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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2004 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages • Vol. 27, No. 27 BRZ • Saturday, July 10, 2004 • FREE VICTORY FOR BILLY ‘Billy’s Law’ awaits Pataki’s signature By Jotham Sederstrom At a July 1 press conference that come out of these facili- The Brooklyn Papers outside City Hall Vito Albanese ties,” said Vito Albanese. said, “New York State has taken Under the new law, whose A Bay Ridge father and a giant step forward in protect- Assembly version was spon- son claimed a legal victory ing our most voiceless and vul- sored by Assemblywoman Joan this week after elected offi- nerable citizens. New York Millman, each facility will be cials announced the passage should be very proud in doing subject to an inspection by the of a state law that would God’s work on the passage of state Department of Education. ensure thorough investiga- Billy’s Law.” The home would need approval tions of out-of-state mental State Sen. Marty Golden, from its own state as well as health facilities. who sponsored the Senate ver- New York before being granted sion of the bill, said that more a license. It would then be in- “Billy’s Law,” which will than 1,000 young New Yorkers spected once every three years take effect following expected with mental disabilities are cur- and would be re-evaluated if al- approval by Gov. George Pataki rently sent to neighboring states legations of abuse were report- next month, is named after Billy to be treated, in large part due to ed. Albanese, a 32-year-old Bay a lack of state funds. Until now, “Vito should not have had to Ridge man who was abused at Callan / Tom parents or legal guardians in go to our offices day after day,” unlicensed facilities in New Jer- New York had no way of know- said Golden. “But today is the sey while still a child. Since ing if those facilities were fully happiest I’ve ever seen him.” learning of the abuse, which in- licensed or even if its employ- Billy Albanese’s experience cluded threats of torture and ees had been charged with with institutional abuse began physical violence, his father, Papers The Brooklyn abuse. nearly 20 years ago following a Vito Albanese, has risen to be- Assemblywoman Joan Millman, Vito and Billy Albanese and “It’s a high-priority bill be- failed bid to hang himself that come a leader in the crusade to Councilman Vincent Gentile at the announcement of the Leg- cause they don’t want to hear resulted in a traumatic brain in- regulate such facilities. islature’s passage of “Billy’s Law.” about no more horror stories See BILLY’S LAW on page 4 / Jori Klein Gentile wants to protect your plates The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn By Jotham Sederstrom license plate frames is being used by frames as long as they don’t obstruct iden- officers who were walking through the The Brooklyn Papers overzealous traffic agents to reap pricey tifying information, like the plate number community and hitting parked cars,” said summonses. itself. Commonly, he said, the frames cov- Gentile, who introduced the bill on June It could be the most inconsequential Barrels of fun Councilman Vincent Gentile intro- er no more than the “Empire State” slogan 7. “This is just another episode in the accessory on your car since suction-cup duced an amendment to the city adminis- on the bottom edge of the plate. continuing saga of harassing New York- Barrels of beer, that is. Miss Rheingold 2004 Dani Marco raises a keg of Rhein- Garfield, but a Bay Ridge councilman trative code on July 7 that would allow “We had two or three individuals that ers with ticket books.” gold Beer above her head at Greenpoint Beer Works in Clinton Hill Wednesday is charging that an obscure law banning drivers to display the metal or plastic were tagged by the traffic enforcement See PLATES on page 2 to celebrate the brewer’s first Brooklyn batch in almost 30 years. ‘Cruise ships a ploy’ Nadler: No guarantee liners will come to Brooklyn By Deborah Kolben cruise industry to come to Brooklyn. had any thought of bringing the pacity,” said Bloomberg spokes- and Neil Sloane “When they started saying they cruise lines here and I don’t know woman Jennifer Falk. The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE wanted to use [the piers] for cruise why,” the congressman said. Falk added that the cruise lines lines, we were a little suspicious be- A mayoral spokeswoman ac- would not have entered into an agree- The mayor is using a promise lantic Avenue in Cobble Hill and Pioneer Street in Red Hook — ac- cause they don’t have an agreement knowledged this week that there is no ment with the city without a com- of cruise ships coming to the Red with cruise lines to use it,” said written commitment from the cruise mitment to build a Brooklyn dock. Hook piers as a ploy to squeeze cused key officials of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administra- Nadler. lines to dock in Brooklyn, but said “Nobody has an exclusive agree- out the borough’s last working tion of being disingenuous in nego- “I’m very concerned with what’s they have a verbal agreement to use ment, but the cruise lines are commit- container port, a Brooklyn con- tiations with both the public and the going on with the Economic Devel- the Brooklyn dock as a spillover ted to coming to Pier 12,” said EDC gressman charged this week. current operators of the piers over opment Corporation,” he said, re- when the Manhattan docks are full. spokesman Michael Sherman. In a conversation with The the future use of the waterfront. ferring to the agency, largely con- “Both cruise lines have verbally Asked for copies of the letters-of- Brooklyn Papers in the newspaper’s Despite touting Piers 10-12 as a trolled by the mayor, that will committed to using Brooklyn to intent signed between the Carnival DUMBO offices, Rep. Jerrold determine the uses of those piers. handle the overflow of ships when and Norwegian cruise lines and the cruise ship port, the Bloomberg ad- city on April 19, when the mayor an- Nadler, whose district includes ministration, Nadler charges, does not “They had a fixed plan to get rid the passenger ship terminal on the / Greg Mango / Greg Piers 6-12 — roughly between At- have a written commitment from the of container operations before they West Side of Manhattan reaches ca- See CRUISES on page 7

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Coming to America Mom’s cry: The agony of victory! By Lisa J. Curtis America’s champion gurgitator, Sonya Thomas, shoves in last GO Brooklyn Editor bite as Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi downs his world-record The patriotic spirit of July Fourth continues 53rd hot dog during Nathan’s contest in Coney Island on Sunday. Saturday, July 10, at 8 pm, with “Ellis Island: The Make street Dream of America,” a multimedia program featuring THIS WEEKEND the Brooklyn Philharmonic performing live at the Prospect Park Bandshell against a backdrop of pro- jected images from the Ellis Island Archive. safer for kids “Peter Boyer is the composer and conductor and master- Slope GOPer mind behind this whole combination of text, music and im- By Jotham Sederstrom age,” said Theodore Wiprud, director of operations, education The Brooklyn Papers and community engagement for the Brooklyn Philharmonic. “And this program is very much in the Brooklyn Philharmon- The mother of a 4-year-old boy who was run over ic’s tradition of bringing inspiring new work to the people of and killed by a truck as he and his sister crossed eyes Bloomie Brooklyn.” Boyer will make his New York City conducting Hamilton Avenue spoke out this week against the debut at this performance. traffic she says is overrunning Red Hook. “It’s a slide show of Ellis Island and immigrants coming Sherry Laney, whose son Travis Bussey was killed By Deborah Kolben lican,” Shaw hardly appears to be through Ellis Island, which accompanies narration taken from while crossing Hamilton Avenue at Court Street on June The Brooklyn Papers one himself. oral histories of seven immigrants,” said Wiprud. One of the 25, told The Brook- The 29-year-old banker is a concert’s narrators, Barry Bostwick, played a New York mayor lyn Papers that safe- He may be half his age and registered member of the Grand on the sitcom “Spin City” for six years (he’s still beloved by with pockets not nearly as ty measures need to Old Party but he is also a card- many for his performance as Brad in the cult classic “Rocky be implemented at EXCLUSIVE deep, but Park Sloper Steve carrying member of the Park Horror Picture Show”). Joining Bostwick will be Barbara Barrie the intersection and other streets before another life is lost. Shaw believes he can defeat Slope Food Co-op, where he [“One Potato, Two Potato” (1962), “Breaking Away” (1979)] “Hamilton Avenue needs crossing guards,” said Laney. Mayor Michael Bloomberg in works his mandatory 2.5 hours who replaces previously announced actress Blair Brown. “There’s too many kids from the buildings playing out next year’s primary. every month. “Ellis Island: The Dream of America,” is part of the there and it’s too dangerous for the kids. The intersection The Republican investment Just recently Shaw was stock- Celebrate Brooklyn performing arts series at the is too confusing.” banker has officially launched his ing organic vegetables when bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Department of Transportation officials said this week mayoral campaign with a Web somebody stopped and asked him Street. Suggested admission is $3. For more that any new safety measures would take up to two site and is taking the incumbent to about his “Steve Shaw for May- information about Celebrate Brooklyn, months before being put in place. Tom Cocola, a task over taxes. or” button. call (718) 855-7882 ext. 45 or visit spokesman for the agency, said that an intersection con- www.celebratebrooklyn.org. But while he accuses Bloom- “That’s me,” he explained to a Courtesy of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum trol unit began studying the area following the tragedy. berg of “not being a real Repub- See MAYOR on page 7 BEGINSPAGE ON 8 See HAMILTON on page 15

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But the call feeding and caring for the cat food, they set out to free basket platform to get to the difficulty looking over the edge had come in as a “missing tel: 718.759.9100 fax: 718.759.9133 the cats. They pried the grate food. of the hole, which was between cats. That’s when the rescue ™ manhole cover,” also drawing effort ended. loose and lowered a basket Consequently, every time 10 and 15 feet deep. A good Mon.-Fri.: 8am-7pm; Sat.: 9am-4pm; Sun.: 11am-3pm Independently owned and operated. the attention of police, who ar- It was decided that since full of the cat food to the bot- Bob pulled up on the ropes, the friend to Buie, he is. rived on the scene and imme- the cats were being cared for, diately asked who had re- there was no need to displace moved the grating. them. Buie plainly copped to the So, the grate was replaced, crime and even offered to be Buie escaped a trip to the arrested if necessary. The offi- precinct and the firemen head- cers didn’t take her up on the ed back to the firehouse. offer; instead they smiled and With the help of a friend, shook their heads in disbelief Buie found her lost cat on Fri- at the scenario. day, providing a happy ending While waiting for the fire- to this strange tale. PLATES… Continued from page 1 The push to reverse the obscure city and state laws was first men- tioned by Gentile at a town hall meeting in Bensonhurst, in which irate residents claimed their neighborhood was being disproportion- ately targeted for parking tickets by traffic enforcement agents. Gen- tile said that since that May 27 meeting, which was attended by more than 300 residents, he has been contacted by three people who claim to have been ticketed for their license plate frames. Lois Franco, a math teacher at PS 104, on Fifth Avenue at 91st Street, was among those who contacted Gentile after being tick- eted for her front license frame, but not the back. The incident, which she said took her by complete surprise, happened on Dec. 3 after she legally parked her car on 92nd Street between Third and Fourth avenues. When she returned lat- er in the day, she saw the summons for $65. “The reason [for the enforcement] is to keep plates readable and legible,” said Joseph Picchi, a spokesman for the state De- partment of Motor Vehicles. “When you have those frames, it makes the whole plate much smaller.” According to Picchi, fines range from $25 to $200. By com- parison, parking tickets reach $115. Gentile said that officials with the Department of Transportation had contended at a trans- portation committee meeting last week that when the plate is par- tially obstructed, police have a harder time reading identification numbers. Nonetheless, a spokesman for the Patrolmen’s Benev- olent Association said the issue is of little significance when compared to ongoing contract negotiations and about 90 other pieces of legislation up for debate that could effect the law en- forcement community. “It’s not an issue on our radar right now,” said Al O’Leary, a spokesman for the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association. “We have so many other critical issues. We’ll let management sort this one out.” The black metal frame on the rear of Franco’s car obscured a small portion of the “Empire State” slogan, but no identifying in- formation. She said the frame, which reads “Wappingers Falls,” was already in place when she bought the vehicle from a dealer in upstate New York. “I couldn’t believe it. I had a fit. Even now, I see people driv- ing around with these frames, but only I got [a ticket],” said Fran- co, who said she has since removed the license frames as a pre- caution, even though, she maintains, they didn’t obstruct the identifying information. The summons was dropped several months ago, she said, after contacting Gentile, who snapped a photo of the license and sent it to the Parking Violations Bureau of the Department of Trans- portation. She received a letter from the Department of Finance a few weeks later telling her the ticket had been dismissed. Gentile also introduced a resolution in April calling on state legislature in Albany to amend the administrative code. The state law differs only slightly in that cars in motion can be ticketed while the city law targets parked cars. Gentile’s legisla- tion in City Council would make it so that parked cars could no longer be targeted.

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They were A Bay Ridge man was so night when they passed in front away. was waiting for a bus on Third charged with two counts of as- drunk last Thursday that he of the brothers’ home on 19th Police say that the man was Avenue at 86th Street around and save sault, two counts of menacing, didn’t immediately notice Avenue at 76th Street. The not seriously injured, although 10:20 pm on June 28 when caustic siblings confronted the petit larceny, harassment and when a sneak thief delicately he was too intoxicated to pro- the pair pulled up to the curb group and an argument ensued. criminal possession of a removed his wallet by slicing vide a description of the crook. to offer him a ride. The incident happened at The trusting senior citizen 10:50 pm on July 1 in front of squeezed into the car between the two crooks and didn’t $ the man’s home on Ovington 75 billion. 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© 2004, Polsteins Home Center 718-232-5055 8415 Fourth Avenue (718) 745-9045 July 10, 2004 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 5 Anti-Gowanus Expressway faction battles on Generation evated roadway once and for Gowanus Expressway. “But ing the movement, held its 10th ponents say the Gowanus has all may be the most deter- this new endeavor, with the public meeting last month, at done. 3 wants it mined, in part because of fa- tunnel, that would be a proper Borough Hall. Robert Cassara, “There may have been one milial ties. way to handle the traffic. We a vice chair of the group, said or two naysayers in that whole torn down To be sure, a small handful didn’t have the engineering the task now is to finish a final room, but most people want to conspiring to replace the over- skills to build the tunnel at the report and submit what data see this happen,” said Cassara By Jotham Sederstrom burdened, pollution-producing time, but we do now.” they’ve accumulated over the of the town hall meeting, in expressway with a five-mile Smith admits he’s only a past decade to DOT. which several dozen people The Brooklyn Papers tunnel say their itch for foot solider in the battle to Among the decisions still to voiced their concerns before At its conception 60 change was first scratched by build an underground thor- be made is exactly what route the group begins discussing fi- years ago, it was ferocious- mothers, fathers and immedi- oughfare through much of the tunnel would follow. Cas- nal decisions. ly opposed. Its expansion ate relatives who faced earlier western Brooklyn. But like a sara said that while there are at “This is definitely a crucial two decades later was met rounds of development. cadre of others whose ties to least 13 options laid out by time right now,” he added. with similar disapproval, Several involved said they the project reach back half a DOT, the stakeholders group Brian Kassenbrock, a new- were on the frontlines when the century, he intends to take se- prefers an alternative that’s be- ly appointed member of Com- this time from a second Callan / Tom first pillars of the corridor were riously an upcoming meeting ing called the New Harbor Re- munity Board 10, is another generation. erected nearly 60 years ago. with the state Department of alignment. Bay Ridgite with blood ties to And while both battles to “Let’s put it this way, so far Transportation, expected to be Mainly coursing under the the project. His father, Walter, stave off separate portions of nobody has listened,” said scheduled for either later this harbor, rather than under city and uncle, Vincent, played the Gowanus Expressway Morty Smith, 71, who was year or early next year. streets, the tunnel would wend powerful roles in creating the were defeated, a third genera- only 10 when workers began The Gowanus Community its way into Red Hook and Save Bay Ridge Committee, a tion of activists say their fight Papers File The Brooklyn converting the Third Avenue Stakeholder’s Group, the or- Carroll Gardens without divid- group formed in 1955 to fight to tear down the crumbling el- Activists want the traffic-packed and decrepit Gowanus Expressway replaced with a tunnel. elevated train line into the ganization charged with spark- ing neighborhoods, which op- See GOWANUS on page 7 Joan Snow, Alfred Longo, WWII hero boro prez pilot from Brooklyn, 84 mom-in-law The Brooklyn Papers “We came to one town and I pedaled like mad right through the place and the boy shouted in German as we The Brooklyn Papers A Brooklyn-born World War II flying ace who sur- vived being shot down over Nazi Germany died last passed, but I figured no snipers would dare take a shot for fear of hitting the lad,” he wrote. “We passed through Joan Snow, mother-in-law of Brooklyn Bor- month at the age of 84. ough President Marty Markowitz, died on July 7. a second town in the same manner and half a mile be- Alfred A. Longo died June 2 at the Pine Knoll Nurs- yond I saw a column of Sherman tanks and other Ameri- The family said the cause of death was cancer. ing Center in Lexington, Mass. Snow, whose daughter Jamie married Marko- can vehicles.” Longo, who graduated Grover Cleveland High It was a Ranger battalion that Longo came upon and witz in 1999, also leaves behind a son, Jeremy School, in Queens, was born to the late Vincenzo and Snow, and his wife for the next three days he manned a 50-caliber machine Agatina (Romano) Longo in a private house on Park Av- gun, on one occasion rounding up 30 German prisoners. Lisa, and grandchildren enue in Fort Greene, according to his nephew Vic Can- Chloe, William and An- He remained with the outfit as it advanced through the tone, the Brooklyn Papers political cartoonist. drew. two villages through which he had bicycled and back to The Army and Air Corps veteran received citations for She lost her husband, the spot where the burned wreckage of his plane lay. the late Dr. Jules Snow, his valor as a leader of the famed 365th Hell Hawk group Honorably discharged from the Army Air Corps as a less than a month ago. during World War II, but it was as a lieutenant in 1945 first lieutenant, Longo flew for Pan Am out of Miami be- Snow was an accom- that his bravery was put to the ultimate test. The P-47 fore being reactivated during the Korean war and flying plished artist known for Thunderbolt fighter-bomber pilot, then 25, was shot for the Strategic Air Command from Colorado. her custom painted fur- down by a Luftwaffe plane near Leipzig, Germany. After the war, Longo went back to school and earned niture and illustrations. He was attacking rail lines when the Messerschmitt a New York State teacher’s license, teaching high She was a lifelong resi- plane pounded shells into his left wing, damaging his school in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. Shortly af- dent of Manhattan controls and jamming the landing gear. He overcame ter, he returned to flying for Pan Am, piloting transat- Beach, and a graduate of Lincoln High School. those obstacles and brought the plane to a landing on its lantic flights out of JFK, and then later in Berlin and She graduated from Syracuse University with a belly in a field. Longo ran for cover in a nearby wooded Munich before returning to the states, settling in New degree in Fine Arts. area just before the plane exploded and burned. He did Jersey and flying out of JFK again. He flew for Pan Am She was also an active member of the Sister- not find out how narrowly he escaped death until days for 32 years. hood of Temple Beth-El of Manhattan Beach and later. Longo is survived by his former wife, Gloria (Ambro- of the National Council of Jewish Women. Making his way toward the American lines he appro- cey) Longo; three sons, Vincent, Frank and Anthony; The funeral service was held Friday, July 9, at priated a bicycle from a German girl, riding it until a tire two daughters, Tina Ryan and Shoshanna Lichtenstein; the Parkside Memorial Chapel on Flatbush Av- blew out, then “borrowed” another. Deciding that the go- two sisters, Carmella Maxfield and Mary Cantone; 11 enue between Avenue U and Avenue V, opposite ing was too slow, he walked on foot around a town until grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. the Kings Plaza Shopping Center. he came upon a boy riding a bike. He was the husband of the late Jean (Antonelli) Lon- In lieu of flowers or food, the family asks that “He was traveling in my direction, so I put him on the go. donations be made to the Maimonides Cancer seat behind me and he held on to my waist while I ped- The family held a private funeral service. Those who Center in care of the President’s Office, Mai- aled off in a standing position,” the pilot reported in a wish can make contributions in Longo’s memory to the monides Medical Center, 4802 10th Ave., Brook- communication to his former wife, Gloria, that was print- American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, lyn, New York 11219. ed by the Brooklyn Eagle on June 3, 1945. MA 01701.

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NOT JUST NETS • THE NEW BROOKLYN • NOT JUST NETS James calls for indy arena report By Deborah Kolben The city’s Independent Budget Of- million, although overall he projected a ough’s tallest building — and apartment The Brooklyn Papers fice (IBO) conducted an analysis of the net gain from Atlantic Yards. buildings on the 21-acre site stretching proposed Jets football stadium earlier But a study of Atlantic Yards re- east into Prospect Heights. Those would With competing studies alter- this month after the Bloomberg admin- leased last week that was conducted by include 4,500 apartments and more than nately painting a picture of Bruce istration was criticized for relying on a Columbia University researcher Gustav 2 million square feet of office and com- Ratner’s Atlantic Yards basketball report by Ernst & Young that was com- Peebles and urban planner Jung Kim mercial space. arena and high-rise project as a missioned by the team. revealed a $500 million net loss from Ratner is asking the state to con- major boon to city coffers and a While Gov. George Pataki, Bloom- the project. demn more than two square blocks of $500 million drain of taxpayer berg and Borough President Marty “I support Council member James’ private property. money, Prospect Heights Council- Markowitz have all pledged their sup- call for the Independent Budget Office In the letter she sent to the mayor, woman Letitia James is calling for port for Atlantic Yards, nobody knows to analyze this project,” Kim said in a James called for city oversight of one the city to conduct its own study of how much public money Ratner is release Friday. “An IBO study would of the largest development’s in Brook- seeking. be a key element of a comprehensive lyn’s history. the plan. In a City Council public hearing in review process that should also include “Because this project requests hun- On Friday, James, a vocal opponent May, a Forest City Ratner executive ULURP, a detailed assessment of envi- dreds of millions in city taxes, will of the Atlantic Yards plan, delivered let- said he expected the amount to be in ronmental and socioeconomic impacts, greatly impact the city, affects city- ters to both Mayor Michael Bloomberg the “hundreds of millions.” an objective appraisal of the rail yards’ owned land and private property of city and Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Andrew Alper, president of the city’s value, and an evaluation of alternative citizens, I’m calling on you, the deputy / Jori Klein asking that they initiate an Independent Economic Development Corporation, development schemes.” mayor, and the speaker to ensure that Budget Office study of the $2.5 billion praised the project, saying the “benefits Ratner, whose purchase of the New the project will be subject to City development deal. far outweigh the costs,” although he Jersey Nets for $300 million is expected Council oversight through the Uniform “Such a study was conducted for the could not say what the costs would be. to be ratified by the NBA this month, Land Use Review Process (ULURP),” proposed West Side Stadium — do the And in a study commissioned by wants to bring an arena at Atlantic and the letter to the mayor reads.

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn people of Brooklyn deserve less?” Ratner, economist Andrew Zimbalist Flatbush avenues. Gehry would also de- Calls to Bloomberg and Miller were Councilwoman Letitia James at anti-arena rally last month. James wrote to Miller. estimated the cost to taxpayers at $449 sign office towers — including the bor- not returned by press time. Darkness looms for church St. Boniface will be shadowed by D’town skyscrapers By Kristen Saloomey stand, the city has passed zoning mother without a car, lives with- as a Goliath consisting of big-time gone major renovations. Metro- ing the character of the neigh- for The Brooklyn Papers changes that will allow the re- in walking distance. developers and city officials intent tech brings an estimated 25,000 borhood, demanded the old placement of the existing store- Michael Burke, director of the on turning Downtown Brooklyn workers downtown every day. structures be preserved when Sunday is clearly no day fronts with a 20-story office Downtown Brooklyn Council, into Midtown Manhattan. The parish estimates more than Metrotech was built in the mid- of rest for the Rev. Mark tower. A couple of blocks down, which helped devise the Down- “When you’re that big it’s 100 people attend daily noon 1980s. Lane, pastor of St. at the corner of Willoughby town Plan, says programs are in hard to see the little people un- mass, and more than 800 people The developer of that project, Boniface Church on the Street and Flatbush Avenue, place to help relocate residents. derneath,” he says. “That’s the attend services on the weekend. Bruce Ratner, saved them, but corner of Duffield and plans call for a 40-story tower. He says the Downtown Plan in- job of the community board and But Lane worries Downtown they now sit empty and largely Willoughby streets. “All this beautiful sunlight will cludes new subsidized housing people like me.” Brooklyn will become what he unused. Beth Davidson, a spokes- calls a “corporate ghetto,” lacking woman for Ratner’s Forest City These days, caring for his be gone,” Lane says with a sigh. units, and people displaced by de- Community Board 2 failed to the diversity he feels is the neigh- Ratner Companies, declined to flock includes being an advo- He fears the 150-year-old Roman velopment who qualify will be act on the Downtown Plan as it borhood’s greatest asset. comment on the row houses. cate for them, as Downtown Catholic parish will be dwarfed in given top priority by the city’s passed through the city’s land “You don’t want soulless, Inside his church, the pews are Brooklyn stands on the brink of a dark canyon of office towers. Department of Housing Preserva- use review process; the borough heartless redevelopment,” Lane filling up and the sunlight is shin- changes that will directly affect The redevelopment plan also tion and Development. president and City Council vot- says. He points to the ground- ing through the stained-glass win- his neighborhood, his church calls for taking by eminent do- “The plan will only enhance ed to pass the plan, which the level shops of the Metrotech of- dows, bathing the congregation in and the lives of his parishioners. main seven acres of private the quality of life for everyone mayor is expected to sign. property, including 130 residen- downtown,” Burke says. “They Lane says he is not against de- fice complex, which are closed a warm glow. The choir, which / Jori Klein The church and rectory sit, on Sundays, when the plaza is Lane calls “the best in Brooklyn,” literally, in the shadow of tial units and 100 businesses. have been taken into account.” velopment, per se. He praised the Several of the homes and busi- Lane wants guarantees, how- massive Metrotech complex right mostly empty except for securi- is assembling in red robes by the Brooklyn’s massive downtown ty guards and the occasional front door. redevelopment plans. Those nesses belong to St. Boniface ever, that all four generations of around the corner. parishioners. The law says that Robinson’s family will be ade- When he and his Order of dog walker. Before Lane takes his place on plans call for the construction of Outside, he points to four row the altar, he refers to a luminous

owners must receive fair-market quately re-housed. Oratorian Fathers took over the Papers The Brooklyn 4.5 million square feet of office houses that sit between the window depicting Jesus sur- space, 1 million square feet of value for their property, but “The city has to make sure de- church building 14 years ago, he The St. Boniface Catholic Church on Duffield Street near Lane worries about what will velopers have some responsibili- said, it was dark and crumbling, church and Metrotech. Commu- rounded by children and asks, retail, 1,000 units of housing nity groups, worried about los- “Isn’t that worth preserving?” Willoughby, which will be surrounded by office towers. and 2,500 parking spaces. happen to those who rent. ty,” he says. “Not just promises, and attendance at mass was al- In the parlor of St. Boniface’s Parishioner Zaida Robinson, they have to be written down.” most non-existent. rectory, Lane pulls open the for example, rents an apartment Lane has attended community Lane says it was unsafe to shutter to one of two, 8-foot-tall at 406 Albee Square. Her moth- board meetings and, in March, he walk the streets at night. He had windows. A patch of sunlight er lives nearby. Both their hosted developers and city offi- to be hospitalized after one falls on the inlaid wood floor. homes are slated for demolition. cials at his church, but he’s yet to mugging. Another priest was Right across Willoughby In addition to caring for her receive any promises in writing. held up twice, once at gunpoint. Street, where a bagel store and a mother, Robinson baby-sits her The pastor believes it is his Since then, the church and check-cashing business now grandson. Her daughter, a single duty to stand up to what he sees the neighborhood have under- They’re all invited CBs call on Nets point men Ratner, Kalikow and Gargano to meet over arena plan

By Deborah Kolben at a public meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 22. compasses six blocks in Prospect Heights The Brooklyn Papers The community boards invited both MTA stretching east from the intersection of At- Chairman Peter Kalikow and ESDC chief lantic and Flatbush avenues, would be built Did Bruce Ratner will not have to put his Charles Gargano. over MTA-owned land. Atlantic Yards arena, office tower and Until now, the community boards have large- In addition to the arena, Ratner is seeking housing development plan through the ly steered clear of issuing an opinion on the $2.5 to build 4,500 units of housing and four soar- city’s public review process. billion project, which includes 17 residential and ing office towers, including one at Flatbush But the three Brooklyn community boards commercial towers and a professional basketball and Atlantic avenues that would be the tallest most affected by the sweeping plan are calling arena to house Ratner’s New Jersey Nets. building in the borough. You “We are trying to disseminate information The community boards first tried to organize on the real estate developer and the heads of the two state agencies he depends on to build it to on a topic of great public interest and are try- the meeting in April, but put it off when Ratner sit down with residents and discuss the plan. ing to figure out how the community boards said he needed more time to complete his plans. In a letter sent out this week, Community might fit in terms of a planning perspective,” Contacted this week, Deborah Wetzel, a Boards 2, 6 and 8 — each of which has a piece said Craig Hammerman, district manager of spokeswoman for the Empire State Develop- Know of the 21-acre development in Prospect Heights Community Board 6, which includes Park ment Corporation, said it was too early to reply — are calling on Forest City Ratner, the Empire Slope, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and a one to the invitation. State Development Corporation, the likely lead block portion of the Atlantic Yard’s site. “It’s too premature, there’s no formal agree- agency on the project, and the Metropolitan To build the arena Ratner must either pur- ment yet,” said Wetzel. “Negotiations are still Transportation Authority, from which Ratner chase directly or have the state condemn 11- ongoing and we don’t have a final deal yet.” must purchase air rights over the Long Island acres of privately owned land. An MTA spokesman also said he did not Rail Road storage yards, to present the project The rest of the 21-acre project, which en- know if the agency would send a representative. That Brooklyn is the home of a famous bridge… and a world-class hospital? reasons,” Catucci told The Papers. need it for cruise?’ and he said, Lutheran Medical Center offers the services our “[The article] states Jerry Nadler in ‘Oh, but you do,’” Nadler said, re- community needs: the beginning and Jerry Nadler in counting a conversation with Doc- CRUISES… the end. I think they’re trying to toroff. • Cardiac Rehabilitation Continued from page 1 expired in April as the Port Author- derail the negotiations.” “So we talked to the cruise nounced that the city had reached ity of New York and New Jersey Nadler had been campaigning lines and they said, ‘We can • Level One Trauma a deal to keep the two cruise lines and the city Economic Develop- publicly and privately for a longer share.’And then I talked to Doc- extension of Catucci’s lease, argu- toroff and he said, ‘I don’t care • Complete Cancer Care in New York City, the agency was ment Corporation paid a consulting ing that it would strengthen the what they say, we need it.’ not able to comply by press time. firm roughly $500,000 to study the • Inpatient/Outpatient Rehabilitation Brooklyn economy. Preserving “That’s not negotiable,” Nadler The city felt pressured to act best future uses for those piers. the shipping operation would also recalled Doctoroff saying. • Full Orthopedic Services after Royal Caribbean packed up Now, according to sources close to the negotiations, if a bolster the lawmaker’s bid to Lewi declined to comment on and moved to Bayonne, N.J. have a $7 billion rail freight tun- whether Carnival could share Pier • Pain Management Officials of both Carnival and new, three-year lease is worked out for American Stevedoring, nel built to connect Brooklyn to 11 with American Stevedoring. • Stroke Center Norwegian agreed to pay at least Staten Island or New Jersey. “EDC is not being totally $200 million in port charges the city will insist the company’s operations be paired down to Meanwhile, EDC officials honest with the community or through 2017, and the city agreed piers, 8, 9 and 10. The shipping scrambled to explain why a near- my office with what they’re do- Lutheran has nine ambulatory centers throughout to kick in the initial $150 million, company currently operates on ly $500,000 study of the best uses ing there,” charged Nadler. “It’s to cover the cost of construction Brooklyn to treat your physical and mental well-being. Piers 7-12. for Piers 6-12, commissioned by clear to me that for Pier 11 there and renovations. Whether it’s prenatal programs or stroke rehabilitation, In late May, as American Steve- EDC and the Port Authority, was is another motive.” Carnival had been eyeing Pier doring was said to be close to an not going to be released to the The congressman then cited cancer care or pediatrics, we’re here for you. 7, just south of Atlantic Avenue, agreement for a three-year lease of public. After pressure from The the planned conversion of a for- for its newest ship, the Queen And we’ve been here since 1883. Piers 7-10, the Associated Press Brooklyn Papers, an EDC official mer maritime warehouse near Mary II, the world’s largest luxu- was led to review the records of an relented and agreed to release the Pier 11 into luxury condomini- ry liner. But EDC officials deter- otherwise obscure tax fraud case study but called it “outdated.” ums as a possible reason. Lutheran Medical Center is at the core of your care. mined Pier 7 would not work for involving a business associate of “The [Piers 6-12] study was ini- Just across the street from the such large ships because of a reef American Stevedoring owner tially designed to come up with a pier, at 160 Imlay St., developer off of Governor’s Island. Sabato “Sal” Catucci. preordained conclusion to get rid Bruce Fedderman’s Industry “Pier 7 had some navigational At the May 10 sentencing of of all working waterfront uses City Associates plans to convert problems so we’re now looking Joseph Perez, U.S. Attorney Paul there,” Nadler charged this week. a hulking, six-story warehouse at Pier 12,” EDC spokeswoman Weinstein told a judge that inves- The EDC wants Pier 12 to be built in 1913 as the New York Janel Patterson said last April. tigators had evidence establish- a cruise ship dock and has its eye Dock Company into a 153-unit Gary Lewi, a spokesman for ing that Catucci and his brother on Pier 10 as an additional berth condo with nine floors. the New York Cruise Alliance, Ronald were “Gambino associ- down the line but officials say “I suspect the real opposition which represents Carnival, said ates who do business primarily they also need Pier 11 to move from EDC to continue with oper- there is a “commitment to go to out of Brooklyn.” traffic through to the cruise lines. ations at Pier 11 is because they Brooklyn,” but did not know if Catucci, a fixture on the water- Nadler says the agency has want nice site lines from the con- 150 55th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11220 that commitment was in the form front for decades, who has never other intentions. do development there,” said of a written agreement. been charged with a crime, vehe- “[Deputy Mayor for Econom- Nadler, who along with Commu- 1-718-630-7000 Meanwhile, American Steve- mently denied the accusation. ic Development Dan] Doctoroff nity Board 6 opposes the $50 doring, which operates a container He told The Brooklyn Papers made it very clear to me that you million conversion. www.lutheranmedicalcenter.com port out of all but one of those he believed someone alerted the could not continue operations on Despite that opposition, piers, employing hundreds of long- Associated Press to the presence of Pier 11, and they insisted on that which normally carries signifi- shoremen, has been in heated ne- Weinstein’s allegations in the court because they need it for the cant weight, the city’s Board of gotiations with the city for a lease record, prompting their review. cruise lines. Standards and Appeals approved extension. The company’s lease “This was done for political “We said, ‘What if you don’t the conversion last January. July 10, 2004 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 7

ARRIVE IN STYLE. In Heights, Yassky is ‘trash man’ RESORTS. partment of Sanitation placed took the councilman by sur- trict. Eighty-one of those have people from small stores put ~ By Deborah Kolben Don’t Miss... The Brooklyn Papers 81 new, green garbage cans prise, according to spokesman already hit the streets while the their trash in there. By 3 o’- throughout Yassky’s district. Evan Thies, who said Yassky other 39 are still in storage. clock it’s full, I have to clean The Rock & Roll Next time you stop to And it’s hard to miss just hopped out of his car on Hen- Yassky’s district includes por- it myself,” said Contreras, toss a piece of trash, you who was behind the push for ry Street to gawk when he tions of Park Slope, Brooklyn who was working behind the Collection should thank Councilman the cans. first spotted a can with his Heights, DUMBO, Boerum bar on Wednesday afternoon. Exhibit Open 1-9 PM Daily David Yassky. “Sponsored by City Coun- name on it. Hill, Greenpoint and Williams- Judy Stanton, executive di- Free Admission Or at least that’s what a cil Member David Yassky,” “It wasn’t an effort from burg. rector of the Brooklyn new set of enclosed garbage the cans read in large letters our office to get on the side of “The whole purpose of this Heights Association, won- ~ cans set up across Brooklyn around the rim and at three lo- a trash can,” said Thies. “But I program is that we’re trying to dered what would happen to $ Heights would have you think. cations near the base. think people might be interest- establish local partnerships for the cans when Yassky left of- 17 Bonus Two weeks ago, the De- The name recognition even ed to know that their council a cleaner New York,” said fice. But when she learned member did his job and got Duckett. “We place baskets in his name was affixed to the All day, 7 days a week the trash off the street. their community and in return cans on a sticker and could “As far as the name stuff, the sponsor receives a recog- easily be removed, she said we didn’t request it. I think it’s nition sign bearing the spon- she had no problem with it BROOKLYN an option for any council sor’s name or company logo. being there. member to have it on there It’s all part of a community “The main point is that SGS MAYOR… and they just regularly do it. partnership to promote a those trash baskets are abused [Yassky’s predecessor] Ken cleaner New York.” — they are not used exclu- TRAVELSCOPE Continued from page 1 Fisher had his name on trash So far, seven council mem- sively for pedestrian litter,” shocked co-op member who said Shaw was probably the only cans on Seventh Avenue” in bers, including Park Slope’s said Stanton, who added that For Information registered Republican out of all 10,800 members. Park Slope, he added. Bill DeBlasio and Melinda many complaints come in Call: That reaction comes as no surprise. But over the past few days, Katz, Peter Vallone Jr., John about the cans overflowing. Shaw lives in a neighborhood dominated by liberal politics where either hooligans or those with Liu, James Gennaro and As for the new cans, she 718-339-2928 a Green Party candidate running on an anti-war platform recently a bone to pick with the 40- Leroy Comrie, all of Queens, said the hole on top is large campaigned for City Council on a bicycle rickshaw. Bonuses available only on year-old, twice-elected coun- have participated in the pro- enough that people are still scheduled Line-Run buses And then there’s his wife. cilman — who is gearing up gram. tossing in their household or listed above and to persons “I disagree with him on every level,” said Nicole Shaw, his col- for a run for district attorney In addition to giving recog- commercial garbage. 21 years or older. lege sweetheart and amiable bride of two years. A self-described lib- Upon arrival, ID may be — have ripped Yassky’s name nition to their sponsors, the “But they are more attrac- requested to verify age eral Democrat, Nicole says she always knew her hubby had political off several of the cans along new cans are larger and en- tive, bigger and hold more,” aspirations. and receive bonus. She just didn’t expect him to pursue them so soon. Henry Street. closed with a smaller hole on she said. Bonus subject to change According to Sanitation top to prevent people from Asked what Yassky intend- at discretion “I totally support him but my viewpoints are very different,” she of Resorts management. said. “So I just can’t go around collecting signatures or anything.” Department spokeswoman throwing in commercial or ed to do about the overflow Taryn Duckett, the cans are household trash. problem in his cans, Thies And that’s too bad, because Shaw will need all the help he can Callan / Tom 800-336-6378 get. part of the agency’s “sponsor But according to Angel said, “There are already laws www.resortsac.com So far, all his energy has been focused on bulking up on the is- a basket” program where Contreras, a manager at that prevent people from put- sues and fundraising. companies or elected officials Balzar restaurant on Henry ting their household garbage Shaw wakes up just after 6 am each day, and spends an hour fo- purchase a basket and donate Street at Cranberry Street, into public receptacles, so bet- cused on the campaign before heading off to work at TD Securities, it to the agency. businesses are still using the ter enforcement of these laws the investment-banking arm of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, where Yassky allocated $50,000 cans to get rid of their Papers The Brooklyn may be necessary, but it’s he puts in between 60 and 80 hours a week. from his discretionary funds to garbage. A new garbage pail on Henry Street between Poplar and much better to have the cans Gambling Problem? Weekends are devoted to the campaign. pay for 120 baskets in his dis- “It looks nice but a lot of Clark streets with Councilman David Yassky’s name on it. in the street.” Call 1-800-GAMBLER Wary at first, he says his friends and family are now coming around, which is good since he plans to hit them all up for dona- tions. He has hired a Washington, D.C.-based public relations firm and says many people have contacted him after noticing his www.steve- shawformayor.com Web site. Asked about political experience, Shaw confesses to having none before noting that he was president of his old co-op board on the Upper West Side for three years. It may seem practical to seek a lower office first, but the plucky Sloper says he’s ready to jump right in. Bloomberg jumped from financier to mayor and Arnold OUR CHILD IS Schwarzenegger went from action hero to governor. Y “Just because they’re rich and famous doesn’t make them more NO ANGEL. / Greg Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Republican Park Sloper Steve Shaw, who’s running for mayor, in Prospect Park playground.

qualified,” said Shaw. Maybe not, but it does make their campaigns a whole lot easier. “Since he doesn’t come from politics, unless he won the Mega Millions lottery he’s not likely to have the resources needed to mount the kind of campaign necessary,” said political consultant Gerry O’Brien. Shaw plans to file with the Campaign Finance Board later this month, but until then refuses to reveal the contents of his coffers. He needs 7,500 signatures to secure a spot on the ballot. Shaw’s still not sure exactly who will carry his petitions (only that his wife will not) and he still hasn’t quite worked out his game plan for reaching out to local Republican clubs, although he is a member of the Young Republicans. Asked about supporting Shaw, Hy Singer, chairman of the Kings County Republican Party said, “I don’t even know the guy … If he wants to run for mayor it’s a free country, my best wishes to him, but I don’t know anything about him.” Sitting in the garden of his two-bedroom brownstone apartment just off Prospect Park West, wearing a button-down blue shirt and a pair of gray slacks, Shaw balks when a reporter insinuates this is not a winnable race. “I totally disagree,” says the Pennsylvania native, whose grandfa- ther once held office in the Keystone State — as a Democrat, that is. In fact, Shaw hails from a family of staunch Democrats in Allen- town, Pa. Did he switch parties just for the race? Shaw says that is not the case and explains that he was a regis- tered independent for years before moving to the Republican Party a few years back. “It’s the party my beliefs aligned with the most,” he said. As a student at Penn State University, where he majored in eco- nomics and commercial recreation and tourism, Shaw says he was not involved in politics. Immediately after graduation he moved to New York and started working for Bear, Stearns & Co. Last year he decided to run for mayor. Angels don’t need health coverage. Your child does. That’s why at And as mayor, the Sloper vows to cut taxes. “Money is more powerful in the hands of the people rather than the government,” he said. HEALTH PLUS we offer you Child Health Plus; a New York State program that Over the past year, Shaw has been reading up on education, fiscal policy and city history. He can tick off an array of statistics ranging from how much provides your child or teenager with FREE or low cost health coverage money the city spends on each student ($12,000) to the number of subway stations in New York City (468). Asked about what comes next in the campaign Shaw says, “I’m regardless of your financial situation. To find out if your child qualifies, call just focused on getting my name out.” HEALTH PLUS at 1-888-809-8009. GOWANUS… Continued from page 5 city planning chief Robert Moses’ intentions to expand the ex- pressway to Seventh Avenue. “This is a public works program that I could really like,” said Kassenbrock, who feared only that the tunnel would be built without tearing down the expressway. “This is something I think my family could really like. I think its marvelous.” Each week, several hundred members of the Save Bay Ridge Committee met at St. Ephrem’s Church, at 935 Bay Ridge Park- way, to discuss strategies, said Smith, who attended most of those sessions between 1955 and 1957. Smith, who has lived in Bay Ridge his entire life, said that many of his friends and Children are eligible for Child Health Plus offered by Health Plus if they: are under the age neighbors were displaced after that project was approved and of 19; are not eligible for Medicaid and do not have equivalent health insurance; and live in completed following the opening of the Verazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964. Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, or Staten Island. “These are the same people who were fighting Robert Moses tooth and nail,” Councilman Vincent Gentile said of the current crop of Gowanus fighters. Gentile has been involved with the www.healthplus-ny.org tunnel proposal since 1986, when he was president of the Bay Ridge Community Council. “My goodness,” he said, “this could mean, for all of us, that we might be able to undo some of the damage [Moses] did in the INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | CLASSIFIEDS | REAL ESTATE

FESTIVAL French fest Francophiles all over Brooklyn will celebrate Bastille Day on July 11. The anniversary of the storming of Paris’ infamous prison will be com- memorated on Smith Street, from Bergen to Pacific streets, with a grand petanque (bowling) tourna- ment, antique French car display, guillotine and French bar games. Outdoor seating and live music performed by the 11-piece Baby Blue Orchids Orches- tra will be provided by Jacques and Georges Forgeois of Bar Tabac. Other Smith Street restaurants will also provide al fresco seating and bands. Bastille Day on Smith Street events will take place from noon to 8 pm. For more information, call the South Brooklyn Local Devel- (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings July 10, 2004 opment Corporation at (718) 852-0328. In Bay Ridge, Jean-Jacques and Leslie Bernat of Provence en Boite will celebrate Bastille Day from 10:30 am to midnight with live music, buffet, raf- fles, balloons and more. The restaurant is located at 8303 Third Ave. at 83rd Street. For more informa- tion, call (718) 759-1515 or visit the Web site at www.provenceenboite.com. — Lisa J. Curtis

MUSIC Park concert On Tuesday, July 13, the New York Philharmonic will pitch a tent in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow for a memorable concert that will kick off the organiza- / Jori Klein tion’s 40th summer of free “Concerts in the Parks.” Under the baton of conductor David Robertson, the The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Philharmonic will perform Charles Ives’ Variations on

“America,” Samuel Chris Lee Barber’s Violin Con- certo (featuring violinist Leonidas Kavakos) and John Adams’ Harmonielehre. The free concert begins at 8 pm and will be followed by fireworks. For updates, call (212) 875-5709 or visit www.newyork- Rallying philharmonic.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

CINEMA Heavy metal Cineastes, take note. Buster Keaton’s “The Gener- thighs / Jori Klein al” (pictured) screens at the Prospect Park Bandshell as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn festival on July 15 at 7:30 pm. One of the last major films of the silent Fitness instructor puts Slope era, Keaton’s 1927 farcical adventure-romance con- cerns a Civil War-era train conductor who first pur- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn sues, then flees, enemy troops via locomotive. civilians through boot camp Sneak-er attack: (Above left) Fitness instructor Darren Taylor puts his recruits through an ear- While the hero’s allegiance to the Confederacy ly morning workout in Prospect Park on July 7. (Above) Boot Camp Fitness recruit Patti Buf- strikes a disquietingly anachronistic chord today, the By Drew Pisarra Up And Run” decals on the back of each folano performs the crunches. stone-faced engineer’s trademark deadpan, stunt-level for The Brooklyn Papers matching jersey are tongue-in-cheek. slapstick and well-timed double takes continually side- “We’re not big, buff guys,” he says of him- Sanchez put intensity in their workouts with listic approach, he sought to “increase core track viewers from politi- f you’ve ever entered the Grand Army Plaza self and his assistant, Jeffrey Sidnez; instead, quirkily named routines like “Chase the rabbit” strength” as a way to prolong his running ca- cal concerns. end of Prospect Park at the crack of dawn, their shared philosophy is more can-do than and “Front, back and roll.” The former in- reer. And while nowadays the “challenge first Giving this particular I you may have asked yourself: Who are must-do. volves getting down on all fours and then run- and foremost is to keep with the schedule,” he revival added steam will those 20 red-shirts shouting out reps of jumping “If you can get up at 6 in the morning for ning in place with your hands on the ground; has found a training partner in his wife, Patti, be a live original sound- jacks in unison and crawling in the mud under this, even if it’s raining,” Taylor states, “then the latter consists of dropping to the ground for who’s been with the program almost as long. track created and per- a tarp? there’s nothing you can’t accomplish.” a push-up, flipping onto your back for a sit-up, (“She’s become a workout fiend,” he says.) formed by the celebrated The answer: Members of Boot Camp Fitness In keeping with Taylor’s focus on empow- then high stepping in place. Similarly, Dr. Tanya Jones, an administra- Alloy Orchestra. Com- Brooklyn N.Y.C., the brainchild of personal erment, self-motivation is at the heart of his Boot Camp’s equipment-free techniques tor at Medgar Evers College, professes that prised of Roger Miller trainer Darren Taylor. cohort Sidnez’s own have amassed their share of successful weight Boot Camp has had a direct influence on im- (synthesizer), Ken Wino- Spring, summer transformation from reduction testimonials — Cassandra Metz of proving her endurance and increasing her up- kur (clarinet) and Terry and fall, Mondays, FITNESS homebody to health Prospect Heights was able to shed 12 pounds per body strength. Donahue (accordion, Wednesdays and Fri- nut. A self-taught postpartum — but most current boot campers “Definitely, I can run faster and I can run banjo and saw), this off- Boot Camp Fitness Brooklyn N.Y.C. meets days, this early Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 6 trainer accredited by extol benefits that extend beyond the T-shirt up hills better,” she said. “I’m also less likely beat trio has built its rep- morning, outdoor ex- am to 7 am, in Prospect Park. The class fee is both the American and knapsack you get in the beginning, the fat to avoid some of the incline stuff I would utation on inventive new scores for classic movies. ercise program lets $325 for six weeks. Beginning Aug. 2, Boot Council on Exercise burned and the muscles built during six have stayed away from in the past.” But she Unique instrumentation — which can include Camp expands to Fort Greene Park. The intro- civilians experience ductory price is $150 for six weeks of classes and the East Coast Al- weeks, and the dog-tag and certificate award- seems equally enthused about the ancillary Winokur and Donahue using hubcaps, truck springs a workout regimen which meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6 liance, Sidnez under- ed at the end. perks like how the drilled routines have intro- and other pieces of junk metal for percussive pur- shaped by Taylor’s am to 7 am, and Saturdays, from 9 am to 10 stands first-hand the Banking on its ability to attract repeat cus- duced her to “places in the park that I never poses — has informed the ensemble’s previous, as- am. To register, call (718) 495-8249. For more four years in the U.S. information, the Web site www.bootcampfit- effort required to lose tomers (which consistently total 50 percent knew existed,” including Prospect Park’s wa- tute musical accompaniments for Fritz Lang’s “Me- Army while simulta- nessbk.com will be launched later in July. weight. Personally, during any given session), the three-year-old terfall. tropolis,” Eisenstein’s “Strike” and, most relevantly, neously enjoying the he’s dropped from program will add a second location come Au- Part tour guide, part trainer, Taylor counts nearly a dozen film shorts in which Keaton co- splendors of the 275 pounds to 190. gust in Fort Greene Park. That location, with community builder among his duties as well. starred with Fatty Arbuckle. sprawling green space. Accordingly, partici- Now, he hopes his message of self-care and its “Rocky”-like three-tiered staircases near the Drawing again on his time as a truck-driving Preceding the film will be a concert by Invert, a pants do everything from cross-country runs wellness “reaches at least a million people.” Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument, promises its soldier in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Taylor string quartet that features two cellists — instead of incorporating the steps behind the Quaker With projects like last year’s Lighten Up own unique set of physical challenges. aims to foster a team spirit for group exercise two violinists — thereby attaining a sometimes cemetery to strength-building lunges in the Brooklyn, Borough President Marty Marko- Park Slope resident Tom Buffolano has that’s patterned on the camaraderie formed by brooding sound. Fittingly for this program, Invert rolling fields of the Long Meadow. witz’s weight loss drive for which Taylor was been with the program from the start. On staff a cohesive military platoon. credits movie composers Fred Katz (“Little Shop of Throughout, Taylor stresses the three D’s of the official personal trainer, the two may be on with the newly opened Track & Field Hall of “You have a battle buddy. You learn to Horrors”) and Bernard Herrmann (“Psycho”) discipline, determination and dedication. their way. Fame in upper Manhattan, Buffolano is, natu- look out for the person next to you.” among its myriad influences. “My drill sergeant used to plug that constant- Taylor quips of his program, “It’s like the rally enough, a runner. But he was attracted to Buffolano echoes the sentiment more sim- The bandshell is located in Prospect Park. Enter ly,” the former Army private says with a laugh. ‘get yourself up’ of coffee through exercise,” Taylor’s Boot Camp because he recognized ply. at Prospect Park West and Ninth Street. 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Thus Starveling, the tai- DAN for The Brooklyn Papers lor, is an orthodox Jew who wears a yarmulke and Flute looks like a short he 16th century meets the 1960s, order cook who badly needs to change ZANES Elizabethan England meets the his once-white apron and T-shirt. & FRIENDS TBronx and Shakespeare meets Lighthearted and earthy, this produc- “Grease” in Boomerang Theatre’s “A tion is blessed with a fabulous cast, MUSICALPICNIC Midsummer Night’s Dream,” presented smart costumes, pitch-perfect direction w/ special guests! free in New York City’s parks through and the great outdoors — all collaborat- July 25. ing to create a vitality and efferves- MUSIC & MOVIES SERIES SAT ✦ 7/24 ✦ 7:30PM THUR ✦ 7/22 ✦ 7:30PM In this delightfully original produc- cence far beyond that achieved in more tion, directed by the ultra-talented traditional versions of “Midsummer.” THE MAN WITH THE JAY FARRAR Philip Emott, the Duke (Jack Halpin) is Emott makes the most effective use X-RAY EYES alt-country trailblazer a successful CEO, and the lovers — of space, virtually turning a whole sec- Hermia (Jennifer Curfman), Lysander tion of the park into his stage as the ac- MARTHA WAINWRIGHT (WT McCrae), tors prance over neo-folk singer songwriter Helena (Linda Ig- the green and FRI ✦ 7/23 ✦ 7:30PM nazi) and Dem- THEATER through the trees etrius (Joe Mac- or sit alongside Nature’s bounty: Titania and Bottom, of “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dougall) — are Boomerang Theatre Company pres- the audience to On A Giant 50-Foot Screen! mercan prep-school kids ents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in watch the Me- Dream,” take a break in the forest. Film w/Live Music by Prospect Park’s Long Meadow (enter at Dede dressed in loafers, Third Street and Prospect Park West) on chanicals’ antics sweaters, flared July 10-11 at 2 pm and in the BAM Park as they declaim swaggers, snorts and world-weary ef- dience or a director’s whim. PERE UBU Turkish world beat fusion skirts, necker- on the triangle bounded by Lafayette “Pyramus and fort to stay in his master’s good graces. It’s not hard to understand why so American underground forefathers Avenue, Fulton Street and St. Felix LES chiefs and an- Street in Fort Greene July 15-17 at 7 Thisby.” Ignazi is wonderful and goofy as the many companies want to take a stab at klets. pm. Admission is free. For more infor- With no need long-legged and gawky maiden Helena this work. In the first place, it’s filled Oberon, king mation, call (212) 501-4069 or visit for set design, victimized by misguided lovers. And with humor that never goes stale. But YEUX of the fairies (Pe- www.boomerangtheatre.org. Emott has relied Ron Sanborn makes Bottom eloquent, no less important is the poetry that in- ter Morr), is a on his costume whether he is a pampered ass or a blun- forms its dialogue and the air of en- CLEM SNIDE NOIRS tough gang leader designer, Carolyn dering thespian. chantment that envelops lovers, fairies country/punk/pop group French Gypsy music whose woman, Titania (Sara Thigpen), Pallister, to create time, mood and char- But in this production, even some of and fools. MUSIC & MOVIES SERIES INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK SERIES is a madame surrounded by sexy girls acter. This she has done with great the minor characters make their mark What’s more, this humor is so sim- THUR ✦ 7/29 ✦ 7:30PM FRI ✦ 7/30 ✦ 7:30PM of easy virtue. His lieutenant, Puck imagination and humor. Puck wears his — most particularly the excellent Kath- ple and endlessly fresh that it can be in- (Vinnie Penna), is a streetwise tough wings over bowling shirts and Thisby leen Brown who plays Philostrate, the terpreted and re-interpreted and never FRANKENSTEIN THEY MIGHT who talks like James Cagney but seems is ravishing in a long black wig, a grass duke’s master of revels. lose the flavor of the Bard. w/ Boris Karloff! Classic Horror Film w/ Live Music by about as bright as one of the Three skirt and metal pasties over a hairy Of all Shakespeare’s comedies, it But every once in a while, a company, THE BQE PROJECT BE GIANTS Stooges. chest. seems “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” like Boomerang, comes up with some- The Mechanicals, known in this pro- But it is the exceptional acting that is mounted most frequently. Indeed one thing really special. Even if you’ve seen CORN MO gram as “working class folk,” are a really makes this production outstand- can expect a new version to blossom “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” more motley assortment of bumbling work- ing. There are the usual heroes here. every spring — indoors or outdoors, times than you’d care to remember, this ers who have been brought into the Penna is unforgettable as Puck with his traditional or tweaked for a modern au- is one you won’t want to miss. BUDWEISER LATIN MUSIC SERIES SAT ✦ 7/31 ✦ 2-9PM BORICUA FESTIVAL day-long festival of Puerto Rican culture w/ N’KLABE, LARRY HARLOW’S LATIN LEGENDS, PLENA ONE RING ZERO quirky klezmer-pop band LIBRE & MORE…

TUE ✦ 8/10 ✦ 4:30 ✦ $32.30 ADV TIX Bob Marley Roots Rock Reggae Festival A Concert to Benefit Celebrate Brooklyn Produced by AEG Live Tickets at ticketmaster.com and 212-307-7171 / Greg Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn See BIFF’s best On June 13, the jury of the seventh annual Brook- Simon Robson (pictured far left) received the lyn International Film Festival announced its 2004 award for Best Animation for his production and di- winners. Out of 1,618 entries from 74 countries, 113 rection of “What Barry Says.” Read online films were selected and shown in the competition, For a complete list of the 2004 BIFF winners as which ran from June 4 to June 13 at the Brooklyn well as information on the eighth annual festival, visit Museum in Prospect Heights. www.brooklynfilmfestival.org. Kimi Takesue (pictured above right being congrat- On July 11 at 8 pm, BIFF will present a selection every week at ulated by festival organizer Marco Ursino) wrote and of winners from the 2004 festival at the Micro Muse-

/ Greg Mango / Greg directed the film “Summer of the Serpent” and re- um, 123 Smith St. between Dean and Pacific streets, ceived the festival’s most prestigious Grand in Boerum Hill. Admission is $5. Film lineup includes: Chameleon Award as well as the Spirit Award for a “Summer of the Serpent,” “What Barry Says,” “The short film. Richard Beenan (above center) co-pro- Dud” (Best Short), “We Have Decided not to Die” ( duced “Summer of the Serpent” and also had his own Best Experimental), and “Take it Back” (Audience

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BROOKLYN Neighborhood Bites Dining Guide This week: BAY RIDGE / Jori Klein Banana Leaf 6814 Fourth Ave. at 68th Street, (718) 238-5531 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa ) Entrees: $6.95-$20.95. Mango / Greg Banana Leaf chef and owner, Peter How, formerly of Manhattan’s Jean-Georges and Mercer Papers The Brooklyn Kitchen, serves up a medley of Malaysian, Indian and Thai fusion dishes at this intimate Bay Ridge bistro. GO Brooklyn dining critic Tina Barry

described How’s cooking as “vibrant, light and Papers The Brooklyn clean, and at other times, rich and complex.” Barracuda bartender Trisha Jaworsky Try the soft-shell crab and mango salad or the plump, pan-seared scallops dressed in red, pick- pours a fresh-fruit apple martini. led ginger. A dish called “Nasi Lemak,” jasmine rice cooked in coconut milk and served with cubes of curried chicken and anchovies that are Hunter’s Steak & fried with onions and lime, provides an array of Big fish pungent flavors. For dessert, try the sesame Ale House creme brulee, a unique twist on its French coun- 9404 Fourth Ave. at 94th Street, (718) 238-8899 terpart, served with house-made strawberry ice (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: $13.95-$31.95. Multinational menu at Aqua cream and caramelized bananas. Open daily. This is a classic steakhouse with a couple of twists — stained glass, mahogany and hunter-green Barracuda Seafood interior, and the Horse and Jockey Club (featuring OTB racing feeds and betting). leaves diners drowning in Restaurant & Bar On to the eats: filet mignon with a red wine mush- 7026 Third Ave. at 70th Street, (718) 833-3759 room sauce is heavenly and served with veg- (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$22. etable and potato. Chef Robert Cangelosi also boatloads of fresh seafood Owners Rody Alexander, Nabiel Garcia and Elena offers porterhouse, T-bone and New York sirloin Trochtchenkova celebrated this restaurant’s grand steaks. Baked half-chicken and broiled salmon By Tina Barry place. They were right about a sophis- re-opening in November. In January, they intro- round out the menu. Enjoy karaoke on for The Brooklyn Papers duced their new chef, Terrance Watkins, to the Wednesday and Friday nights. A $16.95 prix fixe ticated fish eatery, if only the owners neighborhood. The new menu is dominated by menu is available Thursday through Sunday, 4 pm opened a place with a simple, focused American seafood favorites. Try the sesame-crust- to 6 pm, and includes soup, salad and choice of ush through the glass doors of menu. Instead, they’ve ransacked the ed salmon served with baby bok choy or the pan- entree with coffee and dessert. Reservations are Aqua, the three-month-old sea- globe and developed a mostly seafood suggested. Valet parking Thursday through seared whole trout with sweet potatoes and food restaurant on Smith Street, menu. spinach. For landlubbers, steaks, 8-ounce burgers Sunday. Open daily. P and roasted chicken are also on the menu. The and the cooling effect of the room’s Start with the two pages of appetiz- restaurant recently finished renovations on a glitzy Pazzo decor begins to set in. A moment later ers. First, I have to ask why a small / Jori Klein new 110-seat dining room. Brunch is available 10007 Fourth Ave. at 100th Street, (718) 238- you’ll adjust to the damp, deliciously restaurant would burden its three-per- Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 4 pm. Free valet parking Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. 4747 (AmEx, Visa, MC) Entrees: $12-$38. cool air conditioning that feels like a son kitchen with 11 appetizers when Open daily. This restaurant is ornately decorated with arches mist of sea spray on the skin. five would do? And why 13 entrees? of artificial flowers, private alcoves, mezzanines, Seconds after settling into a seat, On the appetizer roundup are grilled

and elegant curtains and drapes. Pazzo, which you realize that the room has more octopus bruschetta, chicken samosas, Papers The Brooklyn Bay Ridge Sushi means “crazy” in Italian, offers a variety of wines 6819 Third Ave. at 68th Street, (718) 491-0662 and martinis, as well as mouth-watering long list color than you originally thought. It crayfish etouffe and tea-smoked Dive right in: (Above) Chef Belinda Ber with her Corsican-style bouilla- (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.95-$17.95. of appetizers. Chef Theo Hernandez prepares takes only a minute or two to notice a bluefin tuna paired with tobiko caviar. baisse at Aqua restaurant in Boerum Hill. (Top left) Ber’s black sea bass Step into Bay Ridge Sushi and you’re in another old-world Italian favorites with contemporary design touch that must have given the Among the entrees are grilled Paler- accents. Some of the highlights among the is roasted in parchment with a touch of grapeseed oil, lemon, sugar- world — the hustle and bustle of the busy neigh- interior decorator heart palpitations. mo-style tuna, Sunam salmon, black snap peas and roasted potatoes. borhood give way with each step inside. The entrees include roasted rack of lamb, blackened You see, whoever chose the pale, bass en papillote and a Creole grouper engaging sushi chefs will carve up your favorites, mahi-mahi and grilled jumbo shrimp with risotto. including tuna, salmon, yellowtail, scallops, fluke, Pazzo also offers live entertainment Tuesday and dusty green wall colors, the wooden gumbo with buttermilk biscuits. mackerel, flying fish roe, crab stick and many Friday nights. Closed Sundays and Mondays. ceiling motifs Welcome to the many olives. tried it, although it mellowed as I con- more. that elegantly United Nations’ Few of the elements were especially tinued eating. The fish is paired with Of course, Bay Ridge Sushi hasn’t forgotten all of Pearl Room reference waves DINING cafeteria. toothsome, nor did they complement basmati rice flavored with caramelized the other Japanese treats and neither will you as 8201 Third Ave. at 82nd Street, (718) 833-6666 and boat beams, Aqua’s chef, one another. And, while I applaud ginger — a fancy description for you select from their colorful menu. There are (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$32. and modern over- Aqua (174 Smith St. between War- Belinda Ber, who Ber’s generosity, less on that plate, at slightly dry, gingery rice. Little sugar- many hand rolls, like the shrimp tempura roll and This elegantly appointed, six-year-old restaurant head lights that ren and Wyckoff streets in Boerum Hill) formerly owned least visually, would be more. snap peas sauteed in butter were de- the smoked salmon roll. Or try the pork with gin- offers American cuisine with an emphasis on fresh accepts Visa, MasterCard and Ameri- ger sauce, or the seafood teriyaki with lobster. seafood. Chef Anthony Rinaldi’s sesame sword- resemble deli- can Express. Entrees: $17.50-$24.50. Harvest Moon, She fares better with mussels in a vi- lightfully crisp and added pleasant col- Just make sure to leave room for the tempura fish, fresh lobster and crabcakes are popular dish- cate stars, could- The restaurant serves dinner Monday a market-driven brant, intensely garlicky broth. The or to the plate. green tea ice cream! Open daily. es. But Pearl Room also serves filet mignon, shell n’t possibly be through Saturday. Closed Sundays. For bistro on Long Is- mollusks were perfectly cooked and Staying closer to home, Ber offers a steaks, chicken and veal dishes, salads and pastas. the person who reservations, call (718) 643-1589. land, describes the layered around the bowl in an open- delectable Devil’s food cupcake with a Casa Calamari Pizza The cantaloupe-sized vanilla ice cream ball — fried in banana bread — is a must-try delight! hung print-after- menu as “Med- mouthed spiral. Thick slices of toasted slick of bittersweet chocolate icing. & Pasta Open daily. garishly-colored- iterranean with Portuguese bread scattered with raw It’s not really a cupcake, but a small, 8602 Third Ave. at 86th Street, (718) 921-1900 village-by-the-seaside-print around the multinational influences,” a descrip- garlic soaked up the light broth. warm round of chocolate cake. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5.50-$28.95. Peppino’s Brick room. The art, and I use the word tion that is reflected in her menu. Ber’s Corsican bouillabaisse could There’s a puddle of creamy, not-too- Boasting a large sidewalk cafe, Casa Calamari is a Oven Pizza loosely, does for this clean, modern Those global influences, and a ten- be renamed “Death by Fish,” but eat- sweet sauce made from the creamy fun, family-style restaurant that makes the most of space what a gold lame bustier does dency towards, in Ber’s words, ing it wouldn’t be a bad way to go. Italian cheese mascarpone that cuts the its corner windows and open kitchen. In addition 7708 Third Ave. at 77th Street, (718) 833-3364 to appetizer faves like Buffalo wings and eggplant (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Pizzas: $7-$13. for an Armani suit. “bounty on the plate,” can overwhelm It’s a beautiful bowl piled high sweetness. A couple of raw kumquats rollatine, you’ll find pastas, grills, Italian specialties Not your ordinary pizza, these thin-crust pies are In a funny way, a similar misstep her dishes. with mostly shellfish. There’s a add a pretty spark of green to the and plenty of seafood choices. The chilled made with only the best ingredients — fresh basil, appears in the restaurant’s concept. The antojitos, a seafood sampler on whole, delicately sweet crayfish, plate, but their bitterness threw the seafood sampler ($30) includes a half-pound lob- fresh mozzarella and olive oil. Customers can Aqua’s owners, Giuseppe Salvitti and the appetizer list, is a lesson in excess. three huge shrimp, several plump harmony of the dessert out of whack. ster, two cherrystone clams, two little neck clams, choose from up to 20 toppings including sausage, Salvo Scalia, operate Savoia, a popu- Piled on a long, rectangular white plate mussels and a large fish fillet, sauced Avoid them. four oysters and a quarter pound of jumbo pepperoni, salami and anchovies. Peppino’s Brick shrimp. Golden fried calamari can also be ordered Oven Pizza also offers salads and gourmet rolls lar Italian restaurant nearby. They is a little bit of this and that. There are with a bit of garlicky, paprika-heavy Smith Street, with its blocks of in- with fried shrimp. Or go for the broccoli rabe, stuffed with sausages, portobello mushrooms, knew that after Smith Street Kitchen mussels sprinkled with capers; esce- broth. Clementines perfume the sauce ternational eateries, is as competitive a cheese and parsley-sausage platter. Lunch spe- oven-roasted peppers and mozzarella, or any closed, no high-end seafood restaurant viche of squid (“es” because its cooked and add a pleasant sweet-tart quality to restaurant row as any other. The desire cials available Monday through Thursday, from 11 number of other fillings. Desserts are traditional has opened on the street to take its briefly; the “ceviche” means the fish the dish. The size of the serving is to lure patrons with big plates, big am to 3:30 pm. Open daily. favorites — Mississippi mud cake, New York cheesecake and tartufo, a round ball of ice cream finishes “cooking” in lime juice); a overkill, but it’s meant to be shared — menus and big ideas is understandable. Cebu covered in a chocolate shell. Lunch specials avail- very smoky house-cured piece of one bite of that little crayfish tail per Maybe diners would be disappointed able Monday through Friday, 11 am to 3 pm. salmon filet; raw tuna dressed with person. with portions meant to sate one person 8801 Third Ave. at 88th Street, (718) 492-5095 Open daily. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12-$24. olive oil and lemon; a “mojo” Spanish- The Sunam salmon was less suc- and not three, and five perfectly Cebu offers a laid-back bar scene with fine dining. style red pepper sauce with too much cessful. The big, meaty salmon fillet cooked ingredients instead of 12. Am I The menu is “continental infusion” with a diverse St. Michel paprika; tobiko caviar; a couple of un- poached in lemon, lime, chili and co- the only person who wants to say, selection of salads, seafood dishes and thin-crust Restaurant dercooked pieces of potato and too conut was almost bitter when I first “Please don’t supersize me?” pizzas. Dishes range from roast duckling to steak 7518 Third Ave. at Bay Ridge Parkway, (718) au poivre and seafood paella. The New Zealand 748-4411 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: rack of lamb with mashed potatoes and sauteed $15-$28. mixed vegetables is delightful as is the baked Chilean sea bass with roasted potatoes and wild Candlelight, tapestry-covered chairs and an anti- mushroom beurre blanc sauce. Also, try the que bar allow diners at this cozy bistro to experi- ence French cuisine Parisian style. Celebrating its Time to ‘VegOut’ homemade red or white sangria. Brunch is avail- able Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 3 pm. fifth anniversary, St. Michel’s menu offers an array Dinner is served daily until 3 am. of new dishes, including the steak with black pep- Vegetarians, vegans and raw Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx and A map with all the neighborhoods percorns, salmon served over mustard risotto, and half-roasted duck stewed in orange sauce. food enthusiasts — or anyone Queens, and except for restaurants, folds out of the back, so you’ll never looking to dine on more than a Staten Island. get lost on the way to Famous Pita Chef and owner Joseph Carvo recommends the green salad — take note. Each restaurant is given a short de- [935 Coney Island Ave. at Newkirk = Full review available at bistro’s signature dish, rack of lamb encrusted in Dijon-mustard and hazelnut crumbs and served In June, the first “VegOut Veg- scription with recommended dishes. A Avenue in Flatbush, (718) 284-0161] with thyme-flavored jus. Top the meal off with the etarian Guide to New York star rating is provided, along with an eatery that, according to Schwartz, fondant au chocolat, a warm chocolate cupcake City,” by Justin Schwartz price and payment method, cuisine, makes one of the top 10 falafels in the with creamy center that Carvo describes as being one of the best treats in Bay Ridge. (Gibbs Smith, $12.95) was location and contact information. New York area. published, making the sourcing What makes the guide different “VegOut Vegetarian Guide to Live music is offered Friday and Saturday Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American evenings. A prix fixe dinner menu, which includes of everything green a whole from others is the listing of restaurants New York City” can be purchased in Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover a salad, entree and combination dessert platter, is lot easier. 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WORKSHOP SERIES: YWCA of opment Corporation fourth annual dren under 13 and seniors over 61. door production of “A Midsummer Noon to 2 pm. Metrotech Commons, Brooklyn offers a 10-week series on show house in Stuyvesant Heights 1:30 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm. Marine Night’s Dream.” 2 pm. See Sat., corner of Flatbush and Myrtle “Living With Breast Cancer.” historic district. $15. Noon to 8 pm. Park, Avenue U west of Flatbush July 10. avenues. (718) 636-4129. Free. Tonight: treatment options and clin- 380 Lewis Ave. (718) 573-6893. Avenue. (718) 252-3940. WALKING TOUR: Big Onion Tours ical trial overview. 6 pm to 7:30 pm. PARK SLOPE: Big Onion Tours explores BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: CHILDREN takes a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge 30 Third Ave. (718) 875-1190, ext. Brooklyn’s Gold Coast. Learn about Con Edison Energy Education ONE ARM RED: presents a spoof of and through Brooklyn Heights. $12, 293. Free. the history of the neighborhood and Series presents “Pollination Franco-American relations in “Bon $10 students and seniors. 1 pm. Meet at southeast corner of Broad- BEER GARDEN: Brooklyn Historical learn about its architecture. $12, $10 Parade.” See the garden through Appetit!” $15. 1 pm. Children’s mini Society and Brooklyn Brewery offer students and seniors. 1 pm. Meet at the eyes of a buzzing bee, and workshop follows. 45 Main St. (718) way and Chambers Street, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. beer and live music. Included in southeast corner of Plaza Street West learn about bond between flowers 797-0046. admission of $6, $4 seniors. 6:30 CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents and Flatbush Avenue. (212) 439-1090. and their pollinators. $4, free for GARDEN CLUB: Workshop on soil New Edition kicks off the Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series in pm to 8 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. NEW YORK LIKE A NATIVE: Introduc- members. 2 pm to 5 pm. 145 development and composting for “Thrills From Brazil.” 5 pm and 8 pm. (718) 222-4111. See Sat., July 10. tion to Brooklyn covers the borough’s Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. kids. 2 pm. Wyckoff Farmhouse Wingate Field on July 12. BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: history, architecture, lore and land- Community Garden, 5816 Claren- STORIES IN THE GARDEN: Children Rooftop series presents Juxtapower scape. $13. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. Call OTHER don Road. (718) 629-5400. Free. and adults are invited to hear sto- and Taikoza. The band plays large for meeting place. (718) 393-7537. SIDEWALK EXHIBIT: All local artists CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents for ticket info. (718) 449-8497. Also, underground dance music with ries. Tonight’s readers include Uve Wunmi. 7 pm. DeKalb Avenue and Japanese drums and other instru- MOONLIGHT RIDE: Bike through are invited to show off their work to “Thrills From Brazil.” 1:30 pm, 5 pm CONCERT: Summertime series hosted Tigor and Devra Cohen. 7 pm. Washington Park Street. (212) 360- ments. $4. 6:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Prospect Park hosted by Moving for the public. Water Street between and 8 pm. See Sat., July 10. by Brooklyn Borough President Lemonade and cookies served. Ave. (718) 735-4400. a Better Environment. 9 pm. Meet Main and Dock streets. Call to BASTILLE DAY: Provence en Boite Markowitz presents New Edition. 1399. Free. Hoyt Street Garden, corner of Hoyt 7:30 pm. Bring your own chairs. CONCERT IN THE PARK: NY Philhar- and Atlantic. (718) 237-0145. CYCLONE RIDE: Moving for a Better at Grand Army Plaza. (212) 802-8222. reserve a spot. (718) 625-9352. Free. restaurant celebrates Bastille Day Environment takes a bike ride to FILM: “Carnival of Souls” (1962). $5 with live music, buffet, raffle, bal- Wingate Field, Winthrop Street monic hosts a concert featuring COACH TALK: Coach Dan Palumbo between Brooklyn and Kingston works by Ives, Barber and Adams. 8 Coney Island. Meet at the PERFORMANCE includes popcorn. 8:30 pm. Coney loons and more. 10:30 am to mid- teaches a two-session course on Manhattan side of the Brooklyn SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: Boom- Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave. night. 8303 Third Ave. (718) 759- avenues. (718) 469-1912. Free. pm. Fireworks follow. Prospect Park, the basics of coaching. Learn time Long Meadow. (212) 875-5709. Free. Bridge at 7 pm. Or, meet at the erang Theater presents an outdoor (718) 372-5159. 1515. www.provenceenboite.com. SPEED DATING: Meet eight singles in efficient practices, multi-skill drills, Carroll Street Drawbridge in production of “A Midsummer MOVIE NIGHT: Community Garden OTHER one night at Boudoir Bar. $35. 7:30 BARBES BAR: hosts a reading series skill development and more. $45. 7 Brooklyn at 7:25 pm. (212) 802- Night’s Dream.” 2 pm. Prospect hosts a vintage feature film series pm. 273 Smith St. Reservations nec- with Ned Vizzini. Tonight’s reader is pm to 9:30 pm. (Course continues 8222. Park, Long Meadow. Enter at Third plus cartoon. “Most Dangerous DANCE CLASS: Sara Yarborough, prin- essary. (718) 624-8878. Felicia Sullivan, curator of the nonfic- on Thurs., July 17) Ty Cobb Sports- cipal dancer with Alvin Ailey, hosts tion reading series at KGB in plex, Avenue X between West 8th BROOKLYN NOIR: readings by Tim Street and Prospect Park West. Game” (1932). 8:30 pm. Fifth SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shakes- McLoughlin, Lou Manfredo and Thom- an intermediate/ advanced class in peare Company presents “Romeo Manhattan. Also, Marissa Walsh, and 11th Streets. (718) 946-4985. (212) 501-4069. Free. Avenue at President Street. Bring as Morrissey. 7 pm. A Novel Idea, SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shakes- your own chair. Free. classical ballet and modern dance. and Juliet.” $15, $7 seniors and stu- author of “Tipsy in Madras,” reads. SOCIAL DANCING: Evening event at $300. 10 am to 1 pm. July 12 dents. 8 pm. Chapel of The First Call for time. 376 Ninth St. (718) Marine Park Jewish Center. Ages 8415 Third Ave. (718) 833-5115. peare Company presents “Romeo AQUA NIGHTS: NY Aquarium begins and Juliet.” $15, $7 seniors and stu- through July 30. 1256 Prospect Ave. Unitarian Church, 50 Monroe Place. 965-9177. Free. 45 plus. $4 includes light refresh- Call for info. (718) 437-0101. (212) 868-4444. ments. 7 pm to 10 pm. 3311 Ave. a music series. Tonight: ‘50s night dents. 2 pm and 8 pm. Chapel of SUN, JULY 11 with Twingold and Larry Chance The First Unitarian Church, 50 HEALTH FAIR: Hanson Place S.D.A. JEWISH LEARNING: The David Berg S. (718) 891-4209. Monroe Place. (212) 868-4444. Church hosts a community health fair. Lecture Series offers a course in “Did WEDS, JULY 14 SUMMERTIME CONCERT: 26th annu- and The Earls. $15, $8 children 2 to OUTDOORS AND TOURS Food tastings, blood pressure screen- Adam Have Parents?” Today’s topic: al Seaside Summer Concert Series. 12 years. 7 pm. West Eighth Street CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Brooklyn and Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. Philharmonic perform “Ellis Island: BASTILLE DAY: Smith Street cele- ing, free giveaways, gospel music, “Nonrandom Evolution.” 8 pm to 9 DANCE LESSONS: Young Dancers in Tonight: Salsa by the Sea with Jerry The Dream of America.” Projected brates the French holiday. children’s activities and more. Noon pm. Congregation B’nai Avraham, Repertory offers a dance class for Rivera and Aventura. 7:30 pm. CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Van Hunt images from the Ellis Island Archive Highlights include third annual to 5 pm. Hanson Place between 117 Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Free. kids. 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Leif Bring your own chair, or rent one and Brazilian Girls perform. $3. 7:30 and actors Barry Bostwick and Blair petanque tournament. 10 am to South Portland Avenue and South Erikson Park, 67th Street and Fifth for $5. Asser Levy Park, West Fifth pm. Prospect Park Bandshell, enter Brown. $3. 8 pm. Prospect Park 10 pm. Also, events at Micro Oxford Street. (800) 307-2017. Free. Avenue. (718) 567-9620. Free. Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 469- at Ninth Street and Prospect Park Bandshell. (718) 855-7882. Museum (123 Smith St.) includes BASTILLE CELEBRATION: Williamsburg TUES, JULY 13 PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play 1912. Free. West. (718) 855-7882. MUSIC: Bulgarian music group, Yasna photo op in “Big Chair” for $5. Photo Gallery hosts an event featur- Williamsport Crosscutters. Noon. OPENING: Lucky Art Gallery presents GLEASON’S GYM: White collar show. Voices, performs. 7 pm. Fort Greene Also, Brooklyn International Film ing art, wine and cheese. Noon to 6 DANCE LESSONS: Young Dancers in Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call realistic and surrealistic oils by Peter $20 registration fee, $15 admission. Community Garden. Call for exact Festival highlights. $5. 6 pm to 8 pm. 425 Keap St. (917) 287-7938. Free. Repertory offers a dance class for for ticket info. (718) 449-8497. Clive. Others. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 7:30 pm. 83 Front St. (718) 797-2872. location. (718) 361-9832. Free. pm. (718) 797-3116. SUNDAYS AT SUNNYS: Novelist Rob kids. 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Dyker ANTIQUE APPRAISAL DAY: City 176 Richards St. (718) 852-9232. Free. GO FISH: Macy’s fishing contest. 11 BROOKLYN LYCEUM: “Too Much Light DOCENT TOUR: Brooklyn Historical Reuland reads from “Semiautomatic.” Beach Park, 86th Street and 14th Junque Antiques offers an appraisal MUSIC FEST: The Brooklyn Country am to 3 pm. See Sat., July 10. Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays Society hosts a tour of its exhibit Also, George Hagen reads from his Avenue. (718) 567-9620. Free. day. Appraisals available for $5 for Music Festival presents The Kings SHAKESPEARE: Kings County in 60 minutes).” $15 online (www. “400 Years of Making a Living in novel. $3. 3 pm. 253 Conover St. ARTS IN THE PARKS: “Oniroku and two hand-held items. Noon to 5 pm. County Opry. Song Circle at 8 pm; Shakespeare Company presents gowanus.com) or $9 plus the roll of Brooklyn.” $15, $10 members, $5 (718) 625-8211. Momotaro, The Peach Boy” per- 253 Bay Ridge Ave. (718) 492-0555. Harmony Bros. at 9 pm; Lil Buck at “Romeo and Juliet.” 8 pm. See a single six-sided die. 11:30 pm. children. 2 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play formed by Hudson Vagabond BARNES AND NOBLE: presents author 10 pm. Freddy’s Bar, 485 Dean St. Sat., July 17. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 670-7234. (718) 222-4111. Staten Island Yankees. 5 pm. Puppets. 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Denise Campbell reading from her No cover. (212) 989-0011. CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents ON THE IRT: NY Transit Museum ex- Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call Crispus Attucks Park, corner of two novels “Spanish Eyes” and SUMMER FILM SERIES: Brooklyn Bridge “Thrills From Brazil.” 5 pm and 8 pm. CHILDREN plores the original IRT line from the for ticket info. (718) 449-8497. Classon Avenue and Fulton Street. “Love Thy Sister, Watch Thy Back.” 7 Park Conservancy presents its fifth See Sat., July 10. GO FISH: Macy’s hosts its annual fish- Bronx to Bowling Green. $20, $15 READING: Spiral Thought Magazine (212) 988-9093. Free. pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. annual film event. Tonight: “Shrek” Continued on page 12... ing contest. Kids are invited to par- members. Noon. Call for reservations hosts a reading. 6 pm to 8 pm. Fall CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents Free. ticipate to learn about fishing and and meeting location. (718) 694-1867. Cafe, 307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. “Thrills From Brazil.” 5 pm and 8 pm. MOVIES IN THE GARDEN: Loulou ecology. Contest is catch-and- See Sat., July 10. Restaurant hosts a weekly movie release. Open to children 15 and PERFORMANCE PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play series in its garden. Series focuses under. 11 am to 3 pm. Prospect CONCERT UNDER THE STARS: MON, JULY 12 Williamsport Crosscutters. 7 pm. on first original pictures from a vari- Park. (718) 965-6975. Free. Kingsborough Community College Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call ety of now famous directors. To- LIST YOUR EVENT… AQUARIUM: Party ‘50s style and see hosts a concert, “Manhattan Beach CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents for ticket info. (718) 449-8497. night: Sam Mendes’ film “American Festival.” 7 pm. End of Oriental Beauty.” 8 pm. 222 DeKalb Ave. To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send marine mammals. Walruses, penguins, “Thrills From Brazil.” 5 pm and 8 pm. PARK CONCERT: City Parks your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite sea lions and fur seals. Live music, Boulevard. (718) 368-5051. Free. See Sat., July 10. Foundation hosts a concert series in (718) 246-0633. Free. 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed face painting, arts and crafts, story- SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shakes- PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play Fort Greene Park. Today: The Best CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. telling and more. $11, $7 children peare Company presents a Family Williamsport Crosscutters. 7 pm. Stuff of NYC...for Summer features “Thrills From Brazil.” 10:30 am and 8 ages 2 to 12 and seniors. Noon to 4 Day performance of “Romeo and Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call Jump N Funk with DJ Rich Medina. pm. See Sat., July 10.

Galapagos Kili Bar-Cafe Lillie’s BROOKLYN 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.gala- (718) 855-5574. Hook, (718) 858-9822. pagosartspace.com. Saturdays: Live DJ Music, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 10: Aqua Caliente (Japanese surf rock), Sundays: The Love Show Cabaret Troupe, 10 Wednesdays: The Love Shack with DJ Matteo, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 11: Fisherman, 8 pm, $5 pm, FREE; Mondays: Burlesque Hula Extrava- 10:30 pm, FREE; Fridays, DJ Chappy plays includes all-you-can-eat barbecue; July 16: ganza, hosted by Miss Saturn and Harvest rock, hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. Wormwood, The Millerite Redeemers, The Moon, 9:30 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: In Resi- Jack Grace Band, 10 pm, $5. Nightlife dence with Bethany Yarrow, 8 pm, $8; Fridays: Laila Lounge Galapagos Floating Vaudeville hosted by 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Lucky Cat Bar Below 624-8878, www.eastendensemble.com. Happy Hour Comedy Trio with April Smith, 10 Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.laila- 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- July 10: Live comedy hosted by Susan Prekel pm, $5; July 13: Mercury Stars, The Sad Little lounge.com. burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. (Below Faan Asian Restaurant) 209 Smith Stars, Tryst, 7:30 pm, $6; July 15: Psychasthenia with Brian Kiley, Bruce Cherry, Rena Zager, Eric Tuesdays: Stephan Norfleet and Devil’s Wednesdays: Hex!, with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, St. at Baltic Street in Carroll Gardens, Society, stories by Jon Keith Brunelle, music by FREE; Fridays: Satanic Happy Hour, hosted by Kirchberger, Marianne Sierk, Robert Cohen Workshop Big Band, 9 pm, FREE; Wednes- [email protected], www.barbe- Mad EP, Grundik and Velapene Screen video DJ Subtech, 6 pm, FREE, Futurefunk Sessions and Matt O’Brien, 9:30 pm, $5 with two drink days: Songwriters Night and Open Mic, 8 pm, lownyc.com/index.htm. minimum. The Trouble With Sweeney will perform at Southpaw on July 15. mixes by Daniel Vatsky, 8 pm, $5, Music for with DJ Sport Casual, 10 pm, FREE; Saturdays: FREE; Saturdays: Den One “Hip-hop for July 14: DJ Tom K spins Cuban salsa, dancing America presents My Favorite, The Pathways, “Sugarlight Saturdays” DJs spin punk rock, 10 grown ups,” 10 pm, FREE; July 11: Jazz and with Tom Simmons, 9 pm, FREE. Hands in Pockets, 9:30 pm, $8; July 16: Iride- pm, FREE; July 11: DirtyLovely Burlesque, 10 Brooklyn Park West and Ninth Street in Park Slope, John Burns, noon, FREE; Thursdays: World Music with Sanny Jain, 9 pm, $5; July sense, Lo Deya, The Ocean, 6 pm, $5 includes pm, FREE; July 13: Stacy Harshman, 10 pm, (718) 855-7882, www.celebratebrooklyn.org. “Lounging” with DJ John Burns, 9 pm, FREE. 15: (Upstairs) Andy Roberto “Behind” art Barbes Historical Society food, DJ Andee of Popstar Kids, 1 am, FREE. FREE; July 15: Just Right for Wrong, 9 pm, July 10: Brooklyn Philharmonic featuring Barry opening reception, 6 pm, FREE, (Downstairs) 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in FREE, “Vermillion Music of the Sun” hosted by Bostwick and Blair Brown, 8 pm, $3 donation; Frank’s Lounge Onemuse presents Artists’ Night, 9:30 pm, $5; (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 222-4111, July 15: Invert, The Alloy Orchestra performs DJ North Guinea Hills, 10 pm, FREE. 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort The Hook July 16: (Upstairs) Future Shock DJ Elsewhere Sundays: Stephane Wrembel Trio, 9 pm, FREE; www.brooklynhistory.org. an original score to silent film “The General” 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in and Guests 6 pm, $5, DJ Dr. Rainjah, 10 pm, Mondays: Slavic Soul Party with Matt Moran, 8 July 16: Beer Garden with live music, 6:30 pm, (1927), 7:30 pm, $3 donation; July 16: Van Greene, (718) 625-9339, www.FranksCock- $5, (Downstairs) Pale Horse, 9:30 pm, $5. Lyric Lounge pm, $8; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 9 pm, FREE with admission ($6 adults, $4 seniors 62 Hunt, Brazilian Girls, 7:30 pm, $3 donation;. tailLounge.com. Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehook- music.com. 278 Nassau St. at Morgan Avenue in FREE; Wednesdays: “Night of the Ravished and over). Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays w/ DJs Tyrone and Greenpoint, (718) 349-7017. Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Sundays: Live jazz, 7 pm, July 15: My Dear Ella, 11 pm, $TBA; July 16: Limbs” with Mark Helias’ “Open Loose,” 9 pm, Cha Cha’s Liberty Heights July 15: Summer Hardcore Food Drive, 8 pm, $8; July 10: Jessica Jones Quartet, 7 pm, $8, FREE; Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live, 9 pm, Tall Days, The Weather, 10 pm. Cafe 111 4 canned food items or $5. Howard Fishman, 9 pm, FREE; July 11: Jazz 1227 Riegleman Boardwalk at Stillwell FREE with two-drink minimum; Thursdays: Tap Room Avenue in Coney Island, (718) 946-1305 Passengers with Roy Nathanson, 7 pm, FREE; 111 Court St. at State Street in Downtown Lonnie Youngblood & The Blood Brothers, 8 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Brooklyn, (718) 858-2806, www.cafe111- Saturdays: “Summer Land 2K4,” DJ Vinny, DJ iO Restaurant July 14: The Ben Wittman Trio, 7 pm, FREE; pm, FREE; Fridays: Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5. Hook, (718) 246-8050. Magnetic Field online.com. Johnny Hardkore, The Rush Hour, 10 pm, $15. 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in July 15: Tribute to Roy Smeck with Elliot Sharp, Thursdays: Open mic, 10 pm, FREE; July 10: 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in July 10: Denise Barbarita, Halley Devestern, Williamsburg, (718) 388-3320, www.io- Documentary screening at 7 pm, Music by Lex Grey and the Urban Pioneers, 10 pm, FREE; Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, Bobby Stewart, Sax Addict, 8 pm, FREE; July 11: Freddy’s Bar & restaurantandlounge.com. Sharp at 8 pm, FREE; July 16: Stephanie Win- Chocolate July 16: The Love Handles, 10 pm, FREE. Continued on page 12... ters and Walter Parks, 7 pm, FREE, The Moon- Paper Airplane, Leslie M, Mobscene, 8 pm, FREE; Backroom Fridays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, July 12: Todd Horton, Spielplatz, Rob Wilkerson, Monkey FREE; Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 lighters, 9 pm, FREE. 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Prospect 8 pm, FREE; July 13: Amanda Homi and Antje 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in pm, FREE. Boogaloo Duvekot; Error! Bookmark not defined.but, Tony Park Slope, (718) 813-1073. Heights, (718) 622-7035, Scherr, 8 pm, FREE; July 14: Mike Fahn, Pete Fridays: “Reggae after Work” with Winston www.Freddysbackroom.com. The Jazz 168 Marcy Ave. at Broadway in Yellin Quartet, Dave Treut’s Squid, 8 pm, FREE; Irie and the Collective Crew, 7:30 pm, FREE. July 10: The Zambonis, The Battlecats, 9:30 TALK TO US… Williamsburg, (718) 599-8900. July 15: Dan Lipton, David Nagler, Remy De pm, FREE; July 11: Antilles Connection, 9:30 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko July 15: “Hip-Hop Hootenanny and Jam- Laroque, Birdie, 8 pm, FREE; July 16: Jason Flying Saucer pm, FREE; July 13: Will Vinson Jazz, 9:30 pm, Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. boree” with Grand Ultimate, Anima Anonyma, Spirit, Adam Falcon, Organic, 8 pm, FREE. FREE; July 14: Society Giants, 9:30 pm, FREE; 7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, DJ Casper and DJ Fungus, 10 pm, $5. Cafe July 15: Brooklyn Country Music Festival with Mondays: Jam Session, 8 pm, $5; July 10: Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color Celebrate 494 Atlantic Ave. at Nevins Street in Pablo Conrad, The Harmony Brothers, Lil’ Andre Strobert Trio, 9 pm, $10; July 15: “Jazz photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) Boudoir Bar Boerum Hill, (718) 522-1383. Buck, 8 pm, FREE; July 16: Brooklyn Country in the Garden” with the Wade Barnes Trio, fea- 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we can- (At East End Ensemble) 273 Smith St. at Brooklyn! Saturdays: “Relief” with DJ John Burns, 7:30 Music Festival with Ramblin Kings, Crevulators, turing pianist Ed Stout, Time TBA, FREE; July not take listings over the phone. Sackett Street in Carroll Gardens, (718) Prospect Park Bandshell, enter at Prospect pm, FREE; Sundays: “Sunday Service” with DJ Sweet William, 9:15 pm, FREE;. 16: Tehrin Cole Trio, 9 pm, $10. -Free- Back by popular demand! "Bankruptcy and You: The facts" Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7pm

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Where to GO... Continued from page 11... CHILDREN OUTSIDE ART: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” 7 pm. See Sat., NEIGHBORHOOD FAIR: Brooklyn July 17. Family Theater hosts a day of Musical grab bag games, a rummage and bake sale, IMPACT THEATER: “The Adding crafts for kids, face painting and Machine.” 8 pm. See Sat., July more. 10 am to 3 pm. Churchyard 17. at 10th Street and Eighth Avenue. There’s something for everyone at Downtown’s Cafe 111 BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents (718) 670-7205. Free. “Too Much Light Makes The GO FISH: Macy’s fishing contest. Baby Go Blind.” 11:30 pm. See 11 am to 3 pm. See Sat., July 10. Sat., July 17. as the restaurant-club struggles to create an identity CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents “Thrills From Brazil.” 1:30 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm. See Sat., July 10. By Ed Beeson SAT, JULY 17 for The Brooklyn Papers OTHER OUTDOORS AND TOURS PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play Hudson Valley Renegades. igns of life may soon creep into the Cross / Gregory NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR: Mauri- cio Lorence leads a tour of Ft. 6 pm. Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf nights of Downtown Brooklyn, Greene, Clinton Hill and Brook- Ave. Call for ticket info. (718) Sand a local restaurateur wants to be lyn Heights. $25 per person. 2 449-8497. the first to push and prod it into being. pm to 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. Nando Ghorchian, who owns Cafe (718) 789-0430. SUN, JULY 18 del Mar, Balzar, Caffe Buon Gusto Papers The Brooklyn GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big and the soon-to-open El Cubanito in Onion Tours around this Vic- OUTDOORS AND TOURS torian “City of the Dead.” GOWANUS CANAL CRUISE: Brooklyn Heights reinvented another she is trying to tweak the environs to Learn about the history, archi- restaurant of his, the critically ma- appeal to night owls. Brooklyn Historical Society tecture and people of this takes a boat tour aboard the ligned Acqua on Court Street, into Inside, the atmosphere is bordello Brooklyn landmark. $12, $10 Chelsea Screamer. Learn about students and seniors. 1 pm. this waterway from urban edu- Cafe 111, an eatery by day and free red, from the painted walls and the red Meet at main entrance, Fifth velvet drapes that decorate the deeply cator Dan Wiley. $45, $35 mem- live music venue by night. Avenue and 25th Street. (212) bers, seniors and students. 9 “We did it for the future, really,” he recessed stage. Candles and white 439-1090. am. Chelsea Piers, Pier 62, says of Cafe 111, which opened last Christmas lights dangling like moss set FORT GREENE MARKET: Family Hudson River, between 22nd Green Day, features storyteller and 23rd streets, Manhattan. December. “The neighborhood is re- the mood. Thelma Ruffin-Thomas and Reservations necessary. (718) ally changing.” Detail is otherwise lacking. A ran- artists/face painters Sayeeda 788-8500, ext. 208. He points to his soon-to-be neigh- dom jumble of empty wine bottles that Banks and Derrick Corss. 1 pm. BRIGHTON BEACH WALK: bors, the dormitories and apartment decorates one precipice should be re- Greenmarket vendors open Brooklyn Historical Society their stalls at 8 am. Fort Greene hosts a walk around this neigh- towers opening this fall on Atlantic cycled. Most of the bite-size paintings Park’s Washington Park and borhood. Learn the history and Avenue, as proof that even this part of on the wall fail to evoke description. DeKalb Avenue. experience the food. $15, $10, Downtown Brooklyn, which tradi- Cafe 111 is privileged to have a PERFORMANCE $5 children. 2 pm. Meet under the elevated train at Brighton tionally has been shuttered and empty back patio, but to get to that coveted SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Beach Avenue and Coney by sunset, could support nightlife. piece of real estate, one must walk a Shakespeare Company pres- Island Avenue. (718) 222-4111. ents “Romeo and Juliet.” $15, At the moment, Ghorchian’s ambi- tight passage through the kitchen. SEE-IT-ALL TOUR: Visit the $7 seniors and students. 2 pm Lefferts Historic House and tions appear to be modestly successful. “It’s OK. We have nothing to hide,” and 8 pm. Chapel of The First learn how the house was built The cafe boasts a full calendar of three says Blaszczak. True, from all appear- Unitarian Church, 50 Monroe and used over the centuries. Place. (212) 868-4444. or four performers nightly, most of Cross / Gregory ances, the kitchen is exceptionally Open to ages 14 and older. OUTSIDE ART: BAM Local 11:30 am. Intersection of whom play for tips and pleasure alone. clean. But on a busy night, that corri- Development Corporation host Flatbush and Ocean avenues. Employees, musicians and customers dor must be a nightmare. Try not to a performance by The Boom- (718) 789-2822. Free. erang Theater of “A Midsum- all agree that Cafe 111 has steadily startle any waitresses ladling cream of mer Night’s Dream.” 7 pm. PERFORMANCE drawn bigger crowds since it opened, mushroom soup on your way in or out. BAM Park, intersection of CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Dan thanks to well-connected management Papers The Brooklyn Lastly, too much diversity can be Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Zanes and Friends host a musi- who bring noteworthy musicians from messy. Street. (212) 391-8152. cal picnic. $3. 5 pm. Prospect Variety show: Tony Scherr belts out a song at Cafe 111 in Downtown CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Mark Park Bandshell, enter at Ninth the surrounding neighborhoods. Brooklyn while bandmate Tim Luntzel supports him on bass guitar “Part of their problem is they Morris Dance Group performs. Street and Prospect Park West. “Nando’s given us free reins,” says NIGHTLIFE haven’t settled on a format of music $3. 8 pm. Prospect Park Band- (718) 855-7882. Aaron Whitby, the music curator at during June 15 show. (Top right) Also on that night’s varied program, yet. People aren’t sure what they’ll shell, enter at Ninth Street and Cafe 111 is located at 111 Court Michael Blake of Pollie Pollie. Prospect Park West. (718) 855- CHILDREN Cafe 111, whose own credits include St. at State Street in Downtown get,” says Sean Fitzell, of Carroll Gar- 7882. CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus pres- his own record label, Blackfeet Pro- Brooklyn. Entrees: $6.95-$15.95. All dens, who came to watch the saxo- IMPACT THEATER: presents the ents “Thrills From Brazil.” 1:30 ductions, which released the acclaimed performances are free, and there is a Of course, the real treat is for “I did back flips when this place phonist Michael Blake. 1920s comedic drama “The pm, 5 pm and 8 pm. See Sat., two-drink minimum. Cafe 111 accepts Adding Machine,” by Elmer July 10. debut album of Brooklyn Heights soul American Express, MasterCard and Brooklynites tired of trekking into the opened,” says Pete Harris, a London- That night’s lineup seems to con- Rice. $15, $12 students, seniors GO FISH: Macy’s fishing contest. 11 singer Martha Redbone last year. Visa. Open daily. For more informa- city for music. born promoter who runs harris- firm that sense of schizophrenic book- and students. 8 pm. 190 am to 3 pm. See Sat., July 10. Whitby says diversity is his goal, tion about upcoming performers, call “It’s all the same bands that play at radio.com, an Internet radio station, ing. The four acts included a world Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. (718) 858-2806 or visit the Web site at CONCERT UNDER THE STARS: OTHER and by booking artists of all styles, www.cafe111online.com. the Living Room,” says Teddy Kum- from his Brooklyn Heights home. music combo; Teddybut, who sings Kingsborough Community POETRY: Crossroads Saloon pres- from R&B and soul to folk and rock to pel, a guitarist who plays here as Ted- “It’s civilized. You’re not coming hokey, pun-laden songs by himself; a College hosts a concert: “Let’s ents Roslyn Rabin and Richard hip-hop, he hopes to draw audiences dybut on Tuesday nights, referring to here to stand up in a dark, dingy base- bluesy trio led by Tony Scherr; and Ja- Dance.” 8 pm. End of Oriental Fine reading from their work. Boulevard. (718) 368-5051. Free. $3. 2 pm to 5 pm. 2079 Coney from all backgrounds. Those styles are a week and a “Bush Bashing Day” the Lower East Side lounge. “Might as ment,” Harris says. “You can bring maican reggae led by Blake. BROOKLYN LYCEUM: “Too Much Island Ave. (718) 339-9393. Free. loosely organized by the night of the when the Republican National Conven- well come here.” your mum.” In many ways, the booking is like Light Makes The Baby Go Blind BROOKLYN NOIR: presents read- week. Mondays and Wednesdays are tion visits the city in late August. Live music at Cafe 111 is loud, but Mum may approve, but the crew of the Cafe 111 burger. That sandwich, a (30 plays in 60 minutes).” $15 ings by Tim McLoughlin, Chris online (www.gowanus.com) or Niles and Nicole Blackman. dedicated to jazz. Tuesdays and Thurs- The strategy is to draw three estab- not overbearing. And partly because Cafe 111 will need to untwist a few signature dish judging by its name, $9 plus the roll of a single six- 7:30 pm. Magnetic Field days are for singer-songwriters. Fri- lished crowds: Smith Street diners; the place is still in its infancy, crowds kinks before they can reap her reward. consists of a dense patty awkwardly sided die. 11:30 pm. 227 Cocktail Lounge, 97 Atlantic days, Saturdays and Sundays seem to moviegoers leaving the cinema across are light. On a recent Tuesday night, “It’s a hard situation. We have lunch topped with fried onion rings, moz- Fourth Ave. (718) 670-7234. Ave. (718) 834-0069. Free. offer everything else. the street; and those Manhattanites the cafe’s slowest according to Whitby, with lawyers and judges, so it can’t zarella and portobello mushrooms. Whitby talks about other plans, too fearless enough to venture one subway customers rarely numbered more than look like a bar,” says Marta Blaszczak, Fine ideas on their own, but not as — live comedy, midnight sets six nights stop into Brooklyn. a dozen. the general manager of Cafe 111. Still, tasty taken together. 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Continued from page 11... Sideshows by www.MagneticBrooklyn.com. Thursdays: 80 Proof Thursdays (’80s the Seashore night), 10 pm, FREE; July 10: The Dan- 3006 W. 12th St. at Surf Avenue in settes, 8:30 pm, $3; July 12: Rock ‘N’ Roll Coney Island, (718) 372-5159, DJ Exchange, 9 pm, FREE. www.coneyisland.com. Saturdays: Sideshows by the Seashore, Magnolia featuring 10 talents, including Ravi “The 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Scorpion Mystic,” Eak, “The Illustrated Slope, (718) 369-4814. Man” and The Amazing, Blazing Tyler Fyre, Tuesdays: Jam with The Noah Haidu Trio, 1-11 pm, $5 adults, $3 children under 12; 10 pm, FREE with $5 minimum; July 10: Fridays: Sideshow by the Seashore: 2-8 Clay Ross Trio, 10 pm, FREE; July 16: The pm, $10; July 16: Fisherman’s Xylophonic George Mel Trio, 10 pm, FREE. Burlesque Orchestra, 10 pm, $15. 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She her husband to stop letting his ing to get her back to sleep in Night of the Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, tries sometimes to put him in 4-year-old son sleep in their Cookers www.spsounds.com. her own room,” he recalls. July 10: Bizmarkie, 8 pm, $19 advance, his bed, but he comes and gets bed. The boy was allowed to “Sleep deprivation quickly af- 767 Fulton St. at South Portland $21 day of show; July 12: Gillian Welch, in their bed. My son doesn’t fall asleep in the living room, fected my health and work. One C-BAY HEBREW Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Old Crow Medicine Show, 8 pm, SOLD like the arrangement, but he stay there, and would wake and Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays OUT; July 13: Kid Casanova, Human weary night, I finally just put her and Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Television, Finer Things, 7:30 pm, $7; July doesn’t want to make waves. come to sleep next to his father. in my own bed. We were both Sundays: Live jazz, 4 pm, FREE. 14: Neil Hamburger, TIME TBA, $TBA; — a grandmother The book “Healthy Sleep back asleep in seconds.” SUNDAY SCHOOL July 15: The Waxwings, The Trouble with A: Stay out of it. Habits, Happy Child” (Ballan- Within six months, the girl Northsix Sweeney, 8:30 pm, $8. “Whether the boy sleeps with tine, 1999) by sleep researcher was sleeping on her own again. 66 N. 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I obsessed By Betsy Flagler There are many nighttime culprits in Attention-Deficit/Hy- instructors Eugene Mirman, The Big Sleep, 8 pm, peractivity Disorder, fatigue and $10; July 15: Johnny Cage is a Fake, about that and toilet training un- parenting styles, says pediatri- Bib Tommy’s Tavern • For grades K - 7 le stories, Thumb Screw, The Present Darkness, 8 simply doesn’t get a vote.” erratic behavior in their children? Hebre 1041 Manhattan Ave. at Freeman til a friend assured me, ‘Your cian William Sears, MD, and w language, pm, $7; July 16: (Upstairs) Sam Jayne (of arts Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383-9699. boys won’t graduate wearing di- No matter how well-inten- parents need to be sensible and For me, calcium and magnesium • Big brother / Big sisters & crafts, Love as Laughter), Jeffrey Lewis, The holida July 16: Hototogisu, Chris Corsano Trio, tioned her comments are, Grand- deficiencies and an inability to y programs, Dying Californian, Dufus, 8 pm, $10, apers, and they won’t still be try- use whatever arrangement that work individually with cook David Gross and Liz Tonne, Religious ing, singing, (Downstairs) Dirty Rainbow, Blue Velvet, ma’s separate talks with her son absorb food properly after taking Knives, 8 pm, $TBA. ing to get in your bed.’” gets all family members the students in grades 4 - 7 games Timber, Twofold Truth, 8 pm, $6. It’s up to the parents to de- and daughter-in-law could create best night’s sleep. His fussy antibiotics made my muscle cide whether their child’s sleep- a hurtful relationship triangle, fourth child helped turn him weakness and depression worse. Peggy O’Neill’s Trash Bar 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in ing habits need to change. Pedi- several readers say. Worst-case and his wife into co-sleeping Can you provide more informa- NO SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED (Two locations) scenario: She oversteps her tion on this so parents know to Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, atricians disagree on the topic. experts, a philosophy he ex- 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in www.thetrashbar.com. Some couples don’t think boundaries and loses out on time plains at www.askdrsears.com. ask their doctors about it?” 117 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights Coney Island, (718) 449-3200, Tuesdays: X for Eyes, 10 pm, FREE; July three’s a crowd; others feel co- with her grandson. Other parents say they too — a reader www.peggyoneills.com. 11: The Weekenders, Badtown Dance Wednesdays: ’80s Night, 10 pm, FREE. Party, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 12: Human sleeping disrupts their intimacy. “For the grandmother to get fell into the family-bed pattern If you have tips or a question, (718) 596-4840 ext. 40 Television, The Jake Lear Band, 8 pm, $5; Whether it’s right or wrong for involved could cause resentment to avoid sleep deprivation. call our toll-free hotline any time 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay July 14: The Break-Up, Dasher, Clap Your the family isn’t the point, one between her and her daughter-in- A father of two says his two at (800) 827-1092 or e-mail us at A project of C-Bay Hebrew School Ridge, (718) 748-1400. Hands Say Yeah, 8 pm, $6; July 15: Fridays: Live DJ, 10 pm, FREE. Game, 8 pm, $6; July 16: Crimson Sweet, reader says: “The grandmother law,” says a mother of three. She children started sleeping through [email protected]. 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Dancers & Bongo Percussion, 10 pm, $5 “gents,” “ladies” free. —compiled by Ed Beeson July 10, 2004 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BRZ 15 New glory coming for REAL ‘Old Glory Look-Out’ By Jotham Sederstrom organized the project with oth- ESTATE The Brooklyn Papers er members of Teamsters Lo- cal 804. When the plan grew One of Bay Ridge’s old- wings, he invited members of Office Space Available est and most overlooked Local 282, who, as concrete APARTMENTS INSURANCE war memorials is in store workers, will construct the Bensonhurst for major renovations for memorial. The entire project, For Rent / Brooklyn Immaculate ground floor store, move in the first time in decades. said Lindroth, will be paid for condition with furnishings and art work. Jakob Insurance Brkg. Corp. Suitable for barbershop, M.D. office, Old Glory Look-Out Point, by the Teamsters. Apartments, Sublets Dear Valued Customer: which features a beautiful small business. 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WALKING DISTANCE TO: F Train • Major Bus Stops • Schools 11:30 am on July 3. Shovel to head Religious Institutions • Shopping An altercation in Benson- Cafe caper Ronald Bislig BLOTTER... hurst this week was ended by Thieves broke into an Mid- Contact Michael @ (718) 518-0367 x288 Hipotecas Recidenciales a swift pounding with a shov- dle Eastern cafe and bazaar on R33 Continued from page 3 el. Fifth Avenue on Independence Email: [email protected] etbooks valued at $1,200, $600 on July 4 when a 25-year-old Police say that after two Day and stole $3,400 before worth of Coach handbags, four man measuring about 5-foot-6, men got into an argument on escaping through a back exit, Louis Vuitton bags valued at sped past them, nearly knock- Bay 22nd Street at Benson Av- say police. BROKERS $1,600 and an area rug. ing down the youngster. enue one of the men, 27, de- The 3:30 pm incident hap- When the father spoke up, Bike basher cided to end it swiftly by bash- pened only 30 minutes after R32 A father-and-son moment the belligerent biker back- ing his opponent over the head the business at Ovington Av- was violently interrupted after pedaled and began swinging several times with the digging enue closed. Police say the a careless bicycle rider nearly his helmet at him. Police say device. The 29-year-old victim crooks broke in through a rear R29/35 struck a boy as he and his dad that several connecting thumps was treated at an undisclosed door, which they didn’t lock Not Just Landmark Funding Group were walking in Bensonhurst. to the 41-year-old dad’s head area hospital. after fleeing. Police say that the man and caused severe injuries. Police arrested his alleged The money had been For all your motgage needs boy were on the sidewalk of The incident happened attacker shortly after the inci- stashed away in a drawer in an Another New York & New Jersey Bay 32nd Street at 86th Street shortly after 8 pm. dent, which happened around office. Free Pre-Approvals Pretty Refinances Purchases Face! Home Equities Condos HAMILTON… Co-ops From Teacher to Lawyer to Real Estate Ace. Town-Houses Continued from page 1 Let’s get together to see where it leads, Bad Credit “We are looking into it, but we don’t have anything yet,” said So we can address all your Real Estate Needs. Cocola. Cash Out Bussey was killed on his way home from a McDonald’s on Debt Consolidation Hamilton Avenue, where family members were celebrating the ARLENE GREENDLINGER Commercial boy’s graduation from a Head Start preschool program earlier Real Estate LLC Resedential that day. His 14-year-old sister, Ashley Laney, was also struck Mixed Use by the truck as the two crossed the intersection near Court Investment Properties Street, but she was thrown out of the truck’s path. She was treat- Tel (718) 857-5360 ed at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan where she underwent four ARI MINKOWICZ hours of surgery on her jaw. Fax (718) 623-3323 Loan Specialist Neither the driver of the truck nor his Bailey, N.J., employers were charged with any wrongdoing. www.arlenegreendlinger.com 718.773.0007 ext.34 R33 [email protected] Cocola said that the accident may have happened after the 411 Kingston Ave Suite 201 driver sped up to beat a yellow light on Hamilton Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 11225 Choosing a traffic remedy for Hamilton Avenue may be difficult, F: 718.773.4849 said Kit Hodge, a campaign coordinator for the advocacy group Registered Mortgage Brokers in NY & NJ. All loans arranged through third party providers. Transportation Alternatives. Unlike an accident in Park Slope last INSPECTIONS February in which two boys, ages 10 and 11, were killed after a landscaping truck made a right turn from Ninth Street onto Third Avenue, the accident on Hamilton Avenue did not involve a turning vehicle. If it had, Transportation Department officials said, extended sidewalk corners, or neck-downs, would be considered at the loca- PRIVATE tion. “Sometimes outside observers look at these crashes where MORTGAGE people have tried to cross when they weren’t supposed to and say, ‘Well, the kids made a mistake and should have been more HOME MONEY careful,’” said Hodge. “We want to make it clear that Trans- Mango / Greg portation Alternatives believes that the streets should be con- structed in such a way that no one should have to die from FAST CLOSING pedestrian error, especially kids, who sometimes have trouble BUYERS! White judging intersections.” All types of properties Until this accident, Transportation officials had not recom- Use Guardian Property Management mended specific safety measures at the intersection. Papers FIle The Brooklyn Service LLC, for your 1st & 2nd In fact, the thoroughfare was said to be under-capacity in a Corporation 130-page, $1.2 million Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Sherry Laney at vigil for her 4-year-old son who was struck Pre-Purchase Home, Commercial Mortgages study released last month. by a truck on and killed on Hamilton Avenue last week. Building or Apartment Serving all 5 Boroughs “Really, what the traffic calming study intended to do was Inspection and receive a When Banks Fail, Yidel Daskel calm traffic in the sense that we put up more bike lanes,” said Hamilton Avenue often pull onto Clinton Street, where children FREE Termite Inspection Cocola. from the Red Hook Houses public housing project are plentiful. We Deliver. 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By Ed Shakespeare the bottom of the frame as Corey Coles doing began. Catcher Aaron Hathaway for The Brooklyn Papers walked and moved to second on a fly threw the ball into centerfield, sending school at by Dante Brinkley. Derran Watts hit a Klosterman to third before Corey Coles Brooklyn 9 high-voltage single to drive in Coles, picked up the errant throw in center New Jersey 5 and Watts eventually scored on an error and dropped the ball while attempting July 2 at New Jersey by the Cutter third sacker. a throw to third Klosterman then The regular Friday night fireworks Williamsport went in front by a run scored. Keyspan on Coney Island went off as scheduled, in the fourth, but Brooklyn tied the In the top of the second, Ryan Coul- but the Cyclones weren’t at Keyspan game in the fifth when Grant Psomas tas doubled with one out and came Park to see them; instead, they created led of the inning with a walk and later around to score on Hathaway’s double OST BROOKLYN SCHOOLS are out for the summer, their own pyrotechnic display 61 miles scored on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Rios. down the right field line. but as traditional schools were wrapping things up, an- away in tiny Augusta, N.J., when they In the eighth, Williamsport went out in Auburn came right back in the sec- Mother type of school was just getting underway. sent 14 batters to the plate in the fourth front by a score of 5-3 on a two-run ond. After a free pass to Eric Nielsen, That school is located in Coney Island, and it’s for young men inning, lighting up the Cardinal pitch- homer by Sean Smith. Chip Cannon fired a shot to right cen- of diverse backgrounds who come from all over to engage in the ing staff. But in the ninth, Brooklyn’s Coles ter for a two-run homer. rigorous curriculum. Perhaps suffering bus lag from the and Brinkley led of the inning with The Doubledays ran their lead to 4- It’s pretty tough to be admitted to this school, as only those trip, Cyclones starter Jeff Landing al- consecutive singles to place runners at 1 in the fourth when, with one out and showing the best potential are accepted. It’s small, handling no lowed single runs in each of the first the corners, before Brinkley stole sec- Auburn runners on the corners, Cannon more than 35 students at a time. The campus has acres of room three innings to put the Brooks in the ond to place both runners in scoring blasted a sacrifice fly. and an ocean view. What these students are studying is so interest- hole 3-0. position. After Watts and Tyler David- The Brooks put a run on the board ing to the public that thousands come to the campus to watch the But in the top of the fourth, the fuse son struck out, it all came down to Am- in the fifth when Derran Watts doubled students take their exams. to the Cyclone’s explosion was lit by a biorix Concepcion. to left center, went to third on a wild Of course, the school we’re talking about is called the Brook- leadoff bunt single by Derran Watts. Historically speaking, Ambiorix was pitch and scored on Tyler Davidson’s lyn Cyclones, located on the campus called Keyspan Park. Tyler Davidson followed with a walk, a defender of his Eburones people single. So who runs this school? Let’s start with the dean of instruc- and then Jim Burt Jr., who lives in Al- against Julius Caesar, and was one of The Clones drew within one in the tion, Guy Conti, the New York Mets’ field coordinator. lendale, N.J., 59 miles from Skylands the clutch performers of the first centu- seventh. With one out, Coles singled, “The purpose of the Mets’ minor league system is about Park, blasted his home state’s New ry B.C. In like fashion, the Cyclones’ swiped second and scored on Dante teaching winning baseball,” explains Conti. “And there’s a big York-Penn league entry with a triple to Ambiorix is becoming one of Brooklyn Brinkley’s single to left. difference between winning being the primary objective of an drive in two runs. Burt later scored on baseball’s clutch performers of the 21st The Cyclones tied the game in the organization as opposed to playing winning baseball. I think a groundout by Aaron Hathaway. century, as he smacked an 0-2 pitch up ninth when Brinkley singled in Coles. winning is a byproduct of execution; it’s a byproduct of sound After Bryan Zech walked, Corey the middle to tie the game. After the Cyclones went down 1-2-3 fundamentals. Brooklyn has the same philosophy as every other Coles launched a rocket for a three-run In the 10th, Aaron Hathaway singled in the 10th, Carlos Muniz (2-2) came in club in our organization — we want to teach winning baseball homer to put Brooklyn ahead 6-3. and went to second on a sacrifice bunt to pitch the bottom of the frame. and teach players to win in New York City. Dante Brinkley singled, advanced to by Kevin Rios. Stewart ran for Hath- / Gary Thomas Auburn won the game when Eugenio “The only thing different in Brooklyn is the atmosphere,” he second on a wild pitch and scored on a away and Burt, pinch hitting for Bryan Velez singled and eventually advanced explains. “The kids in Brooklyn get to experience the plusses Watts’ single. Davidson then reached Zech, drilled a single up the middle to to third with two outs after Vince Es- and minuses of a huge crowd. They get the opportunity to expe- first on an error, and Burt was hit by a give the Cyclones a 6-5 win and an 11- posito was intentionally walked and rience large crowds at an early stage in their development. On a pitch to load the bases. Grant Psomas 6 season record, good for a tie for first Brian Hall singled to shortstop, loading bad night those crowds will get on a ball player. On a good walked to drive in the eighth run. place with Aberdeen in the McNamara the bases. Adam Lind then singled in night, the crowd is a plus.” The Cardinals scored twice in the Division. Papers The Brooklyn Velez to win the game. Tony Tijerina, the Cyclones’ manager, is like a principal who also teaches classes. Minor-league coaching staffs usually con- fourth to narrow the lead to 8-5, but “Cyclone” Joe Williams started for Cyclones Corey Coles (left) and Grant Psomas collide while trying to Auburn 7 the Clones and gave up three runs in catch a pop fly on Sunday. The ball was soon dropped. tain only a manager, a pitching coach, and a hitting coach, and Edgar Alfonzo (2-0), who earned the Brooklyn 6 win, and Celso Rondon combined to four innings. Mike Swindell pitched the Cyclones are no exception. The manager not only directs his pitch 5-1/3 innings of scoreless relief. two scoreless innings in his Cyclones July 6 at Auburn coaches’ teaching, but the skipper must also do a lot of teaching In the ninth, Davidson capped the debut, but it was Carlos Muniz in relief Dante Brinkley flew out, with the run- relief pitching by throwing 2-1/3 in- The Cyclones were a two-time loser as well. Tijerina’s assistants are Donovan Mitchell, the hitting scoring with a solo blast over the left (2-1) who picked up the win. ners holding, before Ambiorix Concep- nings of hitless relief to leave the Cy- in Auburn as the Doubledays won their coach, and Hector Berrios, the pitching coach. field fence. Brooklyn 4 cion walked to load the bases. Tyler clones with a record of 11-6. eleventh straight game. Auburn opened ITCHELL TEACHES “Hitting 101” — but he also helps Davidson then hit a two-out single to Auburn 5 the gates with a run in the second in- out with the infield and outfield defense. “Right now, Brooklyn 6 Williamsport 3 center for two runs. many of these guys are coming from college systems Brooklyn 4 ning. Brooklyn retaliated with two runs M Williamsport 5 July 4, at Keyspan Park After Williamsport added a run in in the third. Grant Psomas singled and where they were taught [that college’s] way to play,” Mitchell says. July 3 at Keyspan Park On the same day that at Nathan’s, a the fifth, the Cyclones came back in the July 5, 2004 at Auburn later scored on a double by Corey “Now we have to give them an introduction to professional base- bottom of the inning when Coles sin- ball as well as teach them our system for cutoffs, relays, how we A ‘crosscutter’ is supposed to saw block west from Keyspan Park, cham- Not too far from the Auburn ball- Coles. Dante Brinkley the doubled in pion Japanese eater Takeru “Tsunami” gled, and stole second before Brinkley park is a famous New York State Coles to give the Cyclones the lead. take batting and fielding practice.” wood, but the Williamsport hurlers homered to right to give the Clones a Do the Cyclones also jump right in and alter a hitter’s stroke? simply added wood to the fire as the Kobayashi wolfed down 53-1/2 hot prison known as the Auburn Correc- Brooklyn scored single runs in the dogs and buns in 12 minutes, Californ- 4-1 lead. tional Facility. But all the stealing and fourth and fifth innings on RBI hits by “As for batting, all of these guys have come to us after some de- Clones came back from a 5-3 deficit to The Crosscutters added two un- gree of success, so when we get a first year player, we initially let tie the game in the ninth before taking ian lefty Evan MacLane wolfed down wrongdoing was not confined to the Ambiorix Concepcion and Derran Watts. the Crosscutters, allowing only a single earned runs in the seventh when Brian prison this day as the Cyclones (11-7) The Doubledays broke out with a five him hit as he has in the past,” says Mitchell. the contest in the 10th. Bixler singled, Christian Herrera “If he struggles and comes to us for help, then he’s ready to ab- Jim Burt Jr., still making the adjust- earned run in 6.2 innings to run his dropped their game to the Doubledays. run sixth inning, knocking out Cyclones record to 2-1 and lower his ERA to a reached on an error by third baseman William Quaglieri started for the starter, and loser, Jeff Landing (0-2). sorb a change. If a player has already been playing professionally ment from the metal bats he used in Grant Psomas, Wanell Macia bunted before he reaches us, then we might make a change with his swing college, used his new wooden model to bite-sized 1.48. Brooks when, after a scoreless Cyclone The Brooks added two runs in the The Cyclones started the scoring in the runners to second and third, and first inning, Auburn’s ballplayers at- eighth, but it was too little, too late. or approach, but first I clear it with Mickey Brantley, [the New York burn a single into center field scoring Brett Holmes singled in both runners. Mets’ minor league hitting coordinator], Kevin Morgan, [the Mets’ Caleb Stewart with the lead run. the third inning when catcher Danilo tempted their first larceny with one out. The loss left the Cyclones (11-8) in Reynoso and center fielder Corey After Evan MacLane allowed the un- Ryan Klosterman singled and, after a second place in the McNamara Division. director of minor league operations] and Tony [Tijerina] before I try, After two Crosscutter runs in the earned runs, he was replaced by Celso because we all have to make sure that we’re on the same page and first inning, Brooklyn tied the game in Coles bracketed a groundout by Kevin second out, he attempted to swipe sec- Wednesday’s game against Auburn Rios to put runners on the corners. Rondon, who continued his lights-out ond. Here’s where the Cyclone wrong- was rained out. that the player isn’t receiving contradictory advice.” Of course, everything a player does is recorded during a game and sent to the Mets, but Mitchell mentions that even practice drills are meticulously noted. “After the game, I have to send a situational hitting report that I have to give to the manager and he faxes it to New York,” adds the batting coach. “For example, I’ll say I had Rios working on tracking pitches in the bullpen, I had Burt working on going the What is Client Schedules other way. Usually, it’s about five or six guys that I have in the cage every day, two or three guys in the bullpen tracking pitch- es, or three or four guys that I throw extra BP [batting practice] to, so New York knows what I am working on with these guys each day.” On the minor league level, the lineup is not designed just to Advisory Solutions? available win that night’s game. “There are certain guys that the organization wants to get at bats and they need to be in the lineup,” Mitchell says. “Tony makes the final decision on the lineups, but he takes input from [his coaches]. ® At this level, Tony tries to play everyone, but sometimes the organ- An office of MetLife Financial Services in Russian ization dictates playing time for certain guys.” Mitchell mentions the unique situation of playing before a packed, Brooklyn crowd as a player’s abilities are tested. By Ed Shakespeare “One of the things we tell the guys is that if you are dogging 15 Bay Ridge Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11220 for The Brooklyn Paper it here in Brooklyn, you’ll hear it from the stands because these Not so far past the Cyclone are baseball fans here,” he says. “You can’t fool ’em.” (718) 567-3105 Fax (718) 567-3205 roller coaster from Keyspan UPs As Mitchell does with the hitters, pitching coach Berrios tries Park that Barry Bonds could- & not to immediately change a player’s form, unless that form could n’t reach it with an opposite possibly lead to injury. And as on the hitting side of the game, any field homer is Brighton DOWNs changes in pitching form are coordinated with the Mets. Client Advisory Solutions Networking... Beach, a community where During the game, Berrios stands in the dugout, taking notes. Russian has become the lan- Sometimes he discusses the flaws he sees in a pitcher during a Founded in 1992 by Mr. John A. 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There’s also a major-league affects a player’s reputation. Most live in a dormitory at the Strategies, and Business Planning. tion on financial matters such as mortgage rates, You don’t have to speak right fielder named Vladimir Polytechnic Institute in Downtown Brooklyn. (Yes, they actually Russian to use the schedules be- [Guerrero], but he was born in live in a school.) They board a van (school bus) hours before Client Advisory Solutions always uses the stock quotes, and financial products. There, you cause, no matter what language the Dominican Republic. they are due at the Keyspan campus. most up to date financial techniques and a can find financial calculators, a financial glossary you speak, “SI” means Staten Is- Maybe the Russian-language After their stretch and warm-up, Berrios becomes a teacher. and much more. land, and the dates of the games schedules will find their way He goes over the charts he keeps. He goes over how his pitchers wide array of insurance/investment vehicles are easy to understand. But the back to Russia and the Clones’ got hitters out; he goes over the opposing hitters. Berrios brings to mind the repetition teaching method used by a certain famous to assist you in achieving your goals. directions to Keyspan Park and first Russian player is only a Seminars... all ticket ordering information few years away. football coach from Sheepshead Bay, Vince Lombardi, when he are in Russian. talks about his teaching technique. Our Representatives... Once a month we hold free educational seminars Baby rivalry “I go over what we can learn from the previous game,” notes “We have a huge number of Is a rivalry a rivalry when along with one of the Elder Law/Estate Russian-speaking people in Berrios. “Hopefully, if we repeat things over and over again, Each representative is hand picked for quality Planning Attorneys in our network of independ- Brooklyn, particularly in Brigh- your rival is in last place? We’ll things will sink in.” assurance by our founder, Mr. John Calabrese. ton Beach and Manhattan find out this weekend when the Berrios uses visual aids. He shows players videos of various ent professionals on the topic of Post Retirement famous pitchers to study their techniques, and he has a book that They are trained and developed with integrity Beach. These people have not second place (11-8) Cyclones and Retirement issues. Our seminars are both been introduced to baseball on take on the last place (5-14) shows still photos of various pitchers and all the positions that and professionalism, in order to meet the client’s informative and educational, which helps to a large scale and the [New York Staten Island Yankees in a three pitchers are in during various stages of their deliveries. So the financial needs and goals. Mets] organization wants this game series. Will the Yankees neophyte Cyclones learn as he shows them photos of pitchers educate our attendees so they can make the cor- population to become more in- climb back into the McNamara such as the Mets’ Tom Glavine and the Astros’ Roger Clemens. “Now our pitchers can see why these great veterans have Making A Difference... rect financial and legal decisions for themselves volved in following the game,” Division race over the backs of and their families. said Dave Campanaro, the Cy- the Clones? stayed in the game so long,” he says. “They make it easy on Client Advisory Solutions is making a difference clones’ director of media rela- Will the Clones respond to their arm by using proper techniques and we want to show our tions. the call to battle issued by pitchers how to do the same thing.” in the community by giving back to the seniors. Our Newsletter... “We have had our interns Brooklyn Borough president Part of the teaching process involves the 60-40 rule. Accord- ing to Berrios, this means “a pitcher must throw about 60 per- distribute the schedules to a Marty Markowitz two weeks Once a month, we sponsor bingo afternoon, Client Advisory Solutions sends a quality cent fastballs and 40 percent off-speed pitches during each ap- large number of stores and ago at the reconstructed Parade which brings together seniors to share their pearance in a game. This makes it certain that a pitcher will be newsletter to our clients on a quarterly basis businesses in the Russian- Grounds, when he told the working enough on his off-speed pitches instead of relying too concerns, followed by lunch and an afternoon with subjects that vary from changes in the speaking communities, and the Clones, “Remember, whatever schedules have been favorably much on his fastball, as he may have done in college.” of fun games and prizes. Client Advisory economy, to changes in tax or elder laws. you do, beat Staten Island, beat Tijerina explains many rules to the players from the time they received.” the Yankees!”? Solutions belongs to “The Senior Umbrella The Cyclones have also report to the team. Rules involve curfews, use of alcohol, etc. The action starts with a 7:05 “We try to build a structure so the player can properly represent Network of Brooklyn,” a network for resources Our Motto... printed schedules in Spanish, a pm game at Keyspan Park on first-time move for the Cy- the Mets organization on and off the field,” notes the manager. and acts as an advocate in order to provide Our Motto is to add value to our clients and Friday, July 9. The teams cross So the next time you’re out at Keyspan, remember that Tijeri- clones, but not a baseball first. the Narrows for a 7:05 pm start support for the senior population. We sponsor help them to accomplish and maintain financial “Baseball is obviously very na may take out a pitcher because he has reached his pitch count, on Saturday at Richmond or leave in a pitcher so that he can develop. The Cyclones may events for them as well. freedom. big among the Spanish-speak- County Bank Ballpark at St. ing communities in our area play someone because that player needs work, even though a George, before coming back to different player might be better at the moment. and we wanted to reach out to Brooklyn for the series finale at this community as well by At the game, you’re watching the daily examination. But you 5:05 pm on Sunday. don’t have to pass this course, the players do. And they are al- Call the above number for a free consultation. printing our schedules in Span- The Cyclones and Yankees ish,” Campanaro said. ways looking to move up to the grade above them, Capital City. 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