it],” than the Q train — but the com- the consultants could not find said Charles Barron (D–Canar- pany’s researchers found no link evidence that Truesdell used sie) at a rally on the steps of between the seven houses and 227 Duffield St. as a safe City Hall before Tuesday’s the Abolitionist movement. house. hearing. 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FREE was recorded in the KINGS County Clerk's Office on the 8th day of August, 2006, at 718-276-8558 A37 ******** Instrument No. 2006000447345; Said mortgage is to be assigned by an Assignment to be A30 OFFICE Visit our website at recorded in the Office of the Clerk of KINGS County. A21 CONSULTATION www.nadrichtravels.com The property in question is described as follows: 246 LINCOLN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208. SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION. DATED: April 12, 2007 Stewart J. Diamond, Esq. Deals on FLORIDA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, VEGAS and much more Steven J.Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 LEGAL NOTICES OFFICE NADRICHTRAVELS LOCATED AT SCHEDULE A DESCRIPTION 347-632-2426 REAL ESTATE AGENTS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS A23 Block 4149 and Lot 30 111 Livingston St., Suite 1110, Bklyn, NY Index No. 36628/2006. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE. Kings County is designated by Plaintiff as ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erect- the place of trial. Venue is based on CPLR Sec. 509. ed, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New ELEANA MAKAROVA, Plaintiff — against — LEV FLAKSMAN, Defendant. (718) 210-4738 Merchandise For Sale Brownstone Brooklyn York, bounded and described as follows: ACTION FOR A DIVORCE, TO DEFENDANT FLAKSMAN: A31-10 BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Lincoln Avenue, distant 534 feet 4-1/2 inches Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of Westerly side of Lincoln Avenue and the YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of $1000 For NYC Retro Northerly side of Atlantic Avenue; your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appear- Computers ance, on Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclu- Contemporary Chairs We Know Brooklyn Best RUNNING THENCE Westerly and at right angles to Lincoln Avenue and part of the distance sive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons 2 Living Room, 6 Dinning Room through a party wall, 87 feet 6 inches; is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to All Points Real Estate THENCE Northerly and parallel with Lincoln Avenue, 20 feet; answer or appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the All Leather & Teak Wood notice set forth below and in the compaint. THENCE Easterly again at right angles to Lincoln Avenue, 7 feet 6 inches to the Westerly side of Free Purchased from ABC Carpet. Will Deliver A full-service brokerage matching property owners Dated: November 27, 2006 IANNUZZI and IANNUZZI, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 74 Trinity Place, Lincoln Ave. Contact Mary Ellen with prospective tenants and buyers Suite 1800, New York, New York 10006, (212) 227-9595. Onsite THENCE Southerly along the Westerly side of Lincoln Avenue, 20 feet to the place of BEGINNING. Index Number assigned: 36628-2006 (718) 748-1881 Specializing in Brooklyn’s Brownstone Neighborhoods. BP16-19 Survey K21 Date of filing with Clerk of Court: November 30, 2006 •Brooklyn Heights •Carroll Gardens •Park Slope NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY Plaintiff’s Address: 2424 East 24th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11235. Wood Furniture •Boreum Hill •Prospect Heights •Fort Greene Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al, Plaintiff(s) vs. Barry Davis, et al, Defendant(s) Defendant’s Address: Unknown. VOICE • DATA • FIBER For Sale: •Cobble Hill •Clinton Hill •Bed-Stuy Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, NOTICE: The object of this action is a judgment of divorce dissolving the marriage on grounds •East Williamsburg/Bushwick. Fishkill New York 12524 (845) 897-1600 in accordance with Subdivision (2) of Section 170 of the Domestic Relations Law. VIDEO • AUDIO Captain’s Bed, Liquor Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered herein on or about November 2, 2005, THE RELIEF SOUGHT IS a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff. OP16-18 Cabinet, Cedar Chest, Check out our inventory: ALLPOINTSRE.COM I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Room 261 at 360 Adams Street, INSTALLATIONS Brooklyn, New York 11201. NOTICE OF SALE — SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY Book Case & Shelves. All Points Real Estate On May 24, 2007 at 3:00 PM DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC., Plaintiff(s) vs. RAUL HARVEY, et al., Defendant(s) (718) 680-8318 80 Livingston St. (near Court Street) Premises known as 478 Junius Street, Brooklyn, New York 11212, Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 26 Harvester Avenue, 212 619-3132 Batavia New York 14020 (585) 815-0288 CW18 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erect- Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered herein on or about March 19, 2007, I will (718) 858-6100 ed, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York. CABLESANDCHIPSINC.COM E18 sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at In Room 261 of Kings County Supreme Court, Merchandise Wanted Block: 3814 Lot: 138 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York. A28 As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of On May 31, 2007 at 3:00 PM. Premises known as 393 Warwick Street, Brooklyn, New York 11207 the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of COMPUTER SOLUTIONS Bob & Judi’s Collectibles Florida Agents amount of judgment $248,573.18 plus interest and costs. Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Firewall Protection - Network Installation INDEX NO. 3437/2005. Leon Beerman, Esq., REFEREE BP16-19 Block: 3999. Lot: 5. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. (wired and wireless), Virus and Spyware LOOKING TO BUY Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Removal - System and Hardware Upgrades, FROM COOL FUNKY RETRO NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS. Approximate amount of judgment $417,681.52 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 11587/06 TO COUNTRY STUFF Repair and General Maintenance, On-site John Dechiaro, Esq., REFEREE AND FINE ANTIQUES TREUHOLD CAPITAL GROUP LLC, as assignee of INTERBAY FUNDING LLC, AS SERVICER FOR WACH- BP17-20 Service - Se habla español. Free estimate. ONE ITEM TO ENTIRE ESTATES OVIA BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, had enough winter yet? Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 30th day v. CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. Index No. 28180/03 (917) 415-6807 718-638-5770 of April, 2007, bearing Index Number N500396/2007, a copy of which may be examined at the www.praxisinfo.biz 217 - 5th Ave (Union/Pres. Sts.) www.nyfraninflorida.com Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale granted herein on March 19, 2007, I the undersigned, Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, A42 A31-03 the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in Room 261 at 360 Adams Street, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Eugene Feldman. My Fran Rizzuto, Realtor Brooklyn, New York, County of Kings, State of New York, on May 17, 2007 at 3:00 pm of that day, the present name is Yevgeniy Feldman. My present address is 8875 17th Avenue, Brooklyn, New premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: York 11214. My place of birth is Moscow, Russia. My date of birth is April 12, 1990. BP18
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