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Distillery tasting room hits S’Park Park bigwigs anointed Ral De- velopment Services — the devel- BY ERIC FAYNBERG Parikh. “Our space is well suited oper behind the condominiums If you build it, they will come. to receive people.” in the neighboring One Brooklyn And the chemists and engi- The gritty, industrial tasting Bridge Park building — and Oli- neers of Industry City Distill- room has enormous windows with ver’s Realty Group, a newcomer ery have built it. They built the views of the Manhattan skyline and to Brooklyn, as their chosen co- still and the fermentation tanks the Statue of Liberty. And while developers for the project. used to create Industry Standard most tasting rooms only offer shots Here is what you can expect vodka. And now the vodka vir- of the distillery’s beverage, Indus- to see looming behind the park’s tuosos have built a tasting room try City serves nine different cock- beach volleyball courts if the in the corner of their sixth fl oor tails made with its signature beet plan gets the green light: Puppy dog eyes distillery in Sunset Park, which sugar vodka. • A taller 29-story tower hous- is already getting buzz from local The drinks also highlight the ing around 192 market-rate units Rescue City co-founder Aidan Masona helped save this puppy and drinkers. company’s latest product, “Tech- and a parking garage. several others from alleged abuse. For the story, see page 3. “Our neighborhood was lack- nical Reserve,” an extremely high- • A shorter 14-story tower con- Photo by Steve Solomonson ing a place to go and have a drink proof spirit (95.6% alcohol by vol- Continued on page 10 after work,” said co-owner Ronak Continued on page 8 Costume invasion Boro rapper comes home BY JOSEPH ALTOBELLI People dressed as chil- And so it begins… dren’s favorite characters BY NOAH HUROWITZ performs with, but who he every year, but this is the The invasion long — from SpongeBob to Iron There is no place like will be performing for. The crib, this is the back yard,” dreaded by denizens of the Man to Olaf from “Frozen” home. native Brooklynite and Skyzoo said. “I’ve per- People’s Playground has fi - — have begun to congre- The 11th Annual Brook- Bedford-Stuyvesant lifer formed as a guest on other nally come to pass, as cos- gate along the waterfront Amandola Joey lyn Hip-Hop Festival next says that although he is a people but I still wanted tumed characters driven to pose for pictures with SKY’S THE LIMIT: Rising week will feature perfor- veteran of tours abroad, he that 20 or 30 minutes to kill out of Times Square by a kids — and then demand Bedford-Stuyvesant rap- mances from big names like wants nothing more than for the crib.” police crackdown have de- cash from the parents. per Skyzoo is thrilled for a Common and Mobb Deep. to rap to his hometown. Skyzoo, whose new stu- scended onto the Coney Is- Locals are not at all set at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop But for rapper Skyzoo, the “I headline in Europe dio album came out on land Boardwalk. Continued on page 10 Festival. excitement is not who he and Africa like clockwork Continued on page 8 A CNG Publication Vol. 4 No. 27 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM 2 5, 2015 5, ULY , J EEKLY W ROOKLYN Marine Park B Soccer Fall 2015 Co-ed Ages 4-18 Registration: AYSO266.org Fees July $115 / Aug. $140 Includes jersey, short, socks, trophy, yearbook, insurance, 10 weeks of soccer and great memories. Season starts Sept 12!!! Registration ends Aug 15. Must be 4 years old by August 3 DAYS TO COME: A rendering shows the view of the planned open space between Carlton and Vander- bilt avenues planned for the Pacifi c Park development. VUW Studio Pacifi c parkland Atlantic Yards green space unveiled HOUSE SERVING BROOKLYN SAME DAY TOP $ PAID HOUSE AND THE ENTIRE SERVICE FOR JUDAICA CALLSCALLS TRI-STATE AREA AVAILABLE COLLECTIBLES BY NOAH HUROWITZ public open space that will group BrooklynSpeaks, A public promenade at the reknit these communities which works to keep Forest ANTIQUESANTIQUES && ESTATEESTATE BUYERSBUYERS center of the Pacifi c Park together.” City accountable to neigh- mega-development in Pros- Released last Wednes- bors. “The vision is a nice pect Heights will feature a day, the new plans detail vision, and hopefully it will We Pay $CASH$ For dog run, a basketball court, an eight-acre open space at be fulfi lled in a way that the Paintings, Clocks, Watches, a bocce court, and areas for the heart of the project for- project originally intended, tots to play, according to a merly known as Atlantic which was to integrate and Estate Jewelry & Fine China, new master plan released Yards, a feature the state link with the surrounding From Single Items by developers. demanded in its fi nal en- neighborhoods.” A Forest City Ratner vironmental impact state- The fi rst phase of the to Entire Estates! Companies honcho praised ment regarding the mas- park, a grass corridor run- s Coin & Stamp Collections the plan and said the park sive undertaking by Forest ning through the center of s Costume Jewelry would be a boon to sur- City and Greenland , a Chi- the block between Vander- Antique Furniture Lamps rounding neighborhoods as nese government-owned bilt and Carlton avenues, s s well as the future residents majority partner in the is expected to be unveiled s Bronzes s Paintings s Prints of the towers. 16-tower mega-project. next summer in conjunc- MOVING or “Pacifi c Park, the name- According to the plans, tion with the towers at 535 s Chinese & Japanese DOWNSIZING? Artwork & Porcelain CALL sake of our entire 22-acre the park will included lush, Carlton Ave. and and 550 US! development in the heart tree-lined pathways, lawns, Vanderbilt Ave., according Military s Sports Collectibles of Brooklyn, will make and gardens. to a spokeswoman. Collections Wanted s Comic Books s Old Toys s Records this pocket of the borough A neighbor of the devel- Those buildings, for Swords, Cameras Sterling Flatware Sets more livable for residents opment who has been in- which work is already un- Knives, s s of many different Brook- volved in many of the negoti- derway, will accommodate Helmets, etc. HUMMELS & LLADROS lyn neighborhoods,” said ations between community 298 units and 278 units re- MaryAnne Gilmartin, the members and developers spectively, with all of the SEE OUR AD EVERY SUNDAY IN THE POST was cautiously hopeful af- apartments in the Carlton Top $ Paid president and chief ex- for Antique ecutive offi cer of Forest ter seeing a presentation on Avenue tower slated for be- Sterling! 516-974-6528 City Ratner. “There will the new plan. low-market rates. ASK FOR CHRISTOPHER no longer be a dearth of “Going forward I’m most Developers expect to green space in the heart of interested in seeing how complete the park by 2025, ANTIQUEANTIQUE && ESTATEESTATE BUYERSBUYERS Brooklyn; instead, there well the open space at At- according to a spokes- WILL TRAVEL WeWe buybuy anythinganything old.old. OneOne piecepiece oror househouse full.full. will be sprawling lawns, lantic Yards can integrate woman for the public re- ENTIRE WILLWILLWILL TRAVEL. TRAVEL.TRAVEL. WE MAKE HOUSEHOUSE HOUSE CALLS.CALLS. CALLS. FREE shaded benches and val- with the rest of the com- lations fi rm BerlinRosen, TRI-STATE! 173 N. WELLWOOD AVENUE, LINDENHURST, N.Y. Estimates! ued neighborhood ameni- munity,” said Gib Veconi, which represents Forest ties across eight acres of a member of the activist City. 3 J ULY Slave to history 5, 2015, B Army won’t change ‘racist’ street name ROOKLYN W despite pleas from black leaders EEKLY BY MAX JAEGER Apparently, a road by any other name would spell de- feat. The U.S. Army has no plans to change a street named for a Confederate gen- eral stationed at Ft. Hamilton Army Base — despite pleas from black church leaders PICKS OF THE LITTER: The folks from Rescue City and the Oceanside Animal Clinic show off the who say the name is racist. rescued pups. Photo by Steve Solomonson Members of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Ac- tion Network rallied in front of the 190-year-old Benvenuto Georgine by Photo Group saves pooches from Bay Ridge base on June 25 CALL TO ACTION: National Ac- to denounce General Lee tion Network Brooklyn chapter Avenue — named for Gen. president Kirsten John Foy says allegedly abusive owner Robert E. Lee — and call for Confederate general Robert E.