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By Daniel Bush use — and the end result will be riding the Cyclone and getting a famous since the 1920s will not The Brooklyn Paper a coaster that rides more like a few bruises,” said Josh Bauchner, be affected by the update. The legendary Coney Island Cadillac than a Jeep, according to who rides the Cyclone multiple “What made the Cyclone Cyclone will get a major overhaul Tom Corsillo, of Central Amuse- times a year. popular is not changing,” Cor- that promises a safer, smoother, ment International, the owner of Bauchner was one of many sillo said. and less rickety experience — Luna Park, which operates the coaster boosters who bemoaned Amusement experts we talked Community Newspaper Group / Kate Briquelet but roller coaster aficionados city-owned coaster. the upgrades. to were split on the upgrade’s Brooklyn Heights resident Chris Beal is angry and con- worry that the fix-up will take “It’s going to be a much But Corsillo said the Cy- impact on riders’ overall expe- fused about a garbage-covered lot on Henry Street. the thrills out of the 85-year-old smoother ride,” Corsillo told clone’s faithful had nothing to rience.
File photo Callan by Tom thrill ride. us. worry about, claiming the Cy- “The average person won’t be Whoa now! A rehab of the Beginning this month, workers But some Cyclone fans say get- clone will now be safer, but still be able to tell the difference,” said historic Cyclone has fans will replace sections of the coast- ting banged around by the coaster scary — its top speed of 60 miles Jim Barber, a spokesman for the worried that it might lose its er’s wooden track that have been is a big part of its appeal. per hour will not be changed, and National Association of Amuse- It’s a dump scary old-school charm. worn down by decades of heavy “There’s nothing more fun than its hairpin turns that have been See CYCLONE on page 2 Neighbors trash fi lthiest backyard in Bklyn Heights By Kate Briquelet corner from Montague Street Bar gets deep-sixed The Brooklyn Paper is filled with overturned fur- The filthiest backyard in niture, plastic bottles and bags, Controversial Prime 6 goes farm-to-table instead Brooklyn Heights has gotten so a heap of wood forming what bad that at least one neighbor has looks like a hovel, clay plant- By Natalie O’Neill ing food on Feb. 1 in the storefront at altered his business’ vision and will started cleaning it himself. ers and a deflated basketball The Brooklyn Paper Flatbush and Sixth avenues that was now open “a nice cozy restaurant” with Community residents have — and that’s after a Brooklyn A once-embattled Park Slope sports slated to become Prime 6, the planned a 46-seat patio that closes by midnight been griping about a lawn- Heights businessman tried to bar will open with a new name and a music venue and watering hole that on weekends in an attempt to better turned-garbage-dump on Henry tidy up the space. strikingly different business model in sparked neighborhood controversy mesh with the community. Street for years, but still haven’t “It’s third-world disgusting!” hopes of becoming a slam-dunk for com- without ever opening amid concerns The menu at Woodland includes Photo by Elizabeth Graham convinced landlords or busi- said Judy Stanton, executive di- munity foodies — not arena crowds. it would draw rowdy basketball fans “Napa Valley–style” new Ameri- Neighbor Steve Ettinger likes the new look ness owners to take responsi- rector of the Brooklyn Heights Woodland, a farm-to-table eatery and a hip hop scene. can dishes such as bison burgers and of Woodland, which was once the planned bility for it. Association. “Everyone walking with an outdoorsy motif, will start serv- Owner Akiva Ofshtein said he has See BAR on page 2 site for sports bar Prime 6. The rat-filled sty around the See TRASH on page 2 UNCHARTERED TERRITORY Fighting Some Fort Greene ‘Success’ parents slam charter By Kate Briquelet waiting for their chance to speak their in W’burg The Brooklyn Paper mind about the Community Roots Char- Parents at a Fort Greene elementary ter School’s bid to open a new middle school within the Navy Street learning By Aaron Short school are lashing out against the city’s proposal to move a new charter school institution — a plan that already has the The Brooklyn Paper Photo by Stefano Giovannini into their building, claiming that their support of a local councilwoman and Opponents of a plan to bring a polit- Vandals bombed Success Acad- own expansion plans were denied to the city’s chancellor of schools. ically connected charter school to Wil- emy charter school’s ads at the make room for a school with more po- Tensions erupted after charter school Community Newspaper Group / Kate Briquelet liamsburg slapped disparaging remarks Bedford Avenue subway station litical clout. proponents hogged the microphone for Richard Chase says that Community Roots Charter School would on subway ads promoting it. with word balloons criticizing its Hundreds of parents packed the audi- two hours before PS 287 advocates could take away learning space from his third-grader, Andre, if it gets to See SUCCESS on page 9 marketing campaign. torium of PS 287 on Wednesday night, See PS 287 on page 9 create a middle school inside PS 287 on Navy Street. Bike lane fence called ‘offensive’ Street and Myrtle Avenue see Public housing residents say the planned fence as a superfi- cial quick-fix with the aesthet- planned barrier ‘feels like jail’ ics of a prison wall. “We don’t want anybody get- By Natalie O’Neill ing fence on a pedestrian bridge ting hurt either — but this feels The Brooklyn Paper that links the Walt Whitman and like a punishment, like we’re in Residents of two Fort Greene Ingersoll houses with a taller, jail,” said Stacy Williams, who housing projects want the city to curved wall of metal mesh af- lives there. “It’s offensive.” come up with a way to protect cy- ter a group of kids threw rocks, The city claims the new fence, clists from brick-throwing teens bottles and golf balls onto at least which features an 18-inch-tall in-
that’s smarter and less stigmatiz- seven bikers riding below on the Photo by Elizabeth Graham ward-curved barrier much like the
Photo by Stefano Giovannini ing than a cage-like fence. Navy Street bike lane. The city wants to build a higher fence on the overpass fence on the Manhattan Bridge Esther Nash — who owns the building that once housed The Department of Transpor- But residents of the city-owned over Navy Street to deter kids from throwing objects at bike lane — will make it harder for Landmark Pub on Second Street — wants help turning tation decided to replace an exist- developments between Tillary bicyclists riding below. See FENCE on page 2 the long-dilapidated building (below) into artist hous- ing. Neighbors are skeptical. Artsy plan for Take us to your tacos DUMBO fi rm’s iPhone app can calm cravings By Kate Briquelet Slope eyesore The Brooklyn Paper A DUMBO marketing firm has Absentee landlord emerges, answered one of the most press- ing questions asked by Brook- lyn foodies: ¿Dónde están los asks neighbors for money tacos? The brilliant minds at Big By Natalie O’Neill Spaceship are behind Taco Finder, The Brooklyn Paper an iPhone app that leads hun- The absentee landlord be- gry users on taco-hunting ex- hind a derelict Park Slope build- peditions. ing that once housed a legend- Mexican food fanatics open the ary art bar has come out of the app, select a local taco stand, and woodwork, asking for help from follow the arrow on the screen neighbors who have begged her until they’re devouring the tor- to maintain the decaying prop- tillas of their dreams. Photo by Bess Adler erty for years. “We wanted to make going out Valerie Gnaedig, Jamie Kosoy and Nooka Jones of DUM- Rachel Nash, whose family Photo by Stefano Giovannini for tacos into an adventure,” said BO’s Big Spaceship trek to Pedro’s with the help of their owns the eyesore at Second Street senior designer Valerie Gnaedig. trusty Taco Finder app. and Seventh Avenue that was once “If I want to find a taco, it will home to the kitschy-cool Land- Caffeine dream be a taco wonderland — with destination, Taco Finder uses a taco target. mark Pub, says she wants to ren- Barista Allie Gordon shows off a flight of fancy coffees more places popping up along global positioning system to de- Jamie Kosoy, the firm’s tech- ovate the building. But before she from Toby’s Estate in Williamsburg. Read more on the the way.” termine how many more feet they nology director, claims the app
can turn it into “affordable artist Photo by Stefano Giovannini latest high-end stimulants on page 7 of GO Brooklyn. As users inch closer to their must travel before reaching their See TACOS on page 2 housing” and replace the long- closed watering hole with a cafe, Neighbors and community she needs assistance from a com- board members, who have long munity group she has jilted for complained about the build- almost a decade. ing’s rotting construction shed, “I’ve been the victim of a pred- busted windows and graffiti, House of god saved for housing atory lender — and we need to aren’t feeling philanthropic. fundraise,” Nash told Community “It’s totally insane that she By Aaron Short building. help purchase the property four whether they would be condo- Board 6 on Wednesday. would come here for help,” said The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Diocese sold St. days before Christmas. miniums or rentals. Nash and her family own the CB6 member Nica Lalli, who Let there be housing! Vincent De Paul Church and an Lichtenstein’s lawyer, Y. Da- The Diocese had been trying building outright, but she says lives nearby. “It’s so bizarre. I The developers who bought a adjacent school building on the vid Scharf, said the new owners to unload the deteriorating church they might lose it after she took just can’t believe it.” Williamsburg church last month lot for $13.7 million to develop- planned to develop housing in- complex since last April, when Photo by Stefano Giovannini out a loan to help cover property Longtime Park Slopers re- will convert the N. Sixth Street ers Yechial Michael Lichtenstein, side the existing structures on Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio signed This bell won’t be the only taxes and the lender claimed she member the former Landmark worship site into housing but Yoel Goldman, and Joel Gluck, the lot but would not say how off a series of church mergers to surviving part of St. Vincent fell behind on payments. See EYESORE on page 2 promised not to raze the chapel who took out a $9-million loan to many units would be added or See CHURCH on page 9 De Paul church. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 20–26, 2012 Hakeem begins run Right on red dead Challenges Ed Towns for Congressional seat City admits Atlantic Ave. sign is wrong Kate Briquelet By Aaron Short veteran Rep. Ed Towns (D- I expect him to run for re- than $173,000. The Brooklyn Paper Fort Greene). election,” said Jeffries. “Peo- But Jeffries is expected The Brooklyn Paper Walking to the park is State Assemblyman “Congress is broken, peo- ple will have to ultimately de- to face a stiff challenge from ple are suffering, and we de- cide who to support.” Towns, who hasn’t lost an about to become a walk in Hakeem Jeffries announced the park. his long-anticipated bid for serve more,” said Jeffries. Jeffries has been plodding election since 1983, and in- Jeffries swore to defend toward a move to Washing- surgent candidate Coun- Crossing Atlantic Avenue to Congress on Sunday and reach Brooklyn Bridge Park’s ton since May, when he be- Photo by Stefano Giovannini didn’t even bother to mention President Obama, stand up cilman Charles Barron against the Republican party, gan holding fundraisers in (D-East New York), who Assemblyman Hakeem Pier 6 will no longer be a dan- the 30-year incumbent he’s bring more affordable hous- Hasidic Williamsburg, an nearly toppled Towns in a Jeffries announced his gerous game of “Frogger” for expected to run against. ing to the district and im- area outside his state as- congressional race six years bid for Congress on park-goers after the city stops The Fort Greene Demo- prove the failing education sembly district but a strong- ago despite being heavily Sunday. allowing motorists to make crat rallied more than 150 system. hold in the 10th Congressio- outspent. right turns on red. supporters on the steps of Drivers turning onto the
He told reporters after he nal district. Jeffries has more cash to File photo by Stefano Giovannini Borough Hall with a seven- of being re-elected and re- Brooklyn-Queens Express- finished his speech that he Five months later, Jeffries spend than his opponents, turning to Congress to con- minute speech that described way on-ramp have blatantly It’s not easy to get to Pier 6, especially for fami- “respects” Towns, but it’s filed paperwork with the Fed- with $158,000 in his ac- tinue my work on behalf lies that must deal with the BQE entrance ramp the district and its problems ignored a massive “no turn on time for communities in cen- eral Elections Commission count, according to FEC of senior citizens, to fight on Atlantic Avenue — but that’s about to change, in broad terms, but did not tral Brooklyn to move in a to open a new campaign figures from September. red” sign installed last year for better educational op- — but now the Department according to the city. make a single reference to “different direction.” committee for his congres- Towns only has $11,240 portunities, to protect re- of Transportation says it will 76-year-old Congressional “I take him at his word and sional run and raised more in the bank, after spend- forms to healthcare, and ing $322,000 in campaign eliminate the suburban-style up traffic on Atlantic Avenue ing red lights. to ensure that more peo- in the morning rush. Park-lovers have clamored funds this fall. Barron’s ple get jobs,” Towns said turns and introduce a “pedes- But traffic planners now for a traffic fix to the area campaign information re- on Monday. trian only” signal phase as What are you waiting for? mained unavailable. New The army veteran and soon as this summer. insist the new plan will allow since the park opened campaign filings are sched- Baptist minister lost a bid “This is going to save 120 more vehicles to get onto with a dog run and mega- uled to come out in the next for State Assembly before lives,” said Paco Abraham, the interstate per hour. playground in the summer week. winning an open congres- a vice president of the Cob- “Our hope is that by re- of 2010. The city took up the But the early fundrais- sional seat in 1982. He rose ble Hill Association. “We moving the slightly abnormal cause a year later , ing advantage isn’t why Jef- to become chair of the just can’t have intersections right turn on red sign, peo- beefing up bike access on fries’s allies say he has a real House Oversight commit- like that if we want people to ple will stop doing it even- nearby Columbia Street, but shot of unseating his older tee, but lost the seat when have safe access to Brook- tually,” said senior project neighbors said the changes rival and tamping down Republicans won the ma- lyn Bridge Park.” manager Ted Wright. didn’t go far enough . Barron’s challenge. jority in 2010. Current rules allow driv- The plan also includes Sandy Balboza, president “He’s going to stand on Like his older rival, Jef- ers to make right turns on shortening the 80-foot-long of the Atlantic Avenue Bet- his record in Albany, which fries came up short in his red between 7 and 10 am on crosswalk by constructing terment Association, said that has been to get legislation first race for State Assem- weekdays — but city offi- a traffic island, adding bol- the city’s latest plan still isn’t passed by reaching across bly in 2000. cials admit that many mo- lards between the two lanes sufficient. the aisle and developing rela- Two years later, his op- torists make right turns on of westbound Atlantic Ave- She wants a countdown tionships,” said Fort Greene’s ponent redrew district lines red at all times. nue traffic nearing the ramp clock at the intersection for S-Clubs Fitness Democratic District Leader to exclude Jeffries’ apart- Locals have long demanded to prevent cars from making pedestrians. “Simply Better” Walter Mosley. ment — but Jeffries had the that the city completely ban dangerous turns from the cen- “At least the [Transporta- Towns claims he’s not last laugh when he won his rights on red at the inersection, ter lane, and building a median tion Department] is making 808 Union Street afraid of a Democratic seat in 2006 and worked to but Department of Transpor- to prevent eastbound Atlantic an effort,” she said. “But it Park Slope primary. introduce new laws reign- tation officials refused, say- Avenue motorists from turn- needs to be monitored to see “I have every intention ing in the practice. ing that doing so would back ing left onto the interstate dur- if it all works.” 718-783-4343 www.sclubfi t.com The coaster has seen Cyclone was long overdue. cars won’t be abated, no PILATES FOR YOU its share of mishaps since “Riders should be excited, mater how “safe” the ride CYCLONE... then. 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ing her calls. case emerging artists, such The sisters — who re- as cartoonists, and convert EYESORE... cently opened a small gal- the second floor into resi- lery space on the side of the dential units, claiming they Continued from page 1 the building’s chimney fall building — say they want to have tried to get a contrac- When it comes to your Pub as a performance art bar into disrepair, and not fix- renovate the Landmark Pub tor to do repairs. cluttered with weird kids toys ing loose windows, one of and turn it into a cafe with “We’re gonna fix it up and and old musical instruments which fell on a car, accord- “poetry nights.” make it pretty,” Esther Nash retirement, big banks don’t run by Nash, her sister Esther, ing to neighbors. They also want to show- said. “It’s a surprise.” and their mother until the late The Nash family tried to 1990s. sell the gated-up building for “It was as if the Addams about $5.5 million in 2006, The eatery’s pending de- think as big as we do. family or Queequeg from but it didn’t work and the but comes after dozens of Park ‘Moby Dick’ opened a bar,” bar never re-opened. BAR... Slopers launched a heated pro- a regular told The Brooklyn Since then, CB6 members test against Prime 6, turning Paper back then . have repeatedly tried to track Continued from page 1 the fight over the proposed pub The bar was unpredict- down the landlords in hopes fresh fish — a far cry from — one of the first businesses able in every way — even of convincing them to fix up the planned menu at Prime perceived to be targeting the 3-Year CD its hours, said former patron the property, which occupies 6, which featured bottle ser- 19,000 fans who might fill the Buck Wolf. a prime piece of real estate vice and bar food. arena when it opens this year “It was like walking into on the retail stretch. That pleases neighbors, — into a proxy battle in the your senile old aunt’s attic,” Board members were who feared that the proposed war over the Atlantic Yards % said Wolf, who played harmon- shocked to see Nash at the sports bar would have oper- mega-project. ated as a night club, drawing Ofshtein says he’s waiting * ica there. “There was dust ev- hearing, but claim they are APY erywhere and you never knew more concerned with fixing scores of raucous fans from for “one final document” be- when it would be open.” the “significant blight” than the Barclays Center across fore he can open next month 1.25 planning a fundraiser to save the street who would have — about eight months after The building is just as wacky on paper, boasting it, saying the sisters’ disap- kept them up late and clogged he originally planned. 24 unresolved Department pearing-then-returning act nearby streets. The delay was caused in of Buildings violations. makes them seem unreliable “I’ll be among his first part by the backlash from The city has leveled tens and out of touch. customers,” said neighbor neighbors, with whom he of thousands of dollars of Nash says she has “been Steve Ettinger, who bashed has held meetings to try to 13-Month CD fines against the Nash fam- trying” to repair the build- Prime 6 at a Community allay concerns. ily for numerous infractions ing and remove the crum- Board 6 meeting last year. “The past is the past,” such as failing to maintain a bling sidewalk shed, but “I’m grateful he changed he said. “I think we’re be- % rickety sidewalk shed, letting her contractor keeps dodg- his mind.” yond that.” * sty and there’s always rats,” into outdoor seating and the APY Root said. “It’s been like this rest into a garden. 1.00 TRASH... for years. People are always He claims he has already throwing garbage at the prop- received permission from Continued from page 1 over the wall after service,” erty.” Thor Equities to tidy up their by can see it from Henry Street. Root said sarcastically. “Se- But there’s some hope section of the yard. “It’s a dumping ground.” riously, we don’t know why amid the rubbish. “It was disgusting,” said Longtime neighbor An- it looks like that.” Bobby Cruz — the for- Cruz, who hauled a Dump- drew Porter said that the In the 1980s, the forsaken mer owner of the UPS Store ster to the site and cleared slummy shared courtyard grounds housed a memo- down the block — got into out a shed, a baby crib, a These accounts are perfect for turns into a dining room rial garden and a fountain the garden and bagged some few dead trees, and empty for vermin at night, and that in honor of the former land- of the litter last week. beer bottles. “For years, no new and rollover IRAs. passersby are confusing the lord’s son, according to Root. Cruz hopes to open a tapas one has taken care of it. I’m yard for a mini-landfill. Things got messy after the and wine bar beneath Heights going to finish cleaning the “A few days ago there was family moved away. Vision in the spring and wants rest so we can finally have a sofa there,” Porter said. “I “Now it’s always a pig- to turn part of the messy yard a garden.” just wish someone would clean it up. I wish the gar- Put your hard-earned money to work for den would have flowers.” more difficult for those who — The junk pile is behind do to escape. you not for your bank. Stop by Amalgamated a row of Montague Street FENCE... The city defends its cur- businesses, including Andy’s rent fence plan, noting that and ask about our high IRA CD rates today. Chinese restaurant, Dash- Continued from page 1 grammer Stephen Arthur was the design is similar to the ing Diva nail salon, and the anyone to hurl anything onto hit in the head with a brick — fences on other bridges near Heights Vision Center. All the roadway below. But some leaving him with a cracked bike lanes. three of the lot’s landlords residents say the job could be helmet, a gash on his cheek “Making the bridge safer — including major Coney better accomplished with a and a chipped tooth in Au- for everyone is a goal that Island developer Thor Eq- security guard posted on the gust. Others suffered minor Department of Transpor- uities, which owns the sa- bridge and a little community injuries. tation shares with the local lon’s building — did not re- outreach, saying they’re just Some bicyclists are happy turn calls from The Brooklyn community,” said a spokes- as disturbed by the attacks as that the city is aware of the Paper. woman for the agency. “[We] problem but consider city’s Neighbors claim that calls cyclists. also will continue to discuss to 311 and business managers “Safety comes first,” said solution “incomplete.” ideas for ways to further en- have been no use. Some resi- Kyle Okai, who also lives in the “They need to give this hance safety on and around * Annual Percentage Yields (APYs) quoted are accurate as of 01/04/12 and are subject to change. A minimum deposit of $500 dents were so fed up that they complex. “It seems like there’s more thought,” said Arthur, the bridge.” is required to open a USAVE IRA CD and earn the APYs. Penalties may be imposed for early withdrawal. Fees may reduce even blamed Father James a better way, though.” who has called on the city to The city expects to install earnings. All accounts are subject to our normal approval process and must be funded with new monies. Offer good only Root at Our Lady Lebanon The push for increased add fencing along the stairs the new fence this month. The for personal customers. Offer may be withdrawn at any time. This offer is not available in combination with any other Cathedral, which is separated safety comes after a spree of leading up to the footbridge bridge isn’t the first pedes- offer. Member FDIC. from the trashy lot by a brick attacks against cyclists on the and remove fencing separat- trian walkway covered with wall and a driveway. popular bike route, which links ing the street from the public lots of chain-link — two foot © 2012 Amalgamated Bank. All rights reserved. “Someone asked me, ‘Are Fort Greene to the Manhat- housing complexes — mea- paths over the Prospect Ex- you throwing the garbage tan Bridge. sures he hopes would make pressway are fully enclosed over?’ Yes, I haul garbage Park Slope computer pro- it harder to throw rocks and in fencing. January 20–26, 2012 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3
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“The quality, workmanship, and attention to detail are outstanding. Best Condo Builders in Neighbors: It’s too tall Carroll Gardens” — Nelson St. Condo Assoc. Preservationists object to six-foot roof addition By Natalie O’Neill bask in good light thanks to the The Brooklyn Paper uniform size of the three-story A Cobble Hill family row houses — but tall back- File photo by Stefano Giovannini wants to expand its three- yard extensions encroach on Police arrested a man believed to have groped story row house with a back- that, according to Strabone. a woman in a Sunset Park subway station — the yard buildout and a six-foot- “Changes like this chip Call for estimate: 718-237-4900 latest in a string of sexual assaults in Park Slope, tall rooftop addition, but away at the neighborhood’s www.NewEraDGLLC.com Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. preservationists in the his- charm,” he said. Lic. #1375981 toric district say such unprec- Community Board 6 ap- edented renovations could proved the record-setting spark skyscraping changes abode last week, with sev- Alleged subway in the community. eral members saying the pro- Affordable Family Dentistry The proposed work would posed changes aren’t sig- add three stories of living nificant enough to disturb in modern pleasant surroundings space behind the home on the historic character of groper nabbed Tompkins Place near Kane the street, where rules bar State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Street and a small rooftop buildings from rising more Emergencies treated promptly Special care for children & anxious patients By Kate Briquelet “bulkhead,” likely contain- than 50 feet. The Brooklyn Paper ing a staircase or building “The building was badly WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD mechanicals. in need of a renovation,” said • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) Police say they nabbed a man suspected of groping a • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding woman in a Sunset Park subway station last week — the sec- The backyard renovations Glenn Kelly of Community Crowns & Bridges (Capping) ond such assault to rock the area since New Year’s Eve. wouldn’t be visible from the Board 6, adding the revamp • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment street and the rooftop work will likely be an aesthetic up- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings A transit cop cuffed the alleged molester on Jan. 11 • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) at about 10:30 pm, shortly after he attacked a woman at would only make one sec- grade. “The owners are well • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) the 36th Street station near Fourth Avenue, according tion of the building six feet within their rights.” Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer to Capt. James Grant of the 72nd Precinct. taller than its neighbors — The city’s Landmarks Pres- He said that the suspect was intoxicated and just as but that’s enough to trigger ervation Commission has the 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens the victim turned to slap him, an officer jumped in to an upward-sprouting, light final say on the plans. 624-5554 U 624-7055 make the arrest. hogging development trend Owners of the building did Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking “It was one of those perfect scenarios — the cop was at that could forever change the not return calls — but long- and insurance plans accommodated the top step,” said Grant, the precinct’s commanding officer. look of the block, some Cob- time neighbors weren’t afraid “We’re going to be out in full force just to let these people ble Hill residents fear. to speak out against the pro- know we’re not going to tolerate these crimes.” “It could cause a dom- posed renovation. Police believe the groping wasn’t related to a spree of ino effect,” said Jeff Strab- Photo by Elizabeth Graham “We take a hardline on attacks that terrorized a swath of Brooklyn from Park one of the Cobble Hill As- Jeff Strabone is irked about a plan to build a three- these issues,” Strabone said. WE’RE BUYING! Slope to Bay Ridge last year. Still, neighbors are frus- sociation. story backyard extension in a strict historic section “Otherwise it becomes the TOP DOLLAR PAID ON THE SPOT trated that the sexual assaults have continued. Homes on Tompkins Place of Cobble Hill. Wild West.” “It’s disturbing that this is becoming the status quo,” said Aaron Brashear, co-founder of the Concerned Cit- izens of Greenwood Heights and sergeant at arms of BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Community Board 7. “Whether this is a sex predator or someone being drunk and stupid, it just continues to go on.” In the last incident, a creep fondled a woman on Fourth Avenue on Dec. 31 right in front of her boyfriend — leaving some neighbors to wonder if the so-called South Beloved vet clinic closes Slope Sex Fiend has returned . In that case, the 23-year-old victim told police that By Natalie O’Neill and he didn’t suggest treat- she was nearing 19th Street at 1:30 am when a stranger The Brooklyn Paper ments if he didn’t believe they — described as a 25-year-old Hispanic male between An esteemed Brooklyn would work.” 150 and 175 pounds with dark circles under his eyes and Heights veterinarian abruptly Turoff took over the an- a buzz haircut — grabbed her buttocks and fled when closed his animal hospital af- imal hospital — which was s 'OLD s 3ILVER s 0LATINUM s $IAMONDS her beau confronted him. ter 30 years of rescuing furry first owned by Wasserman s #OINS s %STATE *EWELRY The attack is eerily similar to a string of 20 or so in- creatures, saying the death of — in 1985, after the two cidents that rocked the Park Slope area last year, but a former partner prompted vets worked together for suddenly stopped two months ago. his earlier-than-expected re- four years. Police released six sketches of the possible assailants , tirement. He went on to treat nearly who tend to sneak up from behind women and grope Richard Turoff — known every pet imaginable, tend- them before running off when they scream. for his compassionate, old- ing to sick exotic snakes, de- It’s so easy to convert your unwanted gold Camille Cruz, of the neighborhood watch group Safe school style — abruptly shut- hydrated Yorkies and preg- jewelry and other gold items into quick cash. Slope, said that she’s been giving fewer “safe walks” since tered the 50-year-old Heights nant goats. Call us toady for and appointment or come in the gropings died down this winter — but vowed to con- Veterinary Hospital on Hicks “My philosophy was never and we will by your items on the spot. tinue organizing against the culprit or culprits. Street last week, leaving the to put a healthy animal to Safe Slope created an on-call buddy system in fall, pet-centric neighborhood sleep,” he said. escorting men and women from bars, subways and other without one of its longest- Photo by Elizabeth Graham Turoff also made house JEWELS BY SATNICKS venues to their homes. serving animal docs. Old-school vet Richard Turoff has closed his Brook- calls to the Pierrepont Houses “We should all still be aware that stuff like this will Turoff — a motorcycle- lyn Heights animal hospital after decades of rescu- for the Elderly on Hicks and 187 State St. (between Court & Boerum) happen — even if there is this lag for a while,” Cruz driving general practitio- ing furry creatures. His cat, Eddie, is apparently Pierrepont streets to help cli- 718-852-1421 said. “We’re here for our neighborhood and we’re go- ner, who treated sick pup- thrilled about his early retirement. ents who had trouble leav- Open Tues-Fri 10am-6:30pm, Sat 11am-5pm ing to continue to be on the lookout.” pies and made house calls to ing home. old folks homes — said the License #1272660 Anyone with information regarding Saturday’s at- Wasserman, who lived above ents or neighbors. He later But everything changed recent death of one-time co- tack is urged to contact CrimeStoppers at (800) 577- the business, influenced his transferred files belonging after Wasserman died in No- worker and friend Bernard 8477. All calls will be kept confidential. decision to leave. to his four-legged patients vember. Turoff said the sad “It seemed to be the end to the nearby Atlantic An- event firmed up his decision of an era,” Turoff said. “It’s imal Care. to retire, although it’s “hard BAY RIDGE a terrific neighborhood — His sudden departure to say why.” full of people who take in- disappoints animal-loving Now, he will spend time credible care of their pets — neighbors, who love Tur- learning about zoo medi- but it’s time to go.” off’s casual-yet-thorough cine and hanging out with Turoff slapped a sign on approach to treatment. his cat at his home in Pros- Landlord loses homes the door of the pet hospital at “He reminds me of an pect Park South. Cranberry Street then shut- old, country vet,” said An- “I was torn at first,” he $2 million in the hole, but still fi ghting tered the neighborhood main- drea Demetropoulos, a client. said. “But it’s time to move stay on Jan. 1, telling few cli- “He wasn’t money-hungry on.” By Dan MacLeod “Most of them were not oc- Custom Framing The Brooklyn Paper cupied.” Ready-Made Frames A notorious Bay Ridge Hofmo says that the zoning WILLIAMSBURG 374 7th Avenue laws prevent high rise condos Posters & Prints landlord has more than a (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) half dozen properties in fore- from being built throughout Friendly Service closure — a move that has most of Bay Ridge, so she 718-832-0655 neighborhood preservation- isn’t worried about develop- Truck with Philly fl avor ists cheering. ers scooping up and razing Two mortgage companies Khalil’s properties. By Aaron Short that loaned Mousa Khalil $1.5 “I’m concerned about The Brooklyn Paper million during the housing who is going to buy them, Getting to Philadelphia bubble claim the landlord is and whether they are going from Brooklyn only takes now $2.35 million in arrears to let the properties lay fal- minutes thanks to a new on seven of his homes. As a low,” she said. food truck serving the so- CHINESE FOOD result, his properties, which Neighbors of the mainly called sixth borough’s most Photo by Bryan Bruchman vacant houses have long com- can be found on Ridge Bou- Critics have charged famous local specialty. levard and 82nd Street, are plained that Khalil would The Philadelphia-born, DELIVERY being put up for auction this that Mousa Khalil let rather let his homes rot away houses fall into disre- Brooklyn-reared food truck, for South Slope & Windsor Terrace week. than sell them. Phil’s Steaks, cooked up its pair. But they’re not all Yet, according to the city, Khalil says he’s trying to first meaty cheesesteak last Any order $15 or over: block the foreclosures. dumps: some, like this most of Khalil’s homes are weekend on Bedford Avenue “I have my lawyer work- one at 7701 Ridge Blvd., in good shape. The Depart- in the heart of Williamsburg’s FREE Eggroll or ing on it,” he said. are still in great shape. ment of Buildings has only already bloated snackhole. Can of Soda Yet neighborhood preser- taken action on one of Khal- The City of Brotherly Love vationists want Khalil to let Now, he can’t afford to il’s homes: it placed a vacate is only 100 miles away, but the properties go — so they keep up, he says. order on his Ridge Boule- authentic Philly-style sand- Any order $25 or over: can be bought by people who “These people are charg- vard property last year af- wiches have been hard to find FREE Pint of Pork will take care of them. ing me 24 percent interest,” ter the garage to the home, in Brooklyn since 2008, Fried Rice or Two “[Khalil’s] destroying he said. “I’ve been paying which was built in 1899, when Prospect Heights’s the neighborhood block by them on time [until 2008].” collapsed and cinderblocks High Stakes Cheesesteaks Cans of Soda block,” said Victoria Hofmo were thrown into the neigh- closed. Imrei Yehuda spokesman Photo by Stefano Giovannini of the Bay Ridge Preserva- bor’s yard. Phil’s Steaks founders Jim Meyer Unsdorfer did not re- Any order $35 or over: Not including Lunch Special Khalil says he’s trying to Mia McConnell serves up a tasty cheesesteak at tion Society. “He either guts turn calls for comment. Drew, JJ Jensen, and Kevin Phil’s Steaks, a new Bedford Avenue food truck. FREE General Tso’s the buildings or lets them lay Khalil owns 30 homes in sell some of his properties, McConnell hope to change fallow.” Bay Ridge. He made head- but complains he can’t find that by focusing on chees- Chicken or Three According to city records, lines back in 2010 when the any buyers. esteaks and cheesesteaks 10-inch loaf from Philly bread- sets diners back $8.50 — a Cans of Soda Congregation Imrei Yehuda Department of Buildings shut The median sale price for alone. makers Amoroso’s Baking, price affordable to Rocky and a company called Par- down an illegal hostel he was a home in Bay Ridge is about “We didn’t want to be ev- and put it all together with Balboa back when he was FAST, FREE DELIVERY BY CAR kay LLC loaned Khalil the running out of a 94th Street $673,000, according to the erything to everybody — some provolone or American just a hardscrabble pugilist money in 2006 for a blan- home. City workers raided website Trulia.com , which people should want to come cheese, or a dollop of Penn- from Philly’s Kensington tracks real estate prices. ket mortgage on all seven the home to find 40 beds for one thing,” said Drew, sylvania’s favorite dairy prod- neighborhood. #1 GARDEN properties. Khalil’s homes range from who modeled the franchise uct, Cheez Whiz. throughout the house, which “They’re meaty steaks,” Khalil claimed that he was was being used by several a $733,000 property on Ridge after the world-famous South They’re already making CHINESE RESTAURANT up to date on his mortgages, companies that provide hous- Boulevard between 77th and Philly cheesesteak joint Pat’s Keystone State transplants said Drew. “I don’t think any- but fell behind in 2008 af- ing for foreign students. 78th streets to a $1.1 million King of Steaks. “If you want yearn for home — serving up body has eaten two yet.” 221 Prospect Park West ter his Sunset Park plumbing But that’s the most use home on 82nd Street between a salad, you don’t want to 200 cheesesteaks on Satur- Phil’s Steaks, Bedford supply business took a hit. He Khalil’s buildings have seen: Colonial Road and Ridge come here.” day and running out of meat Avenue at N. Fourth. (Between 16th & Windsor Place) also says he’s been tied up in many of his properties are Boulevard. Khalil bought The recipe is simple: grill by 11 pm. Street. 6 to 11 pm. For expensive court battles with vacant, Hofmo said. that property for $960,000 thinly-shaved premium loin A half-sandwich costs schedule, visit philssteaks. 718-831-1795 a handful of former tenants “[Khalil’s homes are] a in 2005, according to city tail beef from America’s heart- $5.50 while a full sandwich, com or follow @PhilsSteaks 718-832-3068 who didn’t pay rent. disaster,” she explained. records. land with onions, lightly toast a roughly a half-pound of beef, on Twitter. 4 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 January 20–26, 2012 Teens busted in Heights subway mug when the men approached she was leaving Marshals his roommate came home to 84TH PRECINCT No salvation 88TH PRECINCT A heartless crook stole him as the train pulled into near Flatbush Avenue at 5:30 their apartment between Leon- Brooklyn Heights– a purse from the Atlantic the Jay Street station. One POLICE BLOTTER Fort Greene–Clinton Hill pm when the stranger started ard and Lorimer streets at 8:40 DUMBO–Boerum Hill– Avenue Salvation Army on of them said, “Give me your Jump the gun arguing with her and made a pm and started arguing with Downtown Jan. 13. jacket, don’t make a scene or Find more online every Wednesday at grab for her handbag. him. As the fight escalated the A pistol-wielding bandit The creep fled and the drunk man struck the victim iPhone swiped The victim told police she I will shoot you.” BrooklynPaper.com/blotter held up two pals on Hanson The thug didn’t display woman was sent to New — who is twice his age — in Two teenagers were ar- left the bag unattended inside Place on Jan. 10 — stealing an a gun, but the man handed York Methodist Hospital in the face, then fled down Leon- rested for stealing a wom- of the thrift shop, between between Boerum Place and see your phone.” He then iPhone, glasses, a backpack his coat over anyway and got Park Slope for a cut to her ard Street, police said. an’s iPhone at the High Street Bond and Nevins streets, at Smith Street, said he left the grabbed the black iPhone and driver’s license. off the train. Police arrested forehead. subway station on Jan. 10, 2:50 pm. When she returned business at 7 am on Jan. 7. and ran away. The victim said that he Fired up two men — who they said — Kate Briquelet cops said. to retrieve it one hour later, When he returned 48 hours had just left a bar and was A thief stole cash, a com- had the jacket — 45 min- Lipstick bandit near Ashland Place at 10:20 The victim told cops she the purse was missing. later, the security gate was puter, a CD player and liquor utes later. A thief stole some girly pm when a stranger grabbed 68TH PRECINCT bottles from a Norman Ave- was waiting for a Manhattan- Jacket jacked broken and the items were goodies from a car parked on Heating up missing. his bag and brandished a sil- Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights nue restaurant on Jan. 11. bound C train at the station Two thieves were arrested Flatbush Avenue on Jan. 9. ver gun. The owner told cops he near Red Cross Place at 4:50 for stealing a man’s jacket at A thief stole two heat- Boutique booty The victim told cops she The friends dropped their Three amigos closed his business near Rus- pm when the teens grabbed the Jay Street subway station ers and a generator from an Crooks stole clothes from parked her car near Plaza Street belongings and the creep fled A gang of knife-wield- sell Street at 1 am, but when her device. on Jan. 14, police said. Atlantic Avenue parking ga- a Smith Street boutique on West at 3 pm then went to Pros- north on Ashland Place. ing thugs mugged a man on he returned at 10 am the next Police arrested two teens The straphanger said he rage sometime between Jan. Jan. 12. pect Park. She came back an Third Avenue on Jan. 14 — day, he saw the front window who they said had her phone was riding a Carroll Gardens- 7 and Jan. 9. An employee at the store, hour later and discovered her Gang of four and made off with two cell- A band of robbers snatched was damaged and his goods later that day. bound F train at midnight The owner of the garage, between Bergen and Dean rear window was smashed — phones. were gone. streets, said the shop’s alarm and her pink purse and $90 a woman’s backpack on Clif- The victim told cops that went off at 3:40 pm, when the Dior lipstick were gone. ton Place on Jan. 13. he was between 78th and 79th Baked goods thieves rushed out with $1,300 The victim told cops that streets at 9:05 pm when a trio A thief stole $150 from TM Fishy business green desk Flexible office worth of merchandise. she was near Grand Avenue at of punks came up to him. a Wythe Avenue bakery on A scoundrel stole some 3:45 am when a thug pushed her Jan. 11. Purses galore money from his employer “What you got? Don’t hes- from behind and another ripped itate or something will hap- The owner told cops that A thief stole five purses on Douglass Street on Jan. away her bag — containing her pen to you. Don’t do anything he locked up his shop near N. from a rehab center on Jay 12. wallet, Social Security card and stupid or I will cut you,” one Eighth Street at 8:30 pm, but Street on Jan. 9. A manager at De Martino driver’s license. of the thugs told him. when he returned at 4:10 am Five women said they left Wholesale Fish Market near She chased after the four Two of the thugs — one the next day, he saw the front the purses in a room at the Fourth Avenue told cops a thieves but got left behind on of whom pressed a knife to door was pried open and his center, between Water and worker made a $2,200 deliv- Classon Avenue. cash was missing from the reg- ery around 1 pm — then dis- the victim’s back — held him Plymouth streets, at 9 am. ister. — Aaron Short appeared with the cash. Grab and go while the third pushed him When they returned at 1:30 down and rifled through his pm, the bags were gone. A rogue plucked a woman’s Bad move purse from a Fulton Street cof- pockets. 90TH PRECINCT Bump-n-run A jerk jacked two laptops The gang made off with an fee shop on Jan. 9 as she had a Southside–Bushwick A thief stole a woman’s from an apartment on Fifth cup of joe with friends. iPhone and a Blackberry. credit card at a Court Street Avenue on Jan. 9. The Manhattanite told Burgled After life The victim told cops that, A thief threatened to kill deli on Jan. 9. police that she was at Be- Thieves pilfered a litany while moving out her belong- a woman and stole her iPod The victim said she was ny’s Delice near Clinton Av- of goods from an 86th Street ings at 10 am, she left the door and phone inside a S. Second entering the bodega be- enue at 5:30 pm when a thief apartment on Jan. 10. to her home near St. Johns Street building on Jan. 15. tween Remsen and Montague grabbed her bag from a coun- The victim told cops that Place open. The tenant said she had en- streets at 9:30 am when a man ter and fled. she left her house between She came back the next tered her building between bumped into her and walked He got away with $75, a Third and Fourth avenues at day and discovered the lap- Berry Street and Bedford Av- off. The woman checked her cellphone, cards and a Swiss 8 am. When she returned at tops and a Blackberry cell- enue at 9:50 pm when the man pocketbook, and realized her army knife. 10:40 that night, she found phone missing. approached her and said, “I credit card was missing. Mobile groan her laptop, iPhone and several am going to kill you! See you — Daniel Bush Free ride A trio of marauders pum- items of jewelry missing. A crook swiped a car in the other life!” meled a man on S. Oxford Worst tip ever He then put the woman in 78TH PRECINCT parked on Prospect Park Street on Jan. 9 to steal his West on Jan. 10. A thief ripped off an em- a headlock, causing her nose Park Slope iPhone and laptop bag. ployee at a Fifth Avenue bar to start bleeding. He took her The victim told cops he The victim told cops that on Jan. 7. phone and iPod and fled. Real sicko parked his gray 2003 Honda he was near Fulton Street at The victim told cops that A creep beat up a woman Accord near 11th Street at 9:18 pm when a crook knocked Dirty rider she was working at Lone Star at a hospital on Sixth Street 8 pm, then took the train to him to the ground and punched A jerk punched a woman Conference Rooms between 87th and 88th streets on Jan. 14. work. him in the face. Another brute at 7 pm when she noticed her and took her handbag on Mon- The victim told cops she He came back a few days stole his cell. Receptionist wallet was missing from her trose Avenue on Jan 13. was walking in a hallway at later and discovered his trusty The man was sent to greenpoint purse. The victim was bringing her Book/Magazine New York Methodist Hospital $2,000 ride gone — with no Brooklyn Hospital with cuts BMX bicycle into her build- near Eighth Avenue at 6 pm, sign of broken glass. to his left cheek, a bloody The thief got away with her 67 West St debit card, which he used to ing between Manhattan Ave- Library when a teenage boy started — Natalie O’Neill nose and swollen lip. nue and Leonard Street at 5:10 talking trash — then picked her buy gas at a Senator Street gas Indoor Bike Room Phone haul station, according to cops. am when the jerk followed her up, slammed her into the floor, 76TH PRECINCT inside. He then punched her and broke her left arm. Some goon snatched a —Dan MacLeod Fiber Internet woman’s iPhone on a Queens- in the head, grabbed her bag My phone Carroll Gardens–Cobble — which contained $740 — As seen in Hill–Red Hook bound G train on Jan. 11. 94TH PRECINCT Fax/Copy/Scan to A gun-slinging thug The victim told police and ran off. Best of NY Magazine snatched a cellphone from Bike bust that the train stopped at Ful- Greenpoint–Northside Stuck up Email a man on Flatbush Avenue A thief stole two bikes ton Street at about 9:25 pm. A knife-wielding rob- from an apartment building Phone-y job on Jan. 14. That’s when a thief yanked ber stole a man’s iPhone on Game Room with on Union Street on Jan. 13. A knife-wielding thief stole 718.210.3650 The victim told cops he her cellphone and ran out Boerum Street on Jan. 11. The victim told police he a woman’s iPhone on Manhat- was sitting in a car near the doors. The victim said he was Billiard Table www.greendesk.com left his home between Colum- tan Avenue on Jan. 12. Seventh Avenue at 8:15 pm outside of his apartment near bia and Van Brunt streets at Freecycle The victim told cops she Virtual Offices when the jerk climbed into Harrison Place at 10:15 pm offi[email protected] 6 pm. When he returned at A brazen thief stole an was near Frost Street at 9:15 the back of the vehicle, pulled when the jerk approached 6 the next morning, his two expensive bike from Atlan- pm when the thief approached out a gun and said, “Let me him and shouted, “Give me Trek bikes, worth $2,300 and tic Avenue on Jan. 11 as its her, flashed a knife and your phone!” $1,500, were missing from owner visited the Atlantic threatened to “stick her.” The victim gave it up and the building’s lobby. His $29 Terminal DMV. The woman gave up the man fled. helmet and two speedome- The victim told cops that he her phone and the man ran ters — each worth $15 — chained his $1,200 bicycle near away. Moore theft were also missing. Flatbush Avenue at 2:30 pm. Steals on wheels A thief stole two laptops Laptop down When he returned two hours A sneaky thief stole $3,750 from a Moore Street apart- later his white Gary Fisher from a Newel Street man to ment near Bogart Street on A thief burglarized a speed cycle was gone. man’s apartment on Court whom he had delivered a meal Jan. 10. Street on Jan. 10. Target-ed! for charity on Jan. 11. The tenant told cops he went The victim said he left his Cops arrested a worker at The victim told cops that to sleep at 2:30 am, but when he apartment between Kane and the Atlantic Terminal Tar- the charitable perp dropped awoke at 7:30 am, he saw that Degraw streets at 8 am. get on Jan. 13 who they say off a frozen meal to his home his door was unlocked and the When he returned at stole more than $2,000 from between Norman and Nassau computers were missing. around 3 pm, he discovered a register this month. avenues at 11 am. The ten- Bad music that his Sony laptop, worth A manager told police that ant had him bring the meal A thief stole $10,000 worth $1,600, was missing. a security camera caught the into his kitchen, then went to of music equipment and in- 20-year-old cashier pilfering empty his garbage. When he struments from a Chevrolet Robbed register loads of cash several times returned 10 minutes later, he A burglar broke into a res- parked on McKibbin Street since Jan. 1. noticed the cash was missing on Jan. 10. taurant on Degraw Street on from his kitchen drawer. Jan. 12 — nabbing cash and Mall rat The driver parked his car the register. A two-bit crook whacked a Odd couple near White Street at noon, but EPA IS HOSTING A PUBLIC INFORMATION Employees told cops that woman in the head at Atlan- Cops say a drunk man when he returned to the spot they locked up the restau- tic Terminal Mall on Jan. 14 punched his 67-year-old at 9:30 am the next day, he MEETING FOR THE GOWANUS CANAL rant near Tompkins Place at — trying to steal her purse roommate in the face inside saw three guitars, two amps, 11:30 pm. but getting away empty- their Metropolitan Avenue cymbals, and a set of speak- When they returned shortly handed. apartment on Jan. 8. ers were all gone. SUPERFUND SITE after noon the next day, the The victim told cops that The victim told police that — Aaron Short front window had been busted and the cash register, which the owner told police had $300 in it, was missing. 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BONDAGE! To BDSM..? Deciding whether to be or not to be is so much harder when you’re getting whipped by a dominatrix. But that’s what a leather shorts-clad Hamlet is forced to do in “Slings and Arrows,” a film adap- tation of the Shakespeare classic set in Brooklyn’s un- derground fetish commu- nity and produced by the Bay Ridge theater troupe Genesis Repertory. In the 25-minute short, which was filmed in a Vic- torian mansion on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, the Photo by Stefano Giovannini bare-chested prince deliv- ers his famous monologue on life and death while in the thrall of a sultry seductress, then confronts his panties-wearing lady love, Ophelia. The movie might be racy , but don’t expect an (718) 260-2500 January 20–26, 2012 X-rated affair: Stillwaggon and his real-life girl- The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of KKingsings friend Carolyn Dellinger, who portrays Ophelia, don’t get naked on screen, according to Mary Micari, Genesis Repertory’s artistic director. “The movie is sexual but it’s more spooky and dark [than erotic],” she said. Genesis Repertory at the Block Institute, [376 Bay 44th Street between Shore Parkway and Hunter Avenue in Bay Ridge, (347-492-0534]. For more info, visit www.genesis-repertory.org Sign of the http://genesis-repertory.org/. — Daniel Bush OBSCENITY! F Bomb! WTF! BRINES The world’s foremost historian on the dirt- iest of all curses is giving a profanity-laced talk on the origin of the expletive in Green- Pickles preserve the past, point — so you should probably leave the kids home for this one. Jesse Sheidlower, an barrel into the future editor-at-large for the Oxford English Diction- By Eli Rosenberg “What’s happening on ary and author of “The The Brooklyn Paper the artisanal front is that F-Word” is coming to we’re developing new mar- Frankin Street book ha- o understand Brooklyn today, look kets,” Jones says. “It’s a dif- ven, Word, to discuss the no further than your plate. Pickles, ferent game.” origins, development and T once the humblest of immigrant Pictured top right, pickler uses of the 600-year old word that we can’t print staples, are experiencing a resurgence Mark Straiton‚ — also known Courtesy of Jesse Sheidlower as an artisinal, specialty good, and as Cowboy Mark‚ — enjoys the here — and to talk about enjoying a state of gourmet chic that fruit (yes, cucumbers are techni- how and why dirty words get included in the would have made any 20th century cally fruits!) of his labor. world’s most comprehensive dictionary. pickle man’s eyes pop. That’s not to Find them at The Blue The F bomb, which has been in use since say the borough’s old-school picklers Apron [814 Union St. be- at least the late 15th century, has always been are extinct; on the contrary, older, more tween Seventh and Eighth a taboo word, said Sheidlower. seasoned pickle mongers — whose lu- avenues in Park Slope, “It was in a poem about the monks of a par- cious cucs are more likely to be sold as (718) 230-3180] ticular abbey in Eastern England,” he said. a diner side than a delicacy — main- Dirty Words in the Dictionary with Jesse tain their operations around the bor- Sour Puss Pick- Sheidlower at Word [126 Franklin St. be- ough, even while a fleet of upstart les: With their lo- tween Milton and Noble streets in Green- pickle producers push their newly posh cally-sourced produce point (718) 383-0096]. Jan. 24, 7 pm, free. product from Williamsburg to Gow- and fin-de-siecle de- For more info, email info@wordbrooklyn. anus. Look closely: Brooklyn’s duel- signs, Sour Puss’s com. — Dan MacLeod ing identities can be seen through the owners Chris Forbes briny prism of the pickle jar. and Evelyn Evers have seized on some funda- mental aspects of new MUSIEKWEEK! New-school pickles Brooklyn cuisine to McClure’sMc Pickles: The earn their pickles some patronpatro saints of new Brook- serious epicurean ca- lyn ppickling, brothers Bob chet. The company even andand Joe McClure started showcased their pickles Dutch issue theirthe small company six briefly out of a shipping yearsye ago — hand-jar- container at the post-apocalyptic Call it New Amsterdam! Issue Project Room, an arts space formerly ringri their pickles from See PICKLE on page 8 a family recipe — but based in the Can Factory in Gowanus, is celebrating thet company soon out- Photos by Stefano Giovannini the move to its brand new space at 110 Livingston grewg its family-album Street in Brooklyn Heights with a four-day con- sized roots. McClure’s cert series inspired by, and now supplies Michi- Decades-old pickle shop in partnership with, Dutch gan with the major- contemporary music fes- ity of its pickles, and tival Gaudeamus Muzie- ships their briny beau- opens in Clinton Hill kweek. “The Dutch are musi- tiest all over the coun- Pickling may be the borough’s latest hipster craze, but one of New York’s try throughh retailers such as cal trailblazers; we feel a Williams-Sonoma and Whole Foods. famed briners is moving to Brooklyn with a 90-year-old recipe she claims is real kinship with them,” At $12 a jar, McClure’s spicy haba- healthier than the newfangled pickles sold only blocks away. said Ed Patuto, Issue Proj- ect Room’s executive di-
nero-brined cucumbers cost a pretty Photo by Joseph Holmes penny — but taste one, and you re- Old-school brine-mistress Pat Fairhurst, and in need of refrigeration, will elevate rector. alize these bold 21st-century pickles pictured left, the proprietor the legend- her pickles to the popularity enjoyed by Issue’s festival features the U.S. premiere of are hard to beat. ary Guss’ Pickles stand in Manhattan, other “live” products like kombucha and 2011 Gaudeamus Prize-winner Yoshi Onishi’s Find them at The Greene Grape moved her barrels to Clinton Hill and is kim chi. “Depart das Ns,” performed by Wet Ink Ensem- [753 Fulton St. at S. Portland Avenue in preserving the gherkin as it once was In contrast, Brooklyn’s new class of ble; and artists including the International Con- Fort Greene, (718) 233-2700] — by fermenting her cucs in a tried pickles — and peppers, string beans and temporary Ensemble (ICE), Iktus Percussion, and true salt-water solution once fa- fiddlehead ferns — are shelf-stable after and the Netherlands-based ensemble MAE, in Brooklyn Brine Co.: No brand vored by Jewish immigrants in the being preserved in vinegar, and without addition to a rare performance of Gyorgi Ligeti’s better represents the soul of new early 20th century. all the good stuff. Poeme Symphonique for 100 metronomes. Brooklyn pickling than Shamus “These days, people want more Plus, they’re expensive. And the venue — Issue’s refurbished Eu- Jones’s two-and-a-half year old com- natural food,” said Fairhurst, who “I don’t really understand [the expen- ropean-style jewel box theater concert hall — pany, Brooklyn Brine. Made out of maintains the tradition of the pick- sive prices],” said Fairhurst, who made couldn’t be more fitting for such a festival. a factory in Gowanus by tattoo-clad les-sellers of yore by peddling the move to Brooklyn after being priced “Europeans have a tradition of taking old preservation perfectionists, these pick- them out of barrels on the side- out of the Lower East Side — where the venues and outfitting them for contemporary les come in such brine-bending fla- walk with her son Roger. “I fer- shop had been since 1920 — and still sell performance, especially the Dutch,” Patuto said. vors as chipotle carrots and lavender ment my pickles — and fermented her sells her cucs for $6 a quart. “Pick- “Our beautiful theater is perfect for this.” asparagus. Taste one of the compa- food is good for you.” ing isn’t rocket science. It’s just salt-wa- Issue Project Room’s Gaudeamus Muz- ny’s curried squash pickles and let the Fairhurst is banking on the fact that ter and garlic!” iekweek [110 Livingston St. between Court delicate vinegar flavors and hint of the process of fermentation, during which Clinton Hill Pickles [431 DeKalb Ave. Street and Boerum Place in Brooklyn Heights, eastern spices wash over your tongue; helpful bacteria eat the sugars in the cu- at Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill, (212) (718) 330-0313]. Jan. 25-Jan. 28, 8 pm. Tick- these are pickles that go to yoga and cumbers making them technically “alive” 334-3616] ets, $20. For info, visit www.issueprojectroom. keep a dream journal. org. — Juliet Linderman
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Kate Berlant, and Jor- bowl.com aux Etoiles” (From ny.com dan Carlos. Canyons to Stars). 8 pm. The Kane Street Synagogue [ 236 Kane St. 8 pm. Union Hall [702 8 pm. Roulette [509 between Clinton and Union Ave. between Fifth Atlantic Ave. between Court street in Cobble and Sixth avenues in Park Third Avenue and Nevins Hill, (718) 875-1550]. $12, Slope, (718) 638-4400]. Street in Boerum Hill, (212) for info visit www.insrael- $5, for info visit www. 219-8242]. $20, for info, filmfestival.org. HOT PEAS unionhallny.com visit www.roulette.org ‘N BUTTER NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 2pm FRI, JAN. 20 MUSIC, CLASSICAL CONCERT: Trans- Ages four and up forming Traditions performed by the Grace & Spiritus Chorale. $15 ($12 seniors and students). 7 pm. These three-time Parents’ Choice Award winners Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Find lots more listings online at Church [85 S. Oxford St. at Lafay- BrooklynPaper.com/Events will have your kids dancing in the aisles! ette Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 707-1411], www.graceandspiritus. Keshni Kashyap with illustrator Mari org. Araki in conversation with Katy BrooklynCenterOnline.org or 718-951-4500 DANCE, BROCKPORT ALUMNI Weselcouch. Free. 7–9 pm. Power- DANCE RECITAL: Eights distinct House Arena [37 Main St. at Water Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College pieces featuring a range of artists Street in DUMBO, (718) 666-3049], and dancers. $20. 7:30 pm. The www.powerhousearena.com. 2/5 Train to Flatbush Avenue / on-site paid parking available Center for Performance Research [361 Manhattan Ave. between Jackson and Withers streets in Wil- WED, JAN. 25 Brooklyn Center’s Target FamilyFun series is sponsored by: liamsburg, (718) 349-1210], www. cprnyc.org. WORKSHOP, TANGO LESSONS: For adults and youngsters interested in ballroom dancing. No experience SAT, JAN. 21 and no partners necessary. Spon- sored by the FIAO Beacon pro- OUTDOORS AND TOURS gram. Pre-registration for young- TOUR, BROOKLYN HISTORICAL sters required. Free. 6 pm–9 pm. SOCIETY BUILDING: Free with IS 96 [99 Ave. P at W. 11th Street in museum admission. 2 pm. Brooklyn Bensonhurst, (718) 232-2266]. GENERAL& COSMETIC Historical Society [128 Pierrepont TOUR, CURATOR TOUR OF “YOUTH SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn AND BEAUTY”: Behind-the-scenes Heights, (718) 222-4111], www. tour of the “Youth and Beauty” ex- Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse brooklynhistory.org. hibit. Free, for BHS members only. 6 pm. Brooklyn Museum [200 East- Chemical peels SALES AND MARKETS ern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Spider veins PARK SLOPE FLEA MARKET: Peruse Prospect Heights, (718) 638-5000], antiques, collectibles, vintage, Laser hair removal www.brooklynmuseum.org. crafts, and furniture. 8 am–6 pm. BEGINNERS ESL: 6:15 to 9:15 pm. See Acne. Herpes PS 321 [180 Seventh Ave. between Monday, Jan. 23. 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ALAN KLING, MD WORKSHOP, MEN’S HEALTH: Screen- Board-Certified Dermatologist pm–5 pm. Cultural Center [120 Madi- SALES AND MARKETS MUSIC, HOLY HOT MESS: Record-re- DAY AND EVENING HOURS ings for hypertension, prostate cancer, son St. at Bedford Avenue in Bedford lease concert. $8. 10 pm. The Rock PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT and diabetes, plus an open discus- Stuyvesant, (718) 693-2779]. PARK SLOPE FLEA MARKET: 8 am–6 Shop [249 4th Ave. between Carroll INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES CARLY WALLIS, PA pm. See Saturday, Jan. 21. sion with an MD. Goodwill offering. 1 WINE TASTING: Taste scrumptious and President streets in Park Slope, wine and treats from sweets com- OTHER (718) 230-5740 ], www.therocksho- pny.com. panies such as Chocolate Earth, PLAY DATE AT THE TRANSIT MU- Janelle’s, Rawstar, Soul Sister SEUM!: The Museum will open an CIVIC Quisine, and Wannabemonger. hour early and entrance is free for Free. 4 pm–6 pm. The Winey Neigh- special needs families. 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By Colin Mixson The Brooklyn Paper e’ve all experienced the won- ders of nature through the ex- W pert lens of the thoroughly British documentary superstar Sir David Attenborough, but what hap- pens when your average Brooklynite comes face-to-face with the oft’ ma- jestic, and sometimes dangerous, forces of the wilderness? Find out during the next install- ment of “Story Collider,” a storytell- ing series that includes tales about the magic and mystery of science, Va Beh is bene as experienced by non-scientist New Yorkers. “Science is everywhere,” said host An eatery with dreamy crostini and co-creator Ben Lillie, a parti- cle physicist who founded the se- The Best Thing ries along with string theorist Brian Wecht in May of 2010. “It happens We Ate This Week to all of us; sometimes it’s funny and sometimes it’s heartbreaking.” ark Slope’s newest Italian Lillie may have a PHD in particle restaurant serves one of physics, but he found his calling out- P the most authentic cros- side the realm of research and the- tini this side of Milan — and ories, when he began helping peo- there’s one reason why: own- ple to discover the role of science ers brought the fresh, sim- in their lives. Photo by Elizabeth Graham ple recipe straight from the “Science is a part of daily life,” said Weird science: “Story Collider” hosts Ben Lillie and Erin Barker chat with a robot friend. Check food-centric city itself. Lillie, “it’s one of the biggest cultural out their reading series at Union Hall on Jan. 24. Order the tuna crostini influences on our era, and there are a ($7) — made with market- lot of facts and figures, but not a lot of “I was really bad at math and sci- makes me think that I’ve somehow equally wild — if less remote — fresh fish, capers and Meyer stories directly from people.” ence all throughout school,” said beat the system!” concete jungle. lemon on wood oven-baked This particular show features Doherty, whose “Story Collider” In addition to Doherty’s tale, bread — at Va Beh’ on Dean Photos by Stefano Giovannini Union Hall [702 Union St. be- Perfetto: (Pictured top clockwise) Fresh bread from six raconteurs, including Hallie appearance is her first, “Once, I ac- there’ll be stories about the arctic, tween Fifth and Sixth avenues in Street, where the insanely Haglund, and Kerri Doherty. cidentally flung a sheep’s eye off a the mountains of Colorado, and the Park Slope, (718) 638-4400] Jan. fresh snack is the fare of Calabrese Bakery in Bensonhurst; in-house mari- And their respective interests in science lab table while trying to dis- cosmos. But not all of the stories 24, 7:30 pm. Tickets, $10 ($8 in ad- choice. nated olives; codfish; mozzarella and pickled grapes; science are as diverse as the stories sect it. Getting the opportunity to are set in remote tracts of untamed vance). For info, visit www.union- “Real Italian food is sim- and prosciutto crudo. (Pictured top) Va Beh co-owner they’ll tell. tell a story on a science-based show wilderness; a few take place in the hallny.com ple,” said Italian-born co- Andrea Alari shows off a fresh tuna crostini.
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ing in Gravesend on Wednes- cation] told me that she would room for both schools, since list of 700 students, accord- 2010 school year and took vey in 2010-2011, 100 percent day night. never read above grade level,” the Khalil Gibran Interna- ing to city data. home a C last year. of parents reported that they PS 287... Charter school supporters Fenelon said. “She reads and tional Academy, an Arab lan- PS 287 has gone from re- The city is big on wildly are “satisfied” or “very satis- swear Community Roots is a does math above grade level, guage charter school that also ceiving an F in city progress in popular Community Roots fied” with the school. Continued from page 1 that parents aren’t against boon to the community. she writes music and plays resides in the building, 2006-2007 reports to earning despite its low scores, citing If the city’s plan is ap- even chime in. One PS 287 Community Roots — they Abi Fenelon says the school guitar. ” PS 287 currently utilizes an A in 2008-2009 followed by its strong culture of parent proved, the charter school mother was pulled out of the also demonstrated against went above and beyond to help Department of Education only about half of its 571-stu- two straight Bs. Community involvement and ties with the will host its first class of auditorium screaming as ru- Khalil Gibran in 2008, be- her autistic daughter. spokesman Frank Thomas dent capacity — while Com- Roots received an F in its first community. According to an 50 sixth-graders in Sep- mors swirled that critics of cause they wanted the space “The [Department of Edu- said that PS 287 has enough munity Roots has a waiting progress report in the 2009- Education Department sur- tember. the plan were being silenced for their own expansion. to stifle opposition. But the city has repeatedly “Community Roots is scuttled PS 287’s attempts to parents have denounced the the highest performing in friends — including Mayor ically Latino southside. robbing our children,” said add middle school classes, move. the state. Bloomberg, who praised “[Success Academy’s] Cynthia Garrett, who has citing low enrollment. Community Board 1 Moskowitz began expand- Success as the city’s “most claims to success in educa- a kindergartner at PS 287. This isn’t the first time that SUCCESS... members urged the city to ing her Manhattan charter successful charter school op- tion are a mask for its real Community Roots — which “They’re taking over our caf- Continued from page 1 in 2009-2010,” one of the reject the co-location plan in operates a K–5 program just network into Brooklyn last erator” and called on it to ex- intent — to allow private eteria and our library, and we Critics vandalized a series stickers reads. “Could this a resolution at a full board year and hopes to add new pedite expansion plans. money to feed at the pub- just get to hear about how blocks away on St. Edwards of subway ads for the Suc- money have been used in meeting on Tuesday and schools in Cobble Hill and Success Charter Network lic funding of public educa- great their school is.” Street in a building it shares the classroom?” with PS 67 — plotted an ex- cess Charter Network — a about 50 parents met on Bedford Stuyvesant, which opponents like Williamsburg tion,” said Yourke. PS 287 PTA president Ed- Another sticker turns a pansion in a public school. group of charter schools that Wednesday night in Wil- have also faced staunch op- resident Kate Yourke fear the State officials, who sign gardo Rivera bristled as sup- photograph of a student into Last year, the city scrapped aims to open an elementary liamsburg to express their position. charter school will “elbow off on all charter schools, will porters shared Community an attack on the school. Roots success stories. plans for the charter school school in Williamsburg this frustrations. But the Success Charter out” existing public schools decide the fate of the Success “There is one focus at a “What about us? What to occupy more space inside fall — on the same week “Success Charter is not Network boasts powerful in the neighborhood’s histor- Academy in March. about this community and its current home after PS 67 that the neighborhood’s com- Success Academy school — what our community needs this school?” said Rivera, who families complained. munity board called on the testing,” the sticker reads. — they’re offering an ele- claims his school has tried in But this time the move has city to reject plans for the The Success Charter Net- mentary school when we Rev. John Loughlin. vain to expand to include a K-8 drawn support from Council- school. work, run by former Man- have four in the neighbor- The three-story church program. “We’re trying so hard woman Letitia James (D–Fort The sticker taggers tar- hattan councilwoman Eva hood,” said CB1 member Es- CHURCH... served the neighborhood’s but the [Department of Edu- Greene), who has slammed geted ads at the Bedford Av- Moskowitz, put up the glossy teban Duran. “The city just Irish immigrants since the end cation] keeps telling us no. If charter schools in the past. enue L-train station, slap- ads in the Williamsburg sub- wants to give the whole en- Continued from page 1 Our Lady of Mount Carmel of the Civil War, but its pop- the city were shoving a school It also has the backing of ping down stickers featuring way station, not far from JHS tire space to Eva.” save money. pastor Joseph Calise, who ulation dwindled in the latter down your throats, you’d be the Schools Chancellor Den- speech bubbles that chastize 50 on S. Third Street, where A Success Charter Net- It would have cost about recommended the Diocese half of the 20th century. out there fighting.” nis Walcott, who claims he’s the education organization the organization wants to work spokeswoman said $4 million to renovate the sell the building. The Diocese closed the PS 287 already shares “very bullish” on Community for its aggressive market- add a 200-child elemen- Williamsburg is an attrac- church, whose walls had sev- When the church found a church 2005 and its remain- its facilities with a charter Roots because “there’s a great ing and its alleged mistreat- tary school. tive destination for a school eral cracks and a tree was buyer, it began removing con- ing parishioners — a small school, the Khalil Gibran opportunity for quality edu- ment of Spanish-speaking The Department of Edu- because “there is a need for growing in its belfry. secrated items from the church group of Armenian Catholics International Academy — cation to take place.” students, among other cri- cation proposed the charter better elementary and mid- “There was so much dam- — including its pews, altar and — now worship at Blessed an Arabic language school “We’re confident that there tiques. school share space with an dle schools” in the neighbor- age to the building, I couldn’t a 2,977-pound, 130-year-old Virgin Mary of the Annun- that is currently being phased will be support there,” said “$uccess Academy spent existing junior high school, hood and the charter organi- afford to repair or sustain the bronze bell blessed by the bor- ciation three blocks away on out and relocated . Rivera said Walcott at a town hall meet- $1.6 million on marketing but community leaders and zation’s schools are among building much longer,” said ough’s first Catholic bishop, N. Fifth Street.
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