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By Deborah Kolben beneath the stars, and a net- But this isn’t the borough ue of Liberty promulgated by Bridge, it is when terrorists The Brooklyn Papers work of buses touring the president’s first attempt at a an al Qaeda detainee. threaten the structure, not the re- Brooklyn Bridge celebration. On his weekly radio show verse.” Borough President Mar- streets of the Borough of Kings to “introduce Brooklyn to Last year Markowitz came last June, Mayor Michael Asked whether this year’s ty Markowitz said this Brooklyn” are just a small part under fire when he cancelled Bloomberg lambasted Mark- festivities would be cancelled week he is going to throw a of Markowitz’s vision for the a June 2 Brooklyn Celebra- owitz, saying “you’ve got to if there was another terrorist borough-wide 120th birth- blow-out on May 24th, the Sat- tion that was to take place on stand up in practice, not just talk threat, Markowitz spokesman day bash for the iconic urday of Memorial Day week- and around the bridge in re- about others standing up. And if Andy Ross would only say, Brooklyn Bridge in May. end, plans for which he will be sponse to unconfirmed threats there was ever a time to hold a “We will be announcing all of A concert at dusk, fireworks finalizing with the mayor. against the bridge and the Stat- ceremony on the Brooklyn our plans shortly.” The last big bash for the bridge was the centennial of its opening, on May 24, 1983. Nearly 1.5 million spectators gathered to watch as an esti- E. River tolls mated 18,000 revelers marched across the bridge’s roadway, many of them dressed in 19th- Drenched century regalia. A commissioned symphony Getting across Adams Street at Joralemon Street Saturday was a bit more difficult under fire and Fourth of July-like fire- than usual, thanks to the heavy rains and melting snow. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan works display capped the By Patrick Gallahue Park Councilman Simcha day’s event. The Brooklyn Papers Felder. For 18 years, Markowitz’s Borough President Marty predecessor, Howard Golden, There has been a lot of Markowitz assembled Brook- threw a “Welcome Back to debate over the notion of lyn city and state legislators to Brooklyn” festival honoring tolling the East River stand firm in their resolution Brooklyn natives who had bridges since Mayor against bridge tolls. achieved renown. It was usual- Condom-mania Michael Bloomberg first “We now impose on our ly held in June, near Brooklyn proposed the idea in last streets on Sundays parking Day. But in his first couple of Pols seek hotel-rubber stamp of approval year’s preliminary budget. fees … we’re imposing an in- months as borough president, On Feb. 20, elected offi- crease in taxes on everything Markowitz proclaimed “Wel- By Patrick Gallahue Just in time for National duced a bill that would require in New York and now this is come Back” dead in the water. The Brooklyn Papers Condom Week, state Sen. Vel- hotels, motels and inns to sup- cials gathered on the being suggested,” Markowitz “I think ‘Welcome Back to manette Montgomery — who ply condoms along with their Brooklyn Bridge to tell the said. “You know what hap- Brooklyn’ had run its course,” State Senate Dem- represents portions of Clinton standard amenities of tooth- mayor to forget it. pens when people get fed up Markowitz said last February. ocrats could soon be Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort paste, soap and Bibles. “If you believe this is a with life being more challeng- He then planned a Brooklyn chanting “hotel, motel, Greene, Prospect Heights, “It seems to me that every good idea, then I have a bridge ing? They leave.” Borough President Marty Markowitz leads rally against celebration based around the Holiday Inn” in the Crown Heights, Red Hook establishment in that category should have available, at their to sell you,” said Borough See TOLLS on page 6 East River tolls on Brooklyn Bridge Thursday. Kathryn Kirk bridge, which was canceled. state capital. and Park Slope — reintro- registration desk, condoms,” Montgomery said. State Sen. Carl Andrews, who represents Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park, has signed on as a co- sponsor. Slope affordable The bill, which was first au- thored by Montgomery about 10 years ago, is part of a series of legislative initiatives that she has sponsored, co-spon- sored or advocated that seeks zoning gets boost to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. By Patrick Gallahue housing incentive put forth by lobbied for height limits for more “The only obstacle to this is the ‘head in the sand’ attitude The Brooklyn Papers the Fifth Avenue Committee, a than a decade. Both were critical non-profit affordable housing ad- of the affordable housing amend- towards everything related to Borough President Marty vocacy group, and Park Slope ment, suggesting that it could ul- sex,” Montgomery said. “But Markowitz this week approved Councilman Bill DeBlasio “be timately cost the city housing it just happens to be that HIV and AIDS are sexually trans- a controversial amendment to a thoroughly investigated” by the and possibly hold up a much- building-height-limiting zon- needed zoning plan. mitted diseases. If we don’t do city. Councilman David Yassky, everything possible to prevent ing plan for Park Slope that whose district includes Brooklyn “Our concern is that the rezon- would mandate affordable the transmission of this deadly Heights and a portion of Park ing will get caught up in the poli- disease we’re doing a disserv- housing along Fourth Avenue. Slope, and Councilwoman Sara tics of the day,” said Jerry Armer, ice to our citizens.” In its recommendation report Gonzalez, of Sunset Park, Red chairman of CB6. “If it’s ‘we The bill, she added, would Borough Hall stated, “It is the Hook and Park Slope, also sup- want this and we want that,’ it’s not cost the state or the estab- borough president’s policy to port the proposal. likely to never happen.” lishments a cent, because cus- seek the inclusion of affordable The proposition suggests lim- The Department of City Plan- Mango / Greg tomers would have to pay for housing whenever the purpose of iting proposed development on ning, the lead agency on the the condoms, just like many a ULURP [Uniform Land Use Fourth Avenue, currently al- ULURP application, responded other personal amenities avail- Review Procedure] application lowed up to 120 feet, to 80 feet to Markowitz’s recommendation able for sale at hotels and mo- that comes before him is to facil- unless the developer includes af- by holding a press conference on tels. itate housing development.” fordable housing. President Street, between Fourth Papers The Brooklyn “I think that would be a Markowitz, who lives in Park Community Board 6 and the and Fifth avenues Tuesday to City Planning Director Amanda Burden, Community Board 6 District Manager Craig Hammerman, and CB6 Chair- good idea,” said Jon Kinyon, Slope, urged that the affordable Park Slope Civic Council have See ZONING on page 6 man Jerry Armer at site of Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street construction that new zoning would limit. See CONDOMS on page 5 Nabes seek to shut Atlantic Youth Ctr. By Patrick Gallahue groups that remain unwavering in their the transitional center has been dis- Recently the center was a problem The city’s Administration for Chil- The Brooklyn Papers stance to have the center shut down be- cussed “ad nauseam.” for itself as a resident of the center was dren’s Services (ACS), which runs the center, could not confirm by press time Boerum Hill community groups cause of a rash of violent incidents “There was no point,” Lewis told arrested for assaulting a staff member. over the past few years. The Brooklyn Papers after the meeting. On Dec. 2, a 17-year-old resident why the incident was not reported until say they are done talking with rep- Valerie Gold, the new director of the “We’ve had it up to the chin because got into an argument with staff mem- Jan. 13. resentatives of the Atlantic center, has been a regular presence at we believe they’re not capable of fix- bers and kicked open a door. A five- Gold was unable to comment about Avenue Transitional Center, a 84th Precinct Community Council ing it.” months-pregnant employee of the cen- the center at the community council halfway house for youths who meetings, since taking over late last Heloise Gruneberg, president of the ter was on the other side of the door meeting due to the policy of ACS to re- cannot be returned to their homes year. Boerum Hill Association — who had and was knocked over from the blow, fer questions to the agency’s press de- because of abuse, neglect or aban- But when Gold was introduced at a her purse snatched by a resident of the striking her stomach against a nearby partment. donment that has been a source of precinct council meeting at St. Francis center in June — penned a Jan. 15 let- table, police said. MacLean Guthrie, an ACS spokes- Building at 200 Tillary Street, which is being con- neighborhood problems. College in Brooklyn Heights last ter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg call- The incident was not reported until woman, told The Papers, “Incidents in- sidered for use as a homeless shelter. BP / Tom Callan Efforts on the part of the new lead- month, Leslie Lewis, president of the ing the center “a source of problems six weeks later and the resident was ar- volving residents that require police at- ership at the youth center have met precinct council, declined to allow her for the neighborhood for over 25 rested. He has since been transferred to tention has decreased. The reduction Homeless with a cold shoulder from community speaking time saying that the issue of years.” another facility. See CENTER on page 4 shelter for ‘Candy Factory’ auction to feature Papers photog

200 Tillary The Brooklyn Papers By Patrick Gallahue On Friday, Feb. 28, from 6 pm to 9 pm, in the lobby of their building, residents of 20 The Brooklyn Papers Henry St., better known as the “Candy A Brooklyn-based non-profit organization is Factory,” will auction off works of art includ- circulating plans to open a homeless shelter in ing paintings, woodcuts, photography, sculp- Downtown Brooklyn. tures and digital artwork to raise money for Consumer Information and Dispute Resolution Inc. their legal fund. (CIDR), which runs services for people with disabili- The tenants, most of whom pay below market ties, has informed Community Board 2 and local ac- rate, are facing possible eviction as the owner of the tivists of a plan to convert 200 Tillary St. at Prince building exercises his right to opt out of the Street into a shelter and counseling facility for up to Mitchell-Lama program. They are trying to stop that 200 homeless women with medical disabilities referred action. by the city Department of Homeless Services. Among the works will be photographs from Councilman James Davis, who has fought against Brooklyn Papers photographer Tom Callan, like his other shelters coming into nearby Prospect Heights and This July 2001 photo of the Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center, by Brooklyn Papers July 2001 shot of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhat- See SHELTER on page 5 photographer Tom Callan will be auctioned off Friday. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan tan skyline at night (at left). Tom Callan The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan 2 BWN, DTG, PSG, MID THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM March 3, 2003 District 15: Programs at John Jay will remain By Patrick Gallahue Under the specialized pro- unquestionably help the opera- Unanue Academy of Journal- lyn Heights, Park Slope, Cob- the Department of Education of mathematics and English troubling facet of the plan is The Brooklyn Papers gram, which allowed for the at- tions of the school to have it ism and the Institute for Re- ble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Sun- will help a lot.” has already been implemented that the School for Research, trition of current John Jay stu- under one leader.” search for Natural and Social set Park, Red Hook, Kensing- Despite the specialized cur- in District 15, therefore, the which has been testing higher The Secondary School dents as they graduated, The school is currently run Sciences — into John Jay to ton, Windsor Terrace, Boerum ricula of the three programs, school board members said, than the other two programs, for Law, Journalism and teachers were forced to move through a collaboration be- create a new sixth-grade- Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, however, the administrators not much is expected to was not included on the list of Research, better known as between classrooms, counselors tween Brooklyn and Staten Is- through-12-grade program. Fort Greene, DUMBO, argued that the core of the change. top-performing schools. the former John Jay HS in shared rooms and confusion ex- land Schools (BASIS) and This coming September, in- Prospect Heights, Crown programs would not change, “In District 15, we’re kind “It’s my hope that Research Park Slope, has been left off isted between the departments. Community School District 15, stead of being a collaboration Heights, Williamsburg, Green- Greenfield said, adding that of lucky because all of our will be able to appeal and get the chancellor’s list of top- At one point there was only one covering the neighborhoods of between two different bureau- point and portions of Bedford- there was room to maintain schools use the curriculum that on that list,” DeBlasio said. performing public schools gym teacher supervising ap- Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, cracies, the program will re- Stuyvesant, with 82,593 stu- the programs. the chancellor has proposed,” Schools that have a proven that are exempt from the proximately 120 children. Red Hook, Cobble Hill, Sunset open as three different schools dents. Kevin Ortiz, a spokesman said Margaret Kelley, the presi- academic record can petition coming year’s uniform cur- “There have been real prob- Park, Gowanus and Windsor run by the reorganized De- “The original vision we had for the Department of Educa- dent of Community School for a waiver of either the liter- riculum, but, administrators lems given that there’s several Terrace. partment of Education’s In- three of four years ago was tion, said that while literacy Board 15, which will be dis- acy or math portions of the say, the specialized program different leaderships in the The idea of the program structional Division 8, which that this would be a real com- and math curriculum would be banded under the restructuring. new core curriculum or both. is not dead yet. school,” said Park Slope Coun- was to integrate three middle- will be headed by Farina. munity high school for all the mandated, specialized schools, “Whether it’s on the list or not, Schools must send the peti- “Now the three schools will cilman Bill DeBlasio, who schools with specialized pro- Instructional Division 8 neighborhoods in District 15,” such as Law, Journalism and nothing could change because tions by March 3, and the De- fall under [the instructional di- helped develop the program grams but minuscule re- will include Community DeBlasio said. “It’s clear that Research, would remain. we’ve been using it for the past partment of Education will an- vision] umbrella,” said George while a member of Community sources — the Institute for School Districts 13, 14, 15 having all the schools under Much of the curricula that couple of years.” nounce its decision on waivers Greenfield, executive assistant School Board 15. “And it will Law, the Manuel de Dios and 16, which include Brook- the umbrella of this region in is being mandated in the area DeBlasio said the only by April 1. to District 15 Superintendent Carmen Farina. “Less red tape and everybody’s on the same page.” Although it was envisioned BAMland ready to start leasing to local arts groups as a model for the city, the re- placement for the troubled John Jay, on Seventh Avenue By Patrick Gallahue dia arts groups can pursue on ranging in size from 400 official non-profit status; be Resident Theatres/New York “When we saw how quick- average 15 percent subsidy to between Fourth and Fifth The Brooklyn Papers their missions and collaborate square feet to 3,000 square actively engaged in artistic (ART/NY), a service organiza- ly that space was rented we re- arts groups for capital expens- streets, suffered in its first year with their colleagues,” said feet, for more than 20 arts production or presentation; tion for New York City’s not- alized there is really a huge es on new construction. in 2001-2002 under an often The Brooklyn Academy Harvey Lichtenstein, chairman groups at below-market rent. have been in operation for at for-profit theater groups, at need for small arts organiza- The Hanson Place building, jumbled leadership structure. of Music Local Develop- of the BAM LDC, about the The building, which will be re- least three years with a demon- 138 South Oxford St. That tions to find office space,” will feature onsite security, 24- A district representative for ment Corporation is ready former state office building at named 80 Arts, will also fea- strated continuity within its 19,000-square-foot building Lutfy said. hour access, new windows and the United Federation of to start leasing the first of its 80 Hanson Place. ture space for shared facilities, board of directors; and offer houses 20 small companies, The cultural district is a elevatorss. Teachers (UFT) told The developments in the plan- The LDC will begin accept- such as conference rooms, re- some type of community pro- which rent offices at a rate of planned $630 million project The architect for the project Brooklyn Papers last May, ned Fort Greene cultural ing lease applications this hearsal space and a landscaped gram. $12 a square foot including that is slated to include arts is Open Office, a Manhattan- “You have the high school week. garden. The LDC has promised that utilities. The rehearsal studios space, housing and retail de- based architectural firm. people doing their thing and district. Located on the corner of Envisioned as a flagship for Brooklyn organizations will and the second-floor “Great velopments in new construc- The building is anticipated middle school people doing “Eighty Arts will create af- Hanson Place and South Port- the rest of the planned BAM receive priority. Room,” which frequently tion over four parking lots sur- to be open in December and their thing and there’s no co- fordable space and a stable en- land Avenue, the eight-story, Cultural District, the selection Jeanne Lutfy, president of hosts local civic and communi- rounding BAM. the LDC hopes arts groups ordination going from grade vironment where a diverse mix 30,000-square-foot building criteria for 80 Hanson Place the BAM LDC, said the project ty groups, attracts an estimated Of that, roughly $80 million will be able to assume their six through nine.” of visual, performing and me- will be divvied up into offices, requires that applicants have was inspired by the Alliance of 2,000 visitors annually. in public funds will provide an space shortly after, Lutfy said. GUTBUSTERS B E A F F Spring Fitness Guide O T R E E R

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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS. • Multiple car discounts offered NYCTL 1997-1 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 1997-1 TRUST, • Park and lock available Plaintiff against 1397 EASTERN PARKWAY CORP., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and sale entered ARTS herein and dated November 1, 2000, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the foot of the courthouse steps facing Pick up and delivery available Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on the 4th day of April, 2003 at 11:00 AM premises lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, designated on the Tax Map of the 24 hour • Indoor Affordable City of New York for the Borough of Brooklyn, as said Tax Map was on November 27, 1973 as Section 5, Block 1475, Lot 10. Said premises known as 1397 EASTERN PARKWAY, BROOK- LYN, NY. Approximate amount of lien Office Space $39,536.26 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment 700 Pacific St. and terms of sale. Index Number 1199/99. GARAGE STEWART FINKELSTEIN, ESQ., Referee. for Small Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, Attorney (s) (bet. Carlton & 6th Aves.) for Plaintiff, 909 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. ( * BKLYN PAPE - *) 80 BP9-12 Arts Groups OFFICIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. (212) 929-0099 ext.12 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: THAT an application has been made to the Board of Standards and Appeals of the City of New York, under section 72-21 of the Zoning Resolution, by: Friedman & in the Gotbaum, LLP, for New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, owner; Two Trees Management Company, contract vendee. For a variation from the requirements BAM Cultural District of the Zoning Resolution so as to permit the proposed development of an eleven story mixed-use building, located in a C6-2A(DB) Special Downtown Brooklyn District, which Caring for the does not comply with the zoning requirements, for base height,height, setback, rear yard, rear yard setback, retail continuity and lot coverage, is contrary to Z.R. §23-145, §23-663(b), §33-26, Women §35-24 and §101-10. On the premises: 121/35 Court Street, 211/35 Atlantic Avenue and 204/24 State Street, property fronts on Court Department of of Brooklyn Street, and is bounded by Atlantic Avenue and Leasing applications for 80 Arts, an office State Street, and is bounded by Atlantic Avenue and State Street, Block 277, Lot 8, Obstetrics and Gynecology building for nonprofit visual and performing Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #2BK. This application, Cal. No.: 284-02-BZ, has been calendared for Public Hearing on arts and art services organizations, Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 1:30 P.M. session, 40 The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Long Island Rector Street, 6th floor Hearing Room “E”, Borough of Manhattan. Interested persons or College Hospital offers a multi-specialty program. Our staff are now available from the BAM Local associations may appear at the hearing to pres- ent testimony regarding this application. All provides compassionate care to women of all ages. Development Corporation. written objections or forms of consent should be filed five (5) days prior to the date of hear- ing, must be sworn to and the consenter/objec- tor must describe the property he/she owns or resides in. Affidavits of consent or objections Located at the corner of Hanson Place and all other papers to be filed with the Board of Standards and Appeals should be 8-1/2 x 11 • 4-Dimension Ultrasound • Pelvic Medicine inch paper. Copies of the two-sided and South Portland Avenue in Downtown Consent/Objection can be obtained without charge from the Board of Standards and Brooklyn, the newly renovated 80 Arts Appeals, Applications Desk, 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10006. If the • Birthing Center • Reconstructive Surgery forms are to be supplied by mail, please pro- building will feature: vide a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request. This notice is published by the applicant in accordance with the rules of • Labor and Delivery • Gynecologic Cancers Procedure of the Board of Standards and Appeals, City of New York. Dated: February 20, * Office spaces from 400 to 3,000 2003. FRIEDMAN & GOTBAUM, LLP, Applicant. • Midwifery Program square feet BP9-10 • Patient Education NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, AS TRUSTEE OF IMC HOME EQUITY LOAN • Young Woman’s Clinic • Care provided in TRUST 1997-7 UNDER THE POOLING AND * Shared services including conference SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1997, Plaintiff vs. THOMAS rooms, rehearsal space, a lunch room MCINTYRE, ET AL, Defendants. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff: ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, • Uro-Gynecology 14 Languages P.C., Main Office: One Old Country Road, Suite and landscaped garden 200, Carle Place, New York 11514 (516) 741- 2585. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered herein on November 22, 2002, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the 360 Adams Street, Room 261, Brooklyn, New York 11201, On the 13th day of March,

BAM 2003 at 3:00 p.m. Premises in Brooklyn, New DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION York and described as follows: BEGINNING at For more information, call (718) 780-1647. For more information the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of 64th Street with the westerly side of Fifth Avenue; RUNNING THENCE west- contact the BAM LDC erly along the northerly side of 64th Street, 75 Better Care Closer To You… feet; THENCE northerly parallel with Fifth Avenue and part of the distance through a at 718.789.9366 x6, party wall, 20 feet; THENCE easterly parallel Long Island College Hospital with 64th Street and part of the distance 339 Hicks Street LOCAL www.80arts.org or through a party wall, 75 feet to the westerly side of Fifth Avenue; and THENCE southerly Creating a vibrant, along the westerly side of Fifth Avenue, 20 feet Brooklyn, NY, 11201 240 Ashland Place to the corner, the point or place of BEGIN- mixed-use multicultural arts district NING. Premises known as 6324 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11220. Sold subject to all in Downtown Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 11217 of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $96,941.37 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 37202/01. Donald H. Greener, Esq., REFEREE. BP6-9 March 3, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM PSG 3 St. Michael’s Cemetery Slope Ambulance Corps still rolling Est. 1852 By Beverley Wang Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Park Dougall, PSVAC president and a said Armstrong-Silva, “He’s one for The Brooklyn Papers and Sunset Park since 1993. former full-time firefighter, but of the best.” Operating out of their Bergen “there’s nobody that’s in emer- By PSVAC Chairman Mat- A vegan, a hacker and a 15- Street base, the corps provides gency services that isn’t [also] thew Pintchik’s count, the corps year old actor — what sounds service at neighborhood events, an adrenaline junkie.” answered upwards of 500 calls like the opening line to a crum- on weeknights and around the Of amputations, bleeding, last year, marking a 25 percent my joke is actually a lifeline to clock on weekends. As members hemorrhaging, penetrating and increase in calls from the previ- emergency aid in Park Slope. of the Fire Department’s Mutual blunt traumas, said crew chief ous year. “That makes us a sub- Adam Armstrong-Silva, the Aid Radio System, the corps Armstrong-Silva, the only situa- stantial provider,” said Pintchik. vegan, Shane MacDougall, the were onsite during 9-11, provid- tion he had yet to encounter was “All community-based ambu- The New ST. PETER’S MAUSOLEUM hacker, and Isaac Lief, the ed first response during the recent childbirth. He recalled an under- lance services, including Park young actor, are members of the blizzard and patrolled the neigh- ground search for the severed Slope, are a valuable part of at St. Michael’s Cemetery Park Slope Volunteer Ambu- borhood last week as Brooklyn arm of a transit worker struck by EMS,” said Robert McCracken, Now’s the time to ensure Peace of Mind lance Corps (PSVAC), a grass- firehouses responded to the fuel a subway. chief of the Fire Department’s roots emergency medical service barge explosion on Staten Island. “You kind of put your emo- Emergency Medical Service. for yourself and your family. patrolling and responding to “Everybody [in the corps] tions on a shelf for a minute,” he Volunteer or paid, all dis- calls in Park Slope, Cobble Hill, wants to help,” said Mac- said, offering a sage piece of ad- patchers and emergency medical SAVINGS Interest Free, technicians, or EMTs, in the CERTIFICATE state hold the same training cre- Entitles bearer to Tax-Free dentials. Only 10% Down “You know you’re not going $1,000 to be a millionaire working in Pre-Development Discount on a Companion Call EMS,” said Armstrong-Silva, a Crypt in our newest Mausoleum musician and Brooklyn Chil- ($500 Value when applied to a single crypt) (718) 278-3240 dren’s Museum employee who Park Slope Volunteer Ambulance members (from left) prefers the flexibility of volun- teering. Fire Department EMTs Matthew Pintchik, Adam Armstrong-Silva, Devin Cohen, earn a starting salary of $28,900. St. Michael’s Cemetery Samantha Neverson, Cassius the dog, Sammy Lichtenstein Those interested in helping 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, Queens and Peter Taft. The Brooklyn Papers / Brad Horrigan PSVAC out can join Borough www.stmichaelscemetery.com President Marty Markowitz and Est. 1852 vice for amputations: “Make much fun as it is, like, when I get director Terry Kinney (HBO’s arking sure the limb goes to the same on the radio, I’m not joking “Oz”) at a fundraiser for the place as the patient.” around.” Lief joined the corps in corps on Thursday, Feb. 27, P “It’s a lot of fun with the lights 2001, when he was 14. With his from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at 607 and sirens,” said Lief, one of the braces and dense brown curls, he Second St., between Eighth Av- corps’ radio dispatchers, “but as seems an unlikely dispatcher, but, enue and Prospect Park West. venue $13605 Fire escape peepers th rtSupplies monthly rate By Patrick Gallahue (+ tax) The Brooklyn Papers 78/72 Blotters A pair of incidents featured A 376 noisy men leering into two Supplies7 for women’s windows in Park 7th Ave. claimed to be a police officer avenues. 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Davis was one of six coun- Clarence Norman, but what I Gifford Miller may soon “There’s been a lot of litiga- cil members to vote against showed the NYPD for firing learn what bruised party tion as to what those are.” the tax hike, including the me. I’m ready to go the long ABORTION leaders in Brooklyn have Kresky’s letter adds that three Democrats and the Re- haul … I have no problem DENTISTS discovered in several bat- Miller should “rescind the ac- publican delegation of Dennis with fighting for democracy.” DENTISTS tles with Fort Greene tions taken by you and the Gallagher, of Queens, James “I certainly didn’t advise The Councilman James Davis: council and restore Council- Oddo, of Bensonhurst, and him to take this road with the OB/GYN he may not have the power man Davis and the others to Andrew Lanza, of Staten Is- speaker,” Fidler said. “I enjoy Pavilion to topple you, but he can their respective committee po- land. a good relationship with at the be a major pain in the sitions…” In opposing the increase, James. I counsel him privately Quality Dentistry backside. “We certainly hope he Davis complained that the in ways that I think he can be WE SERVE WITH CARE AND COMPASSION won’t waste taxpayer dollars hike was excessive, that there most effective while maintain- We Accept All Insurance & Medicaid In an apparent act of politi- Gentle care in our ultra-modern office cal payback, Miller ejected with a frivolous lawsuit,” said was not enough public input ing his independence. Some- • NYS Licensed • Immediate Appointment Davis from his membership Chris Policano, a spokesman and that the agreement should times he takes my advice, have sought exemptions for • Joint Commission (including Saturdays) • Cosmetic Dentistry • Cosmetic Laminates on the Cultural Affairs, Li- for Miller. Policano argued sometimes he doesn’t. 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True to • Nitrous Oxide • Fluoride form, Davis responded with said. officials, who has led one-man 313 - 43rd Street and 3rd Avenue (Sweet Air) • Preventative Dentistry the threat of a federal lawsuit. Davis, however, claims his wars with superior powers, Call for an immediate appointment 718-369-1900 “We must preserve the in- colleagues affirmed the reas- and has walked away remark- ably unscathed. WE’RE IN THE VERIZON YELLOW PAGES tegrity of every council mem- signments under fear of retri- ber; the right to vote the will bution. Davis has consistently at- RONALD I. TEICHMAN, DDS of his constituents,” Davis Davis, who chairs the Juve- tacked political rivals, and es- AUDIOLOGY said. “That’s why we are here. nile Justice Subcommittee and pecially Brooklyn Democratic Saturday & Evening Hours If there is retaliation and sits on the Civil Service & La- County Leader Clarence Nor- 357 Seventh Avenue at 10th Street repercussions for voting, then bor, Consumer Affairs and man, in the press. He also do I vote the will of Gifford Public Safety committees, sued the police department af- Virtually 768-1111 Miller or the will of the people downplayed the effect his ab- ter he was fired for mistakenly invisible who put me in office?” sence on the cultural affairs appearing on the ballot as the Liberal Party candidate in Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM hearing On Feb. 12, Davis, whose committee would have on the aids district includes the Brooklyn institutions in his district. 1998 — in a race against Nor- Our store is located in a “The cultural institutions man — which would have vi- Academy of Music, the Landmarked building, Brooklyn Museum of Art, the are going to get money any- olated the department’s policy • Digital and programmable hearing aids at competitive prices Affordable Family Dentistry main branch of the Brooklyn way because a lot of that mon- of being a political candidate so Step Back In Time. • Wide variety of models available ey comes from the Brooklyn while on active duty. 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Day, evening Cheryl Pearlman, CSW assignees, lienors and generally all persons and behavioral problems and (212) 523-8037 ¥ Pediatric Dentistry and weekend hours in pleasant, Park Psychotherapist having or claiming under, by or through said the length of stay varies from JOHN GILBERT by purchase, inheritance, lien ¥ Root Canal Therapy Slope offices. Specializing in eating disorders or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and one to 90 days. Critics com- ¥ Implant Restorations Park Slope Women Psychotherapists of Brooklyn to the premises described in the complaint plain that many stays exceed Overweight? (718) 636-3099 herein, and the respective husbands, wives, ¥ Laminates ¥ Bleaching Medical Bldg. widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose that period. 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(516) 741-2585 . appointments available. 718-707-1588 R12 718 622 4142 R05 BP6-9 5 BWN, DTG, PSG, MID THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM February 24, 2003 Next phase for Brooklyn Bridge Park plan of Main and Plymouth streets Work to begin in DUMBO; firm hired in DUMBO. Other city projects have been stalled since the Office for Environmental Impact Statement of Emergency Management By Patrick Gallahue over a year and planners are the shrubbery would remain (OEM), which had been The Brooklyn Papers hoping to break ground on the low “to maintain visual con- housed in the World Trade larger portions of the park by tact with the water.” Center, temporarily moved Brooklyn Bridge Park spring 2004. A Parks Department spokes- into the Purchase Building last took two steps forward Meanwhile, the city is pro- man said construction is hoped February. The city had allocat- this week with the selec- ceeding on projects that have to begin this summer and ed close to $11 million in Fis- tion of an environmental been in the works for the past should cost about $3.7 million cal Year 2003 for the con- consultant and the an- several years. in city funds. struction of greenspace north nouncement of work com- On Feb. 20, the city Depart- When the project is com- of the Purchase Building and mencing on city-owned ment of Parks and Recreation plete, pedestrians will have ac- the demolition or truncation of portions of the planned announced ongoing plans to de- cess to the waterfront under the building itself. 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having sex.” However, Jaime De Nardo, manager of the LETTERS CONDOMS Comfort Inn on Fourth Avenue at 83rd Street in Bay Ridge said, “I don’t think that I’ve ever Continued from page 1 had someone come to the front desk to ask if a spokesman for Hot Rod Condoms, which we sold condoms, and I’ve been here six uses the marketing slogan, “Drive it Home.” years.” “A lot of people, if they are going to have She added that she had some concerns Ikea responds illicit affairs or take someone home from a about the way customers might view the es- bar at night, they are not always prepared, and tablishment if they sold or provided condoms. end up in hotels,” Kinyon said. “They could “It might give the guests the wrong impres- be in that situation and not be able to go out sion,” she said. to Paper story and get condoms and be engaged in risky be- Through a spokeswoman, Sam Ibrahim, havior.” general manager of the New York Marriott To the editor: several months. We are excited One such person, who found herself in a Brooklyn, on Adams Street in Downtown While your coverage of about bringing more than 500 legally sanctioned dalliance with her husband Brooklyn, echoed De Nardo’s sentiments with Ikea’s efforts to develop its first new, high-quality jobs to at a Doubletree Hotel in Lowell, Mass., is Ce- respect to condoms, and said that while guests New York City store in Brook- Brooklyn, along with a new leste Cleary, formerly of Carroll Gardens, who have not typically requested them the hotel lyn has largely been even-hand- waterfront esplanade that will now lives in upstate New Paltz. would comply and support the measure should ed, your Feb. 17 article — and finally return the Red Hook Cleary and her husband of 10 years went to it pass. particularly your headline (“Slop- waterfront to the community. Lowell last summer to celebrate her birthday. Both Montgomery, who has served in the ers: No to Ikea”) — is both mis- And while we know Ikea They attended a Dolly Parton concert and re- state Senate since 1984, and Andrews, who leading and irresponsible. Red Hook is a big idea, aren’t turned to their room with a romantic twinkle has been in office for a year, have taken a rib- Despite the headline’s inflam- big ideas what Brooklyn has Stamp of approval The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan in their eyes. bing, so to speak, from the media — actually matory suggestion, the fact is always been about? The General Post Office on Cadman Plaza unveiled its renovated interior on Monday. Cutting the ribbon are (from “We forgot to pack condoms and they did- getting lampooned in a late-night talk show that a small group of individu- —Patrick Smith, Real estate left) Postmaster Joseph Lubrano, Rudolph K. Umshield (vice president of Facilities from the Postal Headquarters in n’t have any for sale even though there were monologue — but Montgomery takes the hu- director, Ikea Property Inc. Washington), Borough President Marty Markowitz, David L. Solomon (vice president of Facilities for the New York hundreds of rooms,” she said. “They ended up als in a single civic organiza- Metro Area) and Lily Jung-Burton (Postal district manager-Triboro District). mor in stride. She hopes the attention will gal- tion took a position on this sending us out in the middle of the night, in a vanize enough public support for the bill to project — and by a split vote, Too much traffic city we didn’t know, to find a convenience force the reluctant state Senate Republican store that sells condoms.” no less. To the editor: is being considered. to drive by charging a MINI- The impact from the 60,000 majority to capitulate, similar to their conces- Cleary has since contacted Montgomery to In addition, should your re- Your recent article concern- Pollution will be increased MUM of $99 to deliver any Ikea vehicles will be felt far sion on needle exchange in the late-1990s. porter have asked, he would ing the request by the Park as more than 600 diesel buses item and a $15 surcharge for beyond Red Hook as traffic offer her support of the initiative. She stated “I doubt it,” replied Mark Hansen, a have discovered that Ikea con- Slope Civic Council that an and hundreds of delivery each flight of stairs. Therefore, congestion forces vehicles her willingness to testify before the state Sen- spokesman for state Senate Majority Leader tacted the Park Slope Civic alternative site be found for trucks that operate from Red taking a jitney, a ferry or pub- onto local streets. ate on behalf of the bill. Joe Bruno. “Hotels already put chocolates on Council last month and of- the Ikea now attempting to lo- Hook are delayed by the in- lic transportation is highly un- — John McGettrick, co-chair “It’s such a basic thing,” Cleary said. “If top of the pillows, they shouldn’t be required fered to make a presentation cate on the Red Hook water- creased traffic, and spill more likely given the need to carry Red Hook Civic Association people are staying at hotels they are probably to put condoms under them.” on its comprehensive plans for front did not include several particulate into the air. furniture purchases. addressing the community’s important facts: Dramatically high asthma No other Ikea in the country traffic concerns. However, our This Ikea, with its 60,000 rates will spike. is sited in a similar location. offer was not accepted and the vehicles, would be located on This Ikea would be located The 1,500-car parking lot is civic council chose to make its a very narrow street directly in an economic development larger than Pathmark’s, Home decision based solely on the across from our main park. zone, which will give it multi- Depot’s and Costco’s com- ple tax breaks that will unfair- bined. And each of those GRAND OPENING speculative information pro- Our buses, already slow vided to them by one of the and inadequate, are relied on ly undermine shopping streets stores is adjacent to a wide project’s main opponents. by thousands of people be- for miles around. street and much closer to the We are extremely proud of cause there is no train in Red Ikea encourages customers Gowanus Expressway. CELEBRATION! our thoughtful plans for Ikea Hook. The Ikea traffic would Red Hook and will continue to slow them to a crawl. proactively reach out to neigh- The response time of emer- borhood groups, community gency vehicles will be in- leaders and residents as we creased. This is critical when have been doing for the past the closing of local firehouses SHELTER… Continued from page 1 “There’s no timeline on how Fort Greene and in whose dis- long they can stay.” trict the Tillary Street shelter is Anderson said there would sited, suspended judgement be an opportunity for the com- until there was greater feed- munity to testify on their feel- back from the community. ings about the project. “We don’t want to just rush The shelter had previously out and start attacking the been operated at 488 Saint homeless population,” Davis Marks Place, between Wash- 2 Floors and said. “That’s never been our ington and Classon avenues in intent. We understand the Crown Heights. 20,000 sq.ft. of homeless people have to be According to a CIDR report, housed somewhere. We had a 88 percent of the women at the problem with the notification St. Mark’s Place center were Fantastic Items! problem [in the previous shel- “medically frail,” meaning they 26 Court St, Suite 506, Brooklyn NY 11242 suffer from chronic health (718) 834-9350 ters].” Community Board 2 was problems and require continu- notified of the Tillary Street ous treatment. The report cited Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. that in March 2001, more than shelter plan and CIDR recent- Established 1978. 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According ated in conjunction with Inter- OOD PRESIDENT: Ed Weintrob (ext 105) to the Department of Home- F faith Medical Center since Chinese and American Products EDITOR less Services, CIDR is seeking 1996 and provided housing Neil Sloane (ext 119) a long-term contract at 200 and services to 120 women re- Tillary St. FEATURES EDITOR: Lisa J. Curtis (ext 131) ferred by the Department for The agency did not say Homeless Services and the SENIOR EDITOR & PRODUCTION MANAGER: when the facility would open Human Resources Adminis- Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) but CIDR has publicly stated tration. 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Brennan, of Park Slope; To that argument, Marko- Roger Green, of Fort Greene; witz countered, “You can Peter Abbate, of Bensonhurst; imagine the tens of millions of COMMERCIAL Adele Cohen, of Bay Ridge; dollars they’re going to have APARTMENTS SPACE Joe Lentol, of Williamsburg; to spend just to collect the rev- Annette Robinson, of Bed- enue from people who don’t For Rent / Brooklyn Office Space Available ford-Stuyvesant; as well as pay on time. Just think of the Felder and Councilman David additional bureaucracy we’re Ocean Parkway & Ave. I – Spacious 1 Brooklyn Heights proposing.” and 2 bedroom apts, Spacious Floor Weprin of Queens. Location, Location . . . beautifully “I represent Brighton The toll plan is back in Area: 870 & 1050 sq.ft. Quiet and sunny, in elevator bldg. All new. Refs. $1090 & furnished offices with views in central Beach, Coney Island and Bay Bloomberg’s latest budget Brooklyn Heights. Suitable for psy- proposal, suggesting it could $1300. Underground garage extra (718) Ridge,” Cohen said. “That’s 288-8018 & (718) 236-4282 to 8pm. chotherapists, nutritionist & allied the end of the line. There are raise as much as $200 million Bensonhurst – 1BR apt., 1st Fl. Elevator health professionals. Available F/T or P/T. (718) 488-0748. four subways that end in for the city in the next fiscal bldg. Near all. Refs. $940. (718) 288- R06 Coney Island and one that year. 8018 or (718) 236-4282 to 8pm. ends in Bay Ridge and when Weprin, however, who is R09 Art Studio/Office they don’t run, as they didn’t chairman of the council’s Fi- Windsor Terrace Charming 13’x13’ room w/northern this weekend [during the bliz- nance Committee said, “It will windows on a quiet residential block zard], we are prisoners.” have to work out some sort of 1 bedroom with huge country eat- in prime Cobble Hill. Perfect escape Downtown Councilman fee splitting arrangement simi- in kitchen, dishwasher, washer & for artist, therapist, writer, or to run dryer hook-up. Large deck, gas & a small business (no live-in). Private David Yassky has so far re- lar to what is done with the entry, share bathroom and fridge. electric included. $1700 mo. Call mained undecided on bridge other tolls, the MTA, etc. So Just $450/mo. Call (718) 222-8209. PARENT tolls, stating that the mayor’s it’s really a foolish proposal in (718) 686-9877. 1 block from F W07 train & park. proposal has been too vague. that its not going to change the R10 “I’m not saying, ‘Under no revenues, it’s not going to Studio Space Available circumstances, no how, no solve the problems,” he said. Kensington way,’” he said. “I want to see “We are taking a very close Red Hook Never turn your back look at this issue,” said DOT Large 5 room, first floor. Quiet res- a specific proposal. I want to 3 room studio shop for jew- spokeswoman Lisi de Bour- idential block. 4051 E. 4th St. see some real independent eler, contractor, hobbiest. analysis of the impact on traf- bon. “But it’s too soon to say $1400 per month, negotiable. fic and the impact on air pol- exactly how revenue would be (718) 851-5331 (days), (718) 851- $650 monthly. 18’x32’. Call dispersed or even what shape 2506 (eve). Ask for Luz. (718) 788-2220. lution. And then I’d want to S09 R09 when toddler’s awake understand what the mayor the entity that would collect would propose the money the tolls would take.” Bensonhurst CO-OPS for.” The Assembly members 3 bdrm, 2 bath with a balcony in Q: “My husband thinks said the proposal could not be & CONDOS Neither the city Department a new 3 family house w/new dish- it’s OK to nap while I’m Parent-to-Parent of Transportation (DOT) nor passed by the city alone. “We away and our 1-year-old B B t Fl l & B Mill have to enact enabling legisla- washer, washer & dryer. Near all For Sale / Brooklyn the Bloomberg administration transportation & highway. $1800 wanders around the house. has given any indication how tion in order for the tolls to be monthly, without utilities. (917) How can I convince him the tolls would work, but sup- passed,” said Lentol. 679-8379. Bay Ridge Summer that anything can happen porters have argued for booth- State Senate Majority R12 By the water, 1 bedroom co-op. without proper supervi- and Holiday less transponder tolls that Leader Joe Bruno said recently $149k, negotiable. Close to trans- sion?” — a mother that while he would not support Carroll Gardens Programs could photograph license portation & shopping. A: If your husband has no plates or EZ-Pass identifica- re-instituting a commuter tax, 3.5 rooms, wood floors in For Children common sense, then use this he would support a New York (718) 491-0873 tion, they say, without slowing brownstone building, avail. 3/1. R09 letter from a 90-year-old grand- Entering down traffic. Similar systems City bridge toll plan. Minutes away from train. $1550 Grades K-8 mother to build your case: Park Slope 339 8th St. “My husband was sup- monthly. Call (718) 643-8075 or (718) 875-8615. 2 bedroom coop. Garden front, just below 6th Ave. posed to care for our 2-1/2- R08 sunny. Doorman building. 230 Park year-old daughter while I was Apartments, Sublets Place, Apt. 1L. OPEN HOUSE: at work in our grocery busi- Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, bet. 1-3pm. Friendships That & Roommates ness,” Alice Robards recalls. By Betsy Flagler $285,000. Call Century 21, Laffey. “She came by the bed with BROWSE & LIST FREE! (516) 578-4636. Last A Lifetime ZONING… S08 her little clothes and asked more than 50 years, the moth- All Cities & Areas! him to dress her.” www.Sublet.com • Junior and Middle Camp er says, the “awful hurt” is Continued from page 1 opers the opportunity to build Her husband told the child still with her each day. show reporters an out-of-con- above the zoning if 20 percent Studios;1-2 Bdrms; $800-2000 • Sports Academy to wait until he was out of bed, • Senior Camp “You can turn your back on text, 61-foot-tall building un- of the units went to low- and 1-877-FOR-RENT HOUSES but she was eager to get on R48 • Traveling Camp a child for just a minute, and der construction on a side middle-income renters. with her daily routine. She got • Extra Long Summer something terrible happens,” street beside brownstones, The model is currently used Rooms Wanted / Bklyn For Sale / Brooklyn a bar of soap and climbed into says Robards, a widow who about 100 feet east of Fourth in some parts of Manhattan in • Wide Range of Activities the deep, old-fashioned bathtub was never able to talk about Avenue on President Street, as areas that are zoned R10, the Japanese university Students Open House • Exciting Trips and Special Events and turned on the water. the tragic accident with her a hazard of a possible delay. highest residential zone in the • Transportation “Every time she tried to get looking for spare room in Park Slope husband. “Parents aren’t as “Freezing Fourth Avenue at city. apartment or house, short or • Mature and Caring Staff out, she slipped down into the careful as they should be.” The committee unanimous- 2 family house with basement. 281- eight stories, which is essen- longer stay. Please call Sara A 19th Street bet. 5th & 6th Aves. • Predominantly Out-of-Doors hot water,” Robards says. “By Injuries are the leading tially what this does, would be ly voted against the amend- the time her dad realized she at (718) 284-5904. Email: OPEN HOUSE: Sat. 3/1/03, 10- cause of death of children criminal,” said City Planning ment but included a motion 3pm. No Brokers, No Real Estate. was in trouble and got her out [email protected] R11 REGISTER NOW FOR SUMMER 2003 younger than 4 in the United Director Amanda Burden. “to encourage affordable Serious Inquiries Only. of the hot water, she was in States, according to the Amer- City Planning has argued housing wherever possible, as R09 Take Advantage of Our Early Bird Discounts agony.” ican Academy of Pediatrics. that with an eight-story limit rapidly as possible.” Park Slope Robards rushed home from Childproofing your home there would not be sufficient Although he effectively To place an ad in work to take her only daugh- 2 attached houses for sale by Park Windsor minimizes the risk of serious incentive for developers to recommended limiting Fourth Brooklyn Papers’ Slope 768-4426 Terrace ter to the hospital, where she Avenue to R7A, Markowitz owner. 40x100 lot, perfect for www.ParkSlopeDayCamp.com or fatal injury, but there’s no build to 12 stories if afford- died within an hour. After way to make a house safe able housing were mandated. did, however, allow for a por- Real Estate Section developer. Serious buyers only. enough for parents to sleep “The zoning clearly states tion of Fourth Avenue, be- No Brokers Please. $1.6 million. Call: (718) 834-9161 Chris (718) 439-6338 while their little ones crawl the appropriate height and tween President and Fifth . R11 and walk around. bulk for an area,” said Regina streets, to proceed as pro- The common advice “sleep Myer, the director of the posed. His office wrote that Day when your baby sleeps” is a Brooklyn office for City Plan- three sites in the area are logical, safe alternative. One ning. “Zoning doesn’t clearly ready to be developed as soon School, way to shake off the desire for prescribe what programs are as the rezoning is approved. INSURANCE a nap is to head outside with appropriate for a specific “It is anticipated that these your child. area.” sites are not likely to be in- Inc. But safety isn’t the only Brad Lander, executive di- duced to wait for a possible reason a parent needs to be rector of the Fifth Avenue benefit of more density that A fully licensed and certified preschool awake and responsive to a Committee, countered that the could be achieved through in- child’s needs. In the early project has been tested in oth- clusionary housing bonus,” the er municipalities and that it Markowitz report read. “Re- 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, years, particularly from birth to age 3, attachments and pos- could work. zoning these sites now to R7A afternoons or full days “Cities from Boston to would result in the loss of 150 Licensed teachers itive stimulation make a big difference in a child’s devel- Washington, D.C., to Mont- units. These units are likely opment. gomery County, Md., to only constructed if a certain Optimal educational equipment Spacious Classrooms W26-7 Safety resources and infor- Chicago and San Diego use cluster of blocks along Fourth inclusionary zoning in their Avenue is rezoned to R8A.” Exclusive outdoor facilities Enriched Curriculum mation: •Hot tap water accounts for markets that are much cooler That also angered CB6 and than Park Slope,” Lander said. Armer, who is a borough pres- Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment nearly one-fourth of all scald burns among children. Tap- Most of Park Slope is cur- ident appointee. water burns most often occur rently zoned R6, which allows “The community board sees Call: 230-5255 ¥ 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) in the bathroom and tend to be for three- to 12-story apart- Fourth Avenue as a whole and more severe and cover a larg- ment buildings. Under the the borough president is recom- er portion of the body than proposed zoning almost all of mending Fourth Avenue be other scald burns, according to the area between Union and split up,” Armer said. the Safe Kids Campaign. The 15th streets, from Prospect Markowitz also suggested organization’s web site is Park West to just past Fourth including the west side of www.safekids.org. Avenue, would become R6B, Fourth Avenue in the propos- Nature Oriented Day Camp •To prevent accidents, the with a height limit of 50 feet al, between Sackett and Sixth Window Covering Safety and a required setback at 40 streets, which City Planning Experienced Adult Staff • Flexible Scheduling Available Council offers free window- feet. left out of the initiative to cord safety kits to consumers. An exception to the propos- work around the Gowanus Its toll-free hotline is (800) al is along Fourth Avenue, be- area, which is primarily zoned 506-4636. tween Warren and 15th for manufacturing. Daily Trips: streets, which boasts a much Markowitz has made af- Can you help? wider roadway than the other fordable housing one of his The Palisades, lakes, zoos, the beach, “I have a 10-year-old step- Park Slope corridors. That hallmark causes, allocating $2 NY Aquarium, Sesame Place, pools, son who refuses to pull the strip is suggested for rezoning million from Borough Hall’s toilet seat up when he goes to to R8A, which would allow 2003 budget for a Brooklyn many hikes, amusement parks, urinate. It goes everywhere. for buildings as high as 120 Housing Fund. He also organ- Chinatown, museums, and more! We’ve taken privileges away, feet, or about 12 stories, set- ized a housing summit last we’ve made him clean it up. back at 85 feet. 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( ) Just bead it The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings 718 834-9350 • March 3, 2003 The Brooklyn Museum of Art is hosting a colorful Mardi Gras-Carnival party on March 1, 5-11 pm, as part of its monthly First Saturday series. Don’t be afraid to dress the part; the Carnival costume contest will be judged from 9 pm to 9:45 pm. Among the evening’s highlights are New Orleans jazz performed live by Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Octet, at 6 pm, and a West African dance and drumming show by Sidiki Conde and Toukounou, at 7 pm. At 9 pm, a Brooklyn Historical Society curator will dis- Boogie cuss the history of women in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn In- ternational Film Festival will present a film about the first Afro-Brazilian woman elected to Brazil’s Senate, Benedita da Silva. Free Brazilian dance lessons will be offered at 8 pm, fol- lowed by Ogans (pictured) — regulars at SOB’s and Elbow Room — playing Afro-Brazilian Carnival music from 9 pm to 11 pm. The museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway. Admission nights is free. For more information, call (718) 501-6330 or visit www.brooklynmuseum.org. — Lisa J. Curtis New supper club is the place to shake your groove thang THEATER By Tina Barry for The Brooklyn Papers Family ties emember the 1970s, when women were women and men wore heels? Darkly comic ‘Beauty Queen R Remember doing “The Hustle” and “shakin’ your groove thang?” of Leenane’ reveals a sick If you answered “yes,” then somewhere in your closet is a wide-lapel, polyester mother-daughter relationship getup that you did “The Bump” in. Remove it immediately! By Paulanne Simmons On Saturday night, curl the front and for The Brooklyn Papers

sides of your hair into Farrah Fawcett-like Mango / Greg wings (Men, go for as much height as oan Crawford and Bette Davis came out of semi-retire- possible); spritz Charlie or Aramis over ment in 1962 to star in the classic thriller “What Ever neck and chest; don polyester ensemble JHappened to Baby Jane.” The aging film stars played followed by gold chains; and head for aging film stars in a movie about a sadomasochistic sister-

Willie Bruno’s Rhythm Supper Club on Papers The Brooklyn sister relationship that erupts when the Davis character finds 86th Street in Bensonhurst, where every Disco fever: (Above) Party producer out the Crawford character is planning to put her in a sani- Saturday night disco is “Stayin’Alive.” Tiffany Wright with Rhythm Supper tarium, causing Davis to decide it’s time to make her the-

The first of the club’s disco evenings, Club owner Willie Bruno at his new Cross / Gregory atrical comeback — and settle a few scores. “The Wright Saturday Night Stayin’Alive Bensonhurst club. (At right) Joe Pes- “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” now on stage at the Disco ’70s” took place on Feb. 1. The tana gives Jewel Rizo a spin at the Gallery Players, has much of the suspense and surprise of theme was “A Salute to Bensonhurst.” “Wright Saturday Night Stayin’ Alive “Baby Jane.” But it doesn’t have Crawford and Davis. According to Bruno, his club “offers Disco ’70s Party” on Feb. 22. The play, which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in

something for the over-30 community Papers The Brooklyn March 1998 after a who want to have a great time dancing to successful London disco music.” band Monguito Santamaria, son of Mon- Rococo-style, over-sized glasses watched his effort, Bergdoll was awarded $100. run, is about a sado- The decor at Bruno’s club is aimed to go Santamaria, from the 1960s through the film with rapt attention. A young and Each weekend the club hosts “Salsa Se- masochistic mother- please a sophisticated crowd. the 1980s. beautiful Travolta, playing Tony Manero, lect Fridays” featuring Latin bands. On daughter relationship “I built the bar, did the tile work, the “When I was on tour with my band,” brought sighs from the women in the au- Feb. 28, they’ll spin a mix of “hot Latin that erupts when a painting. I built the arch in the entrance- said Bruno, “we traveled to Puerto Rico. dience the moment he strutted onto the grooves by top Latin DJs.” handsome young man way and laid the floor’s wooden edging The cooking there is spicy with plenty of screen with that cock-of-the-walk swag- According to Tiffany Wright, CEO of enters their lives. piece by piece,” Bruno told GO Brooklyn. fish, sweet potatoes and yucca. That is the ger; and, of course, who can forget that TWW Organizational Consulting Inc., In the fine tradition His attention to de- kind of dishes we iconic white polyester suit? who produces “The Wright Saturday of Anglo-Irish play- tail paid off. The will serve at the “After ‘Saturday Night Fever’ every- Night Stayin’Alive Disco ’70s” evenings wrights, 27-year-old huge room has an DINING club.” one wanted to be Travolta and dress like with Yojayhudson.com, “There’s no end Martin McDonagh upscale feel with The 25th anniver- Tony Manero,” said Bruno. “Three-piece in sight to our disco Saturday nights. wrote a script that un- his 30-foot long, Rhythm Supper Club (2402 86th St. at sary of “Saturday polyester suits with the shirt collar worn They’ve been such a hit.” sparingly portrays the 24th Avenue in Bensonhurst) accepts Visa, wooden bar curv- MasterCard and American Express. The Night Fever,” re- outside the jacket and platform shoes were “There’s a diverse mix to this neighbor- Irish in all their pover- ing along one wall; club is open on Saturday and Sunday from leased in 1977, and the look.” hood,” Bruno said of Bensonhurst. “To ty and pettiness, cre- wooden tables and 7 pm to 4 am. Admission: $10. There is no filmed on the streets Following the film, amateur “bumpers,” please everyone we plan on producing ativity and callousness. drink minimum. Proper attire is required; chairs; cozy, tapes- anyone in jeans and sneakers will be turned of Bensonhurst and and disco mavens with synchronized steps doo-wop evenings, and we’re looking for- With cruel and clear try-covered sofas away. For information, call (718) 372-1880 Bay Ridge, was cel- hustled on the dance floor to “Brick House” ward to offering karaoke nights to our insight, and a generous in front of a fire- or (347) 742-2704. ebrated with a view- and “Kung Fu Fighting.” Asian clientele.” dose of Irish humor, place; and ample ing at the opening Later in the evening a Tony Manero If you remember “getting down” until 2 McDonagh shows room to “get event. The movie look-alike contest was interrupted by Bri- am under the shimmering lights of a disco how romance both Janet Dunson as Maureen down” on the dance floor. brought Bensonhurst national attention an Bergdoll, an entertainer who special- ball; if the aromas of Aqua Net and Kools flourishes and withers Folan and David Keller as In early March, the club’s kitchen will and propelled John Travolta from sitcom izes in impersonating Tony Manero. He make you feel young; if there was a time in this most contradic- Pato Dooley in ‘Beauty Queen open with a menu of Italian and Puerto celebrity (remember “Welcome Back, crashed past crowded tables and jumped when “the city” seemed like an oasis of tory of countries. of Leenane.’ Rican dishes inspired by Bruno’s touring Kotter”?) to movie stardom. At the time, in front of the five Manero finalists. The sophistication and, just for a moment, the In the Gallery Play- days. men sporting three-piece suits and women crowd went wild. Bergdoll’s two-minute Bee Gees were your heroes; then “The ers’ staging, directed Bruno was the singer for the Latin jazz dressed in sequined sweaters and wearing dance routine brought Manero to life. For Wright Saturday Night” is right for you. by Bradley Campbell, Dolores Kenan is the mother, Mag Folan, a manipulative, overbearing woman who has de- prived her daughter of every chance for romance in her largely barren life. Janet Dunson is her daughter, an old maid who has spent her entire life caring for her whining Red wine and mother. Kenan complains, demands and tortures her daughter by throwing the contents of her bedpan down the kitchen sink sympathy (which leads to some too-cute potty humor). Maureen re- taliates by cruelly imagining her mother’s death, forcing These are troubling times, what proud,” but proclaims his cassoulet, or her to eat food she hates (remember the rat in “Baby with a possible war on the horizon meat and bean stew, to be “one of the Jane”?) and subjecting her to physical abuse. and the economy in the pits. But a best in the city.” Then Ray Dooley (Garry Burgoyne) delivers an invita- French man and his wife hope to heal The decor, according to Fraysse, is tion to Maureen for a goodbye party being held in the us — one cassoulet at a time. “very warm with a blue-and-white neighborhood. There she dances with his brother Pato In January, Jean-Francois Fraysse checkered floor, ah, red wood on the (David Keller). After the last dance, Maureen realizes Pato and his wife, Melva Max, who own La walls and many ‘skunks.’” Skunks? may be her last chance at happiness. She invites him home Luncheonette in Manhattan, opened He meant sconces, candlelit sconces to spend the night, and they promptly fall in love. Quercy on Court Street, bringing with that add a romantic glow to the room. Pato leaves to work in London, but he doesn’t forget them a little je ne sais quoi, not to As far as service goes, Fraysse says of Maureen, who goes on living and locking horns with her mention good eating, to Cobble Hill. his waitstaff, “They are very sympa- mother. In the ensuing battle between mother and daughter, Named for Fraysse’s hometown, thetic. We try our best.” Mag uses all her wiles to thwart the relationship, while located “halfway between Toulouse Quercy (242 Court St. at Baltic Maureen fights for her life and her love. and Bordeaux in Southwest France,” Street) accepts cash only. Entrees: Keller, who must have a touch of the Irish in him, plays the restaurant offers a “very nice” $12-$24. The restaurant is open for Pato beautifully and believably. His monologue in which he wine list and true French comfort lunch and dinner Tuesdays through composes a heart-rending and hilarious letter to his love is classics: foie gras, rabbit stew and Sundays and is closed on Mondays. a veritable tour-de-force. And Burgoyne, who serves most- Chef Jean-Francois Fraysse in his new restaurant, Quercy, on Court blanquette de veau (veal stew). For reservations call (718) 243-2151. Fraysse is proud of his cas- ly as a messenger and a catalyst, gives admirable depth to a Street. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango Fraysse does not want to sound “too — Tina Barry soulets. BP / Greg Mango See BEAUTY on page GO 4

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Classic, Elegant Italian Cuisine car Named Desire” — both per- Rather than use a single composer, Still one of the best restaurants in Brooklyn! formed by the North Carolina Dance Diamond’s two-act “Streetcar” is set Theatre. to music by Bernard Herrman, Ben- Diamond’s production, based on ny Golson, William Christopher Cravotta Jeff Tennessee Williams’ play, is set in Handy, Marty Paich, Darius Mil- Stellahhh!!: Stanley and Stella in North Carolina Dance Theatre’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” New Orleans in 1950. It centers on haud, Cole Porter, Franz Waxman, Blanche DuBois, an aging Southern Igor Stravinsky, Frederic Chopin, mond, one composer couldn’t evoke North Carolina Dance Theatre, dances of works by King and other choreog- belle who has lost everything, and Carl Davis, John Williams, Russ all of those feelings or that percus- the role of Stanley. raphers in their repertoire. “It’s good must seek refuge with her sister, Stel- Garcia and David Mills. sion, especially in the poker game “He’s a powerful dancer,” said Bon- to show these other ballets. In ‘Street- la, and Stella’s husband, Stanley “I think Diamond was really in- when you see them doing bravura nefoux. “He is masculine. He just car’ the few leads have lots to do, but Kowalski. The spired in his jumps — very athletic jumps.” stands there and you know he’s an ath- when you see ‘Chants’ you have a well-known story choices of mu- Sybil Huskey, of Dance Magazine, lete. He’s real, and when he starts to better idea of the strength of the that unfolds is DANCE sic,” said Bon- described the 2001 world premiere of dance it’s very expressive and he has whole company and the individual the inevitable, nefoux. “Like “Streetcar” performed by the North an amazing jump.” strengths of the members of the com- Brooklyn Center for the Performing steamy conflict Arts at Brooklyn College presents the Chopin, for ex- Carolina Dance Theatre, as having Of course, the play couldn’t be ex- pany.” between frail, re- North Carolina Dance Theatre’s pro- ample. The ro- “power-packed solos of male bond- actly translated into dance, and Bon- “I think Alonzo King’s one of the fined Blanche duction of “A Streetcar Named mantic music ing and competition.” nefoux said that one of Diamond’s in- best nowadays,” he said. “The work Desire” and Alonzo King’s “Chants” on and the brutish, March 2 at 2 pm at the Walt Whitman comes just for Story ballets such as Diamond’s novations was to represent the people for the women is still en pointe, but vulgar Stanley. Theater, one block from the junction of [Blanche], and “Streetcar” require dancers to take on that Blanche has lost in her life as the way the body moves is very ex- North Carolina Nostrand and Flatbush avenues. Tick- that is such the added challenge of inhabiting a ghosts that visit her. pressive, very contemporary.” ets are $30. For more information, call • Banquet Room Available for Holiday Parties Dance Theatre (718) 951-4500 or visit the Web site at beautiful music character. “Now that world is finished for King is the artistic director of San President and www.brooklyncenter.com. that people can “Blanche is one of the most interest- her, a dress is all that’s left,” said Francisco’s LINES Ballet and has • Enclosed Sidewalk Cafe • Full Mahogany Bar Artistic Director recognize. It’s so ing and complex roles in the theater,” Bonnefoux. “Now she has to live in created ballets for more than 50 com- • Live Piano - Wed, Fri & Sat eves • Fine Wine List Jean-Pierre Bon- evocative. said Bonnefoux. “It’s a tribute to a the house with her sister, but through panies including the Joffrey Ballet, nefoux told GO Brooklyn that some “All the music when she’s dancing dancer to give them such a role.” fantasy she still feels important. Here Dance Theatre of Harlem, Frankfurt aspects of the story are even more af- is very classical, and [Stanley’s] mu- Blanche will be performed at Brooklyn there is a big difference between the Ballet, Washington Ballet and Hong fecting when danced. sic is very jazz, contemporary, very Center by Traci Gilchrest, formerly of two worlds — the one that’s lived Kong Ballet. He has also choreo- Marco Polo “The play of Tennessee Williams real. 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Center are one of the important, ing the very real world of Stanley and yet it accentuates the drama un- Uri Sands, a former principal dancer “That’s really what is very strong must-see events in New York City’s CIGARETTES and the fantasy world of Blanche,” derneath that,” he said. “For Dia- with Alvin Ailey who recently joined with the company,” Bonnefoux said 2002-2003 dance season.

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St. Ann’s and the of Arts Advocacy Project leads Holy Trinity, Montague and Ave. (718) 636-4100. a talk, “Blocked: Self Censor- Queen of Leenane.” $15, chil- play in the Grand Lobby through April 27. For more in- dren and seniors $12. 8 pm. Clinton streets. (917) 576-9983. 1-877-945-0862 TRANSIT WORKSHOP: New York ship and the Limits of the First formation, call (718) 230-2100 or visit the Web site at Transit Museum hosts a walking Amendment.” 6:30 pm. Pete’s 199 14th St. (718) 595-0547. CHILDREN tour “The Coney Island Yard.” Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. JAZZ: The Sean Smith Quartet www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Marlboro At Special Price plays. $15 includes wine. 9 pm SEA STORIES: New York Aquarium $20, $15 members. 6 pm. Call (718) 302-3770. Free. hosts storyteller Lu Ann Adams While Supplies Lasts for meeting location and reser- BAMCINEMATEK: Favorites series: and 11:30 pm. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. (718) 855-1981. for a day of marine-life tales. vations. (718) 694-5139. “Faust” (1926). $10. 7 pm. Live Recommended for children ages BARNES AND NOBLE: Poetry piano accompaniment by FIRST WEEKEND: at Brooklyn Arts 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- 3 to 7. $11, $7 seniors and chil- night hosted by the Brooklyn Donald Sosin. 30 Lafayette Exchange. Space grant artists 638-5000. 2100. Free. dren. 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 pm. Poet Laureate and the Borough Ave. (718) 636-4100. perform. $15 to $8. 8 pm. 421 SELF DEFENSE: Center for Anti- FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn West Eighth Street and Surf President’s office. 6:30 pm. 267 SABBATH SERVICE: Park Slope Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Violence Education invites girls, Museum of Art celebrates Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Jewish Center hosts a family CONCERT READING: American ages 14 to 19, to a self-defense Mardi Gras during its monthly PUPPETWORKS: “The Prince and Free. service. Potluck dinner follows. Opera Projects presents a course. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) event. Evening includes a cos- The Magic Flute.” 12:30 and VIDEO: Community Bookstore Bring a small rhythm instru- reading of excerpts of “The 788-1775. Free. tume contest with prizes, a raf- 2:30 pm. See Sat., March 1. ment and a potluck offering. Bridge of San Luis Rey.” $20, fle, free Brazilian dance lessons, hosts “Brothers and Others,” a PUPPETWORKS: “The Prince and BAMCINEMATEK: Kids Film Festival video about detainees and the 6:30 pm. Eighth Avenue and $15 students and seniors. 8 The Magic Flute.” $6, $7 performances, movies, gallery 14th Street. (718) 768-1453. pm. 138 S. Oxford St. (718) tours and more. Highlights continues. Films throughout the war on terror. 6:45 to 8:45 pm. adults. 12:30 and 2:30 pm. 338 day suitable for various ages; call 398-4024. include music with Jeff Newell’s 143 Seventh Ave. (718) 768- BOXING: Gleason’s Gym white Sixth Ave. (718) 965-3391. for schedule. $10, $6 children 13 7306. Free. collar boxing show. $15. 7:30 COMEDY: Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- New-Trad Octet, a family pro- and under. 30 Lafayette Ave. MEETING: Brooklyn Heights pm. 83 Front St. (718) 797-2872. at East End Ensemble. $5. One UM: Totally Tools explains nuts, gram of Hands-On Art and (718) 636-4100. Association’s annual meeting fea- JAZZ: Pianist Charles Sibirsky drink minimum. 9 pm. 273 bolts and gears. $4 admission, Ogans will play Afro-Brazilian tures keynote speaker, Diana plays to benefit Coalition for Smith St. (718) 624-8878. free for members. 1 to 4 pm. Carnival music. 5 to 11 pm. 200 OUTDOORS AND TOURS Lam, deputy chancellor of the the Homeless. $10. 7:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735- Eastern Parkway. (718) 638- WALKING TOUR: Learn about Department of Education. Her Old First Church, 729 Carroll CHILDREN 4400. 5000. Free. the early inhabitants of Gerritsen topic: “Creating a Better Future St. (718) 965-0960. RIDDIMATHON: Brooklyn RECEPTION: Micro Museum Beach on a Gerritsen Mill Hike. for Public Schools.” Refreshments FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts Academy of Music presents OTHER hosts a reception for its exhibit Dress warm and wear comfort- follow. 7 pm. Grace Church, 254 Exchange. 8 pm. See Sat. March 1. percussionist David Pleasant SALE: at St. Thomas Aquinas “Fertile Ground.” 6 to 9 pm. able shoes. Salt Marsh Nature Hicks St. (718) 858-9193. Free. BAM: “Uncle Vanya.” 7:30 pm. and his trio. Singing, dancing Church. 9 am to 5 pm. 1550 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3115. Center, 3302 Ave. U at East MEETING: Atlantic Avenue See Sat., March 1. and more. $3. 10:30 am. 30 Hendrickson St. (718) 253- Free. 33rd Street. 11 am. (718) 421- Betterment Association to dis- GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 4404. BAMCINEMATEK: Kids Film 2021. Free. cuss development of Atlantic/ Beauty Queen of Leenane.” 8 WATERLOO BRIDGE THEATER: HEALING TOUCH: Learn Festival features films from 14 Smith parking lot and the results pm. See Sat., March 1. presents improvised show “The Ohashiatsu. 2:30 pm. 211 countries. Today: “The Living OTHER of marketing study. Also, will CONCERT READING: Excerpts of Teddybearbaiters.” $2 for kids Smith St. (917) 783-1628. Free. Forest” (2001). 11:40 am. Also, ADULT ED: Union Temple hosts a accept nominations for AABA “The Bridge of San Luis Rey.” 8 and $7 for adults. 11 am. 190 FILM SERIES: Brooklyn Public “Minoes” (2001). Noon. $10, $6 series “One People, Two officers. 7 pm. Belorusian pm. See Sat., March 1. Underhill Ave. (212) 502-0796. Library, Central branch, cele- for children 13 and under. 30 Worlds.” 10 am. 17 Eastern Orthodox Church, 401 Atlantic WORK-IN-PROGRESS: American BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Kids are brates Women’s History Month Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. Ave. (718) 852-7418. Free. Opera Projects presents con- invited to “Arty Facts: A Long with a screening of “The Story SQUARE DANCE: at Plymouth SUNDAYS AT SUNNY’S: Published MEETING: State Sen. Martin Golden cert readings. 8 pm. See Sat., Time Ago.” $6, free for kids 12 of Qiu Ju.” Film in Mandarin Church. Call for information. 75 authors read. $3. 3 pm. 253 and the Chinese American March 1. and under. 11 am and 2 pm. with English subtitles. 2 pm. Hicks St. (718) 624-4743. Conover St. (718) 625-8211. Partnership will host an Asian- SUPPORT: Brooklyn C hapter American Law Enforcement Laryngectomee Group meets. town hall meeting to establish 2 pm. St. Athanasius Convent, better communications Bay Parkway and 60th Street. between the Asian community SmallTownBrooklyn.com (718) 837-3058. and local law enforcement. 7:30 DINNER DANCE: St. Finbar hosts pm. New Utrecht High School, its annual event. 5 pm. El 1601 80th St. (718) 238-6044. Caribe Country Club, 5945 BRIC STUDIO: hosts Short Cuts, a Strickland Ave. Call for ticket tribute to the shortest month information. (718) 236-3312. of the year. Evening features a SUPPORT: New York Methodist series of quick plays, mono- Hospital offers a bereavement logues and performance art, group. Weekly through Sunday, each lasting seven minutes or Over 2,500 people April 13. 7 pm. 506 Sixth St. less. $10, $8 students. 7:30 pm. (718) 788-4991. Free. SENECA SMOKES 647 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. READING SERIES: Barbes Bar BODY TALK: Park Slope Food visited SmallTown Brooklyn hosts an evening of poetry. 6 Co-op hosts a talk on a pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965- Tax Free Discount Cigarettes method to enable the body to 9177. Free. heal from a variety of mental, last month... Cartons start at just $11 emotional and physical imbal- ances. 7:30 pm. 782 Union St. MON, MARCH 3 All major brands plus many value brands. (718) 622-0560. Free. We must be doing BOATING SAFETY: United States BAMCINEMATEK: presents series Full line of chew, cigars, snuff and pipe tobacco. Coast Guard Auxiliary offers a “The Baron of Blood: Mario 10-week course. Learn all something right! Bava.” Today: “Five Dolls For Call Toll Free 1-877-234-2447 aspects of safe boating. 7:30 An August Moon”(1970). $10. pm. Floyd Bennett Field, Ryan 4:30, 6:50 and 9:30 pm. 30 Or visit our website at: Center. Call for fee information. [email protected] Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. (718) 238-9187. (718) 222-8209 FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, www.senecasmokes.com W47 MEETING: Concerned Citizens of Central branch, presents “The Bensonhurst meet. 7:30 pm. St. Price of the Ticket,” about the B’H March 3, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM 3 The Jewish Executive Learning Annex Presents An Audience with John Gray Boot camp Author of ‘Men are from Grappa Cafe offers diners Mars, Women are a taste of a different Italian from Venus’ with opening remarks by Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin region every Tuesday John Gray, Ph.D. is the best- By Lisa J. Curtis selling relationship author of The Brooklyn Papers all time. His phenomenal book f you thought Italian food was has sold more than 15 million spaghetti and meatballs or chicken copies and is a best-seller in Iparmigiana, Grappa Cafe owners 40 different languages Luca and Robert Caravello want to give you a culinary lesson — every throughout the world. week. Chef Luca and his brother Robert have been serving top-notch, innova- How Can Spirituality tive Italian cuisine for two and a half years at their restaurant on Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn, but next week Enhance Relationships? they will put a new spin on their menu. Beginning March 4, the Brothers Wednesday, March 5, 8-10 pm Caravello invite you to sample Italian The tour guide: Grappa chef Luca Caravello (at left) is offering a new, prix- $20 ($15, members) Credit cards accepted. Checks payable to CBA cuisine, one region at a time. Every fixe menu representing a different region in Italy every Tuesday. (Above) Tuesday, Grappa will offer a new prix Luca’s inspired version of the traditional cold antipasto platter, “Napoleone fixe menu featuring the flavors of a dif- di verdura.” The appetizer consists of stacked grilled vegetables, served with Congregation B’nai Avraham ferent Italian region. (Of course, those mixed greens and goat cheese. The tower is surrounded by drizzled basil oil enamored of the current menu can con- 117 Remsen St. bet. Clinton & Henry Sreets tinue to order a la carte on Tuesdays, and dollops of roasted tomato vinaigrette. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango also.) Reservations strongly advised Grappa is not just the name of the nestled at the foot of the Alpine ranges. ply to the Piemonte menu. restaurant. The Italian brandy, distilled “In Lombardia they use a lot of Regardless of which regions they For further information please contact from the pomace of grapes, is also an fontina,” said Luca. “They put it in typify, Grappa’s torta ciocolatta, a (718) 596-4840 Ext. 15 ingredient in a few of the dishes. In everything — they stuff veal with chocolate cake with a warm, choco- Simcha Weinstein fact, there is even grappa in Chef fontina.” So loosen your belts, Brook- late-pudding center served with a Luca’s tiramisu. lyn, because the fontina will be the in- creamy, French vanilla ice cream is in- Luca gave GO Brooklyn an early spired ingredient of an upcoming deed transporting, and his mocha-fla- sampling of his planned Piemonte entree was the best broccoli rabe I have menu, and as the weather warms and vored tiramisu di Grappa was perfect- menu, which will kick off the tour of ever tasted. tomatoes ripen, the chef will explore ly airy and creamy, with a slight hint Upcoming Performances Italy. In fact, I didn’t recognize it when it the dishes of Si- of grappa. Both He plans to open with farfalle di was served. cilia. desserts were gen- Grappa, a half-order of farfalle pasta in Luca laughingly explained that the “We’ll cook DINING erously surround- 2OO2 NYC premiere! a rich, four-cheese sauce. Topped with way to tell if the rabe is prepared cor- with figs in late ed with chocolate SEASON generous shavings of Parmesan and rectly is if its florets are intact. (He pre- summer,” he said, Grappa Cafe Bar & Restaurant is lo- and caramel sauces, North Carolina Dance Theatre sprinkled with cubed tomatoes and serves his by first blanching the veg- admitting that he cated at 112 Court St. at State Street. and both would be 2OO3 A Streetcar Named Desire Grappa accepts American Express, Mas- SUN • MAR 2, 2003 • 2PM parsley, the pretty dish of bow-tie pasta etable and then sauteing it.) In many harvests Grappa’s terCard and Visa. Entree range: $15.50- a fitting finale to a sings with the blend of Gorgonzola, Italian restaurants, the broccoli rabe is figs from his $21 or $35 for three-course, prix-fixe re- meal — on any sponsored by gional menu served every Tuesday provolone, fontina and Parmesan so utterly drowned in oil and garlic that dad’s backyard in beginning March 4. For more informa- day of the week. Tickets: $30 cheeses. the flavor of the vegetable is indis- Dyker Heights. tion, call (718) 237-4024, or visit the Another reason The cheeses are first marinated in a cernible. Not at Grappa. The broccoli “They are huge Web site at www.grappacafe.com. to visit: Grappa’s sweet grappa, said Luca. Just a hint of rabe is a brilliant green tangle of florets, and sweet as can service, overseen Crazy for You the grappa stays in the dish, pleasantly and it is delicious. be. At least there, by Robert and sis- SUN • MAR 9, 2003 • 2PM thinning the heavy, Gorgonzola-domi- Luca was trained at Manhattan’s we know where our figs are coming ter Sarina, the maitre d’, is gracious and sponsored by nated sauce. French Culinary Institute and this train- from. It ensures there are no pesticides unpretentious. Tickets: $40 For an entree, Luca will serve a light, ing means that Grappa’s offerings have or anything like that. As comforting — and sexy — as the buttery codfish, snuggled against vi- all of the wonderfully fresh, clean fla- “I wish he had a bigger backyard Caravellos’ rich, flavorful menu, is the brantly yellow lemon wedges. (Luca vors of Italy aside pools of rich, creamy and we could get all our vegetables candlelit dining room with its exposed Maurice Sendak’s said there might be a second entree French-style sauces that make your toes there!” brick walls, cozy banquettes and terra Little Bear - Live On Stage! from which to choose on the Piemonte curl. All of the desserts are made at Grap- cotta tile floors. The family is as pas- Little Bear and the Enchanted Wood menu.) The chef explained that the codfish pa, because Luca said he wants control sionate about food as they are about SUN • MAR 16, 2003 • 2PM His square of codfish hangs above a sauce is made with a generous amount over everything, including the love Italy, and the heady combination will sponsored by and vast pool of lemony, white wine and of white wine, and that is typical of that’s put into his dishes, but he has not have diners returning every Tuesday to caper emulsion. But the thrill of that Piemonte, a wine-producing region yet decided which happy ending to ap- fall in love over and over again. Ages 4 - 11 • Tickets: $15

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Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- more. Bring your natal chart. “Watercolors From Another AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE 2100. Free. 7:30 pm. 782 Union St. (718) Life.” 5 to 7 pm. 180 Remsen SAT • MAR 22, 2003 • 8PM KABBALAH: Congregation Mount 622-0560. Free. LIST YOUR EVENT… St. (718) 489-5272. Free. sponsored by Sinai hosts a six-week course BARNES AND NOBLE: Cecily Von To list your event in Where to GO, please give us as much notice as TRANCE DANCE: Thrive Week- for beginners. $35, $25 mem- Ziegesar talks about her book end hosts a raw and live food Tickets: $40 bers. 7 to 8:15 pm. 250 Cadman “Gossip Girls: All I Want is Every- possible. Send your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn and Shamanic Trancedance Plaza West. (718) 875-9124. thing.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Papers, 26 Court St., Ste. 506, Brooklyn, NY 11242; or by fax: (718) event. Weekend begins at 6 LECTURE: Congregation B’nai Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We pm and continues through Boris Godounov Avraham hosts a series on GALAPAGOS ART: presents Talea regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Sunday evening. 778 Bergen Teatro Lirico D’Europa Medical Ethics. Topic: “Artificial Quartet. $8. 8 pm. 70 North St. Call. (718) 857-6900. Insemination and In-Vitro Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA: SUN • MAR 30, 2003 • 2PM Fertilization.” 8 pm. 117 Remsen BAM: “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. Chris Rael is host of cabaret famous American women Several local synagogues are sponsored by St. (718) 802-1827. Free. See Sat., March 8. program. Tonight’s performers poets. 6:30 pm. Grand Army joining approximately 750 na- ABOVE THE RIGHT BANK: One include Penny Arcade, Ed Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. tionwide taking part in this Tickets: $30 A.M. Radio and the Friendly Pastorini and Church of Betty MEETING: Park Slope Civic event which invites practicing Bears play music. $5. 8 pm. WEDS, MARCH 5 Duo. No cover. 8 pm. 376 Council. 7 pm. New York and non-practicing Jews to ex- 409 Kent Ave. (718) 388-3929. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Methodist Hospital, room perience a traditional Shabbat BUSINESS TALK: Boricua College LOW BAR: Music with Elgin Duo. 4ABC. Sixth Street and Seventh service and meal. At Union and Brooklyn Economic Develop- 10 pm. No cover. 81 Washing- Avenue. (718) 832-8227. Temple, 17 Eastern Parkway: TUES, MARCH 4 ment discuss “Obtaining ton St. (718) 222-1LOW. $20, $12 kids 5 to 12. 6:15 pm. Call 718.951.4500 Licenses and Permits Required OPENING NIGHT: “Feast,” by J (718) 638-3649. At Park Slope BAM: “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. Mandle Performance, presents MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: Bay to Open or Expand a Business.” See Sat., March 8. Jewish Center, Eighth Avenue Tuesday - Saturday 1-6pm Ridge Dyker Bensonhurst 11 am to 1 pm. 175 Remsen interdisciplinary work involving at 14th Street: $18 adults, $5 Secondary Responders hosts a St. (718) 963-4112. Free. movement, sound and visual children under 13. (718) 768- Group Sales 718.951.4600 x27 design of costume, lighting and 1453. At Shaare Torah Jewish class “Disaster Medical SEMINAR: Congregation Mount THURS, MARCH 6 for complete season • brooklyncenter.com Operations.” 7 pm. Victory Sinai hosts a six-week course architecture. $10. 7 to 10 pm. Center, 500 Church Ave: $15,

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BROOKLYN CENTER 18 Main St. (718) 246-7440. FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Memorial Hospital. Call for on “The Good Life.” Learn how BAMCINEMATEK: presents $7.50 children. 5:30 pm. (718) information. (718) 567-1021. to cope with adversities. 6:30 “Spike Lee’s Brooklyn.” Today: BARNES AND NOBLE: Authors 871-5200. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Men to 8 pm. 250 Cadman Plaza “Jungle Fever” (1996). $10. Heather Dune Macadam and T. MOVIE NIGHT: Plymouth Church With Jobs To Do: Budd West. (718) 875-9124. Free. 4:30, 6:50 and 9:30 pm. 30 Cooper read from their works. dinner and the movie, “Seven.” Boetticher.” Today: “Buchanan RECEPTION: Opening reception Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246- 6:30 pm. 75 Hicks St. Call for Rides Alone”(1958). $10. 4:30, for photojournalist Regina PEACE VIGIL: Informational 4996. Free. information. (718) 624-4743. 6:50 and 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Monfort and her exhibit of leafletting; bring your poster, or BROWNSTONE BOOKS: Nikki RECEPTION: YWCA presents the Ave. (718) 636-4100. black-and-white photographs help hand out other informa- Giovanni talks about her book artists featured in the exhibit DINNER MEETING: Columbian titled “Beyond Grand Street.” tion. Flatbush and Seventh “Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea.” “Lace(d).” 6 to 8 pm. 30 Third Lawyers Association of 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Public avenues. 5:30 to 7 pm. (718) 7:30 pm. 1368 Fulton St. (718) Ave. (718) 875-1190. Brooklyn hosts a meeting and Library Central Branch, Grand 768-3202. 953-7328. Free. POETRY READING: Travis Hite presents topic “Ethics and Army Plaza, Trustees Room. RECEPTION: Micro Museum pres- FOOD CLASS: Park Slope Food reads from his books of poetry. Professional Responsibility: The (718) 230-2100. Free. ents mixed media art work by Co-op hosts a kitchen class. $4 7 pm. Refreshments served. Attorney Disciplinary process BOOK TALK: Union Center for Juliette Pelletier. 6 to 9 pm. 123 materials charge. 7:30 pm. 782 The Montauk Club, 25 Eighth and Common Areas of Concern.” Women hosts a discussion of Smith St. (718) 797-3116. Free. Union St. (718) 622-0560. Ave. (718) 638-0800. Free. 6 pm. Rex Manor, 1100 60th M.A. Harper’s novel, “The Worst SALON SERIES: Brooklyn Young BAM: “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. PERFORMANCE: Regina Pacis St. Call. (718) 875-0158. Day of My Life, So Far.” $15, $8 Filmmakers series “Cultural See Sat., March 8. Church presents “The Passion ASTROLOGY TALK: Park Slope members. 7 to 9 pm. Call for Ignorance, Not Just Black and GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The of Jesus,” an original composi- location. (718) 748-7708. Food Co-op hosts a talk “Fate White.” Today: “That Woman Beauty Queen of Leenane.” 8 tion and live re-enactment. 8 versus Free Will.” Learn about BARBES BAR: Church of Betty’s Thing.” $5. 6 to 8:30 pm. Spike pm. See Sat., March 8. pm. 65th Street and 12th Lee Screening Room, LIU, Flat- Avenue. (212) 354-5392. Free. bush Avenue Extension and SNOOKY’S BAR: In honor of CORRECTION DeKalb Avenue. (718) 852- FRI, MARCH 7 Women’s History Month, The story headlined “Art of War” in the Feb. 17 GO Brooklyn, 9342. Snooky’s hosts an evening of comedy. $18 includes two contained a misspelling of dancer Allison Day’s name. LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Spike Lee’s Brooklyn.” Today: “She’s drinks. 9:30 pm. 140 Seventh In the Feb. 24 Spa Directory, an incorrect telephone number was Library, Central branch, hosts “Women Poets Speak Their Gotta Have It”(1986). $10. 4:30, Ave. (718) 675-1776. listed for the Irene Dinov spa at 78 Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights. Minds” series. Today: Barbara 6:50 and 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette NORTH SIX CAFE: Kadane Brothers The correct number is (718) 522-1222. Elovic, Wendy Bilton and Mary Ave. (718) 636-4100. with Clint Conley and Sterobate. GO Brooklyn regrets the errors. Louise Mooney from works of RECEPTION: St. Francis College $10. Call for time. 66 North Sixth St. (718) 599-5103. GALLERY PLAYERS: “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.” 8 pm. See dine in only Sat., March 8. w/mention of ad 15% OFF EVERY CHECK BAM: “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. Elegantly Casual – Not Stuffy See Sat., March 8. Serving your Family & Friends since 1964. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “I Remember Brooklyn’s TOP RATED Mama.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 8. BARBES BAR: Citigrass performs. Chinese Restaurant No cover. 8 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177.

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