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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2011 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Bay Ridge AWP/16 pages • Vol. 34, No. 42 • October 21–27, 2011 • FREE NYPD RED-FACED Cops drop charges after high-profi le ‘fi end’ arrest By Kate Briquelet Cops then said that the 32-year- The Brooklyn Paper old Queens resident had been Embarrased cops collared a picked out of a lineup and con- second alleged sex fiend on Mon- The fi rst victim? nected to a May 7 incident where day — but were forced to drop a man grabbed a woman’s breasts, the charges two days later after Woman says cops ignore link exposed himself and masturbated the victim who supposedly picked in the entrance to the Seventh Av- him out of a lineup recanted. By Kate Briquelet than a year later. enue F-train station. It was a wild week for the NYPD, The Brooklyn Paper The 31-year-old victim told But the charge did hold up, and which first trumpeted the arrest A Carroll Gardens woman The Brooklyn Paper that she the masturbator got off, leaving of Joshua Flecha, a bartender at claims that she was the South realized that she was an early the NYPD empty-handed amid the Heartland Brewery in Man- Slope Sex Fiend’s first victim victim after seeing a shocking growing local frustration of the hattan, who was allegedly caught — but cops fumbled her case, video of the fiend’s first be- pace of the investigation of what masturbating between parked cars allowing the creep to terror- lieved attempted rape in March . are now believed to be 20 gropings on 17th Street near 10th Avenue ize other neighborhoods more See VICTIM on page 13 in and around the South Slope. in Windsor Terrace. See FIEND on page 13 FOOTPATH SOLDIERS Photos by Stefano Giovannini City brings in traffi c cops to calm tensions on Bridge Day of the dogs By Kate Briquelet between cyclists and skyscraper- The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership sponsored its first “Dog-Tober” block par- The Brooklyn Paper gawking tourists are frequent. ty for pups on Saturday — and we don’t know if it was a “success” or a “failure,” Call them the whistleblowers! Armed with whistles, yellow but we do know that these dogs were very cute. (Clockwise from top left) Emilio
Photo by Stefano Giovannini The city has brought in traffic reflective vests and hats, the Bermonte and his English Bulldog Mojo, veterinarian Dawn Fowler and her Po- WALK THE LINE: Porfiro Llanes works a 12-hour shift on the enforcement agents to ease ten- bridge’s watchdogs don’t hand meranian Fosse, Zena Walker of Fort Greene with Sporty, and Bob London with Brooklyn Bridge to keep cyclists and pedestrians apart on sion on the congested Brooklyn out tickets or chase down of- his mixed breed Sebastian. Who’s a good boy? They all are! the narrow walkway. Bridge footpath — where clashes See BRIDGE on page 13 Occupy Brooklyn takes Grand Army Plaza By Eli Rosenberg the protest was entirely peaceful. is worse than Iran and India.” south of the fabled archway. The Brooklyn Paper There were signs, there were props Nearby, a protester surrounded “They have a message which I agree and there were speeches — all urg- by police held a sign reading, “S—t WHAT’S IT MEAN? More than 100 people — including SEE PAGE 13 with in many ways,” he said. “The dis- the borough’s top elected official in ing America to wake up to the nation’s is f—ked and I’m not LOL-ing any- parity in income growth in this country growing economic disparity, the gov- more.” Another toted a huge “Occu- is not a positive thing for the future of a quietly supportive role — ushered ernment’s too-close connections with pus,” whose tentacles represented cor- one of the Occu-pus’s architects. Brooklyn into the Occupy Wall Street banks, and a tax structure that favors porate America’s supposed hold on the Borough President Markowitz min- America — and it’s a great concern.” movement with a three-hour rally for the wealthy. political system. gled with the crowd — albeit also with Markowitz and the protesters echoed economic justice on Saturday in Grand “Why join Occupy Wall Street? ” one Photo Callan by Tom “It just hit me that we needed to repre- the police — to offer qualified support a growing body of evidence that the in- Army Plaza. speaker asked rhetorically. “Because Members of Occupy Brooklyn in sent the problem so there’d be something for the larger point of the protesters, come gap is widening to historic lev- Dozens of cops were on hand, but income disparity in the United States Grand Army Plaza on Saturday. directly to boo at,” said Kate Hibbard, who were confined to the sidewalk just See OCCUPY on page 13 A mom’s nightmare Daughter saved from choking by hero salon worker By Natalie O’Neill was keenly aware that time ing at the counter, came run- The Brooklyn Paper was running out.” ning. A heroic Park Slope nail KNOW YOUR Gorlitsky had tried to em- The salon manager had salon manager saved the life HEIMLICH? ploy the Heimlich Maneuver never learned the Heimlich of a choking 7-year-old girl, by grabbing Isabella from be- — but intuition and maybe using the Heimlich Maneu- SEE PAGE 5 hind, then using her hands a bit of copycatting guided ver to dislodge the butter- to thrust upward twice, just him: He wrapped his arms scotch candy he had given bella Schlachet, who began below her diaphragm. around the girl, balled up his her minutes earler. choking on the complimen- But the candy wouldn’t fists — and with one strong,
Every parent’s nightmare tary candy while her mom budge — and “30 seconds swift motion — pushed in and Photo by Stefano Giovannini was narrowly avoided as got a nail touch-up. feels like forever when pulled upward, just above her In perhaps the most chilling photo ever taken at a park rally, a
Photo by Stefano Giovannini Galo Aguda — who runs “Her lips were blue and her your child isn’t breathing,” bellybutton. pink, human-sized bear demonstrates how sad he is that he can Galo Agudo saved the life of Romy’s Nails on Seventh face was panicked,” said Isa- she said. “I thought, ‘Oh, my God,’ ” only ride his canoe on the sidewalk. 7-year-old Isabella Schlachet af- Avenue near 10th Street — bella’s mom, Lisa Gorlitsky, So she screamed for help, he said. “I had never learned ter she started choking. rescued PS 107 student Isa- the actress and shoe model. “I and Agudo, who was stand- See HERO on page 5 The lost park Ferry great news What happened to Bushwick Inlet? By Aaron Short Greenpoint,” said Ward Dennis of The Brooklyn Paper Neighbors Allied for Good Growth. Ridership numbers better than predicted Williamsburg residents demanded “We are seeing thousands of new housing units created annually, but By Aaron Short boat on the East River since it the overwhelming majority are that the city make good on its promise to build Bushwick Inlet Park, decry- the acreage that residents were prom- The Brooklyn Paper set sail 17 weeks ago . Brooklynites using it to get to ing Bloomberg officials who said this ised is much slower to come.” The East River ferry is stay- That’s already 40,000 trips Manhattan and from Downtown summer there was no funding and no The “Where’s Our Park?” protest ing afloat — thanks to Brook- more than the company esti- Brooklyn to North Brooklyn,” timetable to acquire the needed prop- event, organized by a handful of North lyn passengers. mated for the entire year. Three- said New York Waterway’s Paul erties in the Kent Avenue site. Brooklyn community groups, was
Ridership on the city’s water quarters of those trips are em- Goodman. File photo by Stefano Giovannini “We have fought hard for public timed to coincide with the city-spon- taxi has exceeded expectations, barking from Brooklyn piers. The company launched its The new East River ferry service has proven to be access to the waterfront — and it is sored “It’s My Park Day” on Saturday, as 448,670 people have taken a “It’s a mixture of out-of-town city-subsidized commuter ferry quite popular, suggesting that this time, it’s here important that the city follow through where more than 5,000 volunteers en- trip on a New York Waterway tourists and Manhattanites, but See FERRY on page 12 to stay. on its promises to Williamsburg and See PARK on page 12 She’s bearing down on her big day
AS: What did you eat and do Pregnant Marni gets one week closer to her gallery delivery while you were at the gallery? One week ago, performance legendary pregnancy-watcher feeling health-wise? MK: I have been eating break- artist Marni Kotak shocked the CHECKIN’ IN WITH Aaron Short begins a weekly Marni Kotak: I am feeling fast at the gallery — usually Greek world by announcing that she update with Kotak as she bears pretty good health-wise, trying to yogurt, Special K cereal with rai-
Photo by Stefano Giovannini would give birth — in Bush- into a birthing center to give down towards the birthday of take it easy and not do too many sins and soy milk. For snacks, I Performance artist Marni Kotak rests up as she prepares wick’s Microscope Gallery, audiences a front-row seat to her gender-unknown child. interviews so that I can focus on like Nutella, coconut water and to give birth — live — in a Bushwick Gallery. which has been converted the miracle of life. This week, Aaron Short: How are you preparing to give birth. See BIRTH on page 12
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Photo by Stefano Giovannini rent of more than $10,000 a ber. These people will be happy that Lucky Lou’s on month — up from the $7,500 Gerard Bell, an owner of a month that Logue was pay- Sixth Avenue in Park Slope is no longer seeking Fifth Avenue restaurant Skin- a full liquor license. ing. flint’s, confirmed on Satur- Bell declined to com- day evening that he and two GO GREEN ment on the specifics of the partners had reached a deal lease, but did say that Tesor- with landlord Anna Tesori- iero cut him a deal because ero to reopen the legendary No Sweat, In Style ‘Sixth’ sense File photo Callan by Tom she wanted Hinsch’s to stay greasy spoon, known for its open. SPECIALIZING IN FOLDING egg creams, homemade can- Don’t take down the sign — Hinsch’s will reopen next month! Logue did not immedi- Owner kills sports bar dies and throwback decor. ately return a phone mes- ELECTRIC BIKES “We’re shooting for Nov. sage seeking comment. By Natalie O’Neill 1,” he said. “We’re in here a couple of new items, but Ridge), and comes just two The shop was a Bay Ridge The Brooklyn Paper now cleaning and just patch- the famous chocolates, milk weeks after the 63-year-old fixture, but its clientele had Make that Unlucky Lou’s. ing up some holes and we’re shakes and egg creams will family business was shut- not changed since Herman FEATURING The owner of the controversial would-be sports bar ready to go.” stay the same — as will tered on Sept. 29 when city Hinsch opened the shop in Lucky Lou’s has withdrawn his application for a full li- Bell, a lifelong Ridgite, Hinsch’s iconic signage and health inspectors found the 1948, one of three in Bay quor license for his Sixth Avenue establishment after pres- said he wanted to keep the old-school interior. shop was a refuge for rats Ridge, and business had sure from neighbors who said the new bar would turn the shop from becoming another “Everything is staying. and roaches, and improp- been on the decline. Luxury Electric quaint residential street into a drunken jock fest. chain store — a common fate We’re just cleaning it up erly refrigerated the food Skinflint’s has its own syr- Cruisers “There was a lot of reluctance from the community — over the years. and making it look nice,” it served. upy history — the Fifth Ave- and I think he knew we wouldn’t grant [approval],” said “We wanted to revive the he said. Despite the timing, owner nue restaurant between 79th Mark Shames of Community Board 6, noting the residen- place, said Bell. “It’s a part The news broke on the John Logue blamed the econ- and 80th streets known for its tially zoned strip isn’t suited for a sports bar crowd. of Bay Ridge history.” Facebook page of Council- omy for his decision to shut- burgers used to be the Myer & Owner Luis Cordero initially sought to cater to foot- The menu will feature man Vince Gentile (D–Bay ter Hinsch’s. Blohm ice cream parlor. ball fans and sling hard liquor until 4 am, then changed his plan , saying he would serve “four-star food” and ca- Folding Electric ter to families. FORT GREENE Bikes But dozens of neighbors on the Park Slope street — Great for city, which has remained residential and quiet despite its po- sition between the neighborhood’s two bustling com- boats and RVs mercial spines — nevertheless stormed a CB6 hearing two weeks ago to protest. Tillie’s brewed awakening FREE Residents questioned Cordero’s character and the ap- propriateness of the bar site — which is surrounded by TEST a school; a library; several churches; and at least one Coffeehouse for sale on Craigslist after 14 years other bar, the popular Park Slope Ale House. DRIVES Cordero owns the building and is able to skirt resi- By Kate Briquelet Patricia Mulcahy and dental zoning restrictions because he is grandfathered in The Brooklyn Paper Amos Yogev offered the 718-788-1181 under its original commercial zoning — which applied The beloved coffeehouse DeKalb Avenue cafe for sale GreenPathBikes.com to the now-closed Kohzee Café in the same space. Tillie’s, which has caffein- on Craigslist with an asking He says he’ll apply for the easier-to-get beer and wine ated Fort Greene for 14 years, price of $189,000 — but the license, and just wants a “nice little cafe.” has been put up for sale — buyer must preserve its cozy “These people made a big stink out of it … but I want alarming locals who don’t art shows, open mic nights to please the neighborhood and I don’t want them to be want the neighborhood in- and organic brews. angry at me,” he said. stitution to change. “We’re trying to find a situation that will continue FREE the spirit of the place,” said Mulcahy, who opened the BAY RIDGE cafe at the corner of Van- HEALTH derbilt Avenue in less-trendy “It’s a very busy business 1997. “There’s a lot of poten- EXAM district; it needs to be treated tial, but we don’t have the re- that way,” said Loccisano. sources to move forward.” for all new Parking woes Fifth Avenue between The online ad describes 65th and 95th streets has 255 Tillie’s as a “profitable busi- patients! parking spaces, according to ness … that successfully op- Business owners say tix the city, and merchants say erates with minimal supervi- that inefficient rules cre- sion.” The sale will include scare away customers ate rampant double park- outdoor seating and a base- PARK SLOPE ing, despite the availability ment with sinks and cater- By Dan MacLeod of an additional 205 spots ing equipment. VETERINARY CENTER The Brooklyn Paper in a city-owned parking ga- Mulcahy, a former edi- Merchants on Fifth Ave- rage between 85th and 86th tor at Doubleday, dreamed Photo Callan by Tom We have pets available for adoption! nue are demanding the city streets. up the venue after realizing increase the time shoppers “It doesn’t work,” said Jim Amos Yogev and Patricia Mulcahy have put their Got a good home? Give us a call! that the neighborhood had a DeKalb Avenue coffeeshop Tillie’s up for sale. are allowed to park along the Clark, president of the Fifth plethora of Pratt students and strip, claiming the present Avenue Business Improve- creatives — and no place for Dr. Yvonne Szacki one-hour limit doesn’t give ment District, of the lot. “It them to hang out. been murdered. the scrappy cafe would fall Dr. Beth Balsam clients enough time to go fills up and it never allevi- Tillie’s quickly became To purify the crime scene, to the neighborhood’s rapid from store to store— and Photo Callan by Tom ated the double parking like their centrally located liv- Caribbean contractors held gentrification. -EDICINE s 3URGERY many times results in them Joseph Loccisano wants it was supposed to when it ing room, with its scattered an exorcism with rum and “It would be sad to see $ENTAL s -ICROCHIP getting expensive parking to increase the parking was built in 1970.” café tables, walls lined with chicken feathers. Tillie’s turn into something tickets. time on Fifth Avenue. The Department of Trans- local art, and a mini fridge for “There’s all kinds of sto- else,” said Rich Lebenson, /N 3ITE ,AB s $IGITAL 8 2AY Joseph Loccisano, owner portation says it is studying the creamer and milk. There’s ries with Tillie’s,” Mulcahy a painter who’s stopped into of Rocco’s Pizza between how drivers use the spaces no clock, but there’s a vin- said. “It has a history and a Tillie’s nearly every day for TH !VENUE ticketed like crazy and it’s (at 19th Street) 78th and 79th streets, has to figure out ways to make tage portrait of Tillie As- real place in the neighbor- the past five years. “It’s very killing business,” said Loc- collected over 1,000 signa- parking more readily avail- nis, who owned the build- hood, and not that many casual and free form. There’s 718-369-PETS tures in the past month from cisano. able. ing housing a Laundromat places do.” no other place like it around shoppers and business own- Fifth Avenue has about That could mean rais- and antiques shop that pre- But the story of Tillie’s is here.” Mon to Fri - 9am to 7pm ers on Fifth Avenue who say 330 shops between 65th ing the price of metered ceeded the cafe. also the story of Brooklyn it- Tillie’s [248 DeKalb Ave. Sat - 9am to 2pm that they want the city to ex- and 85th streets, with just 21 spots (as the city has done Mulcahy discovered the self: Ordinary people are of- at Vanderbilt Avenue in tend parking times to two vacancies. But retailers say in Park Slope), changing available storefront when she ten priced out of their own Fort Greene, (718) 783- hours so that shoppers can the number of empty store- loading zones, or even bar- bought a couple of old chairs neighborhoods. Mulcahy her- 6140]. For info, visit www. 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For Those Special Occasions In Your Life Don’t mess with this store owner! Bond Street at 12:25 am when them in, one perp displayed a Wakeman Place at 12:30 pm 78TH PRECINCT the men approached, punched semi-automatic pistol while to bring her bundle of joy in- Park Slope him in the face, grabbed his POLICE BLOTTER the other tied her up and or- side. When she returned an t#*35)%":4 A clumsy thief tried to billfold and fled. dered her to open a safe. hour later, the stinky bounty snatch some fancy clothes iPad jacked Find more online every Wednesday at She handed over $56,000, was gone. from a store on Fifth Ave- A thief stole a man’s iPad and the thugs fled down Man- Gym rats! t"//*7&34"3*&4 nue on Oct. 12. BrooklynPaper.com/blotter on Smith Street on Oct. 16. hattan Avenue. Thieving jocks pilfered at The owner of Malik The Apple lover said that Phone relay Sportswear near 13th Street mobile and fled. Gummed up least two lockers at a gym t8&%%*/(4 he was between Wyckoff and Cops caught up with the Two thieves stole a man’s on Fourth Avenue between told cops that he spotted a Warren streets at 2:20 pm A thief tried to steal four crook — and three partners bandit shortly after, police boxes of gum from a 7-Eleven phone on Graham Avenue 92nd and 93th streets on when the thief snatched the said. on Oct. 16 — but police ar- Oct. 16. t)0-*%":4 — sneaking out of the shop tablet out of his hand and market on Manhattan Avenue at 4:05 pm with $1,600 worth Idyll of evil on Oct. 12, but scuffled with rested their suspects. • A sweat bandit swiped ran away. cash and a credit card out of True Religion jeans, a pair Two gun-toting maraud- the manager instead. The victim was near of a man’s locker between of $420 Nudie Jeans and a Thief busted ers robbed a 21-year-man in The worker told police that McKibbin Street at 9:40 pm 6:45 and 7:45 pm. bunch of Polo shirts. A man was arrested for Fort Greene Park on Oct. 9 — the perp entered the store at when one perp approached • Thieves stole a fancy The owner then tried to stealing $100 from a shop- showing that the greenspace 1:53 am and grabbed the gum. him and tried to take the phone stop the thieves, but one of per on Fulton Street on Oct. is still a thief’s paradise. But when the manager con- from his hand. The mobile de- phone and a dollar bill from the thugs shoved him and ran 16. The victim told police that fronted him, the two fought, vice fell to the ground, but the a woman’s locker between out of the store. That’s when The victim said that she he was near St. Edwards and and the perp punched him second perp picked it up. 6:45 and 8:45 pm. the gutsy merchant chased was near Flatbush Avenue at Willoughby streets at 4 am before fleeing down Mil- An hour later, police ar- Gold rush! For Over 99 Years him down — and then held 2 pm when the man grabbed when the robbers approached. ton Street. rested the suspected thieves. Prospecting thieves stole the thug near 12th Street un- the money. One pulled a gun while the Pen? Tell her Crazy shirt a cache of gold from a 91st til cops came. But she identified the al- other said, “You good, man, SATNICK’S A thief stole a Tiffany pen A thief stole $222 worth Street house on Oct. 12. Police arrested a 22- leged thief, and cops nabbed just give us your s—t.” from a Franklin Street apart- of merchandise from a Have- The victim told cops that FINE JEWELRY year-old suspect the same the suspect the same day. The duo snatched the ment on Oct. 13. meyer Street sportswear store her son failed to lock the door & WATCHES day. They are now hunting — Daniel Bush man’s property and fled east The tenant left her apart- on Oct. 11. of the house between Third three more 25-year-old al- on Myrtle Avenue. The store manager told po- and Fourth avenues when he 187 State Street leged crooks. ment at 8:30 am, but when she 88TH PRECINCT Park snatch returned to the unit near India lice that the perp entered the left at 7 pm. (between Court & Boerum) The mom came back at 9 Muffin monster Fort Greene–Clinton Hill A brazen thief lifted a Street at 9:30 pm, she saw her store near S. Third Street at pm to find that a jewelry box 718-852-1421 A jerk stole a wallet from a Subway horror woman’s purse and iPhone door was open and her apart- 11:30 am and shoplifted 30 woman at Connecticut Muf- as she sat in Fort Greene Park ment was ransacked. shirts, 16 belts, and five bras, in her bedroom — contain- Open: Tues-Fri 10am-6:30pm, Sat 11am-5pm A knife-wielding luna- fin on Seventh Avenue on on Oct. 10. — Aaron Short before running away. ing $750 worth of gold trin- Watch & Jewelry Restoration On Premises! Oct. 11. tic jumped two women on The 31-year-old victim — Aaron Short kets — was empty. The victim told cops she a Manhattan-bound 4 train told police that she was near The police report did not on Oct. 10 — scoring a Mac- 90TH PRECINCT popped into the First Street Myrtle Avenue and St. Ed- 68TH PRECINCT indicate whether the son is bakery at 10:40 am. She Book, iPhone and a Shake- wards Street at 6:55 pm when Southside–Bushwick grounded. reached into her purse an spearean play. the perp grabbed her stuff Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights The victims told cops that Home invasion Jewel heist! hour later — then discov- and fled. Two thieves posing as po- Diaper bandits! Perps swiped nearly ered her wallet gone along the subway was approach- The Mac ing Nevins Street at 2:36 am — Kate Briquelet lice officers robbed an 80- Thieves swiped a wom- $3,500 in jewelry from a with a credit card and a driv- year-old woman inside her an’s diaper bag off her front 67th Street apartment on er’s license inside. when the thug ordered, “Give me your money and stuff or I 76TH PRECINCT Graham Avenue apartment steps on Bergen Place on Oct. 13. Support Store — Natalie O’Neill on Oct. 14. Oct. 15. The victim told cops that will f—king stab you!” Carroll Gardens-Cobble The perps knocked on The victim told cops that she left her house between The goon then brandished Hill–Red Hook 84TH PRECINCT a hunting knife, prompting the door at 7:10 pm and one she had set down the bag 13th and 14th avenues at 9:30 Brooklyn Heights– the 19- and 20-year-old 2nd trouble stated, “We are the police, — which also contained am. When she returned at 4 DUMBO–Boerum Hill– women to hand over a purse A thug punched a woman we need to talk to you about her purse, $200, and an iP- pm, a cache of gold and jew- Downtown filled with loot and $20. in the face during a Oct. 14 your son.” hone — on her front steps els were missing from her robbery on Second Place. But when the victim let between 67th Street and bureau. — Dan MacLeod Brooklyn’s First Apple Rob-n-grope Apple picking The victim was nearing Authorized Repair Shop! A creep groped and robbed Two thieves swiped a Clinton Street at 8 pm when a woman on Gold Street on woman’s iPad from an At- the suspect attacked and ran Oct. 12 — all directly in front lantic Avenue subway sta- off with her belongings. of the 84th Precinct station- tion on Oct. 14, but a by- — Thomas Tracy s -AC I0HONE I0AD AND I0OD REPAIR house! stander collared one of the The victim said she was perps until the other returned 9OU .AME )T ° 7E &RAME )T s "RAND .EW -ACS IN 3TOCK near Tech Place at 10 pm the tablet. 94TH PRECINCT when the thug accosted her, The 39-year-old vic- Greenpoint–Northside s &RAMES s -AC 2ENTALS AND ,OANERS put a sharp object to her neck tim told cops she was near iPhone swipes I was s 0RINTS and demanded money. Flatbush Avenue and Han- At least two iPhones were framed at s 0ROFESSIONAL $ATA 2ECOVERY She handed over $300, but son Place at 3:05 pm when s -ATTING stolen last week: the man wanted her phone, the goons ran off with her the factory • A thief grabbed on from s &RAMED -IRRORS s -EMORY (ARD $RIVE 5PGRADES saying, “I don’t want you to hot-ticket device. a woman on Union Avenue outlet! call the cops.” That’s when a Good Sa- s 3UPERB s /N SITE #ALLS on Oct. 11. The victim told He then walked her to the maritan intervened, holding police that she was near Frost #RAFTSMANSHIP intersection of Tillary Street, one of the thugs until cops Street at 4 pm when the perp where he handed the phone arrived. s %XPERT !DVICE ran from behind and snatched No Appointment Necessary back, groped the victim and Phone haul the phone clean from her ran off. 168 7th Street at 3rd Ave, Brooklyn Cops arrested an Apple- hand. Frame It In Brooklyn The stationhouse is at the loving thief on Oct. 10 after • Another iPhone lover 718-312-8341 opposite corner of Tillary and he allegedly snatched a man’s lost her smartphone on Roe- 767 Third Avenue (at 25th St) Gold streets. 9–7 weekdays, 10–4 Saturday iPhone on Gates Avenue. bling Street near Union Av- 888-711-2215 [email protected] Punch out The 29-year-old victim enue at around 12:30 pm on Three thugs mugged a told police that he was near Oct. 12. FrameItInBrooklyn.com www.macsupportstore.com man for his wallet on Ber- Washington Avenue at 3:08 In both cases, the women [email protected] gen Street on Oct. 16. pm when the perp punched were talking on the phone at The victim said he was near him in the face, yanked his the time of the theft.
MAYOR BLOOMBERG HAS CHILD CARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AGAIN— AND WE HAVE TO STOP HIM.
Mayor Bloomberg is at it again. Earlier this year, he tried to cut child care, but the City Council listened to us—saving it.
But our work isn’t done. Without major changes, Bloomberg’s disastrous “EarlyLearn” plan will devastate New York’s day care and Head Start system: giving us fewer options, taking jobs out of already-devastated neighborhoods and leading to major cuts in pay and benefi ts for women workers.
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MUSIC Love & peas Tom Chapin has something to say: More veggies, please! The Grammy Award-winner will kick off “Food Day” at PS 58 by performing songs off his new children’s album, “Give Peas a Chance,” including “Beans Talk” and “Life Grows On.” “I love the idea that if a kid in the car, lis- tening to the song says, ‘What’s a carnivore?’ it could spark a conver- sation!” says the eco- minded entertainer, who Photo by Bonnie Chapin grew up with his brother Harry in Brooklyn Heights. In “The Ultimate Lunchroom,” Chapin dishes about a school environment where students grow their own food — a concept not lost on PS 58, which already has such a program. (718) 260-2500 October 21–27, 2011 Nosh-friendly games, an artery-declogging The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings lunch, and a student exhibition will help to fuel one’s inner foodie; what’s more, attendees are invited to bring their own food-related pieces of art, to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Food Day at PS 58 [330 Smith St. between Carroll Street and First Place in Carroll Gardens, (347)-329-5093], Oct. 23, noon-3 pm. Tickets, $30 (families up to five). For info, visit www.brooklyn- I melt for you foodcoalition.ning.com. — Shavana Abruzzo Tasty toasty cheese sandwiches are taking over town DINING
By Sarah Zorn for The Brooklyn Paper Crazy hash orget plastic-wrapped Kraft singles — for Brooklyn’s dairy-loving gour- Competitive home cooks will test their Midwest- F mands, grilled cheese is officially the ern mettle at the annual Casserole Crazy cook-off most haute thing on sliced bread. on Oct. 24 — a deep-dished contest that celebrates “I knew I could build a business around the humble, comfort food that flyover-country fam- it,” said Michael Jacober of the Morris ilies have been concocting Grilled Cheese Truck, just one of many for generations. elevated toasted sandwich eateries to hit Missourian Emily Far- Brooklyn within the last year. “It’s easy to ris launched the bake-off eat, inexpensive, and so totally American. at the Brooklyn Kitchen Everyone loves grilled cheese.” seven years ago, and the Marcel Simoneau, co-owner of Noor- competition is now so man’s Kil, a new grilled cheese and whis- serious that every home key bar in Williamburg, could not agree cook from Greenpoint more. to Gravesend is a battle- “It’s the perfect comfort food,” he said. hardened veteran. “And it’s also the ideal canvas for really So bring your A game Photo provided by Maureen Scarpelli great ingredients.” — and, at the very least, add some salt! “Fifty percent of winning is proper season- MILK TRUCK ing,” said cookoff king Nick Suarez, whose One of the original granddaddies of duck casserole won first prize in 2009. “Season the grilled cheese movement (circa 2010), at every stage of the cooking process and ask the Milk Truck’s lactose-happy offer- yourself if your dish is balanced with enough ings rely on straight-up flavor combi- salt, sweetness, acidity, and oil.” nations and top-of-the-line ingredients. Photos by Elizabeth Graham Experts also advises home cooks to use a There’s the classic — aged Wisconsin Grab a grilled cheese: (Pictured clockwise cast-iron Dutch oven, which keeps the dish gruyere and cultured butter on Levain from left) Billy Deal, co-owner of Noorman’s warmer longer. Pullman bread — or the classic with a Kil, offers up a souped-up grilled cheese “It has to hold together — if you have some- twist (with champagne pickled onions); sandwich with jalepeno jack, hot sauce, sour thing like duck, chicken or pork it should be the three cheese, the ham and cheese, cream and cilantro. Meanwhile, the Long- evenly distributed,” said Brooklyn Kitchen’s and the breakfast sandwich, which is bow Pub and Pantry in Bay Ridge is known Harry Rosenbloom, a former judge. “You need topped with caramelized onions and a for its Welsh Rarebit, which combines ched- to get everything in one bite.” farm fresh fried egg. Need some dairy dar and beer; and the Food Freaks truck Casserole Crazy at the Brooklyn Kitchen to wash down your dairy? You can’t go in Fort Greene offers a nice sandwich with [100 Frost St. at Meeker Avenue in Williams- wrong with the truck’s signature malt avocado and bacon. burg, (718) 389-2982], Oct. 24, 7 pm. For info, ball French vanilla milkshake. www.casserolecrazy.com. — Aaron Short Milk Truck [Multiple locations. For Noorman’s Kil [609 Grand St. between info, visit milktruckgrilledcheese.com/ Lorimer and Leonard streets in Williams- whereweare.html]. burg, (347) 384-2526]. ART MORRIS GRILLED CHEESE FOOD FREAKS NOORMAN’S KIL 61 LOCAL Michael Jacober, an alum of Anissa and The newest purveyor on the griddled Yes, Brooklyn is now home to three This community-minded Cobble Hill Per Se in Manhattan and Franny’s in Brook- sammy scene, this Fort Greene truck goes grilled cheese trucks, but the recently public house has only seven sandwiches lyn, added a dash of culinary panache to freaky for highfalutin combos like short opened Noorman’s Kil in Williamsburg on its carefully curated menu — and three Art with fries the toasted cheese world when his truck hit rib with gruyere, pickled red onions, wa- has the distinction of being the borough’s of them are grilled cheese. The Imperial the streets in July. Although Jacober often tercress and blackberry jam; ricotta and first dedicated toasted cheese eatery. “Who (raw cow raclette cheese from Vermont, These artists aren’t just serving you bacon offers a late-night special three dollar, no mozzarella with soppressata; and fontinella doesn’t love grilled cheese?” enthused co- balsamic onions, and tomato jam), the — they’re bringing it home. frills sammy, it’s hard to turn down his more with avocado, bacon, and cilantro cream. owner Marcel Simoneau. “It makes you New Hamster (Landaff cheese, Dickson’s Eleven painters, photographers and fine art- inspired (and more expensive) creations It also one-ups the wheeled competition feel like a kid again.” Make that a kid Farmstand ham, and spicy pickle relish), ists — who work at bars and restaurants along like gouda with pork jowl and ramp butter, with a roster of $1 dipping sauces like red who’s just raided his parents liquor cab- and the Mozzilla (Di Bruno’s fresh moz- Smith Street in Cobble Hill — are giving neigh- raclette with beer braised pork and spicy pepper mostarda, agave mayo, and — what inet; Noorman’s Kil also boasts a serious zarella, pesto, and tomato sauce on focca- borhood residents a taste of what they do when pickles, and cashel blue cheese with duck else? — creamy tomato soup. menu of over 200 whiskies to go with oozy cia) are exercises in locally sourced per- they’re not slinging Bloody Marys and Eggs Bene- prosciutto and pickled cauliflower. Food Freaks Grilled Cheese [DeKalb creations like the Jane: NY sharp cheddar fection, and ideally washed down with a dict in the group exhi- Morris Grilled Cheese [Multiple Avenue near S. Portland Avenue in Fort and My Friend’s Mustard on sourdough, pint of Kelso or Sixpoint beer. bition, “Guest Check,” locations. For info, visit the truck’s Greene, (347) 765-1664]. For info, visit and the Maefred: double crème brie, rose- 61 Local [61 Bergen St. between at the Urban Folk Art Facebook page]. www.foodfreaks.com. mary, and mushrooms on ciabatta. Boerum Place and Smith Street in Cobble Gallery. Hill, (347) 763-6624]. “This show gives people in the neighbor- LONGBOW PUB AND PANTRY hood who know us as Grilled cheese is nice — but it’s better with Scotch! You may not be able to find a proper bartenders and waiters Whisky and cheese? Yes, please! Gary Forsyth, co-owner of Noorman’s Kil in grilled cheese sandwich at New York’s a glimpse of what we by Stefanoby Giovannini Williamsburg, recommends ideal pairings from the restaurant’s toasted sandwich only Welsh pub, but who understands do behind the scenes,” and hard liquor-filled menu. For more on the bar, see Bar Scrawl on page 11. the pleasures of fat, the delight of dairy, said photographer and Bar Tabac bartender and the art of carbo-loading better than Tamahl Rahaman, who has five portraits in Sandwich: Jane lightly peated notes in the Greenore. The com- the British? Go for the Welsh Rarebit at the show. “Restaurant workers are some of Whisky: George Dickle #12 bination is both complex and clean. this affable Bay Ridge eatery — aged the most talented people I know.” The light vanilla and smokey flavor of cheddar cheese melted with beer and “Guest Check” pieces are thematically and George Dickle Tennessee Whisky works very Sandwich: Karen spices and poured over thick cuts of white stylistically diverse — including iconic photog- well with the edge of the New York cheddar Whisky: Yamazaki 12-year-old Single country bread. “It’s the perfect hang- raphy as well as Magdalena Marceno’s large and spice of My Friend’s Mustard. A success- Malt over cure,” said owner Jennifer Colbert, street art-style paintings. ful merger of classic American flavors. Yamazaki 12 lends a viscous texture, with “and the beer gives it a little hair of the “I only ever see a blurry picture of a paint- refined notes of oak, soft peat and citrus, that dog.” The rarebit can be ordered with ing or a photograph on a cellphone at the bar Sandwich: Maefred goes hand in hand with the rich combination or without bacon, but who (except for while we’re closing up,” Marceno said.
Photo by Stefano Giovannini Whiskey: Greenore Single Grain eight of cheeses (formage blanc, gruyere, sharp a vegetarian or kosher Jew) would ever Guest Check art show at the Urban Folk Art Chaser: At N o o r m a n’s K i l, g r i l l e d year old cheddar, and havarti) and sourdough bread. dream to order without? Gallery [101 Smith St. between Atlantic Avenue cheese sasndwiches match up The double cream brie, mushrooms, and The pairing is hearty and pronounced. Longbow Pub and Pantry [7316 Third and Pacific Street in Cobble Hill, (718) 643-1610], perfectly with whiskey. rosemary accentuate the floral, grassy and — Sarah Zorn Ave. between 73rd and 74th streets in through Oct. 25. For info, visit www.urbanfol- Bay Ridge, (718) 238-7468]. kartstudios.blogspot.com. — Juliet Linderman
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Plaza [650 Fulton St. between Fort Greenpoint, (212) 788-7476], www. Greene Place and S. Elliott Place in grownyc.org. Community Board 6 Youth, Brooklyn Marriott [333 Adams St. in Downtown, (917) 804-0797]. Fort Greene, (917) 364-5648], www. FORT GREENE PARK GREENMAR- Human Services, Education fultonfl ea.com. KET: 8 am–4 pm. [Washington Park Committee. Monthly meeting. Civic fair. Various city agencies will TRILOK ARTIST MARKET: 11 am–5 between DeKalb and Willoughby 6:30 pm. Cobble Hill Community be on hand. 7 pm. Shore Hill pm. See Friday, Oct. 21. avenues in Fort Greene, (212) 788- Room [250 Baltic St. between Community Center [9000 Shore 7476], www.grownyc.org. Court and Clinton Streets in Rd. at 91st Street in Bay Ridge, OTHER GREENMARKET: Fresh seafood, Cobble Hill, (718) 643-3027], www. (718) 238-6044]. MUSIC, STEAMPUNK CELEBRATION baked goods, and seasonal fruits IN DUMBO: An annual celebration and veggies. Free. 8 am–3 pm. 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Courtesy of Meanred Productions Meanred of Courtesy CAN’T some thrills as well: Valerio Ferrari, arts and crafts table where tots president of Central Amusement In- Tricks and treats: (Clockwise from top) Kids will be busy are encouraged to make their own REFUSE ternational, the company that opened bees all weekend, culminating in the annual Park Slope masks — plus, a special Halloween Luna Park two years ago, said those Halloween Parade on Monday; dogs get into the act at 4-D feature, “The Curse of Skull who dare attend Nights of Horror will the Great Pupkin costume contest in Fort Greene Park Rock,” showing in the theater out- have unlimited access to the park’s on Oct. 29; and adults can get in on the fun at the End of side the aquarium entrance. thrill and family rides. The Scream the World Party at the Masonic Temple on Oct. 29. The A-scarium at the New
Zone and the Cyclone — dubbed the Courtesy of Fort Greene Pups York Aquarium [Surf Avenue and “Haunted Cyclone” until All Hal- W. Eighth Street, (718) 265-3474], low’s Eve — are not included in the am and judging begins at noon. A Audubon Center — we’re talking musical performances, the Fla- Oct. 15–16, 22–23 and 29–30, 11 $30 cover charge. $5 donation fee is recommended, worms, spiders and other critters mingo croquet, the flying flea cir- am-4:45 pm. Tickets are $15 for “Nights of Horror means that but not required. of the night. And who could for- cus and the monocle, mustache adults ($11 for children). For info, October is still time to scream in Great Pupkin Dog Costume get about the haunted barn, “Boo and beard booth; stay for the Hal- visit www.nyaquarium.com. Coney Island,” said Ferrari. Contest at Fort Greene Park at the Zoo”? loween rumpus! Luna Park’s Nights of Hor- (DeKalb and Myrtle avenues in Prospect Park Halloween Ghouls and Gourds at Brooklyn Slope Halloween Parade ror [1000 Surf Ave. between W. Fort Greene) Oct. 29, at 11:30 am. Haunted Walk and Carnival [Pros- Botanic Garden [1000 Washing- The granddaddy of them all is the Save with this ad! Eighth and W. 12th streets in Rain date on Oct. 30. Suggested pect Park Southwest and 16th ton Ave. at Eastern Parkway, (718) annual kids parade in Park Slope, 20% Coney Island, (718) 373-5862], donation, $5. For info, visit www. Street entrance, (718) 965-8999], 623-7220]. Adults, $15. Oct. 29, which begins on Seventh Avenue Fridays–Sundays through Oct. fortgreenepups.org Oct. 29-30, 12 pm-3 pm. Free. noon-6 pm. For info, visit www. and 14th Street and marches north Introducing La Piazza Pizzeria 30, beginning at 6 pm. Tickets are For info, visit www.prospectpark. bbg.org through the neighborhood. Our edi- to Windsor Terrace $30. For info, visit www.lunapark. Halloween in Prospect Park org; Boo at the Zoo at the Pros- tor — who is still receiving marriage ROMAN STYLE PIZZA AT ITS BEST! nyc.com. Halloween events in Prospect pect Park Zoo [450 Flatbush Ave. The ‘Gravesend Inn’ proposals after last year’s turn as By the Slice, Half Pies (13” x 17”), Park begin with the Haunted Walk: between Empire Boulevard and There’s probably nothing scar- a drag-wearing Miss Brooklyn — and Full Pies (17” x 25”). Great Pupkin Dog Costume from the entrance on Prospect Eastern Parkway, (718) 220-5100], ier than a haunted hotel — we’re will reprise his role as MC for the Contest Park Southwest and 16th streets Oct. 29-30, 10 am-5:30 pm. Adults looking at you, Jack Torrence — Park Slope Civic Council aboard It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No — to Lookout Hill, the park’s trail $8, children (3-12) $5. For info, visit so we’d be remiss in our roundup George Shea’s “Ship of the Black it’s a dog dressed as a bird, or a is terrorized by zombies, wolf www.prospectparkzoo.com. duties if we didn’t include the Gra- Spot” pirate boat. LA PIAZZA PIZZERIA plane, or Superman! Who cares men, witches, ghouls and goons. vesend Inn, a high-tech haunted Park Slope Halloween Parade 229 Prospect Park West what it is, as long as it’s a dog in The haunted walk winds through Ghouls and Gourds hotel at City Tech that includes begins at 14th Street and Seventh (near Windsor Place) Windsor Terrace a costume. the park and passes through the The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, animatronic skeletons and talk- Avenue in Park Slope at 6:30 pm; Come get your fill at Fort Greene Haunted Carnival, where there will will be transformed into an only ing portraits, among other hor- ends at 8:30 pm at the Old Stone 718-499-0006 Pup’s annual Great Pupkin costume be plenty of Halloween-themed mildly terrifying landscape — rors. The poltergeist lodge is put House [336 Third St. between www.lapiazzapizzeria.com contest on Oct. 29, where owners games, arts and crafts, and scary there will be plenty of ghouls to together by the school’s Entertain- Fourth and Fifth avenues, (718) Eat In, Take Out, or Free Local Delivery to and their four-legged friends will stories for children. Not spooky go along with your gourds, and ment Technology department. Give 768-3195]. Oct 31, 6:30-8:30 pm, Park Slope & Windsor Terrace dress up for some trick-or-dog- enough? Get acquainted with other dazzling fall flora. Come those kids an A. free. For info visit www.parkslope- treats. Registration starts at 11:30 some very creepy crawlers at the for the Cajun, Celtic and Tibetan Haunted Hotel at New York City civiccouncil.org.
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— were trained in the early 1860s; and an exhibition of 19th-century artifacts in- View our cluding an original copy of “Uncle Tom’s Brooklyn Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, sister complete course of Plymouth’s influential anti-slavery preacher Henry Ward Beecher. catalog “This church was a part of the under- Conservatory and register ground railroad, and Beecher was so in- War isn’t hell strumental,” said Lois Rosebrooks, the online at director of the church’s history ministry of Music Church hosts a Civil War re-enactment services. “These regiments were part of www.bqcm.org all the major battles — the re-enactors By Ben DiMatteo will be telling stories of what happened for The Brooklyn Paper to these units during the war.” Plymouth Church has staged re- ar has never been this civil. enactments of this nature in the past, On Saturday, Oct. 29, two but because of this year’s place in his- W battalions of Civil War re- tory — it’s the war’s sesquicentennial, enactors will don historical military after all — organizers are expecting threads, cock their (mock) rifles, turn even more enthusiasm from the re- back the clock to 1861 and prepare for enactors — even though the Brook- battle — and by “prepare for battle,” lyn 13th can’t make it this year. we mean prepare to deliver educational And if you’re squeamish, or a pac- lectures — on the front lawn of Plym- ifist, or aren’t into the whole blood outh Church in Brooklyn Heights, to and guts bit, don’t worry: there won’t commemorate the 150th anniversary be any actual re-enactments. of the first days of the Civil War at “Oh no, there’s no battle!” Rose- Check out our exciting new one of the most important sites of the brooks added, mildly horrified. “But Underground Railroad. there will be lectures, and story- The all-day throwback will feature telling.”
classes for early childhood, period costumes; historical talks and Church Plymouth of Courtesy Plymouth Church [75 Hicks St. be- discussions; walking tours of Plymouth On guard: Stop by Plymouth Church on Oct. 29 for a good old tween Orange and Henry streets in Church, where these battalions — the re-enactment of the Civil War‚ — and say hi to your friendly neigh- Brooklyn Heights, (718) 624-4743], youth, teens & adults! Brooklyn 14th and the Long Island First borhood battalion, the “Brooklyn Phalanx”! Oct. 29, 10 am-4 pm. Free. NOW ENROLLING FOR OUR FALL SEMESTER Free. 2:30 pm. St. Francis ilworth Place in Midwood, DANCE, FREE SALSA CLASS: WED, OCT. 26 College [180 Remsen St., (718) 951-4500], www. Free. 8 pm. DanceFever HEALTH, DIABETES MAN- between Court and Clinton brooklyncenteronline.org. [3009 Avenue J between Nostrand Avenue and 31st SOME OF OUR NEW CLASSES: 9 DAYS... AGEMENT CLASS IN streets in Brooklyn Heights, MUSIC, HERITAGE ENSEM- (718) 489-5200]. BLE: 2 pm. See Saturday, Street in Midwood, (718) Continued from page 8 SPANISH: Free. 10:30 am. 253-0939]. Musictales! Music Makes Me Move Music Play Dorothy Bennet Mercy MUSIC, THE TIGER LILLIES Oct. 22. of Steampunk culture fea- Center [249 Classon Ave. WITH SPECIAL GUEST Group Piano Group Guitar Music History turing magic, music, pho- between Myrtle and Wil- JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND: 8 tography and fashion. $5. loughby Avenues in Bedford pm. See Tuesday, Oct. 25. 11 am. DUMBO loft (155 Stuyvesant, (718) 282-2500]. Songwriting Ain’t Nuttin’ But the Blues Band Water Street at Maiden READING, “THE JOURNALS Lane in DUMBO), www. OF SPALDING GRAY”: Ed- SAT, OCT. 29 Rock Band The Art of Improvisation And more! brooklynindiemarket.com. ited by Nell Casey. Free. 7 TALK, CROWN HEIGHTS pm. PowerHouse Arena [37 OUTDOORS AND TOURS RIOT — 20 YEARS LATER: Main St. at Water Street in TOUR, IMMIGRANT FOOD- Panel includes Craig Wilder, DUMBO, (718) 666-3049], WAYS: 11:30 am. See Satur- For more information, call us at Jill Vexler, Dexter Wimberly, www.powerhousearena.com. day, Oct. 22. Rabbi Eli Cohen and others. BIRDING 101: Learn to 718.622.3300 or visit www.bqcm.org Free. 2 pm. Medgar Evers THURS, OCT. 27 identify birds. $113 for College [1650 Bedford Ave. members. Noon. Brook- 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 at Crown Street in Crown BROOKLYN BOROUGH lyn Botanic Garden [1000 Heights, (718) 224-4111]. HALL GREENMARKET: 8 Washington Ave., at East- am–6 pm. See Saturday, ern Parkway in Crown Oct. 22. Heights, (718) 623-7220], MON, OCT. 24 MOVIES, “VANISHING www.bbg.org. OF THE BEES:” A 2009 HALLOWEEN IN PROS- READING, DOS CAMINOS documentary about colony PECT PARK: The beloved MEXICAN STREET FOOD collapse disorder and its haunted walk returns! Look COOKBOOK LAUNCH: global impact. Free. 7 pm. out for zombies on Lookout Free. 7 pm. PowerHouse Brooklyn Historical Soci- Hill (along with wolf-men, GENERAL& COSMETIC Arena [37 Main St. at Water ety [128 Pierrepont St. at headless horsemen, witches Street in DUMBO, (718) Clinton Street in Brooklyn and other creepy charac- SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS 666-3049], www.power- Heights, (718) 222-4111], ters). $1. All day. Prospect housearena.com. www.brooklynhistory.org. Park West [Prospect Park Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse DINING, A TASTE OF SHEEP- at 16th Street in Park Slope, Chemical peels SHEAD BAY: Offerings (718) 965-8999], www. TUES, OCT. 25 from 20 eateries in one prospectpark.org. Spider veins place. Tickets $35. 7 pm. EVENT, FORT GREENE PARK Laser hair removal BROOKLYN BOROUGH Knights of Columbus (3000 HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL: HALL GREENMARKET: 8 Emmons Ave. at E. 29th St. Hay rides, games, sack Acne. Herpes am–6 pm. See Saturday, in Sheepshead Bay). races, face painting, stilt- Warts. Moles Oct. 22. MUSIC, THE TIGER LILLIES walkers, entertainers and READING, JORGE COLOMBO WITH SPECIAL GUEST free pumpkins to decorate. Blemish removal AND JEN BEKMAN: Au- JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND: 8 Free. Fort Greene Park Keloids thors of “Finger Paintings.” pm. See Tuesday, Oct. 25. [DeKalb Avenue and Wash- Free. 7 pm. PowerHouse ington Park in Fort Greene, 718-636-0425 Arena [37 Main St. at Water (347) 559-5142], www.fort- 27 EIGHTH AVE (AT LINCOLN PL) Street in DUMBO, (718) 666- FRI, OCT. 28 greenepark.org. PARK SLOPE, BKLYN 3049], www.powerhouse- FARMERS MARKET: 8 am–4 PERFORMANCE arena.com. 212-288-1300 pm. See Friday, Oct. 21. DANCE, CHINESE ACRO- 1000 PARK AVE (AT 84TH ST) MUSIC, THE TIGER LILLIES TRILOK ARTIST MARKET: BATICS: More than 40 MANHATTAN, NY ALAN KLING, MD WITH SPECIAL GUEST JUS- 10 am–5 pm. See Friday, gymnasts, contortionists, TIN VIVIAN BOND: Tickets, Oct. 21. 278 FIFTH AVENUE, BROOKLYN Board-Certified Dermatologist jugglers and dancers. $20, DAY AND EVENING HOURS $35–$45. 8 pm. St. Ann’s TALK, THE MAKING OF BA- 1 pm. Brooklyn Center PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT CARLY WALLIS, PA Warehouse [38 Water St. RACK OBAMA: Author for the Performing Arts at 718.369.9527 INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES at Dock Street in DUMBO, Dinesh Sharma and special Brooklyn College [2900 (718) 254-8779], www. guest Maya Soetoro-Ng, Campus Rd., between stannswarehouse.org. the president’s half-sister. Amersfort Place and Ken-
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Artisan Food Valley [9204 Third Ave. between 93rd and 94th streets in Bay Ridge, (718) 513-0071].
Roast beast! ery morning,” said owner Danny Accardo of the deli, formerly Pi- Artisan crafts a sandwich fi t for Kings azza Mercato. “We only roast four red peppers at a time every knew I’d be writing this week’s its constituent parts from spilling four hours.” column about the roast beef The Best Thing out of its fresh, not-too-crunchy Suddenly $10.50 isn’t so out- I sandwich at Artisan Food Val- baguette and onto your pants. rageous. The crown jewel of the ley in Bay Ridge from the mo- We Ate This Week It’s the kind of sandwich you jus- sandwich is the mozzarella, which ment I saw it. tify by saying you’ll eat half for din- is soft and delicious, and perfectly The check, not the sand- ner and save the rest for lunch the balances the flavorful roast beef wich. the marinated roasted red pep- next day — but then you end up fin- mixed with the garlicky red pep- That’s because at $10.50, the pers and the huge pillowy slices ishing it on the R train three stops pers. And the bread — delivered only way I could afford this of fresh mozzarella and home- from your apartment (as I did.) fresh daily from Royal Crown sandwich is if someone else — made balsamic vinegar reduc- It is a sandwich fit for kings Bakery in Bensonhurst — is the namely this newspaper — is pay- tion, I knew I was dealing with (the county, too). perfect vessel for this Brobding- ing for it. a sandwich that would make Cliff How does one build a sand- nagian blowout. But my first bite of the hefty Huxtable proud. wich of this caliber? If you have the scratch, you sandwich convinced me that I’d be This sandwich is almost too From scratch, of course. need to try this sandwich. Just Hoagy heaven: Reporter Dan MacLeod, a legendary eater, downs a roast beef sandwich writing about it on the merits: as large to fit in your mouth and re- “Our roast beef is homemade, make sure you have napkins — from Artisan Food Valley in Bay Ridge. It was not only the best thing he ate this week, but I dug into the fresh-cut roast beef, quires care and attention to keep the mozzarella is home-pulled ev- and a short subway ride. a nifty test of our temperamental expense reimbursement system. BAR SCRAWL By Bill Roundy How to eat Australian New eatery gives Asian food a Down Under appeal By Sarah Zorn for The Brooklyn Paper DINING he Sunburnt Calf BK — a new Sunburnt Calf BK [611 Vander- down-under eatery in the heart bilt Ave. between Bergen Street and St. Marks Avenue in Pros- T of Prospect Heights — wants pect Heights, (347) 915-1000]. to teach you how to really speak Australian. So don’t expect vegemite, fish noodles ($14). and chips, or shrimp on the bar- The drinks program was de- bie. signed by mix master Greg Seider Those recognizably Aussie items to be refreshing (Thai Basil Lem- are offered at the Calf’s Manhattan onade), innovative (Zu Moscow predecessors — The Sunburnt Cow Mule with lychee puree and gin- in the East Village, Bondi Road on ger beer) or just hit-the-spot per- the Lower East Side, and the orig- fect (Kaffir Lime Gimlet). inal Sunburnt Calf on the Upper St. Clair is bursting with addi- West Side — but the sweet and spicy tional ideas for when the restaurant menu at the Brooklyn version has really gets into its groove — like a decidedly Asian flair. adding a “wrap and roll” section to “My restaurants all represent the menu — DIY sandwiches of Ba- what I grew up eating in Australia, linese spiced chicken, smoked tea which is partly meat pies and fried duck or curry short rib, plus pickled seafood, sure, but largely Southeast vegetables, salads and sauces, folded Asian cuisine,” said owner Heathe into roti bread or lettuce cups — as St. Clair. well as a “tick system,” inspired by “The truth is, Australian food the yum cha halls of Sydney. doesn’t really exist,” he added. “It’s “It’s actually a big Sunday tra- a jumble of influences from all dition for Australians, going to the of the countries that surround it; yum cha, ticking what you want flavors brought in by great chefs off of the menu and handing it to passing through.” Photo Callan by Tom the server,” St. Clair said, using the At Sunburnt Calf BK, that flavor Cheers, mate: Sunburnt Calf BK owner Heathe St. Clair holds Australian term for dim sum. comes Christopher Faulkner — for- one of his Aussie-influenced Asian eatery’s signature cocktails “My first time, I was 15 — just merly of Town and the River Room (it’s good; we tried it). this kid from Alice Springs, eat- in Manhattan — and chef Jimmy ing chicken feet, eating all of these Tu of Montrachet and 11 Madison of working in French restaurants, sics — Chinese leaning- steamed wildly exotic things I had never Park. it’s great to be here, collaborating buns with braised pork belly and tasted, never thought of, never even “My parents were born in Viet- with Heathe on the flavors we both radish ($8), Indian-inspired lamb knew existed before,” he added. Noorman’s Kil [609 Grand St. between Lorimer and Leonard streets nam, so I was raised on Thai, Viet- grew up with and love.” massaman curry with jasmine rice “It just blew my mind. And it in Williamsburg, (347) 384-2526]. Open Mon–Fri, 5 pm–4 am; Sat–Sun, namese, Chinese, and Malaysian The menu reads as a greatest ($13), and a turmeric beer-battered started my love affair with this 2 pm–4 am. food,” said Tu. “After so many years hits list of Southeast Asian clas- barramundi with dill and vermicelli whole cuisine.”
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moment in a woman’s life to be Texas. If you are a Texan, even asked to use the birth embraced and revered. Birth and your baby is born out- pool, but we had to say, “No.” BIRTH... is women’s greatest power, yet side of Texas, you are sup- Hee, hee. it is commonly treated like a posed to dip the child’s feet AS: Did anyone bring Continued from page 1 MK: My most enjoyable painful embarrassment to be in Texas soil after he or she anything? bananas. I have spent most times this week have been hidden. People find it “shock- is born. MK: One woman brought of my time relaxing on the spent with the people who ing” that I would choose to AS: What did people say me cookies, and another bed or rocking chair, talk- have come out to see the ex- give birth in public. I find it or do? brought me flowers. Some- ing to gallery visitors and hibition and spend some time “shocking” that giving birth, MK: People came and one even left a little white press. Tomorrow, I am go- getting to know me and dis- a completely natural, life-cre- were clearly very moved by angel. ing to take a shower in the cussing the issues surround- ating act, that has been done the installation. When they “The Birth of Baby X” space and do some pre-la- ing my project. I have met a by women since the dawn of saw they space, they knew at Microscope Gallery [4 bor exercises. lot of very interesting, sin- time is provoking these kinds that I was serious in creat- Charles Pl. at Myrtle Ave- AS: A shower? Yowza! cere people, and have enjoyed of reactions. ing a sacred space to give nue and Bushwick Avenue MK: It’s standard shower making new friends. AS: The exhibit features birth in. The weirdest story in Bushwick, (347) 925- stall, which we installed to fit AS: What “issues sur- two giant trophies and the was a couple that met for the 1433], Thurs-Monday, 1-6 in the gallery. The shower cur- rounding your project”? box of Texas soil. What is first time in the space on an pm (and by appointment). tain is filled with photos from MK: My project raises is- up with that? Internet date. They seemed For info, visit www.micro- my baby shower performances, sues involving a fundamen- MK: There are two tro- to hit it off pretty well, and scopegallery.com. as are the towels. I don’t have tal fear of female sexuality phies, one dedicated to Baby much privacy in the gallery, and sexual power, which is X for being being born, the Affordable Family Dentistry Knowing the signs of carbon monoxide but the idea is that I am going reflected in how our society other for me for giving birth, through this process while en- deals with birth. For some rea- obviously to be bestowed in modern pleasant surroundings poisoning could save a life. gaging with the public. son, birth is treated like a med- upon us after the birth. The AS: How was your first ical emergency to be feared, soil is a Texas tradition as State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) week? rather than a natural, beautiful my husband, Jason, is from Emergencies treated promptly Special care for children & anxious patients Carbon monoxide. It’s colorless. Odorless. And Signs of carbon monoxide WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD “The boats are at capac- deadly. It affects thousands of households each poisoning include: • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) year. How? It forms and accumulates when a ity only on summer week- • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding persistent headaches ends and there is still room Crowns & Bridges (Capping) heating system lacks proper ventilation, chimneys FERRY... • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment for people to commute on nausea • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings are clogged with debris, or when fuel-burning Continued from page 1 as high as expected for the it,” said Jennifer Friedberg, dizziness • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) appliances aren’t properly installed or maintained. service on June 13, provid- summer months. a spokeswoman for the Eco- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) That’s why it’s important to recognize symptoms of blurred vision ing fast transportation from Ferry executives chalked nomic Development Corpo- Dr. Jeffrey M. 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‘Restore Glass- ‘Carlin Was Right’ ‘I Pay Taxes, G.E. The Occu-pus Steagall’ Comedian George Car- Doesn’t’ A handful of protesters The Depression-era Glass- lin was dead serious when General Electric has carried a bright blue “Occu- Steagall Act was passed to it came to worker’s rights. been under fire since ear- pus,” whose eight tentacles regulate banks by prohibit- “Good, honest, hard-working lier this year when the New represent the long reach of ing conflicts of interest, but people; white collar, blue col- York Times repor ted that corporations into the White it was repealed in 1999 after lar, people of modest means, the company — equipped House, the farming system, a long lobbying effort by the continue to elect these rich with a nearly 1,000-person schools, the military and the financial industry, allowing, c—ksuckers who don’t give tax department — exploited pharmaceutical industry. opponents say, commercial a f—k” about you, he said in tax laws to pay zero taxes in banks to act as investment his 2005 routine, “The Amer- the United States in 2010. th banks and vice-versa. ican Dream.” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 DON’T MISS “I’m hoping that it will raise cians don’t want to ignore IT! the consciousness of those who any more.” From 11 am to 5 pm OCCUPY... are scared away, particularly The NYPD certainly did the working class, the union not ignore the rally, though Continued from page 1 ity prolongs recessions and members, and all the work- given the large number of of- els. Since the mid-1980s, the makes recoveries much shal- ing people that are supporting ficers on hand, it is likely that COURT STREET chasm has widened by 20 per- lower — creating a cycle of the Tea party,” he said. the police expected more peo- cent, more than in most de- economic downturn. Markowitz’s presence was ple or anticipated violence. veloped countries. Markowitz is one of the a good sign, said one of the Or maybe the NYPD was Between The richest one percent of highest-profile politicians organizers. sending a message of its own, Americans now take home to embrace the message — “It’s a sign that the move- some protesters said. ATLANTIC AVENUE almost 24 percent of the na- despite the fact that it has ment’s gaining steam and “They sent out an exces- tion’s income, up from almost been criticized by media that it’s not going to be ig- sive police force for a nonvi- nine percent in 1976 . commentators as purpose- nored,” said Brian Merchant. olent protest,” said Michael And Many economists believe less and mocked by the right “It shows that Occupy Brook- Sternfeld, an organizer. “It’s that growing income inequal- wing as naive. lyn is something that politi- for intimidation.” JORALEMON STREET
burg bridges. The safety and camera-toting amblers patrols are an extension of stop to snap photos. Some- s !MAZING '!-%3 BRIDGE... an existing contract between times they don’t recognize his Schwartz’s company and the authority and ask him for di- Continued from page 1 slow down,” she said, “but city that covers construction rections or to take their pic- s %XCITING 2)$%3 s -53)# fenders. All they do is up- I’m not sure it’s the best so- supervision on all the three ture. braid people to stay in their lution.” bridges. “Every day we have to tell ! respective lanes. It’s certainly good money The job on the Brook- people to stay in their lanes,” s 3(/00).' s 'REAT &//$ Is it working? Of course for Sam Schwartz Engineer- lyn Bridge could defy all of he said. “They get an attitude, not; halfway into the city’s ing, the outside consulting Schwartz’s costly expertise, but it’s for their safety!” Special Appearances By The FDNY Fire Safety 10-week safety program, company whose namesake given the tight confines and The watchdogs often get both sides still aren’t play- was the city’s Transportation diverse population that uses in the way, too. The path is Experience And North Shore Animal League Rain or ing nice. Commissioner from 1982 to the footpath. narrow, especially in some “I almost hit 10 people,” 1986 before trading on that Two officers at opposite areas where construction has Mobile Pet Adoption Trailer Shine said Christina Cautillo, 24, a expertise to begin a lucra- ends of the bridge stand in reduced the width by more cyclist. “I was ringing my bell tive career as a traffic con- the center to warn pedestri- than a foot. and nothing was happening. sultant who has worked on ans that cyclists are coming Even during off-peak The officer and the tourists such projects as the Red Hook through. The guards work an hours, the problems con- just stand in the way.” IKEA, Brooklyn Bridge Park entire shift, from 7 am to 7 tinued. Cyclists were yell- Pedestrians are equally and Bruce Ratner’s Barclays pm on weekdays and noon ing, “Bike lane!” at a clogged section of the bridge, where unimpressed. Center. to 5 pm on Saturday. walkers dipped into their path Jennifer Weiss, 40, of Now, the city is paying Safety cop Porfirio Llanes to get around a peddler sell- Manhattan, pushed her Schwartz’s team $80,000 a said it’s not always easy, even ing tourist trinkets. stroller and was nearly month, or roughly $38 per for a retired Corrections of- But Llanes put the disar- knocked down by a speed- hour, for the safety cops — ficer like himself. ray in some context: ing cyclist. stationed on the Brooklyn, He blows his whistle “Since I’ve been out here, “The officers tell them to Manhattan and Williams- whenever cyclists whiz by there haven’t been any acci- dents,” he said. “Yet.” For information Call 718-444-6028 The pilot program ends enth Avenue and 17th Street on Nov. 26. at about 10 pm by a creep who - VENDOR SPACE STILL AVAILABLE - FIEND... claimed to have a knife. She screamed, and he fled — a Continued from page 1 to a lone grope in Sunset pattern that resembles many “The NYPD did not make Park. of the prior attacks. a mistake,” a police source Meanwhile, there are six Four days later, cops say said. “When the witness says, police sketches posted in that they saw Flecha at 2:30 ‘It’s him,’ and then it’s not many area businesses. And am on Greenwood Avenue “ him, it’s not our fault. Of the attacks keep coming. I couldn’t pick up near E. Fourth Street in course, we’re frustrated.” The latest attack by the Windsor Terrace and again Only one man has been ar- fiend or fiends was on Oct. 45 minutes later, loitering rested in eight-month crime 13, when a 26-year-old vic- near a line of parked cars. ” spree; cops have linked him tim was groped near Sev- When they got out of their my daughter. squad car, they found him with his pants unzipped, watching porn on his cell- phone, cops said, adding that Back pain can be debilitating, but we can help. VICTIM... Flecha also had pot in his The New York Methodist Back and Neck Pain Continued from page 1 possession. pants hanging down put a Flecha had been arrested But when she called detectives, woman in a choke hold and in connection with one of six Center is dedicated to providing patients with they brushed her aside. tried to rip off her jeans. heretofore unknown subway “If they would have In the earlier incident, in attacks — all in the Seventh paid attention, maybe this May, 2010, the victim said the best possible treatment for disorders of the Avenue station near Ninth wouldn’t have happened to that she was on Second Street from March to July — other women,” she said. “I Place with her dog at 3 am spine. Using methods that may include physical got brutally attacked and no when a thug followed her to that detectives added to the one cared — and a year later, her stoop, punched her and fiend or fiends’ spree. therapy, medication, or even acupuncture, our it’s still going on.” slammed her head against With the dismissal of Residents from Park Slope the pavement. charges against Flecha, no team of specialists can help relieve back pain, no to Sunset Park have been on The sicko — described as one has been arrested in those edge for months following a a 5-foot-6 Hispanic man in attacks. matter how intense. And if surgery is necessary, spree sex attacks this year — his 20s — tried to pull down “I was skeptical from the for which there are now six her underwear, but she re- beginning,” said Aaron Bras- minimally invasive techniques are used whenever police sketches, several sus- sisted by scratching his arms hear of the Concerned Citi- pects and only one arrest. and screaming as loud as she zens of Greenwood Heights. And on Friday, the NYPD could. “It seemed too good to be possible—letting you return to what’s really announced that cops had “He was really scattered true. The reality is, if you added six recent subway mo- and disorganized in the way were attacked back in May, important. Your life. lestations to the unsolved pat- he was doing it,” she said. how could you [remember]? tern — putting the number “Exactly the same man in I applaud the victim for re- of gropings and attempted the video. I’m telling you, alizing her mistake.” rapes at 20. this is connected.” So do Flecha’s co-workers In many of the attacks, The victim said that cops in Manhattan, who never be- the assailants are described initially downplayed her at- lieved he was guilty of grop- We fixed that. as short, Hispanic and their tack and that she had fight ing women. 20s — and they tend to grab just to get a “Wanted” poster “I am 100 percent sure women from behind and flee put up in her neighborhood. that’s he’s innocent,” said Back and Neck Pain Center when they scream. Eventually, the Special Vic- one worker, who did not Detectives say that the tims Unit took on her case. give his name. Carroll Gardens assault is Police admitted that they A former roommate also unrelated, but the victim talked to the woman this week defended his pal. disagrees. but they haven’t brought her “It’s really annoying that She said her incident in for any lineups. this is being brought against matches a similar rape at- “There’s no evidence that him,” said Raffie Bagrevan- tempt on 16th Street on March her case is linked,” a source dian. “He was a really nice guy 20 — where a man with his said. and he worked very hard.” Swimmin’ With The Fishes
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