Nov. 27–Dec. 3, 2015 Including Park Slope Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE SERVING GOWANUS, PARK SLOPE, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, DUMBO, METROTECH, BOERUM HILL, CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, RED HOOK, WILLIAMSBURG & GREENPOINT Surprise! MS 313 is a BIG G-LICH! sci-school BY LAUREN GILL Lander: No The city blinded them with sci- ence! A Vinegar Hill middle apartment school will relocate to Dumbo and adopt a science-savvy cur- riculum next fall, offi cials an- nounced last Thursday, but rezoning parents say the city picked the institution’s new focus with- BY LAUREN GILL out running it by the commu- Prognosis negative! nity. Cobble Hill’s local coun- “The process was supposed cilman says he will oppose a to involve community input developer’s bid to rezone the and there was a considerable former Long Island College amount of effort put in by the Hospital site to build a giant community education coun- luxury housing complex — cil and parents,” said Maggie withholding a key vote the Spillane, who has kids in the real estate outfi t may need to same school district and is a get the proposal through the member of Community Edu- Council. cation Council 13, an advi- “The community doesn’t sory panel of parents. “But it support this plan and neither seemed to be pretty obvious it do I,” said Councilman Brad was decided before.” Lander (D–Cobble Hill) at a Schools czar Carmen Fa- meeting of civic group the rina announced during a Cobble Hill Association last meeting to vote on relocating Wednesday night. MS 313 in Vinegar Hill to a The property’s new owner new building at the corner of Fortis Property Group can Water and Dock streets — a still build a slightly-less-giant, move that a city panel unani- less-lucrative luxury housing mously approved — that the complex on the site — bounded newly situated school would by Atlantic Avenue and Pa- also be overhauled with a spe- Reading frenzy cifi c, Hicks and Henry streets cial focus on science, technol- — without the rezoning. Mia the kid and Baily the dog got together at Powerhouse on 8th bookstore in Park Slope on Nov. 20, ogy, engineering, and math But with the change, it subjects, emulating another where fi rst graders sharpened their literacy skills by reading topooches. For more, see page 12. could build many more units school elsewhere. Photo by Louise Wateridge — in exchange for which it is Continued on page 16 Continued on page 21
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NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D Handy man: Stephen Powers’s hand-paint- ed signs are on display at the Brooklyn Museum as part of an installation on the Coney Island craft. Photo by Louise Wateridge were born to be. Sign up here! All eyes were focused on cuddly New exhibit celebrates Coney Island banners Bo and snuggly sis Mei Mei as By Allegra Hobbs Icy Signs provided the banners and ads Powers and fellow Icy artists as a tribute The display tracks the changes in the t is a sign of the times — and of the now on display in the Museum. “I think to the area’s local aesthetic, which affects neighborhood, in the arts community, place. we bring a really interesting inside per- every member of the local artist commu- and in the country as a whole, said the I An artist is paying tribute to Coney spective to it.” nity, he said. curator. Island with a collage of hand-painted Powers said he mastered his craft in the “In Coney, everybody carries 150 “It’s about the way that Coney Island signs — an art form indigenous to the neighborhood’s fast-paced and competi- years on their back with everything they has inspired artists since the late 19th they chilled in front of cooing dreamy beach town — displayed as part of tive signage scene, where local businesses do,” said Powers. “They’re all well-versed Century, and the way it has reflected what Brooklyn Museum’s focus on the history show off flashy and colorful hand-painted in the history of Coney Island and they all has been happening in the world at large,” and look of the waterfront nabe. The sign- lettering from skilled neighborhood art- play their part in the present day and in said Sharon Matt Atkins. painter says his connection to the People’s ists. The artists of Icy, which now operates paying tribute to the past.” “Coney Island Is Still Dreamland (To Playground gives the multi-tiered installa- out of Boerum Hill, churned out signs That history is laid out in the museum’s a Seagull)” and “Coney Island: Visions tion “Coney Island Is Still Dreamland (To for local spots like laundromats and res- accompanying exhibition “Coney Island: of an American Dreamland” at the a Seagull)” a special down-home vibe. taurants in Coney Island, where makers Visions of an American Dreamland,” Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Parkway crowds captivated by the mag- “We were employees, we were workers and consumers alike have strong opinions which features photographs by famed at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, in the amusement park and in the neigh- about the craft. freak photographer Diane Arbus, nine- (718) 638–5000, www.brooklynmuseum. borhood,” said Stephen Powers, whose The Brooklyn Museum installation is teenth-century landscape paintings, and org]. On display until March 13. $16 sug- Coney Island-born sign-painting service a hodge-podge of signage created by novelty items dating from 1861 to 2008. gested donation. nifi cent mammals, whose ances- Your entertainment tors hail from the Himalayas. guide Page 39 The Wildlife Conservation Soci- ety, which operates the Prospect Park Zoo, saves red pandas in Police Blotter ...... 8 China and Myanmar as part of Standing O ...... 22 its species survival program. It Rhymes with Crazy ...... 27 then breeds them to boost the Letters ...... 28 species’ declining numbers due Tom Allon ...... 29 to deforestation. Sports ...... 51 Photo by Julie Larsen Maher Education miscalculation HOW TO REACH US V’Hill parents: School quota won’t stop Dumbo kids taking over Mail: BY LAUREN GILL current community and ac- parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant Courier Life It is the sum of all their fears. cess to federal funding. and Park Slope — to make up Publications, Inc., The city’s plan for ensur- The city says it will give a guaranteed 50 percent, he 1 Metrotech Center North ing a school that currently priority for half of the seats to said. 10th Floor, Brooklyn, serves mostly minority, low- low-income kids living within “It’s not 50 percent with income kids in Vinegar Hill the new school zone, but it will conditions, it’s 50 percent pe- N.Y. 11201 is not over-run by rich white also give priority for any kid riod,” he said. “We want the General Phone: students when it expands who resides in the zone over opportunity to sustain our eq- (718) 260-2500 to include youngsters from those from outside of it. uity for the neighborhood.” News Fax: Dumbo next year just doesn’t That won’t result in a bal- The school currently re- (718) 260-2592 add up, say parents. anced mix, Hannah-Jones ceives federal funds for hav- “We don’t agree with it,” said, because low-income kids ing so many low-income stu- News E-Mail: said Faraji Hannah-Jones, co- make up a small portion of dents, but it would lose that [email protected] president of the parent-teacher the area, while Dumbo — one money if the percentage drops Display Ad Phone: association at PS 307 at a meet- of the richest neighborhoods below 60 percent. Education (718) 260-8302 ing on Monday night where in the city — is booming. The offi cials say they are willing Display Ad E-Mail: education offi cials unveiled school has 423 pupils right to keep working with families [email protected] their fi nal plan to redraw the now — some of whom come and the local school board to school’s boundaries to encom- WORK TO BE DONE: PS 307 Parent from outside the zone as part ensure that doesn’t happen. Display Ad Fax: pass Dumbo. “You’re not do- Teacher Association co-president of a magnet program and 85 “Nothing is set in stone (718) 260-2579 ing the math.” Faraji Hannah-Jones expresses his percent of whom are low-in- but if that’s something people Classified Phone: Families at the York Street concerns over the city’s rezoning come — and is projected to want, we can work with the (718) 260-2555 school — which is currently plan at the Community Education eventually grow to 770 after it community education council Classified Fax: zoned mostly for kids in Vin- Council 13 meeting on Nov. 23. expands. and people in school commu- (718) 260-2549 egar Hill’s Farragut public Community News Group / Lauren Gill Instead, the city should al- nities to see if we could make housing project — are de- low low-income kids in other that happen,” said department Classified E-Mail: manding the education de- come students if it goes ahead parts of the school district spokesperson Meg Barboza. [email protected] partment set aside half the with its rezoning plan, in or- — which also encompasses But the quota announced institution’s seats for low-in- der to preserve the school’s Downtown, Fort Greene, and Continued on page 15 :FLI@ GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT Amazon news for S’Park? E-commerce giant coming BY DENNIS LYNCH Sunset Park is about to get a big delivery. Amazon will open a dis- tribution center at Liberty View Industrial Plaza. The online sales giant inked a seven-year lease for an undis- closed chunk of the massive industrial building, accord- ing to real estate watchers SHRUB SNUB: Vendors Nelia Williams and Paula Tirado may be forced to fi nd a new location if Brooklyn Law the Real Deal. The center could bring a ton of new jobs School goes ahead and installs its proposed planters on Joralemon Street. Photo by Stefano Giovannini to the area, but some Sunset Parkers question the poten- tial quality, given Amazon’s PACKAGE FOR YOU: Liberty View less-than-stellar labor repu- Industrial Plaza is about to get tation, one workforce advo- a big new tenant. Online retailer cate said. Amazon inked a seven-year lease HEDGED OUT! “We’d like to know what at the Sunset Park industrial the local employment impact space. Photo by Elizabeth Graham would be, especially owing to a number of different reports home to a number of dif- Brooklyn Law School shrubbery could about unfair labor practices ferent industrial facilities at Amazon facilities,” said that depend on trucks,” said Ryan Chavez of local envi- Chavez. “Amazon will have displace Joralemon Street vendors ronmental justice group Up- to address the environmen- rose. tal and public health impacts BY LAUREN GILL all the prime locations Down- A spokesman from the law Reports of inadequate their trucks could have on Talk about being uprooted! town are already taken, so she school said it was unaware ventilation, overworked em- the community.” Vendors who hawk their couldn’t simply move down vendors are already in the ployees, and unfair fi rings Real estate magazine The wares in front of Downtown’s the street if the bushes push plots it wants to install the at distribution centers have Real Deal fi rst reported the Brooklyn Law School fear the her out. planters. dogged the company since lease. institution’s plan to install “There’s no spots, it’s all Community Board 2 voted 2010. Amazon joins a handful large planters on the sidewalk full,” said Tirado, who says to approve the planters earlier Four former delivery driv- of tenants at Liberty View — around its building at Jora- she works 12 hours a day and this month, though locals also ers with Amazon’s “Prime a mixed retail and manufac- lemon and Adams streets will makes around $150. had concerns with the plan — Now” service in southern turing building with enough kick them to the curb. members worry the hedges California sued the retailer fl oor area to house all of Sun- “They want to put plants in would block views of traffi c in October, alleging Amazon set Park’s eponymous green our spots, what are we going to and that pedestrians would illegally classifi ed them inde- space with a few feet to spare. do?” said Bedford-Stuvesant use the giant fl ower pots as pendent contractors to deny Home goods purveyors Bed resident Paula Tirado, who trash cans. them pay and benefi ts. Bath & Beyond, electronics has been selling digital video The exact location of the Chavez also worries about retailer Micro Center, and discs on Joralemon Street near planters is still being ham- the impact Amazon delivery treat-makers Kopper Choco- Boerum Place for 12 years. mered out — the school nom- trucks will make motoring late all lease space there. And The law school has applied inated locations for 13 bram- through residential areas ev- Saks Fifth Avenue recently to the Department of Trans- ble buckets, but the city will ery day. signed a letter of intent to portation to place 10 box-like only allow 10. The community “Sunset Park is already open a discount store. containers fi lled with ever- board wants to nix ones clos- green boxwood shrubs along est to the corner, and the trans- the Joralemon Street and portation agency will decide Boerum Place pavement. The its preference on Tuesday. vegetation, which the school If the two parties agree, says it wants to install as part the department will decide of its efforts to “beautify” the whether to green-light the area, would stand at 5-foot-9 greenery. But the vendors say and span just over nine square they won’t just sit back and al- feet, according to its plans. low the prospective planters But the proposed site is also to muscle in on their work- a hub of local peddlers, who places. line the pavement selling kids’ “We’ll fi ght it,” said Ne- books, compact discs, cloth- lia Williams, who moved to ing, fruit, and other goods to Brooklyn from Trinidad and Downtowners on the go. UPROOTED: Deputy editor Max Tobago 20 years ago and has The vendors’ licenses Jaeger stands at 5-foot-9 — the been selling books on Jora- aren’t tied to any specifi c lo- same height as the proposed lemon Street ever since. “This HERE’S TO SPEEDY SHIPPING: Amazon is opening a distribution cen- cation — unlike hot dog and planters plus shrubbery. is our livelihood, we need to ter in Sunet Park’s Liberty View Industrial Plaza. halal carts — but Tirado says Community News Group / Ruth Brown work.” Associated Press / Ben Margot DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 3 Fowl! Nets pass turkeys BY ALLEGRA HOBBS but more importantly for the ners — last year’s Nets-hosted It was a full court press! community.” dinner at the Fort Hamilton The entire Brooklyn Nets The ballers doled out tur- Military Base served up al- team gathered at a Bedford- keys and essential holiday ready-prepared meals to fam- Stuyvesant food pantry on sides including corn, green ilies in need. Monday to give out turkeys beans, stuffi ng, and cran- The Nets athletes will and other Thanksgiving fi x- berry sauce — all donated by take part in other community ings, and the organizer of the supermarket chain Key Foods service projects from Dec. 2 annual do-good event said it — to 700 local families at Ful- through Dec. 25 as part of the felt great to give back. ton Street food pantry the Bed National Basketball Associ- “It was fantastic,” said Jeff Stuy Campaign Against Hun- ation’s so-called “Season of Scott, the Nets’ senior direc- ger. Giving” — a holiday activity TEAM TURKEY: (Above) Joe Johnson serves up Thanksgiving birds to tor of community relations. This is the fi rst year the that the players relish, said hundreds of families at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Campaign Against Hun- “It was such an amazing op- team has dished up supermar- Scott. ger. (Center) Andrea Bargnanis, left, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson help portunity not only for our ket items for Brooklynites to “It’s absolutely special,” he shoppers get on the juice. (Left) Nets star Brook Lopez gives a young fan players and our organization, make their own holiday din- said. “It never gets old.” a high fi ve — and some soy milk. Photos by Louise Wateridge NYU Lutheran Medical Center Comprehensive Stroke Center NYU Lutheran Medical Center Comprehensive Stroke Center Because you want to make the right choice for your family’s care, choose NYU Lutheran Medical Center. Because no one can keep a secret like grandma NYU LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER 4 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT GIFT LIKE A STAR BLACK FRIDAY STARTS AT 7AM! SAVE 50-80% AT MACY’S BACKSTAGE — OUR ALL-NEW DISCOUNT STORE THAT’S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. THE BEST DEALS WON’T LAST. STOP BY TODAY AND GET THE BEST BARGAINS FROM TOP BRANDS! 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Bar and Grill in Windsor Terrace with “He’s my friend,” said Bob “Broad- the highest honor available to a bar- way” Cunningham. “He deserves this keep last Wednesday, when it inducted honor.” him into the Bartender Hall of Fame. Houlihan took his fi rst job behind a Bartender Magazine celebrated bar at Farrell’s in 1965, when he served sage tapster Jim “Hooley” Houlihan many of the same patrons who still fre- for the years he has spent leveraging quent the local joint today. the beloved Prospect Park West water- Things were different back in those ing hole’s name to offer locals a helping days, when Eddy Farrell still operated hand, according to the man himself. his namesake drinkery, and women “It’s a great neighborhood,” said were banned from bar service on ac- Houlihan, 76, who has worked behind count of there being no bar stools to the bar for 50 years and owned it for al- seat them at — a novel workaround most 20. ”We take care of each other.” that made Farrell’s a sanctuary for the In 1995, a year before he and co- fellas, according Signorile. owner Tim Horan bought Farrell’s, “They wouldn’t serve women back Hooley worked with local fi refi ghters in the ’60s, so we’d say, ‘We’re going to to recruit 300 volunteers to repaint the Farrell’s,’ and they’d leave us alone,” Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in he said. “It was just beer and balls, a weekend. nothing fancy.” Ever since, the barkeep has used The 82-year-old tavern now has his prestigious role as neighborhood women — and bar stools — but, in many whistle-wetter for the benefi t of Park ways, it retains the unique charm that Slope and Windsor Terrace — in 2005, has kept locals coming back through- he organized a “neighborhood re- out the decades, regulars say. union” that raised north of $50,000 for “All my friends are here. It’s a local churches, according to one long- neighborhood place. It’s the place to time patron. be,” said Cunningham. “He’s very good at getting people to The fact that Farrell’s serves beer come together,” said Park Sloper Mike in 32-ounce foam cups — known as Signorile. “Everybody knows Hooley.” Farrelizers — doesn’t hurt either, al- It is Houlihan’s support of the though Hooley would never admit that community, along with the dozen it is the bar’s main selling point. clippings his wife Eileen sent to Bar- “That’s not it,” said Houlihan. “It’s tender Magazine that led the periodi- because of the people. The neighbor- cal to add him to its list of top-notch hood always comes back to support bartenders, according to the maga- Farrell’s.” 6 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT GET MOVING IN BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK Everyone is welcome at Open Run 3 Free runs and walks every Thursday at 7 p.m. Meet us at the path south of Fornino on Pier 6. 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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL– RED HOOK 94TH PRECINCT Overkill GREENPOINT–NORTHSIDE A quartet of rapscallions stole food from a delivery guy on Sum- Peace talks mit Street on Nov. 20 — and threat- A half-hearted miscreant tried ened him with a gun when he gave to mug a guy at gunpoint on Jack- chase, according to police. been nabbed, along with more went to sleep around 11:30 pm, then son Street on Nov. 18, but the sil- The victim was waiting for his than $500 in plants and planters, woke up at 9:10 the next morning to ver-tongued victim ultimately customer on the sidewalk near according to police. fi nd the deadbolt lock was ripped talked his way out of it and the two Henry Street at 8:30 pm when four off of her front door frame. parted ways peacefully. men ran up, grabbed the goods off Run-in She then discovered that her The victim told cops was be- his bike, and fl ed up Summit Street Cops are hunting a robber laptop, tablet, false teeth, and tween Leonard and Lorimer streets towards Smith Street. wanted for shoving a jogger and apartment key were missing, au- at 7:10 pm when the would-be thief The delivery man gave chase, snatching her phone on East Drive thorities said. came up behind him, pointed a gun but he knew it was time to call it in Prospect Park on Nov. 11. at his head, and said, “Give me ev- quits when he found himself star- The victim told police that she Phony punk erything you got.” ing down the barrel of a gun, and was going for a run near the ice A scoundrel snagged a store But the victim refused, then the thieves got away with the de- skating rink at 6:35 am, when the clerk’s belongings while also steal- livery. proceeded to somehow convince crook suddenly reached out and ing a bunch of phones from a Gra- the lout to leave him alone, author- snagged her cutting-edge iPhone ham Avenue electronics shop on ities said. 6, before hurling her to the ground Grocery score Nov. 18. The perp walked away down A pickpocket stole a woman’s with a vicious shove. The employee of the store near Leonard Street towards Skillman wallet while she was shopping at Grand Street told cops the mis- Avenue, according to a police re- supermarket on Court Street on creant came in at 3:10 pm and put Bike bandit port. Nov. 21. A crook stole a man’s electric a gun to his chest, demanding The woman started her shop- bicycle he left on Fourth Avenue money and phones. ping trip at the grocer at Atlan- on Nov. 10. The troublemaker took three Bathroom break-in tic Avenue at 2 pm and told police The victim told police that he phones from the store, then went A bandit clambered in through she never put down her purse, but parked his motorized Black Arrow ahead and grabbed the employee’s the bathroom window of a Free- she found her wallet was missing bicycle near Ninth Street at 3 pm, personal phone and Superman man Street apartment on Nov. when it came time to pay for her and ducked into a check cashing wallet before hoofi ng it, cops said. 21 and ran off with an estimated groceries. establishment nearby. $44,000 worth of electronics. Later she found out that the He was gone about 10 minutes Hairy situation The victim told cops he left thief had charged $400 on the card — long enough for an opportunis- A glamorous goon stole a bunch his apartment between Frank- at a department store, but police tic crook to pass by and snatch his of hair products from a Graham lin Street and Manhattan Avenue have not brought the thief in yet. $1,420 bike, cops said. Avenue beauty salon on Nov. 18, at 8 pm and came back at 4:53 am then came back and violently the next day to fi nd his bathroom Jacket jackers Pay day swiped a lady’s bag. window was open and the lock was Two cold crooks stole a couple A lucky looter hit pay-dirt when The guy came into the salon be- broken. of jackets from a high-end fashion he snatched a woman’s purse tween Moore and Varet streets at He looked around and found store on Smith Street on Nov. 20. — containing $50,000 — off her 3:40 pm and grabbed a weave and the low-life had snagged a haul They walked into the store at stroller from inside a Seventh Av- some hair-care products off the of his electronics goods, includ- Butler Street just before 5:30 pm, enue shop on Nov. 12. shelf, altogether worth more than ing a laptop, a Playstation, and but instead of holding the place up, The victim told police she was $700, authorities said. a projector, according to a police they just grabbed the jackets and browsing inside the store between But he accidentally left some report. ran out in a fl ash, according to a Sixth and Seventh streets at 9:15 of his belongings at the shop, and police report. They fl ed up Smith am, when she left her handbag un- when he came back to retrieve Shower scene Street towards Baltic Street. attended atop a stroller. them, he went ahead and grabbed Cops cuffed a guy who climbed — Dennis Lynch The crook had about 15 minutes a lady’s bag, then punched and into a woman’s Kent Avenue apart- to swipe the bag, and imagine his kicked and dragged her across the surprise when upon discovering fl oor before fl eeing the scene, ac- ment while she was in the shower 78TH PRECINCT that the designer purse within — cording to a police report. on Nov. 16. PARK SLOPE itself worth $5,000 — contained 50 The victim was taking a shower grand in 100-dollar bills, accord- Bike vs. car in her pad between N. Sixth and N. Seventh streets at 1 pm when Yard wreck ing to police. — Colin Mixson A cycling cretin pedaled along- she heard the doorbell ring and Some gnome uprooted the front side a car at the corner of Manhat- ignored it, but when she fi nished yard of a woman’s Second Street tan Aenue and Boerum Street on 90TH PRECINCT showering she heard a noise in an- home, taking lawn statues and Nov. 18 and whacked the side mir- planters on Nov. 11. SOUTHSIDE–BUSHWICK ror, then beat up the driver when other room and went to check it The victim told police that she he pulled over for a confrontation. out, authorities said. left her home between Sixth and Gummy goon The driver told cops he was She followed the sound and Seventh avenues at 6 pm, off to A lout broke into a lady’s Bed- driving at 7:40 am when a guy on a found the alleged intruder clam- visit her mother and did not to re- ford Avenue apartment and ran bike pulled up next to his car and bering through her window and turn for another two days. off with some electronics, a set of hit the driver’s side mirror. When started yelling at him, police said. When she did come back, she false teeth, and her apartment key the victim pulled over and got out The guy fl ed down the fi re escape found that a lock securing the gate during the night of Nov. 18. of his car to confront the punk, the but offi cers ultimately collared into her yard had been busted and The woman told cops she locked brute hit him across the forehead him for the alleged crime, accord- that three statues, one of which the door to her abode between S. with his bicycle lock, leaving the ing to a police report. was originally worth $7,350, had Fifth and S. Fourth streets and victim with a wound requiring — Allegra Hobbs For more hyper-local Brooklyn news on your computer, smartphone, or iPad, visit BrooklynDaily.com. 8 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT BROOKLYN WEARS BLACK BROOKLYN PRIDE PLAN DECEMBER 04 DECEMBER 15 JANUARY 12 JANUARY 14 FEBRUARY 02 APRIL 09 VS. VS. VS. VS. VS. VS. ST. 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Herrick Feinstein LLP for Quality and Affordability posal to encourage low-priced proposal, claiming it would housing by letting developers backfi re and give developers build higher along the commer- an incentive to knock down cial corridors highlighted in pur- the areas’s existing cheap ple would actually have the oppo- housing and replace it with pricier digs. site effect, according to members STILL BITTER “All the things that they of Community Board 7. thought were benefi ts in our Department of City Planning neighborhood are actually Bushwick residents: Don’t let Rheingold detriments to creating af- rise and existing affordable fordable housing,” said board housing in the district, an- member John Fontillas. other board member said. below-market housing fi asco happen again! “We don’t build affordable “Even if it’s for a noble housing in Sunset Park, we cause — the assumption here BY ALLEGRA HOBBS ing and land use committee, 2013, after owner Read Prop- preserve it. It’s already ex- is that we want to zone to The city must ensure devel- who voted to support the plan. erty Group signed a pledge to isting, our pressure is that have more affordable hous- opers can’t weasel out of a “I think that has made every- include hundreds of below- we’re losing it.” ing — the reality is that it proposal that would require body very, very cautious and market units in the new tow- Board members voted 26–2 completely ignored what peo- them to create below-market- concerned, specifi cally about ers there. But Read then sold with fi ve abstentions against ple fought for and the reason rate housing when building enforcement.” land to two other real estate the plan, which would let de- they fought for that and the on rezoned land, says a panel Board members voted 17–11 companies earlier this year, velopers tack fi ve feet onto character of some of these of Bushwickians that tenta- to approve Mayor DeBlasio’s both of which have refused to just about any building and neighborhoods,” said Randy tively okayed the scheme last so-called Mandatory Inclu- make the same commitment up to two stories on buildings Peers. Wednesday night. sionary Housing scheme — and aren’t beholden to the along Sunset Park’s commer- The board was split over Locals are still angry after which would require develop- original agreement. cial corridors if they include a companion proposal called the developers of the derelict ers looking to rezone land so City reps claimed that they a portion of senior or below- Mandatory Inclusionary Rheingold brewery on Flush- they can erect big buildings are already working on an en- market-rate housing. Housing, which would re- ing Avenue were able to blow to set aside at least 25 percent forcement strategy and will The city rezoned parts of quire developers in certain off a promise to include below- of units for so-called “afford- have one set in stone by the Sunset Park and Windsor areas build affordable hous- market units in the property able” housing — but on the time the new rule takes effect, Terrace in 2009 under signif- ing or pay into an affordable with no consequences, and condition that the city fi nd an or not long after. icant pressure from the com- housing fund as part of any said they don’t want to see that air-tight way to police the pro- “These rules are not just on munity to protect the neigh- project that requires a rezon- happen again. gram to prevent fi ascos like paper,” said city planner Jen- borhoods from developers ing. “The Rheingold is such the Rheingold redevelopment. nifer Gravel. “They’re real. We who wanted to build up. Both The board’s committee a terrible precedent,” said In that case, the city agreed want them to be respected.” proposals would threaten voted against the plan and Anne Guiney, a member the to rezone the old brewery site The board also demanded community members’ previ- recommended the full board Community Board 4’s hous- for residential high-rises in Continued on page 16 ous efforts to preserve low- Continued on page 21 BUY % ONLY NOW Interest Complete 0for 6 Mo. $ Pair of PAY With our new 99 Eyeglasses LATER APPLY TODAY SALE PROMO Take photos of your pet with Santa! DESIGNER FRAME BUY ONE Sat., Dec. 5th 12-6pm and Tues., Dec. 8th 4-6pm. Call for details. 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H3328_FC 15127 Accepted DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 11 Cute kids read to cute pups BY COLIN MIXSON it was so beautiful,” said Kath- The exercise was more for You can now die safe in the erine Eban, founder of PS 107 the kids than the animals, and knowledge that the most ador- Parent Teacher Association’s was designed to let the tykes able thing of all time has oc- Beast Relief, which organizes develop their reading skills curred and been documented! activities to raise money for in front of a judgement-free Two classes of Park Slope animal conservation. “A num- audience, she said — though fi rst graders took a fi eld trip to ber of them wanted to make the kids did tailor their mate- the Powerhouse on 8th book- sure the dogs could see the rial to the crowd, only reading store last Friday, where the pictures in the books. It is the books about dogs. youngsters read books to dogs most adorable thing ever. It’s And the highly skilled — diligently making sure the almost unbeatable.” pooches made great listeners, pups saw all the illustrations The parents arranged the according to Eban, who said PAW-DIENCE: (Above) Mia and other pint-sized scholars from Park — resulting in what organiz- activity in partnership with they really paid attention, and Slope’s PS 107 headed over to Powerhouse on 8th bookstore to read ers agree was the cutest thing the Good Dog Foundation, only got bored after being read books — to dogs! (Center) Kids read to Willow the therapy poodle. (Left) in existence. which trains dogs to serve as to for an hour in a language Carrot the pooch has no idea what’s going on. But look at those eyes! He “Honestly, I felt like crying therapy pets. they hardly comprehend. loves you! Photos by Louise Wateridge THE GENESIS PROGRAM Xaverian’s Co-ed Middle School (6–8) for the Academically Talented Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 pm OPEN HOUSE: Private Bus Transportation is Available! 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For more info, please contact: Mrs. Patricia McEvoy, Dean (718) 836-7100 x188 or [email protected] 7100 Shore Road, Brooklyn, NY 11209 www.xaverian.org/genesis 12 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT FALL SPECIAL EVENT 25% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE HAPPY HUSKIES: Mushing wards off depression in huskies and other working breeds by giving the pups exercise and a sense of purpose, says Tyler Hooff. Photo by Stefano Giovannini The chariot of the dogs! Teach your dog to pull a sled BY ALLEGRA HOBBS dog-walking services just don’t do the Get your layabout dog pulling its trick, said Hooff — they take the dogs weight — and yours! out to relieve themselves, but fail to A dog-sledding expert is putting un- give them an outlet for their pent-up employed Brooklyn pooches to work by energy and natural thirst for labor. teaching them how to “mush.” It isn’t Without adequate exercise, said Hooff, just an economical way to get around the hounds face an identity crisis. in winter — miserable apartment- “If these owners don’t get these bound mutts love getting back to their dogs a job, the dogs are going to get de- BROOKLYN’S LARGEST SELECTION working-class roots, he claims. pressed,” he said. “It gives the dogs a sense of purpose The McCarren Park class will teach OF DESIGNER PRODUCTS FOR again,” said Tyler Hooff, founder of dog owners the ins and outs of mush- EVERY STYLE AND BUDGET mushing company New York City Dog ing their own mutts — Hooff will brief Mushers, who is inviting all job-seek- attendees on how to use a proper har- ing canines to his class in McCarren nessing and equipment, and run over 1 !0/ƫđƫ%*'/ƫđƫ *%0%!/ƫđƫ %..+./ Park on Dec. 6. “Some of them howl the basics of rig-pulling while giving 1 /ƫđƫ$+3!.ƫ! /ƫđƫ+%(!0/ƫđƫ !//+.%!/ they get so happy.” each pooch a session with the sled. Hooff fi rst kicked-off his service Dog mushing classes at McCarren FREE DELIVERY ($150 VALUE) almost a decade ago as therapy for a Park [N. 12th Street at Driggs Avenue friend’s husky — he noticed the work- in Williamsburg, (360) 319–9719, www. ing breed, which craves labor and nycdogmushers.com]. Dec. 6, 11 am un- teamwork, was down in the dumps til sundown. $35 per session. CALL OR CLICK FOR YOUR FREE because of the constraints of city liv- ing. He started “mushing” the pooch PERSONALIZED APPOINTMENT with his skateboard, and the alpine-in- clined canine started to feel like him- ĈāĉċĂĆĊċĉĀāĀƫđƫ' # .++'(5*ċ +) self again, Hooff said. “I train huskies how to be huskies again,” he said. Other owners of city-dwelling hus- kies started to notice, and soon Hooff was running regular dog therapy ses- sions. Now he trains all kinds of large breeds with industrious instincts — like pit bulls, Dobermans, and Lab- radors — using a wheeled sled in the warmer months and a snow sled dur- ing the winter. DOGS WITH JOBS: A trio of huskies pull Ty- New Yorkers often coop up their big ler Hooff through the park — and they love it, ĂĊĊƫ0( *0% ƫ2!*1!Čƫ.++'(5*ČƫƫāāĂĀā fur-balls without room to move and he says. Photo by Stefano Giovannini DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 13 Fashion for survivors BY ALLEGRA HOBBS Wythe Hotel event. Schafer got to keep her styl- They catwalked for a cure. The doctors who walked ish and practical outfi t from Breast-cancer survivors at Maimonides’ Pink Runway post-surgery clothing com- and doctors strutted their Fashion Show said the event pany Reboundwear, which stuff at a Williamsburg fash- was also a way to empower creates garb with easy-access ion show last Tuesday to raise their patients and remind zippered openings for chemo- money for the Sunset Park them they are more than their therapy treatment, she said. treatment center where they disease. The survivor said she was fi ght the good fi ght, and one “Having someone fuss thrilled to play dress-up for of the stylish survivors said it over them is a way of saying, the center, where she is cur- was one uplifting runway. ‘You’re okay, and there is life rently undergoing treatment LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD: (Above) The fashion show models wore stylish “It was so exciting,” said after breast cancer, and life for the third time since 2008. outfi ts to raise money for the Maimonides Breast Cancer Center. (Center) Cheryl Schafer, a patient at is not defi ned by breast can- “I love supporting Maimo- Local Brooklyn designers contributed their styles for Tuesday’s fashion the Maimonides Breast Can- cer,’ ” said Dr. Donna Marie nides because I feel they saved fund-raising event. (Left) Both doctors and patients walked the runway. cer Center who modeled at the Manasseh. my life three times,” she said. Photos by Stefano Giovannini Help us help a neighbor enjoy a warm home this holiday season! 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On Monday, Dec. 7, Community >@713A<=E News Group will launch Brooklyn Pa- per Radio, a live weekly talk show as brash, outspoken, and gutsy as the bor- J8M<LGKF/' F==M8CL<GI@: 0 AC7BA else on earth, a chance to hear the 9fpj%%%9`^ KXcc%Klo\[fj%N\[[`e^j% : '' E / news like never before,” said Commu- %' = 1 9 !4=@ < nity News Group Chief Executive Of- A 00 4 3 @ 1 fi cer Les Goodstein. “And Vinny and 72/G>@7 JL@KJ,0 Gersh are the perfect guys to bring it to them.” Kuntzman, a top editor at the New ?FKKI “We have designated that school to Adopt A Pet be a STEM science-focused school,” she said. “This school is going to be a Petco(K9) replication of another school that has a very strong STEM program.” 81 7th Ave.• Brooklyn, NY The Department of Education is al- SAT NOV 28 • 12 PM – 5 PM ready in the process of hiring a consul- Sean Casey Animal Rescue(S.C.A.R) tant who specializes in designing such schools, Farina said. 153 E. 3rd St.• Brooklyn, NY Spillane and other parents say the SAT NOV 28 • 12 PM – 5 PM news came as a shock, as the depart- ment had previously promised to con- Home of the Mutt-i-gree® sult with families about the school’s animalleague.org • 516.883.7575 FOLLOWF US ON new direction. It held three open fo- 25 Davis Avenue • Port Washington, NY rums on the reboot this month, but at- tendees say the science and technology makeover was not mentioned. A fourth SCHOOL HOUSE: The new Dumbo develop- Serving the Dental Needs for the Carrol Gardens planned forum hasn’t even taken place ment where the city plans to move MS 313 and beyond for over 30 years! yet. next year. Photo by Louise Wateridge Many parents in the district — s #OSMETIC $ENTISTRY 0ORCELAIN ,AMINATES Plus which also includes Downtown, Fort space (see story on page . "ONDING #ROWNS AND "RIDGES Greene, and parts of Bedford-Stuyve- Some parents at the time said they s :OOM (OUR 4OOTH 7HITENING Autoclave State-of-the-art sant and Park Slope — were already were hoping for a new facility that s 'UM 4REATMENTS Sterilization angry over the city’s lack of communi- would cater to high-achieving tweens s 0AINLESS .ON 3URGICAL 4REATMENT cation about the school’s relocation in in the district, and won’t send their FOR 'UM $ISEASE Special Attention the fi rst place. kids to MS 313 — which is on the city’s s $ENTURES s 2OOT #ANAL Most Dental Plans To Nervous & Anxious The department had previously in- list of “persistently dangerous” schools s 0REVENTIVE $ENTISTRY Accepted Patients dicated it was going to build a whole due to reports of violence — even with s !NALGESIA 3WEET !IR new middle school at the 300-seat a new name and new building. Children Treated With Tender Loving Care Dumbo facility, only to abruptly an- The fi nal forum on the future of MS nounce in September that it would in- 313 will take place on Nov. 30 at PS 11 Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer stead simply relocate MS 313 — in part in Fort Greene. to make room for another contentious MS 313 and District 13 middle- #OURT 3TREET (Corner W. 9th St.), #ARROLL 'ARDENS %VENING 3ATURDAY (OURS !VAILABLE s 0ARKING !VAILABLE plan to dramatically expand the area school forum at PS 11 (419 Waverly Ave. served by PS 307, where the 86-student between Greene and Gates avenues in 624-5554 s 624-7055 middle school is currently sharing Fort Greene). Nov. 30 at 6:30 pm. Attention in the $20,000 to $30,000 range and as- RHEINGOLD signs a larger number to those making more than that. It is also set to expire LANDLORDS Continued from page 10 at the end of the year. !RE 9OUR 4ENANTS #REATING ! .UISANCE s $O 4HEY /WE 9OU 2ENT the city lower the income bracket The panel also voted 27–1 to approve .EED 4HEM %VICTED s #OMMERCIAL 2ESIDENTIAL the below-market units will be slated a separate but related proposal that for — the current policy earmarks would allow developers to construct OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE them for households earning roughly taller buildings in medium and high- $40,000 to $50,000 a year, but the locals density areas — especially when build- said $25,000 to $35,000 would be more ing below-market or senior housing For A FREE Consultation, Call 718-788-5052 of a help to Bushwick residents. — but with several recommendations, “What about the people in this com- including lower height allowances. munity earning $20,000 to $30,000?” All of the community boards in HAGAN, COURY & Associates said board treasurer Gladys Puggler, the borough will vote on the two pro- who voted against the plan. “Are they posals by December. Only four others TH !VE s "ROOKLYN going to be homeless and living in the had voted in favor of the mandatory street?” below-market scheme as of press time The planning spokespeople said — those covering Williamsburg and ■ they could only price the units so low Greenpoint, the Downtown area, Car- without dissuading developers from roll Gardens and Park Slope, and Pros- building altogether, but that other pect Heights and Crown Heights. Even programs would take care of lower-in- fewer backed the upzoning plan — just come residents applying to live in the the Carroll Gardens and Slope board new developments. and Bensonhurst’s panel. The reps cited the law known as But at the end of the day, the com- 421–a, which gives tax breaks to devel- munity boards’ votes are entirely ad- opers in exchange for below-market visory — the Council will ultimately units — though that scheme still only decide whether to approve the propos- allocates a portion for people earning als or not. The source for news in your Brooklyn’s Premier Entertainment Guide neighborhood: 16 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT SHOP LOCAL Shop Brooklyn You’ll fi nd the perfect gift for everyone at the brick-and-mortar stores in your backyard BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO Singapore, Tokyo, Buenos Aires — to personally discover the charms Afghan bread as big as a pillow case. and especially Manhattan. that make small-town Brooklyn a A Day of the Dead wedding cake top- Time-honored establishments hometown-hospitality giant. per. Brooklyn Nets bib-and-bootie sets. thriving next to trendy recent ar- Our diversifi ed small businesses Yucca fries peppered with savory meal- rivals make Kings County the new — some of them open 24 hours — monarch of retail therapy, its mom- worms. 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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Artists and writers, such as Salvador SMALL BUSINESS, BIG OPTIONS: Bay Dali and Truman Capote, lived in Ridge’s mom-and-pop shops can be found all Brooklyn Heights, the city’s fi rst historic along Third Avenue. district, and its bucolic streets and Photo by Georgine Benvenuto elegant homes have been backdrops for numerous televison series and movies, including “The Cosby Show” BAY RIDGE and “Moonstruck.” Its main drag for The “original Gold Coast” is immortalized shopping and dining is canonized in in the 1970s cult classic “Saturday Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue,” in Night Fever,” and its mom-and-pops — which he croons, “I lived with them occupying three shopping districts and on Montague Street, in a basement some around for more than a quarter of down the stairs, there was music in a century — would make Tony Manero the cafes at night and revolution in the boogie with pride. 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BUSHWICK Descendants of Hessian mercenaries 86th Street between Fourth settled in Bushwick after the Avenue and Fort Hamilton American Revolution and made it Parkway: a national brewery capital, once • Family-owned pharmacies. supplying 10 percent of all beer • Jewelers. consumed in the country. These • Appliances. days artistic talent abounds in this • Shoe repair. gritty, industrial neighborhood, which TOP TOYS: Kaleidoscope’s Inna Trinidad knows all the popular games and toys little ones • Locksmith. features a provocative bar scene and will be asking for. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto • Butcher. several unique mom-and-pops. 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The twin residential neighborhoods — perched side by side Knickerbocker Avenue between on the lip of Jamaica Bay and secluded Gates and Flushing avenues: by a lack of subway service — are ideal • Consignments. terrain for small businesses. Marine Park • Arts and crafts. boasts its own Little League chapter, named for former Yankees manager Joe Torre who grew up in the neighborhood. DUMBO Mill Basin’s multi-million-dollar homes Jerry Seinfeld once joked that New feature Bentleys and Excaliburs parked Yorkers added the “O” in DUMBO in driveways, and pleasure boats docked because they didn’t want to live in a in landscaped backyards. neighborhood called “Dumb.” You might have that feeling if you ommitted Flatbush Avenue between Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Flatlands Avenue and Avenue U Overpass — an armadillo-shaped (Marine Park): waterfront district crouched under the • Jeweler. Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges — • Footwear. from your shopping and dining bucket • Arts and crafts. list. Artsy, eco-minded mom-and-pops • Lamps, chandeliers, and lighting. and fun eateries embroider cobbled • Variety stores. streets fl anked by old warehouses, scenic open spaces, and swish high- Avenue N between Ralph and rises. Front Street is the heart of this Flatbush avenues (Mill Basin- vibrant and creative community that’s Marine Park): also a new port of call for discerning shoppers and diners. • Bakeries. • Watch repair. Front Street between John and • Luggage. Fulton streets: • Variety stores. • Eyecare. • Cards and stationary. • Furniture. Strickland Avenue at Mill Avenue • Brick oven pizza. • Sporting goods. (Mill Basin): • Art galleries. • Banquet hall. • Bridal. Jay Street between John and York • Deli. streets: • Eyecare. • Hair salon. • Children’s clothing. • Bridal. PARK SLOPE • Accessories. “Brownstone Brooklyn” was one of the • King-fu studio. city’s earliest historic districts, but it also • Cafes. played a dramatic role in the nation’s birth as the site of the fi rst and largest battle of S Main Street between Front and the Revolutionary War, fought in 1776 on Plymouth streets: the borders of Prospect Park. These days, • Photo books. city intellectuals, actors, and stroller moms • Bakery. shop at the local food co-op, sip coffee at 18 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27-DEC. 3, 2015 MBRBG SHOP LOCAL sidewalk cafes, and attend yoga class with their neighbors. Eye-popping structures — including the Montauk Club on Eighth Avenue, a fi lming location for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire — provide an imposing backdrop for a variety of whimsical shops and eateries. Fifth Avenue between Dean and 18th Street: • Antiques. • Botanicas. • Pet care. • Art, handcrafts, and galleries. • Framing and stain glass. 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Lander says he hates both plans, FAN OF THE WEEK but knows he has to pick one, so he launched an online poll asking con- stituents which was “least bad,” and the numbers were clear — 42 percent of the 427 respondents said they would FXFOWLE rather tolerate fewer units without the perks, versus 22 percent who said the rezoning plan was more bearable. The remaining voters simply couldn’t pick the lesser of two evils. Council members typically side with the local member when deciding on land-use issues, so Lander’s oppo- sition could prove fatal to its rezoning hopes. But Fortis is putting up a formida- ble fi ght. The developer has hired two separate public relations fi rms with strong ties to Mayor DeBlasio to lobby Peter LaBonte Peter pols and locals to support the plan. IN NEED OF SUPPORT: (Above) Paid can- The fi rm has been targeting locals vassers approach locals in Cobble Hill Park, with Facebook ads saying it is “craft- hoping to get their signature in favor of ing a rezoning plan for Cobble Hill rezoning the former Long Island College that would offer a range of community services.” And residents say paid can- Hospital site for housing. (Top) The tower vassers have recently begun approach- Fortis wants to build if the Council agrees to ing them on the phone and in public ar- rezone the land. eas like Cobble Hill Park, emphasizing the perks while downplaying the size current and future public school par- of the buildings — which neighbors ents,” said spokesman James Yolles. say is misleading. But the developer’s most important “They were asking people if they supporter lives in Manhattan. Mayor want a new school, affordable housing, DeBlasio — who just two years ago got and more park space,” said Dorothy himself arrested protesting the clo- Photo by Georgine Benvenuto Segal, who has lived in Cobble Hill for sure of the hospital — supports the re- 38 years. “What do you think they’re zoning plan as part of his campaign going to say?” to build more below-market housing Hayley Walker, But Fortis says it has collected around the city. more than 1,300 signatures in favor of Lander is optimistic that residents’ the rezoning via its stumping, which anger will change Hizzoner’s tune, Bay Ridge it claims proves Lander and the civic however. association members are out of touch “If Fortis continues with their cur- “I like the Islanders because I like defenseman Nick with local opinion. rent rezoning proposal and seeks to “Unfortunately Wednesday’s meet- certify it despite the community’s op- Leddy, I play defense on my hockey team.” ing was not refl ective of broader com- position, I would hope the mayor would munity sentiment, especially among say no,” he said. Get spotted in your NY Islanders gear by our photographers, and we’ll put your picture in the paper! Board 3 also panned the proposal, with UPZONE members concerned about provisions that would scrap parking requirements Continued from page 10 for below-market and senior housing, follow suit. The body voted 15–11 in fa- as well as fears it would change their vor with eight abstentions, but the re- neighborhood beyond recognition. sults did not present a clear enough Prospect Heights and Crown majority, and the motion died. Heights’ Community Board 8, Pros- The board joins a growing chorus of pect-Lefferts Gardens’ Community Brooklyn community boards opposing Board 9, and Bay Ridge’s Community the plan. Board 10 also nixed the proposal. Community Board 2 — which en- Community Board 1 — which cov- compasses Brooklyn Heights, Down- ers Greenpoint and Williamsburg — town, and Fort Greene — rejected it did not have enough members to vote earlier in November, arguing it didn’t either way during its November meet- do enough to force developers to make ing — it will try again on Dec. 1. their housing cheap or affordable. And the Borough Board — a panel TRADITION’S NEW HOME “The city needs to go back to the comprised of Borough President Ad- drawing board and come back with a ams, the borough’s Council members, Call 800.745.3000 OR visit islanders.nhl.com to more fully realized plan,” said board and all the community board chair- purchase tickets to the next New York Islanders game! member Irene Janner. people — will render its verdict on the Bedford–Stuyvesant’s Community plans on Dec. 1. DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 21 Brooklyn’s Biggest Booster STANDING by Joanna DelBuono Soccer team scores on big goals MARINE PARK Cheers to St. Edmund Prep Girls BOROUGH WIDE Varsity Volleyball team for trounc- ing St. John’s Prep on its fi rst win of Toys for tots the Catholic High School Athletic As- Hats off to Brian Gotlieb sociation since 1987. The Eagles, led by for heading the 20th anniver- coach Meghan Wheeler, fi nished the sary of the Shorefront Toys for Tots. Brian founded the Shore- front Toys for Tots organization to distribute gifts to underprivi- leged children during Hanuk- kah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, in honor of his late mother, Myrna Helene Gotlieb, who passed away in 1993. The Standing O pal held the Children First Awards on Nov. 19 at Sirico’s and honored six of the regular season 13–1 and participated community’s fi nest vollies for ex- in the New York City Catholic High emplifying his mom’s generous School Championship Tournament. SNIP, SNIP, HOORAY!: Staff snipped the ribbons on the brand-new East Flatbush Vil- spirit. Team members include: Claire lage center. Randolph_Waterman “These individuals, like my McNeice, Anastasia Fesenko, Cris- late mother, have touched and tina Morales, Devin Gavigan, Ma- It takes a village to help a community helped improve the lives of thou- ria Nicole, Juaneza, Jenna Lonn- sands of children throughout our borg, Jacqueline O’Connor, Taylor EAST FLATBUSH enrichment, physical, social emo- community and beyond,” Brian Tsatsis, Jenna Barbosa, Tara Rae tional mentorship, community or- said. “My mother stressed the Burns, Brianna Elancieux, Alicea Monique Waterman, founder ganizing and anti-violence initia- importance of giving back and Hernandez, and Althea Sullivan. and program director of East Flat- tives. being active in the community bush Village, snipped the ribbon Waterman thanked Yeshaya and looking to follow my moth- on a new community service cen- Wasserman of SGW Properties er’s teachings, I decided to work ter on Nov. 5 with staff and invited for providing fi nancial support to on issues that affected children guests. assist with offsetting the cost to run and created Shorefront Toys for East Flatbush Village is dedi- the center’s proactive anti-violence Tots in 1995.” cated to providing access to free or initiatives. Standing O mensch Ye- Standing O gives thanks to affordable programs and improving shaya has even taken a step further Brian with a shout-out that he the quality of life of the communi- to donate his offi ce space to the ini- can add to his mantle of good ties it serves, she said. tiative to better service the commu- deeds, and asks readers to give “We provide programs for youth, nity. him a call if they are interested schools, communities and fami- Standing O welcomes East Flat- in donating a toy or two — or lies as a whole to provide full wrap- bush Village to the neighborhood. more. Well what are you waiting around services,” she said, adding East Flatbush Village [309 Clark- for? The holidays are just around the programs focus on academics, son Ave. in East Flatbush; (718) 826– the corner Sharing the golden goal is senior athletics, arts, cultural, and health 0807]. Shorefront Toys for Tots, [2930 forward Michael John, who was se- W. Fifth St. in Brighton Beach; lected to the Catholic High School Ath- 718-996-5668]. letic Association All-League Soccer Fontbonne currently offers the Shore Rd. at Third Avenue in Bay Team. Michael, a four-year letter-win- Brown Pre-College Scholars Program Ridge, (718) 748–2244]. ner for the Eagles, led his team in goals in Engineering to students in grades BENSONHURST scored during the season. He received 10 through 12. It is a year-long online BOROUGH WIDE his award at halftime of the champion- course taught by faculty from Brown Thanksgiving thanks ship game, played at Maritime College University’s School of Engineering. Loose change Big-hearted students at Bishop on Nov. 5. Students selected for the innovative Standing O is tipping the piggy Kearney High School hosted a food St. Edmund Preparatory High program explore engineering and its bank for TD Bank — “America’s most drive the week of Nov. 14, exemplifying School [2474 Ocean Ave. at Avenue T in design principles, and work collabor- convenient bank.” The fi nancial giant the spirit of Thanksgiving, and donat- Marine Park; (718) 743–6100]. atively on biomedical, materials sci- raised $2,855.72 for the Marine Park ing 40 large cartons of food to the St. ence, and renewable energy engineer- Junior High School Band, as part of Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at St. BAY RIDGE ing projects. its Bring Change campaign. The Flat- Athanasius Church, with the com- Working closely with their Brown bush Avenue branch hosted a commu- munity’s help. Road trip instructors, students participate in nity coin-counting event that raised the Thanks to the selfless generos- We hear engineering students at approximately fi ve hours of course- funds, enabling 150 talented students to ity of these youngsters, the T-day ta- Fontbonne Hall Academy spent the work per week, including lab and express themselves through music. bles of many in the community were day at Brown University touring the demo activities, online discussions, The school offers 11 programs, in- filled with the bounty of the holi- engineering facilities and watching assignments, and a year-long team de- cluding jazz ensembles, chamber mu- day. chemical and mechanical engineering sign project. sic, marching band, woodwind choir, Standing O is sending them abun- demonstrations. The mechanically The students are supervised by and brass quintet. dant shout-outs. minded students sat in on an engineer- Fontbonne’s STEM Specialty Pro- Visit www.tdbringchange.com to Bishop Kearney High School Phone ing class and tried their hands at prac- grams coordinator Adam Segall. donate and bring a little change of [2202 60th St. at Bay Parkway in Ben- tice problems. Fontbonne Hall Academy [9901 your own! sonhurst, (718) 236–6363]. 22 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT How does THE BROOKLYN PAPER sound? Find out Dec. 7! The Community News Group is proud to introduce Brooklyn Paper Radio. Join Brooklyn Paper Editor-in-Chief Vince DiMiceli and the New York Daily News’ Gersh Kuntzman every WITH Monday at 4 pm for an hour of talk on topics Brooklynites hold dear. Each show, featuring in-studio guests and call-out segments, can be listened to live or played anytime at your convenience. 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It profoundly infl uences what we think and feel about science, culture, politics, and life itself. For more info visit www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson 26 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT @kËjkff\XjpkfY\Zfd\Xj\of]]\e[\i re we all sex offenders? See, Baughman had origi- criminals other than murder- mostly college students burst That’s the question nally been handed a six-and-a- ers is not well known. out laughing — they probably 8 posed to the audience half year sentence. But when What’s worse, “The label suffered from the exact same of mostly college students by it was over and he was about to ‘sex offender’ is a made-up cat- thing. Galen Baughman, a Soros be released, the authorities in- egory,” Baughman continued. Luckily for Baughman, his Justice Fellow and the final formed him that they consid- You can get labeled a sex of- jury concluded that this made- speaker at the City University ered him a violent sexual pred- fender for raping a toddler — or up disease (it isn’t in the psy- of New York TEDx talks at the ator too dangerous to let go. As for sleeping with your freshman chiatric diagnostic manual) Borough of Manhattan Com- it turns out, the state can lock girlfriend when you’re a senior. was ridiculous. munity College last week. up “violent predators” indefi- There are people on the sex of- Because our laws are so TEDx talks are known for nitely. The legal term for this fender registry for urinating in overly broad, and because introducing new speakers is “civil commitment.” The public. For visiting a prostitute. so few people commit a new with new ideas on everything person is kept behind bars to For streaking. Teens even get crime after release, Baugh- from tech, to teaching, to so- get “treatment” — except that on it for sexting. man told the crowd, a child ciety. But Baughman was the treatment looks exactly like “We brand all these people is “more likely to be labeled a first TEDx presenter to ad- prison. Because it is. the same. And once they get sex offender, than to be abused dress the issue of sex offenders RHYMES How does the state get away that label we treat them all as by a sex offender.” from an unusual viewpoint: with keeping some people for if we know what they’re going Baughman added that he is He is one. And he must reg- WITH CRAZY years — sometimes decades — to do next,” he said. the only person in Virginia to ister as a sex offender forever. after their release dates? We treat them as if they’re have successfully fought indef- His crime? C\efi\Jb\eXqp It plays on the public’s fear going to hide in the bushes inite detention via a jury trial, He had consensual sex with of sex offenders, Baughman and pounce on a kid walk- and won. Another 5,000 people a teen when he was a teen. He explained. Politicians score ing home from school. Even nationwide are languishing was 19, his boyfriend, 14. They Four and half of those were points by keeping sex offenders if they never did anything re- past their release dates, most had sex once. It was consensual. in solitary. locked up. It sounds so good. It motely like that. because they carry the label The younger teen did not want to Just when he was about is for the sake of our children! That’s what the state de- “sex offender.” prosecute, but his parents did. to be set free, well, that’s The problem is that once a cided about Baughman: Since But if all it takes to get Had Baughman and his what Baughman came to talk person gets the label “sex of- he was officially a sex of- that label is to be attracted to boyfriend slept together in an- about. fender,” the public ceases to fender, he was automatically a sexually mature teens, or to other country — Canada, for “Three and a half years consider that person a human. menace to society. At his civil sext, or streak, maybe, indeed, instance — it would not have ago,” the 32-year-old told the In most people’s minds, a sex of- commitment trial, the state we’re all sex offenders — who been considered a criminal audience, “I was sitting alone fender is a monster out to rape argued that he suffered from a just haven’t been caught. act. But here, Baughman in- in a cell in Arlington, VA, wait- little kids. The fact that Depart- horrible mental illness, which Lenore Skenazy is a key- formed his audience, his crime ing for a trial that would deter- ment of Justice reports that caused him to be attracted to note speaker and author and resulted in a prison sentence. mine whether I would spend sex offenders actually have the sexually mature teens. founder of the book and blog He served nine years. the rest of my life in prison.” lowest recidivism rate of any At that, the audience of “Free-Range Kids.” PLANS START AT $99 | BROOKLYNNETS.COM | CALL OR TEXT 718-NETS-TIX *One blanket per account **First 10,000 fans in attendance DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 27 K_Xebj#]fcbj:`m`Z_X`cjKlib\p;XpY`^_\Xikj To the editor, Thank you to all who participated in the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association’s annual Thanks- SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR giving food drive by donating food and money. We collected 24 frozen turkeys, Key Food gift cards, and C 28 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 DT KfdnXekjXejn\ijkf_`jj\Zli`kphl\jk`fej ny high school history big cities from terrorists. York’s Emergency Command would be asking why the gov- student is aware of the fa- How come we don’t know Center in the World Trade Cen- ernment of President Francois 8 mous sign that President what Bush and Cheney knew ter — after the buildings had Hollande didn’t know that an- Harry Truman kept on his in the days before Sept. 11? been attacked in 1993. other attack was brewing af- desk: “The Buck Stops Here.” Why haven’t these two men It wouldn’t be a bad idea to ter the Charlie Hebdo massa- It means that if you are a been brought before a Congres- have Council hearings about cre in January? Is Hollande true leader, you take responsi- sional panel like the one we re- the history of the city’s Emer- the right person to make sure bility for what happens when cently witnessed with Hillary gency Command Center as this doesn’t happen again? you are in power. Clinton over Benghazi? a way of understanding our After 9-11, we lionized Bush But for many modern lead- It would be useful for our city’s current preparedness for seeming strong and tough. ers, there is a tendency to leaders to hear what went for another terrorist attack. Then he led us into a reckless blame others for catastrophes wrong in 2001. We don’t nec- Are the police and firefighters war in Iraq and started the or terrorist attacks that hap- essarily need to make this a now properly synched to work messy fall of dominoes that pened on their watch. For some witch-hunt like the Republi- in unison, a problem that also is now the collapsing Middle reason, our country has given can congressional leaders at- hindered the response on 9-11? East. Giuliani was similarly a free pass to President George tempted with Benghazi; I think Are their radios strong enough put on a pedestal because of his Bush and Vice-President Dick we all should want to know to withstand a potentially cha- mixture of toughness and com- Cheney, and, to a certain ex- POLITICAL what our leaders did and didn’t otic day? Are they immunized passion after 9-11. And around tent, Mayor Rudy Giuliani. do to protect Americans. from cyber-attacks or hacking the world some are praising Lost amidst the 24-7 cover- When you boil government that will likely accompany a French President Hollande for age of the Paris terror attacks SPIN CYCLE down to its essence, our fed- terror strike? his strong militaristic response has been the emerging details eral, state, and city leaders are Which brings us to the in- in Syria after 129 of his citizens of America’s intelligence op- Kfd8ccfe elected to protect us and keep creasingly evil world we now live were brutally murdered. eration in the months leading order. That is what our hard- in. What is being done to make We should not equate post- up to 9-11 in 2001. Former Cen- havoc on the United States. earned tax dollars pay for and sure that New Yorkers are safe? tragedy toughness with per- tral Intelligence Agency chief This is important because we have a right to know about For the first time in more fect leadership. We need to ask George Tenet has recently re- we need to understand how our the good, the bad, and the ugly. than a decade, global terror how this happened. vealed that he tried on many oc- leadership failed to heed the Speaking of ugly, I find it fears are affecting my travel The answers to all these casions in the summer of 2001 warnings of our intelligence very hard sometimes to watch decisions. Last week, instead questions may lead us to a to alert Bush and Cheney and leaders so this never happens Giuliani go on Fox News and of taking a subway home much safer place. anyone who would listen in the again. After the Paris terror fulminate against President through Times Square, I de- Tom Allon, president of administration that an attack bombings — the second hor- Obama. Giuliani had a very cided to stay on the East Side City & State NY, was a may- on the United States was immi- rific calamity to befall that city strong first term as New York’s line and bypass the latest po- oral candidate in 2013 before nent. Chatter in the Middle East in the past year — we are re- mayor, but what few people ever tential target. And I’m not he left to return to the private picked up by the CIA showed minded that there is a very thin discuss was his jaw-dropingly alone in this kind of thinking. sector. Reach him at tallon@ that terrorists wanted to wreak blue line protecting citizens in clueless decision to place New If I were a French citizen, I cityandstateny.com. 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In the United States alone, the Al- zheimer’s Association esti- mates one in eight older men and women has the disease, which is the sixth-leading cause of death in the coun- try. Fearfulness or feelings of anxiety are changes in mood and personal- Few families have not ity that could indicate Alzheimer’s disease. been affected by Alzheim- er’s disease, and many rela- tives of those with the dis- Warning signs of ease fully understand the role family history can play. Research into the disease is ongoing, and it’s already Alzheimer’s disease yielded valuable informa- tion that may help reduce ew families are for- memory aides such as re- the prevalence of this devas- tunate enough to say minder notes or even family tating disease in the years to F they have not been im- members for things individu- come. pacted by Alzheimer’s dis- als could once remember on One byproduct of re- ease. A progressive, degen- their own. searchers’ efforts is the dis- erative disease of the brain, covery that it may be possible Alzheimer’s impairs think- Diffi culty planning to prevent or delay the symp- ing and memory, accounting Some people might start toms of Alzheimer’s disease for 50 to 80 percent of demen- to exhibit diffi culty following through the implementation tia cases according to the Al- a plan or working with num- of a combination of healthy zheimer’s Association. bers, be it following a recipe lifestyle choices. The follow- Though many people’s ex- or paying the monthly bills. ing are a few healthy hab- periences with Alzheimer’s its that may help men and disease involves an elderly Diffi culty women reduce their risk for relative, the disease is not completing tasks Alzheimer’s. exclusive to the elderly. Up Daily tasks such as driv- to fi ve percent of people with ing to work or remembering Exercise regularly the disease have early-onset the rules of a familiar game A study conducted by Alzheimer’s, which most of- will prove diffi cult for people Scottish researchers and Staying physically active as you age can prevent or delay the onset of ten appears when someone is with Alzheimer’s. published in the journal Neu- Alzheimer’s disease. in their 40s and 50s. rology in 2012 touted exer- In 2011, 59-year-old Pat Disorientation with cise as the most effective way the evidence is mounting that Alzheimer’s. Summitt, the all-time win- time and place for adults to protect their regular exercise, regardless The Alzheimer’s Associa- ningest coach in collegiate Nearly everyone has had brains from Alzheimer’s dis- of a person’s age, is a great tion feels this link between national basketball his- momentary lapses where they ease. Researchers examined way to reduce risk for Al- the two will only grow stron- tory and a beloved fi gure on forget what time it is or what roughly 700 70-year-old par- zheimer’s. ger in the years to come, sug- the campus of the Univer- day it is. But such lapses are not ticipants, all of whom were gesting that a heart-healthy sity of Tennessee, revealed momentary for people with Al- born in 1936, who were asked Eat healthy diet that reduces a person’s that she had been diagnosed zheimer’s, who might even get to report their levels of phys- What you put into your risk of heart disease may also with early-onset dementia, lost on their own street and not ical activity. Each partici- body may also reduce your reduce the risk for Alzheim- Alzheimer’s type. That an- remember how to get home. pant then received an MRI at risk for Alzheimer’s dis- er’s down the road. More in- nouncement opened the eyes age 73. Those tests revealed ease. The brain operates at formation on a heart-healthy of many across the country, Trouble that the participants who its best when it is fueled with diet is available at www. who might otherwise never understanding were more physically active a healthy diet that includes heart.org. have known that demen- images and spatial showed less brain shrinkage fresh fruit and vegetables, tia could strike so early or relationships and fewer white matter le- healthy fats, and lean protein. Stimulate yourself to someone who seemed as Some people with Al- sions, both of which are in- A heart-healthy diet is also mentally healthy. Because it can strike zheimer’s have diffi culty dicators of Alzheimer’s dis- brain-healthy, and research- Mental stimulation can those who aren’t elderly, it’s reading, judging distance ease. ers have found a potential help the brain stay sharp, important to know these 10 or determining color or con- In addition, the Alzheim- link between heart disease and men and women who fi nd warning signs of Alzheim- trast. For example, a person er’s Research & Prevention and Alzheimer’s disease. Re- ways to stay mentally stimu- er’s, courtesy of the Alzheim- with Alzheimer’s might walk Foundation reports that phys- searcher Larry Sparks of the lated can reduce their risk of er’s Association and the Al- past a mirror and not realize ical exercise reduces a per- Sun Health Research Insti- developing Alzheimer’s. Em- zheimer Society of Canada: she is the one in the mirror. son’s risk of developing Al- tute in Arizona and formerly brace activities that require zheimer’s by 50 percent and of the Kentucky medical ex- communication and inter- Memory loss that New problems can even slow further dete- aminer’s offi ce studied brain action with others, and fi nd disrupts daily life with words rioration in those who have tissues with a goal of fi nding time for additional tasks that Memory loss is one of the People with Alzheimer’s already begun to develop the early signs of Alzheimer’s dis- can stimulate your brain. most common signs of Al- might experience trouble cognitive problems associated ease. He discovered that those These may include studying zheimer’s and can include holding or joining a conversa- with Alzheimer’s. Research- who had the telltale plaques a foreign language, reading, forgetting important dates tion. An example is stopping ers continue to study the re- of Alzheimer’s disease also trying your hand at mentally and events; asking for the in the middle of a conversa- lationship between physical had heart disease, suggesting stimulating puzzles such as same information over and tion and having no idea how activity and the development heart disease may be a fore- crosswords or Sudoku, and over again; or relying on Continued on page 38 of Alzheimer’s diseases, but runner of brain diseases like Continued on page 35 DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 33 FOCUS ON Health Memory loss not always a side effect of growing older o one, regardless of age, is same. As a person ages, his or immune to random bouts her hippocampus, the region N of memory loss. While of the brain involved in the for- misplaced car keys or forget- mation and retrieval of memo- ting items on your grocery list ries, often deteriorates. This are nothing to get worked up can affect how long it takes to over, many men and women learn and recall information. over 50 do start to worry about But just because this process memory lapses, especially is slower does not mean it’s Staying socially active after 50 can benefi t the brain and even reduce a person’s risk of dementia. when they start to occur with a warning sign of dementia, more frequency than they which is the loss of certain working professionals rec- keep in touch with friends and cial networks. might have just a few years ago. mental functions, including ognize that each day tends to family. But there’s another Continue your career. But while memory loss might memory. Though taking lon- have its mundane moments. reason to continue to be so- Staying active in your career be quickly associated with ag- ger to recall information can The brain can grow accus- cially engaged. A 2008 study will continue to provide the ing, increased forgetfulness is be frustrating, many people tomed to these moments, spearheaded by the clinical challenges your brain needs not an inevitable side effect of still retain their ability to re- which tend to be a routine part trials administrative director to stay sharp and avoid mem- getting older, a fact that those at call information. In addition, of the day. But altering your at Southern California Kaiser ory loss and struggles with or approaching retirement age while dementia brought on by daily routine can jar the brain Permanente Medical Group concentration. Those who should fi nd comforting. conditions such as Alzheimer’s awake, forcing it to focus dur- and published in the Ameri- want to leave offi ce life be- When considering the rela- disease or Parkinson’s disease ing those times that had be- can Journal of Public Health hind can branch out on their tionship between memory and is untreatable, there are things come mundane but now pres- found that older women who own and work as consultants aging, it’s important to recog- you can do to strengthen your ent new challenges. maintained large social net- or put their years of experi- nize the distinction between memories and reduce momen- Become a social butter- works were 26 percent less ence to use by teaching at a memory lapses and dementia, tary lapses in memory. fl y. Maintaining a social life likely to develop dementia nearby university or second- as the two are not one and the Alter your routine. 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They new language can help • Foreign language country and learning lingual and have didn’t have to expend keep the brain sharp. tapes through immersion S spoken two or more much effort, and they Many experts now be- • Grammar and vo- Bilingual seniors languages since their out-performed their lieve learning a second cabulary books from a have distinct cognitive youth may have cogni- peers who were mono- language is no harder child’s foreign language advantages over other tive advantages over lingual. The research- when you’re getting class people who are monolin- adults who have only ers surmised the bilin- on in years than when • A foreign language gual. Urging children to Seniors who have been bi- spoken one language gual seniors were using you’re a child. tutor learn a new language or lingual since childhood have their entire lives. their brains more effi - There are different • Vocabulary index learning as an adult can cognitive advantages over A new study headed ciently. methods to learning a cards have profound effects on those who only speak one by Brian Gold, a neu- Other studies have new language: • Moving to a foreign mental abilities. language. roscientist at the Uni- shown bilingualism versity of Kentucky pays even more divi- College of Medicine, dends, including im- which was published proved cognitive func- in the journal Neu- tion in those suffering EXCEPTIONAL roscience, found that from Alzheimer’s dis- bilingualism leads ease. A study titled to heightened mental “Lifelong Bilingual- skills. In the study, ism Maintains Neural participants were Effi ciency for Cogni- divided into three tive Control in Aging,” groups: bilingual se- found that even though niors, monolingual seniors who spoke dual seniors, and younger languages had more adults. Each group brain atrophy due to was instructed to sort Alzheimer’s, they were colors and shapes in a still able to function series of simple cogni- better than individu- tive exercises. The re- als with lower levels of searchers used a brain atrophy who spoke one imaging technique to language. Research- compare how well the ers believe that being subjects switched be- bilingual strengthens tween mental tasks. the brain’s capacity for The results indicated doing work, even if it is You’re not just a patient, there were different working at a defi cit. patterns of brain activ- The jury is still out You’re a person. ity among the groups as to whether learn- when the tasks were ing a second language being completed. or moving to a foreign he Stroke Center at New York The patterns showed country as an adult TMethodist Hospital is one of the few that bilingual seniors can provide the same were able to switch be- level of cognitive ad- facilities with the latest technology to treat tween tasks and acti- vantage as being bilin- and reverse strokes. Our highly trained vate their brains in a gual from childhood. neurosurgeons are capable of reversing stroke manner closer to the However, learning a eff ects up to twelve hours from the onset of symptoms, often leading to prevention of permanent damage. Th e center also provides ory and cognition are a full range of stroke recovery treatments RISK stronger when people and rehabilitation programs. remain socially active Continued from page 33 and engaged in their so- other activities that em- ciety, so retirees should phasize organization. look for ways to revive Such activities are es- their social lives as a sentially workouts for means to protecting your brain that can help their brains from the it stay sharp as you age. onset of Alzheimer’s or dementia. Remain socially Alzheimer’s disease active remains an enigma in Staying socially ac- many ways. But ongo- tive into older adult- ing research contin- hood is important for ues to show that men a variety of reasons, and women can take not the least of which measures to actively is that research has in- prevent or delay the dicated the brain func- onset of Alzheimer’s Helping Brooklyn Th rive tions better when men disease and improve and women are not iso- their quality of life as nym.org • 718-246-8614 lated from others. Mem- a result. DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 35 FOCUS ON Health A silver lining for cancer or Alzheimer’s patients? Study fi nds people may not suffer from both ancer or Alzheim- oping cancer. Dr. Musicco believe the lowered risk re- er’s disease is seldom has said, “understanding sults from opposite biologi- C something to cheer the mechanisms behind cal mechanisms of the two about. But there may be this relationship may help diseases. Because Alzheim- one positive to come from us better develop new treat- er’s results from brain cell a cancer or Alzheimer’s di- ments for both diseases.” death, it may prevent cancer agnosis. New research indi- Researchers studied because cancer forms from cates older people who have more than one million res- uncontrolled cell growth. either Alzheimer’s or can- idents of northern Italy, The study, which was cer are less likely to get the tracking them for six years. published in the July 10, other disease. They found a 50-percent drop 2013 issue of the journal Although in essence it in cancer risk for Alzheim- Neurology, did not take is a no-win-scenario, re- er’s patients among the sub- into account lifestyle fac- searchers at the National jects age 60 and older, and a tors, such as smoking, Research Council of Italy 35-percent reduction in Al- physical activity, and diet, in Milan, headed by study zheimer’s risk for those with which may influence the author Dr. Massimo Mus- cancer. Additional informa- risk of these diseases. icco, have found that hav- tion suggests a similar cor- Receiving a diagnosis of ing cancer seems to protect relation between Parkin- cancer or Alzheimer’s dis- seniors from Alzheimer’s son’s disease and cancer. ease is never a welcome de- disease. The reverse also It is unclear what is be- velopment, but the strange appears to be true. If you hind this link, and there re- correlation between the receive a diagnosis of Al- mains the possibility that diseases could give doctors zheimer’s disease, you are both diseases can occur new clues into treatment New research indicates older people who have either Alzheimer’s or cancer at a far lower risk of devel- concurrently. Researchers options for both conditions. are less likely to get the other disease. E\nPfibD\k_f[`jk?\cgj J\e`fij:fdYXkD\dfipCfjj Memory loss is a natural fusing or forgetting names of ety of reasons, such as infec- whether cognition is falls into tion of good health practices, part of aging. Over time, an familiar people, such as fam- tion, vitamin deficiencies, an appropriate range, based a steady routine of cognitive adult’s brain changes and ily members or close friends; depression, thyroid problems on the patient’s age. Once and aerobic exercise, pursu- some aspects of cognition difficulty completing impor- or medication misuse,” said these elements are consid- ing optimal nutrition and (thinking), such as attention tant tasks, such as balancing Miran Salgado, M.D., chair- ered, the neurologist can de- having active engagement and memory may deteriorate. a checkbook or making a fa- man of neurosciences at termine whether dementia is in stimulating, novel and Most people are able to adapt vorite recipe; having trouble NYM. “A thorough evaluation present and the likely cause.” rewarding social and recre- to these subtle changes. How- understanding or following of each patient can help en- While there is no cure for ational activities. ever, when the natural aging directions or instructions; sure that these conditions are dementia, diagnosing the “Staying physically and process of the brain is acceler- getting lost in the middle of a ruled out or treated through condition early allows spe- mentally active is the first ated by disease, the result may conversation; neglecting per- lifestyle changes or medica- cialists to treat symptoms by step toward better brain be dementia, in which loss of sonal hygiene and other basic tion.” prescribing specific dementia health,” said Dr. Salgado. cognition is severe enough to needs, or repeating the same Once a physician reviews medications to help maintain “Taking time for a daily walk interfere with a person’s daily question or statement several a patient’s current symptoms functioning. or other form of exercise can functioning. times.” and determines an overall A limited number of rig- help maintain memory. 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Photo by Louise Wateridge Sign up here! New exhibit celebrates Coney Island banners By Allegra Hobbs Icy Signs provided the banners and ads Powers and fellow Icy artists as a tribute The display tracks the changes in the t is a sign of the times — and of the now on display in the Museum. “I think to the area’s local aesthetic, which affects neighborhood, in the arts community, place. we bring a really interesting inside per- every member of the local artist commu- and in the country as a whole, said the I An artist is paying tribute to Coney spective to it.” nity, he said. curator. Island with a collage of hand-painted Powers said he mastered his craft in the “In Coney, everybody carries 150 “It’s about the way that Coney Island signs — an art form indigenous to the neighborhood’s fast-paced and competi- years on their back with everything they has inspired artists since the late 19th dreamy beach town — displayed as part of tive signage scene, where local businesses do,” said Powers. “They’re all well-versed Century, and the way it has reflected what Brooklyn Museum’s focus on the history show off flashy and colorful hand-painted in the history of Coney Island and they all has been happening in the world at large,” and look of the waterfront nabe. The sign- lettering from skilled neighborhood art- play their part in the present day and in said Sharon Matt Atkins. painter says his connection to the People’s ists. The artists of Icy, which now operates paying tribute to the past.” “Coney Island Is Still Dreamland (To Playground gives the multi-tiered installa- out of Boerum Hill, churned out signs That history is laid out in the museum’s a Seagull)” and “Coney Island: Visions tion “Coney Island Is Still Dreamland (To for local spots like laundromats and res- accompanying exhibition “Coney Island: of an American Dreamland” at the a Seagull)” a special down-home vibe. taurants in Coney Island, where makers Visions of an American Dreamland,” Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Parkway “We were employees, we were workers and consumers alike have strong opinions which features photographs by famed at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, in the amusement park and in the neigh- about the craft. freak photographer Diane Arbus, nine- (718) 638–5000, www.brooklynmuseum. borhood,” said Stephen Powers, whose The Brooklyn Museum installation is teenth-century landscape paintings, and org]. On display until March 13. $16 sug- Coney Island-born sign-painting service a hodge-podge of signage created by novelty items dating from 1861 to 2008. gested donation. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27 - DEC. 3, 2015 39 BRA? HUMBUG! Burlesque ‘Christmas Carol’ has stripping Scrooge By Colin Mixson ave a merry XXX-mas! The striptease superstars Hof the Wassabasco burlesque crew will stage a one-time-only per- formance of “A ’70s Christmas Carol” at the Bell House in Gowanus on Dec. 4. The show will feature all the famil- iar characters from the classic Charles Dickens novella, but taking off their clothes, says the show’s director. “I like to think of our scripted shows They like short shorts: The men of the Brooklyn Rugby Club will as musicals, but instead of a song and release a sexy calendar on Dec. 4 that will help them spread the dance there’s a strip number,” said love of the game. Photo by Louise Wateridge Nasty Canasta, who will also take the lead as a sexy Ebenezer Scrooge. The characters will be portrayed by the company’s burlesque girls — and Save the date one boylesque performer — including a notably adult Tiny Tim played by Rugby team raises cash Sydni Deveraux. Holiday dancers: (Back row, from left) Evelyn Vinyl, BooBess, Doc Wasabassco, Sapphire The casting is not the only differ- Jones, Sydni Deveraux, Nasty Canasta, and Mr. Gorgeous (front) of the Wassabasco bur- with sexy 2016 calendar ence separating Wassabasco’s adap- lesque crew will unveil their sexy version of “A Christmas Carol” on Dec. 4 . tation from the not-nearly-as-steamy Photo by Louise Wateridge By Carlo Bosticco original. The cabaret conversion Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by goes,” said Canasta. “I think a lot of hey are going for the gold! ditches the original’s 19th Century set- three sexy specters representing past, Christmas shows are all red and green, The men of the Brooklyn Rugby Club are ting for the 1970s, and the office of present, and future, all costumed appro- and everyone is dressed as Santa and Traising cash by stripping down for a sexy pin- Scrooge’s unscrupulous money-lending priately — with the Ghost of Christmas elves, and we’re going to offer some- up calendar, which they will unveil at a Gowanus enterprise has been tossed in favor of an Future is dressed in an early ’90s outfit. thing that’s a bit different.” party on Dec. 4. One of the hunky team members equally unsavory nightclub. “They’re past, present, and future Also a bit different is Scrooge’s rev- expects that the dozen saucy pictures in the third The story kicks off with bevy of appropriate for the 1970s,” said elation at the climax of Wassabasco’s annual calendar will attract donors and make the beauts looking to call it a night and Canasta. Christmas classic, after the spirits have team’s coffers big and strong. head home for the holidays, but miserly The polyester-era setting lends restored her faith in simple pleasures. “Well, it is our sexiest calendar to date,” said Ben nightclub owner Scrooge won’t let her itself to some outrageous outfits, and “She learns to let her hair down and Martin, a spokesman for the team. “You’ll definitely girls take off before they take it off, helps the show stand out from other take her bra off,” Canasta explained. see cheeks. And I am not talking face.” said Canasta. holiday burlesque shows, which tend “A ’70s Christmas Carol” at the The beefcake calendar will only be available at the “Scrooge doesn’t care if it’s to lean heavily on “Nutcracker” and Bell House [149 Seventh St. between release party, which will also feature drink specials Christmas tomorrow, they still have to Santa themes. Second and Third avenues in Gowanus, and raffles of sports equipment, fancy meals, a fitness dance,” said the Park Slop performer. “It’s such a wonderful, horrible (718) 643–6510, www.thebellhouseny. boot-camp deal, and more, along with a chance to bid But over the course of one eventful visual time period that everything com]. Dec. 4 at 9 pm. $20. on a date with one of the calendar’s poster boys. During the date auction, a delicious scrum of five single players will compete for fans’ attention, with methods ranging from outrageous costumes Get on board this Train! to saucy dances for which very little costuming is needed. The highest bidders will score a date with By Dennis Lynch comedians. The six performances the flanker, loosehead, or hooker of their choice. The t is heading for the station! will put showcase regulars like Jane ruggers will not red card any bidder, male or female, A weekly comedy show in James and Matteo Lane in front of but winners had better be prepared to keep up. IGowanus is about to get the the cameras, alongside nationally- “I think I would take my date out for more than small screen treatment, so now is known figures like Eugene Mirman just a meal — an activity, something out of their the time to get a ticket! Six install- and Hari Kondabolu. comfort zone, to really have a chance to know them ments of “Night Train With Wyatt “What’s always been fun about and assess the chemistry. I don’t know — rock Cenac” will be recorded for a new the show for me is that its a show- climbing?” said Martin. National Broadcasting Company case for New York comedians, but The right look: Comedian Wyatt Cenac’s The funds will go towards expanding the club, digital series on Dec. 7–9, and also a place that more established comedy show “Night Train” will tape six including developing a second women’s team and fans of the showcase can expect a comedians want to come do, so hav- special shows on Dec. 6–9 for a digital launching a junior team for kids — all with the goal television release. Photo by Louise Wateridge spiffed-up version of the usual great ing some people from out of town of spreading the love of the game. comedy, says the host. is maybe a testament to what we’ve people are used to watching stand- “Our mission is popularizing this marginalized “The goal is to capture the spirit been able to do with the show,” up online and not laughing out loud, sport we love, and promote what it stands for,” said of the show as if there weren’t cam- Cenac said. but we want people to just have fun Martin. “Rugby is a sport about community and it eras there,” said Wyatt Cenac. “It’s He would not reveal the exact with it.” has great potential — it teaches important values basically what we could do with the lineup of each show, calling it “a Those who attend will have to such as team play, collaboration and respect for the weekly show if we had a constant grab bag of jokes,” but Cenac said chance hear themselves laughing rules. It is all-inclusive, it is for all colors, orienta- stream of money coming in.” that each night would feature secret when the show appears on NBC’s tions and body shapes, which very much reflects The Fort Greene comedian, best special guests not yet listed on the new comedy streaming service our Brooklyn community. Our calendar is a great known for his stint as a correspon- show’s web site. The show’s pro- SeeSo in early 2016, said Ways. example of that.” dent on “The Daily Show With Jon ducer said audience members should “Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” “Brooklyn Rugby’s Calendar Release Party” at Stewart,” started “Night Train” with come ready for a loose night. tapes at Littlefield (622 Degraw St. Littlefield (622 Degraw St. between Third and Fourth producer Marianne Ways in 2012, “We’re looking for people to between Third and Fourth avenues avenues in Gowanus, www.brooklynrugby.com). 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The us. The Sleater-Kinney gui-i- show’s founder says that over the last tarist and “Portlandia” actorr decade, the show has become a hub writes about being a fan of the city’s music community. first, of writing long letters “It’s a scene — people new to to stars in hope of some- town, music geeks, late night howl- one listening to her. This ers, and the spiritually unfulfilled memoir is filled with have all found a home here on humility and moments off Wednesdays in one way or anoth- poetic language, like when shecomparesashe compares a er,” said musician Feral Foster, who man’s toe to a gnarled piece of ginger. founded the Roots ’n’ Ruckus night — Jess Pane, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. in 2005. The weekly show, which between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Fort features roots music and a ruckus of Greene, (718) 246–0200, www.greenlightbookstore.com ]. other genres, started in Manhattan, but made the leap across the river to Community Bookstore’s pick: “The Red Hook’s Jalopy Theatre in 2008. Foster family: Roots and Ruckus organizer Feral Foster will celebrate 10 years of his Visiting Privilege” by Joy Williams Foster has booked the event’s weekly show with a four-day festival at the Jalopy Theater and Jalopy Tavern, starting Joy Williams has beenn my last 520 weeks by keeping an ear Dec. 2. Photo by Stefano Giovannini out for new talent, he said, inviting a wide variety of musical fares, heading Roots ’n’ Ruckus for anoth- biggest discovery of the year.year. any musician that grabbed his atten- including Brooklyn Americana fix- er ten years, saying that he is not Yes, I’m late to the party,rty, tion — whether they were playing ture Jan Bell, the folk band Spirit looking that far ahead. Instead, he is but here I stand, totally andand on the street or on a stage — to be a Family Reunion, and eclectic per- just looking forward to showcasing utterly baffled that we haveve part of the Roots ’n’ Ruckus musical formers offering surf, indie rock, a diverse lineup of musicians, and to not constructed a monu-u- variety act. The four-day festival, jazz, and Greek music. packing the Jalopy for the festival. ment to this contemporaryry which will spill from the Jalopy And the festival is staying true “It’s a way of cementing all of this American master. Thiss Theatre stage into the Jalopy Tavern to the spirit of the variety night — energy and history we’ve been mak- book collects many off next door, will showcase acts from instead of buying a ticket, attendees ing here and trying to celebrate it in Williams’s most-loved the entire run of the show. will be asked to throw a few dollars the biggest way.” stories, showing the full “It’s just bringing in some of the into a hat at the conclusion of each Roots ’n’ Ruckus Fest at the range of her devastat- best this show has been able to host performance, just as they have for Jalopy Theater and Jalopy Tavern ing short fiction. These over the last ten years,” said Foster. the last ten years. The musicians [315 Columbia St. between Hamilton dark, funny, ferocious “A lot of performers who are playing will split the tips at the end of the Avenue and Woodhull Street in Red stories turn the staid suburbanurban this festival are good at what they do festival, as per the Roots ’n’ Ruckus Hook, (718) 395–3214, www.jalopy. narrative inside out, and are told in the dark, and bring their own unique energy.” tradition. biz]. Dec. 2–5, at various times. Free funny, ferocious language of right now, where we hold The festival lineup includes Foster laughs at the thought of (donations suggested). our breath between hell and the void. Read it and be changed. — Hal Hlavinka, Community Bookstore [43 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Garfield Place in Park The trees are all aglow in Bay Ridge! Slope, (718) 783–3075, www.commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. By Max Jaeger — Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, Father- Word’s pick: “Dumplin’ ” by Julie ay Ridge is getting lit this friggin’-Christmas — will not only Murphy week! be on hand, but he will be handing This is a body-positiveitive B Ovens have hardly out toys to all the good girls and book about breaking downown cooled from Thanksgiving roasting, boys. The fun starts at 6:30 pm. stereotypes and learning to and now the ’hood is on fire with But even the powerful state sena- love yourself — but it is alsolso Christmas tree lightings. tor is no match for the might of the about insecurities, femaleale On Tuesday, flap over to Owl’s federal government. Ft. Hamilton friendships, and mother-r- Head Park (68th Street and Colonial (101st Street and Fort Hamilton daughter relationships. A Road) for some early Christmas Parkway) is declaring all-out war lot happens in this young-- cheer. 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Free. 6 pm. enue in Boerum Hill, (917) businesses. 7 pm. Power- Good Shepherd Church 267–0363], www.roulette. House Arena [37 Main St. Pistons on Nov. 29 at Barclays Center. counter and the carousel. Free (Carousel rides $2). [Ave. S and Brown Street org. at Water Street in Dumbo, Associated Press / Duane Burleson Noon–3 pm. Prospect Park in Marine park, (718) (718) 666–3049], www. Audubon Center [Enter 998–2800]. TUES, DEC. 1 powerhousearena.com. COMING SOON TO park at Lincoln Road and MUSIC, SCREAMIN’ REBEL TALK, THE LIT AND COM- Ocean Avenue in Prospect ANGELS, THE DYES: A FUNDRAISER, “SAVING EDY ROUNDTABLE: A Park, (718) 287–3400], night of garage, rockabilly OUR HOMES, SAVING moderated panel discus- BARCLAYS CENTER www.prospectpark.org/ and roots rock ‘n roll. $8. OUR LIVES”: For World sion exploring how (or audubon. 7:30 pm. Union Hall [702 AIDS Day, Bridging Ac- if?) literature and comedy FRI, NOV 27 SUN, DEC 6 THEATER, “HENRY IV”: This Union St. at Fifth Avenue cess to Care hosts a char- inform each other. Free. ferocious, fresh version in Park Slope, (718) 638– ity awards benefi t to help 7 pm. Word Bookstore SPORTS, BARCLAYS SPORTS, BROOKLYN of Shakespeare’s monu- 4400], www.unionhallny. low-income New Yorkers [126 Franklin St. between CENTER CLASSIC — NETS VS GOLDEN mental play “Henry IV” is com. living with HIV. Rosie Perez Milton and Noble streets ART, MOTHER’S LOVE ART and Poz magazine will be in Greenpoint, (718) 383– CINCINNATI VS NE- STATE WARRIORS: set in a women’s prison. BRASKA; GEORGE Tickets start at $28. 7:30 GALLERY GRAND OPEN- among the recipients. 0096], www.wordbrooklyn. $59–$4,000. 6 pm. $150. 6:30 pm. Raymour WASHINGTON VS pm. St. Ann’s Warehouse ING: An art exhibit depicts com. & Flanagan Downtown TENNESSEE: $20–$145. [45 Water St. at New the immense love and Dock Street in Dumbo, sacrifi ce of mothers. Free. Brooklyn Showroom [490 6:30 pm TUE, DEC 8 THURS, DEC. 3 (718) 834–8794], www. 11 am–5 pm. Brooklyn Fulton St. at Bond Street SPORTS, BROOKLYN stannswarehouse.org. Marriott [333 Adams St. Downtown, (347) 505– DANCE, “SOMNIPATH”: In- SAT, NOV 28 NETS VS HOUSTON between Johnson and Wil- 5181], www.bac-ny.org. clined Dance Project pres- loughby streets in Down- XAVERIAN’S GENESIS PRO- ROCKETS: $25–$4,000. SAT, NOV. 28 ents an evening-length SPORTS, BARCLAYS town, (929) 265–0426], GRAM MIDDLE-SCHOOL dance work inspired by 7:30 pm. CENTER CLASSIC — HIGH-FIVE FOR THE HOLI- mothersloveartgallery. OPEN HOUSE: An open various sleeping disor- CONSOLATION GAME DAYS: Celebrate the sea- com. house and introduction ders. $20 ($16 in advance). AND CHAMPION- THU, DEC 10 son at this tree-lighting WINTER ON THE FARM: to Xaverian’s a co-ed pro- 7:30 pm. The Actors SHIP GAME: $20–$145. ceremony, with free hot Make a candle, watch gram for academically Fund Arts Center (160 Noon. SPORTS, BROOKLYN chocolate, a light show, a master spinner make gifted students grade six Schermerhorn St. between NETS VS PHILADEL- music, carolers, and Santa wool thread and enjoy a to eight. Free. 6:30 pm. Smith and Hoyt streets in Xaverian High School [7100 PHIA 76ERS: $20– Claus riding in a sports car Dutch treat. St. Nicholas Downtown), www.actors- SAT, NOV 28 down Fifth Avenue. Free. will make a visit too! $3. Shore Rd. between Mackay fund.org. $3,000. 7:30 pm. Place and 71st Street in SPORTS, BROOKLYN 6:30–9 pm. (Fifth Avenue 1–3 pm. Lefferts Historic MUSIC, GRACIE AND RA- at Fourth Street in Park Bay Ridge, (718) 836–7100 HOOPS HOLIDAY IN- Homestead [452 Flatbush CHEL: The piano and violin Slope). Ave. between Empire Bou- x188], www.xaverian.org/ VITATIONAL — LOUIS- SAT, DEC 12 duo perform with Gold MUSIC, RUSSIAN-LAN- levard and Eastern Park- genesis. Child. Free. 9 pm. The Liv- VILLE VS SAINT LOUIS: SPORTS, BROOKLYN GUAGE MUSIC AND way in Park Slope, (718) OPEN SOURCE SOUP ing Room (134 Metropoli- $30–$195. 8 pm. NETS VS LOS ANGE- POETRY: A performance 789–2822], www.prospect- KITCHEN: Each night this tan Ave., between Wythe LES CLIPPERS: $40– of romantic poems by Ser- park.org. month, the Open Source Avenue and Berry Street in gei Esenin, to celebrate Gallery hosts an artist SUN, NOV 29 $4,000. 5 pm. Williamsburg). this 120th birthday, along who cooks a free meal for SPORTS, BROOKLYN MON, NOV. 30 with music from Peter 15-20 people and pro- FRI, DEC. 4 NETS VS DETROIT SUN, DEC 13 Tchaikovsky. Free. 2 pm. 26TH ANNUAL METROTECH vides some kind of artistic PISTONS: $30–$3,250. Kings Highway Library TREE LIGHTING CERE- element, like an exhibit, MICHAEL LEE: The mental- 6 pm. SPORTS, NEW YORK (2115 Ocean Ave. between MONY: This holiday event performance, or decora- ist and death-defying ISLANDERS VS NEW Kings Highway and Quen- will feature Santa Claus tion. Free. 7–9 pm. Open escape artist will make JERSEY DEVILS: $70– tin Avenue in Sheepshead and his live reindeer, a mu- Source Gallery [306 17th an appearance at the an- MON, NOV 30 Bay). sical performance by the St. at Sixth Avenue in Park $1,350. 5 pm. nual Christmas celebra- SPORTS, NEW YORK BROOKLYN HOLIDAY BA- Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Slope, (646) 279–3969], tion, for a fun filled fam- dance routines, and more. www.open-source-gallery. ISLANDERS VS COLO- ZAAR: Shop for gifts ily day. Civilians entering from 40 local makers, Free. 5 pm. MetroTech org. RADO AVALANCHE: MON, DEC 14 the base must provide while sipping drinks from Commons (MetroTech MUSIC, “CHRISTMAS WITH- proper ID. Free. 2 pm. $20–$935. 7 pm. SPORTS, BROOKLYN Brooklyn distillers Widow Roadway, Brooklyn, NY OUT TEARS”: Actor and Ft. Hamilton Army Base NETS VS ORLANDO Jane and Greenhook Gin- 11201, Brooklyn, NY 11201 comedian Harry Shearer [Seventh Ave. and Poly TUE, DEC 1 MAGIC: $20–$3,000. smiths,. Free. 11am–6pm. in Downtown). and singer Judith Owen Place in Bay Ridge, (718) 7:30 pm. 501 Union (501 Union St. MUSIC, ROULETTEKIDS host a festive throw-back 630–4771], www.hamil- SPORTS, BROOKLYN between Bond and Nev- FACE THE MUSIC: The holiday show, with special tonmwr.com. NETS VS PHOENIX ins streets in Gowanus), teens and tweens of Rou- performances from Alan Continued on page 46 SUNS: $20–$3,000. TUE, DEC 15 brooklynholidaybazaar. 7:30 pm. com. SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- OPERA, “THE MERRY LANDERS VS FLORIDA WIDOW”: This fully-staged WED, DEC 2 PANTHERS: $25–$935. performance of Lehar’s SPORTS, NEW YORK 7 pm. operetta, presented by the ISLANDERS VS NEW Regina Opera Company is sung in English. $25 ($20 YORK RANGERS: $79– WED, DEC 16 seniors; college students; $2,000. 8 pm. $5 Teens; children free. SPORTS, BROOKLYN 3 pm. Our Lady of Per- FRI, DEC 4 NETS VS MIAMI HEAT: petual Help Auditorium $22–$3,000. 7:30 pm. [5902 Sixth Ave. at 59th SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- Street in Sunset Park, (718) LANDERS VS ST. LOUIS 259–2772], www.reginaop- BLUES: $70–$1,750. SAT, DEC 19 era.org. 7:30 pm. CHRISTMAS SHOW AND SPORTS, CBS SPORTS SWEDISH LUCIA PRO- CLASSIC — NORTH CESSION: Featuring per- SAT, DEC 5 CAROLINA VS UCLA formances from Santa’s SPORTS, DANIEL JACOBS AND KENTUCKY VS Workshop, as well as VS PETER QUILLIN: OHIO STATE: $60– the Swedish Santa Lucia procession and songs, $57–$457. Time TBD. $675. 1 pm. cookies, and a craft ac- tivity. $5. 7 pm. First Feeling needled: The Gallery Players presents “It Runs in the Family,” a holiday farce of mistaken 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights Free Church [6501 Sixth identity and escalating chaos set in a hospital. What could possibly go wrong? The shows start on (917) 618–6100, www.barclaysc enter.com. 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Rosinsky took to it and become a way of life for one went on to win four New York Brooklyn fi refi ghter-turned- Golden Gloves championships prizefi ghter about to compete and a USA Amateur national at Barclays Center. crown at 178 pounds. Queens resident and But his career nearly ended Brooklyn life-saver Will Ros- there, despite his success. insky will take center ring to Rosinsky was studying compete on the undercard of to be a physical education the middleweight title fi ght be- teacher at Queens College and tween Daniel Jacobs and Peter working as a student-teacher Quillin on Dec. 5. It is the larg- at St. Francis Prep and PS 207 est indoor arena in which the in Queens. His father tried to 30-year-old has fought during get him out of the ring, tell- his career. ing him it’s better to teach “I wanted to be there sooner and take summers off than or later,” said Rosinsky sitting pursue a career where you get at his gym, Universal Boxing, punched in the face day in and in his native Ozone Park. “You day out. After talking with a start from no where and you friend who was in a similar work your way up to a place situation, he decided to take like that.” a chance at going pro in 2008, The Archbishop Molloy planning to take a few fi ghts grad learned karate as a young- BIG TIME: Brooklyn fi refi ghter Will Rosinsky faces Joe Smith Jr. at Barclays Center on Dec. 5. and see how it went, but the ster and fi rst landed at a box- Photo by Gina Palermo Continued on page 54 Tigers claw back to beat Lincoln BY BRANDON MAUK opportunity midway through quarter. Fort Hamilton has practically the third quarter. Fort Hamil- Fitzsimons lead three Ti- ensured a new Public School ton failed to get a punt off, and gers touchdown drives in the Athletic League football cham- the Railsplitters recovered the fi rst two quarters and a go- pion. ball at Fort Hamilton’s 10, but ahead score early in the third. The Tigers surged to a The Tigers’ defense denied the Booker scored twice on the 40–28 victory over two-time team a third and fourth down ground before the break — defending City Conference from the one-yard line. That when his team turned it up champion Abraham Lincoln may have sealed the deal for even more. with a powerful second half Lincoln, the coach said. “All we had got to do is fi n- in Coney Island on Nov. 21. It “The change in the momen- ish,” Fitzsimons said. “That’s is Fort Hamilton’s fi rst semifi - tum happened when we didn’t what we did when we went nal appearance since 2011, and score on that at the one-yard into halftime. We just have to coaches couldn’t be prouder. line,” Lincoln coach Shawn fi nish, make sure we keep the “Our kids really rose to the O’Connor said. “Two shots to lead, and we’ll win.” occasion, I’m really proud of score, we didn’t get it and they The Tigers again made a them,” Fort Hamilton coach went 99 yards. You’ve got to big play on defense, forcing a Danny Perez said. punch it in.” fumble by Lincoln quarter- Fort Hamilton jumped Fort Hamilton’s offense fed back Jordan Hannah that Josh ahead on its fi rst drive of the off the goal-line stand and took Duke recovered — his second second half. Lincoln struck the lead back and for good. An takeaway of the day. Booker back with a rushing touch- 11-play, 99-yard drive capped scored his third touchdown of down from Faruq Shittu, but by Connor Fitzsimons’ 27-yard the game on the ensuing pos- the Tigers grabbed control for touchdown pass to Ayorinde session to extend the lead. HOLD TIGHT: Fort Hamilton’s Jayson Magmani protects the ball against good after that. Idowu gave the Tigers a 32–28 Fort Hamilton was in po- Lincoln. Photo by Arthur De Gaeta Lincoln missed a golden advantage early in the fourth Continued on page 54 DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27 - DEC. 3, 2015 51 Clippers ground Pilots Frink bringing Xaverian takes the Catholic championship BY STEPHEN ZITOLO star power The third time was the charm for Xaverian. After falling in the Catholic High School Football League A Division championship game to Long Island the previous two seasons, the top-seeded Clippers captured the elusive crown with 31–14 ong Island University victory over No. 2 Cardinal at men’s basketball may Mitchel Field on Nov. 21. It was L have found the star it a hard-earned feather in the cap was looking for. for several outgoing seniors. At the Northeast Con- “There’s nothing like it,” ference media day, Coach said tight end Vincent Finizio. Jack Perri said he ex- “I’m a senior, so I’m happy I got pected the team to emerge to experience this my senior more balanced and im- year. This is a once-in-a-life- prove over last year — time opportunity.” when it lost its first six A dominant fi rst half laid games and won just 12 the groundwork for Xaverian’s overall — but he wasn’t CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES: Xaverian coach Mike Jioia hoists the trophy fi rst championship win since sure where who would fill 2006, when it won the “AA” and celebrates with his team after beating Cardinal Spellman for the the offensive shoes wing JOE crown. Catholic High School Football League Class A crown. Gerrell Martin left open The championship win was Community News Group / Joseph Staszewski when he graduated. The KNOWS in the team’s crosshairs all sea- team’s 3–0 start this year son. a fl ea fl icker that allowed se- Xaverian solidifi ed its lead is proving that it can im- by Joe Staszewski “We set out from the be- nior quarterback Phil DePau- when Spellman lined up for a prove, and Florida Inter- ginning of the year right in lis to drop back and heave the punt from its 18-yard line at the national transfer and red- the weight room, and the only ball downfi eld to Finizio for a end of the fi rst quarter. Spell- shirt junior Jerome Frink rally from 12 points down thing we were going to settle for 68-yard touchdown. The squad man’s punter bobbled the snap appears to be the star he to preserve its perfect re- was a championship,” Xaverian had that one in its back pocket and managed just a 10-yard needed. cord and best North Caro- coach Mike Jioia said. “Thank for days, the tight end said. punt. Xaverian got the ball at The 6-foot-7 Frink is lina Central. Martin Her- God every thing works out for a “That fi rst play of the game the Spellman 28-yard line and off to a flying start to his mannsson, Aakim Saintil, reason.” we had planned all week,” found the end zone two plays career in Brooklyn af- and Joel Hernandez are Xaverian’s fi rst play from Finizio said. “We knew it was later when senior Brandon Pe- ter sitting out last season all averaging 11 points or scrimmage was microcosm for going to be a big play, so we terson drove in a direct snap because of NCAA trans- more over three games, the day. went over it a bunch of times. from one yard out, giving the fer rules. The Jersey City and red-shirt sophomore The Clippers started the We were confi dent that we were Clippers a 17–6 lead. native and former St. An- Nura Zanna is nearly av- game with a little trickery — going to score a touchdown.” Continued on page 54 thony’s standout is shoot- eraging a double-double. ing 55.3 percent from the The team faces stiffer field, averaging 17 points, challenges in December, eight rebounds, and 2.3 but for now, there are blocks per game. plenty of positive signs the Frink is also getting Blackbirds squad is ready Defense wins it for E-Hall it done on the other end to regain its perch in the of the floor. He blocked a Northeast Conference’s BY GREGORY ALCALA Hall (9–3) up 8–0 after a suc- layup that laid the ground- upper echelon. Long Is- AND JOSEPH STASZEWSKI cessful two-point conversion. work for Joel Hernandez’s land University won three It’s the case of the old adage: The one score was all the buzzer-beater three that straight crowns before Offense wins games, but de- more daunting for unbeaten took down Loyola in the going just 12-22 in league fense wins championships. South Shore (10–1), because season opener. play the last two years. Erasmus Hall leaned on its junior quarterback Jason Frink followed up on And it had to watch bor- offensive power to secure it a Martin injured his knee on a Northeast Conference ough rivals St. Francis be- fi rst-round win in the Public read-option play on the team’s player of the week honors come conference darlings School Athletic League City second possession. Martin by dropping in a game- a season ago. Conference, but it had to rely continued to play, but was high 25 points and pulling Coaches in the pre- on its defense to get to the hobbled, leaving the Vikings in nine boards to help the season picked The Black- semifi nals. The sixth-seeded offense struggling. The weak Blackbirds beat Maine in birds to finish fourth in Dutchmen forced and recov- bounce-back led to division its first home game of the 2015-16, and the last three ered three fumbles and col- among the ranks, and players season. games are proving why. lected an interception in the were embroiled in a shouting Frink has certainly Long Island University team’s 10–0 victory over host match heading into the locker emerged from the pack, has played with the bal- and No. 3 South Shore in quar- room at half. but the Blackbirds are ance Perri predicted, but terfi nals play on Nov. 21. OVER THE BACK: Daevon Alvarez The Vikings planned on winning with contribu- Frink has moved to fore- Both teams’ defenses kept hauls in a pass for Erasmus Hall in using Martin’s legs to move tions from everyone — front. the game knotted until the the school’s win over South Shore. the ball, but instead, the team like Perri expected. Four It’s a formula that Dutchmen struck late in the Photo by Pat Trani had to explore other options players scored in the dou- should make for an excit- second quarter. leaving the team in a bind, the ble figures — including ing season from the Black- Quarterback Aaron Grant South Shore’s 10-yard line. squad’s head coach said. Frink with 18 points — birds — one that could lofted a perfectly placed 40- Moments later, Grant found “When your best offensive when Long Island Univer- remind us of the not-so-re- yard pass to 6-foot-2 sopho- fellow senior Daevon Alvarez weapon is hobbling around — sity mounted a second-half cent glory years. more receiver Sean Ryan on in the end zone to help put E- Continued on page 54 52 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27 - DEC. 3, 2015 DT SPORTS AttentionA Local Residents! YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO MAKE YOUR NEXT TWO CAR PAYMENTS, come let Plaza Auto Mall make them for you! -$* 8 32- **!-+',%2-7-32-" 75'2& &3%#-#0 - . / 0 .1 234356 78/ %'4#7-33.2-&:Q=882-5 0"17-3001225-! 0. 7+#,21 / 1B 7 CCD . 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The team turned a fum- break. The Tigers, who blew bled snap into a safety to im- fourth-quarter leads in both prove its lead to 10–0. of its losses, out-scored Lin- The Viking’s best drive coln 24-7 over the fi nal two — and chance to cut the defi - quarters. It showed it can cit late in the fourth quarter close out a big game, Booker ended with Omar Jarrett fum- said. bling at the Erasmus 10-yard “Everybody doubted us, line after a 15-yard gain. everybody said we weren’t Erasmus, the city runner- a second-half team, but we up a year ago, won its fi rst proved them wrong,” he playoff game 43-26. The team said. “We had to step up to travels to No. 5 Fort Hamilton the occasion, come out and at noon on Nov. 28 with a trip be a second half team.” ON THE RUN: Lincoln’s Naim to the fi nal at Yankee Stadium The Tigers host No. 6 Er- Coakey looks to gain some yards on the line. asmus Hall in the fi nal at against Fort Hamilton on Nov. 21. Grand Street 20, Susan noon on Nov. 28. Photo by Arthur De Gaeta Wagner 6: Sharif Harris- Legree threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns for Grand Street (11–0), includ- the game’s defensive most ing a 30-yard strike to Ahmed XAVERIAN valuable player — recovered Bah in the fi rst quarter. The to loose ball and set the Clip- Continued from page 52 two hooked up again for a 56- pers up at the Spellman 22- yard touchdown in the second With fi ve minutes left in yard line. One play later, De- quarter. Kareem Davis ran the half, DePaulis found Pe- Paulis (7 of 9, 184 yards) found for 112 yards and caught a 16- EYES ON THE PRIZE: Erasmus Hall quarterback Aaron Grant looks for an terson on a screen pass that he Julius Arcaro open on the left yard touchdown to put Grand open receiver downfi eld against South Shore. Photo by Pat Trani ran for a 73-yeard score, giving fl ank for a 22-yard score and a Street up 20–6 at the break. Xaverian a 24–6 lead. 31–6 lead going into the break. The Wolves earned a second- 20–6 after three quarters mell Redd ran for 220 yards It was part of a change in Evan after an undefeated straight trip to the semifi nals before ripping off 20 points and three touchdowns on 18 offensive philosophy after season in its division, Xaver- and host No. 10 Curtis at noon in the fi nal frame. Rashaun carries for defending cham- beating Spellman twice in the ian will be staying in the A on Nov. 28. Coleman ran for 76 yards and pion and second-seeded Eagle regular season by 36–8 and Division next year and defend Franklin D. Roosevelt a score on 11 carries, and Rus- Academy II (12–0) in the Cup 35–0, Jiola said. its crown, according to Jioia. 26, James Madison 20: sell Bourne added a rushing Conference semifi nals. Jamal “We were a heavy, heavy It will lose 18 seniors and will Quarterback Nadir Has- touchdown. ReJohn Williams Trotman added 101 yards and run team, but we have kids be moving 15 sophomores to san carried the ball 16 times made a team-leading seven a score on 10 carries and made that we feel can pass the ball, the varsity squad. The outgo- for 113 yards and two touch- tackles. The Cougars move on 10 tackles on defense. Jean and we have some good receiv- ing players savored their last downs for defending champi- to visit No. 1 McKee-Staten Is- Louis recovered a fumble. ers,” he said. “We decided to game as Clippers. ons and No. 6-seeded Frank- land Tech in the semifi nals at The Eagles squad will defend pass the ball a little more and “This means everything,” lin D. Roosevelt (9–3) in the noon on Nov. 28. its title against No. 1 Freder- spread them out.” Marinelli said. “Coach Jioia Bowl Conference quarter- Eagle Academy II 30, ick Douglass in the fi nal on Xaverian’s defensive front deserves it. We deserve it. Our fi nals. The Cougars trailed East Harlem Pride 6: Ra- Nov. 28 at 7 pm at MCU Park. forced a fumble on the fi rst parents and our fans deserve play of Spellman’s next drive. it and hopefully we can do it Junior Michael Marinelli — again next year.” working a 9 to 5, Monday to to get to that point where peo- BOXER Friday.” ple know who I am.” Continued from page 51 But boxing also relieves Rosinsky faced former stress for fi refi ghters, who World Champion Kelly Pav- choice became clear quickly, sometimes work 24-hour- lik in a 2012 Home Box Offi ce he said. straight shifts, Rosinsky said. bout, but has recently spent “I went from, ‘Alright I’ll He may spend half his days his career in smaller are- give it a shot for two or three saving lives, but Rosinsky’s nas like the B.B. King Blues fi ghts’ to ‘I love it so much I’m only job when he steps into Club, Aviator Sports and Rec- going to keep going,’ ” said the ring at Barclays Center reation Center, the Theater at Rosinsky, who is 19–2–0 with is to beat opponent Joe Smith Madison Square Garden, and 10 knockouts. Jr. in the light heavyweight Roseland Ballroom. He didn’t He put teaching aside and contest. The two are sparring care about status when he fi rst now works as a fi refi ghter partners, and Rosinsky was laced up a pair of gloves as a at Engine Company 234 in apprehensive about fi ghting high-schooler, but now that Crown Heights — but balanc- someone that he is so famil- he’s nearing the limelight, he ing the gig with part-time pro iar with, but eventually the wants to climb as high as he fi ghting can be a challenge. relatively unknown saw an can. His blaze-battling schedule opportunity to raise his stock “Once you start winning changes from week to week, against a hard puncher who is and then you go to the Golden so he has to work with train- 19–10 with 16 knockouts. Gloves, you get successful ers who can fi t his demanding “If I beat him, it is a much there, now there is a next step schedule, which can be tax- bigger thing,” Rosinsky said. you are looking forward to do- ing, he said. “He has a good record. It is a ing and it is the right step,” GETTING HIS PHIL: Xaverian quarterback Phil DePaulis threw three “It is different every week,” good win on my resume, so I Rosinsky said. “I followed that touchdown passes in a win over Cardinal Spellman. he said. “It’s not like I am decided to take it. I am trying path.” Community News Group / Joseph Staszewski 54 COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27 - DEC. 3, 2015 DT % !" $ " # DT COURIER LIFE, NOV. 27–DEC. 3, 2015 55 Did You Know? 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