Menorah Size Matters Bklyn Rabbis Battle for ‘World’S-Biggest’ Bragging Rights
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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2014 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/16 pages • Vol. 37, No. 51 • December 19–25, 2014 • FREE LITTLE DRUMMER BATTLE Beep gets fl ak from NYPD union for his tree-lighting nod to police chokehold death
By Matthew Perlman The Brooklyn Paper Borough President Adams butted heads with a police union rep on Mon- day over a plan to use the Borough Hall Christmas-tree lighting to commemo- rate the death of Gowanus native Eric Garner at the hands of officers. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch blasted the Beep after Adams announced he would dim the holiday lights at the ceremony, then beat a drum 11 times to mark the 11 times Garner said “I can’t breathe” as one officer choked him, then held him face-down with other officers’ help, kill- ing him, as the city medical examiner concluded. Lynch demanded that Adams hit the
drum another 80 times to honor each Photo by Stefano Giovannini of the cops killed since 1999, including those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks and (Above) Borough President Ad- from subsequent health problems. The ams, right, looks on as Brooklyn Beep, a former NYPD captain and co- United Marching Band drummer founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforce- Royal Allah sounds 11 beats to ment Who Care, settled on seven addi- mark Eric Garner’s death, and one tional drum hits for each officer who for each police officer who died has died this year, saying that what New this year. (Right) Pat Lynch, head Yorkers need now is not strife but unity of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent about the importance of life. Association, who demanded “Our city is going through a time of dead police be honored, too. turmoil,” Adams said. “And really, con- The Christmas tree at Borough Hall after Borough President Adams turned on the lights, then dimmed versations on both sides seem to be add- them symbolically. forts last week, saying he is being un- ing to the tension. And that is not our helpfully divisive. goal here at Borough Hall.” “As a 22-year veteran of the New
Hours before the event, Adams invited noting that Lynch has been a persistent a Staten Island grand jury’s non-indict- Lynch said threw police “under the bus” Associated Press / Bebeto Matthews Lynch to join him at the ceremony, but voice in the media in recent weeks. ment of Officer Daniel Pantaleo who, by questioning the Pantaleo decision York City Police Department, I under- the union rep was a no-show. Nearly daily protests have rocked with help, ended Garner’s life. and relating how he cautioned his son Speaker Melissa-Mark Viverito not at- stand better than most that PBA Presi- A spokesman for the union said Lynch New York since Nov. 25, following a In that time, Lynch has gone on the Dante, who is mixed-race, to be extra- tend their funerals, citing the two pols’ dent Lynch has a job to protect and de- had other plans, though he declined to Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s deci- attack against politicians who he per- careful when interacting with law en- “consistent refusal to show police of- fend his membership,” he said. “But it say what exactly he was up to. sion not to indict the police officer who ceives as being insufficiently support- forcement. Last week Lynch went so far ficers the support and respect they de- should not involve action that may ap- “It was a late invitation and Mr. Lynch shot and killed unarmed teen Michael ive of police officers. He has focused as to draw up a form for rank-and-file serve.” pear to indicate that the City is not united is extraordinarily busy,” said Al O’Leary, Brown, gaining new momentum with particular ire on Mayor DeBlasio, who cops to request DeBlasio and Council Adams spoke out against those ef- on public safety.” Menorah size matters Bklyn rabbis battle for ‘world’s-biggest’ bragging rights
By Matthew Perlman Butman doesn’t dispute the Park The Brooklyn Paper Slope Chabad’s six-inch advantage, It’s a menorah arms race. but insists the girth of his Manhat- As Jews across Brooklyn cele- tan light-stand is greater. brated Hanukkah, starting on Tues- “This is wider and weighs day, two borough congregations more. There’s no comparison,” were claiming to have erected the he said. world’s largest menorahs, one at A rabbi with the Park Slope Grand Army Plaza, and one at the congregation did not dispute But- memorial park of the same name man’s claim.
Associated Press / Vince Bucci on the distant island of Manhat- “They’ve got the width and Diana Ross just hit 70, but she is still working stages. tan. When it comes to the holy we got the height,” said Moshe candelabra, size does matter, one Hecht. rabbi said. The Festival of Lights runs for “There is an obligation on ev- eight days and nights, commemo- eryone to do the best they can,” rating the rededication of the Holy said Shmuel Butman, director of Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd Motown in Flatbush! the Lubavitch Youth Organization century B.C. Giant menorahs also in Crown Heights, which is respon- went up outside Borough Hall and Diana Ross to reopen Kings Theatre Feb. 3 sible for the Manhattan menorah. in Manhattan Beach to mark the “The larger and grander the style, occasion. By Noah Hurowitz shop, in the name of money, the more light it gives.” Jews in other parts of the world The Brooklyn Paper not love, in 1977, and in sub- Butman’s menorah stands 33.5- also claim to have built the world’s The queen of Motown is going sequent years lost light fixtures feet tall, including the center can- largest menorah, including a group to let the good times roll at the to thieves, ornate plaster-work dle, and is certified in the Guin- in Washington, D.C., and one in Loew’s Kings Theatre in Flatbush to water damage, and red-vel- ness Book of World Records as the Tel Aviv. In fact, last year the Tel at its grand reopening. vet drapes to mildew. world’s largest menorah. Aviv menorah stood a whopping Diana Ross is set to reach out In 2012, Ace Theatrical But Brooklyn’s colossal candle- 92 feet, according to its creators , and touch a few thousand some- Group inked a deal with the holder stands a whole six inches though we have so far not been bodies as the first act to take the city to restore the cinema to taller when its center bulb is added, able to find an explanation of who stage on Feb. 3. The big show will its former glory. The wood- the Chabad of Park Slope claims, has forearms that long. reopen the picture palace that work and marble floors were and the group is so certain of its as- The face-off between Kings has been shuttered for nearly 40 largely intact and the restor- sertion that it runs the website www. County rabbis is the latest in a de- years and is in the closing weeks ers, convinced that the moun- worldslargestmenorah.com. cade of flashpoints in the meno- of a nearly $100-million over- tain was high enough, but not Now, given enough money, rah wars, which have also promi- haul. A Brooklyn booster hailed too high to surmount, began a equipment, and expertise, any nently featured the Congregation the news. $94-million restoration of their rabbi seeking to grab bragging B’nai Avraham of Brookyn Heights. “It is only fitting that the crown love child, with taxpayers foot- rights could blow these menorahs Back in 2005, the Heights congrega- tion and Park Slope’s Chabad were jewel of Flatbush, and one of the ing half of the bill. out of the water, but he would bump Photo by Cate Dingley finest theaters in America, will Tickets for “An Evening with up against the holy height limit of claiming “Brooklyn’s largest pub- Photo by Steve Solomonson The menorah at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza is the bor- have one of the greatest artists Diana Ross” are on sale now. 20 cubits, the cubit being an an- ough’s biggest, and the city’s tallest, but it has some com- lic menorah” and “Brooklyn’s offi- ever as its inaugural show,” said The Loew’s Kings Theatre cient unit of measurement equiv- cial menorah,” respectively. on Flatbush Avenue. “An Evening with Diana petition from a wider menorah erected across the East River Chamber of Commerce head Carlo Ross” at the Loew’s Kings alent to the length of someone’s at another, lesser known Grand Army Plaza. Now the contest has moved onto Scissura. “By bringing Broadway Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave. forearm, from the elbow to the the world stage and, despite the back to Brooklyn, the Kings The- ater, the Kings Theatre was one of between Duryea and Re- tip of the middle finger. There is abundance of boasting on all sides, atre will be a destination for peo- New York’s five sumptuously dec- gent places in Flatbush, obviously some variability built Brooklyn rabbis in question un- “largest.” Both the Brooklyn and Hecht insists it is not a rivalry. ple across the country — and Di- orated Loew’s Wonder Theatres, http://www.kingstheatre. into converting cubits — the in- derstand the limit to be 32 feet — Manhattan camps have stuck to the “Not only is there no compe- ana Ross is the perfect performer and operated for decades along- com/shows/an-evening-with- ternational Lubavitch movement’s but with the height cap, the quest 32-foot limit, while counting the tition, we support each other. We to raise the curtain.” side several other massive cine- diana-ross). Feb. 3 at 8 pm. website says that menorahs should to build the world’s largest meno- added height of the central candle help bring more light to the world Opened in 1929 as a movie the- mas on Flatbush Avenue. It closed Tickets start at $100. stop at 37 feet tall, while the two rah boils down to how you define towards the secular total. together,” he said. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Success starts with formulating the right approach. Associated Press / John Minchillo Protesters crossed the Manhattan-bound road- way of the Brooklyn Bridge during a protest Apply now at: Comparative hit against police brutality on Dec. 13. Officers say Eric Linsker tried to throw Lit crowd decries rap against poet prof a trash can at police from the walkway above. SuccessAcademies.org By Noah Hurowitz The Brooklyn Paper ment ever.” The Brooklyn literary The fight on the bridge was scene is circling the wag- among the most violent mo- ons around one of its own, ments in the three weeks of the Crown Heights poet and protests that have taken place professor accused of trying to nearly nightly following the attack police on the Brook- Ferguson and Garner deci- lyn Bridge during an anti-po- sions, and officials made it lice-brutality protest on Sat- clear they would not stand urday night. for officers being injured. A Cops cuffed Baruch Col- high-ranking NYPD official lege adjunct professor Eric said in a statement that anti- Linsker on Sunday morn- police violence is where his ing, following a melee on the department “draws the line,” walkway of the iconic span and Mayor DeBlasio, who has that two lieutenants say began been made statements in cau- when they saw Linsker try to NY Post / G.N. Miller tious support of the protests, throw a trash can onto police Police escort poet and protester Eric Linsker out of a called for Linsker’s dismissal walking alongside marchers Manhattan station house after his arrest on Dec. 14. from Baruch College if he is on the roadway below. The found guilty. pair said they tried to appre- bevy of charges, though the son, Missouri, and the grand “I think an attack on a po- hend Linsker, but that sev- only actions the police report jury decisions not to indict the lice officer goes against the eral of his comrades fought directly ascribes to him are officers in either killing. grain of our civilization and them off, punching and kick- moving the trash can and Other Brooklyn writers our society, I think it’s abso- ing them, and breaking one wriggling free. weighed in supporting Lin- lutely unacceptable,” he told lieutenant’s nose, managing Video shot on the bridge sker, echoing Guan’s disbelief reporters at an unrelated press to wrestle Linsker out of his appears to show someone and questioning the NYPD’s conference, according to re- jacket so that he could flee. struggling with officers as version of events. A judge re- ports. The scribe, who studied at several people in street clothes leased the embattled bard on Linsker’s attorney rejected Harvard University and the yank and shove them, at one Sunday without bail, despite the notion that Linsker’s ar- prestigious Iowa Writers’ point sending them tumbling his facing felony riot and as- rest reflects on the movement Workshop, left his backpack onto the walkway. The strug- saulting an officer charges, as a whole. behind, with marijuana, two gle continues for nearly two which a senior editor of N+1 “This is an attempt to brand-new hammers, a pill- minutes, until a man who re- said lends credence to Linsk- blame an innocent person for bottle containing marijuana, sembles Linsker breaks free er’s claim of innocence. protests where there were a lot and two forms of photo identi- and he and a group of about “Eric Linsker has been of very angry people,” Mar- fication inside, officers wrote. 10 take off running. released on his own recog- tin Stolar said. “You cannot The report does not mention In the aftermath of Linsk- nizance because he didn’t undermine the validity of a the bag containing a mask, er’s arrest, New York’s tab- actually assault any po- protest by claiming an inno- which police officials touted loids seized on a by turns lice officers,” Keith Gessen cent man has destroyed its in early press statements. sexually explicit and mel- tweeted. validity.” Literary movers and shak- ancholy poem in the erotica Another writer, who is Reports state that more ers who know Linsker say magazine Adult that included Vice Media’s resident anar- than 25,000 people partici- there is no way he set out to the phrase “F--- the police” chist analyst, scoffed at the pated in Saturday’s march, attack police officers. three times. official version of events. the afternoon portion of “The charges of fanatic Guan said Linsker may “Welp, I’ve seen some which was permitted, un- violence are against every- write with Marxism on his cop nonsense, but listening like the nighttime demon- thing I know about Eric,” said mind, but that doesn’t nec- to complaint versus Eric strations that have snarled Frank Guan, editor of the po- essarily make him a revolu- Linsker in court … wow,” traffic across Manhattan and etry magazine Prelude and tionary. Natasha Lennard wrote. Downtown Brooklyn since contributor to Dumbo liter- “Eric’s poetry is very po- “Even judge had to laugh. the Ferguson verdict. Thou- ary magazine n+1. “It seemed litically oriented. It’s commu- Cops, pigs, liars.” sands continued the Saturday implausible, to be honest.” nist. That’s what it is mean to Malcolm Harris, an editor demonstration into the eve- The official NYPD account be,” he said. “I’m very skep- at the culture magazine The ning and, following the bridge also states a protester handed tical when people use some- New Inquiry who famously brawl, the march wound its an officer a third hammer and one’s writing to project onto tricked the world into think- way through Downtown and said, “They were throwing what someone may or may ing that the rock band Radio- Crown Heights, eventually these.” Above the descrip- not have done.” head was going to perform at making its way to the Louis tion of this event on a copy Guan said Linsker had Occupy Wall Street, agreed H. Pink Houses in East New of the police report provided grown increasingly distressed that the arraignment was re- York, where a rookie police by Linsker’s lawyer, some- in the wake of the deaths of markably low-key. officer shot and killed un- one scrawled “BS.” Eric Garner in Staten Island “Yeah it was cray,” he armed Red Hook resident Linsker is now facing a and Michael Brown in Fergu- tweeted. “Chillest arraign- Akai Gurley last month. Have you had a change of heart?
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Cops arrested a pair of BrooklynPaper.com/blotter razor blade, law enforcement The victim reported that women who they say stole a officials said. the burglar broke into the The Trusted Name In Roofing bunch of clothing from a Ful- Cops arrived and cuffed basement between Fourth and ton Street department store The would-be burglars saw Hack attack the 31-year-old minutes later, the woman, climbed back Fifth avenues in Bay Ridge SINCE 1979 on Dec. 6. Cops cuffed two teens and they said. sometime between 10:15 pm down the fire escape, and va- A worker said the suspects are looking for two more who that Monday and 6 am the moosed, the report says. Myrtle burgle came into the store between they say beat up a cab driver A lithe lowlife stole jewelry next day. Licensed – Brooklyn – Insured Gallatin Place and Hoyt Street Fulton beat in Fort Greene on Dec. 13 and and a computer from a Myrtle Hacked at 8:30 pm stuffed their bags Cops cuffed a pair of stole his jacket and cash. Avenue apartment on Dec. 9 A sneak tore into the Sheet- with merchandise, and strolled women for allegedly attack- The 57-year-old hack said after entering through a fire Top Quality Workmanship towards the exit. he was dropping off the quar- rock above the back door of a ing a clerk in a Fulton Street escape window, cops said. Fort Hamilton Parkway inter- Security stopped the sus- store on Dec. 1. tet at 3:40 am near the cor- A 25-year-old resident of pects and police arrested them, ner of Park Avenue and Adel- net cafe on Dec. 14 and stole The 35-year-old employee the apartment said she left the $400 and two credit cards References Available according to a police report. said she was working between phi Street when they attacked building between Vanderbilt Between the two of them, the from inside the establish- Pearl and Jay streets at 4:20 him. and Clinton avenues at 9 am accused had 57 pieces of mer- ment, per a report. pm when the two suspects The teens punched the and did not return until 7:45 Affordable – Professional & Courteous chandise in their bags worth The cafe is between 62nd came in and started talking driver in the face, removed his that evening. When she ar- $2,228, officers said. jacket, and took $150 in cash, and 63rd streets in Dyker smack, then threw objects at rived she found three neck- Heights, and the break-in hap- Sweater getter her, including a sign. according to a police report. laces and a computer miss- 718-833-3508 Officers arrived and arrested pened between 2 am and 10:30 A thief stole 10 sweat- Cops arrived not long ing, officers stated. am, police said. thereafter and slapped the a 16-year-old and 17-year-old ers from a Montague Street Lush worker — Max Jaeger 513 72nd Street, Brooklyn clothing store on Dec. 2, po- bracelets on the accused, for the alleged attack, but two Some careful crooks emp- lice said. officers recounted. others got away, NYPD offi- tied the pockets of a man sleep- An employee of the store cials said. 94TH PRECINCT ANY COMPLETE Grab bag ing on the Q train on Dec. 13, GUTTER COMPLETE between Henry and Clinton A shoplifter stole a duf- Special delivery according to police. Greenpoint–Northside CLEANING FLASH & PAINT ROOFING JOB streets said she saw the sus- fel bag full of sneakers and A pair of toughs roughed The groggy 43-year-old pect enter at 3:49 pm carry- Cheap shot clothing from a Fulton Street up a delivery guy in front of straphanger said he was ing a shopping bag. A lowlife stole a guy’s bag clothing store on Dec. 1, cops a Monument Walk building drinking at a bar in the Mid- $ $ $ She then saw the shoplifter when he left it underneath the said. on Dec. 13, according to the town section of Manhattan bar at a Wythe Avenue night- 100 750 250 Off load up the bag with sweat- authorities. A worker at the store be- and boarded a Brooklyn- ers and run out of the door, club on Nov. 15, cops said. tween Pearl and Smith streets The 33-year-old food run- bound Q train at 11:30 pm Any Size House Max 1200 sq. ft. of 1200 sq. ft. cops said. The victim said that he said he saw the scalawag saun- ner said he was making a de- on Dec. 12. walked into the nightclub or more Mean mugged ter in at 1:39 pm, grab the bag, livery to the building between He fell asleep, and did not between N. 11th and N. 12th A callous crook choked a stuff it with items, and run out Park and Myrtle avenues at wake up until the train was With Coupon Only. With Coupon Only. With Coupon Only. streets at 1 am and placed his woman and jacked her cell- of an emergency exit. 7:28 pm, and that he called his heading back toward Manhat- Expires 2/15/15 Expires 2/15/15 Expires 2/15/15 pouch on a hook underneath phone and wallet on Colum- The quick crook made off customers to have them come tan, then exited at the Atlan- the bar. He left, and when he bia Heights on Dec. 2, the au- with six pairs of shoes and outside once he arrived. tic Avenue-Barclays Center came back 10 minutes later, thorities stated. four pairs of pants, valued A lout approached him station, the authorities re- his bag was gone, according The 32-year-old victim said at $1,010, according to a po- and asked how much the food ported. to the authorities. she was on her way to her car lice report. cost, and as the delivery guy He discovered that his wal- Took locker between Pineapple and Clark showed him a receipt a second let, cellphone, and bottle of streets at 5:37 pm when the vil- 88TH PRECINCT scoundrel came up from be- anxiety pills were all miss- A sneak-thief stole cash lain came up from behind and hind and tried to tackle him, ing from his pockets, cops and credit cards from a man put her in a chokehold. Fort Greene–Clinton Hill cops said. recounted. The same thing staying at a Skillman Ave- She fought back, then Stickup slip-up The victim fought the guy has happened to the victim nue homeless shelter on Dec. the tough grabbed her stuff off as he was trying to steal four times since 2007, offi- 6, law enforcement officials Someone tried to rob a reported. and took off running down Myrtle Avenue bank on Dec. the food, and both of the cul- cers added. Columbia Heights towards prits fled, police said. The man said that he was C.O.D. 12, but took off without get- — Matthew Perlman staying at the shelter near Squibb Park, cops said. ting any cash, cops said. Bad breakup Kingsland Avenue and put Date crashers A teller said the crook came Police arrested a man 76TH PRECINCT his property in a locker at A group of toughs roughed into the bank between Clinton who they say knocked out a noon, then went to use the and Waverly avenues at 2:10 Carroll Gardens– up and robbed a guy who was 61-year-old for interfering in Cobble Hill–Red Hook shower. When he returned waiting for an internet date pm, and slipped her a note an argument on the corner an hour later, his cash and in the lobby of a York Street that read, “Give me $1,000 of Carlton and Lafayette av- Santa’s sleigh credit cards were gone, a re- building on Dec. 3, accord- I have a weapon.” enues on Dec. 13. A thief stole a Honda Od- port says. (718) 354-3834 ing to police. The teller stepped away The victim said he was try- yssey packed to the gills with Phone ranger The 28-year-old victim said from her window, and the ban- ing to break up a fight between holiday gifts from its Union he met a girl named Destiny on dit ran off, officers stated. a coworker and her friend at Street parking spot on Dec. A bike-riding bandit # #" ! &$"# ! MeetMe.com, and was wait- Emergency exit 12:02 am when the friend 12, according to a report. snatched a man’s phone out The victim parked his van, of his hand on Roebling Street ing for her in the building be- A gunman held up a teen punched him in the face. & ( $ ( $! # $" # worth $40,000, between Court on Dec. 9, officers stated. tween Gold and Navy streets inside the Lafayette Avenue He fell to the ground and and Smith streets at 10 pm, The victim said he was !! !% # ) at 7:30 pm. Five goons showed subway station on Dec. 9, ac- the suspect stomped on his and returned at 6 am the next near N. Sixth Street at 8:50 instead, punching and kick- cording to police. chest and face, causing him # ) ! day to find a bandit had ab- pm when the sinister cyclist ing him, then taking his stuff, The 17-year-old victim to lose consciousness, po- sconded with it, cops said. The rode in front of him, grabbed ! ( $! '# !! cops said. A member of the said he got off of a Brook- lice said. ride contained $600 worth the device, and pedaled off. ambush team flashed a gun lyn-bound C train at 8:35 am, Officers arrived and ar- of children’s toys, and $120 before they all melted into the and that the fiend followed. rested the 41-year-old for the worth of groceries, the vic- night, police said. The mugger stopped him as crime, finding him a block 90TH PRECINCT away at Adelphi Street and tim related. Dude awakening he was heading up the stairs, Southside–Bushwick PAY C.O.D. PRICES & SAVE!!* Greene Avenue, they re- Two creeps tried to bur- flashed him a handgun tucked Unsafe blanket FaceCrime into his waistband, and de- ported. A blanket sale went South glarize a woman’s Dean Cops cuffed a woman who manded his cellphone, a re- Caught in act when the seller followed his Prompt Delivery Street apartment on Dec. 7, they say slashed a guy in the customer home and robbed but she woke up and scared port states. Officers arrested a man on face with a box-cutter on Gra- him in the hallway of a build- Easy Online Ordering them away, NYPD officials The teen gave over the Cumberland Walk who they ham Avenue on Dec. 11. ing on Hicks Street on Dec. said. phone but the mugger fol- say tried to steal a car on Dec. The 48-year-old victim said 12, officer stated. The 29-year-old victim lowed him out of the exit 14, after the owner caught him he was near Siegel Street at Metered Delivery The victim bought three said she was sleeping in the near Fulton Street and S. red-handed. 5:10 pm when the 23-year-old blankets from the scalawag apartment between Nevins Portland Avenue, then down The 34-year-old victim re- suspect walked up and sliced Premium Heating Oil Street and Third Avenue at the street, according to of- ported that he saw someone at a pizza joint, then the fiend him, seriously injuring him. 4:50 am when a cold draft ficers. rifling around in his car be- followed him several blocks The victim said he knows the woke her up. The victim handed over tween Park and Myrtle ave- to the elevator of his build- accused. www.CODOIL.com She opened her eyes and $180 in cash and both of them nues at 9 pm. ing between Centre Mall and Bush Street at 6 pm. Change comes *Cannot combine with any other offers. saw the pair of prowlers reach- re-entered the train station, at He approached and asked ing into the window and try- which point the suspect took the guy what he was doing On the second floor, po- A fiend attacked and robbed Lic. #74-1810078 ing to open it, according to a off, law enforcement officials and the suspect told him it lice say the ruffian shoved the a guy on Moore Street on Dec. police report. recounted. was a friend’s car, the police man against a wall, knocked 10 after trying to break a bill, him to the ground, stuck an police said. object against his head, and The victim said that he was said, “You know what this is, in a bodega between Hum- give it up.” boldt Street and Graham Av- The robber rooted around enue at 10 am when the goon in the victim’s pockets and approached. IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. Brooklyn on extracted $300 in cash, then “Do you have change for stepped on the poor guy’s a five?” the lout supposedly glasses and made his get- asked. away, according to a report. When the victim refused, SLEEP ON THE PUREST It was not clear whether he the punk punched him in the allowed the victim to keep face, grabbed cash out of his the blankets. hand, and scrammed, accord- Anti-Christmas ing to a report. A witness gave MATERIALS ON EARTH. chase but could not catch the A grinch with a heart two assailant, the report states. sizes too small swiped a cou- Sell only ple of packages from the lobby Wood evening of a building on Court Street A scrappy thief broke into you a on Dec. 15, NYPD officials a Stewart Avenue lumberyard said. sometime overnight on Dec. The victim left his apart- 9 and stole nearly $10,000 in ment between Luquer and cash, cops said. Nelson streets at about 8 The owner of the yard am, and when he arrived between Grattan Street and home at 10 pm, two pack- Flushing Avenue said that he ages containing a $40 gui- left the business at 10 pm on tar and a $10 umbrella, which Dec. 9, and when he returned had been delivered during the at 5 am the next day, he found NOW OPEN! day, had disappeared, a re- the doors kicked in, several port states. desk drawers open in the of- , Brooklyn, New York — Noah Hurowitz fice, and $9,430 taken. 18 237 1092 Tools rush in FREE $50 GIFT CARDS TO THE FIRST 50 VISITORS 10am-8pm | 10am-6pm | Sun 12am-5pm 68TH PRECINCT Cops cuffed a man who Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights they say broke into a Ten Eyck Street construction site to steal Keyed tools on Dec. 10. Two gun-toting robbers Police said they responded stole $65, a cellphone, and to calls of suspicious men in the keys to a moped from a the property between Union delivery guy on Shore Road Avenue and Lorimer Street at on Dec. 12, police said. 4:40 am. When officers ar- The victim was making a rived, they found the 20-year- delivery on the road between old suspect stealing power 88th street and Narrows Av- tools, including a drill, a saw, enue in Bay Ridge at 8:05 pm a screw gun, garbage bags, when the pair whipped out a a hammer, a crowbar and a black firearm and took his nail gun, and arrested him, stuff, according to the au- but his partner escaped, cops thorities. said. — Danielle Furfaro December 19–25, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5 150 miles in one session and Public Advocate Letitia keep the car for as many as four James held a public hearing days. At the end of a trip, mem- about the proposed merger Affordable Family Dentistry IT’S MUSICAL CARS! bers can park in any space on the between Time Warner Ca- in modern pleasant surroundings street in the coverage area, as ble and Comcast last week. long as street-cleaning restric- A panel discussed how the State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Meet the guys who move Car2Go’s fl eet around all day tions do not go into effect for merger could give the inter- Emergencies treated promptly more than 24 hours on a street net and television service pro- Special care for children & anxious patients By Matthew Perlman that is cleaned twice a week, vider a monopoly and unfair WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD The Brooklyn Paper or 12 hours on a street that is advantage in the city, and if Moving your car once a cleaned four times a week. the merger would increase the • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) week for street cleaning seems The service is more conve- digital divide between poor • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, like a breeze compared to this nient when dropping off the and wealthy communities. Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) guy’s job. car in less-congested areas, • • • • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment The car company Daimler since on-street parking can Just in time for the holidays, • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings launched its car-share service be difficult to find in neigh- Ebay has added 80 Brooklyn • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) Car2Go in Brooklyn back in borhoods such as Downtown. businesses to its Ebay Local • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) October, allowing people to pick Rivera said the car’s diminu- program this week. The stores Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer up a Smart car on the street, and tive size does make things a will offer delivery and in-store unlike competitor Zipcar, drop little easier, but Asante said pickup to shoppers on the site. 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens it off in any on-street parking the company is looking into The online auction house is 624-5554 s 624-7055 space in a designated area. But renting spaces in parking ga- running similar programs in Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking the constant motion of the two- rages to ease the burden. four other cities in the United and insurance plans accommodated seat cars, and the ever-present “We’re working on acquir- States, and three abroad. threat of alternate-side park- ing spaces all over the bor- ing rules mean it takes a lot of ough, but especially Down- work to keep the cars evenly town,” Asante said, after distributed and out of the im- spending about 45 minutes pound lot. We rode along with circling The Brooklyn Pa- one of the workers who spends per’s MetroTech Center of- his days shuffling vehicles to fice hunting for a spot. avoid the street sweepers. He Car2Go found office space said the distinctive cars raise in Sunset Park’s Industry eyebrows and prompt a lot of Photo by Stefano Giovannini City, a location Asante said questions. John Asant, a supervisor with Daimler-owned Car2Go, helped launch the car the company chose because “The first thing people ask share service in Brooklyn in October. of the influx of new businesses OUS OUS OUS when they see the car is, ‘What to the area. "" "! "& is this?’ ” said Angel Rivera, a million members, according to “It’s super hard to find park- “It’s a neighborhood that’s Bushwick native who moves a spokesman for the company. ing,” Olav Christensen said. building up and changing,” 1]a[SbWQAS`dWQSa(0]b]f0SZ]bS`]8cdSRS`[D]Zc[O 50 or 60 cars each day. “The The Brooklyn system already “That’s why we’ve never owned he said. “Our coming here @ORWSaaSAQcZ^b`O:OaS`6OW`@S[]dOZ:OaS`DSW\@S[]dOZOUS OUS OUS second thing they ask is ‘How has 15,000 members, and ex- a car here. This is a really clever speaks to us wanting to be "" "! "& much does it cost?’ ” a part of that growth.” ;SRWQOZAS`dWQSa(eSOQQS^b56767> ''/3B:/<6=@7H=<O\R[O\g]bVS`a per trip, by the minute, hour, ing, the spokesman said. car, and Car2Go is a way for John Dewey High School or day, at rates of $0.41, $14.99, “It’s the fastest-growing mar- the manufacturer to profit from is hosting a robotics compe- 8OdWS`HSZOgO;2 1OZZB]ROg and $84.99 respectively. The ket in North America,” said Tom people who who need a set tition this weekend as part of #">`]a^SQb>O`YESab0YZg\ % & &! !! ! company currently has a fleet McNeil, manager of the Brook- of wheels now and then, As- the First Tech Challenge , !$ESab %bVAb`SSb By Danielle Furfaro schools. The schools are PS The Brooklyn Paper 31, PS 34, PS 110, and MS WINTER 2015 It’s a green sweep. 126. The Greenpoint Commu- • Curb your litter: $569,000 nity Environmental Fund, cre- to develop a plan to decrease ated to fund projects to spruce litter and improve waste man- up the heavily polluted neigh- agement. borhood, announced the win- • Newtown Creek study: ners of its biggest set of grants $130,000 for a study of the today. Greenpoint shoreline and The six winners include eroded bulkheads along New- an overhaul of the Green- town Creek, with an eye to im- point library branch, a plan proving natural habitats. to plant trees throughout the The money for the fund was area, and an anti-litter pro- set aside as part of a court set- gram. Here is a rundown of tlement from Big Oil for the the projects that hit the eco- Community Newspaper Group / Ben Kochman neighborhood that suffered friendly jackpot. Greenpoint’s lone library branch will be closed for through an oil spill three times • Environmental education renovations all summer. the size of the Exxon Valdez at Greenpoint library: $5 mil- disaster. lion to remodel the Greenpoint million for a “re-foresting” of park trees. The six projects will get library branch on Norman Av- Greenpoint by planting 500 • West Street watershed $11 million of the $19.5 mil- enue. The proposal calls for trees throughout the neigh- storm water project: $1.9 mil- lion in the fund, which dis- improving energy and wa- borhood and funding mainte- lion for a system to capture, persed money for smaller un- ter efficiency using recycla- nance for existing street and store, and treat storm water, dertakings earlier this year . ble and non-toxic materials, park trees. It was not imme- in order to reduce flooding A nifty proposal to crowd- and adding an environmen- diately clear where the main- and sewage backups. source air-quality data by dep- tal education center on the tenance money would go or • Greenpoint eco-schools: utizing Greenpointers with air second floor and an outdoor how it relates to the parks de- $1.4 million to develop en- sensors hanging from neck- classroom on the roof. partment’s existing responsi- vironmental education pro- laces did not make the cut in • Greening Greenpoint: $2 bility to maintain street and grams for four Greenpoint this final round. Photo by Elizabeth Graham Shovels of gold Mayor DeBlasio, along with executives from Forest City Ratner Companies and its Chinese government- owned partner Greenland, USA, broke ground on a below-market-rate apartment building in the develop- ment project formerly known as Atlantic Yards this week. BUSINESS, BROOKLYN STYLE – ADVERTISEMENT Better Carpet Warehouse on Atlantic Avenue is a cut above the rest, and provides carpeting to the stars 9P:8D@CC<JG Jarrod McCabe sic and we are all com- mitted to our queer iden- tities,” said Emily Bielagus, who plays guitar and sings in the folk-country band Kings and who co-organized the show with her bandmate Stephanie Bishop. It may be surprising that there are so many (718) 260–2500 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings December 19–25, 2014 gay country bands in Brooklyn, but it is less of a shock that all of the groups in the borough man- aged to find each other, Bielagus said. “When you define yourself as a queer coun- try band, you find out about each other pretty fast,” she said. Bishop said the musicians realize the con- tradiction of playing queer country — a genre that is usually associated with more conserva- tive values. But that is all the more reason to keep strumming, she said. “Historically, country has not been a safe space Beastly for queer people, and that is part of the reason to do something like this,” said Bishop. The other three acts on the bill are Julia Wel- don, Small Talk, and Karen and the Sorrows. The groups all wear their politics on their sleeves, Bielagus said, but the appeal of the music is universal. “We are two queer women and when we front the band and write about women in that way, it’s a political move,” said Bielagus. “But at the end of the day, they are love songs that anyone blowout! can listen to.” Big Gay Country Holiday at Littlefield [622 Degraw St. between Fourth and Third Avenues A Krampus holiday party in Gowanus, (718) 855–3388, www.littlefieldnyc. com]. Dec. 19 at 7 pm. $8–10. — Danielle Furfaro By Noah Hurowitz often just focus on the good aspects The Brooklyn Paper of things,” she said. “In Eastern Europe, where history has antaCon never made it to Bushwick, but been a lot harsher, there the evil twin of Saint Nick is coming to is not such an easy out. If COMEDY S Gowanus on Dec. 20. you’re a bad kid, you might The Morbid Anatomy Museum is once be beaten with a birch switch.” again throwing its annual Krampus Costume The museum hosted its first Party, celebrating the more sinister side of Krampus party six years ago, Oy play! the holiday season. and the event has grown into a “We’ve got the whole naughty or nice thing, big annual tradition since then. Talk about a schtick. it even has a song, but Krampus really re- This year’s festivities will include Sean Altman, a musician and comedian who inforces what happens if you’re naughty,” a talk from a Krampus expert, disc is responsible for one of the best-loved children’s said Joanna Ebenstein, the museum’s cre- jockey Vince Clarke (formerly of television theme songs of the past 20 years, is com- ative director. Depeche Mode) spinning tunes, a ing to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the According to Alpine European lore, Kram- Krampus costume contest, raffles, fifth night of Hanukkah (also known as Dec. 20) pus is a companion of Saint Nicholas who en- free booze and cake, drag and bur- to present an evening of forces the harsh side of justice while the jolly lesque performances, and a photo booth de- “unkosher comedy songs.” guy hands out the treats. The mythical creature signed to look like the basket Krampus uses Altman said penning the sports horns, gnarled features, and a penchant to kidnap misbehaving kids. tunes has been a way to for kidnapping naughty children and whipping Krampus Costume Party at the Morbid connect with his Jewish them with a birch bark switch, so he poses far Anatomy Museum [424-A Third Ave. be- heritage without actually more of a threat than the odd piece of stock- tween Sixth and Seventh streets in Gowanus, practicing Judaism. ing coal American kids have to fear. (347) 799–1017, www.morbidanatomymu- “I wanted to write Ebenstein first discovered the anti-Santa seum.org]. Dec. 20 at 8 pm. $25, $15 for mu- songs about something when she was living in Hungary. She said seum members. that interested me with- Krampus captivated her because he was a per- out having to go to syn- Sean Altman Sean fect illustration of how people on this side of agogue,” he said. the Atlantic shy away from unpleasantness. Krampus kostume: An attendee of a Altman said he is no expert on Judiasm, just “Krampus really shows how Americans previous Krampus party. your typical cultural Jew. He grew up in a secular Jewish household and was bar mitzvahed, but de- Morbid Anatomy Museum clared himself an atheist and quickly forgot most of what he learned in Hebrew school. Barclays Center, Bushwick newcom- “I am observant only in that I like to observe ers, vegans, and many other symp- other Jews in their religion,” he said. toms of a gentrifying city. To date, Altman has written about 20 songs Lum said the song is partially about based on his marginal knowledge of Judaism. The solidarity with her fellow New York titles include “Taller Than Jesus,” “Christian Baby Native songs natives and partially a criticism of rich Blood,” and “Blame the Jews.” His song “They kids who want the glam side of New Tried to Kill Us (We Survived, Let’s Eat)” is about York living but none of the struggle one of the most well-known Jewish holidays. This transplant-trashing most real New Yorkers have endured. “It is the story of Passover as told on Wiki- You don’t have to be from New York pedia,” he said. to get it, but you do have to put in In the 1990s, Altman, who is also a member rapper targets W’burg time and hard work getting to know of the comedy variety show What I Like About the city, she said. Jew, wrote the theme song for the show “Where By Noah Hurowitz play her hometown. “Whether you’re from here or in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” as part of The Brooklyn Paper “It’s a little gift to play in New York, been living here a while, there are the a cappella group Rockapella. because people here know where I’m certain things you understand,” said “Despite all the fine pop songs I have writ- he is giving New York newcom- coming from,” said the artist also Lum. “Native New Yorkers all have ten since then, that is the one that helps me pay ers a bad rap. known as Nora Lum. a shared anger about what has hap- the bills,” he said. S Rap rabble-rouser Awkwafina Born and raised in Queens, Lum pened to their hometown in the past “Jewmongous: Unkosher Comedy Songs” will perform at the Knitting Factory earned herself a good deal of attention six years. New York has always been at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Howard on Dec. 20, bringing her eclectic mix for her 2013 music video “NYC B-- a place that people come to from other Gilman Opera House [30 Lafayette Ave. be- Shirley Yu Shirley of hip-hop and comedy to Williams- --$,” which takes transplants to task places, but it’s weird being a townie tween Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Welcome to New York: Queens native Nora Lum, also known as burg. And the up-and-coming emcee for co-opting the city of her birth. In in someone else’s dream land. That Greene, (718) 636–4100, www.bam.org]. Dec. Awkwafina, takes aim at clueless New York transplants. said it is always a treat to be able to the song, Lum drags through the mud See RAP on page 10 20, 9 pm. 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In Your Fantas- stop his two-volume album This is sure to be some tic Life, “miserable” Kings County Saloon Christmas “Souvenirs of the Soul enchanted evening. audience members banned Santa suits rapping Clap” at a special holi- “Wizard rock” band during SantaCon , and day edition of Soul will share their tales of It’s Christmas time in Harry and the Potters now it is banning Clap, featuring local woe, and a panel of … Prospect Heights, is bringing its annual Christmas tunes on soul legend Charles comedians then have Brooklyn? Hip-hop Yule Ball party back to Christmas Eve. It will, Bradley at guest selec- 10 minutes to try and radio stations WBLS the Bell House for improve that person’s however, host a Christ- tor. mas dance-off, and and Hot 97 are another festive season. life in some way. throwing a Christmas Midnight at Brooklyn Also rocking out with bartenders will be 8 pm at Union Hall [702 show at Barclays Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. their wands out will be serving up the bar’s between N. 11th and N. Union St. between Fifth seasonal cocktail the Center, headlined by the Potter Puppet Pals, and Sixth avenues in Park 12th streets in “ghost-a-rita,” made Run DMC and LL Williamsburg, (718) 963– Draco and the Mal- Slope, (718) 638–4400, Cool J, plus DJ Z-Trip, 3369, www.brooklynbo wl. foys, Tonks and the www.unionhalln y.com]. with absinthe, Coin- $6. Lecrae, K. Michelle, com]]. $8. Aurors, and Whomp- treau, and juice. and Diggy. ing Willows. 8 pm at Kings County Saloon [1 Knickerbocker 7:30 pm at Barclays 6:30 pm at the Bell House Ave. between Johnson Center [620 Atlantic Ave. [149 Seventh St. between Avenue and Ingraham at Pacific Street in Second and Third avenues Street in Bushwick, (347) ‘Tis the season Prospect Heights, (917) in Gowanus, (718) 643– 987–3751, www.king- 618– 6100, www.barclaysc 6510, www.thebellhouse- scount ysalo on.com]. Free when accidents happen! enter.com]. $20–$225. ny.com]. $20. entry. CALL US FIRSTt24 Hour Service STILLWELL NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, DEC. 19 AUTO ENTERPRISE, INC. ART, “GREAT GOOD PLACES”: John Tebeau’s illustrations of hangout bars in New Orleans. Free. 10 am– Expert Collision Repairs midnight. Fort Defi ance [365 Van Brunt St. at Dikeman Street in Red Find lots more listings online at Hook, (347) 453–6672], www.fortde- BrooklynPaper.com/Events Certified Carco Insurance Inspection Center fi ancebrooklyn.com. ART, SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION jalopy.biz. & SALE: Clover’s Fine Art Gallery MUSIC, TAMARRAQS WINTER SOL- presents an exhibition and sale of STICE HAFLA: Free. 9 pm. BAM contemporary artwork from over ten artists. Free. 11 am– 5 pm. Clover’s Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. between Fine Art Gallery [338 Atlantic Avenue Ashland Place and St. Felix Street between Smith and Hoyt streets in in Fort Greene), www.bam.org/pro- Cobble Hill, (718) 625–2121], www. grams/bamcafe-live. cloversfi neart.com. MUSIC, JAMIE MCLEAN BAND: Free. THEATER, “BLOOM. SHE IS DE- 10 pm. Hill Country Barbecue [345 SCENDING”: Lindsay Abromaitis- Adams St. at Willoughby Street, Smith’s installation combines video, (718) 885–4608], www.hillcountrybk. sound, and live performance to show com. her battle with ALS. Free. 7 pm. Five Myles Gallery [558 St. John’s Associated Press / Duane Burleson SAT, DEC. 20 Pl. between Classon and Franklin Detroit block city: The Pistons motor into Barclays Center to avenues in Prospect Heights, (718) clash with the Nets on Dec. 21. MUSIC, BROOKLYN YOUTH CHO- 783–4438], www.fi vemyles.org. RUS’S HOLIDAY HARMONIES: MUSIC, “MUSIC OF TRANSFORMA- Performing a repertoire of contem- *OTVSBODF$MBJNTt$PMPS.BUDIJOHt5PXJOH"WBJMBCMF)PVST TION”: Pianist and composer Vijay porary, holiday, and choral music. Iyer performs the world premiere COMING SOON TO $10-$45. 1 pm and 6 pm. Brooklyn 3FOUBM$BST)BOEMFEt6OJUJ[FE$IBTJT4USBJHIUFOJOH of a solo piece for piano, his recent Center for the Performing Arts at suite “Mutations I-X.” and his score Brooklyn College [2900 Campus to the fi lm “Radhe Radhe: Rites of BARCLAYS CENTER Rd., between Amersfort Place and Holi.” From $20. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Kenilworth Place in Midwood, (718) [email protected] Academy of Music [30 Lafayette 951–4500], www.brooklyncenteron- Ave. between Ashland Place and featuring Providence, Miami, line.org. St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) FRI, DEC. 19 Fordham, and Manhattan. $15– MUSIC, WIDOWSPEAK, QUILT, WHAT 5FMt'BY 636–4100], www.bam.org. $56.50. 6 pm. MOON THINGS: $12. 7 pm. Glass- THEATER, “I UNDERSTAND EVERY- MUSIC, CHRISTMAS IN BROOK- lands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Second 2603 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223 THING BETTER”: A collaborative ef- LYN: featuring Run DMC, LL Cool Street in Williamsburg), www.glass- fort between choreographer David J, DJ Z-Trip, and Lecrae. $19.99– TUE, DEC. 23 lands.com. Neumann, sound and video artist Tei $225. 7:30 pm. MUSIC, SISTER HELEN, MAXO: $8– Blow, and playwright Sibyl Kempson SPORTS, BROOKLYN NETS VS. $10. 8 pm. Rock Shop [249 Fourth that utlizes technology, weather re- SUN, DEC. 21 DENVER NUGGETS: $30– Ave. between Carroll and President ports, and Japanese classical theater $3,000. 7:30 pm. streets in Park Slope, (718) 230– forms. $14 ($10 advance). 7:30 pm. SPORTS, BROOKLYN NETS VS. 5740], www.therockshopny.com. BRIC Arts Media House [647 Fulton DETROIT PISTONS: $22–$3,000. THEATER, “THE VULGAR EARLY Advertise your St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, 6 pm. SAT, DEC. 27 WORKS”: Dance-performance (718) 683–5621], www.bricartsme- duo Magda & Chelsea perform a dia.org. SPORTS, HARLEM GLOBETROT- recombination and composting of MUSIC, TK WONDER, KISSEY, EVVY, MON, DEC. 22 TERS: $25.50–$193.50. 1 pm. the works the performers have done DJ ANTHON BONES: $10. 8 pm. since meeting in 2012, encompass- Clinical Studies in Glasslands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Sec- SPORTS, BROOKLYN HOOPS SPORTS, BROOKLYN NETS VS. INDIANA PACERS: $50–$3,000. ing feminism, humor, self-love, and ond Street in Williamsburg), www. 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Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Courier Life, Inc. will not give any compensation, credit or notice of its use of unsolicited submissions. 718-260-4537 PUBLISHER EMERITUS Ed Weintrob HOW TO E-mail news and arts releases to [email protected] E-mail calendar listings to [email protected] CONTACT E-mail nightlife listings to [email protected] THE PAPER To e-mail a staff member, use first initial last name @cnglocal.com December 19–25, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 9 Crummy’s real Bklyn gift guide Kings bounty I’m in a flap over this Brooklyn gift guide those bird brains at The Brooklyn Paper put together. Our hyper-local gift guide Slapping “Bklyn” on some goofy tube socks and By Max Jaeger charging $100 doesn’t make it a Kings County The Brooklyn Paper original — it makes you look like an overpriced street fair vendor. So I put together my own real- f there is one thing Brook- deal gift guide, packed with more authentic Brook- lynites love, it is Brooklyn. lyn than you can shake a candy cane at. I And the holiday season is the perfect time to push your passion for Kings County Get sauced onto your friends and fam- So I’m snacking on some scraps in an alley in Ma- ily, thanks to the borough’s Brooklyn Boundless rine Park. No big deal. Then I hit this vein of ragu alla many artisinal gift makers, bolognese — and oh man, the who have hand-crafted a gravy! It took me back to Sun- range of hyper-hyper-lo- day mornings in the nest — be- cal goodies. So tick every fore dad went out for that pack name off your list with our of cigarettes and mom cooped guide to Brooklyn’s best up with Larry. Anyways, my lit- parochial presents. tle cousin tells me they sell the stuff at a joint called Michael’s. I saw the sign I’m like “Get the f---outtahere, It is gone but not for- this is homemade.” But I winged gotten. Get a scale model it over to Avenue R and Nostrand, and sure enough, of the dearly departed they got the same stuff — in a jar! It’s so bene, I al- Kentile Floors sign for most molted myself. your favorite landmark CrewJ. Michael’s of Brooklyn [2929 Avenue R between Nos- lover. Bushwick model- trand Avenue and E. 29th Street in Marine Park, www. maker Boundless Brooklyn michaelsofbrooklyn.com, (718) 998–7851]. sells 1:100-scale mock-ups of the monument to asbes- The book on Brooklyn tos and American manufac- Here’s another Marine Park original turing so you can enjoy the (there’s a marsh with some real fine cathartic rush of erecting — birds, so I spend a lot of time there). rather than dismantling — a This young guy Mark Chiusano put Brooklyn staple . together a bunch of short stories about From Boundless Brooklyn growing up in one of Brooklyn’s most (www.boundlessbrooklyn. bucolic neighborhoods. 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Jewish Chil- Avenue in Gowanus, (718) dren Museum [792 Eastern 643–6510], www.thebell- Parkway in Crown Heights, houseny.com. (718) 907–8833], www.jcm. BROOKLYN JEWELGASM museum. HOLIDAY SOIREE POP-UP SHOP: Shopping event to support local business FRI, DEC. 26 women and raise funds for Women In Touch. The event MUSIC, DEER TICK: Covering will include free manicures NRBQ’s album “Tiddly- and makeup tips, a DJ, bev- winks.” $20. 6 pm. Brooklyn erages, and cupcakes. Free. Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. be- 5 pm. The Wyckoff Studios tween N. 11th and N. 12th [883 Wyckoff Ave. at Han- streets in Williamsburg, cock Street in Bushwick, (718) 963–3369], www. (347) 775–5332], www.thew- brooklynbowl.com. yckoffstudio.com. MUSIC, DUCKTAILS, JULIAN LYNCH, FAMILY POR- Bart Babinski TRAIT: $12. 7 pm. Glass- SUN, DEC. 21 Piano man: Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer presents lands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Second Street in Williams- MUSIC, PARRANDA POS- three works at the Brooklyn Academy of Muisic in burg), www.glasslands.com. ADA: Fusing the Caribbean “Music of Transformation.” MUSIC, NO SHOES, THE tradition of parranda with PLUTO MOONS: $7. 8 pm. the Mexican tradition of Photo by Cate Dingley MUSIC, CRICKET JOE, GUTS Trash Bar [256 Grand St. at posada for the Make Music Driggs Avenue in Williams- New York festival. Free. 1 MON, DEC. 22 CLUB, ZANDER: $7. 8 pm. Trash Bar [256 Grand St. at burg, (718) 599–1000], www. pm. El Puente [211 S. Fourth TALK, THE MOTH STORYS- thetrashbar.com. St. at Roebling Street in Wil- Driggs Avenue in Williams- LAM: Storytelling com- MUSIC, ORVILLE DAVIS & liamsburg, (718) 387–0404], petition, with the theme burg, (718) 599–1000], www. www.elpuente.us. thetrashbar.com. THE WILD BUNCH: Free. “streets.” $8 ($5 for BHS 8 pm. Hill Country Bar- MUSIC, BROOKLYN SYM- members). 7 pm. Brooklyn MOVIE TRIVIA: Six rounds, becue [345 Adams St. at PHONY ORCHESTRA: Historical Society [128 Pier- including famous movie Willoughby Street, (718) Holiday concert. $18. 2 pm. repont St. at Clinton Street quotes, not so famous 885–4608], www.hillcoun- Brooklyn Museum [200 in Brooklyn Heights, (718) movie quotes, and Nicolas trybk.com. Going out on a limb Eastern Pkwy. at Washing- 222–4111], www.brooklyn- Cage quotes. Free. 8:30 ton Avenue in Prospect history.org. pm. Videology (308 Bed- Heights, (718) 638–5000], COMEDY, SACK MAGIC: ford Ave. at S. First Street in SAT, DEC. 27 www.brooklynmuseum.org. Weekly comedy show Williamsburg), www.videol- New Bklyn Museum installation is MUSIC, ALEX BATTLES: Fol- MUSIC, NASHVILLE AT- hosted by Grant Gordon ogy.info. lowed by an open-mic event and Louis Katz. Free. 9 pm. TITUDE: Free. 8 pm. Hill hosted by Punxsutawney Legion (790 Metropolitan Country Barbecue [345 Jesus. Sign up to perform Ave. at Humboldt Street in WED, DEC. 24 Adams St. at Willoughby 60-foot mural of Hindu goddess music, poetry, comedy or Williamsburg), www.legion- Street, (718) 885–4608], anything in any style. Free. bar.com. ART, KNIT AND CROCHET www.hillcountrybk.com. 4 pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 GROUP: Learn how to cro- MUSIC, PJS ‘N DJS: Dance in By Trupti Rami prints exploring feminine Fifth Ave. between 17th and chet and knit with instruc- your pajamas while DJs spin for The Brooklyn Paper images from artists Shoichi 18th streets in Greenwood TUES, DEC. 23 tors or simply spend time year-end tunes. Free. 10 Ida, Kiki Smith, and Barbara Heights, (718) 768–0131], with fellow makers. Free. pm. Union Hall [702 Union www.freddysbar.com. COMEDY, “THE FANCY 1–3 pm. Brooklyn Farmacy St. at Fifth Avenue in Park his art show is heavily Jones-Hogu Born, as well as MUSIC, DAVE HARRINGTON SHOW”: Producers Michael & Soda Fountain [513 Henry Slope, (718) 638–4400], armed. “Tales of Amnesia,” an Indian & FRIENDS HOLIDAY Joyce, Langston Kerman, St. at Sackett Street in Car- www.unionhallny.com. Lane Pieschel, Simmons “Eyes of Time,” the comic book-inspired zine Ga- SPECTACULAR: Including roll Gardens, (718) 522– CELEBRATE KWANZAA: T Members of Darkside, Bear McDavid, and Jenny Zigrino Dancer and educator Iris latest exhibit at the Brook- nesh made in 2002. share the stage with local 6260], www.brooklynfarma- in Heaven, Real Estate, The cyandsodafountain.com. Wilson teaches families lyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. This is Ganesh’s first Antlers, and more. $12 ($10 talent. Free. 8 pm. Bar Reis MUSIC, CHRISTMAS EVE about the history and seven Sackler Center for Feminist solo show at the Brooklyn in advance). 7 pm. Glass- [375 Fifth Ave. between principles of the holiday lands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Fifth and Sixth streets in CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: through song, dance, and a Art is a 60-foot wall mural Museum. She said that put- Featuring new arrange- featuring Kali, the Hindu ting together the show inside Second Street in Williams- Park Slope, (718) 974–2412]. candle-lighting ceremony. burg), www.glasslands.com. MUSIC, SPLINTERED SUN- ments of traditional spiritu- Refreshments served. $10 goddess of destruction and the arts institution was a pro- MUSIC, ROLLIN HEADS, NO LIGHT: A Tribute to the als and carols. Free. 5 pm. per family. 11:30 am–1 pm. rebirth, who has six arms, found experience in and of TIME TIME, THE NEW RE- Greatful Dead: $8. 8 pm. First Unitarian Congrega- Cumbe Center for African three legs, and three breasts. itself, as she discovered just SISTANTS: $7. 8 pm. Trash Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe tional Society [119 Pierre- and Diaspora Dance [558 The artist responsible said she Museum Brooklyn how many people in the bor- Bar [256 Grand St. at Driggs Ave. between N. 11th and pont St. between Monroe Fulton St. - 2nd Floor in Flags of our mothers: The prayer flags in “Chitra Avenue in Williamsburg, N. 12th streets in Williams- Place and Clinton Street Boerum Hill, (718) 935– spent years developing the fe- Ganesh: Eyes of Time” are made out of the artist’s ough her art could reach. (718) 599–1000], www.thet- burg, (718) 963–3369], in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 9700], www.cumbedance. “Working there when it male-focused imagery used mother’s old saris. (Pictured top) Artist Chitra Ga- rashbar.com. www.brooklynbowl.com. 624–5466], www.fuub.org. com. in the show, during which was both open and closed time she became especially nesh with her mural. you see old people, young drawn to Kali — one of the fe- people, rich people, poor peo- ive portrait of the city (think also stars on the MTV show have friends who grew up in male figures honored in Judy that she’s portrayed as angry up on her travels to India and ple, school groups, individ- Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to “Girl Code.” “But our story the city should count them- Chicago’s famed installation and confrontational and pow- Vietnam and fabric houses in uals, artists,” she said. “It’s RAP... New York” or Catey Shaw’s is just so different than Taylor selves lucky. “The Dinner Party,” which erful, not a dainty lady.” the Garment District. really very active, happen- “ Brooklyn Girls ”). But with Swift. I have to watch guys “Knowing a townie is like is the centerpiece of the cen- Hanging above the mu- “I was living in India ing space.” Continued from page 7 one anti-transplant manifesto masturbating on the subway having a fixer,” she said. ter’s collection. ral are over 150 prayer flags, last year for one year with “Chitra Ganesh: Eyes of charming fairy-tale is not the out there already, Lum said while she takes limos to the Awkwafina plays the “Kali represents as certain which are intended to invoke my partner, that’s when we Time” at Brooklyn Museum real scope of the city.” she is reluctant to take on all gym.” Knitting Factory [361 Met- kind of femininity that we an institution or temple, Ga- sourced,” she said. “I went [200 Eastern Pkwy. between The song turned her into of New York’s grudges in her Lum lives in Greenpoint ropolitan Ave. between don’t often see represented,” nesh said. The flags — each to these amazing markets in Washington and Flat- something of a mouthpiece for repertoire. now, and said she rarely meets Havemeyer and N. Fourth said Chitra Ganesh, who was of which has a silkscreen im- New Dehli and Saigon to get bush avenues in Prospect native New Yorkers, and Lum “I don’t want to take on all other native New Yorkers streets, (347) 529–6696, born and raised in Brooklyn age printed on it — are made some of the materials.” Heights, (718) 638–5000, said she is now asked for a re- the anger of New York be- beyond the friends she still bk.knittingfactory.com]. and has lived in Ditmas Park from her mother’s old saris, as In addition to the mural, www.brooklynmuseum. action every time a new song cause there are just so many has from high school. But Dec. 20 at 8 pm. $12 ($10 in for the past 10 years. “The fact well as materials she picked the exhibition features five org]. Through July 12. $12. drops that paints a wildly na- levels of it,” said Lum, who she said transplants who do advance). CATERERS New Years Eve Gala s Cocktail Hour s Champagne s Choice of Pasta Toast, s Filet Mignon Hats, th Dinner Noisemakers, 8015/23 13 Avenue, Dyker Heights s Unlimited s DJ Brooklyn, NY 11228 Liquor Entertainment CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 718–331–2900 s www.siricos.net December 19–25, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 the Nets eventually lost the game 95–91. “We’re Back – Stronger Than Ever!” Construction on the living rooftop started back in Octo- Rain delay at Barclays! ber, requiring three cranes to hoist materials to the top of the arena. Forest City Ratner, Roof of the arena sprang a leak during Nets game which built the arena and is a minority owner in the re- By Matthew Perlman lation of our new green roof,” lated development project The Brooklyn Paper he said. “We have taken all formerly known as Atlantic 718-230-8100 The roof was decidedly not necessary steps to rectify the Yards, expects the project to on fire at Barclays Center on situation.” take about nine months, and Tuesday night. Referees stopped the game hopes that it will help sound- Airport Transportation The Nets game against the with 1:47 left on the clock for proof the arena, in addition Miami Heat was delayed for the quarter when they no- to sweetening the view for Corporate Accounts Welcome around 30 minutes at the tail ticed water dripping from future neighbors . end of the first quarter, when the ceiling onto the court, The company has also ex- Out-of-town the roof of the two-year-old, $1 near a three-point line. A perienced construction prob- billion arena sprang a leak. A crew mopped up the mess and lems at the first residential Competitive Rates spokesman for the team said placed a kitchen-sized trash tower in that project, B2. The the problem stemmed from can under the leak, then when building’s contractor Skanska work to make a green roof that proved insufficient, up- sued Forest City for cost over- up top, and that arena man- graded to an outdoor trash runs associated with alleged agement has fixed it. Associated Press / John Minchillo can, keeping the game paused design f laws back in Septem- “The delay was caused by Barclays Center workers ponder the leak that stalled until the leak stopped. ber. Forest City later broke a water leak due to the instal- Tuesday night’s Nets game against the Miami Heat. Adding injury to injury, ties with Skanska . 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Twitter and Fa- f les are part of life in the raf- a three-pointer down below. cebook and all the others had ters, so I didn’t pay it any mind The fighting escalated, and a lot of fun with the newfan- at first. But soon the squawk- we circled higher and higher gled Rust Bowl springing a ing got louder and I flew over until I had pinned Frankie Associated Press / John Minchillo JOIN THE leak after two years of ex- to have a look. against the roof and he was Nets forward Kevin Garnett wonders when the leak Upon closer inspection, I istence. trying to wear me out with his will ever end. realized Jimmy C. had gotten I’m someone who knows dumb rope-a-dope technique. the ins and outs of the scene into it with someone whose TWENTY THOUSAND I was bobbing and weaving, inside the upper reaches of face I hadn’t seen in a long fine folks involved with the days. In the win over Charlotte Barclays, and I feel obligated time: Flatbush Frankie Feath- giving it to him good, when Nets organization, I want to a couple days earlier, they had to report to you, my loyal read- ers. My history with Frankie he dodged a beak-jab that I apologize, and express my made an insane 16 of 23 from FOLLOWING US ON ers, the true story of the Great dates back to one summer probably would have landed gratitude to management for beyond the arc. On Tuesday, Leak of December 2014: when we shared the roof half-a-Mad-Dog earlier. offering to Twitter the most they weren’t so lucky, going just Toward the end of the first of a dilapidated taco stand Both of us knew the mo- nouveaux-Brooklyn explana- 8 for 28. Call me crazy, but I quarter of Tuesday’s game, in Kensington. There were ment it happened that I had tion for what was actually the might have been on to some- nothing seemed out of the or- drunken squabbles over taco pecked a hole in the Bar- folly of two slightly inebriated thing this week. To have any dinary. After tail-grating at a shell remains, brawls over clays roof. Soon, rainwater pigeons: “@barclayscenter: chance of making a playoff run, nearby storm drain with my hens who came around, feuds was dripping down onto the Tonight’s delay was caused the Nets’ three-point gunners cousin Sal and my buddy Carl, over whether a foraged Metro floor and we had flown as far by a water leak due to the in- will truly have to make it rain I had assumed my perch in Card with less than three rides from the scene of the crime stallation of our new green at Barclays this season. the rafters around mid-court. still constituted rent. as possible. It was a cowardly roof. We’ve taken all neces- Oh, and this week I am With a couple minutes left in On Tuesday, after inquiring peck-and-run, but at the mo- sary steps to rectify.” pouring out a beer for Jef- twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper the quarter, I was about half- as to the source of the dispute, ment it felt like the right move. As for the rest of the game, frey Gamblero, who brought way through my first bot- I ignored the explanation and To Mr. Yormark, Mr. Ratner, well, the Nets are living and joy to even the most curmud- tle of Mad Dog 20/20 — in quickly sided with Jimmy C. Mr. Carter and all the other dying with the three-ball these geonly among us. MENTORING | COACHING | TUTORING | VOLUNTEERING There are many ways to make a difference. FOR MORE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED, PLEASE VISIT WWW.NYC.GOV/HELPKIDS 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 December 19–25, 2014 Imminent domain TWO WAYS Lawmaker takes another swing at saving TO LOVE senior center via government seizure By Danielle Furfaro broiled in a protracted fight The Brooklyn Paper for its life since 2012, when A Williamsburg pol is go- both operations temporarily ing back to the drawing board lost city funding. after the bill he wrote to save The funding returned when an embattled senior center left the centers’ users put up a stink, officials scared it would al- but in November, 2013 father- and-son team Victor and Harry low the government to seize Photo by Stefano Giovannini properties willy-nilly. Einhorn bought the building Fran Donofrio and Margaret Dalta held signs showing their support for the The latest legislation comes for $4.5 million, $1.5 million Swinging Sixties Center, where they spend many of their days. less than the amount offered nearly a year after the last at- by housing-advocacy group tempt by Assemblyman Joseph Saint Nick’s Alliance, which version of the legislation only ents of small children, and were hopeful that all the ef- Lentol (D–Williamsburg) to applied to facilities built with concerned neighbors rallied fort could pay off. Community Newspaper Group / Aaron Short has been trying to save the hub. pass a law to allow the city to Assemblyman Joe Lentol The Einhorns quickly moved public funds that have been on Monday morning on the “We think we can win this use eminent domain to take to raise the rent and, the fol- used for public programs for steps of City Hall, calling for fight,” said Frankie Geiger, over the three-story Ainslie lowing month, sent their new more than 25 years, but the pols to join the campaign to 65, whose mother and father Street building that houses the that it is not an overreach and tenants eviction notices. new one is going to be even save the center. also frequented the center in Swinging Sixties Senior Cen- it is used for a reasonable pur- Advocates for the center have more specific, including the “We are very hopeful that, the 1980s and 1990s. “I re- ter, to keep its owners from pose,” he said. “If there was managed to keep the eviction length of the lease and the spe- with the unwavering support ally hope they can do some- evicting it. The first bill passed ever a reason to take property, tied up in court for the last year, cific programs in the build- of our elected officials, we’ll thing. This is like a second the Assembly but stalled in this is it.” and last week a judge granted ing, he said. succeed and get the adminis- home to me.” the Senate, and the new ver- The 40-year-old Swing- a temporary reprieve. But that “We want to make this bill tration’s support to purchase A founder of the center be- sion is being written so that it ing Sixties center, which of- court order is only supposed to as narrow in its scope as pos- the building and get it back in lieves the Einhorns plan to tear can only ever be used to tar- fers activities for hundreds of last a few months. sible,” Lentol said. the hands of the community,” down the building and con- get that particular building on seniors and hosts Community The lawyers are now try- The law should be ready said Phil Caponegro, president struct luxury housing on the the corner of Manhattan Av- Board 1 meetings, has, along ing to extend the order to al- to introduce in January, he of Williamsburg’s Conselyea spot. Current zoning allows enue, Lentol said. with the Small World Daycare low time for the latest bill to said. Street Block Association. for a six or seven-story resi- “We need to clarify this so and Learning Center, been em- pass, Lentol said. The earlier More than 50 seniors, par- Seniors on hand said they dential building there. Seeking the perfect holiday season is the season to be Times Styles section. anger, which gets translated Christmas tree) and remem- angry. This year, like others, I am in communication into yell- ber that they are growing up ’T The list of peo- intent on enjoying the journey ing. So, there I am, yummy way too fast and that I will IN PRINT ple to buy presents is long, and not getting mired in doing Fearless latkes on the stove, delicious soon look back on these days kids are filled with sugarplum so much that I make Hanukkah chicken in the oven, cookies with longing. Pick up The Brooklyn fairy fantasies of what the hol- and Christmas days of dread in the shape of Stars of David Whatever it takes — writ- iday should mean for them, instead of the celebrations they Parenting and dreidels drenched in sugar ing, meditating, playing the Paper every Friday and expectations for perfect are supposed to be. By Stephanie Thompson on the counter, standing with piano, hitting the boxing bag relationships — beautiful I sigh inwardly even as I my adorable children, and I’ve at the Y with force — I need across Greenpoint, laughing families around a write it. Is it possible, do you turned into some kind of bit- to relax this season and offer phenomenal 10-foot tall tree think, to put all outer-limit ex- and friends, to be grateful for dressed up, or maybe they ter shrew. my kids the holiday version Williamsburg, Downtown — run high. pectations aside, and just have the year behind and set some should know those prayers by Not this year. Nope. No. of their mother that I want to Every year I say I’m going fun? When the world is rush- goals for the year ahead? heart that we have to find ev- I’m putting my foot down. I’m be: a calm, smiling, hopeful and Brownstone Brooklyn. to set up that Peanuts-style ing around buying up stuff All I can do is try. ery year on that food-stained not doing so much that I’m person, happy to be in their Lucy booth on the corner of to wrap and put under a tree First things first is to clear printout. Maybe I should have bitter. I’m going to get a few company, happy to give and Each print edition Seventh Avenue and Ninth grown and cut solely for the the vision of perfection. bought them better, more ed- things, give them with love, receive small tokens of appre- Street to offer injections of purpose of shading presents, I can remember a number ucational presents instead of and breathe deeply. I’m go- ciation, happy to have all that delivers news, arts, something relaxing for per- is it possible to steer clear of of years standing with my plastic crap from the Toys ’R’ ing to throw a party and re- I have (not the least of which fectionist Park Slopers (like the hype? Can’t I just remem- boys in front of lit menorahs Us. Maybe my extended fam- ally enjoy the food and the is them), their soft still-inno- and entertainment, plus me) who drive themselves ber that this wasn’t supposed when an overwhelming surge ily should all be together, with people. I’m going to hug my cent faces stretching upward mad making the holidays to be a supermarket-sweep of panic coursed through me us, instead of scattered singly children to me in front of the (only slightly now, but still) for our original columnists, fit the image fed to them by style set of days, but rather a that we were somehow doing it across the country. The panic, menorahs (and, a few days a kiss from their mom. cartoonists and the Bon Appétit or the New York period meant to savor family wrong. Maybe we should have of course, often morphs into later, in front of my in-laws’ Little else really matters. world’s best Cyclones Responders found Dahab un- nogal” and published a mem- responsive in her basement oir called “Incapacitated” coverage in a convenient Loss for Lucey’s apartment and declared her about a dark, 15-month re- dead, according to a police lationship with a wealthy package. It’s one-stop spokesman. The cause of the bachelor, which a promo- Gowanus bar stunned by fire was still under investi- tional summary describes shopping with excitement gation on Thursday. as a “Dantenian descent into fi re death of former owner Dahab had been going sexual hell.” on every page. through a “painful legal She also played a bit part By Noah Hurowitz dispute” with her landlord in the soap opera “Guiding The Brooklyn Paper over an $18,000 rental de- Light.” A Gowanus bar is mourn- posit according to an Octo- Lucey said he had last seen ing the death of one of its ber Facebook post, in which his longtime friend about founders. she promised friends a mov- two weeks ago, and she had Evelyn Dahab, 33, died in ing-out party and a “free- planned to come to the bar for Photo bby Jason Speakman a fire at her Manhattan apart- Lucey’s Lounge on Third Avenue in Gowanus. for-all” on the belongings a viewing party to mark its ment early last Wednesday she said she would be un- appearance on the reality tele- morning, three weeks shy of able to move. vision show “Barmageddon.” when she planned to move “She wasn’t a specta- Wednesday to a 911 call re- Dahab grew up on Long But on Wednesday afternoon, out to end a dispute with her Evelyn Dahab tor,” said Darren Lucey, a porting a fire in the base- Island and graduated from he got the bad news. landlord, according to a long Evelyn Dahab co-owner of the bar and its ment of a five-story build- Columbia University’s Bar- “Yesterday was supposed Facebook post she wrote de- namesake. “She was a crazy ing in the East Village section nard College in 2002 with a to be a party, but she didn’t tailing the conflict. A for- tween 10th and 11th streets, girl with a big heart, and she of Manhattan, and firefight- political science degree, ac- get to make it,” he said. “I’m mer business partner at Lu- remembered Dahab as some- was out there living life.” ers brought the blaze under cording to an author bio. Da- running the gamut of emo- cey’s Lounge, the cocktail one who grabbed the bull by Police and firefighters control about 30 minutes hab blogged about wine and tions. I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m bar on Third Avenue be- the horns. responded at 3:15 am on later, FDNY officials said. food under the moniker “Oe- a lot of things.” ON THE WEB No one else — no blog, no website, no “news aggregator” — covers our neighborhoods with the intensity of BrooklynPaper. com. 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It had run from Fair- There is nothing like a boat way during the weekend for ride in the winter. the last two summers, and Red Hookers with a taste the droves of passengers led for a cold sea breeze now have the company and its friends a new way of getting between in city government to come Manhattan, Dumbo, and their around to the idea of year- home neighborhood, thanks to round weekday service. a service expansion that will “The summer months saw tremendous demand,” said Associated Press / Charles Wenzelberg bring New York Water Taxi Jeffrey Vanchiro hypes up the crowd at Barclays Center. to the Fairway Market dock Brian McCabe, chief oper- year-round. Local pols and ating officer of the ferry com- business owners hailed the pany. “It was far above our new transit option as emblem- level of expectation.” atic of the growing investment Only one boat will make in Red Hook at a press con- each round trip, so the ferry Exit of court jester will swing by Fairway every ference at Hometown Bar-B- Que on Tuesday. 90 minutes between 10 am Nets super-fan dies before his time “What’s happening in Red and 10 pm. But McCabe said Hook is a fairy tale, and the that when temperatures warm in the spring and demand in- By Matthew Perlman by the name Jeffrey Gam- about with the Nets games. ferry service is a continua- Community News Group / Noah Hurowitz creases, the trips could in- The Brooklyn Paper blero, grew up in Queens and It’s like church, man. We’re tion of that,” said Borough Borough President Adams welcomes weekday water taxi service to Red Hook President Adams, invoking crease so that a boat leaves One of the Nets’ most rec- Brooklyn and lived in Wil- all there, like, ‘Let’s go at a press conference at Hometown Bar-B-Que. liamsburg. He was a graf- Brooklyn!’ ” the neighborhood’s resilience every 30 minutes. ognizable fans is gone. after Hurricane Sandy. “Al- With tickets running a cool Jeffrey Vanchiro, known fiti artist as a young man, His enthusiasm also gar- service could be a reality in ferry service to its dock since bursed for the price of a boat then, after spending time in nered the team’s attention, though the storm may have $9 one way and boats start- for his expertly coordi- flooded the area, it did not ing after most people’s jobs, the future. 2008, but it soon grew tired trip. The new service is to- nated, neon-accented out- prison for vandalism, became landing him an appearance “This is just the begin- of non-shoppers mooching tally privately funded, but a professional poker player on the cover of a program drown the spirit of the peo- the ferry from Red Hook is fits and energetic antics in ple.” not yet a viable commuter op- ning,” said Councilman free rides, and the follow- Menchaca said he and other the aisles of Barclays Cen- for eight years, according to and a trip to London with Carlos Menchaca (D–Red ing year started requiring pols are looking into sources an interview he did with the the players. A team exec- New York Water Taxi runs tion, but the elected leaders ter, died on Sunday after fall- Hook). receipts showing purchases of public funding to bring Youtube show ChiinoTV. In utive expressed his condo- a year-round ferry between backing the service expansion ing from a window at his fa- Manhattan and Ikea and will said more frequent, cheaper Ikea started subsidizing of $10 or more to be reim- prices down. ther’s Queens home, reports recent years he worked as an lences in a statement. said. The incident came two artist with the group Lofty “On behalf of ownership weeks after security guards Goals. In the ChiinoTV in- and the entire organization, at Madison Square Garden terview Vanchiro says he I am terribly saddened to board flames bearing the removed Vanchiro from a poured his poker earnings learn about Jeffrey’s death. names of people who police game between the Nets and into 15 seats worth of tick- A proud Brooklynite, Jeffrey killed, including in an armed Salaam-ukkah confrontation, and who died the Knicks for supposedly ets for the Nets’ inaugural was a passionate Nets fan disturbing members of the season, with plans to resell and one of our most visible in police custody. crowd, then removing his them. The move came around and loyal supporters,” said Arab and Jewish protesters Rabbi Ellen Lippmann of prosthetic leg and refusing the time he was leaving the Brett Yormark, chief exec- the group Kolot Chayeinu– to leave. A video shows se- poker world because he had utive officer of the Nets and rally against NYPD violence Voices of Our Lives led the curity guards at the arena grown tired of taking other Barclays Center. lighting of a menorah to mark carrying Vanchiro away people’s money, he said. Messages of support also By Noah Hurowitz Jews and Arabs, and solidar- the Jewish holiday, according from his seat, leg off, and Vanchiro’s energetic dance poured in over social media, The Brooklyn Paper ity with all people they see to organizers. at one point dropping him moves and eye-catching at- where his fiancee Kristi Ev- For Hanukkah this year, as over-policed and under- “I am glad to join on this head-first. tire at court-side quickly gar- ans first posted news of his they are asking for justice. protected by the law. special night with our Arab In an interview recorded nered him a reputation as a death. The Arab American Cen- “We wanted to make sure and Muslim colleagues, as at Barclays last Friday night, Nets super-fan. In the You- Evans told the New York ter and Jews for Racial and that New York City knows that we work together in this im- Vanchiro called his ejection tube clip, he describes at- Times that after his ejection Economic Justice activ- the Arab American Associa- portant and growing move- from the Garden a traumatic tending home games as being from Madison Square Gar- ist groups gathered outside tion stands with Jews for Ra- ment,” Lippmann said in a experience that he was strug- like going to church. den Vanchiro was “a com- Barclays Center on Tuesday, cial and Economic Justice,” statement. “Black lives mat- gling to move past. “When you go to church pletely different person,” the first night of the Festi- said Cris Hilo, a youth or- ter, and must matter, so that “When you try to stay the that’s what you want, right? and that he was paranoid val of Lights, to protest the ganizer with the Bay Ridge we can move from mourning same after a life-changing You want community, you and couldn’t sleep. grand jury decisions not to Arab-rights group. “We unjust deaths to celebrating event then you’re lying to want people together, we’re Tuesday’s Nets game indict white police officers wanted to raise awareness just lives.” yourself,” he said to OurB- all in one direction, we’re featured a video tribute to in the deaths of black men about police accountability The protesters then kSocial.com on Dec. 12. “I all on the same tip, we’re all Vanchiro, and players warmed in Staten Island and Fergu- and injustices in communi- marched to the 78th Precinct had the worst week of my there for the same reason,” up in his custom 44 “Gam- son, Missouri. The jointly or- ties of color.” Photo by Stefano Giovannini station house and read a list life.” Vanchiro said. “And that’s blero” jersey, while many in ganized vigil was meant to Demonstrators walked in A protester holds a sign bearing the name of Kyam of the names of the dead, ac- Vanchiro, who also goes what the Barclays Center is the crowd wore neon. show unity among New York the light rain carrying card- Livingston, who died in a Brooklyn jail last year. cording to organizers. Great rates like ours don’t grow on trees. 36-Month CD 60-Month CD % % APY* APY* 1. 70$5,000 minimum deposit 2.. 05$5,000 minimum deposit At Flushing Bank, we’re small enough to know you and large enough to provide you with the great rates you’re looking for. Hurry, an offer like this can’t last forever. For more information and to find out about our other great offers, visit your local Flushing Bank branch, call 800.581.2889 or visit www.FlushingBank.com. *New money only. APY effective November 24, 2014. 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