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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2010 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/16 pages • Vol. 33, No. 36 • September 3–9, 2010 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO, COBBLE HILL, CARROLL GARDENS AND BOERUM HILL ‘WE’RE NO SLAB RATS’ Coney group fi ghts city’s new concrete Boardwalk CONCRETE
By Michèle De Meglio boardwalk, it’s a sidewalk,” Burst- The Brooklyn Paper ein said. A new community group is fight- And that makes it more difficult for ing the Riegelmann Boardwalk’s trans- people to exercise by the beach, said formation into a cementwalk — say- Burstein, who has been running on ing the city’s plan to get rid of wood the Boardwalk for 35 years. WOOD A tuberculosis ward, circa 1900. will create an eyesore and leave jog- “Concrete is much more stressful gers with wobbly knees. on the joints,” he said. “I’m still run- Rob Burstein, who lives in an apart- ning after many years because I avoid ment building overlooking the new con- concrete at all costs.” crete planks in Brighton Beach and has The Parks Department has already jogged on the Boardwalk for years, installed concrete slabs near the Board- OUTBREAK! says his Coney-Brighton Boardwalk walk’s Ocean Parkway entrance in Alliance has already collected signa- Brighton Beach and is also placing tures from 300 people opposing the them from W. 33rd to W. 37th streets Two transit workers have TB city’s plan to replace portions of the near Sea Gate. The tan-colored, peb- bled-textured slabs do not resemble By Aaron Short famed wooden Boardwalk with new The Brooklyn Paper concrete slabs. wood, critics say. Two transit workers in Green- “The concrete looks like a scar on Earlier this summer, Parks installed Photo by Steve Solomonson the face of the Boardwalk. It’s not a See CONEY on page 11 Rob Burstein hates the idea of running on concrete. point have contracted tuberculo- sis in an outbreak that city health officials are working feverishly to contain. Health officials confirmed that an outbreak of the airborne ill- ness struck two supervisors who work at a transit facility on Quay CALL A LAWYER Street this week. The positive tests prompted the city to begin on-site testing for the entire cohort work- ing at the building who may have
After hitting DA, bedbugs infest Legal Aid Photo by Stefano Giovannini been exposed. This MTA unit in Greenpoint By Andy Campbell weeks after the District Attorney’s workplace away from the affected of- City health officials have not is the site of two confirmed The Brooklyn Paper office was red-faced (and red- fice near Adams Street. “People are pinpointed how the individuals cases of TB. Bedbugs have opened bumped) to admit its own in- moving to our other offices so they contracted the disease, a bacterial up a second front in what festation — proving that these can get some work done. We’re tak- infection that spreads through the appears to be the pesky resilient creatures are not go- ing precautions.” air but is treatable and curable. sponsible for power washing sta- mites’ war on criminal jus- ing down without a bite. Bath said that her office was buzzing According to a transit union tions throughout North Brook- Community Newspaper Group / Andy Campbell tice offices in Downtown, show- “Is this not the most ridicu- with concern when workers “thought representative, the workers who lyn. The Legal Aid Society’s office in ing up this week at the Legal Aid So- lous thing? First the DA, and now they saw one,” so she called in the big tested positive with tuberculosis “Who the hell knows how they this Livingston Street building ciety on Livingston Street. us,” said the society’s spokeswoman, guns: a bedbug-sniffing beagle that lo- are members of the division re- See TB on page 11 was hit with bedbugs this week. The outbreak comes less than two Pat Bath, from the safety of another See BUGS on page 11 Senate hopeful is high on pot By Stephen Brown for the state. New Yorkers.” believes her victory is as guaran- The Brooklyn Paper “Young guys are standing New York’s best But Morgan, who has run her teed as the munchies after a few Talk about a grass-roots cam- on the corner selling drugs be- political coverage own television show on Brooklyn tokes of Maui Wowie. paign! cause there are no jobs out there!” Community Access, said that she “I’m going to win,” Morgan A Jamaican-American woman said Morgan. “If we could le- does not mess with the wacky to- said. “I don’t have the funds, but from Crown Heights is running galize, regulate, and tax mari- backy — and clammed up when I know what the average person for Senate on a one-plank plat- juana, maybe they could open scription can buy grass to their we asked the tough question: did is feeling because I am the aver- form: legalize marijuana. up a [weed] store like the liquor lungs’ content. she ever inhale? age person! Once they see that, Her slogan? “Tax pot, not stores that are on the corner ev- “The fact is … our education “I can’t recall,” she replied. they’ll relate to me.” people.” ery three or four blocks!” system needs a lot of help, and In fact, despite running for That’s something she can’t say Vivia Morgan, a 43-year-old Morgan, who is running as we need affordable housing in public office, Morgan did not for the incumbent, Sen. Kirsten construction worker, says that le- an independent under the Anti- our communities — a portion of wish to share many details about Gillibrand. galizing ganja is the first step to Prohibition Party ticket, envi- that money [to fill those needs] her personal life, saying only that “I’ve never seen Gillibrand in
Photo by Stefano Giovannini righting the social injustices of sions sticky-icky dispensaries would come from pot,” said Mor- she was married and lived with my community,” Morgan said. Vivia Morgan is running for Senate on the Anti-Prohibition the world while also providing similar to the ones in Califor- gan. “Legalizing pot makes more her son. “When people ask me who I’m Party ticket. Yes, that is a marijuana leaf behind her. much-needed jobs and revenue nia, in which people with a pre- sense than higher taxes on all Still, this underdog candidate See POT on page 11
in the eighth. Jeff Flagg led off with a homer before Joe Bonfe singled and Jus- tin Schafer, James Schroeder, Cyclones clinch Darrell Ceciliani and Cory Vaughn all had RBI hits. Two more runs scored on Ce- Brooklyn squad captures division title ciliani’s 11th triple of the year in the ninth. By Gersh Kuntzman Starter Yohan Almonte was The Brooklyn Paper even better than the Clones’ of- Wally Backman won a World fense, going all the way for a Series with the New York Mets in rare complete game, yielding 1986, but the most-coveted pos- just six hits and striking out session in all of sports — a New five. The shutout lowered his York–Penn League championship ERA to 2.00. ring — has now moved one step Ceciliani’s 2-for-5 raised his closer to his finger as the Brook- average to .351. lyn Cyclones clinched the McNa- The regular season continues mara Division title in fine fash- through Sunday, and the play- ion last Saturday night. offs begin two days later. Here’s It’s the fifth division crown how it works: for the 10-year-old franchise, but Four teams make the post-sea- the first since 2007 — evidence son: the three division leaders that this Cyclone team is different Photo by George Napolitano and one wildcard team. than recent incarnations. These Cyclones know how to celebrate — as they did The Cyclones, by dint of their Perhaps this squad — 47–22 as last Saturday when they clinched the McNamara Division. record, will almost certainly fin- Photo by Stefano Giovannini we went to press — is the best Cy- Now, a New York-Penn League championship awaits. ish the season as the top seed, clones team ever, better than the and will face the wildcard team, Steve blows it 2001 team that went 52–24 (.684) clinched the division title like The Cyclones were up just which will be Jamestown, Wil- and won the franchise’s only New champions, destroying the 2–0, thanks to a sacrifice fly liamsport or Batavia, depending Jews of all ages will celebrate Rosh Hashana, the New Year, at sundown on Sept. 8 by blow- York–Penn League title. Connecticut Tigers, 10–0, on and a Blake Forsythe solo homer, how the pesky Pinckney Division ing ceremonial shofars to ring in the season. Here, Councilman Steve Levin (D–Williams- The 2010 team certainly Aug. 28. when they broke out for six runs See CLINCH on page 16 burg) shows us that he’s got the dukh for the job. For more on the holiday, see page 5.
after deadline). That was back in 2005, and Smartmom has been writing her GOOSEWATCH column, every week, ever since. Farewell to Smartmom Sure, it took her awhile to find her voice and her subject matter. But af- 2010 ter a while the column, the adventures With kid in college, our columnist hangs it up of Smartom, Hepcat, TeenT Spirit and the Oh ow that the end is here, Smart- Editor’s stated reason for SoS Feisty One, started 127 mom is wondering how Dumb demanding Smartmom’s writing itself. N Editor will mark the end of her resignation as a “parent- Sort of. tenure as the parenting columnist at ing” columnist. There was a learn- GEESE IN The Brooklyn Paper. Bitter? Of course. But ing curve — and it was Will he give her a gold watch with that hasn’t prevented asa steep as Dumb Edi- PROSPECT PARK her name inscribed on the back? Smartmom from look- tor’stot r’s aambitions.mbitions. It took her a while to (As of Monday, August 30) Not likely. ing back on her oh-so-Park developdevelop a ststyle,yle a rhythm, a pace for Will he throw a lavish going away Slope memories — a reign herheh r weeklyweekly 880000 words. party at the River Café in honor of of terroir, if you will. Buddha knows, she made plenty A little more than one month her? Speaking of memories, of mistakes. Sometimes she revealed after authorities slaugh- Not likely. here’s memory number one: By Louise Crawford toot much about herself and her family. tered geese in Prospect Will he at least send her a lush bou- The day she met Dumb Edi- Sometimes she made people mad. She Park, 127 of the waterfowl quet from Zuzu’s Petals with a note pro- tor at the Tea Lounge in Park Slope. He never did — until two weeks knowsk for sure there are quite a few have returned to the lake, fessing enduring love and respect? It was an awkward meeting. Dumb later, when he barked, “Where’s my peoplep who don’t like her because of the according to Anne-Katrin What do you think? Editor didn’t like blogs, but he was a fan column?” column. There was even a snarky par- Titze. Keep an eye out for All she’s left with after six years on of Smartmom’s writing from her Only “What column? You never hired So began Smartmom’s illustrious ca- ody of the column that someone taped GooseWatch 2010 — our the job is a scrapbook full columns, The Blog Knows Brooklyn site. Smart- me,” she said. reer at The Brooklyn Paper (and texts to the front door of her building. weekly update. a minor case of Carpal Tunnel Syn- mom and he discussed her writing, and “So I’m hiring you now,” he said. of “Where’s my f—ing column? ” from That was a little creepy, but it was drome, and a son in college — Dumb he said he’d get back to her. “And I need a column.” Dumb Editor every week five minutes See SMARTMOM on page 2 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 3–9, 2010
Working with Dumb Ed- bird ” about her dad; “A trip As much as they hated the itor wasn’t always easy. He through time at Two Boots” attention, they sort of liked SMARTMOM was, well, bossy — and way about all those pizza faces at it, too. St. John the Evangelist too honest about what he the Slope’s child-friendly res- Needless to say, Smart- Continued from page 1 people would ask and she was didn’t like about her writing taurant, “State of the Union mom is feeling quite sad. This also kind of funny. In time, always flattered to be recog- or topics. But that was a good — kids are back in the hall ” feels like the end of some- Lutheran School (Est. 1965) Smartmom learned that you nized, especially if they were thing, too. And she learned a about the no-stroller policy at thing important in her life and need to have a thick skin — fans of the column. Some- lot from the man she’d come Union Hall that quickly be- she’s not sure if she’s ready and a sense of humor — if times people would stop her to call a friend. came a national story; “The to move on. The truth is she you’re going to be in the pub- to tell her what they didn’t Smartmom enjoyed OSFO goes parasailing and still has a lot to say. ->ÊV>ÃÃÊÃâiÊÊUÊÊÌiÃiÊ`Û`Õ>Ê>ÌÌiÌ lic eye. like about the column. And the discipline of writing a Smartmom learns to cut the Most of all, she’s going to Indeed, the public side of that was OK, too, though less weekly column and hitting cord” about OSFO’s sky-high *Ài Ê>}iÊ{®ÊqÊÀ>`iÊÈ miss her readers, who seemed having a column was a mixed satisfying for the ego. (more or, more accurately, adventure; and “Smartmom to enjoy these weekly install- ÀÃÌ>ÊV>`iVÊ ÕÀÀVÕÕÊÊUÊÊ ``iÊ-V Ê*Ài« blessing. She loved meeting “I hate your use of the third less) her deadline. It provided weighs in on the decade that ments about the life and times her readers on the streets of person. It’s SO annoying,” her with a chance to reflect changed parenting forever,” of one family in Park Slope. on the events of her life and which pointed to trends like /ÕÌÊfÓÇxÉ°Ê«iÀÊÃÌÕ`iÌ Brooklyn. someone might say. It was like she had a whole (Adjustments for multiple family attendees) “Are you Smartmom? ” Thick skin, thick skin. to articulate what she was Bugaboos, breast feeding and thinking and feeling. intentionally bad moms. bunch of really good friends >ÃÞÊ>VViÃÃLiÊLÞÊÌÀ>ÊEÊLÕà Some weeks, she didn’t Maybe she wrote one too to talk to and share what was think she had anything left many columns about the dif- on her mind. FAMILY CALENDAR to say. But then, magically, ficulties of getting rid of a Smartmom felt known words would appear and beloved leather couch and and understood by all of 195 Maujer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn FRI, SEPT. 3 Friday, Sept. 3. she’d have a column where buying a new one. you and that was very spe- 11:30 am: Storytime with cial and something she won’t (718) 963-3074 | [email protected] Emily. Moxie Spot [81 Atlan- WED, SEPT. 8 once there was only a blank Maybe she wrote too much tic Ave. between Hicks and 1 pm: Storytime with Em- screen. about what to do with Teen soon forget. She hopes that by Henry streets in Brooklyn ily. See Friday, Sept. 3. shedding some light on her $EVELOPING 7ELL 2OUNDED #HILDREN s %MPOWERED 3OCIALLY !CADEMICALLY 3PIRITUALLY A mother isn’t supposed Spirit’s room after he goes Heights, (718) 923-9710], to have favorites, but Smart- to college this week. tiny slice of the universe she themoxiespot.com. THURS, SEPT. 9 11 am: Dance around with mom definitely has columns Maybe she said too much may have, occasionally said 12:30 pm: Reading, Kyle something meaningful. Donovan. Author of The Nat. Moxie Spot [81 Atlan- she’s especially fond of in- about her kids. Writing about Do’Bees children’s book tic Ave. between Hicks and cluding, “The hat lady sings!” them was difficult as she tried That’s all a writer can series. Brooklyn Children’s Henry streets in Brooklyn about the woman who posted to be discreet and truthful and hope for. Especially a smart Museum [145 Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com. on Park Slope Parents about that’s a tough combination. mom. Ave. at St. Marks Avenue in a lost boy’s hat that she had She got yelled at a lot by Yes, Smartmom is end- Crown Heights, (718) 735- 4400], www.brooklynkids. 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VISIT GNYCIHL.COM, GREATER NEW YORK OR EMAIL: [email protected] ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE GNYCIHL.COM September 3–9, 2010 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3 Friends or family coming into town? THE Call for the “Brooklyn Paper Special”: 15% OFF ALL RATES Now through 12/31/10 *rates are based on availability stoop 85 Smith Street NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT Brooklyn 718-852-8585 View photo gallery & rates at: NuHotelBrooklyn.com GREENPOINT DUMBO Conveniently located near Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, & Carroll Gardens BEFORE AFTER City is high on Tobacco Warehouse could become performance space By Andy Campbell so that housing can replace The Brooklyn Paper park-like features as revenue The historic Tobacco sources.” Warehouse is about to be- One can only speculate Community Newspaper Group / Andy Campbell come a major public ame- who or what will heed the Some punks broke the heart of McGolrick Park nity for visitors at Brooklyn “self-sustaining community — a glass art piece set up, ironically, to show the Bridge Park. center” call, but there are ru- Custom Framing “kindness in people’s hearts.” On Wednesday, park of- mors. David Walentas, a de- velopment titan in DUMBO, Ready-Made Frames ficials sought proposals to 374 7th Avenue turn the open-air, 19th-cen- reportedly proposed a glass- Posters & Prints (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) tury site into a self-sustain- roofed venue in spring that Friendly Service ing, year-round community would house the St. Ann’s 718-832-0655 Art attacked Warehouse theater company. center. The finished project would have a wide array of But that remains to be seen Vandals hit sculpture tenants that offer arts, educa- — the park folks won’t yet tional and civic programming reveal their applicants, and
— and wouldn’t require any Photo Callan by Tom Walentas hasn’t returned calls about kindness! money from the park’s main- The Tobacco Warehouse is now mostly used for to confirm whether he’ll sub- mit a proposal. By Andy Campbell tenance budget. private events. “The objective is to cre- Walentas’s idea was the The Brooklyn Paper The Mac ate a financially self-sustain- first new vision for the site Some jerk broke Greenpoint’s heart last Thursday But here’s the controversy: take the Tobacco Warehouse ing model for … the facil- since the state landmarked and — that is, the expensive glass heart piece in McGol- Officials are still trying to fig- out of the revenue side of the ity — without subsidy from then repaired the space to its Support Store rick Park. ure out how they’ll raise the ledger makes it more likely Brooklyn Bridge Park for $15 million annual mainte- that housing will remain part current condition in 2002. The The local art scene was stunned to find that some- landmark status saved the site one completely shattered the relatively unsecured heart development, construction nance budget of the larger of the plan, critics say. or ongoing operations,” the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a “It is important to under- from demolition in 1998, and piece of the “Humanity Fountain,” a concrete, perfume- created a public — yet rela- emitting box and exhibit that is ironically supposed to park’s request said. waterfront development stand this ‘bait-and-switch’ Brooklyn’s First tively lackluster — walk-in reflect the “kindness in people’s hearts.” A usable community center that stretches along the wa- tactic,” wrote Judi Francis, space for visitors to take wed- Glass sculptors Alan Iwamura and Isaac Tecosky would be a substantial change terfront from DUMBO to the park advocate and president Apple Authorized and their sponsor, Trust Art , said they knew they were for the current site, which is foot of Atlantic Avenue. The of the Brooklyn Bridge Park ding photos in. Repair Shop! taking a risk then they put the piece out there, insur- currently a roofless 1870s-era current plan calls for housing Defense Fund, in an e-mail Proposals are due on Oct. ance or not. But that’s part of the point with public art tobacco customs center that’s and other commercial devel- to supporters. “The idea is 18, when park officials will of this kind. used for little more than wed- opment inside the park foot- to run a not-for-profit and release the new vision for • Mac and iPod Repair “We knew the risk of putting a glass heart in the pub- ding receptions. print — and the decision to deprive the park of funding the site. lic realm — we’re embracing its vulnerability,” said • Brand New Macs in Stock Jose Serrano-Reyes, a founder of Trust Art who helped create the exhibit. “This has become part of the story PARK SLOPE • Mac Rentals and Loaners of the project.” When it was installed two weeks ago, the $4,910 piece • No Fee Mac Data Recovery was certainly something to sniff at. The heart, com- plete with every intricacy of the human organ expertly • Memory & Hard Drive Upgrades crafted in glass, was surrounded by the wafting smell Something fi shy is going on! — which Serrano-Reyes described as “all-natural” and • On-site Calls much like a pencil — using solar panels. It was even featured in a big spread in our news- Not a single ticket for errant anglers in Prospect Park No Appointment Necessary papers. Today, only the box and a bouquet of sympathy flowers By Stephen Brown 168 7th Street and 3rd Avenue remain in a gated area at the center of the park saddling The Brooklyn Paper Nassau Avenue and Russell Street. But parks officials and Something smells fishy in Brooklyn, NY 11215 the folks at Trust Art are working on Greenpoint’s newest Prospect Park — and it’s a heart — no, not one made of steel, but of glass, again. renegade angler taking ad- 718-312-8341 “[The artists] were very upset, but they want to em- vantage of the Parks Depart- 9–6 weekdays, 10–4 Saturday phasize that they can overcome these obstacles,” said ment’s failure to issue a sin- Jennifer Lantzas, the public arts coordinator for the gle fishing-related summons [email protected] Parks Department. last year. www.macsupportstore.com And overcome they will — this time, by fastening the heart Shelley Hendlin, a vigilant to its perfume box with a steel cable. Realistically though, parkgoer walking along the as Serrano-Reyes noted, “you could still smash it.” lake early last Sunday, came So go see it before it’s taken down in mid-Novem- upon a man reeling in a fish ber, or worse, broken for a second time. and stashing it in a bag in bla- “Humanity Fountain” at McGorlick Park (Nassau tant defiance of the “catch and Avenue and Russell Street in Greenpoint). release” law in city parks. Hendlin and her two friends daringly confronted A loyal reader of our “Meadows of Shame” coverage told us she came upon a HEALTH, DITMAS PARK the man and insisted he fisherman keeping the fish that he caught in Prospect Park, despite the city’s stop, demanding he empty “catch-and-release” rules. When she confronted him, he dumped the dead fish. the contents of the bag into MIND & BODY the lake. Park code officers have not “We’ve found thousands That’s when they realized Meadows of written a single littering of feet of fishing line in the Vox Popped this was no fisherman — this ticket in the last 20 months, park in the last year,” said Ed was a man on a freshwater despite a media backlash Bahlman, who, along with DENTISTS Outlaw coffeeshop closed killing spree. against filth in the park. his partner, Anne-Katrin Ti- “I insisted he throw the Patron said it was un- tze, scours the park daily for down by taxman — again! fish back — he emptied the likely that many other fish- signs of trouble. bag and there were around 45 ermen in the park — gener- Bahlman added that they Park Slope. By Kristen V. Brown dead fish inside!” said Hend- ally a laid back, nature-loving had also come across at least for The Brooklyn Paper lin. “That’s when I said, ‘You bunch — shared this man’s 50 barbed hooks around the The doors are shuttered, but there may still be hope better get out of the park right SHAME bloodlust. lake, which are prohibited. FAMILY DENTISTRY now,’ and he left.” “I’ve seen people online It was only three months for Brooklyn’s scrappiest café. 245 Fifth Avenue (between Carroll & Garfield) Last Tuesday, the state taxman shuttered revolution- Hendlin did not get the anyone over the age of 16 is complain about fishermen ago that Bahlman and Titze ary Ditmas Park coffeehouse Vox Pop for the third time man’s name, but speculated supposed to have a state fish- keeping their catch, but I discovered an apparent tur- UÊ iÀ}iVÞÊ-iÀÛVi Dr. Andrew Warshaw since December, though despite rumors that the café that he was gathering the fish ing license, so … they can also can’t speak to the scale of tle trap — raising fears that UÊ«>ÌÊ,iÃÌÀ>Ìà Dr. Sari Rosenwein for a feast. face fines from the state.” the problem,” Patron said, the shelled creatures were UÊ,ÌÊ >>Ê/ iÀ>«Þ Dr. Doug Pollack (Bd. Cert.) was closed for good, general manager Debi Ryan said © it’s not over yet. “I would think he eats The fishermen could re- adding, “There doesn’t seem not safe, either. UÊ ÕiiÀà Ê*ÀVi>Ê6iiiÀà Pediatric Dentistry UÊ£ÊÕÀ]Ê"vvViÊ i>V } “The fate of Vox Pop has not yet been determined,” them,” said Hendlin. “He ceive a summons, but they to be any indication that the Hendlin said she was per- Hours by Appointment could probably freeze them never do. Statistics from number of fish in the park sonally opposed to fishing UÊ7 ÌiÊ}ÃÊÊUÊ `} wrote Ryan in an e-mail to The UÊÕÀ`iÊUÊ-i>>ÌÃÊUÊ i>}à Sat. & Eve. Available Brooklyn Paper. “The Board for later.” Parks Enforcement Patrol has declined.” in the park, but that it was A spokesman for the park, UÊ ÀÜÃÊUÊ À`}iÃÊÊUÊ iÌÕÀià Free Consultation and shareholders are currently show that no fishing sum- Parkgoers have been reel- more important that fisher- UÊ É-ÕÀ}V>ÊÕÊ >Ài 24 Hour Phone Service looking at various options to Eugene Patron said he was monses have been written ing with concern about reck- men obey the rules. ÊÊÊ`iÃViÌÊqÊ`ÕÌ aware of the man who alleg- make a final determination as this year. less fishermen recently, what “What’s the point if the U Financing Available to what is best.” Ryan did not edly fishes by his own rules. And this is not the first ex- with increasing frequent dis- laws are not being enforced?” U Insurance Plans Welcomed 789-5700 respond to further question- “People caught keeping ample of a lack of enforce- coveries of waterfowl with Hendlin said. “There should www.ParkSlopeFamilyDentistry.com ing about the café. the fish can receive a sum- ment in the park. Just last hooks or fishing line through be enforced rules, or ban fish- Ryan has battled endless mons,” said Patron. “Also, week, it was revealed that their beaks. ing altogether.” troubles at the iconic Cor- telyou Road café, bookstore Affordable Family Dentistry and jam space since taking WILLIAMSBURG the reigns from its anarchist in modern pleasant surroundings founder Sander Hicks last year the Rhode Island officials Photo by Arthur De Gaeta State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) and transforming the space Vox Pop was seized found traces of the bacte- Emergencies treated promptly into a “for-profit collective” for not paying taxes. ria, prompting a second re- with shares owned by various Queso not so fresco call this week. Special care for children & anxious patients community members. Carrera said that he hired WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD Hicks started the café on its road to financial ruin consultants who would make • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) Cheese factory pulls back tainted grub • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding when he opened an under-capitalized new branch of the sure the mistake couldn’t Crowns & Bridges (Capping) cafe at the Bowery Poetry Club in 2008, which was later happen again at the manu- • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment closed. Ryan first met with Hicks as a business consul- By Andy Campbell facturing level. • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings The Brooklyn Paper • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) tant, and eventually took over management of the café, It’s hard to figure out where • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) along with $30,000 in unpaid Health Department fines A Williamsburg cheese the problem originated. The and thousands of dollars in back rent and taxes. The back manufacturer voluntarily re- bacteria could have contam- Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer taxes led to the cafe’s seizure by the state Department called two of its products this inated the cheese at any of 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens of Taxation and Finance last December for owing over week after state workers in several distributors, and have 624-5554 U 624-7055 $56,000 and again in April after interest had ballooned Rhode Island found bacte- little or nothing to do with Az- Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking the debt to $66,000, though both times the community ria that could have led to a teca’s dairy practices. Indeed, and insurance plans accommodated rallied to fundraise for the revolutionary café . health disaster. the New York State Depart- In April, the state tax authorities struck a deal with The Rhode Island Health ment of Agriculture and Mar- Vox Pop to allow it to reopen for $15,000 up front and Department found traces of kets hasn’t found any traces of $1,000 a month after that. bacteria that could grow into the really bad bacteria — List- Now in Park Slope! Ryan made strides toward getting the café back on “Listeria monocytogenes” — eria and Salmonella among financial track, but apparently not enough. State Taxa- which can cause serious and them — since the corpora- tion spokesman Gregg Semanick declined to comment even fatal infections in young Azteca Linda Corp. on Flushing Avenue recalled tion opened in 1999. due to privacy restrictions. children and elderly people, two of its cheeses after health workers found a po- Carrera doesn’t care. For now, the café is shuttered, and neighbors have or symptoms like diarrhea tentially deadly bacteria in them. “If there’s a risk, we’re their fingers crossed. in healthy adults — in the going to recall it no matter “It’s a very quirky and interesting and place — I always Azteca Linda Corporation’s [Food and Drug Adminis- Island showed symptoms of what,” he said, adding that his liked it because it’s so weird and unusual,” said Marion Queso Fresco white cheese tration] concludes that we food poisoning, Carrera said. cheese operation is widespread Weiner, an area resident. “I don’t even go there that often, and Queso Hebra string weren’t at fault — we don’t The health department there in the city. “If you’ve eaten but I would definitely be sad if it closed for good.” cheese, with a Sept. 11 ex- want to be a company that went through all the foods Mexican food here, you’ve FINEST DENTAL CARE For his part, Hicks, ever the conspiracy theorist and piration date. hides this and regrets it later,” the man had eaten, tracing eaten our cheese.” Superior Services for Adults & Children publisher of many books and treatises contending, among The bacteria wasn’t yet in said Azteca manager Miguel his illness back to Azteca The FDA is expected to fin- New! Periodontist (gum specialist) on premises. other things, that the Bush Administration was involved its harmful state and Rhode Carrera on Thursday. “We’ll cheese that he’d bought in ish its latest samples of the two in the 9-11 attacks, blamed government thugs, not his Island did not demand a re- take the hit and hope our cli- Rhode Island. cheeses within a week, and 10 Plaza St. East, Suite 1F failure to pay his taxes, for the closure. call, but workers at the Flush- (bet. Flatbush & Vanderbilt Aves) ents realize that we’re look- Carrera recalled some Carrera said he will wait for Evening Most “The state and federal governments will not tolerate ing Avenue plant decided not ing out for them.” 792 units at that time, but the federal report before giv- appointments (718) 622-8020 Insurance a business that stands up to the lies of the War on Ter- to take a risk. The cheese debacle started some of his cheese was still ing the green light for distri- available. accepted ror,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if the in July, when a man in Rhode out there — and this week, bution again. 4 R: DT The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 3–9, 2010 Latest tweaks for PPW bike lane is because [the city] has West, plus two other week- ‘Loading zones’ will be blocked off to cars eliminated one lane from end-only spaces — a num- the roadway,” said Czerny ber that some critics say is By Stephen Brown eight of 11 “pedestrian “These areas must be kept But critics of the two- Auyang, who lives nearby on inadequate. The Brooklyn Paper safety zones” that occupy clear for pedestrian circu- lane bike lane stretching Eighth Avenue. “Whereas in The improperly parked The city is still fine-tun- crosswalks along Prospect lation and for visibility be- from Grand Army Plaza to the past, cars could’ve pulled cars are only the latest issue ing its Prospect Park West Park West. tween cyclists and pedestri- Bartel Pritchard Square — into areas with fire hydrants, to arise as a result of the bike bike lane — this time in- The no-car zones were in- ans crossing the bike path,” which resulted in the loss of these areas are now not ac- lane, which — depending on stalling granite blocks so tended to give pedestrians a the Department of Trans- 22 parking spaces and one cessible because of the new whom you ask — has either that drivers won’t use no- place to wait and get a good portation wrote in a letter lane of traffic — say that the bike lane. … Where else exacerbated traffic problems parking zones along the look at oncoming cars and to Community Board 6. “We “auto intrusion” is yet an- could these vehicles go?” on the stretch of roadway, or 20-block strip as de facto cyclists. But drivers have believe the [blocks] will ef- other example of a project But a Department of retarded the speeds of reck- loading zones. pounced on the spaces, us- fectively deter and discour- that has created more prob- Transportation spokesman less drivers . Under the plan, pairs of ing them for parking, load- age any further vehicular lems than solutions. noted that there are proper The additions to the pedes- two-and-a-half by five-feet ing and even vending ice intrusion in the pedestrian “The reason cars are loading zones at Ninth trian spaces are expected to be The city will install bollards to prevent cars from ille- blocks will be installed in cream. spaces.” parking in the islands … Street and Prospect Park implemented by early fall. gally on pedestrian zones on Prospect Park West. This guy was no charity case on Court Street ity case asked a guy for $2, was sitting on a park bench at his move and took off into in the mailbox. 84TH PRECINCT Stoop swipe but then snatched the man’s Court and Montague streets the Borough Hall station. But A Tompkins Place man A thief took advantage Brooklyn Heights– wallet right out of his hands at around 2 am when the thief the thief didn’t make much POLICE BLOTTER learned that lesson after a of an absent-minded lady DUMBO–Boerum Hill– as he went to hand over a few approached and asked for the of a profit; the wallet only thief grabbed his keys out and stole her purse from a Downtown bucks on Aug. 28. donation. The man took out contained $17. Find more online every Wednesday at of the mailbox to enter his President Street stoop on High and dry BrooklynPaper.com/blotter building, near Kane Street, Aug. 28. A thief disguised as a char- The victim told cops he his wallet, and the thief made and helped himself to a $600 A thief snatched a wom- The victim told cops that Bianchi bicycle. an’s iPod as she walked into she had left her bag on her the High Street subway sta- containing the hefty sum. he was approached by a group — Gary Buiso steps between Sixth and Sev- tion on Aug. 23. Car swipe of young men. One broke enth avenues at around 7 pm. from the pack and repeatedly The victim told cops that A thief broke into a con- 78TH PRECINCT When she realized her mis- HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED hit the victim, a 44-year-old she was on the platform at struction van on Water Street take 45 minutes later, the bag man, in the face. The group Park Slope the station under Red Cross on Aug. 26 and made off was gone — and with it, $40 then fled eastbound toward Circle jerks Place and Cadman Plaza East with a bevy of pricey equip- and an assortment of IDs and IN AN ACCIDENT? the Red Hook Houses. Two bandits on bicycles at around 4:45 pm when the ment. credit cards. No property was taken, stole a guy’s backpack and thug approached her, pushed The owner of the gear, who and the victim refused med- wallet at knifepoint as he Gear grab We can help you get the money you deserve. her, and grabbed the mp3 works for Malanga Construc- ical attention. walked back from the Ca- A pair of thieves stole player. tion of Staten Island, told cops nal Bar on Aug. 25. some expensive construction that he had parked the vehicle Berry burst Running irony The victim told cops he equipment from a work truck between Hudson Avenue and Four men sneaked up be- A knife-wielding creep had left the Third Avenue bar on 10th Street on Aug. 27. Gold Street at around 9 am. hind a man walking on Henry menaced a pair of ladies at around 12:50 am and was One of the workers wit- When he returned an hour Street and stole his cellphone into handing over their bags at Sixth Avenue and St. Johns later, a steel chop saw, a Heilti on Aug. 23. nessed the bandits roll up in and purses, which, ironically Place when thugs on bikes be- laser, and a Walker cement The victim was near Bay a blue sedan between Third enough, contained the book, gan to circle him in a classic vibrator were missing, worth and Fourth avenues at around “Running With Scissors,” on Street at 6 pm when he no- playground maneuver. a total of $4,200. ticed four men creeping up 11:50 am and take an elec- Aug. 29. The pair then dismounted, tric generator, a stealth saw, The victims told cops that — Stephen Brown behind him. One of the men and one of them pulled a knife suddenly snatched the man’s and a “chipping gun,” worth they were at the corner of and pushed the 24-year-old a total of $5,200. Nevins and Bergen streets 76TH PRECINCT Blackberry phone that was at- victim against a wall. That’s tached to his belt. The other iSwipe at around 12:30 am when Carroll Gardens-Cobble when they stole his bag, con- three men struck the victim A thief swiped a guy’s iP- they realized they were being Hill–Red Hook taining an iPod, a Blackberry, followed. The thug then ap- in the head. $180, a pair of Scarpo climb- hone as a Coney Island-bound proached, flashed the knife, Carroll caper Shop popped ing shoes and an assortment F train pulled into Seventh and demanded, “Give me A temerarious teen stole Someone broke into a Cof- of IDs and credit cards. Avenue on Aug. 29. your bags.” a woman’s wallet right out fey Street auto body and tow- Bar brawl The victim told cops he The pair complied, hand- of her hands at the Carroll ing shop and stole a computer was on the train at around ing over six credit cards, two Street subway station on A boozed up bargoer 7:45 pm when the thief made Andrea F. Composto, Esq. Frank A. Composto, Esq. over the Aug. 21 weekend. smashed a bottle and slashed cellphones, an assortment of Aug. 20. Cops said the thief used the grab and ran out of the IDs, sunglasses, gift cards, The 28-year-old victim the bartender at Timboo’s on station. Call for a FREE consultation at our new Park Slope office a pole or some other crude Fifth Avenue on Aug. 28. and the aptly titled book by was reaching for her Met- device to open the garage Game day Augusten Burroughs, which rocard inside her wallet at The sliced server told cops UÊ*iÀÃ>ÊÕÀÞ UÊ7À}vÕÊ i>Ì gate located between Rich- he was working at the bar A goon broke into a Fifth was made into a bad movie. around 10:30 am when the ards and Dwight streets, be- UÊ i`V>Ê >«À>VÌVi UÊ ÕÃiÃÃÊ/À>Ã>VÌà All told, the pair lost $972 young thief snatched it from at 11th Street at around 4:20 Avenue apartment through tween 5 pm on Aug. 21 and 7 am when the customer went the window and stole elec- worth of stuff. her unsuspecting hands. am on Aug. 23. Once inside, UÊ,i>Ê ÃÌ>Ìi\Ê `]Ê «]Ê UÊ7ÊEÊ*ÀL>ÌiÊ`ÃÌÀ>Ì But he didn’t get far. About berserk and took a swing at tronics on Aug. 24. UÊ-iÊ >L>Êië> Gym gank the crook snatched a desktop him with the smashed bot- The tenant told cops that *ÀÛ>ÌiÊÕÃià 10 minutes after the crime, computer worth $875. A thief broke into a locker Officers Besemah Rogers tle. The bartender then she had left her home between THE LAW OFFICES OF at the Equinox Fitness Club and Alexis Murray-Medouze Slap grab pushed the drunk doofus to Garfield Place and First Street on Joralemon Street on Aug. arrested a 15-year-old who A man was slapped and the ground, and during the at around 4:45 pm and returned 29. fit the description provided scratched after an argument scuff le, the bozo sliced him an hour later to find a win- Composto & Composto The victim told cops that by the victim. on Baltic Street on Aug. 24 in the chest, leaving some dow lock missing — plus her he returned to his locker in F’ed up — but the villain was col- minor cuts. Nintendo Wii, many games, a the gym between Court and lared. The dastardly drunkard laptop, a digital camera, and Clinton streets — which he A cretin snatched a wom- Cops said an 18-year- managed to escape before a small TV. (718) 875-5199 had closed without a lock — an’s iPhone while she waited Serving the Legal Needs of Our Community Since 1932 old man was arguing with cops arrived. — Stephen Brown at around 6 pm. That’s when for a Manhattan-bound F a 17-year-old woman be- train at the Bergen Street www.compostolaw.com he realized he had lost two tween Hoyt and Bond streets credit cards, $20, and an iP- station on Aug. 26. at around 6 pm. The woman 142 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn Heights hone. The victim told cops that suddenly got violent, caus- Pay more shoes she was at the station at around ing bruising and swelling on AUTO 6:50 pm when the perp ran 242 Prospect Park West, Park Slope A bandit swiped a Long the man’s face. The teen slap- in front of her, grabbed the per was arrested by Officer VEGAS SPA Island University student’s phone, and fled. purse while she checked out Jenny Aguiera. (718) 768-9274 (WASH) U OPEN 7 DAYS 7AM-10PM shoes at Payless on the Ful- Apple eyed Cored for phone Three men pummeled a ton Mall on Aug. 27. A teen stole a woman’s “Platinum” Express Car Wash The victim told cops that man for his Apple iPhone, and Apple iPhone as she stood Includes: $ 69 she had left her bag under a roughed up his companion unsuspecting at the corner UÊ ÕLi `ÞÊ >Ì $7 for her purse and iPhone on UÊ, Ê1`iÀÊ >ÀÀ>}iÊ >ÃÌ 3 Value bench for a moment while 7/Ê "1*" Ê* 1-Ê/8 of Van Brunt and Pioneer UÊ i>Ê7 iià Not to be combined with any she eyed some footwear at Henry Street on Aug. 21. streets on Aug. 18. UÊ>`Ê/ÜiÊ ÀÞ other offers. 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One of “VIP MEGA” Elite Full Service Now Just 551-200-1382 the males then pushed the Close call “Extreme Jackpot” Package + $ 46 A cunning thief swiped second victim, a 27-year-old Someone removed the UÊ «iÌiÊ,>8Ê-iÀÛVi $30 a woman’s bag while she UÊÀÀÊÊ >à L>À`]Ê iÌiÀÊ Ãi]ÊEÊ{Ê Àà 18Value woman, snatching her purse door cylinder at a Court UÊÀÀÊÊ-i>ÌÃÊÓÊ,ÜîÊÀÊ- >«Ê{Ê >Ìà 7/Ê "1*" Ê* 1-Ê/8 smoked a cigarette in front Not to be combined with any and phone. Street restaurant, but thought UÊÀÊÀ>}À>Vi other offers. Expires 10/3/2010 of the new Sheraton Hotel on The threesome then fled better of burgling the joint Duffield Street on Aug. 27. in the direction of Red Hook. overnight on Aug. 19. The victim told cops that Along with the status-sym- Cops said the portion of 7TH AVENUE she had stepped outside of PY. bol phones, the trio also made the door where the lock is CAR WASH T E the glamorous hotel, which E off with $90 and an assort- positioned was removed be- R is between Willoughby and T ECT EX S ment of credit cards. tween midnight and 11 am at SP H Fulton streets, at around 2:30 T Casa Rosa Restaurant, which 8
20TH STREET 19TH STREET 1 am and set down her bag to Coffey buzz PRO is between Carroll and Pres- light up. A man was struck in ident streets, but something That’s when the thief the face near Coffey Park must have scared off the in- must have snatched the for no apparent reason on 555 7TH AVE truders. CUSTOM 3D PAPER SCULPTURES bag, which contained $210, Aug. 23. ENTER FROM 19TH ST. JUST SOUTH OF 7TH AVE. a $4,500 wedding ring, a Cops said the victim was Key party “HIGHEST QUALITY CAR WASH, (FROM YOUR PHOTOS!) credit card, and a Florida near Verona and Dwight Here’s a timeless piece of AT THE BEST PRICES!” driver’s license. streets at around 7 pm when advice: don’t leave your keys ACID FREE MOUNTING, MATS & Unholy An especially unethical BACKING thief stole a woman’s wal- let from the Plymouth Church READY-MADES on Aug. 22. The victim told cops that for your loved one CANVAS STRETCHING the man had walked into the church at Joralemon and Hicks streets at around NEEDLEPOINT STRETCHING 10:20 am pleading for help when he stole a wallet from TAPESTRY STITCHING a kitchen area. for your family For some reason, the perp SHADOWBOX FRAMING returned to church three days later, and the churchgoers called 911, and the creep was +,-./01/#2&3435/1/%*$36$#/ FINISHED-CORNER FRAMES placed under arrest. " As it turned out, the guy HAND-CARVED GOLD & SILVER even still had the lady’s driv- er’s license, though she lost " LEAF FRAMES $30. Unlucky charm CANVAS FLOATER FRAMES A pair of thieves snatched * " a woman’s purse on Aug. IN HOUSE GALLERY FEATURING 13. The victim told cops she "" " UNIQUE ONE-OF-A-KIND 3D was walking into the Chase PAPER SCULPTURES ATM on Nevins Street and Flatbush Avenue at around " ! 5:45 pm when a creep ap- proached her, and distracted her by claiming that she was ""#$%&'(#)$*(% a “lucky charm” to win his Three-Card Monte game. The woman ignored the Senior Helpers locations are independently owned and operated. (*Minimum $100 purchase) man and made a withdrawal of $1,000. When she exited the bank, the man approached As seen on Oprah www.seniorhelpers.com again, and this time an ac- complice sneaked up from behind and snatched her bag 4 R: WB, FGCH The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 3–9, 2010
in the northeast, including the HELP Women’s Cen- ter in Brownsville, which Big homeless shelter has drawn heavy criticism from neighbors who accuse its guests of prostitution and drug abuse (see sidebar). The Greenpoint ware- planned for Greenpoint house is located in a sparsely populated industrial stretch By Aaron Short profit HELP USA, one of the ing on McGuiness Boulevard the company has declined his of north Greenpoint bordered The Brooklyn Paper country’s largest builders and at Clay Street. invitation to present the plan by the Pulaski Bridge on- ramp, Newtown Creek, and A 200-bed homeless men’s operators of transitional and A city official confirmed to the public at the board’s permanent low-income hous- this week that HELP USA Sept. 15 meeting. the city’s sprawling sewage shelter run by Andrew Cuo- treatment plant. ing, is moving towards build- CEO Larry Bilensky had sub- The 24-year-old nonprofit, mo’s sister could be coming The commercial build- ing one of the largest shel- mitted a proposal. But Com- led by Maria Cuomo Cole, to Greenpoint — and resi- ing itself takes up half a dents are alarmed. ters in North Brooklyn in a munity Board 1 District Man- has managed several tran- city block, is zoned for light The New York-based non- four-story industrial build- ager Gerry Esposito said that sitional housing facilities manufacturing use, but the building’s prior owner ap- peared to be taking the ini- away, says the shelter’s resi- tial steps to make it more liv- dents “don’t bother anybody” able by removing partitions Shelter from the storm? and that he hasn’t noticed the and plumbing fixtures ear- prostitution problems. lier this month. HELP USA’s Brownsville center draws fi re “We really don’t see it,” The loft building is home Photo by Stefano Giovannini said Diaz. “Maybe at 3 or to several artists and resi- A group called Help USA wants to build a homeless shelter along McGuin- By Aaron Short Women’s Center on Saratoga Located in an indus- 4 in the morning. The cops dents, who could be diffi- ness Boulevard at Clay Street in Greenpoint. The Brooklyn Paper Avenue in Brownsville. “The trial section surrounded by come quick. A lot of time cult to evict with the recent HELP USA wants to house police are constantly here. masonry and metal work- the cops think they’re [the passage of the loft law giv- marz, who owns a small bad both for residents and the Brooklyn in 2008, a decrease the homeless, but opponents All it does is bring down the shops, the shelter provides women] prostituting cause ing tenants in illegally con- repair shop on McGuinness homeless, who would have of 24 percent from the pre- say that it’s anything but a neighborhood. That shelter’s services for victims of sub- they can’t get in [to the cen- verted industrial buildings Boulevard who is organizing difficulty accessing emer- vious year, and a drop of 43 got to go.” stance abuse, domestic vio- good neighbor. ter].” additional rights . a group of businesses against gency services that are not percent since 2005. Neighborhood business- lence or unemployment in a Diaz believes that a shel- The non-profit organi- Nearby business owners the proposal. “There’s no nearby. The HELP USA proposal zation, which proposes a men, such as Jeff Laino, gen- 66-bed dormitory. ter by HELP USA in Green- don’t want to see more shel- question we’ll have an in- “I would prefer that it’s would likely serve home- 200-bed shelter in Green- eral manager for Watkins Poul- “It’s no good for the neigh- point would be a good thing ters coming to Greenpoint, crease in crime. This neigh- families, but the site is not less individuals far beyond point, already runs a “tran- try Merchants, point to the borhood,” said Manny Gomez, for that community, but Gar- arguing that there are enough borhood just started to build really good for them either, sitional housing” facility in building’s “constant issues” who lives one block down the cia disagrees. facilities nearby and that the up a few years ago.” since it is such a deserted Greenpoint — but details of Brownsville that is unpop- that has attracted ambulances street. “They hang around all “I wouldn’t recommend new shelter will “bring down Laura Hofmann, who lives area,” said Hofmann. the shelter and its target de- ular with the locals. and even the police. night and smoke.” it,” said Garcia. the neighborhood.” two blocks away, worries that According to the De- mographic remain unclear. “The women prostitute ev- “The women are sometimes Others are more charitable HELP USA officials de- “With such a big homeless the introduction of a men’s partment of Homeless Ser- Bilensky did not return ery night,” said Adele Gar- out on the street soliciting in support of the center. Ed- clined to comment. facility, people will wander shelter to a desolate indus- vices, there were an estimated multiple calls for comment. cia, who lives near the HELP themselves,” said Laino. gar Diaz, who lives one block — with Joe Anuta around,” said Jack Karcz- trial neighborhood would be 336 homeless individuals in — with Joe Anuta
window, which leads to the fire escape, was left open. This thief rolls with rock on Lombardy St. Def scam Some creep stole a wal- let out of a woman’s purse tronics on Aug. 24. Synagogued Bash and bolt at Long Island University 94TH PRECINCT Tenants returned home, 88TH PRECINCT Some heathen stole a wal- A thug attacked a man on Aug. 26. which is between Nassau and Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Greenpoint–Northside POLICE BLOTTER let from a man praying in a and then stole his iPhone An employee told cops that Driggs avenue, at about 8 am A handy burglar used a Bedford Avenue synagogue Ersatz officer on Washington Avenue on the perp approached her desk to find a bedroom window tractor to steal more than Find more online every Wednesday at on Aug. 29. Some creep posing as a Aug. 28. and said, “I’m deaf. I need help open and a laptop and ex- $24,000 worth of granite BrooklynPaper.com/blotter The man told cops that he cop picked up a man on Van- The victim told cops that making copies.” The kind- pensive camera gone. and marble from a Lom- was dovening in the shul, which derbilt Avenue on Aug. 26, he was near Fulton Street at hearted victim went to make bardy Street stone business Broken door nue, at about 4:15 pm. She no- and stole $5,800 worth of is between Ross and Rodney drove him to Cumberland 4:45 am when some creep the copies at 11:30 pm, and on Aug. 27. Some crafty jerks took ad- ticed the front door was ajar electronics on Aug. 26. streets, at around 1 pm when Street in his fake cruiser, approached him and asked when she returned five min- The manager of Time Mar- vantage of a broken back door — and when she went inside, The victim returned to the the creep snatched the wallet then robbed him. for change. After the victim utes later, she noticed her wal- ble and Granite, Inc. returned at a N. 10th Street apartment her documents, iPod, camera building’s garage, which is right out of his jacket. The victim told the 88th said no, the perp felled him let missing from her purse and to the business, which is be- and took every electronic of and laptop were missing. between Bedford and Dri- The God-unfearing thief Precinct that he was between with a punch to the head and the deaf man gone. tween Vandervoort and Por- value inside on Aug. 24. ggs avenues, at about 7 pm got some credit cards and Park and Myrtle avenues at made off with the victim’s Lost loser ter avenues, at about 7:40 am Family jewels to find two flat-screen TVs $120. cellphone. The victims returned 5 pm when a man flashed a A perp stole a car’s naviga- and realized that the rock was A brutish thief smashed and two laptops missing. A home, which is near Bed- Pedal punch badge and handgun, then told Bungled burg tion system device which had missing and the tractor had through the front door of a neighbor said that he saw two ford Avenue, at about 10:30 A bike-riding bandit the victim to get into his car. Police arrested a bike- been left at a bank on Myrtle been moved. He caught the pm and realized that a TV, Driggs Avenue apartment perps, who were cutting tree passed a woman on the The impersonating officer perp on camera moving the and stole a woman’s jew- stealing bandit on Washing- Avenue on Aug. 27. several laptops and a com- branches just outside, look- sidewalk, punched her in then drove the victim to a park- ton Avenue on Aug. 24. tractor and loading the ex- elry on Aug. 26. ing into the garage windows The victim told cops that puter tower were missing. the head, and stole her cell- ing lot near Fulton Avenue, told Police watched the perp he left the device to re-charge pensive granite into a truck, They told cops that the back The victim said she left all day. phone on Union Avenue on him to get out of the car, and then fleeing. her house, which is between enter a house near Gates Av- inside the bank, which is lo- door does not lock and can They got mail Aug. 27. took his wallet and cash. The enue at 3 am. Minutes later, The manager didn’t get a Eckford and Leonard streets, cated between Washington easily be pushed in. Someone snagged a UPS The woman told cops she imposter cop said a “paddy he emerged toting a bicycle good look at the perp, but at about 6 am. When she re- and Waverley avenues. When package left in the lobby of was near Ainslie Street at wagon,” which is a horrible over his shoulder. The jerk said that he had let an em- Passport burg turned at 3:30 pm, all her ex- he returned at 11 am, it was a Leonard Street apartment around 8 pm when the ped- ethnic slur, was on its way, told cops he was authorized ployee go two months ago Some cretins broke into pensive jewels and a camera gone. on Aug. 27. aling perp made his attack, then he left in his car. to get the bike, but the owner on bad terms. a N. Ninth Street apartment were missing. Target target The victim told cops that then fled. didn’t agree. Now the thief and stole a passport and elec- Two got away Cops arrested two perps Fire escape Contracted he left two packages contain- Rude rise is in cuffs. tronics on Aug. 26. Cops arrested one of three who stole a wallet contain- Thugs broke into a King- Two jerks who worked at ing computer parts just out- The victim told cops that A stealthy perp sneaked thugs who mugged a man for Fire drill ing $300 from a woman while a tree-cutting service alleg- side his apartment, which is sland Avenue apartment she left McCarren Park and into an apartment on Grand his wallet on Flatbush Ave- Some creep stole a lap- she was shopping at a depart- between Greenpoint Avenue Street and stole $4,000 worth through the fire escape win- went home, which is between edly broke into a N. Eighth nue on Aug. 27. top out of a Pratt Institute ment store inside the notori- and Calyer Street, at about of electronics on Aug. 27. dow and stole expensive elec- Berry Street and Wythe Ave- Street commercial building The victim told cops that apartment on Grand Avenue ous Atlantic Terminal Mall 2 pm. When he returned at The owner told police that he was near Lafayette Avenue on Aug. 27. 7 pm, one of the packages, she went to sleep at around on Aug. 25. at about 2:30 am when the trio Cameras inside the store, which contained more than midnight without locking the The victim told cops that which is located near Atlan- PARK SLOPE $1,000 in parts, was gone. door of the house between approached and demanded after work, she returned to Dermatology CHELSEA — Andy Campbell Keap Street and Borinquen cash. One perp punched him her apartment near DeKalb tic Avenue, caught one of the jerks taking the wallet then Javier Zelaya, MD Place. When she woke up, the in the face while another Avenue at 11:45 pm and found 90TH PRECINCT merchandise was gone. grabbed the dough. Every- her laptop missing from her handing it off to her partner- Verna Broughton, PA one ran away, but one thug room. The front door was in-crime at 8:15 pm. Southside–Bushwick Cellular heist didn’t get too far. locked, but her roommate’s — Joe Anuta Botox Dysport Drunk chump Some goons smashed the Restylane Juvederm Some creeps snagged an front window of a T-Mobile empty wallet and some jew- store on Graham Avenue, Radiesse Sculptra elry from a drunken man on then escaped with $25,000 Peels Microdermabrasion Facials Leonard Street on Aug. 29. worth of high-tech goodies on Aug. 27. Surgery for torn earlobe & keloid The victim told cops that he was stumbling near Mese- The owner of the store Laser hair removal, waxing role Avenue at 4:15 am when between Moore and Veret Lasers for scars, wrinkles, blemishes the goons used a foreign ob- streets told cops that the ject to hit him in the face and crime occurred at 5:30 am the back of the head before — seconds before his alarm 753 METROPOLITAN AVE Medical services for all skin conditions making off with the loot. company notified him. Skin cancer screening Berry brawl Clean getaway Graham Ave stop on train A group of thugs vi- Some jerk snatched a bag medical insurances accepted for medical services ciously mugged a man out- from a truck parked on Kent side a Berry Street bar af- Avenue on Aug. 26. 551-200-1382 ter he came to the aide of The owner said he parked CALL TODAY 718.832.3313 his quarreling girfriend on his truck near Brooklyn– Aug. 28. Queens Expressway to wash The victim said he just his hands, and when he re- left the bar, which is near turned 20 minutes later at S. Sixth Street, at around 3 pm, the bag containing 2 am to find his girlfriend cash and credit cards was in a verbal battle with three missing. other ladies. Car theft When he tried to calm ev- A creep broke into a car eryone down, someone hit parked on Grand Street and him over the head from be- stole belongings totaling hind. $880 on Aug. 27 That’s when another perp The victim told police that jumped in and pummeled the she had left her car between CUSTOM 3D PAPER SCULPTURES peacemaker — also taking Driggs Avenue and Roebling his loot — before fleeing in Street at around 5 pm. When (FROM YOUR PHOTOS!) a silver Jeep. she returned two hours later, Shrimp assault her things were gone. ACID FREE MOUNTING, MATS & A pint-sized perp hit a man Construx caper BACKING with a firearm on Humboldt Two creeps were arrested Street on Aug. 29. after stealing $1,500 worth The victim said he was of materials from a construc- READY-MADES between Boreum and Seigel tion site on Harrison Avenue streets at 2 am when a group on Aug. 24. CANVAS STRETCHING of thugs approached and de- A witness told cops that manded jewelry. One creep he saw the two perps sneak NEEDLEPOINT STRETCHING hit the victim over the head into the site near Hewes Street with a firearm after the vic- at 2:30 pm, gather the build- tim called him “little.” ing booty, then flee a half- TAPESTRY STITCHING Cleaned house hour later. The police nabbed the Thieves took everything SHADOWBOX FRAMING perps shortly after. from a Metropolitan Avenue apartment over the Aug. 27 Tool time FINISHED-CORNER FRAMES weekend. Some perps stole a bunch The owners left town only of tools from a car parked on HAND-CARVED GOLD & SILVER to return on Sunday night Driggs Avenue on Aug. 26. to their home, which is be- The owner told police LEAF FRAMES tween Olive and Catherine that he had parked near Di- streets, trashed and their vision Avenue, and returned CANVAS FLOATER FRAMES things missing. to the vehicle at 10 am to find There was no sign of $4,100 worth of tools miss- forced entry — which makes ing. IN HOUSE GALLERY FEATURING sense, given that the landlord Car begone UNIQUE ONE-OF-A-KIND 3D was showing the apartment for rental at the time. Some perp jacked that PAPER SCULPTURES most popular of vehicles — Auto attack a 1994 Honda Civic — from Some crafty perp took near the corner of White and a bunch of power tools Moore streets on Aug. 28. and electronics from a car The victim told cops that he parked on Moore Street on returned at 7 pm to find the Aug. 29. car missing. The victim told police that It’s the latest in a rash of (*Minimum $100 purchase) he had left his car between thefts of very old Honda Civ- White and Bogart streets and ics, which are popular among returned at 2:50 pm to find thieves because the parts are more than $1,000 in prop- so valuable, cops said. erty gone. — Joe Anuta 4 R: PS, BR The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 3–9, 2010 Latest tweaks for PPW bike lane could these vehicles go?” cars are only the latest issue ‘Loading zones’ will be blocked off to cars But a Department of to arise as a result of the bike Transportation spokesman lane, which — depending on By Stephen Brown tended to give pedestrians a age any further vehicular the roadway,” said Czerny noted that there are proper whom you ask — has either The Brooklyn Paper place to wait and get a good intrusion in the pedestrian Auyang, who lives nearby on loading zones at Ninth exacerbated traffic problems The city is still fine-tun- look at oncoming cars and spaces.” Eighth Avenue. “Whereas in Street and Prospect Park on the stretch of roadway, or ing its Prospect Park West cyclists. But drivers have But critics of the two- the past, cars could’ve pulled West, plus two other week- retarded the speeds of reck- bike lane — this time in- pounced on the spaces, us- lane bike lane stretching into areas with fire hydrants, end-only spaces — a num- less drivers . stalling granite blocks so ing them for parking, load- from Grand Army Plaza to these areas are now not ac- ber that some critics say is The additions to the pedes- that drivers won’t use no- ing and even vending ice Bartel Pritchard Square — cessible because of the new inadequate. trian spaces are expected to be The city will install bollards to prevent cars from ille- parking zones along the cream. which resulted in the loss of bike lane. … Where else The improperly parked implemented by early fall. gally on pedestrian zones on Prospect Park West. 20-block strip as de facto “These areas must be kept 22 parking spaces and one loading zones. clear for pedestrian circu- lane of traffic — say that the Under the plan, pairs of lation and for visibility be- “auto intrusion” is yet an- two-and-a-half by five-feet tween cyclists and pedestri- other example of a project blocks will be installed in ans crossing the bike path,” that has created more prob- eight of 11 “pedestrian the Department of Trans- lems than solutions. TALK ABOUT CIRCLE JERKS safety zones” that occupy portation wrote in a letter “The reason cars are hands on the property, how- ing $400 and an assortment of crosswalks along Prospect to Community Board 6. “We parking in the islands … 78TH PRECINCT Park West. believe the [blocks] will ef- is because [the city] has ever, and was arrested after jewelry and electronics. The no-car zones were in- fectively deter and discour- eliminated one lane from Park Slope POLICE BLOTTER fleeing the apartment, po- The 35-year-old victim Circle jerks lice said. said that she left her home between Benson and Bath Two bandits on bicycles Find more online every Wednesday at Scam artists BrooklynPaper.com/blotter avenues at 3:30 pm and re- stole a guy’s backpack and Two conniving women turned a short time later to wallet at knifepoint as he managed to snag $2,600 from learn that someone had forced HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED walked back from the Ca- Hungry thief Middle Eastern men in their a 27-year-old after driving open the front door. nal Bar on Aug. 25. 20s, confronted him. A shameless bandit stole him to distraction at a Bay Grid grab The victim told cops he a mover’s lunchbox while he “This is my block,” one of Parkway bank. IN AN ACCIDENT? had left the Third Avenue bar did his job on St. Johns Place the louts said before charging The victim had just finished Thieves smashed their at around 12:50 am and was on Aug. 23. with the bladed instrument, dealing with a teller inside the way into a National Grid We can help you get the money you deserve. at Sixth Avenue and St. Johns The worker told cops that leaving the victim with cuts bank between 84th and 85th vehicle on Aug. 24, taking Place when thugs on bikes be- he was moving in a client be- to his hands and elbow that streets at 12:35 pm when the a laptop computer and two gan to circle him in a classic tween Seventh and Eighth av- needed stitches at Lutheran two women approached and phone chargers as it sat on playground maneuver. enues at around 1:30 pm when Medical Center. began chatting him up. Avenue P. The pair then dismounted, he took his lunch break. That’s Purse grab As they kept his attention, A worker for the utility and one of them pulled a knife when he realized that his lav- A gun-toting goon made one of the thieves snagged company parked the car be- and pushed the 24-year-old ender lunch box was missing, off with a woman’s purse on the money he had momen- tween West First and West victim against a wall. That’s along with a credit card. Aug. 25 during a chilling ex- tarily forgotten about and left Second streets at 2:20 pm. when they stole his bag, con- Restaurant rip change at the corner of Third on the counter. He returned a short time taining an iPod, a Blackberry, Avenue and 73rd Street. later to discover someone had $180, a pair of Scarpo climb- Two thieves broke into a 16th Ave. steal shattered the passenger side Fifth Avenue restaurant and The 33-year-old victim was ing shoes and an assortment on the corner at 1 am when she A thief broke into a 16th Av- window and looted the cabin. of IDs and credit cards. stole thousands from the reg- enue home on Aug. 28, tak- — Thomas Tracy isters on Aug. 23. realized that the stranger was Bar brawl Surveillance cameras creeping up behind her. Sec- A boozed up bargoer caught the goons busting into onds later, the thug jammed a smashed a bottle and slashed the front door of the restau- hard object — possibly a gun — into her back and demanded the bartender at Timboo’s on rant between Fifth and Sixth AUTO her purse. Fifth Avenue on Aug. 28. streets at around 5 am. 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By Alex Rush Shiller first became gassed for The Brooklyn Paper about old-school automobiles Lenny Shiller is still hav- in the 1967 when his grand- ing fun, fun, fun — and he mother passed along her old doesn’t even have a T-Bird. 1936 Chevrolet. The follow- But that’s pretty much ing year, he purchased a rel- the only classic car this atively new model, a 1954 Park Slope native doesn’t Mercury Monterey, and was have in one of his two ga- officially on the wagon, or rages on Douglass and Union rather, the car. streets. “Lenny has simply got Photo Levin by Ted
In the past 40 years, Shiller Photo Levin by Ted more cars than anyone I’ve Park Sloper Lenny Shiller has dozens of classic antique cars in two neighbor- has accumulated about 60 ever met,” said Vincent Mas- hood garages. Here’s Shiller in a 1950 Dodge Wayfarer convertible. vintage rides. A man ob- (At left) Shiller’s pride and joy is this succi, one of the founding sessed, he spends hours Photo Levin by Ted 1924 Durant. (Above) A 1957 Caddy. members of the 50-year-old “I don’t care so much about Shiller loves showing his and outfit reminded them of each day maintaining and Antique Automobile Associ- the price value of the cars, collection to senior citizens the good old days,” said Kathy tinkering with his collec- ation, which organizes area munity events. Shiller’s got 6-foot frame. dent of the borough’s Antique I just want to have the rare who were probably driving Azbell, a Prospect Park Resi- tion — even in 100-degree a veritable showroom of his- “I’ve always been about Automobile Association for car shows. “And he’s been cars that you don’t see often those models when they were dence director. heat — and regularly takes toric vehicles, even a Ger- quantity when it comes to the past 12 years. “I’m never such a motivator for the club, his cars out on the town to man model that looks like a cars,” said Shiller, a building satisfied with the amount I helping us go from 135 to anymore,” Shiller said. first released. Every year, he Shiller has a four-wheeled street fairs and other com- clown car next to Shiller’s owner who has been presi- have.” 300 members.” Shiller’s cars may be old, takes his 1965 Good Humor vehicle for every occasion, but He’s got as much zeal for but he fixes them up to keep truck to Prospect Park Resi- believe or not, he gets around wheels as Prince did when them drivable. He brought dence, an old folks home on town on a two-wheeler: his he sang about his “Little out some of his fleet for Park Prospect Park West, and hands 35-year-old Fuji bicycle. Red Corvette.” Shiller’s re- Slope’s Seventh Heaven street out ice cream to the seniors. He “Bikes are more convenient ally driven to get the odd- fair last month, drove his pink even dresses the part, sporting because I don’t have to deal ball cars that no one else has. 1957 Cadillac convertible in a black bow tie and brimmed with parking, and they’re good For instance, he has a 1979 this year’s gay pride parade captain’s hat that make him for the environment,” Shiller Checker that was owned by and showcased more whips look like an ice cream man said. “I actually don’t really one of the city’s first female at a Park Slope assisted liv- on Leave It To Beaver. like driving, just fixing up cabbies. ing center on Aug. 8. “His classic ice-cream truck cars.”
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MINUTES s MINUTES s MINUTES go to one place to find all your Across the street, you’ll Photo by Aaron Short Rosh Hashana needs, from find two more stores to (Clockwise from top left) Kaff’s baker Menachem All types of manicure and pedicure services challah to kosher chicken to visit before the High Holi- Shakulov shows off an array of honey cakes and bottle of sweet wine — Lee days: Bais Hasefer and Kaff’s marble cakes, which are popular during the Rosh Avenue. Bakery. Bais Hasefer has sup- Hashana holiday. Gottlieb Restaurant on Roebling For more than half a cen- plied prayer books and reli- Street is as much a Williamsburg institution as Pe- LL Nail & Spa tury, the Williamsburg strip gious articles for the Hasidic ter Luger. The challah at Sander’s Bakery is baked has been a destination for community for decades. Pick on the premises in advance of Shabbat, and special Jews throughout Brooklyn up a kippot ($10-$15) or a round challahs will be available before the holidays. 193 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg (between N. 6th & N. 7th Streets) searching for kosher treats talis ($50-$75) if you need one and check out the stacks 718-599-1988 and Judaica items for hol- bling Street at Division Ave- Stones Shiraz at $18 and the iday meals and services. of books of religious schol- nue? It is the Brooklyn equiv- Charisma merlot, cabernet, /PEN -ONn3AT AMnPM s 3UN AMnPM The street is the commer- arship in the back. It’s also alent of Katz’s — only less cial spine of a vibrant and one of the few places in the or Riesling bottles at $12.50 expensive and without any growing Hasidic community community to buy shofars, are good bets. in South Williamsburg, and but if you want one the ex- tourists. The delicatessen is Soon, you too will be its stores fulfill almost ev- tra-long kind that rabbis of- always bustling with Hasidic toasting L’Chaim with ev- ery need to prepare for the ten blow in shul, you’ll have customers and families pick- eryone at your holiday din- Jewish New Year. to place an order. ing up meals, but take a seat ner party — with a little help The most important item Next door to Bais Hasefer’s and watch the scene if you from Lee Avenue. . is Kaff’s Bakery, which sells aren’t in a hurry. It’s best to Sander’s Bakery [159 BoardServeNYC org you need for the Jewish holi- days is a round of fresh-baked an array of delicious honey stick with meat and potatoes, Lee Ave. at Penn Street in challah, so start your trip at cakes ($6 a pound), strudels namely potato kugel ($5 a Williamsburg. (718) 387- Sander’s Bakery on Lee Av- and babkas to give you some- pound) or pastrami sand- 7411]; Satmar Butcher and enue at Penn Street. thing sweet to eat after your wiches ($9), and cholent, a Meat Market [82 Lee Ave. Like Oneg Heimishe Bak- holiday meal. The chocolate Hungarian meat stew. A sea- at Rodney Street, Wil- ery on Lee Avenue at Rut- babka ($6 a pound) is the sonal special is yapchik ($5 liamsburg. (718) 963-1100]; ledge Street, the store’s pri- neighborhood’s best — just a pound), a savory mashed Bais Hasefer [75 Lee Ave. mary focus is challah loaves, save your Seinfeld impres- potato dish with chunks of at Ross Street in Williams- GIVE BACK. which are fluffy but not sion because Kaff’s bakers beef in it. Wash it down with burg. (718) 963-1234]; Kaff’s sweet, so slice and dip in have heard it already. a Dr. Brown’s soda ($1) — Bakery, 73 Lee Ave. at Ross honey. Small loaves are $3, Head up Lee Avenue to our favorite is celery. Street in Williamsburg. large are $5. Closing time at Flaum’s Appetizing at Wil- Finally, pick up a bottle (718) 387-4736]; Flaum’s both bakeries varies, so get son Street to pick up nuts, of kosher wine next door at Appetizing [40 Lee Ave. there early in the day to en- dried fruit and candy by the L’Ch ai m Kosher Wi ne a nd at Wilson Street in Wil- sure you won’t leave with a pound, as well as bean salads Spirits at S. Ninth Street. liamsburg. (718) 384-1536; CONNECT. bunch of rolls. and vegetable spreads. The Sweet wines are most ap- Gottlieb Restaurant [352 Once you’ve got your loaf, store also boasts a great se- propriate for the holiday, Roebling St. at Division Av- head north on Lee Avenue lection of smoked fish, which and proprietor David Wol- enue in Williamsburg. (718) across the Brooklyn Queens can liven up any Yom Kip- hendler recommends the 384-6612]; L’Chaim Kosher Expressway and pick up your pur breakfast meal. Tanya blends of merlot and Wines and Spirits [348 Roe- chicken at Satmar Butcher By now, you’re proba- cabernet (between $48 and bling St. between S. Ninth and Meat Market at Rod- bly hungry and could use $55) or the HaChavit caber- Street and Division Avenue ney Street. The Satmar is a snack. Where better than net sauvignon at $25. For less in Williamsburg. (718) 782- the largest Hasidic sect in Gottlieb Restaurant on Roe- expensive options, the Five 5358]. LEAD. brightly and fast. Now it’s winding down early.” As of last weekend, Kelly Corn art is dead said the plot has yielded 12 NEW YORK CITY: ears of corn. Despite the vegetative tra- No bumper crop for Smith St. plot vails, passersby were unfazed by the machinations of Mother GIVE BACK IN A NEW WAY By Gary Buiso Nature — or by concerns that The Brooklyn Paper Kelly’s field of maize has be- Boerum Hill’s field of come a field of malaise. green is awash in a sea of “There’s beauty in every- beige. thing,” said Robert Edward The corn planted at the Franklin. corner of Smith and Bergen Area resident Charis Coo- Hundreds of nonprofit organizations in NYC, in all five boroughs, are seeking streets by artist Christina per said the plot was simply a Kelly has gone from bounti- victim of a long summer. new board members – talented and committed individuals eager to share ful to desiccated — evidence “My backyard looks like that one of the hottest sum- that,” she said. “It could be their skills and expertise. mers on record has taken its weeded, but this doesn’t re- toll on the popular art project, ally bother me.” BoardServeNYC connects nonprofit organizations with individuals who want called “Maize Field.” The plot stands in an area On Wednesday, as temps cultivated by the Marechka- to give back through board service. soared to 100, Kelly’s wilted wich Indians in the 17th cen- stalks were anchored to bone tury, and the project aimed to dry soil, a far cry from the stir thoughts about the nature BoardServeNYC accepts applications from potential board candidates and verdant urban oasis that of change and our ever-mor- NYC nonpofit organzations year round. graced the corner just one phing relationship to the land. month ago. Along with the corn, Kelly Hopes were high as an ele- planted beans and squash, the phant’s ear in late May, when Community Newspaper Group / Gary Buiso so-called “three sisters” of Artist Christina Kelly’s corn plot on Smith Street is Kelly first planed the humble traditional farming, a trio of Apply today. Visit BoardServeNYC.org to learn more. patch. It was expected that wilting on the vine, as it were. vegetables that enjoy a sym- some 40 stalks of the rare biotic relationship. Gigi Hill Blue Corn, an eight- far outpacing a sister garden But it seems the sunlight With Tuesday’s 96-de- row flint blue corn from the Kelly planted in Canarsie. At has turned this bumper crop gree-heat, the summer of Iroquois nation, would sprout the time, she attributed the into a bust. 2010 is now the hottest sum- by at the site by August. success of the Boerum Hill Kelly was unavailable for mer on record in New York Indeed, the crop busted out plot to the direct sunlight it comment at press time, but City, according to the Na- PROUD PARTNER of the soil like gangbusters, received. on her blog , she recounted a tional Weather Service. conversation with a corn ob- But similar high temps server who mused that the across the country haven’t CORRECTION: corner was “too hot” for the diminished corn yields else- In last week’s story, “Hotel? Condo? Pool? Street food? ” plants to thrive. where. According to the GIVE. ADVOCATE. 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the BKLYN Yard shut down and they were unable to continue with liquor license. But the crew soon found the courtyard at Brooklyn Fire Proof in Bushwick accommo- Move over, dating (there’s even a disco ball hanging from the trees). “It’s been a great summer. The people who come to our parties are exceptional, and they’ve made it special week after week after bicycles! week,” said Carter. “We’re really looking forward to playing the en- Party one last time tire day for them.” Unicycle fest kicks off That is, until next summer. Call it Sunday Last. in special guests from all over the Sunday Best at Brooklyn Fire By Meredith Deliso The final installment of the world to get Brooklynites groov- Proof (119 Ingraham St. at Varick The Brooklyn Paper daytime, DJ-driven dance par- ing in their flip flops in the often Avenue, no phone), Sept. 5, 3–9 ties, Sunday Best, is this Labor sweltering heat. pm. Tickets $8 before 4 pm with ne isn’t the loneliest number. Day weekend. A Gowanus Canal-side hot RSVP to rsvp@sundaybestnyc. During the first New York City Unicycle Festival, All summer long, the DJ crew spot for the past four years, the com, $12 otherwise. For info, visit O one-wheel enthusiasts will be out and about en masse, Photo by Stefano Giovannini of Doug Singer, Justin Carter and party was forced to find a new www.sundaybestnyc.com. starting with a 13-mile ride from the Brooklyn Bridge to Keith Nelson has organized a 13-mile unicy- Eamon Harkin has been bringing home earlier this summer after — Meredith Deliso Coney Island on Sept. 3. cle ride on Sept. 3, beginning at the Brook- See UNICYCLE FEST on page 9 lyn Bridge and ending in Coney Island.
Trinidadian calypso with East Indian–in- fluenced chutney music. It’s fast, energetic and upbeat. Backed by brass instruments Pig out! Top ‘Brass’ and steelpan drums, singers address top- NYC’s biggest parade ics of the day and get the Here’s your last chance to pig Wave and wine all night hip-action (called wining) Scantily clad revelers and stilt- out before summer’s over. long as Trinidadian soca going by calling out dance dancing moco jumbies return to the On Sept. 4, MeanRed Pro- sensation Machel Montano instructions. streets of Brooklyn this weekend ductions throws Snout ’N Stout, and other top Caribbean “The festival features for the annual West Indian Carni- a pig roast and sidewalk party acts rile the crowd into a the best in soca music,” val Festival. in Williamsburg. to the laid-back vibe,” said dancing frenzy at Brass said Thomas Bailey, of The Labor Day institution, which The North Carolina-style Jenny Gottstein, of MeanRed. Fest. the West Indian Ameri- will take over Eastern Parkway this porcine fest will also sport “It’s going to be a sweet late Performers from Trin- can Day Carnival Asso- Sept. 6, draws more than one mil- plenty of cold craft beer, as summer gathering of awesome idad and Tobago, Barba- ciation. “There’ll be a lot lion spectators and merrymakers to well as tunes supplied by DJ people enjoying great music, dos, and Grenada bring of gyrating going on.” partake in Caribbean music, danc- Cowboy Mark of the Green- great food, and cold beers.” the party to the Brook- Brass Fest at Brooklyn ing and tasty fare. point store Kill Devil Hill. Snout ’N Stout (50 N. Third lyn Museum grounds on Museum [200 Eastern “People from all over the world The roast will take over a St., between Berry Street and Sept. 3 as part of the week- Pkwy. at Washington Av- come to celebrate the culture of the warehouse on N. Third Street Wythe Avenue in Williams- end-long festivities lead- enue in Prospect Heights, Caribbean region,” said Jean Alex- — but this barbecue isn’t just burg, no phone), Sept. 4, 6–10 ing up to the West Indian (718) 638-5000], Sept. 3 ander, of the West Indian American about the food, but the atmo- pm. No cover, but food plate Carnival Festival down Eastern Parkway at 8 pm. $45 ($40 in advance). For more Day Carnival Association, which sphere. tickets are $15. on Labor Day. info, visit wiadca.com. organizes the parade. “Families re- “I’m really looking forward — Meredith Deliso Soca, or soul calypso, fuses traditional — Damian Harris-Hernandez unite on Eastern Parkway. It’s a real nice time.” Organizers of the jovial procession, the longest in the city, remain unfazed by the city’s call to cut the parade’s length and duration in a cost-saving move. As a result, this year’s starting Fall in love Rockabilly festival point is Schenectady Avenue, cutting the parade length by one block, but More than 20 rockabilly and the bacchanal promises to be bigger honky tonk bands, as well as and better than ever this year. with a nerd live burlesque theater, a side- “I don’t see it as a setback,” said show, and even a beauty pag- Alexander of the one-block trim. It’s too late for that summer romance, eant, will take over Cha Cha’s “We have 40 new groups this year, but it’s never too late for love. from Sept. 3–6. many of whom are even coming from Jin Moon likes people who are pas- “Coney Island is very old- the Islands.” douse each other in mud and paint sionate about their interests — and school New York,” said Sean Indeed, Idakeda, a Trinidadian while steel bands pump out live each other — hence her I Heart Nerds passionate about your hobbies.” Kershaw of The New Jack Ram- cultural dance troupe from Port of soca music. Speed Dating events at Union Hall. Here’s how it works: During the blers. “You can still get the car- Spain, will perform “Kambule,” a Bring your flag and costume, but But these aren’t your stereotypical speed round, the ladies stay in place nival atmosphere, the hucksters, play celebrating Canbouley, a Trini- leave your inhibitions at home. pocket protector-wearing, suspender while the guys rotate seats. Each date and no corporate dollars or ur- dadian carnival that gave rise to Ca- West Indian American Day Carni- sporting, Steve Urkel nerds. lasts the length of a four-minute love ban planning can duplicate or lypso and later soca music. val [along Eastern Parkway starting “I think the term ‘nerd’ has taken song. The rest is up to you. replace the magic.” Cha’s of Coney Island [1229 For the diehard revelers who at Schenectady Avenue in Crown a modern spin and become a more I Heart Nerds Speed Dating at Cha Cha’s owner John Cia- Riegelmann Boardwalk at Still- can’t wait for the real parade to Heights to Grand Army Plaza in generic term without the old social Union Hall [702 Union St. near Fifth rcia knows the formula for a man Avenue, (718) 946-1305], start, J’ouvert begins at 2 am near Prospect Heights, (718) 467-1797], stigma attached to it,” said Moon. “It’s Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638- good time: “Music, girls — it’s Sept. 3–6. Tickets $8–$15. For Grand Army Plaza on Labor Day. Sept. 6, 11 am–6 pm, For info, visit now cool to be a nerd. In the era of 4400], Sept. 5 at 7 pm. Tickets $10. all nice,” he said. info, visit www.myspace.com/ In this predawn procession, mas- www.wiadca.com. ‘Glee,’ being a nerd just means being — Meredith Deliso Rockabilly Festival at Cha cockabillyrecordsnyc. queraders wear wild costumes and — Damian Harris-Hernandez
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In this country Saturday, September 18th: Service at 10am, Yizkor at Noon Yam jam Sean Meenan (pic- cult-classic horror film she hosts “Top Shelf The streetscape says How many ways can tured) will have gifts from the 1970s, a nib- Stories — You Went to College For Brooklyn, but for three s *UNIOR #ONGREGATION AND #HILDRENS 3ERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED you cook a yam? the whole family can ble from Transylva- That?” with storytell- days, at least, the s #HILD #ARE PROVIDED s #OMPLIMENTARY TICKETS FOR STUDENTS Apparently, a lot. enjoy: pencils and nia’s Public Enemy ers from “This Amer- music says country. Find out all of the notebooks for the Number 1 transforms ican Life” and The Alex Battles (pictured) myriad methods at kids and booze for an African prince into Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Moth. They’ll whine will host the annual an all-day tribute to the parents. Blacula — the black about those days on “Brooklyn Country Cantor Shira Lissek the yellow potato- Dracula. Two hun- Noon–5 pm. “Back to campus, but you Music Festival” at Educational Director Marlene Antebi like tuber, while school bash” at Habana dred years later, Blac- know they got more Southpaw, presenting President Lawrence H. Singer enjoying other Carib- Outpost [757 Fulton St. at ula awakens and runs action than you did. an all-local lineup of bean and African S. Portland Avenue in wild in Los Angeles, Fort Greene, (718) 858- original artists that The Mount Sinai Family looks forward to welcoming you to our special home dishes. After filling 7:30 pm. “Top Shelf 9500]. Free. For info, visit sucking on bloody begins tonight. Make your stomach, feast Stories — You Went to www.ecoeatery.com. necks and Bloody sure to catch banjo- CONGREGATION MOUNT SINAI your eyes and and fill College for That?” at Marys. 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Opening night. $15. 8 pm. com. part of BAM’s “Bela Lu- audubon. street in Sunset Park, (718) 630-7588]. READING, MONIQUE Heights Players [26 Willow gosi’s Dead, Vampires Live “JERK YAM AND ROTI JAM”: Pl. between Joralemon and SALES AND MARKETS HEALTH, BROOKLYN ROAD TRUONG: Author of “Bit- Forever” series. $8-$12. Food festival. Free. 11 ter in the Mouth”. 7–9 pm. State streets in Brooklyn PARK SLOPE GREENMAR- 2, 4:30, 6:50 and 9:15 pm. am–11 pm. Brooklyn Tech RUNNERS CLUB: 6:45 pm. Heights, (718) 237-2752], See Saturday, Sept. 4. PowerHouse Arena [37 KET: 9 am–4 pm. See Sat- BAM Rose Cinema [30 Athletic Field (496 Cler- www.heightsplayers.org. urday, Sep. 4. FILM, “BLACULA”: As part Main St. at Water Street in Lafayette Ave. at Ashland mont Ave. in Fort Greene). DUMBO, (718) 666-3049], MUSIC, BARR BROTHERS: PS 321 FLEA MARKET: 9 Place in Fort Greene, (718) of BAM’s “Bela Lugosi’s $10. 8 pm. The Rock Shop SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- Dead, Vampires Live For- www.powerhousearena. am–5 pm. See Saturday, 636-4129], www.bam.org. CLONES VS. TRI-CITY: 5 com. [249 Fourth Ave. between ever” series. $8-$12. 4:30, President and Carroll pm. See Friday, Sep. 3. 6:50 and 9:15 pm. BAM MUSIC, THE ON AND ON I HEART NERDS SPEED SHOW: $6. 7–8:30 pm. streets, 718-230-6740], Rose Cinema [30 Lafayette www.therockshopny.com. DATING: Calling all single Ave. at Ashland Place in Puppet’s Jazz Bar [481 Fifth nerds. $10. 7 pm. Union Fort Greene, (718) 636- Ave. at 11th Street in Park MUSIC, BROOKLYN COUN- Visiting the Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth 4129], www.bam.org. Slope, (718) 499-2622], Suckers: Experience “The Fearless Vampire Killers” TRY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Avenue in Park Slope, (718) www.puppetsjazz.com. With The Woes, The Defi b- READING, SEAN WILENTZ: at BAM on Sept. 3. ulators. Julia Haltigan, Mil- New Brooklyn 638-4400], www.union- Author of “Bob Dylan in READING, “TOP SHELF hallny.com. STORIES — YOU WENT ton. $15. 8 pm–Midnight. America.” Free. 7 pm. Southpaw [125 Fifth Ave. Spoonbill & Sugartown, TO COLLEGE FOR THAT”: Bridge Park? Storytelling event hosted FARMER’S MARKET: Bringing MUSIC, THE HOLMES at St. Johns Place in Park Booksellers [218 Bedford BROTHERS: 12:30–2 pm. MON, SEP. 6 by acclaimed standup affordable, healthy food Slope, (718) 230-0236], Ave. in Williamsburg, (718) Metrotech Commons (Flat- Come for Lunch or Dinner comic and storyteller Oph- options, including baked www.spsounds.com. WEST INDIAN AMERI- 387-7322], spoonbillevents. goods and ethnic special- bush Ave. and Myrtle Ave. wordpress.com. ira Eisenberg. $10. 7:30 pm. FRIDAY NIGHT FIREWORKS: at CAN DAY CARNIVAL: ties. Free. 8 am–5 pm. in Downtown). 9:30 pm. See Friday, Sep. 3. WORKSHOP, LEARN BASIC Union Hall [702 Union St. at Biggest parade in New Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Lutheran Health Center FASHION NIGHT: Eco friendly MUSIC, SPANGLISH FLY: 7 Old Fulton Restaurant BICYCLE MECHANICS: [150 55th St. in Sunset Park, York City marches along (718) 638-4400], www. fashions and workshops. Latin boogaloo. Free. 10 Three-session course. (718) 630-7155]. Eastern Parkway from unionhallny.com. $10. 6–11 pm. Textile Arts pm. Rose [345 Grand St. at $120. 7–10 pm. 3rd Ward READING, POETRY COM- Center (505 Carroll St. be- Crown Heights past Grand READING, RAHNA REIKO Havemeyer Street in Wil- [195 Morgan Ave. at Stagg MEMORATING 9-11: 7–9 tween Third and Fourth av- Army Plaza. Free. 11 am. RIZZUTO: Author of “Hiro- liamsburg, (718) 599-0069], Street in Bushwick, (718) pm. P.S. Bookshop [76 enues in Gowanus), www. Parade Starting Point shima in the Morning.” 7:30 www.liveatrose.com. 715-4961], www.3rdward. Front St. at Washington textileArtsCenter.com. (Schenectady Avenue and pm. Greenlight Bookstore MUSIC, KARAOKE: Free. com. Street in DUMBO, (718) READING, SEVEN UP-AND- Eastern Parkway in Crown [686 Fulton St. between Midnight. Union Hall [702 Heights), www.wiadca.com. MUSIC, SLAVIC SOUL 222-3340]. COMING AUTHORS Union St. at Fifth Avenue PARTY: Fiery Gypsy brass, South Elliott Place and BACK TO SCHOOL BASH: ART, HAITIAN EARTH- READ FROM THEIR in Park Slope, (718) 638- soulful Balkan anthems, South Portland Avenue in WORK: 7–9 pm. Power- Habana Outpost’s Sean Fort Greene, (718) 246- QUAKE PHOTOS: Created 4400], www.unionhallny. and hip-grinding American by Isaiah King and Q. Saka- House Arena [37 Main St. com. Meenan gives out pencils funk. $10. 9 pm. Barbes 0200], abookstoreinbrook- and notebooks while the maki. Free. 7 pm. Power- at Water Street in DUMBO, [376 Ninth St. at Sixth Av- lyn.blogspot.com. (718) 666-3049], www.pow- adults have a mojito. Free. House Arena [37 Main St. enue in Park Slope, (718) FILM, “BARTON FINK”: As at Water Street in DUMBO, erhousearena.com. SAT, SEP. 11 Noon–5 pm. Habana Out- 965-9177], www.barbes- part of the restaurant’s post [757 Fulton St. at S. (718) 666-3049], www.pow- READING, RINGSHOUT — brooklyn.com. Brooklynite’s Film Fest. 8 erhousearena.com. A PLACE FOR BLACK Portland Avenue in Fort pm. Enoteca on Court [347 OUTDOORS AND TOURS Outdoor Garden Dining MUSIC, “THE SINCOPE OF MUSIC, CLASSICAL CON- LITERATURE: Three ac- Greene, (718) 858-9500], THE SLEEPING BEAUTY”: Court St. at Union Street in claimed African-American HEALTH, BROOKLYN ROAD www.ecoeatery.com. Carroll Gardens, (718) 243- CERT: Selected pieces RUNNERS CLUB: 9 am. Specialties: Interactive multimedia per- by Isaac Albeniz, Chick writers. $5 donation. 7 pm. MUSIC, ROCKABILLY FES- formance. $5. 10 pm. Union 1000], www.enotecaon- Littlefi eld [622 Degraw St. See Saturday, Sep. 4. Old Fulton Burger TIVAL: 3 pm. See Friday, court.com. 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ten wildly off-key. feet of a house of worship . And several times during the As it turned out, the concerts could show, when performers asked the not even adhere to the new law. CONEY... audience, “How do you feel Brook- The opponents of the shows — Continued from page 1 the only group opposed to Seaside silence lyn?” the crowd replied with re- who dispatched their own sound traditional wood planks be- the use of concrete slabs. The sounding boos. At another point, expert to document the excessive tween Stillwell Avenue and Coney Island Friends of the a performer asked, “Can you hear noise levels — said they were not W. 10th Street. Last year, syn- Boardwalk, which Burstein Marty’s concerts go out with a whisper me?” The crowd unanimously re- party poopers. thetic planks were placed on has worked with, also created plied, “No!” “The city is breaking their own Steeplechase Pier near MCU a petition opposing the city’s By Stephen Brown Markowitz did not hide his irri- laws, don’t blame us!” said Al Turk, a Park. In the coming months, concrete plan. Burstein said The Brooklyn Paper tation with the new rules when ad- vice president of Temple Beth Abra- Parks officials will examine there are no hard feelings be- dressing the audience. ham. “If the city can’t follow its own how these materials and the tween the two groups. Bring in da noise! “We’re under terrible constraint,” laws, then something is wrong!” concrete held up to pedestrian “I felt that if I did my own Angry patrons of Borough Pres- Markowitz said. “We didn’t ask The obscure noise regulations traffic to determine which thing, I’d have more energy ident Markowitz’s Seaside Concert for this, it’s being imposed on us. were discovered by opponents af- would be appropriate for a and passion behind it,” he series in Coney Island were fuming Next year, we’ll get this straight- ter Markowitz proposed a state-of- full plank replacement of the said. over the city’s noise crackdown at ened out one way or another, we’re the-art amphitheater at Asser Levy entire Boardwalk. The alliance plans to hold the controversial venue, where a new so sorry.” Park that raised the prospect of many But the city says concrete monthly meetings with com- law kept performer’s voices — and But concertgoer Tom Piselli said more concerts there — something is the early favorite since it munity residents to attract their jams — at a whisper Thurs- it was ironic that Markowitz’s con- some residents don’t want to hear. doesn’t require regular re- new members and create day night. certs were now too soft. Another opponent, Ida Sanoff, pairs, such as replacing loose strategies to fight the use of “It’s like music on mute!” said “The only loud people are the pol- said that the city now faces possi- screws, and lasts “100 years concrete on the Riegelmann Louis Perez of Sunset Park, who iticians! You can’t hear the perform- ble penalties for repeatedly surpass- instead of 30 or 40 years,” ac- Boardwalk. To remain posted didn’t have to raise his voice while ers, but you sure can hear them!” he ing the noise levels, and may be on cording to John Natoli, Parks’ about meetings, call Burst- standing in the middle of Asser said. “Maybe Marty should build his the hook for the opponents’ sound chief engineer. ein at (718) 743-1027 or Levy Seaside Park. “The perform- amphitheater on the beach. The fish expert and legal fees, depending a The Coney-Brighton email robburstein@hot- ers should start doing sign lan- in the New York Aquarium won’t like judge’s ruling. guage!” it, but they can’t complain!” The “10-decibel law” expires Boardwalk Alliance is not mail.com. Photo by Stephen Brown For the second week in a row, Tom Piselli said he could barely hear the concert. The “10-decibel law” was a last- at the end of the summer, mean- the volume was turned down be- minute measure pushed through the ing that Markowitz and Bloomberg down with consumption, the cause the concerts — which have City Council by Mayor Bloomberg will likely try to craft legislation that the park. ing on.” disease best known for kill- been held at the venue since 1991 — in June as a way to keep the concerts allows the concerts to proceed at a ing millions throughout the now must conform to a law that de- “This is terrible!” said Lillian At times, it seemed that even the going this summer after it was dis- normal level of amplification. TB... late 19th and early 20th cen- mands the music not exceed 10-deci- Rowlett, who was “listening” with performers, including Judy Torres, covered that the shows had, for years, The promoter of the concert se- Continued from page 1 turies, and for prompting leg- bels above the normal street sound family and friends. “We can’t hear Noel, and Angel and Aby, were hav- been in violation of a law that pro- ries, Debra Garcia, pledged that it got it,” said Transit Workers islation banning spitting in level near two synagogues facing anything, we don’t know what’s go- ing trouble hearing, as they were of- hibited amplified music within 500 would continue next year. Union spokesman Jim Gan- public places. non. “Consider what these “Holy crap, that’s kind of guys do. They take trucks, scary,” said Christine On- go to stations and hose them orati, who works at Word down. They’re in constant Bookstore. Thousands honor Jackson in Prospect Park contact with crap in those Other’s aren’t as wor- By Thomas Tracy Spinna, fans of the one-gloved June, 2009, on the eve of a former Fort Greene resident stations.” ried. The Health Department “They’re working, they’re The Brooklyn Paper wonder spent five hours re- comeback tour. Spike Lee, who worked with notes that brief contact with not looking for beers,” said That Michael Jackson, he membering the singing sen- Some even went further: Jackson on his video “They individuals who are sick with bartender Dave Pollack, can still draw a crowd. sation’s many incarnations, Celebrity impersonator Pete Don’t Care About Us.” TB is not likely to cause in- who added that he doesn’t Tens of thousands f locked from the Jackson 5 and “Bil- Carter invoked the spirt of Last year, upwards of fection. The illness, whose see many transit workers in to Prospect Park’s Nether- lie Jean” days to his “Thriller” Jackson as he wowed the 10,000 fans braced the rain and “Bad” personas. crowd with dance steps symptoms include loss of his bar, the Diamond. mead on Aug. 29 to honor the and showed up at the Neth- King of Pop on what would Many sported shirts or that only the Jackson, once weight, fever, and a cough But Steve Rosenberg ermead to remember Jack- have been his 52nd birthday held up pictures depicting his dubbed “the most success- that brings up mucus, is of Pop’s Popular Clothing son’s legacy and contribution spread through “close, daily counts several transit work- during the second “Brook- varying yet singular looks ful entertainer of all time” to popular culture, but that and prolonged contact,” not ers as customers and he hopes lyn Loves Michael Jackson” that accompanied each of his by Guinness World Records, through sharing food or hav- they get better quickly. celebration. albums, right up to 2001’s could create. better-attended event was Photo by Stefano Giovannini ing sex. “I get those guys in here Grooving to an all-Jacko- “Invincible,” his last studio The tribute was orga- just weeks after the sing- Michael Jackson impersonator Pete Carter moon- The outbreak at Quay sometimes,” said Rosenberg. all-the-time soundtrack by DJ release before his death in nized by filmmaker and er’s mysterious death. walked through Prospect Park on Sunday. Street still worries neigh- “I think I’m going to wear a bors who don’t want to come mask to protect myself.” BUGS... Continued from page 1 one woman said. cates the tiny colonies for ex- Others were cautiously termination. optimistic. That mission revealed “I’m not too nervous — some bad news. Bath said that the whole process seems to the beagle caught a scent and be going smoothly,” said an- located only a single bedbug other worker outside the of- — but any insect aficionado fice. “But [the infestation] knows that the apple seed- comes with a certain terri- sized mites can reproduce tory. I mean, we work with little kids.” quickly and lie dormant for Whatever this office’s fate, up to a year, hiding in wood the battle plays only a small and cloth before they inev- role in a new citywide war be- itably attack again, leaving ing waged against bedbugs. tell-tale red bite marks all Officials have said that one in over the innocent. 15 residents have been tainted Exterminators were poised by the mites — which are not to fumigate the office this only discovered from the bite weekend. In the meantime, marks they leave behind, but legal workers on the seventh also from blood on bedsheets floor of the high-rise are ap- and little patches of excre- prehensive. ment that look like ground “We’re on bedbug alert!” pepper. POT... Continued from page 1 agree with her, as she gath- running against, I tell them, ered their signatures with the and they say ‘who?’” help of only a small group But will her message fly of supporters (she couldn’t high with conservative vot- remember the exact num- ers upstate? Would Tea Par- ber). tiers approve of a big-govern- But now comes the cam- ment takeover of the existing paign, and Morgan needs cheeba market, which is op- more cash if Mary Jane is erating smoothly without ever going to emerge from state oversight? the shadows in New York. “I think a lot of people up- state would appreciate [le- “I need people to donate galizing it],” Morgan said. — most people running for “Right now drugs are on the office have a silver spoon in their mouth! I’m working on Join us for the High Holidays black market — it’s like the days of prohibition! We could a shoe string budget,” Mor- be spending our money much gan said. 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BUSINESS BRIEFS Wed., Sept. 8 Evening Services 7:00 pm (must RSVP — seating is limited) Thurs., Sept. 9: Traditional Service 9:00 am · Everybody Welcomed · Boogie down — Kaballah/Explanatory Service 10:00 am · Hebrew/English Prayerbooks · Afternoon Service 4:40 pm · Delicious Kiddushes · Followed by procession for Tashlikh to help the kids · Children's Programs for all ages · On Oct. 12, five New York City business and com- (Casting Sins Away) munity leaders will volunteer their time and put it out there on the dance floor as they compete to raise Evening Service 8:00 pm dance scholarship funds for at-risk children at The Stars of New York Dance Fundraiser, taking place at the Brooklyn Marriott. Fri., Sept. 10: Traditional Service 9:00 am Councilwoman Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) will dance with Jamel Gaines of Creative Outlet Kaballah/Explanatory Service 10:00 am Dance Theatre of Brooklyn. WNBA legend Kym Hampton will dance with Lakai Worrell of Purelements: An Evolution in Dance. Colvin Grannum, president and CEO of the Bed- ford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, will dance YOM KIPPUR with Shani Worrell of Restoration’s Youth Arts Acad- emy. Fri., Sept. 17: Kol Nidrei 6:30 pm Jocelyn Taylor, president and CEO of JRT Multi- media, will dance with Ronald Brown of Evidence: A Dance Company. Sat., Sept. 18 Traditional Service 9:00 am Kenneth Smaltz, president and CEO, of K. Smaltz, will dance with Lauren Deveaux of Asase Yaa Af- Kaballah/Explanatory Service 10:00 am rican American Dance Theatre. Yizkor 12:00 pm Errol Louis of the NY Daily News, CNN and WWRL 1600 will host and dance the Tango. Final Service 6:10 pm Stars of New York Dance Fundraiser at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (333 Adams St. between Willoughby and Johnson streets in Downtown), Oct. 12 at 6:30 pm. To buy tick- ets, visit thestarsofnewyorkdance.eventbrite.com. For more information, call 718-596-4840 or email [email protected] Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT The pension game here is something untoward about herself, Millman could argue that there’s a state legislator who collects a Two Assemblywomen are no one better to look after her constitu- T pension while still doing the peo- taking their retirement pay ents’ retirement savings. ple’s business in Albany. But in the case Jacobs’s case presents the far more of- of two Assemblywomen who are fac- before they’re retired. fensive example of an out-of-touch leg- ing stiff primary challenges, the trans- islator. Yes, it’s legal for her to collect gression ranges from mildly offensive the pension for the job she still holds. to genuinely repugnant. And now she’s making $175,500 — But legality is a sheet of paper you file Assemblywoman Joan Millman (D– all from you. at the pension office; morality is what Carroll Gardens) worked as a city school Both candidates’ opponents in the you tell yourself when you turn out the Sept. 14 Democratic primary have tried teacher for 27 years before being elected light. In her own inner pillow talk, Jacobs to make hay out of this lush field of cut to the legislature in 1997. Before that grass before them: two lawmakers who needs to remind herself that she works election, she put in for her pension. Af- have put themselves into one of the high- for the people of the State of New York, ter taking office, she declined to defer est tax brackets by taking their retire- and it’s simply unacceptable to be paid her retirement payments, despite the fact ment pay before they’re retired. twice for the same public job. that she would now be earning two pay- In Millman’s case, challenger Doug Need more evidence that Jacobs’s dou- checks from the public. Biviano argues that by taking her pen- ble dipping is wrong? The state legislature Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs (D– sion and becoming a rich lady, the law- — the same esteemed body that can’t pass Flatbush) has been in the legislature since maker is out of touch with the struggles a budget on time, can’t manage our local most of us were in diapers. Two years of her constituents. Almost by definition, transit system, and can’t pass an ethics bill ago, she started collecting her pension he is right; but Biviano’s train of outrage without SUV-sized loopholes — actually from her long service as an assembly- goes off the rails when he suggests that changed the law in 1995 so that future law- woman — even as she continued to serve Millman’s decision not to defer her pen- makers (emphasis on future) can’t do ex- in the same job. So get this, folks: She’s sion while she’s in office is indicative of a actly what Jacobs now does. working hard as your assemblywoman larger corruption or insensitivity to other For once, Albany got it right. Jacobs
— but she’s retired, too. workers’ pensions. In fact, as a pensioner still has it wrong. Fleming Cristian
LETTERS Obviously, more letters about the PPW bike lane To the editor, the bike paths are removed be- park nearly every day. I’m no lon- litical gain, and we have an ar- will surely cause the collapse of will be voting “yes” every time! Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, the I think that the additional bike cause of this hazard. Collision ger worried about them getting ray of endorsements, including Brooklyn’s 19th-century houses. I hope our elected officials are magic of the flora and fauna ex- paths on the perimeter of Pros- lawsuits will force a re-evalua- run down by drivers slaloming those from Councilmembers Le- They will be condemned and the also helping Green-Wood and, in- isting as a parallel universe in the pect Park were ill thought-out and tion of the situation. By that time, across three lanes and drag-racing titia James, Diana Reyna and Ju- land taken by eminent domain. directly the community, by sup- borough of Brooklyn. dangerous ( “Bike lane war! Pros- countless taxpayer dollars will to beat the yellow lights. maane Williams. Then, Bloomberg, in his seventh porting the 197-a plan. I cross a paved road, dodging pect Park West a conflict zone,” have already been spent and To those who are furious that L incoln Restler, Fort Greene or eighth term as mayor, will give As residents and supporters of bicyclists, skateboarders, and jog- June 25 ). wasted. anyone else should be allowed to The writer is running for contracts to his ethically chal- Greenwood Heights, South Park gers, suddenly thrust into the 21st Pedestrians have to look twice It is a ridiculous idea that bi- use public streets, like cyclists, district leader. lenged developer friends. Bruce Slope, Windsor Terrace, we can century, then walking along the both ways, once for speeding bike cyclists would even need a sep- pedestrians, or small children, Ratner will leave his nursing help advocate for City Planning bridal path with fresh deposits of traffic, and again for speeding arate and additional bike path, and who angrily resent any ef- home, or rise from the grave, to take up this 197-a and confirm horse manure until I encounter automobile traffic, in order to with the park being less than 50 fort to slow traffic down, I say Tunnel vision collect his city and state subsi- the view from Battle Hill to the this wondrous lake sunlight danc- cross a street. Whenever we put harbor. While we cannot remove feet away. In what brain did it your utopia does exist. It is called To the editor, dies to build additional aesthet- ing on the surface while mallards power in the hands of the incom- the 11 townhouses on the corner, make sense to spend money in New Jersey and is a short move The same demented thinking ically challenged luxury hous- and geese take flight and seagulls petent and the out-of-touch, pe- which impede the view, we can a tight economy on such a friv- to the West. that brought us the Atlantic Yards ing for the billionaires who will soar and dive for fish. destrians and regular people are olous endeavor? Scott Powell, Park Slope come from all over the world just help Green-Wood insure further project at Atlantic and Flatbush development down the view cor- A pair of swans approach the guaranteed to get the short end Bicyclists should be put on a to live in Brooklyn. shore gliding gracefully in uni- of the stick. Avenues is now trying to give ridor does not interrupt the gaze leash. They ride on park paths us a tunnel through Brownstone Name withheld by request son along the still waters these I have personally seen many designated for pedestrians, and between Minerva and Liberty. More on Vito Brooklyn (“BQE pipe dream,” Wave to Minerva and Lib- snowy white creatures in sharp near misses between bikers and run amok in Park Slope, speed- To the editor, Aug. 27. This is being proposed erty next time you are on 23rd contrast to the small brown ducks pedestrians, and I am certain that ing and weaving dangerously, on wading near the edge of the lake. it is only a matter of time before I read your story about Vito Lo- at the same time when the racist Save the vista Street. sidewalks, and through crowds of pez’s abuse of his office (“Vito’s MTA board of directors and Mayor To the editor, Aaron Brashear, As I glance up near a fallen tree children and elderly residents. ‘abuse’ of power! Lopez called Marie Antoinette “Let them take Thanks for your very pos- Greenwood Heights limb, an egret is perched, flap- Robert Segarra, Park Slope city worker to get goods in polit- dollars vans” Bloomberg cannot itive article ( “New bid to save The writer is head of ping its immense wings, a soli- Send a letter • • • ical case,” online, Aug. 18) and or will not provide adequate pub- Minerva–Statue of Liberty view Concerned Citizens of tary figure, almost regal, along By e-mail: To the editor, had this thought: lic transportation outside of Man- plane,” online, July 16). Greenwood Heights. side other avian wildlife that oc- [email protected] I applaud the Prospect Park This is yet another astonishing hattan. Why is this great news? Well, cupy this body of water. By mail: Letters, The Brook lyn West bike lane. It is a well-de- ethical lapse for Boss Vito. We If this ill-conceived project pro- City Planning was reluctant to When stirred, the cacophony Paper, One Metrotech Center, signed addition to the network must elect new Democratic State ceeds, voters will know that, as set any precedent by acting on Goose tears of honking and screeching echoes Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. of designated paths being used Committeepersons to abolish the with the Atlantic Yards project, all the historic view between Lib- To the editor, across the park as the sun sets All letters must be signed and by the rapidly growing number of corrupt Brooklyn machine once the important politicians will have erty and Minerva in Green-Wood. Your coverage inspired me to along the horizon, and shadows include the writer’s home address cyclists. But more than that, I am and for all. Brooklyn deserves a been paid off and someone’s rela- By Green-Wood working on a recall better days at Prospect Park cross the lake, and trees are silhou- and phone number (only the writ- grateful for how much the bike better brand of politics. tive will benefit from some or all 197-a plan, hopefully to be fully ( “Vigil for the lost,” July 23 ). etted-the green, reds, and orange er’s name and neighbor hood are lane has already calmed traffic, My campaign joined good gov- of the contracts. Hey, politicians endorsed by Community Boards As I entered near Park Cir- tones fade into grey and black, published with the letter). Letters may be edited and will not be as a resident of Park Slope and fa- ernment groups Common Cause have campaigns to run and second Six and Seven, and local elect- cle, strolling into this 19th cen- and it’s time to leave. returned. The earlier in the week ther of two young kids who cross and Citizens’ Union in decrying house mortgages to pay! eds, the push to save the vista will tury preserve, I can only mar- Alan Braverman, you send your letter, the better. Prospect Park West to visit the Lopez’s abuse of power for po- The blasting for the tunnel be one step closer. I personally vel at the work of Frederick Law Kensington
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My place of birth is mons is not personally deliv- NEY OR YOUR LOCAL LE- lips unit # b2635 consist- The State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center will receive Qualifications ston Street, Brooklyn, New MELBOURNE. My date of ered to you within the State GAL AID OFFICE TO OB- ing of household goods York 11201, grants me the birth is July 16, 1981. of New York). In case of your TAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO and misc items. Shia from Consulting Firms to provide engineering and construction administration services right to: Assume the name failure to appear or answer, PROTECT YOURSELF. Greenfeld unit # b23L07 for Project No: 10-083 “Downstate Depot HVAC Upgrade” until 2:00 (ET) on of (First) TINA (Last) CHEN. Notice is hereby given that judgment will be taken SOURCES OF INFORMA- consisting of household Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203, My present name is (First) an Order entered by the Civ- against you by default for TION AND ASSISTANCE goods and misc items. NICOLE (Last) ZHENG (in- il Court, Kings County on the relief demanded in the The state encourages you to James McCloud unit # Box 113. fant). My present address is 08/25/10, bearing Index Complaint. The Attorney for become informed about B23L13 consisting of Minimum Mandatory Requirements: Candidates shall fulfill the following minimum 860 54TH STREET, Brooklyn, Number NC-000851-10/KI, a Plaintiff has an offi ce for your options in foreclosure. household goods and NY 11220. My place of birth copy of which may be exam- business in the County of In addition to seeking assis- misc items. Christiaan criteria through submissions: ined at the Offi ce of the is BELLFLOWER, LA. My Erie. Trial to be held in the tance from an attorney or le- Vander Walt # B24059 The minimum mandatory qualifications for firms that will be responsible for the design date of birth is November Clerk, located at 141 Living- County of Kings. The basis gal aid offi ce, there are gov- Consisting of household 23, 2005. ston Street, Brooklyn, New of the venue designated ernment agencies and non- goods and misc items. and construction administration of the project: York 11201, grants me the above is the location of the Julia Naegele unit # NOTICE is hereby given that profi t organizations that you right to: Assume the name Mortgaged Premises. Dated may contact for information B24066 Consisting of 1.) Minimum five (5) years experience in the design of HVAC Systems of a similar an Order entered by the Civ- of (First) NICHOLAS (Last) this 23rd day of August, household goods and size, scope and complexity. il Court, Kings County on about possible options, in- ROLON. My present name is 2010, TO: EDMOND BY- cluding trying to work with misc items. Caroline Ru- 8/18/2010, bearing Index (Last) ROLON AKA NICHO- NOE, Defendant(s) In this derman unit # B24083 2.) Primary firm shall have a minimum of five (5) years experience as a professional practice. Number NC-000819-10/KI, a your lender during this pro- LAS ROLON. My present ad- Action. The foregoing Sum- cess. To locate an entity Consisting of household copy of which may be exam- dress is 299 JEFFERSON mons is served upon you by goods and misc items. 3.) Professional staff with NYS Professional License(s) (i.e. Architect, Engineer, similar projects). ined at the Offi ce of the near you, you may call the STREET, Brooklyn, NY publication, pursuant to an toll-free helpline maintained Daniel Smith unit # All work on this Contract is to be completed within 210 calendar days starting ten Clerk, located at 141 Living- 11237. My place of birth is order of HON. ALLEN HUR- B24084 Consisting of ston Street, Brooklyn, New by the New York State Bank- BROOKLYN, NY. My date of KIN-TORRES of the Supreme ing Department at 1-877- household goods and (10) calendar days after the contract approval date of the New York State Comptroller. York 11201, grants me the birth is October 10, 1991. Court of the State of New misc items. Robert Small right to: Assume the name BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) A complete set of documents for this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) may be obtained York, dated the 4th day of or visit the department’s unit # B24L02 Consisting of (First) ROOPA (Middle) Notice is hereby given that from: Ray Selvadurai, Purchase Associate, Contracts and Procurement Department, an Order entered by the Civ- August, 2010 and fi led with website at WWW.BANK- of household goods and GONA (Last) TRACY. My the Complaint in the Offi ce misc items. Nick Turner present name is (First) ROO- il Court, Kings County on ING.STATE.NY.US. FORE- SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 113, Brooklyn, New 08/25/10, bearing Index of the Kings County Clerk, in CLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS unit # B24L07 Consisting York 11203, telephone number (718)-826-4943, email: [email protected]. PA (Middle) SUJAN (Last) the City of Brooklyn. The ob- of household goods and GONA AKA ROOPA S Number NC-000853-10/KI, a Be careful of people who ap- There is no cost for the RFQ documents. copy of which may be exam- ject of this action is to fore- proach you with offers to misc items. Bryan Philippi GONA TRACY. My present close a mortgage upon the Unit # B24L20 Consisting address is 299 PROSPECT ined at the Offi ce of the “save” your home. There are Four (4) complete sets of Qualifications must be submitted in accordance with the Clerk, located at 141 Living- premises described below, individuals who watch for of household goods and PL, Brooklyn, NY 11238. My executed by EDMOND BY- misc items. Kristen Zapa- instructions contained in the Request for Qualifications. place of birth is Buffalo N.Y. ston Street, Brooklyn, New notices of foreclosure ac- York 11201, grants me the NOE and MURIEL BYNOE tions in order to unfairly ta Unit # B25004 Consist- My date of birth is January dated the 19th day of Au- ing of household goods A project walk-through will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:00 a.m., 26, 1980 right to: Assume the name profi t from a homeowner’s of (First) ANGEL (Last) SAEZ. gust, 2008, to secure the distress. You should be ex- and misc items. Devona with all prospective firms assembled at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the Main Notice is hereby given that My present name is (First) sum of $520,000.00, and re- tremely careful about any Dean Unit # Lobby, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203. The project walk-through will an Order entered by the Civ- ANGEL (Last) CARTAGENA. corded at Instrument No. such promises and any sug- B25035,B2730,B27L26 begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. il Court, Kings County on My present address is 25 2008000378021 in the City gestions that you pay them a Consisting of household 08/30/2010, bearing Index BOERUM ST., Brooklyn, NY Register of the New York fee or sign over your deed. goods and misc items. It is the policy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to encourage Number NC-000872-10/KI, a 11206. My place of birth is City Department of Finance, State law requires anyone Tanisha Smythe unit # minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors copy of which may be exam- MONROE NEW YORK. My on the 24th day of Septem- offering such services for B25042 Consisting of ined at the Offi ce of the date of birth is December ber, 2008; The property in profi t to enter into a con- household goods and and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy. Clerk, located at 141 Living- 14, 1967. question is described as fol- tract which fully describes misc items. Carlos Evans ston Street, Brooklyn, New lows: 1065 CARROLL the services they will per- unit # B25043 Consisting The State University of New York reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. York 11201, grants me the NOTICE OF SALE STREET, BROOKLYN, NY form and fees they will of household goods and right to: Assume the name SUPREME COURT: COUNTY 11225 SEE FOLLOWING DE- charge, and which prohibits misc items. Brain Flowers of (First) JOSEPH (Middle) OF KINGS - U.S. BANK NA- SCRIPTION Block 1281 and them from taking any money Unit # B25048 Consisting LING FUNG (Last) TSANG. TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS Lot 53 ALL that certain plot, from you until they have of household goods and My present name is (First) TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUC- piece or parcel of land, with completed all such promised misc items. Rachele NATIONAL CLASSIFIEDS LING (Middle) FUNG (Last) TURED ASSET INVESTMENT the buildings and improve- services. § 1303 NOTICE Kemp unit # B2618 Con- TSANG. My present address LOAN TRUST, 2006-4 , ments thereon erected, situ- NOTICE YOU ARE IN DAN- sisting of household CLASSIFIED AVENUE is 1264 72nd Street, Brook- Plaintiff, AGAINST DONALD ate, lying and being in the GER OF LOSING YOUR goods and misc items. lyn, NY 11228. My place of HAYNES, ET AL. , Defen- Borough of Brooklyn, HOME If you do not re- Brittany Hatch Unit # B Reader Advisory: the National Trade Associations we belong to have purchased the following classifieds. Some birth is Hong Kong. My date dant(s). 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Also beware Notice is hereby given that undersigned Referee will sell BEGINNING at a point on ney for the mortgage com- vesant Unit # B27L14 of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business over an Order entered by the Civ- at public auction at the the Northerly side of Carroll pany who fi led this foreclo- Consisting of household the phone it’s illegal to request any before delivering its service. All funds are based in US dollars. 800 numbers may il Court, Kings County on Room 274 of Kings County Street distant 221 feet 5 ½ sure proceeding against you goods and misc items. or may not reach Canada. 08/26/2010, bearing Index Supreme Court, 360 Adams inches Westerly from the and fi ling the answer with Lola Salami unit#b2328 Number NC-000860-10/KI, a Street, Brooklyn, County of corner formed by the inter- the court, a default judg- Consisting of household AUTOS FINANCIAL copy of which may be exam- KINGS, New York 11201, section of the Northerly side ment may be entered and goods and misc items. INCOME ined at the Offi ce of the New York, on 9/30/2010 at of Carroll Street and the you can lose your home. Carlos Dossantos unit Donate Your Car Civilian BURIED IN DEBT? Over Clerk, located at 141 Living- 3:00 PM, premises known as Westerly side of Rogers Ave- Speak to an attorney or go #B21138 For parts only. 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BROUGHT TO YOU BY MUNICIPAL CREDIT UNION THE WORLD’S BEST EYE OF THE STORM CYCLONES COVERAGE first dinger in the second home game of the season. From there, the slugger He’s Vaughn-tastic quickly established himself as a team leader on and off the field . L’shana Tovar! Poised to break Cyclone power records Early in the season, man- By Stephen Brown ager Wally Backman gave New shortstop shows promise The Brooklyn Paper Vaughn his seal of ap- proval. he Cyclones’ dreams of post- Sandoval’s season ended prematurely Cory Vaughn has solidi- “I think he’ll play in the fied his legacy as one of the season glory depend largely on with a .330 average in 47 games. San- big leagues,” said Backman, greatest Cyclones ever. T their new shortstop Wilfredo To- doval had nine home runs and 13 dou- who should know, given that On Sunday, the Clones’ var, a 19-year-old Venezuelan with bles — so far, Tovar only has two ex- he led the Mets to their last hard-hitting right-fielder preternatural fielding skills — and tra-base hits. hit his 13th home run, ty- championship in 1986 (which a decent bat. Last Thursday, his weak bat was on ing the franchise record set now feels like a long, long Tovar, the replacement for the in- display. In the ninth, Tovar — choking in 2001 by Frank Corr, and time ago). jured Rylan Sandoval, who went down up on the stick and looking anxious at breaking his own record for Considering Vaughn’s with a broken wrist in the midst of the plate — had an ugly strikeout, send- RBIs in a season with 49, a pedigree, it doesn’t come as a an MVP–style season — has thus far ing the game into extra innings. mark he had set a game ear- surprise that he has become filled in serviceably for the Clones Then, in the bottom of the 10th, lier when he knocked in his so dominant. former leadoff Darrell Ce- 47th run. He is a second-generation man. ciliani hit a On Tuesday night, he got player who watched his dad, Manager dinger to right- his 50th RBI (though so did Greg Vaughn, play on the Wally Back- BARNSTORMIN’ field, making big stage for 14 years. The man couldn’t with Stephen Brown for a glorious, friendly rival Jeff Flagg) — Photo by George Napolitano and he still has until Sunday elder Vaughn was a fierce be happier that come from be- Tovar is on the hind victory Shortstop Wilfredo Tovar has to break the homer record. Photo by Gary Thomas power hitter, and he was in team, especially considering he was for the Clones. That kind of clutch solidified the infield defense. Vaughn came out of the Cory Vaughn is a legend in the making, thanks to the thick of the home run lobbying for the youngster to be on hitting will be more valuable than gates swinging, belting his his home-run swing and attitude. race of 1998 along with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and the roster at the beginning of the ever, now that Sandoval’s bat is out about the shortstop — and he has been Ken Griffey Jr. while playing season, when he ended up on Class of the lineup. right pretty much all season — then for the San Diego Padres. A Savannah in the Sallie League, “Sandoval was the total pack- Tovar may be a blessing in disguise, ries). Under this Cyclone- where he batted .281. age,” said Backman, “He could hit as he could be the cure for the team’s friendly scenario, Game 2 But the 21-year-old has ex- hibited a more well-rounded “Tovar makes plays at shortstop that a for power, run the bases, and made Achilles heel: costly errors. (and, if necessary, Game 3) CLINCH… game, as he is in the top 10 human being shouldn’t be able to make,” all the routine plays.” The Clones infield has racked up will be at MCU Park on Sept. in the league in runs (40) said Backman. “He’s the best shortstop But in the next breath, Backman 61 errors in just 44 games. Continued from page 1 (and Thursday, Sept. 9). But if the young Venezuelan set- 11 or Sept. 12 (with Game 3 and hits (75) as well. in this league, no question.” showed an enthusiasm rare for the When the Cyclones win tles down and lives up to the hype, winds up. Game 1 of the semi- the next night). The remaining thing that At the plate, though, Tovar lacks grizzled, old-school skipper. the power that made Sandoval so ef- “But you got to see Tovar, he’s su- he would be the team’s anchor in the final round, on Tuesday, Sept. that series, they’ll start the Cyclone fans should put he must prove, of course, is fective at the top of the order. perior defensively — he’s spectacular, infield, making the Cyclones not just 7, will be on the road, with finals on the road on either their Champagne on ice, as if he can lead the Cyclones Game 2 (and Game 3, if nec- Friday, Sept. 10 or Saturday, it will likely be needed for Currently, Tovar has a .283 bat- he really is,” said Backman. an offensive powerhouse, but a de- to the promised land: the ting average in only 12 games, while If Backman turns out to be right fensive one as well. essary) at MCU Park in Coney Sept. 11 (depending on the celebratory purposes next franchise’s second cham- Island on Wednesday, Sept. 8 length of the semi-final se- week. pionship. 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