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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP /18 pages • Vol. 30, No. 24 • Saturday, June 16, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO BABY PRICEY SLICE BANDIT Piece of pizza soaring toward $3 Sunset Parker aids By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Paper orphaned raccoon A slice of pizza has hit $2.30 in Carroll Gardens — and the shop’s owner says it’s “just a matter of By Dana Rubinstein time” before a perfect storm of soaring cheese prices The Brooklyn Paper and higher fuel costs hit Brooklyn with the ultimate insult: the $3 slice. A Sunset Park woman is caring for a help- Sal’s Pizzeria, a venerable joint at the corner of less baby raccoon by herself because she Court and DeGraw streets, has punched a huge hole can’t find a professional to take over. in the informal guideline that the price of a slice “I’ve been calling for days, everywhere. I should mirror the price of a swipe on the subway. haven’t gotten no help from no one,” said Mar- Last week, owner John Esposito hung a sign in his garita Gonzalez, who has been feeding the cub front window blaming “an increase in cheese prices” with a baby bottle ever since it wandered into her for the sudden price hike from $2.15, which he set backyard on 34th Street near Fourth Avenue. last year. “I called the Humane Society, and from To bolster his case, Esposito also posted copies of there they have connected me to numbers and a typewritten “update” from his Wisconsin-based / Stephen Chernin cheese supplier, Grande Cheese, explaining that its prices had risen 35 cents a pound because of an “un- precedented” 18-percent spike in milk costs. “We didn’t want to hammer our customers, so we’re trying to explain that we have to raise our Associated Press prices to survive,” he said. But why is Sal’s leading the pack? “Maybe the other guys are still asleep,” Esposito Mango P. / Gregory No sleep ’til Beasties said. “But the cost of cheese is way up. The cost of energy is up and the cost of staying in business is up. THIS JUST IN: The Beastie Boys will be playing the McCarren Pool in Williamsburg on Aug. 9! The pioneer- I don’t think [the costs] are going to come down ing hip-hop trio is best known in these parts for the 1987 single, “No Sleep ’til Brooklyn” — and rapper again anytime soon.” / Tom Callan / Tom Adam Yauch is a Brooklyn native who attended Brooklyn Friends School in Downtown Brooklyn and Ed- Cheese is now $1.98 a pound on the commodities Paper The Brooklyn ward R. Murrow High School in Midwood. The surprise concert is in support of the Boys’ forthcoming al- market — up 64 percent from last year, according to A price of pizza has hit $2.30 at Sal’s in Carroll bum, “The Mix Up,” which brings to seven the number of records the band has made since its seminal first the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The fuel to trans- Gardens (above) — and the owner says the $3 release, “License to Ill,” in 1986. Tickets were set to go on sale on Friday, June 15, at www.beastieboys.com. See PRICEY on page 16 slice is coming soon. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Weasel the raccoon.

numbers and numbers. I’ve called 311 I don’t how many times.” In the meantime, Gonzalez has named the They’re the champs raccoon “Weasel,” and comforts it by petting it with a plastic spoon. “He’s so cute,” Gonzalez said. “He doesn’t attack me when I try to rub him softly with the Squad from shuttered gym goes on to win it all spoon. He gets comfortable, like I’m his moth- er.” By Dana Rubinstein kler system and a secondary exit. The umph in Westchester that much more She found the raccoon about two weeks The Brooklyn Paper gym, which sits next to a beverage dis- thrilling. ago, when her daughter heard it mewing in the tribution company between Seventh “Oh, it felt so great,” said Henry backyard. The Fire Department closed their and Eighth streets near the Gowanus Candelaria, whose 6-year-old daughter, “We heard it crying, sounding really desper- gym as unsafe, but that didn’t stop a Canal, reopened its top floor in Febru- Tatiana, is on the team. “It was so ex- ate,” said Gonzalez. “We said, ‘It’s a bird. Then team of young Brooklyn athletes ary. But unfortunately for the gym- citing. I showed everyone the photos!” my daughter looked down and said, ‘No, Mami, from winning a statewide champi- nasts, who practice as much as 14 Equally euphoric was Rivera: “It it’s a raccoon.’ I took care of it from then on.” onship this month. hours a week, their balance beam, un- was even more exciting than when she Gonzalez’s ongoing dealings with the baby “I expected them to do well, but not even parallel bars, and vaulting horse swept her first meet. She was much Callan / Tom raccoon aren’t the first instance of Procyonidae- to be number one in the state,” said were all on the first floor. more excited about winning as a team. human interaction in Brooklyn. Fritz Jean, the owner of Powerplay, the “With all the drama at the gym, we I heard her going, ‘This is great.’” In December, The Brooklyn Paper ran a se- Third Avenue gym that sponsored the had to carpool,” said Joan Rivera, the Level Four, at which the girls com- ries of reports detailing how the bushy-tailed five-girl team. “They were competing mother of seven-year-old gymnast Re- pleted, is the competition’s entry-level. critters were popping up all over the borough, against kids with full facilities.” becca. “I was renting Zipcars to go out to The levels go as high as 10, the caliber Paper The Brooklyn from Carroll Gardens to Red Hook — and In January, the FDNY shuttered Aviator Sports in Floyd Bennett Field.” of gymnastics that makes it onto From left, the champs from Powerplay are Becky Rivera, Sofia Pascual, Michaela See CUB on page 16 Powerplay, citing the lack of a sprin- The obstacles made the June 2 tri- ESPN. Champagne, Melina Finck, Tatiana Candelaria and Emily Dean. Chimichanga Chuck Yvette says no to Dick Schumer: Red Hook chefs a ‘treasure’ By Dana Rubinstein gation, but not one other Brooklyn mem- But Holtzman has a bigger target in The Brooklyn Paper ber — not Nydia Velazquez, not Anthony mind. By Ariella Cohen “This is a prime example of New York grit Weiner, and not even uber-liberal Jerry “The evidence is very strong that the and immigrant ingenuity,” Schumer said of the Vice President Dick Cheney must be Nadler — has signed on. president of the United States has done The Brooklyn Paper impeached for “high crimes and misde- Sen. Chuck Schumer ate his way into the vendors, who have ringed the park for 30 years. Weiner (D–Sheepshead Bay) and Ve- impeachable offenses and should be re- “It’s a true labor of love. Removing this for meanors,” a Brooklyn lawmaker lazquez (D–Sunset Park) declined to moved from office,” said Holtzman, who fight to save the Red Hook food vendors last something that might make a little more money charged last week, joining an comment on the resolution. also pushed her book, “The Impeach- Saturday, grabbing some delicacies and saying for the city makes no sense. If there ever were a elite group of seven mem- A spokeswoman for Rep. Ed Towns ment of George W. Bush.” the city should abandon a plan to sell the case where the rules can be scrapped, this is it.” bers of Congress calling (D–Fort Greene) said that the That said, Holtzman is not group’s vending permits on the open market — Schumer’s afternoon at the soccer fields for the Veep’s firing. congressman hadn’t signed surprised by the Democra- a scheme many believe will lead to higher per- came as the Parks Department scrambled to “This Administration onto the resolution because tic Congress’s inaction. mit fees that would force out the mom and pop cool the hot pepper rush of public anger over has continued to erode it didn’t stand a chance, “Democrats are timid vendors in favor deep-pocketed corporations. the decision to ask other vendors to submit bids the trust of the American while a rep for Nadler about impeachment. I Just one day after The Brook- for the summer-long permit. people and enough is sim- (D– Coney Island) spec- was in the House in lyn Paper reported on the Parks The city says that its intention ply enough,” said Rep. ulated that his boss had- 1973 when the impeach- Department’s open-bidding plan, is not to push out the vendors but Yvette Clarke (D–Park n’t signed on because, ment effort started with Schumer (D–Park Slope) rushed to comply with regulations. Slope), signing onto House “We have only a little over Nixon. At the outset, Con- to Red Hook Park to buy roasted “We appreciate [the vendors] Resolution 333, which was 18 months left in the presidency.” gress was very reluctant to corn and goat tacos and con- and want to keep [them],” said drafted by Rep. Dennis Kucinich But at least one former Brooklyn act. … The only time Congress demn the city plan. agency spokesman Phil Abram- (D–Ohio). representative, and an old hand at im- was out in front was the impeachment of Parks Department officials re- The bill charges that Cheney “pur- peachment, encouraged Congress to take Bill Clinton, which was an abuse of Con- son, adding that the city would / Julie Rosenberg iterated their contention that an posefully manipulated the intelligence action already. gressional power.” give the existing vendors the in- open-bidding process for vending process to deceive the citizens and Con- “This resolution is a very strong state- It’s not the first time Clarke has staked permits at the park would not im- side track over higher bidders. gress of the United States by fabricating ment that the vice president has to be out an unpopular position. Earlier this peril the 13 Latin American ven- That didn’t calm the vendors. a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass de- held accountable to the rule of law, to the year, she was the only member of Con- dors who pay roughly $10,000 Fabian Perez, who sells goat struction” to justify invading Iraq. Constitution and to democracy,” said for- gress to vote against a resolution to re-

per summer for the right to sell Sen. Schumer, in Red and steak tacos with his mother, Paper The Brooklyn Cheney is hardly a popular fellow mer Rep. Liz Holtzman, who took part in name the library on Ellis Island after tacos, papusas and huaraches. Hook on Saturday. See SCHUMER on page 16 A vendor makes a sale at the park. among the Brooklyn Congressional dele- the impeachment of President Nixon. beloved immigrant Bob Hope. Dinner with family, and The Sopranos

et’s see if we can tie this all together. check the place out. We make our way to still in the bathroom? And what the hell is My family hadn’t sat down for a an open booth, flip through some songs in taking Meadow so long? When is she go- L meal together for a long time. For KING the jukebox before choosing (of all things) ing to get he — whatever reason we just hadn’t gotten to- “Don’t Stop Believin’.” We check the place Ding. gether like we always did on Sundays. out again. Who’s here? Some Cub Scouts. We look up. With the appetizers, pasta, main course, OF KINGS Cool. A couple on a date. Great. That guy Blackness. Silence. coffee, dessert … the whole nine yards. By Vince DiMiceli over there looks like a truck driver. He’s got There’s no helicopter to lift us out of But today, here we are, just like old a coffee, lots of cream, lots of sugar. this hell. “Goodbye” is not spelled out for times. It’s been a while since we gathered A bell rings. We look up. Thank God. us like it was for Hawkeye Pierce. and, my personal favorite, Dr. Melfi, upset around a T.V. — maybe “Seinfeld,” It’s just Carmela. Have a seat honey. The We’re all back in the living room, sit- that she has empowered Tony all along, kids are on their way? OK. The song ting in silence. A chuckle from my dad maybe “Moonlighting,” possibly “Cosby” puts a bullet through his head. or “Cheers” and definitely “M*A*S*H” So the story plays out — Janice appears builds. Another bell rings. Who’s this guy? breaks it up. The kids are asleep as Cin- — but once the last meatball is devoured, to be her old self; Tony brokers a deal to Looks Italian. Wait, that’s A.J. But that guy derella heads to the ball. The baby starts here we are again catching the last episode save his own life, end Phil’s, and avoid a at the counter in the weird jacket. OK. to cry in the bedroom. We change a dia- of a beloved series. mob war; the FBI agent is on Tony’s side; What’s he looking at? per, pack up our stuff, grab the leftovers The song kicks in, the credits roll, the Uncle Junior isn’t faking his Alzheimer’s; A.J.’s talking about work. Buck up, kid. and kiss everyone goodbye. kids are sent to the playroom for “Cinderel- Meadow’s heading to law school; Walnuts Where’s that guy in the jacket going? The “So whaddya think?” the wife asks. la,” the baby is put in his crib and the adults gets a raise. A.J.’s a happy kid again; and bathroom! Don’t we know better than to sit “I think it sucks to be Tony Soprano,” I begin their last ride with Tony down the Tony is looking down the barrel of a by the bathroom? Well, at least we can en- say. “That last scene — that was the most / Will Hart Turnpike. weapons indictment. joy these onion rings. Best in the state. excruciating five minutes of my life.”

HBO We all had our predictions: Walnuts is Which brings us back to dinner, Haven’t we heard that before? Oh crap, We stop at a light. Despite the outcry, our columnist thinks the final episode of “The Sopranos” last Sunday going to whack him; the entire family will where we’re all headed again. what the hell are we doing here? Who are “But you know,” I say. “It was really night was a great way to end a memorable meal. get killed; A.J. is going to kill his father; We walk into an ice cream parlor and those black kids by the jukebox? Is that guy great to have dinner with the family.” 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 June 16, 2007

Marco Polo Ristorante In collaboration with WHERE TO Rienzi Wine Imports EDITORS’ PICKS will bring together Fine Foods & Wines of the Italian Region SATURDAY SUNDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY June 16 June 17 June 20 June 21 June 22 Basilicata Hop on pop Paging Park Slope’s 33rd annual Willard Scott Prepared by its native chef & our guest “Seventh Heaven” fair roams down Seventh Famed Coney Island eatery Gargiulo’s is cele- Avenue from Flatbush to brating its 100th anniver- Chef Federico Valicenti 16th Street today, all in sary, with a pile of events

honor of dear old dad. Jen Maufrais including and on-premis- Join us on this week long culinary journey Live music from bands es Catholic mass, a ‘Stone’sounds like the Defibulators ‘Box’ing Beginning June 19th through June 24th, 2007 three-hour open house (pictured) as well as Tonight, Capathia Jen- celebration and, the match Which will also feature an exquisite kins and Louis Rosen food, shopping (if you’re Michael Wilson meatball on top: a raffle late on that gift) and The 10th annual “Black Five Course Basilicata Wine Dinner (pictured) perform songs for a trip for two to Italy. from their debut record, dancing will be a great Box New Play Festival” is String theory The restaurant is one of “South Side Stories,” at a way to fete fathers, or to a fitting close to the Gal- For $100 Per Person Red Hook’s Jenny the classiest joint in benefit for arts program- get everyone out of the lery Players’ 40th season. Scheinman (pictured) is Coney and prides itself Friday, June 22nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm ming at the Old Stone house so they can enjoy The festival opened with our candidate for busiest on the big names who House. Before Jenkins, some peace and quiet. the full-length “Bury violinist in New York. To- drop by to taste the Rosen and special Him,” (pictured) but . 11 am and the corner of Flat- night, she brings her bow fancy risottos, steak and guests take the stage, bush and Seventh avenues in to the Brooklyn Museum’s tonight’s show features 345 Court Street (at Union St. in Carroll Gardens) champagne and dessert seafood — even if they Park Slope. Free. For informa- monthly BrooklyNites! could get a week’s worth four brand new one-act will be served. That’s defi- tion, call (718) 234-1165. event, opening for jazz plays, including two from For Reservations... Call (718) - 852-5015 nitely our kind of concert. of Nathan’s franks for pianist Geri Allen. the same price. Park Slope’s own Judd 8 pm at the Old Stone House Lear Silverman. (Fifth Ave., between Third 5 pm at the Brooklyn Museum 10 am at Gargiulo’s (2911 and Fourth streets in Park (200 Eastern Pkwy., at Washing- West 15th St. at Mermaid 8 pm at the Gallery Players Slope). $40 in advance, $45 at ton Avenue in Prospect Heights). Avenue in Coney Island). (199 14th St., at Fourth Avenue the door. For information, call $10, $5 for members. For infor- Free. For information, call in Park Slope). $18. For infor- (718) 768-3195. mation, call (718) 638-5000. (718) 266-4891. mation, call (212) 352-3101. NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay

Soul.” 1 pm to 2 pm. Participants receive a SAT, JUNE 16 free pass to visit the Museum of Modern Art. 280 Cadman Plaza West. (718) 623- OUTDOORS AND TOURS 7100. Free. TROLLEY TOUR: Urban Park Rangers presents PIER ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists a tour that includes the Old Stone House, Coalition hosts its 15th annual exhibit enti- Prospect Park, Fort Greene, Green-Wood tled “Connections.” 1 pm to 6 pm. Event Cemetery and other historic Battle of includes music with Julie Milgram jazz Brooklyn sites. 11 am. Meet at JJ Byrne pianist. 499 Van Brunt St. (718) 596-2506. Park, Fifth Avenue between Third and Free. Fourth streets. Pre-registration necessary. BLACKTOP TOUR: Streetball stars display (718) 421-2021. Free. their form. 1 pm. Key Span Park, 1904 Surf LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Enjoy a boat tour Ave. For info, visit www.and1.com. detailing Prospect Park’s aquatic habitat. RELAY FOR LIFE: Poly Prep School hosts a Binoculars provided. $10, $6 kids. Noon to fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. 12:45 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and 2 pm to 10 pm. Hamilton Athletic Field, Nar- Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. rows Avenue and 83rd Street. (718) 237-7851. PEDAL BOATING: Cruise Brooklyn’s freshwater BACKYARD COUTURE: Harriet’s Alter Ego lake in a pedal boat. $15 for one hour, plus hosts a fashion show of one-of-a-kind $10 refundable deposit. Noon to 5 pm. Enter pieces from local designers. Cocktails and Prospect Park near the Parkside and Ocean live music. 4 pm to 8 pm. 293 Flatbush avenue entrance. www.prospectpark.org. Ave., between St. Mark’s and Prospect WILLIAMSBURG WALK: New York Like a places. (718) 783-2074. Free. Native hosts a walk. $17. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. ARTIST TALK: Skylight Gallery presents Middle Call for meeting location. (718) 393-7537. Eastern artists in an expression of peace and CANOE THE GOWANUS: Gowanus Dredgers humanity in “Cultural Interpretations.” Exhi- host a trip around the Gowanus Canal. 1 pm bit presents paintings, drawings, mosaics to 5 pm. Second Street Gowanus Canal boat and prints. Artists speak about their works. launch, end of Second Street off Bond Street. 6 pm to 8 pm. 1368 Fulton St. (718) 636- www.gowanuscanal.org. Free. 6976. Free. TWILIGHT BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Tours hosts BENEFIT: Old Stone House hosts a fundraiser a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and through featuring “South Side Stories,” with Capa- Brooklyn Heights. Learn about the neighbor- Good ‘Lorde’: Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center presents “Audre thia Jenkins and Louis Rosen. $40. 8 pm. hood’s history, architecture and people. $15, Lorde in Motion” at LIU’s Kumble Theater on June 16. Champagne reception follows. Fifth Avenue $12 seniors, $10 students. 5 pm. Meet at between Third and Fourth streets. (718) southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers 288-4290. streets, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. students. 7:30 pm. Long Island University, Park. (718) 855-8175. Free. Kumble Theater, Flatbush and DeKalb FLEA MARKET: Vinegar Hill hosts its annual PERFORMANCE avenues. (718) 488-1624. flea market featuring everything from SUN, JUNE 17 BARGEMUSIC: “Brunch at Noon” concert fea- GALLERY PLAYERS: 10th annual Black Box furniture to cupcakes. 11 am to 4 pm. tures works by Shostakovich and Chopin. 1 series. “Bury Him,” a play which explores From Front Street to Water Street and Father’s Day pm. Also, classical music concert features the nature of what defines a family. $18, Bridge Street to Hudson Avenue. OUTDOORS AND TOURS additional program of music by same com- $14 children under 12 and seniors. 8 pm. INDIE MARKET: Collective of Brooklyn- posers. $35, $30 seniors $20 students. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. based emerging designers show their SEVENTH HEAVEN: 33rd annual street fair, Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at wares. Fashion, accessories, bath and featuring food, music, art and performances DANCE: Brooklyn Arts Exchange presents starts at 11 am and goes along Seventh the East River. (718) 624-2083. “The Second Decade: Choreography, beauty, pet gear, home-goods and OPERA: Regina Opera Company performs. 1 Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to 16th Transitions and Parenthood.” $15, $10 more. 11 am to 7 pm. Smith and Union Street. Call (718) 234-1165. Free. pm. Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge branch, members, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Street. www.brooklynindiemarket.com. FATHER’S DAY WALK: hosted by the Urban 7223 Ridge Blvd. (718) 236-1760. Free. Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. JUNETEENTH FEST: Cooperative Culture JAZZ: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church hosts Park Rangers. 1 pm. Salt Marsh Nature Cen- CONCERT: Narrows Community Theater pres- Collective presents the seventh annual ter, 3302 Ave. U. For info, call 311. Free. an evening of jazz by Thos Shipley. 6 pm. ents “NCT Ensemble Broadway Review.” Fort Greene event. Festival commemo- Fourth Avenue between 74th and 75th $10. 7:30 pm. Fort Hamilton High School rates Juneteenth, the oldest known cele- PERFORMANCE streets. (718) 745-8520. Free. Field, 8301 Shore Rd. For info, visit bration of the end of slavery in the BROOKLYN LYCEUM: Mozart and DaPonte’s VAUDEVILLE: Trav S.D. performs in “Nihils: www.narrowscommunitytheater.com. South. Noon to 6 pm. Cuyler Gore Park, comedy “Cosi Fan Tutte: A School for The Negation of Everything.” $10. 7 pm. Fulton Street and Carlton Avenue. (646) Lovers.” $20, $20 students and seniors. 3 The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave. www.brick- OTHER 467-7393. Free. pm. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 398-7301. theater.com. ARTISANS MARKET: Featuring functional ARTIST TALK: Brooklyn Public Library’s BARGEMUSIC: All Beethoven classical music DANCE: Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center and collectible art. 9 am to 6 pm. Brooklyn Heights branch presents concert. $35, $30 seniors $20 students. 4 presents “Audre Lorde in Motion.” $15, $12 DeKalb Avenue sidewalk, Fort Greene “Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. FOLK FEET: Brooklyn Arts Council presents its annual participatory dance event. Per- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 formances by soloists, troupes, and the Community Board 2 Land Use Committee audience. 3 pm to 5 pm. Fort Greene Park; CIVIC CALENDAR meeting. Cadman Memorial Church (350 neter the park on the DeKalb Avenue side Clinton Ave., at Lafayette Avenue), 6 pm. at Washington Park. (718) 625-0080. Free. MONDAY, JUNE 18 68th Precinct Community Council, 68th Call (718) 596-5410. precinct stationhouse (333 65th St., GALLERY PLAYERS: Black Box series. 3 pm. Community Board 10. Full board. Shore See Sat., June 16. Hill community room (9000 Shore Rd., at between Third and Fourth avenues), 7:30 THURSDAY, JUNE 21 pm. Call (718) 439-4220. VAUDEVILLE: Trav S.D. performs. 4 pm. See 91st Street), 7:15 pm. Call (718) 745-6827. Livable Streets in Brooklyn: A plan for Sat., June 16. Community Board 2 Parks and Recreation 62nd Precinct Community Council, 62nd Grand Army plaza is presented. Brooklyn Committee. Brooklyn Hospital (DeKalb precinct stationhouse (1925 Bath Ave., at Public Library central branch (at Grand OTHER Army Plaza), reception at 6:30 pm, presen- Avenue at St. Felix Street), 6 pm. Call (718) Bay 22nd Street), 7 pm. Call (718) 236-2501. FULTON ART FAIR: 49th annual event in Bed- 596-5410. tation 7–8 pm. 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Astroturf in your park and the fact that you can’t get a decent Paper The Brooklyn meal without food poisoning on Montague Street. Not to men- Green acres: The Parks Department cut the ribbon on the new Cadman Plaza Park on Tuesday. The new facilities include a tion the long lines of tourists at Grimaldi’s. Can’t a guy get a controversial Astroturf field that is already being well used by local youngsters. pizza without so much drama? With that much pent-up it’s no wonder why not knowing Tony’s true fate would drive a man to — hallucination. A combination of that lack of closure, urban dread and some spicy meatballs got me dreaming about what really happens to the Jersey Capo, suggesting that maybe we need a little “Sopranos” in our lives: Mean green or good grass? Now that he’s made peace with the New York family, Tony has branched out to Brooklyn. “Good idea, Tony,” Paulie says. “I saw the Virgin Mary at the Fruit Street Sitting Area once.” Department’s Brooklyn Borough of toxic timebombs. green fiber blades and rubber Tony pulls his SUV around the Brooklyn Bridge bike lane, Cadman Plaza Commissioner, Julius Spiegel, re- But at Tuesday morning’s pellets made from recycled flips off a bicyclist and begins searching for a parking spot on ferring to the uproar that ensued opening, Parks Commissioner tires. It is soft to the touch, Henry Street. He’s cranking Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue” Park re-opens when the agency announced in Adrian Benepe countered with a though in the mid-day sun, it’s on the stereo. Not long after rolling into the Heights, he realizes The Brooklyn Paper 2005 that it would lay down arti- laundry list of reasons why arti- hot (and not in the good way). that street parking is futile and parks in the Henry Street garage. Foes of artificial rubber grass ficial grass in Cadman Plaza Park ficial turf is indeed appropriate. Still, the first reviews are in instead of the real thing. “It doesn’t need fertilizer, and they’re mostly positive. Tony stops at the Busy Chef for a cappuccino. He like the place. were dealt a resounding blow on Two days later, the scaffolding that has been plaguing business for “But I kept the faith and pesticides, herbicides or fungi- “It’s much better than before, years is gone. “It’s good to have friends,” he tells Chef Dan. Tuesday, when the city’s Parks made sure everyone else did cides,” said Benepe. “We don’t said Philip Hughes, who was In a futile search for a Commissioner declared Cad- too,” said Spiegel. need machines to maintain it playing Frisbee — barefoot. nice cappicola-and-peppers man Plaza Park — complete Natural-grass partisans con- that use fossil fields.” “Except, it gets really, really hot ON OUR OTHER hero, Tony strolls along with a new Astroturf playing tend that fake grass is inappropri- He also played history teach- in the sun, and I burn my feet.” Henry Street, and notices field and a gorgeous, $2.9-mil- ate in a neighborhood already er. “Before, this was a big area The park reconstruction also stoop an empty storefront — the lion facelift — officially open. choked for natural space. In April, of dust. Some people called it a included new trees, lawns, PAGES former home of Q Photo. “I must admit, I got a little Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum dustbowl. When it rained, it was paths, benches, lighting fences PARK SLOPE With a couple of calls, So- nervous when we started getting suggested that the city’s 70-odd a mudbowl.” and drinking fountains. Lord’s work prano arranges for a pork calls about this,” said the Parks Astroturf fields were some kind Now, it is a carpet of long, — Dana Rubinstein RED HOOK store to open in the vacant Last dog caught space. Clearly, the high Heights rents won’t deter CLINTON HILL HARDWARE BAY RIDGE Gas pains his desire for a satisfying lunch. He ponders turning for all of your gardening needs FORT GREENE the Brooklyn Heights Cine- Tricycle thief The Chabadnik-ing of DUMBO ma into a strip joint, but a online at BrooklynPaper.com call from a certain blog 452 MYRTLE AVE CLINTON HILL publisher interrupts his train By Harry Cheadle of thought. “Casino? I gotta check that out,” he says. The Brooklyn Paper (718) -237- 7827 On Montague Street, Tony walks into the Heights Casino. DUMBO’s only yeshiva has closed — Since his luck has turned good again, he’s always looking for but there’s no Jewish Exodus going on; action. He’s disappointed to observe only bankers in white the yeshiva’s founders are about to open a shorts playing racquetball. Not a craps game or blackjack table community center nearby. in sight. He resolves to “fix that problem” and heads closer to Chabad of DUMBO is remodeling a one- Downtown. At the corner of Willoughby and Bridge Streets, Tony story building on Jay Street into a commu- picks up a hot coffee and doughnut at the Broadway Bakery. On the nity center rather than continue operating Pregnant way out, he sees a vision — the Belltel Lofts. At first he thinks the the academy devoted solely to Torah study or need a GYN Exam? tingly feeling washing over him is a panic attack. However, that (which, unlike most, was co-ed). warm fuzzy glow is one of sheer joy. Downtown Brooklyn is un- The move is the result of continued dergoing a renaissance. And with rebirth comes the need for sanita- growth of the Jewish population in DUM- tion, construction, spare parts, general contracting and other oppor- BO. Forelocks and black hats are becoming / Harry Cheadle tunities. “Somebody up there likes me,” he says to himself. a normal sight in a place where goatees and With the day almost done, Soprano makes his way to a sit black American Apparel tees are the norm. down with some business associates but notices some Brooklyn “Downtown Brooklyn in general is ex- Law students playing on the indoor bocce court at Floyd NY panding,” said Rabbi Simcha Weinstein of the and a Lexus parked crookedly outside. He walks in and buys a Pratt Institute, who is not affiliated with the Paper The Brooklyn round of drinks for his daughter Meadow and her classmates. DUMBO chabadniks. “There are definitely Rabbi Avram Chakoff will soon open a Jewish community center in DUMBO. Call MWS OB/GYN for modern, private and caring service. Outside, Tony sees me and says, “Well, shall we go?” many more Jews there, and in the next 10 “Yes, let’s go,” I say. My alarm clock rings and it’s over. years we’ll see an enormous increase.” thodox center with dark interiors and vault- at 155 Water St., which is undergoing its Metropolitan Women Service Homer Fink is publisher of Brooklyn Heights Blog Rabbi Avram Tov Chakoff, who heads ed ceilings, and that’s intentional. “We’re own renovation (though Gutman wouldn’t OB/GYN Chabad of DUMBO, agreed with the Mai- very casual,” Chakoff said, adding that the tell us what he’s up to). THE KITCHEN SINK monides of Clinton Hill. Angela Wilson, M.D. idea was to have a “café motif” will fit the The Jewish community center might The venerable Brooklyn Heights Association has a new “Right now the demand is for communi- 55 Greene Ave. Suite 2B, Ft. Greene president: Tom van den Bout. An architect by day, van den ty events,” Chakoff said. “We have to surrounding gentrifying area better than an open as early as July, but a grand opening Bout has been with the BHA since 1999. He says overdevelop- progress with the demand,” austere temple would. (Perhaps Rabbi event is planned for September 9, the Sun- For Appointment Call 718-398-8100 ment is his big issue. Good luck with that, Tom! … Tazza on Until this week, the community center Chakoff took notice of our interview last day before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Open Days ~ Evenings ~ Weekends Henry Street has reopened after being closed by the Department was little more than an empty room, but af- week with fellow rabbi, Joseph Potasnik, Year. Chakoff hopes that the community of Health … Another Day on Willow St., a new play set in the ter construction wraps up in the next few who told The Brooklyn Paper that syna- center will reach out to the latte-drinking Heights by Frank Anthony Polito, will be part of the New weeks, there will be a lounge, a kitchen, a gogues should “be more like Starbucks.”) Reform Jews, not just the Chabadniks. And York International Fringe Festival this summer. … Breaking wall for displaying art, and a play area for Raising money for the center was a bit of even non-Jews are welcome, he said. Jews: Our spy at the Cadman Plaza Park ribbon-cutting ceremo- kids in the center’s Hebrew classes, which a schlep, but local landlord Joshua Gutman “New York is unique in that you can Featuring Brooklyn’s best prices on ny on Tuesday tells us that Councilman David Yassky cut will focus on basic comprehension, not in- “contributed generously” to the construc- have a Hasid and a hipster sitting next to furniture from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams. his finger catching a Frisbee. We wish the councilman a speedy depth Torah study. tion, Chakoff said. Before that, Gutman had each other,” said Weinstein. “Which must recovery. E-mail us at [email protected] It isn’t the typical stuffy, intimidating Or- given the yeshiva free space at his building be a good thing.”

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The Brooklyn Paper melancholy as she reflects on the In between bites, a Manhattanite named Tatiana Ingliss ex- demolition of the Revere sugar pressed fears that her favorite spot for “authentic” Mexican food The last feral dog along the dome, a setting for movies on would fall victim to the same capitalist god that killed similar changing Red Hook water- which she has worked, including outdoor markets and other cheapie food landmarks. front has been caught, signal- “The Departed.” “This is the only place in the city where you can find good, ing the end of wild times on Each spring, she invites the authentic Mexican food,” Ikea’s new home turf. 18 sugar refinery dogs to a she said. Her companion, Two weeks ago, Mama birthday party in a garden that’s ON OUR OTHER Howard Myint, nodded in Dulce took her last run around a short walk from their razed agreement, his mouth oth- the vacant lot next to the mas- birthplace. erwise engaged. sive steel frame of the soon-to- Edie Stone, the adopted stoop / Harriet Zucker PAGES Saving the soccer tacos be superstore before stepping mother of Mama Dulce’s PARK SLOPE has just picked up where into a humane animal trap. It spawn, Baby Dulce, sees the Lord’s work fighting Bruce Ratner left off was the first time the muscular, rescue as another bittersweet BAY RIDGE to become the hottest cause straw-colored dog — matriarch sign of the once-wild neighbor- Gas pains celebre for some Brooklyn of a pack of mutts that had hood’s taming. activists. A sexist once said lived for years on the site of the Paper The Brooklyn “There used to be the chemi- B’HEIGHTS Mama D, the last of Red Hook’s feral dogs, days before her Fake grass a hit that the best way to a man’s old Revere Sugar Refinery — cal plant, the sugar refinery, the heart is through his stomach. had ever been enclosed. capture. stray dogs running around the FORT GREENE Tricycle thief Now we see that the diges- The bitch barked softly all streets,” said Stone, who is the tive tract is also a good route the way to the city’s Animal “When I starting coming, but that doesn’t mean they don’t director of the city’s Green online at BrooklynPaper.com to the raised fist of the ac- Care and Control center. Last their tails were curled up close have a domestic instinct.” Thumb program. tivist, which in Brooklyn, in week, she was resettled in a to their bodies because they Zucker — who kept one of “It’s the end of an era, but this day and age, is typically clenched around a computer mouse. Pennsylvania home, reuniting were scared,” said Zucker. the dogs as a pet — is perhaps an one that it was time to say good- CLINTON HILL HARDWARE “Fight the power! Save the Soccer Tacos!” screamed the Web with another refinery rescue, “[Eventually they began to] wag unusually passionate example of bye to. I think the dogs would site, whitetrashbbq.com. “The Absolute Last Straw,” seethed Big Mama. their tails. They are wild dogs, both a dog lover and a neighbor- rather be sleeping in our beds.” for all of your gardening needs Gowanus Lounge. “The Threat to Red Hook’s Street Food Par- “She had to go,” said Harriet adise Unites New York Foodies” added New York Magazine’s Zucker, a set designer and dog dining blog, Grub Street. There was even a protest blog, trainer who led the rescue, her 452 MYRTLE AVE CLINTON HILL http://savesoccertacos.blogspot.com, featuring a pre-made mes- 60th over the last 12 years. sage to click off to Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. “The dogs had lived there for (718) -237- 7827 But while the online indignation was directed at the city’s de- many years and they were rela- Slim hope for rezoning cision to invite other vendors — including deep-pocketed cor- tively safe. When construction porate food sellers — to sell at the site, some regulars were not began, the [danger began]. It exactly shocked. was an accident waiting to hap- “I believe all this will disappear,” said Cesar Guerra, a native pen.” of Guatemala who has made the trek to the Red Hook soccer Zucker’s rescue efforts be- Carroll Gardens quickly Pregnant fields from his Green-Wood Heights home for over 20 years. gan in earnest in 2004, when Guerra likened the city’s decision to its planned upgrade of Mama Dulce and Big Mama By Chris O’Connell amount of time it could take before a Carroll Gar- or need a GYN Exam? Coney Island. “For Spanish people, coming here is like a poor gave birth to a joint litter of 14. for The Brooklyn Paper dens downzone could take effect. white person going to Coney Island and eating a hot dog,” he The guards who watched “We can’t downzone or landmark in time to said. “But all these places are getting sophisticated, and what’s generations of dogs settle on the Tempers flared this week as Carroll Gardens stop a specific development,” said Zoe Pellegrino, there now is getting chased away.” rubble-strewn Revere property residents argued over how best to control who lives near the corner of Second Place and Then, he stopped talking, took a swig of fresh tamarind juice had let Zucker feed the brood “overdevelopment” in the neighborhood. Smith Street, where starchitect Robert Scarano and took a slow look at the jersey-topped men playing soccer in for months, until she found peo- The Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association wants to build a 70-foot-tall building. “We have the center of the park. Then Guerra laughed. ple to adopt them. discussed different options for expediting a pro- light, air, traffic and population issues that need to “I think everyone has forgotten that this is all here because of After the puppy daddy, a posed downzoning of the neighborhood — includ- be addressed to future developers.” soccer and soccer isn’t baseball, or basketball or golf. It is in the Airedale named Scrappy, was ing a controversial plan to latch onto an existing re- Buddy Scotto, a member of the CGNA and the Call MWS OB/GYN for modern, private and caring service. hearts of our countries. We don’t eat hot dogs, we eat tacos.” adopted by a truck driver, the zoning proposal for the Gowanus Canal area. Gowanus Canal Community Development Corpo- two mamas and a third feral “We need to downzone to protect the character ration — which focuses on environmental, housing Metropolitan Women Service THE KITCHEN SINK companion were left alone at of the neighborhood, but it’s a long process,” said and economic development in the neighborhood Long Island College Hospital awarded its prestigious “Vol- the old sugar plant, where they Association member Glenn Kelly, who suggested — supports the expansion of Cobble Hill’s existing OB/GYN unteer of the Year” award to Doris Frost, a retired Verizon worker lived without a bark of trouble hitching Carroll Gardens’ wagon to Gowanus’s landmark protection into Carroll Gardens. Angela Wilson, M.D. who has been making LICH patients feel better free of charge for until 2005, when developer star. “City Planning is low on staff and there is a “The landmark designation [carries] a 50-foot five years. … Broken window alert: Our Boerum Hill spies say Thor Equities bought the rust- long line. … It could be four or five years [before height limit, and we need that,” he said. 55 Greene Ave. Suite 2B, Ft. Greene that there has been a rash of car-window-breaking in the neighbor- ing hulk for $40 million. a Carroll Gardens downzone is approved].” He also favored linking up with the Gowanus For Appointment Call 718-398-8100 hood lately. Remember that next time you throw your cellphone As construction crews began By then, of course, development would build rezoning effort. Open Days ~ Evenings ~ Weekends on the car seat while on that deli run. Or on the Tazza coffee run. to demolish the plant, the dogs structures that would “ruin” the neighborhood’s “If the city is now going to rezone the canal Yup, the beloved restaurant-café on Henry Street at Atlantic Av- made a new home in the va- low-rise character, supporters of downzoning say. area for housing, [it should put] height by the enue, has reopened after a brief closure by Department of Health. cant, graffiti-covered lot nearby Carroll Gardens is just the latest neighborhood to canal [and] protect Carroll Gardens,” Scotto said, Good. We missed the quiche. … Local baker pairs with local on the corner of Halleck and join the rush to downzone. In recent months, neigh- citing a similar compromise that allowed develop- brewer to make a delicious new treat: Baked rolled out a new Ostego streets. 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And, given that there no longer ters, which the city euphemistically calls “Alternate Learning is a James Brown, he is, de facto, James Brown. The Godfather of Soul’s doppelganger, Black Velvet, charmed Fort Greene’s silver- Centers.” haired set with a sex-charged, early bird luncheon and performance at the Masonic Temple in Fort Greene on June 6. Black Velvet (718) 230-8100 The placement of the city’s 28 suspension centers, according (who also goes by Charles Bradley and, when he’s in the mood, James Brown Jr.) shook the Lafayette Avenue temple with Brown’s to Education spokeswoman funky vibe at the invitation of Councilwoman Letitia James and state Sen. Eric Adams, both noted funk fans. The audience was www.myrtlecarservice.com Dina Paul Parks, is based drawn from neighborhood senior centers. 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So, I called 911.” The saga of the stolen adult tri- Holland’s niece did, too. make everyone’s jobs easier. cycle began on Sunday evening, Meanwhile, the niece’s boy- Saving Energy “Good communication can go a long way toward rectifying 6:55 pm, to be exact. DK Hol- friend, Brooks Larsen, used an- programs that parents have doubts about. … I don’t care if it’s land, a 60-year-old graphic de- other set of wheels. bussing or homework policy or cellphones in schools,” said signer, was preparing to leave her “I jumped in my girlfriend’s Is COOL! Drescher. “If people hear what the reasons are, most of them Adelphi Avenue apartment. Hol- car, and saw a couple of guys will see that the intentions are probably good ones and say, land’s beloved yellow tricycle chasing after someone. … [And A/C's with ‘Let’s give it a chance.’” was locked-up out front. Sudden- then], I saw the tricycle and a So come on, you educrats at the Department of Education. ly, she heard a neighbor scream. crowd of people gathered on Programable Timers It’s time to learn that lesson for good. She ran outside to find an un- Willoughby.” usual scene: “The chef from Olea The thief had, according to DONT WASTE ENERGY! THE KITCHEN SINK was flying down Adelphi after witnesses, lost control of the tri- Word has it that Councilwoman Tish James has come my trike!” recalled Holland. cycle and smashed into a parked ® through with $500,000 to fix the disgraceful stairway at the cor- Hold on a second. A trike? car. When the thief tried to right We Appreciate Your Business! ner of Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park in Fort Greene Yes. Holland rides a one-year- the trike and speed away, its Over 30 Years in Business Park. Once that’s done, maybe they could take care of the oth- old Worksman tricycle. She says chain broke. 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Some months it is slow, with routine Student matters like whether to allow someone in the Park Slope historic By Chris Cascarano Three years ago, the same times, the group paid its own lier — and a symbol of faith. and Children 369-4969 district to build a new deck or whether to approve a proposed for The Brooklyn Paper group completed a similar proj- travel expenses. “The chandelier brings life to ect, replacing the roof of a Bed- Now that the work is done, the light — and light helps the traffic hump on a side street. Doing the Lord’s work took Other months, it is raucous and exciting, with controversy, dif- on a new meaning as a massive ford-Stuyvesant church. Both Meeter has a gleaming chande- expression of God,” he said. fering opinions and thoughtful, eloquent arguments. Those are the antique chandelier at Park Slope’s meetings I like because that’s when I really have to think about the Old First Reformed Church was community instead of just what I want. Even if I vote against the given a good scrubbing for the majority, I still feel really good about being on the board and hav- first time in 12 years. ing a voice — and in a town On Monday, more than 60 like this, having a voice (or college-aged volunteers came ON OUR OTHER Armory plan advances? feeling you have one) is a from the Gibbsville Reformed rare thing. Church in Wisconsin began the stoop Lacking that voice is dirty job. By Harry Cheadle tical — every prediction for the foot space will have room for an PAGES what ends up making peo- “It’s good to be doing what and Beethoven Bong completion of construction has Olympic-sized track, basketball BAY RIDGE ple feel out of touch with God wants us to do,” said Teird- The Brooklyn Paper been missed. When the plan for courts, and a weightlifting room, Gas pains their neighborhoods. They renovation was first announced and will be used by community ra Miller, a freshman at Northern Workers are indeed putting watch changes come (like Wisconsin Technical College. in 2004, it was going to be fin- members as well as public high RED HOOK the finishing touches on a Last dog caught the building boom along The volunteers scrubbed ished in October, 2006. school students from around the $16-million renovation of the B’HEIGHTS Fourth Avenue) and wonder away 12 years of oxidization If past performance is any borough. Park Slope residents Fake grass a hit how they all happened, who from the 30-foot, 116-year-old Park Slope Armory — but that indication, it could take months were enthusiastic. allowed it to happen, and brass chandelier. doesn’t mean neighbors will for the city to find a group to “I think it is a magnificent FORT GREENE be lifting weights and running Tricycle thief why it can’t be stopped. “They had the smallest girls run the rec center. 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And, yes, sometimes it’s frustrating, but other times it is illu- lights were replaced with long- “The city is saying [it will such group has emerged in Park they have is the play yard in minating and even, at times, empowering. lasting, energy-efficient compact call for proposals] sometime Slope, so it will be a while be- front of the school.” We may lose more members who resign in protest of the re- fluorescent bulbs — or this month,” said Tony Kleckn- fore the rec center opens. The armory was built in LOOK GREAT, SEE GREAT! er, chairman of the Park Slope “It would be a miracle if they cent non-reappointments, but I will not be among them. I just “Bloomberg bulbs,” as the green- 1893 and housed regiments sent Specialists on Staff: got assigned to chair the Parks Committee — and I have too minded Meeter calls them. Civic Council’s Armory Com- open this fall,” said Kleckner. “If into combat in both of the much that I want to get done to quit now. “They may look tacky, but mittee. “We’ll see.” we’re lucky, sometime in 2008.” world wars. The military pres- Kevin S. Meyers, M.D., Ophthalmology Kleckner is right to be skep- The massive 110,000-square- Nica Lalli is also the author of “Nothing: Something to Believe we’ll get used to them eventual- ence remained until 1996, when Eric Colman, O.D., Optometry In” (Prometheus Books), a memoir of atheism. ly — it’s both an ethical deci- control of the building trans- Tatyana Galinsky, O.D. sion as well as aesthetic.” ferred from the state to the city. 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Dunn, his British accent clashing with the diner waitresses’ The Brooklyn Paper But Fossella caught a lucky break: when doffed his jacket and climbed right through. QUALITY Is Not An Extra At Kings (County) English. “We believe this trust is sacred and that Days after federal authorities arrested he got to Third Avenue and 65th Street, he 2. Fossella posed for photos at the access is why we are Brooklyn’s paper.” four Muslim men and charged them with noticed that there was, indeed, a hole in the point to the pipeline. But it wasn’t an easy sell. This was, after all, Bay Ridge, a terror plot to blow up gas tanks at John fence that is supposed to keep ne’er-do-wells 3. Fossella and local activist Joanne Lu- where Community Board 10 meetings sometimes last well past F. Kennedy Airport, Rep. Vito Fossella in- and terrorists away from the jet-fuel pipeline. cas made use of a rope that a homeless per- “24” (and that’s just the public comment portion!), and where vited the media to the Bay Ridge portion As this sequence of photos shows, Fos- son installed. EVERYTHING discussions over the placement of a traffic light can lead to sev- of the fuel pipeline to listen to him de- sella’s press conference quickly turned into Afterwards, Fossella said his press con- YOU SEE IS eral hours of heated debate. mand that Attorney General Andrew Cuo- a great photo-op, too. ference had made its point. The News brass got an earful. mo figure out who is responsible for se- 1. Fossella quickly noticed how insecure “It took us less than three minutes to find INCLUDED! “I want to know why your reporters can’t figure out where curing the site. the Buckeye pipeline really is. He then the hole in the fence, enter the rail yard and lo- TAX ABATED Dyker Heights ends and Bay Ridge begins,” said one woman. “I cate the pipeline,” he said. “It’s would appreciate it if you could work on that.” disturbing just how easy it was to COME VISIT OUR Other complaints included the font size of the crossword puz- do. It also proves how simple it SPECTACULAR zle, the dumbing-down of the news (“If people want to see Paris would be for terrorists to take ad- 1 & 2 FAMILY Hilton, our coverage will have to reflect that,” replied Dunn), vantage of the security vulnera- HOMES and the firm belief that the News has a Yankees bias. From $789,000 “Why can’t you split the coverage?” asked one man, to audi- Limp, Forrest, limp! bility of the site.” Corner Bloomingdale & Amboy Rds ble cheers of approval from the audience. “Give the Mets equal Aspokesman for the Buck- time and make it half Yankees and half Mets?” more of the city than anyone and completing it by Friday, eye Pipe Line Company has told 718-227-1600 www.opal-ridge.com One man went off about Ridge man ever has over the course of a June 8 — giving them five full The Brooklyn Paper that the OWN A HOME REALTY coverage of a proposed Go- week,” said Rob Moncure, 27, days to finish the task. pipeline, which carries jet fuel ON OUR OTHER wanus Expressway tunnel, goes that extra who, along with college buddy But Rob and Matt’s excellent from Linden, New Jersey to but an editor quickly put him mile — or 70 Matthew Green, 27, first had the adventure soon turned out to be JFK, is monitored on a weekly stoop in his place. “That is a con- idea to get to know the city that a bogus journey (like the time basis and is an extremely unlike- PAGES versation to have at a com- most of us only know through they rode a Greyhound bus for ly terror target because there is Don’t walk — run — to The Brooklyn Paper 52 consecutive hours just for no air inside the pipeline to en- PARK SLOPE munity board meeting,” the mass transit. BrooklynPaper.com Lord’s work editor replied. “I don’t think They may have talked the “Our route will take us the heck of it). able combustion of the jet fuel. this is the appropriate venue.” talk, but could they walk the through diverse landscapes and See LIMP on page 4 — Gersh Kuntzman RED HOOK walk? Last dog caught Yeah, that went over well. neighborhoods, sights both well- If these Manhattan-based That was the question as two known and obscure.” B’HEIGHTS aspiring travel writers embarked Moncure had yet to experi- Fake grass a hit Daily News people want to be Bay Ridge’s hometown on a five-day, 150-mile walking ence the Big Apple and hadn’t FORT GREENE paper, they better learn tour throughout New York City. seen his friend in a while, so the Tricycle thief quickly that every resident This adventure began, like most idea of experiencing New York online at BrooklynPaper.com has an issue and every resi- epic journeys, in Brooklyn. together seemed a natural fit. dent wants to be heard. “We will walk 30 miles each They planned on beginning The brass gave few answers — it was, as Hillary Clinton once day, in hopes of experiencing their march on Monday, June 4, called it, a “listening tour,” after all. Boroughs Editor Steve Mc- Farland, who works out of the Manhattan office, and Brooklyn Bureau Chief Paul Shin listened along with columnist Denis Hamill and reporters Joyce Shelby and Jotham Sederstrom, a Brooklyn Paper alum who was interrupted mid-waffle when Dunn tapped him to brief the audience on the Atlantic Yards proj- ect — which the News has endorsed, despite, apparently, its edi- tor’s lack of knowledge of the project. Sederstrom exchanged his salt shaker for a microphone (yes, he salts his waffles!) and gave a well-thought-out off-the-cuff presentation (maybe he, not some guy from England, should be running “Brooklyn’s daily paper.”) Bay Ridgites know they already have a local paper (you’re holding it in your hands), but the News did have one secret weapon with which even The Brooklyn Paper can’t compete: Hall of Fame cartoonist Bill Gallo. 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Not to be outdone by the city’s four other Beeps, Markowitz also raised a rainbow $50,000 worth of camera N.J., after he confessed to flag atop Borough Hall (the only civic building to fly the gay rights symbol); rode his own Street in Vinegar Hill, at around equipment from a Main Street killing his brother almost a float in the Brooklyn LGBT Pride Night Parade on Saturday; and celebrated the contribu- 10:30 pm when a pair of studio last week, police said. 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Byrne Park now By Dana Rubinstein occupying one of real-estate Even though the promised “Certainly, the fact that The Brooklyn Paper mogul Shaya Boymelgreen’s repairs began on Monday, lo- they’re starting [reconstruc- new Fourth Avenue buildings cals are asking the city to make tion] is a positive sign,” con- Members of Park Slope’s until he fulfills his promise to sure they’re completed before ceded Community Board 6 community board want the repair a local park damaged Boymelgreen’s NOVO condo District Manager Craig Ham- A brutal push city to prevent tenants from during construction. residents can move in. merman. “But the board wants some assurance that the city won’t issue Boymel- green a certificate of occu- pancy — which would allow and rob on the developer to start moving people into the building — until the repairs are made.” The dispute dates back to 2004, when Boymelgreen Polhemus Pl. damaged a handball court in J.J. Byrne Park during con- struction of NOVO, a 12- By Gersh Kuntzman story luxury condo tower at The Brooklyn Paper Fifth Street. A woman walking near her Polhemus Place home late on June By the end of 2005, the 6 was pushed to the ground and robbed of her bag, cops said. Parks Department made a The 36-year-old woman told police that a man wearing a black deal with Boymelgreen that “’do rag” rushed up to her and grabbed the handbag off her shoul- required him to make repairs der at around 11:30 pm. The victim tried to hold onto the bag, but to the park in exchange for was unable to, and she fell to the ground, suffering minor injuries to the right to use the damaged her hip and foot. parkland as a staging area The perp, described as a black man, 5-foot-4 and wearing jeans, for construction. fled on foot down Carroll Street. He got away with $80 and some The $1.6-million renova- credit cards. tion will include “two bas- ketball courts, eight handball Grand theft autos courts, a dog run that will be At least two cars were stolen, and a third broken into, on Park approximately 5,000 square Slope streets last week. feet and a 15,000-square- A 1999 Honda Civic — with New Jersey plates — was lifted foot skate park,” according from a parking spot on Fourth Street between Sixth and Seventh av- to Rebecca Regal, a spokes- Mango P. / Gregory enues sometime after 9:15 woman for the developer. pm on June 3. When the Regal said the repairs owner, a 65-year-old Jersey would be completed by the woman, returned to the car POLICE end of the summer. at 9 am the next morning, Meanwhile, the Buildings there wasn’t even any bro- BLOTTER Department spokeswoman Paper file The Brooklyn ken glass marking the site of Kate Lindquist said the city The park and handball court behind this Shaya Boymelgreen the crime. would “do what we can” to building on Fourth Avenue was damaged during construction. Three days later, a woman parked her 1990 Toyota Camry on address “the community’s Now, local officials want to deny Boymelgreen a key permit until Garfield Place, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, at around 3:30 pm. concerns.” he makes repairs. When the 20-year-old woman returned to it just four and a half hours later, it was gone. On June 7, a man who had left his wallet in plain sight inside his Dodge van at 9 am returned a few hours later to find the wallet gone and the front window shattered. The car had been parked behind a building on Fourth Avenue between Atlantic and Pacific streets. Two break-ins on PPW • On June 8, a thief stole two laptop computers — a PC and an Apple — from a building on Prospect Park West at Garfield Place. The break-in occurred sometime between 8 am and 10:15 pm, when the resident returned home to find the missing equipment. Cops be- lieve that a neighbor may have done the deed. • Hours later — and just four doors down — another man lost his laptop when a perp climbed through an open window. This crime occurred sometime between 8:30 pm and and 8:20 pm on June 9, cops said. Lost identities At least four people complained of having their identities stolen last week. • On June 5, a man walked into the 78th Precinct stationhouse to tell cops that someone had opened a Home Depot account in his name and rung up $1,224.31 in charges, dating back to last Septem- ber. The 56-year-old victim lives on 12th Street, between Third and Fourth avenues. • On June 6, a 67-year-old man told cops that someone had opened up accounts at Lowe’s and Sears in her name — and that the Sears account already had $7,266.47 on it. The man lives on Ninth Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. • The next day, a 47-year-old woman dropped by the stationhouse to report that someone had been making purchases with her debit card, even though it never left her bag. The unknown perp or perps had rung up $1,017 in bills. The victim lives on Garfield Place be- tween Polhemus and Fiske places. • And on the same day, another victim showed up at the Sixth Av- enue stationhouse to report that someone had withdrawn $11,530.03 — plus been hit with $36 in fees! — from his savings account. The 78-year-old victim lives on St. Johns Place between Sixth and Sev- enth avenuees. Sick theft Awoman recovering at a local hospital had her iPod, headphones and cellphone stolen while she napped on June 5, police said. The 33-year-old woman was in her room at the Seventh Avenue medical center at around 3:45 pm when she dozed off. When she awoke two hours later, not only was the electronic equip- ment gone, but she was also missing her Metrocard and credit cards. She had been sharing the room with another patient. Catfight Awoman told cops that her ex-girlfriend ambushed her outside a popular Fifth Avenue lesbian bar and stole her handbag on June 9. The 33-year-old woman told police that she had been drinking at the bar, which is at Fifth Street, at around 10 pm. When she left, the ex rushed over and snatched the purse, which contained $300 and various credit cards. Cops described the ex-girlfriend as a 28-year-old woman, 5-foot- 9, with long black dreadlocks and a tattoo with the word “Jordan” on it. Jordan is not the name of the victim in this report, by the way. Insult and injury The plot thickens at a construction site on Fourth Avenue and 12th Street. In last week’s blotter, we reported that a man visited the site on May 29 to inquire why his brother had been fired — and ended up beating up his bro’s former co-workers, cops said. Well, the next day, the fired man showed up — but this time, the former co-workers pounded him, according to the police report. The 36-year-old victim told cops that he showed up at the job site to simply inquire why he had been fired. “It’s none of your business,” one of his former co-workers appar- ently told him. But other workers couldn’t leave well enough alone. As the fired hardhat turned to leave, two other men jumped in and started pum- meling the former worker with a hammer and a wooden beam. No arrests have been made, but cops know where the alleged as- sailants work and what they look like. Bar brawl Aman was slashed after a bar fight turned violent on Fourth Av- enue on June 8. The 31-year-old victim told cops that he had gotten into a “verbal dispute” with another customer of the bar, which is on Fourth Av- enue at Bergen Street, just after midnight. “I’ll do you,” the perp said, before pulling out an unidentified ob- ject, slashing the victim, and running away down St. Marks Place. The thug’s white sweatshirt was recovered, cops said, but the K-9 unit couldn’t track him down. 4 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 June 16, 2007

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last couple of years have been quiet and unremarkable — a far cry from their colorful heydays. Izzi was even known around town as a meticulous dresser with an uncanny ability to color coordinate his wardrobe. Twenty years ago, news of twin, mob-linked shootings would have shaken the community, but today it hardly registers as a tremor. Many residents around the shootings even seemed confused by the idea of a mob war. “A mob war?” said one woman who lives on the block near the in- tersection of the DeCicco shooting. “I am sorry, but I don’t under- stand.” Another woman said heard about the murder, but didn’t know there was a mob connection. “I was in the shower when I heard the gunshots,” said the woman, who also lives on the block of the shooting. “I didn’t know the man and I hadn’t heard anything about the mob.” Of course, there were the usual characters playing the classic role of wise guys (if not wiseguys). “You have to watch who you ask,” said one of the men, who were standing at the corner of Bath Street and 17th Avenue. “You don’t want to find yourself with any problems.” LIMP… Continued from page 3 Shortly after the halfway point, the grueling quest claimed its first casualty: Moncure had to drop out because of, what else?, foot pain. “I had tremendous pain in my ankles,” said Moncure, who ended up sidelined last Wednesday after walking a respectable 83 miles. “The front of each ankle was incredibly swollen. Each featured a large lump that didn’t feel any more comfortable than it looks.” At least the West Coast native got a healthy dose of Brooklyn flavor before he was sidelined — the pair scheduled the walk so that its first dinner would be in, where else?, Bay Ridge. “It has the most diverse restaurant selection in the entire city,” said Moncure. “The only problem was selecting only one eatery.” They settled on Vesuvio, at 7305 Third Ave. Moncure ordered the Manhattan pizza, and Green ordered fettuccine primavera. “Vesuvio’s was great,” said Moncure after the meal. “The food was the best we had to that point.” The two friends also met some of Bay Ridge’s good Samaritans along the way. Alocal religious leader was inspired by the duo’s exploits and reached out to contribute. The Rev. John Farrell of Christ Church Bay Ridge, which is at 7301 Ridge Blvd., offered the men a place to rest their weary bones that first night. After that, it was back to the races. At the time, Green thought it would be a walk in the park. “We are well known for our strenuous methods of training and preparing for our trips,” he said at the time. “We included such inten- sive measures as eating pizza and watching ‘Smokey and the Bandit.’” That kind of training may lead people to think this kind of thing is easy, but when Gary Jarvis tried to run all 1,742 miles of Brooklyn ear- lier this year, he made it halfway and petered out. The sidelined borough runner had some advice for the two aspiring city walkers: “Wear comfortable shoes, take some toilet paper, and go through neighborhoods you’d otherwise not have occasion to visit,” said Jarvis. “Oh, and stretch those hamstrings.” Green, the Bay Ridge native, must have listened, because last Fri- day, he finally crossed the finish line at City Hall, where he was greet- ed by the hobbled Moncure. The walker-extraordinaire’s words would have made Don King blush. “Roll over Lewis and Clark and tell Neil Armstrong the news,” said Green. “The pantheon of great American explorers is a little more crowded.” June 16, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 5

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She Lucky you, she said with not for info. Kids 12 and over only. even wondered if they’d still be Hah. That teacher, who is Sure, some kids do need spe- a trace of envy (hah). Now you 11 am: Ocean life workshop for 1 pm: Father’s Day walk. Salt living in Brooklyn by the time now an assistant principal at PS cial school settings. But Brook- Marsh Nature Center (3302 don’t have to worry about high Outdoor,Traveling early learners. Brooklyn Chil- Teen Spirit hit kindergarten. 321, was smart, organized, lyn certainly has some excellent school. What a break. dren’s Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave. U at 33rd Street), free. Call imaginative, and compassion- small public schools, like the 311 for information. Maybe their ship would come She did feel a pang of snark: Ave., at St Marks Avenue in ate: a real winner. Children’s School, which only Crown Heights), free. Call (718) in and they’d be able to move What, all of the new schools Day Camp 735-4400 for info. MONDAY, JUNE 18 back to Manhattan. So much for public school has 250 kids (compared to 4 pm: Movies for kids. “Willy misgivings. 1,300 at PS 321); PS 39; the aren’t good enough for you? 11 am–2 pm: Gallery talk. Wonka and the Chocolate That’s right. In the old days, Daily Trips to: Swimming at a lake, pool and Brooklyn Museum. (200 Eastern That’s why when a friend re- Brooklyn New School; or PS Later that same day, OSFO, Factory,” Cobble Hill Cinemas Brooklyn was the booby prize, who barely understands the dif- Pkwy, at Washington Avenue in (256 Court St., at Kane Street), cently told Smartmom that 107, where Dumb Editor sends the beach. Weekly hikes and trips to Museums, Park Slope), adults, $8; kids the place you had to move be- $6. Call (718) 596-9113 for she’s choosing private over his kid. ference between public and pri- Zoos, Playgrounds, The Aquarium, Liberty Science free. Meet in lobby. Call (718) information. cause you’d been priced out of 638-5000 for info. public, her first reaction was a Smartmom knows there is a vate, told Smartmom that she Center, Bowling and a special trip to Sesame Place Manhattan. 11 am: Reading for kids. “Little THURSDAY, JUNE 21 little snarky: That’ll just make difference between public and wants to go to the Berkeley Critter.” Barnes and Noble (106 Sadly, Smartmom and Hep- Carroll School because one of Noon–5 pm: Science exhibit. cat moved to the wrong side of room for some kid whose par- private school. She herself went Court St., between State and Audubon Center at Lullwater ents can’t shell out $20,000 for to progressive private schools her best friends may be going •Experienced, Schermerhorn streets), free. Call Lake in Prospect Park (enter at Fifth Street. They didn’t know (718) 246-4996 kindergarten. after spending three years at there. Carefully Chosen, Ocean Avenue and Lincoln it at the time but only the north Smartmom almost fell over. Noon–3 pm: Sea lion samba. Road), free. Visit side of the street is “in the But then the dread set in: Is public school. Adult Staff Brazilian dance at the Prospect prospectpark.com for info. the Oh So Feisty One getting a She felt the difference as a But then she gave it some Park Zoo (450 Flatbush Ave., at zone.” thought. •Flexible Schedule: FRIDAY, JUNE 22 good education in public child. The kids at the private Ocean Avenue), $6, $2.25 sen- Luckily, when Teen Spirit You know, OSFO is such a 3, 4, 5 or 6 weeks iors, $1 kids (3–12). Call (718) 10:30 am–4 pm: Zoo puppet turned 3, Smartmom found an school? Will she be prepared school were richer, whiter and show. See Saturday, June 16. sensitive child, a delicate one. 399-7339. apartment in the zone and for the hyper-competitive world more likely to have a country 3, 4or5days a Noon–5 pm: Science exhibit. Very smart. Very special… 12:30–1:30 pm: Make Father’s grabbed it as fast as you can out there? house. week Day cards. Brooklyn Children’s See Thursday, June 21. Then, when the apocalyptic Smartmom does admit that Then, Smartmom remem- Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave., at 2–3 pm: Music for 3- to 5-year- say, “I love those limestones on • Early drop-off St. Marks Avenue), $5, free for dread wore off, she went ballis- middle school is a whole bered that Teen Spirit would be olds. Prospect Park Audubon Third Street.” going to college in two years. (8am) and late members. Call (718) 735-4400. Center (enter at Ocean Avenue At the time, Teen Spirit was tic. ’nother kettle of stinky fish. As and Lincoln Road), fre. Call there are no zoned middle College and private school pick up (6pm) 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: enrolled in a wonderful VER THE YEARS, Puppet show. “The Jungle (718) 287-3400 to register. schools, students must apply tuition? Simultaneously? available Montessori school called The Smartmom has heard Book.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth and it’s a harrowing process. Like she said, Smartmom Ave., at fourth Street in Park SATURDAY, JUNE 23 Oall kinds of reasons for • Ages 5 to 11 Slope), $7 children, $8 adults. 10:30 am–4 pm: Zoo puppet writing the big private school In preparation for next year, has always been a strong be- years Call (718) 965-3391 to make show. See Saturday, June 16. checks. One friend, whose when OSFO will apply to mid- liever in public schools. reservations. 11 am: Story hour about bears. daughter went to pre-school 1 pm: Insect safari. Salt Marsh Barnes and Noble (106 Court
Nature Center (3302 Ave. U at St., between State and Scher- with OSFO, once told Smart- Park Slope • (718) 768-6419 33rd Street), free. For info, call merhorn streets), Free. Call mom, “My kid is too sensitive 27 years of operation 311. Kids 12 and over only. (718) 246-4996 for information. Communion for public school. She’s too del- 1–2 pm: Magic show. Williams- 11 am and 2 pm: Gallery talk. icate. She’ll get lost.” Boot Camp Challenge burg library (240 Division Ave., See Saturday, June 16. and That made Smartmom think: at Marcy Avenue), free. Call 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Jungle The Brooklyn Paper off with simple stretching ex- (718) 302-3485 for info. What, my kid isn’t sensitive Book.” See Saturday, June 16. ercises that made me pant — 3–7 pm: Family picnic with Christening and delicate? Our Classified Sales Man- 1:15–1:55 pm: Boat ride. Au- not a good sign. Next, we did food, live music, entertainment dubon Center (enter at Ocean Yeah, right. Your kid is so ager Adam El-Sheemy is un- and activities. Main Street Avenue and Lincoln Road), Dresses delicate, she needs to be han- dertaking the “Boot Camp what the coaches call “hard- (between Water and Plymouth adults, $10; children, $6. dled with boxing gloves. Challenge,” a grueling, thrice- knocking mountain climbers”: streets in DUMBO), $20 per Binoculars provided. Visit you start in a standing position, family. Call (917) 532-4854.
Another friend who went weekly workout regimen set prospectpark.com for info. then drop down into a push-up 7:30 pm: Look for horseshoe private offered this rationale: up by two personal trainers. 3–4 pm: Historic games. Play position, and then stand back crabs at Plumb Beach. Meet in games from bygone centuries at “My kid is very smart, you see, Every week, he’ll give us an parking lot, off the Belt Parkway Lefferts Historic House (enter at update on how he’s doing. up. I felt like I was climbing a a mile east of Sheepshead Bay,  and I’m worried that he won’t intersection of Flatbush and FLOWER GIRLS get the attention and level of in- Here is how he fared during real mountain: the pain was free. For info, call 311. Ocean Avenues and Empire Bou- exquisite and I got dizzy. Did- levard), free. Call (718) 789-2822. struction he deserves.” week two: SUNDAY, JUNE 17  TUXEDOS/SUITS n’t throw up, though! 3–5 pm: Botany for kids. This made Smartmom livid: Day 3: June 8 10:30 am-4 pm: Zoo puppet Day 5: June 13 show. See Saturday, June 16. Brooklyn Children’s Museum  So, your kid is too smart to go On Day 2, I vomitted from (145 Brooklyn Ave., at St Marks SPECIAL to school with my kid. Got it. The stretching is getting 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Avenue in Crown Heights), free. the grueling workout. But “Jungle Book.” See Saturday, Call (718) 735-4400 for info. OCCASIONS Another friend told her that I’m glad I stuck it out be- easier — but that’s the least June 16. public school is too diverse. of my problems. Now we’re SUNDAY, JUNE 24 cause now that my first three 1 pm and 2 pm: Australian “You know, bad influences, too sessions are done, I can actu- using a stretch cord during totem pole painting with Mere- 1 pm and 4 pm: Circus Sunday. many levels of intelligence, too power squats, arm curls and dith’s Sweetbeatz. Brooklyn Waterfront Museum (290 Cono- Made 4 Me ally see improvements. I’m Children’s Museum (145 Brook- ver St., past Beard Street), $15, many learning styles.” breathing less heavily during triceps curls — and the cord lyn Ave., at St. Marks Avenue), $8 kids. Call (877) 238-5596. Boutique It doesn’t take a private our runs, though the push-ups makes everything 10 times $5. Call (718) 735-4400. harder (like it wasn’t hard 1 pm: Learn about insects. Fort 298 DeGraw St. school graduate to see that are still a problem. 1 pm and 4 pm: Circus Sunday. Greene Park (meet at the comments like that contain enough pushing my own Waterfront Museum (290 Cono- Myrtle Avenue and Washington (near Court Street) Day 4: June 11 body weight). I want to stran- ver St., past Beard Street), $15, Park entrance), free. Call 311 some subtle and not so subtle $8 kids. Call (877) 238-5596. for information. (718) 596-7362 hints of racism and classism. Back to reality. We started gle the inventor. Sun-Fri by appt / Sat 11-6 Sorry, your kid needs to be

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FEW MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL tectural treasure. A report last week in our Park same with the nearby Long Island Rail Road train board grabbed a late beer on Wednesday at a Slope Edition made it clear that many Slopers don’t yards, we would not be stuck with Bruce Ratner’s Anew bar on Fourth Avenue — a few blocks share Shaya Boymelgreen’s taste for buildings that master-planned monstrosity. from where Bruce Ratner plans to build his At- look like dormitories covered in dun-colored brick. As Fourth Avenue proves, an urban area’s so- lantic Yards mega-development. The fact-finding But the market, not the city, will dictate whether called “blight” is best remedied by allowing indi- mission clarified once again why this newspaper Boymelgreen and his fellow builders will be suc- vidual developers to build what the market will has opposed Ratner’s plan, yet has consistently cessful. If Boymelgreen can’t move apartments, he bear, not by condemning family-owned business- supported sensible development like the kind that and other developers will make improvements that es and recently renovated condo buildings so that is transforming the once-dour Fourth Avenue into will drive buyers to their buildings. a hand-picked developer can de-map streets in fa- a vibrant strip. The market will encourage better and better de- vor of superblocks that stifle urban life. The 4th Avenue Pub was packed — at mid- velopment on Fourth Avenue. And it won’t all be On Fourth Avenue, developers are assuming night on a weeknight! — and it provided a fitting luxury housing. As we’ve seen elsewhere, many de- the risk and, if successful, will merit the rewards. symbol of the good things that can happen when velopers will choose to partner with the city — and Contrast this with Ratner’s mega-development, the city gets out of the way and lets development accept subsidies — to build below-market-rate units. where taxpayers are assuming the bulk of the risk take place organically. As a result of such positive developments, by underwriting the project with hundreds of mil- By upzoning Fourth Avenue in 2004, the city more and more people will move to what was lions in direct subsidies and billions in low-inter- gave the green light to property owners to put up once an area dominated by flat-fix shops and taxi est loans. Such subsidies are not an investment; taller buildings along a wide boulevard that is garages, continuing a trend towards making it an they’re a payoff. well served by mass transit. energetic neighborhood that’s perfect for a late The Fourth Avenue renaissance cost taxpayers Certainly, not every building that is rising be- night beer or a top-notch meal. nothing — outside of an inexpensive beer in a tween Flatbush Avenue and 16th Street is an archi- If, 20 years ago, the city and state had done the friendly new place. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Beaten by teen girls, then offended by Paper To the editor, thing. It was really scary. I have become para- To the editor, Cindy Sheehan to Bill O’Reilly by saying, dents, and the tax burden. This project You did me a disservice by using my sto- noid walking around the neighborhood. I cross I thank Dana Rubinstein for a well-writ- “Hey, they’re both opinionated, right?” needs to be scaled back or it will paralyze a ry in the poorly titled and belittling article the street now if I see a group of teenagers. ten assessment of what I personally feel was Right. And it’s just as illegal for a rich man huge swath of Brooklyn. Why can’t Bruce “Tween bandits terrorize shoppers in P’- Ryan Bourquin, Prospect Heights the biggest mistake ever made by the De- as a poor man to sleep under a bridge. Might Ratner bear the cost of the electric upgrade, Delivery Opt out Heights,” (June 2). partment of City Planning. be true in a very narrow legalistic sense, but new schools, firehouses, and other support Every week, we deliver copies of The The accompanying graphic was ludi- To the editor, One just has to look at the results. While it obscures a much larger reality. services? Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout crous and probably as belittling as the title, What these kids need is a good ass I could argue both sides of the coin on the The larger issue is this: Kerry never said, It is obvious he’s buying off everyone in Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- which might have been more appropriate as whoopin’. Introduce public caning and Brook- upzoning of Fourth Avenue, the result has “Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam” the way reach with the disclosure that he spent $2 tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- a headline in the Onion. lyn will be a much more civil place to live. been hulking, out-of-scale buildings with Rudy says, “9-11, 9-11, 9-11” every chance million on lobbyists in Albany last year pers per building (eliminating the kind What happened to me — which was ac- Someone should seriously consider cor- absolutely no character. The “schoolhouse he gets. Besides, Rudy’s “leadership” on 9- alone. Bloomberg, who normally seems in- of clutter caused by circular and menu delivery services). tually an assault that caused swelling that poral punishment in school as well. windows” observation (about the Crest) is a 11 seems to have consisted of walking sightful and conscientious, has gone “hands around — while police and firefighters We hope everyone appreciates our lasted for days — was not something to be Dave Reese, Prospect Heights perfect assessment for these NYU-style off” on this project. Please help us. We need free home delivery, but realize there are made light of. Random street violence isn’t dorm buildings (apologies to NYU). were unable to communicate with one an- someone who wasn’t a part of the back- exceptions to every rule. funny and it doesn’t come with a cute little Big does not have to equate to ugly. But other. How many first responders lost their room deal that approved this project. This lives as a result? So, if you’ve received The Paper at bow attached, like in your cartoon. Fourth Ave troubles the attitude of these builders seems to be, whole thing should be scaled back 20 per- home and no longer want this free While I hardly believe this was the crime To the editor, “Hey, it’s on Fourth Avenue, so who cares, If Giuliani had taken the advice of securi- cent so it will not cripple everything around service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- of the century, being assaulted while walking As your paper has documented, the con- right?” Park Avenue of Brooklyn this is not. ty experts and located the Emergency Com- it. Please, please help.” ery program by filling out the online down the street is more than a little unnerving. fluence of Atlantic, Flatbush, and Fourth Av- Aaron Brashear, Greenwood Heights mand Center in Brooklyn (where it is to- Tim Gregory, Prospect Heights form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ For the record then: I was assaulted on enue is a parking lot. Nonetheless, all along The writer is co-founder of Concerned day!), he would have been a lot closer to optout.html the street in broad daylight for no real rea- Fourth Avenue, high-rise residential build- Citizens of Greenwood Heights fulfilling his responsibilities to the people of son except to satisfy the violent, whims of ings are going up (“The Shaya Report: Slop- New York City on that horrible day. Save your voice some young women. ers react to Boymelgreen’s buildings,” Park Giuliani created the mess he tries to avoid. To the editor, I’m not sure who was responsible for the Slope edition and online, June 9). And At- Boo on you! John Kerry had a mess created and thrown at It would be a great mistake on Joseph Send a letter title of your article, but it was laughable. I’d lantic Yards will bring thousands of new res- To the editor, him. In the future, please try to see the differ- Porcelli’s part to resign from Community By e-mail: [email protected] rather you didn’t publish my name, but idents into the area. We will choke on traffic. Your recent front-page article, “Boo-liani ence. Seymour Blain, Red Hook Board 6 (“CB6 member to resign, ripping thought you should know how the article res- The mayor’s [congestion pricing] plan in Ridge,” (June 2), misused the term By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn Marty,” June 9). Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY onated with one member of the community. hasn’t addressed this critical issue, nor have “Swift-boated” to suggest that protesters For him to resign only contributes to the Name withheld, Crown Heights our City Councilmembers or hapless bor- were not telling the truth about Rudy Giu- Help us, Eliot very problem he’s protesting. An independ- 11201. ough president, who jumped on the band- liani’s record. In fact, every official govern- To the editor, ent voice is too precious to surrender volun- By fax: (718) 834-9278. To the editor, wagon for this latest wave of reckless de- ment military record backs up John Kerry, After reading your story about Con Ed’s tarily. All letters must be signed and include I was attacked by a group of teenage velopment. not the GOP political “Swift-boat” request for a rate hike (“Power Lies,” June Don’t give up ahead of time. Better to the writer’s home address and phone boys last September in Park Slope. They Brooklyn voters must replace Markowitz slimesters. Applying the term “Swift- 2), I wrote this letter to Gov. Spitzer: speak your mind with absolute freedom number (only the writer’s name and came out of nowhere, hit me over the head and his cohorts with leaders who will insist boaters” to the anti-Giuliani protesters im- “I hear now that Con Ed wants a 17-per- from fear of being fired! neighborhood are published with the let- and then proceeded to kick and punch me on planning that will address the challenges plies their charges are likewise bogus. cent increase to improve the grid just to ac- Daniel Meeter, Park Slope ter). Letters may be edited and will not until someone walked by. development brings. Was your reporter using the term to mean commodate the project. That’s just one The author is the pastor at the be returned. The earlier in the week you Then they walked off without stealing any- Scott Powell, Park Slope “opinionated”? If so, that’s like comparing more cost to the neighborhood, to its resi- Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope send your letter, the better. 10 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 June 16, 2007 Victim of a bike theft says racks aren’t safe

By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Paper Ever wonder whether the rack you just locked your bike to is se- cure? Well, wonder no more. It isn’t. A Boerum Hill woman found that out the hard way when one of the city’s newly installed bike racks on At- lantic Avenue was ripped out of the cement this week by a thief, who then made an easy get away with a beloved mountain bike. Now the victim, Stephanie Hugh, is calling on the city to investigate the security of its 4,000 cycle stands. Hugh locked her cherry-red Voodoo Hoodoo bike to the new rack near Hoyt Street on Wednesday night — the first (and last, as it turned out) time she used the rack. Hugh returned the next morning to Stephanie Hugh find her bike gone and the arch-like New bike racks along Atlantic Avenue aren’t all that secure, one rider discovered last steel rack completely uprooted. week. They’re fastened to the sidewalk with screws the length of a MetroCard (inset). The incident was first reported on Streetsblog, a Web site. “Unless you’re the Incredible Hulk, you’re “The rack design is generally good, but the “This makes me feel like it’s a little not yanking that out of the ground,” said Ben- anchor is not strong enough,” said Carolina too difficult to bike in New York,” said son. “Only extreme force can dislodge these Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives. “A Hugh. “If I do bike in the city again I racks.” Perhaps, but Hugh blamed the vandal- [security device] is only as strong as its weak- will not use the racks.” ism on the fact that the racks are anchored with est link.” Joshua Benson, bicycle program Metrocard-sized bolts. The new city racks are made of square steel coordinator for the city’s Department As a result of Hugh’s experience, some cy- tubes rather than the round ones so that pipe- of Transportation, said that the hooli- clists are look twice at the new bike stands, a cutters can’t fit around them. gan must have driven into the steel big piece of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC goal But they are not, apparently, immune to be- arch until it toppled. of increasing bike use. ing bashed by cars.

Correction In last week’s front page report about a federal Kid solves mystery judge’s dismissal of the em- inent domain lawsuit aimed The Brooklyn Paper was documented in The Brooklyn Paper in January, at stopping Atlantic Yards What started out as a little Dutch boy’s hob- has finally linked up with Shea’s American descen- (“Case Dismissed”), we sug- by has turned into an international affair. dents and gotten what he really craved: Shea’s story. gested that the judge had af- Born in 1923 in Brooklyn, Shea lived in the bor- firmed an earlier recom- Sebastiaan Vonk, the 14-year-old whose quest to mendation by a special find the family of World War II hero Lawrence Shea ough until he enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1943. judicial master to dismiss The corporal was a towering figure at 6- the case on the grounds that foot-8, and fought numerous battles across its issues were better dis- Germany in the 80th Infantry Division. cussed in state court. In fact, Dem Bums’ last season On April 2, 1945, he was stationed near Judge Nicholas Garaufi rul- the industrial city of Kassel when a tank am- ed that the case belonged in To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brook- bush caught his unit unaware. Shea fell — federal court — though he lyn Dodgers’ final, dismal campaign, The Brooklyn struck in the chest by an artilliary round. dismissed the case anyway. Paper will provide a weekly reminder of the fabled Sixty years later, Vonk read some As we reported, Garaufi rul- Boys of Summer. Here’s this week’s highlight: books on WWII that sparked his interest, ed that the plaintiffs, 13 June 18, 1957 Dodgers 7–Reds 0 and found out it was possible to adopt the condemned property own- Another complete-game gem by Don Newcombe brings grave of US soldiers buried in Europe. ers, including the manage- the 32-25 Brooks to within two games of first. He also He adopted Shea’s grave last year, but he ment of Freddy’s Bar on went three-for-four on the day, including a homer. did more than just place flowers. Vonk also Dean Street — had not reached out to The Paper in hopes of find- shown “sufficient” evidence ing Shea’s family and discovering more that the Empire State Devel- about the hero’s life. It was a slim chance, opment Corporation had but the inquiring Dutchman didn’t have abused the government’s many other options — most of the corpo- power to take private prop- ral’s records were destroyed in a 1973 fire. erty when it condemned After The Paper ran an article about land on developer Bruce Vonk, one of Shea’s nephews, now living in Ratner’s behalf. Pennsylvania, got in touch with him. INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | B OOKS | CINEMA

FITNESS After-baby bod In what is a strong contender for understatement of the year, Margi Douglas, owner of the Pilates Garage said, “Living in the Slope, you notice a lot of new mothers.” But Douglas sees more than Bugaboos crowding her sidewalk when she steps outside, she sees potential customers. “Pilates was initially designed for the bed-rid- den,” Douglas said. But the workout, which is popular with celebrities, is also a great way for new moms to get back into pre-pregnancy shape. “We’ve got ‘the Ca- dillac’ and ‘the Refor- Corey Szopinski Corey mer,’” Douglas told GO Brooklyn, referring to the scary-sounding machines in (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings June 16, 2007 her studio. The usual routine of contortion and stretch- ing — a two-hour class that is designed to lengthen and tone your core stomach muscles — is also avail- able, but, admittedly, the machines that have names like professional wrestlers also yield fierce results. “Postpartum Pilates” will take place from 1–3 pm on June 16 at Pilates Garage (291 Eighth St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope). The workshop is $50, followed by complimentary refreshments. For information, call (718) 768-1235. Bush-where? — Maggie Serota No matter what you call it, the new Bushwick is definitely hot CINEMA

By Nick Kindelsperger for The Brooklyn Paper THE CRAWL Yes we Cannes ast of Bushwick Avenue, just off of the The Archive Cafe (49 Bogart St., at Grat- Morgan Avenue stop on the L train, stands tan St. in East Williamsburg) is open Monday CANNES, France — When the film producers of through Friday from 7 am–11 pm and Satur- Ea neighborhood of old, industrial buildings day and Sunday from 10 am–11pm. For infor- DUMBO are in the mood for French, they normally that brings to mind the facades of DUMBO. mation, call (718) 381-1944. just grab a baguette at Almondine. But not Jared This isn’t a rehabbed, formerly industrial Brooklyn Wreck Room (940 Flushing Ave., Moshe and Richard Lim. area, though. Well, at least not yet. between Evergreen and Central avenues in GO Brooklyn caught Bushwick) is open Monday through Saturday Delivery trucks still rumble down the from 6 pm–4 am and Sunday from 6 pm–mid- up with Moshe and streets, challenging everyone to look both night. For information, call (718) 418-6347. Lim, both producers at ways before crossing, and a quick tour of the King’s County (286 Siegel St., between Sidetrack Films, were area will find just as many empty lots as White and Bogart streets in East Williamsburg) peddling their latest is open daily from 4 pm–4 am. For informa- busy stores. Lately, however, this neighbor- tion, call (718) 418-8823. documentaries, “Beau- hood has had more than just weeds sprouting tiful Losers,” a look at Life Cafe Nine 83 (983 Flushing Ave., be- on its sidewalks: bars, clubs and restaurants tween Bogart Street and Evergreen Avenue in skateboarding culture, are popping up at a mighty speed. Now if East Williamsburg) is open Monday through and “Kurt Cobain only people knew where they were. Friday from 11am–4 am and Saturday and About a Son,” their film Sunday from 10 am–4 am. For information, “I guess it’s technically East Williamsburg,” call (718) 386-1133. about the late rocker. said Len Moroz, owner of Potion Cafe, a cof- Potion (248 McKibbin St., between Bush- The trip to Cannes

fee shop on McKibbin Street. “Some people / John Barclay wick Avenue and White Street in East was all work and no play (almost), so naturally, the get really wrapped up in Williamsburg) is open Monday from 8 am–2 guys missed being at home in Brooklyn. “Brooklyn is pm, Tuesday through Friday from 8 am–10 pm the whole discussion but and Saturday and Sunday from 10 am–10pm. blossoming as a cultural center,” said Lim. “It’s hard I’ve even heard it been For information, call (718) 628-5470. to leave a place when it’s constantly changing.” called Bush-burg.” Why not just screen the movies at BAM or the

The neighborhood — a Paper The Brooklyn Brooklyn International Film Fest and call it a day? new haven for artist types “There are international buyers, sales agents and forced further out on the McKibbin St distributors all in one place,” Moshe said over lunch L train by skyrocketing at a sunny cafe in the American Pavilion. “These 2 L rents — is commonly re- TRAIN Hanson Pl people don’t always come to the United States.” ferred to as Bushwick, Is the schlep overseas worth it? “It can cost lots though the generally ac- Morgan Ave of money, but we may be able to close [a few] cepted boundary for that deals,” Moshe said. At press time, movie deals

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area is Flushing Avenue, Bushwick Ave Grattan St were still pending, but Moshe told GO Brooklyn which runs to the South St White 5 1 that like those sandwiches at Almondine, they were of East Williamsburg. / John Barclay going fast. — Marian Masone “Bushwick proper is St Bogart

just across the street, but Paper The Brooklyn all of our customers like

to say this is Bushwick,” Paper The Brooklyn NIGHTLIFE said Kathy Kirkpatrick, a Clockwise from top, a resident six-year resident of the wears his neighborhood pride well neighborhood who owns / John Barclay outside of the Archive, DJ Econ at Life Cafe Nine 83. “For the Brooklyn Wreck Room, the Fri- the young artists, it’s the day night crowd at King’s County, 3 Jazz hams latest frontier. There’s a and the smiley staff dishing out vibrant arts scene here. dinner at Life Cafe Nine 83. Flushing AveEvergreen Ave It used to be that jazz clubs were smoky places

It’s like the East Village Paper The Brooklyn 4 that sent patrons out into the early morning with of the ’80s.” their ears ringing and their eyes stinging. But if No matter what you call the neighborhood, to the same java-crazed locals. In the land of burger is popu- you’re catching a jazz act at one joint in Park Slope, if you find yourself at Flushing Avenue and massive spaces, Potion might strike you as a lar and the BUSHWICK MAP the only smoke is coming from the grill. Bogart Street, you’ll be in the thick of it. So we bit small, but then you probably haven’t weekly specials Last week, the Brooklyn Burger Bar got into the hit the streets to find the best spots to hang out, looked up. At a soaring two stories, the are always a live music mix, kicking off a bi-weekly series of even if you’re not quite sure where you are. space might be taller than it is wide. The hot commodity — and is usually busiest for (whiskey shots are the same price, get one of jazz performances. steep walls are put to good use, though, as a brunch on Sundays. Resting closer to the each for $5) to thirsty revelers. “We are playing 1 The Archive Cafe different artist’s work covers them each actual Bushwick divide, we asked waiter music that comes out of If we were to annoint a hub of the new month, and opening receptions on the first Chris Kellogg if he wanted to weigh in on 5 King’s County the post-bebop school,” Bushwick establishment, then the Archive Friday of the show always draw a mighty the neighborhood-naming craze. “It de- Head four blocks up in search of King’s Charles Sibirsky, a local Cafe on Bogart Street would be it. Located in crowd. The mornings aren’t lacking in ex- pends on whom you ask,” he said. “But I’m County and you might end up a bit confused. pianist and organizer of a large, open room in one of the ’hood’s nu- citement either: chess players set up shop staying out of it.” Though there’s no sign on the door, just look the series, told GO merous warehouses, and sandwiched be- early to spend the day behind the board, and for the rusted metal crown on the wall — if / Daniel Krieger Brooklyn. “There’s a tween a small health food store and an art Manhattan-bound worker bees line up for 4 Brooklyn Wreck Room you’re lucky, an in-the-know-looking twen- walking bass kind of gallery, the Archive stocks magazines, coffee, large cups of coffee made, of course, with Just across the street sits the Brooklyn tysomething will be skulking out front — and feel to it. We play stan- sandwiches and DVDs for rent. Think of it as organic fair trade beans, that cost less than Wreck Room, quite literally a room with you’ll know you’ve arrived. A small bar that’s dards, Monk tunes,

a 7-11 for the starving artist set. You can cer- their ride on the subway. wrecked cars decorating the inside. Don’t generally dim save for scattered candles, King’s Paper The Brooklyn originals and more.” tainly hang out here — there’s WiFi and get any Hard Rock Cafe fantasies here, County is a respite from the wild nights that the According to Sibir- plenty of people lounging — but what’s the 3 Life Cafe Nine 83 though — the fenders on the wall are only Wreck Rooms of the area have to offer. Patrons sky, this isn’t the experimental free jazz that you point of living in that loft if you can’t enjoy Walk down Bushwick Avenue to Flush- the beginning at this dive. With booths made take turns DJing from their iPods while smok- might tap your toes to at Barbes, but the “older, it? Rent a romantic comedy or some classic ing Avenue, and you’ll find Life Cafe Nine from salvaged seats, two rooms for local ers huddle in the former alley out back, now a swing feeling” will appeal to the jazz traditionalist Goddard, grab a vegetarian panini, and bring 83, the neighborhood’s Mecca for casual bands to perform in and a pair of pool tables, surprisingly tranquil place to catch a slice of and bacon cheeseburger aficionado alike. it all back home. dinning. A spunky offshoot of the famed this place has “skuzzy Williamsburg chic” sky. Drinks are just as cheap as they are else- Live jazz will be performed every Thursday and East Village cafe of the same name, this down pat. Classing up the joint just a bit, where — the $5 shot-and-beer combo is a Saturday from 9 pm–1 am at the Brooklyn Burger 2 Potion outpost acts as a coffee shop, bar and one of though, are the cocktail waitresses who proud neighborhood tradition — but the re- Bar (444 Ninth St., at Seventh Avenue in Park Just around the corner from the Archive the only restaurants in the area. The menu is spend weekend nights soaring across the laxed vibe makes it the most welcoming water- Slope). No cover. For information, call (718) 832- sits another inviting coffee shop that caters a mix of American and Mexican fare — the packed room to deliver the $3 beers ing hole in the area. 5500. — Chris O’Connell

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tillas that are about as rustic a South Western dish as you can find. Meneses / Daniel Krieger gives the entree an elegant spin by fill- ing the tortillas with plump, tender shrimp and serving them with a luxu- rious, wine-tinged white sauce made with cream, seafood stock and The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn crunchy bits of minced onion that lent a subtle tang. Next time, I’ll take a pass on the chile rellenos. When these fried peppers are made properly, the poblano chiles are tender, the cheese filling (tradition- ally cotija or Monterey Jack) is creamy and the batter puffs up crisp and brown. Meneses’s version drowned the chiles Tex message in a salsa verde — it resembled a damp sponge. The kitchen rebounded with a com- Mexicali has a chile summer in Cobble Hill petent mole poblano, the richly spiced stew flavored with chocolate. The By Tina Barry ing mango margaritas, we dipped dish, with its layers of spices, origi- for The Brooklyn Paper DINING crispy, fried tortillas into silky gua- nates in the city of Puebla in South- camole heavily laced with cilantro. eastern Mexico, known for being the t only took 20 years for me to visit Mexicali (141 Court St., between The dip was slightly flat on its own so country’s homeland of great cooks. Mexicali restaurant. I was aware of Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street in we stirred in a couple of spoonfuls of This version, served with moist chick- Cobble Hill) accepts American Express, Iits former location on Court Street, Diners Club, Discover and Visa. Entrees: the pungent salsa that accompanied en breast and leg meat, is nowhere and its move to larger quarters on the $10.25–$13.50. The restaurant serves the chips. Perfect. near as multi-dimensional as the tar- same block in 2005, yet a reason for dinner daily. Brunch is available on Several appetizers spoke Mexican colored sauce served at the late, great weekends from noon–4 pm. Subway: F walking through the door never pre- to Bergen Street. For information, call with a Spanish accent. In one, small, El Huipil in Red Hook, but it’s a sented itself. (718) 625-7370. tender clams on the half shell were pleasing rendition. The stew is accom- I was scared off by the eatery’s paired with a light, briny, parsley- panied by moist yellow rice and fairly name: Mexicali sounds suspiciously heavy green sauce that amplified the bland refried beans — in other words, chain-like to my ears, and the multi- sadillas, burritos and chimichangas. sweetness of the mollusk. When noth- ordinary Tex-Mex sides. page menu appeared to offer every dish There are solid contenders among this ing remained but a pile of shells and A suave red snapper played the city in a Mexican cook’s repertoire. I was fare, but it’s the house specials that sur- sauce, we swiped pieces of bread cousin to the less refined dishes of- certainly wrong about the name: Mexi- prised me with their sophistication and through the sea-scented liquid. fered. The filet was clean tasting with cali is the one and only eatery owned light, well-seasoned sauces. Not as successful as the clams were a layer of tangy, quickly sauteed toma- by Eva and Guillermo Sanchez. And, We walked through the large front several large, tender shrimp bathed in toes and onions. A few green olives even with a menu as broad as this one, dining area with its stone covered an oily garlic sauce brightened with lent their saline notes. chef Hitolito Meneses takes great care walls and dark wooden bar to the sec- paprika. That deep pimento color The roundup of standard Mexican in the dish’s preparation. ond room, lively with its deep gold promised a headier experience than it desserts — flan, bunelo (fried flour The menu is labeled Tex-Mex and walls and buzz from big groups chat- delivered. tortilla with whipped cream), fried ice the majority of the dishes are familiar ting over pitchers of sangria. On the Tex side of the menu are cream and fruit paired with cream tortilla preparations such as fajitas, que- After a few sips of the tart, refresh- chimichangas, deep-fried, stuffed tor- cheese — didn’t tempt me.

Label conscious Brooklyn Label might occupy a added. The espresso, pulled by skilled vintage space — the 150-year-old As- baristas, is top of the line, too. tral Building on Franklin Street in For those who wander in later in Greenpoint — but the restaurant is the day, there are shrimp po’ boys and thoroughly modern. “Tempeh Reubens” (marinated tem- Though only open since January, peh, Swiss cheese and homemade the eatery has fast become an anchor cabbage slaw on grilled rye bread), as on the bustling strip where new shops well as big salads and soups. Right and cafes are opening weekly — so now, the dinner menu consists of spe- the wait for breakfast, which peaks at cials like “fresh wild striped bass with about 1 pm in these parts, can be a English peas, garlic mashed potatoes long one. “We serve 400 brunches a and wild mushrooms,” but in two day on the weekends,” said chef and weeks, Utzman will launch the full owner Cody Utzman — not an easy dinner menu of “neighborhood café- feat when you have only 42 seats in- type” dishes. And who knows what side and a small patio outside. the line will be like then? It’s no surprise that the early meals Brooklyn Label (180 Franklin St., at are so popular. The eggs — served in Java Street in Greenpoint) accepts omelets or the popular “Chili Col- American Express, MasterCard and orado” bowl — are farm fresh and or- Visa. Breakfast: $2.25-$9.95; brunch: ganic; the challah used for the “Warsaw $9.50-$11.75; lunch: $5-$8.25. Din- French Toast” (pictured) is baked local- ner entrees approximately $13. The ly; and the pastry comes from the Balt- eatery is open Monday through Fri- READ hazar Bakery in Manhattan, known for day from 7 am–10 pm, Saturday 9 its crisp, not-too-sweet goods. am–10 pm and Sunday from 9 am–4 Another big hit is the coffee — pm. Brunch is available on weekends

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/ John Barclay In Honor of Gimel Tamuz 5767 with RABBI MANIS FRIEDMAN The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Keynote Address Don’t ‘bug’ us: Members of the Ladybug Transistor pose for GO Brooklyn outside of the San Fadyl memorial show. RABBI NAFTALI CITRON Textual Lecture CANTOR SCHNEUR ZALMAN BAUMGARTEN Cantorial Renditions ANDY STATMAN Musical Entertainment ‘Lady’sings the blues www.heightschabad.com Flatbush’s Ladybug Transistor buzzes in Brooklyn Monday, June 18th 6:00 PM By Adam Rathe new record alongside old fa- When the band first started tral Milk Hotel and Apples in at the The Brooklyn Paper vorites; and another show, held playing in 1995, there was no Stereo, bands that were huge at the Williamsburg record store spotlight on the local rock on the ’90s college radio scene Brooklyn Historical Society elieve it or not, there was Sound Fix, that wasn’t quite so scene. Bands weren’t being but never crossed over to 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Heights a time before rock bands jovial. The show was held as a discovered at Magnetic Field mainstream success. Bfrom Williamsburg domi- memorial for San Fadyl, the or playing to sold out crowds Still, Olson said, the band R nated the Brooklyn music band’s longtime drummer who like they do at McCarren Pool. casts a wide net. Contributing Dinner will be served scene. The Ladybug Transistor had died just weeks before in The Ladybug Transistor, with on “Can’t Wait Another Day” is living proof. Switzerland. Ladybug Transis- its soft, quirky sound, had to are members of Aislers Set, Cover: $18 Formed in the mid-1990s in tor, and a number of Architecture in Helsinki and Flatbush by Gary Olson, a other bands, played the Clientele, all notable bands neighborhood native, the band Fadyl’s favorite MUSIC and part of the more interna- RESERVATIONS ARE REQUESTED has called his Victorian house, songs, and proceeds tional circles in which Lady- “Can’t Wait Another Day” is available at outfitted with a recording stu- from the show went Earwax (218 Bedford Ave. at North Fifth bug Transistor travels. RSVP: Levana dio and nicknamed “Marlbor- to Fadyl’s wife and Street in Williamsburg). $12.99. For informa- “I have friends who give me By phone: (718)596-4840 Ext.18 • By email: [email protected] ough Farms,” home ever since. infant son. tion, visit www.theladybugtransistor.com. bits of songs to start off with “It’s strange,” Olson told Both events had and the we work together to GO Brooklyn, “but in New big turnouts. For a arrange it and build it up,” Ol- York, I’ve rarely felt like we band that rarely plays for a find its niche by itself. son said. “There was more of were part of a scene.” hometown crowd, this one can Athens, Georgia — the so- it on this record than there was LOBSTERFEST LOBSTERFEST Now, with the release of its still pack ’em in. called “Liverpool of the in the past.” sixth studio album, “Can’t “They sell out our room — South,” whose loamy loins This month, the band will Wait Another Day,” the band guaranteed,” said Jack McFad- nurtured bands like REM and embark on a tour to promote 1lb maine lobster $14.80 · wednesdays has added two new members, den, who books for Park Slope’s the B-52s — turned out to be the record, but all roads will and is doing something it hard- Union Hall. “They’re a quintes- that place. “When we first lead back to Brooklyn. And, Steak Specials · New Dinner Menu ly ever does: playing home- sential, heart-and-soul Brooklyn started playing, we got lumped despite what Olson considers to town shows. band. There was no Williams- in with a lot of bands from be his band’s low-key presence, In June, the band managed to burg [scene] when they started, Georgia,” Olson recalled. “But some people will miss them play two shows in the borough: and now we’ve lived through all in New York, I can’t say that while they’re away. “No one is 440 Bergen Street (5th Ave/Flatbush) a record-release party at Union of these flavor-of-the-month we had many peers.” doing what they do in New 2/3 train to Bergen 718.230.5925 Hall, a chance time for fans and bands while they’ve made really The band aligned itself with York City,” McFadden said. www.meltrestaurant.com chance to catch songs from the consistent records.” equally quirky acts like Neu- “They are a true treasure.”

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Singh. The bill also features two Brooklyn-based acoustic musicians: Scott Matthews, an Australian-born songwriter who has collaborated with Morrissey drummer Spencer Cobrin, and Clint Michigan, a 26- year-old folk-pop artist. Arcade’s fire Part of what draws Arcade and Rael to the Brooklyn scene is the loss of their own creative space — Performance artist Penny Arcade and in order to keep their apartment, they had to give up their adjoining studio, a place where they say, “the pals say forget LES, Brooklyn is more entire old underground of New York was rehearsing, having dinner out there I’m not going to go to one or just talking,” citing friends like By Joe Pompeo place in particular, I like to let Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wain- for The Brooklyn Paper MUSIC Brooklyn happen to me.” wright. “And now it’s over, as the Penny Arcade will perform with By playing a show at Luna last nails of what was one of the enny Arcade has been shaping Church of Betty, Scott Matthew and Lounge on June 17, Arcade and most important artistic movements Clint Michigan at 7 pm on June 17 the bohemian culture of Lower at Luna Lounge (361 Metropolitan Rael hope to attract “like-minded since World War II are going into PManhattan for more than three Ave., at Havemeyer Street in people,” be they performers, musi- the coffin.” decades, but lately she’s found her- Williamsburg). Tickets are $10. For cians or art lovers: “We’re fighting Luna Lounge owner Rob Sacher self with a problem: there isn’t information, call (718) 384-7112. back against the cultural amnesia. faced similar problems on the Low-

much bohemian culture left in Man- We want our artistic community.” / John Barclay er East Side. He decided to move hattan. The show will, according to Ar- his venue out of the neighborhood “It used to be that you came to way the neighborhood has changed. cade, “represent what the East Vil- at the end of its lease in 2005 be- New York because you loved art,” “Back then, you had to walk to lage used to be about.” That is, an cause “rents were too high and the she told GO Brooklyn. “Now, the Brooklyn Heights to do your laun- intergenerational scene of artists artists were long gone.” Sacher, people moving in don’t like live art. dry,” he recalled. and performers who all collaborate Paper The Brooklyn who loves the Williamsburg art They don’t want bands playing in The couple often looks to Brook- and come from unique creative Penny for your thoughts: Chris Rael, Penny Arcade and Bobby Singh, pictured here on the roof of scene, noted it produces more art their neighborhood. The artistic cul- lyn for the culture that’s missing in backgrounds. their apartment building, will perform on June 17 at Luna Lounge in Williamsburg. than during the glory days of the ture they participate in is high-end Manhattan. While Rael counts Park As the evening’s headliner, Arcade Lower East Side. food and wine.” Slope’s Barbes and Superfine in (whose given name is Susana Car- New York and starred in Andy comedic and harrowing.” pathos of Judy Garland.” So why do Rael and Arcade stay While Arcade, 56, is still feeling DUMBO as two of his local fa- men Ventura) will bring to the stage Warhol’s film “Women in Revolt.” After all, that is what she’s known Earlier in the evening on June in Manhattan? out the cultural currents of Brook- vorites, he usually arrives without a the comedic, rock ’n’ roll-infused For her first show at the new for. In a review of her 2001 show, 17, Rael will perform with his tradi- “The cheap rent,” said Rael, lyn, her husband, musician Chris plan. “One of the things I love performance art she’s been cultivat- Luna Lounge, Arcade said she has- “Sex, Politics, Reality,” a British tional-Indian-music-inspired pop who, like a handful of longtime Rael, has had a studio in DUMBO about Brooklyn is that it still has ing since the late 1960s — when she n’t yet decided what she’ll perform, newspaper said that, “she combines band Church of Betty, joined by Lower East Side residents, still since 1996. Rael is in awe of the ethnic neighborhoods. When I go ran away as a teenager, landed in but “it will be intense, theatric, the anarchy of Lenny Bruce with the tabla player and collaborator Bobby clings to his rent-controlled apart-

gested donation; June 21: Sean Wayland pm, $8, Sharegroove, Midnight, FREE. Group, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5 sug- WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN gested donation; June 22: Jon Davis Trio, 9:15 Pete’s Candy pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10 suggested dona- Black Betty tion; June 23: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Store 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10 suggested donation. Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in www.blackbetty.net. Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Southpaw Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- www.petescandystore.com. days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Mondays: Stand-Up Comedy, 7:30 pm, FREE; Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, Tuesdays: Alan Hampton, 10 pm, FREE; June Nightlife June 16: Apostle of Hustle, Memphis, Beat FREE; Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, 16: Shomi Noise, 8 pm, Akil Jelani Wilson, 9 the Devil, 9 pm, $10; June 17: The Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan FREE; Wednesdays: The Joint hosted by DJ pm, Winning Looks, 10 pm, The Dead Betties, Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; June 20: The Nabil; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ 11 pm, FREE; June 17: Ryan Doyle, 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Kings of Karaoke with Colin Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; June 21: Rock Off BAY RIDGE MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 Dave End, 9:30 pm, The Best, 10:15 pm, The King of Karaoke and DJ FlimFlam, 10 pm, presents Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey with special pm, FREE. Passenger Pigeons, 11 pm, FREE; June 18: In FREE; Wednesdays: open mic, 9 pm, FREE; guest Steve Kimock, 9 pm, $12 in advance, Kitty Kiernan’s the Trees, 9:30 pm, Magic Apron, 10:30 pm, Thursdays: (Upstairs) Skylab, 10 pm, FREE; $15 day of the show; June 22: DJ Mojo pres- Capone’s Bar FREE; June 19: Bingo, 7 pm, Young Man 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, Fridays: Mashup Culture with DJs London- ents…, 8 pm, $TBD; June 23: The Brooklyn (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. 221 N. Ninth St. at Roebling Street in About Town, 9 pm, Tsui, 10 pm, Rob Kendt, 11 broil, Bnice, Charlie Brown, Nasty Love, Uncut- Hip-Hop Festival with a rap party featuring Williamsburg, (718) 599-4044, pm, FREE; June 20: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Andru June 16: Brooklyn Shamrocks Social, 10 pm, chuck, 9 pm, $TBD. Hip-Hop karaoke “Your Chance to Rhyme,” www.caponesbar.com. Bemis, 10 pm, Two Man Gentleman Band, 11 FREE; June 23: Ben, 10 pm, FREE. followed by DJ Spinna, 9 pm, $8. Fridays, Saturdays: The Beat Club/All Disco, 9 pm, FREE; June 21: Jason Myles Goss, 9 pm, The Salty Dog FLATBUSH pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and Duke, 10 pm, The Shells, 11 pm, FREE; June Tea Lounge DJ Flim Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Speak- 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, 22: Essie Jain, 8 pm, The Bee Team, 9 pm, Cornerstone Pub 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park easy, an open mic night, 9 pm, FREE; Wed- Mark Bacino, 10 pm, Kim Garrison, 11 pm, (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. nesdays: The Stroke with DJs Brian Tweedy 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road Slope, (718) 789-2762, FREE; June 23: Almaden, 8 pm, Sebastian Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE. and Dave Ready, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, w www.tealoungeny.com. Blanck, 9 pm, Caleb Stine, 10 pm, Andy Fried- Rehab, 9 pm, FREE. The Wicked Monk ww.cornerstonepub.com. June 18: Alexis Cuadrado’s Puzzles Quartet, 8 man, 11 pm, Greg McMullen, Midnight, FREE. Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- pm, $5 suggested donation; June 20: Rainey 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quar- + Berne + Hebert with special guest Ingrid Don Pedro’s Stain

(718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. Stewart Mostofsky Laubrock, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested 90 Manhattan Ave. at McKibbin Street in tet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thurs- 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- June 16: Radio One, DJ Tree, 9 pm, $5; June donation; June 21: DBQ, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 East Williamsburg, (718) 218-6914, days: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. Blow your own horn: Composer and musician Forbes Graham, burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. 21: Live band karaoke with the Open Mic Pro- suggested donation; June 22: Brad Shepik www.donpedro.us. Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- ject, 9 pm, $5; June 22: GNB, DJ Kyle, 9 pm, hailing from Boston, brings his avant-garde jazz to the Silent Trio, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation. June 21: Child Abuse, T.I.T.S., Soiled Mattress Vox Po p nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; $5; June 23: Dirty Jersey, DJ J.O., 9 pm, $5. Barn on June 22. and The Springs, Nymph, Total Abuse, 8 pm, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- Two Boots Brooklyn $TBD; June 22: LiveFastDie, The Hibachi Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Stranglers, Jeanie and the Tits, ICU, 8 pm, mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park FREE; June 16: Chris Welcome’s Improv Trio, 8 Slope, (718) 499-3253, $TBD; June 23: SSS-spectres, Deathset, The drink/snack minimum. sel, 9 pm, FREE; June 21: Kurt Stockdale, Ed pm, FREE, Black Gypsy, 10 pm, $TBD; June Barbes www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Trucks, DD/MM/YYYY, Team Robespierre, 8 Food 4 Thought Fuqua, Charles Sibirsky, 9 pm, FREE; June 23: pm, $TBD. 17: Michael Winograd, 5:30 pm, James Eric, 8 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, David Farrer, Fred Gilde, Josh Paris, 9 pm, June 23: Memphis Train, 10 pm, FREE. pm, $TBD; June 21: Ian Heikel, 8 pm, Steven Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. FORT GREENE (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. FREE. Galapagos Ferrara and Friends, 9 pm, $TBD; June 22: Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 sug- Union Hall Kathleen DiSimone, 9 pm, Johnny Andrew, 10 Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- BAM Cafe gested donation; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Cafe Steinhof (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, pm, $TBD. sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Slavic Soul (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, www.galapagosartspace.com. Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE. Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Party, 9 pm, $10; June 16: Accordionology, a Slope, (718) 369-7776, www.unionhallny.com. three-day festival, featuring Squeezebox, 7 Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Trash Bar Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. www.cafesteinhof.com. June 16: Aeroplane Pageant, Great Lakes pm, Ted Reichman, 8 pm, Alex Meixner, 9 pm, June 16: (Both rooms) Vostok-6, 7 pm, $15 in 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- June 16: Russell Taylor with Lenora Jaye, 9 June 20: Possible Pasts, 10:30 pm, FREE. BOERUM HILL Sounds of Taraab, 10 pm, Ivan Milev, 11 pm, Myth Society, Bad Veins, Christy & Emily, 8 pm, advance, $20 day of the show; June 18: Living burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. pm, FREE; June 22: Sista Factory presents $10; June 17: Accordionology, a three-day $8; June 18: A special evening of ukulele in Burlesque Retro-Chic Oblivion, 9:30 pm, $5; June 16: The Brian Wilson Shock Treatment, 9 Shae Fiol with special guest Shu, 9 pm, FREE; Hank’s Saloon festival, featuring Rachelle Garniez, 7 pm, Guy Cattyshack music with The Ukuladies, Al Duvall, Kelli Rae June 20: Dr. Lucky’s Burlesque School, 9 pm, pm, Vancougar, 9:45 pm, Goodnight Loving, June 23: Sista Factory presents St. Juste with Klucevsek, 8 pm, One Ring Zero, 9 pm, Nick 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Powell, Bliss Blood, Jamie Scandal, 8 pm, $7; $5; June 21: (Front room) Ayaaz, electroglob- 10:30 pm, The Woods, 11:30 pm, $7; June 17: 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in special guest Russell Taylor, 9 pm, FREE. Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, Beaudoing’s 12th St. Playboys, 10 pm, $10; Slope, (718) 230-5740, June 19: Union Hall Spelling & Grammar Bee, aldiscotek, 10 pm, FREE; June 22: (Backroom) Writers in Crisis, 9 pm, Venice Beach Muscle http://www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. June 18: Mamie Minch with The Roulette www.cattyshackbklyn.com. 7:30 pm, FREE; June 20: Mink, Rock&Roll Omega Love, 7 pm, $5, Ringers with Fatal Film, Club, 10 pm, Adria, 11 pm, The Hate Game, Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Night of the Sisters, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; June Mondays: Open Psyche (open mic), 8 pm, (from Paris), 8 pm, $7; June 21: Luke Temple, Dead Rabbit, The Great Unwashed, 10 pm, $6, Midnight, $6; June 18: The Melismatics, 8 pm, Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band Cookers 20: Billy Newman Quintet, 8 pm, $10, The FREE, Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Flying, Pascalle, 8 pm, $8; June 23: Talkde- (Front room) Crashin’ In presents Michael Mitch Gannon, 9 pm, The Warsaw Poland Scott Dubois Quartet, 10 pm, $10; June 21: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: monic, Hula, Horse Feathers, 8 pm, $8. Bassett, Famous Lovers, The Soundscapes, Brothers, 10 pm, Next President, 11 pm, Tin kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Opera on Tap, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after Build a Friend, Autoharp, 10 pm, $8. Mobscenity (live jazz), 10 pm, FREE; June 16: Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Veil, Midnight, $6; June 19: JekylnHyde, 8 pm, Dirty Boogaloo, Juneteenth, 10 pm, FREE; June Matt Munisteri, $10 suggested donation; June 10 pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with Earth Explodes, 9 pm, Sentient Machine, 10 Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: PROSPECT HEIGHTS 21: On the Lam presents…, 10 pm, FREE; June 22: Jay Vilnai’s Vampire Suit, 8 pm, $10 sug- sexy boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: S—tkickers, 8 Laila Lounge pm, Tobacco Mosaic, 11 pm, Whoarfrost, Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 23: The Wrong Reasons, 10 pm, FREE. gested donation, Las Rubias del Norte, 10 pm, pm, FREE ($5 after 9 pm), Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Midnight, $5; June 20: Radio Shock, 8 pm, pm, FREE. The Backroom $10 suggested donation; June 23: River Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Corn Mo, 9 pm, Project Jenny Project Jan, 10 (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue Alexander’s Mad Jazz Hatters, 8 pm, $10 sug- www.lailalounge.com. pm, Dracula Zombie USA, 11 pm, Poingly, in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, BRIGHTON BEACH gested donation, Brooklyn Playboys, 10 pm, The Center for Tuesdays: Bluegrass Tuesdays, 9 pm, FREE; GREENPOINT www.freddysbackroom.com. Midnight, $6; June 21: Jonny Rumble, 8m pm, $10 suggested donation. Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an Future in Plastics, 9 pm, Love Panther, 10 pm, Improvisational June 20: Karaoke Night, 9:30 pm, FREE; June National open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; June 21: Change of National G, 11 pm, Lonely Kings, Midnight, $6; Club Europa 21: Kings County Opry, 8:30 pm, FREE. Restaurant 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Bogota Latin Music Style, 10 pm, FREE; June 22: DJ Fat Tony, 10 June 22: Harris Trucks, 8 pm, Diablo Royale, 9 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, Bistro 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park pm, FREE. pm, Act of God, 10 pm, Gaggle of Cocks, 11 Slope, (212) 631-5882, pm, $7; June 23: Algebra of Need, 9 pm, No Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) www.europaclub.com. 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, RED HOOK www.schoolforimprov.org. The Lucky Cat Pasaran!, 10 pm, Limbs, 11 pm, $8. 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. June 21: Open Session with Shane Endsley, 8 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- Wednesdays: Live Brazilian and Latin jazz, 7 The Hook show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy pm, $7; June 22: Nook, 8:30 pm, $8 ($6 for 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Union Pool pm, FREE. students with valid identification). Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.theluckycat.com. 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; June 16: Pig The Brooklyn www.thehookmusic.com. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, Live Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, Destroyer, Genghis Tron, Carbomb, Total F— Good Coffeehouse June 16: MFA 7 with Midnight Hour, 3:30 pm, 10 pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open www.myspace.com/unionpool. FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). king Destruction, 7 pm, $10; June 17 Blowfly, Lyceum John Gallagher, 4:15 pm, Paula Carino, 5 pm, Mic Night, 7 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Vic Thrill, June 16: Late Night Backroom Party with DJ Music Parlor 10 pm, $5; June 16: Dub Evolution, 11 pm, Blueprint, 7 pm, $10; June 20: Cracked Out, 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical The Secrets, 5:45 pm, Zeke Carey Band, 6:30 Alfreako, 11:45 pm, FREE; June 21: Mike Reggie Watts, 8 pm, $8; June 21: Holy Roller Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. pm, The Kitchen, 7:15 pm, John Pinamonti, 8 FREE; June 19: You Need a Band hosted by Ed Wexler (CD Release), 8 pm, $TBD; June 22: BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second Gorch, 10 pm, FREE; June 22: The Budos presents Bad Wizard, 8 pm, $8; June 23: June 17: Songwriter’s Exchange with Rebecca pm, The Shirts, 8:45 pm, Liza and Wheels, 9:30 Tommy Guerrero & Chuck Treece, Bing Jiling, Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, Band, 10 pm, $TBD; June 23: DJ Daniel and Magma, The Psychic Paramount, 7 pm, $25. Pronsky, Emily Rodgers, Cassis and the pm, John Sharples Band, 10:15 pm, The Live DJs, 8 pm, $8; June 23: Milksop Magnetic Field www.bsec.org. ESP Productions, 11 pm, $TBD. Sympathies, 8:30 pm, $5. G.O.D., 11 pm, Out of Order, 11:45 pm, Plastic 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in June 15: Brooklyn Women’s Chorus, 8 pm, $10 Adventures Party #7, 10 pm, FREE. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, Club Exit adults, $6 children. Beef, 12:30 am, $TBD; June 22: Brooklyn Luna Lounge www.magneticbrooklyn.com. 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Biscuit BBQ Metal Fest 2, 5 pm, $20; June 23: Brooklyn Williamsburg Metal Fest 2, 11 am, $20. 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer June 16: Bastards of Melody, Bryan Dunn and in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Magnolia Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com. Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, Music Center the Convenients, 8 pm, $7; June 18: Luff, 8 www.club-exit.com. 486 Sixth Ave. at Twelfth Street in Park Slope, www.lunalounge.com. Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John Hope and Anchor 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in pm, FREE; June 20: Dick Swizzle’s Sudden Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. June 16: The Moon Rabbits, 8:30 pm, The McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $10; Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Death Gameshow, 8 pm, $5 per contestant; $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). June 22: Lord & Webber, 9:30 pm, FREE. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Netherlands, 9:30 pm, Lost on Liftoff, 10:30 Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night on the Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. June 22: The Stay-at-Homes, 8 pm, $7. Hook, (718) 237-0276. pm, The Giraffes, 11:30 pm, $10; June 17: Town, 8:30 pm, $10; Tuesdays: Songwriters’ Melt Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Clint Michigan, 7:30 pm, Church of Betty, 8:30 GREENWOOD HEIGHTS Showcase hosted by Staci Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, Zebulon Cafe Dozzman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: pm, Scott Matthew, 9:30 pm, Penny Arcade, BUSHWICK $5 suggested donation; Wednesdays: Argen- 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 10:30 pm, $10; June 18: House on a Hill, 7:30 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Kitchen Bar tinean Tango Night hosted by Annatina featur- Slope, (718) 230-5925. pm, FREE. pm, The Butterflies of Love, 8:30 pm, Sexcop, Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Silent Barn ing dance instruction, 7 pm, and dancing/mi- Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Green- 9:30 pm, Career Club, 10:30 pm, $8; June 19: www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. 915 Wyckoff Ave. at Hancock Street in longa, 8 pm, $12; June 16: Simple Skins, 6:30 pm, FREE. wood Heights, (718) 499-5623, Scott Maher, 7:30 pm, This Car Up, 8:30 pm, June 16: Asiko, 10 pm, FREE; June 17: Alash, Bushwick, No phone. pm, $10, Kakande, high voltage classical Jalopy www.kitchenbarny.com. 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Puppet’s Jazz Bar Jazz with Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wed- TALK TO US… nesdays: DJ Mohamed, 8 pm, FREE; Thurs- 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, June 17: Brooklyn Conservatory Community nesdays: Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thurs- days: WBAI DJ Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Orchestra, 3 pm, FREE. days: Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Fridays: Live band, 10 pm, FREE. PARK SLOPE June 16: Arturo O’Farrill Quartet, 9:15 pm, name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site Eric Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. Brooklyn Burger 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10 suggested donation; address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Sputnik Bar4 June 18: Ben Wood Jam Session, 9:15 pm, formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. 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By Chris Cascarano for The Brooklyn Paper DENTISTS DENTISTS Protesters and elected officials rallied last Friday in Downtown to decry the use ROOT CANAL GENERAL & COSMETIC of non-union labor in the construction of twin hotels. COURTEOUS AND EXTRACTIONS DENTISTRY “We don’t need to rezone Brooklyn for COMPREHENSIVE PERIODONTAL WORK Advanced sterilization and infection control high-rises if their builders are going to be giv- Jack Irwin, D.D.S. en substandard benefits, wages, and safety DENTAL CARE CROWNS conditions,” said state Sen. Marty Connor 414 Seventh Avenue (D–Brooklyn Heights) to hundreds of union Provided at our spacious, bet. 13th & 14th Sts. workers at the corner of Duffield and modern and friendly office BRIDGES www.jackirwindds.com Willoughby streets. PORCELAIN VENEERS (718) 768-8372 Laborers at the dusty, boarded-off patch of Providing Excellence in All Phases of Dentistry Evening Hours Mon-Fri land, where the $48-million, twin 33-story BLEACHING Most Insurance & Union Plans

/ Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory accepted as full or partial payment. hotels are being built by workers earning low- COSMETIC DENTISTRY: Porcelain Laminates, Tooth Color Fillings, er wages and fewer benefits than their union- Metal Free Crowns. Porcelain Inlays, Onlays, Tooth Whitening DENTURES MetLife, UFT, DC37, PBA, Delta, Blue Cross, Aetna, CIGNA, Unicare, Guardian, Healthplex, ized counterparts. Mgmt. Bfts. Fund, United Concordia, Ameritas. But it wasn’t all just dollars and cents to IMPLANT DENTISTRY: Surgical Placement and Restoration LAMINATES the protesters, who rattled off job-safety sta- PERIODONTICS: Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatment of Gum Disease

tistics like a baseball fan talking about A-Rod. Paper The Brooklyn ROOT CANAL THERAPY: Using State of the Art Rotary Instrumentation One cited this chilling stat from the federal Assemblywoman Joan Millman (left) addresses workers at a rally last week at the Affordable Family Dentistry Department of Labor: Of 29 construction CROWNS, BRIDGES, PARTIAL & FULL DENTURES workers who died on the job in New York Sheraton hotel being built by non-union hands. in Modern Pleasant Surroundings INVISALIGN PROVIDER City in 2006, 24 were non-unionized workers. State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Unions hold work-safety classes every faucet, the lights will go on,” said Abbate dues. “They shouldn’t take [dues] out of your Emergency Patients are seen on the same day! quarter — and many believe that such in- (D–Dyker Heights). Laughter among protest- salary — that’s extortion,” he added. Emergencies treated promptly struction prevents deaths and injuries. ers ensued. He also objected to the protesters con- EUGENE D. STANISLAUS, D.D.S Special care for children & anxious patients “Safety is the first thing they teach you,” At the core of the crowd’s fury was John tention that non-union workers do shoddy WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD said Walter Cole, a four-year member of the Lam, the developer of the project, which calls work. LAMUEL A. STANISLAUS, D.D.S Carpenters Union. “And I’ve worked with for a Sheraton and one of Starwood’s trendy “They think that because we are black or 189 Montague Street, Suite 800B - 8th Floor • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) non-union guys who never took safety train- “Aloft” hotels at the corner of Duffield and foreign that we don’t have degrees or train- Brooklyn Heights • Telephone: (718) 857-6639 • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, ing, and they were dangerous.” Willoughby streets. Together, the hotels will ing,” he said. Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) OFFICE HOURS BY APPOINTMENT And if a work site is, indeed, dangerous, have 500 rooms. The use of non-union labor is not limited • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment non-union workers — many of whom are il- Lam was not at the rally — where one pro- to the Sheraton/Starwood projects. Non- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings legal or undocumented immigrants — have tester clutched a sign reading, “John Lam = union workers are building virtually all of • Impant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) little recourse, said Jonathan Bennett of the Slave Driver” — and did not return calls for the luxury towers that are transforming New York Committee of Occupational Safety comment. Downtown Brooklyn into a mini-Manhattan • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) and Health. Despite all the much-discussed benefits of — where the use of non-union labor in big Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer “The law says you can’t discipline workers union membership, there are several reasons projects is virtually unheard of, thanks to General and Implant for complaining about safety issues, but there why many construction workers remain non- union clout. 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens is no mechanism to enforce that,” said Ben- unionized. But one expert said that as more attention Dentistry 624-5554 624-7055 nett. For one, it’s hard to get into a union. is paid to Brooklyn, that will change. Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking Assemblyman Peter Abbate focused not “They don’t just let anybody in, and some- “If you can justify $700,000 for one-bed- and insurance plans accommodated on safety, but on the supposedly substandard times it takes years,” said construction work- rooms condos, you can justify fair wages for ––––––––– work being done by non-union workers. er at the Sheraton site who did not want his your employees building it,” said John Jeff C. Strachan, DDS “In a couple of years the floors in the Sher- name published. Young, a lawyer specializing in worker’s aton will be warped and when you turn on the The man also complained about union rights specialist. 189 Montague St., Suite #800A Brooklyn Heights FAMILY MEDICINE ––––––––– RELIGIOUS loyal customers also saw the (718) 783-0504 • Bleaching/ZOOM 2 TRAVEL IMMUNIZATIONS irony in the current battle. Office • Cosmetic Dentistry SERVICES “These guys were here when • Crowns & Bridges SCHUMER… (917) 753-3314 • Endodontics & Root Canals the neighborhood was a dump — Continued from page 1 ric is fiery. but now Ikea and the real-estate Emergency • Periondontics • Oral Surgery Start the said the city just wants to make “This is a David versus Go- brokers are coming,” said one • Prosthodontics • Implants St. John–St. Matthew–Emanuel www.strachandds.com • Treatment of Gum Disease Lutheran Church Park Slope Red Hook “another Park liath thing,” Fuentes said. “Ikea, huarache-eating Park Slope resi- process months before • Fixed & Removable Bridges 283 Prospect Ave (5th and 6th Aves.) Slope” and remove the ethnic one of the richest companies in dent, who did not want to give Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri: 8am to 6pm (718) 768–0528 www.stjme.org vendors who brought families the world is moving in. There his name (not because the issue is Saturday: By appointment only • Emergencies Seen SAME DAY leaving to get your shots ELCA — Reconciling in Christ Summer Sunday Worship 11:00 — and culinary tourists — to a will be all kinds of new people controversial, but because his Rev. David C. Parsons A31- 20 once crime-ridden, but now and business [interests] here. I wife “would be upset that I’m • Yellow fever Plus gentrifying area. think we may win the battle, eating such high-fat food”). Brown Memorial The vendors’ leader, Cesar but that doesn’t mean we have “The city is just trying to • Typhoid MEDICAL ADVICE Baptist Church Fuentes, said he wants an “ami- won the war.” cash in on the excitement that Now in Park Slope! FOR TRAVELLERS 484 Washington Ave., Ft. Greene cable” resolution, but his rheto- Some of the vendors’ most- the vendors created,” he said. • Hepatitis Sunday School 9:15am Morning Worship 8:00am & 11:00am • Malaria prevention Wed. 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TEICHMAN, DDS furballs as an adorable addition to the community, while others, Saturday & Evening Hours like Councilman Vince Gentile 357 Seventh Avenue at 10th Street LEGAL NOTICES (D–Bay Ridge) distributed, at his own expense, a humane rac- 768-1111 Notice of formation of Drive Eleven LLC. Articles of coon repellant called “Critter Organization filed with Secretary of State of New Ridder.” York (SSNY) on 3-30-07. SSNY designated as Agent Gonzalez has some experi- of LLC upon whom process may be served. ence tending to seemingly aban- doned baby raccoons. Four SSNY shall mail process to Drive Eleven LLC, 145 Sixth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10013. Pur- University Orthopaedic Associates years ago, she found two baby raccoons that had fallen from a neigh- An Affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center borhood rooftop and turned them over to a raccoon rehabilitator. pose: Any lawful activity. BP23-28 Her story may warm the hearts of animal lovers Brooklyn-wide, Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the Sixth day but it’s not necessarily the best course of action where baby raccoons of June, 2007, bearing Index Number N500520/2007, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, FF cÜÉáÑxvà ctÜ~ j xáà are concerned. New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Alex Poznyakovskiy. My present name is Alex Poznyakoff. My present address is 1077 Brighton Beach Avenue, 2nd “Generally, it’s a really good idea to leave wildlife alone and allow Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11235. My place of birth is Moscow, Russia. My date of birth is the animals to be cared for by their own parents,” said Gordon October 16, 1983. OP24 718-270-2045 Batcheller, a wildlife biologist with the state’s Department of Environ- • Sports Medicine mental Conservation. “People may conclude the animal is abandoned, Notice of Formation of 365NOW, LLC, Intographics, • Hand Surgery when in fact, it may not be.” Inc. and Tajuana Grant filed with Secy of State of • Paul Curtis, a Cornell University wildlife damage control special- NY (SSNY) on 1/4/07. Office loc.: NY County, Podiatry ist, agreed. • SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom Occupational Medicine “The best thing is to stay away from it, keep children and pets away process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail • Physiatry from it and just observe it for at least half a day,” said Curtis. “Usually, the parents will come and retrieve it and it will disappear overnight.” process to: 365 NOW, LLC, 250 Hudson Street, 7th • Neck and Back Pain In cases where the young animal actually is abandoned or obvi- Floor, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any and all • Pediatric Orthopaedics University Orthopaedic Associates ously injured, both recommend calling DEC’s regional office at lawful activity. (718) 482-4922 for a list of licensed wildlife rehabilitators. BP21-26