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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HTS–CGARDENS–DTOWN–FT GREENE EDITIONS AWP/16 pages • Vol. 30, No. 49 • Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO, CLINTON HILL, COBBLE HILL, BOERUM HILL Dyker does it NOW HE again TELLS US! By Joe Jordan for The Brooklyn Paper It is perhaps the only time and place in New York City that people don’t On way out, Doctoroff mind sitting in traffic. It’s Christmas in Dyker Heights! The otherwise sleepy neighborhood is once again decking the halls and delight- ing residents and tourists alike with its admits AY process bad

over-the-top, make-Disney-World-jealous / Joe Jordan Christmas displays. By Gersh Kuntzman Although local residents get to enjoy their neighbors’ extravaganzas annually The Brooklyn Paper — “We do this every year,” says Dyker Departing Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff took a parting shot at the Atlantic Yards mega-devel-

resident Guisseppe Bonofrio — for others, Paper The Brooklyn See DYKER on page 13 The Spata home on 84th Street in Dyker Heights is one of the most popular in Brooklyn. opment this week, offering the stunning admission that if the city had to do it all over again, it would have demanded a proper public review of the $4-billion project. In an interview with the New York Observer, Doctoroff suggested that he was wrong to sign off F C MORE INSIDE line gets a -minus Atlantic Yards’ 4th anniversary: P. 6 New Yards security concerns: P. 13 Editorial/Doctoroff’s disaster: P. 14 By Mike McLaughlin Riders perceive it pretty badly. These results, though less than Grading The Brooklyn Paper “I would have given it a D. For the glowing, are typical of the entire sys- on the state’s oversight of Bruce Ratner’s project — Mango P. / Gregory last six months it was horrible,” said tem and are therefore not necessarily It may be called the F line on an agreement that allowed the state to supercede Joyce Hardy Smith, who complained a useful tool for comparing the lines transit maps, but you can call it the city zoning and get approval for the project without on a curve about delays and wait times. against each other. having to undergo the city’s far-more-rigorous Uni- Days after the MTA gave C-minus train from now on. But most riders were a little more Of the 11 subway lines, only the form Land-Use Review Procedure. the F train a C– grade, More than 10,000 subway riders generous than Smith. 42nd Street shuttle got into B territo- “I’m a huge believer in the ULURP process,” he we asked straphangers filled out the Metropolitan Trans- The grades for 21 categories in- ry (B–) and no line failed (the C train told the Observer. “If it happened again, and the Paper file The Brooklyn for their opinion. portation Authority’s “Rider Report clude: got the lowest grade, a D). state were to ask if I would encourage them to take Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff now says he Card” for the beleaguered F train — • Adequate room on board at In general, F riders were harshest See YARDS on page 6 thinks Atlantic Yards deserves more scrutiny. and the results, released on Nov. 29, rush hour: D. about crowding (surprise) and the PA speak for themselves. • Reasonable wait times: C–. announcements. This line needs help. • Minimal delays during trips: C–. In spite of the F’s lowly “D” on But it won’t get any in the short • Sense of security on trains and rush hour crowding, the so-called term, said Transit spokesman Charles stations: C–. Culver local, whose route from Seaton. • Station announcements easy to Coney Island to Jamaica, Queens, “The purpose of the report cards is hear: D. takes it under Prospect Park, along to see what the perception of our • Metrocard machines: B– (high- Ninth Street and then underneath Hammerman now service is [by riders],” he said. est grade). Smith Street, isn’t that bad compared to other lines. Bergen Street According to a report this year from the Straphangers Campaign, 56 Juan Pablo Lombana: percent of passengers can get a seat belongs to the ages “B. It’s pretty good, but on the F during rush hour, compared it gets crowded at rush to 48 percent for the entire system. hour.” The line’s grade might fall off in By Mike McLaughlin the future. In 2009, the MTA will be- The Brooklyn Paper gin years of trackwork along the ele- The New York City Hall of Cream of the crop vated section between Fourth Avenue Fame (yes, there is one) inducted Twelve New York “legends” were inducted into the and Carroll Street, work that will in- its freshman class last weekend — new New York City Hall of Fame last weekend. The list clude shutting down the Smith–Ninth and none other than Craig Ham- of honorees may surprise you: Street station for nine months in merman, the district manager of / Tom Callan / Tom 2010. Community Board 6, made the cut! IN NOT IN But as The Brooklyn Paper report- Hammerman, who has been the ed, that station and Fourth Avenue power behind the CB6 throne for Craig Hammerman George Gershwin will be completely renovated, and the 15 years, earned the recognition. Tito Puente Theodore Roosevelt track work might eventually lead the Not Gehrig, Whitman or one of Carroll Street way to an F-express train. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn several Roosevelts. Hammerman. Olga Bloom Lou Gehrig Essi: “C+. It’s okay on Which raises an obvious ques- The heroes of 9-11 Secretariat weekdays, but the week- tion: How do you get to the New ends are awful. And it’s York City Hall of Fame? Volunteer, Frederic Schwartz Fiorello LaGuardia hot and noisy.” volunteer, volunteer. Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The Hall tapped the CB6 manag- Smith–Ninth Street Fourth Avenue Seventh Avenue er for his long record of donating Joanne Smith Humphrey Bogart Myrian: “During the Sarah Sirato: “It’s Rob Malko: “Overall, his time to such groups as the Park Steve Huston Herman Melville Slope Civic Council, Prospect Park week it’s like a B, but good sometimes, but I’d give it a B. It’s on Dr. Deborah Asnis Barbara Streisand on the weekend it’s a it’s horrible at other time for the most part, Track Club, the PS 372 PTA, the D.” times. It’s a finicky but it’s always crowd- Police Department’s Honor Legion Inge Auerbacher Norman Rockwell train. I’d give it a C+.” ed.” and even the New York State Foun- Martha Benton DeSaussure Jonas Salk dation for Science, Technology and Innovation, where he is giving his Mary DeSaussure Sobers Alexander Hamilton time to foster high-tech commercial Lynne Brooks and Sarah Jessica Parker — Interviews and development. photos by Mike the Big Apple Greeters McLaughlin See FAME on page 14 Smith Street + Fifth Avenue = ‘Smifth’ Identical stores find homes on both strips SMITH ST FIFTH AV By Mike McLaughlin Owners say they’re making life easier do it on Fifth,’” said Samantha Delman walks earlier in the decade. The Brooklyn Paper for shoppers, not trying to erase Brooklyn’s Caserta, the owner of 3Rliving, a Fifth Av- Shop owners say Fifth Avenue didn’t long-standing neighborhood distinctions. enue shop, and head of the Fifth Avenue have a bellwether like Smith. Instead, it Yes, you are seeing double. “We noticed that we had significant Merchants Association. was part of the rising tide that lifted much Smith Street and Fifth Avenue are be- numbers of customers who shop on Smith That’s because the wave of Smith Street of the rest of the borough, starting in 2000. coming mirror images of one another — Street, but live in Park Slope and Prospect restaurant and boutique openings, galva- There’s still an imbalance in terms of

/ Jeff Bachner / Jeff thanks to at least half a dozen entrepreneurs Heights,” said Soula owner Rick Lee. nized by the arrival of the trend-setting real-estate prices. On Smith, the average Callan / Tom opening shops on both streets. In almost all cases, shop owners opened restaurant Patois, took off in the late 1990s, store is 650 square feet, and rents for about Call it “Smifth Avenue.” Lucia, Some- their first outlet on Smith Street before ex- a few years before Fifth Avenue got going. $3,000–$4,000, but restaurants and bars thing Else, Soula and Flirt, plus chains like panding to Fifth Avenue. But restaurants like Patois would never pay more. Fifth Avenues prices are lagging, Brooklyn Industries and Area Kids, have “There was an attitude of ‘If we were have been drawn to Smith were it not for a but only slightly. staked a claim on both streets. able to do it on Smith, now we’re able to major rehabilitation of the street and side- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn See SMIFTH on page 14 Get Your Holiday Cheer at Wine tastings every Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon through December New Years Eve Champagne tasting: Monday, December 31, 2 - 6pm Open Mon.-Sat. 10am-10pm · Sun. Noon-8pm · 211 Fifth Avenue (Near Union St.) (718) 636-WINE 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 December 15, 2007 shoprico.com WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY December 15 December 16 December 17 December 18 December 21 Jingle jam Swiss mister Featuring live perform- Illustrator Bob Eckstein’s ances from local acts like work has appeared in the Brooklyn Community the New Yorker and GQ, Chorus, Spoke the Hub but tonight it will adorn Dance and more, Park the walls of Word book- Slope’s “Jingle Bell store in Greenpoint. Jamboree” is a chance to Hostess-with-the-mostest ‘Yippie’ give yourself the gift of BBQ blues Christine Onorati will be ‘Star’ power Tonight, the Brooklyn holiday spirit, some of We would head over to on hand, serving spiked Tonight, check out the Heights Jewish Film Festi- the best that Brooklyn Bar BQ in Greenwood hot cocoa (GO Brooklyn gospel musical, “Follow val presents “Yippie: A has to offer. Heights just for the grub, loves Word’s adults-only the Star,” at the Kumble parties!) while Eckstein Journey to Jewish Joy.” 5 pm at the Old First Re- but tonight there’s the Theater. The show, which Organizers say reserva- formed Church (729 Carroll added charm of live blues shares art from his new stars “Chicago” alum tions are recommended St. at Seventh Avenue in Park and free bourbon. Yes, free collection, “History of the Carol Woods (pictured) for this screening of film- Slope). $10, $5 kids. For infor- Snowman.” follows a young girl long- mation, call (917) 514-4591. bourbon. Each Monday, maker Paul Mazursky’s Bar BQ offers its bourbon 7:30 pm at Word (126 ing for a holiday visit from (pictured) documentary of the week — this week Franklin St. at Milton Street in her parents, who are sta- about the annual pil- it’s Old Taylor — free of Greenpoint). Free. For infor- tioned in the Middle East. grimage of Hasidic Jews mation, call (718) 383-0096 or Best Of charge. This is as close to visit www.wordbrooklyn.com. 8 pm at the Kumble Theater to the Ukraine. a Christmas miracle as we (on the Downtown Brooklyn 8 pm at Congregation B’nai could hope for. campus of Long Island Sofas 372 & 384 atlantic bklyn 718 797 2077 Avraham (117 Remsen St. at University, Flatbush Avenue Clinton Street in Brooklyn 7 pm-9 pm at Bar BQ (689 Sixth Extension at DeKalb Avenue Heights). $5 and reservations Ave. at 20th Street in Green- in Downtown Brooklyn). $30- are recommended. For infor- wood Heights). Free. For infor- $100. For information, call mation and a complete mation, call (718) 499-4872 or (718) 488-1624 or visit schedule, call (718) 596-4840. visit www.brooklynbarbq.com. www.kumbletheater.org. NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay

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Meet at southeast show their fashions and accessories. 11 am corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, to 5 pm. St. Ann’s Church, 157 Montague lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. St. (718) 763-7654. SPANNING TIME: Learn the history of Brook- INDIE MARKET: Collective of Brooklyn-based lyn’s bridges, paying particular attention to emerging designers show their wares: the spans crossing the Gowanus Canal. 1 fashion, accessories, bath and beauty, pet pm. Fort Greene Visitor Center; enter park gear, home-goods and more. 11 am to 7 at Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park. pm. Smith and Union streets. www.brooklyn (718) 722-3218. Free. indiemarket.com. BIRDWATCHING 101: Prospect Park Audu- HOLIDAY SALE: Hooti Couture hosts a sale of bon Center hosts a tour of the birds of the vintage holiday gifts and ornaments, holi- park. Noon to 1:30 pm. Enter park at Lin- day attire and holiday bling. Treasures from coln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287- the 1940s to ’80s. 11 am to 8 pm. 321 3400. Free. Flatbush Ave. (718) 857-1977. ICE SKATING: at the Wollman Rink in Pros- CRAFTS FAIR: New York Creates and the pect Park. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; 7 Brooklyn Historical Society host a holiday pm to 10 pm. Enter park at Parkside and crafts fair. Noon to 6 pm. Brooklyn Historical great selection of sparkling wines Ocean avenues. (718) 965-8999. Society, 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS: Critical Mass: ARTISANS HOLIDAY FAIR: Local artists, ven- in all sstylestyles and pricesprices Brooklyn hosts a 25-mile bike tour of Dyker dors, ceramics, tees, knits and gift ideas. Heights. See the displays of holiday lights Noon to 8 pm. 757 Fulton St. (917) 292-8042. the neighborhood is known for. 4 pm. Meet at City Hall, lower Manhattan, across OTHER from the bike entrance to the Brooklyn BARK!: FIDO (Fellowship in the Interest of Bridge; or meet at 4:45 pm at Third Street Dogs) hosts a party. Deck your dogs in and Prospect Park West. For info, visit party attire. 8 am to 10 am. Long Meadow Park, Prospect Park. (917) 817-0260. Free. www.times-up.org. Free. Park Alliance Prospect RUN FOR THE MOMS: 3K Fun Run to benefit freefree delideliveryvery in BBrooklynrooklyn PERFORMANCE Brooklyn on ice: Strap on your skates and protective gear, because babies born into poverty. $20 registration CAROLS AND LULLABIES: Union Church Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink is open daily, beginning Dec. 15. See cal- fee. 9 am. Fort Greene Park, corner of ($20 minimumminimum)) 350 Myrtle Avenue, Choir performs Conrad Susa’s “Carols and Washington Park and DeKalb Avenue. (347) Lullabies,” with harp, guitar and marimba. endar for each day’s hours. 204-2670. Brooklyn, NY 11205 11 am. 8101 Ridge Blvd. (718) 745-0438. OPEN HOUSE: Institute of Design and Con- 718 797 3183 Free. struction offers information on its Associate OPERA: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Shore Pops Band. 7:30 pm. 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Sedaris. $18, $14 kids and seniors. 8 Court Martial,” by Herman Wouk. $12, CHAMBER CONCERT: Brooklyn Branden- pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. $10 seniors and students. 8 pm. 26 PANEL DISCUSSION: Brooklyn Public Library’s burgers perform their annual celebratory Central branch presents “Living in a Global WINTER CONCERT: The String Orchestra Willow Pl. Call for reservations. (718) World.” Learn about the impact of global- concert. $10, $5 members of the Old 237-2752. Stone House. 2 pm. JJ Byrne Park, of Brooklyn performs works by Bach, ization on the film industry. 1:30 pm. Grand between Third and Fourth streets. Call for Torelli, Vaughan Williams and Mozart. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program of Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Fttfodf!pg! reservations. (718) 768-3195. ART IN NY: Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn DANCE: Young Dancers in Repertory presents Heights branch presents “From Jackson tubsmjhiu- a holiday performance. 2 pm. IS 220 (Per- Pollack to Andy Warhol.” 2 pm. Participants shing), 49th Street and Ninth Avenue. (347) receive a free pass to visit the Museum of fmjyjs!pg! 702-7155. Free. CIVIC CALENDAR Modern Art. 280 Cadman Plaza West. (718) PARTY: First Evangelical Free Church hosts a 623-7100. Free. party and concert. Musicians from Norway MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 Street in Fort Greene), 7:30 pm. Call FILM AND DISCUSSION: Museum of Con- nppocfbnt perform; smorgasbord of food from around (718) 636-6511. temporary African Diasporan Arts presents Community Board 6 holiday party. “Diggers,” a film which documents history the world. 6 pm. 6501 Sixth Ave. (718) 745- Union Smith Cafe (305 Smith St., at 68th Precinct Community Council. 7775. Free. of how the Panama Canal was created with Union Street in Park Slope), 6 pm, $30. Monthly meeting. 68th Precinct station- the assistance of the Caribbean community. COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES: Brooklyn Call (718) 643-3027 for info. house (333 65th St. between Third and Timbrel by Public Library’s Central branch presents $8 for general public, $4 for students, Community Board 10. Full board meet- Fourth avenues in Bay Ridge), 7:30 pm. members and seniors. 2 pm to 5 pm. Spike Schonbek refines master storyteller Mike Daisey. Learn about ing. Shore Hill Community Room (9000 Call (718) 439-4220. the collision of mania, decadence and cele- Lee Screening Room, Long Island Univer- Shore Road, at 90th Street, in Bay Ridge), bration that marks the end of every year. 7 sity, DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue the crystal 7:15 pm. Call (718) 745-6827 for info. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 Extension. (718) 230-0492. Free. pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Community Board 6 Transportation chandelier to its Free. HOLIDAY SALUTE: The service men and TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 Committee. Cobble Hill Community women of Bay Ridge are honored at a NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy of Music 88th Precinct Community Council. Room (250 Baltic St., at Court Street in elegant essence. presents James Thierree’s physical theatrics party. $10 guests, free for VFM members. 3 Monthly meeting. 170 Adelphi Street Cobble Hill) 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643- pm. Rankin Healy VFW, 9312 Fourth Ave. “Au Revoir Parapluie.” $20 to $60. 7:30 (between Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby 3027 for info. pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 836-1063. MOVIE: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central The globe of rock (718) 636-4100. To list an event in the Civic Calendar, e-mail [email protected] or fax (718) 834-9278. crystal at the fini- CONCERT: Holiday music with the North See 9 DAYS on page 10 al point recalls the full moon on a Published weekly by clear night. 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From the 1950s into the 1990s, dozens of American cities either built 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn new ballparks or lost teams to the cities that did. Open 7 Days A Week Richard Femia Richard The only thing unique about Brooklyn was that, unlike The “Finger Building,” at 144 N. Eighth St., will be allowed to rise to its full 16 stories thanks to a city ruling this week. (718) 243-0844 Boston, Chicago, Atlanta or Los Angeles, it was not an independent city with control over its own purse strings. This meant that, even if the taxpayers of 1950s Brooklyn had been willing to give Walter O’Malley a heavily subsidized or free new ballpark, they could not have done so without the cooperation of New York City’s other four boroughs, none of which felt any ‘Finger’ stretching upwards particular urgency about making the profitable Brooklyn ball- SAVE 15% club more profitable. By Adam F. Hutton hood, came despite a rejection of the vari- Greenpoint. Completing the foundation ex- The upshot is that O’Malley must have known that the ulti- The Brooklyn Paper ance by Community Board 1. empted Brach from the new zoning, which matum he gave the city — help me build a new park or I’ll leave “The community is extremely disappoint- limited the height of new buildings to 50 feet. WITH THIS AD — would be refused. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the A notorious 16-story apartment project ed in the board’s decision,” said Evan Thies, But Brach had to complete the project, whole thing was public- on North Eighth Street that has been hold- a member of the CB1 land-use committee. which is located between Berry Street and relations cover for a ing steady at 10 stories for seven months “If there was ever a clear example of a de- Bedford Avenue, in two years. ON OUR OTHER move to the West Coast was cleared for takeoff this week. veloper that didn’t deserve a second chance That time ran out this May, so construc- that he had already de- The city’s Board of Standards and Ap- on a project, this is it. tion was halted by the city. Brach’s path to cided to make. peals on Monday granted developer Mendel “It’s representative of everything that is Monday’s BSA extension first took him to Trees stoop Could O’Malley have Brach his long-sought extension to finish the wrong with development in North Brook- CB1, which rejected his request this fall. PAGES stayed in Brooklyn? Of Robert Scarano-designed project at 144 N. lyn,” added Thies, who, coincidently, kicked But community board votes are only ad- BAY RIDGE course. In 1957, he was Eighth St. off his run for the City Council in 2009 with visory. Wreaths Subway lap dances? in the same predicament The vote on the so-called “finger build- a party on Tuesday night. Activists vowed that the fight is “not PARK SLOPE as the Boston Red Sox ing,” which earned its nickname because The long saga of the “finger building” be- over,” said Phil DePaolo, a “finger building” Garland This tree’s on fire! and Chicago Cubs — some residents think the finished building gan in 2005, when Brach successfully com- opponent. stuck with small, obso- will be so tall that it will resemble an up- pleted the foundation of the building before He and others claim that Brach illegally BKLYN HGTS lete pre-World War I raised middle finger waving at the neighbor- the city rezoned much of Williamsburg and acquired air rights to build up to 16 stories. Lawn Ornaments Witness hotel sold ballparks in cities that GOWANUS refused to replace them A fishy canal? with new facilities. Nei- Window Decorations ther team moved, and online at BrooklynPaper.com today, of course, they are two of the most-prof- LED Lights & Light Sets itable franchises in baseball, despite their tiny ballparks. Council sweet on landmarking So how should we Brooklynites feel about O’Malley’s induction into baseball Valhalla? Personally, I take it as an insult — By Adam F. Hutton servation Corporation, support- one in a long train of abuses that we have suffered at the hands The Brooklyn Paper ed the landmark designation — of Organized Baseball. We deserve more respect. After all, despite the costs it would add Brooklyn is where the modern sport of baseball was born, the The developer planning to transform the long-shuttered to its $1.5-billion project to site of the first enclosed ballpark, the place where the first fans transform the shuttered sugar SID'S HARDWARE Domino Sugar refinery into a rooted for their boys to beat New York, the place where the first plant into a modern, Rafael Vi- 345 Jay Street curveball was thrown. vibrant residential community Gilbert / Tom noly-designed project featuring (Between Tillary & Willoughby Streets) rooklyn fans bled royal blue from the team’s inception in will face increased costs now 2,200 units of housing in sever- Downtown Brooklyn 1884 to its last home game in 1957. Baseball’s color line that the City Council has al skyscrapers centered around Bwas broken here, setting a peaceful example for integration landmarked three historic a historic core. (718) 875-2259 buildings on the site — but elsewhere. 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pier. Paper file The Brooklyn fourth-largest city for the past half-century. our development,” CPC Vice WWW.SIDSHARDWARE.COM For a few days after it happened, I was puzzled that so many After all, Community Pre- The City Council has landmarked the Domino Sugar refinery. President Susan Pollock told Brooklynites were calm and philosophical about O’Malley’s the City Council on Monday, a election to the Hall. One friend told me, “O’Malley was no hero, day before the legislature offi- but he was smart. You couldn’t blame him for leaving a good cially landmarked three historic baseball situation for a better one; after all, isn’t baseball a busi- buildings on the 19th-century ness?” waterfront site just north of the ‘Tis the season to save That is when it hit me why there was so little anger in Brook- Williamsburg Bridge. lyn last week. In the 1950s, people were starting to give up on “We recognize the signifi- Brooklyn and on New York in general. Property values were cance of the refinery as a link dropping; middle class flight to the suburbs was creating social to an important part of upheaval; and corporations were leaving the city in droves. Los- Williamsburg’s past,” added ing the Dodgers rubbed salt in these wounds. Pollock. “Reuse of the build- % Today, Brooklyn is booming, fashionable and fast recovering ings requires a delicate and its place as the core of New York. In the 1950s, the smart mon- costly dismantling of the interi- 20 ey — including Walter O’Malley — was exiting Brooklyn. Now ors and rebuilding a new struc- Save 20% on any item throughout the store that the smart money is once again pouring into the borough ture within the preserved walls when you present this coupon*. from all over the world, our 50-year old betrayal by baseball and Last year we [but] we are delighted” to pre- the Dodgers has lost its sting. Recycling serve the “central structure.” Calling all Santas and Santettes, what Tom Gilbert is a writer and historian who lives in Greenpoint. The Council vote secured could be jollier than saving on some of the landmark status to three circa- THE KITCHEN SINK fourrecycled feet enough 1884 buildings on the 11-acre season’s coolest gifts, like charm The historic Domino Sugar factory received its official development site — relics of landmark status from the City Council on Tuesday — but the Williamsburg’s boom sugar in- jewelry from Heather Moore, decoupage landmark protection won’t shield the Adant House, which is ac- dustry. from John Derian, accessories and tually the oldest building on the site, from demolition. … Some- ofpaper paper to save Diane Jackier of the Land- thing to scream about: According to the Daily News, Williams- marks Preservation Commis- furniture from Mitchell Gold+Bob burg came in a very close second to Flatbush for the title of the sion called the buildings “the Williams, plus lots of Hannukah goodies city’s noisiest neighborhood, as measured by complaints to saves one tree. largest and most significant” of 311. 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The Brooklyn Paper ing is crucial to Williamsburg, housing in the neighborhood because you told us so,” the cannot be overstated.” By the numbers CPC has also emphasized The developer who wants company says in its ads. “The affordable housing pro- that its “affordable” housing is to build 2,200 units of luxury The pollsters who conducted a survey of Williamsburg more affordable than other de- Reader Advisory: National Trade Associations to which we belong Indeed, three out of five posed will focus on the needs have purchased the following classifieds. We urge readers to inde- housing on the Domino Sugar Billyburgers and Greenpointers of those in the immediate residents regarding the proposed conversion of the velopers’. pendently verify the value of any service or product that is adver- refinery site just north of the told the pollster hired by CPC neighborhood, many of whom Domino Sugar plant into 2,200 units of market-rate and Of the 660 below-market tised below. Note that some advertisers do not offer “employ- Williamsburg Bridge is using that a “lack of affordable hous- are the friends and families of below-market-rate housing recently gave us the results units, 100 would be reserved ment” but rather supply manuals, directories and other materials its “affordable housing” com- for families of four earning up designed to help establish mail order selling and other businesses ing” was the most-important is- those who worked at Domino of the study. — Adam F. Hutton at home. Under NO circumstance should you send any money in ponent — about 660 new sue facing their neighborhoods. and elsewhere along Williams- to $21,000 a year, 330 for fami- advance or give the advertiser your checking, license ID, or credit units — to promote the proj- The 10-question phone survey burg’s industrial waterfront,” People surveyed: 500 lies earning up to $42,000, and card numbers over the phone. Note that if a credit repair company ect in the community. included input from 500 resi- she added. another 100 rentals for low-in- Percent that knew nothing about the project: 57 does business only over the phone it’s illegal to request any money The Community Preserva- dents and was conducted for Still, almost one out of four come seniors. The remaining before delivering its service. tion Corporation is touting the CPC by Global Strategy Group people surveyed said they op- Percent that support the plan: 54 130 units would be available to families earning up to $90,000. results of a survey it took this in June. The survey had a mar- posed CPC’s plans to build nine Percent that oppose it: 24 summer to gauge support for its gin of error of 4.38 percent (key high-rise towers on the site. “That level of affordability $1.5-billion project in a series findings, see chart). That’s about the same percent- Percent that said “lack of affordable housing” exceeds what is required and is of print advertisements that One main conclusion stood age of people who said they was the area’s top issue: 60 intended to reach lower income started running in local publica- out, said the company’s Senior prefer smaller buildings without Percent that has lived in the neighborhood for 10+ years: 74 segments of the community,” CADNET ADS tions last month. Vice President Susan Pollock: affordable housing to larger Pollock said.

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The mansions can be saved. sit on six acres of federally owned Paper The Brooklyn “Let’s build the supermar- land within the otherwise city- ket!” Councilwoman Letitia controlled Navy Yard. cal law, must give the city first Politicians rallied on Tues- Store Hours: M-F 10 am to 6:30 pm, James (D–Fort Greene) told a The National Guard wants to dibs. But because of the houses’ day in support of the Brook- Saturday 11am to 5pm crowd of about 75 Brooklynites sell the land, and according to lo- historic significance, the Guard lyn Navy Yard's plan to tear must also go through an arduous down a row of historic hous- *** Open Sundays from 12 to 5pm*** public comment and historic re- es to build a supermarket view process. 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Comfortably fits parties Reclaimed factory loft tunity to rebuild the Admirals agreed. Edward Carter, a veter- up to 300 (multiple rooms) with terra cotta hundreds of jobs on the site, and Row houses,” said Brent Porter, an of the Korean and Vietnam barrel-vaulted ceilings it won’t happen, because it is not a professor of architecture at wars and a half-century resident 3 minutes from Manhattan (12 1/2 feet high), viable,” said Kimball. Pratt Institute, who proposed the Walt Whitman Houses, said, • Eye Exams (first stop in Brooklyn) stately columns, The draft copy of the Nation- that Pratt host a design compe- “Admirals Row should be detailed iron and steel al Guard’s Assessment of Ad- tition for the houses. made into a veterans center.” • Designer Frames Special Packages & gates, unmilled mirals Row said that the hous- Shahn Andersen, the devel- Some neighbors were open Prime dates still available hardwood bar and es, which retain “an extremely oper who has worked with to compromise. 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Gowanus Canal–area resi- enter from 19th St. just south of 7th Ave. ON OUR OTHER At that point the Fire dents say government agen- 718-768-WASH (9274) Department showed up cies are selling them down the and Captain James Walsh river by not pushing for a stoop of Engine Company 269 cleanup that will make the PAGES put the ladder flat against fetid waterway safe for swim- W’MSBURG the wall, climbed up it ming someday. ‘Finger’ going up and instructed the gov- Community groups have BKLYN HGTS erness to lower herself long dreamed of a canal lined Witness hotel sold from the window. As she by parks, cafes and, perhaps, SALON slid past him, he grabbed even a swimming hole — but BAY RIDGE her ankles with all his Subway lap dances at a meeting last Thursday at strength and held her the Belarusian Church on At- DYKER HGTS dangling upside down lantic Avenue, federal officials Free golf from the top of the lad- made it clear that they were not der. Undignified, to say Visit online at BrooklynPaper.com ready to plunge in towards the the least, but at least she / Julie Rosenberg same vision. made it. “The immediate goal is to Our New Fortunately they all made it, even Mary Hammond, albeit meet the current classification,” Location! burned and with broken bones. said Suzanne Mattei, regional Today, Park Slope has very few Christmas tree accidents, ac- director for the state Depart- cording to the firefighters at Ladder 122 on 11th Street. But they ment of Environmental Con- do happen — and they are life-changing. 11th Year in servation. Paper file The Brooklyn “You go to one Christmas tree fire and you’ll be using artifi- Park Slope “Meaning we want fish to cial trees for the rest of your life,” one of the firefighters told me. Federal officials dropped a bombshell on Gowanus Canal–area residents last week, announc- propagate in it and have sec- Another firefighter from Squad 1 told me that if a tree catches ing that the cleanup of the waterway will only make it safe for fish, not humans. 463 4th Street ondary recreational contact fire, the whole apartment is gone, too. Between 7th & 8th Aves. with it,” like kayaking, she The Fire Department says you should look for a tree that has added. 718.788.1700 soft, pliable needles. Never use lights that are damaged, and to become its 21st-century play- standards is the city sewer sys- quality improvement,” he said. keep space heaters far away from the tree. 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A man was sitting in his car The “No good deed goes un- cops that he was between punished” category has a new The victim told police that The handbag itself was worth Fourth and Fifth avenues at when a man came over, punched $150, she told police. him through the window and entry this week: a pre-school she was between Fifth and around 3 pm when the three- teacher had her bag stolen while Sixth avenues at around 6:15 Good ‘s—t’ some approached. took his wallet right out of his pocket on Dec. 9, cops said. she taught a class on Dec. 5. pm when the two muggers — Three muggers — possibly One member of the group The 22-year-old woman told 1BNQFSZPVSMPWFEPOFUIJT one age 12, the other age 11 — with a gun — robbed a man of said he had a gun and added, The stunned victim told police that he was at a traffic light cops that she placed her bag on bumped into her. cash and electronics as he head- “Give me your s—t,” prompt- a bench before beginning her IPMJEBZTFBTPOXJUIBHJGU Seconds later, the senior citi- on Eighth and Flatbush avenues at around 4 pm when the 5- class at the Sixth Avenue pre- PGQVSFJOEVMHFODFGSPN zen realized that her wallet, school at around 2 pm. which contained her cellphone, foot-8, 175-pound man punch- EµNBJVSCBOTQB ed him and grabbed the wallet, When she returned to her $80 and a monthly Metrocard, bag a few hours later, she no- (JGU$FSUJGJDBUFTBSFUIFQFSGFDU had been taken. Slope crime spike which, fortunately, did not contain any cash. ticed that her fancy purse, $60, Gem job a cellphone, a pair of leather XBZUPTIPXZPVDBSF It was a pretty ugly week for crime in Park Slope, what Library card A thief broke into an Eighth with a spike in robberies and car thefts. Overall crime gloves, a monthly Metrocard Avenue apartment and stole Someone stole close to and her iPod were gone. is still down almost 11 percent from last year, but here’s more than $7,500 in jewelry, $2,500 from a cash register in The pre-school is at Eighth cops said. how last week compared to the same seven-day peri- the third-floor cafeteria of the Street. The victim told police that od in 2006. All stats are Dec. 3–9. Source: NYPD Brooklyn Public Library’s Cen- Wheely bad the crime must have occurred tral branch on Grand Army At least five cars were report- between 6 am on Nov. 29 and CATEGORY 2007 2006 % chg Plaza on Nov. 21. ed stolen off Park Slope streets 10 pm on Dec. 3, when she re- The crime was not reported last week, a huge jump over the turned to the apartment, which MURDER 0 0 N/A to police until Dec. 7, when of- previous weeks. Here’s the grue- is at Fourth Street, to find the ficials figured out that the mon- some roundup: kitchen window ajar and the RAPE 0 0 N/A ey was missing. • A woman who had parked jewelry missing. Cops will have a tough time her 1996 Toyota on St. Johns A neighbor told cops that he ROBBERY 4 1 +300 cracking this case: There is no Place between Sixth and Seventh heard someone on the roof on surveillance camera trained on avenues on Nov. 30 returned both Nov. 29 and Nov. 30. ASSAULT 0 2 –100 that register. three days later to find it gone. 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She had been the victim of the same crime just one year ago, she told cops. • A Queens man who parked his 1995 Nissan on Seventh Street between Eighth Avenue The poet laureate and Prospect Park West on at of Park Slope, who is around 8 am Dec. 8 returned 11 of a certain age, hours later to find it missing. weighs in with this po- • A Third Avenue man who etic offering. left the keys in the ignition of his 1995 Corolla at around 7:40 pm “The Middle” on Dec. 9 returned just five minutes later to find the car gone. It had been parked between Eighth The fabled golden years and Ninth streets. Exist in legend solely. • A 23-year-old man’s car was vÊÞÊÊ And even then, be stowed stolen back in September, but he Only on the holy. only reported it stolen last week because the Department of Motor Despite the rabid rants Vehicles was threatening to sus- That come from youthful pend his drivers license because runts, he did not have insurance. 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ntil last Monday, baseball lyn was not an independent city The only thing unique about move to the West Coast that he site of the first enclosed ball- That is when it hit me why had been admirably reluc- GUEST and had no control over its own Brooklyn was that, unlike had already decided to make. park, the place where the first there was so little anger in Utant to admit former COLUMNIST purse strings, it could not be Boston, Chicago, Atlanta or Could O’Malley have stayed fans rooted for their boys to Brooklyn about it. In the 1950s, Dodgers owner Walter O’Mal- blackmailed into building, or Los Angeles, it was not an inde- in Brooklyn? Of course. beat New York, the place where people were starting to give up ley — the man who amputated subsidizing the land for, a new pendent city with control over In 1957, he was in the same the first curveball was thrown. on Brooklyn and on New York part of Brooklyn’s soul by tak- ballpark for the Dodgers. As its own purse strings. This predicament as the Boston Red Baseball’s color line was bro- in general. ing Dem Bums to Los Angeles much as the people of Brooklyn meant that, even if the taxpay- Sox and Chicago Cubs — stuck ken here, setting a peaceful ex- Property values were drop- in 1957 — into its Hall of Fame. might have wanted their tax dol- ers of 1950s Brooklyn had been with small, obsolete pre-World ample for integration elsewhere. ping; middle class flight to the O’Malley, of course, was lars to go for such a purpose, the willing to give Walter O’Malley War I ballparks in cities that re- It is absurd that the baseball suburbs was creating social up- once an immensely hated figure city’s all-powerful Board of Esti- a heavily subsidized or free fused to replace them with new monopoly has arbitrarily kept heaval; and corporations were in these parts. According to the mate felt no particular pressure to new ballpark, they could not facilities. Neither team moved, major league baseball out of leaving the city in droves. Los- well-known anecdote, during help pay for a facility that would have done so without the coop- and today, of course, they are what would be America’s ing the Dodgers rubbed salt in the 1960s New York journalists be used almost exclusively by eration of New York City’s oth- two of the most-profitable fran- fourth-largest city for the past these wounds. Pete Hamill and Jack Newfield one of the five boroughs. er four boroughs, none of chises. half-century. Today, Brooklyn is booming, decided to make separate lists he truth is that any idiot in which felt any particular ur- So how should we Brook- For a few days after it hap- fashionable and fast recovering of the 10 worst human beings the 1950s knew that base- gency about helping the prof- lynites feel about O’Malley’s pened, I was puzzled that so its place as the core of New in history. When the lists were Tball could and would make itable Brooklyn ballclub. induction into baseball Valhal- many Brooklynites were calm York. compared, the top three were money in California. Instead of The upshot is that O’Malley la? Personally, and philosophical about O’Mal- Now that the smart money is the same: Hitler, Stalin and planning an orderly expansion, must have known that the ulti- I take it as an insult — one in ley’s election to the Hall. One once again pouring into the bor- Walter O’Malley. however, the lords of baseball matum he gave the city — help a long train of abuses that we friend told me, “O’Malley was ough from all over the world, Today, some of the hard feel- Tom GIlbert played the “build me a new ball- me build a new park or I’ll have suffered at the hands of no hero, but he was smart. You our 50-year old betrayal by ings have softened. Some of us park” game. From the 1950s into leave — would be refused. Organized Baseball. We de- couldn’t blame him for leaving baseball and the Dodgers has even entertain revisionist theo- for any company with a popular the 1990s, many American cities It is hard to avoid the conclu- serve more respect. After all, a good baseball situation for a lost its sting.

ries that assign responsibility Associated Press product that faced virtually no either built new ballparks or lost sion that the whole thing was Brooklyn is where the modern better one; after all, isn’t base- Tom Gilbert is a writer and his- for the Dodgers’ loss to Mayor competition. teams to the cities that did. public-relations cover for a sport of baseball was born, the Evil Walter O’Malley ball a business?” torian who lives in Greenpoint Wagner or Robert Moses. Dipping into their own deep Before we decide if having pockets, an earlier generation of to look at a bronze version of baseball magnates had built O’Malley’s jowly face every most of the existing major time we drive the kids up to league baseball parks, including Cooperstown is an unforgivable Tiger Stadium, Forbes Field, insult to Brooklyn or no big Fenway Park and Ebbets Field. deal, let’s look at the case made From the 1950s through the by his supporters: Quality, Reliable Healthcare For The Entire Family 1970s, these parks became too • O’Malley is the owner who small, run-down, obsolete. brought the major leagues to At the same time, America’s the West Coast and made Am- Preferred Health Partners population center was moving erica’s pastime truly national. toward the south and west, offers quality healthcare at • He had something to do away from the northeastern with the Dodgers’ integrating quadrant, where all of base- 10 convenient center locations baseball by signing Jackie ball’s major league teams were Robinson. located. The wily owners hit throughout Brooklyn with one in • He made a lot of money in upon the idea of extorting local Los Angeles and the Dodgers governments to build them your neighborhood. Most major won a lot of pennants there. brand-new ballparks by threat- • He did not want to move ening to relocate to a neglected insurances accepted. the Dodgers out of Brooklyn. market such as L.A., Atlanta, or He had to, because rascally San Francisco. politicians would not help him •Bay Ridge Center-740 64th Street Some, like the Braves, did in build a new park to replace fact move, and there were •Bedford Center-233 Nostrand Avenue Ebbets Field. enough cities left, including all •Coney Island Center-1230 Neptune Avenue And now, the facts: those sunny, tantalizing Pacific The second point is easily •Downtown Center-345 Schermerhorn Street Coast League towns, that lots of dismissed. O’Malley was a pow- •Empire Center-546 Eastern Parkway other owners could get into the erless minority owner when act. •Flatbush Center- 1000 Church Avenue Dodgers president Branch Rickey The result was that local tax- — his archenemy — signed •Kings Highway Center-3245 Nostrand Avenue payers handed rich baseball Robinson in 1947 and broke the •Lindenwood Center-2832 Linden Boulevard owners free new ballparks in National League’s color line. Baltimore, Milwaukee, New •Brooklyn Heights Center- 200 Montague Street Ditto the third point; the York, Kansas City, Philadelphia •Brooklyn Heights Center Annex-195 Montague Street Brooks were also a very good and almost everywhere else. team that won a lot of pennants The “give me a free park or I’ll and made a lot of money before move” game was played until a O’Malley took them to La La decade or so ago, when base- is now land. ball finally used up its supply of s to the first and last points, unexploited markets. The re- Preferred Health Partners you must remember that in sult? Presto, change-o, major A HEALTH ALLIANCE YOU CAN TRUST... Athe 1950s the owners, as league clubs from the Brewers they do now, enjoyed a legal to the Mets to the Yankees are monopoly that allowed them to once again building ballparks www. brooklyndocs.com•1-888-761-9088 divvy up the nation’s baseball with their own money. markets amongst themselves. The reason O’Malley lost the Obstetrics/Gynecology•Ophthalmology•Orthopedics•Otolaryngology/ENT•Pediatrics•Physical Therapy•Podiatry•Radiology This has almost guaranteed game and moved to California their profitability, as it would • was simply this: because Brook- Allergy•Cardiology•Dermatology•Family Practice•Gastroenterology•General Surgery•Oncology•Internal Medicine Urology

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The footage on the Web site (also available on YouTube) City Parks Foundation shows four scantily women, straddling various subway poles The junior golf course (with no greens fees!) is almost completed in Dyker Beach Park and grinding up against several guys who look like they are enjoying the ride (the subway ride — get your mind out of the gut- By Noah Zuss Monday night. “We think the contractor did trance of the facility — the already danger- ter!). for The Brooklyn Paper a very good job, and we are very happy with ous intersection of 14th Avenue, Poly Place Mouths drop to the ground as the girls show off their moves the progress.” and Cropsey Avenue. before a packed car of stunned commuters — including small A long-awaited junior golf course on Even better news: golf will be free for kids “I am glad we have a place for the kids, Harbor Motor Inn children. At one point in the video, NYU theater student Maris- unused land at Dyker Beach Park is on 5–17 who are accompanied by a parent or but I pray everyday that no one gets hurt sa Lupp, 20, even performs a lap dance that would make the schedule for completion and will be ready guardian and have registered to use the facility. crossing that street because it is a dangerous strippers at Scores blush. for play by next June. To achieve that goal, the Parks Founda- place to cross for the kids,” said one resident. The ladies — who call themselves the “Pole-ite Girls” — say The $3-million construction project, tion is trying to raise an additional $4 mil- Rivel said the Parks Foundation had al- they got their warmest reaction right under the streets of conser- which will result in a six-hole course and a lion for an endowment, but is still short, ready implimented safety recommendations vative Bay Ridge. nine-bay driving range, is already finished Rivel said. adopted by the community last year, includ- “The R-train got held up in Brooklyn so we were on it a long except for some fencing and completion of Construction of the center was underwrit- ing the elimination of a sharp, blind turn. time and we were surprised that the passengers were so friendly the clubhouse, said David Rivel, executive ten with $1.5 million from the city and Rivel said the Department of Transporta- and kind,” said Lupp, 20, who along with Isis, Jessica Wu, and director of the City Parks Foundation. $500,000 from the state legislature. tion will reassess the situation once the cen- Laura Lee Anderson “We are very happy about how the work Despite all the good news, there was ter is open and may explore changing traffic hatched the scheme for came out,” he told Community Board 10 on some concern about the location of the en- patterns further. 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By Joe Jordan Christmas time,” said June Deteskey, a strands of red lights — each holding 110 is rewired every three years to make sure tree, and we take it down when their tree for The Brooklyn Paper secretary at Fontbonne Hall Academy, large light bulbs, topped off with a star it’s safe. comes down,” said Aalube. These Christmas decorations may who remembers the lights from her own comprising 35 white lights. It takes two The VA takes its cue from the tree at The lights, which can be seen on the childhood in Dyker Heights. days to set up the display of 15-watt in- Rockefeller Center. north side of the VAbuilding, are lit from not rival other fanciful displays The display consists of six simple candescent lights, and the entire display “We light up the same day as their dusk to dawn every day. throughout the neighborhood (see page 1), but that’s just how the VA hospital wants it. The Veterans Administration Medical Center — on Poly Place in Dyker Heights — has been hanging this trian- gular stream of red Christmas lights for, well, almost as long as anyone can remember! Battle lines are drawn over “They’ve been putting them up at least for 22 years,” said Ray Aalbue, a spokesman for the hospital. “The display / Joe Jordan has become a tradition for the electrical shop, which puts them up.” future of Navy Yard’s ‘Row’ And indeed it has become a tradition for residents in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bath Beach, who eagerly By Dana Rubinstein for a supermarket and a new employ- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn await the lighting of the hospital each The Brooklyn Paper ment center that would place 500 area These six strings of lights have become some of the year. residents in jobs. most well known holiday decorations in Brooklyn. “My kids always look for them at Scores of Brooklynites rallied on He does not support an alternative Tuesday to support a plan to tear plan that would require the restoration down a row of historic, yet badly of some or all of the mansions. damaged, houses inside the Brooklyn “If we’re required to rebuild any or all Navy Yard to make room for a super- of the buildings, you will shrink the su- market — even as the federal govern- permarket, lose hundreds of jobs on the ment issued a report declaring that site, and it won’t happen, because it is not Callan / Tom most of the 10 150-year-old mansions viable,” said Kimball. can be saved. The draft copy of the National “Let’s build the supermarket!” Guard’s Assessment of Admirals Row Councilwoman Letitia James (D–Fort said that the houses, which retain “an Greene) told a crowd of about 75 extremely high level of historic integri- Brooklynites before a public hearing at ty,” would cost about $25 million to Paper The Brooklyn an elementary school at Gold and York fully restore. Politicians rallied on Tuesday in streets. “Let’s create jobs for the com- “In general, the structural integrity support of the Brooklyn Navy munity. Let’s integrate the Navy Yard for the original 19th century portions of into the community. If you want a su- the buildings’ superstructure appears to Yard’s plan to tear down a row of permarket, say yes!” be sound, level and plumb, showing lo- historic houses to build a super- Color market and a job-training center. “Yes!” echoed the crowd behind her. calized areas of framing failures and Admirals Row, the collection of man- masonry distress, with the exception of Navy Yards officials said the hous- sions that overlooks Flushing Avenue [two] buildings,” read the report. es (left) are in such disrepair that near Navy Street, is at a critical juncture. Kimball countered that just because a they should not be saved. The mansions sit on six acres of federally building can be restored, doesn’t mean it owned land within the otherwise city- should be. of a cane, said at the hearing Tuesday controlled Navy Yard. “You can rebuild anything,” said night that the food at her neighboring The National Guard wants to sell the Kimball. “It’s a question of price.” small grocery store “is sometimes ex- land, and according to local law, must On the other hand, the report’s con- pired, and sometimes we have to return

/ Tom Callan / Tom give the city first dibs. But because of the clusions jibe with the assertions of neigh- the meat because it’s not good.” houses’ historic significance, the Guard borhood preservationists, particularly made into a veterans center.” must also go through an arduous public those in the higher-income neighbor- Some neighbors were open to com- comment and historic review process. If, hoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. promise. Gary Hattem, who lives a at the end of that process, the Guard de- “A number of contractors with block and a half from the Navy Yard, termines that the houses should be saved, whom I work on various restoration said that he hopes to see a supermarket, The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn it can refuse to sell them to the city, or it projects say that they would jump at houses in worse shape than these.” but believes “this can be accomplished can sell them to the city with the under- the opportunity to rebuild the Admirals Regardless, the city’s plan has wide without [the] wholesale demolition of standing that they must be preserved. Row houses,” said Brent Porter, a pro- support in the neighboring public hous- Admirals Row.” Bill Gallagher, 70, court dean If the city isn’t interested, the Guard fessor of architecture at Pratt Institute, ing projects, and is backed by public The National Guard may end up can sell the houses and the land to who proposed that Pratt host a design officials and Community Board 2, agreeing.“There is no telling [what the Court officers and other mourners lined Sidney Place and the steps of St. Charles Borromeo someone else. competition for the houses. which voted overwhelmingly in favor outcome will be],” said Kristin Leahy, the Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn Heights at last Wednesday’s funeral for Bill Gallagher, The city has said repeatedly that it is- Shahn Andersen, the developer who of the supermarket on Wednesday manager of the National Guard Bureau who died on his 70th birthday, Dec. 3, after a lifetime in the criminal justice system. Gallagher n’t interested. has worked with Porter to rebuild the night. Cultural Resources Program. worked in the state’s court system since 1977, most recently as the system’s inspector gener- Navy Yard CEO Andrew Kimball Broken Angel, that handmade ziggurat Sylvenia Leary, who lives in the Far- “We have to sit down with both parties al. A graduate of Brooklyn Law School, he is survived by four children. wants to tear them down to make way on Downing Street, said he’s “restored ragut Houses and walks with the help and try to come up with a compromise.”

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Sun., Dec. 16, 11:00 a.m. The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn Winter Worship Service and Christmas Pageant featuring the children and youth of Plymouth Session Happy anniversary! retelling the story of the Nativity. It seems like only yesterday, but it was four Sun., Dec. 16, 6:00 p.m. years ago this week that the borough’s top THE BROOKLYN APPLY NOW pols, celebrities and dignitaries (“Is that Christmas Carol Service Frank Gehry or Marty Markowitz’s father By Gersh ANGLE Kuntzman with traditional carols sung by the over there?) gathered at Borough Hall to Plymouth Choir and congregational singing. watch Bruce Ratner unveil the Atlantic Yards Catch Up project. Back then — it was Dec. 10, 2003, to be precise — Ratner made a number of Mon., Dec. 24, 6:00 p.m. or claims that convinced many in the borough that Atlantic Yards would be a “win-win,” as early cheerleader Markowitz called it. But the four-year anniversary gives us a chance to Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Get Ahead consider the question once again. Thank goodness we saved the press kit! 2003 Claim 2007 Reality CLASSES BEGIN Jan 2nd to Jan 22nd The project will make “Downtown Brooklyn a Possibly, but the project is not in Downtown must-see destination,” press materials stated. Brooklyn, but in low-rise Prospect Heights.

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Cost is “estimated at more than $2.5-billion.” Cost now is $4-billion.

“The arena will be primarily privately funded.” The arena is being built with public money, which planners say will be repaid through sales K I N G S B O R O U G H taxes on tickets and food sold at the arena. Plus, the project gets hundreds of millions of dollars C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E in subsidies and tax abatements.

Office of Continuing Education Mayor Bloomberg said no public money would City has allocated $205 million in direct spend- be spent. ing already. Why isn’t Congress Will create “15,000 construction jobs.” The claim is misleading. Ratner is only promising moving to ease taxes Are you looking to develop new skill-sets or enhance 1,500 jobs per year over the 10-year buildout. on the overburdened your current level of employment? Arena “completion set for the summer of Ratner spokesman Barry Baum told the New 2006.” York Times this week that the “goal is to be in middle class? Then this FREE JOB TRAINING SKILLS and the arena during the calendar year 2010.” Will generate $6 billion in tax revenues over 30 Will generate $944 million in tax revenues over PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM years. 30 years, according to state officials. Mike Ricatto President “The ‘Brooklyn Nets’ will give Brooklyn the Impossible to verify right now, given the lacklus- is for you! pride of watching a hometown sports team ter quality of the Nets’ play. once again.” JOBS TO BUILD ON PROGRAM KCC/CWE YARDS Continued from page 1 FREE Certificate Classes starting in Mid-January 2008 Atlantic Yards through the ULURP process, I would say yes.” • Certified EKG Technician • Patient Care Technician for CNA’s • The comment sent shock- waves through the opposition to • EMT-B Certification • Certified Phlebotomy Technician • Atlantic Yards — especially since it was Doctoroff who • Food Service & Culinary Essentials Certificate Programs • signed the 2005 agreement between the city, state and Forest • Real Estate (Pre-License) • Serv-Safe Certified Food Handler• City Ratner that allowed the 16- skyscraper, basketball arena, •Medical Billing & Coding Specialist • housing, office space and hotel complex to skirt local oversight. 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Dan Doctoroff Membership ends January 31, 2008 is still in office and he should pick up the phone, call the governor and get this project re- viewed again, this time through ULURP.” A spokesman for the Empire (718) 834-9350 State Development Corpora- www.brooklynpaper.com tion, the state agency that 55 Washington Street sought the override of city zoning that Doctoroff now suggests Brooklyn, NY 11201 should not have been done, said PROSPECT PARK 17 EASTERN PARKWAY AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA 718 789-4600 [email protected] the agency would not have a comment on the deputy may- BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 43 CLARK STREET BETWEEN HENRY & HICKS 718 625-0500 or’s change of heart. METROTECH 333 ADAMS STREET AT THE MARRIOTT HOTEL 718 330-0007 A spokesman for Forest City TRIBECA 80 LEONARD STREET BETWEEN B'WAY & CHURCH 212 966-5432 Ratner also did not care to comment. MEMBERSHIP TERM FROM DATE OF JOINING THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2008. DUES FOR FULL TERM OF MEMBERSHIP TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE. 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/ Daniel Krieger December 2008 at the Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights). Admission is $6. For information, call (718) 222-4111 or visit www.brooklynhistory.org. — Adam Rathe The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Go Fourth THEATER Park Slope’s Fourth Avenue offers 53 working taps, fun and games

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ust a few years ago, it would have seemed an unlikely prospect: a hip bar district cropping up on what is essential- J / Daniel Krieger ly the homestretch of a four-lane highway. While Park Slope’s Fourth Avenue may nev- Santa claws er have been the most pedestrian friendly of the borough’s thoroughfares, it can now Much like Santa Claus himself, comic story-

boast of more than just gas stations and fast Paper The Brooklyn teller Mike Daisey is bringing Christmas cheer to food restaurants. Draught picks: The Park Slope stretch of Fourth Avenue has recently given birth to (clock- Brooklyn for one night only, so you had better not In fact, the block of Fourth Avenue be- pout and you’d better not cry. Here’s why: wise from top left) Cherry Tree Tavern, the California-inspired Pacific Standard, and the tween St. Marks Place and Bergen Street “It will be a perverse but ultimately hopeful sto- now has 53 working taps — thanks to new- / Daniel Krieger Fourth Avenue Pub. See our map on page 12. ry of the holidays,” the Carroll Gardens resident comers like Pacific Standard, Fourth Avenue said of “Christmas: Friend or Foe?,” his Dec. 15 Pub and the Cherry Tree Tavern— sending The Cherry Tree Tavern (65 Fourth Ave. But as great as the beer selection at Fourth show at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public suds down the bar on any given night. at St. Marks Place in Park Slope) is open Avenue Pub is, there’s still something slightly Library.

Convenient as it is to the Atlantic Avenue Paper The Brooklyn daily, from 11 am to 4 am. For infor- off about the place. The beer is sometimes a lit- “I’ll be talking about the positives and negatives trains, this burgeoning nightlife district is at- mation, call (718) 399-1353 or visit tle flat out of the tap, and the outdoor space in of Christmas and the mania of the season,” said tracting scores of visitors from all over the retainer for their bigger events. Beer is avail- www.cherrytreebarnyc.com. back is big, but cluttered and uninviting. They Daisey. “I’m hosting my own holiday party the city, and with the big rigs roaring by anyway, able in 100 and 140-ounce glasses. have free popcorn, but it’s stale. They have Ms. night before, so I’ll be keeping my ears tuned for they can feel free to be as loud as they want. You might say it’s a drinking bar. Fourth Avenue Pub Pac-Man, but the controller is busted. Occa- anything.” GO Brooklyn spent a night on this stretch of For the most part, the bar minds its Ps and Fourth Avenue Pub was next to arrive, sionally, Dave Matthews Band has been heard In his adult-themed show, Daisey plans to ad- Fourth Avenue and can report that the Qs. Its mahogany bar is long and its back pa- opening across the street just a few months playing on the digital jukebox. dress the holiday plagues of bad gift giving — hotspots below are packing in the crowds — tio is multilayered; the pizza ovens are made after its Cherry Tree neighbor, with whom it If Cherry Tree is a cocky frat boy, Fourth “The giving of gifts is an art form,” he said, “and not strollers! — and making their mark on of stone and filled to the brim with hot coals. has a healthy rivalry. (This reporter definitely Avenue Pub is his creepy uncle who still there are people who are good and some who sim- the neighborhood. The pizza is decent, with crispy burnt thin found a Wi-Fi network called “Fourth Av- likes to party. It’s worth a stop, though, if just ply aren’t” — and the roving gangs of tree hawk- crust and basil on top. But it can take forever, enue Pub Sucks” when working on his lap- to have a pint of “Arrogant Bastard Ale.” ers who line his neighborhood’s streets. Cherry Tree Tavern especially when the place is crowded, which top at Mule, the coffee shop with bottled Fourth Avenue Pub (76 Fourth Ave. at As for his own holiday wishes, the self-em- Cherry Tree, by far the loudest, rowdiest, it often is. beers and DJ nights that sits next door to Bergen Street in Park Slope) is open Mon- ployed Daisey said, “The big present under the flashiest member of this newly formed frater- There are certainly some negatives, espe- Cherry Tree.) Fourth Avenue Pub has a day through Friday, from 3 pm to 4 am, tree this year is dental insurance, which is a funny nity of bars, was the first to arrive, and did so cially if you’re crotchety (read: over 24). The slightly more laidback, mellow atmosphere, and weekends, from 2 pm to 4 am. For in- gift because you can’t wrap it in anything.” with flair and gusto, throwing a memorable music is too loud, the crowd is young and oc- perhaps because it’s usually less crowded, formation, call (718) 643-2273 or visit “Christmas: Friend or Foe?” will take place at midsummer pig roast in their backyard in casionally overeager and the staff is super- and the crowd is a bit less young. www.myspace.com/4thavepub. 7 pm on Dec. 15 at the Dweck Center for Con- 2006. They lionize the “Drunks of the Week” psyched about everything, which can come We chalk this up to the fact that the focus temporary Culture in the Brooklyn Public Li- on an oversize chalkboard, own and operate off a little overbearing at times. But on the here is more on the beer than anything else: Pacific Standard brary’s Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza. a beer pong table, have a fully functional fun- whole, the place is well managed and has the bar has 24 beers on tap and another 31 in The newest addition to the stretch, having Tickets are $10. For information, call (718) 230- nel behind the bar, hold the “Beer Olympics” done much to prove that an ambitious bar bottles, many of them unique picks not oth- opened just two months ago, Pacific Stan- 2100 or visit www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. every few months and keep shooter girls on can be successful in this area. erwise seen in the area. See FOURTH on page 12 — Juliana Bunim

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leaving the table hungry. While we had creatures from the sea covered, another entree, “steak korhogofe- femougu,” a shell steak mari- nated with cardamom and served with what might be the best French fries in Brooklyn, was ordered to see how Tra- It’s hard ‘Kor’ ore handled land-dwellers. Another oversized plate — Bye-bye Bouillabaisse, here comes Korhogo 126 perhaps French women don’t get fat because people in By Adam Rathe Brooklyn are eating all of The Brooklyn Paper their food — arrived, and we greedily dug in. The steak nce you’ve walked over was rare, like we ordered it, the Brooklyn-Queens Ex- and had a pleasant crust on Opressway and left behind top. The cut of meat was fatty, quaint Carroll Gardens, one as shell steak tends to be, but discovers Korhogo 126 sitting could have benefited from on a quiet stretch of Union more attentive trimming, es- Street. It’s a space that local pecially at the gristly tip of foodies have known since the filet. 2005 as Bouillabaisse 126, but Stashed between the steak earlier this year it was reborn. and the fries, which deserve a Bouillabaisse, named for its second mention, was an un- trademark dish — a hearty necessary knob of coleslaw seafood stew — was a joint ef- that wasn’t really French or fort of Emmanuelle Chice and African, and took up valuable chef Neil Ganic. But about 13 space that could have housed months ago, the joint began to more spuds. experiment with African-influ- One of the restaurant’s hall- enced French fare courtesy of marks is its diverse, and rather new chef Abdhul Traore (for- expensive, wine list. Chice merly of Les Enfants Terribles said that no other African in Manhattan). restaurant in New York can ri- The bistro then got a val its selection. We stuck makeover; it now has African with a Syrah that went nicely touches throughout, and Traore with everything we tried. At / Daniel Krieger took over the kitchen complete- $13 per glass, though, it ly in September. Even the should. Beer is available, hard

name, Korhogo, pays tribute to / Daniel Krieger liquor is not, but despite the a town in the Ivory Coast. The gold-plated price tags on the restaurant’s growing pains are wine, this type of meal really The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn apt, said Chice, since the Co- does beg for it. lumbia Street Waterfront Dis- Already bursting at the trict is also changing Paper The Brooklyn seams, we decided to show You scoundrel! in the same fits and Fusion that works: At Korhogo 126 on Union Street, Chef great restraint and only order starts. DINING Abdhul Traore’s African-French menu includes a heaping one dessert: clafoutis, a custard I miss chef Mark Schenk’s loopy grin out classic Gallic fare. With temperatures dip- “People come portion of flavorful salmon served with roasted vegetables cake with berry sauce and a beaming from the tiny kitchen of the now de- ping, her rich onion soup and lusty “moules from Manhattan to Korhogo 126 (126 Union St. at Colum- and saffron-flavored rice. crown of homemade vanilla funct Red Cafe in Park Slope. I miss his pork frites” (mussels with French fries, pictured) see us,” she said, bia Street in the Columbia Street Waterfront ice cream. What’s not to like? burger just as much. get the meal off to a fine start. Follow that “but we get a lot of District) accepts American Express, Master- And while the dessert menu Card and Visa. Entrees: $16-$24. The restau- However, what eases the pain of his depar- with braised short ribs and celery root puree, locals — it’s an up- rant serves dinner Sunday through Tuesday, and an earthy tomato sauce. of protein on a plate) sat on a leans heavily on wine pairings, ture is Canaille, the new French bistro that or steak frites. And for dessert, what else but and-coming neigh- and Thursday through Saturday. Closed We made quick business of pile of roasted vegetables and the sweets themselves — save Wednesdays. Subway: F or G to Carroll opened in the former cafe’s space in October. creme caramel? borhood.” Street. For information, call (718) 855-4405 or both appetizers; the crab cake was accompanied by a mound for the molten chocolate cake, What was once a cosseting, all-red interior is All the ingredients are sourced from small But no matter visit www.korhogo126.com. was good, if predictable, but of savory saffron-flavored which I hear is all the rage at now painted a sunny Provencal yellow glim- Brooklyn markets. The wine list, chosen by where you live, the fish fritters were the sur- rice. The spices in the fish’s Tupperware parties in the Mid- mering with the light cast from a crystal De Crespi, who named the bistro after a this restaurant is prise of the night. crust were just right to take the west — were inspired. They chandelier. friend (canaille is French for “scruffy” or worth the trek. On a recent On such a chilly, damp night, The entrees — there are a filet from ho-hum to “hot all incorporated fruit and ele- “We wanted to open a place with good “raffish” and is often used as an affectionate evening, a friend and I stopped everything was appealing; es- dozen on the menu in addition damn!” and the heft of the ments made in-house, and the food, good wine and very French service,” nick-name) is made up of bottles from bou- into Korhogo 126 for dinner cargot in puff pastry would to nightly specials — also dish’s parts combined was like clafoutis was a rich, sweet Marie MacLean, who co-owns the restaurant tique French vineyards. and, despite the rain outside, surely chase the chill away, but skew seafood, but if it ain’t sweet revenge for those of us way to end an equally deca- with Philippe De Crespi, told GO Brooklyn. “Customers say, ‘I feel like I’m in Paris,’” found the dining room crowd- would a barbecued baby octo- broke, don’t take it off the who order fish and are forever dent meal. “We imagined a place where people going said MacLean. “That’s what we wanted to hear.” ed at 7 pm. Tucked into a cor- pus salad do a better job? menu. We ordered a plate of to the Brooklyn Academy of Music could Canaille (78 Fifth Ave. between St. Marks ner table — a large party had We settled on two starters: the salmon in red sorrel, gin- drop in for a delicious meal before a perform- Place and Warren Street in Park Slope) ac- Shanghaied the power table Traore’s famous crab cake ger and Kenyan curry sauce CORRECTIONS ance, and post-BAM, too,” said MacLean. cepts cash only. Entrees: $16-$19. Dinner is with a view of the open served on a puddle of red pep- and what came out was far be- In “ ‘Torchio’ song” (Nov. 10, 2007) the restaurant’s neighbor- “We’re open late enough [11 pm] to accom- served Tuesday through Sunday. Closed kitchen — we intently read the per coulis, and “Accra de yond the menu’s description. hood was incorrect. Il Torchio is located in Clinton Hill. modate them.” Mondays. Subway: 2,3,N, R, 4 and 5 to At- menu while we picked at a morue,” a plate of six light- The hunk of fish (easily In “Diner dash” (Dec. 8, 2007), the name of photographer Rachel Michelle Holcomb (formerly of Robin des lantic Avenue. For more information, call plate of bread, served with a as-a-feather codfish fritters twice what other restaurants Batya Alintoff was misspelled. Bois on Smith Street) is in the kitchen turning (718) 789-8899. — Tina Barry chive-sprinkled olive oil. served with an arugula salad consider an adequate amount We regret the errors.

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This Jonathan Slaff mother, the Muse understands the piece telescopes the famous poet’s A tragic life: Yelena Romanova (left) stars as Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva in “The Past is Still Ahead.” Tosh province of a poet, and sings arias of last days in 1941 in the Tartar Au- Marks (right) plays Rainer Maria Rilke in the production, staged at Midwood’s Jewish Center of King’s Highway. comfort (Tsvetaeva’s own poems set to tonomous Republic, and invites one music by Dmitri Shostakovich). to eavesdrop on several poignant re- Tsvetaeva connoisseur to enjoy this the innate beauty of Romanova’s of scores. One can begin to understand “The Past is Still Ahead” works bet- flections that end with her death by show. This is about the guts and the voice is most evident here. why Tsvetaeva is widely regarded in ter as a dramatic piece, because of its s With our $25 Complete suicide. 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In this show, a submerged nos- away, and you will see Tsvetaeva on her sober consideration of Tsvetaeva, and came her signature, she would often the essence of this complex (and even talgia for Russia courses throughout own terms. encapsulates her final days with grace- s Wonderful Holiday Parties fuse classical myth and modern poet- frightening) artist, and there is much the scenes, a palpable longing for a Although the piece lacks narrative fulness and honesty. Whether you like Reserve Yours Now! ry, drawing on the raw materials of for our spirit to latch onto. I found the time before Stalin’s oppression. Still, impact, I think it’s almost quibbling to the famous Russian poet or not, she had her own life as experienced during the scene where her character converses the play never crosses over into senti- say so. 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Avenue Extension in Down- form Eileen Fischer’s “The Per- 4100 or visit www.bam.org. up and out by 10 am on Satur- Long Island University is town Brooklyn) will host “Fol- (718) 488-1624 or fect Medium,” a show about Got a tip on an upcoming FAST, FREE day, Dec. 15 can catch some also getting into the spirit. On low the Star,” a gospel musi- visit www.kumbletheater.org. an Irish journalist who commu- show? We want to know! impressive dance moves at Dec. 21 and 22, the Kumble cal starring stage, screen and On Dec. 21, the Narrows nicates with the long-dead Oscar Drop us a line at GOBrooklyn $6 LUNCH Purelement’s second annual Theater (at the corner of television actress Carol Community Theater presents Wilde, on Dec. 28 and 29 at the @BrooklynPaper.com. lla SPECIALS i DELIVERY “Open House Winter Festi- DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Woods. For information, call its “Ensemble Christmas Harry Warren Theatre (2445 — Adam Rathe itos LUNCH i Burr Tues. -Fri. · 3 Cheesein Quesad · M TUES, DEC 18 GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Singer-songwriter DINNER Adale Rolider performs. $10, $6 kids. 8 ispy Tostado pm. 53 Prospect Park West at Second · Cr icken Tues.-Sun. SENIOR HUMOR: Sephardic Nursing and 9 DAYS... Rehab Home presents Staten Island Street. (718) 768-2972. · SW Penneilled ChPasta BRUNCH Advance columnist Bea Victor in a talk GOSPEL CONCERT: Singer and actress Continued from page 2 on humor. 9 am to 11 am. 2266 Cropsey Carol Woods joins the cast of the gospel ith Gr Sat.-Sun. musical, “Follow the Star.” $30-$100. 8 w branch presents “Killer of Sheep” Ave. (718) 847-5100, ext. 107. Free. SUPPORT: NY Methodist Hospital offers a pm. Long Island University’s Kumble (1977). 4 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) Theater, at Flatbush Avenue Extension UISINE 230-2100. Free. breast feeding support group. 2:30 pm M MEXICAN C at DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brook- ODERNDERN MMOODERN to 3:30 pm. 506 Sixth St., room 706. M ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: A party for Meri- lyn. (718) 488-1624. dith McNeal’s “Bureau of Poems.” 6 (718) 780-5078. Free. pm to 9 pm. Metaphor Contemporary HOLIDAY SONGS: Brooklyn Public Library’s Art Gallery, 382 Atlantic Ave. (718) 254- New Utrecht branch presents Theresa MODERNMODERN MMEXICAN CUISINE SAT, DEC 22 9126. Free. Mazzilli in a holiday song program. 1:30 pm. 1743 86th St. (718) 236-4086. Free. 499 5th Avenue between 12th & 13th Sts. TREE LIGHTING: Friends of Kaiser Park hosts its annual tree lighting and carol- HOLIDAY PARTY: Sixth annual DUMBO OUTDOORS AND TOURS 718.499.0002 www.mexpiramide.com ing event. Caroling at 6 pm. Meet at neighborhood celebration features ICE SKATING: at the Wollman Rink in Pros- Stillwell Avenue Subway Station; tree music by The Lonesharks and The pect Park. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; lighting at 7:30 pm in Kaiser Park, West Vintage DJ plus refreshments. 6 pm to 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter park at Parkside 28th Street. 10 pm. St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water and Ocean avenues. (718) 965-8999. RECEPTION: Brooklyn Artists Gym pres- St. (718) 222-2500. Free. ents “Excavating Motherhood,” featur- MUSIC: Holiday music with Don Witter, Jr., PERFORMANCE ing works by more than 15 female classical guitarist. 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program artists of color. 6 pm to 9 pm. 98 Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn features works by Haydn, Mozart and Fourth St. (718) 858-9069. Free. Mango P. / Gregory Heights branch, 280 Cadman Plaza Schubert. $35, $30 seniors, $20 stu- OPEN STUDIO: The 649 Morgan Avenue West, first floor. (718) 623-7100. Free. dents. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fine Arts Building in Greenpoint holds SUPPORT: Harm Reduction Network offers Fulton Street at the East River. (718) an Open Studio event. 6 pm to 10 pm. a support group for people who wish to 624-2083. The building has over 30 artists studios. drink more safely or to drink less. 7 pm. GOSPEL CONCERT: 3 pm and 8 pm. See A variety of work will be shown in- St. John’s Episcopal Church, 139 St. Sat., Dec. 21. cluding painting, drawing, sculpture John’s Pl. (347) 678-5671. Free. OTHER and installation. 6 pm to 10 pm. 649 Paper file The Brooklyn Morgan Ave., between Nassau and INDIE MARKET: Collective of Brooklyn- Norman avenues. (917) 627-3062. Houtte and cold: On Saturday, Dec. 15, Prospect Heights boutique Hooti WEDS, DEC 19 based emerging designers show their CLUB LOCO: New club for teens features Couture, the domain of former model Allison Houtte, pictured, hosts a wares: fashion, accessories, bath and music by Window Sign Language, Cala- CELL-ABRATION: The Brooklyn School for beauty, pet gear, home-goods and mus, Sister Helen. Introducing: Black sale of vintage holiday gifts and ornaments, party attire and more. Collaborative Studies presents “Cells more. 11 am to 7 pm. Smith and Union Plants. $5. 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm. Photo Gone Wild: Cancer — An Exhibition of streets. www.brooklynindiemarket.com. high school ID needed. No one under Student Learning.” The 11th graders will DESIGNER SHOWCASE: Emerging 14 or over 20 admitted. Old First Re- HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Caine Mutiny around dogs. Learn proper etiquette guide visitors through interactive, multi- designers show their fashion and acces- formed Church, corner of Seventh Court Martial.” 2 pm. See Sat., Dec. on the street and in the home. $35 for media exhibits featuring 10-foot models sories. 11 am to 5 pm. St. Ann’s Church, `iÀÊUÊ>ÌiÊL>ÀÊUÊLÀÕV of mutant cancer cells, stories from can- LiÊLiivÊLÕÀ}iÀÊUÊÃÌi> ÕÃiÊÃ«iV>ÃÊUÊvÀiÃ ÊÃi>v` Avenue and Carroll Street. (917) 583- 15. families with 2 adults and 1 or 2 kids. 157 Montague St. (718) 763-7654. cer survivors and free cancer-preventing i>Ì ÞÊÛi}iÌ>À>ÊUÊL>ÀÊiÕÊUÊÃ}>ÌÕÀiÊVVÌ>ÃÊUÊviÊÜi 5273. 3:30 pm. Advance reservations are ARTISANS HOLIDAY FAIR: Local artists, GALLERY PLAYERS: “The Santaland foods. 10:30 am-3:30 pm. Brooklyn JEWISH SINGLES: Night of jazz, blues Diaries.” 3 pm. 199 See Sat., Dec. 15. strongly recommended. ArtsCetera, vendors, ceramics, tees, knits and gift Ã«iÊÞiÌÊÃ« ÃÌV>Ìi`Êv`Ê>ÌÊÌÃÊLiÃÌ and rock. Open to singles ages 21 to School for Collaborative Studies, 610 ideas. Noon to 8 pm. 757 Fulton St. NEXT WAVE: “Au Revoir Parapluie.” 3 212 Smith St. (718) 643-6817. Henry St., between Second and Third iÜÊiÀV>Ê Ài>ÌÛiÊ >ÌÃ 35. $10. 9 pm. For location info, RSVP pm. See Sat., Dec. 15. RUSSIAN LITERARY SERIES: Brooklyn (917) 292-8042. to [email protected]. places. (917) 476-5828. Free. CRAFTS FAIR: New York Creates and the `iÀÊx££«]ÊL>ÀÊvÀÉÃ>ÌÊ££Ó>]ÊLÀÕV ÊÃ>ÌÉÃÕÊ££>{« BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program. 4 Public Library’s Central branch presents HISTORY TALK: The Bay Ridge Historical pm. See Sat., Dec. 15. Valadimir Gandelsman. 1:30 pm. Also, Brooklyn Historical Society host a holi- {{äÊLiÀ}iÊÃÌÀiiÌÊxÌ Ê>ÛiÉv>ÌLÕÃ ® Society meets. Guest speaker is Peter day crafts fair. Noon to 6 pm. Brooklyn panel discussion: “NY Times Series: Lakowich. He talks about New York and Ç£n°ÓÎä°xÓx SUN, DEC 16 OTHER Living in a Global World.” 4 pm. Grand Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. the movies. 7:30 pm. Shore Hill Towers, (718) 222-4111. FLEA MARKET: at Bay Ridge Jewish Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. 9000 Shore Rd. (718) 745-5938. Free. PERFORMANCE Center. 9 am to 4 pm. 81st Street and CANDLELIGHT VESPERS: Flatbush- LIVING NATIVITY: Annual event on the MOSCOW THEATER: “The Past is Still Fourth Avenue. (718) 836-3103. Tompkins Congregational Church hosts grounds of New Utrecht Church. 3 pm to 6 pm. 1831 84th St. (718) 256-7173. Free. Ahead,” performed by Mayakovsky PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical its 67th annual Handel’s “Messiah.” 4 FRI, DEC 21 Academic Art Theater. $10. 2 pm. Culture hosts an inter-generational cel- pm. 424 East 19th St. at Dorchester AUTHENTIC DOMINICAN CUISINE Jewish Center of Kings Highway, 1202 ebration of the coming of winter and Road. (718) 282-5353. Free. SENIOR CINEMA: Brooklyn Academy of UN EC Ave. P. (718) 645-9000. reflects on December holiday rituals. 11 Music invites seniors to a screening of S , D 23 SYMPHONY CONCERT: Brooklyn Sym- am. 53 Prospect Park West at Second “St. Louis Blues” (1958). 10 am. 30 phony Orchestra presents a program Street. (718) 768-2972. MON, DEC 17 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Free. PERFORMANCE “Coma Como en su Casa” featuring works by Mozart, Bossert and YOUNG SCHOLARS SERIES: Monthly SEWING CLUB: Learn basic sewing tech- BARGEMUSIC: Classical music. 4 pm. See Mendelssohn. 3 pm. St. Ann’s Church, Sunday brunch, curated by Congrega- CAMPAIGN KICKOFF: Simcha Felder niques during this drop-in program. All Sat., Dec. 22. (eat like at home) corner of Clinton and Montague tion Beth Elohim Scholar-in-Residence hosts a fundraiser for his run for citywide skill levels welcome. 1:30 pm to 3:30 streets. Call for ticket info. (718) 852- Rabbi Daniel Bronstein. Up-and-coming office. Minimum donation of $18 per pm. Lefferts Historic House, inside OTHER 0677. contemporary Jewish thinkers share person includes all-you-can-eat buffet. Prospect Park’s Willink entrance at the PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Pepper Steak – $9.20 • Paella – $14.70 OPERA: Regina Opera performs seasonal their work in an informal format. Today: Dougie’s Restaurant, 4310 18th Ave. intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Culture hosts “Humanists in December: songs. $20, $15 seniors and students, Beverly Bailis speaks about “The Reservations necessary. (718) 853-3303. Empire Boulevard. (718) 965-6505. Free. Finding an Ethical Way Home.” 11 am. Lobstertail stuffed with crabmeat – $29.90 $10 teens. 3:30 pm. Victorian Place Decline and Revival of the Jewish Body LECTURE SERIES: Congregation B’nai Avra- CHRISTMAS REVUE: Narrows Community 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street. Cultural Center, 83 Marlborough Road. Through the Lens of Jewish Literature.” ham hosts a series: “Alef-Beit: Numero- Theater’s “Ensemble Christmas Revue.” (718) 768-2972. (718) 282-1596. $5. 11 am to 12:30 pm. Eighth Avenue logy and Kabbalah of the 22 Letters of $10. 7:30 pm. Christ Church, 7301 CRAFTS FAIR: Noon to 6 pm. See Sat., and Garfield Place. (718) 768- 3814. the Hebrew Alphabet.” Rabbi Raskin Private dining room for parties JINGLE BELL JAMBOREE: Seventh annu- Ridge Blvd. (718) 482-3173. Free. Dec. 22. al community sing-along and concert JEWISH SINGLES: Williamsburg art leads discussion. 8 pm to 9 pm. 117 features performances from a variety of gallery walk features eight galleries on Remsen St. (718) 596-4840, ext. 18. Free. Brooklyn-based ensembles. $10, $5 a two-mile walk. Open to singles 40 CONCERT: SEM Ensemble presents a pro- kids. 5 pm. Old First Reformed Church, and older. $10. 1 pm to 3 pm. 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BAY RIDGE Bushwick, No phone. RED HOOK Dec. 15: Live Fast Die, Golden Triangle, Featuring a Four Course Dinner, Live D.J., The Salty Dog Dragons of Zynth and DJs Alix Brown and Hope and Anchor Chris Vice, 8 pm, donation suggested. Midnight Champagne Toast & All Night Open Bar 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Ridge, (718) 238-9260, Red Hook, (718) 237-0276. Hors d Oeuvres Served Upon Arrival www.saltydogbar.com. CLINTON HILL Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Fridays, Saturdays: Live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Dozzman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays, Satur- Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, Parlor Jazz days: Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay FREE. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Antipasto in Clinton Hill, (718) 855-1981, Insalata di Amitra Affumicata The Wicked Monk www.parlorjazz.com. Rocky Sullivan’s 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Dec. 15: Denise King & her Trio, 9 pm, 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in (Smoked Breast of Duck with white radicchio, arugula, walnuts, apples, & Ridge, (718) 921-0601, 10:30 pm, $30 (includes both sets, food, Red Hook, (718) 246-1793. www.wickedmonk.com. open wine bar and snacks all evening). Saturdays: Seanchai and The Unity shaved parmigianino reggiano cheese topped with rasberry vinaigrette dressing) Dec. 15: Xavier Irish Showcase, 8 pm, $5, Squad, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Soul Holla Back, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 16: Xavier’s DUMBO night with Sugartime, 9 pm, FREE; First Course Acoustic Showcase, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 20: DJ Thursdays: Pub quiz with Scott M.X. Kyle Night, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 21: Driven Turner, 8:30 pm, FREE. Raviolacci di Spinaci e Ricotta con Burro e Salvia Blind, 9 pm, $5. Gleason’s Gym 77 Front St. at Washington Street in (Homemade pasta ﬁlled with spinach & ricotta with butter & sage sauce) DUMBO, (718) 797-1050. WILLIAMSBURG BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Dec. 15: “Strike,” music and boxing series featuring Gene Pritsker, Hackl, Clark, Galapagos Second Course Food 4 Thought Taylor, Kampela, Barrett, Cooper and 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at more, 8 pm, $15. Believe in ‘Magic’: The ethereal rock sound of Williams- Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Combination Chateau Briand & Grilled Prawns MacDonough Street in Bedford- www.galapagosartspace.com. Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. burg’s White Magic — think of a PJ Harvey and Stevie Nicks FLATBUSH Saturdays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, Dessert Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: collaboration — is sure to conjure a crowd when the band FREE; Dec. 15: (Backroom) Larry Tee Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open dis- Vox Po p plays a Dec. 15 show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. presents “Dizzy” with Earl Dax and Kevin Semifreddo al Torrone (chilled almond nougat) cussion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wed- Graves, 11 pm, $5, (Front room) The Deli nesdays: Game night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road Christmas Party with Weird Owl, 8:45 pm, in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, FREE; Fridays: Zodiac Lounge, 7 pm, FREE. Susu, 9:30 pm, Seasick, 10:15 pm, Ravens www.voxpopnet.net. $125 Per Person (All Inclusive) $60 Per Child (Under 12) Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383- Biscuit BBQ and Chimes, 11 pm, Lismore, 11:45 pm, Sista’s Place Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 5723, www.europaclub.com. $6 on Deli list ($8 if not on Deli list); Dec. two-drink/snack minimum; Dec. 15: Jenny Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in 345 Court Street at Union St. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Park Slope, (718) 399-2161, 17: Opera on Tap’s Third Annual Holiday Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) Gage, Home Brewer Instabook author before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Extravaganza, 7:30 pm, $5; Dec. 19: event, 7 pm, $7, Wil Deynes, 9 pm, Chris www.biscuitbbq.com and 718-852-5015 · MarcoPoloRistorante.com 398-1766, www.sistasplace.org. Tuesdays: Karaoke night, 8 pm, FREE; www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. (Both rooms) Art Party NYC “Let Your Mark combo, 10 pm, FREE. Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 Dec. 15: Robert Rutledge Group, 9 pm, Dec. 18: “Konceptions” featuring Mi- Fancy Free” with live music, performance pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after (Also offering a special Christmas & New Year's Eve Ala Carte Menu) 10:30 pm, $20. chael Attias, 8:30 pm, $5 and one-drink art, dance, installation, fashion and more, FORT GREENE 10:30 pm; Dec. 15: The Casualties, 6:30 minimum, Ben Monder, 9:45 pm, $5 and 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 20: (Front room) Un- All major credit cards accepted-Free Valet Parking pm, $10; Dec. 16: Motherlodge Holiday one-drink minimum. common Records presents “Yule Prog,” BOERUM HILL BAM Cafe featuring Mosse Lamp, The Morning an inaugural NYC Christmas Pregressive Hank’s Saloon 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Show, 8 pm, $8; Dec. 17: A benefit for City Brooklyn Lyceum Hip-Hop Fest with Beans, Short Rock, Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. Harvest featuring FIGO, Cuddles Kovinsky, Masai Bey, L.I.F.E. Long, Super Chron, 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Dec. 15: Roughstars, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 21: 7 pm, $5; Dec. 19: Night Kills the Day, 8 Flight Brothers, Karniege, Megalon, The Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, Park Slope, (718) 857-4816, Presence, HiCoup, Creature, 11:00 am, Tamar Raqs Winter Solstice, 9 pm, FREE. pm, $8; Dec. 20: Aloke with (A).P.P.L.(E), www.brooklynlyceum.com. www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. Vesper, Hello Tokyo, 6:30 pm, $5; Dec. 21: Zesto, Centri, E.Coli, 10 pm, $10. Dec. 16: Songwriter’s Exchange featuring Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Apes and Androids, 8 pm, $10. 347 Court Street off Union St. · (718) 243-1000 Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live Night of the Matt Keating, Kill Henry Sugar, Greg Laila Lounge band kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wed- Koons, 7 pm, $5. Free Delivery ($15.00 Minimum) Cookers 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue nesdays: Live band “Rockstar Karaoke,” Club Exit 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Brick-Oven Pizza · Panini · Hot & Cold Italian Sandwiches 9:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 15: The Big Nothing, in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Cafe Steinhof www.lailalounge.com. 9:30 pm, Ire & Sentiment, 10 pm, Mr. Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349- Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase Salads · Homemade Pasta · Veal · Chicken · Fresh Seafood Wolfe’s Cleaning Service, 11 pm, FREE; 6969, www.club-exit.com. Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, with an open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Dec. Dec. 18: Hank’s Country Bluegrass Jam Fridays, Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. www.cafesteinhof.com. 17: The Best West Bushwick Bonanza Menu Available At The Front Desk hosted by Seth Kess, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. pm, $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). Dec. 19: J. Walter Hawkes Trio, 10:30 Improv Show hosted by Christine Magee 20: Dave Smith & The Country Rebels, 8 pm, FREE. and Joe Morgan, 7 pm, FREE. pm, Gowanus Corral, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. GOWANUS Studio B 21: Twin Earth, 9 pm, Scribes & Fire, 10 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in The Center for The Lucky Cat pm, And This Army, 11 pm, FREE. Issue Project Greenpoint, (718) 389-1880, www.clubstudiob.com. Improvisational 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Room Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 232 Third St. at Third Avenue in Dec. 15: DJ Craze, 9 pm, $TBD; Dec. 20: Music www.theluckycat.com. MySpace Indie Underground Tour featur- Gowanus, (718) 330-0313, 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard ing The Pack, J-Mello, Trouble Andrew, Park Slope, (212) 631-5882, Magnetic Field www.issueprojectroom.org. Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Rahj, 8 pm, $10. www.schoolforimprov.org. 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Dec. 15: “Topography,” African Feed- Music Open Mic Night hosted by Ed Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, back record and book release event, 8 Dec. 17: Ohad Talmor Quartet, 8:30 pm, Gorch, 7 pm, FREE, You Need a Band, 10 $12 ($10 for students with valid identifica- www.magneticbrooklyn.com. pm, $10; Dec. 19: Littoral, Kenneth GREENWOOD HEIGHTS pm, FREE; Dec. 15: Names You Can Trust Dec. 15: Dirty Excuse, The Stabilisers, 8 pm, Goldsmith and C. Spencer Yeh, 8 pm, tion); Dec. 20: Yukari and Michael Attias, Jamboree, 10 pm, $TBD; Dec. 19: The $8; Dec. 16: The Figgs, 8 pm, $7; Dec. 17: $10; Dec. 20: Tony Conrad and C. Kitchen Bar 8:30 pm, $7. Fanning Pack presents Mercat, Clarence The Marvin Barnes Time Machine, 8 pm, Spencer Yeh, Emeralds and Carlos Giffoni, 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in de Lune, Ethan Collister, Center Divider, FREE; Dec. 18: Pant-Hoot (stand-up come- Sam Goldberg, 8 pm, $10; Dec. 21: Billy Good Coffeehouse Pearl and the Beard, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 21: dy) hosted by Charles Star, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. Martin and Calvin Weston with special Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-5623, www.kitchenbarny.com. Music Parlor Earshot Reading Series hosted by Nicole 21: Pirate Satellite, The Full Sign, 8 pm, $7. guest Paul Auster, 8 pm, $19. Steinberg featuring Daniel Magers, Chloe Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE. (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Yelena Miller, Adrian Van Young, Traci BUSHWICK GREENPOINT Living Room Second Street in Park Slope, (718) Brimhall, & Jeanie Gosline, 8 pm, $5 (in- 768-2972, www.bsec.org. cludes one free drink), J-San & Analogue Silent Barn Club Europa Lounge Dec. 21: Third Friday with The Park Slope Sons and special guests, 10 pm, $TBD. 915 Wyckoff Ave. at Hancock Street in 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Food Co-op featuring Adele Rollider, 8 Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-1505, pm, $10, $6 children. Luna Lounge www.myspace.com/livingroombrooklyn. 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Saturdays: DJ Kurt, 8 pm, FREE; Sun- Southpaw Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260- days: Guitar Hero, 8 pm, FREE; Wed- 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in 2323, www.lunalounge.com. nesdays: Open mic night, 8 pm, FREE; Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, Dec. 15: Ben Pilgim, 7:30 pm, Neimo, Accepting Reservations for 8:30 pm, Des Roar, 9:30 pm, Arch Thursdays: ’80s Music, 8 pm, FREE; www.spsounds.com. Fridays: Wasabassco Burlesque Show, 9 Dec. 15: Norton Records Holiday Specta- Baddies, 10:30 pm, $8; Dec. 16: pm, $5. cular with Reigning Sound, The A Bones, Roomtone, 7:30 pm, Honeychurch, 8:30 Christmas Eve & New Years Luis & The Wildfires, The Nouvellas and pm, The Arkhams, 9:30 pm, $8; Dec. 18: special guests including Roy Loney, The Dead Rock City, 7:30 pm, Sport of Kings, OPEN SEVEN DAYS PARK SLOPE Mighty Hannibal, Handsome Dick Mani- 8:30 pm, Kinetic, 9:30 pm, The Static Trio, toba and more, 8 pm, $15 in advance, $15 10:30 pm, $8; Dec. 19: The Cause, 7:30 DINNER DELIVERY & VALET PARKING Barbes day of the show; Dec. 16: The Wreck- pm, The Great Mistake of 1898, 8:30 pm, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park room, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 17: PENultimate Slow/Dynamite, 9:30 pm, Skyhill, 10:30 Slope, (718) 965-9177, www.barbes- Lit, an evening on music and literature pm, $8; Dec. 20: Hayday, 7:30 pm, Lt. Fine food brooklyn.com. with Rick Moody, Sufjan Stevens and Marscapone, 8:30 pm, Meets West, 9:30 Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; Wesley Stace, 8 pm, $SOLD OUT (all tick- pm, Early Attic, 10:30 pm, $8; Dec. 21: cooked to order Dec. 15: Mark Snyder, 8 pm, $10 sug- ets honored from cancelled Nov. 28 The Sexual Frustration, 7:30 pm, The gested donation, One Ring Zero, 10 pm, show); Dec. 19: The Heaves, Gutenflower, Vesties, 8:30 pm, Sad Little Stars, 9:30 $10 suggested donation; Dec. 16: David The Perps, 8 pm, $8; Dec. 20: Fireflies, pm, Spanish Prisoners, 10:30 pm, $8. Rogers Quintet, 7 pm, $10 suggested Clare and the Reasons, Chris Garneau, 8 donation, Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 pm, $8; Dec. 21: A.K.A.C.O.D. featuring Music Hall of suggested donation; Dec. 17: Chicha Dana Colley of Morphine, Reid Paley Trio, Williamsburg Undersea Explosion, 8 pm, $8. Libre, 9:30 pm, $10 suggested donation; 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Dec. 18: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 Williamsburg, (212) 260-4700, suggested donation; Dec. 19: Magical Tea Lounge www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. Listening Hour, 8 pm, $10, James Carney 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Dec. 15: White Magic, Phosphorescent, 8727 - 4th Avenue Group, 10 pm, $10; Dec. 20: Sanda Park Slope, (718) 789-2762, Essie Jain, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day Weigl, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, www.tealoungeny.com. of the show. corner of 88th & 4th Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, $10 suggested Dec. 19: Hans Blix, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation; Dec. 21: Stagger Back Brass donation; Dec. 20: The Pavones, 9 pm, Pete’s Candy (718) 238-8600 Band, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, Las $5 suggested donation, Jason Candy & Rubias del Norte, 10 pm, $10. The Artificials, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested Store donation; Dec. 21: Bootyjuice, 8 pm, $5 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street suggested donation. in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. Union Hall Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, Matty (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Charles, 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Bingo, Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Quizz-Off, www.unionhallny.com. 7:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 15: Johnny Bueno,

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music by The Lisps, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 19: David Wingo, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 19: The • Brooklyn Campfire, an evening of music, Inner Banks, 10 pm, Damien Quinones, film, and art featuring The Anniversary 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 20: Strega, 9 pm, Joy u Dragland, 10 pm, The Governors, 11 pm, ested

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through Friday, from 4 pm to 4 am, and weekends, from noon to 4 am. For information, call CANTEEN FOURTH... 57 Fourth Ave. at Bergen Street in Park Slope, (718) 789- ATLANTIC AVE FLATBUSH AVE (718) 858-1951 or visit www. Continued from page 7 2133, www.canteennyc.net. pacificstandardbrooklyn.com Hours: 6 am to 10 pm daily. dard brings a West Coast flair Accepts: American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. PA NEVINS ST CIFIC ST to the block. You notice it the Sheep Station Best munchies: Chocolate milkshake, Cuban panini, sweet minute you walk in: something Sheep Station, named for potato fries and Boerum Hill Combo (pictured). is different here. The lights are Australia’s version of a ranch, DEAN ST DEAN STREET GRILL THIRD AVE brighter, for one, and there is is a bit farther down, but defi- 52 Fourth Ave. at Dean Street in Park Slope, (718) 596-7586. evidence of a literary sensibili- nitely worth the trek. Serving a Hours: Monday through Saturday, from 6 am to 11 pm, and BERG ty in the hodgepodge of books number of beers and wines Sundays, from 7 am to 10 pm. EN Accepts: American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. ST on two large shelves in the from down under — nine dif- FOURTH AVE Best munchies: Falafel sandwich, jerk chicken sandwich and ST M backroom, where you can of- ferent bottled beers and, their

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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Doctoroff’s disaster

e always knew that the Atlantic Yards president, local councilmembers, the city Plan- main — would have been softened. project would afford The Brooklyn Pa- ning Commission and the full City Council to At the very least, developer Bruce Ratner W per with many occasions over the next hold hearings, analyze projects and exact real would have been forced to pay far more than 30 years to say, “We told you so.” concessions from developers who want zoning $100 million for development rights to the Van- We just didn’t expect to get them so soon. changes or land-use variances that will earn derbilt Yards — air rights that the Metropolitan The latest occasion was generated by outgoing them countless millions of dollars. Transportation Authority itself had valued at Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, who publicly ad- In the past, such as during the rezoning of the $214 million (what irony: the agency is now mitted this week to one of the Bloomberg Ad- Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfront in 2005 trying to close a $115-million budget deficit ministration’s signature failures. or during the negotiations over Donald Trump’s with a fare hike!). In an interview in the New York Observer, Riverside South project in the early 1990s, Doctoroff’s change of heart on Atlantic Yards Doctoroff finally said what this newspaper and ULURP hearings and negotiations led to sub- is less than a stunning surprise, given that the Atlantic Yards opponents have been saying for stantial positive changes. Trump, for example, Bloomberg Administration is finally engaging a four years: the largest project in Brooklyn’s his- wanted to build the world’s tallest building on local community on the West Side as a result of tory should have gone through the city’s normal the Upper West Side, but was forced to down- its failed plan to ram a football stadium down — and rigorous — land-use review procedure size that out-of-scale dream and pony up mil- that community’s throat. This time around, the rather than being handed off to a state business lions to fix the 72nd Street subway station, plan for building over those MTA-controlled development agency with little interest in local whose overcrowded conditions would be exac- rail yards will go through ULURP. concerns. erbated by all his new residents. It’s too bad Doctoroff and others didn’t see Community input is at the heart of the city’s There is no question that if Atlantic Yards had the value of the city’s own land-use review Uniform Land-Use Review Procedure, a jargony gone through ULURP, many of the project’s process earlier. Brooklyn’s biggest development name for an eight-month public vetting that em- worst excesses — its massive scale, its overly project — and the people of the borough — powers affected community boards, the borough generous public subsidies, its use of eminent do- would have benefited greatly. Sam Ferri

LETTERS Hey, Brooklyn Paper: Stop picking on the Italians

To the editor, other ethnic, racial groups or because of Ratner’s new building at City Tech (“An- More important — and more frightening calculable harm to Brooklyn’s economy, traffic I am appalled that your article about their gender or sexual orientation. other backroom deal,” Dec. 1), I can’t be- Hanukkah harried — is the message being sent to the rest of movement, air quality and public health by grid- Ernie Nardi (“Dyker man on YouTube ig- Michael Giammarella, Brooklyn Heights lieve how we continue to lose what makes To the editor, the community about how these stores’ locking the intersection of Atlantic, Flatbush and nites GOP fisticuffs over immigration,” Brooklyn, Brooklyn— while elected offi- It is the morning of the first night Jewish customers are regarded. Fourth avenues. The effects would extend far Dec. 8) describes Nardi’s voice as having cials turn a blind eye. Incredible! Hanukkah and I’m in a mad scramble to get Come on, big box stores! It’s time to re- beyond the area studied in the state’s narrowly “accent unmistakable to anyone who has Got some ‘tail’ Niel James, Bedford-Stuyvesant it together for my kids, so I rush over to view your policies at this, “the most won- focused environmental study. seen even one Scorsese movie.” To the editor Rite Aid on Seventh avenue to buy last- derful time of the year” — as your piped in The only thing that’s unreasonable is to Such an unnecessary reference had noth- I saw the red-tailed hawk about two minute Hanukkah candles, Hanukkah gift music so unrelentingly reminds us! pretend there is no problem. ing to do with the nature of Nardi’s video weeks ago (“Hawk moves into Greenpoint,” Big mixup wrap, and a few Hanukkah decorations to Barbara Beard Trocco, Park Slope Alan Rosner, Prospect Heights — and, as such, demonstrates that negative Dec. 1). I was jogging around the track when To the editor make my apartment look festive. I looked over and saw this huge beautiful stereotypes continue to be promoted when The headlines in your Dec. 1 issue were To my dismay, Rite Aid did not have any bird stepping up and down in a pile of leaves Radio reaction A rave for Smartmom it comes to Italian Americans. reversed: Bruce Ratner’s 1,000-foot spire is of the above-mentioned items! But it’s not and looking around surreptitiously. To the editor, To the editor, Shame on you, Brooklyn Paper. I always “Jarring Change,” while Charlie Sahadi is that they were merely out of these things. wonder if reporters would have the audaci- A closer look revealed that the hawk was “Mr. Brooklyn.” I recently heard your editor on WNYC’s This is a fan letter — from a Smartsingle — stepping on a pigeon, making sure the pi- They never had them to begin with! Brian Lehrer show and want to thank him to say how much I enjoy Smartmom every week ty to make similar statements if the charac- Wanda Fleck, Boerum Hill The night before, I went to Target at At- ter(s) they were writing about came from geon was dead. for stating the community’s concerns about in The Brooklyn Paper. I especially enjoyed Then in a moment, the hawk flew across lantic Terminal only to discover that the “sea- Atlantic Yards in a balanced way and for “Smartmom trots with the turkeys” (Dec. 1). the street, clutching the carcass, and into the How dumb is Gersh? sonal” department was crammed full with putting the security issue in context. I grew up on Third Street in the 1940s area of the baseball field. As he took off you To the editor, boxes of Christmas decorations waiting to be Opponents’ supposedly “unreasonable” con- and 1950s. I moved to Greenwich Village Send a letter could see his triangle-shaped tail, as red as a Gersh Kuntzman’s fifth grade math unpacked, yet the only Hanukkah candles cerns turned real in Newark, where, two weeks and lived there for a number of decades and were contained in a tired-looking box of bro- before that city’s hockey arena opened, peo- recently moved back to Brooklyn. By e-mail: [email protected] brick. There was a flock of pigeons huddling teacher may have taught him the formula together in the field and as the hawk ap- for the volume of a cylinder — but in The ken, bent, old, waxy candles. When I asked ple were informed that two local streets There have been so many changes, but the By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, proached bearing the dead one, the pigeon Paper’s “team coverage” of Christmas trees the “associate” for some Hanukkah gift- would have to be closed every home game. family business — Tarzian’s Hardware — is 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. flock rose and flew off. (“Xmas trees light up — and The Brooklyn wrap, he produced one crumpled gift bag. It’s no wonder Brooklynites fear that two still there. My uncle, Harry Tarzian, still lives All letters must be signed and include Emily Legutko, Greenpoint Paper team is there,” Dec. 8), Kuntzman is The point of this rant? This is New York weeks before our basketball arena opens, the above the store and is still a fine photographer. the writer’s home address and phone actually standing in front of a cone, not a City, not some small town in the Midwest. NYPD will announce that there will be lanes I love Crawford’s column for other rea- number (only the writer’s name and neigh- How can it be that stores in our area don’t borhood are published with the letter). cylinder. Eric Richmond, Gowanus closings on Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, or sons, including its honesty and humor. Bra- Letters may be edited and will not be Bruce’s Brooklyn Editor’s note: Our exclusive “Team Coverage” feature carry Hanukkah items? What is the underly- rerouted traffic, or vehicle inspections. va, Louise Crawford! You will always be returned. The earlier in the week you send To the editor, is a parody of local television news coverage. So the ing message these stores are sending to the Given the size and location of Atlantic Smartmom to me. your letter, the better. Regarding your recent editorial on Bruce “mistake” about cylinder was intentional, clearly! many, many Jews who live and work here? Yards, any one of these actions would cause in- Rachel Gallagher, Brooklyn Heights

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Hotel DEVELOPMENT • DEVELOPING STORIES • DEVELOPMENT haikus abound Painting the town The Brooklyn Paper It’s not very often that the president Pols show up for groundbreaking of $60M Fulton Mall hotel of a company reads a haiku at a press conference. But haiku — an ancient By Dana Rubinstein Japanese poetic form that consists of The Brooklyn Paper three lines of verse containing five, seven and five syllables — is apparent- The luxe life — at least for tourists — ly a big thing for the InterContinental has come to the gritty Fulton Mall. Hotels Group. The InterContinental Hotel Group — an So at Tuesday’s press conference in extremely high-end chain with lodges from Downtown Brooklyn to show off the Andorra to Zimbabwe — has joined forces company’s new Hotel Indigo, Senior with a 25-year-old developer on a $60-mil- Vice President Jim Anhut approached lion hotel on Duffield Street. the mic and offered this bit of verse: The Indigo Hotel, which will replace the “Brooklyn heritage VIM jeans store between Willoughby Street Hotel Indigo connects and the Fulton Mall, will boast 164 “ameni- Cool borough. Cool brand.” ty-rich” rooms with “signature murals” and The crowd ooh’d and aah’d, but not “fluffy duvets,” a swank restaurant, two bar everyone was impressed with Anhut’s lounges (one of them on the rooftop), and ode to his hotel vision. common areas decorated with “changing Aaron Naparstek, whose traffic-re- aromas,” music, and artwork. lated “honkus” a few years back put Local politicians are so convinced that him on the poetry map, said he wished tourists will soon be painting our town red Anhut would have been more subtle that they gathered on Tuesday to paint a wall

and “painted the picture a bit more.” Callan / Tom “What does a ‘cool brand’ feel Callan / Tom indigo as a way of welcoming the Indigo Ho- like?” Naparstek asked. “You’ve got to tel and its Canadian architect Karl Fischer, try to use your 17 syllables to deliver who designed the undulating glass facade. the Hotel Indigo future directly to the One executive got so worked up, he even reader.” recited a haiku (see story, left). The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Naparstek offered his own take: Paper The Brooklyn InterContinental partnered with V3 Ho- “Willkommen tourists! From left, Borough President Markowitz, developer Ben Nash, InterContinental Ho- tels, a hospitality group founded by the 25- Architect Karl Fischer shows off the latest renderings of his Hotel Indigo, which The Euro goes a long way tel bigwig Jim Anhut and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership President Joe Chan. year-old Crown Heights native, Ben Nash. were unveiled this week at the Duffield Street site. On Fulton Street mall.” Regardless of the reviews, Anhut’s poetic leap was hardly new for the company. The Hotel Indigo link off the Inter- Contental Hotels Web site leads directly to a “haiku by you” feature that allows Garden security has Brooklyn pols asking Yards questions you to pick your season (winter), your mood (reflective) and your element (earth). When a Brooklyn Paper reporter By Mike McLaughlin The only problem with the prom- letter to the mayor and governor in tia James (D–Prospect Heights). MSG is not glass-walled, does not sit woman Joan Millman (D–Cobble tried his hand at this interactive feature, The Brooklyn Paper ise is that it’s not entirely true: the October asking for “an independent “I’ve continued to ask for a follow- in a residential neighborhood and is Hill), state Sen. Velmanette Mont- NYPD did shut a roadway used as a study of the security issues and up meeting.” more than 20 feet from busy avenues gomery (D–Boerum Hill) and Coun- this the haiku was spit out: State officials tried to defuse ten- “Oh, happy tastebuds! taxi stand and pedestrian walkway project design of the Atlantic Yards Not only that, Brooklyn elected as the Atlantic Yards arena will be. cilman David Yassky (D– Brooklyn sion about security at Atlantic between the Garden and Penn Plaza project,” and the response they got officials said that the comparison James and state Sen. Eric Adams Heights) have focused on security Tonight, no mini-bar fare Yards, saying that the NYPD won’t Panini beckons.” after 9-11 for security reasons. from the Empire State Development made by ESDC President Avi (D–Park Slope), Assemblyman Jim ever since Newark’s police depart- need to close streets around the While it’s not exactly Eighth Av- Corporation about MSG wasn’t Schick between Madison Square Brennan (D–Park Slope), Council- ment announced street closings near That leaves only one question: How Nets arena because police don’t did they know? — Gersh Kuntzman enue, that closure did raise some what they had in mind. Garden and the proposed Atlantic man Bill DeBlasio (D–Cobble Hill), that city’s new arena because its close roadways next to Madison eyebrows. “It was rather curt and it was dis- Yards arena is like comparing bas- Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries glass façade is 25 feet from road- Square Garden on game nights. Eight elected officials wrote a missive,” said Councilwoman Leti- ketballs and hockey pucks because (D–Prospect Heights), Assembly- ways and a possible terror target. DYKER LIGHTS UP NIGHT… Continued from page 1 it may only be a once in a lifetime experience. “We are visiting from Rus- sia,” says Svetlana Rozestven- sky outside a house decorated with inflatable Dr. Seuss char- acters off 83rd Street and 12th Avenue, “and we heard that we must see this before we go JOESPH R. LENTOL, ASSEMBLYMAN back. We are glad we did.” While various displays and 619 LORIMER STREET, BROOKLYN dioramas are scattered throughout the neighborhood, it is the NY 11211 8 (718) 383-7474 heart of Dyker — 12th Avenue between 82nd and 85th streets, and 84th Street between 10th and 13th avenues — that is truly winter wonderland. That’s where Tony Muia, a 43-year-old Brooklyn native, aimed his tour bus this year. Muia, who started the “Slice of I am honored and blessed Brooklyn Tours” two years ago, Best Wishes to have received your support recently expanded his offerings this year and throughout my from just pizzerias to include the borough’s best Christmas lights. to our friends in the community tenure as your representative “We just did our first tour of in the NYS Senate. the Dyker Heights lights last week,” Muia told The Brooklyn May peace and prosperity Paper. Muia’s 55-seat state-of- the-art tour bus leaves Manhat- be yours this season and always. tan’s Union Square at 7 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday My sincere thanks, nights for a three-and-a-half hour SENATOR guided tour of the world-famous displays. The business move was natu- Velmanette Montgomery ral for Muia, who remembers his STEVEN D. 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Have a Happy & Healthy “I’ve been doing this for 23 Wishing You a years,” says Lucy Spata home- turing tens of thousands of and even Santa Claus. giving and leaves it up until af- owner and veteran decorator of bulbs, hundreds of decorations, “We add to the lights every ter the Feast of the Epiphany, Holiday Season & 1152 84th St. — one of the music, and guest appearances year,” explains Spata, who also known as “Little Christ- Happy & Healthy largest displays in the city, fea- by Elmo, Frosty the Snowman, plugs in the display on Thanks- mas,” on Jan. 6. a Great New Year! Spata recalls meeting visitors from Massachusetts, Arizona, Holiday Season and California over the years. Assembly Member But the displays don’t just bring and All the Best for out people — they bring out the ALEC BROOK-KRASNY Can you see the lights! best in people. For Spata, the decorations the New Year 46th Assembly District are more than just a family tra- Where to find the best sights in Dyker Heights dition — they’re a way to give 2823 West 12th Street Suite 1F back to the community. State Senator Brooklyn, NY 11224 There are dozens of “It’s worth every penny to (718) 266-0267 Dyker Heights houses 81ST ST put a smile on the kids’ faces,” MARTY J. GOLDEN that get into the Christ- she told The Brooklyn Paper. 8703 3rd Avenue mas spirit. Here are our 82ND ST Spata has used the venue as a 7403 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209 Brooklyn, NY 11209 favorites: 4 11TH AVENUE 12TH AVENUE 83RD ST 14TH AVENUE fundraiser for St. Anthony’s (718) 238-6044 (718) 680-2845 1. The Spatas (1152 84th 3 2 1 charity. St.): Lucy Spata and her 84TH ST Likewise, the Polizzottos late parents started deco- across the street set up a gigan- rating their house with a 85TH ST tic custom-made “Toyland” handful of ornaments 40 86TH ST diorama, complete with rides, New York State years ago, and she has that has raised money for the been adding to her collec- DYKER BEACH PARK American Cancer Society. tion ever since. In addition Although so many houses to plastic soldiers, angels, put up such large displays — ASSEMBLY Sheldon Silver - Speaker keep the front porch busy time after New Years. and reindeer, the Spatas which can cost well over — while a two-story Santa 4. The Lambrones (8304 $30,000, according to Angel have upgraded to live El- waits at the door to collect mos, Frosty the Snowmen, 12th Ave.): This extremely Rivera of Tri Star Amusements Happy Holidays and the mail. and Santas as well! bright corner house with a — a spirit of friendly competi- 15-foot-tall Frosty the tion exists amongst some 2. The Polizzottos (1145 3. The Rizzutos (1062 84th Snowman makes full use of neighbors. 84th St.): The late Alfred St.): Life-sized and mecha- Best Wishes for the New Year! its idyllic landscape to cele- “Everyone works together to Polizzotto had this cus- nized, these Victorian-clad brate the season, draping make everyone happy,” says tom-designed Toyland- animatrons from Charles its bushes as a wall of lights. Rivera. “People have the holi- themed display commis- Dickens’s “A Christmas day spirit. There might be com- Assemblyman sioned during his initial Carol” claim squatters’ Now, so long as the electric swans that have been petition to see who comes out fight with cancer 20 years rights outside a Dyker with the nicest house, but it’s HAKEEM JEFFRIES placed on the banks of the ago. Mechanized horses townhouse as they humbly ultimately to make kids happy.” weighing a ton each, 29- await the Ghost of Christ- lawn’s waterfall and artificial That said, tour guide Muia 57th District foot-tall toy soldiers mas Future to convince stream don’t go swimming, says Lucy Spata’s display is the marching in place, and 10- the owner to let them everything should be fine. best. 55 Hanson Place foot-tall lords a’leaping back in — hopefully some- — Joe Jordan “She was the one who took it Brooklyn, NY 11217 to a whole new level,” he said. December 15, 2007 / Ê ,""9 Ê** ,ÊUÊ777° ,""9 ** ,° " ÊUÊÇ£n®ÊnÎ{Îxä AWP 15 HOME EMPLOYMENT REAL ESTATE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE Help Wanted Help Wanted YOUR LOCAL AGENT Accountants LPNs Plumbing 2nd and 3rd shift Substance Abuse/ Fort Greene TheBusinessStore.com Alcoholism Counselor Accounting, Bookkeeping, Prospect Park Assisted BROOKLYN, NY Knowledgeable. 25 + years experience. Discretion. 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