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BrooklynPaper.com s (718) 260–2500 s Brooklyn, NY s ©2009 DOWNTOWN, PARK SLOPE & BAY RIDGE EDITIONS AWP/14 pages s Vol. 32, No. 36 s Friday, September 11, 2009 s FREE "/&8#"--(".& Arena re-design is not a ‘hangar’
By Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Paper From “The Hangar” to … “The Waffle 48*4) Iron”? Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner un- veiled stunning new designs for the proposed basketball arena at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues on Wednesday, renderings that strive to silence the outrage created in May when Ratner dumped Frank Gehry in favor of a Midwest architecture firm whose first effort, a hangar-like design, fell flat. The new renderings of the $800-million arena are a collaboration between that firm, Ellerbe Becket, and a new partner, the New
York–based boutique firm SHoP Architects. Short Mike “The Barclays Center will quickly become an iconic part of the Brooklyn landscape,” Ratner said in a statement issued on www. barclayscenter.com a Web site with the fresh renderings. “The design is elegant and inti- mate and also a bold architectural statement The Brooklyn Paper / that will nicely complement the surrounding
SHoP ArchitectsSHoP buildings and neighborhoods.” Of course, not everyone cheered the lat- 'D§RFNSKDFR SHoP TALK: The latest de- est incarnation of the basketball arena. De- signs for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards velop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, the principal basketball arena at the in- George Williams hugs his mom, Danielle Midgette, before start- a money pit? opposition group to the full Atlantic Yards ing his first day of kindergarten at PS 32 in Carroll Gardens on tersection of Flatbush and mega-project, described the design as a “big 3&+&$5&% New study says so. See more: Atlantic avenues (above) are eye ball at Atlantic and Flatbush.” Wednesday, one day after a timely new report revealed that child- decidedly bolder than the BrooklynPaper.com The group also pointed out that the arena care costs are going through the roof. See page 5. first post–Frank Gehry ren- renderings did not include any of the proposed derings that the developer 16 skyscrapers that splay out from the arena put out earlier this summer to Vanderbilt Avenue — though only two of (right). That design, by the those buildings, containing a small fraction of Midwestern firm of Ellerbe the promised 2,250 units of below-market-rate Becket, has been spruced up housing — are currently being developed. thanks to a partnership with “The arena design is irrelevant,” the group Bullets over the Manhattan firm, SHoP said in a statement. “All Ratner is able to show, Architects. Gehry’s “Urban six years since unveiling his mega-project pro-
Room” is gone. Becket Ellerbe See ARENA on page 11 SWEPT AWAY! ‘Broadway’ Cyclones crash & burn in Ohio field City sued over Triangle By Gersh Kuntzman The suit, filed in Supreme Court, By Zeke Faux League’s McNamara Division for most of The offense was so weak, Brook- clincher, Brandon Moore, who threw The Brooklyn Paper argues that a politically corrupt pro- for The Brooklyn Paper the season, the Mini Amazin’s slumped lyn practically needed no-hitters from a no-hitter on Aug. 23, gave up three A coalition of 40 North Brooklyn cess cut out dozens of community The Cyclones’ quest to bring a cham- into the post-season as the wild card its starters, but it got a pair of less- runs and only lasted five innings. community groups sued the city on groups from participating in plans pionship to Brooklyn ended in igno- — and looked as flat and frustrated as than-perfect performances. Righty On the other side of the field, Scrap- Wednesday, contending that the pro- to convert 31 acres of former indus- miny with a two-game sweep in the the big league Mets in the best-of-three fireballer Mark Cohoon — 9–2 with per pitchers kept throwing zeroes. posed Broadway Triangle rezoning trial land in East Williamsburg into a first round of the playoffs by the Ma- playoff series against the league-lead- a 2.15 ERA in the regular season — “You have to give them credit,” plan violated federal law because of mixed-income community with large honing Valley Scrappers. ing Scrappers, mustering only seven hits gave up three runs over seven innings said Lopez. “You’re facing the best “the racially and religiously discrim- portions reserved for below-market- After leading the New York–Penn and making four errors. to lose the first game. And in the series See CLONES on page 11 inatory impacts of the proposed re- rate housing. zoning.” United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and Ridgewood Bush- wick Senior Citizen Council — two non-profit groups tied to Assembly- man Vito Lopez (D–Bushwick) — were given no-bid contracts by the city to develop housing in the Trian- 'FETOBC#BZ3JEHF¤T£#FSOJF.BEPGG¤ gle. City officials have defended that arrangement because both groups submitted proper applications for site control. But the suit argues that But a victim of alleged Ponzi schemer forgives him! the city intentionally excluded other groups. By Gersh Kuntzman at some point, I just decided that I with Madoff’s fund, some clients Campbell, the federal prosecutor The suit is the culmination of years The Brooklyn Paper can’t let anger consume the rest of made a profit, though the vast ma- for the district that includes Brook- of hostility between the largely His- The feds say that Bay Ridge had my life.” jority lost their investments, pros- lyn. “In reality, the defendant’s in- panic community and the expand- its own Bernie Madoff — though Like Madoff, Barry’s alleged ecutors said. vestment fund was nothing more ing Hasidic neighborhood nearby. one of his biggest victims says she crimes came to light only when “He convinced hundreds of in- than a classic Ponzi scheme.” Many of the court papers are pep- has already forgiven him. the economic downturn bank- dividuals to hand over their sav- Barry and his unregistered com- pered with references to how the “Wil- One day after federal prosecutors rupted him last year. And just as ings,” said U.S. Attorney Benton panies, Leverage Group and North liamsburg Hasidic community” has arrested Philip Barry and charged American Financial Services, is- been “the beneficiary of racial quo- him with running a 31-year-long sued fraudulent statements that tas” and “other forms of heavy ille- Ponzi scheme that bilked hundreds showed he was investing in stock gal discrimination.” of clients out of at least $20 million, options and earning his neighbor- The suit also contends that “al- 68-year-old victim Barbara Grebin hood clients solid returns. most 50 percent” of the 2,000 units told The Brooklyn Paper that she But court papers say that he of public housing in the area are oc- stopped making any investments not only lost hundreds of thousands Short Mike cupied by Hasidic Jews, “despite fed- of dollars to Barry, but she had also in 1999 and was using the $40 eral court orders requiring the end lost her anger. million that he had “conned” out of discriminatory practices and de- “I can’t spend the rest of my life of his clients since 1978 to spec- spite the fact that the waiting list for being angry,” she said, showing off Callan Tom ulate on real estate and on an un- such housing has remained at over 90 the fake statements that Barry had related mail-order porn business, percent Latino and African Ameri-
sent her promising large returns, hiding the scheme under boasts of The Brooklyn Paper / can for more than 30 years.” even as he allegedly scammed her hefty profits. Barbara Grebin lost hundreds of thousands of dollars But after years of aligning himself out of close to $400,000 over 28 “These purportedly guaranteed that she invested with alleged shyster Philip Barry, who with those groups, Lopez “switched
years. “Sure, I was depressed, but The Brooklyn Paper / See PONZI on page 11 worked out of this shabby 82nd Street office (left). See TRIANGLE on page 6 ‘SOUTHERN’ HOSPITALITY Band finds no ‘Comfort’ in cease-and-desist order By Gersh Kuntzman Comfort brand and its prod- you will not get a ticket even The Brooklyn Paper ucts with music,” lawyer Jill if the other drivers do not.” Ooo-ooh, this smells! Jacobs said in a Sept. 2 letter Courts have upheld the Bay Ridge’s beloved South- to the band’s guitarist, Eddie rights of copyright owners in ern Comfort — a rock band Sarkis. “Your band members’ cases when other businesses’ best known for its versions use of ‘Southern Comfort’ in use of the same name con- of Southern-fried classics by your band’s name … is likely fuses the public, so Jacobs’s Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman to cause the public to mistak- legal argument is fairly rou- Brothers, and the Outlaws — enly believe that you are asso- tine. Condo offer: Move has been ordered to shelve its ciated with, authorized by, or Indeed, a few years back, monicker by the makers of a sponsored by Southern Com- the owners of F Line Bagel re- frat-house booze that owns fort Properties when they are ceived just such a cease-and- the copyright. not.” desist letter from lawyers for innie, get an Audi Lawyers for Southern Com- Sarkis said he felt like he’d the Metropolitan Transporta- fort Properties — who make been attacked in a barroom tion Authority, who argued By Ben Muessig Alongside the 2009 A4, the deal, which the world-renowned Southern after reading the letter. that the store’s location across The Brooklyn Paper was first spotted by Curbed, also prom- Comfort liqueur — also de- “When I got the letter, I the street from the F-train stop ises buyers who sign qualifying contracts manded that the band cease didn’t think it was real,” he Eddie Sarkis’s band, Southern Comfort, has been at Smith and Ninth Street in These apartments are priced to move ordered to stop using the name of a popular syrupy — literally. before Sept. 30 something much more and desist using the Web site, told The Brooklyn Paper. Carroll Gardens would con- spirit by the company that makes it. In an attempt to kick condo sales at valuable: a free parking space. www.southerncomfortmusic. “Why did they single out a fuse straphangers into believ- One Brooklyn Bridge Park into high gear, “It’s a differentiator for the Brook- com by Sept. 16. couple of guys from Brook- ing that the MTA had gotten the developers behind the Furman Street lyn Heights market,” said Ian Levine, “The Southern Comfort lyn when there are hundreds Jacobs that very question, she mail. “Everyone on the road into the bagel business. conversion rolled out a new promotion a spokesman for the developer behind brand has a strong connec- of bands across the country had a simple answer, “Think may be driving 75 mph, but The store removed the “F” this week that will give a free Audi se- the conversion of the former Jehovah’s tion with music, and the pub- using that name?” of this speeding analogy,” she that does not mean that if a and is now known to some as dan to anyone who buys an apartment Witness printing plant. lic associates the Southern Actually, when he asked wrote back to him in an e- police officer pulls you over, See SOUTH on page 9 that costs more than $2 million. 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BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS city at a cost of $16 million A Department of Home- in 2007 with the intention of less Services spokeswoman Bed/ Bath/ Laundry Stationary/ School Supplies Cooking & Cleaning Hooks & Hangers serving as a gym for the ad- said the agency could not pro- Carpets, Rugs & Doormats Coffee Makers jacent PS 107 and as a com- vide a comment in time for munity recreation center, but Shelves/Storage/Closet Lamps & Bulbs The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper’s fran- Wall Clocks & Mirrors Extension Cords it has sat idle amid contrac- tic deadline. Pens & Markers Toaster Ovens tual squabbles and bureau- The rec center, which Dry-Erase Boards Flashlights cratic red tape ever since. will also serve other pub- Calculators Tool Kits And all the while, officials lic schools, teens and adults ® have promised that the open- with a full-size soccer field, We Appreciate Your Business! ing date was right around the a track, classrooms and other 10% OFF corner. facilities, is especially needed All Store Merchandise With This Ad “I hope it’ll be open by by PS 107, which is one block Custom Framing OVER 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS 2012,” groaned Angela Hel- away and has seen its cement Featuring Home Delivery within Bklyn land, who was walking with Ready-Made Frames
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On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Democratic voters will go to velopers and real-estate in- thing. I have studied things A: Our neighborhoods are go- gree planning so that we al- times, I’ve differed with Da- the polls — a primary vote that is tantamount to elec- terests and [Brooklyn party New York’s best carefully before I reached an ing to need a representative ways know how much infra- vid on local issues in the past, tion in heavily Democratic Brooklyn. So we gave all the boss] Vito Lopez. They can election coverage opinion. I think that is some- who has worked in local gov- structure we need when we and I’ve never been shy about candidates one last chance to win your vote. spin it all they want — that’s thing you want. There are times ernment, understands how the are developing large parts of it. David and I disagree that what they do. We can’t afford when there are legitimate con- system works our neighborhoods. affordable housing in major dents of each of the commu- four years of that. VOTE ON SEPT. 15! cerns on both sides of an argu- and what our Q: Opponents say you projects should be voluntary ment, I educated myself, and nities in the district. +\Ê-iÛiÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃö +\Ê" ]ÊLÕÌÊÜ ÞÊà Õ`Ê neighbor- >ÀiÊ «>ÀÌÊ vÊ Ì iÊ i and up to the developer. I think came to an opinion. SE%JTUSJDU +\Ê7 >̽ÃÊÃÃÕiÊÕLiÀÊ A: Effective, honest leader, «i«iÊÛÌiÊvÀÊÞÕ¶ hoods need. I VÀ>ÌVÊ>V iÊLiV>ÕÃiÊ that in large projects, afford- Greenpoint, Williamsburg, iÊ vÀÊ family man. A: I have the experience, and +\Ê iÃVÀLiÊ ÞÕÀÃivÊ Ê am uniquely vÊÞÕÀÊiÝ«iÀiViÊÜÀ able housing should be manda- DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights ÞÕ¶ Ken Diamondstone the know-how to get results on ÃiÛiÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃÃ\ qualified be- }ÊvÀÊ9>ÃÃÞ° tory. We also disagreed about and parts of Cobble Hill A: Down- issues like housing, education, A: Leadership, in-depth cause of my A: I’m proud of the work I did housing in Brooklyn Bridge and Park Slope +\Ê7 >ÌÊ>iÃÊÞÕÊÌ iÊ knowledge, sense of humor, zoning the and the environment. long record in with David. We delivered a lot Park. I don’t want there to be LiÃÌÊ}ÕÞÊÊÌ iÊÀ>Vi¶ good with people. Isaac Abraham waterfront A: I am the most experienced, +\Ê7 >̽ÃÊÞÕÀÊ«ÀÀÌÞ¶ local government and deliv- of results that will benefit the any housing in the park, it’s Q: Why are you the best in Wil- and I have more accomplish- A: Developing housing for our +\ÊÀÊÌ iÊÀiVÀ`]ÊÌ >ÌÊÃÊ ering results. community for years to come. land we’ll never get back. >ÊvÀÊÌ iÊL¶ liamsburg ments in more parts of the dis- seniors and making sure that ÀiÊÌ >ÊÃiÛiÊÜÀ`ð +\Ê/«Ê«ÀÀÌÞ¶ But I am a candidate with his +\Ê-iÛiÊÜÀ`ö A: It has to do with experi- and Green- trict, affecting more lives, than we have affordable day care Evan Thies A: I am going to submit and own ideas about how the city A: Energy, ideas and record ence, it has to do with quali- point. anyone else who is running. I in our city, and I want to start +\Ê7 ÞÊÞÕ¶Ê7 ÞÊܶ pass a law to create 360-de- could be governed. And some- to deliver results. fications, it has to do with ac- +\Ê7 ÞÊ`ÜâiÊܶ know government at every level working on how we address complishments. I can be your A: The whole idea is to make because of my work at the com- our transportation issues. messenger, I can be your loud- sure that no more high-rise munity board over the past 10 Q: Opponents say that speaker. I have been doing buildings are constructed years. I am ÞÕÀÊÌiÃÊÌÊ «iâÊ>iÊ that unelected for 36 years. along the waterfront so that the most pro- ÞÕÊ>Ê>V iÊV>``>Ìi° +\Ê7 >ÌÊ>ÀiÊÃiÊvÊÌ iÊ we can create more parks. gressive, and A: I will be an independent Ì }ÃÊÞÕÊ>V iÛi`¶ +\Ê ÀÌVÃÊÃ>ÞÊÞÕÊ`½ÌÊ I will take voice on “ As Comptroller, I’ll never forget that the job isn’t A: Being a >ÛiÊ iÕ} Ê «ÌV>Ê risks for re- the Coun- paramedic, iÝ«iÀiVi° form to pro- cil. I under- it’s about people – John Liu dealing with A: I chaired the Sierra Club’s tect our com- stand that just about numbers, .” families at a New York City groups’ po- munities. the respon- time of need, litical committee for over 10 +\ÊvÊiiVÌi`]ÊÜ >ÌÊÃÊà sibility of an a time of years. I know how govern- ÃÕiÊÕLiÀÊi¶ elected offi- stress and a ment operates. I can hit the A: Choosing a leader of our cial is great, time of pain. ground running in terms of council. Today, the coun- and the number one obliga- Delivering packages to poor building on these relation- cil is a rubber stamp for the tion is to the people that they people for the Sabbath. I have ships – and that means get- mayor. We must change the represent. dealt with transportation is- ting that downzoning. rules, strengthen the council as +\Ê iÃVÀLiÊ ÞÕÀÃivÊ Ê sues when I forced the city +\Ê-iÛiÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃö a counterbalance to the mayor. ÃiÛiÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃð As our next Comptroller, John Liu will: to cover the Williamsburg A: Passionate, intelligent, If we can’t do that on the first A: I am here to work for you. Bridge with tarp when they compassionate, farsighted, day by choosing the right leader - Monitor city agencies to root out waste, fraud were removing lead paint. I energetic, organic. and making our communities Jo Anne Simon fought against the city’s larg- stronger and more effective, +\Ê7 >ÌÊ>iÃÊÞÕÊÌ iÊ and abuse of taxpayer money–just like he did est incinerator in the Brook- Doug Biviano then we will have lost a major LiÃÌÊV>``>Ìi¶ when he caught the MTA cheating us by using lyn Navy Yard. +\Ê7 >ÌÊ>iÃÊÞÕÊÌ iÊ opportunity to rewrite the book A: I have the most experience two sets of books. Q: Your opponents ques LiÃÌÊV>``>Ìi¶ for the next four years. at the grassroots level. I know ÌÊ ÞÕÀÊ >LÌÞÊ ÌÊ i>`Ê A: I’m an engineer, I’m a pub- this district better than anyone - Fight against discrimination and for equal +\Ê >ÞÊÃ>ÞÊ̽ÃÊ>ÊÌ Àii else. Others ÕÌÃ`iÊvÊÌ iÊ i>ÛÞÊ> lic school parent. We don’t «iÀÃÊ À>ViÊ pÊ >`Ê haven’t had opportunity for all New Yorkers, making sure Ã`V]Ê Ì Õ} Ê Ã>]Ê «À need four years of a machine candidate taking money from ÞÕ½ÀiÊÌÊÊÌ iÊÌ Àii° the luxury we aren’t squeezed out by billionaires and ÌÊvÊÌ iÊ`ÃÌÀVÌ° A: I think we are far ahead of special interests. People know of working A: People who have known where others think we are. I politically connected businesses. me and the issues that I have that I am going to stand up. in the com- have a base of support, name munity as addressed know that the loca- +\Ê9ÕÀÊÌ«ÊÃÃÕiö recognition throughout the - Invest public pension funds wisely. tion doesn’t matter. Afford- A: Preserving the services we long as I district, and a record of speak- have. I have - Spur economic growth and job development able housing is something I need to live ing out for our communities have worked on — it doesn’t our lives and a history of getting results, like through strategic capital investments. while others wait to see which the traffic-calming project in matter whether it is Kent Av- to save lives. way the wind blows. - Demand accountability from our school enue or Court Street. That means Boerum Hill. I can create fun- fighting cor- +\Ê-iÛiÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃö damental change. system for the money we spend and for how +\Ê iÃVÀLiÊ ÞÕÀÃivÊ Ê A: Progressive, reformer, en- ruption and vironmentalist, servant to our +\ÊvÊiiVÌi`]ÊÜ >ÌÊÃÊà well our children are educated. ÃiÛiÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃð making sure A: If it’s not right, I’ll fight. communities. ÃÕiÊÕLiÀÊi¶ Democrat our senior A: Obviously, the most burn- Ken Baer centers, our EMS, our schools, Steve Levin ing issue is development. The +\Ê7 ÞÊ>ÀiÊÞÕÊÃÌÊ our transit, and our health care +\Ê7 >ÌÊ>iÃÊÞÕÊÌ iÊ other is education.
µÕ>vi`ÊvÀÊÌ iÊL¶ get funded. I don’t think we’re LiÃÌÊ>ÊvÀÊÌ iÊL¶ +\Ê"Ì iÀÊV>``>ÌiÃÊ Paid for by People John Liu. A: Because of my back- seeing leadership. A: First off, it’s been a tremen- V>ÊÞÕ½ÛiÊv«v««i`Ê www.liunewyork.com ground. I’m an accountant, Q: Your opponents say dous privilege for me over the ÊÌ>ÌVÊ9>À`ÃÊ>`Ê-Õ I’ve been an environmental- ÞÕ½ÛiÊÀÕÊ>Ê>ÞÊi} past months to meet with so «iÀvÕ`Ê `iÃ}>ÌÊ vÀÊ ist all of my adult life and I >ÌÛiÊV>«>}°Ê many wonderful residents and Ì iÊÜ>ÕÃÊ >>° have lived in Brooklyn for 30 A: They are just upset be- talk with so many remarkable A: It’s baloney. This is the pol- years. As a result, I’ve devel- cause I pointed out all of the people about the issues that itics or personal destruction. Vote John Liu for Comptroller on September 15 oped a rapport with the resi- money they’ve taken from de- they care about most. I have never waffled on any- KEN BAER 33rd COUNCIL DISTRICT U 5-YEAR ATLANTIC YARDS FOE U 21-YEAR SIERRA CLUB LEADER U COMMUNITY CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT U 30-YEAR BROOKLYN RESIDENT UÊ** 9Ê " -/" Ê*, Ê *," -Ê/"Ê --Ê/, -/ UÊ - / Ê"7 1-Ê ÊEÊ 7/"7 Ê , Ê-Ê-1* ,1 Ê-/ - UÊ "7 <" Ê, *" /ÊEÊ " ,/ Ê*, ,9 7 - 1,Ê7/ ,," /-ÊpÊ , / Ê ", Ê*, - /1 - 9]Ê- */°Ê£x
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S #1 PLA RG’ CE FO BU R (JSMTHPOFXJMEBU4MPQFCBS S M A The burglar entered through quired treatment at Long Is- I L 78TH PRECINCT an unlocked door in the unit, land College Hospital. L I Park Slope which is at 12th Street, between POLICE BLOTTER The thieves made off with Physical Therapy 11 am and 6 pm. the victim’s phone, but cops W Physical Therapy Two patrons of the popu- lar Flatbush Avenue nightspot Victimized Find more online every Wednesday at nabbed an 18-year-old and a 14-year-old suspected of com- Sugar Cane attacked a bar- A New York Methodist #SPPLMZO1BQFSDPNCMPUUFS mitting the crime. Occupational Therapy tender and a customer with Hospital patient who left broken bottles and glasses in her bag unattended while she Chapel crime a melee early on Sept. 5. the display cases. possibly with a gun. used a bathroom on Aug. 29 The terrible trio then left and The attack left the victim A thug held up a 29-year-old Speech Therapy The always-thumping returned to find it gone. on Chapel Street on Sept. 4. jumped into a waiting car, but with bruises and cuts to the nightclub burst into some The 55-year-old victim The crook grabbed the real action at around 1:40 cops caught up with the two head, though the assailant Willi told cops that the bag con- victim by the neck and arm ng am am when two women — in- of the men on Fifth Street and fled in a 2007 Toyota with- Audiology vi tained more than $1,000 in and removed her keys, wallet, r s another on Fourth Street. out taking anything. e b toxicated, according to the gold rings and necklaces. and credit card as she passed u S — Gersh Kuntzman r police report — got unruly. myPhone near the corner of Jay Street g ‘Radio’ call 14 It’s unclear what happened at around 10:30 am. Cops quickly nabbed three 84TH PRECINCT Cops locked up two teens years next, but at some point, the suspected of pummeling a men who burst into the Ra- Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO Fannypack jack! w women slashed the bartender man for his iPhone on the it and the customer with bot- dio Shack on Seventh Ave- Boerum Hill–Downtown A thief heisted a Sidekick h pride nue, pulled a knife and stole Manhattan Bridge walkway cellphone from a 16-year- tles, causing lacerations. Pierrepummeled on Sept. 1. SERVING Cops said they nabbed their thousands of dollars of equip- old’s fanny pack inside a A 67-year-old man was The criminal duo alleg- drunken duo while it was still ment on Sept. 1. Court Street movie theater beaten and held up at gun- edly confronted the victim at the bar, which is one door Police say that the three men on Aug. 31. Infants - Pediatrics - Adolescents point on Pierrepont Street on on the Brooklyn-side of the away from Sixth Avenue. — ages 22, 22 and 20 — en- The perp lifted the phone tered the store, which is at Fifth Sept 3. bridge, shoved him against at around 3 pm and escaped Adults - Geriatrics Lapped up Street, at around 11:30 am. One The victim told cops that the fence, and punched him from the United Artists cin- A thief grabbed a portable of the men used a knife to de- he was near Hicks Street at repeatedly, leaving the vic- ema, which is near the cor- computer out of a Fourth Av- ter any heroism from the staff around 9 pm when the thug tim with a bloody nose and ner of State Street. enue apartment on Sept. 4. while the other two pilfered jumped him and struck him, a swollen forehead that re- Sidekick pick A thief snatched a Sidekick cellphone from a 34-year- old’s hands on Aug. 28. The cell skell grabbed the You’re gonna need flashy phone near the corner ÊUÊICE of Smith and Fulton streets Beyond Your Expectations at around 6 pm and fled. 18 Heyward St, between Bedford & Wythe a bigger car. ÊUÊBOTTLED WATER Camp-y crime SUNSET BEERÊUÊSODA DISTRIBUTORS A bad guy stole valuables ÊUÊBEER Call: 718-802-1550 200 varieties KEGS from a 32-year-old woman’s purse from a Smith Street bar Fax: 718-243-1222 of beer in stock 969 Third Avenue on Sept. 6. (at 37 St., across from Costco) The crook pilfered the Most major insurances accepted pocketbook, which was sit- SUNSET PARK ting on the arm of a chair in- OUR SERVICES: 718-788-8000 side the watering hole Camp, 9IDDISH 3PEAKING (EIMISH 4HERAPISTS s %ARLY )NTERVENTION s 0EDIATRIC which is between Wyckoff "OARD OF %DUCATION s !DULT 'ERIATRIC s 3PEECH 4HERAPY s /CCUPATIONAL 4HERAPY www.SunsetBeer.com and Warren streets, and made 0HYSICAL 4HERAPY s !UDIOLOGY s 3PECIAL %DUCATION s #OUNSELING Open Mon-Sat / We Deliver off with the victim’s credit cards, IDs, and $40 just af- ter midnight. Crime movie Thieves forced their way into a Henry Street movie theater and stole about $100 from a cash register early on Sept. 4. The perps broke a glass window on the front door of the Brooklyn Heights Cin- ema, which is at the corner of Orange Street, and got into the theater at some time be- tween 12:30 am and noon. — Ben Muessig with Thomas Tracy 68TH PRECINCT Bay Ridge Machete rob An 18-year-old thief pulled a machete on a 12-year-old boy to steal the lad’s bike on Sept. 6. The tween was crossing Sixth Avenue at 66th Street at around 5:20 pm when four teenaged thugs grabbed him — one pulling the long blade from under his shirt. Seeing the menacing weapon, the child quickly handed over the bike, but it wasn’t enough. “What else do you have?” the thief asked. The victim said he had nothing else — but the ear- phones leading to his iPod indicated otherwise. The thieves grabbed it and ran off. Takedown Smart phone. Dumb crook. Cops are looking for a thief who swiped a man’s iPhone after demanding his “radio.” The victim told police that he was on Fifth Ave- nue nearing 76th Street at 9:20 pm on Aug. 26 when the suspect jumped him and shoved him over to a nearby wall, all the while claiming he had a gun. “Give me your radio or I’ll shoot you,” the man threat- ened before running off with the phone and $15. As many know, the iPhone is capable of more than just delivering music like an old-style radio, but it is unclear if the crook knew just what a multi-pur- pose device he was getting. — Thomas Tracy 94TH PRECINCT Greenpoint–Williamsburg MacTook A pair of armed crooks snatched a Driggs Avenue Mac user’s laptop on his front steps on Sept. 2. The thieves grabbed the 24-year-old victim’s com- puter as he sat in front of his building, which is between N. Ninth and N. 10th streets at around 3:12 am. The victim gave chase, but one of the hoodlums pulled out what appeared to be a silver handgun. “Back up,” the thief said, before hopping into a getaway car near the corner of N. 11th Street. Wii-lly bad A gaming goon heisted video games and a Nin- tendo Wii from a Withers Street apartment while the residents were on vacation between Aug. 28 and Sept. 6. The perp got into the res- idence, which is between Humboldt Street and Gra- ham Avenue, and snatched the console, games, control- lers, and a Wii steering wheel used in driving games. Bags snagged Wrongdoers in Greenpoint keep snatching revelers’ purses See BLOTTER on page 6 September 11, 2009 / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää AWP 5
CHILD $CARE A plurality of families in Park Slope are spending more than $19,000 per year on $IJMEDBSFDPTUTBJO¤UQFBOVUT child care, according to a new study. Here’s how the spending breaks down: Family’s bill is often more than $19,000 a year By Helen Rittelmeyer report. “The problems are cost, difficulty “And rents are so high that child-care cen- that they’re not getting. More than 10 per- $19,000–$23,999 for The Brooklyn Paper of finding an appropriate situation, and the ters are forced to charge a lot,” she added. cent of families reported forfeiting the de- 15.4 percent A quarter of families in and around Park fear of not being able to get into a center.” “It’s not their fault.” posits they paid to hold spots at preschools Slope are paying more than $19,000 a year About half of the parents surveyed had Parents might be sympathetic to day- that their children didn’t end up attending. $14,000–$18,999 for day care — more than twice the aver- children in day care or pre-school, while the care centers with tight budgets, Brad Lander, who is running to succeed 23.1 percent $24,000 & up age in a state that is second in the nation in other half cared for their children at home, but they’re still not happy. More Bill DeBlasio and represent many of these 9.6 percent such costs, according to a new study. either with a stay-at-home parent or with than a third of parents in the sur- parents in the City Council, this week pro- nanny. Only 67 families — less than 18 per- vey said that the cost of child posed the creation of “Child Care Op- The Child Care Working Group, an ad cent of the entire surveyed group — included care was a “severe strain” finan- portunity Zones” that would make hoc organization of parents, surveyed 377 a stay-at-home parent. cially. it easier for pre-schools and day- $0–$3,999 families in Park Slope, Prospect Heights, 9.6 percent As a result of intense demand for day-care They have good reason to grum- care centers to open. $9,000–$13,999 Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn Heights and Dit- slots, outside-the-home coverage is increas- ble. Most of the surveyed parents In the meantime, par- 23.6 percent mas Park, and found not only high costs, but ingly expensive. with kids in day care are paying more ents continue to cope with a mad scramble for day care that has led to Kancelbaum also blamed rents and reg- than the state average for pre-school–age costs — and even unex- $4,000–$8,999 long waiting lists, pre-natal school scout- 18.8 percent ulations. care, which is $9,391 per year — the sec- pected problems. ing, and 4:30 am camp-outs for first-come, “It’s practically impossible for child-care ond highest average in the country. “Our daughter was of- first-served openings. centers to find space in churches and syna- “With two incomes, we are not any fur- fered a spot at a pre-school,” “We had a sense anecdotally from friends gogues and community centers that can be ther ahead financially than we were with one said one parent, “but it was subsequently and neighbors that people were really feel- retrofitted to meet the health and fire codes,” income and a stay-at-home parent,” said one withdrawn when [the school] remembered Source: Park Slope Child Care Working Group ing a strain over child care in our area,” said she said. “It would cost much more money respondent. that she has potentially life-threatening pea- Barbara Kancelbaum, who helped write the than they can afford. Some parents are even paying for day care nut allergy.” ★ ★ ★ )&3&*5*4"/05)&3%&.0$3"5*$13*."3:1"(& ★ ★ ★ PLEASE JOIN RED WHITE & BUBBLY
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Then, the to deal with landlords. 211 5TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY UI%JTUSJDU +\Ê ÀÌVÃÊÃ>ÞÊÞÕÊ`½ÌÊ lic school teacher. next week, they published +\Ê`ÊÌ iÊ ÃiÀÛ>VÞ¶ >ÛiÊÌ iÊiÝ«iÀiViÊÌÊ +\Ê } ÌÊÜÀ`ö almost the same ad and at- A: The rollout of the Sponge 5:00 ~ 9:00 PM Windsor Terrace, Park ÃÌ>`ÊÕÌÊÊÌ ÃÊ«>V° Slope and Carroll Gardens A: Sticking up for the com- tached it to my name, with no Park, and the Gowanus Goes A: I’ve been in the banking munity. Green expo, which The authorization from my cam- Participating Wineries: John Heyer industry and I have a law de- paign. We’ve asked the Cam- Brooklyn Paper sponsored Q: Why are you the best gree. In any other universe, Brad Lander paign Finance Board to in- in June, 2008. that would be a lot of expe- +\Ê7 ÞÊ>ÀiÊÞÕÊÌ iÊLiÃ̶ >ÊvÀÊÌ ÃÊL¶ vestigate. +\Ê/ >ÃÊvÀÊÌ iÊ«Õ}°Ê Wolfer Estates A: I know rience. I’m not a lightweight A: I have the best record of on policy and the issues. You results and the strongest vi- +\Ê iÃVÀLiÊÞÕÀÊLÌ ÕÌÊÌ iÊVÊÊÞÕÊÃÊ the district ÌÊ iÊ Ê i} ÌÊ ÜÀ`ÃÊ Ì >ÌÊÞÕ½ÀiÊ>Ü>ÞÃÊV intimately. want a candidate who is a sion for change on the issues Leib Cellars quick study, honest above that matter. ÀÊiÃð }ÊÕ«ÊÜÌ ÊÜ>VÞÊ`i>Ã]Ê I grew up A: A record of results on is- iÊ ÞÕÀÊ ÌiÞÊ ÃiÀÛViÊ here and all and be intelligent. I am +\ÊÃÃÕiÃÊÃÕV Ê>ÃÊoʶ that person. sues that matter. ÌÊÀi`ÕViÊV}iÃÌ° Paumanok Vineyards am raising A: We all want stronger pub- A: True, but I am the only my family +\Ê } ÌÊÜÀ`ÃÊÀÊiÃð lic schools, Bob Zuckerman candidate in the race who here. I know A: Passion for service, vision affordable +\Ê7 ÞÊ>ÀiÊÞÕÊÌ iÊLiÃ̶ is prioritizing bringing jobs Brooklyn Oenology the people’s concerns and I for Brooklyn. communi- A: I’ve got the best ideas back to Brooklyn. And I want know how to listen. And I’ve Josh Skaller ties, and to on how to make the lives to create property tax in- been in government for 12 protect the of the residents better and centives for building own- Ravines Wine Cellars years. I want to be the guy Q: Why are you the best quality of I’ve got the broadest expe- >ÊvÀÊÌ iÊL¶ ers to sell who you can call and get re- life in our rience in government, the their store- A: I’ve got a real track re- Shinn Estates sults from. neighbor- private sector, and the non- fronts as re- cord of setting the agenda hoods. And we all want a profit world. +\Ê7 >ÌÊ>ÀiÊÞÕÀÊÃÃÕiö in this campaign. Atlantic tail condos. A: Quality-of-life things like sustainable city and support Yards, the clean-up of the +\Ê" °ÊÛiÀi̶ That’s a new Warwick Estate traffic congestion that hap- for small businesses. 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I am not going +\ÊvÊÞÕ½ÀiÊiiV Ìi`]ÊÜ >ÌÊ don’t get out to convict abortion doc- paid. That’s ÜÊLiÊÞÕÀÊi}>VÞ¶ tors of murder, but I do want A: A set of responsible de- a nuts-and- to foster life. velopment and contractor bolts is- standards. I want to look +\Ê" ]Ê}ÛiÊÕÃÊÞÕÀÊLÌ sues that ÌÊiÊÊi} ÌÊÜÀ`ð back and say, remember all city coun- those empty development A: Have a problem? Call me. cilmembers need to under- A RECORD OF RESULTS I’ll fix it. sites? They’re now afford- stand. At my job, I’m evalu- able housing and community Gary Reilly ated on two questions: did I gardens. And I want to see ev- +\Ê7 ÞÊ>ÀiÊÞÕÊÌ iÊLiÃ̶ do the job and did I save the ery school in the district get A: I bring a unique perspective company money? better. I want to see us make on what development should be +\ÊvÊÞÕÊLiViÊ>ÊVÕ real progress in child care That’s Our Council Member and a focus on livable streets V>]ÊÜ >ÌÊÜÊÞÕÊLiÊ and universal pre-K, which and transit. ÜÊvÀ¶ should be universal, not just +\Ê 7 >ÌÊ >ÀiÊ ÞÕÊ «Õà A: I took on developers and if you win the lottery. }ÊÀ} ÌÊܶ made sure the community had +\Ê9ÕÊÀiViÌÞÊ}ÌÊÊ a real say in what is going A: The big overarching thing ÌÀÕLiÊÊÌ iÊ i>ÛÞÊ is the economic situation, on in the community. That includes buildings, schools, iÜÃ Ê «ÀÌÊ vÊ Ì iÊ which will `ÃÌÀVÌÊÊ ÀÕ} Ê*>ÀÊ get worse and all the things that make our neighbor great. Ü iÊÌ iÊ9``à ÊiÜà before it «>«iÀ]Ê iÀÊ >ÌÌ]ÊÀ>Ê>Ê gets better. +\Ê ÛiÀÞiÊÃ>ÞÃÊÌ >Ì° >`]Ê «ÕÀ«ÀÌi`ÞÊ vÀÊ A: My record shows that in We need to ÞÕÀÊV>«>}]ÊÌ >ÌÊÞÕÊ every instance, I have cho- reassess the `½ÌÊ ÃÕ««ÀÌÊ }>ÞÊ >À way we want sen the values of the commu- nity over those who would À>}iÊ>`Ê ÃiÝÕ> to grow and ÌÞÊ Ê }iiÀ>°Ê Ê ÞÕÊ how we target development profit from it. We did not take money from develop- Ã>ÞÊ `vviÀiÌÊ Ì }ÃÊ ÌÊ and diversify the economy. `vviÀiÌÊ >Õ`iViÃÊ vÀÊ +\Ê ÕÌÊÞÕÊ««ÃiÊÌ ers at all in this campaign, which is something that other «ÌV>ÊÀi>Ãö >ÌVÊ9>À`ð A: I have talked about mar- A: Any big project will cre- candidates later did. And you can see it in my long-stand- riage equality in Boro Park ate construction jobs, but the more than anyone else. I better bang for your buck is ing opposition to Atlantic Yards, which I undertook was on Dov Hikind’s ra- infrastructure. We have an dio show on Saturday and outdated and overtaxed sew- even when it was unpopu- lar politically. spoke about my support for age infrastructure. And the marriage equality. And my transit system is packed, and Q: You don’t send your support for LBGT rights is we can’t fit more cars on the V `ÊÌÊ«ÕLVÊÃV °Ê well known. I’m very angry. road. I’m against spending ÜÊ V>Ê ÛÌiÀÃÊ LiÊ >à Someone at Der Blatt three public money on arena proj- sured that you’ll be weeks ago published an ad ects. Arenas create part-time, >ÃÊ ÃiÃÌÛiÊ ÌÊ «ÕLVÊ for John Heyer that included low-wage jobs. Those are the ÃV ÊÃÃÕiÃÊ>ÃÊÌ iÊÀÛ>Ê hateful statements about the ;VDL¤TBUUBDLBE VOTE TO RE-ELECT By Gersh Kuntzman private school,” the animated he said. “It’s a lighthearted COUNCIL MEMBER The Brooklyn Paper Lander says . way of poking fun at what It could be a political first: The celluloid Skaller re- we think are trivialities be- a cartoon attack ad. torts, “Brad Lander said that tween those campaigns.” Council hopeful Bob I said that he said that I send Lander’s campaign called Zuckerman released an com- my kid to private school.” the ad “funny, but simply not mercial this week that mocks After then touting Zuck- true.” his main rivals by depicting erman’s “bold ideas” and his “Brad Lander is the only them in animated cartoons as “new vision,” the ad ends candidate in this race with an they fight for the 39th Dis- with the two anime candi- unmatched record of results Letitia trict seat currently occupied dates choking each. and a positive vision for how by Councilman Bill DeBla- “You photocopied my we can make our communi- sio. press release,” Lander ties more affordable, livable The ad, which is posted on says. and sustainable.” YouTube , features a particu- “Did not!” Skaller re- Skaller’s team also put out larly nasal version of front- torts. a statement: “I commend my runner Brad Lander and a Zuckerman’s campaign opponent for a very funny buck-toothed caricature of heralded the spot as “the ad. Fortunately, the voters Josh Skaller, another lead- first animated advertisement have had numerous oppor- ing contender for the Park ever used in a New York City tunities to talk with me — Slope, Windsor Terrace and Council race.” and they know we are very se- James Carroll Gardens seat. He denied that his ad is rious about bringing reforms Vote · Democratic Primary · Tuesday, Sept. 15 “Josh Skaller said that I an attack on his rivals. to City Hall and checking de- said that he sends his kid to “This is not a negative ad,” velopers-gone-wild.” 6 AWP / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää September 11, 2009
process, we’ve been able to achieve overwhelming in- ! " # $%&% volvement from community TRIANGLE groups,” Lopez said in a state- CLEAN Continued from page 1 going litigation. ment. “Community Board 1 ' ! ( & &( '& %( his political allegiances and Hours before the suit was has continually voted for con- became closely allied with filed, opponents and foes textual rezoning and over- GREEN UJO,” the suit contends. gathered at the City Plan- whelmingly supported this &( '& %( ( ) * After that point, all other ning Commission’s Manhat- plan, as has Borough Presi- groups besides UJO and tan office for the latest hear- dent Markowitz and an over- MAIDS Ridgewood Bushwick were ing on the rezoning, which whelming number of elected “disinvited” from participat- has already been approved officials.” ing in the Broadway Trian- by Community Board 1 and (718) 383-0875 — with Aaron Short gle rezoning process, the suit Borough President Markow- added. itz as part of the land-use re- The suit represents one of view process. Mitchell Gold the rare times in city history More than two dozen +Bob Williams that a community group is speakers testified on the seeking to stop a rezoning so plan — and many of the that larger, housing-project- same themes from the law- Contemplating a couch? We’ve got one style towers could be built. suit were on display. with your name on it. But that, too, is part of the Ron Shiffman, a former racial fabric of the ongoing city planning commissioner controversy. who opposes the city rezon- “The city has tried to justify ing plan, hinted at the racism the low-rise limitation of the of the proposal because the proposed rezoning to a com- adjacent Community Board ! mitment to contextual housing, 3, which represents a large +++,&&(-& ,!. citing the six- to seven-story African-American commu- housing built by the Hasidic nity, did not get a chance to community” which favors low- weigh in. rise housing because religious “The area has been surgi- Jews cannot use elevators on cally removed from the plan,” Our Special Order Event Is On. Save 20%. ! " ## $ % the Sabbath. said Shiffman. “There has & ' (##) *$ + , -.& “The net result … has led been an attempt to not in- Alexa. Gloria. Gabriel. Luc. People love our named sofas, to another city-sponsored ra- clude CB3.” sleepers, sectionals, chairs and ottomans. And now through cially discriminatory plan for But supporters, who in- 10/12, you can save 20% on a piece with your name on it. housing development in the clude Catholic and Hasidic South Williamsburg area,” leaders, housing organizers, Choose from hundreds of fabrics and frames, in styles the suit alleges. and city planners, as well as Calls to the mayor’s of- representatives Lopez and designed to suit any taste from classic to contemporary. WAREHOUSE SURPLUS FURNITURE SALE fice were not returned by Councilman David Yassky And while you’re here, check out our clearance sale on press time. A spokesperson (D–Brooklyn Heights), em- Dining Room, Living Room, Wall Units And Bedroom Furniture. for the Department of Hous- phasized the community’s in-stock furniture, available for immediate delivery. ing Preservation and Devel- pressing need for afford- Crib & Nursery Furniture, Office Furniture, Odd Pieces, Lamps Etc. opment said that the agency able housing. Hours: Monday-Saturday 11-7, Sunday 12-5. Call for directions. ALL NAME BRANDS would not comment on on- “Through an intensive H A Y S T A C K 130 Clinton Street * Brooklyn NY 11201 BLOTTER… 718.246.2510 Continued from page 4 The perp punched the vic- and handbags, heisting at least tim in the face and cut her with two such carriers in separate the glass, leaving her with a incidents this week. Here are small laceration to her ear the shocking details: — but the victim eventually • A thief snatched a scared the assailant away. 20-year-old woman’s wal- The deviant fled down let, credit cards, keys, and ID the stairs and the victim Congregation from the Greenpoint Avenue pursued him in an elevator bar Coco 66 between 3:30 and beat him to the ground and 4:30 am on Aug. 29. floor, where she alerted se- curity of the incident. Mount Sinai • A crook made off with a 19-year-old’s purse from the But security “refused to An Independent Conservative Egalitarian Meserole Avenue nightclub stop perp,” police reports in- Europa on Aug. 30. dicate. Synagogue that welcomes everyone Sale Runs From Labor Day, Sept. 7th - Sunday, Sept. 13th The lawbreaker grabbed Cane and able the handbag — which con- Muggers swung more Labor Day Hours - 11AM - 3PM tained the victim’s purse, wood than the Brooklyn Cy- th th keys, shirt, wallet, cellphone clones this week, using canes Tuesday, Sept. 8 - Sunday, Sept. 13 - 10AM - 5PM and cash — at around 2:45 am and wooden rods in at least High Holidays 5770/2009 and escaped from the venue, three hold-ups. Here are the F & D WAREHOUSE which is between Lorimer startling details: ROSH HASHANAH 49th St. & 1st Street and Manhattan Ave- • Four crooks jumped a Friday, September 18th: Service at 6:30pm "WF #MEHt#SPPLMZO /:t nue. — Ben Muessig 27-year-old and struck him Saturday, September 19th: Service at 10am on the head with a cane on Sunday, September 20th: Service at 10am EVERYTHING MUST GO!! 88TH PRECINCT Aug. 30. Fort Greene–Clinton Hill The perps confronted the TASHLICH Target: Target victim as he walked home Sunday, September 20th: Family Service at 3pm; on Carlton Avenue between An armed robber heisted Social time at Synagogue at 4pm; Walk to the river at 4:30pm $1,300 from the Target de- DeKalb and Willoughby av- partment store on Atlantic enues at around 11 pm and Avenue on Sept. 2. clubbed him from behind. YOM KIPPUR DO YOU NEED The perp masqueraded as a The thieves got away with Sunday, September 27th: Kol Nidre at 6:30pm a green backpack contain- customer when he purchased Monday, September 28th: Service at 10am, Yizkor at Noon in item at around 6:15 pm — ing a spiral notebook. • The next morning, four but once the cashier opened s *UNIOR #ONGREGATION AND #HILDRENS 3ERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED the register he revealed his crooks — one toting a “wood true intentions. rod” — struck a 27-year-old s #HILD #ARE PROVIDED s #OMPLIMENTARY TICKETS FOR STUDENTS “Give me the hundreds. I repeatedly when he refused HELP? have a gun,” he told the em- to give up his valuables. ployee. The sluggers struck the Rabbi Joseph Potasnik The victim handed over the victim in the back of the head near the corner of Adelphi !SSOCIATE 2ABBI -ATT #ARL s #ANTOR 3HIRA ,ISSAK cash, and the crook fled from Educational Director Marlene Antebi CLEANING / ERRANDS the store, which is near the Street and Willoughby Av- corner of Flatbush Avenue. enue at around 4:50 am. -ARK ,IEBERMAN 0RESIDENT “Gimme everything, your SHOPPING / PICK UPS Marshall law money, and cellphone,” one The Mount Sinai Family looks forward to welcoming you to our special home Thieves ransacked the of the thugs ordered. s 9ARD 7ORK s 0ERSONAL 'ROOMING Marshall’s department store The victim refused and on Atlantic Avenue on Sept. 6, fled, and the perps gave CONGREGATION MOUNT SINAI s /VERNIGHT STAYS s 3MALL 2EPAIR implementing their own form up. 250 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn Heights s ,IGHT (OUSEKEEPING s -OBILITY !SSISTANCE of “Marshall law” in at least • Barely an hour later, three 718-875-9124 two purse snatchings. Here crooks armed with a cane (24 Hour Care) s (OUSE -AINTENANCE are the shocking details: robbed a 22-year-old as he www.CongregationMountSinai.org s #OMPANIONSHIP • A crook grabbed a hand- walked to the train. s $OCTORS !PPOINTMENTS bag from a shopper’s cart in- The robbers ambushed the INQUIRE ABOUT OUR HEBREW SCHOOL s 4RANSPORTATION side the shop, which is be- victim at the corner of Wash- tween Fort Greene Place and ington and DeKalb avenues at South Portland Avenue, at around 6 am and demanded Need some support? Call today: around 3:30 pm. that he hand over his belong- The bad guy got away with ings. the victim’s wallet, credit The victim gave up his 917-322-9744 cards, IDs, and $250. Blackberry, credit cards, ® • Just 45 minutes later, a backpack, apartment keys, SENIORS HELPING SENIORS perp heisted another purse and $200, and the crimi- A way to give and to receive® at a price you can afford. from a shopping cart. nals fled. &2%% !33%33-%.4 s ).352%$ "/.$).' The thief grabbed a Fulton felon 26-year-old’s handbag and Cops locked up perp sus- [email protected] escaped with her digital pected of punching a 17-year- camera, credit cards, ID, li- old in the face and stealing brary cards, sunglasses, and his skateboard on Sept. 5 $200. after accusing the victim of Flat slashing throwing an egg. Three women stabbed an The assailant — accom- 18-year-old woman with box panied by two accomplices cutters in a vicious Sept. 1 — confronted the victim and assault. his friends at the corner of The attack started at Fulton Street and Vander- #VZJOHBIPNF around 11:55 pm, after the bilt Avenue at around 1:30 perps and the victim con- am and asked them whether versed near the corner of they had chucked an egg at Flatbush and Atlantic ave- the trio. nues. The victim and his pals Then the crooks pulled said no, but the crooks (JWFVTBDBMM out their blade and slashed weren’t pleased with their an- the victim, causing several swer and attacked the teen, lacerations to her arms and leaving him with a bloody chest. The victim eventually nose. The State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) can help fought off her assailants, and They fled with the teen’s might have stabbed one of skateboard, but cops arrested you become a first-time homebuyer. SONYMA mortgages offer: them in the face, police re- one suspect who was able to ports indicate. give the location of the skate- board. — Ben Muessig •30- or 40-year fixed interest rates that are typically below Rape escape A courageous 36-year-old 76TH PRECINCT market; fought off a would-be rapist who cornered her in a Carl- Carroll Gardens • Financing up to 97%; ton Avenue stairwell on Sept. Cobble Hill–Red Hook • Flexible underwriting guidelines; 3. Grabber nabbed The sick crook grabbed the Cops locked up a sus- • Closing cost assistance (up to higher of $3,000 or 3% of the victim as she waited for an pected thief before he broke elevator in the public hous- into any cars on Sept. 2. loan amount); ing development near the cor- Police spotted a perp peer- • No points; ner of Fulton Street at around ing into vehicle windows and 3:25 am. pulling on door handles near • No financing add ons. The attacker choked the the corner of Hicks and Pres- victim and threatened her ident streets at around 6:20 with a piece of glass as he pm. For more information, call dragged her towards a stair- Officers cuffed a 49-year- way. old suspect who had already 1-800-382-HOME (4663) “Take off your clothes,” has a record for similar crimes he demanded. and was carrying a pair of pli- or visit www.nyhomes.org THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME But the victim fought ers at the time of his arrest. back. — Ben Muessig */4*%& %*/*/(] 1&3'03.*/("354] /*()5-*'&]#00,4] $*/&."
.64*$ :BSOUPPUJO¤ The Knit has hit the fan. Music fans, that is. After a two-decade run in Manhattan, the legendary Leonard Street rock club the Knit- ting Factory opened this week in Williamsburg — bringing another re- nowned venue to night- life-laden North Brook- lyn. Before moving into the Metropolitan Avenue space that once housed Bess Adler the Luna Lounge, work- BP / BP ers built a saloon dubbed the Knit Bar, which will provide space for local bands and intimate performances. Bigger acts will play in a rear concert hall decked out with top-of-the-line sound equip- ment, lighting rigs, and even high-definition video cameras. “Our goal is to provide a great-sounding (718) 260-2500 September 11, 2009 room and a great staff,” said Shay Vishawa- The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings dia, vice president of east coast operations for the club’s parent company, which operates ven- ues in Hollywood, Boise and Spokane. “Hope- fully, people will feel comfortable coming in day in and day out, regardless of what music we’re putting on.” Upcoming events including sets by the quirky cello choir Rasputina (Sept. 13), the Brooklyn Fashion Festival (Sept. 18 and 19), and the LA rappers People Under the Stairs (Sept. 22). H Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at 4QFBLJO WPMVNFT Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, (347) 529- Marty Markowitz invites you to go between the covers 6696)]. — Ben Muessig By Ben Muessig %"/$& The Brooklyn Paper ooks. Sure, you’ve heard of them, but when’s the last time you actually #FTUPGUIFGFTU # read one? :P +VMJFUUF In our increasingly digital world, books ot even the fastest speed-reader can are struggling to retain their cultural rel- attend all of the events at the Brook- Stunning French film star Juliette Binoche evancy — but for at least one day this / lyn Book Festival, so we’ve compiled is already famous for slinking across the silver year, they’ll be more important than Twit- this handy cheat sheet to highlight the re- screen — but this week, she’ll begin captivating ter, Facebook, and Adult Friend Finder ally good stuff (though for a full schedule audiences by dancing on a Brooklyn stage. combined (well, maybe not Adult Friend and complete list of authors, visit www. The actress, beloved by audiences thanks to Finder, but you get the idea). brooklynbookfestival.org). Events are free, (PPEUFFOMJU films like “Chocolat” and “The English Patient,” This Sunday’s fourth annual Brooklyn but tickets must be picked up at least one Park Slope teen- will perform in “In-I,” a Book Festival will honor the second best hour in advance: lit queen Libba dance piece that she co- things printed on paper, as more than 200 Bray (pictured, of directed, at the Brook- literary luminaries will gather at Borough *ONFNPSJVN “Going Bovine,” lyn Academy of Music Hall to hawk their wares and discuss their In the wake of the deaths of literary and the Gemma from Sept. 15 to Sept. trade. legends John Updike and David Fos- Doyle trilogy) will 26. And it couldn’t come at a more cru- ter Wallace (pic- $PPLCPPLT headline a read- Though the Oscar- cial moment, according to Johnny Tem- tured), writers and Famed foodies including New York Times ing called “High winning actress isn’t ple, publisher of Akashic Books, book critics Lev scribe Jennifer 8 Lee (pictured above), School and the a trained dancer, she’ll “Books have such a hard time keep- Grossman and Mark Kurlansky and Liz Thorpe will Paranormal” fea- perform alongside her Marianne Rosenstiehl Marianne ing up with more popular cultural forms David Lipsky — talk about all things edible in a discussion turing Carolyn co-director and co-star — a lot of people are complaining about author of a forth- titled “American Food.” MacCullough Akram Khan, who plays her lover in a tumul- how no one is reading and buying books coming book on North Stage in Borough Hall Plaza (“Once a Witch”) tuous affair (of course, it’s dance). anymore,” said Temple, who is also chair Wallace — will (Court Street at Montague Street), 3 pm. and Claudia Gray (“Evernight Series”). BAM’s Rose Cinema will also showcase her of the Brooklyn Literary Council. discuss their sim- Free. As Bray’s new bovine book shows, high work in her other medium, the movies. Over the “The best way to [get people to read ilarities, differ- schoolers have far more to worry about next two weeks, moviegoers can catch screen- books] is to bring books to the public as ences, and lasting &EXJEHF%BOUJDBU than acne and who to take to the school ings of more than dozen Binoche films, including opposed to expecting the public to come influence. Haitian-born dance. “Damage” on Sept. 19, “Flight of the Red Bal- to books,” he added. “We need to be pro- Borough Hall Courtroom (209 Jora- writer Danticat Youth Stoop in Borough Hall Plaza (see loon” on Sept. 20, and “Cache” on Sept. 26. active about it.” lemon St. between Court and Adams (pictured) — whose venue info above), 5 pm. Free. “In-I” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s And that’s just what the festival intends streets in Downtown), 10 am. Free. prose will be hon- Harvey Theater [651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place to do, with appearances by big book-world ored with a “Best of in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100], Sept. 15, 17–19, names like Haitian novelist Edwidge Dan- Brooklyn” award at 22–26; 7:30 pm, Sept. 16; 7 pm, Sept 20; 3 pm. ticat (“The Farming of Bones”), who will the festival — will Tickets $25–$70. — Ben Muessig be honored with a “Best of Brooklyn” read and discuss award; as well as New England word- how history and smith Russell Banks (“Affliction”), hip- culture have in- ster scribe Tao Lin (“Shoplifting from fluenced her short .64*$ American Apparel”), and Park Slope stal- stories, novels, and wart Paul Auster (“The Brooklyn Fol- memoir. lies”), who will all read from their latest St. Francis College Auditorium (see works. venue info above), 2 pm. Free. .BD4ZNQIPOZ In order to attract lovers of all kinds of books, the printed word party will feature 5ISFF¤TDPNQBOZ Computers aren’t usually part of a classical specialized events for niche genres. Fiction phenoms music concert. But on Sept. 18 at the Brook- Fans of comics and graphic novels might Paul Auster, Rus- lyn Lyceum, the highbrow show is all about enjoy a panel on the role of their art over- 8SJUUFONVTJD sell Banks and the electronics. seas with Guy Delisle (“The Burma Chron- Sonic Youth rocker Thurston Moore Francine Prose Blind Ear, a Juil- icles”), Peter Kuper (“Diario de Oaxaca: will chat with rapper Lupe Fiasco (pic- (pictured) will )BQQZ&OEJOH liard-trained group of A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years in tured above) and poets Tracy Morris and read from their The always entertaining Happy Ending composers, uses laptops Mexico”) and Sarah Glidden (“How To Matthew Zapruder about the ways that works in an event music and reading series makes a cameo at and loops of digital mu- Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less”) poetry and songwriting have transformed aptly titled “Liter- the Book Festival with an all star line-up sic to create classical or a conversation titled “Hip Hop Loves language — moderated by Brooklyn lu- ary Masters.” featuring self-deprecating scribe Jonathan pieces in real time. Anime,” while romance fans might enjoy minary Touré. St. Francis Col- Ames, comic David Cross (pictured above) “This is the perfect a discussion about steamy stories featuring St. Francis College Auditorium (180 lege Auditorium and acclaimed novelist Rakesh Satyal. venue for them,” said Ly- Rochelle Alers (“Man of Fantasy”), Anna Remsen St. between Court and Clinton (see venue info Main Stage in Borough Hall Plaza (see ceum booker Deb Klein. “We like experimental, DePalo (“The Billionaire in Penthouse streets), noon. Free. above), 3 pm. Free. venue info above), 5 pm. Free. and they are definitely experimental.” B”) and Donna Hill (“Wicked Ways”). Unlike most classical ensembles, which come Meanwhile, kids writers including Judi to a performance space with their music ready to Barrett (“Pickles to Pittsburgh”) and Mo selection of a winner in St. Francis Col- biggest revolution to the book world since knowledge that the printed word is in quite go, this group makes up the music on the spot. Willems (“Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary lege’s $50,000 writing contest honoring Gutenberg invented the printing press in a predicament — though that isn’t neces- Here’s how it works: A composer stands before Tale”) will read, and young adult authors fourth time scribes, one of whom might a lecture titled “Literature in a Digital sarily a bad thing. the ensemble with the master computer. The mas- including Kate DiCamillo (“The Tale of be Cobble Hill auteur Arthur Phillips. Age.” “It’s silly to lament the changes in cul- ter machine is connected to computers in front Despereaux”; “Be- As books con- Some traditionalists, like Markowitz, ture and the way people will consume of each musician. Each laptop displays the music cause of Winn- tinue to cede their say that the book will always beat the their culture,” he said. “Culture is con- that the composer wants the musician to play. Dixie”) and M.T. #00,4 popularity to newer computer screen. stantly evolving, and that’s a good thing. So the “master” is no mere conductor — he For those like myself, who run businesses Anderson (“The Brooklyn Book Festival at Borough media forms like the “Nothing to me will ever replace the is actually composing the piece on the spot. Astonishing Life Hall Plaza (209 Joralemon St. between Internet version of book, the smell of a book, the feel of a based on printed books, there are some The composer’s most important job, of Octavian Noth- Court and Adams streets in Downtown), The Brooklyn Pa- book, the excitement of turning pages of major challenges, but these are challenges said Jakub Ciupinski, one of the cre- ing”) will share their Sept. 13; 10 am to 6 pm. For schedule per, Markowitz’s a book,” proclaimed Markowitz, who told that we have to embrace.” and a full list of authors and events, visit ators of Blind Ear, is telling the musician works. www.brooklynbookfestival.org. Book Festival will The Brooklyn Paper he was in the midst No matter what happens to books as a how quickly or slowly to play the music. The book festival attempt to merge lit- of reading “The Third Reich at War” by medium, the stories that fill them won’t “I think people will feel the timing of the piece will also play host to erary culture and Richard J. Evans. go away, added Temple. in a much deeper sense because of the immediate at least two newsworthy revelations: the an- pop culture with a discussion featuring “I don’t think a computer, a Kindle, or “People are not going to stop telling feedback the composer gets,” said Ciupinski. nouncement of the members of a “screen- rapper Lupe Fiasco and Sonic Youth rocker a Sony reader will ever replace the excite- stories — and people are not going to Blind Ear, Brooklyn Lyceum [227 Fourth ing committee” that will help Borough Thurston Moore. ment of having a book in one’s hand,” he stop buying stories,” he said. Ave. at Union Street in Park Slope, (718) 857- President Markowitz choose a successor Writers will even discuss the techno- said. Of course, on Sunday, they’re all 4816], Sept. 18, 8 pm. Tickets, $10 (advance); for poet laureate Ken Siegelman, and the logical advances that are bringing about But publishers, including Temple, ac- free. $12 (door). — Shannon Geis
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Borough phone Orchestra, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Hall and plaza [209 Lyceum [227 Fourth Ave. at Culture [53 Prospect Park Joralemon St., between President Street in Park West at Second Street in Adams and Court streets Slope, (718) 857-4816], Park Slope, (718) 768- in Downtown, (718) 802- www.brooklynlyceum.com. SarahJames 2972]. Tickets, $10. 3830]. Free. Tickets, $12 (advance). The speakeasy in Bed-Stuy NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, SEPT. 11 READING, MIKE ROBBINS & WENDY PALITZ: The authors of “The Whole Green Catalog — 1,000 Best Things A fine dining for You and the Earth.” Free. 7 pm. BookCourt [163 Court St. Find lots more listings online at between Pacific and Dean streets BrooklynPaper.com/Events experience in Cobble Hill, (718) 875-3677], www.bookcourt.org. www.petescandystore.com. every night from CINEMA, “PARIS”: Star Juliette FILM, “PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO Binoche will be on hand for a Q&A HELL”: Documentary about the after the film. $11. 7 pm. Brooklyn women’s peace movement in Libe- 6pm to 2am. Academy of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. ria. $8. 7 pm. Old First Reformed near St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Church [729 Carroll St. at Seventh (718) 636-4100], www.bam.org. Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638- CLASSICAL CONCERT: One World 8300]. Cocktail lounge, Symphony presents works by Men- delssohn, Vaughan Williams, Mahler SUN, SEPT. 13 artists gallery, and more. $40 ($30 students and seniors). 8 pm. St. Ann’s Church [157 Montague Street at Clinton Street OUTDOORS AND TOURS private parties. in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 707-1411], ENVIRONMENTAL MUSEUM ON www.oneworldsymphony.org. WHEELS: The nature and maritime BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE: Featuring Enviromedia Mobile. Exhibits, eco- James Reams & The Barnstormers. cruises, fishing, touch tank, movies, No phone, no TV, no wi-fi ... just people. $10. 8:30 pm. Brooklyn Society for Photofest refreshments, music. International Ethical Culture [53 Prospect Park - i½ÃÊ ¼ Õi½\ BAM will show Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Blue” on Bay Fest Series. Free. 11 am. IKEA’s West at Second Street in Park Slope, Erie Basin Park [1 Beard St. at (718) 768-2972], www.bsec.org. Sept. 21 in conjunction with star Juliette Binoche’s dance perfor- Otsego Street in Red Hook, (347) 217 Pulaski Street at Throop Avenue READING, NIC BROWN: Author of mance in the neighboring Harvey Theater. 224-5828], www.urbandivers.org. “Floodmakers.” Free. 10 pm. Pete’s LEFFERT’S HISTORIC HOUSE: See Facebook.com/SJSpeakeasy Candy Store [709 Lorimer St. at Saturday, Sept. 12. Richardson Street in Williamsburg, WORKSHOP WITH LYNN NEU Fourth and Fifth avenues in Green- HISTORIC DUTCH VESSELS: PortSide SJSpeakeasy on Twitter (718) 302-3770], www.petescandy- MAN: The choreographer and wood Heights, (347) 596-9614], NY will be showing off old Dutch store.com. dancer will hold a free workshop www.brooklynfleamarket.com. sailing craft to honor the 400th [email protected] showcasing dances popular from BROOKLYN FLEA: Free. 10 am-5 pm. anniversary of Henry Hudson’s SAT, SEPT. 12 previous recessions. Free. 3 pm. Bishop Loughlin HS (357 Clermont “discovery” of the river that would Washington/J.J. Byrne Park [Fifth Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort bear his name. Free. 5 pm. Pier 11 Avenue between Third and Fourth Greene), www.brownstoner.com/ [Pioneer and Conover streets in Red OUTDOORS AND TOURS streets in Park Slope, 917-627-8770], brooklynflea. 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Brooklyn Center INTRODUCTION TO BIRDWATCH SALES AND MARKETS of Henry Hudson.” Free. 6 pm. Old for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn ING: Free. Noon. Prospect Park *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ Free. 9 am-5 Stone House [336 Third St. between College [2900 Campus Rd. at Hillel Enjoy Frozen Margaritas, Audubon Center [Enter park at pm. PS 321 schoolyard (Seventh Av- Fourth and Fifth avenues in Park Place in Flatbush, (718) 951-4500]. Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue enue and First Street in Park Slope), Slope, (718) 768-3195], www.theold- THEATER, “THE HOUSE OF BLUE Piña Coladas, Daiquiris, in Prospect Park, (718) 287-3400], www.parkslopefleamarket.com. stonehouse.org. LEAVES”: 3 pm. See Saturday, www.prospectpark.org/audubon. HATTIE CARTHAN COMMUNITY READING, CANADIAN WRITERS: Sept. 12. LEFFERT’S HISTORIC HOUSE: Special MARKET: Free. 9 am-3 pm. Hattie With Jeff Parker, Jon Paul Sangria & Mexican Beer free tour. 1-4:30 pm. 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The statement described it con- The author of “PHAR- theoldstonehouse.org. sisting of “three separate but woven bands.” MAKON… or The Story ££\ÎäÊ>\ Melanie Hope of a Happy Family.” $15. Greenberg. Kids book “The first engages the ground where the weathered Gumbo [493 Atlantic Ave. author reads. $2.50. steel exterior rises and lowers to create a sense of visual in Boerum Hill, 718-855- Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic has first-day blues transparency, transitioning into a grand civic gesture that 7808]. Ave. between Hicks and cantilevers out into a spectacular canopy at the corner Henry streets in Brooklyn o it’s the first day of she didn’t want room in his underwear. SAT, SEPT. 12 Heights, (718) 923-9710], of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. £{Ê«\ Harvest, cook, and themoxiespot.com. school. Again. Smart- Smartmom and “You’re going already?” “The canopy, which is 30 feet above ground level, con- eat potatoes — and work mom and family have Hepcat to escort he said to OSFO tains an oculus that frames the pedestrian’s view of the the cider press to make £Ó\ÎäÊ>`ÊÓ\ÎäÊ«\ S endured so many first days of apple fritters. Free. Lef- Puppet show. “Peter & her to school on ut OSFO didn’t want arena. The second, a glass band, allows for views from in- fert’s Historic House [Enter the Wolf” and “The Frog school she’s lost count. this first day. She any sentiment or cer- side and outside of the arena. The third band floats around park at Flatbush Avenue Prince.” $8 (kids, $7). Pup- Oh the anxiety, the antic- planned to walk emony — and abso- the roof of the Barclays Center and varies in transparency, petworks [338 Sixth Ave., B at Empire Boulevard, (718) ipation. to school with lutely no photographs. the weathered steel creating backlit patterns.” 287-3400 X101], www. at Fourth Street in Park There was Teen Spirit’s prospectpark.org. Slope, (718) 965-3391], Luvbud, dressed This was just another first Gone is the soaring, glass-walled, cathedral-like “Ur- www.puppetworks.org. first first day when he went in the outfit she day of school. If she was anx- ban Room” that was central to the original design by £Ê«\ Nature Crafts. Free. to the 2-year-olds’ program at By Louise Crawford Prospect Park Audubon £Ê«\ Harvest cook, and picked out on a ious, she could handle it on Gehry — whose inclusion in the project was one of its Center [Enter park at eat potatoes. See Satur- Beansprouts Nursery School shopping spree her own, just like she would initial selling point. Instead, it is replaced with an open Lincoln Road and Ocean day, Sept. 12. in 1993. Would his teacher be nice? in San Francisco: a pretty carry her big bag of tissue public plaza under a baseball-cap-like brim. Avenue in Prospect Park, The night before that first £Ê«\ Nature Crafts. See Would the work be hard? purple mini-skirt, a white boxes and rolls of paper tow- The arena was projected to cost around $450 million (718) 287-3400], www. Saturday, Sept. 12. day, Smartmom tossed and prospectpark.org/audu- Her heart ached for him tank top, a cute grey cardi- els that were on the public when it was unveiled in late 2003, but those costs sky- Science Power turned all night. Why did he bon. £\ÎäÊ«\ and she wished she could have gan from the Gap, adorable school supply list. rocketed to close to $1 billion until Gehry was fired in Hour. See Saturday, Sept. need to go to school? Shouldn’t £\ÎäÊ«\ Science Power stayed with him — forever. red ballet flats from Eric’s. Once she was out the door, 12. he just stay home and bask in a cost-cutting move, Ratner said. Hour. Free. Prospect Park But he survived that first Her backpack was stuffed Smartmom felt that famil- One architect not involved with the project said that Audubon Center (see Ó\ÎäÊ«\ Early American his parent’s love? day. iar ache of emptiness when venue info above). crafts and games. See “He’s too young for school,” full of all the school sup- the new design, at the very least, would be more sensi- Saturday, Sept. 12. And so did Smartmom. Ó\ÎäÊ«\ Early American plies that she and Smart- a child leaves the nest. But tive to Brooklyn than Gehry’s plan. she cried to Hepcat. And there were many more crafts and games. Free. ÈÊ«\ Bingo/Board game He suggested they take mom bought on Tuesday at then she remembered Teen “If SHoP can get Ratner to do the right thing — that’s a Lefferts Historic House night. Free. Moxie Spot first days for Smartmom and him over to Beansprouts Save on Fifth. Spirit. It was time to wake big ‘if’ — the project is actually in much better hands,” said (see venue info above), [81 Atlantic Ave. between her children to endure. Teen Smartmom said good-bye him up. www.heartofbrooklyn.org/ Hicks and Henry streets anyway — just to see. Teen Brendan Coburn, a DUMBO-based architect. “SHoP is a Spirit had anxiety-ridden first to OSFO at the front door. He has to be at work at very, very, very good firm [that is] sensitive to the cost of childrenscorner. in Brooklyn Heights, (718) Spirit enjoyed his day and days at middle school, his first ÎÊ«\ Artichoke Dance 923-9710], themoxiespot. they decided to keep him Hepcat ran out of the bed- 11. construction. They are also committed New Yorkers — and Company. Workshop and com. — and his second — high I believe that several of the partners are Brooklynites.” there. school. performance of “reces- And then there was Teen Borough President Markowitz, who is not an archi- sion dances.” Free. Old FRI, SEPT. 18 BROOKLYN Spirit’s first day of elemen- o Wednesday was just tect, was delighted by the new design. Stone House [336 Third St. ££Ê>\ Dirk Wittenborn. another first day. But it between Fourth and Fifth See Friday, Sept. 11. tary school. FENCING CENTER “As I have said all along, Brooklyn is the greatest city avenues in Park Slope, What a milestone. S was a first day with a in America,” the Beep said in a statement. “We’re ready (718) 768-3195], www. SAT, SEPT. 19 Smartmom still loves to difference; this was the first Group Classes to get back into professional sports’ big leagues, and this theoldstonehouse.org. All day Irish festival. Two- look at that photo of her first day in 16 years that Teen beginner to advanced, 7 years to adults arena is going to make it happen.” xÊ«\ Care Bears On day celebration. Free. Key- Spirit doesn’t have a school *ÀÛ>ÌiÊ iÃÃÃÊUÊ-ÕiÀÊ >«Ã Fire. $10. The Bell House span Park [1904 Surf Ave. young family on that first Markowitz said that the new design “delivers not only day. Teen Spirit, dressed in to go to. a luminous, iconic structure that celebrates Brooklyn’s [149 Seventh St. at Third at W. 17th Street in Coney He’s still enrolled at Gap WE DO FENCING BIRTHDAYS! Avenue in Gowanus, (718) Island], www.gifnyc.org. a blue button-down shirt and industrial heritage with its steel and glass exterior, but Year University, so Teen Parties up to 20 kids 643-6510], www.thebell- £Ê«\ Nature Crafts. See shorts, was just 6. The Oh So one that harmonizes with the architecture of the sur- houseny.com. Spirit is not a student any- Saturday, Sept. 12. Feisty One was 6-months-old rounding neighborhoods and creates a welcoming en- more. He’s got a job and is ex- 62 Fourth St (corner of Hoyt) U (718) 522-5822 £\ÎäÊ«\ Science Power and Smartmom and Hepcat SUN, SEPT. 13 periencing the world without www.BrooklynFencing.com vironment for the public at street-level.” ££Ê>xÊ«\ Vintage Hour. See Saturday, Sept. were still in their 40s. The renderings and models will go on display pub- 12. school for the first time. baseball. Definitely not Smartmom remembers the licly at Borough Hall on Monday, Sept. 14 — and there the Dodgers. Free. Old Ó\ÎäÊ«\ Early American fear in Teen Spirit’s eyes as So while Teen Spirit slept Stone House [336 Third St. crafts and games. See in on Wednesday, Smart- will be a public information session conducted by the between Fourth and Fifth Saturday, Sept. 12. he walked up Third Street Birthday Parties Empire State Development Corporation, Ratner’s devel- that day. Like Smartmom, he mom could tell that the Oh So Feisty One was nervous — opment partner, that evening. To list your event, visit: BrooklynPaper.com/events/submit didn’t know what to expect. Atlantic Yards renderings (starting at 10 am) and What would the kids be like? and annoyed that her brother didn’t have to go to school. public information session (starting at 6 pm), Brooklyn “It’s not fair,” she told Design-A-Party Borough Hall [209 Joralemon St., between Adams and FREE WEEKNIGHT KID’S MEAL!! Smartmom. You and your child can Court streets in Downtown, (800) 260-7313]. She was also feeling side- choose from a variety Enjoy an Entrée or Special swiped by the beginning of of activities, themes, get a Free Kid Combo, Pizza, Pasta or Mac & Cheese school. Like Smartmom, she Mon -Thurs 5:30p - 8:30p wasn’t quite ready to give up projects, & decorations for the freedom and fun of sum- a fun-filled day that will mer. Like Smartmom, she CLONES… Two Floors of be remembered forever! wasn’t quite ready for the Continued from page 1 Family, Food & Fun workload — and pressure of of the best.” THE seventh grade, the year that 310 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) Alas, Brooklyn’s best didn’t come through. Dock Doyle, really matters grade-wise for 119 Union St. (Carroll Gardens) Luis Rivera and fellow all-star Sam Honeck managed 718-797-5600 just one hit in 22 at-bats in the series. high school admissions. www.creativeartsstudio.com OSFO made it clear that “That’s been the thing this year, especially late. We didn’t hit enough,” said Lopez. SPOT That’s for sure — the Clones hit just .222 as they lost eight of their last 10 games, including the playoffs, and 81 Atlantic Ave (@ Hicks) 718-923-9710 Visit www.themoxiespot.com for info Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner on Daytime & Evening Family Activities blew a division lead that was as big as eight-and-a-half games to the hated Staten Island Yankees. 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Mahoning Valley started the scoring in the second, with s /PEN (OUSE PROVIDES WARM two singles and an error by centerfielder John Servidio. NURTURING PROGRAMS TAILORED Two more runs came in during the home third on Ja- Learn with us! son Kipnis’s second homer of the series. TO ENCOURAGE THE EMOTIONAL The Clones got their lone run on a Servidio double. SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN AGED n UNION TEMPLE s ,ARGE ROOF PLAYGROUND IS PONZI… DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SAFE Religious School HAPPY PLAY EXPLORATION Continued from page 1 Registration Open House: Sunday, September 13th rates of return were simply numbers arbitrarily selected s &LEXIBLE SCHEDULING OPTIONS 9:30 am to 12 pm by Barry,” the SEC said in a statement. EXTENDED DAYS AND VACATION A magistrate ordered Barry held without bond Tuesday at his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court. His court- CAMP TOO Introduce your child to Reform Judaism in a nurturing, appointed lawyer could not immediately be reached. s /UR After School Program OFFERS creative environment that fits the diversity of Park Slope, The court papers were filled with stories of how Barry not only pulled off the crime, but kept it going. ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND Prospect Heights, and surrounding communities. At one point, the criminal complaint charges, Barry HOMEWORK HELP FOR CHILDREN even duped a woman in a nursing home “not to with- THROUGH GRADE )T IS OPEN TO s (EBREW AND *UDAICA FOR GRADES n draw her money from Leverage, as she sought to do.” THE COMMUNITY AND WE PICK s .EW +INDERGARTEN PROGRAM “Shortly before her death,” the court papers state, “Barry knowingly made false representations to that investor UP FROM 03 AND s %XCITING #ONlRMATION PROGRAM claiming that she had approximately $700,000 in her Le- verage account. Barry has refused to return that money !PPLICATIONS FOR ACCEPTED STARTING October 14 AM REGISTER NOW AND GET &2%% UNION TEMPLE MEMBERSHIP FOR ONE YEAR! to that investor’s heirs, despite demands from the heirs BY PHONE OR EMAIL ADMISSIONS OPENHOUSENURSERYSCHOOLCOM to close the account.” Grebin said that Barry did pay her a few thousand dol- Spaces are limited so call early to get a spot in our lottery! UNION TEMPLE lars per year between 2000 and 2006, when the scheme 2EFORM s %GALITARIAN s )NCLUSIVE started unraveling. “In December, 2006, the first check bounced — and %ASTERN 0ARKWAY suddenly my phone started ringing from all the peo- OPEN HOUSE NURSERY SCHOOL !CROSS FROM THE "ROOKLYN 0UBLIC ,IBRARY ple I’d recommended Philip to,” she said. “Some of my AT 'RAND !RMY 0LAZA ! 7ARREN 3TREET NEAR 3MITH 3T friends were banging themselves over the head and call- (718) 638-7600 ing themselves stupid jerks. No. We just trusted him be- www.UnionTemple.org cause we knew him personally.” WWWOPENHOUSENURSERYSCHOOLCOM [email protected] Investigators said they learned of the scheme when Barry turned up at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan last August and asked to speak to a prosecutor. They said Barry acknowledged that, for years, he had been paying off his guaranteed profits by taking money from some customers the building, which remains deals — but they could bring to cover withdrawals made by others. two-thirds vacant. the 449-unit building some Barry, whose $20-million scam is tiny in comparison The developers have issued much-needed attention. to Madoff’s $65-billion scheme, filed for bankruptcy last AUDI… fall, evidence that his phony pyramid had unraveled. several rounds of price cuts and “The odds are not that Continued from page 1 The German-made sedans even converted some condo great that the cars will make a At the time, he told the Daily News that he was no thief ”You are in one of the most retail for more than $30,000, units to rentals in the build- difference, but they could get and just needed more time for his investments to pay off. “It’s all in real estate,” said Barry. “I’m going to keep beautiful and historic neigh- while parking spaces in the ing, where residents collectively people to pay attention,” he Mango Greg borhoods in Brooklyn where building — which is located at on working to make sure everyone gets the profit they contribute $3 million per year said. “It might get people in are entitled to.” parking is a scarcity. Now the foot of the planned Brook- in lieu of taxes for upkeep of the door. And once they are For now, Grebin isn’t worried about that. She’s most you get to enjoy the benefit lyn Bridge Park — sell for about Brooklyn Bridge Park. in there and they see the view, concerned about Barry’s side business. of a car and a parking space, $140,000, Levine noted. Legendary real-estate broker they see the building, they see “I don’t mind that he was selling porn,” she said. “But so you don’t have to worry This isn’t the first incen- Chris Havens doubts that the the amenities, maybe they’ll if it turns out to be kiddie porn, I can’t forgive that. I’ll go
about finding a spot.” tive to draw new residents to cars will actually cement any see something they like.” The Brooklyn Paper file / crazy if it was child pornography. That I can’t forgive.” 12 AWP / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää September 11, 2009
OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT
fice-seekers tried to distribute information to straphangers about the impending clo- sure — but the vast majority of commut- ers, who would be directly affected by the (FUFOHBHFE subway entrance shutdown, wouldn’t even take the handout. A tiny fraction even ac- n Tuesday, Democratic voters in a knowledged the candidates’ presence, act- wide swath of Brownstone Brook- New York’s best ing as if the would-be councilmembers 0 lyn will go to the polls to pick their election coverage were handing them a bag of excrement choices in two key City Council races — rather than an important piece of infor- a primary vote that is tantamount to elec- mation about their community. tion in heavily Democratic Brooklyn. The good news is that there’s still time But too few voters will actually cast for you — yes, you, the woman reading their ballot on Sept. 15 in the council dis- the public’s utter disengagement from the political process. Yes, there are big- this on her laptop at the Tea Lounge — tricts in question — the 33rd, which in- to put an end to willful ignorance of the cludes Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights ger battles being fought in Washington and in Albany, but electing a city coun- issues and the candidates. Last week, we and part of Park Slope, and the 39th, which cilmember is no less vital to having a made our endorsements for the Demo- sprawls from Borough Park to Cobble functioning democracy. cratic nomination in both districts, tap- Hill and includes most of Park Slope. Not only do councilmembers actually ping John Heyer in the 39th and Evan Given that low turnout, a few dozen have an important role in land-use deci- Thies in the 33rd. We urge registered votes will likely mean the difference in sions such as neighborhood upzonings party voters to choose those two. the seven-candidate race for the 33rd that will forever change our communi- But you don’t have to take our word District and the five-man battle for the ties’ character, but your councilmem- for it. In this issue, we re-interviewed all 39th. True, we always say that your vote ber is your neighborhood storefront, the the candidates and gave them one last makes a difference — but this time, it place to address genuine quality-of-life chance to make their pitch directly to is actually true in a very real sense. issues. Albany and Washington aren’t voters. If that isn’t enough, go to our new You — yes, you, the guy reading this taking your calls on such things. Web site, BoroPolitics.com, where stories on the F train — will pick your next Yet most people can’t be bothered. The about each race — not just from our pa- councilmember. other day, for example, we covered the ef- per, but from our sister publication, Cou- But such empowerment is wasted on forts of two 39th District candidates to rier Life, are conveniently archived. the disaffected. During this spirited cam- forestall the closing of an important sub- And here’s another reminder: eat your paign, we have been stunned to witness way entrance in Carroll Gardens. Both of- vegetables. They’re also good for you. Fleming Cristian LETTERS -FUUFSXSJUFSTTPVOEPGGPOPVSFOEPSTFNFOUT To the editor, • • • yond Carroll Gardens. He’s been with trepidation to the future of Thies, a real reformer for the 33rd surance — a local crisis that is It is disappointing, to say the least, To the editor, in the news, recognized as an in- more of the same. District,” Sept. 4). Greenpoint and destructive to our economy, our that The Brooklyn Paper based so How did The Brooklyn Paper formed, intelligent community ac- Heyer’s resume demonstrates Williamsburg have unique and communities, and our families. :FB:BTTLZ much of its endorsement for the 39th race right past the very point of tivist. purpose and commitment, but he massive environmental problems Our economic recovery de- To the editor, District Council seat on its posi- its editorial in endorsing John We know Gary as a team player has yet to actively jump into the with which he is very familiar, hav- pends fundamentally on moving There are more good reasons why tion in favor of the arena at Atlantic Heyer? who does what he says he’s go- fray on any vital issue pitting our ing been involved in many of the away from the current for-profit your endorsement of David Yassky Yards (“Dems should pick Heyer in I do not question your endorse- ing to do. He has worked with us community at odds with large po- community oversight committees model. With President Obama over David Weprin for Comptrol- the 39th District,” Sept. 4). ment as that is surely a matter of wherever and whenever he sees litical forces. After all, leadership of which I am also a member. backtracking on the “public op- ler made sense (“For comptroller, The arena would produce few choice. the need, including chairing the at this level requires it. To the point, The Greenpoint oil spill, the tion,” the current proposals would David Yassky,” Sept. 4). good, long-term jobs, but plenty of I do, however, expect a bal- transportation committee for the will he be a puppet or an indepen- largest water pollution control only modify our existing wasteful Council Finance Committee congestion and even urban blight. anced presentation of each can- CGNA. He’s consistent, always dent voice for our families? plant on the East Coast, the larg- system, put a further burden on Chairman Weprin’s claims of “fis- And you gave short shrift to an didate. This is surely a require- front and center — so why was I recommend voters look at all est amount of waste transfer sta- employers, and force the taxpayer cal expertise” misses that under impressive group of other candi- ment if you expect to meet the he given such short shrift in your the candidates through this lens. tions and related truck traffic, the to subsidize private profit. his watch, the budget grew from dates, in particular Gary Reilly, minimum standards of journal- editorial? Maria Pagano, Political courage is a must when transition of the solid Waste man- New York can lead the charge $43 to $59 billion — above the who has articulated very well- istic credibility. Carroll Gardens qualifying the next councilman. agement plan to barge rather that for real health-care reform in this rate of inflation. He failed to pro- thought-out positions on this and In the 26 months since Gary The writer is the president of If so, then perhaps one or two truck trash, development of wa- country. Forty-nine city councils pose automatically adopting pre- other issues. Reilly asked me for “five min- the Carroll Gardens Neighbor- on your short list would jump to terfront parks and so on. across the country have passed vious years’ budget. All in all, a baffling endorse- utes” to present an idea at the end hood Association. the top of your editor’s choice for At meetings, I’ve been very legislation calling for publicly As a result, a greater percent- ment from a paper that should of a Carroll Gardens Neighbor- Editor’s Note: Reilly was certainly councilman? impressed with some of the ideas funded, privately delivered sin- age of the city budget goes toward mentioned in our editorial along with debt payments rather than fund- know better. hood Association general meet- Finally, Gary Reilly should not and actual plans that Evan has gle-payer health care. We need the other four candidates. ing current badly needed essen- Michael Cairl, Park Slope ing, his idea has become part of have been marginalized during your for some of these problems. We to be the 50th. tial services. the public discussion, not just in • • • consideration. He has proven results need a councilmember who al- Once we solve the problem of Weprin is proud of his role giving Carroll Gardens, or Brooklyn, but To the editor, on significant issues supporting our ready has a knowledge of these access we can then focus on cost, out several hundred million dollars Send a letter the entire city. It is on the table The Brooklyn Paper’s editorial communities. Importantly, he has specific environmental and parks which can be addressed by re- now. Not bad, for his first ven- supporting John Heyer reflects its routing the emergency funds we in pork barrel projects. He proudly By e-mail: shown courage to act independently issues. Our community can’t af- accepts the title of “King of Pork” by ture into problem solving. failure to understand the increas- without special interests. ford the time that it takes to bring currently use for the city’s unin- [email protected] Long before this campaign, sured and enrollment fees. With the Gotham Gazette for the greatest ingly serious responsibilities of a I live in the 39th District and I electeds up to speed. By mail: Letters, The Brook lyn Gary worked and made a differ- the for-profit insurance middle- number and dollar value of mem- councilman in the 39th District. will vote against business as usual. My vote is also for Evan Thies. Paper, One Metrotech Center, ence here in Carroll Gardens. He The issues surrounding the men out of the picture this be- ber item spending. Kevin Duffy, Laura Hofmann, Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. has testified at every level of pub- communities are not simply “nuts- comes a much more manageable Weprin opposed Walmart from Carroll Gardens Greenpoint ÊiÌÌiÀÃÊÕÃÌÊLiÊÃ}i` and lic review the current rezoning; he and-bolts, block-by-block pothole task. The health of our citizens opening any stores thus hurting include the writer’s home address advocates for Carroll Gardens is- issues,” but large scale, Tammany and our economy is at stake, and consumers looking for employ- and phone number (only the writ- sues at meetings around Brook- Hall politics which govern our the time to act is now. ment and savings. Much of We- er’s name and neighbor hood are )FS5IJFTJT 4JOHMFJTTVF prin’s $2-million war chest comes published with the letter). Letters lyn before he goes to work and families. Doug Biviano, >ÞÊLiÊi`ÌÊi`Ê>`ÊÜÊÌÊLiÊ after a full day. He is up-to-date I am regularly disgusted by the To the editor, To the editor, Brooklyn Heights from traditional pay-to-play con- ÀiÌÕÀÊi`°Ê/ iÊi>ÀiÀÊÊÌ iÊÜiiÊ and knowledgeable on issues in lack of leadership presented by I agree with your endorsement of There are currently 400,000 The writer is running for City tributors. Larry Penner, ÞÕÊÃi`ÊÞÕÀÊiÌÌiÀ]ÊÌ iÊLiÌÌiÀ° the Brooklyn neighborhoods be- Councilman DeBlasio and look Evan Thies for City Council (“Evan Brooklynites without health in- Council in the 33rd District. Great Neck HEALTH, MIND & BODY Expanded Cobble Hill Health Center to open
Cobble Hill Health Center Barbara Williams, Jacquelyn Her- says Williams. “People who are care- Preparations are in full swing nandez Director and Pam Berger, givers are looking for respite from the for the Grand Opening Celebration Social Work Director, have been daily pressure of caring for a disabled Cobble Hill Health Center’s new Jac- reaching out to neighborhood senior or elderly person. They are grateful quelyn Hernandez Adult Day Health centers, hospitals and senior housing to be able to have this resource for Center, located at 822 Lexington Ave. complexes, presenting the enormous care.” in Bushwick. benefits the day center will bring to The center will also be the new The ribbon cutting is scheduled for the seniors and homebound disabled home to Cobble Hill Health Center’s in the community. Long Term Home Health care Pro- Oct.5 and elected officials, commu- A medical model program, the Day gram, which provides care to patients nity leaders and clergy are scheduled Center will enable people with medi- to attend. cal conditions or Alzheimer’s disease with chronic medical conditions at New York Met All-Star and famed to get out of the house and participate home. The center will be 15,000 sq. broadcaster Keith Hernandez will ac- in a socialization program, while ft. and will allow for the building of cept an award for his years of advo- receiving medical supervision and an additional two stories above the cacy on behalf of Cobble Hill Health assistance, such as medication moni- current facility. Center and the Day Center which toring, rehabilitation therapy and It will staff 30 employees and pro- was named in memory of his mother, counseling. vide for 100 day care participants. Jacquelyn, who died of Alzheimer’s “We have been getting the most Move in is scheduled for mid to disease at the age of 52. enthusiastic reactions from people,” late September.
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