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EXCLUSIVE BRUCE RATNER TELLS BUILDING TRADES GROUP: PATAKI, MTA BACK ARENA By Deborah Kolben and Neil Sloane The Brooklyn Papers Speaking at a building trades confer- ence in Manhattan Thursday, developer Asian bizmen Bruce Ratner thanked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gov. George Pataki for backing his $2.5 bil- lion Atlantic Yards project. told: Know “The government has been wonderful — the mayor, the governor, city and state offi- cials, the MTA has been wonderful — in supporting both projects,” Ratner said, refer- ring to both his plan to build an arena for the your rights New Jersey Nets near the junction of Flat- bush and Atlantic avenues, and a separate plan to build a football stadium for the New By Deborah Kolben York Jets on Manhattan’s west side. The Brooklyn Papers NOT JUST NETS Ratner’s statement marks the second time On a sunny Thursday after- THE NEW BROOKLYN in just over a week that either Ratner or a noon, Mike Kim is sitting at the spokesman have claimed to have the support front table of Duffield Street Sea- to whom a pair of Manhattan attorneys of the governor and the MTA — whose 20- food, reading a Bible and greeting are offering legal assistance. member board Pataki appoints — for the de- long-time customers, who flock to With a massive rezoning plan — veloper’s Atlantic Yards plan, where towers his shop just off Fulton Mall for which would court soaring new office would reach upwards of 60 stories on de- and residential towers in a 60-block / Greg Mango / Greg mapped mega-blocks. plates of hot fish and chips. swath of downtown — currently under The support of the MTA, which controls With the sound of crackling oil in the city review, many local businesses fear the Long Island Rail Road yards over which background, and the smell of tartar sauce they will be priced out or their proper- a large portion of the project would be built, thick in the air, Kim explains to a visiting ties condemned to make way for future is crucial, as is that of Pataki, whose Empire attorney that he’s had his business in the development. State Development Corp. would be needed Papers The Brooklyn area for more than 17 years. Francis Hseuh, an attorney in his to condemn 10 acres of private property in Lawyer Francis Hsueh on Duffield Street near where he is involved in organizing Chinese and Kore- Kim is one of many Asian-Ameri- early 30s who recently left a corporate See PATAKI on page 5 an merchants to protect themselves in the face of Plan evictions. can merchants in Downtown Brooklyn See MERCHANTS on page 5 Illegal tows in Heights

EXCLUSIVE DOT: Police THIS WEEKEND towers don’t know rules By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers The police department is towing legally parked cars in

Brooklyn Heights because en- Callan / Tom forcement agents don’t know they are not supposed to, The / Tom Callan / Tom Brooklyn Papers has learned. That’s because of a confusing system of signage unique to the area that prevents parking on one Papers File The Brooklyn side of certain streets from 8 am to

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn 6 pm, one day a week, while al- A police tow truck with its fresh-caught quarry at Clinton and Joralemon streets in the Heights Tuesday. lowing parking on the other side during those hours. On other Erin Go Brooklyn streets, and along certain stretches The Brooklyn Papers Then, on Sunday, March 28, the 11th annual of the same street, parking is barred Brooklyn will continue to celebrate both Bay Ridge parade starts at 1 pm, in front of St. for only 90 minutes, once a week. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church at 95th Street At the crux of the confusion is St. Patrick and Irish culture in big ways this and Fourth Avenue. A 9:30 am Mass at St. Pat- that the 90-minute signs bear a Sunday and the next with parades in Park rick’s will precede the parade. large black letter “P” inside a red Slope and Bay Ridge. The theme of the Bay Ridge event is “Friend- Cheap eats week circle with a red broomstick The 29th annual Brooklyn Irish American Pa- ship, Unity and Christian Charity.” Its grand slashed through the letter, indicat- rade will step off Sunday, March 21, at 1 pm, marshal will be Sister Ann Clancy, principal ing that there is no parking allowed from 15th Street and Prospect Park West in Park of Fontbonne Academy. Boro’s first restaurant week kicks off April 15 there during those hours for street Slope. The parade will proceed to Fifth Av- cleaning. The “NO Parking 8 am-6 The parade will proceed along enue and then north to 59th Street in By Jotham Sederstrom well-known as a devotee of the pm” signs have no such emblem. 15th Street to Seventh Avenue, then up the av- Sunset Park where it will disperse at The Brooklyn Papers borough’s culinary delights, “when The 8 am to 6 pm alternate side enue to Union Street, across Union Street to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The Goodbye Elaine’s, hello any of these restaurants see me parking rules are not considered Prospect Park West and then back to 15th grandstand will be at Fifth Av- coming in they have a smile on See TOWING on page 6 Street. enue and 75th Street. Marco Polo. their face — and that’s not be- In an announcement sure to BEGINSPAGE ON 7 cause I’m the borough president, have Manhattanites reaching for their subway maps, Borough if you know what I mean.” President Marty Markowitz un- Markowitz boasted that the veiled “Dine In Brooklyn,” his $18.98 price, inspired by the answer to the city’s semiannual year Brooklyn joined New Judicial selection process challenged restaurant week. York City, is $11 cheaper than During the week of April 15- what’s demanded for dinners Associated Press them in general elections. robs voters of their constitutional District Attorney Charles Hynes, 22, diners will have a chance to during Manhattan’s restaurant The Brennan Center for Justice right to choose their Supreme who has been investigating judicial weeks [lunches went for A New York University watch- nosh on three-course, prix fixe dog group asked a federal court at NYU wants the system changed Court justices, and destroys their corruption, commended the Bren- meals from 93 restaurants in 20 $20.04 this year]. The price is to direct primaries, where voters faith in the judiciary,” Brennan nan Center for “challenging a Brooklyn neighborhoods. Aside the same for either lunch or Callan / Tom Thursday to change the way the themselves would get the chance to Center lawyer Jeremy Creelan said. process where party leadership de- from 38 Zagat-rated eateries, in- dinner, at restaurants offering state selects judges, arguing the pick each party’s candidates. The elections board did not im- termines who becomes a Supreme cluding Planet Thailand in the special on both menus. current system gives too much The center filed a lawsuit in mediately return a call for com- Court Justice through an ‘election’ Williamsburg and Patois on “Manhattanites and many power to county political bosses. Brooklyn federal court against the ment. that is a sham.” Smith Street, the list extends to others have been crossing their Under current rules, Democratic state Board of Elections. The center The lawsuit took aim at what the Hynes launched his investigation classics like Tatiana in Brighton own bridge and ours for years,” Papers The Brooklyn and Republican leaders handpick asked a judge to declare the current plaintiffs said is a complicated set of of the Brooklyn judiciary after the ar- Beach and one of Markowitz’s said Markowitz, “but the truth Lisa and Nicole Bamonte, from Ba- the candidates for Supreme Court system unconstitutional and give the obstacles set up to make sure party rest of Supreme Court Justice Gerald favorites, Junior’s. is, they’ve been coming to monte’s in Williamsburg, display a sig- justice posts at nominating conven- Legislature 90 days to replace it. leaders choose which delegates go Garson last April. Garson was the “Trust me,” said Markowitz, See CHEAP on page 14 nature dish at Borough Hall Thursday. tions before the public votes on “The current selection system to the nominating convention. See CHALLENGE on page 6

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els ew J By SATNICK Holds up Rx near his house W❤e offer quality jewelry, precision By Deborah Kolben discovered his apartment had timepieces and fine giftware The Brooklyn Papers been burglarized, police said. 84/76 BLOTTER The stolen items included a at prices to fit every budget... A quick-thinking resident Bose radio, CD player, head- with a knack for sleuthing phones, a watch and various FREE help lead police to a pair of turned to her apartment at 7:15 building at 8 am on March 8. DVDs. gun-toting — but not too pm on March 8 to discover the The crook was apparently Police believe the thief en- Lay-a-Way Plan bright — thugs in Brooklyn front door open and $9,000 scared off by a 33-year-old man tered through the rear window. Heights this week. missing, police said. who worked in the office at On all Purchases The two masked bandits The woman had left the Montague Street. The worker Cabby says no; burst into the drugstore on Jo- apartment three days earlier at headed to the back of the office fare says yes SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 43 YEARS ralemon Street near Sidney 6:15 pm. when he heard a strange noise. A cabby fueling up at a filling Place with guns drawn just be- The suspect then headed for station on at 196 Joralemon St. (off Court St) Lottery scam the stairs where he dropped a fore 6 pm on March 15. But An elderly Brooklyn Heights Gold Street was gearing up to (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • they quickly left when the man- duffel bag containing a Bose ra- leave when a woman hopped into woman who received a phone dio, 17-inch flat screen television, HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm ager set off a store alarm. call telling her she was the the front seat at 1 am in March 6. The pair fled down the street, a pair of boots and miscellaneous The woman told the driver to lucky recipient of large lottery men’s clothing, police said. but a resident followed quietly prize instead ended up paying take her to Manhattan. behind and called police when out big bucks. Rear window But the driver refused, ex- the hapless would-be-thieves The victim, 80, was first tele- A Henry Street resident left his plaining that he was off duty. ducked into a basement apart- phoned in mid-August. She was apartment near Degraw Street at The woman then grabbed ment just around the corner on told that in order to collect her 7:20 am on March 10. But when $140 from him and fled, police The Hand Laundry Sydney Place. The Hand Laundry winnings, she must first send a he returned home at 8:30 pm, he said. That apartment belonged to check for $2,500 in order to 456 STATE STREET AT NEVINS one of the suspects. cover the taxes. When police arrived on the BROOKLYN, N.Y. The woman, who lives on scene, they blocked off the Sidney Place at Aitken Place, street and moved in to arrest the then went to the bank, with- two men without incident. Ar- drew the funds, and wired them A ‘Rising’ star rested was a 27-year-old man WE’RE READY FOR to the caller. who lived at 42 Sydney Place Over the next few months, and his alleged accomplice, a the woman was told she would SPRING 23-year-old Canarsie man. 84 Pct head moving up have to send more money. D’town heist Open Tuesdays–Saturdays This week, she told police By Deborah Kolben DUMBO and , In- WWW.IRISHJEWELRY.COM A note-passing bank robber that she had wired a total of The Brooklyn Papers spector Christopher Rising is knocked off an Independence $33,000. moving on to head the police 281 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231 bank branch on Court Street near Spooks thief The commanding officer of department’s Vice Enforcement SPRINKLER CANS Atlantic Avenue this week and (between Visitation & Pioneer) He left it in the stairwell. the 84th Precinct is moving on. Division. made off with $2,000 in cash. A burglar who was caught After two years at the helm That announcement came as [email protected] 718.852.1345 BIRD HOUSES When a bank teller called for trying to clear out a Court of the command, which serves a surprise to community mem- the next customer just after 2 pm SMALL GARDEN TOOLS Street office dumped his goods and protects Downtown Brook- bers attending a precinct com- on March 12 she instead got a in the stairwell and fled the lyn, Brooklyn Heights and munity council meeting Mon- GARDNER’S SOAP crook with a set of instructions. day night, which this month “Bag equals bomb. Give up was hosted at Bargemusic at & all the money,” the note read. Fulton Ferry Landing. We Know STERLING AND 14K GOLD As the teller was stuffing the “I was very, very happy here cash into a folder, the suspect — this is a great community,” Spices! CHARMS FOR GARDNERS said it was enough and reached said Rising, who holds a law de- over to grab it before fleeing. gree from St. Johns University. We should - we own B’bye, Barney’s Many community members Kalustyans Spice Market TOLL FREE 877-627-5962 One Hoyt Street fashinoista stood up to thank the departing Zagat rated 2002 - 2003 - 2004 inspector, who was known for MON - SAT 11am TO 7pm 718-852-7555 bid farewell to a slew of design-  Excellent vegetarian dishes making himself available to the er clothing this week.  Fine selection of chicken, lamb & fish items The 36-year-old resident was community and responding to  MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGE AROUND THE CORNER local concerns. Dine in for a classic, inexpensive meal ON SCHERMERHORN STREET unloading her car at 10:30 pm  We Deliver ($10 min.) 10 block radius and left the items on the inside of “Thank you, for all the hard the fence of a house at Dean work you’ve done for DUM- BO,” said Nancy Webster, pres- Street. But when she returned to ident of the DUMBO Neigh- fetch the stylish duds just five borhood Association. urry Leaf minutes later, they were all gone. C discover ... all new As Rising addressed his last FINE REGIONAL CUISINE OF SOUTH ASIA The stolen booty included a precinct council meeting, he Barney’s garment bag containing said he was pleased to be pass- 151 Remsen St. (Court/Clinton) • (718) 222-3900 lower carb diet a black, cashmere Armani coat ing on the reins to a man that • Open 7 days, noon - 11pm valued at $3,000, Armani black many in the room knew well — Also at 99 Lexington Ave. (27th St.) • (212) 725-5558 start your summer shape up now pants valued at $600, and a Capt. Philip Sferrazza. camel-colored pashmina shawl discover ... Sferrazza, the executive offi- valued at $300, police said. cer of the precinct, was sched-

Diet Center for A lot of cash Mango / Greg uled to take over as command- A burglar who broke into an ing officer starting March 19. • all new lower carb plans Downtown Brooklyn’s apartment on St. Marks Place With just days left in Brook- GLATT KOSHER DELI • exhilarating quick results near Fourth Avenue and made lyn, Rising continued to field off with a large payload. concerns about crime in DUM- Try The All New The 48-year-old resident re- BO, as well as subway safety in 21 Day Weight Loss Plan! Papers The Brooklyn the aftermath of the Madrid ter- rorist bombing, and he encour- Under the strict supervision of Lose Up To 10-15 Pounds! aged people to join the Rabbi Aaron Raskin: 718-596-4840 discover ... Thank you precinct’s Block Watchers pro- results: Sister Olivia Clifford (sitting) and Sister Dorothy Flaum, who gram and report all crimes. –––– The BEST Deli foods! –––– Leslie Lewis, president of the 718-522-0189 have served at Visitation Church on Richards Street in Red 84th Precinct Community Coun- 189 Montague St., Bklyn Hts - Ste. 508 Hook for 27 years, recently retired. On March 6, the com- cil, joined Rising in congratulat- munity and the church held a special Mass and reception ing police officers Daniel Ortiz for the two nuns in honor of their service to the community. and Schnoll Reaves Bey, the cops of the month for March. The two 11-year veterans of LEGAL NOTICES the force received top honors NOW OPEN Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM FREE DELIVERY We don’t have for their quick police work in $10 minimum SUNDAY! STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME COURT, Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216. My place following a motorist who sped something that other restaurants own Our store is located in a COUNTY OF JEFFERSON. Index No.: 2003- of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is: 2409. RJI No.: 22-03-490 UCM. Justice February 15, 1960. BP11 away from an Atlantic Avenue Landmarked building, Assigned: Hugh A. Gilbert, J.S.C. SUMMONS. bar just after 2 am last month. 82 Livingston St. (a microwave) ROBERT HELMAND d/b/a PACIFIC LAND Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by The officers chased down the so Step Back In Time. EXCHANGE, Plaintiff, -vs- NORMAN A. HEATH, the Civil Court, Kings County on the 11th day of BETWEEN COURT ST. & BOERUM PL. e’re in the 21 century, but for us some things need “JOHN DOE” AND “MARY DOE” Such Names March, 2004, bearing the Index Number driver after he sped through a red Being Fictitious, it Being the Intention of the N00191/2004, a copy of which may be exam- Wto be old fashioned, especially in our kitchen. Greeting Cards • Jewelry Plaintiff, If the Said Norman A. Heath is ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL light. When they pulled him over Sun thru Thurs 8am-8pm • Friday 8am-2 hours before Shabbos Deceased, To Designate The Spouse And COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, they found a fully loaded 9 mm For example, our tomato sauce is cooked 4 hours before it’s China • Accessories Fiduciary Of The Said Norman A. Heath, And If Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants ready, to take out the acidity of the tomatoes. We think the Dolls • Toiletries The Said Norman A. Heath Died Testate me rights to: Assume the name of: Ashar Abdul- Smith & Wesson automatic gun (718) 246-7089 (Leaving a Will), the Personal Representative Malik. My present name is: Catherine Griffin good things in life need time. That’s why, when you eat at sitting on the front seat. Journals • Jewelry Boxes and Legatees of the Estate of Norman A. Heath, McKay a/k/a Ashar Abdul-Malik. My present “You are doing an outstand- Fragole, you’ll feel the difference. And More and if The Said Norman A. Heath Died Intestate address is: 3050 Decatur Ave. #4G, Bronx, NY Great ST R (Without Leaving a Will), the Personal 10467. My place of birth is: Alabama. My date ing job,” Rising told the part- BREAKFA LUNCH DINNE Representative and Distributees of the Estate of of birth is: 02-05-1947. BP11 Norman A. Heath, if Any, And if Any of the ners, who have both been at the New Menu Foregoing Be Deceased Their Respective Notice if hereby given that a license number 84th Precinct for four years. Spouse, Fiduciary, Personal Representative, 1146741 for beer & wine has been applied for Legatees and Distributees, and Generally All by the undersigned to sell beer, & wine at retail A Vintage Gift Shop Persons Having or Claiming Any Right, Title and in a restaurant, under the Alcoholic Beverage Interest In The Premises Herein, If Any, Whose Control Law at Moon Cafe Corp., 496 Atlantic Angela Fernan, PROP. Names and Place or Places of Residence and Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217, Kings County for on Post Office Addresses Are Unknown, premises consumption. BP11-12 274 Court Street Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN- 394 Court St. (betw. Carroll & 1st Pl.) • (718) 522-7133 (bet. Kane & DeGraw) DANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by answer the Complaint in this action and to serve the Civil Court, Kings County on the 10th day of ––– Open daily for Lunch, Dinner • Weekend Brunch ––– (718) 522-1800 a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is March, 2004, bearing the Index Number not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice N00183/04, a copy of which may be examined of Appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL within twenty (20) days after service of this COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Summons, exclusive of the date of service, or, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants within thirty (30) days after service is complete if me rights to: Assume the name of: Ebony Joy this Summons is not personally served on you Williams. My present name is: Ebony Joy A Gallery of Hand-Crafted within New York State, and in case of your fail- Killiebrew aka Ebony Joy Williams. My present ure to answer or appear, judgment will be taken address is: 29 Fleet Walk, Apt. 5C, Brooklyn, NY 20YEARS... against you by default for the relief demanded 11201. My place of birth is: Brooklyn. My date henna k in the Complaint. The Plaintiff designates of birth is: 09-18-1980. BH11 Artisanal Jewelry Jefferson County as the place for the trial. The HANDCRAFTED JEWELRY basis of venue is CPLR§507 because the real Notice is hereby given that a license #1149640 property which would be affected by the judg- for on-premises beer, liquor and/or wine has featuring the work of ment sought in the within action is located in been applied for by the undersigned to sell the Town of Alexandria, County of Jefferson, beer, liquor and/or wine at retail in a restaurant New York. The within action has been com- under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at menced and is now pending in this Court on the 5603-5605 8th Avenue, Brookyn, NY 11220 for American and Verified Complaint of the above named Plaintiff on-premises consumption. PHOENIX CITY INC. ANDSTILLRUNNING! against the above named Defendants, pursuant 5603-5605 8th Avenue, Broooklyn, NY 11220. to Article 15 of the Real Property Actions and BP11-12 International Artists proceedings Law, to compel the determination of the claims to the said real property (the Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by “Premises”) referred to in paragraphs “7”, “8” the Civil Court, Kings County on the 5th day of and “9” and fully described on Exhibit “A” March, 2004, bearing the Index Number annexed to the said Verified Complaint being N00167/2004, a copy of which may be exam- tax parcel 6.12-1-50 situate in the Town of ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL also Alexandria within the County of Jefferson and COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, State of New York, wherein Plaintiffs demands Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants judgment as follows: (1) that the Defendants, me rights to: Assume the name of: Annette and all persons claiming under them or under Carmela Leonido. My present name is: Annet any of them be forever barred of all claims to an Leonido a/k/a Annet Carmela Leonido a/k/a estate or interest in the Premises; (2) that it be Annette Carmela Leonido. My present address adjudged and finally determined that the is: 80 Diamond Street, 1st Fl., Brooklyn, NY Plaintiff is the lawful owner and is vested with an 11222. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. My GRANDOPENING absolute and unencumbered title in fee to the date of birth is: 06/27/1967. BP11 Premises; (3) that sole and complete possession of said Premise be awarded to the Plaintiff and SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS. Plaintiff is entitled to remain in possession ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC., Plaintiff thereof; (4) that the Plaintiff recover his costs, against PERRY BUCKNER, et al Defendant(s). disbursements, and allowances against any and Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale of the all Defendants answering in this action; and (5) entered on April 14, 2003. I, the undersigned that the Plaintiff have such other and further Referee will sell at public auction in Room 261 relief as the Court may be deemed, just, equi- of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams table, and proper. Dated: November 17, 2003. Street Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 1st day of April, MENTER, RUDIN & TRIVELPIECE, P.C. 2004 at 3:00 p.m. premises Beginning at a point TANNINGANNEX Attorneys for Plaintiff. By: Donald P. Colella, on the Northerly side of MacDonough Street Jewelry as Esq. Office and Post Office Address. 500 South distant 75 feet Easterly from the corner formed State-of-the-Art Tanning Salon Salina Street, Suite 500, Syracuse, New York by the intersection of the Northerly side of 13202, (315) 474-7541. BP11-14 MacDonough Street with the Easterly side of [FREE STUFF] Unique as You! Howard Avenue; being a plot of 100 feet by 25 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by feet by 100 feet by 25 feet. Said premises the Civil Court, Kings County on the 5th day of known as 659 MacDonough St. Brooklyn, N.Y. March, 2004, bearing the Index Number 11233. Tax account number: SBL #1497-70. N00161/2004, a copy of which may be exam- Approximate amount of lien $386,020.17 plus JOIN US FOR FEATURING ® ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject 165 COURT STREET COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, to provisions of filed judgment and terms of MYSTIC TAN Brooklyn New York 11201, in room 007, grants sale. Index No. 28706/02. Alan M. Rocoff, Esq., (BET. PACIFIC & DEAN) me rights to: Assume the name of: Amaya Referee. Fein Such & Crane, LLP, Attorney(s) for Amanda Arroyo. My present name is: Stella Plaintiff, 1800 First Federal Plaza, Rochester, GIVE-AWAYS Amanda Arroyo. My present address is: 75 N.Y. 14614. BP08-11 COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN Hawthorne Street, #2F, Brooklyn, NY 11225. My place of birth is: Manhattan, New York. My date Notice of Formation of OVASEN LLC, a domes- 718•852•5777 of birth is: 06/28/2003. BP11 tic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of SPECIALS&MORE! U Organization filed with Secretary of State on V-Fr ing Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by 10/21/03. NY office Location: KINGS County. ee Tann the Civil Court, Kings County on the 17th day of Secy of State is designated as agent upon STORE HOURS: February, 2004, bearing the Index Number whom process against the LLC may be served. SUN: 12-5PM N00112/04, a copy of which may be examined Secy of State shall mail a copy of any process at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL against the LLC served upon him/her to C/O 348 Court Street 350 Court Street MON-THURS: 12-7PM COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, 170 Tillary Street, Apt. 204, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants 11201. Latest date to dissolve: there is no spe- Brooklyn NY Brooklyn NY CLOSED: FRI & SAT me rights to: Assume the name of: Zenia cific date of dissolution. Purpose: To engage in Caldwell. My present name is: Zenia Pirkle a/k/a 935-0088 858-5057 any lawful act or activity. BP11 BETA Zenia Caldwell. My present address is: 269 2 PSZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM March 20, 2004

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Visit our Expanded Gunpoint –––––––––––––––––––– PASSOVER rob on 5th By Deborah Kolben fied him as a repeat shoplifter. The Brooklyn Papers When the owner tried to stop SECTION him, a fight ensued and the Two men leaving a deli on bean-snatcher fled westbound –––––––––––––––––––– Fifth Avenue at Fifth Street on Fourth Avenue, police said. were held up at gunpoint just The owner suffered cuts to We have (or will get you) after 1 am on March 12. his right fingers. “Drop your wallets,” the Out-of-towner everything you need for street toughs instructed as they approached from behind. A motorist from Illinois got a your Seder Table. As if to emphasize the point, real taste of New York this one suspect pulled out a gun week when she parked her car from his waistband. at Carroll Street and Fifth Av- “We’re not just Matzo” “You think I’m playing?” he enue. asked. The victim, 56, left the car at The victims, 18 and 20, who 12:10 am on March 12. But Sunrise seniors have one thing in common. Pick Quick Key Food apparently did not mistake the when she returned to retrieve holdup for a game, placed their the vehicle 10 hours later, it was 5th Avenue/Corner Baltic St. wallets on the ground and nowhere to be found. turned around as the stickup In addition to the car, the men requested. crooks made off with the vic- They’re all different. * Plenty of Free Parking * The pair took $45 in cash tim’s reading glasses, gloves, and several credit cards and battery charger, air compressor, then fled, police said. pillow, blanket, men’s jacket At Sunrise, we celebrate all of our seniors Visit or call a Sunrise Senior Living Empty handed and a radar detector. Two masked men outfitted in Odd job for the unique individuals they are. We community in Brooklyn, and discover SERVING ALL FAITHS black attire busted into a super- A burglar broke into an market on Seventh Avenue at apartment on 10th Street near believe no two people are alike, so the how we’re different. Ask about our Carroll Street at 12:35 am — Fourth Avenue and made off after the store was closed — on with an odd assortment of be- services we provide should never be exactly service offerings. COMPLETE ONE DAY March 14. longings ranging from a wed- One suspect pulled out a ding band to boxing gloves and handgun and tried to gain en- a punching bag. the same. FUNERAL SERVICES trance to the manager’s booth The 33-year-old resident left but had little luck. the apartment at 8:30 am on SERVICES FROM After also failing to get into March 10. This approach allows seniors live the $ the cash registers, the pair fled But when she returned, just OPEN HOUSE PROVIDED without anything at all, police before 5 pm, she found the OPEN HOUSE 1,999 PLUS said. front door ajar. lives they want to live, from beautifully Saturday, December 20 and • Removal from Place of CEMETERY The stolen goods also in- Death (Local) Rented for good cluded a DVD player valued at Saturday,Sunday, DecemberMarch 2120 & Why rent a car when you $125, a Sony Playstation video appointed living spaces to a variety • Preparation of Remains ––––– can just steal one? game system, a cell phone Sunday,12pm-4pm March 21 • Dressing, Casketing, JUREK- A sporty Toyota Solara went charger and remote controls, of daily activities and dining options. Cosmetology missing this week from a car police said. Refreshments & entertainment ARK LOPE rental lot on Warren Street be- Sunrise is built on a commitment to 12noon-4pm • Arrangement P S tween Fourth and Fifth av- ——— & Supervision FUNERAL HOME, INC. enues. LEGAL NOTICES The car was last seen parked our seniors and their families, and this RoomRefreshments rates as low as served $79 a day Securing All Doris V. Amen Notice of Formation of OVASEN LLC, a domes- • at 3 pm on March 12. Necessary Permits FUNERAL DIRECTOR/PROPRIETOR tic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of But during a routine invento- Organization filed with Secretary of State on commitment begins the day a senior ry check at 10 am the next day, 10/21/03. NY office Location: KINGS County. • Chapel - One Day 728 4th Avenue Secy of State is designated as agent upon ($300.00 per day) (cor. 23rd St.) the car was nowhere to be whom process against the LLC may be served. found, police said. Secy of State shall mail a copy of any process walks into one of our communities. 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Secretary of State is desig- DIRECT BURIAL: $995.00 + CEMETERY The man allegedly stuffed nated as agent upon whom process against the the beans into a brown paper LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail Sunrise at Mill Basin 718-444-2600 5905 Strickland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234 NOT INCLUDED ARE THE FOLLOWING: a copy of any process against the LLC served bag and tried to slip out of the upon him/her to 328 Flatbush Avenue, PMB Sunrise at Sheepshead Bay 718-616-1850 2211 Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235 Church/Clergy Honoraria/Pallbearers; Memorial Cards/Limousine/Clothing; 361, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Latest date to dis- Chapel for Morning Services; Gratuities/Death Certificates store near Union Street. 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Markowitz had signs in- came to his recommendation. worker to Jackie Gleason’s of Environmental Protection corner of 40th Street and stalled last year co-opting Glea- “If in life Art Carney did not Delivery Available bus-driving Ralph Kramden (DEP), which would oversee in Manhattan. son’s famous tagline to read, want the [pumping station] on TV’s “The Honeymoon- such a tribute, said they will The recognition sparked the “Brooklyn: How sweet it is,” to named after him then in his 216 Prospect Park West honor the family’s wishes. imagination of Adamski, a Bay welcome visitors coming from death I would have to respect (16th St. & Windsor Pl.) ers,” the classic 1950s sit- “We are working with the Ridge resident, who promptly Staten Island. the wishes of his family and his com that celebrated work- Carney family, but we want to sent a letter to the DEP’s Bureau In this case, however, Marko- memory. And I have not spoken 788-7052 ing-class Brooklynites in do something that’s appropri- of Wastewater Treatment. Argu- witz, who has no authority to with his family,” Markowitz their natural habitat. Wher- ate and that they would ap- ing that the city’s sewer workers grant street or facility namings, said through a spokeswoman. Open:Monday-Saturday, 9am-7pm ever Kramden went, Art prove of,” said Natalie Milner, were unappreciated, Adamski Carney’s Ed Norton dutiful- a DEP spokeswoman. “But no called for a brisk decision to co- ly followed, with impecca- decision has been made yet.” incide with the upcoming com- ble comic timing. Carney’s journey toward im- pletion of the pumping station’s But 15 years after a bus de- Art Carney as Ed Norton on mortality began shortly after reconstruction. pot in Sunset Park honored ‘The Honeymooners.’ Gleason’s name was attached to A year later, then-Borough Gleason for his fictional contri- the Sunset Park bus depot on President Howard Golden ap- bution to mass transit, a similar we just want to remember the Fifth Avenue between 36th and pealed to DEP Commissioner proposal to name the Gowanus honor of the sewage workers, 39th streets in 1988. Metropoli- Harvey Schultz, who eventual- Canal Pumping Station after his who never get remembered,” tan Transportation Authority of- ly agreed on the Carney tribute. sludge-sifting upstairs neighbor Adamski said. ficials lunged at the opportunity, But it was stymied by Carney What makes the continues to stall. But the late actor’s family, and media publicity, to honor himself, apparently frazzled by Maimonides Robert Adamski, a retired including Carney’s son, Brian, Gleason, who was born in the peculiar citation that would sewer worker, told The 56, have said they are wary of Bushwick and acted in more further link him to the city’s Cardiac Institute one of the Brooklyn Papers this week connecting the name of the than 30 films, including his soggy nether regions. that the initiative, clogged great comic actor — who origi- memorable role as Minnesota Since Carney’s death, other since Carney declined the nated the role of Felix Unger in Fats in “The Hustler.” The Glea- “Honeymooners”-inspired trib- in the world? odiferous honor in 1989, the original version son family predictably obliged. utes have been planted across best resurfaced after the Emmy- of “The Odd Couple” — to A statue of Gleason in his Brooklyn, thanks to Marty and Oscar-winning actor died “Our unit consists of a remarkable team of last November. Adamski and members of several sewage- doctors, nurses, nutritionists, social workers related organizations said they plan to resubmit proposals for and others who monitor each patient’s progress the tribute, which would need Sue EPA over 9-11 air and plan for recovery. This collaboration results the approval of the City Coun- cil and mayor. “There’s a renewed effort,” Associated Press Two years ago, NASA re- workers in the area face poten- in the best of care and shorter hospital stays. said Adamski. “But because Residents and workers in leased a space station photo- tially serious long-term health of the [Carney] family’s con- Brooklyn and Lower Man- graph taken on Sept. 11, 2001, effects and the prospect of hav- That’s why people all over the world trust cern with naming him after hattan is suing the Envir- that showed the dust and smoke ing to pay to properly clean their something with sewage in the plume from Ground Zero residences, the lawsuit said. their hearts to Maimonides.” onmental Protection Agen- spreading across the East River, The lawsuit sought unspeci- title, they’re looking for some- cy, saying the agency – Edwin Yu, Nurse thing else to name.” engulfing most of Brooklyn fied damages, including reim- The pumping station, located improperly let thousands of Heights and Downtown Brook- bursement for the cleanup of Progressive Cardiac Care Unit on Butler Street near the indus- people return to their homes lyn, and then proceeding south residences, schools and busi- trially polluted waterway, be- and businesses after the by southeast over Cobble Hill nesses. came operational five years ago World Trade Center col- and Carroll Gardens, Park It also asked the court to or- after more than 30 years of lapsed. Slope, Prospect Park, Kensing- der the creation of a fund to fi- planning. It pumps clean water The lawsuit, filed in U.S. Dis- ton, Midwood and then down nance medical monitoring into the polluted canal from the trict Court in Manhattan last over Sheepshead Bay and services, including testing and Upper New York Bay. Wednesday, accused the EPA of Brighton Beach. preventive screening for con- Adamski said that at least repeatedly making misleading The lawsuit filed last week ditions resulting from expo- two sewage-related organiza- and unduly reassuring state- said the EPA’s actions “left sure to trade center dust. tions in New York have sug- ments about air quality after the many thousands of individuals, In a statement, the EPAsaid it gested making Carney an hon- Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. It adults and children alike, unnec- had not seen the lawsuit and orary member, including the sought class action status. essarily exposed to potentially could not comment directly on intriguingly named Select So- The suit charges that the hazardous levels of asbestos and it. But it defended what it de- ciety of Sanitary Sludge Shov- agency failed to follow its own possibly other carcinogens and scribed as its staff’s “remarkable elers and the Golden Manhole procedures, letting people flood toxic substances.” feats” after the terrorist attack. Society, which hopes to vote back into Lower Manhattan and It accused the agency and Within minutes of the attack, on the proposal this summer. parts of Brooklyn in the direct its leaders, including former the agency said, it began moni- Gleason, on the other hand, of the airborne debris be- EPA Administrator Christine toring and sampling air, dust and is already an honorary mem- fore adequate precautions were Todd Whitman, of “a shock- river and drinking water. ber of the city’s Transport taken to protect them from as- ingly deliberate indifference to The agency also said it test- Workers Union. bestos and other toxins released human health.” ed thousands of homes in low- “I think whatever we name, in the disaster. As a result, residents and er Manhattan. 6 Months of Fitness for PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS EMERGENCY MEDICINE TREATMENT REHABILITATION RESEARCH

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PARK SLOPE • WINDSOR TERRACE NOT JUST NETS • THE NEW BROOKLYN • NOT JUST NETS BUILDer steps down PARENT President of pro-Ratner group accuses members of seeking ‘financial self gain’ Transition By Deborah Kolben environmental concerns and other com- “We would like to see jobs for people Our Camp The Brooklyn Papers munity needs. in the community, but our focus is that The president of the group Brook- Canada, a window installer and long- whatever happens the community has a • Variety of programs for lyn United for Innovative Develop- time Fort Greene activist, said he would big say,” said Patti Hagan, a spokes- 1 SpringPresidents’ Break Week continue to fight for jobs for the commu- woman for the Prospect Heights Action campers age 4⁄2 to 14 from pre-k to Mini-Camp ment, or BUILD, has stepped down, nity. Coalition, an anti-arena group. • Safe, fun, stimulating claiming the group he helped found AprilFebruary 5-13, 16–20, 2004 2004 “My focus is basically jobs. I feel I can “Part of a community benefits agree- environment 5 days of trips and activities has veered from its initial goal of better serve my community by just going ment should be no eminent domain. No 7 days of trips & activities • Very flexible registration; based in Park Slope securing jobs for the community after jobs,” Canada said. “[BUILD] start- one’s job, business or home should be based in Park Slope accommodating 10 week from developer Bruce Ratner’s pro- ed going in other directions. I hope they’re eliminated in order to construct something kindergarten Open House for posed Atlantic Yards development. successful, but I want to focus on jobs.” else,” Hagan added. season Open House for Summer Camp In his resignation, Darnell Canada ac- Eric Blackwell, an urban studies profes- As part of the sweeping, 24-acre Atlantic Q: My 5-year-old son is in • Free morning transportation Summer Camp cused fellow BUILD leaders of seeking sor at Long Island University and execu- Yards plan — including soaring office and full-day pre-kindergarten, Sunday, January 25, 2004 Parent-to-Parent from most Brownstone Sunday,Noon–2pm March 28, 2004 “financial self gain” out of the proposal to tive director of BUILD, declined to com- residential buildings totaling almost 7 mil- and his school’s director has Brooklyn neighborhoods build a professional basketball arena and ment on Canada’s allegations. lion square feet — Ratner says he will need concerns about him moving Presentations339 8 St. just atbelow noon 6 and Ave. 1pm 339 8 St. just below 6 Ave. housing and office towers in Prospect “Projects like this don’t solve commu- the state to condemn more than two square to kindergarten. • Established 1992 Heights. nity problems, they just help to create the blocks of private property. — a mother 718 788-PSDC (7732) “I am resigning out of the need to dis- kind of atmosphere where people can “We will certainly sit down with A: A school’s concerns about www.parkslopedaycamp.com tance myself from those in the organiza- make money,” said Blackwell. BUILD and other organizations,” said Joe your child aren’t meant to be tion who see this organization as financial BUILD members have long com- Deplasco, a spokesman for Ratner. putdowns, nor should they be self gain, [rather] than for the needs of the plained that Metrotech, a major high rise “We see this project as more than a bas- an end-of-the-year surprise. Brooklyn community,” Canada wrote in a office complex in Downtown Brooklyn, ketball arena — but a larger development “The transition to kinder- letter circulated to local community provided few jobs or business opportuni- project that can provide many needed jobs garten is so important,” says Amy Wilkins, executive di- groups. ties for area residents. The group was and much-needed housing and we look rector of The Trust for Early For the past few months, BUILD has formed last year to advocate for jobs in re- forward to discussing with BUILD the Education. “It’s serious busi- Park Explorers been working with Ratner to secure jobs sponse to massive development in the community and economic benefits of this ness dealing with these young for local residents if the proposed Atlantic Downtown Brooklyn area. project” brains.” Day Camp Yards plan, including a $450 million bas- James Caldwell, president of the 77th Canada and Blackwell each said they Unfortunately, she says, ketball arena to house the New Jersey Precinct Community Council, will step in to were not in cahoots with Ratner. there is no public policy that Healthy outdoor fun Nets, gets the go-ahead from the state. replace Canada as BUILD’s president. “I am certainly in nobody’s pocket,” will snap into place to smooth By Betsy Flagler in beautiful Prospect Park The group is angling for a community The tricky part about negotiating a com- Canada said. “I don’t want to get caught the transition — so the job is benefits agreement with the developer, a munity benefits agreement is often deter- up in a battle about what BUILD is doing up to parents and teachers. is awesome, but I’m afraid legal document first used in Los Angeles mining who will benefit and how much and what they’re not gong after. I wish The decision about whether she’s accustomed to being en- 718-788-3620 to address local hiring, affordable housing, benefit a developer will provide. them well.” to retain a pre-K child should be tertained and loved so much based on specific observations that she expects it and can’t Ages 4 years through 14 years that well-trained teachers and play by herself as much as I’d parents share back and forth like. How can I teach her to be • Sports, arts & crafts, drama, pool beach trips, throughout the year, Wilkins more independent?” — a nature study, and old fashion play says. Both sides also need to mother • Theatre arts, gymnastics and soccer. know what will be expected of If you have tips or a ques- • Exploring Beyond for children entering 6-8th grade. Queens councilman will tion, call our toll-free hotline the child in kindergarten. • Early Explorers for children ages 2-4. Parents wrestle with a tough any time at (800) 827-1092 or question: Is my child going to be bored with another year of hold Nets arena hearing pre-K, or struggle in kinder- garten because he can’t sit still or control his impulses? Day By Deborah Kolben 19,000-seat basketball arena at the inter- Asked about attempts to thwart the hear- Visit the school your The Brooklyn Papers section of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues ings, the councilman and former Marine, youngster will attend, several to house Ratner’s recently purchased Nets who was inundated with dozens of e-mails parents suggest, and talk to School, Amid rumors that developer Bruce is expected to be approved by the state. in support of the hearing this week, said, “I friends whose kids have at- Ratner and City Council Speaker Ratner unveiled plans for the 21-acre de- assure you, no one tells me what to do.” tended the kindergarten. Are Inc. Gifford Miller were trying to nip in velopment in December when he an- “I’ve seen all kinds of statements that the teachers responsive to in- the bud his plan to hold a hearing on nounced his intentions to purchase the bas- the speaker is pressuring us. That just has- dividual learning styles? Is A fully licensed and certified preschool the Atlantic Yards project, a Queens ketball team. n’t happened. I’ve received no calls form there a variety of materials for councilman said this week he will Ratner is asking the state to use its pow- the speaker or his staff on this issue,” hands-on activities? 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, not be stopped. er of eminent domain to seize more than Sanders said. Research on how children Councilman James Sanders, chairman two square city blocks of private land hous- “That’s absolutely not true,” said Ratner learn shows that one of the Licensed teachers afternoons or full days of the Economic Development Commit- ing between 400 to 800 people. spokesman Barry Baum. best ways to improve math tee, will hold hearings on the plan to build He is also asking the state to turn over Miller’s office did not respond to a re- and reading scores is to reach Optimal educational equipment Spacious Classrooms a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets the air rights over 11 acres of the Long Is- quest for comment. children before they enter Exclusive outdoor facilities Enriched Curriculum land Rail Road storage yards, stretching The hearing is tentatively scheduled for kindergarten, says Wilkins. and office and residential towers in along Atlantic Avenue between Fifth and the end of April. Sanders says he is ex- A national survey of public Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment Prospect Heights. kindergarten teachers noted “We need to make sure in our rush to Vanderbilt avenues. pecting “solid facts and numbers” from three primary essentials for welcome the Nets back, that we are not But Sanders says he wants to see if the the developers. school readiness: children are Summer Program Available being irresponsible,” said Sanders. plan is a “good financial deal for New “I think it would be an insult to the people physically healthy, rested and The sweeping, $2.5 billion office and York City” and plans to bring in develop- of New York City if they come in and say well-nourished; children are residential development centered around a ment experts to critique it. they are still working on this,” Sanders said. able to communicate needs, Call: 230-5255 • 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) wants and thoughts verbally; and children are enthusiastic and curious in approaching new activities. 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Chinatown, the Brooklyn Cyclones, amuse- “An extra year gives a child the chance to grow and blossom.” ment parks, museums and more! the face of Downtown The current, controversial push for academics earlier in Early drop-off and late pick up available 1 1 school makes it all the more Ages 5- /2 to 11- /2 years important not to send a child out of the parental and pre- school nest too soon, says Call Dan Moinester Brooklyn forever — Clark, a mother of three.

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NOT JUST NETS • THE NEW BROOKLYN • NOT JUST NETS PATAKI AND MTA ON BOARD, RATNER SAYS… Continued from page 1 “All indications from the MTA Richard Brodsky, chairman of the cludes two recently converted luxu- order for Ratner to realize his are they have not made a decision public authority committee, who had ry condominiums and anywhere dream. with regards to the Atlantic Yards asked the MTA for a clarification, from 400 to 800 renters and owners. Last week, The Brooklyn Papers project,” James told The Brooklyn Lapp said that The Brooklyn Papers James accused Ratner of “low- reported exclusively that Ratner, Papers Thursday evening had “incorrectly” reported the story. balling” the number of residents who the Pataki-controlled Empire State “If there are backroom deals, that “I have to figure out who I be- would be displaced. Those residents Development Corp. (ESDC) and is a different matter,” she added. lieve, Ratner or Gargano,” state have hired civil liberties attorney the MTA were close to an agree- “I don’t know what he means,” Sen. Velmanette Montgomery said Norman Siegel to fight their cause. ment that would establish the MTA spokesman Tom Kelly said Thursday. Montgomery recently re- Both James and Montgomery ESDC as the lead governmental Friday when asked about Ratner’s ceived letters from both Gargano are asking that the MTA solicit agency on the project. comments. and Lapp explaining that no deci- open bids for the development of Forest City Ratner spokesman Asked whether the MTA sup- sion had been reached on whether the rail yards. James is holding a Joe Deplasco confirmed the tripar- ports Ratner’s plan, Kelly said, to support the Ratner proposal. workshop Saturday to solicit alter- tite agreement, which he said “Nothing has been done formally Patti Hagan, a member of the native plans from the public [see should be signed in upcoming and we would take whatever steps Prospect Heights Action Coalition, story below]. weeks. The details, he said, were are necessary for whoever wants to said Thursday that she was not sur- Asked on Thursday about possi- “still being worked out.” do anything at the site.” prised at Ratner’s statements. bly downscaling the towers, the

Ratner made his comments No formal proposal has been / Frank Franklin II “This confirms suspicions that tallest of which would reach 620 Thursday at a breakfast meeting of submitted to the MTA, he said, there are dealings going on out of feet high — 100 feet taller than the the New York Building Congress, a adding that it is not on the agenda site of the public,” Hagan said. Williamsburgh Bank building, cur- coalition of contractors, engineers for the next MTA board meeting, “I think it’s a little bit speaking rently the tallest in Brooklyn — and developers, at Club 101 on scheduled for March 31. out of school for him to thank them Ratner said, “It’s about the architec- and 40th Street. Gov. Pataki’s office did not re- Associated Press when their position is that they’re ture, not the height.” Prospect Heights Councilwoman spond to calls for comments. Left to right: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gov. George Pataki, Bruce Ratner, Sen. Charles Schumer, New neutral — they haven’t put their Frank Gehry, best known for de- Letitia James, an ardent opponent of Questions about such deals be- York Merchantile Exchange Chairman Vincent Viola, and Hip-Hop artist and Nets investor Jay-Z, at a Jan. 23 stamp on anything,” she added. signing the Guggenheim Bilbao in the plan, who attended the breakfast tween the MTA and Ratner were news conference to announce the Ratner investment team's successful bid to buy the New Jersey Nets. After the meeting, James also Spain, is designing the 7.7-million- speech, said she didn’t know whether first raised last year when an MTA lashed out at Ratner for mischarac- square-foot Atlantic Yards develop- Ratner was engaging in “hyperbole” spokesman told The Brooklyn Pa- correct and apologized, explaining Kelly told The Papers. “I put the cart agency spokesman had simply terizing the section of Prospect ment. or whether the state “as represented pers on three separate occasions that he had incorrectly assumed that before the horse. If he gets the Nets made a mistake, MTA Executive Heights where he plans to build the Ratner still needs to finalize his by Mr. [Charles] Gargano was basi- that Ratner had already purchased Ratner held the development rights. and wants to develop that arena he Director Katherine Lapp chose to development. purchase of the New Jersey Nets and cally engaging in deception.” the development rights to build “I did not understand that it was has to come back to us and then we try and cover up the gaff by deflect- “He led the industry to believe that would then need to get the approval Gargano heads the Empire State over the rail yards. The spokesman contingent on [Ratner] getting the have to go the [MTA] board.” ing blame to The Brooklyn Papers. this is a blighted area,” said James. of the National Basketball Associa- Development Corp. later said that information was in- team first,” MTA spokesman Tom But rather than explain that the In a letter to Assemblyman The three-square-block area in- tion to move the team to Brooklyn MERCHANTS… Continued from page 1 seem to have been adequately informed,” said Saturday workshop solicits firm to open a private practice in Chinatown, So, who is also helping to organize an associ- is trying to educate the roughly 50 Asian- ation of merchants in the downtown area. American merchants in the area about what While KALCA has not taken an official could happen to their livelihoods if the Down- stance on the Downtown Brooklyn Plan, So town Brooklyn Plan is approved. says they are busy trying to educate owners ideas for Atlantic Yards plan The Brooklyn Law School graduate, who and encourage them to speak out at the public has also worked with the Asian American Le- hearing. By Deborah Kolben The site is where billionaire devel- more than two square city blocks of no arena plus all of this other develop- Called for comment on the Asian-American gal Defense Fund, has been following the The Brooklyn Papers oper Bruce Ratner wants to construct privately owned property and displac- ment [Ratner] is proposing. plan with a watchful eye. effort, Michael Weiss, executive director of the his Atlantic Yards project, a colossal ing hundreds of residents. “What we’re looking at — rather “It seemed like there was no response from Metrotech Business Improvement District, For anyone who has ever development including a 19,000-seat James, however, believes the rail than what Forest City Ratner has pro- Asian owners,” said Hseuh. which also operates the Fulton Mall Improve- walked past the barren Long Island professional basketball arena, soaring yard site should be developed. posed — is really looking at the site in “Generally, in Asian countries, people are ment Association, said the city had notified any Rail Road storage yards along office towers and 4,500 units of hous- “The site needs to be developed, particular and thinking about what used to governments being more authoritarian. merchants who would be affected by the plan. Atlantic Avenue and thought, ing that would extend to the blocks but it needs to be developed consistent would be interesting or intelligent Whatever comes down from above, that is And Michael Burke, executive director of the ‘Hey, know what would look great south of the rail yards. with some of the pressing issues in the ways of developing it,” Brown said. what we’re supposed to do. There isn’t this Downtown Brooklyn Council, the group that there?’ now’s your chance to vent Ratner, who is best known for the community,” James said. Topics of discussion at the all-day Metrotech office complex in Down- Marshall Brown, an architect, urban session will include zoning, scale, den- same notion of let’s try to get input from the helped devise the Downtown Plan, said his or- those ideas to real-live urban plan- community and then reach consensus,” he said. ganization had reached out to merchants in the town Brooklyn, hired architect Frank designer and Fort Greene resident is sity, public and private landscapes, com- Part of the challenge is convincing people area. ners who want to listen. Gehry to design the 8-million-square- one of the leaders of the workshop, munity facilities and amenities, com- that there’s a way to fight the plan, said “In China, government will do something Prospect Heights Councilwoman foot development extending from which is expected to draw upwards of mercial spaces, and traffic and parking. Hseuh. like condemn a factory, and basically their de- Letitia James is hosting a workshop on Flatbush and Atlantic avenues east 100 attendees. The Atlantic Yards Development For the downtown effort, the Chinese- cision is like a mandate from heaven,” said Saturday, March 20, from 10 am to 6 into Prospect Heights. “One of the first things we want to Workshop is free and open to the pub- American lawyer has teamed up with Austin Hsueh. “You can see that in peoples’ mindsets pm, to solicit design alternatives for the Not so fast, says James, who is a do is change the public discussion a lic and will be held at the Hanson Kyongwon So, a Korean-American attorney, when government is announcing they are go- 11-acre strip of rail yards stretching be- fervent opponent of Ratner’s plan, little bit,” said Brown. “Right now, the Place Central United Methodist to reach out to the two predominant Asian eth- ing to do something, a feeling of, ‘Oh, of tween Fifth and Vanderbilt avenues. which would require condemning media is going on about the arena, or Church at 144 Saint Felix St. nic groups among business owners in the area. course they can do it.” They are offering their services to the mer- Businesses owners who face condemnation chants for free. will be offered assistance in finding “suitable The plan provides for the construction of at new commercial space in the area,” according least 6.7 million square feet of office space, 1 to Carol Abrams, a spokeswoman for the De- million square feet of retail, 1,000 units of partment of Housing, Preservation and Devel- Official review of D’town B’klyn housing and 2,500 parking spaces. opment. In addition, she said,, they will be As part of the complex proposal, the city provided “moving expenses, dislocation al- intends to use the power of eminent domain to lowances and fixture awards.” condemn seven acres of private property, in- If the Downtown Plan is approved, Kim’s cluding 130 residential units and 100 busi- Duffield Street Seafood may be among the Plan continues on Wednesday nesses. first to go. Armed with fliers written in Chinese and a Just across the street, the city is planning to stack of newspaper clippings, Hseuh walked build Willoughby Square, a 1.5-acre open By Deborah Kolben The area covered by the Downtown housing and 2,500 parking spaces. vote, the application moves to the City in the Fulton Mall area last week distributing space over an underground parking garage. The Brooklyn Papers Plan overlaps, but is separate from, the After lengthy debate, Community Council for a final vote and, if approved Atlantic Yards site on which developer Board 2, the first stop on the Uniform there, goes before Mayor Michael information and encouraging business owners The surrounding blocks are designated as As a major Downtown Brooklyn to attend the City Planning Commission’s development sites for premiere office space. Bruce Ratner wants to erect, on demaped Land Use Reform Procedure (ULURP) Bloomberg, a staunch supporter of the But Kim, who moved here from Korea 25 rezoning plan wends its way though mega-blocks, a professional basketball failed to make a recommendation on the plan. public hearing on the plan (in the Klitgord Au- arena and high-rise apartment and office plan before it moved on to Borough Pres- The mayor appoints seven members to ditorium at New York City Technical College years ago, said he does not want to relocate. the city’s land use review process, the community is invited to weigh in buildings. ident Marty Markowitz. the 13-member City Planning Commis- at 285 Jay St.) at 10 am on Wednesday, March And neither do his customers. The Downtown Plan hearing is A majority of board members who sion, including the chair, who is also the 24. “This place is like an institution,” said at a public hearing this week. scheduled for Wednesday, March 24, at voted, however, expressed reservations director of City Planning, the lead agency Last Saturday, So, a corporate attorney and Roberto Doomful, who works at the ASA In- The City Planing Commission is 10 am, at the New York City College of about the condemnation of private prop- on the Downtown Plan application. Each board member of the Korean American stitute around the corner and grabs lunch at hosting a public hearing on the $100 Technology’s Klitgord Auditorium, at erty. borough president also appoints one League for Civic Action (KALCA) organized Duffield Street Seafood almost every day. million Downtown Brooklyn Plan, 285 Jay St. Last week, Markowitz signed off on member, as does the public advocate ap- a meeting with 15 Korean-American business Standing outside the shop, Hseuh took a which would require the condemnation The Downtown Brooklyn Plan would the proposal but attached a laundry list of points one. owners along with local groups who are op- look along Duffield Street and said, “This of seven acres of private property, in- allow for the construction of nearly 7 conditions ranging from traffic and trans- For more information on the hearing posed to the plan. project would not just affect the landscape, but cluding 130 residential units and 100 million square feet of office space, 1 mil- portation to preservation concerns. contact the Department of City Panning “Most residents and business owners don’t thousands of lives.” businesses. lion square feet of retail, 1,000 units of After the City Planning Commission at (212) 720-3300.

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Those signs are not “It’s unnecessarily confus- time to fight the ticket,” said • Bakery – homemade pastries holidays and on other days Navy Yard tow pound — like listed in the parking rules, post- ing and we’re trying to figure Cross. “It’s not fair that they Herbs & Vitamins when they are announced as sharks to blood in the water. ed on the agency Web sites. Ac- out a way to fix this,” said Yas- ticket rampantly and some • Juice Bar – fruit, vegetable, and suspended, such as last week’s For example, alternate side cording to Cocola, on days sky spokesman Evan Thies. people are too busy to look up • herbal extracts wheat grass juices, shakes & smoothies weather emergency days. parking was suspended on when alternate side rules are “There’s different agencies the rules and fight it.” Feb. 18 for snow removal. On suspended, parking is permitted • bulk, loose herbs • Salads & Sandwiches Police department tow trucks and traffic officers, that Wednesday morning, sev- on both sides of the street lead- • herbalist on site • Entrées & Desserts however, only recognize No eral cars parked along the ing to another problem. Parking signs bearing the western side of Hicks Street, Judy Stanton, executive di- • vitamins / supplements rector of the Brooklyn Heights street-cleaning emblem. between Middagh and Orange streets, which remained there Association, said that because So on days when alternate rather than move to the oppo- the streets in the Heights are so side of the street parking rules Health-Oriented Items site side of the street, were narrow, there is a concern fire • books & magazines are suspended, whether for towed and ticketed, even trucks and emergency vehicles holidays or snow removal, though the parking rules had will not be able to get through. • gift baskets Heights residents are left with been suspended. Three to four “I don’t what to be in an • nutrition, sports a weighty decision: either NYPD tow trucks were stand- ambulance on one of these leave their cars where they ing ready to tow at the stroke days,” she said. & health consultations are, since common sense — of 8:00 am, according to sev- The rules changed in the and the law — dictate that eral residents. mid-1990s, but the communi- 11 Flatbush Ave (Fulton/Livingston) • (718) 624-6290 • Open 7 days there is no need to move The reason for the feeding ty was not widely notified, (at Nevins St. subway - 2, 3, 4, 5 trains and DeKalb Ave. - N, Q, R, M trains) • them; or move the car out of frenzy boils down to a lack of said Stanton. Before that, the Custom Framing fear that one of the swarm of communication between the 8 am to 6 pm streets did not Ready-Made Frames Department of Transportation follow the street cleaning reg- 374 7th Avenue and the police department, ac- ulation suspensions. Posters & Prints (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) cording to a DOT spokesman. Kathy Marshall got a $60 Friendly Service And the cost to residents ticket on Feb. 3 for leaving her 718-832-0655 who listen to radio traffic re- car in the “No Parking from 8 ports or log onto the city’s am to 6 pm” zone on Cranberry Web site and are told that al- Street. But when her husband, ternate side of the street park- Brian McGorry, researched the ing is suspended: $185 for the regulation, he found the ticket tow and a $60 parking ticket. was unfounded. “There’s mass confusion,” “When people can’t under- said Sara Cross, a Henry Street stand the signs and are getting resident who recently received ticketed, there’s a problem,” TED ROTHSTEIN, DDS PhD a $60 ticket and had her car McGorry said. 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The flow of the poses creates a balance tos Bakolias, between the mind, body and soul. left), the weaver, Carrie Brownstein, 31, of Fort Greene, has and the blunder- been practicing hot yoga at HYP since Ruder- ing Mechanicals. man opened the studio in November 2002. Concurrently, “I like hot yoga because it really loosens Egeus, an Athen- me up,” said Brownstein. “It’s also an amazing ian, has prom- HeatHeat wavewave workout. I attended other yoga classes before ised his daugh- coming here, but I left feeling like I still had to ter, Hermia, to Demetrius, although she is in love do some type of cardiovascular activity.” with Lysander. But if Hermia does not care for De- Hot yoga classes run for 90 minutes and cost metrius, her friend Helena is madly in love with between $16 and $18 for a single class. (Class him. Oberon, the fairy king who is feuding with his cards are also available for discounted prices.) queen, Titania, decides to set things right, with the Temperatures usually range from 95 degrees to aid of his assistant Puck. 105 degrees, but can reach as high as 110 de- The company has made several original twists in grees. Instructors coach students through each this production. Brooklynites pose verbally, but never demonstrate the actual “We’re doing three things people will either like pose, because instructors must be able to moni- or dislike,” says Hill. “We hope people will like tor students’ posture at all times. them: Mustardseed, handmaiden to Titania, is also are discovering Practicing hot yoga has many benefits in- Hippolyta; Puck is also Theseus; and the Mechani- cluding: muscle tone, weight and stress reduc- cals have a love triangle — both Peter Quince and tion, injury recovery, and an increase in flexi- Tomasina Snout (now a woman) are in love with bility and energy. Nick Bottom.” the benefits of “As all of the organs work together, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be per- strengthening the immune system, hot yoga formed in a newly renovated playhouse with more also reverses the aging process,” said Mc- seats and a repositioned stage that allows for circular very hot yoga Cracken. seating reminiscent of theaters in Elizabethan times Although hot yoga does not cure chronic like The Globe, The Rose and The Blackfriars. By Chiara V. Cowan ailments such as diabetes or osteoporosis, it “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” continues for The Brooklyn Papers can help to relieve some of the symptoms, ex- through April 11, Thursdays through Saturdays at plained Troy Myers, co-owner of 8 pm, and Sundays at 3 pm. Tickets are $15, $10 espite chilly, gusting winds outside, the Bikram Yoga. students. The Waterloo Bridge Playhouse is locat- temperature is rising inside of Hot Yoga Pregnant women or ed at 475 Third Ave. at 10th St. in Gowanus. For DPeople, in Fort Greene. In fact, it is ris- people with high blood reservations, call (212) 502-0796 or visit www.wa- ing in yoga studios throughout Brooklyn. pressure should consult terloobridge.4t.com. — Paulanne Simmons At HYP, co-owner Anita Ruderman greets their doctor before prac- yogis and yoginis (male and female yoga stu- FITNESS ticing hot yoga. Also, yo- dents, respectively), with a warm smile and gis and yoginis should words of encouragement. Thirty minutes earli- not eat anything for at BOOKS er, she turned up the heat inside of the studio in SPECIAL least two hours prior to preparation for her morning class. SPECIAL the class to avoid nausea. “You need the perfect combination of tem- For certification, Bik- perature and humidity to conduct a hot yoga ram — and some hot yoga — class,” said Ruderman. The heat allows for instructors attend Bikram’s Vegan guide deeper stretching and produces more sweat, college in Beverly Hills. which enables the body to release more toxins, “We went through an intense nine weeks of Rynn Berry is celebrating the 10th anniversary she explained. training with two classes per day; it was life- of the publication of her “The Vegan Guide to New Although yoga is a 5,000-year-old practice, changing,” said Nakasone, who attended the York City” with a new edition. hot yoga is a fairly new phenomenon and hot training with her husband and partner Myers. In the 2004 edition, Berry, a Prospect Heights yoga centers are very Besides daily classes, instructors attend lec- resident who serves as historical advisor to the new to Brooklyn. While tures and learn the specific dialogue to use North American Veg- there are several differ- FITNESS once certified. etarian Society, and ent types of yoga in- While Bikram Yoga students practice on a co-authors Chris volving various poses Bikram Yoga is located at 106 Montague carpeted floor, both Ruderman and McCrack- Abreu-Suzuki and St. between Henry and Hicks streets, second and postures, hot yoga floor, in Brooklyn Heights. Single Bikram class: en have hardwood floors throughout their stu- Barry Litsky offer a follows a set series of 26 $18. For more information call (718) 797-2100 dios to eliminate odor. treasure trove of Hatha poses and two or visit www.bikramyogabrooklyn.com. “Bikram likes carpeted rooms, not hard- culinary information breathing exercises. The Every Breath You Take Hot Yoga is locat- wood floors,” Nakasone said. “It’s a liability is- for vegetarians, ve- ed at 327 Seventh St. at Fifth Avenue, second

main difference be- floor, in Park Slope. Single hot yoga class: $18. Cross / Gregory sue, we sweat a lot. We practice in a stinky gans and raw foods tween hot yoga and oth- For more information, call (718) 832-5070 or room with smelly bodies to find actual peace enthusiasts. er practices is the heat. visit www.ebytyoga.com. and calm in all places. Finding calm is easy in The book covers “The heated room al- Hot Yoga People is located at 659 Fulton the Himalayan Mountains, but try finding calm all of Manhattan’s St. between Ashland and Rockwell places, lows the body to be- second floor, in Fort Greene. Single hot yoga in New York City.” neighborhoods with class: $16. For more information, call (718) come more flexible at a Papers The Brooklyn The best part about hot yoga is that all peo- chapters on restau- quicker rate,” said Laura 237-2300 or visit www.yoga-people.com. ple, regardless of age, size, or fitness level, rants, juice bars, Repose Yoga is located at 8325 Fifth Ave. McCracken, owner of at 84th Street, second floor, in Bay Ridge. For benefit from its practice. There are no set lev- the authors’ favorite health Every Breath You Take more information, call (718) 238-0174 or visit els of ability. Every day is a new day. food shops, greenmarkets, raw food resources and Hot Yoga, in Park Slope. www.reposeyoga.com. “The beauty of hot yoga is that you could bookstores. After encouragement practice it for 30 years, and even though the se- Bliss in Williamsburg and Prospect Heights’ from his Guru, Bishnu ries is the same, the practice is always differ- Green Paradise get thumbs up from the authors, Ghosh, in Calcutta, India, Yogiraj Bikram ent,” said Ruderman. too. Choudhury, the founder of the worldwide But there’s more to yoga than hot yoga, and Under the chapter titled “Why Veganism?” Yoga College of India, brought yoga to Bever- other forms have health benefits, too. Berry explains, “Vegetarians avoid meat because of ly Hills, Calif., in the mid-1970s. There he “Any yoga practice is good for the body,” the animal suffering, negative health effects, and spent five years developing his own series of noted Repose owner Jane Weintraub, whose environmental damage involved in ‘eating carcass- 26 classic postures with Western doctors. Bay Ridge studio does not offer hot yoga class- es,’ as Leo Tolstoy put it. Vegans carry these rea- Slowly, the temperature rose and the series es. “At Repose, we concentrate on holistic sons to their logical conclusions and avoid using all came to life. well-being, body strength, flexibility, reducing animal products, to the extent possible.” “The system is designed to work every part stress and creating inner peace.” “The Vegan Guide to New York City,” by Berry of your body, so that it is a full-body workout,” Mango / Greg “The difference between hot yoga and other and Abreu-Suzuki with Litsky (Ethical Living, said Aiko Nakasone, co-owner of Bikram forms of yoga is that it is a specific 26 postures 2004) can be purchased at Barnes & Noble [267 Yoga, in Brooklyn Heights. and two breathing exercise in a heated room,” Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street, (718) 832-9066], The 26 poses work every muscle, joint, lig- said Nakasone. “Other than that, all yoga is The Community Book Store [143 Seventh Ave. at ament and internal organ in the body. Each wonderful and works all aspects of the mind, Carroll Street, (718) 783-3075], and Back to the pose is performed in a specific order to fully Papers The Brooklyn spirit and body.” Land [142 Seventh Ave. at Carroll Street, (718) open and strengthen the body. For example, Feel the burn: (Top) Instructor Erin McGarry demonstrates the standing bow pos- So grab a towel, comfortable and light- 768-5654] in Park Slope; and Perelandra [175 pose 15 cannot reach its maximum extension ture at Bikram Yoga. (Above) Hot Yoga People co-owner Anita Ruderman (fore- weight clothing, lots of water, and join the heat Remsen St. at Court Street, (718) 855-6068] in without having already executed the first 14 ground) leads a class in her Fort Greene studio. wave spreading throughout Brooklyn. Brooklyn Heights. — Tina Barry

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responded with congratulations and applause. On this visit, I had an even better, Serving fine Italian Cuisine sweatier workout than my first. Parking is available. Dine in or take out. March 13 Feeling a bit of tightness in the DON’T MISS THIS TUESDAY’S SPECIAL! Dear Diary muscles today. Will workout tomor- Wine lover’s night – Any bottled wine on list 1/2 price row instead. All specials valid 5pm to 10pm excluding holidays A day-by-day account of March 14 Oops! Curves is closed on Sun- my love affair with a new days. Did crunches and pushups at Cono’s Opescatoré home to make up for missed workout. 301 Graham Avenue (cor. Ainslie St.) (718) 388-0168 March 15, 7:15 pm Williamsburg • • Open 7 days 11am-11pm women-only fitness center On Monday and Wednesday nights, between 6 pm and 8 pm, By Lisa J. Curtis getting married. Although it’s nice that Curves has a power workout. On this GO Brooklyn Editor I’m not alone, she’s bounced back well, night, there was excitement in the air and I’m still all bounce and no tone. At among the women of all ages in at- f you, too, have wondered if there certain ages, like 30, your metabolism tendance. is an alternative to gyms filled slows down, explained Markman. The Because the usual instructor was Iwith the sounds of clanging bar- combination of variables apparently out, Markman led the ladies through bells, where the only staff you see on gave me a serious one-two punch — the tough, power workout from the a regular basis are the ones emptying literally — in the gut. center of the room. (Although we baskets of trash or towels, read this In addition to explaining how were free to not take part and do our workout journal about a writer’s first- Curves’ circuit training works, Mark- own thing.) Authentic and Creative hand experience at the Curves fitness man also explained that all of this sweat In between reps on the machines, Mexican Cuisine and weight loss center for women. and hard work wouldn’t pay off if I did- Markman had us raising our knees to n’t eat right. Dr. Slim prescribed adding our opposite elbows, raising our legs March 10, 10:30 am eight glasses of water a day to my diet; behind us, doing a tricky box step, 4 Course Menu $19 My first visit to the Curves gym on a warning to keep an eye on my portion running fast, boxing and more on the Court Street in Carroll Gardens. sizes; and to avoid bleached boards. Served Mon-Fri Introduced to manager flour, sugar and those other A cheerful, young Curves trainer 5:30 to 7:30pm Loni Markman, 26, a menacing simple carbo- pointed out a couple more of my mis- certified personal train- hydrates. steps with the machines, and Mark- / Gregory Cross / Gregory Sat & Sun BRUNCH er. She quizzed me on My goals, which man sang out encouragement. “You my reasons for want- FITIT Markman assured can do better than that! Give me an- 10am - 2:30pm ing to workout and NESS were attainable, were other one. C’mon!” was encouraging. to lose weight, dimin- The trainers are like your sisters, “If you workout ish stress, sleep well but without mood swings! Visit us at S Papers The Brooklyn three times a week, SPECIA and firm up my body On my way to the changing room, CIAL No danger, Curves ahead: Curves manager and personal trainer Loni www.almarestaurant.com you will see a change,” L — which would be even- I noticed a sign over the scale that Markman assists Judy Reyes in performing her workout on the recovery Catering Available Markman assured. ly toned by Curves’ hy- said that if a client comes to the club One of the questions draulic resistance machines. board. The “tree of success” wall mural behind them lists the names of three times a week, she gets Curves Markman asked me from the “fig- Markman explained that the clients and the inches and pounds they have lost. dollars good for various Curves prod- 187 Columbia St. (at DeGraw St.) • CARROLL GARDENS ure analysis” form was, “What has pricing policies depend on the ever- ucts. A workout that incorporates • Dinner Reservations: 643-5400 been your heaviest weight?” (In my changing advertised promotions. ing on our backs on a mat, with our shopping! This really is a club for case, it’s the weight I am now, and nev- (Without any discounts, there is a $149 hands under our knees and hugging FITNESS women! er you mind.) After “When?” the op- signup fee and $49-a-month-plus-tax our legs to our chests. Tonight the sweat was pouring tions are: “After pregnancy.” Ok that fee.) “Here I tell people I like to close Curves is located at 455 Court St. down my face, and the machines Seniors: 15% Discount makes sense, but I’m childless. And I was so revved up to start slim- my eyes and give myself a little thank between Fourth Place and Luquer were much easier to use as I am every Tuesday night (dine-in only) Street in Carroll Gardens, (718) 852- “After Divorce.” That’s sad, and it also ming down, that rather than make an you,” she said. “Thank you for doing 8777; and at 375 Ninth St. at Sixth quickly getting the hang of ’em. Best makes sense, but I’m happily married. appointment to come back for my something for you today.” Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 788- workout yet! 0003. On March 20, from 2 pm to 4 But then there was “After Mar- first workout, I had a first workout on I would have howled with laughter, pm, the Carroll Gardens location will riage.” That’s me! Who knew that the spot. Markman explained how to but Markman was very sincere about celebrate its first anniversary with a March 16, 8:15 pm free open-house party for the entire when my husband was whirling me maintain good form on each machine the women being supportive of each family featuring face painting, bal- Despite the blizzard-like condi- around the dance floor for the first time to get maximum results. Two-and-a- other at Curves, and I wanted to fit in. loons, food, raffles and aromatherapy. tions, 15 women, including myself, as man and wife a year and a half ago, half times around the circuit of ma- (Although mostly I just wanted to fit came to Curves to experience the that I would rapidly swell like a water chines, alternating with recovery comfortably into my pants again.) monthly “Viva La Diva” workout, D ¥ E ¥ L ¥ I ¥ C ¥ I ¥ O ¥ U ¥ S balloon? boards, is a 30-minute, full-body The brilliance of the Curves work- for the most part, a handle on how the brought back by popular demand, Well, apparently the people at workout followed by stretching. out is that you do as many repetitions, machines worked, I could concentrate which is led by the irrepressibly fun- Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition Curves knew. Markman sweetly told Markman gave me tips on the as fast as you can on each machine un- on getting in as many reps as possi- ny Kate Billingsley. 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I pulled Billingsley knew many of the Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm thing on the recovery boards — from and pushed at the machines’ levers, women working out by first name, We Only Use Vegetable Oil Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm marching in place to jogging in place listening for the “swoosh” sound that and with lots of humor and a great Natural Cooking FREE $7.00 to knee raises — to keep the heart rate told me I was working hard enough. soundtrack including Elvis (“Ladies, and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. up between machines. Markman had explained that this I’ve seen some of you on the boards I finished this strength training-aero- resistance training builds muscles that and this is for you: ‘A little less con- bic workout, lightly sweating, thinking, will continue to burn fat, even be- versation, and a little more action!’”). “This is a piece of cake!” I went into tween workouts. (But since muscle is In addition to the traditional warm- the changing room, mopped up with a heavier than fat, Curves prefers to up moves and stretches from the FREE towel — there aren’t any shower facili- measure weight loss by inches lost Curves diagrams, Billingsley, still ties at Curves — and was on my way. rather than pounds lost.) wearing her knitted, winter cap, Appetizer For maximum results, I should do The upbeat music fueled my fran- demonstrated her original, lightheart- the workout three times a week, ad- tic running on the boards, but the ed routines to get the surprisingly re- with any dinner entrée Wok vised Markman, and to burn even more women around me were generally sistant hecklers (“AGAIN with the with this ad Lobster calories, try the aerobic workouts. older and weren’t moving as fast. floor?!,” one whined.) to move their Use this opportunity to sample $17.95 Some women came with friends and bodies. our diverse flavors: sharp and March 12, 7 pm chatted their way around. I felt like When we weren’t sliding to the left subtle, mild and spicy. Experience This time, I’m on my own, al- the kid in the class with ADD as and right doing the “spank that butt!” the meltingpot of cooking styles though a Curves trainer is on the dance moves from old Jane Fonda and “hail that taxi,” we were sashay- that is Malaysian Cuisine! floor advising us about when our tapes came back to me and got my ing down the runway like divas. form needs to be adjusted. (I kept for- feet moving on the boards. I was en- Billingsley wrapped up with an in- getting to swing one arm at a time, couraged, however, by the “tree of tense round of abdominal exercises al-

Black Pepper Steak Cross / Gregory instead of both arms at the same time, success” wall mural covered with ternating with pushups, all the while, $15.95 Free Delivery ($10 min.) on a machine that works the biceps leaves inscribed with the names of keeping us laughing. and triceps.) women and the amount of inches and “Kate, you crack me up!” called Malaysian bistro Although she was no longer at my pounds they had lost. out a young woman. side, I soon recalled Markman’s ad- As I left, a Curves employee drew Billingsley, who has worked at 6814 Fourth Ave. (bet. 68th St. & Bay Ridge Ave.) Papers The Brooklyn vice to scooch into the machines butt attention to her new client and said, Curves since May, tells me, “This is (718) 238-5531 • • Open 7 days During the cool down, instructor Lauren Blase Miller demonstrates first, like sliding into a limo with a “Hey everybody, another first work- the best job I ever had.” So far, this is stretches for the author. fancy dress on. But now that I had, out!” The room of sweating women the best club I’ve ever worked out in.

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Ocean Ave. (718) 376-8164. (212) 362-3179. Warren Theater, 2445 Bath Ave. Compiled DIABETES DAY: New York Methodist TOWNHALL MEETING: Kevin Powell (718) 996-4800. Hospital offers glucose tests, blood delivers keynote address on “The by Susan pressure and dental screenings. State of Black Men in America.” 7 OTHER Also, pharmacological and nutrition- pm. Hanson Place Central United FLEA MARKET: at RC Church of St. Rosenthal al counseling. Noon to 3 pm. 263 Methodist Church, 144 St. Felix St. Finbar. 9 am to 3 pm. Bath Avenue Where to Seventh Ave. (718) 780-5367. Free. (718) 399-0695. Free. and Bay 20th Street. (718) 236-3312. LINE DANCING: at Jubilee Senior ART AUCTION: at Adelphi Academy. SALE: Treasures old and new. 9:30 spring with Lisa Campbell Ernst. WATERLOO THEATER: “A Midsum- Center. 1 pm. 55 Pierrepont St. $15 per couple, or $10 per person. am. Salvation Army, 252 86th St. SAT, MARCH 20 She reads from her book “Wake mer Night’s Dream.” 3 pm. See (718) 680-2142. Free. 7 pm preview. Auction at 8 pm. (718) 238-2991. Up, It’s Spring.” Barnes and Noble, Sat., March 20. DEDICATION CEREMONY: Photo 8515 Ridge Blvd. (718) 238-3308. BAMCINEMATEK: Tribute to Marco OUTDOORS AND TOURS 106 Court St. Call for time. (718) CHILDREN dedication ceremony of “Red Hook CONCERT: Brooklyn Conservatory of Bellocchio. Today: “Good Morning, PARK SLOPE TOUR: Big Onion 246-4158. Free. Community Photograph.” Exhibit Music presents New Music Night” (2003). $10. 7 pm. Q and A Walking Tours takes a hike around FILM: Brooklyn Museum of Art pres- DANCE: White Wave Dance offers a celebrates the diversity of the com- Collective, a concert of original with Bellocchio after film. 30 this neighborhood. Stops include ents “Creature From the Black modern dance technique class for 6 munity. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn works by contemporary NYC-based Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Lagoon” (1952). $6. 1 pm and 4 to 9 year olds. $20. Noon to 1 pm. President, presides. 1 pm to 2:30 composers. $5. 8 pm. 58 Seventh HOMEBUYERS WORKSHOP: The Montauk Club, Litchfield Mango / Greg Manor and more. $12, $10 stu- pm. Recommended for ages 8 to 25 Jay St. Call to register. (718) pm. Park House, center of Coffey Ave. (718) 622-3300. Citimortage sponsors a first-time dents and seniors. 1 pm. Meet at adult. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 855-8822. Park at Pioneer Street. (917) 690- THE JAZZ: Jill McManus plays piano. buyers workshop. 1:30 pm to 4:30 southwest corner of St. John’s 638-5000. SEA STORIES: NY Aquarium presents 5713. Free. 9 pm to 1 am. 375 Kosciuzko St. pm. 1398 Fulton St. (866) 241- Place and Plaza Street West. (212) WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Arts Exchange storyteller LuAnn Adams. She pres- CHILDREN’S RESOURCE FAIR: Call. (718) 453-7825. 5122. Free. 439-1090. presents a performance and writing ents marine-life tales for kids ages Parents of children with special BARBES BAR: Guitar music with LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public WALKING TOUR: Learn about down- workshop “Making More Work,” 3 to 7. $11, $7 children 12 and needs are invited to attend a When Charlie Met Django. 9 pm. Library, Central branch, presents a

town Brooklyn during a tour lead with Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw. under and seniors. 12:30 pm, 1:30 resource fair. 4 pm to 6 pm. Brook- Papers The Brooklyn 376 Ninth St. Call for ticket info. Dominican authors series. Today: pm and 2:30 pm. West Eighth Street lyn Public Library, Business branch, Angie Cruz and Leo Suzrez read. 2 by Mauricio Lorence. $25. 2 pm to $110 for weekend sessions. 1:30 Heated discussion: Author and (718) 965-9177. 5 pm. Meet at New York Marriott pm to 5:30 pm (workshop contin- and Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. 280 West. (718) 623- BAM CAFE: presents music with pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) 789- ues on Sun, March 21). 421 Fifth BOTANIC GARDEN: Kids are invited 7100. Free. fire investigator Shelly Reuben Ukrainian singer Mariana Sadovska. 2100. Free. 0430. Ave. (718) 832-0018. to make a Japanese garden in a BAMCINEMATEK: presents Bloody will give a talk at the book $10 food/ drink minimum. 9 pm. 30 RECEPTION: Safe-T-Gallery presents dish. Kids are invited to choose Hell series of British horror films. “Subway Photographs” by Alan BAMCINEMATEK: presents a tribute launch party for her new novel, Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4111. PERFORMANCE to Marco Bellocchio. Today: “My from water, stones and plants and Today: “The Creeping Flesh” GALAPAGOS: Floating vaudeville with Gaynor. 3 pm to 6 pm. 134 Bayard CONCERT: First Evangelical Free Mother’s Smile” (2002). $10. 2 pm, design a garden to take home. $3. (1973). $10. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and “Weeping,” at A Novel Idea host Von Von Von. $5. 10 pm to 1 St. (718) 782-5920. Church presents Nancy Liatsis and 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm. 30 1 pm to 3 pm. 1000 Washington 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) Bookstore, 8415 Third Ave. at am. 70 North Sixth St. (718) 782- LAS VEGAS NIGHT: FDNY Engine family in concert. $5 donation. 6:30 Ave. (718) 623-7220. 636-4100. Co. 201 hosts a fundraiser. $30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 84th Street in Bay Ridge, on 5188. pm. Sixth Avenue and 66th Street. PAINTING: Brooklyn Botanic Garden PUPPETWORKS: “Jack and The MEDITATION: On-going group sit- BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- includes food. 7 pm to 1 am. Must (718) 745-7775. hosts an eight-week class on Beanstalk.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. tings. Drop-in basis. 7 pm to 9 pm. March 20 from 5 to 6:30 pm. ents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” be over 21 to attend. OLPH Notre BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Chinese brush painting. 3 pm to 6 See Sat., March 20. 386 First St. (917) 441-0915. Free. 7:30 pm. See Sat., March 27. Dame Hall, 550 59th St. (718) 965- presents Edward Hall and Propeller, pm. 1000 Washington Ave. Call for OTHER BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music OPERETTA: “Accidental Nostalgia: 8201. his all-male company, in fee info. (718) 623-7220. presents Edward Hall and Propeller, An Operetta About the Pros and WINE TASTING: Concert and pre- Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer DINNER FASHION SHOW: hosted by his all-male company, in Shakes- GALAPAGOS: presents composer Passover wine tasting celebration MYSTERY READING: Shelly Reuben St. Finbar. $50. Noon to 4 pm. Rex Amy Kohn in residence. $7. 8 pm. Cons of Amnesia.” 8 pm. See Sat., Night’s Dream.” $60, $40, $25. reads from her book “Weeping.” 5 peare’s “A Midsummer Night’s March 27. featuring The Brooklyn Jewish 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Manor, 60th Street and 11th 70 North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. pm to 6:30 pm. A Novel Idea Dream.” $60, $40, $25. 7:30 pm. SIMON AND JUDE PLAYERS: “La Community Chorus. $25. 7:30 pm. Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. Avenue. (718) 266-0283. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. BARBES BAR: Night of the Ravished 1625 Ocean Ave. (718) 338-3800. Bookstore, 8415 Third Ave. (718) Limbs, a music series. $8. 9 pm. 376 Cage Aux Folles.” 8 pm. See Sat., HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents “Enter 833-5115. Free. FILM SERIES: In honor of Women’s (718) 636-4100. AUCTION: Goods and services auc- History Month, Brooklyn Public Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. March 27. Laughing.” $12, $10 children. 8 pm. RECEPTION: Smack Mellon presents READING: Paperback release of Gini tion at Temple Beth Ahavath 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. Library, Central branch, presents FREDDY’S BACKROOM: The Bitter WRITERS CONFERENCE: Medgar “The Five Outer Planets” by artist Alhadeff’s novel “Diary of a Djinn.” Evers College hosts “A Tribute and Sholom. 8 pm. Nominal admission THEATER NEXUS: BRIC Studio pres- “All About My Mother,” by Pedro 7:30 pm. Community Bookstore, 143 Poet. No cover. 9:30 pm. 485 Dean includes refreshments. 2166 Ben- Robert Taplin. 6 pm to 9 pm. 56 Almodovar. Film is in Spanish with St. (718) 622-7035. Symposium on John Oliver Killens: ents an evening of performances Water St. (718) 834-8761. Free. Seventh Ave. (718) 783-3075. Free. The Culture and Politics of Black son Ave. (718) 372-0933. by emerging talent. $10, $8 stu- English subtitles. 2 pm. Grand MEETING: 62nd Pct. Community BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pre- OPENING: Open Ground presents a Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. sents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Literature.” Call. 1650 Bedford dents. 8 pm. 57 Rockwell Place. Council meets. Cop of the Month Ave. (718) 270-6912. collective result of an open call to (718) 855-7882. BAMCINEMATEK: presents a tribute awards. 7:30 pm. Bath Avenue and 7:30 pm. See Tues., March 23. participate in a democratic process. to Marco Bellocchio. Today: “My WOODWORKER TRAINING: BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: pres- Bay 22nd Street. (718) 236-2501. Brooklyn Woods hosts a seven- 27 artists participate. 8 pm to late. ents Alexis Caputo in “Because I Mother’s Smile” (2002). $10. 2 pm, FREDDY’S BACKROOM: Jazz with 252 Grand St. (718) 387-8226. Free. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm. 30 THURS, MARCH 25 week class, five days a week. Learn Live in America.” $15, $10 mem- Will Vinson. No cover. 9:30 pm. 485 how to build and install kitchen bers, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Dean St. (718) 622-7035. WINE FEST: Park Slope Jewish Center JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Charles cabinets. Job placement assistance Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. GALAPAGOS: presents fresh bands, upon completion of course. 9 am SUN, MARCH 28 WATERLOO THEATER: Waterloo hosts a Passover wine tasting. $10, Gargano, chairman of Empire State new sounds. $6. 8 pm. 70 North Development and vice chairman of to 5 pm. Call (718) 389-3636. Bridge Theater Company presents $8 members. 5:30 pm. Eighth Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. PERFORMANCE Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Avenue and 14th Street. (718) 768- the Port Authority, speaks on new 1453. HALCYON CAFE: Latasha Natasha job opportunities for New Yorkers BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Night’s Dream.” $15, $10 students. 8 Diggs sings. 9 pm to 2 am. No SAT, MARCH 27 pm. 475 Third Ave. (212) 502-0796. FILM: Ocularis Weekly Cinema pres- stemming from the redevelopment Performing Arts presents Teatro cover. 227 Smith St. (718) 260- of Ground Zero. 11 am. NYC Lirico D’Europa. $35. 2 pm. Walt THEATER: Goldstein High School on ents early videos from Toronto WAXY. Exchange Club. $6. 7 pm. Gala- College of Technology, 285 Jay St. OUTDOORS AND TOURS Whitman Theater at Brooklyn Kingsborough College’s Campus BARBES BAR: presents Adam Kolker (718) 260-5006. Free. presents “A Streetcar Named pagos Art Space, 70 North Sixth St. BOERUM HILL WALK: Sunflower College, enter at Campus Road at Quartet. 9 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) BAMCINEMATEK: Tribute to Marco Hillel Place, one block from the Desire,” by Tennessee Williams. DiMiceli / Vince (718) 782-5188. 965-9177. Free. Tours takes a walk around the this $12. 8 pm. End of Oriental BARBES BAR: presents its film and Bellocchio. Today: “The Conviction” multi-ethnic neighborhood. $18. junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Boulevard. (718) 368-8500. video series. This week: David (1990). $10. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Meet at avenues. (718) 951-4500. Teague curates the evening. 9 pm. 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) HSBC Bank, Hanson Place and CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Friends SIMON AND JUDE PLAYERS: pres- WEDS, MARCH 24 636-4100. ents the musical comedy “La Cage 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. Ashland Place. 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Har- OPERA: Regina Opera Company performs. $18. 9 pm to 1 am. 375 the Brooklyn Heights Branch of businesses. 9 am to 11 am. 55 Methodist Hospital offers informa- Women’s History Month with a talk vey Theater, 651 Fulton St. Also, presents its annual gala. Singers Washington St. (718) 875-1000, ext. “Tricia Rose: Longing to Tell.” the Brooklyn Philharmonic cele- perform opera arias and ensem- Kosciuzko St. (718) 453-7825. the Brooklyn Public Library on tion on colon cancer. Registered 142. Free. nurses specializing in digestive Sociologist and author Rose reads brates All Things Brooklyn and bles. $8, free for children. 4 pm. PETE’S CANDY STORE: presents The from her book “Longing to Tell: Regina Hall, corner of 65th Street Caribbean. 9 pm. Also, C. Gibbs at March 25. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Bloody health will answer questions. 10 am Beyond. 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Perhaps in drinking-related accidents and deaths. service center. the future ... but that’s pretty far down “Most people would probably think The lawmaker who brought New The cost of the under-the-dashboard the road at this time.” of a device like this as an inconven- York the nation’s first ban on hand- devices is $800 to $1,000 installed. Or- The Alliance of Automobile Manufac- ience ... almost ludicrous,” said Randy held cell phones while driving now tiz would like to see the devices in all turers opposes the bill because of weak- Haack. His son, Christopher, died in wants every driver in the state to cars starting in 2006. nesses in Breathalyzer technology. For 2002 when he was a passenger in a fa- pass a Breathalyzer test for alcohol Forty-four states, including New example, a sober passenger could tal drunken driving crash. before getting behind the wheel. York, require the devices in at least breathe into the device in a drunken dri- “It’s not a right to drive a car while in- Even staunch anti-drunk driving ad- some convicted drunken drivers’ vehi- ver’s place. Manufacturers are working toxicated,” Haack said in an emotional vocates, though, say there is little likeli- cles and often require it for repeat of- on devices that “recognize” the driver. statement. “That’s a right to kill, a license hood the measure will pass. fenders, according to the National Con- The group also opposes a “broad- to go out and maim — I have a son, or Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, of Sunset ference of State Legislatures. brush” approach. had a son — that ceases to exist.” Park and Red Hook, said the “ignition No state requires the devices for all “You’re asking a large portion of the The debate in New Mexico and now interlock” device would require a driv- drivers and a New Mexico bill similar population to basically have to have in New York is paving the road for the er to breathe out hard for five seconds to Ortiz’ died in February. this technology because of something a use of the devices as technology im- while humming “do-o-o” to start the Mothers Against Drunk Driving very small percentage of the population proves and the cost drops, said New car. After three failures, the car won’t thinks mandating the device for all is doing,” said Charles Territo of the Mexico Sen. Kent Cravens, a Republi- start for 15 minutes. drivers goes too far — at least for now. manufacturers’ group. can who sponsored the measure there. While driving, the test will be re- “We know that they work for con- Ortiz, however, said dramatic action “We can develop technology where quired every 20 to 40 minutes, with victed drunk drivers and that’s what our is needed. it’s passive, almost invisible ... we’re not five minutes’ warning to pull over if the position is,” said Wendy Hamilton, na- “The gloves need to come off in this that far off,” Cravens said. “It seems like driver prefers. Failing or ignoring the tional MADD president. “We see no re- fight,” the Democrat said. an overreach, but that’s what they said test won’t stop the car, but the horn will search that tells us this would be effec- Ortiz said New York motorists would about seat belts and air bags, too.”

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