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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 • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol. 28, No. 12 BWN • Saturday, March 19, 2005 • FREE REC-U-U-USE ME! Dolly sits out Atlantic Yards review, keeps Nets investment, leaving Brooklyn with no voice

By Jess Wisloski est development proposal because, interest, although the city’s Con- each borough president is repre- The Brooklyn Papers as first reported by The Brooklyn flicts of Interest Board has yet to sented, along with an appointee of Brooklyn’s sole appointee Papers last August, she owns a render a determination one way the public advocate and seven to the City Planning Com- stake in the New Jersey Nets, a or the other. mayoral appointees. Markowitz’s planning commission spokes- A City Planning Commission 2003 appointment of Williams to mission, one of only two city woman said this week. spokeswoman told The Papers the powerful planning commis- agencies with an official role Nets principal owner Bruce this week that while the commis- sion made her a key player in the in the proposed Atlantic Yards Ratner wants to move the basket- sion would have a minor role in city’s land use approval process. arena, housing and office ball team to an arena he would review of the Ratner plan, prima- The City Planning Commis- complex will have no voice, build at the intersection of Flat- rily ratifying the state’s right to sion is the only city authority oth- the city said this week. bush and Atlantic avenues as part supercede local zoning and other er than the Economic Develop- Dolly Williams, Borough Pres- of the Atlantic Yards plan. development regulations, Willi- ment Corporation mentioned as ident Marty Markowitz’s sole ap- Williams’ co-ownership with ams will not be allowed to take having any possible oversight role pointee to the planning commis- her husband, Adonijah Williams, part in those discussions because in the Atlantic Yards planning sion, will have to recuse herself of a more than $1 million stake in of her Nets holdings. process in an agreement on public from any review or other official the team, puts her in the position On the 13-member commis- funding and the use of public land City Planning Commisioner Dolly Williams discussion of the borough’s larg- of having a potential conflict of sion, only one appointee from See BYE DOLLY on page 5 Ratner begins drilling at Yards By Jess Wisloski to the project. That memorandum of Dean St. at Sixth Avenue, where he build the arena?” he asked. ronmental Impact Statement] is pre- The Brooklyn Papers understanding also calls for the con- rents an apartment, said he was awak- James Stuckey, an executive vice pared,” said Stuckey, who confirmed To the surprise of many Prospect demnation of property within the pro- ened by the ruckus on Feb 28. president of Forest City Ratner, said that the company has hired an environ- Heights residents, enormous drills have ject’s footprint for use by Forest City “People were knocking my fence the company wasn’t readying the en- mental investigation firm, CMI Investi- begun test borings of the earth below Ratner — the developer’s company. down and drilling in my backyard at tire six-square-block site — only gations, to conduct the ground surveys. several sites within the 24-acre swath With that agreement signed, neigh- 7:30 am,” he said. Sheets first noticed properties upon which the company When asked if he had either sold the upon which developer Bruce Ratner bors of the 24-acre site, most of who the massive equipment in the last had permission to test or that they had property or made an agreement with plans to build his Atlantic Yards arena are protesting the development, knew week of February, and said he only already purchased. That includes 479 Forest City Ratner to test on his land, and high-rise development. to expect signs of the elephant next recognized it as a drill “from having Dean, 816 Pacific, and the city- the Rev. Paul Hamilton, who owns the / Jess Wisloski The borings, in preparation of a po- door soon enough. But when bushes watched them put on many drilling owned streets and sidewalks. building in which Sheets lives, said, tential environmental cleanup of por- were torn out of backyards and con- attachments.” “All that’s being done now is testing “I’m sorry, I have nothing to say.” tions of the site, began almost concur- struction cones set out to accommodate Sheets was miffed, he said, be- that would allow us — in the proper- Aspokesman for the Department rently with the announcement last equipment the size of a backhoe, the cause his building had not yet, to his ties that we either control or in street- of Transportation, Craig Chin, said

Friday of an agreement signed by Rat- neighborhood alarms — in this case knowledge, been sold to Ratner. beds or in sidewalks — that would al- CMI was issued four permits, valid 7 Papers The Brooklyn ner and government officials that com- ringing telephones — started sounding. “Shouldn’t he have decided if the low that information to subsequently am to 6 pm on weekdays from Feb. Environmental test-borings began this week on Fifth Av- mits city and state property and money David Sheets, who lives at 479 land was good before he asked to be turned over for when the EIS [Envi- See RATNER on page 5 enue at Pacific Street, in the Atlantic Yards site. FIGHTING IRISH Sun’Park Early Easter seeks new forces boro’s zoning law 2 parades By Ariella Cohen into 1 Sunday for The Brooklyn Papers If plans for new residential development in By Jotham Sederstrom northern Sunset Park proceed under the neigh- The Brooklyn Papers borhood’s current zoning code, the Goddess of Minerva at Green-Wood Cemetery risks losing a As the luck of the Irish would have it, flirtation nearly 90 years old. two separate St. Patrick’s Day parades will wend their way through streets in Separated by New York Harbor and about six av- enue blocks of low-rise Brooklyn real-estate sloping Bay Ridge and Park Slope on Sunday / Tom Callan / Tom down toward the harbor, the Minerva statue and the afternoon, a scheduling gaffe that has Statue of Liberty have spent the better part of the last injected new life into the term “fighting century locked in a stone-eyed stare. Irish.” But a new residential development planned for the Thanks to an unusually early Easter, corner of Seventh Avenue and 23rd Street, where the which this year falls on March 27, the annu- Papers The Brooklyn National Produce Warehouse stood until last year, al Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on The statue of Minerva atop Green-Wood cemetery’s Battle Hill will lose her intended view of gigantic threatens the sight line between the two historic monu- March 20, a week ahead of schedule and on gal-pal the Statue of Liberty (inset), if a high-rise condo development in Sunset Park goes forward. the same day as the Brooklyn Irish-Ameri- See SUNSET on page 16 can Parade in Park Slope, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Kathleen McDonagh, who has organized the Park Slope parade since its inception in 1975, initially declined to comment on the dueling events, but later conceded that she believed the Bay Ridge parade, itself only 11 Callan / Tom Coney rides given once-over years old, should have been rescheduled. “Yes I do,” said McDonagh. “Ours has al- ways been on the third Sunday of March. Al- Some 82 rides at Astroland Park ways.” City: Parks and Deno’s Wonder Wheel were Jerry Callahan, president of the Bay Ridge deemed safe for the hundreds, or per-

parade committee, said that his organization Papers File The Brooklyn haps thousands of revelers expected — which normally hosts the parade on the A bagpiper marches in the Brooklyn ready to roll to spill into the neighborhood on fourth Sunday of March — began planning Irish-American Parade in 2003. March 20, when the attractions open for this year’s event as early as 2003, know- By Jotham Sederstrom for business for the first time since ing far in advance that Easter Sunday would The Brooklyn Papers September. 15th Street at West, following be off limits and the week after that would As much a sign of the coming Save for a loose nut there, and a wig- push it into April, nearly three weeks after St. an assembly at noon and a rededication cere- gly bolt there — all of which were cor- Patrick’s Day, March 17. mony for 9-11 victims at 12:30 pm, said Mc- of spring as pitchers and catchers rected before being given the green light Callan / Tom He noted that Irish heritage parades were Donagh. The route then traces 15th Street reporting to Florida, city officials by Department of Buildings inspectors held in the Rockaways and on west to Seventh Avenue, where green-clad this week descended upon Coney — each of the rides passed inspection. last week. revelers will march north to Union Street. Island for last-minute safety ins- “We’re just making sure they’re “You hear rumors,” Callahan said of From there, the crowd will head back to pections before throngs of thrill ready for riders,” said Buildings Depart- grumbling in Park Slope. Prospect Park West and then return to their seekers flock to Brooklyn’s am- ment spokeswoman Jennifer Givner. Papers The Brooklyn The Park Slope parade begins at 1 pm, on See ST. PAT’S on page 15 usement mecca this Sunday. See CONEY on page 16 City inspectors examine rides at Coney Island, which opens this Sunday.

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Papers. “Everybody’s OK, place on Feb. 25 at 9:15 am The detective also said that everyone is all right.” when a robber, also a note-pass- while Monday’s robber, who Still, the piece of paper er, demanded all the cash in the was described as in his mid- 27 8th Avenue 1000 pushed across the counter at teller’s drawer, warning on the 50s and wearing a gray hood- (corner Lincoln Place) (at 84th Street) Dello Russo LaserVision the branch at Albee Square and note, “I will shoot.” The female ed sweatshirt and burgundy Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY (718) 254-9263 • www.dellorusso.com DeKalb Avenue was enough to teller emptied $543 from the baseball cap, wrote on his (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 summon a shriek from the un- drawer and the robber fled on note that he was armed, “We – FREE CONSULTATIONS – named teller who received it. DeKalb Avenue. haven’t seen any evidence yet “I was all the way to the Seecharan said it had not yet that there was a gun. He just back of the line, but I heard been determined whether the said he had one.” BROOKLYN: 100 Livingston St. (near Court St.) the screaming,” said a woman two robberies were connected. Customer Sandra Jones Other locations in & New Jersey as she was leaving the bank. “We have no idea, we didn’t said she arrived at the bank “Oh, that’s what happened?” even get that far yet,” he said just around 12:15 pm but did said her caretaker, who also de- just after Monday’s robbery. not hear a thing in the time she was there. She did notice a proliferation of police officers when she emerged, and was directed away from one half PUBLIC of the teller area. “I was down in the vault, NOTICE Cops target then I came up and the police were all here,” said Jones, who was exiting the bank at 12:45 pm. Notice of Commission Hearing in Brooklyn purse grabs A longtime customer of the Wednesday, March 23, 2005 bank, dating back to when it Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11238 The Brooklyn Papers was a Dime Savings Bank, Expert forum begins at 4:30 p.m. (Topic: Fiscal Stability) Captain Philip Sferraza, commanding officer of the 84th Vernice Edwards said she re- Public hearing begins at 6 p.m. Precinct, informed residents at this month’s 84th Precinct lies on the Washington Mutual The Brooklyn Public Library is accessible by public transportation. Take the 2 or 3 train to Community Council meeting — held March 15 in the for its proximity to Downtown Grand Army Plaza or /Brooklyn Museum of Art station, or take the Q train Brooklyn. to 7th Avenue. For further information on accessing this location, contact (718) 230-2100. YWCA at 30 Third Ave. — of an initiative the detectives The New York City Charter Revision Commission is holding a public hearing in Brooklyn. At this squad has been enforcing to catch opportunistic thieves. public hearing, the Commission will hear testimony from members of the public on the Charter. Sferraza typically goes out with several officers and conducts a GAY FRIENDLY BROOKLYN MEDICAL PRACTICE This public hearing will be preceded by an "expert forum," in which the Commission will hear staged purse or property drop. In a typical scenario, a female un- from selected experts on the issue of fiscal stability. dercover officer might set her purse down on a chair while order- • General Male Health Issues The Mayor has asked this Commission, in reviewing the entire Charter, to pay special attention ing coffee. Often, the detectives have found, an opportunistic thief OMPREHENSIVE ARE NCLUDING to fiscal stability, administrative judicial reform, and operational effiency and accountability. will find some reason to stop and quickly take off with the bag. C HIV C I : Members of the public wishing to testify before the Commission may direct their comments to In only three set-ups thus far — which they conduct once a • Hormone Replacement • Nutritional and these topics or to any other aspect of the Charter. A Summary of Issues Under Consideration for week — six arrests have been made. • Lipodystrophy Psychological Support Charter Revision is available on the Commission's website (www.nyc.gov/charter). Paper copies He gave an example of one arrest that he said characterized the of the summary also will be available upon request by telephone or mail. many first-time arrests they’ve made. • Wasting Syndrome • Case Management The public will have the opportunity to observe the expert forum, but not to ask questions of “We were going to Macy’s, and we had one of our officers set • Salvage Therapy • Legal Aide those experts testifying before the Commission. The public will be invited to testify after the her purse down while she was looking for shoes. That’s some- forum concludes and the public hearing portion of the evening begins. thing a lot of people do, right?” he said. “Some lady came over IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE This hearing is open to the public and anyone may register to speak. Individuals who wish to give and picked up a couple boxes of shoes, put her boxes down, and testimony may do so by registering one half-hour before the hearing. Written testimony is encouraged and can be submitted at the hearing or sent to the New York City Charter Revision when she picked one back up again, took the purse with it.” Commission at 2 Lafayette Street, 14th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10007. Testimony may also be He added, “They don’t seem completely uncomfortable doing e-mailed to the Commission at [email protected]. these things. They’ve got it down pretty smooth.” NOTE: Individuals requesting spoken or sign language interpreters for this public hearing should Among the streets and shopping districts the precinct will be contact Charter Revision Commission staff member Brian Geller at (212) 788-2952 five (5) targeting are the Fulton Mall, Smith Street, Montague Street and PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE • BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN business days prior to the public hearing. TDD users should call Verizon Relay Services. Court Street. AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY FOR OVER 15 YEARS To contact the New York City Charter Revision Commission: Sferraza warned that nobody is above suspicion, and said many of the cases were simple opportunists. JOSEPH G. OLIVIERI, M.D., A.A.F.P. 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According to the manag- Awitness, 21, who rode for over 44 years • Wedding Gowns Police say that at 6:10 am the done to the front door. They said er, the customer had caused prob- alongside the victim in his car, Purchases they had both left at 6 am, but lems the last time he’d come to • Same-Day Service Available robber approached his soon-to- said they followed the two men be victim, 48, outside a shop on upon their return found miscella- redeem bottles, and was barred as they fled eastbound on Liv- 196 Joralemon St. (off Court St) the corner of Clinton Street and neous jewelry missing. from returning to the store. ingston Street, and turned right (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • Atlantic Avenue. When the vic- Among the items reported Instead of leaving, the 53- 143 Montague Street on Boerum Place on foot. The HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm (upstairs from Armando Restaurant) tim turned to help him out, the stolen were a set of women’s dia- year-old suspect allegedly driver lost sight of the muggers mugger displayed a handgun mond starburst earrings with a broke a glass bottle over the when the duo fled east on At- (718) 852-6045 and demanded the victim’s wal- matching ring with a yellow met- head of the manager, 35, who lantic Avenue. let, which the stunned victim al band, valued at $2,000; a pair suffered lacerations and blunt The witness and victim de- handed over obligingly. of women’s gold-and-diamond force trauma, say police. A store scribed the gunman as an older The mugger took off with earrings from Switzerland, val- clerk called the cops. man, with short black hair and the wallet — which reportedly ued at $1,500; a gold-and-plat- When Police Officer Frederick wrinkled skin. contained credit cards and $40 inum bracelet valued at $1,800; a Garcia, arrived on the scene, he BIGGEST $100 portable radio; a women’s attempted to place the man in Van-dalism Loose — on Atlantic Avenue heading Car thieves broke into a van east in a black Ford truck. gold and platinum bracelet val- custody, but the alleged assailant ued at $500; a gold necklace val- kept lashing out, striking the offi- parked in Brooklyn Heights on Dentures? Brutal attack ued at $100; and a man’s high cer with a closed fist, and then March 1, causing severe dam- Police arrested a gang of school ring valued at $199. wrenching the officer’s arm, age to the vehicle, though they women who assaulted two girls didn’t steal anything. SALE GO AHEAD.... Outside Marriott causing sharp pain. He was even- at Flatbush and Myrtle avenues tually subdued and arrested. Police say the van was bro- Eat what you want! Car thieves made off with a on March 7. Both the store manager and ken into between 1:30 pm and vehicle belonging to an out-of- The two victims, ages 15 and the police officer were treated at 3:10 pm, when the victim re- Visit Dr. Tony Farha in the morning, 17, told police that at 3:10 pm towner that was parked in the turned to where he had parked EVER! Long Island College Hospital. have the “Advanced, Non-invasive the four women approached as garage of the New York Mar- it on Clinton Street between Implant System” placed in less than they were heading towards the riott Brooklyn, on Adams Street, Theater thief State and Joralemon streets. per two hours, then go out and enjoy your subway. Downtown, sometime between Apick-up artist swiped a purse The would-be thieves dam- $ favorite lunch. No more messy adhesive or pastes. 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You are required to Ages 9-13: Weds. at 3:45 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by make defense to such pleading not later than the Civil Court, Kings County on the 28th day of the Civil Court, Kings County on the 15th day of forty (40) days following the 26th day of march February, 2005, bearing the Index Number March, 2005, bearing the Index Number 2005, and upon your failure to do so the party Think N500136/2005, a copy of which may be exam- N500211/2005, a copy of which may be exam- seeking service against you will apply to the Spring classes start: ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Court for the relief sought. This the 3rd of March Expensive? COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, 2005. HESTER, GRADY & HESTER, P.L.L.C. By: Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Gary A. Grady, Attorney for the Plaintiff. P.O. April 12th me rights to: Assume the name of: Usher A. me rights to: Assume the name of: Pamela Marie Drawer 130, Elizabethtown, NC 28337. THINK Schwartz. My present name is: Solomon Wellington. My present name is: Female Webb Telephone No.: (919) 862-3191. BP13 Schwartz. My present address is: 304 Marcy a/k/a Pamela Marie Wellington. My present Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206. My place of birth address is: 959 Park Place, Apt. 1E, Brooklyn, NY NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS AGAIN! CALL TODAY! is: Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is: November 11213. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. My COUNTY. HOMEQ SERVICING CORPORATION 26, 2003. BP12 date of birth is: November 3, 1967. BP12 F/K/A TMS MORTGAGE INC. DBA THE MONEY STORE, Plaintiff(s) vs. JOSEPH RIVERA A/K/A Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by JOSEPH L. RIVERA, SR.; JACKIE RIVERA; et al, the Civil Court, Kings County on the 15th day of Defendant(s). Attorney (s) for Plaintiff(s): Rosicki, March, 2005, bearing the Index Number Rosicki & Associates, P. C., 152 Islip Avenue, N500213/2005, a copy of which may be exam- Suite 18, Islip, New York 11751 (631) 224-4678. To register, or for more info, call (718) 797-0029. ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, entered herein on or about February 1, 2005, I on the hook Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder in me rights to: Assume the name of: Christopher room 261 at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New boutique Michael Swanson. My present name is: York 11201. On March 31, 2005 at 3:00 PM. Christopher Michael Timmons a/k/a Christopher Premises known as 183 Smith Street, Brooklyn, Michael Swanson. My present address is: 940 New York 11201. BLOCK 391 LOT 3 ON THE 281 Van Brunt Street (bet. Visitation & Pioneer) Lorimer St., #1B, Brooklyn, NY 11222. My place TAX MAP OF KINGS COUNTY ALL that certain of birth is: Brockton, Massachusetts. My date of plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings Open: Tuesdays - Saturdays • birth is: December 9, 1976. BP12 and improvements thereon erected, situate, [email protected] 718.852.1345 lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS County of Kings, City and State of New York. COUNTY. WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, Block: 391 Lot: 3. As more particularly described NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold Plaintiff(s) vs. MANUEL PEREZ; et al, Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM subject to all of the terms and conditions con- Defendant(s). Attorney (s) for Plaintiff(s): Rosicki, tained in said judgment and terms of sale. Rosicki & Associates, P. C., 152 Islip Avenue, Approximate amount of judgment $215,832.89 Our store is located in a Suite 18, Islip, New York 11751 (631) 224-4678. plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 34704/03. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale Henry Jack Achiron, Esq., REFEREE. Landmarked building, entered herein on or about January 11, 2005, I BH12 so Step Back In Time.

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On March 13, 2001, the cy study, “Desperately Need- American Institute of Certified ed Now: An SRO Housing Planners honored Thabit and Revolution” and in 1994, Ar- the PEO with the designation chitects, Designers and Plan- 494 4th Ave. (at 12th St.) • 718-369-5850 of “Planning Pioneer,” for call- ners for Social Responsibility ing attention to segregation presented him with their Hon- and racial discrimination in the or Award for Lifetime United States, and for chal- Achievement in Planning. Eye’s Examined • Prescriptions Filled lenging the Institute to bring Last year he received the Hall social justice to black and mi- of Fame Award, along with Testing, Treatment, Early Detection and nority communities. David Dinkins and Frances Prevention of Cataract & Glaucoma He has written, taught and Goldin at the Cooper Square lectured widely on housing and Committee’s 45th anniversary planning subjects at the New celebration. ––––––––––––––– School for Social Research, the Thabit is survived by his th Street Vision Center Graduate School of Urban four children, Darius, of Cam- 9 Planning at Hunter College bridge, Mass.; Alia, of West and at Long Island University, Burke, Vt.; Nikolai, of Brook- Kevin S. Myers, M.D Eric Colman, O.D. and to various local communi- lyn, N.Y.; and Paavo, of Gar- Ophthalmology Optometry ty and national advocacy diner, N.Y. groups. 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He plans to convert the mas- at a time when the two devel- mographics of the surrounding of rooms to high-end luxury Callan / Tom sive building into a franchise opers may have shared a more areas and figure out the needs condo conversions. hotel, which current zoning on cordial business relationship. in this location.” In 2004, the city lost 1,093 the site allows. “Scaffolding is going up for A notable lack of confer- rooms, while only three new But this puts Boymelgreen at predevelopment purposes,” ence space and business ac- hotels in the city opened,

odds with Ratner, since the ho- said Sara Mirski, development commodation was prevalent, bringing 339 rooms, according Papers The Brooklyn director for Leviev Boymel- Dariel said, noting that the ho- to the Times, citing Price Wa- tel would rise where Ratner Scaffolding has been put up in front of 800 Pacific St., where developer Shaya Boymelgreen hopes to build a hotel. would put the bulk of the hous- green. She defined the prede- tel’s character “may be a type terhouse Cooper. ing in his Atlantic Yards plans. velopment phase as “anything of fusion between business With the creation of new The city Economic Develop- that you need to do to prepare a and boutique.” tourist destinations, said released with the agreement, over Boymelgreen’s. and we’re preparing to bid on opponent of the Atlantic Yards ment Corporation and Empire building.” A Department of Buildings sources cited in the article, the would eliminate the Pacific Henry Weinstein, who owns these properties, if it’s going to project, said she doubted State Development Corporation She avoided elaborating, oth- spokesman said that other than city will be facing a shortage, Street street-bed, and erect the properties from 730 be an open market to bid on Boymelgreen’s hotel develop- say they intend to condemn, un- er than to say, “We have some- for scaffolding, Leviev Boy- and needs to create 5,000 new some residential buildings and through 752 Pacific St., has those railroad yards, we are go- ment could be condemned. der the power of eminent do- thing advertised and we’re melgreen had applied for no hotel rooms to match propos- ground-level retail, open space told The Brooklyn Papers that ing to bid on them.” “I think Shaya Boymel- main, up to 10 acres of private working on predevelopment.” other construction or demoli- als that would bring an influx and parking. he intends to develop office Asked if that meant he and green is a formidable develop- property, including the Boymel- James Dariel, of the commer- tion permits for 800 Pacific St. of tourists, such as the city’s Because they could not argue buildings adjacent to Boymel- Boymelgreen had something in er,” Hagan said. “The state green site, for use under Rat- cial real estate firm Kalmon “That’s it,” said spokesman 2012 Olympic bid, and the ex- that Boymelgrween’s plan falls green’s hotel. His property the works, he said, “No com- would really think three times ner’s Atlantic Yards project. Dolgin, who is handling the Kenneth Lazar, leading to sus- pansion of the Jacob Javits under the heading of blight, would also be condemned if ment on the details yet.” before attempting to condemn Mayor Michael Bloomberg marketing for the hotel, said dis- picions among some area resi- convention center on Manhat- condemning his property under Ratner’s plan succeeds. “I don’t know anything about and seize his land. He’s an and Gov. George Pataki last cussions were ongoing. dents that Boymelgreen hopes tan’s West Side. eminent domain could require “I guess I’d be foolish not to [Boymelgreen’s] plans,” said equivalent weight, he has the week committed $100 million “We’re talking to public and to get the Board of Standards Ratner’s plans for Pacific the Empire State Development have the concern,” Weinstein Ratner spokesman Joe DePlas- throw-weight, to counteract each in public funding for that private institutions,” Dariel and Appeals to grant a vari- Street, which would be devel- Corporation to determine that a said this week, “but now that the co. “I have no comment.” Ratner, to challenge him. proposal. said, noting that he was sur- ance that would allow him to oped in Phase I of his con- greater economic benefit to the MTA is saying they’re going to Patti Hagan, a Prospect “I really don’t think the But that has not dissuaded prised at the “positive re- build a housing development struction, according to plans public rests in Ratner’s plan open up their property for bids, Heights resident and ardent state would dare do it.” Lose Weight Today It’ll change your life Personalized Weight Loss Program Budget office greenlights Yards study 30 Minute Body Sculpting Circuit One-on-One Nutrition Consultation By Jess Wisloski sky, who said that could not Brad Lander, PICCED’s ex- revenue and expense were cal- Prospect Heights. ahead and did it anyway. 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A preliminary plan- sultant Andrew Zimbalist, a “Much of what we will say, fore the Environmental Im- Prospect Heights city’s Independent Budget Ratner needs the develop- ning analysis of the Brooklyn Smith College professor hired unfortunately, is that we don’t pact Statement came out than Office told The Brooklyn ment rights over roughly 10 Atlantic Yards Project,” was by Ratner, and one calculated have enough information yet,” afterwards.” 903 Fulton St. (at Clinton Ave) Papers this week that the acres of Metropolitan Trans- limited in terms of traffic im- by two economics professors, announced Lander, which is “Hopefully the IBO will go slenderlady.com/brooklyn • 718-857-2922 agency finally has a start- portation Authority rail yards pact and the amount of public Gustav Peebles and Jung Kim, what IBO officials told The ahead and do a study,” he ing point to analyze the in order to build Atlantic subsidy expected. who live in the affected com- Papers last December. added. “They do excellent public benefit of developer Yards. The MTA, bowing to Instead, the unknowns of munities of Fort Greene and Lander said they “went studies.” Bruce Ratner’s proposed public pressure, has vowed basketball arena, housing that the site is open to any bid- and office development in der and that the agency will Propsect Heights. seek the best value for those development rights. “Now that there’s an MOU Turetsky said the difference we have a good place to start between IBO studies and the Xaverian HS wins city title — we know now what the city’s or developers’ reports agreed upon parameters of on the public benefits of large- By Vince DiMiceli 5:25 to go into a 57-53 lead in dation of the team,” Alesi said. CHSAA Brooklyn- state and city are,” said IBO scale plans often vary greatly, The Brooklyn Papers under two minutes. “And they did it the typical championships and made it to spokesman Doug Turetsky, re- and he used the example of It was the year they But Rice rallied back, and Xaverian way, with teamwork, the city’s final four six times. ferring to the memorandum of the contentious Jets stadium with the Clips hanging on to a chemistry and solid defense.” MARCH MADNESS: On understanding signed last weren’t supposed to do it, but 64-63 lead with 57 seconds re- While Xaverian had never Saturday, March 12, the Clip- plan in Manhattan. somehow they did anyway. week by city, state and Forest “On the West Side stadium maining, Brian McKenzie hit a won a city championship be- pers defeated St. Mary’s 71-69 City Ratner officials. project, while we have found The Xaverian Clippers three-pointer to seal the win. fore, in 1981, the Clippers at Fordham University, thus He said the study could that it will generate some pos- men’s basketball team won With a starting five of won the state A-Division winning the Catholic High Auto, Home, Business & Life Insurance commence now that the city itive fiscal returns for the city, their first-ever Catholic High Stone, honors student McKen- championship. In 1985, the X- School State Championship and and state have put in writing our estimates are significantly School Athletic Association zie, senior point guard Lev- Men took home the same title advancing to the overall state their combined $200 million lower than those of the project (CHSAA) AA-Division city ance Fields, Timmy Hepworth in the B-Division. championship game Saturday. commitment to the project. proponents,” he said. championship on March 10 and Jake Stevens, the Clippers During the 10 years Alesi The X-Men will play for the Abraham M. 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Hill Association says is hin- Atlantic Avenue. Bowe announced at the an- “It would’ve had to come dering them from offering With statements running nual BHA meeting, on Feb. here for it to have counted,” their support to the plan, ac- the gamut from flat-out rejec- 17, that she didn’t mind sup- said Craig Hammerman, district cording to the group’s first tion to pointed but careful crit- porting a Brooklyn Bridge manager of CB6, at the Feb. 22 vice president, Roy Sloane. icism to cautious support and Park plan that included hous- meeting when a spokesman for He said the Cobble Hill Asso- ing, as long as it was the only the park designers said they had ciation has met to devise an even boisterous boosterism, it Callan / Tom seems all opinions have been viable solution. “I am not con- handed out financial materials. alternative plan. accounted for, except for the vinced of that yet,” she told “They couldn’t just hand it out “It was sort of an informal one stance possibly most an- BHA members. to somebody on the street; they group of civic leaders who are ticipated — that of the Brook- This week, Bowe told The have to get it to our office.” unhappy with the plan,” Brooklyn Papers that the 30- He acknowledged, howev- Sloane said. “We’re working lyn Heights constituency that Papers The Brooklyn borders the majority of the member BHA board of direc- The public views a model of the Brooklyn Bridge Park plan at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO on March 12. The next view- er, “They’ve made an effort,” on developing some sort of a park’s length. tors had met and was still nego- ing is scheduled for Saturday, March 19, from 10 am to 2 pm, at St. Cyril’s Cathedral on Atlantic Avenue at Bond Street. and said he thought the critical document that a group The major bone of con- tiating to form a consensus BBPDC was “heading in the can sign on to, and we’re try- tention for all neighborhood opinion. Once formulated that right direction.” ing to put it into principles. groups has thus far been the ad- opinion will be sent to the serve at least part of the Pur- Association, wrote a letter on sign, Webster pointed to alter- luxury housing there,” Web- But some groups have “They keep saying there’s dition of four residential high- BBPDC and elected officials, chase Building for park uses.” behalf of the association to native uses for the Purchase ster wrote. “We obtained sig- found the park planners to be nothing else that can be done, rises to the plan, which state of- Bowe said. Whether they’d present any BBPDC President Wendy Lev- Building — rather than demol- nificant help from the Trust forthright in their presentation so we think, to some degree, it ficials from the Brooklyn She would not disclose surprises was yet to be deter- enter opposing the plans. ishing it to create an open for Public Land to preserve of the significantly altered would make sense to put Bridge Park Development Cor- whether the BHA was leaning mined, said Bowe. The Feb. 22 letter says the plaza. She also mentioned al- the Con Edison site for open Brooklyn Bridge Park plan. something on the table.” poration (BBPDC) insist is the for or against the current “There’s 30 board members, DNA “objects to the proposed liances built with a land trust green space,” which is lacking “We feel the inclusive Sloane has been a vocal most viable way to finance the plans, but said the letter would we’ll see,” she said. “It’s diffi- demolition of the Purchase that granted the BBPDC a Con around that site in the new process that the local commu- critic of the plan’s reliance on estimated $15.2 million annual repeat the BHA’s encourage- cult to all agree on the aspects Building. As there are no con- Ed site in DUMBO, where plan. Instead, Webster wrote, nities requested to the BBPDC high-rise housing, which he maintenance budget. ment of lower-rise housing of the plan that we do and don’t crete plans for the site, we fail planners intend to build a 16- the residential tower leaves “a this January has begun and we believes will also serve to The residences include 730 and for the historical Purchase like. I’m hoping we’ll have to see why the demolition of story luxury residential build- mere 60-foot-wide parcel” of have every indication that this close off the Atlantic Avenue units of market-rate co-op or Building, at the end of Water something out this week.” the building ... is thought nec- ing, that bind at least a portion green space between the will continue,” wrote Sue entrance and privatize the park condo apartments at either end Street under the Brooklyn Other neighborhood groups essary.” of the site to public use. building and the water, “not Wolfe, president of the plan. of the park, in a 16-story Bridge overpass, to be pre- have already expressed their Recommending that park “In 1998, DNA worked tire- wide enough for public acces- Boerum Hill Association. He said the Cobble Hill As- building in DUMBO, a lower- served. A the very least, Bowe opinions on the plan. planners return to the many lessly to prevent Con Edison sibility or significant use.” “This park has to be self- sociation would present the al- rise residential property on said, the BHA would urge that Nancy Webster, president of public workshops held in ear- from auctioning this site to de- “Lacking more detailed, sustaining,” wrote Wolfe. “We ternative plan to local elected Pier 1 adjacent to a hotel, and the park planners seek “to pre- the DUMBO Neighborhood lier phases of the park’s de- velopers interested in building written information … it is im- appreciate that the financial officials in the coming weeks.

DENTAL PLANS starting at $109 basically a representative of the developer.” Since our He said he hoped her recusal establishment RATNER... BYE DOLLY... would go a step further. “Simply recusing herself is in 1993 Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 “If nothing has been made conflict, and “take into account not enough,” he said, suggesting the DentalCall 24 through March 24, and one valid from March 1 to April 5. The signed last week by Ratner, public, then no determination of the nature of the servant’s offi- she shouldn’t be in the room program permits “allow partial use of sidewalk” but must maintain at all Mayor Michael Bloomberg a violation was found,” said cial duties … and the appear- during discussions. “She could Wayne Hawley, lead counsel for has helped times a 5-foot sidewalk for pedestrians along Fifth and Carlton av- and Gov. George Pataki. ance of conflict to the public,” simply sit there lobbying for her the Conflicts of Interest Board. reads the chapter. thousands of enues, between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street. The Atlantic Yards plan in- investment.” “I think we all have a desire to understand whether there are Hawley said a policy of con- Members of the anti-Atlantic Raynoff assured in an e-mail people and cludes construction of a 19,000- fidentiality with respect to inves- problems that resulted from the prior use of the buildings that fall seat arena for the Nets and 17 yards neighborhood group De- to The Papers, “[Williams] will businesses within the project area,” Stuckey said, and cited the terms of the tigations conducted by the board velop-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn not be present at any portion of nationwide high-rises containing more than prevented him from comment- agreement with the city and state, in which Ratner agreed to pay 4,500 residential units as well as have been critical of Williams’ any CPC meeting at which the who do not up to $20 million in any remediation costs associated with the ing further. role, and filed the conflicts com- Nets may be discussed.” office and retail space, with the Williams, who for 25 years qualify for, property without receiving any tax credits. tallest building reaching as high plaint in August. “It would be a shame not to Orthodontics; Root Canal; Caps & Crowns; Cleanings; has owned A. Williams Trucking or cannot Periodontics; Oral Surgery; ANY Dental Procedure After that, Stuckey said, the company will consider applying for as 60 stories. The plan would be Aspokesman for the group, have an appointee from the bor- such tax abatement programs, but either way, the results of the tests and Trenching with her husband, Daniel Goldstein, said this ough president,” said Goldstein, afford Available: ALL COVERED by DentalCall! built on more than 21 acres of owns a share of the Nets esti- will be available to the public. public and privately held land week, “It’s hard to think how “but it would be even more of a traditional Call to see if your dentist participates “The next step is the environmental review process; there’s also mated to be worth about $1 mil- Dolly Williams would be repre- shame to have someone deliber- 1-800-525-9313 • www.dentalcall.com between Dean Street and Flat- lion. Dental some business terms that need to be finalized,” said Deborah Wet- bush, Atlantic and Vanderbilt av- senting Brooklyn when she’s put ate on this who has a vested in- zel, a spokeswoman for the Empire State Development Corpora- Though no information has money into this project — she’s terest.” Insurance. enues. been offered as to when the cou- tion, the lead agency for the Atlantic Yards project. The project, sponsored by the “If they’re on property that they own already, they can move ple purchased their share in the Empire State Development Nets, Markowitz has asserted ahead [with the EIS], if it’s either MTA or city-owned property, Corp. (ESDC) and therefore not they need to get a license or a waiver,” she said. that it was long before she was beholden to the city’s normal, appointed. By the terms of the agreement, the city would sell Forest City lengthy review process, also re- Ratner the street beds, two city lots and sidewalks in the project’s According to city officials, lies on the state’s condemnation Chapter 68 of the City Charter, footprint for $1. of up to 10 acres of private prop- Any private development company is granted access to work on which outlines conflicts of inter- erty and the purchase of devel- est, does not mandate that the streets and sidewalks, said a spokesman for the Department of opment rights over the Metropol- Transportation, as long as they ask for it and provide liability cov- city replace appointees who re- itan Transportation Authority’s cuse themselves, even if they are erage for the property. Long Island Rail Road yards. “They tell us what work they need done, and they tell us if the sole representative of a bor- According to the memoran- ough or office. there’s special traffic detours needed,” said Chin. “If we can ac- dum of understanding, the commodate that, we issue the permits.” Raynoff said she’d never ESDC, or a subsidiary, would heard of it happening before. According to the state Department of Environmental Conserva- “exercise, in consultation with tion, a developer can also begin the EIS process in pieces, which is “I can say with certainty that the City, including referral to the members of the CPC have pre- why the work has commenced despite outstanding negotiations City Planning Commission and Forest City Ratner will depend on to gain control of the property viously recused themselves and the [Economic Development to my knowledge there has not in the footprint of the site, which is bounded by Pacific Street and Corporation] … its power to Vanderbilt, Flatbush and Atlantic avenues. been any substitute appoint- override local zoning and other ment,” she said. “It may be that as parts of this project get done, it could begin that local regulation where appropri- [process],” said DEC spokeswoman Gabrielle Done. “It may [later In the meantime, the borough ate.” president’s office has neither in- on] end up being all combined into a single process,” she added. “If you look carefully at the sisted upon nor suggested a sub- Done also said she believed that the reported results in the EIS wording,” said Rachaele stitute replacement. When asked were subject to review prior to any remediation of the property. Raynoff, a spokeswoman for the if he had considered it, or if the Sheets noted that he was surprised to see that the company re- planning commission, “it says office was concerned about fore- turned the garden to normal following the tests. what [the ESDC] will do in con- going representation in discus- “To my utter surprise, they came the following Monday [March sultation with us, including refer- sions regarding Atlantic Yards, a 1] and replanted the bushes and covered the holes,” he said. ral to City Planning — that spokeswoman for Markowitz Daniel Goldstein, the last holdout who has not sold his condo- would be the part at which the dodged the question. minium apartment in a building on Pacific Street to Ratner, who is a commission is involved.” She Raynoff added that she knew spokesman for the anti-arena group Develop — Don’t Destroy noted that Williams would not be of two other commissioners Brooklyn, said he heard the soil testing had been going on for the a party to those discussions. with Brooklyn ties, although past month. “Obviously, the borough pres- they were appointed by the may- “They’ve been doing borings and testings for awhile now,” said ident’s appointee is expected to or. Goldstein, who thought starting the EIS was inappropriate when recuse herself from deliberations, “We still have two people much of the land, including the 10 acres of MTA rail yards, were or any voting or any discussions who hail from Brooklyn,” said still privately held. on the topic,” Raynoff said. Raynoff, who cited planning “I think it’s incredible that an EIS can be done before the rail In a written response to ques- commissioners Angela Batta- yards are even determined who gets them,” he said. tions about Williams’ recusal, glia, appointed by Mayor The MTA has said it will consider all bids for development Markowitz said, “Dolly Rudolph Giuliani in 1996, who rights over the yards, which Ratner needs in order to build a bas- Williams will recuse herself is also executive director of ketball arena for his New Jersey Nets. from any deliberations on this housing at the Senior Citizens “I understand legally that they can do this,” he said. “It is amaz- matter. Regardless, we have Council of Ridgewood-Bush- ing that the city makes it so easy for them.” every expectation that Brook- wick, and Lisa Gomez, a board lynites and New Yorkers on both member of the Greenpoint Man- sides of the issue will make their ufacturing and Design Center. voices heard.” A clause in Chapter 68 allows MARCH SPECIIAL Williams declined to com- for “an individual who, prior to ment for this article. becoming a public servant, has The Brooklyn Papers reported an ownership interest which on Oct. 9 that Markowitz told would be prohibited,” to notify 25% OFF members of the Park Slope Food the Conflicts of Interest Board Co-op he expected to hear from within 10 days and either divest any box of the conflicts board on Oct. 1 as of the interest, “or disclose to the to whether or not Williams was board such ownership interest” Fuente Cigars in violation. Since that time, no and comply with a determina- determination has been made tion. 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The young man was sur- covered that the buses usually Garcia of the 84th Precinct ar- prised when he returned and parked at that time were miss- rested the four attackers, who and Fifth avenues through the friends about those 120 stores that According to police reports, rear side window. the victim said he was walk- found the entire stock had ing, and called the supervisor. were being held on assault carry everything you want. been looted by the time he re- The company valued the charges. Aside from the collection ing in the pedestrian lane on box damage, it appeared the East Drive, just along the turned at 2 pm the next day. buses at $150,000 apiece. And we have over 20 places to eat when all No damage appeared to According to a police re- Nice pants burglar had shuffled collection perimeter of Nellie’s Lawn, Thieves busted into a green plates about, and police were that great shopping whets your appetite! when he was approached by have been done to the locks. port, the vehicles were not Chrysler Caravan in Gowanus able to find a print on one of two thugs who demanded his Among the things reported locked, and did not require a 86th Street: all the choices of a mall — stolen was a Les Paul electric key to start the engine. and made quick work of a the plates. money. all the convenience of a neighborhood. The victim refused, and be- guitar, which he valued at Brutal attack valuable delivery of jeans on Auto heist $2,000, a $500 bass guitar, March 9. gan to walk away, which Police arrested a gang of Car thieves made off with a For more information, or to get our free proved a bad idea. two effects pedals, cables and women who assaulted two The victim, 41, told police 2001 Toyota Camry parked in In no time, the muggers a guitar case. girls at Flatbush and Myrtle he had parked the vehicle for Park Slope between March 4 shopping guide, visit: jumped him and began to The musician told police he avenues on March 7. just seven minutes at 2:30 pm and March 7 at 9 am, when the punch him furiously about the was at home sleeping during The two victims, ages 15 on Ninth Street at Second Av- victim went to move the vehicle. www.86bid.org • 718 491-1705 head and back. the heist. and 17, told police that at 3:10 enue but upon his return he The victim, who lived not Police heard the victim’s Q-train assault pm the four women ap- noticed damage done to the far from where he had parked cries for help, and arrested the Two teenagers were arrest- proached, as they were headed driver’s-side rear door lock it discovered the car missing two suspects in action. ed for mugging a couple of towards the subway and the boxes of jeans had from the spot on Garfield 86 Street Bay Ridge is easy The suspects, who turned young men on the Q train in Two women who share the been removed. Place between Sixth and Sev- 86 Street Bay Ridge to reach by R train (to 86th out to be 16 and 17 years old, Park Slope March 13. An ac- same last name, aged 35 and No witnesses noticed the enth avenues. Business Improvement District St) and by bus: B16; B37; were charged with robbery complice got away. 16, as well as two other girls, break-in, but $2,000 worth of No broken glass was found Bay Ridge’s Main Street. B63; B64; S53; and S79. and assault. The train was approaching both 17, pummeled their vic- the trousers were reported at the scene. A search of tow Airbags lifted the Seventh Avenue station at tims — kicking one about the stolen. records found no results. A rash of airbag swipes Flatbush Avenue at around continued this week with three 2:50 am when three black thefts in the Park Slope area. males entered the train car, Thieves hit a gray 2002 say police. Honda Accord parked on Sev- One of the men, 19, sat be- enth Street at Prospect Park side the two victims and de- West between 8 pm on March manded money, threatening to 3 and 6:45 pm on March 9. wallop one victim, 17, if he When the owner, 28, re- didn’t comply. The man re- turned to his vehicle, he found moved $31 from the first vic- the thieves had opened the tim’s jacket. hood of the car to cut the bat- Meanwhile, the second at- tery line and smashed the rear tacker, 19, assaulted the other driver’s-side window to get in. victim, 20, when he didn’t Both airbags were taken. produce the goods fast At Second Street near enough by punching him on Eighth Avenue, a woman re- the left side of his face. turned to her gray 2003 Hon- As the train approached da Civic on March 10 at 7:30 Seventh and Flatbush av- am to find that it, too, had enues, the victims sprung been pillaged of its airbags. from the train and summoned The victim, 27, told police the help of local police. she’d parked the car on March Two suspects were arrested 6 at 4 pm, but upon her return by Police Officer Richard noticed the rear passenger’s- Ochetal, while one man, 18, side window smashed, and managed to escape. both airbags removed. All three face charges of And on Eighth Street at robbery and assault with in- Seventh Avenue thieves tent to injure. robbed a white 2003 Nissan Bus stop rob Altima overnight between A gun-wielding mugger March 10 and March 11. robbed a 51-year-old man as The victim, 44, told police he waited for the bus after she’d parked at 6 pm, and work around midnight on upon her return at 7:20 am she March 8. found the driver’s-side win- The victim was standing on dow broken, and the airbags the corner of Seventh Street removed. and Fifth Avenue awaiting a Band on the run southbound B67 bus when a 6 Burglars who broke into a foot tall bandit approached. vehicle filled with musical “Give me all your [exple- equipment could start a band tive],” mumbled the stranger, with the killing they made who flashed a handgun. overnight between March 10 The mugger stole a laptop and March 11. computer, the victim’s ID card The victim, 23, who lives and security access card, $5 in change and his wool cap. Shuttles swiped LEGAL NOTICE Thieves stole two buses

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By Marc Humbert top OGS official wrote to Democratic primary for the of the community, and he’s comment Monday from state Associated Press Parker in a March 11 letter ob- Senate seat to Parker last year, the biggest disgrace in the Senate Democratic Minority tained by the Daily News. said he did not know yet if he community,” Dear said. Leader David Paterson on State Sen. Kevin Parker, The letter said that in the would challenge Parker again While the state Senate can Parker’s latest problem. a Brooklyn Democrat past, Parker had also used his next year when the senator sanction members and take Parker was the subject of a arrested in January for swipe card to admit “multiple would be up for re-election. away extra pay they receive for report in Sunday’s editions of allegedly punching a New individuals.” The cards are Dear said the state Senate leadership or committee work, the New York Times in which York City traffic officer, supposed to admit only the should conduct an inquiry into the chamber has no provision city Councilman Kendall has had his pass allowing holder to the government Parker’s behavior to deter- for removing members from of- Stewart told the newspaper easy entry into state build- buildings in Albany. mine if he should be punished. fice unless they are convicted of that the senator “clearly has a ings temporarily suspend- Parker can use regular visitor “Here’s a state senator who a felony, according to John problem with anger manage- ed, officials said Monday. entrances to the Capitol and is supposed to be an example McArdle, a spokesman for state ment. He needs to sit down Legislative Office Building Parker’s access pass, which for the community, supposed Senate Republican Majority with a professional who will while his swipe card is suspend- to lead the community and Leader Joseph Bruno. help him understand that he also allows him into a special ed. That means Parker will have supposed to be in the forefront There was no immediate has to act senatorial.” parking area, was suspended to go through special security by the state Office of General screening, as does the general Services until March 28 for public, to enter those buildings. repeated violations of security Parker was arrested in Jan- regulations, according to Gen- uary on a third-degree assault eral Services spokeswoman charge stemming from a dis- Jennifer Morris. It’s the first pute with a traffic agent who time a state lawmaker has had was writing up the senator for privileges suspended, she said. an alleged double-parking vi- A telephone message left olation on a Brooklyn street. for Parker on Monday by the There have been other Associated Press was not im- problems involving Parker, AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY mediately returned. elected to the state Senate in 7 CONFERENCES 2 CONFERENCES 8 CONFERENCES According to a report in 2002 and once an aide to for- Monday’s New York Daily mer state Comptroller H. Carl News, OGS decided to sus- McCall. Among other things, pend Parker’s pass after he a former aide to the senator THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES

went through an emergency Alan Perry said he physically assaulted door leading to the Legislative her and later threatened her. WHO COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR Office Building carrying what “The man is a very danger- appeared to be a large painting ous person and not someone and triggering an alarm. Sideways who should be in office,” for- “The door was unsecured Firefighters inspect a 2001 Infiniti sedan overturned during an accident at the in- mer New York City Council- until a representative of the tersection of Eighth Avenue and 10th Street at about 2:15 pm on March 10. Two man Noach Dear told the AP State Police could be dis- cars collided, sending a 78-year-old woman to New York Methodist Hospital and on Monday. patched to secure the door,” a wrecking three cars. Dear, who narrowly lost a TOO MANY AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCES 16 CONFERENCES 11 CONFERENCES 16 CONFERENCES TO COUNT

“My mother has attended “It was my first Policy “For me, the Policy “I have been honored to 27 AIPAC Policy Conference in 1993 that Conference is always a address the Policy Conferences and I’ve opened my eyes... and thrill, whether I am on Conference four times. been to 16. I want my soul to AIPAC. I never stage introducing the But I attend the children to grow up with would have imagined that President or off stage Conference even when I AIPAC just like I did.” only a few years later, I chatting with other am not speaking because would chair the event and activists from around no meeting has more of an –Sam Lauter be meeting with Senate the country.” impact on the U.S.-Israel Majority Leader Bill Frist –Amy Friedkin relationship.” and then-Senate –Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Democratic Leader Tom Daschle.” / Greg Mango / Greg –Lee Rosenberg THE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE 2005 MAY 22–24, WASHINGTON, D.C. CONVENTION CENTER The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

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FITNESS Samurai style If you’re not afraid of swords and want to nurture your inner warrior while toning your outer body, head to Brooklyn Aikikai, a new dojo (martial arts school) in Gowanus. Aikido, which means “way of harmony with the universal force,” is the ancient Japanese martial art that is taught at Brook- lyn Aikikai. It uses cir- cular movements to har- monize with the force of the aggressor. “Aikido is meant to combine the mind, body and spirit,” says Neilu Savoca, who co-owns and teaches at the studio with her husband and fellow instructor, Robert (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 19, 2005 Savoca. “The tech- niques are based on samurai movements, but it’s a non-competitive art. Students come to work on themselves.” While there are no competitions, students prac- tice techniques in pairs, taking turns as attacker and defender. The training improves balance, flexibility, muscle tone and endurance, and helps students be- come more centered in their lives. The practice “isn’t necessarily aerobic,” says Hell on Savoca, “but people usually lose weight immediate- ly due to the constant falling down and getting up.” The studio also offers weapons training, an inte- gral part of aikido, with wooden staffs and swords. The purpose is to help students more easily see the weight, balance, stance, timing and distance of one’s body movements. Another traditional form of Japanese sword work, iaido (“the way of sword wheels drawing”) is offered to students. Zen meditation practice completes the aikido training by teaching students how to be present in the moment. According to Savoca, people train in aikido for Brooklyn Bombshells shed pounds, different reasons. “Some come for weight loss, some come for spir- itual reasons, some want to learn to be more grace- build muscle in roller derby league ful,” says Savoca. The studio, which had operated in Carroll Gardens since January 2002, opened at its By Erin Marie Daly new location last November, and now boasts 2,000 for The Brooklyn Papers square feet of mat and training space. Classes in iyengar yoga, which focuses on preci- ere you the girl who beat up all the sion, alignment and length of stay in postures, are boys in elementary school? Do you held at the studio on Thursdays and Fridays. Ac- Wconsider yourself an overgrown cording to Savoca, this form of yoga strengthens the tomboy? Are you strangely attracted to both body and massages the inner organs. miniskirts and mouthguards? If so, you may Brooklyn Aikikai’s March 19 open house will of- be ready to become the Brooklyn Bomb- FITNESS fer the opportunity to observe classes, meet the in- shells’ newest “bad-ass chick on roller structors and watch informational videos on aikido. skates.” Brooklyn Aikikai is located at 408 Third Ave. at But make no mistake. If you want to be a SPECIAL Mango / Greg Sixth Street. For more information and class Bombshell — a team in the Gotham Girls schedules, call (718) 643-6044 or visit Roller Derby, New York’s only all-female www.brooklynaikikai.com. — Erin Marie Daly roller derby league — you’ve got to be more than just New York City tough. The Bomb-

shells, who regularly compete with the only Papers The Brooklyn other team in the league, the Manhattan May- Exercising demons: Members of the Brooklyn Bombshells roller derby team, Anne Silvernail (aka FITNESS hems, aren’t afraid of bruises or broken bones. Anne Phetamean) and Jean Schwarzwalder (aka Suzy Hotrod) at practice in the Skate Key Arena in

But you’ve also got to be a lady: most of Mango / Greg on March 7. At left, Brooklyn Bombshells co-captain Suzy Hotrod shows off her tattoos. the girls battle it out in fishnet stockings and short skirts. It’s a community of girls of all shapes and sizes who beat the crap out of each I always wanted.” reasons, girls are also strictly prohibited from Free yoga other and then go for beers. The players practice together for a mini- skating if they lack health insurance, and they

“It’s risky business,” admits Suzy Hotrod Papers The Brooklyn mum of two hours each week. At tonight’s must be 18 to join. Teachers at DUMBO’s new Noodle Yoga want (aka Jean Schwarzwalder), the fearless co- practice, the two teams (who are mostly in Tonight, Ariel Assault (Tracey DeBenedic- you to experience the mind and body benefits of captain of the Brooklyn Bombshells. “It’s tooed arms. their 20s to early-30s and train together de- tis), Donna Matrix (Anna Kolberg), Annie yoga for yourself — and they’ll let you do it for free easy to take an injury, but the best way to Roller derby, which originated in 1935, is spite their uninhibited rivalry during games) Maul (Sandy Basta), Sharyn Payne (Morgan on April 6 in their 1,700-square-foot facility. avoid it is to be the best possible skater.” an enigmatic cross between spectacle and begin with their regular stretching, endurance Bennison) and Carmen Monoxide (Dina Fias- The hour-long class, taught by creative director It’s a Monday sport. During a bout, training, and bouting exercises before they conaro) are competing as Bombshells for the Nadia Block (pictured below in the Sirsasana pose), night, and the Bomb- two teams of five turn nasty and start the real brawling. They first time, but they are technically no longer is specifically designed for those with little or no shells and the May- FITNESS skaters face off on a circle the rink hundreds of times at a dizzying “fresh meat,” explains league founder and co- yoga experience and also for individuals interested hems are practicing flat track. Four girls pace, practice falling “correctly” and review captain of the Bombshells, Chassis Crass in learning more about the Noodle Yoga philosophy together at Skate Key The Gotham Girls Roller Derby are recruit- of each team form different maneuvers and blocks. (Karin Bruce). and facilities. ing in all boroughs and New Jersey. Although in the Bronx. Suzy there is no fee to join, there are dues that are “packs” and take off Clearly, this kind of activity is a brutal “We joke and say they’re now ‘rotten meat’ A native Park Sloper, Hotrod sheds her applied toward practice costs. For more infor- at the first whistle. workout. or ‘rancid meat’ with the rest of us,” says Block told GO Brooklyn mation, e-mail Chassis Crass (Karin Bruce) at leopard-print coat and [email protected]. If The remaining two “Everyone loses weight,” says Suzy Crass. “We don’t place fresh meat on teams that “yoga is a great dons a pair of roller you’d just like to watch, bouts will be held “jammers” bolt at Hotrod, whose own muscles bulge in her until they pass their skills test.” counter to our busy New skates painted with monthly from April-October at Skate Key, 220 E. the second whistle black jeans and belt with “Lady Unluck” Kaleena Castillo, who’s considering the York lifestyle.” 138th St. at Canal Place in the Bronx. Tickets orange flames. ($12 advance, $15 at the door) are available on- and start fighting studs. “Your quads and hamstrings get more name “Sugar Smacks,” has already passed her “Our philosophy is to “It’s like being Spi- line at www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com. VIP their way through defined, especially at that point where your skills test, but isn’t competing as rancid meat offer non-competitive, derman on wheels,” and season ticket rates also available. the opposing team’s butt meets your leg.” with the Bombshells tonight due to lapses in safe, fun, creative and she says, and hits the pack, who try to stop The Mayhems’ Ginger Snap (Natily Blair), her health insurance between jobs. But she challenging classes,” said rink with a ven- the opposing jammer who snapped her wrist during a particularly says she’s lost at least 6-10 pounds since prac- Block, 38, who started geance, keeping low to the ground and swing- from passing through and scoring. vicious practice last season, agrees: “The right ticing with the derby girls due to the aerobic practicing yoga in 1990, ing her arms menacingly. Around and around, the action goes on for legs of all my jeans split, because we used to and muscle-building effects of the sport. And at the age of 23, when Meanwhile, her bellicose teammates are up to two full minutes of spectacular carnage. go around the rink in only one direction.” like her fellow combatants, she’s drawn to the she was living in Califor- Mango / Greg donning their armor: kneepads, elbow and Bodies are slammed to the floor, elbows Although the battles may seem dangerously odd combination of conflict and camaraderie nia. wrist guards, helmets adorned with glittery whack into ribs and cheers mix with exple- chaotic, all derby girls are put through a rigor- shared by all Gotham Girls. “I was curious what this stickers and the occasional mouthguard for the tives as the girls battle it out at breakneck ous three-month training period and must pass “There’s no, ‘I’m sorry’ or taking anything thing called yoga was all truly vicious fighters. Under a sign that reads speed. Each game is three periods of 15 min- a basic skills test before they are allowed to personally,” says Castillo. “The rivalry is all in about,” said Block, adding “Skate At Your Own Risk,” they slam into the utes each with a half-time show. become a part of the team. good fun. It helps get out your mutual aggres- that she was initially em- Papers The Brooklyn rink and everything is suddenly ablaze with a “I love it,” says the Bombshells’ Lady Bat- “It takes a long time to get good enough [to sion. But afterward, the girls exchange recipes barrassed to do some of the poses. “But I could not be- swirling mass of multicolored wheels and tat- terly (Sarah Paradoski). “It’s the kind of sport compete],” says Suzy Hotrod. For obvious and sewing tips.” lieve how great my body felt afterwards,” she added. After studying yoga for close to a decade on the West Coast with distinguished teachers like Shiva Rea and Seane Corn, while pursuing a career in delightful. graphic design, Block relocated back to New York “He makes you feel as if you’re a FITNESS to teach yoga full time. A certified instructor and a performer when you’re in his class,” registered Yoga Alliance professional, she teaches says Maxine Schulof, 53, a regular for James Martinelli teaches Move & vinyasa yoga, a style that combines breathing and six years at Martinelli’s Move & Groove and Sculpt classes at the East- movement. The postures are connected through ern Athletic Club at 43 Clark St. at Groove and Sculpt classes at the East- Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights on breathing, creating strength, flexibility and balance. ern Athletic Club in Brooklyn Heights. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday morn- “Yoga strengthens the whole body by using its Dance fever ings and Saturday afternoons. For “I like his energy and his fun personali- own weight to build strength,” said Block. more information, call (718) 625-0500. ty. He makes an hour of exercise go by “I used to be all about cardio,” she said. “Now I Aerobics instructor keeps fans quickly.” am all about yoga. I rarely do anything else.” For Martinelli, who also teaches at But she added that the stretch benefits of yoga the New York Sports Club in Bay Holmes, where, Martinelli says, “My are a great counter to cardiovascular training and with unique technique & humor Ridge and has private students through- best friend was Ben Stiller.” He also partner up well with exercises such as running, out the tri-state area, “It’s not about became involved in dance. which compress the body. / Tom Callan / Tom By Paulanne Simmons Martinelli, who is a dancer and an building. It’s about strengthening what “My cousin took me to her dance “I have students who say that [yoga] has helped for The Brooklyn Papers actor (he is acting director of theater at you have. It’s about inspiring yourself.” class every week and I watched her. Fi- them with tennis or their golf game,” Block said. Long Island University and frequently It was in public school that Martinel- nally, the teacher, Margaret Tapona, let The free “Fundamentals of Yoga” class will be of- ven the most ardent proponents of performs in community theater), li discovered his dancing and acting tal- me take her class for free until I could fered on April 6 at 6:30 pm at Noodle Yoga, locat- exercise will admit that working teaches his own blend of aerobic ents. His English teacher at Grady pay for it by working for her,” says ed on the second floor of 31 Washington St. at Wa- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn out can be boring. But you’ll never dance and weight training sprinkled High School in Brighton Beach en- Martinelli. “She inspired me and she ter Street, in studio No. 4. For further information, James Martinelli leads a class at E hear that complaint from James Mar- with a heaping dose of his generous couraged him to join the First All Chil- was my first love.” call (718) 624-5525 or visit www.noodleyoga.com Eastern Athletic Club. tinelli’s students. personality. And his students find it dren’s Theatre, founded by Celeste See DANCE on page 11 on the Web. — Ajla Grozdanic

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Biscuit 367 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 398- 2227 (Cash only) Entrees: $6-$16.50. Carolina-style barbecue restaurant Biscuit is proba- bly not the place to go if you’re on a diet, as the most popular items on the menu are the half-rack of ribs and the fried half-chicken. But this is the place Mango / Greg to go if you have a hankering for dry-rubbed pork Lite touch ribs, blackened catfish, smoked chicken, catfish sandwiches and sides like red beans and rice, col- lard greens and cheese grits. On the last Monday of Cavale Tonuzi serves up every month, Biscuit also offers a “pig-picking” for $30 per person. The pig is dry-rubbed, hot-smoked

and slow-cooked. It includes all sides and can feed Papers file The Brooklyn 15 people. All pastries are made fresh daily on the healthy foods alongside its premises by Maio Martinez, who co-owns Biscuit Maryland crab cakes with candied yams with Josh Cohen. Free delivery in the area. Open and collard greens at Corn Bread Cafe. daily for lunch and dinner. hair and bodycare services Cafe Steinhof tarian-friendly cafe nestled on the south end of Park

Slope’s Seventh Avenue. The cheerful staff serves Callan / Tom 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) 369-7776 By Tina Barry and the sound of a trickling stream lulls up locally roasted coffees, fresh bagels and home- for The Brooklyn Papers (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$13. made pastries and muffins, or try the homemade patrons. Cafe Steinhof, named after a famous park in candy, such as chocolate-covered pretzels sprinkled A year ago, owners Violette Tonuzi, Vienna, has a European feel — a German “bier with Snickers pieces. Eclectic menu items include hether your hair is cut for $20, Georgette Franzone and Charbel Elias garten” with a hint of British pub. True to its cultur- organic oatmeal and their own granola. For lunch, or you run into Manhattan for a opened the Lite Bar, adjoining the salon. al roots and the taste of owner and chef Paul try a soup, salad or a spicy chicken or roasted veg- Goebert, the restaurant serves spaetzle (small gie sandwich. For a great afternoon pick-me-up, try Wstyling with $600 diva clipper It’s a small, airy, all-white room with a Papers The Brooklyn dumplings), schnitzel (meat that’s been dipped in the fruit protein smoothie. And nightly dinner selec- Sally Hershberger, your appointment counter that seats about five. Behind the Spa cuisine: Chef Carolina Saenz at work in Cavale Tonuzi salon’s Lite Bar. egg, breaded and fried) and sauerbraten (beef tions include homemade chicken potpie and maca- will happen in a salon. counter, the eatery’s manager, Chris (Top left) Saenz’s chicken breast in a whole wheat wrap with blue cheese, that’s been marinated for several days and then roni and cheese. Naidre’s is the place for great roasted). Cafe Steinhof offers five beers on tap and meals, coffees, desserts and good company. A sec- If you want to throw a massage and Daly, blends smoothies, pours freshly sundried cranberries, walnuts, celery, arugula and olive oil. 10 bottled beers from Austria, Germany, the Czech ond location is now open at 502 Henry St. at Sackett maybe some aromatherapy into the brewed teas and tops fresh fruit salad Republic and Britain, as well as wine and a full bar. Street in Carroll Gardens, which serves daily entree works, you’ll visit a salon-day spa. with yogurt and organic granola. Just Cafe Steinhof is open daily for lunch and dinner, specials, plus beer and wine. Breakfast, lunch and But if you want true pampering and across from the counter is a small oil, and she doesn’t scrimp on seasoning. I loved the grilled vegetable panini except Mondays, when they’re closed for lunch. On dinner served daily. Monday nights, instead of the usual menu, $5 even a good meal, you’ll head to Cavale kitchen where the chef, Carolina Saenz, Saenz grills eggplants, tomatoes and with goat cheese, pesto and vinaigrette. bowls of goulash, a $6 filet of trout and $3 apple Tonuzi in Bay Ridge, one of Brooklyn’s turns out fare that is worth a visit, peppers in that tiny kitchen and, unlike No one would call it light fare, but after bread pudding are offered. Second Helpings uber-salon-and-spas. whether you’re having your hair the flaccid vegetables that you some- consuming so many lusterless versions Cafe Steinhof screens ’60s and ’70s movies every 448 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 965-1925, Opened in 2000, the 6,000-square- streaked or not. times find between dull bread, hers are of this sandwich, I was okay with the Sunday, including such grisly classics as “Jaws” and www.secondhelpings.com (MC, Visa) Entrees: $4- “Deliverance.” Occasionally, musicals such as $13.95. foot space sprawls over three floors. The Everything you’d expect from a cafe velvety-textured with a concentrated, calories. “Moulin Rouge” are shown on Wednesday Dedicated to serving the best-tasting, healthiest two that are open to the public include a in a health club or salon is available — earthy taste. And atop rich, grilled Portobello evenings. Be sure to visit on the first Wednesday of food possible, Second Helpings will keep you com- cool, white upstairs area where black- smoothies, salads and sandwiches — Saenz isn’t afraid to use cheese. Her mushrooms and slices of marinated arti- every month for live music. ing back for more. Using mostly organic produce clad stylists cut and color clients’ hair but unlike dry sandwiches heaped with best sandwiches have a rich smear of choke hearts were leaves of fresh basil, and only the freshest fish and free-range poultry available, this friendly neighborhood cafe offers before long mir- sprouts and under- full-flavored goat or a good, pungent an unctuous dollop of pesto, delectably Corn Bread Cafe fresh vegan, vegetarian, fish and poultry dishes to rors, with a Tantra dressed salads, blue cheese. All of her dressings are salty olive paste and goat cheese grilled 434 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street, (718) 768-3838, please every palate. Try the butternut squash chow- Spa on the lower DINING Saenz’s fare is vi- house-made, as is the pesto that lights up in a fresh pita. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.95-$16.95. der with roasted corn or the vegan yuba manicotti level that is all brant and full-fla- the vegetable panini. Come spring, I plan on taking that Corn Bread Cafe chef-owner Bettina Harris keeps — both local favorites. And the kids love the organ- Lite Bar at Cavale Tonuzi (8211 Third mouths watering with her “down-home barbecue” ic macaroni and cheese. Boasting incredible brown- dark, Indonesian Ave. at 82nd Street in Bay Ridge) accepts vored. There are The egg, chicken and tuna salads are sandwich, or maybe the crisp baby and “taste of New Orleans.” Entrees like Maryland ies (vegan and wheat free), their desserts are fresh drama. American Express, MasterCard and Visa. smoothies galore constructed per order so there are no spinach salad drizzled with a garlicky, crab cakes with remoulade, crawfish etouffe and and healthy! Do your tastebuds a favor: come back In the lower Salads and sandwiches: $5-$6.50. The — 12 on the menu tubs of over-processed salads sitting yellow plum tomato dressing, into the penne with spinach, roasted peppers and mush- for Second Helpings! Breakfast, lunch and dinner Lite Bar is open Tuesday through Sunday rooms show that this is no ordinary soul food restau- served Tuesday through Friday. Brunch and dinner level’s manicure from 11 am to 6 pm. Closed Mondays. — but they can be around. The whole-grain breads and cia- shady garden behind the salon to enjoy a rant. Corn Bread Cafe’s Po’ Boy sandwiches — served Saturdays and Sundays. Closed Mondays. and pedicure ar- Takeout and delivery is available to the personalized, so batta used for crisp panini are delivered leisurely lunch. chicken or fish served on a baguette topped with eas, the lights are surrounding neighborhood. For more in- the choices are daily from Mazzola’s, a well-known Desserts made in-house are limited to sweet pickles, coleslaw and tomatoes — are humble kept low and formation about the Lite Bar and services endless. They’re Brooklyn purveyor. Even the wraps are fruit salads and yogurt with fruit and but delectable. Harris recommends the fried chick- Sotto Voce offered at Cavale Tonuzi and the Tantra en. Desserts like the double chocolate layer cake 225 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, (718) 369- moody and mir- Spa call (718) 748-9880. fine as smoothies fresh and pleasantly chewy. granola. On the counter there’s an enor- and warm peach cobbler ensure a sweet ending. 9322 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.95-$18.95. rored pillows line go, but the sand- The chicken wrap, says Saenz, is a mous cookie jar filled with home-baked Beginning in May, enjoy the outdoor patio on the A favorite lunch spot of indie filmmakers and actors plush banquettes wiches and salads customer favorite, and for good reason. chocolate chip and all-chocolate cook- weekends, weather permitting. Open for dinner in Park Slope, this 7-year-old restaurant is open daily while clients relax. Yanni-esque New are far better than you’d expect from a The organic chicken sandwich is moist, ies. They’re OK if you like the soft kind. Tuesday through Sunday. Weekend brunch. for lunch and dinner, serving top-notch contempo- Catering available upon request. Closed Mondays. rary Italian cuisine from chef-owner Mario DiBiase. Age music is piped into the four “tran- tiny kitchen in a salon. the blue cheese is pungent and plentiful When you think of better salons, buzz- Sotto Voce serves lunch, dinner and brunch on quility rooms,” where seemingly every Saenz owned the now-defunct Grass and sun-dried cranberries add a sweet words like “pampering,” “personalized The Minnow Saturdays and Sundays. Seating available both variation on the massage, facial and Roots, a small Bay Ridge restaurant that, note and enjoyable chewiness. Crisp care” and even “transformation” come to indoors in the light, airy dining room and outside 442 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 832-5500 waxing is administered. Each room has if you haven’t guessed, specialized in walnuts and arugula mixed with olive oil mind. Enjoying good food in a salon, (weather permitting) in its sidewalk cafe where din- (DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$19. ers happily gawk at the bustling Seventh Avenue a different theme; for instance, in the light, healthy cuisine. She uses mostly freshen the filling. It’s like Thanksgiving however, is uncommon, and that’s where The Minnow combines classic seafood dishes with shoppers. The entrees include a wide range of water room, river rocks line the floor local, organic ingredients and good olive on a roll. Cavale Tonuzi is a cut above the rest. zesty sauces, and an chic — lots of pasta, fish, meat and chicken dishes. Fusilli with warm wood and softly tinted walls. But the best part four-cheese cream sauce is legendary. End your is that it’s all at reasonable prices. Chef and owner meal with a housemade Sotto Voce dessert such as Aaron Bashy recommends the crispy shrimp cock- homemade apple pie or cheesecake. (The tiramisu tail, or the skate osso buco served with fresh is superb!) The menu also offers low-carb specials pancetta and caper vinaigrette over olive mashed such as salads and fish. Open daily. potatoes. The Minnow also offers an all-night $28 Let’s dish prix-fixe wine-tasting menu on Mondays, which includes an appetizer, entree and dessert. Each Two Boots Fate came into play when Michael Izzo Follow that with a tuna combo roll and a course is accompanied by a glass of white or red 514 Second Ave. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 499- and Henry Arena opened Dish in Decem- Chilean sea bass in bean paste, orange wine. Sunday brunch and outdoor dining available 3253 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$17. as well. Closed Tuesdays. ber. They wanted a symbol for the Asian- and white wine sauce (both pictured at Famous for its thin-crust pizza, Two Boots is a fusion French fusion restaurant’s logo. A beauti- left) and a dessert of pistachio ice cream of Cajun and Italian with a casual and inviting atmos- Naidre’s phere. Offering a variety of southern dishes, what ful Japanese character appealed to them; tartufo (neither French nor Asian, maybe 384 Seventh Ave. at 11th Street, (718) 965-7585 owner Piper Wandzilak calls “American comfort its translation — dish, hence the name. a nod to the Italian neighborhood?) with (Cash only) Pastries and dishes: 75 cents-$7. food,” patrons can get a taste of authentic jamba- “There’s nothing like it in Bay Ridge. a center of fresh berries. laya, Louisiana crawfish pie, southern fried chicken Naidre Miller has created a cozy vegan and vege- or one of their many fresh salads. It’s very Zen,” said Rio Lai, the manager When the weather warms up, a garden of this restaurant on at behind Dish will accommodate 60 diners. Two Boots also has a full bar, with seven flavors of frozen margaritas and a variety of New Orleans 92nd Street. In a decor he describes as a Can you say, “Merci oooohm”? = Full review available at cocktails, including “Creole lemonade” and “super “Western and Zen mix” (lots of bamboo Dish (9208 Third Ave. between 92nd Cajun bloody Mary.” balanced with leather sofas), chef Jack and 93rd streets in Bay Ridge) accepts On Saturdays and Sundays, the extensive brunch Woo of the Sushi Den in Colorado and American Express, Diner’s Club, Mas- menu — including breakfast and lunch options — is Migita Sushi in Brooklyn Heights, mar- terCard and Visa. Entrees: $14-$25; served from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. ries the cultures. $50 sushi platter for two. The restau- / Tom Callan / Tom On Fridays, Saturdays and every other Thursday at The house special cocktail, a litchi rant serves lunch daily, dinner Tuesday Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American 10 pm, Two Boots has live music ranging from blues Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover and country to Latin and folk. 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Bollywood Axion is located at 257 W. 39th St., 14th floor, between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Man- hattan. Bhangra (a traditional Pun- jabi folk dance) and Bollywood y dance classes cost $140 for 10 hours Boll wood and $240 for 20 hours. Private, in- home lessons cost $45 per hour. To register, e-mail contact information to [email protected]. Acting coaching, pageant competi- tion preparation and choreography for films and wedding dances are also offered. For more information about classes, call (718) 791-3781 or visit the Web site, www.bollywood- workout axion.moonfruit.com. Indian films’ choreography own home. Narang says that her students vary widely in body type and age, but ignites new fitness craze “there are definitely more females.” Classes are all taught at the same be- By Erin Marie Daly itable magnetism is undeniable — to ginner’s level, and students need not for The Brooklyn Papers think that bodies can move this way, have prior Bollywood dance experi- that music can sound so cheesy and ence because “the way I teach is rooklynites got a taste of the so catchy at the same time, and that easy.” spicy spectacle that is Bolly- you, whoever you are, can learn how But Narang herself, a 1996 Miss B wood dance, with a performance to do it. Canada pageant finalist, does by dance teacher Pooja Narang’s Bhavana Nancherla, 24, of Ditmas look the part of a Bollywood star troupe at the Brooklyn Museum on Park, has been taking lessons since even as she weaves unobtrusively March 12. last fall and says she looks forward to among her students, pointing out the But Bollywood — the Hollywood- each week’s class. She says the best need for a fuller hip gyration here, like film industry in India — isn’t part about the class is that “it gets Mango / Greg demonstrating the correct alignment just for sedentary entertainment any- you moving, and dancing is a really of the fingertips there. more, it’s also the source of a bur- fun way to get some exercise with- Sarah Starbuck, 28, of Park Slope, geoning workout craze. out even realizing that had no prior Bollywood dance expe- If you’re looking to you’re getting it.” Nan- rience when she began taking lessons shed some of that win- cherla was one of the Papers The Brooklyn from Narang in January 2004. Now ter weight but can’t troupe members who Masala on the move: (Left to right) Sarah Starbuck, Nicole Merino and she’s a performer in Narang’s troupe. bear the thought of a performed to a med- Bhavana Nancherla of the Bollywood Axion Dance Troupe performed She says that everyone usually loses boring gym routine, FITNESS ley of Bollywood at the Brooklyn Museum on March 12. some weight from taking the class. consider livening up songs at the museum “Between classes, rehearsals and your fitness regimen on Saturday. practicing at home, you shed a few with Bollywood SPECIAL Nancherla also daredevil thrills and melodrama, Narang explains that “certain hand pounds,” she says. “The greatest ben- dance classes. says it improves coor- mixed into a three-hour extravaganza gestures are meant to connote emo- efit is the way it makes you feel. It’s Narang can usually dination and rhythm, with glamorous costumes and elabo- tion — touching the eyes means, fun, dramatic and sexy, and for the be found at Bollywood and that “concentrating rate song-and-dance sequences. The ‘I’m thinking of you’ or touching the brief time you’re dancing, you’re an Axion, her dance studio on something other than typical masala movie is an epic, mouth expresses unspoken entertainer telling a story and being overlooking Times Square. Per- how many minutes I have left on kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes, thoughts.” the center of attention. haps it’s her own serenity amid the a treadmill keeps me interested for made even more dramatic by the fact Trained in Indian classical danc- “It’s a great way to relieve stress deafening Hindi pop music blasting longer.” She says benefits also in- that traditional Indian culture shies ing, hip-hop, jazz and ballet, Narang and boost your self-confidence.” from the portable boom box in the clude aerobic exercise, toning, away from on-screen displays of sex- moved to New York City with her And while it may not be the tough- corner that keeps her students atten- stretching and exercising different uality — the first onscreen kiss in a husband in early 2003. She worked est workout you’ll ever do, its most tive. As a whole, they mimic her sets of muscles all at once, and that Bollywood film occurred only 10 as a Web designer by day and gave important benefits are general fitness movements — hips jutting sideways, “if you enjoy Bollywood music, it’s a years ago. Romantic plot lines are in- private Bollywood dance lessons at and fun. arms overhead, fingers crooked and great way to keep up-to-date with In- stead expressed metaphorically night. By the time she was 25, she “Bollywood dance isn’t going to held just so. Every beat of the song dia’s movie industry at the same through song and dance. had quit her 9-to-5 job and opened a give you rock-hard abs or help you matches the beat of their bodies. time.” And yet, while Bollywood per- Bollywood dance studio in Midtown complete a marathon,” says Star- Sometimes Bollywood dancing The film industry is incredibly formances may seem spastic and that same year. Space in her classes is buck. “It’s a fun way to get more confuses the eye, sometimes it over- popular in India, producing twice as capricious, this dance form — a com- limited, and participants must sign up physical activity into your life and loads the senses and sometimes it re- many films per year as its Western bination of India’s classical and folk well in advance of each three-month feel good, but the focus is on the joy lentlessly thumps at a place so deep counterpart. Also called “masala dance traditions infused with Latin session. of dancing and the challenge of inside of you that the urge to dance is movies” after the Indian masala spice and Arabic influences — is a compli- If you don’t want to make the trek learning something new. like an unscratchable itch. It is jarring mixture, Bollywood films include a cated art. There is much more to Bol- to Midtown, Narang will give indi- “The health benefits are just a side and graceful all at once. But its inim- little bit of everything: love, comedy, lywood dancing than just the steps. vidual lessons in the privacy of your effect.”

classes are “different from all years, says, “I know I’ll have cerned about people who put ways well-attended; they av- tinelli. “I welcome people all other classes because of fun at James’ class. I might get their egos before common erage about two dozen people. the time. You have to start DANCE... James’ knowledge of music a little sweaty, but I’m not go- sense. “I don’t make people feel somewhere. And it might as and dance.” ing to be dying there. I like his “You must start small and uncomfortable,” says Mar- well be me.” Continued from page 9 Martinelli explains, “Most music [primarily show tunes stay small,” he advises. “Peo- Over the next few years, aerobics teachers don’t have a and soft rock]. It doesn’t drum ple use heavy weights for their Martinelli appeared on televi- dance background. I use dif- in your ears like in a lot of oth- own egos. Women are the sion in “Kids Are People Too” ferent styles of dance in my er aerobic classes. worst offenders. In exercise and “We’re Dancing,” in com- program. I change direction to “I go to a lot of classes, but it’s dangerous because you munity theater and touring in stimulate the brain, and I use most of them are about the hurt yourself. You build your shows such as “The Boy- light weights to strengthen the same. He brings a lot of his ex- body through time and your friend,” “Carousel” and “Ok- body.” perience to class. He dances to body will last. If you build it Basquiat in Brooklyn lahoma.” Then he enrolled in He is also aware of the his own beat. That’s why he too fast, it’s going to fall.” Brooklyn College. body’s limitations, something has a following.” Martinelli takes dance “When I got to college and that’s become even clearer During class, Martinelli classes at Luigi’s on the Upper MARCH 11 - JUNE 5, 2005 they asked me to pick a major, now that he’s turned 40 (al- loves to joke and tell anec- West Side where one of his I picked two — dance and though, with his boyish good dotes about his large Italian fellow-dancers is Liza Min- health. I found a correlation looks he appears younger, as family. He has two older sis- nelli, whom he finds inspiring. between the two,” Martinelli he’ll be the first to tell you). ters and a mother who doesn’t “She’s still dancing,” he says recalls. “They both brought “There is no injury in my believe men should do house- of the 59-year-old star of stage out an inner joy that creates a classes. We use the natural work. As a result, he claims to and screen. “And so am I.” domino effect bringing on alignment of the body and the be permanently unable to do “It’s all about the quality of health. I started putting togeth- natural way of moving,” he his own laundry. Fortunately, life — being strong enough er a program for myself that says. “My classes are aimed at his wardrobe is so vast he nev- physically and at the same included dance and weight everybody. Even the more ad- er wears the same piece of time listening to the body’s training … and I’ve been do- vanced people have something clothing twice — cargo jeans, wisdom,” he advises. ing it ever since. I happen to to learn — primarily how to sexy T-shirts and sweats of all But perhaps Martinelli’s be very lucky to have stum- treat their bodies with respect.” stripes. biggest asset is his ability to 1985. IN HIS STUDIO, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT PHOTOGRAPH © LIZZIE HIMMEL bled upon this combination.” Carole Rapaci, 60, who has But Martinelli takes his put people at ease. Perhaps Schulof says Martinelli’s been with Martinelli for eight work seriously. He is con- that’s why his classes are al-

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By Ajla Grozdanic quined costumes and the use of for The Brooklyn Papers a veil. McBride moved towards the ere you ever amazed at a American tribal style because belly dancer’s ability to she said that it empowered the Wshake her hips, shimmy woman. Leaving the glitz be- her shoulders, twirl her hands, hind, the tribal dance employs twist and turn her stomach while more traditionally ethnic cos- glancing flirtatiously around the tumes and jewelry with influ- room — all at the same time? ences from Pakistan, India, I was. Afghanistan and North Africa, I wanted to know how she explained Bossonis in her book. managed to look graceful — And the differences between even seductive — when an av- McBride’s and Ward’s styles

Rafy erage person, in an attempt to were reflected in the atmosphere Michelle Trachtenberg (right) do the same, would appear as in the classroom, the teaching and Kim Cattrall as her though he or she were experi- style and the costumes the in- coach in a scene from the encing a series of spasms. structors wore. McBride’s black new film “Ice Princess.” I have always wanted to cropped shirt and the long flow- know how to execute those im- ing cotton black skirt was al- possible-looking moves, but most the exact opposite from Nicole Kidman’s, Trachten- was afraid to try — until last Ward’s vibrant red stage cos- berg says she thinks it is one’s weekend. I am proud to an- tume.

On ‘Ice’ / Rebecca Cetta constant ability to change that nounce that I have deposited (Ward does not teach in her dictates how long she works in two successful belly dancing costume, instead wearing a Sheepshead Bay native Hollywood. (She left Brook- classes into my limited bank of comfortable workout outfit, like lyn for Los Angeles about sev- exercise experience. the rest of the students, adorned en years ago.) Not exactly someone you’d with a bead- and coin-decorated

talks of tough workouts Papers The Brooklyn “After I did ‘Buffy,’ I got a call a fitness nut, I am more hip scarf — to help them know lot of [offers to play] that likely to cringe at the mere Shaping up: Belly dancing students at work at the Greenhouse Holistic studio in Williams- if their hips are moving with the for lead in ‘Ice Princess’ book-wormy, smart-alecky thought of going to the gym burg. Trisha McBride, foreground, leads the class. music.) character and I was like: than stick to a strict regimen. In addition to being all-fe- By Karen Butler “but I had no idea that it was ‘Nope. That’s not it,’” she But I am always looking nities to meet people with com- Ward’s dance male, there were also many oth- for The Brooklyn Papers going to be months and explains. “That’s why I for innovative ways mon interests and a feeling of style and technique FITNESS er similarities between the two months of the most intense did ‘EuroTrip.’A lot that might encour- accomplishment “from master- combines Egyptian classes — starting with the in- hen Michelle Trachten- training sessions, as well as in- of people were age my inner fit- ing a new skill.” and Iranian folk and Autumn Ward offers new beginners, structors’ passion for belly berg was a young girl tense ballet classes, and hours like, ‘I can’t be- ness-o-holic to social traditions with continuing beginners and intermediate/ad- dance, which was reciprocated vanced belly dancing classes on Saturdays at Wgrowing up in and hours of being on the ice. lieve she did a FITNESS come out of its Class One: Middle Eastern classical ballet influ- 11:30 am, 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm, respective- by their students. Sheepshead Bay, she dreamed “I started from scratch and racy teen come- closet. And Petite Autumn Ward, 32, ences. ly at Spoke the Hub at 748 Union St. between If I had to pick between the of being a championship ice was trying to accomplish what dy.’ Well, that since I love to could not look any less Middle “I would like to Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope and in- two instructors and their dance termediate classes on Wednesdays from 6:30 skater like her childhood idols, my character accomplishes in was the point. SPECIAL dance — which Eastern with her fair, freckled give the general pm to 8 pm at Spiral Flow Yoga studio at styles, I wouldn’t know which Michelle Kwan and Oksana the movie, which seemed Breaking out.” by no means im- skin, light eyes and strawberry- public a better idea 302A Bedford Ave. between Grand and S. one to choose. Ward’s structured First streets in Williamsburg. Classes are $15 Baiul. rather impossible at first. But After her appear- plies that I know blond hair, which she wore in a of Middle Eastern for one hour. For more information, call (917) teaching technique of detailed “I took one lesson and said, because I trained so much, I ance in “EuroTrip” how to — I jumped long braid. But the moment she dance,” she said. 686-1622 or visit the Web site at www.brook- explanations of every move ‘I’m going back to acting,’” can do a lot of fun tricks. And and her four-episode stint at the prospect of trying put on her costume — a red-vel- Ward teaches four lynbellydance.com. helped me to see and learn ex- Trisha McBride offers belly dancing class- Trachtenberg told GO Brook- when I watch ice skating, I as a demanding pop star on the out the art of traditional belly vet, torso-revealing top and a classes a week — es on Sundays from 2:30 pm to 4 pm at the actly how the dancing is done lyn with a laugh in a phone know all the lingo and I can acclaimed HBO drama, “Six dance as a form of exercise. matching floor-length fitted skirt an intermediate Greenhouse Holistic studio located at 88 Roe- the right way. She continuously interview last week. say, ‘She didn’t get enough Feet Under,” Trachtenberg I think I might have found with a slit down each side to al- class at Spiral Flow bling St. at N. Seventh Avenue in Williams- moved from one side of the burg. Classes are $14 each. For more infor- It was probably the correct height in her axel,’ or ‘She was ready for yet another my calling. low for unrestricted movement in Williamsburg mation call (718) 599-3113 or visit the Web room to the other, tirelessly choice, since it was right flubbed her footwork.’ That’s a change of pace, something In her book “Bellydancing — let her waist-length hair down and three classes, site at www.greenhouseholistic.com. making sure that everyone was about that time the former cool feeling.” sweet and fun like “Ice for Fitness: The Sexy Art that and started dancing for the cam- ranging from begin- “Bellydancing for Fitness: The Sexy Art keeping up. that Tones Your Abs, Butt, and Thighs” (Fair child model was offered a job Asked if making “Ice Princess.” Tones Your Abs, Butt, and era, it was evident that she was ner to intermediate- Winds Press, $19.95), which comes with a CD On the other hand, I liked the on the long-run- “I had been meaning to do a Thighs” (Fair Winds Press, in her element. advanced on Satur- of Middle Eastern music, is available at, or can energy created by the fast flow ning, daytime movie with Disney about girls 2004), author Rania Androniki Aformer gymnast from days at Spoke the be ordered through, local bookstores. of McBride’s class, which really soap opera, “All CINEMA being empowered in a really Bossonis, an Aerobics and Fit- Carlisle, Pa., Ward, now a Hub in Park Slope. makes you sweat. Even though I My Children,” cool, girl-centered story for a ness Association of America- Greenpoint resident, has been “What I like so was not always sure if I was do- which led to lead “Ice Princess” opens March 18 at Regal while,” she says. “And they certified fitness instructor and practicing belly dancing since much about [Ward’s classes] is dance, said Ward, you have to ing the right thing, we learned a Entertainment Court Street 12 (106 Court parts in the kids’ St. between State and Schermerhorn came up to me with a story professional Middle East dance 1997 and teaching it for the past that they are small,” said Jennifer be fit, strong and flexible in or- great variety of moves that films “Harriet streets in Brooklyn Heights). Call (718) 246- about ice skating, so I was teacher, writes that belly dance six years, first in Washington, Gonzales, 21, after her third der to properly execute the made for a fun dance. McBride the Spy” and 7995 for screening times and prices. like: ‘I’ll try my hand at ice- is an ancient ritual dance rooted D.C., and now in New York. class. “If you need extra atten- movements. (She is an advocate also repeatedly provided us with “Inspector Gad- skating. How hard could it in the Middle East and North “People in the class look like tion, she’ll stand there and help of pilates, too.) very clear instruction. get,” and, ulti- be?’ Little did I know.” Africa. Brooklyn,” said Ward of her you.” Gonzales said she likes In addition to improving flex- Ward’s style was graceful and mately, her breakout role as Princess,” which co-stars Joan In addition to a great part This type of dance first Park Slope and Williamsburg that there is no pressure if you ibility, strength, stamina and elegant with delicate — but at Dawn, Buffy’s kid sister, on Cusack and Kim Cattrall, that let her stretch as both an reached the United States in student body. “They are mixed don’t know what you’re doing. poise, Ward said that belly danc- the same time intricate — moves the hit TV drama, “Buffy the made her feel like maybe she actress and an athlete, the 1893 during an exhibition of in ages, race, ethnicity and na- Although you don’t have to ing can also be spiritually re- while McBride taught a more Vampire Slayer.” missed her calling, Trachten- movie also gave her the op- Middle Eastern dance and cul- tionality.” be a certain body type to belly warding in that it makes women raw and energetic dance style In her new, big-screen fami- berg assures that she is quite portunity to spend time with ture by Sol Bloom at the Chica- feel better about their bodies. full of big powerful movement. ly comedy, “Ice Princess,” the happy in the relatively safe, that ice princess who first go World’s Fair, where the term What the two had in common is 19-year-old brunette beauty fi- warm world of acting. caught her eye a decade ago “belly dance” was created, Class Two: American Tribal an air of feminine sensuality that nally gets to finish what she “I came away from the ex- — Michelle Kwan. writes Bossonis. Trisha Ann McBride, 29, be- makes the students in both class- started when she was 8. perience with a respect for “To me, Michelle Kwan “It is characterized by articu- gins teaching her class at Green- es come back for more. To prepare for her role as skating and respect for what was such an awesome figure,” lated isolation movements, un- house Holistic, in Williamsburg, “[Belly dancing] is amazing Casey Carlyle, a Harvard- these people really go through Trachtenberg says. “When I dulations, intricate patterns of with a 10- to 15-minute medita- for female organs,” said bound teen who puts aside her and how hard they work,” she was younger, I thought she hip isolations, ribbon-like arm tion session. McBride. “It’s good for giving books to go for the gold, Tra- says, noting she also came was just so amazingly grace- and torso undulations, percus- “I want people to come in birth because it strengthens that chtenberg spent countless away with a variety of bumps, ful and beautiful and to meet sive locking movements, circu- and drop their excess baggage at whole area.” It eases PMS and hours in ballet and ice-skating bruises and other minor in- her in person, she was just like lar hand movements, and shak- the door,” McBride said, adding cramps, several students agreed. classes over an eight-month juries. “But I’m an actress first the nicest girl ever and we ac- ing or fluttering movements / Rebecca Cetta that leaving their worries behind But most importantly, belly period. Although stunt skaters and foremost, so it was cool to tually got on the ice together (shimmies),” writes Bossonis. helps improve the flow of the dancing seems to improve a were employed for some of the step into their shoes and be a and she was very complimen- In addition to physical bene- dance movements. woman’s image of herself. more difficult maneuvers, like skater, but that’s not what I tary of my efforts in skating, fits, such as improved coordina- ASalt Lake City native, “I am so glad I never pur- double and triple jumps, Tra- want to do with my life. Act- knowing that I had only start- tion, balance, muscle tone and McBride began her belly danc- sued ballet,” said McBride. “I’d chtenberg performed most of ing’s my love and my pas- ed recently and she was just a posture, Bossonis lists a series Papers The Brooklyn ing career nine years ago in the have a completely different the on-screen skating herself. sion.” really, really cool, cool girl. of “social and mental/emotion- Hip workout: Belly dancing instructor Autumn Ward (in American cabaret style, a blend body image.” “I knew I was going to have Confiding that she would Just like an angel gliding over al” rewards of belly dancing skirt) teaches a move to writer Ajla Grozdanic at Spoke of Middle Eastern and Western She encouraged the class, to train a lot,” says the actress, love to have a career like the ice.” such as reduced stress, opportu- the Hub in Park Slope. dance which involved glitzy, se- “Ladies, shake it if you got it.”

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LITERARY READING: Freebird Books chickweed in Prospect Park during Compiled and Goods hosts a reading by his tour “Wild Food and Ecology.” Krista Madsen and Felicia Sullivan. $10, $5 children under 12. Meet at by Susan 7 pm. 123 Columbia St. (718) 643- 11:45 am at Prospect Park’s Grand Rosenthal 8484. Free. Army Plaza entrance. (914) 835-2153. Where to BARNES AND NOBLE: Carl Baldas- PERFORMANCE sarre, co-author of “The Pocket pm to 4 pm. 1698 Bergen St. (718) parade. Noon. Prospect Park West Idiot’s Guide to Texas Hold’em” BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert SAT, MARCH 19 623-0600. and 14th Street. (718) 499-9482. discusses strategies of this poker features an all-Ravel program. $35. BROOKLYN FAMILY THEATER: pres- PARK SLOPE TOUR: Big Onion Tours game. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. OUTDOORS AND TOURS ents “Back to Brooklyn” and “How explores Brooklyn’s Gold Coast. 246-4996. Free. (718) 624-2083. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Onion Peanut Butter Met Jelly.” Appro- Stops include The Montauk Club, KABBALA: Series on day-to-day appli- BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents the dance-theater piece Tours takes a walk around this priate for age 4 and older. $2. 4 Litchfield Manor and many other cation of teachings of the Jewish pm. The Church of Gethsemane, sites. $12, $10 students and seniors. Kabbala. Rabbi Dovber Pinson “Play Without Words,” directed by Victorian “City of the Dead.” Learn Matthew Bourne. $25 to $75. 7:30 about its history, architecture and 1012 Eighth Ave. (718) 670-7205. 1 pm. Meet at southeast corner of leads. 7 pm. Congregation B’nai Plaza Street West and Flatbush Jacob, 401 Ninth St. (718) 965- pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 residents. $12, $10 students and OTHER Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. seniors. 1 pm. Meet at Fifth Avenue Avenue. (212) 439-1090. 9836. Free. and 25th Street. (212) 439-1090. BUSINESS CONFERENCE: Long ASTROLAND OPENS: Season begins BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The Island University hosts its third Wooster Group’s “House/ Lights,” CROWN HEIGHTS TOUR: Brooklyn for Coney Island amusement park. features a program of Schubert and annual “Total Woman” business from Gertrude Stein’s “Doctor Center for the Urban Environment Free rides on the Cyclone roller Prokofiev. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton conference. Entrepreneurial women Faustus Lights the Lights.” $37. 8 offers a walk around neighborhood. coaster for the first 200 visitors, as Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. are invited to learn about business pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. Learn about mansions, rowhouses, long as they meet the height re- BASEBALL REGISTRATION: Parkville planning, capital access and market- the Brooklyn Children’s Museum quirement. ($5 fee applies after first Youth Organization offers instruc- BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- ing. $50. 9 am to 5 pm. Flatbush and more. $11, $9 members, $8 200 riders.) In honor of the spring tional programs for kids ages 5 to forming Arts hosts its 10th annual Avenue Extension and DeKalb season, one free lift on the Astro 12. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. 5908 20th Caribbean celebration. Tribute to students and seniors. 2 pm to 4 pm. Tower to anyone who shows up with Meet at northeast corner of Eastern Avenue. (718) 385-6700. Ave. (718) 232-1086. Bob Marley and performance by OPEN HOUSE: Brooklyn Aikikai cele- a Slinky, pogo stick or other type of MUSIC: Montauk Club hosts a creative Caribbean Callaloo and Jamaica’s Parkway and Kingston Avenue. coil or spring. Live entertainment. (718) 788-8500. brates the opening of its new facili- music series and features a pro- University Singers. $35, $40. 8 pm. ty with a morning of class demon- Also, festive spring costumes/attire gram of modern jazz. No cover. Walt Whitman Hall, Brooklyn PERFORMANCE strations. 9 am to 9:45 am for chil- encouraged. Noon. 1000 Surf Ave. 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. 25 Eighth Ave. College, one block from the inter- dren; 10:30 am to 11:15 am for at West 10th Street. (718) 265-2100 (718) 638-0800. Free. section of Flatbush and Nostrand MUSIC: Chiara String Quartet and or www.astroland.com. pianist Simone Dinnerstein perform. adults. 408 Third Ave. (718) 643- WINE TASTING: A Cook’s Companion avenues. (718) 951-4600. $10. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue 6044. Free. PERFORMANCE hosts its spring series on wines. Today: BRICK THEATER: presents “Big Top RUMMAGE SALE: at Flatbush Machine,” featuring acting, life- Church, 85 South Oxford St. (718) CONCERT: Kingsborough Orchestra wines of South Africa. $50. 7 pm. 768-7100. Reformed Church. 10 am to 4 pm. 197 Atlantic Ave. (718) 852-6901. sized puppetry and theatrics. $10. 8 Flatbush and Church avenues. (718) performs works by Tchaikovsky, Free ride: The first 200 people to arrive at Coney Island’s As- pm. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) JAZZ: Brooklyn Music School presents Rossini and Mendelssohn. 2:30 pm. MYSTICAL DIALOGUE: of “Spring Madness.” $20. 7:30 pm. 284-5140. troland Park on its opening day, March 20, will be treated to free Prospect Heights offers a weekly 907-3457. End of Oriental Boulevard, Manhat- GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Prior to concert, improv workshop RALLY: Brooklyn Parents for Peace tan Beach. (718) 368-5596. Free. rides on the Cyclone roller coaster. class “Men, Women and Kaballah.” for young musicians. $20. (Workshop hosts a demonstration to protest Discussion involves weekly Torah Complete Works of William Shake- the war in Iraq. 10:30 am. Partici- BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: pres- speare (Abridged).” $15, $12 chil- and concert $30.) 4:30 pm to 6 pm. ents “Woom’en,” a multimedia portion. 8 pm. Refreshments. 125 St. Felix St. (718) 638-5660. pants and on-lookers meet at the hosts a spoken word and musical ents the dance, “Play Without Words,” Kurdish Library, 144 Underhill Ave. dren under 12 and seniors. 8 pm. Brooklyn Heights Promenade and work with live music, video, lan- 199 14th St. (718) 595-0547. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music guage, dance and environment. $15, program. 6 pm to 8 pm. The Fall Cafe, directed by Matthew Bourne. $25 to (347) 277-6908. Free. presents the dance “Play Without proceed to the Fulton Mall. (718) 307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. Free. $75. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, BAM: “Play Without Words.” 7:30 pm. PHILHARMONIC: Brooklyn Academy 624-5921. $10 members, $8 low-income. 4 of Music presents The Brooklyn Phil- Words,” directed by Matthew pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. See Sat., March 26. Bourne. $25 to $75. 7:30 pm. BAM DESIGNERS SHOWCASE: Brooklyn ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ harmonic in the program “Weill Designers Showcase presents works BAM: “Play Without Words.” 3 pm. Goes Brooklyn.” Ute Lemper is vocal Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) See Sat., March 19. MON, MARCH 21 Lights.” $30. 8 pm. See Sat., March 636-4111. by emerging talented designers WEDS, MARCH 23 26. soloist. $20 to $60 per ticket. 8 pm. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 488-5913. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert featuring handcrafted merchandise. MUSIC: Brooklyn Philharmonic per- 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. 157 Monta- Lights.” $37. 4 pm. See Sat., March forms at the St. Louis Senior Center. LUNCHTIME TOUR: Brooklyn Historical TWO BOOTS: Music with 12th Street features a program of Mozart, Bar- 19. gue St. (718) 763-7654. 11 am. Second performance at the Society hosts a tour of its Queen RI ARCH Playboys. No cover. 10 pm. 514 ber and Schubert. $35. 7:30 pm. BARGEMUSIC: Program of Mozart, F , M 25 Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624- HEALTH FAIR: at Park Slope Geriatric Dorchester Senior Center. 12:45 pm. Anne-style building. $6, $4 students Second St. (718) 499-3253. Day Center. 11 am to 4 pm. 1 Pros- Barber and Schubert. 4 pm. See (718) 488-5757. and seniors. 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm. Good Friday • Purim 2083. Sat., March 19. CHILDREN ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The pect Park West. (718) 499-7701. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Fright 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. Nights” film series. Today: “The BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film EGG-O-RAMA: Learn about which BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a Wooster Group’s “House/ Lights,” MICRO MUSEUM: Celebration of the CHILDREN comes first: the bird or the egg? museum’s 25th anniversary. Enter- Devil-Doll” (1936). $10. 4:30 pm, series “Fuller at War.” Today: story and art hour for kids, presents from Gertrude Stein’s “Doctor SEA STORIES: NY Aquarium hosts Activities for kids include egg “All About Animals.” 11 am and 2 Faustus Lights the Lights.” $37. 8 tainment includes interactive instal- 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette “Merrill’s Marauders” (1962). $10. “Sea Life Adventures,” with story- 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette crafts, egg experiments, egg art pm. Also, Stories and Art presents pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. lations, live video screening, a poet- teller Luann Adams. $11, $7 chil- Ave. (718) 636-4100. and egg games. Noon to 4 pm. ic performance and more. $2. Noon Ave. (718) 636-4100. “Princesses of Ancient Egypt.” 4 BRICK THEATER: presents “Big Top dren ages 2 to 12. West Eighth TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes presents Audubon Center, Prospect Park. pm. $6, $3 seniors and students, to 10 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797- ESTATE PLANNING: Today’s topic is Machine,” featuring acting, life- Street and Surf Avenue. Call for “Native Land” (1942). 7 pm. Live (718) 287-3400. free for members and children 3116. “Planning for Your Parents.” Families sized puppetry and theatrics. $10. 8 time. (718) 265-FISH. music begins at 9 pm. 376 Ninth St. BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film under 12. 200 Eastern Parkway. pm. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) BROOKLYN MUSEUM: presents a BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: (718) 965-9177. Free. First hosts. $15. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. series “Fuller at War.” Today: “The (718) 638-5000. Marilyn Monroe movie marathon. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. 907-3457. presents Griots in Concert, featur- COMMUNICATION: Learn how to bet- Steel Helmet” (1950). $10. 2 pm, BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- Four feature films starring Monroe. ing drum music. $4, free for mem- ter communicate with your child dur- BARNES AND NOBLE: Liquid 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Call. $8, $6 students and seniors, presents “Herstories,” a talk about forming Arts presents Soweto bers. 2:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. ing this parenting workshop. $15, Language performance of poetry Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. extraordinary women. Event fea- free for members. 1 pm to 4 pm. Street Beat. $30. 8 pm. Walt Whit- (718) 735-4400. $10 members. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. and open mic. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert tures storytelling, music and art. $4, 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638- man Theater at Brooklyn College, MUSIC FOR AARDVARKS: David Families First, 250 Baltic St. (718) Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. features a program of Faure, free for members. 1 pm. 145 one block from the intersection of 5000. Weinstone and Audra Tsanos per- 237-1862. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ Chopin, Scriabin, Hersch, Wheeler Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. LUNCHEON: Christ Church of Bay form in concert. $10, free for lap sit- Lights.” $30. 8 pm. See Sat., March and Schubert. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton RYAN REPERTORY: presents “The (718) 951-4600. Ridge hosts a St. Patrick’s day ters younger than age 2. 26. Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Wild Boy,” a play based on an Iro- UES ARCH luncheon. $15. 1 pm to 4 pm. 7301 T , M 22 FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central quois fable. $12, $10 children under CHILDREN Ridge Blvd. (718) 745-5478. OTHER branch, presents film “The Misfits” age 8. 5 pm. Harry Warren Theater, KID’S YOGA: Aikido, Iyengar yoga TRANSIT MUSEUM: series, “Meet The PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethi- BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Fright THURS, MARCH 24 Nights” film series. Today: “The (1961). 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza. 2445 Bath Ave. (718) 996-4800. and self-defense classes offered. Experts,” presents a talk, “Signal cal Culture offers talk “Personal, (718) 230-2100. Free. NELLIE BLY: Children’s amusement Meet the teachers and learn about Buildings and Signal Towers: Past Favorite and International Poetry.” Nightcomers” (1971). $10. 4:30 pm, BABY WORKSHOP: “Fussy Baby” talk 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette offers support in how to calm your CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION: Most park opens for the season. 1824 classes offered at this new space. 9 and Present.” $5, $3 children ages 11 am. 53 Prospect Park West. (718) Rev. Nicholas Di Marzio, Bishop of Shore Parkway. Call to confirm am to 9:45 am. 408 Third Ave. (718) 3 to 17. 1:30 pm. Schermerhorn 768-2972. Free. Ave. (718) 636-4100. baby and read his cues. $25. 10:30 SEMINAR FOR THE ARTS: Brooklyn am to noon. 130 Berkeley Place. Brooklyn and Queens, takes part in hours. (718) 996-4002. 643-6044. Free. Street and Boerum Place. (718) 694- GLASS MENAGERIE: Urban Glass Good Friday Procession. 8 pm. Bring DAY CAMP: Open house at YWCA of 1600. offers a tour of its studio. Also, lam- Arts Council hosts “Working with (718) 938-8697. OTHER Boards of Directors for Non-Profit a candle. Shallow Jr. High School, Brooklyn. 10 am to noon. 30 Third BROOKLYN AUTHORS: Brooklyn pworking workshop demonstrates SOCIAL DANCING: at Shore Parkway 65th Street and 16th Avenue. DESIGNERS SHOWCASE: Brooklyn Ave. (718) 875-1190. Free. Historical Society presents James basic steps to creating small glass Organizations.” 6 pm to 8 pm. St. Jewish Center. $4 includes refresh- Designers Showcase presents Francis College, 182 Remsen St. ments. 11 am to 3 pm. 8885 26th BAM: “Play Without Words.” 7:30 pm. EASTER EGG HUNT: State Sen. Grant in a talk about his book animals and glass beads. Noon to 5 See Sat., March 26. works by emerging talented “John Adams: Party of One.” $6, (718) 625-0080. Free. Ave. (718) 449-6530. Golden’s office hosts a hunt. 10 am pm. Free, but charges apply for ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ designers featuring handcrafted to noon. Seth Low Park, Bay $4 students and seniors. 2 pm. 128 workshops. 647 Fulton St. (718) SPRING LUNCHEON: Brooklyn Botanic KNITTING CIRCLE: at the Brooklyn Public merchandise. 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. Garden offers a class on informal flo- Library, Bay Ridge branch. 1:30 pm. Lights.” $37. 8 pm. See Sat., March Parkway at Bay Ridge Parkway. 625-3685. 26. 157 Montague St. (718) 763-7654. (718) 238-6044. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents a series of ACTOR’S WORKSHOP: Acting coach ral arrangements. Learn how to cre- 7223 Ridge Blvd. (718) 748-5709. Free. AUTHOR SERIES: Brooklyn Public feature films by Pupi Avati. Today: ate arrangements using containers BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film BRICK THEATER: “Big Top Machine.” BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a and director Tracey Moore-Marable 8 pm. See Sat., March 26. Library, Central branch, celebrates story and art hour for kids, presents “Graduation Party” (1985). $10. 2 hosts “The Spirited Actor Work- that can be found around the house. series “Fuller at War.” Today: “Fixed BASKETBALL CAMP: Application the role of American women with a “All About Animals.” 11 am and 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. shop.” $50. 2 pm to 9 pm. South $64, $59 members. 6 pm to 8 pm. Bayonets” (1962). $10. 4:30 pm, reading by poet Angela Toscano. 2 pm. Also, Stories and Art presents 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette deadline for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. Boys pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- “Dances from India.” 4 pm. $6, $3 BOOK SIGNING: Willie Gluckstern, St. (212) 765-7874. RECEPTION: Spring Gallery presents Ave. (718) 636-4100. 2100. Free. seniors and students, free for mem- BAMCINEMATEK: presents a series of the work of 30 artists and designers MEETING: Transportation Committee and girls ages 10 to 19 are eligible author of “The Wine Avenger,” reads. to apply. Call. (704) 373-0873. BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film bers and children under age 12. 200 5 pm to 7 pm. LeNell’s Ltd., 416 feature films by filmmaker Pupi who have created their own take on of Community Board 6 meets. 6 pm. series “Fuller at War.” Today: “The Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Van Brunt St. (718) 360-0838. Free. Avati. Today: “Stories of Boys and the classic Japanese paper lantern. 6 250 Baltic St. (718) 643-3027. Big Red One” (1980). $10. 2 pm, Girls” (1989). $10. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, pm to 8 pm. 126a Front St. (718) FAMILY DAY: Brooklyn Public Library RECEPTION: Stacy Stewart Smith PURIM CELEBRATION: Chabad of SAT, MARCH 26 5:30 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette and the Center for Architecture Gallery presents a group show 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette 222-1054. Free. Prospect Heights hosts a Megillah Ave. (718) 636-4100. Foundation hosts family day of “Female Trouble.” 6 pm. 614 Ave. (718) 636-4100. LIBRARY PROGRAM: Brooklyn Public reading to celebrate Jewish holiday. RECEPTION: DUMBO Arts Center design dialogue at the Center. 1 Flatbush Ave. (718) 675-4889. Free. LIBRARY PROGRAM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central branch, presents a $10 per adult or $18 per family. OUTDOORS AND TOURS hosts an opening reception for “Hu- pm to 4 pm. Center for Architec- Library, Central branch, presents an slide presentation on Judy Chicago’s Come dressed in costume. 6:30 pm. WILD TOUR: Naturalist and author, man Scale.” 6 pm to 9 pm. 30 Wash- ture, 536 LaGuardia Place. (212) author talk with Tom Rayfiel. He “The Dinner Party.” 7 pm. Grand 603 St. John’s Place. (718) 953-0558. “Wildman” Steven Brill, hunts for ington St. (718) 694-0831. Free. 358-6133. Free. SUN, MARCH 20 reads from his novel “Eve in the Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. AUTHOR SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library, BUNNY SIGHTING: Easter Bunny City.” 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. SLIDE SHOW: Prospect Park YMCA Central branch, celebrates the role of makes a visit to The Book Mark Palm Sunday (718) 230-2100. Free. hosts “Brownstones and the Brown- American women with a reading Shoppe. Games, balloon animals FILM SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library, stone Age.” Learn about the bor- “Going South: Jewish Women in the and more. 2 pm. 6906 11th Ave. OUTDOORS AND TOURS Central branch, presents film ough’s rowhouses. 7:30 pm. Refresh- Civil Rights Movement.” 7 pm. Grand (718) 680-3680. Free. 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(718) author Nedda Albray. 7:30 pm. 267 “Going South: Jewish Women in the children under 12 and residents liv- Call. (718) 694-1867. 638-7600. Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. Civil Rights Movement.” 7 pm. Grand on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. ing in the 11213 zip code area. 2 ST. PATRICK’S PARADE: 30th annual READING: Spiral Thought Magazine BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

Sundays: Hip-hop karaoke with Dynamic mercials, 10 pm, Drake Equation, 11 pm, Jesse Kili Bar-Cafe Damien and DJ Harry Ballz, 10 pm, FREE; Rbar Diamond, midnight, $8; March 20: Nemo, 8 BROOKLYN 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, March 25: DJ Party (Alfonso’s Birthday Party), 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue in pm, The Shapes, 9 pm, Phantasm, 10 pm, $5; (718) 855-5574. 10 pm, FREE. Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. March 21: Sinaria, 8 pm, Upright Citizen’s Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Saturdays: Live music featuring local artists, 10 Brigade presents 5 O’Clock Shadow, 9 pm, Pale Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and Montauk Club pm, FREE; Sundays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Horse, 10 pm, Kaedus Rex, 11 pm, Diesel funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. Tuesdays: “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Party,” 10 Theory, midnight, $6; March 22: Cuddle 25 Eighth Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Slope, pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke hosted by DJ Machines, 8 pm, Commando!, 8:45 pm, Awake, (718) 638-0800, www.montaukclub.com. Laila Lounge Jack “The Wack,” 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 9:30 pm, Pedestrians, 10:15 pm, Island View March 20: Post St. Patrick’s Day Parade Party, 3 Comedy, 9:30 pm, FREE. Drive, 11 pm, El Toro, 11:45 pm, $6; March 23: 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in pm, $TBD (Call for reservations); March 24: Inside Seka, 8 pm, The Munts, 9 pm, Mighty Nightlife Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Michael Bates’ Outside Sources, Ohad Talmor’s www.lailalounge.com. Reign Bar & High, 10 pm, Siway, 11 pm, $6; March 24: The News Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE; March 25: Glenn Ladies Room Rock ‘n’ Roll Party featuring The ent showcase, 8 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Party Saturdays, Sundays, Thursdays and Fridays: Miller Orchestra, 5:30 pm, FREE. The Backroom with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics Lounge Bad Mouths, Blood from Stone, Mystical Live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Children, 9 pm, $5; March 25: Miuke Wexler, 8 (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth and rare grooves, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Madness with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 10 pm, 46 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue in National Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7286, www.reign- pm, Black Lights, 9 pm, Other Passengers, 10 Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, “Krazy Nanny Sundays” and karaoke with Lisa FREE; Tuesdays: Whiskey Breath with Rick lounge.com. pm, $TBD. www.freddysbackroom.com. Love, 6 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Singles party, 5 Royale, Alexander Lowry, and guests, 9:30 pm, Restaurant March 19: The M. Shanghai Band, 9:30 pm, March 24: “The Ladies Lounge,” music series in pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Neo-Soul,” 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase, 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Younger Sister, 10:30 pm, Joss, 11:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Sexy Thursdays After Work 8 pm, FREE. honor of Women’s History Month, 7 pm, $15 Two Boots Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- general admission, $10 on guest list (ladies FREE; March 20: Knit Nite with The Struck Party hosted by Sandy and Nicole, 6 pm, 1225, www.come2national.com. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Alphorn Jazz Band, 8 pm, FREE; March 21: Karaoke hosted by Lisa Smiles and Monique, FREE before 8 pm). Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twoboots- Comedy Night, 9 pm, FREE; March 22: Will 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: “Reggae After Work” Le Dakar brooklyn.com. 9 pm, FREE (with $60 prix fixe dinner); Fridays Vinson, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 23: Pini Shavit, 9 with live DJ, 5 pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 9 Jesse Selengut plays the Williams- Restaurant and Sundays: Live Russian music and dance Sistas’ Place March 19: Benicio & DelToros, 10 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; March 24: WIYOS, 9:30 pm, Andy pm, $5. burg Music Center March 25. 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Clin- show, 9 pm, FREE (with $45 prix fixe dinner). 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Friedman & The Other Failures, 10:30 pm, ton Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, FREE; March 25: Kings County Opry special, 8 200 Fifth Cornerstone Bar Tuesdays: Spoken word, 9 pm, FREE. www.sistasplace.org. pm, FREE. Polly Frost,” 8 pm, FREE, “Tassel Twirling Fun,” Night of the 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Road March 19: Roland Alexander Quintet, 9 pm, Slope, (718) 638-2925. 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: New Rock Weekly, 8 in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. Cookers 10:30 pm, $20 in advance, $25 day of the show. Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip- BAM Cafe pm, $6; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, Les Babouches Tuesdays and Thursdays: Open mic, 8 pm, 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays: Friday 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort FREE; March 19: Catch, 8 pm, $7 ($5 with stu- FREE. (718) 833-1700. Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Solomon’s Porch Night Salsa with a live salsa band and DJs Blazer Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. dent ID), Chris Lancaster, The Ambitious Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahra- Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in One and Big Will spinning salsa, reggae, hip- March 19: Romashka, 9 pm, $10 food/drink Orchestra, Reverend Glasseye & His Wooden Crossroads zad, 9 pm, FREE. Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. minimum; March 25: VisionIntoArt, “A Tough Legs, 10 pm, $8; March 21: Julie Atlas Muz, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Saturdays and Wednesdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $7 Line,” 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum. Saloon pm, FREE; March 22: Vangeline Theater pres- suggested donation; Sundays: Open mic, 6 Vox Po p 2079 Coney Island Ave. at in ents “Hanae Mori: A Paris-Tokyo Love Affair,” Liberty Heights Northsix pm, FREE. 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flat- Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. TIME TBD, $TBD; March 23: Uprisers in Barbes Tap Room bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Afrofunk Massive, 10 pm, FREE; March 25: 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Southpaw Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE; March 24: Dez, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Found Footage Festival, 8 pm, $7. Hook, (718) 246-8050. March 19: Goodlookin’ Shoe, Vise Massacre, 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park 8 pm, $8; March 25: Deep Dish TV, 8 pm, $5. Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, FREE, Slavic Europa Night Club Saturdays and Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, Dark Water Transit, Ethnic, 8 pm, $8 in advance, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: “Night of the 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in The Hook FREE; March 25: Open Jam Session with $10 day of the show; March 24: Big Bear, March 19: Percy Hill, The Brakes, 8:30 pm, $12 Waterfront Ale Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Sundays: Stephanie Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europa- 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Kitchenrocks, 10 pm, FREE. Narchitect, Print, Ticonderoga, 8 pm, $8; in advance, $15 day of the show; March 20: Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; March 19: Ted Reichman, club.com. Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehook- March 25: World/Inferno Friendship Society, Defalco and Bliss Records present Vyacheslav House 8 pm, $8, Piñataland, 10 pm, FREE; March 20: Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE music.com. Luminescent Orchestrii, Gutbucket, 8 pm, $13 Butusov & U-Piter, Spielerfrau, 7 pm, $35 in 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Roy Nathanson Quartet, 7 pm, FREE; March 21: Life Cafe 983 before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays: March 19: The No Fun Fest 2005 (continued), 7 in advance, $15 day of the show. advance, $45 day of the show; March 23: One Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, Sanda Weigl, 9:30 pm, $8; March 23: Reuben 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Bush- Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before World Beat Music Fest with Ali Shaheed www.waterfrontalehouse.com. Radding with Matt Moran and Ned Rothenberg, pm, $13; March 20: The No Fun Fest 2005 wick, (718) 386-1133, www.lifecafenyc.com. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; March 19: The Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest), Chip Fu, March 19: Draa Hobbs Trio, 11 pm, FREE=. 8 pm, Nate Wooley Quartet, 10 pm, $8; March (continued), 6:30 pm, $13; March 21: Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Wed- Peggy O’Neills Sayuri Goto Trio, 7:30 pm, $10 (FREE before 8 and more, Time TBD, $TBD; March 24: Defalco 24: Josh Roseman’s Execution Quintet News for Welcome, 9 pm, The Mistakes, 10 pm, Rick nesdays: Open Mic with Chuck, 10 pm, FREE. pm with student ID). (Two locations) presents The Rinse, Fireflies, Motel Creeps, Five, 8 pm, $8, Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, FREE; Johnson Rock & Roll Machine, 11 pm, $TBD; Williamsburg Marianne Pillsbury, 8 pm, $8; March 25: Robyn March 25: The Will Holshouser Trio, 7 pm, FREE, March 25: The Robert Katrikh Band, 9 pm, 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, Five Spot The Lucky Cat Hitchcock, 7 pm, $15, “JellyNYC,” Sweet Music Center Forro for All, 9 pm, $8. Invidia, 10 pm, Devil’s Island, 11 pm, Euphoria, (718) 748-1400, www.peggyoneills.com. 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- Action Magazine presents Jelly, a sticky, sweet 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in midnight, Viscid, 1 am, $TBD. Tuesdays: Karaoke with Rod, 10 pm, FREE; Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespot- burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Thursdays: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 10 pm, FREE; rock ‘n’ roll party with DJ Mark Ronson and Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Bembe soulfood.com. Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor and Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; March 20: St. Bona Roba, 1 am, $5. Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, $5; Fridays: Live 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williams- Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, Super Lowery Hope and Anchor karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hex! with Patrick’s Day Parade celebration with The Dirty vocals, 10 pm, $5; March 25: Williamsburg Jazz burg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Bros bring weekly live hip-hop and future jazz 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: “Futurefunk Stayouts, Oakie Karaoke with Tom Bruno, 1 pm, Stain Festival with Jesse Selengut & Noir, Roboto, 8 Saturdays: Live DJs alongside live Latin percus- with DJ Tetsu, 10 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Hot Damn Hook, (718) 237-0276. Sessions” with DJ Sport Casual, 10 pm, FREE; FREE. pm, $7. March 21: The Wrecking Ball, 8 pm, FREE; 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- sion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Universal Comedy Night with DJ Tommy Talkz, 9 pm, $5; Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Rhythms” with DJs Amanda and Nick, 9 pm, March 23: Fire of Space, 7:30 pm, FREE; March 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney March 19: MTeam Album Release Party with hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Mondays: “Play Dirty,” 5 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Zebulon FREE; Mondays: “Cold Hands” with DJ DiGilog, DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE; March 20: DJ Chartras, 6 25: The Trees, 10 pm, FREE. Island, (718) 449-3200, www.peggy- oneills.com. Mark Growden, 10 pm, FREE; March 19: 258 Wythe Ave. at in 9:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: “Fiyah” with DJ Queen pm, FREE; March 23: Mike MacAllister Jazz Mossyrock, 10 pm, FREE; March 20: Atiquis, 8 Williamsburg, (718) 218-6939, www.zebulon- Majesty, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Con- Band, 9 pm, $5; March 24: DJ Chris, 6 pm, iO Restaurant Saturdays and Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, The LuLu Lounge pm, FREE; March 22: Speakeasy (open mic), 8 cafeconcert.com. valescence” with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE, Riddim Nation reggae band, 9 pm, $5, 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in $TBD; Sundays: Karaoke with Cisco, Time TBD, (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at Bedford pm, FREE; March 24: Freaky Funky Family, an March 19: Avram Fefer & Free Spirit Afro-Latin, FREE; Thursdays: “Toque” with DJ Busquelo, 9 Black Attack, 11 pm, $5, DJ Oliver to follow, Williamsburg, (718) 388-3320, www.iorestau- FREE. Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889, anti-oppression poetry night, 6:30 pm, $3; 10 pm, FREE; March 20: Kimbale, 9 pm, pm, FREE; Fridays: “Call to Drum,” world beat fla- FREE; March 25: Sweet Potato featuring The rantandlounge.com. www.ricerepublic.com. March 25: Autumn Ward (bellydance), 10 pm, Xperimento, 10 pm, FREE; March 21: vors with DJ Miller Cruz, 9 pm, FREE. FL Jones soul band, 9 pm, $5. Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 8 Pete’s Candy $5 suggested donation. Marianne, 10 pm, FREE; March 23: Elliot FREE ($5 after 11 pm); Fridays: DJ spins salsa pm, FREE. Store Sharp/Orchestra Carbon performs Syndakit, 10 Black Betty Frank’s Lounge and house, 10 pm, FREE. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Trash Bar pm, FREE; March 24: Gold Sparkle Trio with 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort special guest Sabir Mateen, 10 pm, FREE; Magnetic Field Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petes- 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- Greene, (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktail- March 25: Bonga, 10 pm, FREE. Jazz 966 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn candystore.com. burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. betty.net. lounge.com. 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magnetic- Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE, Matty —compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalamar, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- March 19: Ever We Fall, 9 pm, The Com- Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone and Hill, (718) 639-6910. brooklyn.com. Charles and the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live, March 25: Madame Pat Tandy with The Tommy Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm, March 19: Jennifer Jackson, 10:30 pm, FREE; DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: Karaoke Grace Trio, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation. FREE; March 19: The Weekenders, 7:30 pm, March 20: Holly Throsby, 8:30 pm, FREE; Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Electric with Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Lonnie $3, Penetration, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 25: March 21: Pete’s Big Salmon, 7 pm, Jay Gypsy, a Balkan dance party, with DJs Shotnez Youngblood & The Blood Brothers, 8 pm, FREE; Throw Rag, 8 pm, $6, In the Key of the Meow, Bianchi, 9 pm, Capital M, 10 pm, Jay DiMenna, and Tamir Muskat, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: The Fridays: Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5. The Jazz Spot 9 pm, FREE. 11 pm, FREE; March 22: Bingo, 7 pm, Scary TALK TO US… Greenhouse with DJ Monkone and DJ Emskee, 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Mansion, 9 pm, Tigersaw, 10 pm, Adelaide, 11 11 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE. Galapagos Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- M Shanghai pm, FREE; March 23: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Lissa To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. Schnekenberger, 10 pm, FREE; March 24: name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site Chocolate Monkey Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.gala- Mondays: Jam Session, 8 pm, $5; March 19: Bistro & Den George Koelle, 8 pm, Lucy Child, 9 pm, Mike address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in pagosartspace.com. Mala Waldron Trio, 9 pm, $10; March 25: Kim 129 Havemeyer St. at Grand Street in Ferraro, 10 pm, Finishing School, 11 pm, FREE; formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are Park Slope, (718) 813-1073. Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, Clarke Trio featuring Sheryl Bailey and Sylvia Williamsburg, (718) 384-9300, March 25: Audrey Ryan, 9 pm, Casey Abrams, free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Saturdays: Express a.k.a. Open Mic Poetry tal- FREE; Mondays: SMUT presents “Stories by Cuenca, 9 pm, $10. www.mshanghaiden.com. 10 pm, Tryst, 11 pm, FREE. 14 BWN THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM March 19, 2005 CB6 has some ideas for Atlantic Yards review By Jess Wisloski the project, which is being led on the gov- sisting Ratner in land acquisitions, “some work begins. I am committed to ensuring that long, and following it is a list of 179 ques- community involvement. The Brooklyn Papers ernmental level by the Empire State Devel- business terms … need to be finalized.” there will be a transparent EIS process and on- tions raised at the various public meetings. “We encourage development that is com- opment Corporation (ESDC). The CB6 outline, titled “Issues to Study in going public disclosure of plans.” While the preemptive scoping document is plementary to the existing area,” she said, Community Board 6 has prepared a list According to officials of both Forest City the EIS to be developed for the Brooklyn Are- But the wording in the agreement be- only a recommendation, the board hoped it “but we oppose the ‘mall-ification’ of of issues members hope will be consid- Ratner and the ESDC, the process of investiga- na/Mixed Use Development Project: A Pre- tween the city, state and Ratner, known as a would “at a minimum allow for [CB6] to be in Brooklyn, the use of eminent domain and ered in the anticipated environmental re- tion for the state mandated Environmental Im- Scoping Framework,” was brought forth after memorandum of understanding (MOU), a better position to comment” on the scope of the failure to come up with alternative uses” view of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic pact Statement (EIS) has already begun on two months spent culling ideas from commu- provides for no such public disclosure, other the EIS when released, and “at the most, en- for the site. Yards plan, which proposes to build a bas- what the CB6 study characterized in its nity members at a series of seven brainstorm- than to the signing entity, the city’s Econom- sure that all the issues raised by the public She warned that the required State Envi- ketball arena and 17 high-rise residential, overview as “arguably the largest [develop- ing sessions held during regular committee ic Development Corporation. would considered,” reads the introduction. ronmental Quality Review “only requires office and retail buildings on a 23-acre site ment] the borough of Brooklyn has ever seen.” meetings in December and January. And Markowitz’s office is not one of the “Given the complexity and magnitude of that you identify potential impacts, not that emanating from the intersection of Flat- Drilling for ground tests has begun on Each session was open to the public, but signatories mandated as privy to such dis- the proposal it was the community board’s you mitigate them.” bush and Atlantic avenues and stretching property along the perimeter of the proposed the surrounding community is still being closures. goal to begin the public discussion, even be- Rolley congratulated the board for “taking into Prospect Heights. site where developer Bruce Ratner hopes to urged to contact the board directly if they Nonetheless, the CB6 outline aims to bring fore a final proposal was officially certified,” a strong stance and calling for ULURP,” the The board, which covers the neighbor- build a 19,000-seat arena for his New Jersey missed the sessions. concerns over the Atlantic Yards project to a reads the introduction. city’s more stringent land use review process, hoods of Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Nets and more than 4,500 new housing “Ultimately we will be presenting it at a public forum it otherwise might not have. But while the board credited itself for being but said, “At this point, you are being relegat- Gardens and Red Hook, distributed that list units. The site also includes roughly 11 acres scoping session and presenting it to our Outlining potential impacts into 21 cate- ahead of the game, some residents gently re- ed to the sidelines; at this point I urge all of their monthly meeting on March 9. of rail yards belonging to the Metropolitan elected officials,” said CB6 Chairman Jerry gories, the draft CB6 document addresses minded CB6 members of the interest in an on- you board members to study the issues.” Concern over the environmental review Transportation Authority (MTA). Armer. topics ranging from “Socioeconomic Condi- going public process and city-level review, Rolley called the project “one of the most process began in earnest after Forest City Deborah Wetzel, a spokeswoman for the Borough President Marty Markowitz, one tions” to “Shadows and Neighborhood which, under the current plan, is not included. regressive examples of development and Ratner’s March 4 announcement of an ESDC, told The Brooklyn Papers, “If of the biggest cheerleaders of the project since Character” to “Noise” and offers plainly Lumi Michelle Rolley, a member of Park process, and it will irrevocably change agreement that committed a combined $200 they’re on property that they own already, it was announced in late 2003, said in an e- worded requests employing words and Slope Neighbors, thanked the board for Brooklyn. We need to take a stand at this million in public funding from the city and they can move ahead [with the EIS],” but mailed statement to The Brooklyn Papers, terms like “should include,” “consider” and compiling the pre-scoping outline, but said time, and restore legislative oversight of the state and assigned condemnation powers to she noted that before her agency begins as- “Now that the MOU has been signed, the real “must.” The ordered outline is nine pages her fledgling group was pushing for more community.” holistic resources guide

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So I guess it’s not so much Feds: Detectives vice-president of Green-Wood Cemetery, which affords some of that a ride fails, it’s more that it gets an incomplete and it’s not al- the highest and grandest views in the borough. “We will do what- lowed to run until the repairs are completed.” ever needs to be done to save that view.” On Monday, 10 inspectors checked about two dozen rides at As- troland Park, which on a sunny day draws more than 3,000 cus- The long-standing gaze between the two stone women is no tomers to its Pirate Ship attraction and Kiddie Coaster, estimated co- coincidence. With her left hand drawn in a salute to Lady Liber- owner Carol Hill Albert. The inspectors tossed pairs of 75-pound ty, the 7-foot-tall Roman Goddess of Battle was erected in 1920 sandbags onto the seats of each ride, including Break Dance, whose — using surveying tools to align the two monuments — on Bat- killed for mob tle Hill, Brooklyn’s highest natural point and the spot where the dizzying round-and-round, tilt-a-whirl style cars withstood the extra weight. So did each of the 43-year-old park’s other attractions, an Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn was fought in 1776. accomplishment as satisfying to Albert as her Dante’s Inferno haunt- By Jotham Sederstrom Green-Wood Cemetery is the largest landowner within the ed house ride is terrifying. The Brooklyn Papers confines of Community Board 7. Since 1838, its turreted gate at And later in the week, inspectors handed green cards — literally Two retired New York 25th Street and Fifth Avenue has stood watch over a tightly cob- a license to operate — to Coney Island’s other attractions, including bled neighborhood of bungalows with brick gables and front Deno’s Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone, the 78-year-old wooden City detectives, both of porches, boxy warehouses and a Con Edison plant. roller coaster. whom spent a large por- At the cemetery’s gothic chapel last week, neighborhood resi- “Everyone here is on the same page,” said Albert of her fellow tion of their careers in dents met with representatives of both CB7 and Green-Wood to park owners and the city inspectors. “I do feel that everybody wants Brooklyn squads, led dou- discuss a rezoning proposal that would mandate that all new con- to know that everything is going to be as safe as possible.” ble lives as hit men for the struction between 15th Street in southern Park Slope and 65th The twice yearly inspections of nearly 200 permanent amusement Luchese organized crime Street in Sunset Park conform to the context of the existing struc- rides — and more than a thousand temporary rides that operate for family, playing a direct or tures in size and scale. weeks at a time at carnivals and fairs in all five boroughs — are per- indirect role in as many as If rezoned to the contextual R6B code, the area between 15th formed by the elevators division of the Buildings Department. 11 murders and attempted and 25th streets — which real estate developers and new resi- James Bedics, an inspector who confessed his own soft spot for dents have come to call either the South Slope or Green-Wood the Cyclone, said that rides like Break Dance are ruled by the same murders, federal prosecu- tors charge. Heights, while some long-timers still maintain the area is “off the mechanisms and hydraulics that power the city’s highest soaring el- R or the D, south of Park Slope and north of Sunset Park” — Louis Eppolito, 56, and evators. And like those strictly vertical people movers, each ride can would have the same zoning as much of Park Slope. become a liability if not regularly inspected. Stephen Caracappa, 63, were “If we change the zoning to make it harder for developers to “All of them can be dangerous if they’re not regularly inspected,” ordered held without bail on build out of context with the neighborhood then they will have to said Bedics. “Even the kiddie rides.” March 11 by Federal Magis- Bob Carroll, technical director of elevators for the agency, said come to us to ask for a variance,” said Randy Peers, chairman of trate Lawrence Leavitt, who CB7’s Land Use committee. the inspections required by the city are stricter than those required ordered federal marshals to by officials of the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety, In January, the community board recommended that City transport the pair to the Kings Planning begin a study to reconsider rezoning. Nothing formal which does not call for the sandbag tests. Review-Journal, John Locher / Las Vegas County District Attorney’s of- has progressed since and meanwhile, if development plans are One thing inspectors cannot safeguard against, however, is the fice for an arraignment. They weather, which meteorologists say calls for rain this weekend. While submitted and ground is broken and a foundation laid before re- were arrested in Las Vegas zoning is approved, then the development will proceed. the amusement parks traditionally open on Palm Sunday, as they where they now live with their will this year, the holiday this time around comes a little earlier than Since the beginning of the year, 10 lots on the block of 23rd wives. Associated Press Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues have sold. Closer to usual. Last year it fell on April 4. In a tale ripped from the “We hope we aren’t opening in our snow suits,” said Albert. Louis Eppolito, center, a former New York City police officer, was arrested in connection Fifth Avenue, on 23rd Street, a nine-story apartment building has “We’re all praying to the sun gods.” pages of pulp fiction, prosecu- to eight mob-related slayings, including the slaying of a Gambino captain shot to death already gone up, its bare brick facade hovering above a garage- tors charge that the cops-turned- after they pulled him over in their police car, law enforcers said. front fruit and grocery warehouse and a cluster of one or two-sto- crooks knocked off Eddie Lino, ry, porch-fronted houses. the Gambino family capo who While no permits have been filed or plans made public for the killed mob boss Paul Castellano astonishingly enough — in the newly bought 23rd Street lots, demolition of existing structures outside Sparks steakhouse in NYPD’s organized crime has already begun on a few of them. LETTERS… Manhattan in 1985. That re- homicide unit in the late At 313 23rd St., work was interrupted and shut down this venge killing, on Nov. 6, 1990, 1980s. Feds say that he was week when neighbors complained of demolition happening with Continued from page 18 village life in Brooklyn. what is happened, prosecutors say, after trying to track down a Gambi- no safety equipment, waste receptacles or permits in sight. By the IOC but Ratner many times the pair, operating as plain- no soldier named Nicholas noon on March 14, the Department of Buildings had logged five Should over, laying waste to property clothes detectives, pulled his Guido. Although he tracked complaints from neighbors disturbed by noise and trash on the have nixed rights wherever in the world it Mercedes-Benz over on the down that name, it was the block and sent an investigator to shut down the site. chooses to affix its dread Belt Parkway and Caracappa wrong Nicholas Guido who “Three guys were just sitting up on the roof with garbage bags denomination, “Host City.” We pulled the trigger. Casso shot to death at his Park IOC meet understand Athens forcibly — they were taking down the house with no permits or licenses Prosecutors also say the Slope home on Christmas at all,” said Aaron Brashear, a 23rd Street resident and founding To the editor: moved more than 10,000 of its pair received $35,000 culled Day, 1986. He had no links to citizens to build the flashy ven- member of Concerned Citizens of Green-Wood Heights, a rezon- The article headlined “Arena through confidential police the mob. ing advocacy group. foes stuck in Olympic spin ues needed to impress the IOC records for information that Eppolito and Caracappa, — and, not incidentally, cripple Between Tuesday and Wednesday, neighbors telephoned the cycle” [March 5] seemed to be a helped another Luchese un- who both retreated to Las Ve- Buildings Department with five more complaints. front-page story in the back of the country with debt for the derboss, Anthony “Gaspipe” gas after retiring in 1990 and next century or two. One complaint, made on March 16, cited that the building was the book, an intriguing dateline Casso, track down and kill re- 1992, respectively, are in danger of falling and that debris was being thrown from the to your ongoing war coverage. The Olympic Games would puted Gambino soldier James charged under federal racket- “even out” the land grab the roof on both the street side and the yard side. “The site should Due to the constraints of Hydell. Prosecutors say that eering laws with eight mur- Ratner project poses to Prospect have been shut down after the [first] complaint about unsafe getting a small business up and the allegedly corrupt detec- ders, two attempted murders, running, I have not been able Heights by replicating it 16 demolition. Its unclear what happened,” said Carla Mitchell, a tives stuffed Hydell into a car murder conspiracy, obstruc- clerk in the Department of Buildings Construction Unit. to give the time or money I times — the 16 other proposed trunk and dropped him off in venues — spreading it through- tion of justice, drug distribu- Built in 1901, the house at 313 23rd St. is a two-story wood- would like to fight against the custody of Casso at the tion and money laundering. If [Atlantic Yards developer out the five boroughs. frame with a facade of faded, brick-toned roof shingles. With a It would appear naive in the Toys ‘R’ Us parking lot at convicted they could spend low slung, columned porch and a front entrance that butts up to Bruce] Ratner, but I have tried Caesar’s Bay near the Belt to keep up with press coverage extreme for DDDB’s spokes- the rest of their lives behind the sidewalk, the house betrays both Brooklyn’s early ambitions man to claim, “The (IOC) Parkway. bars. Review-Journal, John Locher / Las Vegas as Manhattan’s greener half and years of disuse. as I root from the sidelines. He and his underlings tor- So I was more than a little dis- commissioners seemed to “These corrupt former de- Gregory, one of the construction workers on site at 313 23rd mayed to read in the [daily squirm in their seats when we tured and killed Hydell, say tectives betrayed their shields, St. before work was stopped by the city, imagines that soon newspapers] of the strange visit told them about the Ratner prosecutors, before ditching their colleagues and the citi- enough the lot will hold a much sturdier — and bigger — house. one of the anti-Ratner groups, arena, [particularly when we his body, which has still not zens they were sworn to pro- Associated Press He predicted condominiums. Develop — Don’t Destroy told them their Olympics were been found but is believed to tect,” said Brooklyn U.S. At- Steve Caracappa is taken to a building at the Las Vegas “The company who owns this owns places all over. They’re Brooklyn, had paid to the being used for real estate be buried in Canarsie. torney Roslynn Mauskopf in a Detention Center on Thursday, March 10. building condos,” he said. International Olympic Com- deals.” Casso also called for the prepared statement. “They mittee when it was in town scop- It was a relief to this mob cops to assassinate Sal- used the confidential files of ing for the 2012 Games. unabashed partisan to know that vatore “Sammy the Bull” Gra- the NYPD as their personal Apparently the DDDB en- there are groups against the West vano, whose testimony put Yellow Pages.” voys to the IOC took pains to Side stadium and the Ratner Dapper Don John Gotti in Eppolito and Caracappa differentiate their opposition to arena who refused to pay court prison for life, say the feds. met in 1979, while both were the Ratner arena from approval to the IOC out of concern for Prosecutors also say that working in a robbery squad in of the Olympic Games. keeping their cause clean and Caracappa pilfered sensitive REAL Brooklyn. But if Ratner is the enemy of clear.— B.B. 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They listened posed site in a private-owner-to- development that is likely to to what had been a five-year around the Atlantic Avenue rail modifications last August fol- to what PSN had to say, and also private-owner property transfer reflect the context and character struggle to save our homes and yards, it is impossible to feel lowing a meeting with Brooklyn listened to input from the Fifth completely redesigned their ough president boasted that the using eminent domain. Though of Prospect Heights and Fort remain a vital part of the good about the lack of public Borough President Marty Avenue Committee, Fifth plans for Park Slope. They came process “illustrated how com- they control a significant a- Greene. The arena and 17 high- Heights community. process. Markowitz, Assemblywoman Avenue Merchants Association, back to the community with a munity input can help lead to mount of land nearby (the rise buildings, the tallest of Now that the barbarian devel- The contrast between the Joan Millman and members of Fifth Avenue BID, Park Slope significantly changed, vastly development that is appropri- Atlantic Terminal and frequent- which will loom over the oper threatens the preserved-in- way FCR has conducted itself, the First Street Block Assoc- Civic Council, First Street improved, and decidedly more ate to a neighborhood.” ly maligned Atlantic Center Williamsburgh Bank building amber preciousness of “old and the way that Commerce iation. They essentially had a Block Association and Com- Park Slope-friendly building. Let’s contrast this with malls), they have not considered by 100 feet, will cast a long guard” Heights homeowners, Bank engaged with the com- done deal, and they were ready munity Board 6. At the press conference on Forest City Ratner’s proposal siting the proposed develop- shadow over revitalized brown- our suddenly extinct “way of munity, is rather startling. to break ground in February. Commerce Bank then went March 3, at which the new for the Atlantic rail yards. ment on their own property. stone neighborhoods, and will life” has historical value to the Commerce Bank acquired However, faced with the back to the drawing board and design was unveiled, the bor- FCR does not own most of Unlike Commerce Bank, have a major impact on city likes of the BHA’s Tom Van den services — schools, firehouses, Bout. According to him, 20 police, transit and more. Henry St. “was a pretty vital And while FCR has said community of people that had a repeatedly that they were lis- pretty neat thing going on.” tening to community concerns, Van den Bout’s civic-mind- the plan outlined in the recently ed drivel strikes the expected issued memorandum of under- note of hypocritical sympathy, standing is identical to the plan since during the five years we they unveiled well over a year struggled to save our homes ago. and our place in the communi- FCR’s failure to seek, and ty, the BHA adamantly refused to heed, community input and us their support. Clearly the involvement, is best exempli- BHA’s idea of community has fied by the developer’s secre- everything to do with property tive “Community Benefits values and nothing to do with Agreement,” which FCR has the value of human communi- supposedly been negotiating ty and neighborly solidarity. with a handful of organiza- In my more spiteful mo- tions for several months. ments, I imagine the demonic Ironically, more community developer has gotten the go- organizations were at the table ahead to throw up a truly ghast- with Commerce Bank dis- ly sliver building in the old cussing their plans for a single courtyard, its monolithic profile building in Park Slope than casting a guilty shadow over the have been invited into CBA property of all those “homeown- negotiations with FCR, whose ers” who couldn’t wait for the proposed development would “artists’ commune” to fade into be the largest New York City history. real estate project outside of Manhattan in 25 years. Despite what Ms. Grafflin The appointment of the of 55 Poplar St., who was Empire State Development quoted in your article, said, Corporation as the lead agency such a grotesque excrescence for the proposed project means would convey exactly what the GRAND new and improved Brooklyn that any environmental review will take place at the state level, Heights is all about. which will circumvent New — Jim Kemp, Crown Heights York City’s far more stringent Uniform Land Use Review To the editor: Procedure. As a result, Brooklyn In response to Karen Zeb- RE-OPENING residents will have virtually no ulon’s comments on the role the say in the process, and neither Brooklyn Heights Association will our elected legislators. played in the Candy Factory Even the borough president, happenings, I can only assure 550 Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, NY who has been Brooklyn’s prin- her that the Brooklyn Heights cipal cheerleader for the FCR Association has historically proposal, would have a hard (I’m going back 50 years) been We've Remodeled & Expanded Our Kitchen, Bath, Flooring & Lighting time boasting that this process protective only of certain parts — or more correctly, lack of of the Heights and never the Departments. 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The Conservancy has The special prosecutor distinguished itself by bringing moved for dismissal because record numbers of people to the of allegedly lost evidence future park site by sponsoring ™ (audio tapes), the hung jurors One+ System 18-Volt interim uses and public events statements that they didn’t that build support for the park, 3-Piece Starter Kit believe Ward and, as the spe- • Includes drill with 2 double-ended screwdriver bits, 5-1/2" and it is certainly not up to the cial prosecutor admitted, that cordless circular saw with carbide-tipped blade and edge guide, Conservancy alone to bring flashlight, 2 rechargeable batteries, 1-hour charger and case the matter should have been $ audiences to these public meet- *Total savings based on individual retail price of all tools in ings. handled by the Grievance combo kit. Not all combo kit tools are stocked for individual Department. (which already retail sale, but may be special ordered upon customer request. 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