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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2018 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/12 pages • Vol. 41, No. 2 • January 12–18, 2018 • FREE BUILD NOW, GET OK LATER Pier 6 towers are rising fast in Bridge Park, even as their very legality is being challenged in court

By Julianne Cuba measly coffers if St. George decides Brooklyn Paper the towers must face the wreck- The proof is in the building. ing ball, according to a meadow The developers of two polar- spokesman, who said that only the izing towers at Brooklyn Bridge developers will forfeit funds used Park’s Pier 6 are so sure they’ve toward construction if the judge won their court battle over the le- rules against the project. gality of the yet-to-be-approved A rep for the builders said they high-rises at the foot of Atlan- are merely following Billings’s tic Avenue that they’ve already July decision. dug deep into their pockets to “We are acting in good faith construct nearly 10 stories of a under the terms of the ground 15-story building, critics said. lease and the merits of the argu- “If you were in their shoes, ments previously made in court, would you be spending millions and will continue to act accord- if you thought you weren’t going ingly as we progress toward pro- to win?” said Peter Bray, head of viding the much-needed afford- the Brooklyn Heights Associa- able-housing component and

tion, which sued the park’s hon- Services ODA/RAL Development revenue-producing housing for chos in July 2016 after develop- The high-rises at the foot of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn the park and city,” said Eric Wa- ers RAL Development Services Bridge Park have been subject to scrutiny for years. ters, spokesman for RAL Devel- and Oliver’s Realty Group filed opment Services. plans for the 15- and 28-story Another critic slammed the de- buildings, claiming the towers — order to oversee asbestos litiga- on its 28-story neighbor’s base- velopers for acting so brazenly one of which would contain 100 tion, she said at the time. ment, workers at the site told this while St. George continues to de- units of so-called affordable hous- And not long after workers reporter on Jan. 9. liberate over her verdict, which ing — violate Brooklyn Bridge broke ground on the site this sum- One hard-hat said that the some activists claim could lay the Park’s governing document, the mer, some locals complained to framework of the shorter high- path for more private development 2006 General Project Plan, which this newspaper that noise from the rise containing the so-called af- in public parks across the United permits development within the job scared youngsters who fre- fordable units — a major point of States if it allows the towers’ con- green space only to generate rev- quent a nearby playground . contention that St. George even struction. enue needed by the park. Now, six months after con- suggested developers scrap in an “It is disturbing how much they But meadow attorneys repeat- Community News Group / Julianne Cuba struction began and nearly two attempt to broker a compromise have put into the ground and into edly denied that charge before the Workers are nearly done erecting 10 floors of the 15-story tower at Pier 6. months after St. George heard — would be completed in about the air, despite the fact that the benches of Justice Carmen Victo- litigants’ final arguments, the two weeks, and that the skeleton judge has not come through with ria St. George and her predeces- fix the timber piles that support paperwork to begin construc- proceed as long as whatever went 15-story tower that contains the of the 28-story building would be her decision,” said Judi Francis, sor Justice Lucy Billings, arguing Pier 6, which wood-eating crus- tion amid the ongoing legal bat- up could be “undone,” before being below-market-rate units is nearly finished sometime this spring. the president of advocacy group the high-rises will bring in money taceans are devouring. tle, and Billings ruled that month removed from the case in August 10 floors high, and contractors But Brooklyn Bridge Park won’t the Brooklyn Bridge Park De- the cash-strapped park needs to In July, the developers filed that work on the high-rises could after four months of arguments in are putting the finishing touches lose any cash from its allegedly fense Fund. Snow bombs away! Storm hits borough with winds and near foot of snow

By Julianne McShane Brooklyn and pummeled locals with ough fun-lovers — including this news- Brooklyn Paper nearly 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts on paper’s intrepid reporters — seized the This snow day was the bomb! Jan. 4, leading city and state officials day for sledding, snowball fights, and An epic “Bomb Cyclone” dumped to adopt an all-hands-on-deck approach storm-chasing. a blanket of snow one-foot thick over to tackling the winter storm, while bor- Our friends at the Weather Channel, who have taken it upon themselves to name winter storms, dubbed the storm “Grayson,” but its more meteorologi- cal categorization as a “Bomb Cyclone” Ice work comes from its sudden intensification as it undergoes “bombogenesis,” a dramatic 24-hour drop in pressure that brings about Chilly blob forms intense winds and snowfall. And snow it did. By the evening of in station’s wall! Jan. 4, the National Weather Service reported that an average of 11.5 inches By Julianne Cuba fell across the borough, with Flatlands Brooklyn Paper clocking the highest amount of the white It’s hole frozen over. stuff at 12.4 inches, and Fort Hamil- A block of ice protruding from a gap- ton recording just 7.1 inches. Local ing hole in a wall of Cobble Hill’s Ber- pols prepared for the city to tackle the storm ahead of time. Mayor DeBlasio gen Street station formed days before Photo by Paul Martinka the “Bomb Cyclone” pummeled Brook- announced on Jan. 3 that the city would give kids a snow day before declaring Powder-loving revelers took to a Dumbo hill near the Brooklyn Bridge to make the most of the “Bomb lyn — and many of its subway stations a winter-weather emergency , and Gov. Cyclone,” a storm that blew through Brooklyn on Jan. 4, blanketing neighborhoods in snow. — with several inches of snow on Jan. Cuomo followed up by declaring a state 4, according to straphangers, one of of emergency for both the city and its city’s plow-tracking map ,and the Sanita- walks to report on how Brooklynites dealt Cuba even found winter wonderlands at

whom first noticed the punctured wall Community News Group / Julianne Cuba suburbs, citing the storm’s particularly tion Department dispatched 2,400 plows with the wintry mess. Downtown and the Jay Street–MetroTec h and Clinton– weeks ago when foul odors floated from Cobble Hill resident Garth Horn intense winds and advising New York- and spreaders citywide by early afternoon Brownstone reporter Julianne Cuba hit Washington stations , two of the many its gap. wants the MTA to patch up the ers to stay off the roads. to fight the snow and ice, according to the streets in Williamsburg and Green- subway hubs where straphangers couldn’t “I’m surprised it hasn’t been fixed — gaping hole in the Bergen Street The city largely kept the borough’s a New York Daily News report. point , where she found a desolate Mc- escape the city sky’s relentless snow- it’s not surprising, but it is a little shock- station, which filled with ice in the streets well plowed throughout the day This newspaper’s fearless journal- Carren Park and some snow-loving bor- fall, which also hit the 77th Street sta- See ICE on page 9 recent chilly weather. until the snow stopped, according to the ists stormed the snowy streets and side- ough pups willing to brave the storm. See SNOW on page 10 The spy who lived next door James Bond himself reportedly buys Cobble Hill brownstone

By Julianne Cuba for a quantum of solace in their lion Brooklyn Heights penthouse Brooklyn Paper new digs, they may have to wait. — and famed Starship Enterprise He’s licensed to Hill! The house went up in flames on captain and mutant scholar , Park The actor who plays famed se- New Year’s Eve in 2016, accord- Sloper Sir Patrick Stewart. cret agent James Bond in the fran- ing to the Post , and its listing says But there’s currently no Aston chise’s recent spy flicks is rumored it has since been repaired but that Martin parked outside the blue- to be moving to Brooklyn. Brown- the buyer must install all the fin- doored brownstone between Kane ishing touches. and Degraw streets, and neither stone Brooklyn. The previous owners, Brit- Craig’s nor Amis’s reps immedi- Daniel Craig and wife Ra- ish novelist Martin Amis and ately returned requests for com- chel Weisz reportedly inked a his wife, American-Uruguayan ment on the sale. deal in August to buy a five- writer Isabel Fonseca, packed Associated Press / Jordan Strauss The attorney who reportedly story $6.75-million brownstone up after the blaze and reportedly Craig and wife, actress Ra- represented the buyer — Craig, on Strong Place in Cobble Hill, moved into a high-rise in nearby chel Weisz, allegedly bought via a limited-liability company On according to a New York Post re- Boerum Hill. from author Martin Amis. the Rows — declined to comment, port. Craig, Daniel Craig, would fit as did an agent from real-estate

Associated Press / Angelo Carconi But if the 007 star and Weisz — right in with other Hollywood stars Matt Damon — who last year al- group Corcoran, which listed the Actor Daniel Craig, famously known for portraying British spy James Bond in film, is report- who currently live on the distant who have made their homes in legedly bought Brooklyn’s most six-bedroom, five-and-a-half bath- edly moving to Cobble Hill. isle of Manhattan — are looking the Borough of Kings, including expensive condo , a $16.645-mil- room home. 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 12–18, 2018

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trast, and protection from the outside, with comfort on the inside,” he said. Dizzying design The property is rising just blocks from the neighborhood’s city-owned Bedford-Union Ar- Crown Heights inn’s architecture recalls mory, which developers will transform into a massive resi- artist M.C. Escher’s geometric drawings dential complex with 149 mar- ket-rate rentals, 250 so-called By Colin Mixson affordable units, and a commu- COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC CARE nity center pending the outcome Brooklyn Paper of a lawsuit over the project that This hotel is a trip! opponents filed the day before A swanky five-story inn Council voted to approve the with a mind-teasing, circu- scheme last November. THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER itous rooftop straight out of a Escher is known for his math- lithograph by Dutch artist M.C. ematical drawings that capti- Escher will replace an old Gulf vate observers with their diz- gas station in Crown Heights. zying geometry, and the inn’s AND MOUNT SINAI HEART. Creatives at ODA Architecture architects hope their building’s designed the roof of the lodge at design will similarly entrance 1550 Bedford Ave., called sim- guests and passersby, accord- ply the Bedford Hotel, to resem- ing to the spokesman. ble a revolving staircase that as- “We put people first,” he cends and descends around an said. “Our buildings unfold and inviting plaza and is accessi- become a stage for people to WORLD-CLASS CARE ble from all levels of the ritzy experience themselves.” property, according to a rep The lodge is slated to open from the firm. sometime in 2020, accord- ODA New York “You can step out and en- ing to another ODA Archi- WHERE YOU NEED IT MOST. joy the roof from any floor, The Bedford Hotel’s tecture rep. and from it you can go to any central courtyard The Bedford Hotel is not other level,” said Juan Ur- will shield guests the firm’s first project in the rueia. “That’s the idea of the from the outside borough. It is behind the huge loop, which relates to Escher’s world, while the inn’s “Bushwick II” apartment com- drawings.” roof will ascend and plex going up on the former The rising and falling roof descend in a style Rheingold brewery site in will boast a garden, bar, and reminiscent of litho- Bushwick, the glass-and-brick views over Empire Boulevard graphs by famed makeover of a warehouse at — all of which are open to the graphic designer 10 Jay St. in Dumbo’s historic public, Urrueia said. M.C. Escher. district on the edge of Brook- And inside the 100-room ho- lyn Bridge Park, and the two tel, locals will find shops and Department of Buildings per- green foliage growing in its in- controversial towers slated for restaurants on the ground floor, mits. terior plaza and the brightly lit, Pier 6 in Brooklyn’s Frontyard along with a banquet hall that The lodge’s facade will be blonde-wood-paneled rooms — which continue to rise even the architects plan to build in constructed out of a dark con- within, Urrueia said. though a judge has yet to decide the inn’s cellar, according to crete meant to contrast with the “It’s about this idea of con- if they can go up at all.

inventory of the shop’s losses, disaster. but at least $10,000 worth of “I feel like these kinds of books drowned in the flood, things either happen in very Flood ‘Light’ which primarily occurred new, or very old buildings,” around the fiction and chil- the proprietor said. dren’s book sections, the co- The literature lovers will Bookstore reopens after owner said. also soon find out whether their Freezing temperatures store suffered any structural a burst pipe wreaks havoc caused the plumbing to explode, damage, but the space doesn’t according to Fitting, who said look torn up, and, aside from By Colin Mixson — with a little help from that insurance-company inves- some emptier shelves, custom- tigators should know more this ers shouldn’t notice much of a Brooklyn Paper New York’s Bravest — kept week about why pipes are rup- difference, Fitting said. If only these books had rain- the flood story from reaching turing inside their less-than-2- The owners hope to re- coats instead of dust jackets! biblical proportions, and the -year-old storefront. place their lost titles in about A burst pipe flooded a be- shop reopened on Jan. 5, one The now-soggy book store two weeks if all goes well on loved Prospect–Lefferts Gar- of its owners said. opened in Nov. 2016 on Flat- the insurance company’s end, dens bookseller on Jan. 3, forc- “It could have been so much bush Avenue between Feni- and until then, customers can 121 DeKalb Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn ing its owners to briefly close worse,” said Rebecca Fitting, more and Hawthorne streets call (718) 246–0200 to find out the store to take stock of more who owns Greenlight with busi- in a brand-new space inside a if their favorite author survived Call for an appointment: 718.250.8265 • tbh.org/brooklynheart than 800 ruined titles. But a ness partner Jessica Stockton 23-story luxury tower, and Fit- the flood, or visit Greenlight’s desperate rescue launched by Bagnulo. ting said she suspects kinks at Fort Greene location at 686 Ful- Greenlight Bookstore’s staff Employees are still taking the still-fresh site triggered the ton St., according to Fitting.

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Two weasels try to take off in guy’s car Arrest in subway according to authorities. bound Q or B train near Han- 84TH PRECINCT Late-night snack Where’s my car? son Place and demanded his Some sneak broke into a pushing death Brooklyn Heights– POLICE BLOTTER wallet while they kept their DeKalb Avenue restaurant Some lowlife stole a hands tucked in their pock- Dumbo–Boerum Hill– overnight on Jan. 5 and stole By Julianne Cuba source said. Cops wouldn’t woman’s car parked on Ber- ets, officials said. Downtown gen Street on Dec. 18, cops Find more online every Wednesday at a safe and all of its cash, of- Brooklyn Paper reveal if the punch, the fall, A pair of baddies tried to The victim handed over said. BrooklynPaper.com/blotter ficials said. Police on Jan. 4 arrested or something else caused ride off with a guy’s car parked his wallet with his driv- The 61-year-old victim An employee told police he a teenager who allegedly the death, but according to on State Street on Dec. 17, er’s license, social security told officials she parked her locked the gate of the eatery shoved a 65-year-old man a New York Daily News police said. the villain entered the fi- through a rooftop door some- card, Direct Express card, and 2014 Honda Civic at 11 am between Rockwell and Ash- onto the subway tracks at report , Suarez suffered a A witness spotted the two nancial institution between time between Dec. 31 at 8 pm credit card inside, according and when she returned at 8:30 land places around 10 pm, and Downtown’s Jay Street- heart attack. punks hop in the 2017 Volk Court Street and Boerum and 1 am on New Year’s Day to authorities. pm, it was gone. and stole a Johnnie Walker when he returned the next day MetroTech station on Jan. parked near Court Street and Place around 10:50 am and Paramedics trans- Blue bottle, bourbon bottle, Caught around 11 am, he saw the gate 3, killing him. try to turn it on around 9:50 Bank robbery passed a note that said, “5,000 ported the unconscious and Gruppa bottle. Cops cuffed a guy for strik- was up, the front door was Cops said the 18-year- am, officials said. But the A scoundrel ran off with quickly.” The victim complied man to Brooklyn Hospi- and gave the lout $1,540, who ing a man with a rebar on Ash- open, and the portable safe old was mumbling to him- jerks, who left a phone in- cash he demanded from a bank Cleaned out containing $2,900, accord- tal, where doctors pro- then fled the bank with the land Place on Jan. 2. self on the R train platform side the car, couldn’t start teller on Smith Street on Jan. Cops cuffed a woman for ing to authorities. nounced him dead at 3:51 note, cops said. The victim told police inside the station near Wil- pm, police said. the engine and instead 1, police said. swiping a bunch of clean- he was walking in front of Wheely mean loughby and Bridge streets Cops cuffed the teen af- fled in a gray four-wheeler, The teller told authorities Shopping free! ing products from a Fulton the man near Hanson Place when he approached Staten Street drugstore on Jan. 6 A lout stole a guy’s wheel- ter taking him into custody Four baddies swiped a around 7:20 pm when the sus- Island resident Jacinto Su- and Jan. 7. chair he left in front of a St. on Jan. 3 and bringing him handful of clothes from a pect hit him several times with arez around 2:25 pm. The The 34-year-old suspect Felix Street building where he to Bellevue Hospital for a Fulton Street store on Jan. the bar and kicked him. two then started arguing, Affordable Family Dentistry took five bottles of deter- was celebrating New Year’s 5, police said. Emergency responders and Suarez tried to shoo the psychiatric evaluation be- in modern pleasant surroundings gent from the store near Smith Eve, police said. cause he was acting irratio- The quartet of punks took took the 31-year-old suspect The 56-year-old victim teen away before the sus- denim pants, a white T-shirt, Street on Jan. 6 just after mid- nally, officials said, and the State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) to Methodist Hospital for psy- told authorities he parked his pect allegedly socked the and a black leather jacket from night, and then took another chiatric evaluation, authori- Daily News reported the Emergencies treated promptly three bottles of bleach around motorized chair and locked victim so hard that he fell the boutique between Elm and ties said. backwards onto the tracks, suspect recently stopped Special care for children & anxious patients 4:51 pm the next day, offi- it with a key-code pad out- Bond streets around 7:40 pm, side the apartment between knocking him unconscious, taking medication for bi- WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD officials said. 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Snatched polar disorder and schizo- A punk swiped a guy’s DeKalb Avenue and Fulton authorities said. ager tried to stop the male- Street around 11:45 pm, and A straphanger must have phrenia. • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) factors from fleeing with 88TH PRECINCT coat, boots, and gloves from Police charged the inside his apartment building when he went back outside lifted the victim off of the • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, the duds, but one of the curs 18-year-old with man- Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) Fort Greene–Clinton Hill on Lexington Avenue on Jan. around 2 am after the ball rails because he was back pushed him and ran out, ac- slaughter and assault, ac- • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment Subway sneaks 2, police said. dropped, it was gone. on the platform when para- cording to authorities. medics arrived, a police cording to authorities. • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings guy’s wallet from him in- The 30-year-old guy told — Julianne Cuba • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) Liquor looters side a Flatbush Avenue sub- cops he left his clothing and • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) Some home invaders way station on Jan. 2, po- boots inside the vestibule of 78TH PRECINCT stole bottles of liquor from lice said. his apartment between Grand tween Dec. 19 and 25. Shoplifter Park Slope Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer a guy’s Furman Street apart- The pair of baddies, both and Classon avenues, which The victim told police he A nogoodnik stole a bunch left the holiday candelabra un- 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens ment sometime overnight on wearing blue jeans and does not have a lock, at mid- Candle vandal of allergy medicine from a attended near Flatbush Ave- 624-5554 s 624-7055 New Year’s Eve, authorities blue jackets, approached night, and when he left for A ne’er-do-well busted up a Court Street store on Jan. 8. Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking said. the 60-year-old victim as work the next day at 7 am, 6-foot-tall menorah located at nue for six days, after which he returned to find some rep- The thief stole three packs and insurance plans accommodated The 56-year-old victim he walked down the stairs the stuff was gone, accord- Prospect Park’s Empire Bou- of Claritin off the shelves in told police the sneaks crept in to board a Coney Island- ing to a report. levard entrance sometime be- robate had busted up the glass coverings that shield the over- the store near Second Place sized Hannukah lamp’s open at 8 pm, before walking flames. right out, an employee told In addition to the $150 in police. damaged caused to the me- Phone jacked norah, a plastic sign affixed A sneak took a phone left in to a gate protecting the co- a car parked on Pacific Street lossal candlestick was also damaged, cops said. sometime on Jan. 5. Police say the victim parked Room disservice the 2012 Toyota near Court A burglar ransacked a Street at 1 am and returned at man’s Union Street hotel 8 pm to find the phone gone Pick up kids from school room sometime overnight from the center console. on Dec. 27. — Adam Lucente The victim, 63, told po- lice he left his room between Third and Fourth avenues at 68TH PRECINCT 8:30 pm, and returned at 1 Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights Buy Groceries am the following day to find some fiend had slipped in and Terrible trio nabbed $500, along with a A pack of three villains pricey camera. slashed a man’s hand with No sweat-er an unknown weapon and grabbed his neck during a A package poacher nabbed Get Health Care robbery on Shore Road on a sweater off the front porch of a woman’s 13th Street home Dec. 31, authorities said. on Dec. 26. The crooks cornered the The victim told police she man around 6:40 pm near returned home from vacation 97th Street, cops said. One around 1 pm, expecting to see of the ruffians had initially her top where she had left it, contacted the man asking for but instead found an empty $20, and when the man met her porch, thanks to the foul deeds to hand over the money, her of a cold thief. two other friends approached Nice rack him from across the street be- A thief rode off with a fore the three cornered him, man’s bike he left attached demanding that he give them to a rack atop his car on Fourth “everything else” he had, of- Avenue on Dec. 24. ficials said. The victim told police he But when the man said left his vehicle — and his bike he had nothing else on him, — parked between Sixth and one of the two accomplices Seventh streets at 10 am, and grabbed him around the neck returned just three minutes from behind and cut his hand later to find one still there, before all three fled on 97th but not the other. Street towards Marine Ave- Parking pirate nue in a white van, accord- Some goon looted a man’s ing to a report. car he parked on 13th Street Blue van on Dec. 24. A nogoodnik stole a blue The victim told police he van with plumbing tools in- left his ride locked between side from a man’s 79th Street Sixth and Seventh avenues driveway sometime between at 12:50 am, and returned around 8 pm to find his wire- Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. less headphones and Ray Ban The crook took the car from sunglasses stolen. the driveway between Third There was also damage and Fourth avenues at some around the car’s radio-and- point between 2 pm on Dec. navigation system, accord- 31 and 7 pm the next day, po- ing to police. lice said. — Colin Mixson The owner of the car said that he did not have keys, but 76TH PRECINCT his worker did, according to cops, who said the car was not Carroll Gardens– towed and had no outstand- Cobble Hill–Red Hook ing tickets. Front-step thief Blue van two A punk stole a pricey pair of boots and other items from A good-for-nothing stole a woman’s Fourth Place front a blue work van from Shore steps on Jan. 3 or 4. Road sometime overnight on The woman told police she Jan. 3, according to police. Enroll by january 31 left her home near Clinton and The creep drove off with Henry streets at 3:30 pm on the car parked near Mackay Jan. 3, and when she returned Place at some point between the next day at 7:30 am, she 8:30 pm on Jan. 3 and 7:30 am noticed a pair of UGG boots, the next day, cops said. Health care has been in the headlines a lot lately. What does it mean three of the Red Flags card The owner of the car said games, and a box of Fresh Step it had outstanding tickets, au- to you? At MetroPlus, getting affordable health insurance for your family cat litter missing. thorities said. doesn’t have to be complicated. Thanks to all the new MetroPlus Community Computer heist Take-out Offi ces, chances are we’re not far from you. We’re everywhere from the An intruder took off with Police arrested a man who Staten Island Mall to Parkchester in the Bronx. Sunset Park in Brooklyn a pricey laptop from an At- they say stole $600 from an lantic Avenue home on Jan. 11th Avenue restaurant on to Skyview Mall in Queens. For a full list of neighborhood locations, visit 8, authorities said. Jan. 1. metroplus.org. Drop in for a visit! And yes, you can bring the kids! The victim told officers Officers say the man made she left her home near Henry off with the cash from the and Clinton streets to take her 66th Street eatery around child to school at 1:30 pm, and SIGN UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! when she returned at 3:30 pm, 6:50 am, after he cut locks her silver MacBook Pro com- on the basement entrance to puter was missing. Her front enter the building, and then MKT 17.183v2 door was unlocked when she broke the stock room closet left, and there was no forced door and two registers to grab entry into the home, police the cash. reported. — Julianne McShane THEATER Bar back Jay Cusato Cusato Jay It’s a new play about old-school Brooklyn! A drama about the changing Windsor Terrace neighborhood, set in the legendary Farrell’s Bar and Grill, will get a pair of readings this week- end at the Shepherd’s Hall at the Holy Name Church — just a block away from its boozy setting. “Stoopdreamers,” written by Windsor Terrace native Pat Fenton, focuses on gentrifi- cation and the effects of the Prospect Parkway, which tore through the neighborhood during the 1940s, and the show’s producer hopes that it will (718) 260–2500 January 12–18, 2018 help educate locals about their history. Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings “For people who just moved here it’ll be a great way to learn the history of the neighbor- hood,” said Jay Cusato, who grew up in Park Slope and now lives in Sunset Park. “And for others, it’ll be a walk down memory lane.” At the reading, Cusato will also discuss his plans for an upcoming documentary about Far- rell’s crucial place in this area’s rich history. “Stoopdreamers” focuses on the massive road construction project decreed by Robert Moses in 1945, which displaced more than a thousand families from Windsor Terrace. In the play, three people gather at modern-day Farrell’s, 70 years after the construction, to reminisce about the neighborhood they once knew. The play is set at Farrell’s because it is the last bar standing from the pre-Moses era. The iconic Irish pub is a prominent piece of the old Brooklyn neighborhood, which makes it a worthy subject of the play and of a film, said Cusato. “The documentary asks the question ‘Why did Farrell’s stand the test of time?’ ” said Cusato. “It’s basically the same bar as it was in the 1930s.” Proceeds from the event will go to Holy Name Church, which is what past bar owner Eddie Far- rell would have wanted, according to Cusato. Farrell’s current owner, Jimmy Houlihan, as- sisted with planning the event, and the cast in- cludes both on and off-Broadway actors. Cusato hopes some of the people who attend the play will be able to talk about Farrell’s his- tory for his documentary. “We hope to attract people not on social me- dia,” he said. “People who were there. I hope this brings people out.” “Stoopdreamers” at Shepherd’s Hall [245 Prospect Park West at Ninth Avenue. (718) 768– 3071]. Jan. 13 at 8 pm; Jan. 14 at 3 pm. $30. — Adam Lucente

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Photo by Jordan Rathkopf Reading picks The one and only: The Brooklyn Heights Social Club, on the 10th floor of One Hotel in Brooklyn Bridge Park, offers panoramic views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Word’s pick: “This Will Be My Undoing” by Morgan Jenkins This book ravaged and then healed my weary soul. Jenkins takes a micro and macro look at the exhaustion and triumph of black womanhood, and each of these essays is poi- gnant enough on its own. When linked together in her book, the pieces be- come a subtle knife, cut- Room with a view ting through the mem- brane of gender and racial disparity that covers our Lounge with jaw-dropping vista opens at One Hotel country. Jerkins uses her- self not simply as an ref- By Julianne McShane and New Yorkers alike to get a taste of erence point, but as a dis- section subject, laid on the Brooklyn Paper the city’s magic without trekking to the dreaded distant isle. table and explained. oin the Club! “The view that we have is so photoge- — Hannah Oliver A new waterfront bar and lounge nic, it’s so fundamentally New York, it’s Depp, Word [126 Franklin St. at Milton Street in J with floor-to-ceiling windows and almost like the most New York thing I’ve Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www.wordbook- jaw-dropping views of the East River and ever done is actually not in Manhattan, it’s stores.com ]. the glittering city lights across the river is in Brooklyn,” he said. “It’s like this testa- now welcoming guests, high above Brook- ment to the power of New York.” Greenlight Bookstore’s pick: lyn Bridge Park’s Pier One. One of the Among the first visitors to christen the “Green” by Sam Graham-Felsen two restaurateurs behind the Brooklyn Club were the music power couple Jay-Z Green is a first-rate debut novel and a modern Heights Social Club, located on the 10th and Beyoncé, who hosted an after-party at Bildungsroman. A careful, powerful meditation floor of the One Hotel, said that the stun- the Social Club in November, a few days on race, injustice, and adolescence set in Boston ning views make it a distinctly different before its official opening, following Jay- in the year 1992, it follows David Greenfield, “one spot from the nightclubs and hotspots the Z’s concert at Barclays Center. of the few white kids at pair have opened before. Abramcyk and Bilowich also run the ho- Martin Luther King Jr. “One of the guiding principles of nightlife tel’s rooftop bar, which is currently closed Middle School,” who is is to make sure there are no windows, so it’s for the winter, as well as its ground floor Nike-less and friendless, really different to have such a dramatic view,” restaurant Osprey. Abramcyk hopes the until Marlon Wellings, said Matt Abramcyk, who opened the space three spaces will becomes social spots for “a loner from the public with partner Eddie Bilowich. “You notice Photo by Jordan Rathkopf locals and visitors alike. housing project” chooses you’re completely wrapped in water views, Meat your match: The charcuterie board at Brooklyn Heights Social Club “It’s all about making these spaces really to stand up for him in with a view framed by the Brooklyn Bridge, includes a variety of meats, plus veggies and a spread. warm spaces, these places where people in the school cafeteria. which feels like it’s so close you can touch the neighborhood can sort of feel and be As the two boys grow it. We really tried to develop that as opposed bines fresh pineapple with Madagascan avocado spreads, and a charcuterie board inspired by this history of great creativity tighter, the breaks that to being in a dark room with blaring music. vanilla — concocted by barman Albert — on the leather and velvet banquettes and and exploration,” he said. “There’s sort of a have been given to Dave It’s a really transportive thing.” Trummer. sofas, or at a long stone bar. feeling of developing a community within — and not to Marlon — The Club features a cocktail program “We wanted to offer this contempo- But the real draw is the wall of eight- a community.” become clearer. This is focused on drinks infused with fruity and rary view of cocktail culture,” Abram- foot-tall windows, which offers views of Brooklyn Heights Social Club at the One a book about growing up for adults. herbal flavors — including an herb-infused cyk said. the Brooklyn Bridge, the distant isle’s lower Hotel (60 Furman St. at Doughty Street in — Melissa Hohl, Greenlight Bookstore [686 take on the gin and tonic ($18) and the Visitors can also enjoy a menu of small neighborhood, and the Statue of Liberty. Dumbo, (347) 696–2505 www.bhsocial- Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Port- Yellow Cab ($22), a rum drink that com- plates — including fries, chicken liver and Abramcyk said the view allows visitors club.com). Open daily, 5 pm–close. land Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, www.greenlightbookstore.com].

ers, and figures onto the giant photo, Community Bookstore’s pick: “Non- and two-minute film of icebergs and human Photography” by Joanna Zylinska water will be projected onto the back Zylinska’s new book is a meditation on the many of the images. ways in which photographic images, which sur- Neuhaus says that the show marks round us now in near-ubiquity, from paper to screen, The cold snap a leap forward. Unlike her previous have taken on lives of their own. From the days work, “Sublimation” has a message of early photographs — — informing viewers about the rad- the first images produced Giant glacier photo shows ical shifts that climate change has not by an artist’s hand but wrought in the arctic, she said. by “the pencil of nature,” “I feel like in the past my work was to the 21st century land- how climate has changed kind of quiet, and I really want to make scape of electronic sur- an issue of ice art, and hit people over veillance and social me- By Alexandra Simon says that her show is the result of a de- the head with it,” she said. dia, Zylinska traces the Brooklyn Paper cade-long fascination with the flow- The change in her attitude came af- construction of a kind of

ing ice of the arctic. Community News Group / Alexandra Simon ter meeting with indigenous groups, visual consciousness in- he comes from the land of the ice “I started with this subject matter An ice shot: Artist Itty Neuhaus works on her art piece “Sublima- and learning how their once accessible creasingly untethered to and snow! over a decade ago when I saw my first tion: An Iceberg’s Story” on display at Kentler International Draw- hunting grounds are now unreachable human agency. Drawing S A Greenpoint artist will launch glacier,” said Itty Neuhaus. “I saw gla- ing Space starting on Jan. 12. due to water rising, she said. on art history, as well as the history of natural sci- a hot new show, created under the mid- cial crevasses and my tour informed me “Sublimation” at Kentler Interna- ence, Zylinska describes her unique notion of pho- night sun, where the hot springs flow! about geothermal activity under the ice ing glaciers and the formations of ice- the ceiling in three sections. Just seven tional Drawing Space [353 Van Brunt tography as a “light-induced process of fossiliza- “Sublimation: An Iceberg’s Story,” a and that blew my mind — it was forces bergs, but this show focuses on a trip years ago, the glacier covered the en- St. between Dikeman and Wolcott tion across media and across time scales.” panoramic multimedia exhibit about of hot and cold working in conflict un- to Greenland last year. It consists of a tire mountain, but now it occupies just streets in Red Hook. (718) 875–2098, — Samuel Partal, Community Bookstore [43 a shrinking glacier and a stalwart ice- der what I thought was solid.” single, enormous photo of the Russell a small portion of the photo. www.kentlergallery.org]. Opening Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- berg, will open at Red Hook’s Kentler Neuhaus went on several trips to Glacier in Greenland, roughly four feet Neuhaus also used a sharp tool to reception on Jan. 12 at 6 pm. Artist field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. Drawing Center on Jan. 12. The artist the arctic, photographing and film- high and 30 feet long, hanging from scratch images of wind, clouds, riv- talk on Feb. 18 at 4 pm. Free. commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. 6 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 12–18, 2018

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JC: How do you expect the comedians to react? KC: I will assume they will react by call- ing us very weird. Janelle James is a very no-nonsense kind of lady; I’m excited to get her next to a puppet. String ’em up! CL: I think they will all have different reactions. Aparna and Joe could host a chil- dren’s show and be fine, but Janelle and Hari are more serious and political — to see how Comedians become puppets they play with something a little less serious, I think it’ll be very fun. JC: Do you guys play with puppets in your for new stand-up talk show free time? CL: I own probably like seven puppets, but By Julianne Cuba then literally it’s hosted by puppets. I use them an embarrassing amount, mostly Brooklyn Paper Kelsey Caine: We’re puppeteering our- by myself, which is creepy. selves as puppets. This is the first time that KC: Sometime we get together and just hey’re making their presence felt! we’ve ever put on a puppet show together play around with puppets, and (Carmen’s) Two comedians will transform into — the idea is that it’s just a normal com- like a crazy creative person, it’s just so fun T puppet versions of themselves in or- edy show and at some point hijinx ensue to get silly. der to host “Puppets Presents: A Stand-Up and we contact the ghost of Jim Henson, JC: Do your puppet characters look like Comedy Show” at Littlefield on Jan. 25. the puppet god, and he turns us personally your human selves? We spoke with Bushwick comedian Car- into puppets. We are grappling with the fact CL: They are not done yet — we’re hoping men Lagala and Manhattanite Kelsey Caine that we turned into puppets, we didn’t see they will look just like us, but chances are about their plan to interview a quartet of this coming. they will look really bad. But I won’t let us stand-up comedians while in the form of JC: Have you guys rehearsed the questions have something crappy on stage. Mine will stuffed felt figures. that you’ll ask the comedians (Jo Firestone, look good, Kelsey’s will look terrible. Julianne Cuba: So what exactly hap- Aparna Nancherla, Joe Pera, Hari Kondabolu, KC: That’s your sound bite, Carmen. We’re pens on stage? Are you guys humans or and Janelle James)? planning on wigging them and planning on puppets? CL: We didn’t really think too much about them wearing little outfits like we are wear- Carmen Lagala: We turn into puppets at that, we keep it very improvisational. I think ing. They will look scarily terrible. the beginning of the show. I didn’t think this it’ll depend a little on their set, I want to see “Puppets Presents: A Stand-Up Comedy

Photo by Taylor Balkom could sound more silly. I already feel like a like what they were talking about and explore Show” at Littlefield (635 Sackett St. between Which is which?: Comedians Kelsey Caine and Carmen Lagala show off the self-styled pup- stupid dumb doll on stage, this will not be those topics. We are dabbling with the idea Third and Fourth avenues in Gowanus, www. pets that they will perform with during the “Puppets Presents: A Stand-Up Comedy Show” really different. They will see our faces for of taking audience suggestions to get more littlefieldnyc.com). Jan. 25 at 8:30 pm. $10 at Littlefield on Jan. 25. the first, like, three minutes of the show, and people involved. ($8 in advance).

entirely against her nature, she said. “I was compelled to write it,” Tanner said. “I’m a really private person, I’m kind of A class act shy, so getting up in front of a bunch of people by myself was not my idea of a good Teacher writes show time. But as I was writing, it started to become clear to me: about public schools this is a solo play. I know all these characters, the voices By Julianne McShane “When I was growing up, are inside me and want to Brooklyn Paper there was a lot of rage because get out.” nobody was paying attention, Photo by Zoe Freillich The resulting one-hour %LEGANCEWITHOUT%XTRAVAGANCE he is running towards and I got into a lot of trouble,” She and me: Performer show features 15 characters her past. said Vicki Tanner. “When and teacher Vicki Tanner from her childhood through S A Bedford-Stuyve- you’re young, you’re taught will stage her solo show, her mid-30s, all played by Tan- sant teacher will launch a that things are supposed to “Running Into Me,” as ner herself. Critically Acclaimed Wine List cathartic one-woman show get better. The show is re- part of a week-long se- “She Stands Alone” fea- next week, inspired in part ally about how we as a soci- ries of female storytellers tures two one-woman plays by her rocky experience with ety are failing our young peo- starting on Jan. 18 at the each night: “Running Into  New York City public schools. ple, especially in New York Irondale Center. Me” and “Jellybean,” by #OURSE$INNER-ENU PERPERSON “Running Into Me,” opening City public schools.” Lee Harrington, about the on Jan. 18 at Fort Greene’s Tanner moved to the city “At that point, I barely un- creator’s fraught childhood Irondale Center, is one half in 1985, after she graduated derstood myself,” she said. bouncing between foster Music : Thurs. - Sun. of a week-long celebration of from California State Univer- “I learned a lot by doing, the homes due to a mentally un- th female-focused stories, titled sity at Long Beach, and she hard way.” well mother. 1464 86 Street (between 14th & 15th Ave.) “She Stands Alone.” Its cre- started teaching conflict res- Soon, Tanner was writ- “She Stands Alone” at ator and star says that the per- olution and behavioral man- ing stories about her distant, Irondale Center (85 S. Ox- /PEN$AYSs,UNCHs$INNERs.OONn-IDNIGHTs0RIVATE0ARTY2OOM formance will not only show agement classes to middle and distracted single mother, and ford St. between Lafayette how she grew past her own high school students in the about the drug and prison cul- Avenue and Fulton Street in #ALLFOR2ESERVATIONS718-236-9883 difficult childhood, but how Bronx — an experience that tures she was raised in. Even- Fort Greene, www.irondale. education can help troubled allowed her to process some tually, she felt a need to per- org). Jan. 18–27 at 7:30 pm. WWWTOMMASOINBROOKLYNCOM Established 1971 teens before they end up in of her own repressed rage, form the scenes on-stage $30 ($20 for “Running Into trouble — or in jail. she said. — even though doing so went Me” only).

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smackmellon.org. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Luther King, Jr. Tribute 638–4400], www.union- COMEDY, AUNTIE’S HOUSE DAY OF SERVICE: Join the featuring Vashawn Mitchell, hallny.com. SEVEN: A house party and Park Slope Jewish Center Latice Crawford, James 9 DAYS... comedy show, with Nore for a day of community ser- Hall, and much more! Free. Davis, Rebecca O’Neal, and vice in memory of Martin 5:30 pm. Walt Whitman THURS, JAN. 18 Continued from page 6 surprise guests. $10. 8 pm. Luther King, Jr. — making Theater at Brooklyn College soup and snack kits, knit- [2900 Bedford Ave. and TALK, DESIGNING DESTINY: a bar with wine, beer, and Auntie’s House [361 Stagg Three life coaches will help coctails. Free. 11 am–6 pm. St. at Morgan Avenue in ting, cooking, clothes and Avenue J in Midwood, (718) book collection, and more. 629–6401]. entrepreneurs reach for Industry City (241 37th St., Bushwick, (734) 787–0622]. their dreams. Admission in- second fl oor, between Sec- COMEDY, TINDER LIVE: All are welcome to par- THEATER, “CUTE ACTIVIST”: ticipate. Free. 11 am. Park cludes breakfast and a net- ond and Third avenues in Dating-app banter becomes 8 pm. See Friday, Jan. 12. working session. $20. 9:30 Sunset Park). long-form improvisation. Slope Jewish Center (1320 MUSIC, THE LAST NITES: Eighth Ave. at 14th Street in am. Park Plaza Restaurant ART, “SOULFUL CREA- $15. 8:30 pm. Littlefi eld (635 Dance band performing [220 Cadman Plaza West at TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See Sackett St. between Third Park Slope), www.psjc.org. hits from every decade. FAMILY, THE MUSIC OF BOB Pineapple Walk in Brooklyn Friday, Jan. 12. and Fourth avenues in Gow- Free. 8 pm. Brooklyn Bowl Heights, (646) 481–7171]. FAMILY, REGGAE FOR KIDS: anus), www.littlefi eldnyc. MARLEY FOR KIDS: The [61 Wythe Ave. between Rock and Roll Playhouse N. 11th and N. 12th streets ART, “SOULFUL CREA- The Rock and Roll Play- com. TURES”: 11 am–10 pm. See house’s presents the reggae presents music by Bob Mar- in Williamsburg, (718) THEATER, “MEDUSA”: 8 pm. ley. $12. 11:30 am. Brooklyn Friday, Jan. 12. music of David Langiois See Friday, Jan. 12. 963–3369], www.brooklyn- Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. be- bowl.com. TALK, “HIT PARADE” POD- and the Brooklyners. Free. THEATER, “CUTE ACTIVIST”: tween N. 11th and N. 12th COMEDY, LIVING FOR IT!: CAST LIVE WITH TED LEO: 12:30 pm. Industry City (220 8 pm. See Friday, Jan. 12. Pop-chart analyst and critic 36th St. at Second Avenue streets in Williamsburg, A monthly comedy ben- THEATER, “THE ART OF (718) 963–3369], www. efi t show! This month the Chris Molanphy discusses in Sunset Park), therockan- HIJAB, KOHL BLACK B-side hits throughout pop drollplayhouse.com. brooklynbowl.com. proceeds will benefi t Girls AND THE RIGHT WAY TO history, featuring special TALK, “ARTIST’S EYE”: Art- FASHION SHOW AND FUND- Education Mentoring Ser- PRAY”: 2 pm and 8 pm. See RAISER: A variety show vices. With comedians Liza guest musician Ted Leo. ist Kahlil Robert Irving re- Friday, Jan. 12. $30. 7 pm. Bell House [149 sponds to Judy Chicago’s including a scoliosis-brace Treyger, Dina Hashem, Mar- fashion show and wheel- cia Belsky, and more. $10. 8 Seventh St. at Third Avenue porcelain and ceramic works in Gowanus, (718) 643– in “The Dinner Party.” $16. chair ballroom dancing, pm. The Living Gallery [1094 SUN, JAN. 14 presented by and benefi t- Broadway at Dodworth 6510], www.thebellhouseny. 2 pm. Brooklyn Museum com. [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Wash- MUSIC, THE ZEN TRICK- ting Brooklyn Curvy Girls Street in Bushwick, (802) ington Avenue in Prospect STERS: With special guest Scoliosis International Sup- 451–9720], www.facebook. NIGHTLIFE, IMAGEDRINK: Heights, (718) 638–5000], Kenny Brooks, and Ominous port Group, a peer-support com/TheLivingGalleryBk. Meet new people, drink, www.brooklynmuseum.org. Seapods. $15. 7:30 pm. organization for girls living COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL and break the ice with draw- ing games that will get your Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe with scoliosis. $15 ($10 in COMEDY: The Monday ART, “EVERYTHING IN advance). 4 pm. Kings Bay creative impulses fi ring. Ave. between N. 11th and night comedy show wel- THE UNIVERSE IS MY YM-YWHA [3495 Nostrand One drink and drawing sup- N. 12th streets in Williams- comes Kerry Coddett, Ali

BROTHER” OPENING RE- Photo by Zoe Freilich Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11229, Simpson, Adam Mamawala, plies included. $20. 7 pm. CEPTION: A new exhibit burg, (718) 963–3369], 718–648-7703]. Randolph Beer [82 Prospect of paintings and sculptures www.brooklynbowl.com. Full canvas: A visitor to Full Circle Bar’s “Bob Ross Night” shows off the happy Nina Tarr, and more. Free. 8 READING, THUG PASSION St. at Pearl Street in Dumbo, that examine the intercon- THEATER, “THE ART OF little trees he painted. The Williamsburg bar will provide watercolors, paper, and pm. Friends and Lovers (641 PRESENTS “BELLY”: The Classon Ave. between Dean (347) 735–9620], www.ran- nectedness of all things, HIJAB, KOHL BLACK dolphbeer.com. from Rudy Shepherd. Also staged reading series of crayons to visitors, along with four episodes of “Joy of Painting with Bob Ross,” and Pacifi c streets in Crown AND THE RIGHT WAY TO comedians reading classic DANCE, SPLIT BILL AT opening is the multimedia PRAY”: 2 pm. See Friday, on Jan. 15 at 8 pm. Heights). installation “Wave Room” black cult fi lms takes on the COMEDY, COMEDY MON- TRISKELION ARTS: Two Jan. 12. 1998 crime drama starring by Theresa Ganz. Free. Kingston Avenue in Crown Building (30 Lafayette Ave. RICA: A Martin Luther King DAY: Open Mic and Stand different dance companies THEATER, “STOOPDREAM- DMX and Nas. $10 ($8 in perform on each night of 6–8 pm. Smack Mellon [92 ERS”: 3 pm. See Saturday, Heights, (718) 907–8833], between Ashland Place Day Event at the Brooklyn -Up. Free. 9pm. Freddy’s Plymouth St. at Washing- advance). 7:30 pm. Union Bar [627 Fifth Ave. between this four-day festival. $22 Jan. 13. Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth www.jcm.museum. and St. Felix Street in Fort Society for Ethical Culture, ($18 in advance). 7:30 pm. ton Street in Dumbo, (718) TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER Greene), www.bam.org. with African music, drum- 17th and 18th streets in 834–8761], www.smackmel- THEATER, “MEDUSA”: 3 Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Greenwood Heights, (718) Triskelion Arts [106 Calyer pm and 8 pm. See Friday, 638–4400], www.union- KING JR., 2018: New York FAMILY, FREEDOM SONGS: ming and dance, face St. between Banker Street lon.org. painting, African crafts and 768–0131], www.freddysbar. Jan. 12. hallny.com. City’s largest public celebra- Join us this Martin Luther com. and Clifford Place in Green- ART, “WAVE ROOM” OPEN- tion in honor of iconic civil King Jr. Day for Freedom activities, stories, food and ING RECEPTION: Theresa DANCE, “MIND BODY DROP NIGHTLIFE, BOB ROSS point, (718) 389–3473], AWAY”: 7 pm. See Satur- rights leader Dr. Martin Songs and Stories with costumes. $20 for kids ($5 www.triskelionarts.org. Ganz’s multimedia installa- MON, JAN. 15 for accompanying adults). NIGHT: Paint some happy tion explores how humans day, Jan. 13. Luther King, Jr. returns to Tammy Hall. $3. 2 pm and 3 little trees along with THEATER, “THE ART OF 4 pm. Brooklyn Society for cope with cataclysmic MARKET, WINTER FLEA AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BAM, with world-renowned pm. Lefferts Historic House smooth-voiced artist Bob HIJAB, KOHL BLACK events such as natural di- HOLIDAY MARKET: 11 DAY: Celebrate the civil activists, intellectuals, and [452 Flatbush Ave. between Ethical Culture [53 Prospect Ross. With happy little drink AND THE RIGHT WAY TO saster, war, or political crisis. am–6 pm. See Saturday, rights activist with crafts civic leaders together with Empire Boulevard and East- Park West in Park Slope, specials, and cheap art sup- PRAY”: 8 pm. See Friday, Free. 6 pm. Smack Mellon Jan. 13. at the museum. Free with musicians and other per- ern Parkway in Park Slope, (718) 768 2972], www.bsec. plies provided. Free. 8 pm. Jan. 12. [92 Plymouth St. at Wash- ART, “SOULFUL CREA- musum admission. 10 am to formers paying tribute to (718) 789–2822], www. org. Full Circle Bar (318 Grand ington Street in DUMBO, TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See 5 pm. Jewish Children’s Mu- King’s legacy. Free. 10:30 prospectpark.org. TALK, “A SHARED DREAM”: St. between Havemeyer (718) 834–8761], www. Friday, Jan. 12. seum [792 Eastern Pkwy. at am. BAM Peter Jay Sharp FAMILIES CELEBRATE AF- A tribute to Dr. Martin Street and Marcy Avenue in FRI, JAN. 19 Williamsburg), www.fullcir- ART, “SOULFUL CREA- clebar.com. TURES”: 11 am–6 pm. See Friday, Jan. 12. TUES, JAN. 16 DANCE, MISS COMMUNICA- TION: A group of animated TALK, 45 YEARS AFTER ROE dancers perform an array of V WADE: Three experts dis- characterizations from the MAKE cuss the legacy and future poetic to the absurd. $15. of this landmark abortion 7:30 pm. 100 Bogart (100 rights case on the occasion Bogart St. between John- of its forty-fi fth anniver- son Avenue and Ingraham THE CITY sary. $10. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Street in Bushwick), www. Historical Society [128 Pier- theexponentialfestival.org. repont St. at Clinton Street DANCE, SPLIT BILL AT in Brooklyn Heights, (718) TRISKELION ARTS: 7:30 YOUR 222–4111], www.brooklyn- pm. See Thursday, Jan. 18. history.org. DANCE, UTOPIA — WORKS- THEATER, “SPACEMAN”: 7 IN-PROGRESS SHOWING: pm. See Saturday, Jan. 13. What does utopia mean to CLASSROOM NIGHTLIFE, TRIVIA TUESDAY: you? Dance and visual art Teams (up to 6) and individ- combine to explore the idea uals welcome! Free. 8 pm. of an internal utopia. Free. Sycamore [1118 Cortelyou 7:30 pm. NARS Foundation Rd. between Stratford and [201 46th St. at Second Av- Westminster roads in Dit- enue, fourth fl oor in Sunset mas Park, (347) 240–5850], Park, (718) 768–2765], www. www.sycamorebrooklyn. narsfoundation.org. com. READING, BROOKLYN WRIT- COMEDY, FEELINGS—A ERS SPACE READING TALK SHOW WITH GIULIA SERIES: Readers this month ROZZI: A self-help book include Gayle Kirshenbaum, come to life as a fun vari- Rachel Kash, and Sally Kohn. ety show. $8–$10. 8 pm. Free. 7:30 pm. Books Are Littlefi eld (635 Sackett St. Magic (225 Smith St. at between Third and Fourth Butler Street in Cobble Hill), avenues in Gowanus), www. booksaremagic.net. littlefi eldnyc.com. THEATER, “CUTE ACTIVIST”: COMEDY, STEVIE: A witchy 8 pm. See Friday, Jan. 12. comedy show inspired THEATER, “THE ART OF by Stevie Nicks, featuring HIJAB, KOHL BLACK Joe Castle Baker, Emmy AND THE RIGHT WAY TO Blotnick, Annie Donley, PRAY”: 8 pm. See Friday, and more. Free. 8 pm. Our Jan. 12. 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Kids to do is go home and ask their so much that they didn’t have on this issue. aren’t suddenly being born less parents if they can do one thing the opportunity to do these have been brought into the world with likely to suffer from ear infections, al- And the stats are, ironi- resilient. Something is mak- that they feel they’re ready to things,’ ” Hynes said. The par- much excitement and celebration, they lergies, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma, cer- cally enough, anxiety-produc- ing them that way, and that do that, for one reason or an- ents are so proud, they’re brag- ing too. Parents magazine re- “something” is a lack of prac- other, they haven’t done yet: ging on Facebook — and par- will ideally begin a lifetime of optimal tain respiratory ailments, and meningi- ports that 10 percent of kids tice. You can’t get good at Walk the dog. Make dinner. ents in other school districts health. The American Academy of Pedi- tis,” said Gina McManus, RN, director of are seeing it. are suffering from anxiety. By throwing a ball without prac- Run an errand. atrics, the World Health Organization, Maternal Child Health at NYP Brooklyn the time they’re in high school, tice. And you can’t get good at Because the Project is en- They’re demanding their that number is 25 percent, ac- problem solving and bounc- dorsed by the school, and be- kids’ schools start doing the the U.S. Department of Health and Hu- Methodist. Breastfed infants have a cording to the National Insti- ing back if you never get prac- cause other families are do- Project, too. So it’s happen- man Services and NewYork-Presbyterian lower incidence of obesity, diabetes, tute of Mental Health. tice at those. ing it too, most of the parents ing! And when they get to col- Which kids don’t. Par- say yes. Then they figure out, The Let Grow Project is go- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital all agree – and sudden infant death syndrome lege? The Higher Education ents have been told that they with their kid, what their par- ing viral because deep down breastfeeding provides health benefits (SIDS). many of us realize we’ve done Research Institute at UCLA must watch their kids 24-7 and ticular task will be. And then, to mothers and their newborns. For parents of babies in the NICU, a has been asking incoming stu- smooth their path all the way. sometime over the course of something wrong. By trying dents if they agree: “[I] feel So it’s no surprise that kids the week, the kid goes and does to help our children all the To support new mothers who want specially trained lactation consultant is overwhelmed by all I had to can’t solve problems — we’re it, alone or with a friend. time, we’ve taken away the to breastfeed, NewYork-Presbyterian on-site. “Breast milk is especially vital do” since 1985. That first year, always right there, solving When the kid walks through normal childhood experi- 18 percent said yes. By 2016, them! And when kids lose a the door with the half gallon of ence of learning to be part Brooklyn Methodist established a com- for the health of premature babies,” 41 percent did. soccer game, we’re there with milk he got by himself from of the world. As a result, the prehensive breastfeeding program led said Patricia Koup, RN, certified lacta- What gives? a trophy. And when kids are the deli, the parents are not just world seems overwhelming tion consultant at the Hospital. “Studies In a giant article about anx- old enough to walk to school, proud. They are ecstatic. — which is pretty much the by certified lactation consultants. iety, the New York Times re- we walk them anyway, (or, Their reaction is almost bi- definition of anxiety. Breastfeeding instruction at NYP have shown that premature babies who ported that among teachers, worse drive them). zarrely out of proportion with Letting kids go is the key Brooklyn Methodist begins even be- were breastfed had a dramatically de- “one word — ‘resiliency’ — How can we get brave what the kids just did. Maybe to letting kids grow. kept coming up. More and enough to give our kids back they spent an hour outside with Skenazy is president of fore the baby is born, with prenatal creased risk of infections and improved more students struggle to re- the independence their men- a friend, or took the bus to ka- Let Grow and founder of classes. After delivery, mothers receive brain development.” cover from minor setbacks and tal health depends on? rate. Whatever minor thing, it Free-Range Kids. E-mail her Although the Hospital promotes aren’t ‘equipped to problem- Have them do “The is a major breakthrough. at [email protected]. assistance from a lactation consultant with the baby’s first feed. New moms breastfeeding, clinicians will provide can also attend postnatal breastfeed- formula feeding information and sup- “The smell oozing from this to pass through the hole into chasm before they repair it, ac- gaping hole in the wall of the the station — mesmerized one cording to a spokeswoman for ing classes held daily on the Mother- port for mothers who choose not to ICE... Bergen Street station while we commuter, who said it recalled the Metropolitan Transporta- Baby Unit and individual lactation con- breastfeed, for whatever reason. “The Continued from page 1 all wait 30 minutes for an F natural elements from a far ear- tion Authority. sultations are available upon request. best interest of the mother and baby train this morning is the ‘icing’ lier era. “We are aware of the dam- ing that nothing happens,” said For mothers whose babies are the in are always in mind,” explained Ms. Mc- Park Sloper Marcus Baram. on this s--- sandwich,” he wrote “It’s sort of prehistoric look- ages to the wall. New York “Just another train travesty.” on Twitter on Dec. 1. ing,” said Cobble Hiller Garth City transit-maintenance Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Manus. Baram spotted the stench- But when this reporter went Horn. “There definitely is a crews have been working in special breastfeeding education classes To schedule an appointment with a physi- emitting chasm on the Man- to sniff the rupture for herself draft coming through from conjunction with DEP to de- hattan-bound F and G train on Jan. 2, the chunk of ice had somewhere.” termine the source of the wa- are held weekly. Support continues af- cian affiliated with NYP Brooklyn Methodist platform in early December, frozen in place, filling the hole Transit leaders and officials ter leak,” said Marisa Baldeo. ter patients leave the Hospital at NYP Hospital, please call 718-499-2273 or visit when its putrid breeze made his and masking its stink. from the city’s Department of “Once they do, the appropriate Brooklyn Methodist’s free weekly sup- www.nyp.org/brooklyn. already frustrating commute The small glacier — which Environmental Protection are repairs will be made, and the even more unbearable. still allowed odorless, cold air investigating the origins of the wall will be re-tiled.”

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A Park Slope pastor offers Yoo installed the confi- “There are a lot of desper- By Colin Mixson homelessness is still high — down-and-out locals a direct dential prayer-deposit box ate people,” Yoo said. “The Brooklyn Paper there are needs here that we’re line to the man upstairs in at a friend’s suggestion six last thing they can think to Talk about taking pride in uniquely positioned to address the form of a special mail- years ago, after he moved do is turn to God.” your work. given our position in the com- box outside his Seventh Ave- from Connecticut to preach Yoo reaches out to the boss Honchos at a city-based trust munity,” he said. nue church where needy pass- at the Park Slope house of each morning at dawn, kneel- awarded leaders of a Bedford- And college degrees are not ersby can drop their written worship at 33 Seventh Ave. ing down at the 150-year-old Stuyvesant pride center with a requirement to enroll in the requests for spiritual aid, News of the receptacle was church’s alter for a moment $120,000 to create a paid-in- pride center’s internship pro- he said. first reported by City Lab. of silent prayer, during which ternship program geared specif- gram, its honcho said, because “I bring these prayers to the The preacher said he re- he passes along the day’s spe- ically towards Kings County’s many young gay, lesbian, queer, Community News Group / Colin Mixson and transgender residents face alter, I lift them up to God, ceived hundreds of prayer re- cial requests as his 2-year-old Rev. HyoungDock Yoo collects passersby’s writ- young LGBTQ professionals, financial struggles that prohibit and I ask for God’s grace for quests since, from people of Maltese mix, Lucy, plays in ten prayer requests from a mailbox outside Park who are largely underserved compared to their counterparts them from pursuing higher ed- Slope’s Grace United Methodist Chruch, before ucation. sharing them with the man upstairs. in other boroughs, according to the grant’s author. “We don’t want to put that

“Brooklyn doesn’t really Photo by Zoe Freilich as a barrier, because some of the background, he said. ted he can’t promise any- have the service centers for gay Floyd Rumohr is spear- our young people don’t get to “She’s not very good at thing on behalf of the Lord and lesbian kids that Manhat- heading Brooklyn Com- college right away because of prayer,” Yoo said. above, and that most peo- tan, or even Queens, has,” said munity Pride Center’s all types of challenges,” Ru- Anonymous prayer pleas ple who use the prayer box Roderick Jenkins, a senior offi- internship program with mohr said. “Or, when they get usually come in at a rate of aren’t the church-going type, cer for the New York Commu- funds from a new grant. there, they struggle because of about two or three a week, leaving him unsure of their nity Trust’s jobs and youth de- those reasons.” the pastor said. fates. velopment grant program. modate 60 young profession- The local leader hopes to And more tend to arrive “I don’t know if I’m But the generous sum is just als who will first enroll in a welcome the center’s first 30 around the holidays or amid helping them or not,” Yoo a start, because the paid-intern- four-week training course — interns later this spring, he a national crisis, such as the said. “They have to wait for ship program’s success will de- for which they will receive a said. aftermath of a terrorist at- God to intervene, or they pend on Brooklyn Community modest stipend — before they Rumohr, a gay man who tack, he said. Pride Center officials’ ability will find their own way to begin a $12-per-hour, eight- grew up in Detroit in the 1980s, But most petitions are to create a network of employ- said his own teenage experience God.” week internship arranged by unique to their maker, ac- ers willing to hire LGBTQ in- inspires his effort to aid a new But that doesn’t bother pride center honchos. cording to Yoo, who said terns, the facility’s executive Participants are also eligi- generation of interns, because the requests for divine in- the local pastor, who said director said. ble for support from two men- if it weren’t for mentors who tervention are prompted he always holds the whole “The big question I have is tal-health therapists at the cen- gave him a leg up back then, he by all types of calamity, of Park Slope in his own what is the degree to which em- ter, according to Rumohr, who might not be here today. including cancer scares, prayers. ployers are going to respond to said the pros are on hand to “Now, it’s on me to help the financial emergencies, “I can still do my best,” our appeal to support LGBTQ aid with emotional challenges next generation,” he said. drug addiction, and even the reverend said. “I want youth, and work with us,” said and stresses unique to LGBTQ Anyone interested in ap- rent hikes. them to know I’m here to Floyd Rumohr. locals. plying can visit www.lgbt- The faith leader admit- pray for the community.” The program will accom- “Suicides are still high, brooklyn.org/youth .

forget last February’s snow- storm, which was no “Bomb SNOW... Cyclone” but nonetheless Continued from page 1 the snow day by sliding down pummeled the borough with tion in Bay Ridge. the park’s hilly slopes, fol- strong winds and nearly a foot In Southern Brooklyn, Bay lowed by “naps and hot choc- of white powder, or the over- Ridge reporter Julianne Mc- olate.” The dad of the pair told hyped Stella storm, which Shane found a near-desolate Mixson that they decided to forecasters said would drop nabe and an even more empty brave the “snow bomb” only 18 inches on the city but ulti- Owl’s Head Park. Meanwhile, after piling on their warmest mately brought only less than reporter Alexandra Simon winter clothes. half that ? found Flatbush Junction “We decided we were Some storms may be ove- transformed into a verita- bundled enough, so we rhyped, but trust that the ble tundra. headed here,” said Adrian dogged journalists in our Bliz- And Park Slope reporter Jevicki from his sled driven zard Bureau, headquartered Colin Mixson caught up by his 4-year-old daughter, in America’s Downtown, will with some sledders in Pros- Amira. be staffed in both the stron- Community News Group / Courtney Donahue pect Park , including a Pros- But Grayson was fairly gest and weakest of weather The 77th Street station in Bay Ridge couldn’t es- pect Heights dad-and-daugh- middling compared to storms systems — and every kind cape the bomb snowstorm’s snowfall — even un- ter duo who made the most of of winters’ past. Who could in between. derground! THREE WAYS TO LOVE

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