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By Julianne Cuba Brooklyn Paper A driver fatally hit a 4-year-old BLIND SPOTS while pulling out of a Bushwick What Vision Zero overlooks laundromat’s parking lot on June 24 and then fled the scene, but cops, who caught up with the mo- instant, the driver was pulling out torist about a block away from the of the parking area and didn’t see deadly hit-and-run, likely will not them — they were both bending arrest her, a spokesman said. down so it was like a blind spot,” “There are no arrests, there said Cadet Diaz. likely will not be, because there’s When asked if prosecutors no evidence or probable cause to would charge the driver for the arrest her,” Police Department fatal hit-and-run — a felony ac- spokesman Sergeant Jones said cording to state law — of if they the day after the crash. “No one saw the footage of the collision, is in custody.” a spokesman for the district at- Community News Group / Ben Verde torney declined to comment, ex- Youngster Luz Gonzalez was Locals on Monday gathered outside the the Clean City aboard her scooter at 4:30 pm cept to say the crash is under in- Laundry Center in Bushwick, where a driver on Sunday when she and her mother passed vestigation. the Clean City Laundry Center at fatally ran over a young girl while pulling out of a parking Earlier this year, prosecutors de- the corner of Hart Street and Wyck- space, then fled the scene. clined to charge an unlicensed gar- off Avenue, whose parking lot al- bage-truck driver for hitting and lows motorists to park perpendic- tained from cameras at a Wyck- killing a cyclist in Greenpoint last ularly to Hart Street, and requires off Avenue grocery store oppo- PLUS: IS NINTH ST. July, claiming the trucker didn’t them to drive on the sidewalk to site the laundromat. know he ran over someone — an enter and leave its spots. The video shows the motorist’s REDESIGN SAFE excuse many safe-street advocates And as the mom stopped to bend car noticeably bounce up and down ENOUGH? called a bogus claim drivers use down and tie Gonzalez’s shoe on as she ran over the child before driv- to get off the hook. the sidewalk along Hart Street, the ing away from the scene on Hart SEE PAGE 5 And the motorist isn’t the only woman behind the wheel of a 2018 Street, where an officer stopped her one being investigated following Nissan Rogue sport-utility vehicle minutes later between Irving and girl dead, and treated the mother the deadly incident — the laun- — a model likely equipped with Knickerbocker avenues, according for cuts to her left leg, authori- dromat’s parking lot may not be Photo by Jordan Rathkopf rearview cameras, according to a to Jones, who could not say whether ties said. legal, according to a Department Streetsblog report — reversed out police interviewed the driver while A separate Police Depart- of Buildings spokesman, who said of a parking space onto the side- she was behind the wheel, or after ment spokeswoman explained the agency sent inspectors to look I hope I get it walk, then turned to drive onto taking her to the local station house, the driver smashed into the mom into the store’s potentially illicit Hart Street, accelerating into the before they let her go. and daughter because she could spots on Monday after two locals A co-captain of the Brooklyn Nets’s official dance troupe, the Brooklynettes, showed mother and toddler, according to Paramedics rushed Gonzalez not see them. filed complaints about them ear- would-be members of the squad how to jump with joy during the team’s annual audi- authorities and video footage of and her mom to Wyckoff Hospi- “The female was tying the lier that day. tions. Read more about the tryouts on page 16. the incident this newspaper ob- tal, where doctors pronounced the 4-year-old’s shoes. At that same — with Ben Verde Bridging the gap to the park Calls for another walkway to waterfront grow, as new pool may close Squibb span

By Julianne Cuba ter Brooklyn Bridge Park leaders ing transit gurus to include a per- Brooklyn Paper shelled out $3.12 million to make it manent, handicapped-accessible Brooklyn Bridge Park stewards more stable, following complaints bridge in their plan for rehabili- are backing locals’ demands for that the original walkway — which tating the expressway. a new footbridge from Brook- cost roughly $4 million and de- Officials said they hope to fin- lyn Heights to the green space, buted in March 2013 before closing ish building the Squibb Park pool and they can’t promise that con- for repairs in August 2014 — had in 2020 — a year before the city struction of the public pool com- too much spring in its step. expects to begin fixing the ex- ing to Squibb Park won’t force Park-goers can also stroll to the pressway — but acknowledged that them to close its eponymous zig- East River–facing lawn via paths completing the job in two years zagging walkway to Brooklyn’s along Joralemon and Old Fulton is a tall order, meaning that work front yard. streets, but the Squibb Bridge is on the swimming hole and the tri- “We wholeheartedly support the only overpass from the Heights ple cantilever could likely over- File photo by Jordan Rathkopf to the park, Landau noted. lap, further necessitating the cre- Brooklyn Bridge Park leaders joined locals’ calls for a new more access points to the park,” bridge connecting Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge said Eric Landau, who runs the pri- And access to the Columbia ation of a new footbridge. Brooklyn Bridge Park Bridge Brooklyn Park, and they cannot promise that the recently reopened vate Brooklyn Bridge Park Corpo- Heights end of the bridge will “Obviously that’s going to be a ration, which maintains the water- likely be affected by work on a Brooklyn Bridge Park leaders announced plans to build a big challenge,” Brooklyn Heights Squibb Bridge will remain accessible during the construc- front meadow. “We recognize the new permanent pool inside its permanent public pool in Squibb Park earlier this month. state Sen. Brian Kavanagh, who tion of a new pool in the span’s namesake park. significant importance of Squibb namesake park that Brooklyn signed the letter requesting the Bridge to and from the park — it’s Bridge Park bigwigs will start to from the Montague Street end waterfront throughout the road- new bridge, said about finishing corporation could cough up to ing the pols’ letter supporting the too early to tell what the [pool’s] build when the meadow’s pop-up of the Brooklyn Heights Prome- way’s reconstruction. the pool by 2020 when it was an- fund a walkway, but that he and bridge bid, according to spokes- exact impact would be, but a goal pool closes after its last season nade, which locals are demand- And Landau isn’t the only of- nounced earlier this month. fellow park stewards want to be woman for the Transportation De- is to do everything we can to mit- this summer. ing ahead of the looming repairs ficial supportive of another way Landau — who is open to lo- involved in the process of bring- partment, which previously ex- igate effects on that.” But the potential temporary to the Brooklyn–Queens Express- down to Brooklyn Bridge Park — cations for a new footbridge that ing one to life. plored creating another way to the The once famously bouncy loss of the Squibb Bridge could way’s triple cantilever — which a handful of Brooklyn Heights pols are a quick walk from nearby sub- We’re excited to be part of any waterfront back when the slow- bridge with a foot in Squibb Park be mitigated by the construction runs beneath the fabled overlook recently penned a letter to the De- ways and buses — said it’s too sort of planning,” he said. going repairs to Squibb Bridge reopened to the public last year af- of a new footbridge to the park — to ensure easy access to the partment of Transportation, ask- soon to say how much cash his City transit gurus are review- showed no end in sight . Straphangers: The sky is falling! Collapse from above at Borough Hall hub shakes commuters

By Julianne Cuba information from the Fire Depart- But the partial ceiling collapse pearance of business as usual at Brooklyn Paper ment and Metropolitan Transpor- was just the latest nail in the coffin Borough Hall station didn’t soothe It’s Borough Hell! tation Authority bigwig Andy By- for many straphangers fed up with his lingering concerns following Straphangers already fed up ford, who oversees the state-run the deteriorating station — which a the collapse. with the beleaguered subway sys- agency’s local arm, the New York blizzard blanketed in 2016 — and “I think the whole place is falling tem are now fearing for their lives City Transit Authority. the cash-strapped subway system apart, just like the rest of the sub- as they enter Borough Hall station, Byford said his engineers also itself, whose delays and other po- way system,” said John Hillebrecht, after part of the ceiling above the bolted to the station to secure the tentially dangerous station defects who lives in Brooklyn Heights. “It Manhattan-bound 4- and 5-train scene and find out exactly what continue to plague riders. looks completely unsafe.” platform collapsed just before rush caused the roof to cave in — some- “It’s frustrating because we’re The Downtown hub, which is hour on June 20. thing they were still investigating all just trying to get from point A also a stop on the 2 and 3 lines, is “That’s where I stand to go home. as of June 22, according to a trans- to point B,” said Harry, who de- set for much-needed repairs next I’m glad I wasn’t there today,” said portation authority spokesman, who clined to give his last name because year, according to the transit agency one commuter who rides the train said crews removed some loose de- he works for the city. “They need spokesman, who said the author- from Downtown to his home in bris and ensured the ceiling’s struc- to look at the structure of this sta- ity is dedicating $43 million of its Manhattan each day, and asked tural integrity in the hours follow- tion especially, because it is very current capital budget to upgrade to remain anonymous because he ing the incident. busy.” the station by replacing its platform works for a competing tabloid. “Certainly this is the kind of On June 21, commuters once edges, swapping its chipped old New York’s Bravest rushed to the thing that shouldn’t happen. We again crowded the platform where wall tiles with new ones, reconfig- transit hub around 3:15 pm after de- will get to the bottom of it,” said the ceiling had fallen to the ground uring its turnstile area, reinforcing bris and paint started raining down Byford on June 20, when he also the day before, waiting for trains its steel beams and girders, and,

Community News Group / Julianne Cuba onto the platform, hitting the shoul- noted the “old” station suffered that by then had more or less re- of course, patching up the water- Transit workers rushed to the scene after the ceiling in the Borough Hall subway station der of one rider, who subsequently some water damage while assur- sumed operating on schedule. But damaged ceiling to make it more partially collapsed on June 20. declined treatment, according to ing commuters it is still safe. one local said that the outward ap- resistant to future flooding. 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 June 29–July 5, 2018

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By Colin Mixson glory, while modernizing it Brooklyn Paper to be in tune with today’s top Lights, camera, action! entertainment destinations,” Contractors on June 21 said Mandy Gutmann. kicked off the long-awaited The makeover calls for transformation of Downtown’s preserving the theater’s opu- historic Paramount Theatre lent Rococo-style gilded roof, from college gym to restored moving its entrance back to concert hall — but not be- the corner of Flatbush and fore a musician treated the DeKalb avenues, and install- ground-breaking ceremony ing new bathrooms, ventila- attendees to a performance tion systems, and seating for on its antique Wurlitzer or- roughly 3,000 — about 1,000 gan that literally brought the less people than it could ac- house down. commodate in its heyday, but An organist at the bench about one-third more spec- of the massive instrument — tators than can pack into the one of two in the city, with a nearby Brooklyn Academy of whopping 32 foot pedals, 244 Music’s Howard Gilman Op- Photo by Pentecost Trey keys, and roughly 2,000 pipes era House. whose sounds rival those of an The Paramount’s ancient entire orchestra — tickled its organ will also receive a rou- First day of pool! ivories as workers lowered the tine tune-up during the res- scoreboard that Long Island toration. Kings County kids celebrated the opening day of swimming season — and the first day of public schools’ University leaders installed And when complete, the summer vacations — splashing around in 15 pools across the borough, including Gowanus’s beloved in the facility they turned theater originally built by Par- Double D Pool; Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pop-Up Pool, which will permanently close this fall; Williams- into a gym after purchasing amount Pictures bigwigs in burg’s McCarren Park Pool; and the Sunset Park Pool, where mom Rosemary Senior took a dip with her it in 1962. 1928 will trade its schedule of daughters Asanta, Bianca, Khrisandra, Kizziah, and Zanique. The year-long renovation Long Island University ath- — a $50-million job over- letic events — which a col- seen by the firm that runs the lege rep said already moved Barclays Center and Brook- elsewhere on campus — for lyn Nets, BSE Global, which a suite of live acts by present- will also manage the univer- day musicians that will rival sity-owned theater following those shows performed there the project — is set to wrap Photos by Caleb Caldwell decades ago by such stars as by summer 2019, and will (Top) From left, BSE Global chief Brett Yormark, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, freshen up the 90-year-old Long Island University president Dr. Kimberly Cline, and Miles Davis, Gutmann venue while preserving its the university’s Board of Trustees chairman Eric said. jazz-age feel, a BSE spokes- Krasnoff, BSE bigwig Dmitry Razumov, and Borough “The theater’s main focus woman said. President Adams said goodbye to the scoreboard. is going to be reviving its leg- “The renovation will re- (Below) An organist played the Paramount’s ancient endary music roots,” she said. store the Paramount Theatre Wurlitzer, which will also be restored during the the- “Concerts will be the bread to much of its former aesthetic ater’s makeover, at the ground-breaking event. and butter of the venue.” GOP voters reject tax cheat By Julianne McShane the New York Times. ing tweets praising Trump, last year — praising the New Brooklyn Paper During the campaign for crediting him with his own York voters who cast their bal- The sitting Rock-to-Ridge their party’s nomination for primary win and the current lots in his favor. congressman clinched the Re- the 11th congressional dis- state of the country. “Tremendous win for Con- publican nomination in the trict — which includes Staten “Thank you @realDon- gressman Dan Donovan. You Island and Bay Ridge — the aldTrump! A man I’ve known showed great courage in a tough June 26 primary race, beat- pair sparred over whose pol- for 20 years who had the con- race!” Trump tweeted. ing back a challenge from the icies more closely mirrored fidence in me, who stuck his On the Democratic side, convicted felon who formerly those of President Trump , but neck out,” Donovan wrote in Army veteran Max Rose se- held the seat. the president ultimately threw one tweet. cured the nomination in a Incumbent Rep. Dan Don- his support behind Donovan And just a few minutes later, crowded field of six candidates, ovan skated past the admitted last month in a tweet . Trump tweeted his congratula- securing more than 10,700 blue tax cheat by a nearly 28-per- On election night, Dono- tions to Donovan — who often votes, or more than 64 percent cent margin, according to van fired off multiple, gush- voted against Trump’s agenda overall.

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The 18-year-old victim told The victim put her bag un- The victim told police cops he locked up his two- Fulton Street around 2:30 am 78TH PRECINCT the weasel asked to her re- when the three good-for-noth- der a clothes rack while she app.brdcars.com wheeler near Bergen Street af- Park Slope move the 29-karat bracelet ter delivering food around 3:45 ings socked him in the face was shopping in the store be- from its display around 2:50 am, when the snake punched until he lost consciousness, Didn’t fare well tween 59th and 60th streets pm, and when the worker him in the face and then rode cops said. Police busted a man who around 2:30 pm, when the turned her back, the sneak off with his two-wheeler. When the victim woke up they said brawled with a cab thief grabbed the bag and ran out of the store near near Nevins Street, he real- driver over fare on Dean Street fled, police said. 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In the gut Beat it A trio of punks punched a Cops arrested two teen- drunk man in his stomach and agers for allegedly beating face and then tried to steal his a worker at a Vanderbilt Av- enue bike shop amid a theft wallet and phone on Fourth Dear Manhattan turned violent on June 13. Avenue on June 24. The victim told cops he Police said the man was was keeping shop at the near 48th Street at 1:30 am store between Dean and Ber- when the delinquents clocked gen streets at 6:40 pm when him, causing him to fall and he spotted one of the teens hit his head on the ground, be- It’s over. There’s just too grab a Specialized bike and fore trying to rob him. attempt to flee with the ill- When that proved unsuc- much distance between us gotten ride. cessful, they fled in a silver The worker gave chase, but Sedan on Fourth Avenue to- suddenly found himself out- wards 47th Street, according numbered as three other teens to a report. rushed in to help the alleged thief, with one of them break- Night flight and I found the best heart docs ing a glass bottle and wielding A punk punched a man it as a shiv to thwart the vic- multiple times and stole his here at Maimonides tim, while the others attacked watch and his wallet, with him, officials said. identification cards inside, Police managed to cuff two on 58th Street on June 24. of the youngsters, including The assault occurred at the suspected thief, charging Fourth Avenue just after 2 am, them with robbery. You can keep the tunnel. and the perp fled on foot, ac- Import export cording to a report. A crook rode off with a man’s Honda motorcycle 68TH PRECINCT he parked on 13th Street on June 12. Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights -Brooklyn The victim told cops he left Cut up his import ride between Fifth A pack of perps punched, and Sixth avenues at 11:30 am, and returned the next morn- kicked, and cut a man on his ing to find it gone. head, face, and left arm with an unknown sharp object on Crime of joy Fifth Avenue on June 23. A thief took a man’s Aprilia The assault occurred at motorcycle for a joy ride on 73rd Street just after 4:30 Carlton Avenue on June 11. am, and the brutes fled to- The victim told police he wards 72nd Street on foot af- left his bike between St. Marks Avenue and Prospect Place at ter the assault, which left the 6 pm, and returned the next victim with several cuts, po- morning to find it missing. lice said. But the bike was recov- Big haul ered not far away on Pros- Authorities arrested a man pect Place, albeit with a bro- who they said entered a wom- ken ignition lock and damage an’s 70th Street apartment to the right-side airing, police said. — Colin Mixson through an open kitchen win- dow and stole thousands worth of electronics on June 21. 76TH PRECINCT The break-in occurred just Carroll Gardens– after 10 am at Eighth Ave- Cobble Hill–Red Hook nue, and the man allegedly New York’s #1 Rated Cardiac Program Camera shy stole a laptop, iPad, Xbox re- 1 Some lout stole a woman’s mote control, and cash box, is in Brooklyn at Maimonides. security camera from the front police said. of her house on Henry Street Electric steal on June 18, cops said. 1 New York State Department of Health, 2018 Reports on Outcomes for The sneak swiped the cam- A baddie broke into a Fort Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), Heart Valve Surgery, and Acute Myocardial Infaction (AMI) era from he home near At- Hamilton Parkway home and lantic Avenue at 11 am, po- stole a woman’s electronics lice said. on June 21. Vespa-less The woman told cops she left her home between 90th A thief swiped a Vespa scooter from its parking spot and 92nd streets at 8:30 am, on Clinton Street on June 21, and returned and 8 pm to find cops said. her front door unlocked and Get the facts at: The victim told authori- her two iPad minis, Xbox, and www.nycheart.org ties he left his Italian scooter laptop missing. parked near Fourth Place and There were no signs of 888.MMC.DOCS Luquer street, and found it forced entry, officials said. missing around 11 pm. Low blow — Ben Verde (888.662.3627) A man punched a woman in the head, bruising her, on Bay 72ND PRECINCT Ridge Avenue on June 23. Sunset Park– The assault occurred at Windsor Terrace Third Avenue just after 6 Laundry looter am, police said. A thief took a bag with — Julianne McShane June 29–July 5, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5

including numerous Depart- ment of Sanitation vehicles branded with district codes other than BKS06, the only Fix falls short code allowed on local roads in Park Slope. And the out-of-district city City’s Ninth Street redesign fails to keep garbage trucks pose a serious safety hazard to pedes- rogue truckers off road, civic gurus say trians, who struggle to see around them when crossing By Colin Mixson Existing the street, he said. Brooklyn Paper “When they stop it’s on the The city wants to make a corner, and people can’t see stretch of Ninth Street safer around them,” Levine said. by adding parking-protected One of Levine’s photos bike paths, narrowing driving shows a Sanitation Depart- How is your child getting lanes, and installing pedes- ment truck, whose district trian islands at intersections code isn’t visible in the shot, between Prospect Park West double-parked on Ninth Street and Third Avenue, according near Smiling Pizza on Sev- to school in September? Proposed to plans pitched on June 21 in enth Avenue, and another city response to the horrific crash big-rig veering into a right- that claimed the lives of two turn-only lane to pass it — kids and an unborn baby on a huge no-no, according to the road in March. Wright. But those measures won’t “Nobody should be double do much to save lives in Park parking an eight-foot wide ve-

Slope unless officials also Transportation Department of hicle to get a slice of pizza,” crack down on rogue truck- The city on June 21 revealed its long-awaited Ninth he said. ers who use the street as an il- Street redesign, which includes parking-protected Still, Wright defended his legal thoroughfare into South- bike lanes, narrower driving lanes, and new pedes- agency’s Ninth Street rede- ern Brooklyn, according to a trian islands at intersections between Prospect Park sign. He claimed the narrower local civic guru. West and Third Avenue. driving lanes will discourage “We have a huge amount of double-parking and speeding, Wouldn’t you feel safer knowing your trucks that come down Ninth and the pedestrian islands will Street illegally,” Community make crossing streets safer child has door-to-door service? Board 6 board member Robert than ever, an argument that Levine said to Department of won the support of some of Transportation officials at a Levine’s board colleagues Available from meeting of the panel’s Trans- on the Transportation Com- portation Committee. “If you mittee. don’t address this problem, “Overall, it’s a vast im- DUMBO BROOKLYN ONLY you’re going to do nothing provement to Ninth Street,” to about safety in terms of cross- said Eric McClure, the coming the street.” mittee’s chairman. “Robert IS 289 MARK TWAIN JHS The city restricts truck is absolutely correct that the drivers — including those trucks should not be there. But for municipal agencies — to the plan does address pedes- PER PER pre-established routes, unless trian safety with shortened they are making local deliv- crossings and refuges, and $2,500 YEAR $250 MONTH eries, in order to protect pe- Robert Levine the narrowing of the corri- destrians and other motorists Community Board 6 member Robert Levine pro- dor will I think slow traffic from the big-rigs. vided this photo that shows a Sanitation Depart- to some degree.” But one of Brooklyn’s main ment truck double-parked on Ninth Street — which And there’s only so much cross-borough thoroughfares is forbidden to trucks except those approved to that a single street’s redesign for truckers, Atlantic Avenue, make local deliveries — near Seventh Avenue, and can do to solve the larger is- doesn’t allow drivers travel- another city big-rig veering into a right-turn-only sue of the inconveniently ing towards the Gowanus Ex- lane to pass it. mapped truck routes, accord- NY SCHOOL BUS CO. pressway to turn left on Third ing to Wright, who said his or Fourth avenues — two of agency’s freight experts are their main ways for getting to path, according to Levine, big hole in our truck route, looking into better routes for 718-209-5555 Bay Ridge and beyond — forc- who said they often illegally and we’re talking about this the big-rigs. ing those drivers to rumble all take Eastern Parkway or other right now,” transit worker Ted The committee’s transit the way to the expressway, a forbidden streets to Prospect Wright said at the meeting. gurus ultimately voted to 5IJT#VTQJDLTVQESPQTPGG%6.#00/-: long and often heavily con- Park West, where they then “It is very hard to get down to approve a draft resolution gested route for those mak- turn onto Ninth Street in or- Red Hook and Sunset Park go- endorsing the Ninth Street ing the relatively short trip der to get to Third or Fourth ing west on Atlantic, because redesign, but asked that to Gowanus, Red Hook, or avenues — an illegal shortcut left turns are banned on Third Transportation Department Sunset Park. a Transportation Department and Fourth avenues.” and other city officials find a And as a result, Gowanus official acknowledged stems Levine came to the session way to keep wayward trucks Expressway–bound drivers on from a flaw in the agency’s armed with photographic ev- off local streets as they move Atlantic Avenue continue to truck routes. idence of municipal trucks forward with the safety im- 1&3:&"3t1&3.0/5) veer off their pre-determined “You pointed out a very illegally using Ninth Street, provements.

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Entrepreneur Ralph Jawad The 54-year-old entrepre- • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) A Fort Greene deli owner • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) said he hung signs declaring neur received his citizenship who immigrated to Brooklyn “Holding kids hostage is an as a child, he said. And he be- Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer from the Middle East as a tod- act of terrorism” outside and lieves those immigrant chil- 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens dler turned his storefront into in the windows of his Lafay- dren now facing uncertain fu- 624-5554 s 624-7055 a passionate rebuke of Pres- ette Avenue bodega Ralph’s tures after being taken at the Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking ident Donald Trump’s con- Deli last week, denouncing the border from their parents — and insurance plans accommodated tentious immigration pol- policy he blasted as cruel for some of whom came seeking icy that ripped thousands of tearing apart families that il- asylum for their families — legally crossed the border — deserve the same opportuni- sending the kids and adults ties he received back then. to separate detention facili- “Everybody needs a chance ties — even after the Com- in life,” Jawad said. mander-in-Chief signed an The critical signs decorat- Photo by Paul Martinka executive order on June 20 ing his store already sparked Immigrant entrepreneur Ralph Jawad, who became a United States citizen af- that permitted kin to be de- a lot of reactions, but all have ter arriving in Brooklyn from the Middle East decades ago, hung signs blast- tained together. been positive, according to ing President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policy outside his Fort “It’s inhumane,” Jawad Jawad, who said neighbors in- Greene deli. said. “People should be cluding borough son and film- Ofﬁ ce: 718-336-3900 | Fax: 718-336-3990 speaking up more, but they maker Spike Lee , whose pro- it,” he said. “They’re thank- pot and weapon possession in cal entrepreneur to get po- are scared.” duction company’s offices are ing us for putting it up.” 2012 — because they contra- litical — last year, a contin- Jawad arrived in Kings just blocks away, quickly took Jawad said the recent dict certain unalienable rights gent of business owners on County with his mother, fa- to social media to share pho- events made him ashamed of it was founded upon. nearby Myrtle Avenue paci- ther, and siblings nearly 50 tos of the banners after spot- the country he calls home — “It’s so sad,” he said. “Free- fied that corridor by placing years ago after immigrating ting them. where he had his own tussle dom and justice for all, are signs that read “Hate Has No from an area in the Middle “Customers love it, and with the criminal-justice sys- you serious?” Business Here” in their shops’ East he said was then consid- people are Instagramming tem after cops busted him for And he isn’t the first lo- windows. All in unison YOUR HEALTH MEANS Refugee Day celebrated EVERYTHING TO US! at Conservancy of Music By Julianne McShane Heights conservatory. Brooklyn Paper The second-annual World Talk about an open guest Refugee Day Festival con- Dr. Nison Badalov | Dr. Ian Wall | Dr. Kayane Hanna-Hindy list! nected asylum seekers with Big-hearted Brooklynites city groups that help them re- Dr. Rabin Rahmani | Dr. Pierre Hindy celebrated refugees and the settle locally, such as the De- local organizations that help partment of Cultural Affairs them acclimate to life in Kings and the Mayor’s Office of Im- Photos by Stefano Giovannini Our ofﬁ ce offers a full array of gastroenterology services (Left) Adam AlFaraji and his mother, Bana Alani, enjoyed the festivities at the to help you maintain a healthy digestive system. County at a June 23 bash at migrant Affairs, and featured the Brooklyn Conservatory musical entertainment in the World Refugee Day Festival at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on June 23. of Music — a century-plus form of nearly 30 performers (Right) Musicians from around the world performed. Colon Cancer screening, GERD, Irritable old institution with a diverse who showcased tunes from Bowel Syndrome, Peptic Ulcer Dx.. history that made it the per- such countries as Cuba, Mex- of World Refugee Day, which as many seeking asylum are “America is built on ref- fect place for the festivities, ico, Russia, the Philippines, was on June 20. being detained for illegally en- ugees,” said Amed AlFaraji, a staffer said. Nigeria, and Romania. The day of camaraderie tering the United States — and the director of community 902 Quentin Road 9101 4th Avenue 26 Court Street “The conservatory was Face painters and henna tat- showed refugees who flee who know how important im- outreach at the Arab-Amer- #701 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY founded 121 years ago by im- too artists joined in the fun, their countries for Kings migrants are to the nation’s ican Family Support Center. Brooklyn, NY 11223 11209 11242 migrants,” said Miranda Knut- too, adorning youngsters and County that there are people history, a leader of a Down- “We want them to feel they son, who oversees finance and kids-at-heart with free body here who are ready to greet town-based refugee-support are welcome. We are here to special projects at the Prospect art at the event held in honor them with open arms — even group said. support them.”

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Holmes O. Joseph Go outside to see life on the inside! A Park Slope artist will show off her photos of women who have been incarcerated on the Fence, an annual outdoor art exhibit that stretches the length of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Sara Bennett is among the 84 photographers in the exhibit, each with five giant photos on display until Sept. 10, along a fence that travels from Pier 5 to Empire Fulton Ferry Park. Bennett’s images are part of her larger photo series titled “Life After Life in Prison: The Bedroom (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings June 29–July 5, 2018 Project,” in which she documents the bedrooms of women who have been released after serving between 15 and 30 years behind bars for violent crimes. Showing these women in a location that is relatable to everyone helps to humanize them in the eyes of the public, said Bennett. “Bedrooms are such a private space and for them it’s the time to invite people in, and keep people out, and the fact that they were willing to let me come in and share with the public also, is their way of saying ‘I’m here and I’m a real person — look at me,’ ” she said. Many of the featured women are still redis- Rocket roundup covering their right to privacy, after decades without it. Bennett said her images showcase the similarities and differences between life in a home and life in a cell. “In prison they are locked in, they can’t lock their doors, and they get moved around a lot — not because you want to, but because the prison bureau- cracy don’t want people to be stable, and they’re only allowed certain stuff,” said Bennett. The photographer hopes her images can help people to realize that the formerly-incarcerated may be all around them. “One of the reasons I wanted to show these images is because a lot of people have an im- age of what long-term women lifers look like,” she said. “People forget that a lot of them come home, have been back for a long time, and are not going back. Society forgets about them, but they need to be part of the conversation.” “The Fence” in Brooklyn Bridge Park (Fur- man St. between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Dumbo, fence.photoville.com). On display through Sept. 10. Free. — Alexandra Simon

BOOKS Reading picks Community Bookstore’s picks: “Room to Dream,” by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna “Room to Dream,” by filmmaker David Lynch and journalist Kristine McKenna, is a fascinat- ing peek behind the cur- tain at the life and works of an enigmatic master. The book alternates between Lynch’s own account of his artistic development,

Photo by Jon Farina and McKenna’s meticu- People’s patriotic playground: Coney Island celebrates America’s birthday with its own dazzling Fourth of July fireworks display. lously researched portrayal of Lynch’s childhood years in idyllic Boise, Idaho, his introduction to painting and film-making, and his career as a director, writer, Where to watch the 4th of July ﬁ reworks in Brooklyn and visual artist. The dual memoir-and-biography offers untold insights into a body of work as mul- By Bill Roundy tifaceted as it is idiosyncratic, and yet, like some- Brooklyn Paper Ship shape thing out of one of his films, the more we learn Why bother to peer around buildings when you can about the stories behind the stories, the weirder t’s going to be a blast! just get on the water? Ferry service on the East River will it all seems. Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will return to shut down after 2 pm on July 4, but you can still reserve — Samuel Partal, Community Bookstore [43 I the East River again this year, launching from barges a spot on a party boat, which will sail the East River for Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- parked on the East River just off Newtown Creek — the an unobstructed view of the celebration. field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. border between Brooklyn and Queens. This year’s py- The cheapest option is to get on a fishing boat. The commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. rotechnics, which will start at 9:25 pm, promise to be Marilyn Jean IV usually takes people on fishing expe- the best yet, with new shells blasting pinwheels, hearts, ditions, but on July 4 it will take up to 110 customers on Word’s picks: and swirling fountains in 25 colors into the sky. But it a trip to the East River. It’s a simple ship, so pack your “Circe,” by Madeline Miller will be distant viewing for those in Brooklyn Heights own cooler with food and drinks (no hard liquor), and In Madeline Miller’s latest novel, we are and points south! prepare for a five-hour trip, with music provided by the asked to re-imagine ev- The best option for watching the fireworks is to have radio simulcast of the Macy’s show. erything we know of the a friend in Greenpoint or Williamsburg who has rooftop Marilyn Jean IV (2150 Emmons Ave. between E. 21st gods and goddess of old access and is willing to invite you over. But if you do not and Dooley streets in Sheepshead Bay, (917) 650–3212, — particularly Circe, have those connections, you need to make a plan to catch www.mj2fishing.com). Boarding at 5 pm, leaves at 6 pm. the patron goddess of the patriotic explosives show! We have tracked down some $65 ($45 kids). witches, witchcraft, and of the best spots to catch the show, whether you are on a For a wilder party, the Pink Lady party yacht will of- sorcery. If Greek history champagne or picnic blanket budget. fer a full buffet dinner, a DJ, and a cash bar to those set- holds your interest, then ting out to see the fireworks. this book will make your Free parking Pink Lady Fireworks Dinner Cruise at Pier 7 [2100 Em- heart sing. Ancient my- Going to a public park is definitely the cheapest op- mons Ave. between E. 21st and Dooley streets in Sheep- thology not your thing? tion — it doesn’t cost a dime to head down to the water- shead Bay, www.brooklynboatparty.com]. 5–11 pm. $175 Do not worry, this book front and lay down a blanket anywhere you can see the ($129 kids). has it all: revenge, ro- sky. The difficulty is that you have to set out early! If you mance, and drama — with a few sprinkles of have not staked out a spot by 5 pm, some other enterpris- Barge and in charge! laughter thrown in. ing picnicker may have nabbed it. Split the difference between land and sea at the Green- — Yadira Aguiarr, Word [126 Franklin St. at The best spot in Brooklyn to watch the fireworks may be point bar Brooklyn Barge! Floating just a short distance Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, the pier at Transmitter Park in Greenpoint, which stretches near the barges launching fireworks, it is in prime position www.wordbookstores.com]. far into the water. The park itself also offers plenty of for Independence Day viewing, and they know it! Tickets space to spread out and enjoy the show, and it offers easy start at $180 for communal seating at the barge’s land- Greenlight’s picks:

access to nearby restaurants and bars if you want a break Photo by Paul Martinka locked bar, which includes a meal of hot dogs, hamburg- “Calypso,” by David Sedaris or to carry out some food. Seeing red: During last year’s Macy’s Fourth of ers, and others snacks, and go up to $1,390 for a reserved The full effect of David Sedaris’s most recent Transmitter Park (Greenpoint Avenue between West July fireworks show, people crowded near the wa- table for six (that’s $232 apiece) on board the barge itself, collection sneaks up on you. Individually, the true- Street and the water in Greenpoint). Free. terfront in Williamsburg for the show. along with a meal of steak, shrimp, and potato salad. ish stories he has compiled from his globe-trotting A few blocks to the south, East River State Park and The Brooklyn Barge [97 West St. at Milton Street in life are particularly wry and Bushwick Inlet Park have plenty of green space, although Greenpoint, (929) 337–7212, www.thebrooklynbarge. unsparing. Strung together, the views are likely best down closest to the water. One pm. Admission costs $60, and it is cash only, first-come, com]. $180–$1,390. they illuminate yet another advantage to this particular green oasis: a public bath- first-served. A dee-jay will provide music, and there are dimension to his storytell- room beneath the raised viewing area at Kent Avenue likely to be jello shots and other events, but you’ll have Coney calling! ing, one concerned with ag- and N. Ninth Street. to buy your own food and drinks. You can also go for the home-grown fireworks alterna- ing and attempting to retain East River State Park and Bushwick Inlet Park (Kent Northern Territory [12 Franklin St. at Meserole Avenue tive at the People’s Playground! Coney Island will launch wonder in a time of dismay. Avenue between N. Seventh and N. 10th streets in Wil- in Greenpoint, (347) 689–4065, www.northernterritorybk. fireworks after every Cyclones game next week (July 1, 3, Bit by bit, he develops new liamsburg). Free. com]. $60. 4, 5, and 6), but the biggest and best show will happen on stages for his deadpan dra- You may be tempted to visit the new Domino Park on The top of the William Vale hotel is the highest you’re July 4 at 9 pm. The best viewing is from the Boardwalk, mas and further elaborates the south edge of Williamsburg to view the fireworks, going to get, with an “IndepenDance!” party happening anywhere between W. Eighth and W. 21st streets, but you the characters in his fam- but the high-rise buildings at N. Fifth Street, a few blocks across its 22nd and 23rd floors, both of which offer amaz- can see the action from any spot in Coney Island with a ily, that infinite source of north, will probably make it hard to see the action. ing views of the East River. view of the sky — including the rooftop bars at Kitchen personality he continues to The $100 admission price will get you a buffet meal 21, Wahlburgers, and Tom’s Diner. On Independence Day, lay bare for our entertainment. It’s clear with “Ca- Let’s get high with sliders, wings, dumplings, and other snacks, as well we recommend catching the Cyclones game against the lypso” that Sedaris’s success has only given him Rooftop bars and restaurants offer a guaranteed view as disk jockeys from the Babel group spinning from 5 Aberdeen Ironbirds, where all tickets are just $10 and you more — and even funnier — material to chew on, of the fireworks, in plenty of comfort. Here are some of pm to midnight. can watch the fireworks from your seat! as tragic and slapstick as ever. Brooklyn’s better options: Babel presents IndepenDance at the William Vale [111 Brooklyn Cyclones vs Aberdeen IronBirds at MCU Park — Ben Hoffman, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Aussie restaurant and bar Northern Territory has an ex- N. 12th St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 307– [1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th Street in Coney Island, (718) Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Port- cellent rooftop view of the explosive action, and will throw 7100, www.westlightnyc.com/events]. 5 pm. $100 (table 449–8497, www.brooklyncyclones.com]. July 4 at 6 pm. land Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, an all-afternoon party for America’s birthday starting at 5 reservation $500 per person). $10. www.greenlightbookstore.com]. 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 June 29–July 5, 2018

DISCOVER THE SOUND OF WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY June 29 June 30 July 1 July 4 July 5 Say you, Stars and Sadie strips Old school alt-coun- Celebrate America’s try band the Sadies, birthday with a patri- who have been play- otic tribute to base- ing together since ball, apple pie, and before “alt-country” butts! The annual Jazz with Down to was a term, will drop Hearing a Wassabassco’s bite by Union Pool for a America burlesque clown Who! Swing, jazz, and free afternoon show, show at the Bell blues outfit the Blue Who doesn’t love a Catch the new com- playing tunes from House celebrates the Vipers of Brooklyn musical? edy “Family,” about a the new album freedom to dress will play its unique Come and see the 12-year-old girl who “Northern Pas- however you want, blend of retro New “Seussical!” runs away to become sages.” Ryan Sawyer and then to take off Orleans-inspired We encourage you to a Juggalo. The band opens. that dress! 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to go on this journey and to many men and women dressed feel empathy for this charac- as sea creatures. Love said ter,” said Love. that she has been to the Pa- The book’s main charac- rade many times, and drew ter, Julian, becomes fascinated on that history for her illus- with mermaids after spotting trations. Sea changes! three women on the subway “Some of the costume dressed in sparkling, fishy ideas were from the parade, finery. He rushes home with and some were ideas I wish I his grandmother, who encour- could wear to the parade — but Local author draws picture book ages his dressing up and gen- I can’t sew!” she said. der exploration. Love chose Love embraces Brooklyn’s to make the sea creatures a diversity with her writing and about a boy becoming a mermaid focal point of the story after her art, making Julian Span- discovering that many gen- ish-speaking and painting her By Julianne McShane der non-conforming kids are gouache images on brown pa- Brooklyn Paper particularly fascinated with per instead of white. She hopes mermaids and their apparent the results will make young he’s making a splash! freedom from earthly — and readers of all backgrounds feel A Ditmas Park au- anatomical — worries. included and feel that they can S thor and illustrator has “I was doing a lot of read- be their true selves. created a children’s book in- ing of family blogs of fami- “I didn’t want white to be spired by Coney Island’s an- lies of kids who are trans or the neutral color for this story, nual Mermaid Parade, starring queer and I was noticing this I wanted it to be brown, be- a young boy eager to become theme in a lot of these testi- cause that’s the color that most a dazzling sea maiden. Jessica monials of parents that there of the people in this book are,” Love, who will discuss “Julian was an obsession of mermaids she said. “I wanted it to be a is a Mermaid” at the Coney among their children,” Love story about love and beauty. Island Museum on June 30, said. “Some of the theories of I wanted this story to be a hopes that her debut picture why are because mermaids story of what could be un- book will appeal to all young don’t have anything below the der the very best of circum- readers, and that it will help waist to worry about, and it’s stances.” kids to understand those who also a magical creature that Jessica Love at Coney express their gender identity lives between two different Island Museum (1208 Surf differently. worlds.” Ave. at W. 12th Street, sec-

“I wanted it to feel like an Photo by Caleb Caldwell The book ends at the Mer- ond floor, in Coney Island, invitation to kids who don’t Drawn to the sea: Ditmas Park author Jessica Love’s maid Parade, where Julian www.coneyisland.com). necessarily identify that way new book, “Julian is a Mermaid.” finds acceptance among the June 30 at 5 pm. $5.

ters portrayed by puppets designed by Cody Grey, including one of the Darling family dog Nana, which the kids will love, said McEneny. “We had Cody Grey design pretty Little lost girl much the best Nana puppet you’ve ever see,” he said. “We also have strange birds from Neverland.” ‘Peter Pan’ show looks at Wendy Musician Mark Galinovsky will play an original score he composed just By Julianne Cuba psychological insights into the dif- for the production, live during each Brooklyn Paper ferent characters.” performances, said McEneny. The play focuses less on Peter, the The Piper Theatre production will his is a show with a high-fly- boy who wouldn’t grow up, and more also include the play’s famous flying ing concept! on the life of Wendy Darling, the only scenes, using a combination of props T Park Slope will transform into one who can remember the pandemo- and clever choreography to send Pe- Neverland next week for the new play nium of their adventures in Never- ter, Wendy, and her brothers soaring “Wendy Darling and Peter Pan,” de- land. This shift makes the story about over a panorama of London and the buting at the Old Stone House on July growing up, memory, and nostalgia, many locations of Neverland, said McEneny. 5. The outdoor production weaves to- and is sure to bring tears to the eyes Amar Jeremy gether several different adaptations of its viewers, said McEneny. In Neverland: Eliza Shea and “It’s going to be beautiful. We have of J.M. Barrie’s 1904 play “Peter “Our story involves storytellers tell- Caleb Donahoe play the title about 50, 60 crates we’re using to Pan” and his 1911 novel “Peter and ing the story of Wendy Darling and characters in “Wendy Darling create all the different worlds of the Wendy” to create a beautiful perfor- gives people insight into Wendy — a play — creating all distinct worlds, FOLLOW OUR DAILY UPDATES ON mance that is just as enthralling for much more dynamic, interesting char- and Peter Pan,” a new adap- lagoons, pirate ships,” he said. “They youngsters as it is for adults, said the acter,” he said. “At the end of the day, tation of the J.M. Barrie story will be lifting each other, conveying show’s director. everybody else can’t remember — in- opening at the Old Stone House movement through the area — soar- “It’s great for kids and really smart cluding Peter and her brothers — and on July 5. ing, flying. The audience will totally for adults — hopefully it’s going to she alone has to live with this story. believe the actors are flying.” appeal to a lot of people,” said John It’s really very smart and also sort of tures 10 actors. The youngest star is “Wendy Darling and Peter Pan” McEneny, who lives in Park Slope. sad. It becomes more a story about just shy of 10 years old, and the oldest at the Old Stone House (Fourth Av- “What we do is combine the differ- memory and losing memory.” is 60, making a truly multi-genera- enue and Third Street in Park Slope, ent versions, and use stage direc- The show, which runs Thursdays tional cast, said McEneny. The produc- www.pipertheatre.org). July 5–21; twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper tions, which gave really interesting through Saturdays until July 21, fea- tion also features non-human charac- Thu–Sat at 8 pm. Free.

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Church host and event SPORTS, YOGASOLE’S FREE cyclones.com. tan Bridge [Water Street ART, THE EMOJI ART SHOW of music, snacks, games, YOGA IN PROSPECT MUSIC, KENDRA BLACK: TUES, JULY 3 between Adams Street and TOUR: This party features sports, free raffl es, prizes, PARK: Sunday mornings in With Simple Lovers, Thalib, SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- Anchorage Place in Dumbo, creative emoji inspired art 9 DAYS... and more. Free. 4–7 pm. July, the studio offers yoga Vaeda Black, Luana Joy5, CLONES VS. STATEN IS- (718) 237–8700], dumbo.is. by 30 emerging Brooklyn Shore Road Park at 83rd classes for all levels. Bring NIGHTLIFE, SEX TRIVIA: artists, performances, live Continued from page 10 and Julio Caezar. $12 ($10 LAND YANKEES: $12–$19 Street [Shore Road Park and your own mat. Free. 10 am. in advance). 7 pm. Knitting ($10–$17 in advance). 7 pm. Laughs, trivia, some sex ed, body painting, and live DJ at Navy Street [Downtown 83rd Sreet in Bay Ridge, Propect Park 15th Street En- Factory [361 Metropolitan MCU Park [1904 Surf Ave. and prizes! Free. 6 pm. Starr sets. $25 ($10 in advance). 8 Brooklyn (bet Flushing and (347) 668–7384], www.cor- trance [West Drive at Loop Ave. at Havemeyer Street at W. 17th St. in Coney Is- Bar (214 Starr St. between pm. Absurd Conclave (360 Park Avenues) in Ft. Greene, nerstonebayridge.org. Road in Windsor Terrace, in Williamsburg, (347) 529– land, (718) 449–8497], www. Irving and Wycoff Avenues Jefferson St., lower level, (718) 638–6700], www.iaaf- MUSIC, BARGEMUSIC: Walk (718) 541–1382], yogasole. 6696], bk.knittingfactory. brooklyncyclones.com. in Bushwick). between Irving and Wyckoff estival.org. across the gangplank of a com. com. READING, “HISTORY avenues in Bushwick), www. COMEDY, COMEDY GOLD: A theemojiartshow.com. FAMILY, “THE JUNGLE renovated coffee barge for 47TH INTERNATIONAL AF- COMEDY, QUEER FILM hot monthly stand up com- TEACHES US TO RESIST”: BOOK”: Puppetworks a one-hour, family-friendly RICAN ARTS FESTIVAL: THEORY 101: A monthly edy show hosted by Aimee Historian Mary Frances COMEDY, ‘MERICA VISION: A presents a marionette adap- concert. Free. 4 pm. Barge- 10 am–9 pm. See Saturday, comedy show, hosted by Rose Ranger, Conor Dele- Berry discusses her book comedic song contest fea- tation of Rudyard Kipling’s music [Fulton Ferry Landing, June 30. Sarah Kennedy and Veron- hanty and Danny Stratton. about how progressive turing artists from around story of Mowgli, a little Old Fulton Street and Fur- FAMILY, THE MUSIC OF MI- ica Garza, featuring LGBTQ Free. 7 pm. Gold Sounds movements have succeeded the nation, writing songs boy adopted by a family man Street in DUMBO, (718) CHAEL JACKSON FOR performers “outing” the [44 Wilson Ave. between in challenging times. $5. on behalf of their state. $10 of wolves. With an original 624–2083], www.bargemu- KIDS: Hosted by The Rock fi lms that infl uenced their George and Melrose streets 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Historical ($8 in advance). 10:30 pm. song score, and costumes sic.org. and Roll Playhouse. $12. identity. Free. 8 pm. House in Bushwick, (718) 618– Society [128 Pierrepont St. Union Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, and sets inspired by the In- COMEDY, CAMOUFLAGE: Noon. Brooklyn Bowl [61 of Wax (445 Albee Square 0686], www.goldsounds- at Clinton Street in Brooklyn dian setting. $11 ($10 kids). A comedy show with free Wythe Ave. between N. bar.com. Heights, (718) 222–4111], (718) 638–4400], www. West #4410 between Fleet unionhallny.com. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. Pup- pizza, featuring Joe Pera, 11th and N. 12th streets in and Willoughby Streets in COMEDY, GRANDBABY www.brooklynhistory.org. petworks [338 Sixth Ave. at Adrienne Iapalluci, Myq Williamsburg, (718) 963– COMEDY: Join Mary Cella, SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- Fourth Street in Park Slope, Downtown), www.thehou- Kaplan, and more. $5–$10. 3369], www.brooklynbowl. seofwax.com. Cara Weinberger and Brian CLONES VS. ABERDEEN SAT, JULY 7 (718) 965–3391], www.pup- 7:30 pm. Gamba Forest com. Bahe every Tuesday night IRONBIRDS: $12–$19 petworks.org. COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL: Gallery (19 Division Pl. SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- to catch some of New ($10–$17 in advance). 7 pm. NIGHTLIFE, “THE PERSIS- MUSIC, SALSA SOUNDS FOR The Monday night com- MCU Park [1904 Surf Ave. at Debevoise Avenue in CLONES VS. STATEN IS- edy show welcomes Andy York’s best comedians. TENCE OF NUDITY”: A KIDS: Hosted by The Rock Greenpoint). LAND YANKEES: $12–$19 Free. 8 pm. Baby Grand [55 at W. 17th St. in Coney Is- burlesque tribute to sur- and Roll Playhouse. Free. Haynes, Fareeha Khan, land, (718) 449–8497], www. COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL ($10–$17 in advance). 6 pm. David Spector, and more. McGuinness Blvd. South at realist painter Salvador Dali, 12:30 pm. Industry City (220 COMEDY: A special Satur- MCU Park [1904 Surf Ave. Newton Street in Green- brooklyncyclones.com. featuring Dirty Martini, Doll 36th Street between Sec- Free. 8 pm. Friends and day comedy show with Tyler at W. 17th St. in Coney Is- Lovers (641 Classon Ave. point, (212) 377–2700], ART, RADICAL BODIES IN Body, Maggie McMuffi n, ond and Third Avenues in https://www.facebook.com/ PERFORMANCE: New and Johnny Caligula, and more. Sunset Park). Fisher, Chelsea Davison, land, (718) 449–8497], www. between Dean and Pacifi c Michael Nguyen, and more. brooklyncyclones.com. GrandbabyComedy. recent work by contempo- $15. 10 pm. Coney Island TOUR, “SECRETS IN STONE”: streets in Crown Heights), rary Latinx artists as they Free. 8 pm. Friends and www.fnlbk.com. USA [1208 Surf Ave. at W. Learn the hidden mes- respond to themes in the 12th Street in Coney Island, Lovers (641 Classon Ave. COMEDY, ED SULLIVAN ON sages behind the symbols WED, JULY 4 exhibition “Radical Women: Byrd David (718) 372–5159], www.co- between Dean and Pacifi c MON, JULY 2 ACID: A long-running, free on old tombstones on this streets in Crown Heights), Latin American Art, 1960– neyisland.com. eye-opening tour. $20. 3 SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- stand-up comedy show SPORTS, NATHAN’S FA- A burlesque baguette: www.fnlbk.com. 1985.” Featuring perfor- MUSIC, SONGHOY BLUES pm. Green-Wood Cem- CLONES VS. ABERDEEN hosted by Calvin S. Cato. MOUS HOT DOG EATING mance, visual art, literature, Burlesque performer etery [Fifth Avenue and IRONBIRDS: Irish Night. Free. 9 pm. Freddy’s Bar CONTEST: The world’s AND THE BRAINEATERS: and music. $16 suggested Clara Coquette, will Free. 2 pm. Union Pool [484 25th Street in Greenwood SUN, JULY 1 $12–$19 ($10–$17 in ad- [627 Fifth Ave. between greatest eating competi- admission. 7 pm. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 210–3080], 17th and 18th streets in tion! Joey Chestnut defends dress as Dali — and then Union Ave. at Meeker Av- vance). 7 pm. MCU Park Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. enue in Williamsburg, (718) www.green-wood.com. THEATER, “A MIDSUMMER [1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th Greenwood Heights, (718) the Mustard Belt. Free. at Washington Avenue in undress — as part of the 11 am. (Corner of Stilwell 609–0484], www.union- SUMMER CELEBRATION: Vol- NIGHT’S DREAM”: 7:30 St. in Coney Island, (718) 768–0131], www.freddysbar. Prospect Heights, (718) annual tribute to the sur- pool.com. unteers from Cornerstone pm. 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THURS, JULY 5 246–0200], greenlightbook- Evers College [Bedford Free. 7 pm. Prospect Park store.com. Avenue and Crown Street Band Shell [Prospect Park MUSIC, DELGRES: This trio in Crown Heights, (718) West and Ninth Street in from Paris sings contempo- COMEDY, AIRPLANE MODE: 270–5140]. Park Slope, (718) 965–8900], rary Creole blues with an Af- A free stand-up comedy www.bricartsmedia.org/cb. show hosted by Rohan Pad- MUSIC, THE SKATALITES: rican fl air; part of the BAM MUSIC, “BOOGIE WOOGIE R&B Festival. Free. Noon. hye, Raghav Mehta, Geof- Brooklyn Bowl celebrates frey Asmus, and Rebecca its ninth anniversary with $9 INDEPENDENCE DAY!”: MetroTech Commons (Myr- Jazz trio Duchess performs tle Avenue between Bridge O’Neal. Free. 8 pm. Cherry tickets, cocktails, and half- Tree (65 Fourth Ave. be- hours of bowling. $15 ($9 in as part of the Hot Summer and Lawrence streets in Nights concert series. Free. %LEGANCEWITHOUT%XTRAVAGANCE Downtown). tween Bergen Street and St. advance). 8 pm. 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on-site superintendent. Breaking Ground leaders, The new building will be however, are hoping officials equipped with security cameras will approve their scheme be- Sands Street shufﬂ e and staffed 24-7, and feature a cause the Jehovah’s Witnesses public plaza, a community or used the building as an extend- commercial space at the corner ed-stay hotel for its members Do-good developer buys former Watchtower hotel of Sands and Jay streets, a fit- for years, and because officials ness room, and a so-called dig- already okayed two similar ho- By Julianne Cuba the property with below-mar- it already operates four similar A Breaking Ground rep ital library, Rosen said. tel-to-housing conversions by Brooklyn Paper ket-rate units and apartments housing developments and is wouldn’t comment on the pur- And Breaking Ground will the developer in the outer bor- This hotel checked out. dedicated to formerly homeless constructing a fifth, when the chase price, and said the sale is team up with leaders of social- ough of Manhattan, according A builder of so-called af- people, in order to get some ink dries on its deal with de- set to close this summer. services provider the Center for to another staffer. fordable housing is working of Brooklyn’s most vulnera- veloper RFR Realty. The do-good developer plans Urban Community Services to “Our expectation is the DOB ble back on their feet. RFR bigwigs shelled out to create 508 apartments, 202 out a deal to buy a now-va- provide 90 Sands St. residents will grandfather the use as per- “Breaking Ground’s mis- $135,000,000 to buy the 1992 of which will be so-called af- with employment opportuni- manent housing,” said David cant Dumbo hotel from the sion is to help people rebuild building from the Witnesses fordable units that include ties, as well as medical and Beer. “There’s a precedent for developer that just last year their lives,” its president Brenda in 2017, after a deal to co-pur- studios that start at $492-per other programs, she said. that, we operate two Manhat- bought the property from the Rosen said at Community chase it with President Don- month and one-bedrooms with Bigwigs hope to start con- tan hotels.” Jehovah’s Witnesses as the re- Board 2’s Land Use Commit- ald Trump’s son-in-law Jared a maximum rent of $1,955-per struction in early 2019, but first And if the Buildings Depart-

Photo by Caleb Caldwell ligious group unloaded the last tee meeting on June 20. Kushner’s family firm report- month, according to Rosen, need the Department of Build- ment does not approve the trans- Developer of below-market-rate housing Breaking of its local real estate. The 30-story tower between edly fizzled out, and planned who said the remaining 305 ings to green-light residential formation, the builder will ap- Ground is working on a deal to buy the tower at 90 The new owner of 90 Sands Pearl and Jay streets will be the to transform it into a luxury rentals will be designated for use for the lot, since it is cur- ply for a zoning variance with Sands St., which it plans to turn into apartments for St., homeless-services provider social-services provider’s sixth 600-room hotel before putting formerly homeless people — rently zoned for manufactur- the city’s Board of Standards low-income and formerly homeless individuals. Breaking Ground, plans to fill facility in the borough, where it back on the market. except for one reserved for an ing and commercial use. and Appeals, Beer said. Hunger-free campus WIN TICKETS College’s food pantry feeds kids in need By Laura Hanrahan pack a bag for them.” it’s not the mother alone who’s for Brooklyn Paper The need for such a facility hungry in the household,” she The free public-school was extremely apparent, ac- said. “One student may be lunch is off to college. cording to another college ad- walking out with two bags, Administrators at a city ministrator, who said the insti- and one may be walking out community college are nour- tution has assisted more than with a half-bag because of the ishing the minds — and bod- 600 students with food inse- household.” ies — of its most vulnerable curities in recent years, either But the purpose of the op- students with a newly created by helping them apply for New eration isn’t to offer a quick food pantry where those in York State’s Supplemental Nu- hunger fix, according to Harte, need of something to eat can trition Assistance Program, or who said school staffers want stock up on essential grocer- by giving them gift cards to lo- to help pantry users pinpoint ies for free. cal supermarkets that are sub- why they can’t make ends Leaders of Borough of sidized by the school’s emer- meet, and work toward per- Manhattan Community Col- gency fund. manently solving those prob- lege — which serves more stu- Many of the students come lems. dents from Brooklyn than its from public high schools, “Our goal is not only to ad- home borough, according to a where meals are often pro- dress the immediate hunger is- spokesman — opened the Pan- vided for food-insecure pu- sue,” she said. “We also want to

ther Pantry inside the school’s pils, making it difficult to fend be sure we’re helping the stu- Photo by Louis Chan Single Stop student-resource for themselves when they ar- dents to devise a more sustain- The Borough of Manhattan Community College center in Manhattan in April, rive on campus, the adminis- able plan. Sometimes it’s un- mascot and namesake of its Panther Pantry visited FOR YOUR CHANCE and stock its shelves with items trator said. employment that put them in the on-campus facility where in-need students can including pasta, beans, canned “When they leave the high the situation, so we put them stock up on essential groceries free of charge. fruits and vegetables, cereal, school and they come to us, in the career-development de- TO WIN tins of tuna and chicken, and we’ve decided we don’t han- partment.” milk and milk alternatives, all dle food insecurities, which One theater student who re- have water and bread. Having food, but when we’re in need of which they offer to students is irresponsible because we cently graduated from the col- the pantry, I’ve now learned of food, it’s not a comforting www.cnglocal.com/angels who can’t afford to buy the know it has to do with reten- lege cheered the pantry and how to make food that could feeling,” said Craig. “There is goods on their own. tion and graduation,” said Dr. its creators for providing her last for three or four days.” no pride in not being able to “We have on a sheet of pa- Marva Craig, the community with groceries — and the nec- Mia said the Panther Pantry afford it. So we’ve brought ev- per all of the items that are in college’s vice president of stu- essary tips to prepare them in is the first one that she’s felt erything to the college campus the pantry, and students have dent affairs. meals with higher nutritional comfortable enough to use — where there’s no stigma.” a choice,” said Deborah Harte, And the pantry doesn’t just values. feedback not lost on its found- The Panther Pantry is who runs Single Stop and its feed students themselves — “I’ve struggled with the fact ers, who said a focal point in open to Borough of Man- pantry named for the college’s its stewards ask eligible users I could either pay for my tu- launching it was to reduce the hattan Community College mascot. “They can come to how large their households are, ition or eat,” said Mia, who re- stigma often associated with students Mon–Fri, from 9 the pantry and actually see the allocating provisions based on quested anonymity and did not having to stand in line at pub- am to 5:30 pm. For more in- things, or can check the list that number, Craig said. give her last name. “I would do lic food banks. formation, visit www.bmcc. off in the office, and we’ll go “A mother may come, but this trick where I would just “We enjoy food, we love cuny.edu .

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Sail away Musician Elliott Sharp serenaded members of boating club the Gow- anus Dredgers as they rowed down Brooklyn’s Nautical Purgatory on June 21, celebrating the first day of summer with an on-the-water concert as part of the city’s “Make Music New York” festival, which featured performances across the

Photo by Stefano Giovannini five boroughs. When to keep your mouth shut very couple of weeks I And let’s assume that most par- get an e-mail from some- ents who make a seat-of- the- E one time-stamped 2 or 3 pants decision are not evil or am, because the sender can’t 3IZNFTXJUI abusive, but just trying to do sleep. Here’s one that came what makes sense in the mo- three weeks ago, shortened ment, like that dad, above. a bit: $3";: • Since forgetting kids is the “Dear Lenore: I am a special By Lenore Skenazy real danger, the best prevention police officer in Washington, is to put your phone or wal- DC. I wake up 4 am to work 6 let in the backseat with your am–6 pm and get home by 8 • Yes, cars get hot in the she’s been forgotten by a par- child. That way, even if you’re pm. No family at all. No sup- summer. So don’t get mad at ent who went into work. Call- port. Never been arrested or distracted, you will open the parents who leave the air con- ing for emergency help there anything. Don’t drink. Don’t door to get your wallet and see smoke. Don’t date. Don’t party. ditioning on while they run in makes sense. Calling in front your precious child. I literally have no life trying to get a gallon of milk. of the grocery does not. Lenore Skenazy is the to be the best parent I can. My • If you see a child in some- • Remember we are all in this president of Let Grow, and son is 2 and had fallen asleep place like the IBM parking lot, together. Let’s support parents the founder of Free-Range after our second grocery store that kid is in danger. Clearly like that valiant mom, above. Kids. looking for rice milk. It was 7:50 pm and 65 degrees.” Can you guess what happened next? She let him snooze BAY RIDGE SKIN & CANCER in the car a few minutes while she got the special milk. She DERMATOLOGY, P.C. emerged to find “multiple police cars” swarming. DAVID BIRO, M.D., PH.D. Why? GRACE LASELVA-CUTUGNO, RPA-C Someone had called 911 about a child alone in a car. JACQUELINE LEVINE, RPA-C As if that is automatically ne- glect. The police grilled the mom for an hour, “All looking at me like the worst mother ever. I can potentially lose my career over this. How then will I support us?” Until she finds out whether SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS she is let off with a warning or is found guilty of a crime, this Our Doctors are well versed in the latest Medical mom doesn’t know what lies ahead. Perhaps nothing but a Treatments including Mohs Micrographic Surgery, bad memory, but perhaps the Narrow Band UVB, Biologic Therapy life of a single mom out of a job, forced to live someplace cheap ACNE s ECZEMA s WARTS and dangerous. How will that make her son “safer”? It won’t. “Join us every Tuesday for And here’s a note I got today. It should sound familiar: Cosmetic Dermatology” “Dear Lenore: I’m a father of two boys in a Midwestern sub- N Botox & Facial Fillers urb. 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Long story short: Request for Bids (RFB) for the operation and maintenance of a “Child-protective services newsstand located at Van Sinderen Avenue between Fulton and made a ruling and I will be marked as a ‘child abuser’ for Truxton Streets, Callahan-Kelly Playground, Brooklyn five years. I’m a 40-year-old man, without a single mark In accordance with Section 1-12 of the Concession Rule of the City of on my record. But because of New York, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation this, I won’t be able to coach (“Parks”) is issuing, as of the date of this notice, a Request for Bids (RFB) my kids’ teams any more, or go on field trips with them. for the operation and maintenance of a newsstand located at Van What do I do?” Sinderen Avenue between Fulton and Truxton Streets, Callahan-Kelly Right now, there’s not much Playground, Brooklyn. any parent can do other than stop calling 911 when you see Hard copies of the RFB can be obtained, at no cost, commencing June a child in a car and it isn’t boil- ing hot and the car is in view 26, 2018, through July 26, 2018 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 of a retail establishment. p.m., excluding weekends and Holidays, at the Revenue Division of the A truly good Samaritan New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which is located at does not set a case in motion 830 Fifth Avenue, Room 407, New York, NY 10065. All bids submitted against a family. A good Sa- in response to this RFB must be submitted by no later than July 30, maritan stands by the car a few minutes to make sure the par- 2018 at 3:00 p.m. ents are coming right back, or goes into the store to see if they There will be a recommended bidder meeting on July 11, 2018 at can locate them. 11:00am. We will be meeting at the proposed concession site, which is How dare I say that? Here’s located near the corner of Fulton Street and Van Sinderen Avenue, in how: • Kids do not die the in- Callahan-Kelly Playground, Brooklyn. If you are considering responding stant they are in an unmov- to this RFB, please make every effort to attend this recommended ing car. Of the 30–40 children meeting. who die in cars each year, Kid- sandCars.org reports, the over- The RFB is also available for download, commencing on June 26, 2018 whelming majority were forgotten there or climbed into a through July 30, 2018, on Parks website. 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but was thrown out at the plate when he tried to sneak home on an infield single by Carlos San- Clones’ week of ups & downs chez. After Ross Adolph struck out looking, Chase Chambers By Ben Verde chez, who had reached first on third. Jonathan Ortega was Devil Granberg singled and Cyclones 4 was intentionally walked, set- for Brooklyn Paper an error and Chase Chambers walked with two outs, then Dearden walked. Granberg Lowell 3 ting the stage for Coleman, who had doubled. Adolph then stole second and third. Ortega was driven in when Berroa sin- Hudson Valley 8 June 26 at MCU Park who came to the Cyclones via scored when Chandler Avant was driven in by Jarren Du- gled up the hole, and Dearden Kendall Coleman’s two-out, a trade with the hated Staten Cyclones 7 grounded out. ran when he singled to center. scored on a wild pitch from June 20 at MCU Park bases-loaded walk-off single in Island Yankees. The Clones blew the game Duran then stole second and Seth Davis. the ninth sealed the win for the The Cyclones fell to the Cole Brennan walked before Lowell had runners on again Before giving it up, Low- open with single runs in the Cyclones over the Spinners, al- Hudson Valley Renegades third and fourth followed by Kole Cottam ripped a three- in the seventh when Dearden ell took the lead early, when lowing Brooklyn to walk away in the 10th inning, thanks two runs in the sixth. run homer to put the New Eng- was hit by a pitch and moved Xavier LeGrant whacked a in part to a new rule Minor Connecticut scored the landers up 4–0. to second on a single and third victorious with two wins in its two-run homer to left in the League Baseball put in place team’s lone run in the eighth Lowell increased its lead on a walk. Berroa then singled three-game series against the first off starter Christian James. to shorten games. off reliever Ezequiel Zabaleta, in the fourth with two con- and moved to second on a walk, New Englanders. But the Clones tied it up in the The rule states that each who threw three innings of secutive doubles from Tyler and Duran drove in both players Down by one going into second when Coleman drove in extra inning will start with a three-hit ball. Dearden and Xavier LeGrant, with a single up the hole. Low- the final frame, Jose Brizu- Adolph, who had singled and runner on second. That bene- ela walked and later scored on stolen second, and Kevin Hall, Cyclones 8 who brought home a run be- ell tacked on one more run in fited the Renegades when free- fore a Ramfis Berroa single the eighth when Dearden bat- a Jose Miguel Medina double, Photo by Jon Farina who had walked and moved runner Bryce Brown, who ad- Connecticut 4 tying the game at 3. 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By Julianne Cuba Brooklyn Paper They’re not the lanes bi- MEAN cyclists wheely need. Streets Brooklyn’s The city’s plan to make a boulevard pair of bike lanes safer for battle lines cyclists who use them to cut across Fort Greene and Clin- and Prospect Park–bound ded- IN PRINT ton Hill falls short because icated bike lanes on Vander- the paths lack solid barriers bilt Avenue between Fulton Pick up Brooklyn Paper every that separate drivers from bike Street and Atlantic Avenue riders, according to a local — which run along the curb Friday across Greenpoint, transit guru. and are separated from traf- Williamsburg, Bushwick, “It can be bolder in terms fic by a line of white paint — of pursuing protected bike in- will get a fresh coat of green Downtown, and Brownstone frastructure, given ridership,” paint on their pavement to bet- said Brian Howald, a self-pro- ter distinguish them from the Brooklyn. Each paper delivers claimed cyclist who sits on lanes for cars. Community Board 2’s Trans- City transit officials rede- news, arts, sports, and parenting portation Committee. signed the bike paths to better in one package. Department of Transpor- serve what they said is a grow- tation reps last week revealed ing ridership in the area. the agency’s plan to the com- “We see a lot of use on munity board, which calls the weekends, and during for reconfiguring two cur- the week, when people head to the bridges to get to Man- rent Vanderbilt Avenue bike hattan,” Transportation De- lanes that run between Flush- ON YOUR COMPUTER, partment employee Kimberly ing and Atlantic avenues. Rancourt said while announc- PHONE, OR TABLET The scheme suggests nix- ing the plan on June 21. Transportation Department of ing the current shared lane for But without barriers in the No one else covers Brooklyn East River–bound cyclists and The city plans to create new bike paths along Van- form of parked cars or other derbilt and Clermont avenues. like BrooklynPaper.com. The site motorists on Vanderbilt Av- objects that protect cyclists enue — where chevrons of from moving vehicles, the new is updated throughout the day, death also known as sharrows infrastructure will do little reach among locals — who Flushing Avenue section of are now the only infrastruc- to prevent deadly crashes, they noted are likely to be less greenway, which is part of offering the latest local coverage ture indicating riders’ pres- Howald and other critics hostile to this scheme than a proposed 14-mile Green- ence to motorists — and charged. they were towards a pair of point-to-Bay Ridge bicycle with more depth than any other creating a separate 5-foot, The city isn’t ruling out the controversial Clinton Avenue thoroughfare, is expected web publication. dedicated bicycle path sand- possibility of future parking- bike lanes the city proposed to wrap by next spring — wiched between moving ve- protected bike paths on the in 2016. The board, however, nearly 10 years after the city hicles and parked cars. streets, but first wants to do could not formally weigh in announced the path — now Prospect Park–bound cy- what it can to improve them on the plan because there were that utility company National clists will get their own dedi- for all commuters — whether not enough members present Grid is winding down on a IN YOUR INBOX, NEWSFEED, cated 5-foot bike lane wedged they ride buses, cars, or bicy- to reach the quorum required conflicting project in the area, between parked cars and traf- cles — without dramatically to hold a vote. according to an official over- OR TIMELINE fic moving in the same di- altering the roads, according Transportation Depart- seeing the project. rection on nearby Clermont to Rancourt. ment bigwigs expect to start “There are still ongoing is- Brooklyn Paper will come to you, too. Follow us on Avenue between Flushing Av- “We’re open to conversa- installing the lanes on Van- sues with National Grid facil- Twitter at @Brooklyn_Paper, like us on Facebook at enue and Fulton Street — the tions about higher-level facil- derbilt and Clermont ave- ities in the project zone, even first pedaler’s path to come ities,” she said. “It’s not that nues later this summer or in while construction is ongoing Facebook.com/BrooklynPaper, and sign up for our to Clermont Avenue, accord- anything else is off the table the fall, and their Flushing in other areas,” said Depart- ing to a Transportation De- forever, but it’s a step in the Avenue ends will eventually ment of Design and Construc- e-mail newsletter at BrooklynPaper.com/about/alerts. partment rep, who said the right direction.” connect with the long-delayed tion spokesman Ian Michaels. infrastructure won’t require Most of the civic gurus stretch of Brooklyn Water- “But we anticipate National forfeiting any on-street park- applauded the proposal, but front Greenway bike path on Grid will resolve those issues, ing spaces. suggested transportation that road, officials said. and construction will be com- BROOKLYN PAPER and BrooklynPaper.com And the current East River- officials conduct more out- And construction on the plete by spring 2019.” Your go-to source for a daily dose of Brooklyn! The goal: Nothing but ’Nettes By Colin Mixson Brooklyn Paper These belles want to go to the ball! Hundreds of professional How can 366,000 jitterbugs cut a rug at the Bar- clays Center on June 23 in the hopes of scoring a gig newspaper readers cheering on the Brooklyn Nets as part of the squad’s dance team. in Brooklyn help But getting a coveted spot in the Brooklynettes troupe takes more than some flashy choreography, according to your business? a judge at the two-day au- ditions, who said successful hopefuls must be able to cap- ture all eyes in a room. “We’re definitely looking for someone with that star quality,” said Criscia Long, the Brooklyn Nets director of entertainment and a former captain of the New York Knicks City Dancers. 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