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By Jotham Sederstrom The Brooklyn Papers The one-family home at 456 Ovington Ave. near Fourth Avenue hadn’t been targeted by devel- opers, but that didn’t stop a Bay Ridge real estate agency from run- ning an advertisement proclaim- ing it “perfect for condo develop- ment.” The ad concludes: “Act now before zoning laws change.” The asking price? $1,750,000. The agency, Re/Max 1st Choice Re- alty at 8112 Third Ave., and its broker, Jeanne DeLorenzo, ignited a storm when elected officials and homeowners were alerted to the 1-3/4-inch by 2-1/4- inch notice. As the city is weighing new zoning laws to protect houses like the one Re/Max 1st Choice is advertising, some viewed the ad’s text as the height of chutzpah. DeLorenzo said the building neigh- bors her own and is owned by the chil- dren of a recently deceased family This ad for a one-family house on Ovington Avenue shows an asking price of friend. The three siblings, one of whom $1,750,000, which could be a good value to a developer seeking to erect condos — lives in Connecticut, want to sell the if he acts “now before zoning laws change,” as the ad suggests. See RUSH on page 4 Hunt Ridge rapist

By Jotham Sederstrom Police said the man raped and sodom- Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Papers ized the woman before fleeing with her jewelry. Police have released the name and In the second assault, police say Thomas picture of a tattooed man they are attacked another woman in her 20s after she searching for in two rapes — one in opened the door to her apartment sometime Papers The Brooklyn Bay Ridge and another in East Flat- around 8 pm. Police said he forced his way bush. Romantic Times founder and CEO Kathryn Falk in her home near Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights this week. Inset into the home after revealing a knife when shows cover of the December issue of her 24-year-old magazine, which has upset a librarian and several readers. The suspected rapist, who police identi- she answered the door. fied as Lamar Thomas, 20, struck first in Police say the suspect also goes by two Bay Ridge on Dec. 18 and again on Jan. other names: Christian Harris and Isaiah 30 in East Flatbush, said cops. Mitchell. Police say Thomas has a distinctive tat- He is described as 20 years old and ei- too on his arm that depicts Jesus Christ ther black or Hispanic. with blood-red tears running down his face. Police said that the man, who sports a In the first incident, the man engaged a bushy mane of dark hair that he tucks into Racy Romance woman in her 20s in conversation at a ponytail, is 5-foot-11 and weighs about around 5 am. Sources say the man 220 pounds. grabbed the woman near Third Avenue Anybody with information on Thomas’ and 79th Street and dragged her down the whereabouts is asked to call the CRIME- stairs to a trash cellar where a mattress STOPPERS hotline at 800-577-TIPS. All Cover of Brooklyn woman’s Suspected rapist Lamar Thomas. had been set up. calls will be kept confidential. mag raises eyebrows, ire

By Jotham Sederstrom woman wrapped in each other’s arms get some respect for romance novels,” The Brooklyn Papers with only the woman’s blue robe block- wrote a subscriber of Romantic Times, ing her nether region. Beth Johnson, in an e-mail to the magazine. Diocese will shutter When Jane Raetzman, a librarian in The “clinch,” as the deep embrace typ- “The cover of RT’s December issue Oregon, picked up the December issue of ical of romance novel covers is called, was a giant step backward. The revealing Romantic Times, the self-described set off a flurry of debates, not least of all picture was unnecessary, and the head- “Christian widow” said she experienced on the very state of the romance novel. line ‘Hot Novels’ was only slightly better several fits of embarrassment before fi- “I realized,” said Raetzman in an e- than the caption ‘Scorchingly Sensual.’ nally writing an angry letter to the maga- mail to the 24-year-old magazine, “it’s Please, be tasteful and appropriate.” 17 Brooklyn schools zine’s Brooklyn publisher. She would not not enough to skip the Erotica section Kathryn Falk, who began publishing be renewing her subscription, she wrote. [anymore].” her magazine from an apartment in close By Jotham Sederstrom Cross School, 2520 Church No, it wasn’t the interview with Linda Since it went on stands worldwide, the — and appropriate — proximity to Love The Brooklyn Papers Ave., and at St. Rose of Lima Howard, author of “To Die For,” that December issue has managed to rankle Lane in Brooklyn Heights, said much of School, 259 Parkville Ave. The steamed Raetzman and several other reg- Citing shrinking enroll- readers from as far away as Australia and the controversy stems from an unexpect- fourth will open at Our Lady of ular subscribers of the monthly women’s as near as, well, Brooklyn. But while ed break from recent tradition. ment over the last five years, Christians School, 1340 E. 29th romance-fiction magazine whose office some readers defended the cover, as ei- While the cover usually features an au- the Roman Catholic Diocese St. in Midwood. is on Bergen Street in Cobble Hill. It was ther perfectly tasteful or as artwork pro- thor, December’s chosen cover girl, of Brooklyn shocked parents The list of schools, including the front cover, the type most picture / Tom Callan / Tom tected by the First Amendment, others Nicole Jordan, told publishers she pre- and schoolchildren on Ash nine others in Queens, had long when they think of Harlequin novels. said it was the type of image that begged ferred the cover of her most recent novel, Wednesday, announcing it been considered at-risk, said Draped in a red background, the cover disparagement. “Lord of Seduction,” be shown instead. will shutter 17 of the bor- diocesan spokesman Frank reveals a bare-chested man and naked “We have tried so hard and so long to See ROMANTIC RHUBARB on page 14 ough’s Catholic schools at DeRosa, who cited the increas- the end of this semester. ing cost of operating the facili- ties and a shift in religious de- Papers The Brooklyn Among the schools to close mographics throughout the city Parents and students outside St. Finbar’s School on Bath Av- in Brooklyn are: Saint Fin- for the declining enrollment. enue after learning Tuesday that their school would be closed. bar’s, at 1825 Bath Ave., in DeRosa said that a study un- Bath Beach; Sacred Hearts dertaken by the diocese re- is at all possible,” said Msgr. Holcomb that the meeting had and St. Stephen’s, at 135 Sum- Michael Hardiman, vicar for Ed- been postponed. Pour House bumps Judge vealed that over the last five mit St., in Carroll Gardens; years, parochial schools in ucation in the Diocese of Brook- “You’re children should be at and St. Thomas Aquinas, at Brooklyn and Queens have lyn, which includes Queens. home doing homework right By Jotham Sederstrom said O’Donovan, who will continue to run lineup of DJs on Thursdays, Fridays and 211 Eighth St., in Park Slope. seen enrollment drop by “This is the best reconfiguration now,” he said sternly before re- The Brooklyn Papers Henry Grattan’s at 8814 Third Ave. “It was Saturdays. The schools will be closed af- 11,000 students. In addition, he of the schools at this time.” turning to the rectory. just time to move on. And, anyway, it’s their The Judge and Jury pub will be “Myself and Andrew had been think- ter the school year ends in June. said, the diocese has con- Parents from Saint Finbar DeRosa said that the 196 stu- turn to take a piece of the pie.” ing about this for a long time,” said Wif- Eleven others, a diocesan replaced next week by the Pour House, tributed $7 million to schools learned of the eventual closing dents currently enrolled at Saint Jimmy Wiffin, who along with An- fin, adding he and Quinlan grew up and still spokesman said, will either whose revenues could not on Tuesday, when students Finbar would likely be admitted whose opening, its owners hope, will drew Gannon and Billy Quinlan pur- merge or be integrated into one add a touch of high-tech to Third Avenue. live in Bay Ridge, while Gannon moved meet annual operating expens- came home with a typed letter to either St. Frances Cabrini, at chased the establishment from O’Dono- to the neighborhood after growing up in of four existing schools, two in es. signed by the Rev. Joseph Hol- 35 Bay 11th St., or St. Mary Barry O’Donovan said his decision to van, said their watering hole could open Dublin, Ireland. “This was our chance.” East Flatbush, and one each in According to a policy estab- comb, the pastor of the parish, Mother of Jesus, at 8401 23rd sell the pub at 7901 Third Ave. to three of as soon as next Thursday, Feb. 17, Williamsburg and Midwood. lished two years ago, schools and Rosina Katsoulis, the Ave. But many parents said that his former bartenders stemmed from his though possibly a week later. O’Donovan bought the establishment One regional school will open with fewer than 225 students school’s principal. Although a a rush to register their kids desire to spend more time with his fami- Wiffin said that unlike the rather staid in 1996, changing its name to Judge and in Williamsburg, at Most Holy were considered at risk. meeting for parents was hastily would force some to either be ly in New Jersey, but was expedited be- Judge and Jury, Pour House will cater to Jury from Carney and Burke, which it Trinity School, 140 Montrose “Our goal is to continue to organized for that evening, sev- bused to a distant parochial cause of tobacco laws that prohibit a crowd in its 20s. Among the perks, he had been for years. Before that it was Ave. Two regional schools will have a parochial school presence eral dozen parents and children school or attend public school. smoking in bars and restaurants. said, will be a state-of-the-art jukebox called Lynch’s, a Bay Ridge landmark open in East Flatbush, at Holy in every part of the diocese, if it who showed up were told by See SCHOOLS on page 14 “I’ve got two kids and I’m getting old,” tapped into the Internet and a regular See POUR on page 2

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All loans will be made by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A. depending on loan product and property location. © 2005 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM February 12, 2005 Ratner’s Nets deal will wait for Jets By Jess Wisloski new arena he’d build over private property under eminent lynchpin of the mayor’s bid was glad to hear about the bid. and Neil Sloane MTA rail yards at Atlantic and domain. for the 2012 summer Olym- “It says that these kind of The Brooklyn Papers Flatbush avenues — Kalikow Asked to comment on Ka- pics. properties need to be bid on to said, “The Nets deal is ab- likow’s statement, Barry An appraisal done for the be actually putting out a market Bruce Ratner and his solutely on hold until this fin- Baum, a spokesman for Rat- MTA put the value of the air value,” said Goldstein, a vocal New Jersey Nets will just ishes.” ner’s development company, rights over the Hudson Yards holdout among condominium have to wait. Kalikow’s comment at the Forest City Ratner, said, “We at almost $900 million. And owners in the Atlantic Yards That’s the message Metro- Feb. 3 hearing was reported by are not discussing ongoing while the Jets and the MTA plan area who have largely politan Transportation Author- the northern New Jersey news- conversations with the state, seemed headed for binding ar- agreed to sell their apartments ity Chairman Peter Kalikow paper The Record. the city or the MTA.” bitration for the West Side site to Ratner. delivered at a state Assembly For Ratner, the basketball Kalikow said his agency — the Jets have offered $100 Goldstein said open bidding public hearing on plans by the arena would be the centerpiece would first have to complete would be far more democratic a million while the MTA is process than relying on arbitra- New York Jets to build a foot- of a six-square-block develop- negotiations with the Jets, who seeking $300 million for a tion to determine the value of ball stadium over rail yards on ment into Prospect Heights with the staunch support of one-third share of the air rights the MTA-owned development Manhattan’s West Side. that would include 17 high- Mayor Michael Bloomberg — Cablevision, the owner of rights. Referring to the Nets bas- rise office and residential tow- seek to build a football stadi- Madison Square Garden and “Perhaps some developers ketball team owned by real es- ers. Aside from the MTA prop- um with a retractable roof over the Knicks and Rangers, threw would be emboldened and try tate developer Ratner — who erty, the Ratner plan relies on the MTA’s Hudson Yards. The a monkey wrench into the and do a similar thing with the hopes to move the team to a the state’s condemnation of Jets stadium would also be a works last week. Atlantic Yards,” he said hope- An ardent opponent of the fully. Jets plan, Cablevision offered Brian Hatch, who was a the MTA $600 million on Fri- deputy mayor of Salt Lake City, day for the West Side air rights, Utah, during the 2002 winter dwarfing the Jets’ bid. On Olympics there, said the hear- Wednesday, Kalikow told Ca- ing, led by Westchester Assem- blevision officials they had until blyman Richard Brodsky, was a Friday, Feb. 11, to provide de- reminder that there are “options NEW BAMLAND tails of the unsolicited proposal. and maybe that should be some- Kalikow told The New York thing we shouldn’t forget Times, however, that getting the about.” highest price for the transit sys- Said Hatch, who now lives in tem outweighed the mayor’s de- New York, “I think it’s a similar sire to bring the Olympics to argument as, ‘Well, the Nets are New York City. here and ready to go, and no THEATER SET “As important as the one else is here, so lets go.’” Olympics are, my main criteria As a result, he said, people By Jess Wisloski is getting the best deal for the get bullied into certain develop-

The Brooklyn Papers MTA,” Kalikow told The ments. / Dean Cox Adding to the growing Times. “If there’s blight on the West Though the Cablevision bid cache of projects in place for Side, at this point it’s mayoral was decried as a “publicity blight, because no developer in the Brooklyn Academy of stunt” by both the mayor and their right mind would take him Music’s Cultural District in officials with the football team, on,” with an alternative bid, said Associated Press Fort Greene, the mayor has the notion of competitive bid- Hatch. Trains sit between rush hours at the Long Island Railroad yard at the intersection of Flat- unveiled designs for an ultra- ding for the site gave Brook- “If the mayor says ‘This is a bush and Atlantic avenues. Beyond them are Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic modern, $335.8 million, 299- lynites who oppose Ratner’s priority for us,’ then all the de- Center malls and offices, as well as the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building. seat Theater for a New Audi- plan a beacon of hope. velopers fall into line.” ence. “We’ve been demanding for Tom Kelly, a spokesman for Designed by architects Frank the past year that the MTA the MTA, told The Brooklyn we’ve never had anybody come posals,” the councilwoman said. oper or a partnership of devel- Gehry and Hugh Hardy, the should issue requests for pro- Papers this week that the state- forward with a serious offer.” “I will be looking at other de- opers wanted to put up the mon- four-story building, at Flat- posals,” said Patti Hagan, who run agency would be happy to But Councilwoman Letitia velopers who have contacted ey. [The UNITY plan will be bush and Lafayette avenues, lives near the site of the pro- entertain other bids on the At- James, in whose district the Rat- me and see if they will adopt the presented at a joint meeting of will give the troupe, known posed Nets arena. She said she lantic Avenue rail yards. ner plan sits, said that is simply UNITY plan.” the Boerum Hill Association for performing Shakespeare knew of at least one idea by a “Sure we would, sure we’d not true. That plan, designed by local and Hoyt Street Association on and classical drama, a stage developer for the Vanderbilt Av- entertain it,” Kelly said. “The “We know there are many architect Marshall Brown, re- Feb 16 at the YWCA at 30 inspired by one used by Lon- enue end of the site. thing you don’t want to lose developers who are interested in places the arena with housing Third Ave.] don’s Royal National Theater, “It’s wonderful to hear,” Ha- sight of is that land had been developing those yards,” said and requires no property con- Assemblyman Brodsky said it with high ceilings and a gan said. there for 20 to 30 years, and no- James, who said she was glad to demnations. It has been gaining is up to the MTA to take serious- trapped floor. Daniel Goldstein, lead organ- body ever came forward to de- hear open bidding would be steam among community ly the bid by Cablevision, and he The designers called it izer of Develop-Don’t Destroy velop it. It’s not a secret that we considered. groups in the surrounding called the arbitration that the Jets “both intimate and epic.” Brooklyn, a grassroots organi- own the land, and it’s not a se- “It’s encouraging news that neighborhoods and in light of and MTA have agreed upon to The development site, zation formed in opposition to cret that we’re willing to sell it. the MTA is going to open up the open bidding could become a determine the cost of the land “a which will come to include a Ratner’s arena proposal, also But other than a few inquiries process and look at other pro- viable reality provided a devel- very undesirable route.” 110,000-square-foot visual and performing arts branch of BAM LDC the Brooklyn Public Library, Digital rendering of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s replaces what is now a BAM planned Theater for a New Audience. parking lot and a privately run gardening center. 19,000-seat arena,” a mayoral vate and public donors. Joined on Feb. 3 by offi- press release boasted, factor- While the chairman of the cials from the theater group, ing in developer Bruce Rat- BAM LDC, Harvey Lichten- Prattstore Borough President Marty ner’s plans for a basketball stein, has some detractors in Markowitz, Council members arena and 17 office and resi- the largely black Fort Greene Letitia James and David dential skyscrapers emanating community who say his artis- galore Yassky, city Arts Commis- from the intersection of At- tic preferences are “Eurocen- Award-winning author and Pratt Institute sioner Kate Levin, and repre- lantic and Flatbush avenues. tric” and fear the LDC will alumna Betsy Lewin signs books at the grand sentatives of the Economic The theater project is the show preference to white arts opening on Jan. 27 of Prattstore, 550 Myrtle Development Corporation and second to move forward in the groups, the ambitions of the Ave. at Emerson Place, which will carry art the Brooklyn Academy of cultural district. The first, an development corporation to supplies and art and design books for the Music Local Development office building for arts groups keep the area artsy have been school and community. At right, Architect Corporation, Mayor Michael at 80 Hanson Pl., is nearing supported by the city officials Richard Scherr (right), who designed Pratt- Bloomberg helped unveil the completion. both vocally and fiscally. store and its interior, with Aydin Erimez. plans at the studio of the Mark “William Shakespeare, your James, whose district in- Morris Dance Troupe. The new home away from home is cludes the Brooklyn Academy city is contributing $6.2 mil- Flatbush-upon-Lafayette!” said of Music, the cultural district lion for the theater. Markowitz. and the nearby communities of “This new theater will be The BAM Cultural District, Fort Greene and Prospect an important anchor for the a $650 million project, came Heights, has been involved in a BAM Cultural District, which about as a partnership between group called the Concerned Cit- is an essential component of the city and the BAM Local izens Coalition, comprised of our effort to expand the city’s Development Corporation to religious leaders and residents third-largest business district help transfer and finance the who want to address potential in Downtown Brooklyn,” the renewal of vacant or underuti- displacement of with the com- mayor said. lized properties around BAM ing of the cultural district. “Combined, the Downtown to further the arts scene in Fort Nevertheless, she, too, spoke Brooklyn rezoning, the At- Greene. highly of the new theater. lantic Yards development, and With goals of creating af- “Theater for a New Audi- the BAM Cultural District fordable space for arts organi- ence creates world-class the- will result in the creation of zations and arts-related educa- ater and maintains as a core / Jori Klein 500,000 square feet of new tional programming, as well as mission an inspiring commit- / Jori Klein space for the arts, almost 7 beautifying the streetscapes ment to community-based ed- million square feet of office and public areas and expand- ucation,” she said. space, 5,500 mixed-income ing the housing market, the “At a time when arts and cul- apartments, over 1 million LDC has had little difficulty ture in our schools are being cut, square feet of retail, and a garnering the interest of pri- welcome to Fort Greene.” The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

were not returned, Boks said “It’s unfortunate that we the police department about servations they issued the a mere oversight. tangelo. the agency never received weren’t contacted directly,” that because it is a violation of same violations. “It’s not illegal, we just for- “There were dogs there that SHELTER… them. said Boks. “We are probably a humanity law,” said Boks. “There were no indications got to give the city 25 bucks,” appeared to be thin, that’s why “Calling our press office is the best-kept secret in the city. The city Department of of animal cruelty observed at he The Brooklyn Papers. we issued another notice to be Continued from page 3 The dog was “encrusted not something that you can When we do get issues like Health issued two violations the time of that inspection,” According to the city’s or- feeding them and providing clined to take these animals.” with urine and feces,” said hold us to,” said Boks, who re- these, we always tell people to each in November and De- said Health Department ganizational guidelines, the them with whatever vet atten- Salomone also said he led Pentangelo, the ASPCA inves- ferred a reporter to the come right to us.” cember to Hearts and Homes spokesman Sid Dinsay. ASPCA has jurisdiction in tion is necessary,” he said. agency’s main number. But he added that regulatory — for operating without a per- And though Hearts and cases of animal cruelty over Pentangelo said the ASPCA ACC agents to his van, parked tigator. “There is a criminal in- vestigation on that dead dog Messages left for the oversight responsibilities were mit and for nuisance, since Homes, which accepted dona- the Health Department. did not make any seizures be- on 24th Street and Fifth Av- and the four dogs taken in.” Brooklyn ACC through the the charge of the ASPCA and their backyard was filled with tions as a nonprofit but never The ASPCA’s Pentangelo cause it was the Puma’s con- enue, where he’d been keep- When asked why The main phone number were not the city, not his organization. dog feces — Puma paid both filed for such status with the insisted that the organization tention “that they’d just found ing the body of a pit bull that, Brooklyn Papers’ calls for returned by press time, and a “If one of our officers had of them. On repeat visits the attorney general’s office, was had not discovered any cruelty the dogs a few days before and he said, died “from what, we comment in December on al- publicly listed phone number ever been out there, they are investigators were unable to essentially illegal, Salomone at the shelter prior to last were rehabilitating them.” don’t know.” leged abuses at the shelter had been disconnected. trained to immediately contact gain access but based on ob- brushed the permit issue off as week. Asked why there was no “I can tell you that a month monitoring of the troubled ago we went there — two shelter, he said, “We’re en- agents responded on a com- cumbered by what the law is. into effect, as they are expect- real estate,” he added. hearings before and recom- nating three times the current plaint that there were animals We’re not a city agency. We ed to, it would be nearly im- The advertisement comes mendations by Community number of blocks for detached there without food or water,” don’t get any government possible for developers to on the heels of an unsigned let- Board 10, Borough President housing, the neighborhood’s Pentangelo said, adding that funds. We’re concerned with RUSH… they found “excessive feces” animal cruelty. Animal cruelty build condominiums on a plot ter that circulated in Bay Marty Markowitz, the City pride. The proposal would also Continued from page 1 The house sits on a 54-foot now occupied by a house such Ridge in which the authors Planning Commission and the reduce by half the number of and “a smell,” but the animals statutes don’t lend themselves home but have had trouble, by 170-foot lot and is zoned as the one in the ad. wrote that the proposed zoning City Council. It has been blocks in Bay Ridge designat- were “basically sound.” to that type of enforcement.” “They were not low-weight But Whalen suggested she said, because of its prox- R-6 which allows buildings up “This may be the first time would “drastically affect the passed by both CB10 and ed for so-called Fedders-style and appeared to be in good someone must be accountable. imity to several apartment to 50 feet tall. Under the pro- I’ve seen in a real estate ad a use and may reduce the value Markowitz and the City Plan- row-housing. picture of a house that they of your property.” The letter ning Commission now has a health,” the investigator said. “Everybody knew about buildings, a home for senior posed new zoning, however, “Forget it,” said Golden of want you to knock down,” may have played a part in month to issue its recommen- Then, on Jan. 29, the ASP- this,” she said. “The [mayor’s] citizens and two schools. anything on that particular lot would be limited to 35 feet. said Councilman Vincent Gen- drawing a large crowd to a dation. the likelihood of a developer CA intervened again, in re- alliance has known about this “I don’t understand why Elected officials and home- tile, who has fought for rezon- Feb. 2 City Planning hearing Put forth by the Department building condos on the Oving- sponse to complaints that dogs since October. And the ACC they’re looking at this block to owners contend the advertise- ing in Bay Ridge that would on the down-zoning proposal. of City Planning at the behest ton Avenue site. “Anybody were not being property cared would not take these animals. rezone,” DeLorenzo said. ment was a flagrant bid to out- significantly limit the number The hearing marked the of CB 10, Gentile, state Sen. who would try to go under for. Agents found four mal- These animals are adoptable, “They inherited it, but because run the proposed preservation of blocks where condomini- third step in the city’s Uniform Marty Golden and Bay Ridge contract with a builder today, nourished dogs. The agency but they require a lot of time, a of the zoning and what’s laws, which would rezone 249 ums could be built in the Land Use Review Procedure activists, the plan would pre- I’d really look twice at that. ordered the shelter to “make lot of money, and I think it’s around it, it’s worth about half blocks of Bay Ridge by as ear- neighborhood. (ULURP), a roughly seven- serve the built character of They just don’t have enough sure they got proper food and awful that none of them are of what it could be,” she said. ly as May. Once those laws go “This is really a new low in month process that requires Bay Ridge, in part by desig- time to get lucky here.” veterinary attention,” said Pen- willing to talk about it.” February 12, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BRZ 5 Labor leader decries non-union work at Fort base, he and other union organizers are development projects, the construction said Kelly. By Jotham Sederstrom not being allowed inside to ensure the on military grounds was hammered out State Sen. Diane Savino, who repre- The Brooklyn Papers workers are being paid fairly. by the U.S. government. While they sents the base area and is a former offi- “We want to make sure that a pre- must follow federal employment stan- cial with DC 37, the city’s largest pub- Alocal labor leader is charging vailing wage is taking place and that’s dards, which include providing a pre- lic employee union, said that Pugliese that a general contractor tapped for difficult to police in this situation — it’s vailing wage, there are no requirements had contacted her about the issue, a construction project on the Fort an Army base,” said Pugliese, a Carroll that the government must hire union or which she said was worrisome if a pre- Hamilton Army Base has reneged Gardens resident who ran for City non-union workers. vailing wage is not guaranteed. on an agreement to hire union car- Council in 2001. “Tony is trying to play that dumb “Based on what he told me,” said penters. The $12 million project, which re- union muscle game,” fumed Joe Kelly, Savino, “I’m just about as angry as he is.” Anthony Pugliese, an organizer for cently began construction, is planned as president of Onekey LLC. “Go ahead, Ray Aalbue, spokesman for the base, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters a 46-suite hotel for visiting Army offi- let him fight with the government and said that the prevailing wage, as de- and Joiners of America, said that now cials and military families, according to the U.S. military.” fined by the standard set by unions for that the general contractor, OneKey Department of Buildings records and a Kelly said the reason he reneged on any particular profession, would be en- LLC, has signed a contract with the fed- spokesman with Fort Hamilton. The the deal to name On/Par as a subcon- sured at the project sight. eral government, deals to hire the union- base is Brooklyn’s only active military tractor for the carpentry work was be- “As a federal entity we don’t force based On/Par carpentry company were installation. cause another company, Euroway, contractors to use union or non union scrapped in favor of hiring a subcontrac- Both the president of OneKey and a came in with a lower bid. labor,” Aalbue said. “We don’t have tor that uses non-union labor. spokesman for the Fort Hamilton Army “It was a promise I made to them, anything to do with that. What we do is In addition, because of security at the Base, said, however, that unlike private but the dollar amount was too high,” we force federal labor standards.” Time for a new council member

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After the man refused to A 20-year-old crook and his As many as 10 gang- cumvent a security gate and challenged the boy on the cor- hand over his loot, a female then smash a side window of ner of 17th Avenue at 81st Cops nabbed a pair of 62/68 BLOTTERS 14-year-old protege surround- bangers armed with bats and and two males knocked him to ed a pair of teenage boys on an knives pummeled and stabbed the video store on Fifth Av- Street, sometime around 3 am heartless teenage thugs the ground and then took turns enue at Ovington Avenue. on Feb. 3, more than a dozen who nearly choked an 81- and asked for a ride to Dyker girl in Gravesend after she re- N-train platform in Benson- a man, then broke a chair over kicking and punching him hurst and threatened to beat his head, for no apparent rea- Before police arrived, the of his henchman appeared be- year-old woman to death Heights and then tried to rob fused twice to hand over her while he was down. side him. them unless they surendered son. trio was able to snatch $800 in a vicious robbery that him of his evening’s earnings. money. Police said both male sus- Police say between 15 and their stuff. Police say the man, 26, was from a register and flee east on netted them a paltry $18. Cops said the creep hailed After the second refusal, pects have brown hair and are Ovington Avenue. 20 goons took turns kicking and the car from a club on Third say cops, the 15-year-old girl around 5-foot-6 and 150 Although the duo did not hit walking near Third Avenue punching the victim, who was Police said that the two 18- the boys, they scared them into and 96th Street at 3 am on Clueless crime year-old men, and an accom- Avenue at 93rd Street shortly went wild, swinging at the vic- pounds. The girl, who also has treated for lacerations on his after 3 am on Jan. 29. When tim’s chest with a box-cutter brown hair, was described as handing over their goods. Police Feb. 5 when the mob suddenly A 27-year-old man told po- neck and a very bruised face. plice who is still on the loose, said the punks snatched the attacked. After beating him to snuck up behind the octoge- the driver, 39, pulled up to the but managing only to rip her 4-foot-11 and 200 pounds. lice that burglars swiped a boys’ cell phone and $20 in cash the ground, one of the goons Ticket taker narian as she was standing on corner of 65th Street and 10th ski jacket. whopping $3,000 from his Avenue, however, the passen- Police said the attack hap- Bus stop mug sometime around 4 pm on Feb. stabbed the man behind his left apartment on Ridge Boule- A burglar hoping to one day Bay 29th Street at Benson Av- Agang of men attacked a hit the jackpot looted a Bay enue at around 10:30 am on ger brandished a knife and de- pened around 3 pm on Feb. 7 4, at a station on 20th Avenue at leg with a knife. Another vard. manded money. near the corner of Avenue U 34-year-old woman in Bath 63rd Street. bashed him with the chair. He told cops the crime hap- Ridge grocery of $1,500 worth Feb. 3. One of the creeps then Beach before running off with of lottery tickets. gripped her neck and began When the driver leaped out and West 11th Street. After Cops nabbed the duo after The victim was treated at pened around 7 am on Feb. 2, of the car, the passenger fol- fleeing the scene, cops nabbed her purse. their victims escaped from the Maimonides Medical Center but investigators could not find Cops say that the Lotto thief shaking her until she handed Cops say they struck at 11 broke into the store on Fort over $15 and her house keys. lowed. The driver then rushed a suspect following a canvass station and asked for help. and received stitches on his evidence of forced entry or any back inside and locked his of the neighborhood. pm on Feb. 7, as the woman head and leg. damage to the locks or win- Hamilton Parkway at 67th Police said the chokehold left was waiting for a bus on Bath $2G home burg Street at midnight on Jan. 26, lacerations on the woman’s doors, but the crook smashed Gang beating A burglar broke into a home No late fees dows of the home on Ridge Avenue at 25th Avenue. Be- Boulevard at 72nd Street. although his means of entrance neck. his window before dashing ADyker Heights teen was on 70th Street and swiped Cops gave two thumbs fore she could run to the near- The man told police that the was not known at press time. Police caught up with two south on 10th Avenue. attacked by a co-ed trio who $2,000 worth of cash and jew- down to a trio of burglars who by 62nd Precinct stationhouse, money was snatched from his The 42-year-old owner of the of the crooks, who coughed Cops say that despite the smashed a bottle across his elry. broke into a movie rental store outburst no money or property the group began pummeling bedroom. store told police that three up the name of a third accom- face after he refused to give up her, then took off with the Cops say the crook slid in on Fifth Avenue and stole books of lottery tickets, contain- was stolen from the driver, plice who had yet to be appre- his wallet. purse, which held a cell phone through a sliding rear door of nearly $1,000. Senseless beating ing 1,500 $1 tickets in all, were who lives in Bensonhurst. hended as this went to press. 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MUSIC Forbidden love “Aida” was Giuseppe Verdi’s final grand opera. In- deed, when he returned to composing operas after a 16-year retirement following “Aida,” Verdi turned to Shakespearean sources to create his final two master- pieces, “Otello” and “Falstaff.” Perhaps the composer felt he couldn’t go any fur- ther with grand opera after “Aida.” After all, it contains everything audiences wanted — and still want — from Verdi: forbidden romance (between an Egyptian officer and an enslaved Ethiopian princess), exotic loca- tions, a tragic ending and, best of all, Verdi’s soul- stirring music. For its first Brooklyn (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings February 12, 2005 Center appearance, on Feb. 13 at 2 pm, Opera Verdi Europa (pictured) would seem to have all the ingredients in place to do justice to both Verdi’s classic score and the demands of one of his most- beloved operas: the orchestra’s lavish productions have been praised wherever they perform, particularly dur- ing their debut tour of the United States in 2003. Ital- ian conductor Luciano di Martino leads the orchestra. Formed in 1996 by Ivan Kyurkchiev in Bulgaria, Dipping Opera Verdi Europa consists of more than 100 of the best musicians and performers, and their “Aida” should be the ideal Valentine’s date … for lovers of tragic opera. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ Whit- man Theatre is located one block from the junction of Nostrand and Flatbush avenues. Tickets are $40. For more information, visit the Web site at with love www.brooklyncenter.org. — Kevin Filipski Having fun with fondue — SINGLES and each other — on Feb. 14 Sex-sea night By Lisa J. Curtis over at a restaurant!) GO Brooklyn Editor Best of all, you get to take credit for the Valentine’s Day is looming, but you’re still sin- feast, without having to go to the grocery gle? Why not take the plunge into the New York here’s nothing sweeter than celebrating store or doing hours of food prep. (To be able Aquarium’s mixer, “Sex in the Sea”? Valentine’s Day, a day devoted to love and to really take all the credit, remember to hide On Feb. 12, singles can learn about harems, Tkeeping the home fires burning. But when the cardboard boxes with “Fresh Direct” em- polygamy, hermaphroditism it’s me in the kitchen cooking up a romantic blazoned on them in your closet.) — among sea creatures dinner for two, it seems that everything’s My husband and I sampled Fresh Direct’s — while surreptitious- aflame — my apron, the drapes, the roast. classic cheese fondue-for-two and their meat ly scoping out other So listen up fellow culinarily compromised fondue-for-two with positive results. With this singles. Over wine romantics — men and women alike — be- promotion, Fresh Direct customers have the and cheese, atten- cause I have discovered the secret to a memo- choice of ordering the fondues-for-two with dees can make new rable, fun and sexy dinner: fondue for two. or without the fondue pot. Despite two bridal friends and tour the Need more con- showers and a wed- Berry nice: Each fondue-for-two package from Fresh Direct comes with strawberries, pineap- Aquarium to discov- vincing? This year, ding, we had re- ple and poundcake to dip in melted chocolate in a chocolate bread bowl. er how marine ani- Valentine’s Day falls DINING mained fondue pot- mals, such as the pen- on a Monday. So if less, so we merrily First, we cracked open the salad. The After the oil is heated on the stove and then guins, at right, fall in love, you’d rather entertain “Fondue for Two” can be ordered — de- chose the more ex- crispy Caesar salad — it is included with all transferred to the fondue pot, the fun begins. er, procreate. pending on where you live — from www.freshdi- in the warmth of rect.com now for delivery on Feb. 12, Feb. 13 pensive with-pot op- of the fondues-for-two — came with little We were supplied five sauces to dip the The event takes place from 7 pm to 9:30 pm, your home, Hugh and Feb. 14. Classic cheese fondue for two is tion. packages of Parmesan cheese, hearty crou- cooked meat cubes: a mild, buttery pesto and is limited to singles age 21 and older. Admis- Hefner-style in your $89.99 with fondue pot included ($59.99 with- We felt that the tons and dressing. All that was needed was a mayo; a nasal passage-clearing mustard black sion is $34 and includes beer and wine, hors out fondue pot); seafood fondue for two is PJs, rather than brav- $99.99 with fondue pot ($69.99 without); meat fondues-for-two that bowl to toss it in. pepper; a mild Asian peanut dip; (too) sweet d’oeuvres and on-site parking. For reservations, call ing the cold, Fresh fondue for two is $129.99 with fondue pot we sampled were a With the cheese fondue, a container full of teriyaki glaze; and a frothy, creamy wasabi (718) 265-3448. The Aquarium is located on Surf Direct has created ($99.99 without); and surf ‘n’ turf fondue for two great value, because Gruyere and Swiss cheeses, white wine and dip. We enjoyed sampling the different sauces Avenue at West Eighth Street in Coney Island. several fondue-for- is $139.99 with fondue pot ($109.99 without). they came with a Cae- garlic is melted in the microwave and poured on the meat and even on the assorted pre- — Lisa J. Curtis two packages that are sar salad, the fondue into the fondue pot. Cubed ham, pre-cooked cooked vegetables. (With the meat fondue, ready to be delivered entree, the chocolate fingerling and creamer potatoes, broccoli and the crimini mushrooms and sunchokes prom- to your door. (Provided, that is, that you are in fondue dessert and breakfast in bed for the fol- cauliflower florets, a ripe green apple and a pic- ised on the label were missing.) one of their delivery areas, which you can de- lowing day. ture-perfect cluster of green grapes are provided But there was more to come. termine on their Web site.) To begin, the fondues-for-two are as fancy for dipping with long skewers along with Rather than having to wash out the fondue CINEMA Fresh Direct chef Michael Stark, formerly or as casual as you want to make them. Use French bread. We enjoyed the different flavor pot for reuse, we poured the chocolate dip- of Tribeca Grill, has created four sumptuous china and crystal or disposable plates. combinations. Our only complaint was that the ping sauce (after it was heated in the mi- fondue-for-two menus that considerably de- You also provide the bottle of wine, cham- majority of the vegetables — potatoes and cau- crowave) into the pre-hollowed mini choco- crease the amount of time you spend in the pagne or beer that will help both of you ease liflower — was noticeably monochromatic. late boule (bread bowl). Talking sex kitchen and increase the amount of fun you’ll out of work mode and into your evening to- With the meat fondue-for-two, perfect When I was younger, I thought only a bou- have playing with your food. (And I promise, gether. The delivery comes with clear, step- cubes of raw filet mignon, prime rib and loin quet of long-stemmed red roses could set my Attention Romeo wannabes and aspiring Lotharios: you’ll enjoy tipping the intrepid delivery per- by-step instructions to help you do the mini- of lamb arrive in a container already gar- heart aflutter. Now, I find that the sight of as part of its “Best of the African Diaspora Film Festi- sonnel less than the 15 percent you’ll fork mal preparation that remains to be done. nished with greenery, so it’s easy to make an long-stemmed, lusciously ripe strawberries val,” BAMcinematek will screen Mya B’s four-part inviting display when transferred to a serving has the same effect. documentary, “Silence: In Search of Black Female platter. (We recommend pre-seasoning them Imagine dipping the gargantuan berries as Sexuality.” The Fort with a sprinkle of sea salt and pepper while well as fresh, juicy chunks of pineapple and Greene filmmaker’s doc, you heat the oil for the fondue pot.) slices of moist, weighty pound cake into qual- which explores issues of The elaborate fondue pot set came with lit- ity melted chocolate. female sexuality in black tle dishes to serve the sauces, as well as saf- This was our downfall. There was hardly culture, will be screened flower oil (to fry the meat) and Sterno to keep any energy left for a goodnight smooch with on Valentine’s Day at the oil warm in the pot. chocolate-smudged lips after we greedily 6:50 pm (followed by a While the meat fondue also comes with the chowed down all of that fruit and cake. (We Q&A with Mya B., pic- Caesar salad, vegetables and two loaves of did summon the strength to store the leftover tured) and Feb. 15 at 4:30 bread, instead of cheese, the oil is preheated chocolate-filled boule in the fridge for anoth- pm. on the stove and poured into the fondue pot. er day.) In “Silence,” black For novice cooks, this seemed the most po- Yet somehow, despite the gluttony, one can women in Chicago, of tentially dangerous task, as the directions in- still awake hungry for breakfast the next all ages, backgrounds structed me to heat the oil to 370 degrees — morning. The last Fresh Direct box yielded and professions, speak which can be difficult to gauge for someone coffee, fresh-squeezed orange juice from out for the first time about their sexual wants, needs who doesn’t have an appropriate thermome- Lambeth Groves, fruit salad and four buttery and desires, aiming to clarify historical sexual mis-

/ Lisa J. Curtis ter — or until a piece of bread thrown into the croissants that were positively perfect after conceptions about black women and reveal the truth oil browns quickly. five minutes in the oven. It gave us the forti- about their sexuality in their own words. Because I was overcautious (two fire tude to wipe off the safflower oil splatters BAMcinematek is located at 30 Lafayette Ave. at trucks came to my rescue the last time I heat- from the stovetop and wash the dinner dishes. Ashland Place in Fort Greene. Tickets are $10; $7 ed oil), the oil seemed to take forever to The whole experience left us wishing that for students 25 and under (with valid I.D. Monday

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn warm. For those who identify with my cook- Valentine’s Day would arrive more than once through Thursday, except holidays) and seniors. Say cheese: The cheese fondue-for-two includes a Caesar salad and loaves of ing-with-oil anxiety, I say, just keep a fire ex- a year. Perhaps now that we have our fondue For more information, call (718) 636-4100 or bread, fruits, vegetables and cubed ham for dipping. tinguisher handy. pot, it will. visit www.bam.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

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All Serrano’s signature appetizer, the nachos Sunday-Thursday: 11am - 11pm smoked meats come with your choice of two Cantina ‘Don Chucho,’ which has stewed chipotle Friday & Saturday: 11am - 12 midnight sides and you can pick your own barbecue 494 Fourth Ave. at 11th Street, (718) 369- chicken with onions and avocado, cream and sauce from a list of six. Try the barbecued Saturday & Sunday Brunch: 11am - 4pm 5850, (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: some cheese “which is nice with beers.” brisket, spiced Maryland ham marinated in $8.50-$14.95. Chef Jesus (Megan’s husband) cooks dishes pineapple juice with honey and cayenne pep- On the edge of Park Slope, you’ll find owner influenced by the flavors from his hometown per, or tangy Carolina pulled pork marinated Esteban Chauca’s dark and sultry Mexican in the mountains of Guerrero — and from the in apple cider vinegar, ancho chili, cumin and restaurant with 13 margarita flavors and kitchen of his mother Heleodora “Lolita” garlic. Open daily for lunch and dinner. more than 30 varieties of specialty tequila. Vivar. Megan says this is very different from Chef Juan Carreon makes “chiles rellenos,” a Tex-Mex cuisine, which features lots of melt- mild poblano chili filled with cheese, bat- ed cheeses and creams. “We have really Samms tered to a crisp, and topped with a dollop of authentic food,” she said. “For example, we 8901 Third Ave. at 89th Street, (718) 238- chili sauce made with tomato, jalapeno and a have rich complex mole sauces over our 0606 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$26. SAMM S touch of the pungent herb epazote. For the chicken — it’s not smothered in cheese.” Along with subdued lighting and the sounds “chiles en nogada,” he fills a poblano pep- ’ / Jori Klein Jesus’ menu features vegetarian options (in of jazz, Samms offers a raw bar with littleneck everyone’s neighborhood favorite per with picadillo, a mixture of ground beef, clams, oysters or jumbo shrimp served with finely chopped onion, grated orange peel part, because Megan is a vegetarian) such as good times • great food soups, a vegetarian tamale, cactus salad, horseradish and cocktail sauce. Appetizers and dark raisins, and coats it in a tangy, nutty include warm homemade “bocconcini (little light sauce topped with pomegranate seeds. soups and more. This intimate restaurant, which seats 22, features artwork by Mexican mouthfuls)” mozzarella wrapped in prosciutto On Valentine’s Day, Carreon will offer a spe- served over grilled tomatoes and drizzled with cial dish. Open daily for lunch and dinner. folk artists including a traditional woven top, the huipil, which the restaurant is named for. balsamic vinaigrette; Prince Edward Island Ask about special dishes on Valentine’s Day. mussels served in a white wine and tomato Cielo Cafe Papers file The Brooklyn garlic sauce; and pan roasted lump crab cake El Huipil serves lunch and dinner daily; and Be mine: Marco Polo chef Bruno Milone is offering a romantic menu with mixed greens, home-made tartar and 243 Degraw Street at Clinton Street, (718) breakfast is served from 11 am to closing. remoulade sauce. Entrees range from grilled 643-1588, (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa), for Valentine’s Day in his Carroll Gardens restaurant. marinated skirt steak topped with crispy fried Entrees: $9.50-$11.50. Grand Prospect onions served in a Merlot reduction with roast- Owner Joseph Martusciello proudly declares ed vegetables and pesto mashed potatoes to lichee nuts — which, by the way, are not nuts table, the “fettuccine al vino rosso,” or red that everything at Cielo Cafe is made on the the old-fashioned homemade meatloaf. Open Hall at all, but actually large seeds containing wine fettuccine, is tossed in a Parmesan premises, where chef Andrea Ramsey serves Tuesday through Sunday for dinner. Closed 263 Prospect Ave. at Fifth Avenue, (718) sweet and succulent fruit. Open Monday cheese wheel. For dessert, the strawberry a variety of specialties, including the cajun Monday, except Feb. 14. Look for specials on 788-0777, www.grandprospecthall.com. through Saturday (for lunch and dinner) and flambe made with fresh berries, champagne classic burger, baked salmon, pork vindaloo Valentine’s Day weekend. and southern fried chicken with sweet pota- Built for high society, in 1892, the magnificent Sunday from 2 pm to 10 pm. and sugar, is heated and then rolled into a to fries. For dessert, Martusciello recom- triple-balcony ballroom is where the great crepe and topped with ice cream right before your eyes. Marco Polo is open daily 8901 Third Ave. (at 89th St.) Bay Ridge mends the warm peach cobbler. Themed Enrico Caruso sang and Fred and Adele The Oak Room Samurai Sam’s weekend brunches are served from 10 am to Astaire danced. The opulent ballrooms and for lunch and dinner. A special a la carte 115 Court St. at State Street, (718) 246- • (718) 238-0606 3 pm. Open Tuesday through Sunday, for suites can host 50 to 8,000 revelers and are Supper Club menu will be offered for Valentine’s Day. 2830, Entrees: $4-$6.75. lunch and dinner. On Feb. 14, a three-course available to rent for weddings, parties and (at Grand Prospect Hall) 263 Prospect business events. See The Oak Room Supper Try one of Sam’s specialties, the “yaki soba” Open for Dinner: Tuesday - Sunday Valentine’s Day dinner will be served. Ave. at Fifth Avenue, (718) 788-0777, Club listing for more information. Michael’s (wok-stirred noodles and fresh grilled veg- www.grandprospecthall.com (AmEx, MC, gies) or teriyaki prawns (includes two skewers www.sammsrestaurantny.com 2929 Ave. R at Nostrand Avenue, (718) Dish Visa) Entrees: $18-$30. 998-7851, www.michaelsofbrooklyn.com of grilled shrimp served on a bed of rice, plus Graziella’s a salad.) Appetizers include grilled egg rolls 9208 Third Ave. at 92nd Street, (718) 238- In the Oak Room Restaurant & Supper Club, (AmEx, Carte Blanche, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) RESTAURANT LOUNGE 232 Vanderbilt Ave. at DeKalb Avenue, contained within the ornate, restored 114- Entrees: $18-$30. and cucumber rolls. Chicken, steak or vege- 2323, (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$50. tarian teriyaki wraps are served with rice, (718) 789-5663 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) year-old Grand Prospect Hall, executive chef More than 40 years ago, Michael Cacace Amid bamboo plants and leather sofas, wait- Michel Aytekin serves up surf and turf with green pepper, onion, cabbage and zucchini, Entrees: $11-$17. opened a small pizzeria with three tables and ers serve up chef Jeff Lam’s wide range of fusion touches and magnificent fish entrees wrapped in a fresh flour tortilla, and served in Last May, Louis Devivo and Vito Randazzo a takeout window. Today, his sons Fred and sushi, sashimi and noodles in this Asian- using only market-fresh ingredients. The Oak Samurai Sam’s “famous” teriyaki sauce. Party opened the doors at Graziella’s to Italian food John preside over an elegant restaurant in French fusion restaurant. The house cocktail Room’s glamorous main dining room fea- trays are also available. Open Monday lovers in Clinton Hill. In addition to friendly Sheepshead Bay with a spacious dining is a lichee martini made with lichee and lime tures a wall-to-wall mural of a hunting scene through Saturday for lunch and dinner. servers, a blazing fire from an authentic wood- room and linen-covered tables. A pianist juices. Choose from appetizers like “Lord of lit with bugle-shaped sconces and gold bro- Closed Sundays. burning brick oven greets customers in the plays every night on a baby grand. Chef Happy Valentine’s Day the Ring” (baked salmon with crab meat) or cade chairs that accompany expansive round John Pesci’s hot seafood antipasto for two “Dynamite” (baked scallop, shrimp and dining room, where Antonio Iannelli bakes all tables. Call ahead for their live music line-up includes grilled octopus, calamari oreganato, Taqueria D.F.I. mushrooms). The funky list of specialty rolls kinds of pizza. One of his specialties is the on Saturday nights. On Valentine’s Day, fes- shrimp scampi, baked clams and mussels includes the “Firehouse” (shrimp tempura “pescatore pizza” covered with various types tivities begin at noon with live music and a 709 Fifth Ave. at 22nd Street, (718) 499- and banana topped with spicy tuna) and the of seafood in marinara sauce. The menu complimentary rose for the ladies. A three- marinara. A cabernet sauce accompanies 2969, www.tacoman.com (AmEx, MC, e “Excellent” (smoked salmon, capers, aspara- includes classic Italian dishes such as the beef course, $35 prix-fixe menu will be offered juicy rack of lamb. Located on a quiet street, Visa) Entrees: $6-$7.50. Michael’s might have been one of Brooklyn’s Fin gus, onion, masago and mayo topped with lasagna with fresh mozzarella. One of head from noon until 5 pm, with a $70 prix-fixe Owner Pedro Moran serves up “San black and red tobiko). The sushi bar lunch- chef Milton Roebe’s specialties is the seafood menu from 7 pm until midnight. hidden treasures if word hadn’t gotten out Francisco-style” Cal-Mex cuisine at Taqueria ts risotto. From May through September, take years ago — mostly from satisfied customers ar eon special is $10 and includes any two rolls D.F.I. His menu offers an array of appetizers ♥He served with soup or salad. A rear garden advantage of the rooftop dining with a view of who return from all over the metropolitan including a variety of chillis (meat, veggie and accommodates 60 diners. Open daily for the Manhattan skyline. Open daily for lunch Marco Polo area. Their pastry shop is located across the soy), tamales, tostados and cheesy corn on ts and dinner. A four-course, $50 prix fixe street. Open Tuesday through Sunday for f lunch and dinner. Every Monday, Tuesday the cob. Mix and match from the lists of ra Valentine’s Day dinner will be served. Ristorante lunch and dinner. Closed Monday. & C♥ and Wednesday, chef Lam offers 20 percent soups, salads, “Mission-style” burritos, fajitas, off your entire bill. For Valentine’s Day, a five- 345 Court St. at Union Street, (718) 852- enchilada and quesadillas. Also serves rotis- course, $65 prix fixe dinner with a compli- Lichee Nut 5015, www.marcopoloristorante.com Pearl Room serie chicken. Quench your thirst with some- mentary bottle of wine will be served. (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: thing from their juice bar or a Mexican soda. 162 Montague St. at Clinton Street, $12.95-$18.95. 8201 Third Ave. at 82nd Street, (718) 833- For dessert, Taqueria serves up homemade El Huipil downstairs, (718) 522-5565 (AmEx, DC, One of Brooklyn’s most elegant dining 6666 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12-$26. flan and more. Weekend brunch served from FINE CRAFTS: Pottery & Stemware MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.50-12.95. rooms, Marco Polo boasts valet parking, a This elegantly appointed, 6-year-old restau- 11 am-4 pm. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Stained Glass • Silks & Wearables 116A Sullivan St. at Conover streets, (718) This Brooklyn Heights Chinese restaurant has formally dressed and knowledgeable wait rant offers American cuisine with an empha- Jewelry • Wood • Paper 855-4548, (Cash only) Entrees: $4.95-$8.95. had several locations, owners and chefs, but staff and a sophisticated menu that reflects sis on fresh seafood. Chef and owner Owned and operated by local artisans since 1994 Opened in mid-October, El Huipil restaurant throughout has maintained the high quality the taste of its owner, Joe Chirico, a veteran Anthony Rinaldi’s latest specials include avo- Toro is styled after a traditional Mexican “fonda,” that has kept customers coming back for restaurateur. Marco Polo has an Italian menu cado crab Napoleon with “lemon leblanc” 1 Front St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) 625- 221a Court Street (corner of Warren St.) where families and people of all economic more than 20 years. Owner Jerry Shen has that includes an array of hot and cold appe- (Rinaldi’s own creamy white-wine-lemon 0300 (AmEx, MC, Visa), Entrees: $7-$28. backgrounds are welcome to come and dedicated himself to keeping the restau- tizers, soups, salads, homemade pasta, fish, sauce), and an oven-roasted Persian snapper Executive chef Dudley Nieto and sushi chef • OPEN:Tue-Sat 11-7; Sun 11-6 • (718) 330-0343 enjoy, explained owner Megan Serrano. rant’s fare authentic. Chef Eric Wu cooks in chicken, veal, steaks and chops prepared by with fresh crab meat and truffle sauce. But Richard Fong create Spanish and Japanese There are many finger foods offered, such as both Szechuan and Cantonese styles and chef Bruno Milone. The dessert wagon offers Pearl Room also serves filet mignon, shell fusion food in this newly opened tapas and tamales, deep-fried tacos and quesadillas; prepares a broad spectrum of dishes. The pastries, cakes, tortes, fruits, sorbet and steaks, chicken and veal dishes, salads and sushi lounge. Specialties include the churras- families or groups of diners can order many house special is a generous plate of jumbo homemade gelato. Marco Polo is best pastas. The cantaloupe-sized vanilla ice co (grilled skirt steak) with chimichurri sauce and share. Serrano recommends Chef Jesus shrimp sauteed with Chinese vegetables and known for its tableside preparation. At your cream ball — fried in banana bread — is a and the double-cut pork chop marinated in brine served with wasabi mashed potatoes. Not Stuffy “Spanasia” ballroom available for private par- Elegantly Casual – ties. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Serving your Family & Friends since 1964. Vesuvio Sweet! 7305 Third Ave. at 73rd Street, (718) 745- 0222 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$20. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, rin Siegfried, of Fifth Avenue’s Red This charming Bay Ridge restaurant is a pizza husband-and-wife team Jon Payson White & Bubbly, will design the parlor on one side and a sit-down dining room on the other side. Established in 1953, experience for and Naomi Josepher have opened wine list. This is a dining Vesuvio pizzeria and restaurant will please ard eating as The Chocolate Room, a chocolate But, of course, there are also the everyone at your table whether they’re in the people who reg ajor pleasures. boutique and dessert emporium on chocolates — all-natural confec- mood for appetizers and formal entrees or one of life's m heros, burgers and gourmet pizzas. For PAPERS Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue. tions by Knipschildt Chocolatier – THE BROOKLYN starters, there’s deep-fried mozzarella, hot The cafe-cum-retail shop’s offer- are sold by the pound in pretty pa- and cold antipasto platters and “zuppa di ings include chocolate crepes with per gift boxes. The Signature Col- mussels.” Fresh pastas (fettuccine, tortellini, Parties for up to 200 caramelized pears and fresh lection includes bite-size treats gnocchi and cavatelli) can be topped with a * * * * * * * long list of sauces. Among the entrees whipped cream, espresso chocolate with women’s names: Helena, a there’s chicken in a rosemary, garlic and olive Enjoy piano music nightly flan with dulce de leche ice cream, white chocolate truffle rolled in oil marinade; grilled veal chop; tender veal * * * * * * * and chocolate fondue for two with lightly toasted coconut, and Keiko, scaloppine; and more. The dessert list fea- Park in our private lot tures all your favorites: tiramisu, Italian fresh fruit, pound cake and home- a bittersweet ganache topped with cheesecake, spumoni, tortoni and tartufo. made marshmallows. The cafe also pink peppercorns (pictured far offers cupcakes, cookies and right). brownies. The Chocolate Room, at 86 Fifth = Full review available at On Feb. 14, pastry chef Mar- Ave. between St. Marks Place and

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By Paulanne Simmons the man Jeffrey calls “the godfather of for The Brooklyn Papers hip-hop.” “He’s not what’s happening now,” ubtle Changes Dance Company said Jeffrey. “But his voice has more will present a tribute to the influ- passion than most of my generation Sential poet and musician Gil has today.” Scott-Heron at BRIC Studio this “The Revolution Will Not Be Tele- month. vised,” Heron’s most famous song, is a Scott-Heron, who was born in 1949, polemic against the major media, “It Oozes Romance” is best known for “The Bottle,” “Jo- which ignored the deteriorating condi- - DAILY NEWS hannesburg,” “Winter in America” and tion of the inner cities. “The Revolution Will Not Be Tele- “In the ‘70s we got so used to vised” — political and African-Ameri- watching television, we did not think Armando Braswell can-centric works we had to get out Homage to Heron: Subtle Changes Dance Company presents “The that were seminal into the battle- Statement: 7th Draft,” featuring dancer Mayte Natalio. to the Black Power field,” said Jef- Marco Polo movement. DANCE frey. “But when black enough,” Jeffrey said. “There is For Jeffrey, dance is “about whatev- The tribute, “The Statement: 7th Draft” will be the revolution a solo about a woman’s personal jour- er I’m feeling or thinking. It’s about RISTORANTE “The Statement: performed by Subtle Changes Dance begins, it will not ney and her acceptance of her failures passion, rhythm and depth — what Company on Feb. 18 and Feb. 19 at 8 7th Draft,” has pm and Feb. 20 at 3 pm. Tickets are be televised. as well as her understanding of the makes it interesting to dance to.” Scott- Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn been choreo- $25, $50 (includes a post-show recep- You’ll have to be next step she has to take — moving Heron’s anger and fervor have clearly graphed by Subtle tion on Feb. 18). BRIC Studio is located there.” past herself and realizing she is her been a motivating force to Jeffrey. at 57 Rockwell Place, 2nd floor, be- Change’s artistic tween Dekalb Avenue and Fulton Street “The State- own worst enemy. There is a celebra- “Gil Scott-Heron’s work has contin- director, Roger C. in Fort Greene. For tickets and more in- ment: 7th Draft,” tion of the group, because we have to uously inspired me to question and 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 Jeffrey, a former formation, call (718) 527-2011, Ext. 1. which Jeffrey has unite out of love and not out of hate. seek answers beyond the common member of Twyla choreographed for We have to work together out of right- mediocrity. ‘The Statement: 7th Draft’ Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • Tharp’s Tharp! 10 dancers, cele- eousness.” has become my most humble approach Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak brates poetry and its unique relation- Guest artists participating in “The towards thanking Mr. Heron for his Dance Project. For the 30-year-old ship with movement. It also relates to Statement” include tap dancer Ayodele courage, consistency and presence,” choreographer, “The Statement” the subject matter about which Scott- Casel, vocalist Sandra Jeffrey, MTV2 says Jeffrey. Scott-Heron recently per- seems to be an act of love. Heron wrote and sang. The evening- host Amanda Diva and author-per- formed at Jazz at Lincoln Center and “Heron was very brave,” Jeffrey length work is comprised of 12 vi- former Carl Hancock Rux. performs twice a year at SOBs in Man- told GO Brooklyn. “The questions he gnettes laced with iconic quotes and Founded in 1997, Subtle Changes is hattan. asked are very important. There is no music from Scott-Heron, with addi- committed to effecting change through “I was taught to praise people while one like him in my generation.” tional music from Dick Gregory, performance and education in the arts. they are still alive,” said Jeffrey. “What TORO It was Scott-Heron’s aggressive Ryuchi Sakamoto, Donny Hathaway The company has performed at Lin- I’m doing is holding up a large horn N Now Open for Dinner street poetry and songwriting skills that and D’Bi Young. coln Center Out of Doors, Aaron [as is traditionally done in Africa] to let inspired many contemporary rappers. “There is a duet about two brothers Davis’ E-Moves program, the Dan- people know what’s going on, to let 4pm to midnight Despite his contributions, many young who fight against each other because cenow Festival, Judson Church, P.S. everyone know how important [Gil 7 days a week African-Americans don’t know about one brother believes the other isn’t 122 and the Riverside Church. Scott-Heron] is.” O “Manon” (Feb. 25) is Clouzot’s 1949 adaptation about the squalid life of the W beautiful prostitute whose eventual decline climaxes in her death; and the director’s Inspecting Clouzot penultimate film, 1960’s “La Verite” (showing Feb. 24), stars sex kitten Brigitte Bardot Director’s flicks deliver the goosebumps at BAM in a role that showed that, yes, O she could act. The script was By Kevin Filipski history: even the many rip-offs cowritten by Clouzot and wife for The Brooklyn Papers that have since come in its wake Vera, who died that same year have not dulled its impact. at age 46 of a heart attack, a cir- he very first image is of The other entries in the series cumstance eerily similar to the P cockroaches scampering consolidate Clouzot’s reputa- demise of her “Diabolique” Ton the ground, tied to tion as a talented maker of character. strings that a boy manipulates. thrillers. “The Raven” (1943), Though Clouzot was often Rarely has a movie begun opening the series Feb. 18, was called “The French Hitchcock,” E with such an obvious if potent only the young director’s sec- that moniker ignores the fact metaphor for what ensues in ond feature, but it already that Clouzot was a filmmaker the next two and a half hours. showed him to be a master of of great finesse and variety. The Best Spanish & But “The Wages of Fear,” Hen- the genre with its creepy story What closes the BAM series is N ri-Georges Clouzot’s masterly of a French village’s response a case in point. 1953 exploration of exploita- to an anonymous sender of poi- “The Mystery of Picasso” Asian Fusion in NYC tion, greed and courage amid son-pen letters that threaten (showing March 2) is a fasci- horrid conditions, actually seemingly every prominent nating experiment: filming a Executive Chef Dudley Nieto manages to live up to, and even person in the village — particu- great artist as he paints in an at- Sushi Chef Richard Fong surpass, that grimy beginning. larly one Dr. Germain. The par- tempt to divine how art is creat- As the centerpiece of BAM- Inspired ‘Psycho’: Henri-Georges Clouzot’s films, includ- allels between the movie’s ed. The 1956 movie’s spoken • Tapas and Sushi Lounge cinematek’s series “Murder and ing 1954’s influential “Diabolique” (above), will be characters and the then-ongoing introduction begins by lament- Malice: Henri-Georges Clou- screened Feb. 18 through March 2 at BAMcinematek. Nazi occupation of France were ing the fact that there is no • Tao Dining Room zot,” “The Wages of Fear” painful for many to stomach. record of Rimbaud’s thoughts • Spanasia Ballroom (showing Feb. 19) is one of Still another terrific film noir as he wrote his poetry or available for private parties those movies that, once seen, is Gug, E. Muse and Henri Rust). other classic: “Diabolique” thriller is 1947’s “Quai des Or- Mozart as he composed his never forgotten. Watching four It also contains several se- (showing Feb. 26). Starring the fevres” (showing Feb. 27), star- symphonies; however, painters criminals haul trucks loaded quences that are among the most director’s wife Vera Clouzot ring Louis Jouvet as a police in- can be captured in the act of 1 Front Street at old Fulton St. with nitroglycerine over forbid- goosebump-inducing ever com- and Simone Signoret, “Diabo- spector investigating an creating, and it’s more visually next to Grimaldi’s in Fulton Ferry by the Brooklyn Bridge ding Central American terrain mitted to celluloid. I dare you to lique” is a nail-bit- interesting to boot. might not seem like most view- try not to fall out of your seat as ing thriller that Picasso paints many canvas- Fax: 718 625-4488 718 625-0300 ers’ idea of a good time, and it’s you squirm while watching the spawned countless CINEMA es in “The Mystery of Picasso”; definitely not. But that wasn’t men attempt to cross a rickety imitators. It even in- at the age of 75 and showing “Murder and Malice: Henri-Georges Clouzot’s intent: instead, he wooden bridge, get rid of a huge fluenced Hitchcock Clouzot” runs at the BAMcinematek (30 off his still formidable physique created one of the greatest sus- boulder in their path or drive himself, especially Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort (he’s bare-chested), his ego is pense pictures ever made, and through a quickly rising pool of Hitch’s own bizarre Greene) from Feb. 18 to March 2. Tickets as large as ever. Clouzot’s cam- are $10. For a complete list of films, screen- its lasting legacy is more than mucky oil. classic, “Psycho.” ing dates and times, call (718) 636-4100 or era simply records what the the mere fact that it made Even though it was a success If you’ve only visit the Web site at www.bam.org. man is painting, even if it is, lit- French heartthrob Yves Mon- everywhere it played, the ver- seen the tepid 1995 erally, throwaway stuff. 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(718) Familiar ‘Ring’: Steve Velardi as Bilbo Baggins in The Heights Players production of 415 Atlantic Ave. (718) 237-1246. Kissing discount: On Valentine’s host a meeting to present a 30-minute BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Brooklyn Power Point presentation to give con- 951-4600. “The Hobbit.” Conservatory of Music celebrates the Day, any couple (18 and older) text and background into the thinking GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The School month with “Maurice Peress: From that smooches at Schnack of the new park. Group discussion fol- for Scandal,” a comedy of manners in Dvorak to Ellington.” 3 pm. 58 restaurant in the Columbia Wa- lows. 6 pm to 8 pm. Call for location. the English language. $15, $12 children Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Free. (718) 802-0603. 12 and younger and seniors. 8 pm. 199 BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Mozart terfront District gets a banana PARTY: Celebration of Chinese New Year 14th St. (718) 595-0547. program. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry split for just $2.45. and a fundraiser for Camp Brooklyn. BRIC STUDIO: presents a dance homage Landing. (718) 624-4061. $25 includes a Chinese banquet. 6:30 to poet Gil Scott-Heron. $25, $50 BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- pm. Jade Plaza Restaurant, corner of (includes reception). 8 pm. 57 Rockwell Place. (718) 527-2011. forming Arts at Brooklyn College pres- pm. 5406 Fourth Ave. (718) 439-8978. 61st Street and Eighth Avenue. (718) ents The Moiseyev Dance Company, a Free. 802-3531. CHILDREN Russian folkloric dance troupe. $40, BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Mozart V-DAY: “The Vagina Monologues.” 7 pm. $45. 8 pm. Walt Whitman Hall, one See Mon, Feb. 14. FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central program. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry branch, presents “Shrek” (2001). 11 Ring bearers block from the intersection of Flatbush Landing. (718) 624-4061. and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. am. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Hobbit.” 2 pm. Free. ST. 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Celebrate Black History Month with a “Stand and Deliver: Political Activism, Heights Players has produced the Goblins. wrote so famously about, it musical journey through historic Leadership and Hip-Hop Culture,” a HERBS FOR HEALTH: Brooklyn Botanic TEEN ARTS: Brooklyn Arts Exchange Garden offers “Native Herbs for the a version of “The Hobbit” that Afterwards he meets Gol- appears that Tolkien himself Weeksville with African drumbeats and new style of activism. 7 pm. Grand hosts a series of workshops for Winter Blues.” Experience a traditional blues music. $6, $4 students and sen- Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. is both child-friendly and un- lum and accidentally finds the never made such pretentions teenagers in dance, acting, play writ- iors. 3 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. (718) healing ritual and learn from an herbal ing, auditioning, yoga and more. 10 222-4111. slide show presentation. $31, $29 pretentious. magic ring that will change about his work. am to noon. Also, higher education Directed and designed by his life. In the foreword to “The BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a sto- members. 10 am to 1 pm. 1000 opportunities in dance and theater for THURS, FEB 17 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220. Bill Wood, this “Hobbit” de- Awhile later Baggins and Lord of the Rings” he writes, students and parents. Noon to 1 pm. ries and art hour for kids, presents Workshops continue from 2:15 pm to “Where You Live.” $6, $3 seniors and LUNCH AND LEARN: Congregation MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM: In honor of lightfully creates “I cordially dislike allegory in 6 pm. Finally, teens perform at 8 pm. students, free for members and chil- Mount Sinai presents Karen D. Black History Month, Brooklyn Museum the world of little all its manifestations, and al- $5 donation. 544 Seventh Ave. (718) dren under 12. 200 Eastern Parkway. Goldman, PhD, in a talk “The Give and screens “The Art of Romare Bearden” 832-0018. Free. (718) 638-5000. Take of Communication.” $5 includes (2003). 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm. 200 people with hairy THEATER ways have done so since I Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. PUPPETWORKS: presents classic stories PUPPETWORKS: “The Snow Queen” and light lunch. 11:45 am. 250 Cadman feet, mischievous grew old and wary enough to “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” 12:30 Plaza West. Reservations necessary. COMMUNITY DRAWING: Brooklyn The Heights Players’ production of by Hans Christian Andersen: “The elves and supercil- detect its presence.” Snow Queen” and “The Emperor’s pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., Feb. 12. (718) 875-9124. Museum supplies drawing tools, paint, “The Hobbit” runs through Feb. 20, Fri- collage materials and music in the form ious dwarfs. Josh days and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at He further claimed that New Clothes.” $7 kids, $8 adults. OTHER DANCE: YWCA of Brooklyn features the 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. Creative Outlet Dance Theater featur- of improvisational jazz while partici- Pearson is regal 2 pm. Tickets are $12, $10 students and “The Lord of the Rings” is PRESSURE SCREENING: offered by the pants supply ideas and contribute to a seniors. The Heights Players theater is lo- Reservations necessary. (718) 965- ing a program of West African, jazz and austere as the “neither allegorical nor topi- 3391. office of Assemblyman Cymbrowitz. 9 and hip-hop dance. 6:30 pm. 30 Third community drawing. $8, $4 students cated at 26 Willow Place between State am to 2 pm. 1800 Sheepshead Bay and seniors, free for members and chil- wizard Gandalf, cal,” and it seems safe to as- BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Ave. (718) 875-1190. Free. and Joralemon streets in Brooklyn Heights. Road. (800) 682-5558. dren 12 and younger. 1 pm to 3 pm. and Sam Greene For reservations call (718) 237-2752 or visit sume that “The Hobbit” was hosts a “Discover Weeksville” work- READING: Long Island University hosts its 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. www.heightsplayers.org. shop. Learn about archaeology, music MYSTIC TEACHINGS: Bay Ridge Jewish multicultural “Voices of the Rainbow” almost steals the written in the same straight- and history of this Bedford-Stuyvesant Center presents Maggid, storyteller reading series. Today: Ishle Yi Park, MUSIC: Macy’s and the Romare Bearden show as the evil, forward manner. area. Shuttle van tours at 12:30 pm, 2 extraordinaire. Learn about the essence poet laureate of Queens, reads. Noon. Foundation host a celebration honoring hissing Gollum. Despite its complexity (it pm and 3:30 pm. Workshop from 1 of Jewish mysticism. $10 includes Library Learning Center, room 124, Romare Bearden, the artist. Event fea- pm to 5 pm. $4, free for members. breakfast. Reservations necessary. 10 intersection of Flatbush Avenue and tures “The New Cookers” band. 3 pm. This dramatization by Patri- the dwarfs come upon Murk- contains references to Norse 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. am. 405 81st Street. (718) 836-3103. DeKalb Avenue. (718) 488-1011. Free. Fulton Mall, 420 Fulton St. Free. cia Gray (a version authorized wood Forest where they meet mythology and the Anglo- PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical BARNES AND NOBLE: Jennifer Huntley BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Murder and by Tolkien before his death in the wood elves and are taken Saxon epic “Beowolf”), “The OTHER Culture presents a talk “Brooklyn reads from her book “Eight Days in Malice: Henri-Georges Clouzot” film BAMCINEMATEK: presents The Best of Immigrants at Risk: What Can Be Done Provence.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) series. Today: “Wages of Fear” (1953). 1973) does not pretend to be a hostage. But because the ring Hobbit” is a fairytale, com- the African Diaspora Film Festival. to Help?” 11 am. 53 Prospect Park 246-4996. Free. $10. 3 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. parable of human existence or has the power to make the plete with wizards, dragons, Today: “Kirikou and the Sorceress” West. (718) 768-2972. KABBALA: Series on day-to-day applica- a symbolic battle between wearer invisible, Baggins trolls, goblins, elves and slimy (1998). 2 pm. “Au Pair Chocolat” JEWISH LEARNING: Park Slope Jewish tion of teachings of the Jewish (2004). 4:30 pm. “Raise Your Voice” Center offers a talk, ”Judaism and Re- Kabbala. Rabbi Dovber Pinson leads. 7 good and evil. The funny little manages to slip away. Eventu- creatures. If it has a message, UN EB (2004). 6:50 pm. “How to Conquer productive Rights.” $15, $10 mem- pm. Congregation B’nai Jacob, 401 S , F 20 men are a bit silly and the evil ally, the cranky little fellow it’s the message of all good America in One Night” (2004). 9:30 bers. 2 pm to 4 pm. Eighth Avenue and Ninth St. (718) 965-9836. Free. monsters are not very scary. prevails over all these obsta- fairytales — that good tri- pm. $10 per film. 30 Lafayette Ave. 14th Street. (718) 768-1453. BARGEMUSIC: presents a program of De PERFORMANCE Of course, there’s plenty of cles and manages to return umphs over evil, that obedi- (718) 636-4100. DINNER DANCE: Our Lady of Solace Falla, Debussy and Dvorak. $35. 7:30 BLACK COMPOSERS: Brooklyn MEETING: Older Women’s League meets hosts a Valentine’s party. $70. 2 pm to pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624- Conservatory of Music presents com- fighting, with and without safe and sound to his quiet lit- ence pays unless the demands and presents Lani Sanjek, acting exec- 6 pm. Gargiulo’s Restaurant, 2911 W. 4061. posers of African-American back- swords, but no one save the tle hole. for it are extraordinary, that utive director, Statewide Senior Action 15th St. (718) 266-1612. ANNUAL MEETING: Brooklyn Heights ground. $5. 1 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. very youngest could ever Steve Velardi (who has pre- the weak should be protected Council. She discusses “Life or Death ROSES: Make your own Valentine’s blos- Association presents keynote speaker (718) 622-3300. for Social Security, Medicare and som during a class in rose arrange- think someone might get hurt viously appeared with the and that one should not be Philip Lopate in a discussion “New FOLK FEET FEST: Brooklyn Arts Council Medicaid.” 10:30 am. Brooklyn ments at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. York’s Waterfront and How It Got That hosts its second annual concert and in any of these altercations. Heights players as Buddy in brave to the point of reckless- College, room 432, New Ingersoll Hall. $82, $74 members. 10:30 am to 2:30 Way.” 7:30 pm. St. Francis College, workshop series, celebrating traditional For those who have man- “Come Blow Your Horn” and ness. (718) 891-2490. Free. pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623- 180 Remsen St. (718) 858-9193. Free. dance in Brooklyn. 2 pm to 7 pm. Walt MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM: In honor of 7220. aged to live life blissfully un- Benny in “Guys and Dolls”) The Heights Players’ pro- MUSIC: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Whitman Theater at Brooklyn College, Black History Month, Brooklyn BAMCINEMATEK: presents The Best of Ensemble presents new compositions. one block from the intersection of aware of those little creatures plays Baggins so believably duction is for children and all Museum screens “You See Me the African Diaspora Film Festival. $5. 8 pm. Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) who live in Shire, between the one suspects he might really those adults who are lucky Laughin’” (2002), a journey into the Today: “Au Pair Chocolat” (1998). 2 Willow Place. (718) 488-7659. 625-0080. Free. lives and music of the last of the River Brandywine and the Far be part hobbit. With his stout enough to have a child to pm. “Congo: White King, Red Rubber, BAMCINEMATEK: presents The Best of MUSIC: Momenta New Music series pres- Mississippi hill country blues men. $8, Black Death” (2003). 4:30 pm. “Afro ents Spidermonkey Strings. $10, $6 stu- $4 students and members. 1 pm and 3 the African Diaspora Film Festival. Downs in Middle Earth, “The build and a smile that would bring with them — either by Argentines” (2002). 6:50 pm. “Kabala” Today: “Denying Brazil” (2000). $10 dents and seniors. 4 pm. 53 Prospect Hobbit,” written in 1937, tells make a newborn look evil, Ve- the hand or in their hearts. pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638- (2002). 9:15 pm. $10 per film. 30 Park West. (718) 963-2660. 5000. per film. 4:30 pm. Also, “Afro Argen- Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. tines” (2002). 6:50 pm. Also, “Raise BARGEMUSIC: presents The Haydn MEETING: AARP, Ovington chapter, SINGLES AND THEIR PETS: Red Hook Your Voice: Sweet Honey in the Rock” Quartet, HOB. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry meets. 1 pm. 450 Ovington Ave. (718) singles and their pets can meet and (2004). 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. Landing. (718) 624-4061. 748-0650. Free. CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAY! eat to celebrate Valentine’s Day. (718) 636-4100. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Hobbit.” 2 pm. WRITERS TALK: Brooklyn Public Library, LeNells Wine Store (416 Van Brunt St.) See Sat, Feb. 19. Central branch, presents its series offers tastings and Pet Provisions (414 GALLERY PLAYERS: “The School for “Brooklyn Writers for Brooklyn Van Brunt St.) offers give-a-way treats FRI, FEB 18 Readers.” Today, Pete Hamill reads to four-legged participants. Call for Scandal.” 3 pm. See Sat, Feb. 19. from his book “Downtown: My Man- time. (718) 855-8707. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Murder and BRIC STUDIO: presents a dance homage hattan.” 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. Malice: Henri-Georges Clouzot.” to poet Gil Scott-Heron. 3 pm. See Sat, (718) 230-2100. Free. Today: “The Raven” (1943). $10. 4:30 Feb. 19. ARTIST RECEPTION: Williamsburg Art MON, FEB 14 pm, 6:50 pm, 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette CHILDREN and Historical Center presents Ave. (718) 636-4100. “Unfamiliar Destinations: Landscapes BAMCINEMATEK: presents The Best of FAMILY EVENT: King Henry’s Magic Show FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central gives aid to tsunami victims. $10 dona- as Geographies of the Abstract.” 4 pm the African Diaspora Film Festival. branch, presents “In the Heat of the to 7 pm. 135 Broadway. (718) 486- Today: “Congo: White King, Red tion. 1 pm to 3 pm. Immaculate Heart Night” (1967). 6 pm. Grand Army of Mary School, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 7372. Free. Rubber, Black Death” (2003). $10 per Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. film. 4:30 pm. Also, “Silence: In Search between East Second and Third streets. READING: Spiral Thought hosts a spoken FIRESIDE CHAT: Plymouth Church hosts a (718) 853-8215. word series. 6 pm to 8 pm. Shake- of Black Female Sexuality” (2004). 6:50 pm. Also, “The Tracker” (2002). 9:15 talk with children’s ministry authority GROUND HOG SERIES: Brooklyn Arts speare’s Sister, 270 Court St. (718) 832- Ivy Beckwith. 7 pm. 75 Hicks St. (718) 2310. Free. pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Exchange presents an interactive family 624-4743. Free. program: “Stories that Move and Sing: SEX IN THE SEA: Single’s social mixer at MARTY’S PARTY: Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrates BARGEMUSIC: presents a program of De Audience Participation Tales for the the NY Aquarium. Learn how animals Falla, Debussy and Dvorak. $35. 7:30 Whole Family.” $10, $8 kids under 12. “fall in love.” Adults 21 and older. $34, his 60th birthday and Chinese New Year. $60. 6:30 pm. Jade Plaza pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624- 2 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. $29 members includes wine and 4061. cheese. 7 pm to 9:30 pm. West Eighth Restaurant, corner of 61st Street and BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Eighth Avenue. (718) 802-3531. REUNION: Bay Ridge High School, class hosts a workshop for families with spe- Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 265- of 1955, plans a reunion. Call for infor- 3448. SENIOR LEAGUE: Party in honor of the cial needs: “Make Music.” $4, free for mation. Emma, (516) 822-1837. members. 11:30 am to 1 pm. Also, DINNER DANCE: Valentine event hosted 60th birthday of Borough President Marty Markowitz. 2 pm. Senior League CHINESE NEW YEAR: New Utrecht High “Roosters and Chinese New Year.” by The Italian Apostolate of St. Mary School’s celebration honors elected Celebration of new year with traditional Mother of Jesus Church. $45. 7:30 pm. of Flatbush, Midwood branch, 1625 Enjoy one of our signature facials, Ocean Ave. (718) 438-7771. officials and community leaders. 7 pm. stories and art-making activities. 2:30 Call for location. (718) 372-5208. 1601 80th St. (718) 232-2500. Free. pm to 4:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. massages, body treatments or nail TALMUD FOR CONSERVATIVES: Park V DAY: Production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” $15, $10 stand- CONCERT: Classic rock with Closenuf. 10 (718) 735-4400. care together in a private room - just Slope Jewish Center hosts a three-part pm. K Checks Bar and Grill, 8608 “Talmudic Passages Every Conserva- ing room. 7 pm. Galapagos, 70 North OTHER you and your sweetheart. Sixth St. (917) 330-7104. Fourth Ave. (718) 491-3359. tive Jew Should Know.” $45, $30 mem- PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical bers. After Saturday morning services. PARENTING WORKSHOP: Families First HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Hobbit.” 8 pm. See Sat, Feb. 19. Culture presents “Freedom,” a ceremo- SPECIAL GIFT BAG and 512 16th St. No. 2. (718) 768-1453. offers talk, “Managing with a Second ny on a theme, with sharing, music and RECEPTION: Exhibit of painting by drum- Child.” $15, $10 members. 7 pm to BRIC STUDIO: presents a dance homage to poet Gil Scott-Heron. 8 pm. See reflection. 11 am. 53 Prospect Park 10% OFF all products mer/ percussionist Andre Martinez is 8:30 pm. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. West. (718) 768-2972. on display. Henry Gregg Gallery, 111 TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes Bar pres- Sat, Feb. 19. through Feb. 28 PHOTO CONTEST: Bay Ridge LIBRARY TALK: Brooklyn Public Library, Front St. Call for time. (718) 408-1090. ents the film “Free Voice of Labor: The Central branch, presents author Free. Jewish Anarchist” (1980). 7 pm. 376 Community Council hosts a contest, Why not RELAX this Valentine’s Day? “People and Places.” Open to ama- Melanie Bush in a talk about why white Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. people believe racial equality has been Escape to d’mai, together. OPERA: Brooklyn Lyceum presents Brecht’s teurs only. Entries must be received by March 8. Mail to Bay Ridge achieved. 4 pm. Also, “Back to the Old SUN, FEB 13 “Threepenny Opera.” $20. 7:30 pm. School: The Roots and Rise of Hip- mention ad for discount 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. Community Council, 61-71 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209. (718) 745-5360. Hop.” 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) PERFORMANCE SWEET KISSES: Any couple, age 21 and 230-2100. Free. older, that is willing to show their love BAMCINEMATEK: presents the “Murder VALENTINE MUSIC: Advocates for Ser- by kissing will get a banana split for vices for the Blind Multi-handicapped SAT, FEB 19 and Malice: Henri-Georges Clouzot” half-price ($2.45) at Schnack restau- film series. Today: “Wages of Fear” present Neapolitan-born tenor Antonio rant. Their split is made with any com- Guarna and 17-year-old soprano (1953). $10. 3 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm. 30 bination of Perry’s chocolate and vanil- OUTDOORS AND TOURS Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Jennifer Caraluzzi. $50 includes dinner. la ice cream and topped with their 1 pm to 5 pm. The Bay Ridge Manor, BIRD COUNT: Prospect Park Audubon SPIRAL THOUGHT: hosts a spoken word homemade lemon caramel sauce, their Center hosts its eighth annual Great and music program. 6 pm to 8 pm. The 476 76th St. Reservations necessary. homemade strawberry compote and (718) 492-1006. Backyard Bird Count. All nature enthu- Fall Cafe, 307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. Fox’s UBet chocolate sauce. 122 Union siasts welcome. Noon to 1:30 pm. Free. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- St., between Columbia and Hicks forming Arts presents Opera Verdi streets. For hours, call (718) 855-2879 Europa’a “Aida.” $40. 2 pm. Walt or visit their Web site at www.schnack- Whitman Theater, one block from the dog.com. intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Music in the TUES, FEB 15 LIST YOUR EVENT… Galleries presents an informal blues To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send concert by Carolina Slim. $6, free for ARTIST RECEPTION: Thai Cafe hosts your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, members. 3 pm to 5 pm. 200 Eastern “Imagine,” an art exhibit to benefit the Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a 157 Fifth Avenue (between Lincoln and St. Johns) Park Slope, NY 11217 T E L 718 - 398-2100 Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Southeast Asian tsunami victims. MUSIC: St. Jacobi hosts a concert series Artists have donated small works of art space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Open 7 days www.dmaiurbanspa.com Extended Hours and presents organ and violin music. 4 to the show, which can be purchased February 12, 2005 AWP 13

BROOKLYN PARENT Nightlife Bad diet brings bad behavior Q: How have some par- figure out what was robbing her “It was like he was driven by food sleuthing with the sea- The Backroom ents gained more control 3-year-old son of his sweet dis- a motor,” says the mother, who soned, common sense expertise Parent-to-Parent (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in over their kids’ behavior by position. One culprit she detect- discovered that her son had a of retired pediatrician Leila Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, www.freddysback- room.com. making diet changes? ed was food coloring, particu- similar intolerance for raisins, Denmark, who is 106. She also Feb. 12: John Pinamonti & Friends, 9:30 pm, FREE; Feb. A: Larisa Scarborough calls larly red. It revved him up for grapes and strawberries. began to follow the food shop- 13: The Beaty Brothers, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 14: Valentine’s herself a “food investigator.” days. He would hit, pinch, bite To figure out his sensitivities, ping advice advocated in the Day Chick Jazz with Christiana Drapkin, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: Dekel Bor Trio, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Karaoke, 9 pm, She had to be, she says, to and let out guttural screams. Scarborough combined her own Feingold program, founded in FREE; Feb. 17: Kings County Opry, 8 pm, FREE; Feb. 18: 1976 and one of the most fa- Joe Bendik, 9:30 pm, Afroskull, 10:30 pm, Joseph Blaise, 11:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 19: Bill Konig, 9:30 pm, Within mous among regimens where Reason, 10:30 pm, FREE. certain foods are eliminated. (Keep in mind, this column is BAM Cafe about family successes, not sci- 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. entific results, and is not meant Feb. 12: Imani Uziri with special guest Marvin Sewell, 9 pm, to promote any certain diet.) $10 food/drink minimum; Feb. 18: Audio Dyslexia and Attentive parents like Scar- Kudu, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum; Feb. 19: Barbez, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum. borough find they’re in a better position than healthcare profes- Barbes Girl power: On Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 the sionals to recognize how cer- 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 965- Brooklyn Committee will present Eve En- tain foods increase activity lev- By Betsy Flagler 9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. el and aggression or reduce Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: sler’s “The Vagina Monologues” at Gala- “Night of the Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Sundays: Steph- pagos. Proceeds will benefit Safe Horizon. attention span in their kids. mother says, because artificial anie Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 12: Rick Toledo’s For many kids, fake colors coloring, preservatives, artifi- Showtivation System, 7:30 pm, River Alexander & His Mad and flavors are sprinkled cial flavoring and sweeteners, Jazz Hatters, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 13: Savage Beauties for Washing Machine Benefit with Dunk, Geek Farm, The corn syrup, and some other the Arts, 3 pm, $10 suggested donation, Deidre Rodman Fame, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Citigrass, 11 pm, throughout their day, in green & the Alphabet Lounge Big Band featuring Roy Nathan- FREE; Feb. 18: Pull to Pop, 7:30 pm, $20-$100; Feb. 19: vitamins, red cough syrup, dark foods have been eliminated son, 7 pm, $TBD; Feb. 14: A Night of Yiddishe Blues with Methinks presents Williamsburg Bridging, 8 pm, $5. from her diet. Klezmer Cabaret, 9:30 pm, $TBD; Feb. 15: Jenny Schein- sodas, a rainbow of candies, or- man, 7 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Matt Pavolka, 8 pm, $8, John Good Coffeehouse ange macaroni and other “I cook primarily from O’Gallagher’s Axiom, 10 pm, $8; Feb. 17: The Alan Ferber processed foods out of boxes scratch,” says the single work- Nonet, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 18: The T. Griffin Coraline, 8 pm, Music Parlor and bags. Keeping a food diary ing mother. “Yes, it’s more ex- The Moonlighters, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 19: Adam Lane Trio (At the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Prospect featuring Vinny Golia, 7 pm, Greta Gertler & the Extroverts, Park West at Second Street in Park Slope, (718) 768- and cutting back on fake colors pensive and time-consuming, 9 pm, Ethan Lipton and his orchestra, 10 pm, FREE. 2972, www.bsec.org. and additives is a good first step but the changes in her make it Feb. 18: Third Friday with the Park Slope Food Co-op fea- to calming down your children. worthwhile. She’ll never be Bembe turing Son Como Son, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 387- Nutrition changes helped the easiest child, but she is 5389. The Hook an Atlanta teenager focus bet- certainly manageable now. “ Saturdays: Live DJs alongside live Latin percussion flavors, 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, (718) ter in school, his mother says. A2-year-old boy got the 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Universal Rhythms” with DJs 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. His grades improved with the nickname the “White Tornado” Amanda and Nick, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: “Cold Hands” Feb. 12: Kid Congo Powers, Rise NYC, Fluttr, 8:30 pm, with DJ DiGilog, 9:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: “Fiyah” with $10; Feb. 18: Omni Tribe and Polarlight Records present addition of a multivitamin and because “he left a path of de- DJ Queen Majesty, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Conva- Farmatar, 10 pm, Andrey K, 11 pm, FX Mike, midnight, flaxseed oil, along with more lescence” with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; struction in his wake,” his mom Earthian, 1 am, TEGMA, 2 am, $TBD; Feb. 19: Love’s protein and fewer processed says. He crashed into furniture, Thursdays: “Toque” with DJ Nat, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: B’Day Bash, 10 pm, $TBD. “Call to Drum,” world beat flavors with DJ Miller Cruz, 9 foods. “When he had a high banged into people, and was pm, FREE; Feb. 12: DJ Dave Madiena, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 19: DJ Maurice, 9 pm, FREE. Hope and Anchor protein, whole-foods diet, he kicked out of kindergarten. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook, (718) had a good day,” his mother His mother tried the Fein- Black Betty 237-0276. says. “He did his worst on the gold program and eliminated Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke hosted by 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. days where he had cereal for artificial flavors, certain preser- Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.blackbetty.net. breakfast.” Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalamar, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: vatives, and foods high in cer- Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, iO Restaurant Athird-grader was unable to tain natural chemicals. 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and His Love 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in Williamsburg, focus at school, had a low frus- “I thought the program Choir, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks sponsored by (718) 388-3320, www.iorestaurantandlounge.com. tration point and was prone to Miller High Life, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Electric Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, ladies FREE would be too difficult to fol- Gypsy, a Balkan dance party, with DJ Shotnez, 9 pm, FREE; all night, men $5 after 11 pm; Mondays: Monday Night temper tantrums at home. The low, but I was at the point Thursdays: The Greenhouse with DJ Monkone and DJ Football, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ Eli spinning hip-hop, mom eliminated artificial colors Emskee, 11 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE. house, R&B, reggae and salsa, 9 pm, FREE (23 and over); where any effort to help him Fridays: Live jazz featuring The Poma-Swank, 7 pm, FREE and flavors, and her son told her was worth it,” she says. Brooklyn with 2-drink minimum, DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, the his “mind seemed much more “After three years, he’s a ladies FREE all night, men $5 after 11 pm. Register today for NYC’s quiet.” But when the child ate different child. The nasties, as Conservatory BerkeleyCarrolloll candy he got at school, the arti- (At PS 29) 425 Henry St. at Baltic Street in Cobble Hill, Jazz 966 School premier arts program for I call all those aggressive and (718) 622-3300, www.brooklynconservatory.com. 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, (718) ficial coloring sent him “back to violent and depressed behav- Feb. 12: “From Dvorak to Ellington” with Maurice Peress 639-6910. his old self — difficult and bel- in honor of Black History Month, 3 pm, FREE. children ages 8 to 14. Call iors, are gone.” Fridays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation. Creative Arts Program ligerent,” the mother recalls. Can you help? 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Camp is closed July 4th Continued on page 14... 718-624-1992 ext. 20 + www.bkcenter.org 10% discount early bird registration before April 1st Camp Main Office: 408 Jay Street @ Fulton Street 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM February 12, 2005 SCHOOLS... Continued from page 1 “There’s no way I’m sending my kid to public school,” said one angry father at Saint Finbar who declined to give his name. “After four years in Catholic school? No way.” Some Greenway by spring Angelique Badyna, a mother of three boys who attend Saint Finbar and a younger son who would have attended, decried By Jess Wisloski muters who don’t want to fol- trance to Brooklyn Bridge Park. the closing. The Brooklyn Papers low the hook along the water- They’d hoped to see a “much “I’ll tell you why it’s so special,” said Badyna. “It’s not just a front’s leisurely route — has grander opening,” Puryear said. school — It’s one big family. It’s been here for, like, 40 years Amammoth green snake limited pathways to the bare “It’s totally inadequate,” he and what are they going to do? Give up? Lock up the doors?” will soon take over the Brook- minimum: 5 to 6 feet wide in said of the connection, which “It is with a heavy heart that I have to report this decision lyn waterfront, and residents either direction for bikers and would serve all the path’s pa- to the faculty, parents, children and parishioners,” wrote Hol- of Community Boards 2 and 6 pedestrians to share. trons. “You shouldn’t have to comb in the letter. “We, Mrs. Katsoulis, the entire faculty of are already shrieking — with The DOT’s reservations, tiptoe on a tightrope, it should Saint Finbar School and I have tried with every fiber of our joy — at their first glimpses of which officials say are due to a open up to the park.” being to keep this from happening. You, your family and a what will one day be a bicy- planned $16 million reconstruc- City Planning has yet to get friends, have also supported these efforts. I know the pain that cle and pedestrian trail. tion of Columbia Street, also involved, even though the this will bring to you and your children.” Last week, officials from the throw a wrench into the Green- Brooklyn Greenway Initiative At the Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen’s school, whose en- Regional Plan Association, an way’s plans for a new park at has asked that they incorporate rollment has dropped from 225 to 150 students in the last four independent not-for-profit that Degraw and Van Brunt streets, the Greenway into all the new years, parents and employees at the facility say they have promotes open-space and better These submitted images where the path would “circle development plans — including been granted one month by Hardiman to develop a viable design of transportation sys- show Columbia Street now the Seaman’s Center on three the Red Hook Ikea, which has business plan for sustaining the school. tems in the tri-state area, and (above) and a rendering of sides where a community cen- promised a public esplanade, the Brooklyn Greenway Initia- ter, restaurant, cafe and rooftop and the decrepit Domino Sugar Chris Smith, who has coached basketball for the church’s how it would look with the youth program, said that in order to pay for the current se- tive unveiled conceptual plans proposed Greenway (left). deck offer a chance to stop, rest Factory site, which is up for re- for a 30-foot-wide bike and and explore the harbor up- development. mester, parents and outside groups would need to raise at pedestrian path that would bor- Initiative Greenway Regional Plan Association / Brooklyn close” and then continue down Though Puryear sounded op- least $161,000. der the waterfront from Green- Van Brunt Street to Beard timistic about their proposal, John Heyer II, a parishioner at the church, said that the an- point to Bay Ridge. a portion of waterfront access to While the Greenway plan- 11 “on an interim basis” for the Street, according to a draft plan Rachaele Raynoff, a spokes- nouncement was met with shock and anger by most of the They also unveiled plans for the public, but also acts as a ners managed to leap the hurdle bike path during cruise ship off- by the RPA distributed at the woman for City Planning, de- parents with whom he had spoken. an interim path that would be connector among neighbor- of private landowners by invit- hours. The city is building a meeting. ferred to the DOT on the issue “More or less, we knew we needed to get our numbers up, publicly accessible, at least in hoods that otherwise are isolat- ing those that make up patchy cruise ship terminal at Pier 12 And given the limited route of the Greenway in Red Hook. but we though we’d be given an opportunity to do that before portions, as early as this spring. ed by the Gowanus Express- ownership of the waterfront in that will use Pier 11 as an ac- width, the Greenway might not “Obviously, the DOT has the a decision was made,” said Heyer. “The use on an interim basis way, like Bay Ridge, Sunset Red Hook to become planning cess road. be so green in Red Hook. expertise to identify what is At St. Thomas Aquinas, whose enrollment has dropped in some ways helps people to Park and Red Hook. board members, city and state Con Edison has made some “The $16 million project will needed for the plans of recon- from 243 to 163 students in five years, parents said they would recognize what could be,” Mil- Dan Wiley, a spokesman for agencies have presented anoth- noise about opening up John improve the infrastructure and struction of Columbia and Van fight to save their school by organizing a series of rallies. ton Puryear, co-chairman and Rep. Nydia Velazquez, said the er challenge entirely. Street to bikers only (while will make curb heights and lane Brunt streets,” she said. “It’s “They‘re putting a dollar sign on our students’ educations director of planning for the congresswoman — who raised Unlike the private landhold- pedestrians can hit Vinegar widths compliant with federal something that needs to be due to budget cuts and now we’re scrambling to find schools Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, $200,000 for the Greenway pi- ers, they aren’t so eager to sit Hill’s cobble-stoned streets on roadway standards,” said DOT worked out, and when the DOT for our children,” said Evette Cruz, whose son is in fourth lot studies — would be asking around the same table. foot) and the city Department told The Brooklyn Papers. spokesman Craig Chin. reviews that, they look at what grade at St. Thomas Aquinas. “It helps people to see that the federal government for $24 Though the program was de- of Parks and Recreation is sup- Chin told The Papers the is necessary, what is required to million towards the Greenway’s clared in 1993 to be a “priority” portive of turning Red Hook’s Cruz said that besides her son, her brother went to the there ought to be something DOT’s plans are to extend a achieve their goals in the area.” school as well as her sister-in-law, who is now a teacher there. better here,” he said. “That’s re- construction. of the Department of City Plan- overgrown Halleck Street into a path to 11 feet at the widest, But Ikea officials have yet to “This plan, we feel, is a well ning, a similar patchwork of path of its own. “It’s a family school and now they’re taking that away ally all we’re trying to do with leaving only a 5-and-a-half-foot accept the Greenway’s propos- from us,” said Cruz. “So we’re going to fight.” the interim route — to help the thought-out plan because com- ownership accounts for the state Eventually, the path would path in each direction for bikers als, and have dug in their heels The other Brooklyn schools that will be closed or consoli- communities envision what the munity input has been a key and city agencies that hold the extend down the Sunset park and walkers from Degraw to with a 12-foot-wide bike path. permanent route could be, what part of the process,” said Wiley. remaining uplands and piers. waterfront and connect to Shore Sackett streets. ““We’d like to encourage dated are: kind of a resource it could be Puryear agreed. Puryear said the Port Author- Road in Bay Ridge. The Greenway planners in- Ikea to take part in a more • St. Michael’s School, 4222 Fourth Ave. for the community.” “We believe within five ity of New York and New Jer- But the Department of sist 18 feet is the absolute mini- meaningful way,” said Puryear. • St. Catharine of Alexandria School, 1053 41st St. At a meeting to introduce the years we can see a complete sey has shown “promising” Transportation, which lords mum width they need to func- Councilman David Yassky, • Resurrection School, 2335 Gerritsen Ave. conceptual plans at St. Francis Greenway,” he said, speaking commitments in negotiations over the stretch of Greenway tion safely. who chairs the City Council • All Saints School, 113 Throop Ave. College in Brooklyn Heights on only of the portion stretching for rights-of-way along their planned for Columbia and Van Puryear added that the Port Committee on Waterfronts, said • Transfiguration School, 250 Hooper St. Feb. 1, Robert Pirani, director five miles from Kent Avenue in parcels, and the Greenway Brunt streets from Atlantic Av- Authority could offer more the project needs some mayoral • Holy Innocents School, 249 E. 17th St. of Environmental Programs for Greenpoint to Pier 12 in Red planners are likewise “getting enue to Beard Street — where, land, too, from Congress Street support, as well. • Our Lady of Refuge School, 1087 Ocean Ave. the Regional Plan Association, Hook within the larger 14-mile cooperation” from the city Eco- after Degraw Street, planners to Atlantic Avenue along Co- “It’s time to start holding the • St. Thomas Aquinas School, 1501 Hendrickson St. pointed out the value of a pub- pathway. nomic Development Corpora- had hoped to create an “express lumbia Street, which currently mayor to some action,” said • St. John Cantius School, 692 Blake Ave. lic space that not only reserves Now all they need is land. tion, with access offered to Pier route” for bikers and com- is planned as the 13-foot en- Yassky. • Our Lady of Lourdes School, 11 DeSales Place Nightlife... 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