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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 30, No. 14 • Saturday, April. 7, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO ORGANIC SLICE OF YOUR LIFE CRIME IN Glass shard falls, spares preservationist By Ariella Cohen The near-tragedy was the latest, and most The Brooklyn Paper serious, in a string of mishaps to strike at the vacant former pub at Seventh Avenue and The consummate Windsor Terrace Second Street since the Landmark closed in preservationist has finally met a landmark the late 1990s. BAY RIDGE she didn’t like. The long-vacant building went on the Pat Maliha, the former chairwoman of the market last fall for $5.75 million. But ac- Citizens for the Preservation of Windsor Ter- cording to Realtor Ken Freeman of Massy race, was nearly decapitated last Thursday Knakal, its owner, Dorothy Nash, refused to when a 36-inch piece of glass fell from a de- drop her price which he said was too high crepit Park Slope brownstone — formerly for the derelict pre-war pub. He called the home to the legendarily wacky Landmark building a “disaster.” Pub, at 521 Seventh Ave. — and sliced “I told her many times I thought the out- through the black vinyl top of her 1990 Maz- side of the building was in poor condition,” da Miata convertible parked below. said Freeman, who gave up on the 10,400- “The glass shard went from the edge of the square-foot wreck in October. passenger seat to the edge of the driver seat

/ Sam Ferri Neither Nash, nor the real estate group, like gullotine,” said Maliha, who, luckily, was A.D. Shaye, which is now leasing the build-

not inside the car at the time of the glass-crash. Mango P. / Gregory ing, responded to repeated phone calls from “I have fought a lot of building projects The Brooklyn Paper. over the last two decades,” she said. “This is The Department of Building Web site the first time a building fought back.” shows that someone called the city around Maliha was inside Tarzian West, a house- the time of the convertible-cut with a com- ware shop across the street, when the plate- plaint about falling debris. glass window exploded out of its third floor Paper The Brooklyn The complaint was dismissed after an in- The Brooklyn Paper illustration The Brooklyn window. Glass fell from this building, at the cor- spector found sidewalk tunnels around the “She went outside first,” said shop owner ner of Seventh Avenue and Second building and boards over the windows, work Joanne Tarzian, “and then I ran out, and saw Street in Park Slope. that had been done several months earlier. her roof was slit and the glass was in the seat.” Kate Lindquist, a spokeswoman for the / Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory Tarzian said that the accident was just a ly complained to her about mortar she saw department, said the city would “continue to prelude to the tragedy that could happen if falling off the corner building. re-inspect the building and the sidewalk shed the building, which sits across the street from Maliha estimates it will cost thousands of and issue violations when warranted.” PS 321, isn’t repaired. dollars to replace her slit roof, and the con- Inspections, however, may not be enough. “I don’t walk by it,” she said, “and the vertible’s console, which was shattered by Maliha plans to sue the city for failing to

kids that go to school at PS 321 shouldn’t ei- the falling glass. secure all the loose, or broken windows. Paper The Brooklyn The underground ther. I’m completely afraid of it.” “I feel extremely lucky I wasn’t killed,” “The city knew about the danger,” she add- Pat Maliha shows the slashed roof of her convertible that Tarzian said that another customer recent- she said. ed. “But it didn’t do enough to protect people.” was parked below a decrepit building on Seventh Avenue. world of raw milk By Matthew Lysiak The Brooklyn Paper The first rule of Milk Club is you don’t talk about Milk Club. Another Yards The second rule of Milk Club is you do not talk about Milk Club. Best buds That’s what I learned this week while investigating what my wife described as Brooklyn’s Underground Raw Milk Movement. What you don’t know “I know something you might have some interest in that one of my friends is into, but I doubt you will be able to find anyone who will about Garden’s blossoms talk about it,” she told me. “She’s smuggling milk that isn’t pasteur- lawsuit is filed ized from a farm in Pennsylvania to her Bay Ridge apartment.” Milk smugglers? By Karen Butler By Ariella Cohen environmental review,” said lead attor- for The Brooklyn Paper She continued: The Brooklyn Paper ney Jeffrey Baker. “If the government finds out they could shut her down, shut the It’s time for the Brook- Baker said the suit seeks to invalidate farmer down, shut everyone down.” A coalition of 26 Brooklyn civic the review done under the Pataki admin- lyn Botanic Garden’s cher- groups that oppose Bruce Ratner’s At- For drinking raw milk? istration, “necessitating a fresh look ry blossom festival. In hon- lantic Yards mega-development have I immediately flashed back to a children’s book I once owned about from Governor Spitzer, his new ESDC or of this, the 26th year of filed a lawsuit to annul the state’s envi- how Louis Pasteur saved all of humanity by discovering that spoilage and MTA, and the PACB.” “Hanami” (Japanese for ronmental review of the Prospect Heights could be thwarted in wine by heating it below its boiling point. He DDDB has long said that it would do then applied the same process to milk to destroy unwanted enzymes “viewing”), GO Brooklyn STARTS ON PAGE 7 Xanadu, charging that officials broke re- spoke with Brian Funk, cu- view laws in their rush to approve the all that it could to put the project under that looked a lot like unshaven Mr. Yuck stickers. the control of Gov. Spitzer, who they be- “Your friend is a paranoid — and an idiot,” I told her. “Why would rator of their Japanese Hill project before Gov. Pataki left office. The lawsuit — primarily funded by lieve would take local concerns about she want all those enzymes in her milk? And I have serious doubts and Pond Garden. Here are some of the surprising facts the project’s scale and impacts more se- that anyone is going to jail for drinking milk.” about the dainty pink flowers you’ve been hearing so Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn — is the Ratner foes’ third attempt to use the riously than his predecessor — a long- “You’re the idiot,” she replied. “If you ever read a book you would much about that he shared with us: time ally of Ratner who has known him know that a lot of people believe it is much healthier, and that the gov- courts to stop the residential, retail, of- Cherry blossoms — the manly flower. Their pink and fice and arena complex. since they attended Columbia Law ernment will go after you if they find out you are distributing.” School together decades ago. white hues and delicate appearances may conjure up It is the first suit to focus exclusively I was intrigued, especially after I learned she was correct. 1. Pat Foye, the ESDC chairman ap- It turns out that while possession of raw milk is legal, selling it is a visions of femininity, but cherry blossoms are actually as- on the alleged shortcomings in the Em- / Barbara Alper pointed by Spitzer, has said since com- crime. It’s also a violation of federal law to transport raw milk across sociated with masculinity in Japanese culture. “The cherry pire State Development Corporation’s environmental review of the develop- ing to office that the new administration state lines with the intent to sell it for human consumption. blossom has a short and colorful life — just like that of a intended to improve the economic de- So, I asked my wife if she would e-mail her friend (we’ll call her ment, the biggest real estate project ever samurai,” Funk explained. proposed for Brooklyn. velopment agency’s transparency. Deep Milk) and get more details about this alleged milk underground. An ESDC spokesman said last week But this raw milkmaid wanted some assurances of her own. Cherry blossoms are native to East Asia. “Sakura,” “The ESDC’s rush to reach the pre- determined outcome of its ‘Atlantic that the agency’s new officials would not “I am going to need to read the article before I can give you per- 2.the Japanese word for cherry blossom, is indigenous comment on the Pataki administration’s mission to print anything,” she said in an e-mail. “The others will also Yards’ review before the end of the Pata- See CHERRY on page 10 Botanic Garden Brooklyn ki administration led to a fatally-flawed See SUIT on page 12 See MILK on page 12 FREAKING OUT OVER CONEY ISLAND Carnies descend Joe in the Show Last year’s Clone is this year’s Met on City Hall to protest condos

By Ariella Cohen “If the developer can come to The Brooklyn Papers an understanding with the owner of Astroland’s amusements, and Carnies, not condos. construction has not yet begun, Brooklyn’s mermaids united we would love to keep it run- with assorted other freaks and hot- ning,” said Lee Silberstein, a dog lovers at a glittery protest of spokesman for Joe Sitt. developer Joe Sitt’s $2 billion plan By Ed Shakespeare Sitt has said that he needs to to transform Coney Island into a build condos to finance his ex- for The Brooklyn Paper glitzy complex that would supple- travagant Las Vegas–like com- Depending on traffic, it can take anywhere ment Coney’s classic rides with a plex, which will include Coney’s from 25 minutes to two hours to get from new roller coaster, a carousel, first new roller coaster since the Keyspan Park in Coney Island to Shea Stadi- neon-lit games, shops and restau- shorefront’s heyday in the early um in Queens. rants, a hotel and condos. 20th century. But for Cyclones hurler Joe Smith, it took “Coney is already a resort for The Cyclone, which is a city- eight months. the city’s freaks and working owned landmark, will stay open The funny thing is, he couldn’t be happier. class,” said Viva Ruiz, a member even after the rest of Astroland After all, who goes from short-season A ball of Coney’s famed Dazzle Dancers closes. to the majors in such a short time? Certainly troupe who paraded around City Critics of Sitt’s Coney won- none of the 11 players who’ve made their way Hall at last Friday’s protest. derland — including the city’s di- up the ladder to the Show. “We don’t need it to be ho- rector of City Planning Amanda In the Mets’ 6–1, Opening Night win in St. mogenized with hotels, condos Burden — have expressed con- Louis Sunday, New York led 5–1 when Mets’ and more shops,” the sequined cerns that his condos could put a reliever Pedro Feliciano gave up a single to dancer said. kibosh on Coney’s historic iden- Aaron Miles to start the Cardinals’ eighth. The parade-like protest came tity as the city’s playland. Mets’ manager Willie Randolph summoned one day before Coney Island’s “Developers move into farm- Smith. He allowed a single to David Eckstein, historic (and Sitt-owned) As- land because it is charming and struck out Preston Wilson and then walked Al- troland Amusement Park opened then they decide farmland is Mango P. / Gregory bert Pujols to load the bases. for its last season before it’s stinky and kick out the farmers,” Randolph then pulled Smith in favor of knocked down to make way for said Charles Denson, the author of

/ George Napolitano / George Aaron Heilman, who induced Scott Rolen to for Sitt’s wonderland. “Coney Island: Lost and Found.” hit into an inning-ending double-play. Sitt bought the park last year. “They move into areas with jazz

And as we go to press, Joe Smith’s ERA is He said this week that he would clubs because it is funky, then they Paper The Brooklyn See JOE on page 12 consider keeping the park open decide it is too noisy and kick out through the 2008 season if the start the jazz clubs. We cannot let this Two members of the Dazzle Dancers protest plans to build condominiums along of his project is delayed. cycle come to Coney.” the beach in Coney Island. Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 7, 2007

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stoopDUMBO 187 State Street BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – DOWNTOWN (off Court St) (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • Wal-Mart needs Bubby’s owner fights back HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm By Christie Rizk MEN’S a better map The Brooklyn Paper After being slammed in cyberspace for f you heaved a sigh of relief bad food and worse service, the not-yet- HAIRCUTS when you heard that Wal-Mart HEIGHTS popular Bubby’s restaurant in DUMBO is $15 Wash & Cut Iwas done with New York City, LOWDOWN taking notes and fighting for its life. (First-time visitors) don’t breathe easy just yet. The restaurant, an off-shoot of the original Last week, Wal-Mart head hon- TriBeCa eatery, was rumored to be in trouble cho H. Lee Scott, Jr. sounded off to last week when diners complained on a neigh- MONTE GROSSO the New York Times about contin- borhood blog, BrooklynRecord.com, that the Downtown Brooklyn food was bad and the service mediocre. uing efforts to put a Wal-Mart (Corner of Court & Remsen) somewhere in the city. “I am saddened to note what appear to be 718-855-5651 “I don’t care if we are ever the early warning signs that one of DUM- Mango P. / Gregory here,” he said of New York City. “I BO’s main eateries may be in the early stages don’t think it’s worth the effort.” of a painful death,” wrote one blogger. The staggering statement, which “Things are quickly headed for the skids.” sounded as if Scott had given up This criticism came just weeks after Bubby’s on finding a place in the city for was temporarily closed by the Health Depart- Christie Rizk Paper The Brooklyn MIX IT UP! one of his big box stores, was later ment for several health code violations. Though the offenses were quickly fixed and the restau- Having reopened Bubby’s after being shut down by the department of health, the “clarified” by a Wal-Mart spokeswoman who said that the re- At KIDS COOK!, our ten-week program rant reopened within days of being closed, the restaurant’s owner, Ron Silver, faced scathing online reviews. teaches children essential kitchen skills tail giant had only given up on Manhattan, but not on the other critics moved in like sharks circling a big buck- boroughs. and techniques. Kids learn how to measure, et of delicious cherry pie (a Bubby’s speciality). tomers, and replaced him with … himself. wedding there — and they said that they chose “We are continuing to look at sites in the four boroughs for “Bubby’s is extremely poorly managed,” sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, “I have a good crew [in DUMBO],” he Bubby’s for the great views, fair prices, and the as they prepare wholesome and delicious possible store locations,” said spokesman Steven Restivo. He said a commenter who identified himself as said, “and I’ll be managing the cooking while very kind staff,” said the Brooklyn Record. foods from around the world. told me they haven’t picked any specific locations yet, but that Clinton Hillbilly. “The kids’ area is always in they do most of the work.” Already the changes have been noticed, Brooklyn is still on Wal-Mart’s radar. a shambles and the bathroom is often dirty. Silver is also planning to ask parents to says Silver, adding that Saturdays have been • Afterschool classes Well what I want to know is why, oh why, out-of-towners The food has gone way downhill while the keep a rein on unruly children — another really good for the restaurant the past couple of like Scott seem to forget that Brooklyn is part of the City of prices have gone up.” complaint against the restaurant. weeks. And he has no intention of quitting. In • Private Parties New York. Actually, the last time I checked, Brooklyn was the But the restaurant’s owner, Ron Silver, is- “It’s difficult for a new business to figure fact, he’s looking forward to new real estate de- • Fun & learning for ages 5-13 most populous borough! n’t about to let the sharks tear him to pieces. out what services to offer without bleeding to velopment in DUMBO that will bring thou- OK, so maybe it was just a slip of the tongue — but anyone In fact, he’s listening. “Any kind of feedback death,” Silver said. sands of residents to the area in the next few Classes meet at 170 Hicks St. who really knows this city wouldn’t have made that mistake. is important for me,” says Silver. “The onus Meanwhile, Bubby’s does stand out in the years. in Brooklyn Heights Maybe Scott’s ignorance of the city is the reason why the very is on us now to change things.” nabe for some unique services that they al- “I believe as DUMBO grows, we will To register, call Jane at (718) 797-0029 sight of the Wal-Mart smiley face makes many Brooklynites For one thing, Silver fired the chef whose ready offer. grow with it,” he said. “We’re going to keep shudder in distaste. food caused so much complaint among cus- “We did meet a couple who is planning their plugging away.” www.kidscookbrooklyn.com If the CEO of a major corporation like Wal-Mart doesn’t know the city well enough to distinguish between New York as a whole and the separate boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, then how can this company contemplate putting a store here? If they don’t know us, how can they know how we live and what we need out of our retailers? SUV rams Atlantic shop If Wal-Mart is counting on coming into Brooklyn as it is Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights. now, it’d be like trying to force a square peg into a round hole. By Christie Rizk The Brooklyn Paper Luckily the building was unoccu- It just can’t work. pied and Chiclana’s other passenger, a Take, for example, Wal-Mart’s practice of pulling from its A drunk driver rammed his SUV 22-year-old woman, was uninjured. shelves music and literature that the company deems morally into a building on Atlantic Avenue ear- The young boy was taken to Long Don’t leave your objectionable. One man’s morally objectionable is another ly Sunday morning, totaling the car and Island College Hospital for treatment, man’s entertainment, I always say. seriously injuring one of his passengers, and Chiclana was arrested for DWI. I find Ann Coulter’s books morally objectionable — vile, ac- a two-year-old boy, police said. “I was locking up when I heard the tually — but there she is, grinning up at me from the cover of Bronx resident Efrain Chiclana screeching and the crash,” said Joe “How to Speak to a Liberal” at any Wal-Mart I go into. But I came off the Brooklyn–Queens Ex- Montero, the owner of Montero’s Bar On the way don’t get to tell Wal-Mart that they can’t sell her work. I pressway at Atlantic Avenue around 4 and Grill a few doors down from the to the shouldn’t get that choice — and neither should Wal-Mart. Chris Frank am on Sunday, and crashed into the Dialysis Center. “The impact made the This is New York, the bluest city in the country. If Wal-Mart An allegedly drunk driver destroyed the Atlantic front window of the Atlantic Peritoneal entire block rumble. He just flew off doesn’t realize that we probably find different things objection- Peritoneal Dialysis Home Training Center. Dialysis Home Training Center near the highway.” able, then it wouldn’t last here anyway. The point is, this Middle-American company needs to do its Without calling homework about Brooklyn, and then it needs to convince Court Express for a Brooklynites that it knows what we want. Until that happens, “This is the biggest investment many of our Scott will be throwing his hands up in frustration over us a lot. buyers have ever made,” Kremer said, “and of And in the meantime, he can keep putting stores outside the course, they want to help decide what goes on city, like in Staten Island. The ‘J’ majors in art the walls.” That’s in New Jersey, right, Lee? Kremer hopes Project DUMBO ignites By Ariella Cohen more collaboration between the neighbor- THE KITCHEN SINK The Brooklyn Paper hood’s artists and the developers. DUMBO developer David Walentas was spotted having He came up with the idea for the commu- Here today, on the wall tomorrow. nal interior design project after a local artist, dinner at Noodle Pudding last week. The waiters there tell us In an era of gimmicky real-estate market- that he enjoys the good $12 bottle of wine. We have yet to see Pasqualina Azzarello, who took it upon herself ing and artist-fueled gentrification, one DUM- to paint a 1,000-foot mural along the project’s Bruce Ratner doing the same. … Does Pierrepont Place have BO developer may have hit on the next big perimeter last year. a new name? That’s what the bloggers at brooklynheightsblog. thing: a juried art show where the judges are Court Express 718-237-8888 com were asking themselves when they noticed a street sign with condo buyers, the finalists came to the neigh- “We want to show our commitment to this neighborhood — what it has been and what it Car Service a typo calling the street “Pierrepoint” Place. Who makes these borhood when it was still cheap, and the win- 24 Hour • 7 Day Dispatch will be,” he said. signs and don’t they have spell-check? … We hear last week’s ners are guaranteed some highly visible inches on the walls of the residential towers that are Judging from the crowd that came out to the lecture at St. Francis College on the “real” Kazakhstan (a reac- Project DUMBO show, the neighborhood’s fu- tion to “Borat,” of course) was a real snoozer. Maybe the students swallowing up once-edgy areas like the neigh- borhood under the Manhattan Bridge. ture will indeed be different from its hipster past. would have stayed awake if the lecturer, Barlybay Sadykov The work that will end up decorating the J will — a representative of the Kazakh mission to the U.N. — had “It’s surreal, but completely fitting,” ex- plained artist Jamie Walker, one of 13 finalists Philip Greenberg be more MOMA than Met, with a pop-influ- NEW SPRING COLLECTION shown up in a banana-yellow thong. … Keyspan employees hit enced, psychedelic oil canvas occupying a the basketball court last week to raise money for charity. They who competed in “J Condo” developer David Matt, Zach and Rachel Pater, future resi- FROM FARYLROBIN, HOLLYWOULD, BERNARDO & MORE Kremer’s “Project DUMBO” competition. dents of DUMBO’s J Condo, inspect a prime place in the lobby, a mosaic-like vellum were joined by a couple of former Knicks, which makes us won- print by painter Annette Rusin (who once sublet der if Brooklyn-based Keyspan prefer the Manhattan Knicks to Walker has spent the last decade painting painting by Jenny Hankwitz, a finalist in a large, Jasper Johns-influenced paintings in a loft a a studio from Norman Mailer’s daughter, Mag- the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets. … Welcome to the neighborhood competition to determine which art- stone’s throw from the 33-story “J” now in its fi- works will hang in the building. gie!) in the lounge and Eleanora Kupencow’s to Meg, the new barista at the DUMBO General Store, who nal stages of construction at Jay and Front streets. wild, abstract depiction of purple-skinned went to summer camp with our associate arts editor, Adam “It’s strange to see the huge space for living Walker said she felt “honored” to be part of dancers and royal blue dogs in the playroom. Rathe (not that the camp connection got him a discount). … being decorated with [local art] when so many such a democratic project/ Jenny Hankwitz, whose “Horizontal Splash Two Trees Management is opening Two Trees Real Estate. So of my artists friends have had to move away All condo buyers had the opportunity to Pink” will hang in the lobby, thanked the “J” many people were calling Two Trees to find Two Trees apart- from this neighborhood,” she said. “but at the have a say in what art will hang in the lobby, buyers for voting her in — which saved her ments on the resale market they figured it’d be good for business same time this is a great time to be here, as an lounge and playroom — and more than half of the cost of moving the heavy piece some- to start selling them themselves. artist, because the new residents mean an au- the future J residents took advantage of that op- where more distant. 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It may not be topping the charts, but Life in Pass the well-to-do dressed down in around, she asks for a bigger closet All the social clubs are drawing down a Blender’s catchy “What Happened to their thrift clothes and complains about slow buses. their shades. Occasionally, she makes herself Smith” — just released on the band’s new LP Still, you’ll see the clues: “The Heart Is a Small Balloon” — has already Where’s the $5 hero? heard with gossip about the neigh- It’s just $20 and tip. All the girls balanced in their Manola bor with the annoyingly severe captured at least a few local ears with its take on the rose- (or maybe lavender-?) colored I might as well starve tonight. Blahnik shoes, views on house maintenance. Oh, what happened to Smith? Yellow-tinted glasses, exposed midriffs. And, every once in a while, she nostalgia for Brooklyn’s mythically gritty past wonders why it’s so hard to find a that seems to moving through the Boerum Hill ••• Oh man, what happened to Smith? burke talon parking spot when she gets home like oil in the Gowanus Canal. ©2007 Stingy Brim Music / ASCAP A WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE IN COBBLE HILL from visiting her parents. “Smith Street has been bitten by a poi- The garage lady represents our sonous snake,” Life in a Blender frontman call-to-arms against “greedy developers.” then him. 192 Amity St. Bklyn, NY 11201 Don Ralph told The Brooklyn Paper, rat- desires for suburban-style comfort in Ariella Cohen Like Guthrie, rapper Oddisee and North “All the social clubs are drawing down in between Court and Clinton (212) 812-3994 the midst of a frantic, crowded city tling off a list of chains that have recently Brooklyn dance-punkers Radio 4 before their shades,” crows Ralph in the song’s and our fears of the eternally judgmental neighbor. Most of all, opened on the strip. him, Ralph misses the bad old days when second verse, before letting out some long- she symbolizes our willing ignorance of the thousands of rules Ralph’s catchy tune is the latest in a long the streets were grimier, the faces more fa- simmering angst about “dressed down” rich and regulations that dictate everything from the height of the new line of melodic (or not, depending on your miliar, the rents cheaper and “the old gang girls. ugly building on the corner, to when the streets get cleaned, to view of Woody Guthrie) lamentations on the on Sackett” still carried around “their One former Smith Street rocker, record in Reliability what the air smells like when we wake up in the morning. g-thing that happens when enough people blades” — though Ralph admits he never shop owner Shawn Schwartz, said he knew # in Quality with money find the wrong side of tracks — Jewels by On one well-preserved block of brownstones in Boerum Hill, actually saw gang members there, attribut- something had “happened” to Smith Street and settle there, displacing the people who had in Service the garage lady has become personified. There, she is a real lady ing the lyric to the “old Brooklyn crank” when rents began to rise and rumors of a 1 with a real garage, driveway and curb cut in front of her newly been there before. “Songs about richer people moving in that lives inside his mind. Starbucks coming to the street began to fly. renovated row house. “I’m always playing a different charac- “I just didn’t know how quickly [it] Like most of the residents of the block, I have never met the and driving out poor people are as old as dirt,” folk musicologist Eli Smith said. ter,” he said. “This is that Brooklyn guy you would arrive,” Schwartz said. owner of the new house at 578 Pacific St. hear getting mad in the Fall Café, the guy Schwarz ran “Halcyon,” a café/lounge/art What I know is a few facts: Her curb cut is illegal, her That’s especially true in Brooklyn, a SATNICK you see on the subway.” gallery/record shop on the strip, until 2004, garage requires a publicly-approved variance and she owes the chameleon-like borough known for its ever- We service all mechanical & quartz watches changing mix of immigrants, industrialists He wrote the catchy lament on his home when rising rents and a change in the charac- city $2,500 for failing to obey multiple stop work orders. Of turf in 2001, three years after the row’s ter of the neighborhood pushed him to a grit- & repair all jewelry on premises course, she doesn’t return phone calls from reporters, or irate and artists. Legendary folk balladeer Guthrie could- founding father, restaurateur Alan Harding, tier commercial area in DUMBO, where he neighbors. opened Patois and kicked off the street’s re- opened a record store also called Halcyon. I also know that at least one fellow Pacific Street resident n’t avoid the topic in his classic ode to HARTLEY F. SATNICK Coney Island’s bustling “Mermaid Avenue,” make as a playground of the trendy. Schwartz said he wouldn’t be surprised spotted her shoveling snow in front of her house after a storm The timing shows in his lyrics — a mix to hear even more songs about “what hap- The Only Certified last month. A warmly dressed child was helping, the neighbor where the genteel class pays “some cops to of Life in a Blender’s trademark over-the- pened” to Brooklyn over the next few years. said. stop you when you hit that Sea Gate gate.” Master Watchmaker “I guess scofflaws pick and choose which rules to obey,” he Last year, Park Slope-born dance punkers top absurdity and the snarky ’tude of a “[People make music] about what they Radio 4 put a contemporary spin on the neighborhood pioneer who just noticed that see,” he said, “A lot of [people in Brooklyn] in all 5 boroughs of New York City told me, with a laugh. serving the community for over 44 years Clearly, that neighbor is very angry at the garage lady. theme with “Ascension Street,” a reggea-style his new neighbors are wearing nicer shoes are noticing the same thing right now.” “There is a difference between being a respectful member of society who makes a mistake and being a scofflaw,” he said. Visit us at our new location The owner of the row house at 578 Pacific St. broke the law on a few counts when she built a garage into the basement level of her home. The first violation is zoning. Individual car lots are 187 State Street strictly forbidden on Pacific Street between Fourth and Fifth av- enues because of fine print on the area’s zoning meant to pre- History on display on Columbia (off Court St) serve the block’s brownstone character. On top of that, the curb cut eliminates a parking space in a By Ariella Cohen (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • neighborhood that has thousands more cars than street parking The Brooklyn Paper HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm spaces, according to a study done last year by the Department of Once upon a time in Red Hook, there Transportation. “No one wants to see driveways on this block and no one is were pirates, outbreaks of wood alcohol poi- allowed to have them,” said the angry neighbor. soning and people who hated, gasp, Fairway. “When you don’t think that the rules of law of a society ap- The past of Brooklyn’s mythologized ply to you,” he said, “you should take the first train out of waterfront hamlet has finally arrived in MEN’S town.” newsprint form on a public fence at the cor- I would like to believe that the garage lady never intended to ner of Sackett and Columbia streets — iron- break the law. ically, just outside of the area now defined HAIRCUTS And while I am in no way saying that she should get to keep as Red Hook, in the Columbia Heights Wa- terfront District. $15 Wash & Cut her space — I personally believe everyone should be riding a (First-time visitors) bike — I do empathize with her. The installation, “Red Hook: An Explo- Brooklyn’s Byzantine building codes and uninformed con- ration of Identity,” is a six-foot-high collage tractors (who built the illegal garage, anyway?) have a way of of New York Times articles going back 155 MONTE GROSSO making one’s head spin. And the truth is, crime doesn’t pay — years and illustrations of the stories created Downtown Brooklyn not even the bureaucratic ones. The owner of 578 Pacific St. by artist Robyn Hasty. learned this the hard way. Hasty created the piece using every New (Corner of Court & Remsen) Apparently, the same contractor that built her an illegal York Times story with “Red Hook” in the title 718-855-5651 garage also stole pipes from the inside the house, according to between 1851 and 2003, about 200 in total. the angry neighbor. The Parsons student said her favorite story I guess what goes around comes around, even for the garage was a 19th century brief about pirates paying lady personified. a visit to an old shipyard on the Hook’s southern tip. That shipyard was recently de- molished to build an Ikea superstore that will Robyn Hasty MIX IT UP! THE KITCHEN SINK Detail from a Red Hook art project that incorporates old headlines about the shape the neighborhood’s future. At KIDS COOK!, our ten-week program neighborhood. More wrought iron trellises on the way to the Hook: The A Bushwick resident, Hasty said she is teaches children essential kitchen skills Chelsea Garden Center is opening a first Brooklyn branch fascinated by Red Hook’s ability to maintain and techniques. Kids learn how to measure, next to Fairway. Word is, Chelsea style don’t come cheap. Find a distinct identity even as the differences be- should extinguish any lingering fantasies that waterfront into artists’ studios before com- sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, out for yourself at the opening on April 23. … Ramada Out: The tween surrounding neighborhoods blur. one can still be a pioneer in the neighborhood. pleting the final piece of the Beard Street as they prepare wholesome and delicious Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association plans to go up “It’s hard to say how that [identity] will One developer who has played a huge complex: the Fairway. foods from around the world. against the developer who wants to build an “out-of-scale” Ra- shift with the gentrification that is happen- role in the neighborhood’s evolution, Greg When asked about the clip headlined mada Inn at 262 Atlantic Ave. The next Board of Standards ing now,” she said. O’Connell, told The Stoop that he thought “Brooklyn Groups Sue to Keep Supermar- • Afterschool classes and Appeals hearing is May 8. … Soggy buns alert: Those burg- But judging from the artist’s wall of history, the piece should stay forever. ket out of Red Hook,” O’Connell laughed. • Private Parties er buns are way too mushy at the Old Pioneer Bar in Red that gentrification is a long time coming. A “This is the history of an amazing com- “That’s Red Hook,” he said, “I don’t • Fun & learning for ages 5-13 Hook. For $6 a veggie burger, keep it dry. 1976 Times piece on “loft living” artists reno- munity,” said O’Connell, who converted bring up [the lawsuit] when I see them E-mail us at [email protected] vating a furniture factory on Tiffany Place several Civil War–era warehouses on the shopping there now.” Classes meet at 170 Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights To register, call Jane at (718) 797-0029 Loose a Oce www.kidscookbrooklyn.com Dentures? Chin an GO AHEAD.... Eat what you want! 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Brooklyn, and make New York complicit in economic activity Mango P. / Gregory detrimental to working families, the middle class and small in Reliability business owners. That would be a grave development.” # Jeffries is also concerned that the sale of the building, first Jewels by in Quality reported on the Web site, onehansonplace.com, would render in Service state government even more inaccessible (didn’t think that was Paper The Brooklyn 1 possible, did you?). A mobile boiler has been installed on St. Felix Street between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place to help heat the Hanson “There are 23 state agencies at 55 Hanson,” said Jeffries, Place Central United Methodist Church across the street. The church says the unit will be gone by April 16. whose office is in the building, too. “Brooklyn residents should have the ability to easily access state government … and 55 SATNICK Hanson Pl. is strategically located next to a major mass transit We service all mechanical & quartz watches hub, which makes it easily accessible to the public. If the build- & repair all jewelry on premises ing is sold, the state agencies would in all likelihood be scat- tered across the borough.” St Felix gets hot over boiler And, it seems that for once, the state might actually be listen- HARTLEY F. SATNICK ing. It may sound far-fetched, but the spokeswoman for the By Dana Rubinstein Magic Johnson and the Dermot Group might have a case, if we can afford to fight New York State Office of General Services, which owns the The Brooklyn Paper bought the building in 2005 and began turn- it,” said Perrin. “But we can’t find a paper The Only Certified ing it into luxury condominiums, the church trail.” building, gave some promising hints. The tractor-trailer-sized, graffiti-scarred Master Watchmaker “The commissioner did meet with the Assemblyman,” said found itself without access to a boiler (hence Negotiations with the developers have yet mobile boiler that’s been heating a neighbor- in all 5 boroughs of New York City Christine Burling. “They are planning a walk-through in the the need for the mobile boiler unit). to bear fruit. In the meantime, the church hood church since November — and of- serving the community for over 44 years next few weeks. We are still in the exploratory stage, and no de- “All the owners after Williamsburgh has borrowed nearly $300,000 to buy a new fending the sensibilities of its aesthetically- Bank and before Dermot gave us heat, at boiler — for which Perrin hopes to be reim- cision has been made yet.” minded neighbors on one side of the church first for free, and then, over the years, for a bursed. Visit us at our new location Okay, so that’s not all that promising-sounding, but Jeffries for nearly as long — will be gone by April nominal fee,” said Pastor Patrick Perrin. Dermot’s representatives did not respond sure seemed hopeful. After meeting with state OGS Commis- 16, said church officials. But, the congrega- “The new owners are putting a new system to repeated requests for comment. sioner John Egan, he told The Stoop, “It was one of those mo- tion’s wrangling with the next-door neigh- in their building, so we have to put a new But, the mobile boiler’s scheduled re- ments when I felt the change in government was a good thing bors on the other side of the church should system in ours.” moval next week will satisfy Perrin’s resi- 187 State Street for the community in terms of receptivity. continue for the foreseeable future. Perrin believes that a gentleman’s agree- dential neighbors, like Nicholas Wong, who “He was very open to the concerns I articulated,” added Jef- Until recently, the Hanson Place Central ment reached years ago with the prior own- lives directly in the shadow of the grey boil- (off Court St) fries. United Methodist Church, on St. Felix and ers of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank tow- er truck. (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • Even James seemed unusually optimistic, offering “kudos” Hanson Place, got its heat and hot water er should still apply, and that the church still “I haven’t been able to park in front of to Jeffries for working so well with the normally recalcitrant from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank has the right to use its neighbor’s boiler. my house since November,” complained HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm state government. But, like Jeffries, she warned that, “[the sell- building, which sits next door. But when “Because of the years of service, we Wong. “And it’s an eyesore.” ing of the building] would have been a major setback for Fort Greene.” In a time when brownstones are selling for more than $1 million a pop, hopefully the state will agree. MEN’S THE KITCHEN SINK The phantom bus of Fort Greene HAIRCUTS Nothing signals spring like patio dining. Ici, on DeKalb and $15 Wash & Cut Vanderbilt avenues, is opening its garden on April 8 (snow- By Dana Rubinstein measures that ease congestion on (First-time visitors) storms permitting, of course). … This week a new month be- and Michael Giardina the avenue, but some area resi- gins, and you know what that means, don’t you? First Friday The Brooklyn Paper dents complain that the distance on April 6 at RePop 95% Recycled, of course! The current between bus stops burdens the MONTE GROSSO It was like waiting for Godot elderly and handicapped. exhibition features work by John and Ellie Mathias, and, — if Godot were the B-38. Downtown Brooklyn as always, there’s free wine. The store is at 68 Washington But even more irksome, say res- On any given morning, you’ll idents, was the lack of notification Ave. (between Park and Flushing avenues). For information, (Corner of Court & Remsen) find Fort Greene commuters that the bus stop would be removed 718-855-5651 call (718) 260-8032. … If your finances are in a mess, you waiting at the corner of DeKalb — and the sensation of playing a might want to check out Pratt Area Community Council’s Avenue and Washington Park for role in some sort of absurdist play. four-week “financial fitness workshop.” It’s every Wednesday a B-38 bus — but that bus will “I noticed it was gone after I starting April 4 and it’s only $50. Admit it, you waste more never come because, unbe- waited and waited for the bus,” than that every month. … The rest of the borough may be knownst to them, the bus stop is said Diana Turner, a dialysis pa- over-banked — for god’s sake, even Shaya Boymelgreen’s no longer there. tient. “Finally somebody told me MIX IT UP! Liberty Pointe is expanding into Brooklyn! — but you’d be “It was removed to adjust spac- it was gone. I don’t understand. I hard-pressed to find a bank on Fulton Street near Clinton Av- ing between stops,” said Deirdre haven’t even seen a notice.” At KIDS COOK!, our ten-week program enue. Thankfully, a North Fork Bank will soon take up res- Parker, a New York City Transit She wasn’t the only unwitting teaches children essential kitchen skills idence on that corner, we hear. … It may not be the catchiest spokeswoman. “[The city Depart- rider. and techniques. Kids learn how to measure, ment of Transportation] and Tran- “A couple of neighbors were sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, of names, but “National Climate Action Day” is April 14, and Mango P. / Gregory sit have been working throughout waiting out there, and the busses as they prepare wholesome and delicious the eco-minded Urban Spring Cafe is hosting an all-out en- the five boroughs to fight traffic passed right by,” said Phillip foods from around the world. virofest in to pressure Congress to im- Fort Greene Park congestion by having bus stops Kellogg, the president of the Fort plement more carbon controls. There will be music, food (or- every three blocks (instead of every Greene Association. “No signs. • Afterschool classes ganic and locally grown, of course), and what they call green other block) where possible.” No notification. No outreach.” • Private Parties

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black students was asked to leave after the storeowner said he Mari Lowery April 6th at 6:45 p.m. had a policy — which was not posted — that allowed only three Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends! kids into the shop at any time. Then, a group of white students Just bring yourself and a main dish, side, or dessert to that numbered more than three was allowed in the same store. share. Held every first Friday. As a result of that incident, a group of black parents at the Still alive! Berkeley Carroll middle school formed an organization called Hallelujah! The Park Slope mascot that sparked a controversy last fall when a kindly neighborhood mom rescued it from the talons of FIRST SATURDAYS TOT SHABBAT “Harmony Merchants.” The group asks the local storeowners to a red-tailed hawk (undermining, some said, the “natural” order of things), has survived the winter. Slopers have spotted the snow- April 7 from 9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. post store rules so that all the kids know the rules and can be as- white squirrel in Prospect Park, including our photographer and local DJ Brett Cleaver, who encountered the dove-white mascot near Singing, dancing, and a little Hebrew for toddlers, sured that the rules are being enforced fairly. The participating the bandshell on March 18. “It was in the snow, playing, frolicking,” said Cleaver. “I thought it was rad.” — Dana Rubinstein preschoolers, and their adult guests. Meets every first stores will have decals identifying them as Harmony Merchants, Saturday. Free! and the rules will be posted on boards given to each store. Martha Walker, an artist and parent of a Berkeley Carroll teen THIRD SUNDAYS KINDERGARTEN “KEF” who initiated the Harmony Merchant idea, thinks that this will April 22 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. help with community relations in Park Slope. A fun-filled Jewish activity group. “We have many schools with teens,” she pointed out. “Aside DOT’s latest plan for Slope passes Crafts...games...stories...music and more. from Berkeley Carroll, there are the three schools in the John Meets every third Sunday. Free! Jay HS building [on Seventh Avenue], MS 51 [on Fifth Avenue (Fourth Sunday this month) and Fifth Street] and MS 88 [on Seventh Avenue and 18th By Christie Rizk for the DOT. Street]. There has to be a way to make the neighborhood wel- The Brooklyn Paper “You say Ninth Street is one SPECIAL FOR THE GROWN-UPS: coming to the students and safe for the shopkeepers.” Weeks after the city’s pro- of the busiest streets in the neigh- PASSOVER WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION She has a point. We all have to live together. The students do not posal to turn two Park Slope av- borhood,” one man groused. Sunday, April 8 at 6:45 p.m. want to feel discrimination and alienation, and the Park Slope resi- enues into one-way streets was “Then how does it make any Join friends and family to mark the end of Passover with dents and shopkeepers do not want to feel overrun by the students. rejected by the community, offi- sense to add bike lanes?” a delicious selection of Kosher-for-Passover wines and The Harmony Merchants program is a great idea. If shops cials narrowly won approval for Several people at the meet- cheeses followed by the Festival evening service. make rules and post them for all to see, they less likely to be ar- a new plan to calm traffic on ing were worried that bike lanes bitrary or randomly applied. Ninth Street. would interfere with a rampant HEBREW CRASH COURSE “This program is good for everyone because it helps the mer- The new Department of Park Slope practice of briefly Sunday, April 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon chants and keeps things fair,” Walker said. “That way, the kids Transportation plan — which double parking to unload gro- Brush up on your aleph, bet with this can feel that they are all being treated equally and with respect.” was presented to Community ceries or escort someone home. refresher course from Read Hebrew America. As for the kids, some will be getting lessons in civic behavior Board 6’s Transportation Com- Paul White, executive direc- and community duty. At MS 51, Principal Lenore Berner is ini- mittee last week — calls for tor of Transportation Alterna- SHABBAT SERVICE tiating a “Town Hall” assembly meeting for each grade. At the putting Ninth Street, from Third tives, defended the DOT. with GUEST SPEAKER AND DISCUSSION: meetings, she’ll talk to kids about being part of the community, Avenue to Prospect Park West, “People already bike on Ninth B’RIT TZEDEK V’SHALOM: keeping it clean and respecting the neighbors. Other schools on a “road diet.” Street,” White said. “It’s a reality. JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE: should follow with such meetings of their own. Currently, the street has two And we support this plan be- A TWO-STATE SOLUTION Parents can help, too. As the parent of one of these middle- traffic lanes in each direction. cause of the pedestrian safety im- Friday, April 27, 8:15 p.m. / Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory school children I am careful to teach my daughter that public be- The plan would take away one provements as well.” havior is important — and that throwing away trash and not traffic lane in each direction, Committee member Hildegard BASIC JUDAISM FOR ADULTS screaming to her friends are the basics. adding bike lanes on both sides Link also defended the DOT plan, Leviticus in the 21st Century Goofing around with pals and blowing off steam after the of the street, and adding a left- which she saw as a traffic-calm- Sunday, April 29, 9:30 a.m. long school day is fine, but there need to be rules (posted and hand turn bay. ing measure — the opposite of fairly enforced!). “Ninth Street is not pleasant, Paper The Brooklyn the plan to make Sixth and Sev- UNION TEMPLE ART SHOW: The merchants should do their part by joining Harmony Mer- and it can be dangerous,” said The Department of Transportation wants to put a bike lane enth avenues into one-way streets, Union Temple Artists and Artisans: chants. The schools should pitch in and educate the kids (bring Josh Benson, the DOT’s Bike on each side of Ninth Street in Park Slope. which most residents thought The creative work of our own talented members back Civics class, anyone?). And we parents should set exam- Program coordinator who pre- would speed up traffic. Sunday, April 29, 1:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. ples of good behavior and make sure our kids know the rules. sented the plan to the commit- cars turning left, drivers weave work,” said Benson, which can “What they’ve proposed is a Nica Lalli is a member of Community Board 6 and a resident tee. Benson cited high speeds, from lane to lane to avoid being take them from Red Hook to calmer street,” said Link. of Park Slope. Her new book, Nothing: Something to Believe In difficult left-hand turns and stuck behind those turning is Prospect Park. And Councilman Bill De- UNION TEMPLE is in stores now. danger to bikers as the main also a serious problem. And since the only real Blasio (D–Park Slope) threw Reform Egalitarian Inclusive reasons for the conversion. A similar conversion was change to be made is adjusting his support behind the plan — THE KITCHEN SINK The current road configura- done on Vanderbilt Avenue a few the road markings, Benson said, provided that people who need 17 Eastern Parkway to double-park for short periods Across from the Brooklyn Public Library tion is the same as roads that car- years ago, and it has been suc- “We can do this very quickly.” at Grand Army Plaza It was a kiddie Woodstock at Southpaw last Sunday for the ry many more cars each day than cessful, said Benson. Vanderbilt The agency plans to change of time won’t be targeted for record-release party for the Park Slope Parents music CD. While Ninth Street, Benson added. carries 19,000 cars a day, while the street markings in July. ticketing. 718-638-7600 the album features Dan Zanes, David Weinstone and Au- “The excess capacity encour- Ninth Street carries 11,500. Even though CB6’s approval “I’m comfortable with bike www.uniontemple.org [email protected] draRox, the crowd (of 6-year-olds) went nuts for Suzy Shelton ages speeding,” he said, and Ninth Street connects bikers is not required, many residents lanes as long as there’s no dis- (“Miss Suzy” to kids at PS 107) singing “Road Trip!” … People without a dedicated lane for to an “existing bicycle net- still had praise and complaints ruption of daily life,” he said. go to Belize for beaches or water sports, but one Brooklynite went for the monkeys. Zookeeper Crystal Dimicelli, who lives in Windsor Terrace, studied the endangered Howler Monkeys. Howler Monkeys are named for their startlingly loud noises that The parade turned up Ninth Street and they make, often at about four in the morning. … To celebrate emptied into Prospect Park, where Brooklyn Women’s History Month, state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Park Slope) P’Park Little League kicks off Borough President Markowitz, City Council- man Bill DeBlasio and Rep. Anthony Wein- honored Jo Anne Simon, a disability rights lawyer and commu- Association Opening Day Parade last Saturday. nity leader, at New York Methodist Hospital on March 30. 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DYKER HEIGHTS stoopBATH BEACH BAY RIDGE– BENSONHURST Harbor Is Gentile pulling Motor Inn Victory doomed Victory • 25 years in a Ratner on us? business FDNY: Hospital’s ambulances had poor record • Ample parking ake notes, kids: the fate of the on premises “But it is important that everyone pital’s board of trustees, admitted But Eileen Tynion, a spokes- “Green Church” is offering a YELLOW By Matthew Lysiak The Brooklyn Paper know that Victory Hospital’s that there were problems in the woman for Maimonides Medical • 24 hour security Ttextbook example of a philo- HOOKER emergency room is still open and past with keeping the ambu- Center, said that losing the extra sophical and political debate older The Fire Department’s deci- that our ambulances will be bring- lances on the road, but believes emergency room could stress the • Convenient than the distinctive sandstone clock sion to stop sending ambulances ing patients there for care.” that it would be in everyone’s system. tower gracing its top: What are more to Victory Memorial Hospital as location (off Exit The decision to pull Victory best interest to give the new “If Victory’s ER closes, it will 5 on the Belt important, individual rights or the of April 1 — which the belea- off the “call list” — which al- management at Victory — which be difficult to handle the increased good of the community? guered hospital claimed put pa- lows an individual hospital to is in bankruptcy — a fresh start. volume,” she said. “Later this Pkwy, B6 bus On one side, we have Council- tients at risk — was made largely send its ambulance to a 911 call “I am not going to pull any summer, we will open 7,500 stops in front) man Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge). because of the medical center’s — should not have come as a punches, there was mismanage- square feet of new ER space and When locals voiced their anger at the inability to keep its own emer- surprise to officials, according to ment,” Guarinello said. “Today the add more inpatient beds. This will • news that Bay Ridge United Meth- gency vehicles on the road, a an FDNY source. board is instilling accountability increase our ability to take care of odist would be sold and torn down high-level FDNY chief told The Victory spokesman Ronald De- and credibility to this hospital and patients, but we expect these beds 1730 Shore Parkway to make room for condos, Gentile Brooklyn Paper. Franco told The Brooklyn Paper we deserve a clean slate.” to quickly be filled.” (between Bay Parkway & 26th Avenue) acted to save the landmark Matthew Lysiak “Victory is obligated to keep last week that pulling the medical Local emergency rooms across Astate report last year recom- “I think, one thing that we can all three ambulances on the road, center off the call list was “prema- southwest Brooklyn are at full ca- mended Victory’s close. Still, the Phone: (718) 946-9200 agree on, is that the destruction of the ‘Green Church’ would not and for the most part they ture to say the least,” and could be pacity, and forced to turn away pa- medical center is a vital cog in the Fax: (718) 266-0888 be in the best interest of any one in our community,” Gentile said weren’t very consistent,” said the blow that flat-lined Victory. tients who are then often sent to neighborhood’s emergency med- last month. He also touted a deal he worked out that would have FDNY Chief John Peruggia. “In FDNY spokeswoman Eileen Victory, according to Guarinello. ical machine. The center’s emer- saved the church, added condo units to the neighborhood and emergency situations, this put Ramos took issue with Victory’s “No one want to talk about gency room is at 104 percent ca- yielded a $300,000 annual windfall for the church for upkeep. everyone at an obvious risk.” contention that removing the strug- this,” Guarinello said. “If next pacity, according to Guarinello. On the other side of the debate, we had the parishioners, who to The Fire Department replaced gling hospital from the call list year there is no emergency room The 254-bed hospital declared almost everyone’s surprise, carried the minority position of actual- the three “inconsistent” ambu- would result in slower ambulatory [at Victory], then the people who bankruptcy in November amid ly wanting to see the church destroyed. lances with three that are fully response times for residents. are now waiting for three hours scrutiny of the hospital’s compen- “Our church is falling apart and as a congregation, we know functioning, two run by the Fire “I am not real sure how anyone for emergency care — some of sation practices, which included a Bethlehem that the Almighty has more important work for us than throwing Department and a third run by could come to the conclusion that them will be dead.” $1.1-million severance for depart- money at a building,” one parishioner said (and Yellow Hooker be- Lutheran Medical Center. All more consistent ambulances on the But a spokesman for Lutheran ing CEO Donald DiCunto. lieved her). three are kept at strategic loca- road would result in a slower re- Medical Center disputes Guar- New management is in place, LUTHERAN CHURCH A classic dog-pile quickly ensued of parishioners, pundits, and tions throughout southwest sponse time,” said Ramos. inello’s claim that its emergency but an FDNY spokesman said even a reverend. Craig Miller, the pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Brooklyn, giving residents more The average city response room is overflowing the recommended closure is only Church, told Gentile he was “greatly disappointed to hear you pre- care, and not less as Victory al- time for a patient who calls 911 “We recently enlarged our a matter of time. sume to tell a congregation its mission” and “injecting an inappro- leged, according to Peruggia. is six to seven minutes. emergency room by 60 percent “People may not want to ad- xActive priate political influence in the affairs of the church.” “It is going to be run efficiently Bill Guarinello, the acting and most patients are seen within mit it,” Ramos said. “But the How could this have happened? How could the Councilman, and without bias,” said Peruggia. chair of the Dyker Height’s hos- 15 minutes,” said spokesman Neal truth is that at some point Victo- xGrowing who was only responding to a powerful public sentiment to save a Gorman. “We even have 30- ry Memorial will be closing.” Guarinello took issue with cherished Bay Ridge institution, be cast as the villain? beds in reserve in case we x “I think people are misunderstanding our position, we are only need them.” those words. The emergency Welcoming working towards a plan that would be in everybody’s best inter- Gorman says that if Victo- room is fully equipped and pre- pared to assist residents who est,” said a Gentile aid (and Yellow Hooker believed him). ry closed, Lutheran would in “I happen to like Vince Gentile” said the Rev. Miller. “But he they are most in need, he said. Dyker rezoning fact be able to absorb the “If the EMS keeps their word got himself in the middle of something he had no business in, and Sunday @ 10:30 am new patients. and Victory is kept in the loop then th that … crossed the line.” “We have the room now 4 & Ovington Aves Rev. Miller was talking about the “Action Sheet” Gentile I think we will be alright,” Guar- passed out that urged people to call the Landmarks Preservation and we are looking to grow, inello said. “But if we stop getting Commission, which has the power to declare a building a land- so the answer is yes, Luther- patients it will be a disaster for this WWW.BETHLEHEMBAYRIDGE.ORG moves ahead an would be fine,” he said. community.” mark even without the owner’s permission; and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who must approve the sale of all religious prop- erty to private developers. By Matthew Lysiak “The problem with pressuring Andrew Cuomo and the Land- The Brooklyn Paper marks Preservation Commission, is that neither one of them owns A city plan to protect dozens the church,” Rev. Miller said. of blocks of low-rise homes in That moved Gentile into the unenviable position of appearing Dyker Heights moved one step like Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner — who got the state to closer to reality last week. condemn private property and turn it over to him. Gentile’s aid, By officially certifying a down- Eric Kuo, wouldn’t take such bait. zoning plan for Dyker Heights, “What everyone needs to recognize is that the community has the City Planning Commission an interest in what happens to the ‘Green Church,’ too,” Kuo said. started the public-review process “The Attorney General and the Landmarks Preservation Commis- on a Bloomberg Administration sion are both working on behalf of the public.” bid to limit high-rise development Political philosophy 101: Individual property rights or the best from 62nd to 86th Streets. interest of the community? The Planning Commission Yellow Hooker would make the argument that the premise it- move was widely hailed by local self is the result of a false dichotomy because there exists no pols. greater communal interest than private property rights. But then “[A downzoning] will insure again, I flunked the only political philosophy course I ever took. that the character and integrity of the neighborhood is maintained THE KITCHEN SINK for years to come,” said John Quaglione, an aide to state Sen. Look for Community Board 10 to take a central role in pre- Marty Golden (R-Bay Ridge).” cates say the high cost of real es- serving Bay Ridge’s historic churches. New chairman Dean Ra- The measure was pushed by tate is pricing many people out sinya told The Stoop that the key is cooperation. “We aren’t go- Community Board 10 and the ing to be making any threats because we fully understand who Dyker Heights Civic Associa- of their neighborhood. Down- owns these churches,” Rasinya said. “But we [will try to] maintain tion, and would apply to the zoning, they say, limits housing these structures that are so important to us.” Good luck Dean. … roughly 160 blocks, from 62nd opportunities for both lower- and Our love for Griswold’s Pub is as rich as its barbeque ribs and to 86th streets, between Seventh middle-class residents. Brown Betty apple pie, but since the sale of the bar was announced and 14th avenues, plus the Sev- Soon all sides will have an (and further delayed for another few weeks) the quality of the enth Avenue side of Dyker opportunity to make their voices Griswold’s experience has gone the way of a bear market. Thank- Beach Park (see map above). heard: CB 10’s public hearing on fully, Yellow Hook, a new pub on Third Avenue and 70th Street, The idea of trying to curb the matter is next week. looks like a good heir apparent. … John Quaglione, a neighborhood overcrowding by The Department of City Plan- spokesman for state Sen. Marty Golden (R-Bay Ridge), voiced restricting developers from tear- ning will present the rezoning his concern that he never gets his name in the Sink (as if he does- ing down houses to build tall plan to Community Board 10 n’t see his name in the paper enough!) So how’s this, John?: condos has gained popularity and the Dyker Heights Civic As- Which famous talk show host did John Q once work for? A) throughout Brooklyn, with Park sociation on April 10 at the Oprah B) Ellen or C) Tim Russert? Answer next week! … If you Slope, Carroll Gardens and Fort Knights of Columbus (1305 86th notice two fences along the path at the Narrows Botanical Greene all completing or work- St. between 13th and 14th av- Garden, thank big government. The installation of a new black ing on zoning changes recently. enues), 7 pm. Call (718) 745- wrought-iron fence was easy enough, but the trouble came in re- But opponents say that down- 6827 for information. On April moving the old one, which which was accomplished only after go- zoning results in less housing — 16, CB10 will hold a public ing through an elaborate maze of government agencies. which is critically needed as hearing on the matter at same lo- E-mail us at [email protected] Brooklyn grows. Housing advo- cation at 7:15 pm. 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So in the end, the man lost a enue, and swiped $250 and couple of friends, but got his electronics, police said. money back. The victim states she saw her Napping nab son’s friend running from her An elderly woman had her driveway at the time of the bur- purse and jewelry snatched dur- glary, and suspects he did it. ing an afternoon nap in her 18th Early break-in Avenue apartment on April 1. A man returned to his West The 68-year-old woman Sixth Street apartment on awoke at around 2:30 pm to March 26 to find his front door find the front door open, and damaged and his savings gone. her property missing. The perp The thieves had broken into had broken into the home, the home, which is near Avenue which is near 72nd Street, and P, and swiped more than $7,000 swiped the pocketbook, which including his jewelry, police said. contained $115, credit and debit Unfortunately, no one was able cards, police said. to get a good look at the crimi- There were no witnesses. nals. — with Michael Giardina Herbie the cow in Hereford Heaven

Herbie the Hereford (center) with rescurers Doug Abel and Jenny Brown at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. By Matthew Lysiak The Brooklyn Paper From slaughterhouse to vegan cake — all in four short months. The wayward calf who had authorities in hot pursuit down Fifth Av- enue in Bay Ridge has officially given up city life and is busy prepar- ing for a “baby shower” with his new permanent owners. The calf was transferred from Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary in upstate New York to an eight acre farm in Blairstown, New Jersey on Feb 3. “It was hard to say goodbye to Herbie,” said Robin Henderson, an animal care giver at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. “But he won’t be going alone, he made a great friend, a two-week-old dairy calf named Kevina, and we are fortunate that they were adopted to- gether.” The 4-month-old Hereford calf was on the way to the slaughter- house in December when he escaped into the streets of Bay Ridge, set- ting off a wild goose chase that briefly cowed local authorities. The excitement began when “Herbie” saw an opportunity to bolt near a busy Sixth Avenue intersection as the owner attempted to trans- fer the calf into a truck for the trip to the slaughterhouse. The commotion was short lived as authorities quickly had the ani- mal tranquilized and in custody, but instead of handing the cow back to the owner, a Christmas miracle of sorts occurred (at least as far as the cow was concerned). It turned out, the owner did not have the appropriate paperwork to be transporting the calf, so Herbie was confiscated by police and brought to the CACC, which turned him over to the animal sanctuary. Today, Herbie is living large on the spacious Jersey farm and is get- ting ready to party, as his new owners are busy planning a baby show- er this spring where friends and family will gather to give the calf pres- ents like cow supplies and cow toys, according to Henderson. “And there will be a cake for Herbie — his new owners are big animal lovers so, of course, it will be all vegan,” said Henderson. To Herbie, this kind of happy ending might just feel like Hereford Heaven. “This wonderful couple is a rare breed indeed,” said the Farm Ani- mal Sanctuary Web site about the new owners in a page dedicated to Herbie. “How many people do you know that have fantasized about having pet cows? Now they’ll never be exploited or mistreated for their flesh, milk, or skin.” April 7, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 5 FULTON MALL LANDMARK SHUT LOTS OF LETTERS One-way debate continues

To the editor, Public Health article notes, “Higher vehicle negative impact on all our neighborhoods. In his column, Gersh Kuntzman called his speeds are strongly associated with a greater The underlying problem is still the At- We must fix traffic fellow Park Slopers “closed-minded, anti-in- likelihood of crashes involving pedestrians as lantic Yards development itself. To the editor, tellectual whiners” for rejecting a “logical well as more serious pedestrian injuries.” Natalie Burrows, Cobble Hill One way or another, Brooklyn is going to presentation” that Sixth and Seventh avenues And who tends to get hurt most on these have to make some tough choices about how our would be safer as one-way streets (“In de- faster streets? “Children 5-9 have the highest infrastructure will accommodate the thousands of fense of a technocrat,” The Brooklyn Angle, population-based injury rate in pedestrian- Talk it out new families that will live here over the next 10 March 24). motor vehicle accidents.” A Canadian public To the editor: years, even if Atlantic Yards never get built. But where was the logic? Department of health study concludes, “Children’s injury Many good points were brought up during Already our streets are clogged, traffic is Transportation Deputy Commissioner Michael rate was 2.5-times higher on one-way streets last month’s meeting regarding Sixth and stymied and let’s not even talk about parking. Primeggia cited only one example, a 1.5-mile than on two-way streets.” Seventh avenues (“City: One-way plan is How will “new” Brooklyn cope with these Ho / Dennis W. stretch of Glenmore Avenue, where crashes de- But who needs studies? The most “logical DOA,” March 24). problems? Changing traffic patterns is proba- clined after a one-way conversion. He failed to presentation” is made every day by the speed- One issue, I am sorry to say that did not re- bly the least-invasive alternative to chopping note that Glenmore repeatedly switches back ing vehicles on Eighth Avenue and Prospect ceive the attention it deserves is the issue of the up our borough with new highways. In fact, and forth, westbound to eastbound, a classic Park West, streets that Primeggia refuses to re- environment. In reply to a question asked by one I’m frankly skeptical even that that would be

traffic-calming technique designed to make a engineer despite repeated community requests. of the audience, as to whether the city had talked enough. As a life-long resident of Park Slope, Paper The Brooklyn street unappealing to through-traffic. Aaron Naparstek, Park Slope to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority pri- I understand the pain and anxiety with seeing The exterior and interior of T.G.I. Friday’s, at 372 Fulton St., are protected land- or to the meeting regarding the change of bus Primeggia’s only other evidence was a The author is a member of the Park Slope Civic Coun- the amount of development that has inundat- marks. The site was formerly occupied — for 102 years — by Gage and Tollner. federal pedestrian safety report with a brief cil and Community Board 6. He has posted supplemen- routes, the city representative commented on ed this part of town over the last five years. chapter on one-way streets. The report refers tal research material at www.streetsblog.org/one-way. how often the two agencies clash. But doing nothing is not dealing rationally to two studies, one that was conducted in In an age where auto pollution is becom- with the realities of how Brooklyn is changing. 1978, the other in 1973! To the editor, ing more and more of an issue, I’ll support Robert Vuolo, Park Slope “Converting two-way streets to one-way I’m bemused by your sudden ambivalence any decision that favors mass transit over Friday’s quits Gage & streets,” the report concludes, “may not be on the one-way proposal: two issues ago, you cars. It is about time that all branches of gov- justified solely by pedestrian safety con- were totally against making the avenues one- ernment follow that direction as well. Blame Bruce, Part II way, but this week, you’re almost for the idea. cerns.” In fact, “vehicle speeds may increase Norman Mintz, Park Slope To the editor, It may be “fair and balanced,” but it’s atyp- after conversion from two-way to one-way.” There are so many legitimate objections that Tollner site on Fulton ical of your paper. Gersh Kuntzman’s piece, If Primeggia looked at more up-to-date lit- can be raised against the Atlantic Yards proj- in particular, is disingenuous to say the least. erature, he would have found that hundreds Blame David and Bill ect, and you raised a key one in your editorial, By Christie Rizk owner, Joe Chirico, concluded he couldn’t R. Kathleen Dillon, Park Slope To the editor, “The Ratner Rip-off” (March 17). In it, you ar- of cities across the U.S. are making streets The Brooklyn Paper make it work. two-way to reduce speeding, help local mer- Editor’s note: As Dillon notes, our coverage of I was inside the auditorium at the meeting gued that the public needs to know much more While the upscale Gage and Tollner might whether Sixth and Seventh avenues should be con- and my wife had to stay outside. The anger about the financing of this project. The T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant on the chants and keep children safer. “Superficially, verted to one-way streets has been fair and balanced have been an anachronism on a Fulton Mall it would seem that crossing traffic on a one- arose, not so much out of safety (few had It is bad enough that billions of state dol- Fulton Mall — which was commended dominated by chain stores and fast food (and The Paper did not take an editorial position on confidence in the DOT claims) but that this way street is preferable to crossing a two-way the city proposal). lars are being given to one developer, but is last week for allowing commuters to stand places, the fast-paced Friday’s failed as well. street,” a 2004 engineering journal article proposal was greasing the skids for the “At- beyond scandalous that the details of such a under its awning during rainstorms — The restaurant recently garnered praise concludes. “As is often the case, the conven- lantic Yards” boondoggle. large public project are kept hidden from the abruptly closed this week, a victim of high when the Fulton Mall Improvement Associa- tional wisdom is wrong.” One voice in favor Like a jury we weighed the evidence and taxpayer. All we really know for sure is what rent and not enough customers. tion convinced its management to put away used the adage, “If it walks like a duck…” the newspapers have gleaned, what politi- Likewise, a 2003 American Journal of To the editor, “Business was just bad,” said Jamie outdoor furniture during rain so people could I was shocked to see Councilmembers Bill cians have let slip, and what assumptions To control the speed of traffic on Eighth Galler, a vice president at Riese Corpora- seek shelter under its awning. DeBlasio and David Yassky there. They are haven’t been publicly denied. Avenue, the city should synchronize the traf- tion, which ran the franchise. “Clearly the tables and chairs weren’t partly responsible for this mess. DeBlasio is The greatest factor facing any developer is Friday’s opened at 372 Fulton St. in 2004 serving a purpose in inclement weather any- fic lights so that a driver couldn’t go faster a big supporter of the scandalous “Yards,” that of risk; will a project make money or then the allowed speed limit. in the location of Gage and Tollner, a way,” said the Association’s spokesman, Delivery Opt out and Yassky was on the fence for quite a while lose money? In the case of Atlantic Yards, the Brooklyn institution which opened in 1879 Shane Kavanagh. I’ve been driving to work at Kennedy Air- checking his finger in the air. See what the state and city have offered so much financial Every week, we deliver copies of The port from my house on Sixth Avenue and 14th and moved to Fulton Street in 1892. But before wet commuters had a chance “Atlantic Yards” hath wrought gentleman. support that Ratner is all but guaranteed a Gage and Tollner closed in 2004 after its to enjoy the awning, the restaurant closed. Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout Street since 1967. In that time, we’ve gone At least Borough President Markowitz had Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- profit, no matter how badly planned or exe- from maybe five traffic lights on Sixth Avenue the decency to stay away. I am sure that he was cuted it may be. tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- to one on every block. What once took five at a more important ribbon-cutting ceremony. pers per building (eliminating the kind Once we compare the money being spent minutes now takes 10 to cover the same mile. What a welcome he would have received. by all of the relevant government entities, and of clutter caused by circular and menu I look forward to converting both Sixth and Paul Heller, Park Slope delivery services). the subsidies being given to Ratner, it’s rea- Seventh avenues to one-way streets with the sonable to wonder why the state is partnering The street doomed We hope everyone appreciates our traffic lights synchronized so that both motorist with him rather than doing it alone, or with a free home delivery, but realize there are and pedestrians can move in a safe manor. Plead the Fourth exceptions to every rule. more-talented and accomplished develop- William Brown, Park Slope To the editor, ment company. So, if you’ve received The Paper at Your article about the Sixth and Seventh av- Forest City Ratner or the Empire State De- Gage, its owner says home and no longer want this free enue proposal had an offhand comment that velopment Corporation are more than wel- service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- Blame Bruce suggested that “almost everyone agreed on” a come to open their documents publicly and The Brooklyn Paper restaurant’s valet parking area around the ery program by filling out the online To the editor, separate recommendation to eliminate one lane prove us all wrong, and yet they haven’t. To The man who owned Gage and Tollner corner. The restaurant itself was located on form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ Even the best traffic flow advisers cannot of travel each way on Fourth Avenue. this day, the cornerstone of this development Fulton Mall, which is closed to traffic. optout.html restaurant for the last nine years of its ex- tell precisely how one-way and two-way traf- Well, I disagree because it’s a terrible idea. is an arena for the Nets, and still no one will istence has three words of wisdom for any- People would get confused,” he said. fic will be affected by the mega-development Sure, we should have longer left-turn bays. But say for sure that the contract even commits one looking to revive Brooklyn’s most fa- “They would see signs that say ‘Street Atlantic Yards. It seems likely that massive eliminating one lane of traffic in each direction the team to moving there and staying there. If mous eatery: closed to traffic’ and never find the place.” Send a letter snarls will be created within all of northern will paralyze traffic and send it hurtling down Ratner gets a better offer to keep the team in Chirico, who owns Marco Polo Ris- Brooklyn. Cars and trucks will form unfore- all those bucolic streets we’re trying to preserve New Jersey, can he leave the team there, and Location, Location, Location. By e-mail: [email protected] According to restaurateur Joe Chirico, torante in Carroll Gardens, said that had the seen traffic patterns like a river flowing amok in the surrounding neighborhoods. still retain all of the property? restaurant been located on Jay or Adams By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn into delta run-offs. who put his heart and soul into the landmark Fourth Avenue is always lined with dou- The lack of answers can’t be remedied by streets, it would have been a hit. Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY As someone who lives between Court and ble-parked cars, effectively rendering one of another politician assuring us “these things have before closing it down, no one could ever “It’s a beautiful restaurant, but it’s in the 11201. Clinton streets in Cobble Hill, I find that one- its three lanes in each direction useless. Re- all been taken into consideration” without let- find the place. way traffic flows reasonably well on Court moving another will leave only a single lane ting the public know what the contracts really “We had people from all over the world wrong spot,” he said. “But I was proud to own By fax: (718) 834-9278. it. If I could do it again, I would.” All letters must be signed and include Street and is a complete disaster on Clinton open for one of Brooklyn’s main arteries. say or what the answers really are. If the future looking for it, but they would always get Street. By some strange arrangement, one- This could be the single most-damaging rec- of Brooklyn is being decided by people who lost,” he said. “I had to have a guy man a Chirico added that he was sad to see that the writer’s home address and phone T.G.I. Friday’s, which took over the location number (only the writer’s name and way traffic on Congress and Amity streets ommendation of the entire proposal! We all would prefer that we not know what they’re do- phone just to give directions.” neighborhood are published with the let- flows in the same direction, greatly increasing love quiet neighborhood streets. But to keep ing, by what right do they expect us to assume According to Chirico, patrons — who after Gage and Tollner closed, is now out of ter). Letters may be edited and will not traffic on adjacent streets. them that way, you need to provide through they’re doing the right thing? mostly came by car — had a difficult time business as well. be returned. The earlier in the week you Traffic from the misplaced arena and the ab- traffic with an easy way around them. Secrecy breeds distrust, and usually for navigating the one-way streets of Down- “It’s a shame,” he said. “It’s such a beau- send your letter, the better. surdly dense Atlantic Yards project will have a Dan Ross, Carroll Gardens good reasons. Brian Kenny, Park Slope town Brooklyn and finding their way to the tiful place.” — Vince DiMiceli

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BOOKS Write or wrong I thought all it took was a ZIP Code and a pen. Boy, was I wrong. On April 12 at Long Island University, author and Brooklyn transplant Colson Whitehead (who, accord- ing to his Web site “was born and raised in New York City. Manhattan, actual- ly.”) will give a lecture entitled, “Becoming a New York Writer.” I somehow doubt it’s a class on blogging til a book deal comes along or finding coffee shops with Natasha Stovall free WiFi connections. So what wisdom does the MacArthur “genius” have to impart to Brooklyn’s aspiring writers? We actually don’t know because he didn’t call us back. Whitehead’s path from Manhattan’s posh Trinity (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings April 7, 2007 School to Harvard to the hallowed halls of LIU is hardly typical of New York writers (aren’t the rest of us moving from barista to temp to freelancer?). In any case, he’ll no doubt be able to clue attendees in on what it takes to become important enough to lead lectures on obtuse topics. “Becoming a New York Writer” will take place at 6 pm on April 12 in the Health Sciences Build- ing of Long Island University (Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn). For information, call (718) 488-1050 or visit www.liu.edu. — Chris Varmus

MUSIC Rockin’ Bishop Some music fans wait years for their favorite band to put out a new album. That’s not the case for devotees of Brooklyn’s own Bishop Allen, an indie rock band that put out a four-song album every month of 2006. “There were moments when it felt impossible,” said Justin Rice (pictured at right with bandmate Christian Rudder), the band’s guitarist, “but there’s a logic to it that was undeniable.” The idea of making an album a month grew out of a “dou- ble-dog dare” that was issued after the band finished working on the fol- low-up to their de- but album “Charm School,” Rice told GO Brooklyn.

/ Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory The band’s 48-song in- spiration? Brooklyn, of course. “The Monitor” refers to a Civil War battleship built at Continental Iron Works, not far from Rice’s apart- ment in Greenpoint, saying, “Once a great iron

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn works/Stood at the end of my street.” And when a fire ravaged the Greenpoint waterfront in May, 2006, the band released “The Same Fire,” a stirring love song with references to great fires throughout history. “Brooklyn is a great place,” said Rice. “Walking around an urban environment really focuses my lens.” Bishop Allen recently completed its new full- length album — due out this summer — and na- tionwide tour that included a sold-out show at At your service Union Hall in Park Slope. Looks like this year might be just as busy for these guys after all. All of Bishop Allen’s records, including the Pricey mix-your-own-drink craze lands in Prospect Heights self-released 2006 series, are available at www.bishopallen.com. — Josh Saul

By Juliana Bunim Well is hurting for bars, but the local water- Bottoms up: Well Lounge’s stocked bar for The Brooklyn Paper ing holes that dot it and are, to many, part of (at left) is available by the glass or by its charm, aren’t exactly what Lundy had in the bottle as the deep-pocketed crowd TV atch out! There’s a new bottle in mind. above is enjoying it. Prospect Heights, and this one does- “It annoys me that in the past to get quali- Wn’t involve a rubber nipple. ty anything you had to go into the city,” she On April 10, the Well Lounge, a new said, adding that she hopes to attract a crowd he said. “I wish things like this would stay on nightclub on Flatbush Avenue, will debut its like the one at the Soho boite Balthazar or in the other side of the river.” In the hood private VIP area, complete with posh couch- Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. “I created Levisohn also believes Well’s location es, custom lighting and a plasma television. this space with my own friends in mind. The may hurt its business. “Seventh and Flatbush Brooklyn looks like Hell. Hell’s Kitchen that is. Oh, and one more thing that Well’s got — Well is a place my girlfriends, who spend all seems like an odd place for a chic hangout,” At Broadway Studios in Greenpoint, the borough $200 bottles of vodka. week grinding in the city to make six figures, he said. “It’s isolated and far from the trendi- is playing a starring role in “The Black Donnellys,” Bottle service, unheard of outside can come to get their heads together.” It isn’t all sunshine and vodka shots, er Fifth Avenue. And who’s going to want to NBC’s new gangster series — set on a fictitious Brighton Beach’s Russian enclave until a few The Well provides the luxury of bottle serv- though. A new bill in the State Legislature trek out to Brooklyn to pay $200 for a bot- version of Manhattan’s West Side. years ago, is now a nightlife staple. A patron ice where, according to manager Everton Hird, would curb bottle service, which is currently tle?” Not that only bottle service is available “How could you not like Brooklyn?” asked Bob- at a club can purchase — for several times “everything is done for the customer. People unregulated. According to the State Liquor — cocktails, beer and wine are served in the by Morasco, the show’s the retail value — a bottle of liquor at a bar, come to a space to be seen and have easy ac- Authority, purchasing an entire bottle carries front room of the bar at average prices for the writer and producer. which is then brought, along with mixers, to cessibility. A cooler, trendier scene is moving the inherent risk of serving minors and over- neighborhood. “When I was growing his table. Besides at- into Brooklyn.” ly intoxicated individuals. Despite these obstacles, Well aims to be- up, Manhattan was the tracting legions of Despite the “cool- The bill, which does not specify how the come a local hangout. “We want to be wel- epicenter of everything. new friends, paying NIGHTLIFE er scene,” both Hird SLA intends to monitor the service, is asking coming to the neighborhood,” said Hird. If you lived in Brook- for a bottle is also and Lundy told GO for “a blank check to come up with every “Maybe some of the aspects of bottle service lyn, you lived in Osh- known for getting Well Lounge (329 Flatbush Ave. at Sev- Brooklyn that Well possible regulation and instill pure fear,” said seem pretentious, but above all we are a kosh. But now, it’s gor- enth Avenue in Prospect Heights) is open people inside of vel- Tuesday through Sunday from 5 pm–1 am. For does not exude the Robert Bookman, a lawyer for the powerful friendly place. There will never be a cover, geous and there are vet ropes they other- information, call (718) 789-7896 or visit pretentiousness often New York Nightlife Association. “Give me a never be someone telling you where to sit. great restaurants all wise wouldn’t pass. www.wellloungebrooklyn.com. associated with bottle single example of a problem developed from The greatest part about our location is that over.”

Well’s owner, service. “This is an incident of a bottle service — you can’t. Clinton Hill, Park Slope and Prospect Sherwood NBC / Virginia One of five brothers Ntozake Lundy, more about the cus- This is a new rallying cry from those who are Heights all consider us their neighborhood.” himself, Moresco creat- doesn’t think combining bottle service and tomer being happy,” said Hird. And Lundy is anti-alcohol.” One way Well hopes to establish a local ed the show with Paul Haggis, the Irish-Canadian Brooklyn should be that surprising. As a not trying to emulate the “super intense” Man- Lundy scoffs at the idea that reining in identity is by hosting a DJ lounge series. The filmmaker with whom he co-wrote and produced Brooklyn native and small business owner hattan scene. “After you take a train to get bottle service will make an impact. “There weekly Friday night event will showcase dif- the Oscar-winning 2005 best picture, “Crash.” — she has owned and operated the Prospect there, you have to look a certain way, act a were some high profile incidents,” she said, ferent Brooklyn DJs including DJ 11, Bever- Moresco also produced the 2004 Academy Award Heights coffee shop Muddy Waters for over certain way,” she said. “That’s not relaxing.” referring to the murders of 18-year-old Jen- ly Bond, Belinda Becker, DJ Cosmo and DJ winner, “Million Dollar Baby,” which was based on 15 years — Lundy is addressing a void she Well offers a lower price on bottles than nifer Moore and 24-year-old Imette St. Taboo. Haggis’ screenplay. sees in the neighborhood’s nightlife. Addi- bars and clubs in Manhattan, where prices Guillen in Manhattan last summer. “But no “I’m just trying to do the obvious,” said The show, which follows the brothers Donnelly tionally, bringing in this glitzy service trans- can run beyond $500 a pop. Well typically one sits down alone and buys a bottle. It’s six Lundy. “And bring to the borough I grew up as they murder and maim their way across the city, lates into big business. charges $200-325 per 750ml bottle (other- friends, coming together and sharing in a in what everyone expects. Why should you is only partially inspired by Moresco’s own life. “It was a natural progression of things,” wise known as a fifth) — affordable, com- safe, private space,” she said. “When the city be six miles from the closest place like this? “Hell’s Kitchen was an Irish enclave for cen- said Lundy. “I want Well to seem like an ex- paratively, but still a 1,000-percent markup. is broke, they turn and fine the small busi- It’s the natural progression of things.” turies,” he explained, “and, [there were] the Westies tension of a client’s living room, and now Along with the actual bottle, patrons receive nesses.” In a burgeoning local nightlife, Lundy sees in the 1970s and 1980s — the Irish mob. Many of that the Manhattan client lives in Brooklyn, a personal server on hand to pour drinks, re- Ben Levisohn, 34, is one local who will bottle service as way to distinguish Well my friends and some family members were in- it’s the natural next step. You’re paying Man- stock mixers and dish out reasonably priced not be indulging in the newfound conven- from the pack. “There are 40 dozen bars volved. That’s where these stories came from. hattan prices for everything else [in the a la carte nibbles like organic tiger shrimp ience of bottle service. “We moved to Park around here to compete with,” she said. That’s where it started. You write what you know.” neighborhood], why not this?” salad and escargot drenched in garlic and Slope eight years ago to escape the mad-rush “Brooklyn has arrived, and there’s nothing “The Black Donnellys” airs on NBC Monday Not that the neighborhood surrounding butter. of Manhattan for something a little quieter,” we can do about it.” nights at 10 pm — Karen Butler

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ing every last creamy, truffle-dusted lit- tle pillow of deliciousness in a gener- ous serving of gnocchi. I defy anyone to find a lighter example of the BROOKLYN dumplings — or one with a silkier cream sauce. Landberg judiciously em- ploys small cubes of crunchy pancetta Neighborhood to lend a bit of smokiness. With chefs going hog wild for bacon, his restraint Dining Guide is commendable. It’s the play of crunch and moist fish that make the Maine lobster dumplings so memorable. Pieces of the sweet crustacean are heaped into flaky, crisp Bites pastry crescents. They’re lovely as is, but more compelling with the mix of This week: roasted cashew nuts, a bit of frisee sal- CARROLL GARDENS ad and a puddle of vinaigrette intensi- fied with “sambal ulek” (an Indonesian paste seasoned with ground chilies). Apartment 138 Nothing struck me as particularly ex- 138 Smith St. at Bergen Street, (718) 858-0556, citing on the roundup of “big plates,” (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$15. but what arrived at the table was visu- No matter what your typical diet is, Apartment 138 ally arresting and palate pleasing. The has something you will enjoy. “The menu is so well- rounded, you can bring a veggie lover or a meat “pan-roasted sea scallops” arrived with / Daniel Krieger lover and they can both find something good to several plump mollusks, their edges eat,” said waitress Shari Stein. The sandwiches, seared until brittle and their centers according to chef Simon Lange, are 138’s specialty, Callan / Tom moist and nearly creamy. Properly firm and range from the grilled vegetable with red pep- pers and goat cheese, to the barbecue steak sand- yet lush risotto absorbed some of the wich. And, of course, don’t forget the peanut butter scallop’s light, white wine stock while and jelly served with a glass of milk and a banana. Paper The Brooklyn a few roasted spears of asparagus and Proior to its opening in 2004, Apartment 138 was a

two-story apartment for a family of four and still Paper The Brooklyn tomatoes, their sweetness concentrated retains the cozy feeling. Walk in the front door and The watermelon martini at Apartment 138. from the slow bake in the oven, fin- you face the extensive fully stocked bar, with eight ished the plate. beers on tap and dozens of wines, along with the bartender’s recommended white or red sangria. Italian menu that includes an array of hot and cold Pistachio-crusted salmon played sec- There is dining space in back of the bar, and down- appetizers, soups, salads, homemade pasta, fish, ond fiddle to the suave scallops. It, too, stairs features a recreation room complete with pool chicken, veal, steaks and chops prepared by chef was beautifully presented with the table and arcade games. The quaint backyard gar- Bruno Milone. The dessert wagon offers pastries, den can also be accessed from the downstairs. cakes, tortes, fruit, sorbet and homemade gelato. green of grilled asparagus and spinach Open for lunch and dinner daily, with brunch served Marco Polo is best known for its tableside prepara- playing off the pink of the flesh, but the from 11 am to 4 pm on weekends. tion. At your table, the “fettuccine al vino rosso,” or How Swede it is nut coating distracted somewhat from red wine fettuccine, is tossed in a Parmesan cheese wheel. For dessert, the strawberry flambe, made the silkiness of the fish. Cafe LULUc with fresh berries, champagne and sugar, is heated A new chef at Melt makes Tina do just that No one can accuse Landberg of 214 Smith St. at Butler Street (718) 625-3815 and then rolled into a crepe and topped with ice phoning in the desserts. Thought has (cash only) Entrees: $6-$15. cream right before your eyes. Marco Polo is open daily for dinner. Lunch is served Monday through By Tina Barry in Manhattan) brings a set of formida- gone into the concept as well as the With its painted-tin ceiling, racks of magazines, red for The Brooklyn Paper ble skills to the table. Like his prede- plating of the creative finales. One pas- tables that you can linger at and the mirror on the rear Friday. Live music is offered on weekends at 7 pm. wall, this exciting little cafe melds the feel of a soulful cessors, his menu continues to refer- try of cream-filled white cake covered diner with that of a bistro. The French-Spanish cuisine Mezcal’s ove at first sight. Yes, it happened ence the cuisine of this country. in a cloak of pale green marzipan, re- is served smoothly to the beat of 70s music and at rea- 522 Court St. at Huntington Street, (718) 237- when I visited Melt restaurant in “The food is contemporary American sembled a lovely little sea creature but sonable prices. The brunch selection is extensive, from 2230 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10.95-$15.95. Eggs Benedict to their famous pancakes. Cafe LULUc L2005. The modern room, done up with a Swedish touch,” said Landberg, tasted like overly sweet birthday cake. also offers several salad, sandwich and pasta options, Chef and owner Moises Gallardo opened this Mez- in shades of rich chocolate and cream, who grew up and trained in Sweden. The other offerings didn’t disap- but the big draw is that grilled hanger steak with cal’s in 2001, although this chain of popular Mexican seemed as far away from Park Slope’s “Modern Scandinavian cooking is really point. There was vanilla panna cotta, French fries and caramelized onions. Open daily from restaurants began operation in 1989. Gallardo spe- 8 am to 11 pm, brunch is served on the weekends cializes in fajitas — beef or chicken with onions and stroller brigade as one could hope for. like today’s American cooking. It in- lightly scented with tongue-tingling star from 8 am to 4 pm. peppers served sizzling on a platter with rice and The setting was chic enough to feel fes- cludes ingredients anise. The cream beans and guacamole tortillas. Mezcal’s signature dish tive yet not in the least self-conscious. from Spain, Italy was lush but airy is the “mole poblano,” chicken breast cooked in a Chestnut sauce with four different kinds of peppers, plantains At that time, chef Brian Bunger was and France with DINING like a mousse and 271 Smith St. at Sackett Street, (718) 243-0049, and hints of chocolate and spice. Mezcal’s also offers turning out classic American fare with French technique.” served elegantly Mexican desserts like fried vanilla ice cream, which is Melt (440 Bergen St. between Fifth www.chestnutonsmith.com (MC, Visa) Entrees: a few global touches, and I was as Tuna tartar isn’t and Sixth avenues in Park Slope) accepts in a rocks glass $17-$24. ice cream covered with a cornmeal crust and then deep-fried. Of course, it wouldn’t be a fiesta without charmed by the meal as the ambience. difficult to come MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $17-$24. topped with ripe Chestnut has been serving up New American fare The restaurant serves dinner seven days all of those great Mexican drinks from Mezcal’s I revisited Melt a couple of months by in better bor- berries. A peanut- since 2003. Head chef Daniel Eardley, who fre- / Daniel Krieger a week and brunch on the weekend from quents the Hudson Valley to forage for wild mush- tequila bar, including fresh lime juice margaritas. ago when an interim chef was running ough restaurants, 11 am-4 pm. “Taste like Tuesdays” is a butter-and-jelly rooms, offers roasted leg of lamb; black sea bass; Delivery available. Open daily for lunch and dinner. the kitchen. While nothing had changed but I hadn’t found five-course tasting menu for $20 held cheesecake sounds pea stew soup with “fregula” (pearl-shaped) pasta; Additional Mezcal’s locations include: 151 Atlantic in the dining room, the place lost some one before my re- each week. For $40, each course is like something and braised greens ravioli with gingered squash and Ave. at Clinton Street, (718) 643-6000, and 7508 paired with wine. Subway: 2, 3 to Bergen ricotta salata. Eardley’s signature entree is the hang- Third Ave. at Bay Ridge Avenue, (718) 748-7007. of it sparkle. The menu still focused on cent visit to Melt Street. For information, call (718) 230- you’d bake for a 5925 or visit www.meltrestaurant.com. er steak with fingerling potatoes, Valdeon cheese (a modern American fare, and what I tast- Paper The Brooklyn that was as vibrant child’s birthday, type of Spanish blue cheese) and red wine sauce. Royal’s Downtown ed wasn’t badly executed, but the food Melt Mousse: Executive Chef Pa- as Landberg’s ver- but the pastry For dessert, try the chocolate “budino” and was surprisingly caramel, which Eardley describes as a cross 215 Union St. at Henry Street, (718) 923-9866 lacked the confidence and sophistica- trik Landberg of Melt (above) sion. He mounds (AmEx, DC, Visa) Entrees: $20-$32. tion of the earlier dinner. buttery squares of the fish, barely dressed dense, like a very moist cookie, and between a creme brulee and rich pudding. tempts us with his panna cotta, Chestnut also has an extensive wine list. Ask to take With its red walls, crystal chandeliers and fireplace, After the eatery’s owner Muguette in a lemony vinaigrette, over a slice of bits of tart strawberry jam studded a peek at the rear patio, closed off with a charming Royal’s Downtown is “the restaurant for romantics,” (pronounced “Mu-Get”) Siem A Sjoe, covered with strawberries (top). nutty, creamy avocado. A bit of cucum- throughout the filling balanced the wood fence painted with a floral mural. Open for said owner Steve Henderson. Open since dinner, Tuesdays through Sundays, and for brunch September 2006 in the former location of Russell’s closed for a couple of weeks in late ber relish brightened with dill and a hint saltiness. on Sundays, from 11 am to 3 pm. Closed Mondays. restaurant, Royal’s friendly staff, along with the ele- January, she reopened in February with dishes, and it was visible at the tables of garlic is its partner on the plate. The I hope Landberg remains in Melt’s gant decor, give this upscale eatery a gracious an expanded kitchen and new chef Pa- where diners lingered over their meal, freshness of the herb and vegetable com- kitchen for a long time so everyone The Grocery appeal. Chef Alex McWilliams cooks up everything from the wild Alaskan King salmon to the pan-roast- trik Landberg. The difference in the sharing dishes and, like the couple be- plements the richness of the seafood, who wants to try his cooking can. With 288 Smith St. at Union Street, (718) 596-3335 ed prime sirloin steak. Although Henderson said mood of the place and the cuisine is side me, ordering a second and then a while a smear of nose-tingling hot mus- the way chefs jump from place to place (MC, Visa) Entrees: $20-$30. their entrees are equally popular among diners, he profound. third port with dessert to prolong the tard serves as a spotlight, illuminating the in this town though, that may be wish- Co-chefs Sharon Pachter and Charles Kiely, not only recommends the braised Berkshire pork, served There’s a renewed energy in the air. experience. clean taste of the ingredients. ful thinking. In case my comment is cook for, but also co-own this American Nouveau with Savoy cabbage, rosemary and golden raisin cuisine hub with an intimate vibe. Signature dishes bread pudding and stone-ground mustard broth. I could see the enthusiasm in the eyes Landberg (formerly of Ulrika’s Only a heart-sinking step on the too subtle, that was a hint. Here’s an- include slow-rendered duck breast with Swiss chard For dessert, there’s almond cake made with of the wait staff as they described the Restaurant and the Roger Smith Hotel scale that day could keep me from eat- other: Get yourself to Melt. and caramelized red wine, homemade sausage with Amaretto cream and orange blossom honey. But if black bean salad and apricot mustard, and whole you want to go with a surefire hit, Henderson rec- boneless trout stuffed with mushroom. Among the ommends the hazelnut cheesecake. Royal’s also has desert options is a chocolate fig cake with coconut an extensive wine list. Open Monday through ice cream as well as passion fruit sorbet. Open Saturday for dinner. Open for brunch only on Monday through Thursday 5:30 pm to 10 pm, Friday Sundays, from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. 5:30 pm to 11 pm, Saturday 5 pm to 11 pm, closed Border crossing on Sundays. SoFo “The menu?” asked Eva Sanchez, the dining room’s 18-foot windows are 550 Court St. at West Ninth Street, (718) 222- Marco Polo Ristorante 3535 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Average drink: $5. who opened the Mexicali Restaurant left open, letting the soft breezes take 345 Court St. at Union Street, (718) 852-5015, SoFo is the latest addition to the urban nightlife with her husband Guillermo in 2005. the sting out of the “sopa de ajo” (gar- www.marcopoloristorante.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, “Oh, there is so much.” lic soup). While you sit in the comfort- scene in Carroll Gardens. Its casual atmosphere offers MC, Visa) Entrees: $15 and up. old timers and newcomers a place to come together, Indeed there is. In addition to a long able space with its wooden floors and One of Brooklyn’s most elegant dining rooms, meet new people, play pool, watch the TVs and listen Marco Polo boasts valet parking, a formally dressed to the jukebox. The orange walls and blue ceilings list of standards like guacamole, que- chairs, white cloth-covered tables that and knowledgeable wait-staff and a sophisticated with stars give the bar a bit of extra flair, while the sadillas and fajitas (pictured), chef Hi- seat 70, and one wall inlaid with hand- menu that reflects the taste of its owner, Joe backyard patio provides a quiet place for conversa- tolito Neneses cooks up plenty of Tex- some stones, order a beer or one of the Chirico, a veteran restaurateur. Marco Polo has an tions. Happy hour is from 3 pm until 9 pm and Mex and Mexican dishes to satisfy special drinks. includes two-for-one drinks. Closed Mondays. meat-happy carnivores as well as vege- “People like our Margaritas, Pina = Read more at Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants tarians. There are several “carnes” Coladas and sangria,” sighed Sanchez. www.BrooklynPaper.com in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not (meats) with specials such as the “Bistec “There is so much to drink, too.” comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to al Tequila,” a hearty sirloin steak spiked Mexicali (141 Court St. between Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpaper.com on the Web. If your with the alcohol and accompanied by Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street in Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via sauteed green peppers and onions. For Cobble Hill) accepts American Ex- e-mail at [email protected]. those on a meat-free diet, Neneses press, Diners Club, Discover and Visa. brings 15 vegetarian entrees to the table Entrees: $10.25-$12.50. The restau- / Daniel Krieger including enchiladas with house-made rant serves dinner daily. Brunch is mole sauce as well as “chiles rellenos,” available on weekends from noon – (a roasted Mexican chile filled with 4 pm. Subway: F to Bergen Street. cheese then deep fried) too. For information, call (718) 625-7370. See the New Paper The Brooklyn Now that the weather has warmed, — Tina Barry

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Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday eWbV\See]`YabVOb^Ogb`WPcbSb]bVS`WQV from noon-11 pm and on Friday and With March Madness soon ending, [caWQOZQcZbc`S]T/`US\bW\O A Brownie Sundae at the Saturday from noon-midnight. For infor- there is a glut of sports coverage until Chocolate Room mation, call (718) 783-2900 or visit www.thechocolateroombrooklyn.com. the NBA finals (sorry, but to this re- /^`WZ ! "&^[ The restorative qualities of a brownie porter baseball doesn’t count until they The New York Aquarium (602 Surf @]aSBVSObS` sundae cannot be overstated. On a rainy Ave. at West Fifth Street in Coney Island) get rid of those silly is open Monday through Friday from 10 day, it might be all that stands between pants). In the interim, Mary Schwalm am-5 pm and on weekends from 10 am- you and complete mental collapse. The 5:30 pm. For information call (718) 265- soccer (or “football,” Chocolate Room, which has been ply- 3474 or visit www.nyaquarium.com. as they call it) is as Shark feeding at the New York :SOR1]`^]`ObSA^]\a]` ing the masses with unrivaled sweets Old Pioneer Beer Hall & Garden good as it gets. Aquarium since it opened (318 Van Brunt St. at Pioneer Street in Alibi, a cav- It’s sometimes easy to forget that we Red Hook) is open weekdays from in January 2005, ernous, slightly live on an island. Perhaps an afternoon :SOR1]`^]`ObSA^]\a]` noon-4 am and weekends from 2 pm- serves a brow- 4 am. For information, call (718) 701- derelict bar in Fort of shark feeding will serve as a good nie sundae that 2189. Greene, is by far the best place to reminder. Sharks at the New York could very well Cross / Gregory drink yourself into a hooligan-like Aquarium in Coney Island are not fed be classified as a frenzy while watching the Football puppies (apparently we were misled), controlled sub- tion Battleship (the kind for which Association Cup — a sort of March but are served up a kebab-like pole stance. A fresh- you must supply your own sound ef- Madness of international soccer, if you baited with plenty of fish, said Fran baked brownie fects). The grueling mental gymnas- will. Alibi features a heady assortment Hackett, mouthpiece for the Aquarium. B/<5= is liberally tics required for Battleship will keep of draft beers and a good-size TV “It’s usually pretty crowded during adorned with a Paper file The Brooklyn your sunlight-deprived synapses firing tuned almost exclusively to Fox Sports shark feeding,” said Hackett, “because scoop of ice cream, hot fudge and throughout April. World. In the FA Cup semifinals people are waiting for a frenzy.” Still, B/<5= whipped cream, all of it homemade. The bar also has Scrabble nights on (April 14 and 15), much-loathed Man- April is a great time to avoid the larger “It’s probably the best brownie sun- Tuesdays, 25-cent wing nights Mon- chester United meets provincial under- summer crowds, she explained. And dae I’ve ever had,” co-owner Naomi day through Wednesday and a Trivial dogs Watford, while league power- there are plenty of other attractions, in- Josephus humbly said. The lady does- Pursuit challenge on weekends. “If house Chelsea plays the unfortunately cluding sea otters, penguins, and peren- eeeXOZQ]`U n’t lie. it’s really crappy out, we’ll throw a named Blackburn Rovers. nial GO Brooklyn favorite Ayveq, the 1S\bS`1VO`US % $# movie on the TV,” said owner Jim 1,200-pound walrus who will make Battleship at Old Pioneer Beer Ping-pong at Brownstone 0]f=T¿QS Leonard. Did we mention the excel- you feel better about all that winter 0`]OReOgOb$bVAb Hall & Garden lent selection of whiskeys and ryes? Billiards weight you gained. U`]c\RÀ]]` Known mostly for its pulled pork Depending on your outlook, ping- ;]\³AOb O[³$^[ sandwiches and transcendently Dig Dug at Barcade? pong is either the poor man’s squash We could go on, but we know Ac\ ^[³$^[ scrumptious chili-cheese fries, this Barcade is the best thing to happen or the ancient sport of kings. Either you’re anxious to get started. So, ven- Red Hook bastion also has a cornu- to Williamsburg since the free pizza at way, it requires a rare combination of ture forth, brave souls! Yes, nature is copia of superb board games. Promi- Capone’s. It features a surplus of draft brains and brawn. At Brownstone Bil- cruel, but it’s nothing a little pluck and nent among them is the standard-edi- microbrews, complimentary snacks liards, you’ll find all of the necessary Gortex can’t handle.

many years of living in the bush and from an oral tradition that is pretty fan- CHECKIN’ IN WITH... tastic. :SOR@]aS6OZZ6][S]T8OhhOb:W\Q]Z\1S\bS` 0`]OReOgOb$bVAb`SSb Q: I was buying bookends recently and the cashier didn’t know what Masha Hamilton they were! When I explained, he Do you love your favorite book enough to, well, let it go? Masha Hamil- almost scoffed at me: “No one ton hopes so. The author and Crown Heights resident has been working reads books anymore! It’s all on to bring literacy, and plenty of books, to the Kenyan bush through the the computer!” What was it like to newly-launched Camel Book drive and her latest book “The Camel Book- bring these books that so many mobile” (HarperCollins). The tale, based on a real life traveling camel li- people take for granted to a place where they are truly appreciated? brary in Africa, tells of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of a New York A: In this country, we hear reading is librarian striving to bring books, education and hope to the remote vil- dying; the book is dead. In that way, lages. She checked in with GO Brooklyn’s Sarah McCormick this week. we’re almost two societies: Those who read books and those who don’t. My Q: How did the inspi- triggered for me. I time in Kenya was an experience ration to write the thought: “Wow what a where you saw again the value of story come about? library fine!” books that sprung from somewhere A: I was driving my kids deep inside and the value of learning to the library when one Q: The camel library and being connected. of them told me about and book drive are the real camel bookmo- such wonderful ideas. had his own stories going on! In the Q: So, how is the book drive go- bile she read about in So why do some Afri- novel, this issue is explored through ing so far? Time for Kids. She told cans have a negative the fear of loss of the old way of life A: We’re a little over 160 names of me they have rules and response to the and the old values. However, the reali- donors including Jennifer Egan and if someone — since camel library? ty is that this is a very proud and very Jonathan Ames, along with Amy Tan, they’re semi-nomadic — doesn’t return A: Some of them hate it, [but] some of wise culture that doesn’t want to be publishers, librarians, agents and a book, the bookmobile stops going to them love it. One character hates it, but seen as ignorant just because they’re il- booklovers. They all want to donate — that community. That’s the part that is using it to have an affair. Everyone literate. 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Continued from page 1 to not only Japan, but China and Korea, too. Japan has more than 300 species of the tree, many of which have been artificially hybridized. The first blossoms came to the United States in 1912 as a gift of friendship from Japan, and still bloom each year at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. They actually need the 3.cold. Cherry blossoms thrive in regions where there is a cold winter followed by a warm spring, meaning they are much more likely to flour- ish in Brooklyn, New Jersey or Washington, D.C., than in the western or southern parts Good day. Please allow me to introduce myself. of the United States. “We have a lot of visitors that come here from California for the festival because they can’t grow cherry trees there,” Funk said. “Cherry trees need a cold winter.” I am Sir Charge, The cherries you eat 4.don’t come from the trees honored during “Hana- mi.” The trees celebrated dur- ing this season are the orna- mental, flowering ones, not the trees that produce fruit Verizon’s best-kept secret. cherries. The sweet leaves of many cherry blossom trees, however, are edible and are sometimes used in making Japanese treats. I pop up unexpectedly... The birds and the trees: 5.The BBG isn’t the only place in the borough that ...all over your Verizon home phone bill. They do manage to you’ll find cherry blossoms. With the help of some keep this old scoundrel busy in the most inexplicable manner, winged friends, more than a few trees have grown around the borough. Additionally, but one thing is clear: Sir Charge and your money make a plenty of local gardeners seek out the trees for their own splendid royal couple. spaces. “There are some wild cherries in Brooklyn,” Funk observed. “But there aren’t that many wild areas in And really, it costs a bloody fortune Brooklyn. People are planting little weeping varieties in to tailor these suits! their yards.” You don’t need a green 6.thumb to cultivate your own cherry trees. Here are a few tips from the expert about growing your own cherry tree in Brooklyn: Pick a smaller variety because these trees can grow quite large. Many flow- ering cherry trees live only 40 years, however, they are fast- growing, so you will be able to enjoy it for quite a while. They like full sun and their roots are near the surface, meaning it is difficult to grow grass under them. Other than needing pruning when they are young, the trees won’t need a lot of care and don’t fall victim to common plant diseases. 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Live music, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Karaoke, 8 Jazz with Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wednes- $10; April 12: Mark Mallman, 7:30 pm, pm, FREE. days: Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Honeydogs, 8:30 pm, The London Souls, 9:30 BROOKLYN Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric pm, Medium Cool, 10:30 pm, $5 in advance, $7 Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. day of the show; April 13: Thirsty Girl Pro- PARK SLOPE ductions presents “Harum Scarum,” a benefit for The New York Village Halloween Parade Barbes WILLIAMSBURG hosted by Scotty the Blue Bunny with The 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Violets, 8:30 pm, Project Jenny Project Jan, 10 (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Black Betty pm, The Fabulous Entourage, 11 pm, Hungry Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 sug- 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer March band, 11:55 pm, $15 in advance, $20 day Nightlife gested donation; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, of the show ($15 in costume day of the show); 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Slavic Soul www.blackbetty.net. April 14: All Night Chemists, 7:30 pm, Figo, Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Party, 9 pm, $10; April 7: Timothy Dick, 7 pm, Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- 8:30 pm, Jupiter Deluxe, 9:30 pm, Iowry, 10:30 $10 suggested donation, Bob Livey & The days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and pm, $10. BAY RIDGE Sputnik Brooklyn Rhythm Masters, 8 pm, $10 suggest- DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince ed donation, Alison Young, 10 pm, $10 sug- Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Pete’s Candy Store 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, FREE; Kitty Kiernan’s Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. gested donation, Les Martines City Queens, 11 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in pm, $10 suggested donation; April 8: Nok Wednesdays: The Joint hosted by DJ Nabil; 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, Saturdays: Afrokinetic with DJs Chris Annibell Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Snakt, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; April 9: Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne and (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. and Amon, 9 pm, FREE, French Beats Inter- www.petescandystore.com. Ian Riggs, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, Lucia DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. April 7: Andy Clayburn, 10 pm, FREE; April 14: national, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Kings of Kara- Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; April 7: Pulido, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; April Brian & Paul, 10 pm, FREE. oke with Colin King of Karaoke and DJ FlimFlam, The New Time, 8 pm, Jenn Lindsay, 9 pm, 10: Forro for All, 9 pm, $10 suggested dona- Capone’s Bar 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, Kinetic Steroids, 10 pm, FREE; April 8: Josh The Salty Dog FREE; Thursdays: Skylab, 10 pm, FREE. tion; April 11: Amanda Monaco 4, 8 pm, $10, 221 N. Ninth St. at Roebling Street in Weinstein, 8:30 pm, Matty Charles and the Nicolas Masson Quartet, 10 pm, $10; April 12: Williamsburg, (718) 599-4044, Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; April 9: Monday 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, Gina Leishman, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, www.caponesbar.com. (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Louis Monroe, FLATBUSH Sam Bardfeld’s Stuff Smith Project featuring Fridays, Saturdays: The Beat Club/All Disco, 9 9:30 pm, Tucker Dalton, 10:30 pm, FREE; April Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE. Anthony Coleman, 10 pm, $10 suggested pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and 10: Bingo, 7 pm, Haircuts, 9 pm, Coal, 10 pm, Cornerstone Pub donation; April 13: Famoro Dioubate’s Ka- DJ Flim Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Speak- Breathe Owl Breathe, 11 pm, FREE; April 11: The Wicked Monk 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road kande, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, The easy, an open mic night, 9 pm, FREE; Wednes- Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Hoots and Hellmouth, 10 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, Moonlighters, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; days: The Stroke with DJs Brian Tweedy and pm, Big Cream, 11 pm, FREE; April 12: Group (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. www.cornerstonepub.com. April 14: Slavic Soul Party! CD Release Party for Dave Ready, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Rehab, 9 of Names, 7 pm, Fruitkey, 9 pm, Holloway and April 7: DJ Tree from “Hollaback,” 9 pm, $5; Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- “Teknochek Collision,” 9:30 pm, $10. pm, FREE. Nightshade, 10 pm, Savinoland, 11 pm, FREE; April 12: Kyle’s B-Day Bash, Just Joe, 9 pm, $5; nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quar- April 13: Pete’s Big Poetry, 7 pm, The Morning April 13: DJ Kyle, 9 pm, $5; April 14: DJ Pepe, tet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thurs- Bogota Latin Bistro Galapagos Pages, 9 pm, Mob Automatic, 10 pm, The Holy 9 pm, $5. days: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Ghost, 11 pm, FREE; April 14: Sarah White and Slope, (718) 230-3805, Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, the Pearls, 9 pm, Emily Easterly, 10 pm, The BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Vox Po p www.bogotabistro.com. www.galapagosartspace.com. 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Readings featuring poetry, video, music, art, Wall, Red Sails, Alixandra Macmillan-Fieldel, 10 Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- and discordia, 10 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. pm, $5, (Front room) The Vintage DJ presents nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- “His Inimitable Trans-Temporal Dance Party, 7 April 8: Brooklyn Songwriters’ Exchange with Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: pm, $5, The Quarterly Orgy featuring Your 33 Paul Schneider, Julia Othmer, Adam Varga, 8:30 mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE. Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE. FORT GREENE Good Coffeehouse Union Hall Black Angels, Madam Robot and The Lust pm, $5; April 14: “The Third Mind” featuring Music Parlor (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Brigade, Butane Variations, The Ravages, The Sistas’ Place BAM Cafe David Aaron Band, Wax Machine, 9:30 pm, $8. Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, Mindshots, and Endsville, 10 pm, $7; April 8: Trash Bar (at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 www.unionhallny.com. (Front room) An Evening with the Dick Pig 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Biscuit BBQ Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second April 7: The Isles, Stay F—ked, The You Know Review, 8 pm, $TBD; April 9: (Front room) burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. www.sistasplace.org. Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, What, 8 pm, $7; April 10: Jeffrey Foucault, Smut, 8 pm, FREE, Monday Night Burlesque April 7: Wooden Ghost, 8:30 pm, This Car Up, www.bsec.org. April 7: Charles Tolliver, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in April 7: Sean Altman, 9 pm, FREE; April 13: Slope, (718) 399-2161, Anders Parker, 8:30 pm, $8; April 11: The presents Miss Saturn’s Hulapalooza, 9:30 pm, 9:30 pm, Only Son, 10:30 pm, The Bloodsugars, advance, $30 day of the show; April 14: Anat Fort Trio, 10:30 pm, FREE; April 14: Brazz www.biscuitbbq.com. April 13: Pat Wictor & Jud Caswell, 8 pm, $10 Jealous Girlfriends, Let’s Go Sailing, Elizabeth $5; April 10: (Backroom) The Oklahoma 11:30 pm, $7; April 8: The Heaves, 9 pm, Sake Kalaparusha, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, Tree, 10:30 pm, FREE. Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John adults, $6 children. Harper & The Matinee, 8 pm, $8; April 12: The Project, 7 pm, $5, (Front room) Dust From 1000 Tola, 10 pm, Tiger Piss, 11 pm, Amoroso, $30 day of the show. McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $10; Films, Eastern Conference Champions, 8 pm, Years with Jack, War Canoes, 9 pm, $5; April Midnight, $6; April 9: Nevereven 8 pm, State Night of the Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night on the Melt $8; April 13: The Oranges Band, Impossible 11: (Front room) Breathe Owl Breathe, 7 pm, Prison Surprise, 9 pm, Deathface, 10 pm, Proud Town, 8:30 pm, $10; Tuesdays: Songwriters’ Hair, 8 pm, $8; April 14: Page France, Head- $10; April 12: CD Release Party for Raquy and Simon, 11 pm, Outsly, Midnight, $6; April 10: BOERUM HILL Cookers 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Showcase hosted by Staci Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, Slope, (718) 230-5925. lights, 8 pm, $12. the Cavemen’s New CD “Naked,” 8 pm, $10; Love Letter, 8 pm, El Jezel, 9 pm, The Heart- 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Ons, 10 pm, Matt Dift, 11 pm, The Highway $5 suggested donation; April 7: Spanish Jazz Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 April 13: (Backroom) Jezebel Music presents Hank’s Saloon Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. “Consignment” with Baker, 10:30 pm, Creaky Gimps, Midnight, $5; April 11: Poingly, 8 pm, singer Xavier Casellas, 6 pm, $10, Casa pm, FREE. 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Mantequilla, 9 pm, $10; April 10: Spuyten PROSPECT HEIGHTS Boards, 11:30 pm, Contramano/The Ambitious Debra Desalvo, 9 pm, Bang Bang, 10 pm, June- Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, Duyvil, Tsipi Keller & Nava Renek, 6 pm, FREE; Orchestra, 12:30 am, Fruitkey, 1:30 am, $TBD, teenth, 11 pm, $6; April 12: Underground Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack FREE. April 11: Argentinean Tango Night hosted by Perch Cafe The Backroom (Front room) Crashin’ In presents DJs Oil, Toby Society, 8 pm, Agents of Karma, 9 pm, Choose, Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mob- Annatina featuring dance instruction, 7 pm, and 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue Rascal, and Gerald with Susu, 10:30 pm, Other 10 pm, Read ’em and Weep, 11 pm, Marching (718) 788-2830 in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, scenity, 10 pm, FREE; April 7: The Dirty Boo- GREENPOINT dancing/milonga, 8 pm, $12; April 12: Aperto, Passengers, 11:30 pm, The Old Soul, 12:30 am, Teeth, Midnight, $6; April 13: Haircut, 8 pm, galoo, 10 pm, FREE; April 13: High Falootin’, a new music series, 8:30 pm, $TBD; April 13: www.myspace.com/theperchcafe. www.freddysbackroom.com. $8; April 14: (Backroom) The Dance Party Queens Denim Rockers, 9 pm, Lythion, 10 pm, 10 pm, FREE; April 14: The Von Ehrics, 9 pm, Club Europa Elin, 9 pm, $10; April 14: Re-inventing Laura April 8: “Catharsis,” an open mic, 7 pm, $5 April 12: Opera on Tap “¡Viva España!, 9 pm, Pawns Analog Jetpack Telemetrik, 6 pm, $5, Ghost Runner, 11 pm, Section 8 Cartel, Uncle Leon & The Alibis, 10 pm, Brunch of the Nayo featuring The Poetic Notion Chorus Band suggested donation; April 11: Five Star Day, FREE. (Both rooms) “Mutli Hop 2” hosted by Sidlocks Midnight, $7; April 14: The Manvils, 8 pm, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Living Dead, 11 pm, Al Duvall, Midnight, FREE. and soloists, 6 pm, $10, Sofia Koutsovitis in 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; April 13: with DJs, live performances, and visual artists, Pennyroyal, 9 pm, Irv Irving Group, 10 pm, Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, 10 pm, $15. Rejectionist Front, 11 pm, Zebulon Pike, www.europaclub.com. concert, 9 pm, $10. Luciar, Celia Kipp and the Diveine Maggies, 8 RED HOOK pm, $5 suggested donation; April 14: Mariano Midnight, $7. BRIGHTON BEACH Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE Cafe Steinhof Gil Quintet, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation. The Lucky Cat before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- The Hook Union Pool National Restaurant days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Puppet’s Jazz Bar Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton www.theluckycat.com. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; April 7: April 11: The Useless Bastards, 10:30 pm, FREE. 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, www.thehookmusic.com. Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) www.myspace.com/unionpool. 646-1225, www.come2national.com. The World, Inferno Friendship Society, Paint it (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. April 7: Rocks Off presents American Princess, Sundays: Shul of Rock, 11 pm, FREE; Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE: April 13: Dirty Found Outreach Program and Black, The Vicious, Measure SA, 7 pm, $13; Cattyshack April 7: Alex Blake Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, 9 pm, Catfish Heaven, 10 pm, Lucero, 11 pm, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Night, 7 DJs Alianna & Exercise Tiger, 9 pm, $TBD; April 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: April 11: Vedera with Edison Glass and This is 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, Midnight, $10; April 9: Jaime Aff Session, 9:15 $12 in advance, $15 day of the show; April 9: Me Smiling, 8:30 pm, $10; April 12: Partners Glen Landing, 8 pm, The Holy Fingers, 9 pm, pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot Popcorn featur- 14: M Shanghai CD Release Party, 8 pm, $TBD. Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, FREE; April 10: Dave ing Binky Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live and guests, 8 pm, $6; April 13: Sumptuastic, Mondays: Open Psyche (open mic), 8 pm, Marks Group, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, Lyavon Volski, the leader of NRM, 10 pm, $TBD; April 12: “Thursday Night Wild” with $TBD; Thursdays: Radom Party with Moist Williamsburg Music Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE Verba, 9 pm, $35; April 14: The Locust featur- FREE, Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: $5; April 11: Myk Freedman Small Suit, 9:15 Seven27, 10 pm, $TBD; April 13: The Fearless, Paula, 11 pm, $TBD; April 7: Carter Van Pelt (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). ing Cattle Decapitation, Daughters, 7 pm, $12. Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Kara- pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; April 12: Center 9 pm, Glint, 10 pm, Ergo Skinnybones, 11 pm, monthly party with featured guest selectors, oke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after 10 Confluence, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; $8; April 14: Slackfest 2007 with Mighty Fine, 11p pm, $TBD; April 13: Ras Moshe CD 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in Studio B pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with sexy Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS April 13: Bill Stevens Quintet, 9:15 pm, 10:40 9:20 pm, Mischief Brew, 10:15 pm, The Release Party, 8 pm, Ape Fight, 11 pm, $TBD; 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Green- boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: S—tkickers, 8 pm, pm, Midnight, $10; Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 Slackers, 11:20 pm, Dub is a Weapon, 1 am, April 14: Jesse Krakow’s 30th Birthday, 8 pm, Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. point, (718) 389-1880. FREE ($5 after 9 pm), Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; Magnetic Field pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10. $10 in advance, $13 day of the show. FREE, A Night Brought to you by the Folks of April 7: Adult, Erase Errata, Child Abuse, Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE. Black Redemption, 11 pm, $TBD. Zebulon Cafe 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Richard Fearless, 8 pm, $10. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, Southpaw Hope and Anchor 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in The Center for Luna Lounge www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Uncle Paulie’s 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.zebu- April 9: Pete Minda, 8 pm, FREE; April 13: The Improvisational Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Hook, (718) 237-0276. 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer loncafeconcert.com. 408 Greenpoint Ave. at Monitor Street in Butchers, 8 pm, $TBD; April 14: Sally Crewe & Tuesdays: The Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; April 7: Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, April 7: Juneteenth, 9 pm, Mighty Fine, 11 pm, Greenpoint, (718) 383-2411. Music Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozz- The Sudden Moves, The Summer Wardrobe, 8 The RUB with Cosmo Baker, DJ Eleven, and man, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Kara- www.lunalounge.com. FREE; April 8: Eye Contact featuring Ryan April 7: USAISAMONSTER, Green Milk From 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, pm, $TBD. special guest Major Taylor, 10 pm, FREE; April oke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, April 7: Haley Bonar, 7:45 pm, Ahoi, 8:30 pm, Sawyer, 10 pm, FREE; April 9: Makondo, 9 pm, the Planet Orange, Metaluxx, 8 pm, $8. (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. 10: Estradasphere, Jersey Band, 9 pm, $10 in FREE. Falcon, 9:30 pm, Motel Creeps, 10:30 pm, Greek Night, 10 pm, FREE; April 10: Abraham April 12: Open Session, 8 pm, $7; April 13: advance, $12 day of the show; April 11: Rosie Melomane, 11:55 pm, $5; April 8: The Cave Gomez of Zemog, el Gallo Bueno (solo show), 8 CLINTON HILL Spider’s Web, Russ Lossing, John Hebert, Jeff GREENWOOD HEIGHTS Thomas with These Friends of Mine featuring Jalopy Singers, 8:30 pm, Vietnam, 9:30 pm, The Black pm, Gato Loco, 10 pm, FREE; April 11: Williams, 8:30 pm, $10 ($6 with valid student Inbetweens, 9 pm, A.D.M., 10 pm, FREE; April Denison Witmer and Sheila Saputo, Luba Angels, 10:30 pm, $12 in advance, $14 day of Dakar Cafe identification). 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in the show; April 11: Fursaxa, 7:30 pm, Jana 13: Zemog el Gallo Bueno, 10 pm, FREE; April Kitchen Bar Dvorak, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the Red Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hunter, 8:30 pm, Tara Jane O’Neil, 9:30 pm, 14: Meta and the Cornerstones, 10 pm, FREE. Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Drama Cafe & Wine show; April 12: Bunnydrums, Bell Hollow, April 7: George Kilby Jr.’s Blues Celebration, 9 Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-5623, Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun, DJ pm, $8 (BYO); April 13: Alternative Country Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE; Tues- www.kitchenbarny.com. 341 Fifth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park days: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Glenn, 8 pm, $8; April 14: Burrow Magazine Night with Butcher Slim, 8:30 pm, The Leader, Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; April Slope, (718) 768-2136, DJ Mohamed, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: WBAI Launch Party with Les Sans Culottes, John 9 pm, Kansas State Flower, 10 pm, Caledonia 12: Frank Basile, 8:30 pm, FREE. www.myspace.com/dramaonline. DJ Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live Pinamonti, Formaldehyde Blues Train The Shirts, Mission, 11 pm, $5 (BYO); April 14: Raoul Otis Saturdays: Artist Showcase, 9 pm, FREE; Fri- DJ Ben “The Beyonder” Carlin, 9 pm, $12. and His Blue Serenaders, 11 pm, $TBD (BYO). TALK TO US… band, 10 pm, FREE. Living Room days: Open mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; April 7: Manny Gonzalez, 8 pm, $2 suggested donation, To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Reign Lounge Guy, 9 pm, $2 suggested donation, Polly Am- Two Boots Brooklyn SHEEPSHEAD BAY name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood orous, 10 pm, $2 suggested donation, Bess Ro- 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, Heights, (718) 499-1505. gers, 11 pm, $2 suggested donation; April 14: Slope, (718) 499-3253, Anyway Cafe formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Cult Scott Griswold, 8 pm, $2 suggested donation, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Concerts Ramelan, 9 pm, $2 suggested donation, Funny April 7: Heather & The Barbarians, 10 pm, Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after on the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Energy, 10 pm, $2 suggested donation, Folk FREE; April 13: The Crevulators, 10 pm, FREE; www.anywaycafe.com. event details. 12:30 am. Open mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Song Revival, 11 pm, $2 suggested donation. April 14: Matt Turk Electric Trio, 10 pm, FREE. Mondays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays:

Ave. (718) 680-0006. Free. Call 311 for info. Free. night show and auction of the and No strand avenues. (718) CHILDREN POETRY READING: Barnes and work of alumni. 5 pm to 8 pm. 951-4500. Nobles presents poet Danny PERFORMANCE 50 Washington St., at Front SYMPHONY MUSIC: Brooklyn AFRICAN MUSIC: Young children 9 DAYS... Simmons. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh OPERA: Regina Opera Company Street. (212) 972-2031. Free. Symphony Orchestra presents a and their caregivers are invited Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. performs at Brooklyn Public classical music concert, featuring to a musical and storytelling event Continued from page 2 BARGEMUSIC: presents a concert Library’s Bay Ridge branch. 1 works by Strauss, Glazunov and at the Audubon Center in Pros- featuring classical music by pm. 7223 Ridge Blvd. (718) 748- UN PRIL others. $15, children free. 3 pm. pect Park. 2 pm to 4 pm. Enter bush Ave. (718) 282-2500, ext. 5709. Free. S , A 15 242. Free. Leclair, Mozart, Gershwin, St. Ann’s and the Holy Trinity on east side of park near Lincoln Rogers and Hammerstein and MUSIC OFF THE SHELVES: Brook- Income Taxes Due Tues, April 17 Church, Clinton and Montague Road. (646) 221-5608. Free. others. $45. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry lyn Public Library’s Brooklyn streets. (718) 852-0677. Heights branch presents members PERFORMANCE OTHER WEDS, APRIL 11 Landing, Old Fulton Street at BAM: “The Magic Flute.” 2 pm. the East River. (718) 624-2083. of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. BBC: Brooklyn Center for Per- See Sat., April 14. SUNDAY TALK: Brooklyn Society READING: Barnes and Nobles pre- They perform music inspired by forming Arts at Brooklyn Col- HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Heiress.” for Ethical Culture presents sents Masha Hamilton in a read- poetry. 1:30 pm. 280 Cadman lege presents the comedy- 2 pm. See Sat., April 14. “Creativity Sunday/ The Power Plaza West. (718) 623-7100. Free. ing and signing of “The Camel FRI, APRIL 13 drama “Lost in Yonkers.” $25. 3 BARGEMUSIC: presents a concert. of Words,” in honor of National Bookmobile.” 7:30 pm. 267 Se- BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pm. Walt Whitman Theater at 4 pm. See Sat., April 14. Poetry Month. 11 am to 12:30 presents “The Magic Flute,” by venth Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. LUCKY GALLERY: Closing reception Brooklyn College, one block STRIVELLI PLAYERS: “Grease.” 5 pm. 53 Prospect Park West. Mozart. In German with English BAM: “The Magic Flute.” 7:30 pm. features a collection of small size from the intersection of Flatbush pm. See Sat., April 14. (718) 768-2972. Free. See Sat., April 14. Also, BAM art works. 6 pm to 9 pm. Corner titles. $40 to $125. 7:30 pm. Ho- Dialogue with director William of Richards and Wolcott streets, ward Gilman Opera House, 30 Kentridge. $8, $4 Friends of Red Hook. (718) 852-9232. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. BAM. 6 pm. Rose Cinemas, 30 HEALTH AND WELL BEING: SALON SERIES: Brave New World Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Three-day weekend seminar Repertory Theater presents informs participants how to tap “Uncle Vanya,” by Anton Chek- into their body’s resources. hov. $18. Dinner at 7:30 pm. THURS, APRIL 12 $350-$550. Register at 7 pm. Reading at 8 pm. Location: pri- Grand Space, 778 Bergen St. vate home in Ditmas Park. Call RECEPTION: Safe-T-Gallery hosts a www.grandspace.com. (718) for information. (718) 469-5275. reception for “Tracing Nature,” 230-4244. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents “The an exhibit of natural landscapes DRAW-A-THON: Annual event at Heiress” based on the Henry by artist Hilary Lorenz. 6 pm to Pratt Institute features a 12-hour James’ novel “Washington 8 pm. 111 Front St., suite 214. marathon figure drawing ses- Square.” $15, $13 children and

(718) 782-5920. Free. sion. 16 models pose. Students Mark Lee Blackshear seniors. 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. RECEPTION: Eleven Ten Gallery and art professionals welcome. The write stuff: Danny Simmons, the artist, poet and (718) 237-2752. presents “The Art of Science,” Please, no photographers. $15. 7 powerhouse behind Corridor Gallery, reads from “I BARGEMUSIC: presents a concert pm to 7 am (Saturday). 200 featuring classical music by by Valerie Williams. 6:30 pm to Dreamed My People Were Calling, But I Couldn’t Find My 9 pm. 1110 Fulton St. (646) 387- Willoughby Ave. (718) 636-3617. Rachmaninov, Foss and Schu- Navigating the vast array of 1217. Free. FISH TALK: Brooklyn Aquarium Way,” his collection of poetry and paintings, at the Park bert. $35, $30 seniors, $20 stu- DISCUSSION: Museum of Contem- Society hosts a talk “Reefs of dents. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry health care services and resources porary African Diasporan Arts the World.” $5 donation, free Slope Barnes and Noble on April 12. Landing, Old Fulton Street at presents a close look at the Black for members. 7:30 pm. NY the East River. (718) 624-2083. can be confusing. Selfhelp has the Madonna. $4, $3 students, free Aquarium, West Eighth Street STRIVELLI PLAYERS: presents the for members and children 12 and and Surf Avenue. (718) 837-4455. (718) 768-2972. Landing, Old Fulton Street at musical “Grease.” $20. 8 pm. experience and knowledge to make younger. 6:45 pm to 8 pm. 80 GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Roots BARGEMUSIC: presents a concert the East River. (718) 624-2083. St. Bernadette’s School Audi- sense of it all for you and your loved Hanson Pl. (718) 230-0492. music with Pat Wictor and Jud featuring classical music by UNION POOL: presents The Dirty torium, 8201 13th Ave. (718) MEETING: Bay Ridge Mental Caswell. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. Leclair, Mozart, Gershwin, Found Outreach Program, fea- 907-3422. ones...relieving you of the worry. Health Council meets. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Rogers and Hammerstein and turing lusty love notes, fantasy Fort Hamilton Clinic, 8710 Fifth Culture, 53 Prospect Park West. others. $45. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry doodles, bedroom photos and CHILDREN other samples from people’s GALLERY TALK: Brooklyn Museum real love lives. $7. 9 pm. 484 presents a gallery talk about Benefits: Union St. at Meeker. (718) 213- exhibitions and collections on 1962. www.dirtyfound.com view. Free for children 12 and • 24/7 Care Management BAM: “The Magic Flute.” 7:30 pm. under; $8 adults, $4 seniors and See Sat., April 14. students, free for members. • In-Home Assessments Final Day of Pesach HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Heiress.” Noon and 1:30 pm. 200 Eastern • Benefits & Entitlements Advocacy 8 pm. See Sat., April 14. Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. STRIVELLI PLAYERS: “Grease.” 8 OTHER • Customized Care Plan pm. See Sat., April 14. ARTISANS MARKET: Functional • Crisis Intervention Tuesday, April 10, 6 pm, FREE and collectible art created by AT PRIL local professional artists. 9 am S , A 14 to 6 pm. DeKalb Avenue side- walk perimeter of Fort Greene Moshiach Seuda OUTDOORS AND TOURS Park. (718) 855-8175. SALT MARSH: Urban Park Rangers FLEA MARKET: at Sunset Park hosts an early morning birding Community Church. 10 am to 3 walk. 8 am. Salt Marsh Nature pm. 5324 Fourth Ave. (718) Delicious menu, including hand-baked Center, 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 439-6944. Shmurah Matzah, fine wine, gefilte fish, roast for info. Free. READING: Tabla Rasa Gallery FORT GREENE PARK: In honor of presents “Firebrand: The Auto- chicken, potato kugel and delicious dessert. Women’s History Month, the biography of a Feminist Art Urban Park Rangers host a talk Critic,” excerpts read by Cindy It was the custom of the Baal Shem Tov on the significant roles women Nemser. 3 pm. 224 48th St. played in the American Revolu- (718) 833-9100. Free. to partake of this meal late in the afternoon tion. 1 pm. Meet at the Visitor’s EXHIBIT: Pennsylvania Academy of Center, near the Myrtle Avenue the Fine Arts presents the New The right care at the right time…for the ones you love. of the eighth day of Pesach. and Washington Park entrance. Alumni Club art exhibit, a one- Everyone is welcome. Reservations not necessary. LIST YOUR EVENT… For more information: Congregation B’nai Avraham Call (800) 935-3701 To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice 117 Remsen Street (between Clinton & Henry streets) or more. Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: Or visit us online at www.selfhelp.net GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paper, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a Brooklyn Heights space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 7, 2007 Barclays linked to slavery — again In ‘60s, it bought bank with ties to trade By Dana Rubinstein sity Professor David Eltis’s “Transatlantic Jeffries told The Brooklyn Paper that latest research and again sought to refocus The Brooklyn Paper Slave Trade Database” as the source of the this newly surfaced research only bolsters attention on the abolitionist stance of one information. his and other community leaders’ case. of the bank’s early founders, David Bar- Barclays Bank, which holds the nam- “This history is particularly important in “This further strengthens the position clay. ing rights to Forest City Ratner’s planned light of recent denials by Barclays of a link to that Barclays Bank was involved in the “We can confirm … that our founders Brooklyn basketball arena, has again slavery,” said Farmer-Paellmann, referring to trans-Atlantic slave trade in a significant were members of the abolitionist move- been linked to the slave trade — this time the brouhaha that ensued among local lead- way,” he said. “We expect to meet with ment,” said Peter Truell, a Barclays through its relationship to a bank that ers earlier this year when Barclays won the Barclays Bank [in late April or early May] spokesman. “Barclay was a member of a participated in enslaving close to 40,000 naming-rights for the Nets arena. The $400- to discuss the need for significant invest- committee of London Quakers who op- Africans, according to new research re- million deal will brand the stadium —the ment in the future and well-being of the posed the slave trade, and later became in- leased this week by a New York-based centerpiece of developer Bruce Ratner’s 16- Brooklyn communities.” volved with the committee in taking the proponent of slavery reparations. skyscraper Atlantic Yards project — with the He said no exact monetary figure was anti-slave message nationwide.” The release was tied to the 200th anniver- name of the controversial bank. being suggested at this time. But Rutgers professor Christopher sary of Britain’s abolition of the slave trade. Local black leaders, including Assem- Barclays has repeatedly denied involve- Leslie Brown, an expert on the British The Restitution Study Group, headed blyman Hakeem Jeffries (D–Fort Greene) ment in the slave trade. slave trade, said that the new research by Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, a former and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D–Flatbush), have Following reports about the bank’s “seems plausible.” / Stephen Chernin Brooklynite, alleges that Heywoods Bank called on Ratner to reject the deal. Clarke, checkered past earlier this year, the bank sent “I have not had an opportunity to dou- — which is believed to have merged with who has spoken in support of Ratner’s nearly identical letters to media organiza- ble-check the numbers or research, but I Martins Bank in the 1800s, which, in turn project, has threatened to seek Congres- tions claiming that “it is simply not true” that have no reason to think what they’ve merged with Barclays Bank in 1969 — sional hearings if Barclays does not in- Barclays was founded on the proceeds of the turned up is wrong,” said Brown. “I don’t took part in 125 slave-trading voyages, en- crease its financial commitment to the slave trade. The letter also sought to discred- know the history of Heywoods bank and Associated Press slaving more than 38,000 Africans, more Brooklyn community. So far, the bank has it research to the contrary by a well-respect- Barclays, but nothing on its face that sug- Former Brooklynite Deadria Farmer-Paellmann claims Barclays bank profited from slavery with than 6,000 of whom died en route to the said it will donate $2.5 million toward re- ed historian, Eric Williams. gests that the new research is errant.” the purchase of another bank in the 1960s. Americas. The group cites Emory Univer- building basketball courts in the borough. Barclays said it could not confirm the Forest City Ratner had no comment. City, neighbors, hope to quiet ‘noisy’ church

By Dana Rubinstein me and my wife. They’ve called her a witch to The Brooklyn Paper her face, and me, a pestilence.” But Ayoola Soetan, who handles community The city is set to crack down on a Clinton affairs for the church, denied there are any prob- Hill church it says has been illegally congre- lems with its neighbors. gating in a Waverly Avenue building — and “Whatever information you received is incor- creating what neighbors are calling a high and rect,” he said. “They should accommodate us as holy ruckus. we accommodate them. We are there to do our According to the city, the Celestial Church of services and we don’t disturb anybody.” Christ, a Nigerian Baptist congregation, has He went on to call one frequent complainer been illegally gathering in a building zoned as “obsessive.” an art gallery for the last 15 years. But the noise complaints are not the church’s “Within the next few weeks we will seek res- only problem. olution through the criminal court,” said Kate The owners of the church owe about $20,000 Lindquist, a Department of Buildings spokes- for violations accrued over the past decade, ac- woman. cording to the Buildings Department. The Buildings Department was prompted to The most recent violation, from Feb. 10, cites Mango P. / Gregory action by the church’s neighbors, who have long the owner for “occupancy contrary to the [cer- complained about its tendency to make a racket tificate of occupancy].” The owners of the Sunday that they say even God couldn’t ignore

/ Tania Haas / Tania church failed to show up for an April 2 hearing, (and maybe that’s the point). adding another $2,500 fine. Real-estate broker Doug Bowen and his ac- While that should please Bowen and GiBran- Paper The Brooklyn tress wife, Gerri LiBrandi, who own a brown- di, Smith — whose residency in the neighbor- stone on Clinton Avenue just north of Myrtle — and right behind the church — say they have hood predates the church — stood up for it. “The church has been a problem for the past asked the church to quiet down since they Paper The Brooklyn And away we go! moved there in 1999. 15 years, but they’ve improved a great deal,” he Hakeem Folawiyo, a member of the Ce- said. “And as I told [Gerry and Doug], ‘Were Roller coaster enthusiasts enjoy the Cyclone on April 1, the first day of what might be Astroland’s last season. Next “We all want to have our weekends, too,” lestial Church of Christ in Clinton Hill, en- year the park, which was sold to Thor Equities last year, is scheduled to be closed. The Cyclone, a landmark owned said Bowen. “We can’t use our own property on you aware of this church when you bought the Sundays, from 10 am to 4 pm, and during Fri- ters the church on Warerly Avenue. property?’” by the Parks Department, will remain — albeit with a different operator. day and Tuesday night services.” Bowen’s upstairs tenant, Kathryn Fox, de- scribed the noise in detail. “It starts with this wood clacking, like two sticks beating together, and then it goes into an all out jump-fest, with mics,” said Fox, whose bed- room window faces the church. “It’s drumbeats and a keyboard all day long. And then this one State pol: BAM LDC mishandled cash guy starts singing — pretty poorly, I might add.” Fox said that he has been forced to alter her schedule to allow for adequate sleep on Sunday. By Ariella Cohen worth the money he was paid. Partnership has kept Lichtenstein as “I’ve actually planned to come home early on The Brooklyn Paper “While Mr. Lichtenstein was a consultant and paid him about Saturday, so that [I get enough sleep before serv- never an employee of BAM LDC, $75,000 a year, according to the State officials are accusing the and therefore was never compensat- How Port Authority $ Bergen Record. The former Docto- ices start Sunday morning],” said Fox. “Or I’ve Brooklyn Academy of Music Lo- slept on my couch in the morning since it’s fur- ed as such, he did receive compen- roff aide said that Lichtenstein was RELIGIOUS cal Development Corporation of sation as a consultant to the organi- well worth the price. ther away from the window.” misusing hundreds of thousands of Fox has lived behind the church for more zation,” said Jay Kriegel, a found its way to BAM “Harvey has a very unique ability dollars earmarked for the BAM spokesman for the group. “Unfortu- to basically speak with decision than five years, but her next-door neighbor, Beu- By Ariella Cohen SERVICES ford Smith, said the church has been a nuisance cultural district in Fort Greene. nately, BAM LDC’s 2004 tax return makers, and frankly people who since it moved in 15 years ago. The BAM LDC spent $257,000 was ambiguous and allowed the in- The Brooklyn Papers make programmatic decisions in the Brown Memorial “This has been an ongoing battle,” said to pay consulting fees to its own terpretation that Mr. Lichtenstein Every day is a winding road. And so is every state funding art world,” said Chan. Baptist Church salaried chairman, former BAM was compensated as both an em- The inquiry into Lichtenstein’s 484 Washington Ave., Ft. Greene Smith. “I went to the precinct I don’t know how scheme. Sunday School 9:15am many times.” chairman Harvey Lichtenstein, be- ployee of — and as a consultant to This year the region’s transportation agency, the Port Authority of group is part of a larger effort to in- Morning Worship 8:00am & 11:00am For their part, both Bowen and Fox have re- tween 2002 and 2004, according to — the LDC. A technical amend- New York and New Jersey, will put $2.3 million into a new parking crease oversight of the thousands of Wed. Bible Study 1:00pm & 7:15pm peatedly called 311, and Bowen has met with tax filings now being reviewed by ment is now being prepared to elim- garage for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. While some Brook- local development corporations that 718-638-6121 the community affairs officers of the 88th the New York Assembly Committee inate any confusion.” lynites are surely rejoicing at the prospect of a new place to park near are funded by state and local gov- Rev. Clinton M. Miller - Pastor www. brownmemorialbaptist.org Precinct and with members of the church. on Corporations, Authorities and He added that Lichtenstein’s BAM, the bi-state’s train, plane and boat agency is less than thrilled ernment agencies, but left to operate LM31-12 “It was not productive,” he said. “They al- Commissions. “service merits the level of compen- to spend its money on the lot. with little supervision. While the ways pull the God card and the race card. “There are laws that govern ex- sation he received.” “This is the result of a bad political deal,” said spokesman Marc LDC is the first Brooklyn group sin- First A.M.E. Zion Church penditures of quasi-governmental 54 MacDonough St. They’ve been vehement and openly hostile to Lichtenstein is a powerhouse in LaVorgna. gled out by the state Assembly, it is (bet. Tompkin & Marcy Ave.) agencies like BAM LDC,” said As- the arts world well known for trans- Money that went to the BAM cultural district followed a long- not likely to be the last. BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN semblyman Richard Brodsky (D- forming the 1908 Beaux Art Brook- and-roundabout route out of the Port Authority’s transportation-based “We are asking questions of a Sunday School 9:45 am Westchester) chairman of the com- lyn Academy of Music from an un- number of local development corpo- Morning Worship 11:00 am budget. The bad political deal, according to the Port Authority, is an Wednesday Midweek mittee. “We are concerned about derused relic that rented out concert agreement between two former heads of state, George Pataki and rations across the state,” said Brod- Service/Bible Study 6:30 pm whether those laws are being ob- halls for evening karate classes into New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman. The agreement created a $250 sky. (718) 638-3343 served.” the cutting-edge arts center it is million fund specifically earmarked for New York spending. The odd “These are quasi-governmental Dr. Daran H. Mitchell, Pastor JOE… Lichtenstein’s consulting fees now. part is, the cash wasn’t reserved for transportation projects. Instead, agencies that use public money with LM30-18 were $75,000 in 2004, $111,035 in He began to push a plan to trans- the pot is completely controlled by the Empire State Development very little transparency about their Congregation Continued from page 1 2003, and $71,113 in 2002, accord- form the area around it into a Lin- Corporation and goes largely to fund cultural projects rather than the budgets, their compensation policies ing to income-tax returns. He also Kol Israel an astounding 0.00, best of any former Cyclone coln Center-like arts center before infrastructure projects that are the agency’s mission. or their [decision-making] policies.” Located in Prospect Heights on the squad. received a salary of $73,353 in 2004 his 1999 retirement from the acade- Critics — including Brooklynites who want a new parking garage Legal experts said it was unlikely since 1924 and $35,678 in 2002, according to my. In 1997, he formed the LDC that the LDC violated the law when 603 St. Johns Place On top of that, Smith got his feet wet in front just as much the next guy — have slammed the system as a sophisti- bet. Classon & Franklin of 45,000 fans and a national television audi- records. The LDC didn’t pay him a and within a few years, he had cated slush fund for the pet projects of state officials. it paid the leader twice but Assen- 638-6583 salary in 2003. The funds were scored $75 million in city funding “People have friends in high places and so they get the money,” blyman Hakeem Jefferies (D-Fort Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz ence. Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am But to him, it was just like his first time in raised privately and did not come and $2.3 million from the state to said Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Fort Greene),”There is no con- Greene) said that the double-dip W34/37/52 front of a sellout crowd at Keyspan. out of public funds, according to a enact his vision. versation of where this money is needed or how it should be spent.” raises questions of public accounta- “I was nervous,” he said Wednesday in a tele- spokesman for the group. But progress on the $650 million bility because the group has re- Cong. B’nai Jacob phone press conference, about beginning his ca- The Bergen Record, a New Jer- arts district — which would include ceived public money. Park Slope Synagogue sey newspaper, first reported the a Visual and Performing Arts Li- “[These groups] must be subject reer with the Cyclones. “I had to pitch before 401 9th Str. btw 6th & 7th Ave. 8,000 fans, and they were New York fans, who consulting payments. brary designed by architect-of-the- slowly under the LDC. City officials took over the pro- to a high level of scrutiny to make 718-832-1266 are different. When you’re good they love you, Officials for the LDC, which has moment Enrique Norten, a Frank “Projects have languished for a ject’s reins last summer, transferring sure that public dollars are being Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan and when you’re bad they let you hear about it.” since been swallowed up by the Gehry-designed playhouse for The- while,” Deputy Mayor Daniel Doc- control to a new group headed by spent in the most effective fashion,” Shabbat: Fri Sundown Sat 9:30am Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, atre for a New Audience and a toroff, who oversees economic de- Joe Chan, who last worked as a top said Jeffries. “The consulting fees CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS Smith didn’t let his nerves get the better of www.parkslopeshul.org him though, as he allowed two runs, one earned, said that that they had not violated dance studio topped by a 20-story velopment projects, told The New advisor to Doctoroff. raise a serious red flag in respect to L30-34 in his Cyclone debut. He then made sixteen the law, and theat Lichtenstein was residential tower — was moving York Times, in August of last year. Chan’s Downtown Brooklyn the group’s overall mission.” more relief appearances without allowing an Congregation earned run. When he was called up to Double-A Mount Sinai 250 Cadman Plaza W. Binghamton on August 1, his Brooklyn ERA Conservative/Egalitarian was a minuscule 0.45 for 17 appearances with tory farm, hormone free, and allowed five different strategically located anywhere near the stuff. A House for Prayer / A Home for People nine saves. to eat grass,” she said. drop-off points throughout the city. “Although I am a huge believer in 718-875-9124 Upon reaching Binghamton, a jump of three Friday Eve Services 6:30pm Deep Milk believes that the I was allowed to write that she organic foods, I think we need to be Saturday Morning 10:00am steps up the Mets’ farm ladder, Smith struggled MILK… heating process involved in pas- once made her husband wait four careful where we draw a line,” said SUIT… Rabbi Joseph Potasnik A42 and had an ERA of 5.48 in 10 relief appear- teurizing the milk does kill some hours for a late truck in Manhattan, Maimonides pediatrician Dr. Joanna Continued from page 1 ances. Continued from page 1 bad stuff, but also kills healthy which begs the question, why would Tsopelas. “I would drink raw milk But Smith had struggled before. He was cut have to review it, just to make sure financial review of the project. stuff too, not to mention the fact someone wait four hours for some- [only] if I could boil it under high “The [documents] met the test for from the Wright State as a freshman. Not de- we are all on the same page.” that at 40 years old she could easi- thing the FDA considers poison? pressure for an hour at high tempera- Shabbat Shalom! terred, he switched his pitching motion from She wanted approval rights over the previous administration,” he said. Presented by ly pass for 32. She isn’t alone. Web An FDA report on illnesses tures. So I guess the answer is no.” The agency declined further com- overhand to sidearm, made the team as a sopho- my story for her and “others?” This sites and groups across the country caused by raw milk over the last five The raw milk underground will ment until it reviewed the suit. B’nai Avraham went deeper than I thought. more and became an outstanding reliever, pitch- have sprouted up quicker than bac- years says there have been 18 “out- not be dissuaded, and according to The lawsuit also charges state offi- of Brooklyn Heights ing in 80 games over three years with 22 saves I called upon my wife to try to teria on moldy bread singing the breaks” of bacterial illness involving Deep Milk, they are spreading out cials with failing to take into account 117 Remsen St. • 596-4840 and a 1.53 ERA. make sense out of it all and told her praises of the utter. raw milk or raw milk cheeses in 15 in clubs across Brooklyn looking to terrorism risks associated with building Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin After watching him pitch with the Cyclones that the demands were unreasonable, They believe that science sup- states. Those outbreaks have sick- turn the clock back to the days Ratner’s 16 towers and an 18,000-seat www.bnaiavraham.com for half a short season, Brooklyn Paper reporter but she couldn’t (or wouldn’t) say a ports them, and that mainstream ened 451 people, a few of those seri- when food was simpler and cows arena next to Brooklyn’s biggest transit (and future scout?) Nick Pauly determined thing about the Milk Underground, al- medicine is historically two steps ously enough to be hospitalized. The weren’t sharing IV’s. hub, a complex that includes a LIRR Candle Smith was “the real deal,” giving him a team- though she could arrange a meeting behind the truth (leeches anyone?). report lists types of bacteria that Of course, that doesn’t mean terminal and the Atlantic Avenue and high A+ on his midseason report card. (that had to be kept confidential, too.) Turns out the process of smug- might be found in raw milk, includ- they want their plan written about Pacific Street subway stations. Lighting Smith could become a major factor in the Turns out the rabbit hole does go gling contraband milk into Brooklyn ing campylobacter, escherichia, liste- in a major Brooklyn weekly. Opponents, including Council- Mets’ pennant chances this season as the Mets’ deeper. is more complicated than the spider- ria, salmonella, yersina and brucella. Thus, I got another message woman Letitia James (D–Prospect bullpen — the key to the big club’s success this Deep Milk began to tell me her web of tax-dollar subsidies chan- It also lists diseases raw milk prod- from Deep Milk. Heights), hope that the courts will Shabbat Passover year — is short on right-handers. story, which began as an unenlight- neled to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic ucts can cause, such as tuberculosis, “I am really sorry for wasting force Ratner to stop work on the pro- Fri., April 6, before 7:07pm Smith tried to explain what it’s like to reach ened drinker of pasteurized milk, Yards project. diphtheria, polio, strep throat, scarlet your time,” she said, claiming she ject’s site until the case is resolved. the goal of every Cyclone. who on the advice of a friend began To get around the law, no money fever and typhoid fever. How could got orders from the top. “But we “Once the buildings are torn down Shabbat Shmini “There aren’t words to describe what it felt to research the benefits of raw milk. changes hands in New York. It must the FDA have been so wrong? can’t help you anymore at the risk they cannot be put back,” said James. Fri., April 13, before 7:14 pm like to pitch in the majors!” said the Ohio native. “I discovered that in almost every all be done online — and only after I made a call to our family pedi- of the government finding out, so “The injury to the community is ir- “I only hope other Brooklyn players will get to other culture raw milk was cherished you sign a form releasing the seller of atrician, and asked for her position the story can’t run at all.” reparable.” Mikvah experience something that you’ve wanted your for its remarkable health benefits, so all liability. After paying online, the on the underground milk smug- Is there a witness protection pro- Forest City Ratner declined to com- For appointment call 596-WATER entire life.” long as the cows were not from a fac- milk is made available for pick-up at glers, and she said she isn’t getting gram for raw milk advocates? ment on the lawsuit. 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