ONE-WAY PLAN DEAD City Caves to Community Outrage Over Proposal

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By Christie Rizk a DOT presentation at New York ment — to treat the neighborhood still-unbuilt Atlantic Yards by de- The Brooklyn Paper Methodist Hospital — unani- like one long through-street. stroying Park Slope’s residential mously rejected turning Seventh “The last street we converted feel. A city proposal to turn two and Sixth avenues from slow- to one-way in Brooklyn was “We asked you to make it bet- Park Slope avenues into one- moving two-way streets into one- Glenmore Avenue [in East New ter and you’ve made it worse,” way streets is dead, a victim of way thoroughfares. York] in 1998,” Pri- she said, urging DOT to not only last week’s unanimous commu- The vote came after a DOT meggia said. kill its own proposal, but consider nity board rejection of the presentation by Deputy “What we found turning Eighth Avenue and scheme, city officials and com- Commissioner was a 16-percent Prospect Park West — the neigh- munity leaders said this week. Michael Primeg- decrease in total borhood’s much-reviled, fast- “We’re listening to the commu- gia that claimed accidents.” moving one-way avenues — into nity and not moving ahead with the one-way streets ONE-WAY 7TH But Slopers two-way streets. proposal,” said Department of save lives and re- weren’t buying This time, Primeggia wasn’t Transportation spokeswoman Kay duce accidents. it. “Everyone is buying it. Sarlin, who had earlier promised He added that con- completely united “Converting those two streets that the agency would kill the converting the avenues ONE-WAY 6THagainst this,” said Lydia would make them less safe, and I troversial proposal if “the commu- would allow traffic to Denworth, president of the Park never recommend making streets nity” rejected it. circulate better within Slope Civic Council. “The com- less safe,” he said, citing statistics That blitzkrieg rejection came Park Slope, yet not encourage munity has come together like as well as prior DOT experience. last Thursday, when Community outsiders — such as basketball never before.” But Slopers already consider Board 6’s transportation commit- fans driving to and from the Denworth complained that that their one-way avenues unsafe at tee — prodded by more than 400 planned 19,000-seat Nets arena in DOT proposal was an attempt to any speed. A few days before the angry Park Slopers who stormed the Atlantic Yards mega-develop- solve the massive traffic from the See ONE-WAY on page 5 READERS TRASH PLAN: P. 12; GERSH GUSHES OVER IT: P. 5 / Julie Rosenberg

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn LOBBY HOBBY Nice to snow ya! Ratner spends millions on influence Finally, just a few days before spring, kids got a chance to enjoy a little snow from a depressingly flake-free winter. By Gersh Kuntzman requires companies to register and Here, two speedy tykes enjoy a last run down the hill behind the Tennis House in Prospect Park. The Brooklyn Paper post their lobbying expenditures twice a year. Bruce Ratner spent more than Grandeau said the same pattern Paying up $2 million to lobby state and local played out in 2005 when groups in- lawmakers last year — the year in Bruce Ratner spent more than $2 million to lobby state volved in the West Side Stadium which his Atlantic Yards project fight poured money into Albany. agencies and officials last year — the year that his $4- slid through the state approval billion Atlantic Yards project was moving through the It is unclear from Ratner’s dis- process. closure reports — posted on the state’s public review process. Last year’s bill for wining, Ratner’s $2.105 million in lob- Commission’s Web site this week dining, calling and otherwise trying to persuade elected bying expenses — the most — what he got for his $2.1 When Dice rolled officials represented an increase from Ratner’s expendi- he’s ever spent in a single million. tures in years past. In total, Ratner has spent $3.33 mil- year — placed him The single largest lion on lobbying since 2003. — The Brooklyn Paper third on the state list expense — $1.4 mil- The real story of Andrew Clay Silverstein for 2006, close behind lion — paid salaries LOBBYING FEES the Healthcare Asso- at his seven outside By Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway ciation of New York lobbying firms and for The Brooklyn Paper $2,000,000 State (a consortium his own in-house An old friend of mine is trying to make of insurance compa- team of 41 part-time $1,750,000 nies) and Verizon, the influence-makers. a comeback with a new reality show. The global communications press says he’s full of hate and anger, so I The rest was spent giant. on cellphone bills, copy- think it is time to tell about another side of $1,500,000 The state’s lobbying ing, printing, supplies and Andrew Dice Clay — a side I encountered overseer said he wasn’t thousands of dollars in 28 years ago when he was just starting out. $1,250,000 surprised to find Ratner so charges of less than $75 that A little history: My first job was as a re- high on the list last year. do not need to be itemized. porter for The Brooklyn Paper. One day, my $1,000,000 “Some companies and associa- Behind those numbers are hu- editor, Beverly Cheuvront, came to me with tions always appear on the list — man beings doing the work of lob- a big smile and said, “I have a great story for $750,000 the teachers union, healthcare com- bying elected officials, experts said. you to do. There is this guy who does a John panies, civil service employees “Here is how the game is played,” Travolta act. He works in the next building, $500,000 union — but when it comes to a said one state-registered lobbyist, one for his dad, who has a process serving busi- development project, we tend to of the few who was actually not on ness. His name is Andy Clay Silverstein.” $250,000 see spikes in the year that the proj- Ratner’s payroll last year. At the time, in 1979, Andy Clay Silver- ect is going through the approval “They have to hire all these dif- stein was an unknown — except by every- process,” said David Grandeau, ex- 2003 2004 2005 2006 ferent lobbyists to lobby different one on Court Street, and at comedy clubs ecutive director of New York’s players. If you want to talk to like Pips, in Sheepshead Bay, where he was Source: Forest City Ratner disclosure forms Commission on Lobbying, which constantly refining his act. See BRUCE on page 13 He had a big dream and I somehow became the first journalist to share it with the world. My article (below) went like this: “Court Street’s Andy Clay Silverstein is a Jewish John Travolta with a striking resem- blance to the star. Looking like Grease’s Dan- ny Zuko and sounding like Kotter’s Vinny Barbarino, he proceeded to dance like Satur- day Night Fever’s Tony Manero during a re- The art cent photo shoot. … Andy wants to be a star and his Travoltarized talents — and looks — are his temporary claim to fame, he says.” I was a fan from day one. After I wrote my first article on him — published March Former Brooklyn Paper editor Laurie Sue Brockway with Andrew 6, 1979 — I would go on to do a couple of feminism “Dice” Clay when he first hit it big in the late 1980s. more. And we became friends, me meeting my deadlines, he filing court papers and dealing with his Dad’s clients. came to expect him to do crazy name as his stage name. There was New Museum wing opens He would often stop by The Brooklyn Pa- stuff on the streets and in elevators. no “Dice” yet. per office and try to get me out of work so I I spent much of 1979 red-faced at He’d always single out one of us By Ariella Cohen and Rachel Syme all the ways he embarrassed me in in the audience to be his target. Af- could walk with him down to the courts The Brooklyn Paper where he had to drop off papers. Our pub- front of strangers. But I loved ter the show, we would go back- lisher, Ed Weintrob, would it! My girlfriends did, too! stage (if there was one) and meet What is feminist art? get annoyed, His act back then con- his dad, mom, sister, aunt, and the Is it a photo of a Hasidic man fondling his very real — and very naked — but I would sisted of coming out on whole family. female breast? wiggle out of stage as a sniveling, nerdy They would tirelessly trek with How about a photo of a two sil- the office when- character, then, lights him to club after small club, and as ver-haired women dancing on an ever I could to would dim and he would the clubs got bigger, they were still ice-covered lake? accompany him transform into John Tra- there. Much of the Silverstein fam- Is it a studio-apartment-sized, 48-foot-long dinner table laid with down to Jay volta and do “Greased ily life was centered around An- Greenhood / Aaron Street. He en- Lighting.” In between drew’s career in those early years. place settings for 1,038 historically joyed having an were some snarky jokes. His dad would manage him — and significant women? audience, and for I once wrote that he be his best friend and guiding light Or is it just an excuse to bring me, it was a fun sounded like “a shark — for many years. some new art to town? who had eaten a pail of Even then, we could see that The question has gained a new

break. Paper The Brooklyn resonance as the Brooklyn Museum Andrew would Don Rickles jokes.” Andrew had a huge personality that Mango P. / Gregory opens its new Elizabeth A. Sackler One of the 39 place settings from practice his act The crowds loved could not be contained, and a softie Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party.” everywhere, making him, especially in who was nothing like his act. I re- Center for Feminist Art, an 8,300- things up as he went Brooklyn. alize it was 28 years ago, and time square-foot exhibition space and ed- along. One day, he I would take a can change people, but I always ucation center that will bring Judy Chicago’s gargantuan piece, “The Dinner Par- turned to me — his gaggle of girlfriends found him to be “real.” What you ty,” together with Oreet Ashery’s controversial gender-bending photo of a platonic pal — in an to see him perform, see is what you get. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn breast-holding Hasid and Milena Dopitova’s wintery ode to aging womanhood. elevator filled with peo- and we became the Bravado was an act. He always A landmark event for the art world, the center is the first of its kind. But why ple, and said: “I don’t original true blue kissed his father hello. (On his real- is it needed? care if you are pregnant, “Andrew Clay” ity show, he kisses his son hello in School cries “Feminism is something that we still live and breathe, even though women today fans. He’d dropped might not be conscious of it,” chief curator Dr. Maura Reilly told GO Brooklyn. I’m not marrying you.” the same way.) He opened doors Parents rallied against a plan to house an Arabic-lan- I was mortified, but he his last name and for women. And once in a while, “The Dinner Party,” created by Chicago in 1979, is the feather in the cap guage middle school in the PS 282 elementary school of the new center — and its original inspiration. stayed in character. I used his middle See DICE CLAY on page 13 on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope. About 100 people See SACKLER on page 10 showed up at the Friday rally. See story page 13. 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 24, 2007 Marco Polo RISTORANTE CCelebrateelebrate Easter Easter at $ 95 34 per person SUNDAY, APRIL 8TH ******* $ 95 per child WHERE TO Marco Polo18 (under 12) APPETIZER InsalataRISTORANTE Organica • Mozzarella Fresca • Cocktail di Gamberi (additional $4.95) EDITORS’ PICKS Grilled Vegetable Napoleon • Traditional Hot Antipasto Portobello sauté con Polenta SATURDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ZUPPE & PASTA March 24 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 Minestrone • Lobster Bisque Penne with fresh tomato & basil Smith riffs ‘Giant’ Angel hair with shrimps and asparagus in pink sauce If you’ve ever wondered laughs Risotto with an array of seafood & diced tomatoes what happened to Smith Baked homemade pasta with mushrooms, meatballs, basil & tomato sauce Street, pick up a copy of Check out clips from Life in a Blender’s new the new MTV sketch ENTRÉE album, “The Heart Is a comedy show “Human John N. Barclay Giant,” and stand-up

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Leah that fits his or her taste and budget.” Hayser was one of the protesters. She lost her brother, Army In other words, you buy a couch here, a lamp there, and a table from that other guy, but you do it all in the same area. veteran Ryan Jopek, in Iraq last August. Another peace rally The UPS Store® It makes sense, I suppose. But why furniture? It’s not like will kick off on Sunday at 1 pm at Cobble Hill Park en route people go on furniture-buying excursions every weekend. Right? to Grand Army Plaza in Park Slope. Paper The Brooklyn The UPS Store of Brooklyn Heights Wrong. 93 Montague Street (at Hicks St) DUMBO is probably the perfect neighborhood to turn into a 718-802-0900 furniture/interior design center. It’s close to Gaphattan — because everyone knows how much Gaphattanites hate to travel to Mon-Fri: 8:30am to 7pm | Saturday: 10am to 5pm | Sunday: 10am to 3pm the (shudder) “outer” boroughs. There’s an incredible amount of space left over from when this neighborhood was a manufactur- ing haven. And furniture makers are really just another subset of St. Charles to reopen, sort of the artsy types who call DUMBO home. “DUMBO being a place of design encouraged our idea,” said Ehrmann. “It’s evolving organically. We’re just helping it move By Christie Rizk Nonetheless, rumors persisted that the clear what kind of facility the former K- along.” Besides which, condo towers are going up like Amish The Brooklyn Paper school might reopen. Despite denials from the eighth school will become. Don’t leave your barns around here. And “fabulous apartments need fabulous fur- Diocese, Rev. Charles Krause of St. Charles “[It will be] a Catholic-based educational niture,” says Ehrmann. The mystery surrounding the St. Borromeo church was telling parents that the facility of some kind, possibly for an early But here’s the thing — in the short run, all this fabulousness Charles Borromeo school has finally been school would indeed reopen in September. childhood program,” said DeRosa. may be beneficial for the furniture makers and interior design- solved: the school will reopen. Turns out, he was right. But only sort of. And that’s not all that’s up in the air. ers, but in the long run, it may mean that all but high end places But what kind of school? Well, therein “The school building will be restored with “I will not be in charge of whatever hap- On the way like BoConcept and West Elm will leave the area. lies another mystery. the intention of reopening at a later date,” pens at the school,” said Krause. “A new to the “It’s a myth that DUMBO is a hotbed of furniture makers,” The Sidney Place Catholic school has said Diocese spokesman Frank DeRosa. pastor will be coming in sometime in July, said Jonah Zuckerman, owner of City Joinery furniture studio been closed since a small fire on Feb. 6. The Insurance will cover the costs of rehab- and it will be his responsibility.” and workshop. “There used to be a lot more of us. Now a lot of Brooklyn Diocese shuttered it for good a bing the building. So much for divine intervention. Stay furniture makers are moving out to Red Hook.” week later, citing low enrollment numbers. But even though it’s reopening, it is un- tuned. Why the move? All the fabulous condos going up in the area Without calling are pushing property values up. Making a neighborhood trendy, Court Express for a it turns out, also makes it expensive. And while Red Hook rents are still cheap compared to DUMBO, they are not likely to remain so for long. So while Zuckerman is happy that he’ll get more clients from all the condo buyers moving to DUMBO, he also wonders where What’s in a name? he’ll be when his lease runs out five years from now. While he’s contemplating a move out to Red Hook or Sunset Park where the Her biggest achievement at the DOT rents are still cheaper, he might have to do something more drastic. Pols find DUMBO ripe was the reconstruction of both Staten Is- “I could open a showroom in Manhattan,” he said. Gasp! for new street name land Ferry terminals, neither of which is in Thankfully, he still has some time before making a decision. Brooklyn. “Two Trees wants to turn this place into a retail destination, The Brooklyn Paper Her connection to DUMBO? She was and I’m encouraging that,” he said. “But it’s going to take time.” How can you tell that DUMBO is of- living on Main Street when she passed Court Express 718-237-8888 After all, all those fabulous condos have to get built first. away. ficially a “real” neighborhood? Bureau- Car Service 24 Hour • 7 Day Dispatch crats have started renaming its streets af- “We nominated her for the street-nam- THE KITCHEN SINK ing because she had an outstanding record ter other bureaucrats. of public service,” said Evan Thies, Do you have a problem that 311 can’t solve? Start a blog. A In the grand tradition of naming city spokesman for Councilman David Yassky resident of Montague Street calling himself Sigmund is so an- streets after people no one has ever heard (D–Brooklyn Heights). • Local & Long Distance Services noyed with a loud, high-pitched alarm that’s been going off in the of, DUMBO’s own Main Street is slated Community Board 2’s transportation Atlantic City, / Julie Rosenberg • Airport Transportation nabe lately (and the inability of 311 to stop it) that he started a to be co-named for former Department of committee overwhelmingly approved the Foxwood and Transportation assistant commissioner Do- blog called Something Loud and Annoying This Way co-naming on Tuesday in advance of a full • Medical Pickup & Drop Off Mohegan Sun lores Barbieri. Comes. Gotta love the board vote on March 26. Casinos Web. … At the BoConcept Who? And that’s OK with some DUMBO en- grand opening party on What? thusiasts. I’ll be your bridge March 16, with all the kids Paper The Brooklyn Huh? “Paying homage to people who devoted from where you are to playing on the furniture, it The street co-naming would be the first their lives to public service is always a where you want to be seemed more like an oppor- ¡Ay caramba! for DUMBO, a distinction that puts it on good thing,” said Tucker Reed, executive tunity for parents to test out Don’t worry, Pedro’s fans — it turns out the map — in the sense that the neighbor- director of the DUMBO Improvement the durability of the chairs that the removal of the beloved outdoor hood now has enough residents to attract District. Car & Limo Service rather than a cocktail hour. drinking area at DUMBO’s favorite down- the attention of politicians who want to Community Board 2 will also consider … A hearing to discuss the and-dirty Mexican joint is only temporary. honor ex-colleagues. co-naming Concord Street between Gold latest report on the Duffield The owner tells us the shed — where many Under the proposal, the block between and Navy streets for Firefighter Shawn Street houses has been people (present company included) spend Plymouth and Water streets would be co- Powell — who died on Sept. 11, 2001 — postponed to April 11. The many a summer evening drinking Coronas named for Barbieri, who died last May. Bar- and Schermerhorn Street between Boerum original date, March 20, and eating Cuban sandwiches — will be bieri — a Brooklyn native — was a Pratt In- Place and Court Street for Nicholas Coffi- would not have allowed back soon. 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Soon enough, the whole neigh- One Carroll Gardens mom, Gerilyn Aiello, has borhood had fallen in fell in love launched a campaign to find the person who could with the banh mi, a delicate, spicy- save her 6-year-old son, Dominico Jr., from a life- sweet, French-influenced baguette time of dialysis. sandwich filled with thinly sliced Aiello was all set to donate the organ to Do- carrots, daikon, oinions, cilantro Ariella Cohen minico, a kindergartener at PS 58, until doctors The UPS Store® and barbequed pork, pate or chick- discovered that her own kidney wasn’t strong en. Orders were plentiful, and owner Hanco Tang felt good. enough for the transplant. Now the wide-eyed “Wiggles” fan is on a list Then one late summer day, Tang learned that the Dang fami- The UPS Store of Brooklyn Heights for transplants at Montefiore Medical Center in the ly, owners of the aforementioned Nicky’s, had rented a ground- Gerilyn Aiello with son, Dominico, who needs a kidney transplant. 93 Montague Street (at Hicks St) Bronx, but his mother worries that a donor won’t floor space on Atlantic Avenue, just a few blocks away. The be found fast enough. 718-802-0900 store would break his Brooklyn banh mi monopoly. “We’ve been waiting for a long time,” said Aiello, Mon-Fri: 8:30am to 7pm | Saturday: 10am to 5pm | Sunday: 10am to 3pm And it wasn’t only business, it was personal. The Tangs and “so we’ve decided to try to find the donor ourselves.” the Dangs are local families, both immigrated from Vietnam in Nine hundred people are on the waiting list for the early 1980s and found homes in a complex of four-story, donor kidneys at Montefiore, according to a brick buildings on Third Street between Hoyt and Smith streets. spokesman. Citywide, there are 9,000 people in Reliability The new rivals were old neighbors. Tang was influenced by War rally Sunday awaiting donations for the essential organ. # in Quality Dang’s father, who opened the city’s first well-known banh mi The Montefiore spokesman, Steve Osborne, Jewels by The Brooklyn Paper in Service shop in Sunset Park, An Dong. woman campaign was dubbed a “Don’t said the typical kidney transplant patient waits five 1 The young sandwich entrepreneur admits that when he was Our pal Helen Selsdon’s little anti- Miss” event by Time Out New York. to seven years for the life-saving operation. growing up, he would stop by Dang’s shop with the hope of war walk this Sunday has become a Then, Reps. Yvette Clarke (D–Park Finding the right donor can take years off the picking up tips for someday running his own place. But what bona-fide march. Slope) and Nydia Velazquez (D–Brook- process, he said. gets fuzzy is what exactly he learned there. What started as a word-of-mouth, lyn Heights) vowed to be there. Dominico was born at Long Island College Since Dang moved to town, there have been persistent whis- tape-flyers-to-the-lampposts effort by a True, Selsdon’s daughter is still on Hospital, a few blocks from his Hicks Street home. SATNICK pers that Hanco’s sandwich was born in Nicky’s kitchen. lone Cobble Hill single mother has the fence about the march — would His condition became apparent immediately, We service all mechanical & quartz watches “Hanco would always come by, asking, ‘How do you do now become Brooklyn’s premier place even 15,000 marching Brooklynites and already, he has undergone 15 surgeries during & repair all jewelry on premises that?’ and ‘How do you do this?’” said Dang, who believes that to rally against President’s Bush’s four- actually change our misguided policy his short life. Aiello wants to avoid dialysis be- her competitor learned the secrets of the trade from her dad. year-old war in Iraq. in Washington? — but Selsdon clings cause of the toll the two-hour daily treatment Needless to say, Tang doesn’t remember it that way. Hundreds — including two mem- to the notion that sometimes you just would have on her son’s life. HARTLEY F. SATNICK “I did ask them where to get the meat, but they wouldn’t tell bers of Congress — are expected at the have to walk the walk. “He’s a simple kid,” she said. “He likes to play The Only Certified me,” he said. march, which begins at 1 pm at Cobble One more thing: Selsdon wants kids outside with his cousins. He likes to go to the play- Hanco said that the only thing the two restaurants shared was Hill Park and will proceed to Grand to bring tamborines and drums. They ground on Hicks Sreet. He just wants to be healthy.” Master Watchmaker its flaky, fresh baguettes, a remnant of the days when the French Army Plaza in Park Slope for a rally. may not hear you in Washington, but To be eligible, the donor must be blood type B in all 5 boroughs of New York City controlled Southeast Asia. After being written up in The Brook- Sen. Chuck Schumer will hear you in or O. serving the community for over 44 years But he credited his parents with teaching him the basics of lyn Paper two weeks ago, Selsdon’s one- his Prospect Park West apartment! The Aiello family can be reached at (718) 858-7195. banh mi. The tweaks he’s given that parental recipe, he claims, are all Visit us at our new location his own. “I didn’t taste any garlic in the [Dang’s] recipe when I was young,” he said. 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Af- Boerum Hill’s amateur ornithologists Brooklyn for his ability to arrive in the city, ten noticed by birders who admire their enter a recent banh mi binge, I found myself preferring the crisper, were left swooning this week when the breed, and be off again on his migratory dearingly awkward features. more-delicate package offered at Nicky’s. John Cusack of the bird world landed in path by the next night. (See our exclusive Ornithologists warn those who have seen In any case, I really am in no position to badmouth either. an Atlantic Avenue garden this week. composite sketch below.) the birds not to get too attached. • Local & Long Distance Services Spicy and sweet, crispy and soft, French and Vietnamese, banh “They will land in your yard at night, feed, Limor Gasko was enjoying a quiet Sat- • Airport Transportation Atlantic City, mi are addictive. But one thing did bother me: Neither Tang nor urday morning when she caught sight of a and, sometimes, breed during the day, and Foxwood and Dang would tell me where I could get the right baguette. Per- round-faced, long-limbed bird hopping, in a take off the next night,” said Glenn Phillips, • Medical Pickup & Drop Off Mohegan Sun haps they’re afraid of fur- rather dazed fashion, around the garden be- executive director of the New York City Casinos ther competition? hind her home on the busy avenue. chapter of the National Audubon Society. Woodcocks often appear confused about I’ll be your bridge “It was larger than a tennis ball, with a KITCHEN SINK very round body and long pointed beak, their surrounding and enjoy “digging from where you are to probably around three or four inches long,” around in the dirt,” Phillips said. where you want to be Evan Thies, right hand she said in a message to a Boerum Hill Web Gasko, an artist who paints detailed oil man to Councilman David site. portraits of fake birds, said that she would Yassky, is leaving for a job “[He looked] kind of lost,” she said. do what she could to bring the live wood- Car & Limo Service at the good-guy PR firm that Gasko was unable to forget the “adorable” cock back to Boerum Hill, regardless of the represents Bruce Ratner’s backyard guest. potential for heartbreak. affordable-housing partner “I really would love to see him again,” “It was sad to see him go,” she said, “He ACORN. … Blowing out she told The Stoop. looked so lost.” the candle: Ola Baby on Separate investigations completed Tues- He probably was anything but. 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Cranford And that’s when his business, and his relationship with his landlords, began to resemble a Shakespearean feud, complete with greed, backstabbing, impassioned players and endless rein- terpretation. “We decided to sell Liquors and focus on Bodegas,” said Den- Mess will soon be ‘Grand’ nery. “We were in the middle of selling it, when we found out that [our landlords] had begun separate negotiations with friends of By Dana Rubinstein “The plaza will create much-needed pub- local community,” added Chan. our buyers. Our landlords were saying they were the owners! The The Brooklyn Paper lic open space that will serve local residents The park will be built above a 200- to same day we found that out, our landlords locked us out. and visitors to the BAM Cultural District,” 250-car underground garage, and will sit “We sued them immediately.” Fort Greene will get a new park de- said Joe Chan, president of the Downtown next to the proposed Enrique Norten-de- Don’t leave your A court decision last September determined that “this was in- signed by renowned landscape architect Brooklyn Partnership, who was brought in signed Visual and Performing Arts Library. deed an illegal lockout.” But, the landlords — Uche Alozie and Ken Smith, the artist behind MOMA’s by Mayor Bloomberg last year to jumpstart That $85-million project has been delayed Donald Matheson of Almat Group — tell a different story. rooftop garden, The Stoop has learned. some languishing Downtown development as the Brooklyn Public Library has strug- Alozie claims that he had every right to negotiate with would- Smith will design what the city calls the projects. gled to raise money for its construction. On the way be buyers because he was a part-owner of the restaurant (by “Grand Plaza” on the triangle bounded by “Smith has a great track record of work- The city estimates that the “Grand Plaza” to the means of a “gentleman’s agreement” that can’t be confirmed). Ashland Place, and Lafayette and Flatbush ing with local stakeholders, which gives us and garage will be complete by 2009. He also contends that he merely placed a new padlock on the avenues, that will serve as the gateway to confidence that he’ll do a great design that Construction bids to build it are due by door of Liquors after the manager left it unlocked. He said he the BAM Cultural District. responds to the needs and priorities of the May 10. called and e-mailed Dennery’s wife with the new combination. Unfortunately, he gave them the wrong information. Without calling “I believe this was a set-up all along, to look for a technicali- Court Express for a ty for an illegal lockup,” Alozie told The Stoop. A few months later, Alozie counter-attacked, filing a lawsuit against Dennery and his wife seeking back rent, lost investments in Liquors and Bodegas, and $2 million in damages. The suit Sour notes from piano factory was dismissed. And so, Dennery and his wife proceeded to counter-counter- The Brooklyn Paper versial Forte tower “more thing we hear coming from to live in an authentic pre-war attack, suing Alozie for defamation and lost revenue. So far, the A developer turning an old along the lines of a Manhat- Rockwell Place is about pre- loft, complete with modern-lux- courts have supported Dennery. tan-type skyscraper.” serving the beauty of Fort ury finishes in a great neighbor- Amid the miasma of legalese, a couple of things remain clear: Rockwell Place piano factory into condos took a not-so-sub- Josh Landau, the developer of Greene. Real-estate isn’t philan- hood where property values are an empty storefront on prime DeKalb Avenue that could be thropy. The goal is, of course, to sure to rise,” Kliegerman said. tle swipe at his competition the so-called “Rockwell Place,” serving the Bellini set has sat idle, and the friendship between keep those property values Rockwell Place units will go Court Express Dennery and Alozie has turned as bitter as burnt coffee. this week, calling the contro- cast a far more favorable light on moving as high as the Forte on the market by mid-April, but 718-237-8888 his development: turning Alozie continues to claim that Dennery and his wife merely tower, as Stephen Kliegerman, its sales office began fielding in- Car Service 24 Hour • 7 Day Dispatch devised a “smokescreen to extricate themselves from their the 97-year-old piano the Rockwell Place marketing quiries about the studios and [debts].” warehouse, between Ful- whiz at Halstead Property, one- and two-bedroom apart- ton Street and Lafayette Meanwhile, Dennery continues to lament the loss of his freely points out. ments on Monday. The units are Avenue, into 37 luxury restaurants, and his reputation. “Rockwell Place offers New priced between $445,000 and lofts. Yorkers an amazing opportunity $899,000. “It will take us years of our lives to get through all this,” said “We fit in with the sur- Dennery. rounding community,” Where go-getters go said Landau. “Our build- KITCHEN SINK ing respects its historical I’ll be your bridge context.” to get things done. from where you are to Fort Greene’s pretty damn The 12-story Rock- TRY ME PACK cool. The evidence: Wilco well — the piano facto- Let us help you with that. where you want to be keyboardist Mikael Jor- ry’s six original floors gensen, who lives above plus six floors of new 3 Sessions Shipping Services Smooch cafe, regularly per- residential construction Packaging Services forms in the Carlton Avenue — will also house 3,000 for $99 coffee joint as part of a solo square feet of ground- Mailbox & Postal Services project called “Pronto.” … If floor retail space. 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A 376 that we did the right thing: we put our community’s interest in front of any individual needs (like the need to get to your coffee Supplies7 for 7th Ave. date on the other end of the Slope in three minutes flat) and the the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) larger needs in our post-Atlantic Yards world (why should Park Slope have to deal with traffic Bruce Ratner is forcing on us?). Graphic Artist, But we really do need to make our streets safer by ourselves. Student 369-4969 We hold that power in our hands, so use your steering wheel and Children wisely. That is the best answer the city’s bad idea. The reality is that we have too many cars. And we all know Walking the walk on 5th that when people start moving into Atlantic Yards and all the new buildings on Fourth Avenue, the number of cars will increase. 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After months of morning breakfast meetings, the BID insiders will host other property owners, residents and the public to a meet-and-gree on March 29 at 7:30 pm (refreshments will Pas de dough: Dance be served!) in the historic Old Stone House in J.J. Byrne Park at Fifth Avenue and Third Street. … We must have received 15 press releases after the shooting of those two unarmed auxiliary police officers in Greenwich Village from pols rushing to de- The Choice is Yours mand that such quasi-cops be fitted with bullet-proof vests. Our own Councilmember Bill DeBlasio led the way. … The next studio is tapped out day, we ran into DeBlasio taking advantage of “Dine in Brook- lyn” week with a nice meal at the 12th Street Bar and Grill. By Christie Rizk October that her lease wasn’t when he was just Chuck,” she … Just in time for spring cleaning, the Lower East Side Ecolo- The Brooklyn Paper being renewed. said. gy Center will collect unwanted electronic equipment from “They tell me my space is “I feel like I’ve had a hand in March 31-April 1 (10 am to 4 pm) and again on April 2 (4-7 A neighborhood institution going to used for offices,” she raising these children,” said pm) at J.J. Byrne Park. … You have the CD, now see the live is on its way out and more of- said. “They didn’t even give me Kliegel. show! Courtney Kaiser, Dan Schorr and Suzi Shelton — fices are on the way in. a chance to get a short exten- Emma Starr took ballet at the stars of the Park Slope Parents CD — will host a kiddie The Park Slope Dance Stu- sion.” dance studio when she was a 5- Woodstock at Southpaw (125 Fifth Ave., between Sterling and dio, a neighborhood fixture on Kliegel, who’s been the stu- year-old. Now her daughter, Prospect Park Residence provides the finest in senior living in a homelike setting. St. Johns) to benefit the Park Slope Parents Web site. Tickets are Seventh Avenue for 32 years, dio’s sole owner since 1989, Eliza, is learning ballet there. From our rooftop garden and spacious apartments to our friendly staff, we’re $10 (adults). will close on June 30 — and has been unable to find another “It’s a very warm and wel- committed to providing a warm and caring environment. E-mail us at [email protected] parents are praying that the space that is not prohibitively coming place,” said Starr, Our own columnist, Nica Lalli, will be on the “TODAY” show school’s owner, Jennifer Klie- expensive. adding that being at the studio Located at Grand Army Plaza in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, Prospect gel, can find another space be- on March 27 to talk about her just-published memoir, “Nothing: “How much can I charge to has taught her daughter confi- Park Residence offers a full spectrum of activities and diverse programs, including Something to Believe In.” She will mention The Brooklyn Paper fore she gets pirouetted out. teach children to dance?” she dence and lets her be a kid. repeatedly, won’t she? Kliegel was informed last said. “It’s always been a commu- scheduled transportation to medical appointments, shopping trips and the theater. But it’s not just losing her nity place, a part of growing up space that has her worried — in Park Slope,” she added. 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Matthew Lysiak We made the move from Dan- ville, Pennslyvania to Bensonhurst only one year earlier, and expected a place more like the one depicted by popular culture — meaning we expected wiseguys on every corner, horse heads in Paper The Brooklyn every other bed, and, of course, John Gotti pulling strings from the grave. It appears as if the Fort Hamilton Cannon in John Paul Jones Park is ready STAIR LIFTS Five years later, a lot of Starbucks, sushi, and crazy people Don’t shoot! to fire on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. yelling at me on the N train, but nothing to connect me to the Gottiland that I imagined in my youth — but that was before I FREE Estimate got word that the Gottis themselves were making their way to and in-home Bay Ridge for a book-signing. I couldn’t resist my chance to see consultation a piece of historic Gottiland and the Gottaniacs who were sure to follow. FREE Installation I quickly rubbed out the irony of Victoria Gotti signing copies Another Bay Ridge church in of her Italian cookbook at the same table where her son Frank Agnello Gotti would be signing copies of his diet book. FREE Delivery After all, these were the Gottis. The word “Gotti” was once synonymous with toughness, blood, and of course Kings County. John Gotti, a.k.a. the Dap- per Don, grew up in Sheepshead Bay — a self-made man who trouble, faces ‘Green’ fate went from mobster to boss of the Gambino Crime Family. DERMER His personality quickly made him the national figurehead for $12 million. PHARMACY & SURGICAL mobsters, and soon after, the whole borough. Crowds, including By Matthew Lysiak The Brooklyn Paper Gentile is still pushing for a • 2064 Flatbush Ave. • (718) 377-4900 actor Mickey Rourke, would gather outside the courthouse be- deal that would create 87 units fore his conviction in 1991 to lend support. A prominent Bay Ridge of subsidized housing on the Since his death five years ago, Gottaniacs have been left with church sided with a controver- church campus while generat- pale substitutes: daughter Victoria and her kids, Carmine, John, sial plan to tear down the his- ing $300,000 in revenue annu- and Frank, who had their own reality show, “Growing up Gotti.” toric “Green Church” this ally to pay for upkeep of the I was excited to meet the living-breathing Brooklyn icons, week — and for good reason: church building itself. then my hopes were whacked: The Gottis had canceled “due to the cash-strapped church is Gentile denied the motives an emergency,” said a sad counter worker at BookMark Shoppe about to suffer the same fate. Rev. Miller ascribed to him. on Third Avenue. The Brooklyn Paper has “We firmly recognize their But in the end, it didn’t matter. There are, after all, no Gotta- learned that Our Saviors Luther- niacs in South Brooklyn anymore. Brooklyn has outgrown the private property rights,” a Gen- Unisex @ Bay Ridge an Church, on 80th Street, will Greenhood / Aaron Gottis. tile aide said. “It is their church soon be put on the block — just “No one cares about them anymore,” my friend’s girlfriend and they can do what they want like the 100-year-old Bay Ridge told me, as we stood outside of Vesuvio’s on Third Avenue and with it, but our job is to also rec- United Methodist Church that 75th Street, devouring a mozzarella and tomato on thin crust. ognize that the community has “Some girls think they are kind of hot, but now almost every- locals are in a last-ditch mission an interest, too, and all we are Specializing in Hair Care one thinks of them as a complete joke.” to save from the wrecking ball. looking to do is come up with a It could be that killers have gone out of vogue, or perhaps we “We are likely finalizing a Paper fle The Brooklyn plan that works for everyone.” Manicure – Pedicure have evolved to the point where we don’t need an icon to wor- deal this spring that would in- The pastor at Our Saviors Lutheran Church supports the Gentile better hope so, be- volve tearing down our church demolition of the United Methodist Church (above). cause according to Rev. Miller 30% ship anymore. Maybe, we just want to eat real Brooklyn pizza at Vesuvio’s, and leave the gold chains and hair gel at home. and building a new structure — God is on Lutheran’s side. At least I know there is one place on earth where a piece of that will provide senior hous- that Bay Ridge United Meth- sources to carry out that mission. “The Church of Jesus Christ Chairs for Rent Gottiland still exists. ing, in addition to a space for us odist, whose stately cathedral “To tell the church that the is called together by the Holy OFF I called up Danzas to reserve a table for my four-year an- to worship,” said Lutheran’s has graced the corner of Oving- preservation of their deteriorating Spirit to proclaim the good niversary, and asked the guy who answered the phone for the pastor, Rev. Craig Miller. ton and Fourth avenues for a building is the core of their mis- news to the people God has cre- any service table where “Sammy The Bull” made his mark. Miller and his congregants be- century, should be allowed to sion is to inject an inappropriate ated in all the world,” Miller “I am not really sure what you are talking about,” the guy an- lieves they are spending too sell its building, too. political influence into the affairs said. “At no time in all of the Istanbul Hair Salon swered. “Are you sure you are thinking of the right place.” much on their 80-year old church Councilman Vince Gentile of the church,” Miller added. Bible does Christ give to the 7519 Third Avenue • Brooklyn On second thought, maybe this is a good time to renew our building, and not enough on the (D–Bay Ridge) has led the local That wasn’t all that was com- church a command to build vows. community beyond its walls. effort to prevent that from hap- ing from Lutheran’s pulpit, as structures and preserve them for tel: (718) 491-1100 The 141-member church has pening, but Miller warned him Miller lambasted community all of time.” THE KITCHEN SINK experienced a 19-percent de- that by intervening in the busi- leaders who had their chance to cline in baptized membership ness of a private church, he is- save the church, but had other Ran into a Community Board 10 member who believes since 1999. n’t respecting their private own- priorities when it mattered most. that new chairman Dean Rasinya is starting his reign on the Over the same seven-year ership rights. “I heard several voices de- wrong foot. “He has turned everything upside down and on its stretch, operating expenses have “I was greatly disappointed scribe the Church as an impor- head,” the peeved CB10 member told The Stoop. “It is going to risen from $145,090 to $723,534, to hear you … presume to tell a tant part of the Bay Ridge com- be interesting to see how they function.” We think a little change according to the church’s budget. congregation how to interpret munity,” Miller continued. “Yet is good, so keep fighting, Dean! … We love getting takeout “We are currently spending its mission,” said Miller, who in the years in which the from Panda Chinese on 97th Street, especially the sweet and 50 percent of our resources on attended Gentile’s “emergency [church] sought the help of the sour chicken lunch special, but it’s sad to say goodbye to Mr. maintaining the structure, and meeting” last week to preserve community to repair the clock Tang on Third Avenue and 75th Street, which recently lost its we would like to have that the the so-called Green Church. tower, [it was] unable to gather lease after 28 years. Thankfully, they will still be available for number around 15 percent,” “[No one] should presume to the support needed.” take-out. … Overheard at the annual Conservative Party Rev. Miller said. enforce on them our own interpre- Last week’s “emergency brunch honoring Rep. Peter King: Bob Capano, an aide to In light of his own church’s tation of mission, let alone to dic- meeting” was sparked by the Rep. Vito Fossella, trying to convince community activist predicament, Miller has argued tate how they should use their re- pending sale of the church for Craig Eaton to make a run with him to Atlantic City. Don’t worry, Capano did not plan to bet the Medicaid trust fund on 20 black. … Councilman Vince Gentile secured $13,000 for an independent test of the air quality at the Owls Head sewage treatment plant. … A source informed us that our Kitchen Sink got a bit clogged last week trying to keep up with those wacky Loose Dentures? Passover Mirones brothers. 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Stainton me your money,” one man insist- crossing Lafayette Avenue on that the hospital hasn’t even The Brooklyn Paper ed, as the other rifled the victim’s March 12, police said. started to use, officials told po- POLICE BLOTTER pockets. They bound the man’s The 17-year-old victim had lice. 84th Precinct hands with his scarf, but left him just stepped off a bus at the cor- otherwise uninjured. ner of Grand Avenue and was 76th Precinct Police brass aren’t officially forth, the thief decided, “Then smacked her with the phone. Specs stolen headed for the grocery store give me all your wallets.” The 20-year-old victim suffered when she was robbed. labeling it as a trend — yet — Athief armed with some but detectives in the 84th The two men, both from multiple cuts on her face and The thief peddled up fast and Hit school Queens, turned over their bill- around her right eye. kind of blade swiped a pair of swiped the teen’s Sidekick be- Less than positive leadership Precinct are investigating two eyeglasses and a discount MP3 more bank heists that involved folds, and the thief bolted the ele- Police are looking for a 5- fore speeding off on Grand was on display when burglars vator. Police searched the streets foot-7, 170-pound white His- player from a man on Park Av- Street. Police are looking for a vandalized a Red Hook school a robber who claimed to be enue last week, police said. carrying a bomb in a box. and a nearby subway station, but panic woman in her late 20s. 5-foot-8, 135-pound black male and stole $1,500 in electronics The 60-year-old victim, a on March 12. The latest thefts, on March 12 didn’t find the man, described as Car swiped around age 17, dressed in a a 6-foot-1, 180-pound black man Bay Ridge resident who works Sometime between midnight and 17, followed a strikingly sim- Someone stole a car — plus black jacket and blue jeans. in his early 30s. He was dressed in Fort Greene, near Ryerson and 6 am the thieves busted ilar attack at Chase’s Montague a cellphone and pair of Prada in a black cap, a black jacket and Street, was attacked around Over-bilked through eight classroom doors Street branch on March 9, police heels — that was left running blue jeans. 2:30 pm on March 9 — but Instead of patients suffering and stole two digital cameras reports show. Witnesses have de- on Duffield Street on March 15, didn’t tell police about the heist from the shock of hospital ac- and a laptop computer from PS scribed at least two different Knife, to boot police said. until March 14. counting, this time it was the in- 27 on Huntington Street, be- thieves and cops don’t know Police arrested two young The 45-year-old driver left The robber sneaked up be- stitution that was in for a sur- tween Columbia and Hicks how, or if, the crimes are linked. women who attacked a depart- the keys in the ignition when hind the man and stuck some prise. streets, police said. On March 17, St. Patrick’s ment store worker with a blade she pulled over and parked, kind of sharp object into his Officials at Brooklyn Hospi- Police had been called to the Day, at least four witnesses saw and a pair of boots on St. near Willoughby Street. When back, insisting, “Don’t turn tal, on Dekalb Avenue, discov- school the previous night, before the thief walk into the Com- Patrick’s Day. she dashed up the steps of a around. You know what’s good ered that someone had cashed midnight, and found the school merce Bank on Montague The 44-year-old victim was house nearby to ring the bell, a for you!” He also shoved the two checks on the hospital’s ac- was secure. But when a 49-year- Massage Therapy for mind, body & spirit Street, around 3:40 pm. He ap- on duty at the Fulton Street silver car pulled alongside her victim up against a wall and count for $92,125 earlier this old worker arrived at the Agnes Y. proached the 27-year-old teller store, near Hoyt Street, when own Ford Explorer. grabbed the shopping bag from month, police said. They report- Humphrey School for Leader- and handed him a note that said the pair wandered in, around 2 Two strangers jumped out of his hand before bolting. ed the missing money to police ship, she discovered the doors he had a bomb and would use it pm. One woman swung a boot the visiting vehicle and leapt Without his glasses, the vic- on March 14. and windows to the classrooms to explode the bank if he didn’t at the man, striking him in the into her white 2002 SUV. Be- tim couldn’t describe the thief Between March 2 and March broken and the valuables missing. get a certain amount of cash. head, and the second attacker fore she realized what had hap- in detail. 5, a pair of Fleet Bank checks Officers with the 76th Precinct Healing Arts Studio The teller gave him $2,000 threatened him with a knife. pened, they stepped on the gas were cashed at a Washington returned and this time found two and the thief ran off. 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Don’t look at phemistically referred to as “a It was just such a question bracelets on her wrist, charged me.” sex toy.” that led to a woman losing her with assault, criminal posses- First he stole $200 out of the 2082 Flatbush Ave. Bklyn, NY The victim had been at the wallet in a robbery in the aisles sion of a weapon (the cane) and man’s pocket, then wanted gym, she told cops, while the of a popular Fifth Avenue cloth- endangering a minor. more. “Give me your f—king Families facing eviction By Lilo H. Stainton The Brooklyn Paper After more than a quarter-century in Prospect Heights, Evelyn Suarez may soon have to find another place to call home. Suarez is among a handful of tenants fighting to keep their rent- controlled apartments in a building on Bergen Street, near Carlton Avenue, that the new owners hope to use for their own growing family. But with two teenagers and a grandson to raise, longstanding rent-control protection and a new diagnosis of colon cancer, Suarez doesn’t feel she should be forced out of her $400-a-month rental, where she’s lived for 28 years. “Right now, I don’t know what to do,” the 50-year-old said last week, be-

fore the legal challenge she filed had Ho / Dennis W. been heard in court. “Where am I going to go, for that much?” The new owners of 533 Bergen St. have rights, too. The courts have allowed owners to evict renters and take over their units if the expansion is for Paper The Brooklyn their own immediate family use. Evelyn Suarez, 50, out- “Do they wish there was some other side the building where way? Yes, but in today’s market, it’s just she and her family have not possible,” explained Jeffrey Gold- lived for 28 years. man, the lawyer for the four owners. Suarez and her neighbors vowed not go without a fight. Attorney Brent Meltzer argued on Wednesday to stop the evictions, and the Fifth Avenue Committee, was slated to hold a rally for their cause on Thursday. Whether it is legal or not to evict Suarez, Meltzer also sees an issue of fairness. Forcing out a dozen people who built the neighborhood to make way for one family, with plans for a five-bedroom home, doesn’t seem right, Meltzer said. “I’m not trying to deprive them of the right to have a palatial home,” said Meltzer, “but I wish they didn’t have to make five families homeless in the process.” Goldman conceded Suarez would be unlikely to find another apartment at the same low rent. But she’s enjoyed a “very good government deal” for a “very long period of time,” he said, and will now face market rates, like many other New Yorkers. “I don’t think that’s unfair,” Goldman said. “It may be unfortunate. But I don’t think it’s unfair.”

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In the scuffle, one stole her wallet, police said. fellow gym members got a 68th Precinct $2,000, was stolen out of a 45- thug removed $17, including his The bus stop, which is near good look at the criminals. year-old man’s 2004 Escalade A Bath Beach woman lost all fer the funds from her bank to tronics, jewelry, credit, and debit her savings in a brazen morning cellphone, police said. 86th Street, was very crowded, The gym is a regular crime The owner of a Fifth Av- on March 15. pay off her Bank of America cards, police said. Three days later, at around 4 preventing the victim from scene, police said, but usually The man had parked his car robbery of her Bay 22nd Street enue mini-mart busted a graf- credit card in February. The man grabbed the super’s apartment on March 14. pm, the thugs struck again, hold- identifying the thief. the robberies occur in the lock- fiti vandal red-handed on on Ridge Avenue and 79th The police are on the case. kid, but the other hoodlum es- ing a 12-year-old girl at knife- The bus driver saw the tall erroom. Street, but when he returned at She had returned home at 8 March 15. caped. am and discovered that thieves point, and stealing her purse and perp, but was unable to get a Store pickpocket 7:30 am, he found that someone cellphone on Bay 17th Street and good look at his face. The owner spotted the street 62nd Precinct Police arrested the super’s had stolen more than $4,500 in A customer at an 86th Street had broken through the dri- Benson Avenue, cops said. artist putting on a show at 2:30 son, and the victim got all his cash, electronics and jewelry, Gym swipe cellphone store had his wallet ver’s-side door and stolen the The bag contained $300. am near his shop, which is near Inside job property back. The man was police said. After spending just one week stolen as he was browsing the expensive equipment. Police later caught the two 77th Street, so he called the unable to get a good look at the Unfortunately, there were no out of this column, a Shore merchandise on March 17. An hour later, a $1,500 mod- Atenant of an 83rd Street hoodlums a few blocks away. cops. second perp. witnesses in the building, which Parkway gym is back, thanks to The man was shopping in el of the newfangled GPS-guid- apartment building caught the Both victims identified the two The 17-year-old “artist,” Quentin rob is near Bath Avenue. a robbery of one of its members the store, which is near 21st Av- ed systems was stolen out of a super’s son robbing his things thugs as their attackers, and had whose tag name is “Shady,” 42-year-old man’s 2004 Cadil- when he came home on March A woman returned to her Teenager turmoil cars on March 15. enue, at around 4 pm. As he was promptly arrested. Police their stolen property returned lac, police said. 12, cops said. Quentin Road apartment on Two teenagers were arrested The woman went into the was leaving, he noticed his wal- also said they confiscated a can while the thugs went to the The man had parked the car The man returned to his apart- March 16 to find the front door after mugging two people dur- gym, which is near Bay Park- let had been snatched. The thief of blue spray paint along with a pokey. on Bay Ridge Avenue near ment, which is near 20th Avenue, open and more than $900 in ing a three-day span, cops said. way, to shed some unwanted took $50, including credit and paint marker from the pocket of Ridge Street, but when he re- at around 2 pm to find the super’s jewelry and cash missing. The two 15-year-old punks Bump and rob pounds. After she was done, she debit cards, police said. “Shady’s” sweat jacket. turned at 8:30 am, he found the 15-year-old son and another thug She had returned to her first attacked a teenager on Ben- A woman had her wallet returned to her car at 3 pm, only Unfortunately, no one was No direction digital map had been swiped. fleeing through the fire escape home, which is near Dahill son and 17th avenues on March snatched as she was boarding a to discover her driver’s-side able to get a good look at the Two more navigation sys- Rob car dealer with a bag filled with his elec- Road, at 2 pm. Unfortunately, 11 at around 2 pm, according to Bay Parkway bus on March 19. window broken and her purse, thief. A brand new car was discovered missing from inside of a car dealership on Fifth Avenue near 65th Street car on March 15. Bank The employee noticed the 2007 Nissan Altima Sedan, valued at $21,697, missing from No tenderness on this Hurst block the secured storage lot. No bro- robber ken glass was found, and the car had no plates or registration, By Matthew Lysiak ously have nothing against chil- met with little sympathy. afford the current parking pre- one resident smashed another’s “They are building a new police said. The Brooklyn Paper dren getting to school,” Guerrieri CB10 District Manager dicament much longer. head into a windshield over a condo on the block,” said resi- said. “But at what point is enough Josephine Beckmann said she “I have gotten over $460 in open parking spot.” dent Patricia DaPice. “We are sought All in the family Finding a parking spot is enough? I wish someone could checked and found that the new parking violations trying to stay never easy in Brooklyn, but Tickets, smashed heads. going to make room for a lot A 78-year-old grandmother tell me why the bus once comes bus stop was legit. within all these rules,” said resi- Well, at least it can’t get much more cars on our block in the was robbed of $5,500 by her one unfortunate block of Ben- once in the morning and once in “They were properly regis- dent Rick Fetzke. “I am not sure worse, right? Wrong. very near future.” check-forging grandson on sonhurst residents has been the afternoon, but parking is pro- tered at the request of the school’s anyone really understands how March 9, cops said. facing a “perfect storm” of hibited all day long?” principal,” Beckmann said. much this affects our lives.” Police said the 32-year-old parking perils. Guerrieri and several resi- After striking out at the com- Tickets weren’t the only man was transferring money “Everyone on our block is dents of the beleaguered block munity board, residents said headache. from granny’s savings account upset,” said resident Kelly took the issue of the rogue bus they would seek help from local “This situation is trying the pa- to her checking account, and Guerrieri. “I would think the stops to Community Board 10 pols, especially since at least tience of everyone on our block,” then writing checks to himself parking situation on the block last week, but their plight was one resident may not be able to said Guerrieri. “Last Wednesday, by forging granny’s signature. was a joke, if I wasn’t the one The man was arrested, but who had to live it.” police have yet to recover the No joke, but it is a little con- Wanted for bank robbery. stolen money. fusing. Valet vandal First, residents who live on The Brooklyn Paper 66th Street between 12th and A valet left a man’s car run- 13th avenues have four fire hy- Register it! Ovington Av. Cops say this man ning on Fourth Avenue, so a drants and nine residential drive- robbed the Sovereign Bank thief jumped in and sped off. ways to deal with. Add to that a on the corner of Fifth Av- The 31-year-old victim told bus stop on the southern side of enue and 75th Street on police he left his Nissan Quest, 13th Avenue between 66th and March 14. valued at $35,000, with a valet gets its historic status 67th streets, where parking is re- Police say the 6-foot, on March 15. When he returned stricted from 7 am to 4 pm, and 170-pound, 35- to 40-year- at 5:30 pm, the car was gone. The Brooklyn Paper residents are left feeling like old white man, wearing a The car was last spotted be- blue shirt, black jacket, a they are getting the squeeze. Move over Senator, there is ing driven by the perp down a new historic block on the But that was a virtual park- EricKuo baseball cap and a stylish Fourth Avenue and 100th ing paradise before what hap- block. goatee, entered the bank at Street. Councilman Vince Gentile shows off how to use Critter Rid- 2:30 pm and asked the pened next. Ovington Avenue, between teller for money. Bill paying bandit In February, a new bus stop Third Avenue and Ridge Boule- der — available now at his office! — to ward off raccoons. After she complied, he A 42-year-old Fifth Avenue appeared on the block to ac- vard, will be included in the State fled. Anyone with informa- woman noticed that her busi- commodate the 72 students at- Registry of Historic Places, tion is being asked to call ness checking account was tending a disabled children’s thanks to a unanimous ruling by the Crimestoppers hotline $54,829 lighter on March 15. school. The bus stop also re- the New York State Office of Critter Ridder at (800) 577-TIPS. Callers’ The perp used her account stricts parking from 7 am-4 pm. Historic Preservation last week. identities are protected. number to electronically trans- “As a teacher myself, I obvi- “It is important to get the des-

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The Brooklyn Paper “This year, we are prepared Come and get your Critter with an impressive arsenal, but we Ridder! need people to come down and grab themselves a bottle.”

The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn This is the battle cry from The “arsenal” consists of 60 Historic Ovington Avenue. Councilmember Vince Gentile bottles, each with a 30-day sup- (D–Bay Ridge), who has again ply of the “humane, safe, non- ignation because it is a step for- ington’s protection. started handing out supplies of toxic” spray, which is made by ward in preserving a piece of our The March 16 designation “Critter Ridder,” a humane rac- the Lititz, Pennsylvania-based community that is both rare and means that homeowners would coon repellant, “to all residents Havahart Company. beautiful,” said Victoria Hofmo, still be able to make minor who are experiencing unwanted As reported in The Brooklyn president of the Bay Ridge Con- changes to their building, but pro- visits from raccoons.” Paper, the garbage-eaters have servancy, which fought for Ov- tects the façades of the gorgeous Gentile’s constituents quickly been popping up in a broad belt brownstones that line the block. exhausted an earlier supply of the stretching from Cobble Hill to Landmark designation also repellant after The Brooklyn Pa- Prospect Park and down to Bay qualifies homeowners for tax per mentioned its availability at Ridge and Dyker Heights. deductions and loans. the Councilman’s office. But the The cuddly (looking) critters “Ovington Avenue has a row lawmaker bought another supply are considered wildlife and cannot of double-width brownstones,” — this time larger — to ensure just be killed (like rats and mice) Club Hofmo said. “I don’t think that that the neighborhood not get unless they are obviously rabid (in exists anywhere else in the city.” caught flat-footed this summer. such cases, they’ll be walking Ovington joins Senator Street “Raccoons took us by surprise around like drunks, experts said). as the only two Bay Ridge blocks last year,” said Gentile spokesman Call (718) 748-5200 to pick up deemed worthy of historic dis- Eric Kuo, who will dole out the your raccoon repellant. still tinction — so far. — Lysiak “Critter Ridder.” — Lysiak fights Brooklyn’s Best

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Register now for Park Slope's Chai Hebrew School — See our ad on next page 4B PSZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 24, 2007 Holy cow over Paper’s ‘Holy War’ headline

To the editor, ferent school. Their attitude will be “I go to and equality, and promotes the repugnant that religion or ethnicity is at issue in the PS all Arabs to radical Islamic fundamentalism. It’s sad to see that an “Arabic school” is Gibran Academy. I’m somebody special. I idea that certain cultures must be em- 282 disagreement gives credence to a repre- In contrast to the title’s import, there are Arab in the works locally (“Holy War,” March can do whatever I want to them. These are phasized separately from hensible bigotry that, regrettably, does exist. Jews and Muslims, Christians, atheists, and 17). The school is disturbing, wrong, and re- just little kids.” the rest of our educational stoop inside. Read them all at BrooklynPaper.com Responsible Brooklynites must not and do agnostics.

• FREE Read your local , 2007 programs. rch 17 not abide such bigotry. Your article was a ally tragic. a Community papers play an increasingly If there is extra space in PS 282, then let y, M a aturd . 11 • S . 30, No s • Vol 6 page AWP/1 N EDITIO There’s no better way to atomize our cul- The Netherlands, United OWN cheap attempt to sensationalize a legitimate vital role in presenting accurate information us use it. We can have our own sixth NT –DOW UMBO HTS ING D er EIG CLUD spap NH IN lNew OKLY ’s Rea BRO oklyn Bro ©2007 Kingdom and Norway have , NY • ture than to allow each little group to never n issue that needs to be addressed with good of local concern. The Brooklyn Paper violat- ly graders, kids that will have been in the • Brook 50 ) 834–93 m • (718 per.co lynPa Brook s and wa he plan, learned, to their sorrow, that ombat t faith and good will. You owe your reader- have the need to enter the larger society, c ed that trust by presenting an imbalanced ap- to school from pre-K and that we know and action riday. uca- ly on F of Ed set to ral rtment es- e Depa any qu “[Th answer on ouldn’t decided tion] c e] who uri- HOLY WARt all, [lik the sec tions a d where r. hool, an id Frase this sc rom,” sa Do granting special favors and ex- come f hoed by ship an apology. David Yassky, learn its values, language, etc. l c l peal to ignorance and bias. Slope parents protest Arabic schoolty wi plane was e discipline if they get out of line. This is not utrag in Her o le,” te uison. cceptab bins lores Lo lly una for na Ru s is tota ht hard By Da Paper d “Thi e foug ur rooklyn plode on. “W r lab, o The B ents ex d Louis compute e par offi- sai lab, our t doesn’t rk Slop ducation science room. I Pa nt of E new our , our art that this emptions to Muslims (or any re- epartme eeze a sic room st to see Brooklyn Heights Then again, I understand that most of my u ti squ Kevin James, Kensington at D pe to hool m t scien orse.” a falling school that needs a wake-up call to ho ho dle sc a rocke for the w ials w e mid take ngs ion c guag PS 282 ange thi a champ rabic-lan ry-level will ch s found (D- A enta . PTA ha Yassky the elem venue The David ok- into Sixth A men- ncilman The Bro lding on ing ele in Cou ho told is- bui nd-com s 600 ope), w was “a m e up-a house Park Sl he plan l to Th already h fifth er that t harmfu The writer is a City Councilman l g p ry Editor’s note: Almontaser did not return repeated calls. ligion) enhances the notion of schoo throu lyn Pa be ve ” neighbors here in Park Slope are politically d . K l w tary om pre- it can’t nd wou ool gro change its habits. This is a school that is im- ents, fr s say take a that sch ation tud nt lp uc s nd pare rts to he t of Ed rade, a . se effo artmen hool is g y more e’ll lo he Dep at the sc old man pace, w ,” T aims th . h l lose s e safety b site cl apacity “We’l e’ll los n We ercent c hool in and w sociatio at 63 p new sc ervices, cher As se only h every build- s ent Tea er, who We wis its own separatism and superiority, and aid Par ra Fras “ ld have luxury left of center, the realm where that lie called s a . u e om 82 co th ent Xi at PS 2 he city ly have y,” proving. And should be getting more fund- Presid -grader ve us t we rare mone fourth ey gi , but e and on is a ather th th ing nt spac ucation s ould r own six sufficie r, an Ed “We w ting our nk of y Meye

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s r on o oo Regardless of how one feels about the y n C a ld ho in the r edw wou terms ved B e even o sa e sp ved s r wh h e as ser erno y, T ents,” as most of them come from other ar as high he gov nkruptc ets eeds n ess, t m ba TH AVEt rEXPRESSe sp while o gr City fro broker 7 y s mph, , w York power y. a 40 enth Ne tic e Care at e-w ar gun, ay Sev emocra lt on th . Hugh Is Hepc On th a rad H two-w ut at the D the be y or Gov rt: med wi T maxed o htened ding b amed f epo Ar rans- 7 cars ph. ho tig te spen ld be n public school to disseminate Arab culture and, ing wife-beating, depriving women g off T m w a d u To the editor, Y n o in R rom 20 flig a t c idea of the proposed middle school, framing s f A y ro ine ee driv activist - W onl lim- ate’s p s of w lary Str Rizk n Alter E- e speed st he day al lion e on Til Christie portatio N Th both ying “t he liber urthous SMART By per stood O on sa ver,” t at he ral co parts of the borough and beyond. The school into the klyn Pa tives it . are o t is th e fede ? e Broo lusive na and 6TH 0 mph roses t regre Th nia sun Th w conc eventh eets is 3 - greates ge 15 alifor e is no urned on S nues AY str -on-the whose on pa C mom Ther ve t th ave he gun - CAREY t cars ha hth Eigh d how T the De See . 13 of tha ay Eig measure ONE-W refutes See p pro s one-w ay, and going survey e 15 invariably, Islam, is something that I thought of full civil liberties, and genital muti- pe’ w re t g We are told by politicians and educators e e Slo ed w tre pa the issue in this way is incendiary. This is e rs s n Park ini-sp fast ca AY o e into a m resi- streets. ONE-W Avenu ility to on both Eighth, See credib osal ne-way is 59 percent black and 39 percent Latino, lending ut a prop On o cked at ars abo h av- ere clo dents’fe Sevent cars w th and . turn Six y streets to one-wa that smaller class size is important. Yet lation of their daughters. City buys enues into not poor taste; it is irresponsible and foolish. only the bizarrely “progressive” city adminis- gely and only 5 percent white. for Love ’emdigal son’sor new Lethem Brooklyn-freetion lar novel land tration of London would have the gall to do. everything they do is to increase class size, Your article was really one-sided, only fo- The United States has so far been Leonard Benardo, Carroll Gardens not decrease. Let’s temporarily set aside the First cusing on the outrage and sometimes irra- free of these problems because immi- Housing the Khalil Gibran Academy at Amendment and its ban on government tional fears of opponents, while making no grants, for the most part, enthusiastically To the editor, PS 282 is an example of this. The 81 sixth Had The Paper sought to inform rather propagating one faith. Obviously, Mayor effort to look at the other side of the story and willingly immerse themselves in our graders could be handled with a little bit of culture, economy and educational sys- FLASHBACK than inflame, it would have discovered the Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Levy (surprise). discomfort and disruptions. This is not the tem, with no expectation of special fa- academy is but one of several schools with (two Jews of very progressive bent) care long-term problem; the yearly increase is the You have a duty as a newspaper to print cultural themes or a concentration on one naught of this “antiquated” document and accurate and balanced information that will vors. This has meant equal education for problem. their children, quicker assimilation, and the foreign language. The school will use a non- prefer a more “new world” approach. help explain both sides of an issue so read- In September, 2008 comes another 81 rapid learning of English as the most important screened enrollment policy and serve stu- For over five years, real-estate profiteers, ers can use their own intellect to draw their Apology is necessary sixth graders in addition to the 81 now-sev- requisite for advancement. dents from diverse backgrounds, regardless hard-left radicals and a feckless city adminis- own conclusions. Otherwise, you’re just an To the editor, enth graders. By then, all the extra space at This middle school proposal should be of ethnicity or religious belief. tration have fought amongst themselves to PS 282 is used up with the seventh graders, activist who happens to have access to a I am writing to demand that The Brook- Had you sought other sources of informa- turn a proposed World Trade Center monu- printing press, not a journalist. discarded immediately and permanently, as lyn Paper apologize for its deeply irrespon- so where do they put the new sixth-grade should other school programs that cater to tion besides an Internet hate site, it would ment to those murdered by fanatical Muslim Name withheld, Park Slope sible coverage of the Department of Educa- classes? And another 81 kids will enroll in minority groups such as gays. The fastest have learned the academy grew from an al- religious bigots into a statement on the de- tion’s proposal to locate the Kahlil Gibran September, 2009. way to promote tolerance of diversity is to liance with the Tanenbaum Center for Inter- pravity of Western Civilization. The empty So that’s how you’d go from 81 kids to integrate such studies into the regular cur- Academy in the school building that houses religious Understanding, Educators for So- space in Lower Manhattan is a visual tribute 243 extra kids. And PS 282 will now have to Learn from past riculum rather than catering to Political Cor- PS 282, and that you remove the article cial Responsibility, and the Lutheran to this infighting at the expense of the sane give space for them. To the editor, rectness and Identity Politics. dealing with this issue from your Web site. Medical Center. and caring citizens of New York City. “Separate is not equal.” Have we forgot- Your article unfairly characterizes a legit- And then, when the Gibran Academy is If Arab parents want the best for their The principal, Debbie Almontaser, has been At the same time, these same left-wing ten these words so soon? imate dispute about where the Kahlil Gibran supposed to move out in September 2010, children, they should be supporting integra- a passionate advocate of alternate conflict res- Western-hating commercial and political in- I am outraged at the proposal to put an Ara- school should be housed into an ethnic or re- do you think the Board of Education will tion, not separatism. olution in the school system and has champi- terests lick their lips at political construction give back those classrooms? No way. They bic-language and culture middle school into ligious conflict. oned interfaith understanding, post 9-11. projects like what will undoubtedly morph created “new” space in PS 282, so they will PS 282. This ill-advised, divisive proposal vio- The African-American community learn- The specific proposal to locate Kahlil Had The Paper interviewed Almontaser in into a publicly funded Brooklyn madrasa. clearly put another new school in the same lates the principle behind public school educa- ed this long ago when it announced that Gibran together with PS 282 raises a host of addition to angry parents and detractors, it The Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci space. tion by bestowing unwarranted favoritism on “Separate is not equal.” Now the Arabs and concerns, just like other situations where would have learned that none of the resources was correct when he said that the way to de- Stop it now, or all the hard work that the one culture and religion. Muslims need to do the same. two schools are housed within a single available to existing students would be lost. stroy Western values and democracy was to principal has done will down the drain. We It will slow down not only the integration If they choose not to, then they are free to building. It is entirely appropriate for current Rather, current students will have another undermine their institutions themselves. It’s can look forward to very little gym time for of Arabs and Muslims into mainstream establish their own private schools and not PS 282 parents to express these concerns. middle school choice and gain additional ed- interesting to see that people named the kids, no music class, no science lab, and American society but also the academic expect favors from the overburdened public PS 282 parents, just like supporters of the ucational enrichment through potential col- Bloomberg and Levy are making this blue- no computer lab. Instead, we’ll have eighth progress of middle school students of Arabic school system that is accountable to New Kahlil Gibran school, want the best for both laboration between the two schools. print a reality in New York City. graders picking on pre-K students. Those descent with regard to the English language. Yorkers of all cultures and religions. groups of students. The article’s title itself —“Holy War” — It almost makes me ashamed to be Jew- kids will not care because they’re from a dif- It violates our belief in religious pluralism Lorna Salzman, Brooklyn Heights Worst of all, I fear that your suggestion feeds upon harmful stereotyped fears linking ish. Michael G. Leventhal, Park Slope TOP TEN REASONS

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NEVER THOUGHT I’D enue. It makes sense, even from a that make jaywalking easier greatly simplify the task of take a swing at my fellow THE BROOKLYN Clearly, no one gut emotional level: When (not that he officially sanctions crossing a street and … im- Park Slopers, but after wants that for commer- you’re driving on a two-way such illegal behavior, but he is a prove safety for pedestrians.” I By Gersh street and waiting to make a left Brooklynite, after all). 3. “A comprehensive study leaving last week’s city pres- ANGLE Kuntzman cial Seventh Avenue or entation about converting residential Sixth Av- turn, you not only have to And there’s also the simple of pedestrian and bicycle crash- Sixth and Seventh avenues LISTENING TOUR enue. But no one want- watch the oncoming traffic, but fact that one-way streets are es … found fewer crashes on into one-way streets, I would ed to listen to Primeg- also the pedestrians in the safer because traffic only comes one-way streets in the core of a crosswalk. How many times do at you from one direction. city than on two-way streets.” be remiss if I didn’t point out ministration report that con- gia address the issue, either. one thing: cluded that one-way streets Well, I did, so I called him we see drivers rush to beat an It’s all in that federal report, I’ll admit, when I heard the oncoming car only to screech to You’re closed-minded, anti- (boo!) are safer (boo!) for up. First off, he said that cars go “A Review of Pedestrian Safety numbers and read the report, I intellectual whiners! pedestrians. faster on Eighth Avenue be- a halt as they notice — at the Research in the United States didn’t jump out of my grass- I formed this opinion based No one wanted to listen. cause of different timing of the last minute — the people in the and Abroad.” OK, it’s not as fed, natural-death leather chair, on how “the community” re- Why? Well, it’s certainly true traffic lights. “Green time” for crosswalk? gripping as “Harry Potter and spit up my cruelty free, shade- ceived our fellow Brooklynite, that one-way Eighth Avenue is lights on Seventh and Sixth av- In addition, one-way streets the One-Way Conversion,” but grown organic coffee, and Michael Primeggia, the Depart- a highway that speeds drivers enues would not last as long as eliminate head-on collisions the report makes some things scream, “Allah be praised! ment of Transportation’s deputy from the Prospect Expressway those on Eighth Avenue, he and right-angle crashes because very clear: Primeggia is a genius!” But I commissioner who made his to Flatbush Avenue. As this said. there are no cars traveling the 1. “A pedestrian is more than did vow, as a good Park Sloper, agency’s presentation. newspaper reported on its front He added that one-way opposite way. twice as likely to be struck by a to at least consider what he had Primeggia lives on Henry page last week, speed-gun-tot- streets are safer because they But forget about drivers. vehicle when crossing on the said. Street in Carroll Gardens, not ing activists recently clocked eliminate “conflicts,” which is Pedestrians are also safer on turning conflict side than when After all, I didn’t want my on some farm in Iowa or a cars routinely going 40 miles DOT jargon for all the places one-way streets, Primeggia crossing on the non-turning nice liberal, intellectual enclave Johnathan Barkey sprawling exurb outside of per hour — 10 mph above the where cars and pedestrians in- said, because cars on one-way conflict side.” to get a reputation for intoler- The Department of Transportation’s Michael Primeggia ex- Denver where the car is king — speed limit — on Eighth Av- teract. streets tend to travel in packs 2. “One-way streets can ance, did I? plains his one-way plan, and our columnist takes the bait. but you never would have known it by the way he was treated by his own neighbors. Primeggia’s unenviable job last week was to counter the neighborhood’s gut emotional Court Street to Seventh Avenue: Give one way a chance reaction against the one-way ONE-WAY… enth Avenue if the Department of businesses survive on foot traffic, espe- fic — has a bad side — more truck plan with a logical presentation By Michael Giardina Continued from page 1 Army Plaza.” for The Brooklyn Paper Transportation converts that commer- cially on weekends.” traffic. aimed squarely at Park Slope’s cial strip into a one-way southbound, as Despite the hue and cry in Park And there were certainly a number much-vaunted intellect. hearing, a group of activists set Lost in the rancor over Sixth A proposal to make two avenues proposed. Slope over the potential for one-way of businessowners who thought a two- His statistics show that a up a radar gun on Eighth Avenue and Seventh avenues was the one in Park Slope one-way is actually a 1998 (boo!) conversion of then- that clocked cars going as fast as part of the DOT proposal that al- “One-way traffic doesn’t hurt busi- Seventh Avenue, shoppers and pedes- way Court Street would be less likely most everyone agreed on — im- hidden blessing, according to some ness,” said Jack, the manager at the trians in Cobble Hill agreed. to get clogged by trucks making deliv- two-way Glenmore Avenue in 40 miles per hour — 10 miles Court Street businesses and pedestri- East New York (boo!) resulted above the speed limit. proving the left-turn bays on venerable Queen Italian restaurant. “It “Keeping it a one-way street is a eries and rush-hour commuters who Yet at Thursday’s hearing, Fourth Avenue, which often back ans, who saying it has been good for hasn’t made a difference since we’ve very good idea,” said Jesse Safer. use Court Street as a through street. in 16 percent fewer total acci- Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. dents and 22 percent fewer in- Primeggia said that making Sixth up because they are too short. been here.” “It’s a main artery.” Safer has been “A two-way would be better for juries. and Seventh avenues one-way That improvement was Court Street has been a one-way, “One-way streets make for better working and shopping in the area for businesses,” said Sam Ahmand, owner Primeggia also cited a Feder- would not cause similar speeding tabled by CB6 until the DOT southbound street since the 1955 — foot traffic,” added Lauren Clark, em- 18 years. of HomeCourt Furniture, which is near al (boo!) Highway (boo!) Ad- because lights would be timed fixes existing traffic problems and many traffic experts believe the ployee of Lily, a women’s clothing Those who opposed one-way streets Douglass Street. differently. in the neighborhood. route shows what will happen on Sev- store near Wyckoff Street. “All of these pointed out that the upside — foot traf- “We’ll get traffic in both directions.” Hovering over the entire discussion was the specter of RELIGIOUS Atlantic Yards. Opponents of the mega-project, part of SERVICES which will be built in Park Slope, complained this week IT'S YOUR CHOICE! First A.M.E. Zion Church that if their neighbors had 54 MacDonough St. fought harder against Atlantic If you enrolled in a Medicare plan but would like to make a change, (bet. Tompkin & Marcy Ave.) Yards, the city would not now BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN be forced to come up with Sunday School 9:45 am you have until March 31 to do so. 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I art Brooklyn Greg Lindquist’s Williamsburg studio used to be a furniture factory and, he thinks, “will undoubtedly someday be made into luxury lofts.” The paintings in “To Brooklyn,” his current exhi- (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 24, 2007 bition, attempt to aesthetically document the ebb and flow of development on Williamsburg’s waterfront. Or, as Lindquist puts it, “capture a mood that may be interpreted as a solemn protest against urban renewal” with his bold paintings, starkly depicting the dilapidated buildings that line Kent Avenue and the shiny high rises that are sprouting up between them. Lindquist, who calls Brooklyn his “first love of a city,” credits Walt Whitman as a major inspiration Survival of the for his work. Many of the paintings’ titles — including that of the show itself — reference poems Whit- man wrote about Brooklyn. Lindquist first began his exploration of landscape as memorial during his undergraduate days at North Carolina State University, when he did a series of paintings depicting concentration camps, as well as devastated post-war Germany. “I was interested in what temporal context these Fittest spaces rest in contemporary culture and conscious- ness,” he said. Waxing quixotic about his adopted home, A Brooklyn fashion designer gives Lindquist claimed that he could be content painting Brooklyn over and over again, saying, “I’ll grow as Brooklyn transforms around me.” us a glimpse into her hectic world “To Brooklyn” is at McCaig-Welles (129 Roe- bling St. at Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg) K Fashion Week(end) may be over, but 11:15 pm: Return to the showroom to send through March 31. For information, call (718) designer Sena is probably still recovering. out more emails. Need to revise invitations 384-8729. — Chris Varmus BHere, the Downtown Brooklyn resident because the show location changed. shares a page from her BK Fashion Week(end) diary and lets us know just how much work it 2 am: Arrive home. takes to make clothes that look this good. 3 am: Fall asleep.

/ Aaron Greenhood / Aaron SHOPPING Thursday, March 15 Friday, March 16 7 am: My day begins with the sun. My 7 am: Wake up. mom always said, “Early to rise makes

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Table stable a woman healthy, wealthy and 7:30 am: Drink water. Email pho- wise.” tographers and videographer. The in seam: (Clockwise from above) Designer Sena in her studio, the runway at BK Fashion Week(end), a look from her new collection, fitting models for the show, Sena’s pitbull, Sunny. 7:45 am: Make my own berry 9:45 am: Arrive at my show- juice. I drink half a cup and then room. feed my animals (seven cats and Sunday, March 18 two dogs). 10 am: Carmen arrives. Show 2:45 am: Three taxis roll by. 7:45 am: Sautee mushrooms in coconut wa- her dresses that need alterations so 3:15 am: A sanitation truck stops. Finally. 8:30 am: Drive to my showroom that she can begin sewing. ter while cleaning the kitchen. with Sunny (Pitbull) and Mooney He calls AAA. All towing phones are busy. (Rottweiler). I can’t imagine going to work 2 pm: Call Aura to order lunch. Usually, I He waits with me for 30 minutes, then Noon: Arrive at Borough Hall on time. Un- without them. bring lunch from home, but did not have leaves. No locksmith. No AAA. pack the garments and clothing and go in- time to prepare anything. I’m a vegetari- side. Just imagine, the courtroom served as a 9:30 am: First appointment of the day. Re- 3:55 am: Still standing in the cold. I re- an. fuse to walk to Dunkin Donuts and dressing room where we also did hair and leave the dogs alone while the car is makeup. 3 pm: Model Danie Burris comes for “A lot of our designs get mistaken for Scandina- a first and final fitting. running. I understand that this is a spiritual test. Now I am ready and prepared 1:45 pm: I nibbled on an apple and a bite- vian,” said the fantastically named Tom Monday, 4:40 pm: Run to Galaxy to pick for what lies ahead. sized bagel with cream cheese. owner of the furniture company, Wonk. The truth of up a fake fur winter coat. the matter, though, is that each piece is crafted right 4:30 am: A snooping doorman re- 2:30 pm: Backstage supervising and help- here in Brooklyn. 5 pm: Walk my dogs. Order luctantly lets me use his phone ing models get dressed. For the past three years, Wonk’s DUMBO loca- dinner at Aura. to call AAA. The wait time is 4 pm: SHOWTIME! tion has sold sleek-but-functional furniture to a dis- 90 minutes cerning, black-turtlenecked crowd comprised main- 5:30 pm: Carmen has fin- ly of architects and designers. The store has even / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron ished sewing all of the changes. 4:40 am: After seeing my garnered a bit of fanfare by producing custom She is a master. I love her! tears, the doorman then calls a pieces for renowned photographer Cindy Sherman. locksmith. He shows up in 10 min- 6–10:30 pm: Play rehearsal. “That was really huge for us,” Monday said. utes. What the DUMBO store was lacking, however,

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn 11:20 pm: Return to showroom 4:43 am: Locksmith opens my was foot traffic. To remedy this, Monday has to do some PR and answer emails. door in three. He is cute, too! opened a second store in Williamsburg because, as view samples with Luba, my seamstress. I he succinctly put it, the neighborhood is comprised am not ready for full-time employees yet. 1:30 am: Leave to go home. It’s 6 am: I’m finally home. I chill for an hour of “cool people who need cool things.” They come when needed. snowing! and talk on the phone. According to Monday, the sophistication of de- Noon: Drink lots of water. No time to nurse 1:45 am: The snow on the roof of my signer David Goltl’s aesthetic, combined with his a headache. No time for lunch. Jeep collapses on the windshield! I Saturday, March 17 down-to-earth demeanor, makes him a delight to can’t see so I get out of the car to clean 3:30–5 pm: Go to Danskin for thick work with. Monday praised his pieces as “function- 1–4 pm: Model fittings. Misty brings her al and interesting,” which we can get behind, but newborn girl. Mooney is in awe of the baby. it off. I close the door not realizing black tights for the models to wear in my that ALL of my doors were locked. I fashion show. when he said “high quality and affordable,” we had to scratch our heads — if we were to buy one of Carmen, a seamstress, brings me was trying to keep the dogs warm and 2:30 pm: their $1,000 tables, we might not have anything to a green smoothie from Healthy Living. ended up locking myself out! The mo- 7 pm: I drive to my showroom to prepare eat off of it! tor is running and my dogs are inside of the for tomorrow’s show. I finalize the model Wonk (160 N. Fourth St. at Bedford Avenue in 5:20 pm: Make a stop at Aura to pick up car along with my purse and cell phone. lineup, and organize each outfit accordingly. some steamed veggies. Eat in the car. Williamsburg) is open Monday through Friday 2:30 am: Head back to Brooklyn and rest. 2:10 am: A police car rolls by. from 1-8 pm and on weekends from noon-7 pm. 6–10:30 pm: Play rehearsal. I’m in “The For information, call (718) 218-7750 or visit

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BROOKLYN Neighborhood Asianaccents Dining Guide myThai’s mild Thai misses the mark By Tina Barry

for The Brooklyn Paper / Daniel Krieger Bites eing open to criticism is a good quality to possess. This week: That’s especially true of B Paper The Brooklyn RED HOOK / restaurateurs who want to please their clients. When Bo knows: myThai chef Bo Liang, at left, holds a plate of COLUMBIA STREET Eddy Tin opened myThai in Malaysian short ribs. Above, the marinated sea bass WATERFRONT December, he asked his Bay baked with honey. Ridge customers for their opinions on the food. He re- en breast slices served in the onslaught of dishes, I noticed Alma ceived an earful. Malaysian “chicken rendang” the wall treatments. Tin took 187 Columbia St. at Degraw Street, (718) 643- Tin, who also owns a suc- was almost as good. The meat, the smooth gold walls of the 5400, www.almarestaurant.com (AmEx, MC, cessful restaurant called soft potatoes and bell peppers former Les Babouches, a Mo- Visa) Entrees: $12-$18. Hoisin, in Sacramento, Cali- pieces soaked up the thick cur- roccan eatery, and revamped it Collaborating chefs Ruben Elao and Francisco Cross / Gregory fornia, listened to his clien- ry sauce leaving each ingredi- with heavily swirled stucco in Lopez continue to cook up “authentic, non- tele’s comments: “The food is ent fragrant and richly tex- a soft olivey green hue. It all Americanized” Mexican cuisine for hungry New Yorkers, said manager Anthony Capone. The too hot and spicy,” “the dishes tured. just goes to prove that you can “tamales del dia” are handmade daily in a dazzling are too sweet,” they said. What Malaysian short ribs, mari- take the man out of California, variety. Capone recommends the “pollo relleno,” happened afterwards is a per- nated in black bean sauce with but you can’t take the stucco with goat cheese and pine nut sauce, and the “chuleta de puerca,” a boneless pork chop with Paper file The Brooklyn fect example of too many coriander and garlic, missed out of the man. Coordinating, poblano and ancho chiles, topped with a roasted The interior of Schnack on Union Street. chefs spoiling the soup — or, the mark. They were pleasant- earth-toned woven pillows line tomato sauce. And the restaurant’s setting will in this case, too much diner inly crusty and chewy, but oddly the wooden banquettes and take your breath away. The rooftop garden, which put dumbing down the food. lacking in depth. Like the during the day, multi-paned seats 60, is open year-round, and you’ll have 3981, www.jakesbbq.com (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) Manhattan’s skyline at your tabletop. Indoor seat- Entrees: $8.95-$24.95. Heeding the feedback, the squid’s partner, the ing is also available. Open daily for dinner and for Jake’s has been offering a large assortment of restaurant’s chef Bo Liang, “sweet and mild brunch on weekends, from 10 am to 2:30 pm. Kansas City-style barbecue in the form of chicken, who cooked at Hoisin, soft- sauce” was better DINING pork, beef, ribs and burgers since it opened in 2000. ened the food’s heat. Now the as a plate decora- With a “modern, comfortable” interior, owner Jake myThai cafe (7803 Third Ave. between Ferdinando’s Bonner says his customers enjoy entrees like the Pan-Asian menu of Thai, tion than a dip. 78th and 79th streets in Bay Ridge) accepts Focacceria chicken and rib dinner — “a half slab of very tender Malaysian and Singaporean The menu states MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $7-$28. The 151 Union St. at Hicks Street, (718) 855-1545 baby back pork ribs and your choice of bone-in dishes can be ordered “mild,” that the “smoked restaurant serves dinner daily. Lunch is available on weekends from noon - 4 pm. Sub- (Cash only) Entrees: $10-$14. grilled, fried or boneless breast of chicken with two “medium” or “hot.” None of it sea bass” is “defi- side dishes, bread and barbecue sauce.” Also pop- way: R to 77th Street. For information, call Open since 1904, Ferdinando’s serves traditional ular is the low-fat pulled chicken platter — “all white packs much intensity, but nitely one of our (718) 833-1700 or visit www.mythai.us. Sicilian dishes, such as “calamari ripieni” — stuffed meat pulled from the breast spiced with our own there’s a bigger issue with the best dishes!” It baby calamari with boiled eggs, cheese and garlic. house seasoning of natural herbs,” which also cuisine. wasn’t. The clean Try chef and owner Francesco Buffa’s specialty / Daniel Krieger comes with two sides, bread and either barbecue In Liang’s attempt to ap- taste of the fish was masked in windows fill the space with focaccia, or “panelle,” a deep-fried chickpea flour sauce or gravy. The burgers are “different from pancake topped with ricotta and grated romano most,” made “huge” with all sirloin meat. Bonner pease his mostly Bay Ridge honey syrup that formed a warm light. cheese. Other dishes include octopus marinated in suggests finishing the meal with the housemade customers, he has muted the hard, inedible crust on one side Dessert at myThai is either garlic and lemon; “caponatina” (eggplant salad Key lime pie or a slice of rich chocolate cake. Bring with tomato sauce, olives, capers, vinegar and cel- spices. So a dish that should of the filet. A little ramekin of ice cream or sorbet bought your own beer and wine. Delivery and catering

ery); and what Buffa says is the “best dish,” “pasta arrive with layers of flavor is Paper The Brooklyn mayonnaise sat beside the from a local purveyor. The available. Open daily for lunch and dinner. con le sarde” — pasta topped with sardines, fen- unsatisfying flat. He’s careful bass, looking as out of place as green tea ice cream was re- nel and onions in a tomato sauce. Open Monday with the ingredients; they’re well-priced wine list and a few dipped the tender pieces into a pork chop at a Jewish wed- freshing and not at all sweet; through Saturday for lunch and dinner. Closed Mazzat fresh and what should be crisp Asian beers. Stick to those. the “spicy Vietnamese sour ding. And another saucer of the mango sorbet had the Sundays. Backyard seating available on Fridays 208 Columbia St. at Sackett Street, (718) 852- and Saturdays, weather permitting. 1652 (AmEx, MC, Visa), Entrees: $5-$14. is; the meat is tender; fish is Sweet tastes trumped tart sauce.” Spicy it wasn’t. And “spicy lemon sauce” lacked musky cinnamon taste of the Mazzat is a Middle Eastern-flavored tapas bar that moist. There isn’t a single dish throughout the meal. A mango sour? Not in the least. spice and anything that resem- fruit in a rich, creamy base. The Good Fork opened on Columbia Street in December of 2006. I tried though, that elicited salad swam in a “special sweet The best dish of the evening bled citrus. Both were excellent. 391 Van Brunt St. at Coffey Street, (718) 643- According to owner Gamal Bakhoum, the most much excitement. and sour lime sauce,” but with- was the red curry. The coconut Fried rice with basil made a When a restaurateur and his 6636 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.50-$18). popular tapas plates at the restaurant are the The cocktail menu is the out big slices of red onion and milk sauce that enveloped rich pleasant accompaniment to the chef listen as carefully to their Open since March of 2006, the Good Fork has Moroccan chicken cigars, spicy chicken and herbs, wrapped and fried like a spring roll, and the falafel first clue that a balance of tart whole cherry tomatoes that beef slices, silky straw mush- main dishes. Liang described customers as Tin and Liang become a staple for Red Hook diners. Operated by and sweet flavors hasn’t been were jarring with the other in- rooms and chunks of nutty the heat as “medium.” Even have, you want them to do husband and wife team Ben Schneider and Sohui plate. Additionally, entrees like the vegetarian Kim, the restaurants offers a seafood-heavy menu Middle Eastern platter, including falafel, hummus, realized. The standout on the gredients, it’s an ordinary fruit tasting eggplant, was subtle yet with bits of chili pepper, it was well. Right now the food suf- featuring plenty of locally grown vegetables and baba ghanouj, tabouli and grape leaves and the list of silly drinks is “Creamy salad. And that “special sauce” layered with spices. Intriguing about as mild as mild gets, yet fers from middle-of-the-road neighborhood touches. Below the curved ceiling of Alexandria-style grilled bronzini are also very pop- Sex on the Beach,” a fruity added nothing but sugary syrup. hits of mint and basil leaves not bland, and bits of chopped syndrome: It’s not bad, just not the space, ravioli is served, stuffed with Swiss chard ular. For dessert, Bakhoum recommends the grown two blocks away, and hungry locals happily homemade baklava, made with California pista- vodka mix that’s a frat boy’s There was nothing wrong added a welcome spark to carrots and bell peppers added memorable. That’s what hap- munch on the “Steak and Eggs Korean Style” while chio nuts and house-made sugar syrup. For even fantasy in a glass. There are with a large platter of crunchy, dish. their fresh, clean notes. pens when you try to please their vegetarian friends enjoy the tofu version. more after-dinner enjoyment, Bakhoum plans on some decent choices on the deep-fried calamari until I A heaping serving of chick- Taking a breather from the everyone. Schneider recommends trying the “Red Hook bringing hookah pipes into the restaurant after 10 Cooler,” a mix of gin, muddled mint, lemon juice pm. Open for lunch and dinner from noon until 11 and simple syrup. To soak it up he suggests the pm daily and for brunch on weekends. homemade pork-and-chive dumplings that come with a soy dipping sauce. Offering Open Tuesday Schnack through Sunday from 5:30 until 10:30 pm. 122 Union St. at Columbia Street, (718) 855- Good chemistry 2879, www.schnackdog.com (Cash only) Snacks: Hope & Anchor $1.65-$8.75. Ancient alchemists might have tried few sophisticated touches. There’s 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street, (718) 237-0276 American classics such as hot dogs and schnackies to turn base metals into gold, but Park parsnip soup with rye croutons; lush, (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$16. (little gourmet burgers in singles, doubles and Sloper Kevin Read has performed an pan-seared sea scallops served with All-day breakfast, hefty portions and homey triples) are served amid Schnack’s eclectic decor desserts like banana cream pie, chocolate icebox featuring cheerfully painted walls and a framed act almost as grand: turning a Fifth Av- acorn squash puree and “Guinness cake and a towering apple pie have quickly made poster of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Johnny enue hardware store into a swanky froth”; roasted beet ravioli with goat this Red Hook eatery a neighborhood classic. Chef Podres. Owners Alan Harding and Harry Hawk also neighborhood gastropub — a decidedly cheese bechamel (pictured), and, for and co-owner Dianna Munz, formerly of Smith offer a tofu Reuben sandwich and the “Nogales British bar with an up-market menu. those who want true pub grub, there’s a Street’s Panino’teca 275, serves comfort food with Plate,” a combo that changes periodically offering an updated flair in a “comfortably upscale” room, Mexican favorites like chili tacos, pork enchiladas, “The idea of a gastropub,” said chic spin on fish and chips: Alchemy’s according to GO Brooklyn dining critic Tina Barry. or chicken tostadas, served with a small salad on Read, who opened Alchemy in Febru- take on the classic is made with fried Paired with a drink, snacks such as Rhode Island- the side. Hawk also recommends the skillet mac ary, “is a casual place to hang out, have skate wing. The fish is paired with fin- style clam cakes, fried calamari with hot cherry and cheese “Trump It” — macaroni with six a couple of drinks and a really great gerling potato fries and paprika aioli. peppers and preserved lemons, or potato piero- cheeses, garlic, onion, bacon and chopped onion gies with homemade applesauce, onions and sour rings. In the summertime, Schnack offers the meal while you’re there.” The desserts — a short list that in- cream, are enough to make a meal. Every Brown Cow, a root beer and vanilla ice cream The space is outfitted with a refur- cludes apple crumble and sticky Guin- Thursday, Friday and Saturday, neighborhood res- shake, and in the fall, offers the Punkin’ beer shake bished mahogany bar that seats 12 for ness pudding with toffee sauce — are a idents pack Hope & Anchor for karaoke with drag made with pumpkin ale. “It tastes like egg nog,” queen Kay Sera. Open weekdays at 11 am, and at says Hawk. All year round, you can try the drinks or a meal. Bigger groups can riff on mum’s homey sweets. 9 am for brunch on weekends. “famous” beer shake, a combination of vanilla or grab one of four booths or three com- Alchemy (56 Fifth Ave. between chocolate ice cream with chicory stout. Schnack munal tables in the back, which are de- Bergen Street and Saint Mark’s Place Jake’s Bar-B-Que offers two imported and two domestic draught signed to accommodate large parties, in Park Slope) accepts American Ex- beers, as well as cans and bottled beer. In addition turning strangers into instant friends. press, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: Restaurant to the regular menu, Schnack also offers a $9.45 By June, the garden in the back of $12-$23. The restaurant serves din- 189 Columbia St. at Degraw Street (718) 522- prix fixe brunch menu weekends, from 11 am to 3 pm. Open daily, from 11 am to 2 am. Catering and the restaurant will open, making an ide- ner Tuesday through Sunday. Closed take-out available. al spot for an al fresco meal or a few of Monday. Beginning March 24, = Read more at the pub’s cocktails. The “Gin Smith” brunch will be available on week- Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants (Tanqueray with rosemary-infused sim- ends from 10:30 am - 4 pm. Subway:

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Wham, BAM, thank you, ma’am Nobody had spoken in almost two hours, so piece of meat on her mind: “Edward is so cute! it wasn’t surprising that Matthew Bourne had a He looks a lot like Johnny Depp,” she said. lot to say. The director and choreographer of “And that is universally appealing.” “Edward Scissorhands,” currently calling the Alas, though, the troupe hasn’t had time to Brooklyn Academy of Music home, had just get out and play with the locals. Cast member survived opening night of the ballet, which Jake Samuels, who plays philandering husband turns Tim Burton’s much-loved film into a Brad Covitt, said that he’d like to explore the bizarre dance experiment. borough and meet new people — he even “It was a bit of a mess this afternoon,” claims that his character’s bad habits are not Bourne (pictured) told GO Brooklyn. “But I his own (well, “not so far, give it a few was really pleased with the premier. BAM is months!”). really a treasure. We could never do this show Sitting down to tuck into the fancy chocolate in Manhattan!” cake dessert, we met our favorite star of the Greenhood / Aaron As waiters whisked by with the main night: Mrs. Clare Smith. Upon introductions, course, roulade of chicken with mushroom and she roared “We love The Brooklyn Paper!” rosemary foccaccia and cannelini beans, BAM Which was, silent show or not, the best thing we President Karen Brooks Hopkins had another heard all night. — Adam Rathe The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn

lyn Museum is doing a positive way back. In 1971, she said, the SACKLER... thing in opening the Center, but Museum’s then-director, Dun- Continued from page 1 that the first show is excluding can Cameron, faced protests Chicago’s iconic piece — a important artists. from feminists who wanted larger-than-life play on the his- “One hopes that after this representation. This resulted in toric exclusion of women from show, [Sackler] will be much the token prize of a small, the “table” of culture and the Sacklash! more inclusive,” said Stein. women-only show of work on s significant role they have Nemser was a bit more riled paper, the museum’s first. hopaedic Group I Local feminist artists ask, nly Academic Ort played, regardless — has up. “There is so much rich histo- Audrey Anastasi, co-director Brooklyn’s O shaped much of the last two ry here,” she said, “and what is of Tabla Rasa, agrees that Walk Away... Now Just a Short decades of conversation about ‘Where’s Judy Brooklyn?’ infuriating is that the Brooklyn Nemser has been overlooked. feminist art. Museum has chosen to ignore “I call it ‘the lemming fac- In that respect, it is fitting The Brooklyn Museum’s new being ignored yet again. everything that has happened ex- tor,’” she said. “Brilliant people that the massive table serves as “Global Feminisms” exhibition “We’re not a big gallery,” cept Judy Chicago.” are all on this bandwagon of a foundation for the rest of the already has some local enemies. said Nemser, “but I picked Chicago, a feminist art icon, grabbing artists right out of their center’s programming, allow- “I think there’s a need for artists who are very genuine was based on the West Coast graduate program. At some ing for a rotating exhibition fo- protest,” Cindy Nemser, a Park and talented, and it’s going to during the Second Wave of fem- point, if this is really a feminist cusing on women “seated” at it. Slope resident and former pub- be a real revelation.” inism, and Nemser claims her in- art center, they will do something Remaining gallery space will lisher and editor of “Feminist Art Linda Stein, the well-known fluence is being trumped up by that has historical accuracy.” highlight larger themes, the first Journal” told GO Brooklyn. artist (and, it must be said, one Sackler, who is a collector of For Nemser, it’s just more of being “Global Feminisms.” Snubbed by “Global Femi- of the feminist experts hood- Chicago’s work. the same. “There have been so This inaugural show, curat- nisms” and their exclusion of winked by Sacha Baron Cohen Nemser’s hostility towards many great women artists and ed by Reilly and her mentor, artists born after 1960, Nemser is in “Borat”), thinks the Brook- the Brooklyn Museum goes they were written out of histo- famed feminist art critic Linda staging her own show: ry,” she said. “And that’s what Nochlin, brings together the “Women’s Work: Homage to they’re doing again. This is the work of contemporary women Feminist Art,” at Tabla Rasa opening of a feminist wing, — all born after 1960 — from Gallery, which she is billing as how can you ignore the people 49 countries, including artists the “Sackler of Sunset Park.” who began it?” University Orthopaedic Associates who openly identify as femi- In all, 20 artists are included “Women’s Work: Ho- An Affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center nists and others who are torn in the show, many of them no- mage to Feminist Art” will about the label. table feminist art vets, and open with a reception at Ashery is the controversial they’re all bothered at how the 5:30 pm on March 28 at FF cÜÉáÑxvà ctÜ~ j xáà British-Israeli multi-media new Elizabeth A. Sackler Cen- Tabla Rasa Gallery (224 48th artist behind three of the center for Feminist Art has sup- St. at Second Avenue in 718-270-2045 ter’s most overtly political im- posedly slighted them. Though Sunset Park. For information ages, including the shot of it’s just a one-off, Nemser Nemson Chalres call (718) 833-9100 or visit • Sports Medicine herself dressed as Hasidic hopes her show will bring at- A 1970 protest of the lack of women artists at the Whit- www.tablarasagallery.com. • Hand Surgery man looking down at her ob- tention to a group she feels is ney Museum in Manhattan. — Adam Rathe • Podiatry viously female breast. (See the controversial photo online at • Occupational Medicine www.BrooklynPaper.com.) same time realize that I would a female president. A woman is Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy. at 11 am - 6 pm. Admission is $8, • Physiatry “I grew up in Jerusalem,” be excluded.” Speaker of the House. I think Washington Avenue in $4 for students and seniors, • Neck and Back Pain she told GO Brooklyn. “I By dressing in the traditional we are right on target.” Prospect Heights). The muse- free for members and children would visit Orthodox neighbor- garb of Orthodox men, she said The Elizabeth A. Sackler um is open from Wednesday 12 and younger. For informa- • Pediatric Orthopaedics University Orthopaedic Associates hoods with my Dad and be at- she is challenging that commu- Center For Feminist Art opens through Friday from 10 am un- tion, call (718) 638-5000 or visit tracted to the lifestyle, but at the nity’s strict gender codes and on March 23 at the Brooklyn til 5 pm and on weekends from www.brooklynmuseum.org. encouraging “dialogue.” But already, there are signs that starting that dialogue won’t be quite so quiet. In a vague reminder of the museum’s con- 100 Wine Tips troversial 2000 show “Sensa- “We choose New York Methodist” tion” — which featured a painting of the Virgin Mary peppered with butterflies cut out of a porno magazine — re- I’ll Have Vouvray ligious believers are already 4 complaining about the Sack- By Darrin Siegfried 3 5 ler’s take on feminism. In the Orthodox neighbor- The soil of Vouvray is only about hood just one subway stop ouvray is another of those delicious and wonderful white 18 inches thick and underneath lies a from the Brooklyn Museum, thick layer of limestone tufa, a char- 2 some Hasidic men singled out Vwines, known to connoisseurs, the Ashery photo. often misunderstood by most, that acteristic of the soil in several other “I don’t think it’s appropri- breaks almost every wine stereotype. grape growing areas known for their ate,” said Yakov Edelman. Vouvray can be bone dry, off dry white wines. This soft, porous lime- Another Orthodox Crown (often labeled tendre) or nutty sweet. stone can be easily dug, and there are 6 Heights resident who identified It is most often a still wine, but it can ancient caves in the area, carved into 10 himself only as Aaron called also be pettilant (just barely fizzy) or the hillsides, that have been convert- Ashery’s breast-and-pais por- mousseau, sparkling. While the ed into modern dwellings. They are 11 trait “vulgar.” accepted wisdom is that white wines very much in demand as summer 9 “It’s like putting a knife in a must be drunk while young, well- homes since they are naturally cool. beautiful painting of a rose,” he made Vouvrays can be cellared for Most people think of Vouvrays as said. “Both sides of it could be unbelievable lengths of time, improv- springtime and summer wines, but I beautiful, but both are ruined ing with age and changing in the bot- have been known to enjoy one in the by putting them together.” middle of winter: that fresh bouquet 7 Even inside the feminist art tle into incredibly complex and truly 8 world there have been some amazing treasures. coming from the glass reminds me of objections to the new center. Vouvray is made only from the the warmer weather to come. Wines Jenni Sorkin, a columnist for Chenin Blanc grape which along with this good shouldn’t be limited to only “Frieze Art,” feared that with- Sauvignon Blanc and Melon de a few months of pleasure. out a permanent acquisition Bourgogne, is one of the great grapes A few years ago, I brought a few 1 program — though Reilly as- of the Loire Valley. In the United cases of a Vouvray for Red White & sured us that one is in the States Chenin Blanc is treated seri- Bubbly that was very much an “old works — the center will have ously by only a rare few wine makers fashioned” version of the wine: not trouble attracting artists. and it is most often seen in slightly dry but not sweet, either, with aromas “Maybe [artists like] Lisa sweet jug wines. of white flowers, fruit and a hint of Yusavage or Elizabeth Peyton Too many places where it has been honey. I decided to have it with my will surprise me and agree to tried in California are simply too hot dinner that night. I pounded out a be in a group show at the for this thin-skinned grape, and the skinless chicken breast until it was Sackler Center,” she wrote re- intense heat and sunlight can result in evenly 1/2 inch thick and then I THE FINEST PHYSICIANS...THE FINEST HEALTH CARE. cently. “But given the option, I dredged it in flour to which I had suspect it will be artists of a grapes with a very high sugar level at lesser stature.” harvest. During fermentation all that added a pinch each of salt and pepper. 1. Sabita Moktan, M.D., Director, Diabetes Resource and Education Center Another feminist artist sugar can result in a wine with an I sautéed the chicken in a skillet with uncomfortably high alcohol level or, a bit of butter and added some 2. Louis Camilien, M.D., Vice Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology raised questions about the lack of age diversity at the center if left unfermented, a sweet wine that chopped shallot and thinly sliced 3. Jane Fong, M.D., Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (see “Sacklash,” above). is often out of balance due to a lack of mushrooms. Next came a splash of And still another critic acidity. the Vouvray to deglaze the pan (the 4. Miran Salgado, M.D., Chairman, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine pointed out that Elizabeth But oh, what a difference terroir bottle was open, as I was sipping a 5. Anthony Tortolani, M.D., Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Sackler, for whom the gallery can make! The Loire valley’s combi- glass while I cooked, of course) and, is named, is a prominent col- nation of soil, rainfall, sunlight and after a minute, a few spoonfuls of 6. Martin Zonenshayn, M.D., Chief, Division of Neurosurgery lector of feminist art — mak- temperature yields a grape that is cream. I ate this with egg noodles ing the new gallery a great truly noble, and that makes wines tossed with butter and a bit of 7. Suhail Raoof, M.D., Chief, Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine showroom for pieces that she worthy of any wine lover’s table. Here chopped parsley, and steamed baby 8. Alexandra Degenhardt, M.D., Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center hopes will increase in value, the Chenin Blanc is turned into a peas. The wine was delicious, and just as “Sensation” did for the wine with enough delicacy to allow that bit of fruitiness was a wonderful 9. John Heitner, M.D., Director, Nuclear Cardiology/Advanced Cardiac Imaging Charles Saatchi-owned pieces it spotlighted. the unique signature of the soil to flavor note that complemented the 10. Arthur Sung, M.D., Director, Interventional Pulmonology Chicago, however, believes show through on the palate and flavors on my plate. A big, oaky that critics will be pleasantly enough flavor to produce a wine that California Chardonnay would have 11. Mona Elkomos-Botros, M.D., Chief, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine surprised by what they find at holds up well with many dishes. been a disaster with the meal: there the new Center. These wines are meant to be at their are times when something a bit “The Brooklyn Museum is best when enjoyed with food, either a lighter works best, when a whisper is To find the physician that’s best for you, call looking at how to make a more light snack or a full meal. much more alluring than a shout. diverse, welcoming institution 718-499-CARE that reflects the multiplicity of points of view,” she told GO Brooklyn. Sackler also believes that 211 Fifth Avenue there is no better time to incite (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE this shift in the perception of www.nym.org 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn feminist art and of the women’s Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 12-8pm Member movement as a whole. www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System “Now is an exciting time to be a woman,” she says. “For Affiliate: Weill Medical College of Cornell University the first time, we might vote for March 24, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM AWP 11

Pierrepont St. Call for ticket info. (718) Building, 30 Flatbush Ave. Extension. 270-6976. participants who attend. Sirico’s 411-2222. (718) 797-3943. Free. DANCE: Company XIV hosts a dance Restaurant, 8023 13th Ave. Pre-reg- SILENT AUCTION: Brooklyn Academy of RECEPTION: Brooklyn Artists Gym theater program of choreography, istration necessary. (718) 748-1234. 9 DAYS... Music hosts a closing-day celebration. presents “Small Works Shows.” 6 pm musical composition, poetry and Free. 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Peter Jay Sharp to 9 pm. 168 Seventh Ave. (718) 858- fashion. Contemporary dance is SYMPOSIUM: Brooklyn Museum pres- Continued from page 2 Building lobby, 30 Lafayette Ave. 9069. Free. paired with poetry of Charles Bukow- ents “Feminisms Without Borders,” (718) 636-4100. JAZZ: Vocalist Carla Cook at Jazz 966. ski and arias of Vivaldi. $15. 7 pm. an international perspective. $10, $8 CAFE STEINHOF: presents the movie: SUN, MARCH 25 $15 includes light dinner. Doors open 303 Bond St. For reservations email members, $5 students and seniors. “The Last Waltz” (1978). 10:30 pm. at 7 pm; shows at 8 pm and 10 pm. to [email protected]. 10 am to 5 pm. 200 Eastern Pkwy. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. 966 Fulton St. (718) 638-6910. CONCERT READING: American Opera (718) 638-5000. Free. PERFORMANCE BAM: “Edward Scissorhands,” 7:30 pm. Projects presents “The Summer CHARITY WALK: Walk for Autism ORGAN CONCERT: Organist Michael “The Taming of the Shrew.” 7:30 pm. King” and “The Walled-Up Wife.” Research hosts an event for those Kaminski performs. $10. 2 pm. St. See Sat., March 31. $15, $12 seniors and students. 7:30 interested in learning about and MON, MARCH 26 Francis Xavier Church, Carroll Street GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: presents pm. Post-performance discussion. supporting Autism Speaks and the and Sixth Avenue. (718) 636-1880. acoustic roots music with singer/ South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford NYC Walk. Learn how to build a KIDS MOVIES: Big Movies for Little Kids Pl. (718) 398-4024. team and raise money. 1 pm to 3 MUSIC OFF THE WALLS: Brooklyn Phil- presents “Madeline” (1998). $6. 4 pm. songwriters Sonya Lorelle and harmonic celebrates the opening of Jeannette Miller. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pm. KeySpan Park, Coney Island. Cobble Hill Cinemas, 256 Court St. presents “Edward Scissorhands,” (917) 650-5552. the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for (718) 596-9113. Brooklyn Ethical Society, 53 Prospect Feminist Arts with “Feminism in Park West. (718) 768-2972. based on Tim Burton’s film. $30 to MEET THE ARTIST: Underbridge Music?” $15, $10 museum members, READING: Students from the Downtown $80. 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Howard Pictures hosts a closing reception Learning Center Adult Education BARGEMUSIC: presents Concerti students and seniors. 3 pm. Brooklyn Concert featuring classical music of Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette for “Ella Yang: New York Shines.” 3 Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) Program at the Brooklyn Tabernacle Ave. Also, “The Taming of the pm to 5 pm. 111 Front St., Gallery present selections from their eighth Vivaldi. $50. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry 488-5913. Landing, Old Fulton Street at the Shrew,” by Shakespeare. $25 to $65. 202. (718) 596-0390. Free. volume of personal writings by new 2:30 pm. Additionally, “Twelfth CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Friends of writers. 7 pm. Barnes and Noble, 106 East River. (718) 624-2083. Chamber Music presents “Bach: St. Night.” $25 to $65. 7:30 pm. Harvey Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. DANCE: Company XIV hosts a dance Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636- John Passion.” Grand Tour Orchestra program. 7 pm. See Sat., March 31. SUN, APRIL 1 performs. $15. 3 pm. St. Ann and the UNCOVERING CHASSIDISM: 4100. Congregation B’nai Avraham hosts CONCERT READING: with the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague FACULTY SHOWCASE: Brooklyn Con- OUTDOORS St. (718) 855-3053. the David Berg Lecture Series with a American Opera Projects. 7:30 pm. servatory of Music presents soprano talk about Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak See Sat., March 31. Christine Moore in a recital of SEASON BEGINS: Prospect Park opens OPERA: Regina Opera presents a con- Schneersohn, the “Rebbe Rayatz.” 8 cert featuring Broadway and Italian MUSICAL: “West Side Story.” 8 pm. Spanish songs. $10, $5 students and its carousel, electric boat tours, and pm to 9 pm. 117 Remsen St. (718) See Sat., March 31. seniors. 8 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) Prospect Park Zoo for the season. songs. 3 pm. Regina Hall, 65th Street 596-4840. Free. and 12th Avenue. Call. (718) 232-3555. 622-3300. Visit: prospectpark.org. BOOK DISCUSSION: Congregation MUSICAL: The Ridge Chorale/ Samaha BARGEMUSIC: 4 pm. See Sat., March 24. Beth Elohim discusses “Sunday Jews,” SAT, MARCH 31 PERFORMANCE BAM: “Edward Scissorhands.” 1 pm and Productions presents “West Side by Hortense Calisher. 8:15 pm. 274 Sadly, no paddles: BAMArt hosts a closing party for their auction Story.” $23. 8 pm. Richard Perry PLATFORM SERIES: Brooklyn Arts Ex- 6:30 pm. See Sat., March 24. Also, Garfield Pl. (718) 768-3814. Free. change presents “Seeking Meaning: “Taming of the Shrew.” 2:30 pm and at 3:30 pm on March 25. Enjoy complimentary snacks and cocktails OUTDOORS AND TOURS Theater at Poly Prep, 9216 Seventh Ave. (718) 775-9056. A Young Person’s Guide to a “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., while you bid — using computers — on the mostly-affordable art. SALT MARSH: Urban Park Rangers Spiritual Life.” $5 donation. 6 pm. March 24. TUES, MARCH 27 hosts an early morning birding walk. GALLERY PLAYERS: presents Moliere’s 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. “The Learned Ladies.” $18, $4 sen- MUSICAL: “West Side Story.” 3 pm. See 8 am. Salt Marsh Nature Center, BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Sat., March 24. DIABETES ALERT DAY: Lutheran Family 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 for info. Free. iors and kids. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (718) 595-0547. presents “The Taming of the BIG BAND MUSIC: “Sentimental Health Center offers information for time and location. (718) 783-3549, Lecture at Adelphi Academy. 7:30 FORT GREENE PARK: In honor of Shrew,” by Shakespeare. $25 to Journey, Music of the Big Band Era,” participants to find out if they are at ext. 10. pm to 9 pm. 8515 Ridge Blvd. 9718) Women’s History Month, the Urban BARGEMUSIC: presents Concerti $65. 2:30 pm. Additionally, “Twelfth 5 pm. See Sat., March 24. risk for developing the disease. BAM: “Edward Scissorhands,” 7:30 pm. 496-5514. Free. Park Rangers host a talk on the sig- Concert featuring classical music of Night.” $25 to $65. 7:30 pm. Vivaldi. $50, $25 students. 8 pm. Screenings include blood sugar test. “The Taming of the Shrew.” 7:30 pm. DINNER: High-Way Democratic Club nificant roles women played in the Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton CHILDREN 10 am to 2 pm. Sunset Park Family See Sat., March 31. hosts its annual dinner-dance and American Revolution. 1 pm. Meet at 636-4100. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- Health Center, 150 55th St. (718) 630- raises money for Shorefront Friends the visitor’s center, near the Myrtle Street at the East River. (718) 624- 6885, ext. 4085. Free. 2083. BARGEMUSIC: presents Concerti forming Arts at Brooklyn College of Hospice. Garguilio’s Restaurant, Avenue and Washington Park Concert. 4 pm. See Sat., March 31. presents “A Kid’s Life!, A Musical.” JAZZ CLINIC: Long Island University WEDS, MARCH 28 2911 West 15th St. Call for info. (917) entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. CHILDREN $12. 2 pm. Whitman Theater, presents jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein. 559-4770. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Onion OTHER BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a story- Brooklyn College, one block from the 4 pm. Corner of Flatbush Avenue DIABETES AWARENESS: New York Tours explores Brooklyn’s landmark ORGAN FESTIVAL: Organ grinders Methodist Hospital offers a day of time featuring kids’ favorites. 11 am. junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Extension and DeKalb Avenue. (718) cemetery, City of the Dead. $12, $10 Cynthia and Gary Craig perform at avenues. (718) 951-4600. 488-1015. Free. education, featuring blood pressure THURS, MARCH 29 students. 1 pm. Meet at main 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. and foot screenings, dental counsel- the Automatic Musical Instrument MUSIC FOR FAMILIES: Brooklyn Con- BUSINESS TALK: Boricua College Small entrance, Fifth Avenue and 25th OTHER Collectors Association. Coney servatory of Music presents “Tales Business hosts “Lessons From Suc- ing, nutrition education and more. 11 POETRY READING: Freebird Books Street. (212) 439-1090. am to 2 pm. Medical Office Pavilion, FOCUS ON WOMEN: Brooklyn Island. Call for info. (917) 693-4428. and Scales,” a music telling troupe, in cessful African American Women and Goods presents Laure-Anne COBBLE HILL TOUR: Brooklyn Center Free. Entrepreneurs.” Learn the successes 263 Seventh Ave. (718) 246-8603. Bosselaar and Douglas Goetsch, Women’s Services hosts its 11th a performance of “Jabberwocky.” for the Urban Environment offers a annual women’s symposium in SUNDAY TALK: Brooklyn Society for $10, $5 students and seniors. 4 pm. and challenges of managing a busi- Free. reading from their works. 7 pm. 123 tour from Cobble Hill to the HEALTHY EATING CLUB: Lutheran Columbia St. (718) 643-8484. Free. honor of Women’s History Month. Ethical Culture presents a platform 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. ness. 6 pm to 8 pm. 4 W Circle, 704 Columbia Street waterfront. $13, $10 “Growing Older Together: Applying Fulton St. (718) 963-4112, ext. 563. Health Care hosts a cooking club. BAM: “Edward Scissorhands,” 7:30 pm. Speakers include Dr. Joy Carol, members, $8 students and seniors. 2 author of “The Fabric of Friendship, a Communitarian Vision and Ethical OTHER Free. Seniors are invited to share recipes “The Taming of the Shrew.” 7:30 pm. pm to 4 pm. Meet at southwest cor- and eating habits with each other. Celebrating the Joys, Mending the Values.” Lisel Burns leads. 11 am to JEWISH FEMININE MYSTIQUE: WORKSHOP: CAMBA Small Business See Sat., March 31. ner of Court and Congress streets. 12:30 pm. 53 Prospect Park West. Services offers a talk “How to Repair 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Shore Hill Tears in Women’s Relationships.” Historian and Jewish studies scholar BARGEMUSIC: presents Concerti Con- (718) 788-8500. Also, Cookie Melendez, nationally (718) 768-2972. Free. Rachel Kranson reveals how Jennie Your Credit.” 6 pm to 8:30 pm. 884 Housing, 9000 Shore Rd. (718) 630- cert featuring classical music of Vi- Flatbush Ave. (718) 282-2500. Free. 7588. Free. 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Slope, (718) 832-9800. Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, March 25: Kris Davis Quartet, 7 pm, $5 sug- FREE; Wednesdays: Grace Garland, 9 pm, www.petescandystore.com. BROOKLYN gested donation, James Carney Group, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; March $5 suggested donation. FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. 24: Gabriel Miller Phillips, 8 pm, Benji Cossa, 9 pm, The Second Fiddles, 10 pm, Two Man Barbes Crossroads Saloon Gentleman Band, 11 pm, FREE; March 25: 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Edward Calls Kelli Rae, 8:30 pm, Jeremy Slope, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrook- Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Christensen, 9:30 pm, Friends Singing, 10:30 lyn.com. Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; March 26: Monday Evening Stand- Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 sug- Up, 7:30 pm, Northern Point, 9:30 pm, P. Nightlife gested donation; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, Everett McPartland, 10:30 pm, FREE; March WILLIAMSBURG 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Slavic Soul 27: Bingo, 7 pm, Whprwhil Records Showcase, Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Party, 9 pm, $10; March 24: The Sounds of 9 pm, FREE; March 28: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Black Betty Flugente, 10 pm, Ulrich Lockwood Guitar Duo, Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, Taraab, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, The 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street BAY RIDGE Jack Grace Band, 10 pm, $10 suggested dona- 11 pm, FREE; March 29: Group of Names, 7 www.myspace.com/reignlounge. in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- pm, Lucy Wainwright Roche, 9 pm, Ryan Scott, Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ tion; March 25: Barbes Classical with Brasil betty.net. Kitty Kiernan’s Guitar Duo, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; 11 pm, FREE; March 30: Pete’s Big Poetry, 7 Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, March 26: Hang the Lights, 8 pm, $10 sug- pm, Thomas Jackson, 9 pm, Cary Hudson, 10 12:30 am. days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand pm, Andy Friedman and The Other Failures, 11 (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. gested donation, Chicha Libre, 10 pm, $10 sug- and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. pm, FREE; March 31: The Relief Society, 9 pm, March 24: Andy Clayburn, 10 pm, FREE; March gested donation; March 28: Jacob Garchik Sputnik Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, Cavalier King, 10 pm, Meowskers, 11 pm, 31: Mike & John, 10 pm, FREE. Trio, 8 pm, $10, Dan Weiss Trio, 10 pm, $10; 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton FREE; Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, FREE. March 29: Joel Forrester and the Truth, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: The Joint hosted by DJ The Salty Dog Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. $10 suggested donation, Marta Topferova, 10 Saturdays: Afrokinetic with DJs Chris Annibell Nabil; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ Stain 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, pm, $10; March 30: Two Dollar Bash, 7 pm, $10 and Amon, 9 pm, FREE, French Beats Interna- MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. suggested donation, The Second Fiddles, 8 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- tional, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Kings of Karaoke pm, FREE. burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE. pm, $10 suggested donation, Musette with Colin King of Karaoke and DJ FlimFlam, 10 Explosion, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Capone’s Bar Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- The Wicked Monk pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, March 31: Ted Reichman & Anthony Burr, 8 nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; FREE; Thursdays: Skylab, 10 pm, FREE; March pm, $10, Las Rubias del Norte, 10 pm, $10. 221 N. Ninth St. at Roebling Street in Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, 27: Kings of Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; March 29: Williamsburg, (718) 599-4044, mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. World Eater Recordings presents Letha Francis, Bogota Latin Bistro www.caponesbar.com. March 24: Joe Dairy, Ramelan, and David March 24: DJ Pepe, Green Machine, 9 pm, $5; Pete Hype, Reva Cheri, Xhale, Ghettosongbird, Fridays, Saturdays: The Beat Club/All Disco, 9 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Shane Smith, 9 pm, FREE; March 27: Vincent March 25: U2 Nation, Dirty Stayouts, 9 pm, $5; Frightened Seller, Time TBD, $5. pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and Sperrazza’s Duo, 8 pm, FREE; March 29: Songs March 29: J-Rock Acoutstic, 9 pm, $5; March Slope, (718) 230-3805, DJ Flim Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Speak- www.bogotabistro.com. ‘Danse’ dance revolution: It might be 2007 Brooklyn, but the are Ideas Too, an open mic, 7 pm, and three 30: DJ Kyle, Run Away, Bon Jovi (cover band), easy, an open mic night, 9 pm, FREE. featured guests, 8 pm, FREE; March 30: 100% FLATBUSH Wednesdays: Live Brazilian and Latin jazz, 7 9 pm, $5; March 31: DJ Kyle, Bar Fly, 9 pm, $5. Dansettes (and their backing band, the United Journal Square Used and The High School All-Stars, 9 pm, pm, FREE; March 28: Sonido Costeno, 7 pm, Galapagos FREE; March 31: Joanne Juskus and Adrian Cornerstone Pub FREE. Rhythm Band) have a mod-soul sound that’s straight out of the 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Bond, Porter Block, Goat, 8 pm, FREE. BEDFORD-STUYVESANT 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road ’60s. Check them out on March 31 at Magnetic Field. Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, The Brooklyn www.galapagosartspace.com. Food 4 Thought www.cornerstonepub.com. 3rd Ward Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE Lyceum Schmidt, 10 pm, $2 suggested donation, The featuring Fevers, Yum-Yums, The Suspicions, 195 Morgan Ave. at Stagg Street in March 24: (Backroom) The Pomegranate Ball, 7 Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. (donation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Bed Bugs, 11 pm, $2 suggested donation. Beat, Beat, Beat, Felt-Ups, 9 pm, $22. Williamsburg, (718) 715-4961, pm, $15, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang Pyrate Saturdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: Quartet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org. Puppet Rock Opera Consortium with Boston Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- Thursdays: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. March 24: The Shrimps and more, 9:30 pm, Good Coffeehouse Tea Lounge March 24: Lightning Bolt, BARR, Marnie Stern, sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: $TBD; March 25: Rob Moshers Storytime, 5 League of Women Wrestlers, 10 pm, $10, (Front Ecstatic Sunshine, High Places, and Panther, 9 pm, $5; March 30: Square Egg, Bob Lanzetti Music Parlor 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park room) The Electro Tacit Tour, 8 pm, $5, The pm, $10. Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE. Vox Po p Slope, (718) 789-2762, Trio, and more, 9:30 pm, $8; March 31: The (at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) Looseness featuring DJ Sergio Vega, 11 pm, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- www.tealoungeny.com. Sistas’ Place Isles, Inouk, The Shapes, and more, 9 pm, $8. 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in FREE; March 25: Brooklyn County Fair featur- Trash Bar bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 9 ing Sean Kershaw & The New Jack Ramblers, 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; March 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- March 30: Singers/songwriters Sonya Lorelle and JD & The WWJDs, The Becky Birmingham Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, drink/snack minimum; March 31: Summer Biscuit BBQ 29: Hans Blix, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Jeanette Miller, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. Band, and more, 1 pm, FREE; March 26: Punch, www.sistasplace.org. Pierre, 9 pm, FREE. 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park donation; March 30: The Fuz, Solomon & a puppet slam, 7 pm, $TBD; March 28: March 24: Paul Michel, 8 pm, The Hero Cycle, March 24: Mary Lou Williams with Dinah Vero Slope, (718) 399-2161, Halsey, and The Wings of Love, 9 pm, 10:30 (Backroom) ThingNY, 7 pm, $8; March 29: 9 pm, Lolita Bras, 10 pm, Hot Iron Swallows, 11 Group, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 www.biscuitbbq.com. The Jewish Music pm, Pawns, Midnight, $8; March 25: Jake FORT GREENE pm, $5 suggested donation. (Backroom) Square Dancing NYC, 7 pm, $7, day of the show; March 31: Betty Carter with Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John Cafe Inklings, 10 pm, $10; March 30: (Backroom) Armerding, 8 pm, Internal Disfunction, 9 pm, Lil’ Phillips, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 and 1- This Years Anthem, 10 pm, Session, 11 pm, $6; 401 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Two Boots Brooklyn “An Evening of Experimental Rock” featuring $30 day of the show. BAM Cafe drink minimum; Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Do Shadows Savage?, Blarvuster, Electric March 26: Luke Wesley, 8 pm, Saint of the Day, (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 Night on the Town, 8:30 pm, $10; Tuesdays: (718) 369-6585, www.jewishmusiccafe.com. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park 9 pm, North, 10 pm, Wet Coma, 11 pm, The Slope, (718) 499-3253, Kompany, Swim Trio, Marco Cappelli, Dan Solomon’s Porch Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Songwriters’ Showcase hosted by Staci March 24: Blue Fringe/Heedoosh & Omek Cooper Trio, 8 pm, $12, (Front room) Crashin’ In Jack Lords, Midnight, $6; March 27: Thunder- Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Hadavar, 8:45 pm, $15. www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. lizard be thy Name, 8 pm, Open Hands, 9 pm, 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in March 24: The Dang-It Bobby’s, 10 pm, FREE; presents DJs Oil, Toby Rascal, and Gerald, live Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. March 24: Shae Fiol, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 30: March 24: Emilio Solla, 9 pm, $10; March 28: performances by Silent Years, Butterfly Ex- The Thieves, 10 pm, Smyer, 11 pm, Monu- American Composers Orchestra presents Tango Dance Instruction, 6:45 pm, $TBD, Magnolia March 30: Jessica Wagner Project, 10 pm, FREE; ments, Midnight, $5; March 28: Snaggletooth, Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $7. March 31: Sufferin’ Succotash, 10 pm, FREE. plosion, Scissors for Lefty, The Shondes, and Composers OutFront! Min Xiao-Fen’s Blue Pipa Tango Dance, 8:30 pm, $TBD; March 29: 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Locksley, 10 pm, $8; March 31: (Both rooms) 8 pm, The Shaydes, 9 pm, Full Tank, 10 pm, Trio, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 31: The New Lucian Ban with Abraham Burton, 8:30 pm, (718) 369-4814, Boundless NYC presents DJs Synapse, Gravy, Cocaine and Abel, 11 pm, $6; March 29: Death BOERUM HILL Cookers, 9:30 pm, FREE. $10; March 30: Daniel Kelly Jazz, 8:30 pm, $7 www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. Union Hall Sujainho, Cassiano, and more, 10 pm, $TBD. Killer, 8 pm, Near Forever, 8:45 pm, Sneakthief, food/drink minimum; March 31: Music from Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 30: (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth 9:30 pm, The Divide, 10:15 pm, Devola, 11 pm, Hank’s Saloon Night of the Ghana with Kakraba Lobi Valery Naranjo & Bob & Bronagh Bach, 9:30 pm, FREE. Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, Laila Lounge Millstead, 11:45 pm, $6; March 30: The 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Barry Olsen, 6:30 pm, $7 food/drink minimum, www.unionhallny.com. Narrows, 8 pm, Jinn Abide, 9 pm, Swinger 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Cookers Eastern Soul Music Meets Jazz Fusion, 9 pm, $7 Eight, 10 pm, To Each His Own Element, 11 Melt March 24: The Mugs, 8 pm, $TBD; March 25: Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in food/drink minimum. Tearing the Veil of Maya, comedy with Eugene pm, Glint, midnight, $7; March 31: Mordecai, 8 Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park www.lailalounge.com. Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Mirman & Michael Showalter, 8 pm, $7; March pm, The Winter Sounds, 9 pm, Smackfactor, 10 Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mob- Slope, (718) 230-5925. Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednes- scenity, 10 pm, FREE; March 24: Troublebound, Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 26: Vague Angels, The Gang, Spectacular pm, Serpenteens, 11 pm, Rifle, Midnight, $7. Brooklyn Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 days: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open 10 pm, The Black Market Band, 11 pm, Two Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, Birds, 8 pm, $5; March 28: Aziz Ansari, 8 pm, FREE. Conservatory of pm, FREE. mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Story Doublewide, Midnight, FREE; March 26: $7; March 29: +/-, Say Hi to Your Mom, Bishop March 29: Change of Style, 10 pm, FREE; Union Pool Live band kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; March Music Allen, 8 pm, $12; March 30: Cedars, Mussels, Perch Cafe March 30: Preacherman, 9 pm, The Larch, 10 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in 30: Two Dollar Bash, The Cigarettes, 10 pm, GREENPOINT 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Airthieves, 8 pm, $8. pm, Fat Tony, 11 pm, $TBD; March 31: Flip Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, FREE; March 31: The Paul Brockett Roadshow, Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. 365 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street, Park Slope, (718) www.myspace.com/unionpool. 788-2830, www.myspace.com/theperchcafe. City, 10 pm, $TBD. 10 pm, The Arkhams, 11 pm, The Brimstone Club Europa March 25: Community Salon, 6 pm, FREE; PROSPECT HEIGHTS March 24: Coy Dogs, The Joints, Marissa Assembly, Midnight, FREE. March 31: Faculty Showcase featuring Chris- March 24: The Watsons, 8:30 pm, $5 suggest- Nadler, 8 pm, Late Night Back Room Party with 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in ed donation; March 25: Catharsis, an open mic, The Lucky Cat Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, tine Moore, 8 pm, $10 adults, $5 students and The Backroom Mr. Vacation, 11:45 pm, $TBD; March 29: 7 pm, FREE; March 26: Zack Brock Duo, 8:30 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- Minmae, A Locomotive, and more, 8 pm, $TBD; BRIGHTON BEACH www.europaclub.com. seniors. burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. pm, $5 suggested donation; March 27: Kelsey (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue March 30: Drew Victor & We Are The Beautiful Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Jillette Trio, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 (CD release party), Miles Benjamin Anthony National before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- Cafe Steinhof www.freddysbackroom.com. March 28: Five Star Day, 8:30 pm, $5 suggest- pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Robinson, Widower, 8 pm, $TBD, Late Night days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Restaurant ed donation; March 29: Yoon Sun Choi, 8:30 March 24: Dan Straus, 8 pm, S.A.M., a three- Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot Popcorn Backroom Party with Milksop Adventures, 11:45 Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. pm, $5 suggested donation; March 30: Five ring circus starring music, comedy, and anarchy, featuring Binky Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; March pm, $TBD; March 31: The Library, North Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- March 28: River Alexander and His Mad Jazz Star Day, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Remy de Laroque, 10:30 pm, The Alex Rubin pm, $TBD; Thursdays: Radom Party with Moist 29: Horse the Band featuring Number 12 Looks Elementary, 8 pm, $TBD, Late Night backroom 1225, www.come2national.com. Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE. March 31: Grand Army Arrows, 8 pm, $5 sug- Project, 11:30 pm, FREE; March 25: Open mic, Paula, 11 pm, $TBD; March 24: DJ Daniel and Like You, Light This City, So Many Dynamos, Party with DJ Ted Shred, 11:45 pm, $TBD. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, gested donation. 7 pm, Mob Scene, an open jazz jam, 10 pm, ESP Productions, 11 pm, FREE; March 29: 7:30 pm, $12; March 30: Hella with Dirty Cattyshack FREE; March 27: “On the Way Out,” Music Vegas Trio, 8 pm, $TBD; March 30: Vic Thrill 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: Projectors and Who’s Your Favorite Son God?, Williamsburg Music Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, Puppet’s Jazz Bar from the New York Underground, 9:30 pm, and the Saturn Missile CV Release Party 9 pm, $12. Brooklyn Style, 11 pm, $TBD. FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, FREE; March 28: Vanilla Sativa, 9:30 pm, FREE; Center Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE Mondays: Open Psyche (open mic), 8 pm, (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. March 29: Barbara McKay, 8 pm, FREE; March 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in Club Exit 30: Grits & Harmony, 8:30 pm, Speed Rack, (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). FREE, Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: March 24: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, Luna Lounge Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. 9:30 pm, Habit Trail, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10; March 26: Jaime Aff 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, 31: M. Shanghai & Friends, 9:30 pm, FREE. Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after Session, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, FREE; in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS www.club-exit.com. 10 pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with March 27: Dan’s Band, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, www.lunalounge.com. Zebulon Cafe Magnetic Field Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, sexy boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: S—kickers, 8 Midnight, $5; March 28: Dave Marks Group, RED HOOK March 24: Crescent Moon, 7:30 pm, Half 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). pm, FREE ($5 after 9 pm), Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; Cleveland, 8:30 pm, Sounds of Greg D, 9:30 Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; March 29: Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE. Rich Huntley Quintet, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, The Hook pm, Kapow!, 10:30 pm, TK Webb, 11:30 pm, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magnet- $8; March 29: The Jealous Girlfriends, 9 pm, icbrooklyn.com. GREENWOOD HEIGHTS Midnight, $5; March 30: Alex Blake Trio, 9:15 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red March 24: Zemog, el Gallo Bueno, 10 pm, The Center for pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10; March 31: Jaime Sebastien Grainger (from Death from Above FREE; March 25: Cooper Moore, 6 pm, Leron March 24: The Fleshtones, 8 pm, $10; March Hook, (718) 797-3007, 1979), 10:30 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the Thomas presents Other Music, 9 pm, The Muse 26: Jonah Eller-Isaacs, 8 pm, FREE; March 28: Kitchen Bar Improvisational Aff Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10. www.thehookmusic.com. show; March 30: The World Blanket, 8:30 pm, and Her Genius, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: Pure Fun Dip Variety Hour, 8 pm, FREE; March 29: 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Park Slope, March 24: Emergenza presents Fire Flies, Disas- Music Hula, 9:30 pm, $5; March 31: Hype of the Horsehair, 10 pm, FREE; March 27: Hyper Color, Balthrop, Alabama and El Alto, 8 pm, $6; March (718) 499-5623, www.kitchenbarny.com. Southpaw ter Us, Shadows Lie, Baldi and Suburban Gra- States, 9:30 pm, $TBD. 8 pm, Edom, 10 pm, FREE; March 28: Elliptical 30: Annie Keating, 8 pm, $TBD; March 31: Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; March 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park ffiti, Pelagia, Atlantic Victory, Angel Vivaldi, Re- Ferns plus guest, 10 pm, FREE; March 30: Emilio Livefastdie, The Carbonas, Frantic, 2 pm, FREE, 29: Garth Stevenson, 8:30 pm, FREE. Slope, (212) 631-5882, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. mington, Downfire, Closed Till Dark, 6 pm, $15. www.schoolforimprov.org. Pete’s Candy Store Valdez, a Cuban party, 10 pm, FREE; March 31: The Dansettes, The Black Hollies, 8 pm, $7. March 24: Th’Legendary Shack Shakers, Uncle 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Living Room Lounge March 30: Christian Finger Band featuring Rich Leon and the Alibis, Smokewagon, 9 pm, $10; Hope and Anchor Meta and The Cornerstone, 10 pm, FREE. Perry, 8:30 pm, $8. CLINTON HILL 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, March 26: AM New York’s Artist Now Music 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red (718) 499-1505. Drama Cafe & Wine Showcase “Art Rocks” featuring Luke Brindley, Hook, (718) 237-0276. Dakar Cafe Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Cult Exit the Ordinary, Cavalier King, 8 pm, $8; Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Concerts 341 Fifth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park March 27: The Impossible Shapes, The Way- 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Slope, (718) 768-2136, lons, Pete Galub & The Annuals, 9 pm, $TBD; TALK TO US… Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. on the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: www.myspace.com/dramaonline. March 28: Do Make Say Think, 9 pm, $15; Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE; Tues- To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Live music, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Karaoke, 8 Saturdays: Artist Showcase, 9 pm, FREE; March 29: Radio Heartbeat Powerpop Festival days: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: SHEEPSHEAD BAY name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site pm, FREE. Fridays: Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; featuring 20/20, Nikki Corvette & The Sting- DJ Mohamed, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: WBAI March 24: Eugene Fertelmeyster, 8 pm, $2 rays, The Nice Boys, and Pets/Big Fun, 8:30 pm, address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- DJ Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live suggested donation, John Cole, 9 pm, $2 sug- $22; March 30: Radio Heartbeat Powerpop Anyway Cafe formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are band, 10 pm, FREE. PARK SLOPE gested donation, Nothing Plural, 10 pm, $2 Festival featuring Speedies, The Neigh- 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. suggested donation, Scott Gibson, 11 pm, $2 borhoods, The Busy Signals, Tina & The Total Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Reign Bar 4 suggested donation; March 31: Nick Maguire, Babes, Baby Shakes, Boys Club, 9 pm, $22; www.anywaycafe.com. event details. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park 9 pm, $2 suggested donation, Andrew March 31: Radio Heartbeat Powerpop Festival Mondays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 24, 2007

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT

REPORT: Ratner spent $2.1 Why people are mad million on lobbying last year.

OU WOULD THINK that after six years in Yards, dumped the plan on the neighborhood any favors by not returning calls. Like the office, the Bloomberg Administration would without prior consultation. Bloomberg Administration, Almontaser needs to Y not be so ham-fisted. Then, last week, also without any prior notifi- learn, right now, that being open and accessible But recent days have again reminded us that cation, Department of Education officials came is the best way to earn the trust and support of the Mayor, for all his strengths, riches, leadership to a PTA meeting at PS 282 and announced that the very people whose trust and support you skills and subway-riding, is tone deaf to the way the up-and-coming elementary school would need. his decisions play out on the streets of this town. have to make room for a brand new Arabic-lan- That said, we aren’t prepared to say that both In Park Slope, the mayor’s hauteur exploded guage and culture middle school. the Department of Education and the Department in two separate, but related, instances. PS 282 parents were livid — in large measure of Transportation plans are completely misguid- In the first case, the Department of Transporta- because Education officials, like those at the ed. There still needs to be a larger discussion of tion quietly made it known that it intended to DOT, dumped the Khalil Gibran International whether the Gibran Academy is even appropriate, turn Sixth and Seventh avenues into one-way Academy on the neighborhood without prior whether in Park Slope or any neighborhood. And streets — and in doing so, blindsided the very consultation. certainly there needs to be a way to calm Brook- residents whose support it would need. Parents rallied last week, complaining that lyn’s borough-wide traffic problems that doesn’t Park Slope soundly rejected the proposal — their school actually doesn’t have any spare resemble a patch, as does the Sixth and Seventh but not entirely because the plan didn’t make rooms and that it is inappropriate to house mid- avenue proposal. sense. No, mostly the residents were upset at dle-school kids with kindergarteners. In every instance, though, the city needs to treat how the DOT, which is obviously under pressure Certainly the principal of the Arabic school, its stakeholders with respect instead of thinking it to fix the coming traffic nightmare of Atlantic Debbie Almontaser, has not done her program can steamroll legitimate local concerns. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS More anger over city’s one-way 7th plan

To the editor, and Fourth avenues and were already evident To the editor, boroughs. Danspace will consult local dance The proposal to convert Sixth and Sev- in the 1960s. In part they are due to the failure As a 23-year resident of Park Slope, I ve- Dance for Brooklyn groups in developing the space and rental of Robert Moses and others to anticipate that Delivery Opt out enth avenues to one way, has made me furi- hemently oppose the proposed traffic-pat- To the editor: rates. the automobile would be in such wide use, es- Every week, we deliver copies of The ous (“7th Avenue Express,” March 17). tern changes proposed for the neighbor- The Brooklyn Paper claims that the ar- It is worth noting that Danspace has pecially on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout My anger, though, is not directed at the hood. rival of Danspace Project to the BAM Cul- strong and longstanding relationships with and its entrance and exit ramps. Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- Department of Transportation or Bruce Rat- The proposed changes will put children tural District signals the “Manhattanization” many local groups, including Urban Bush tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- ner, but instead at my fellow Park Slopers. Greater Downtown Brooklyn’s major at risk, as well as harm the merchants of the Woman (for whom Danspace Executive Di- traffic congestion is also a result of Manhat- of Brooklyn (“Manhattan dancers in Brook- pers per building (eliminating the kind Had the Slope mobilized in 2004, when At- area. It should have been a given that Rat- lyn? Fuhgedaboudit!” March 2). rector Laurie Uprichard once worked) and of clutter caused by circular and menu lantic Yards was in its infancy, we might tan-centric government’s failure to under- ner’s extravaganza would alter the neigh- 651 Arts (with whom Danspace is co-pro- stand and take the leadership in expanding To the contrary, this will create new op- delivery services). never have been at this point. borhood as well as increase the crime rate portunities for Brooklyn arts groups and the ducing a show this month). We hope everyone appreciates our How clearly I remember the reaction to and upgrading our borough’s public trans- of the area. Joe Chan, DUMBO portation system. We now see what decades local community. free home delivery, but realize there are those passing out brochures against Atlantic The politicians who supported Atlantic Editor’s note: The writer is president of the Down- exceptions to every rule. of neglect can do. While Danspace will operate the new cul- Yards at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Yards should be ashamed that they will tural facility, the space will serve the commu- town Brooklyn Partnership. It should be noted, how- The current traffic debacle is a result of ever, that The Brooklyn Paper did not claim any- So, if you’ve received The Paper at 2004. The comments I heard, consistently, contribute to the harmful alteration of the nity in many ways. First, it will provide home and no longer want this free were “It’s so far away from here”; “It’ll be the failure of Daniel Doctoroff, the deputy thing in the article Chan cites, but merely reported service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- mayor for development, and Amanda Bur- lifestyle of the people of Park Slope. much-needed performance and rehearsal that some Brooklyn leaders objected to a Manhattan- great for our neighborhood,” and “We don’t George E. Kowalczyk, Park Slope ery program by filling out the online den, commissioner of City Planning, to un- space for dance groups throughout the five based group getting control of a prime piece of the live in that part of the Slope.” Instead, the BAM Cultural District. form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ response in those critical first few months derstand even the most basic, tried-and-true optout.html was anemic at best — “negligence” and planning principles about development and traffic and about development and all at BrooklynPaper.com “apathy” are more apt terms. op inside. Read them FREE Beat the ticket sto • 007 17,2 arch schools and other services. It is also ay,M turd • Sa 0, No. 11 • Vol. 3 Read your local pages Now that traffic pattern changes are com- AWP /16 To the editor, WN EDITION

about political corruption. –DOWNTOBO M G DU UDIN INCL OKLYN HEIGHTS Send a letter ing for the arena — as we all knew they BRO 2007 Brooklyn’s Real NewspaperY • © I commend Matthew Lysiak for writing s More letters… a • Brooklyn, N and w –9350 plan, The current Department of Trans- ) 834 bat the (718 om - m • on to c iday. duca er.co acti on Fr t of E - Pap to rally rtmen ques lyn set Depa er any n ook “[The answ ided o Br ldn’t o dec i- ] cou e] wh secur tion ll, [lik re the would — people are getting off their arses ns at a d whe raser. io an F t hool, ” said Do his sc from, ed by By e-mail: [email protected] t come s echo ill a HOLY WARty w rage w t his recent column (“(Law)breaking news: r ou ble,” We received an overwhelming amount of mail re- e a H son. ccept portation traffic “solution” is similar to Loui ly una rd for lores total ht ha his is e foug , our Slope parentsin protest Arabic school“T plann. “W uter lab ste Louiso r comp oesn’t ubin said lab, ou . It d na R ience rt room at this Da per ed our sc our a ee th By yn Pa plod oom, st to s e.” rookl ts ex usic r ienti wors The B aren offi- m ket sc r the n and starting to notice that Atlantic Yards is lope p cation e a roc ngs fo ampio rk S Edu ew tak e thi a ch - Pa ent of ze a n chang found ky (D partm squee ool will A has Yass - at De ope to le sch he PT David Brook ho h midd 82 T ilman The - Columnist arrested!” March 10) without garding our cover story last week on a city plan to ls w age S 2 unc told mis By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn cia angu level P in Co , who as “a treating cancer with an aspirin. Indeed, it ic-l ry- pe) an w to Arab enta e. rk Slo he pl rmful e elem Avenu n- Pa r that t ry ha nto th Sixth eleme Pape be ve row.” i g on ing 00 lyn would ool g n uildin d-com ses 6 e and hat sch ucatio b up-an y hou fth tak help t of Ed is The lread ugh fi orts to ment hool ool a thro n’t eff epart the sc ry sch pre-K it ca The D s that . ta , from say claim pacity n going to destroy our quality of life. Did it dents arents b site ent ca hool i tu p c c s and ose We 3 per ew s d- rade, ore. e’ll l ly at 6 very n n buil g any m ce, w ty,” on wish e its ow ry old m se spa safe “We have e luxu house an Arabic-language middle school within an h ll lo lose on ould ve th ” employing the term “fascist police state.” Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY We’ e’ll ciati ity c y ha ney, gives the appearance of an act of revenge by “ and w Asso the c rarel d mo , r se e an n rvices eache r, who , but w pace ucatio se ent T Frase . ing ent s an Ed id Par mara 282 uffici eyer, sa t Xio r at PS us of s dy M man. , esiden -grade give Melo keswo ibran Pr ourth r they th said nt spo d for G . is a f rathe n six artme name n poet son ould our ow k Dep ool is hristia “We w utting y thin he sch ese C n of p if the s- T Leban need to take three years to figure that out? optio here… ed Fra bic- loved e d ra e

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The Brooklyn Paper er powerful people like Ratner WeiBin Gong, Editor Lishou mega-development — so it fell believe it is because of the con- We’re still scratching our (we ask a lot of questions, and Kang, Editor Chang JiangYu, to us to take up the call to pro- struction of the Three Gorges heads about it, but this week, Ratner ignores us). and Executive Deputy Chief vide readers with objective in- Dam. We were able to talk to four of China’s top newspaper The trip was part of a cultural Editor Yue Qian — were formation about Brooklyn’s those people.” exchange set up by the State De- amazed that The Paper contin- largest real-estate development. But, Yue quickly added, that editors journeyed to our DUM- partment, which naturally sees ues to cover development is- It became clear that reporting the paper also printed a govern- BO offices to talk politics, me- The Brooklyn Paper as a leading sues with a critical eye, whether is done a little differently on the ment report that said the dia and, yes, Bruce Ratner. voice in the struggle for Truth, or not it adversely affects our other side of the world. drought was not caused by the The editors, from the Justice and the American Way. ability to get ads from real-es- We asked our Shanghai construction of the massive / Julie Rosenberg 300,000-circulation Shanghai The Chinese editors were tate developers. counterparts, for example, dam. Youth Daily, peppered the hard- concerned with all three, espe- We explained that we have whether they could be critical “And that was that,” Yue working scribes of Brooklyn’s cially how American local gov- no choice. Our competitors reg- of their government. said of his paper’s decision to real newspaper with questions ernments can condemn private ularly print press releases ver- “We can cover some contro- print the report without a criti- about how free papers stay in the property and turn it over to an- batim and Ratner once even versial topics,” Yue told us. cal assessment of it. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn black (don’t ask us!), what we other private developer via emi- published his own newspaper “For instance, there has been a Like we said, we’re still Shanghai Youth Daily Executive Editor Chang JiangYu can’t get enough of Brooklyn’s real think of our competition (what nent domain. so he could distort, without an major drought in one region for scratching our heads. newspaper during a visit to our DUMBO offices this week. competition?), and how we cov- And all four — Director editorial filter, the reality of his several years and many people — The Editors Battle still rages over Arabic school

middle school in their elemen- is and Gibran Principal Debbie sisted they were sensitive to By Dana Rubinstein tary school was made without Almontaser to divvy up the parents concerns. The Brooklyn Paper any consultation with parents, school’s space. Neither princi- Off-campus, a battle was de- The city will not back down who claim they need every bit pal would comment on the con- veloping over the nature of the from a plan to cram an Arabic of the school’s limited space for troversy, and the results of the Gibran Academy, with some language and culture middle their own programs. walk-through have not been re- Brooklynites starting a letter- school into a building that Up to that point, the Gibran leased. writing campaign decrying the houses an up-and-coming Park Academy generated little con- Parents were far more vocal, “the hard-left pathology of New troversey — though all of the chanting, “Class size matters!” York City government” and Slope elementary school, de- news stories had a glaring hole: spite the pleas of parents who and “Save our services!” warning that the school “will the location of the controversial “I have two daughters, in slow down not only the integra- rallied against the plan in the academy and which third and first grades,” said De- r.com Pape klyn tion of Arabs and Muslims into freezing rain on Fri- Broo l at m al d the existing school would ea von Taylor, who lives in Crown R side. oop in t EE s • FR l 2007 mainstream American society ca 17, lo arch day. r ay, M rd ou Satu y . 11 • 0, No ad Vol. 3 e ges • R 16 pa AWP/ have to make room Heights. “The fact that they’re N ITIO N ED TOW OWN –D MBO TS G DU H UDIN EIG INCL r YN H pape OKL but also the academic progress s O New BR Real n “PS 282 is the n’s 07 la ly 20 ok Y • © l p ro lyn, N o B Brook o was 0 • h , and 935 plan for it. – c ) 834 s bat the • (718 ic o com . ca- putting 13-year-olds with kids com b ction t Friday f Edu per. ra a ally on ent o ues- Pa t to r artm y q klyn A se e Dep er an on roo st “[Th t answ cided B e uldn’ o de ri- t co ] wh ecu o tion] [like the s r all, ere s at wh aser. p tion l, and aid Fr o ts schoo m,” s by D n this me fro choed re ill co was e HOLYa WARty w rage p r out ble,” He on. ccepta of middle school students of e uis na for p es Lo ally u hard lo lor is tot ought ur most viable option S “This “We f r lab, o n. ute stein ouiso comp esn’t ubin said L b, our . It do na R ence la t room t this Da er d ur sci our ar ee tha By n Pap lode o om, t to s .” Since that March okly exp ic ro ntis orse e Bro ents fi- mus t scie he w Th e par ion of rocke s for t pion so young isn’t right or safe.” op cat e a ng am ark Sl f Edu new tak ge thi d a ch - P ent o eze a ll chan s foun sky (D partm sque ool wi TA ha d Yas k- at De ope to le sch he P Davi Broo who h midd 282 T ilman d The s- cials guage el PS Counc ho tol “a mi ic-lan ry-lev in pe), w n was to Arab menta ue. rk Slo the pla rmful e ele Aven en- Pa r that ery ha into th Sixth elem Pape d be v row.” g on ing 00 lyn woul hool g on uildin d-com ses 6 e and that sc ucati b up-an y hou ifth tak help of Ed is The alread ugh f orts to tment chool hool K thro n’t eff epar t the s ry sc pre- it ca The D s tha . Arabic descent with regard to ta m y im ity ts, fro ts sa te cla capac l in right now,” said studen paren eb si rcent schoo e , and lose W t 63 p new ild- grade more. we’ll nly a every wn bu any ace, ety,” o wish e its o ury hold m ose sp se saf “We d hav he lux e’ll l ’ll lo ation coul have t ey,” 12 meeting, PS 282 “W we oci city ely on , and r Ass se the e rar and m n rvices eache , who , but w pace ucatio Many parents cited particular e T er g s d s arent Fras 2. in cient , an E aid P omara PS 28 suffi eyer . s nt Xi er at us of lody M oman n, reside h-grad y give id Me okesw Gibra P fourt er the ixth sa ent sp ed for et. on is a d rath own s partm is nam ian po s woul g our ink De chool Christ “We puttin hey th The s anese ion of …if t ras- d Leb he opt here ded F rabic- elove

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The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn school’s namesake] was a Ma- demned the plan, complaining outside, Education officials “This is the arrogance of the ronite Catholic.” that the decision to house the walked through the school with Shadeena Gordon, who has a fourth-grader at Park Slope’s PS 282, rallied on Friday with 100 other parents against a city plan new Department of Education,” Arabic-language and culture PS 282 Principal Magalie Alex- to house an Arabic-language and culture middle school within the existing elementary school. But Abi-Habib was sympa- said Audrey Risius, whose thetic to parents with concerns daughter is in the fourth grade. about overcrowding. In fact, he At least one father is consid- said he’d rather have the Acade- ering pulling his child out of the my in southwest Brooklyn, closer The Brooklyn Paper Lebanon, but moved to Boston in 1895 tures and he wrote in two languages, and church. At your worship in your syna- school should the plan go to neighborhoods with a large It’s fitting that New York City’s first and to New York City in 1912. He spent a his influence in the Arabic world was re- gogue. For you and I are the sons of one through. good part of his life moving between the sponsible for the great literary renais- religion, the Spirit.’ “I probably won’t keep her in population of Arabic speakers. Who is public Arabic-language and culture But Meyer, the Education school should be named for poet and East and West and his most famous works sance in the Arab world. All modern “But what is really very important is 282, because of crowding and — “The Prophet” and “Jesus, the Son of Arabic poetry has been influenced by that he [combined] the new world…with spokeswoman, could only offer novelist Khalil Gibran, who embodied safety,” said Daniel McShane, Man” — reflect that dualism. Khalil Gibran. There’s no doubt the the time-tested values of the old. How Abi-Habib and PS 282 parents a the notion of dual identity, published in whose daughter is in the second “He is the ideal person to name an Ara- about that. much today we are in need of this mar- grade. “I just like that she is in an smidgen of hope. Khalil both English and Arabic, and was an ear- bic-language and culture school after,” said “Gibran was also a great believer in riage of spiritual values and the dy- elementary school, not an ele- “[We] were happy to hear ly advocate of the emancipation of wom- Professor Suheil Bushrui, who holds the the unity of religion. In one of his pas- namism and power of progress. If these mentary school/middle school.” what the community had to say, en. His works have been translated into Khalil Gibran chair at University of Mary- sages, he wrote, ‘You are my brother and two can be put together, they can solve For their part, Education offi- and are taking both schools’ more than 40 languages. land and has written a Gibran biography. I love you. I love you at prayer in your all the problems of the world in no time.” cials disputed the notion that needs into consideration as we Gibran? Gibran (1883–1931) was born in “He was a bridge between two cul- mosque. At your devotions in your — Rubinstein mixing children from different continue to think about this,” age groups is dangerous, and in- she said. PS 107 to hold big bash to raise cash for class

By Rob M. Errera all need to be able to adequate- Luckily, a number of the par- who were happy to help out. Grand. “We now have a very is something we do to be a part of of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive “Reporting From Iraq” will for The Brooklyn Paper ly explain to our kids now, in ticipants have close ties to the “Readings on the Fourth fine looking library and a won- our community and to provide the Bus.” take place on March 28 at 7:30 “Readings on the Fourth the simplest terms, and later, school. Moss’s son and Gelb’s Floor” began in 2005 “to raise derful librarian, but we’re a lit- opportunities to spend time in the “It is a really great event and pm at P.S. 107 (1301 Eighth Ave. community and listen to interest- we’ve been very fortunate to at 13th Street in Park Slope). Floor” has gotten political. when they’re old enough to ask grandson both attend the school, seed money for a library that tle short on books.” the complicated questions.” and Packer and Lyden are locals didn’t exist,” according to According to PTA President ing things,” said Cheryl Willems, have so many guests to come Tickets are $12. Call (718) 330- The two-year-old book series Catherine Teegarden, “Eleven- wife of the aforementioned author and speak.” 9340 or visit www.ps107.org. at Park Slope’s “other” elemen- to-one is the book-to-child ratio tary school, PS 107, will depart recommended by the American from the usual author chats Library Association. Three-to- with a heavy-hitting discussion one is the ratio expected for in- on Iraq on March 28 that features George Packer of the New mates. P.S. 107 currently has Yorker, Jacki Lyden from NPR, about five-to-one, so we’ve sur- New York Times reporter passed the prison level, but still Fixing the Yards mess have a way to go.” Michael Moss and Leslie Geld, Gov. Spitzer’s newly appointed Empire State Development Corporation Chairman Pat Foye the former president of the Although the opening night reading is deadly serious, the fun told The Brooklyn Paper last week that the agency that handled Atlantic Yards — four law- Council on Foreign Relations. suits and counting — is now committed to cleaning up its act. Here is a handy chart show- That’s a far cry from last will return in subsequent weeks. ing how the Pataki-era ESDC handled Brooklyn’s largest and most-controversial mega-de- year’s readings, one of which Next up is an evening with featured the hilarious John Jonathan Lethem and Dana Spi- velopment, and what Foye said his agency will do differently. — Ariella Cohen Hodgman and a lot of spit-up otta (April 26); “Humor Night,” featuring Hodgman, David drinks. Callan / Tom What happened with Atlantic Yards Promised changes What it means “The events are more diverse Rakoff and Sarah Vowell (May this year,” said Cheryl Willems, 2); and “Making Milk Snort Out Alternate plans for the site were Thorough investigation More possibilities for head of the Library Committee of Your Kid’s Nose,” an adults- never really considered, critics of multiple development each development site. and a parent volunteer. only evening with some of the charge. plans, including a “no- This switch from author neighborhood’s great kid’s au- build scenario.” events to political roundtables is Paper The Brooklyn thors, such as Mo Willems, Jon largely due to the efforts of Scieszka, Mr. Warburton and Agendas for public meetings were The agenda of each meet- State officials will better David Grand, a PS 107 parent. Make Zanes not war Joey Mazzarino. not available; the public wasn’t told ing will be posted online hear from people af- “No matter what positions The $12 tickets are expected what would be discussed at the meet- and the public will be al- fected by a particular one takes on the war or how it’s Kiddie rocker Dan Zanes wasn’t at Woodstock, but he held a mini-version of those three to bring in $6,000 for the li- ings; the public could not comment. lowed to ask questions. project. been conducted,” Grand said, days of peace, love and music on the steps of his Cobble Hill house on Monday to brary, up from $4,000 last year. “as a parent, it’s something we protest the U.S. invasion of Iraq four years ago. “I think that the reading series Documents could theoretically be All contracts will be post- Bloggers can go bananas obtained through Freedom of In- ed online so the “public — but at least they’ll formation requests, but they could can review on a real-time have the facts on hand take months to be processed or basis” now. azine and an article about my ar- When I watched last week, I could be rejected. ticle ended up in The Brooklyn was a little shocked to see An- Paper. He truly had become as drew older and crankier (like DICE CLAY… famous as he always wanted to me) but he seems like the same be. He was a hero in Brooklyn. It Another public official who shows up repeatedly Continued from page 1 come the office of his production old Andrew in many ways. blew me away. Some critics are carping that as a target of Ratner’s lobbying effort is Borough Pres- he paid for the coffee in the lit- company, Fleebin’ Dabble Pro- The rest of the story you Andrew is just trying to stop the BRUCE… ident Markowitz, a strong supporter of the project. tle coffee shop in 16 Court St. ductions — and he was still the Markowitz would not comment on what form know: His act got dirtier and An- clock on his long-expired 15 Continued from page 1 (though most of his earnings same Andrew. I really didn’t see drew rose to fame almost at the Ratner’s lobbying took, but said through a a big change in his normal per- minutes of fame, but they’re see- Shelly [Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver], you went into his act, for which he same time that there was a cul- ing Dice, not Andrew with his spokesman that any meetings he had with Rat- sonality. Still funny, unpredict- hire Pat Lynch. If you want to lobby city gov- was always purchasing black tural push-back towards political Brooklyn-ness intact. ner officials involved “making Atlantic Yards bell-bottom polyester pants and able, regular Andrew. He show- correctness. ernment, you hire John Locicero [a former aide work better for Brooklyn.” ed me a new video and said, Yes, it was a little weird to see T-shirts with things spelled out Yet the trend Andrew started him bigger and grayer (probably to Mayor Koch].” Opponents, of course, claim the $4-billion in studs). “You see, I told you I would continues to be milked today, al- One of the lobbyists hired by Ratner last year, mega-development can’t do that — mostly be- make it big.” because that means that I am Knowing him and his ambi- beit by others like Howard Stern, bigger and grayer), but I was Melanie Meyers, used to be general counsel at the cause public officials have been working for tion, I wasn’t surprised when, 11 My photographer and I took whose guests take off their happy to see him and his dad do- Department of City Planning, which was first re- Ratner. years later, he was hosting “Sat- him out for a photo shoot in the clothes and talk about their body ing well. And I was happy to see ported by the Atlantic Yards Report. Opponents of “Forest City Ratner had $2.11 million to lob- urday Night Live,” doing mov- Streets of Brooklyn where we parts, and Sarah Silverman, who Atlantic Yards point to this hiring as evidence that used to walk in our 20s. that the Andrew I knew is alive by Albany on ‘Atlantic Yards’ but will not spend ies, filling arenas. By then he is basically Dice in a bra. But Ratner was buying his way into meetings with It was truly an unbelievable and well. a single penny to purchase the rail yards which was Andrew “Dice” Clay, a she’s so cute, she gets away with Planning officials even as the public was barred comedy legend in his own time. sight: The streets came alive The next episode of “Dice comprise over one-third of the development it. from the limited city role in the Atlantic Yards I’d seen him over the years a with fans. Workers hung out But back in the day, Andrew Undisputed” will air on VH-1 on site,” said Daniel Goldstein, a spokesman for few times since he’d left Brook- from office windows. Bus driv- Clay Silverstein walked around Sunday, March 25, at 10 pm. public approval process last year. Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. “Instead, lyn for Hollywood at 22, but ers stopped buses. People like Sacha Baron Cohen does to- Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway, a After being lobbied by Ratner and his team, New York City taxpayers will buy the yards for when he was at the height of his swarmed around us. Guys started day, goofing on everyone and former Brooklyn Paper editor, is the Department of City Planning eventually ne- Ratner. It’s an exquisite shell game. … The tax- fame, I got an assignment from calling out Dice jokes. Everyone overcoming them with his charm a leading interfaith and non-de- gotiated a deal with Ratner that would trim the payers are being forced to pay Ratner’s bills

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By Gersh Kuntzman kin, the party’s Brooklyn-Queens veloper, who complained that the the eminent domain scheme that cans were outraged by” that 5-4 to build his $637-million, Frank landowners,” Cooper said. “Bar- Browne, but the Rev. Fred Jenk- The Brooklyn Paper chairman. bank profited from slavery, apart- taints whoever participates in it.” High Court decision. Gehry-designed arena. He will clays chose to become an ac- ins of St. Luke’s Pentacostal Barclays Bank’s partnership Earlier this year, Barclays heid, the Holocaust and other ugly The U.S. Supreme Court’s Cooper also decried Ratner’s pay back the city and state with complice of Bruce Ratner. They Church on Long Island. with Bruce Ratner is under fire agreed to pay Ratner $400 mil- moments in human history. Kelo decision in 2005 allows the arena as a public boondoggle revenues generated by ticket, should both bear the outrage of Cooper, Popkin and the Rev- again — but this time not be- lion to name the soon-to-be-built But Popkin dismissed that government to condemn private- that amounts to “corporate sports food and souvenir sales. indignant Americans who favor erend will address the party’s cause of the bank’s slavery- and Nets arena “the Barclays Cen- controversy in one sentence. ly owned land and turn it over to welfare.” “To Libertarians, corporate freedom and justice.” state convention next month on apartheid-linked past. ter.” The deal was immediately “The actions of the bankers of private developers, said the Lib- Thanks to city and state subsi- sports welfare and eminent do- Cooper’s outraged is joined Long Island. The New York Libertarian criticized by many black leaders, centuries past do not taint the are- ertarian Party Chairman Richard dies, tax breaks and out and out main abuse are legalized theft, by a higher power. No, not Lib- Ratner and Barclays declined Party is now calling for a nation- including several close to the de- na,” he said. “It is participation in Cooper, but “millions of Ameri- grants, Ratner will pay nothing stealing from taxpayers and ertarian demi-god, Harry to comment. wide boycott of the British bank- ing behemoth on the grounds that its participation in the At- lantic Yards project is a tacit en- dorsement of the state’s use of eminent domain to condemn private property and turn it over to a private developer, Ratner. “Barclays’ participation in eminent domain is an outrage as a private enterprise disrespecting property rights,” said Gary Pop- Police want your help The Brooklyn Paper Good day. Please allow me to introduce myself. Officers with the 84th Precinct in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown say that bicycle safety and graffiti prevention are at the top the community’s list of concerns. To respond to this call, police are reminding bike riders that traffic rules apply to them, too. I am Sir Charge, Officers will be out enforcing the laws and writing tickets to cyclists who speed through red lights or fail to stop or yield as required. Cops may even confis- cate the bikes of those who ven- Verizon’s best-kept secret. ture onto the sidewalk, where riding is strictly prohibited. When it comes to graffiti, cops are using cash to combat the crime. Officers with the 84th Precinct remind residents I pop up unexpectedly... to call 911 if they see someone “tagging” buildings, signs or other structures with paint or ...all over your Verizon home phone bill. They do manage to markers. Tipsters can dial 311 to provide information about existing graffiti. A reward of up keep this old scoundrel busy in the most inexplicable manner, to $500 is available if these tips lead to an arrest or conviction. — Lilo Stainton but one thing is clear: Sir Charge and your money make a splendid royal couple. Boymelgreen correction Developer Shaya Boymelgreen And really, it costs a bloody fortune had only two bones to pick with last week’s package of articles about him (“Boymelgreen: No to tailor these suits! new Brooklyn projects — for now,” March 17): His NOVO Park Slope building is actually located on Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street, and Boymelgreen has been living in Crown Heights since he was 18. The Brooklyn Paper regrets the er- rors, but appreciates the developer’s kind words.

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