Brooklyn Paper MORE INSIDE Foes Have Just Tools Used by Ratner to Get This Project Connection with Our Bank,” Read Truell’S Letter

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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 30, No. 3 • Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO Claims no link to slave trade ‘Domain’ BLOOD MONEY By Dana Rubinstein never a partner, employee or agent of the bank and the Ratner pockets hundreds of millions from ‘David Barclay’ referred to in this book also had no British bank tied to slave trade, apartheid The Brooklyn Paper MORE INSIDE foes have just tools used by Ratner to get this project connection with our bank,” read Truell’s letter. Councilwoman says passed,” said Councilwoman Letitia James (D- Prospect Heights), an Atlantic Yards opponent deal ‘insults’ blacks who is black. A British bank that is under fire from black lead- “Now that the project has been approved, they By Gersh Kuntzman don’t serve his purpose anymore. Now, he can in-

/ Tom Callan / Tom But historians disagree. and Dana Rubinstein sult them by signing an agreement with a bank •Read Barclays’ letter: p.5 The Brooklyn Paper that financed the slave trade and supported the apartheid system. He’ll take money from anyone.” ers for profiting from the slave trade centuries ago The future home for the Brooklyn Nets will Barclays is a London-based bank — one of the be emblazoned with the corporate logo of a world’s biggest — with holdings around the

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn “I’m very sure that the David Barclay in [‘Capitalism British bank that was founded on the slave globe, but whose history is inextricably linked to trade, collaborated with the Nazis and did busi- some of mankind’s lowest moments:

ness with South Africa’s apartheid government. • Slavery: The bank itself was founded by photo illustration fought back last week, claiming the allegation “is •Our editor’s response: p.5 Smackdown! Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner an- the Barclay family in 1756 on profits made in The record shows he took the blows:Our photographer, nounced his mega-deal with Barclays Bank on the African slave trade. and Slavery’] is also the David Barclay that was a princi- Tom Callan, gets smacked by this man as he takes a pic- Thursday — but critics slammed the developer The company’s senior archivist, Jessie Camp- their day ture outside of Monty-Q’s, a Montague Street restaurant for plastering the controversial bank’s name atop bell, defended the bank’s link to slavery in a letter that had just been closed by the Health Department. The the arena after having courted African-American to the London paper, the Guardian, as something Paper The Brooklyn simply not true” — but a prominent historian, and man attacked Callan, demanding to know what our shoot- support for his mega-development. that must “be understood in the context of the Here’s our artist’s rendering of how the Frank Gehry-designed glass-walled “Barclays •Anti-Ratner laugh-in: p.13 er was doing. Read story on page 6 to find out. “[Black] supporters of Atlantic Yards were See BLOOD MONEY on page 6 Center” might look with its patron’s name emblazoned on top. pal founder of the bank,” said Christopher Leslie Brown, yet another high-powered black elected official, •It’s not just slavery (letter): p.6 a historian of the British empire at Rutgers University. came forward this week to dispute the bank’s rosy Brown also challenged Truell’s contention that “it view of its own history. is simply not true [that] Barclays was founded on the in court That article was followed by stories in the New York In letters sent last week to several journalists — in- proceeds of [the] slave trade.” cluding those at The Brooklyn Paper — Barclays Daily News; the New York Times; the New York Sun; “David Barclay did business with slave holders on By Ariella Cohen spokesman Peter Truell asked that the newspapers the Independent, a British newspaper; TMZ, the celebri- a regular basis and profited handsomely from that The Brooklyn Paper “immediately retract” stories that relied on what Tru- ty online magazine; and the Atlantic Yards Report, a A familiar cast of characters ell called “simply untrue” and “misleading” evidence Web site. trade,” Brown said. of the bank’s slavery links. (The letter, pictured at left, The Daily News responded to the letter with an edi- “Much of his wealth derived in trade of metals and clashed in the first courtroom battle can be read on page 5.) torial calling discussion of Barclays’ slavery link textiles with slaveholding colonies from North America over the fate of Atlantic Yards — The Brooklyn Paper responded to Truell’s letter “grossly unfair, if not flat out wrong” — even though and probably also from the Caribbean,” Brown said. with opponents saying the project with a news story and a signed editorial on the news- its own reporter, Michael O’Keeffe, linked the bank to “Was he a major slave trader? Probably not. Did he abuses state condemnation powers paper’s Web site on Friday afternoon (an updated ver- slavery in his articles in the newspaper’s sports section. profit from the slave economy? He indisputably did.” and a state lawyer retorting that sion of that “Editor’s note” is on page 5). Truell’s letter contends that the basis for the claim When The Brooklyn Paper asked Truell to comment plaintiffs are “naive” to the ways of The Paper’s coverage of Barclays’ $400-million that Barclays was founded on slave-trade profits — first on Brown’s assertions, the spokesman actually quoted the world. naming-rights deal with Atlantic Yards developer Bruce published in Eric Williams’s seminal 1944 book, “Capi- from Brown’s newest book, “Moral Capital: the The state is allowed to seize private Ratner (“Blood Money,” Jan. 20) said that the British talism and Slavery” — is “unsupported and mistaken.” Foundations of British Abolitionism.” property, but only if it can demonstrate financial behemoth was “inexorably linked” to slavery. “Our research shows that Alexander Barclay was See BARCLAYS on page 5 that it is doing so for public benefit. Lawyers for a handful of tenants and building owners in Atlantic Yards’ 22- acre footprint questioned that public benefit. “If [Bruce] Ratner makes billions of Congresswoman: End Barclays deal now dollars from the development and the city makes [less], then how is his ben- By Dana Rubinstein very questionable circumstances,” added hailed Clarke’s move as an acknowl- efit not the primary motive [of condemnation]?” asked Matthew Brinck- The Brooklyn Paper Clarke, who largely sat on the sidelines of edgement that “this is not just a local Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper erhoff, lawyer for Daniel Goldstein,

( ) BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/18 pages • Vol. 30, No. 4 • Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 • FREE the Atlantic Yards debate during her issue.” BrooklynPaper.com • 718 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 INCLUDING DUMBO Rep. Yvette Clarke, a powerful tenure in the City Council, but now “Brooklyn needs to make sure that whose apartment building is near cen- Black leaders rip Ratner’s supporter of the Atlantic Yards proj- raised the possibility of “congressional [Barclays] invests in the community if ter court inside Ratner’s proposed bas- ect, denounced developer Bruce Rat- hearings on the impact of the Atlantic they want to benefit from the American ketball arena. $400M Barclays arena deal ner’s $400-million deal with Barclays Yards development on my constituents.” market,” said Rev. Clinton Miller, the Empire State Development Corpo- ration lawyer Douglas Kraus scoffed Atlantic Yards supporter says Bruce is taking ‘blood money’ that would brand the Nets arena — By issuing her condemnation, leader of Brown Baptist Memorial of slaves at Nets site; another ally is demanding reparations the centerpiece of Ratner’s 16-sky- Clarke joined a growing group of black Church in Fort Greene and an Atlantic at the plaintiff’s case against the $4- By Ariella Cohen “All options should be on the table, including The Brooklyn Paper payment for past wrongs and termination of the MORE INSIDE billion, 16-tower residential, office, agreement,” Jeffries said. scraper project — with the name of Two black supporters of Atlantic Yards have joined a growing chorus saying that developer Green, a strong supporter of Atlantic Yards, •Editorial and Letters: p. 6 leaders — many of them Ratner sup- Yards opponent. Bruce Ratner betrayed his black allies when he moved last week to distance himself from the nam- •Ratner socks it to locals: p.15 sold the naming rights to his proposed Nets arena ing-rights deal. He called on Barclays to pay reparations to American blacks for its role in slavery. •Anti-Ratner movie debuts: p.15 arena and retail mega-project, calling to Barclays, a global banking firm that was founded by slave traders and did business with South “Barclays must step up and respond to our com- •Locals slam Barclays deal: p.15 an institution that profited from the Africa’s apartheid government. munity the way they responded to Nelson Mandela” •Lawsuit’s new angle: p.15 porters — demanding that the develop- “Barclays needs to come off its high over the issue of apartheid in South Africa, he said. Both Roger Green — a former state Assembly- As part of the $400-million naming-rights deal, •Ratner foes dial for $: p.15 man — and his successor Hakeem Jeffries came out Barclays has said it will pay $2.5 million to repair this week against the Barclays deal. it “fictional,” “hyperbolic” and “at public basketball courts through the borough, but who was active in the anti-apartheid movement two Jeffries said Ratner should consider “termi- Green called that amount, “not enough.” decades ago, said reports on Barclays’ ties to the slavery and other horrors of human Callan / Tom nating” his $400-million deal, the largest-ever Barclays gave $5 million to a Mandela founda- slave trade and apartheid amounted to “constructive er reconsider the agreement. horse and admit…that it was as involved sports venue naming-rights agreement. tion in 2004. The company also funded local devel- criticism” of Ratner’s new business partner. “It would be an understatement to say that this opment projects in South Africa, including public As a result, Green said, he will “ask these com- odds with state law.” naming agreement was insensitive and offensive,” sports facilities. panies to respond to our communities.” said Jeffries (D-Prospect Heights). A spokesman for Barclays declined to comment The sharp criticism of the Ratner deal is a first history during its “troubling past.” “Barclays Bank has gained enormous profits es- on Green’s call for reparations. The spokesman also for Jeffries and Green — and put them in a coali- “I have a duty, as a representative of as anybody else in slavery. sentially from blood money obtained from the disputed the company’s well-documented connection with leaders who have taken strong stances transatlantic slave trade, which is one of the worse tion to the slave trade, freezing of some Jewish ac- against the project. crimes in the history of the world. Brooklynites and He joked that the case was based on counts in France during the Holocaust, and business The attack on Ratner’s naming-rights deal by New Yorkers of every race and religion should be deals with South Africa’s apartheid government. supporters of the Atlantic Yards project follows concerned about their presence in our borough. ” At a press conference where the Barclays deal was criticism by Councilwoman Letitia James, a proj- “Barclays is a 400-year-old, $2-tril- arguably the largest black community “If they’re not willing to be inclu- Jeffries demanded a meeting with the developer to announced last week, Bloomberg mocked a re- ect opponent, last week. discuss the issue. He hasn’t gotten a call back yet. Roger Green Hakeem Jeffries porter’s question about the bank’s history. But Green, See BLOOD on page 15 a naïve understanding of “the way lion, multinational financial empire that in North America, to voice concern sive and fair, then the agreement things work,” his shorthand for the in- has been linked to Nazi Germany, when minority supporters are left in the should be terminated,” he said. ner workings of government. The Brooklyn Paper’s coverage of the Barclays-Ratner Apartheid in South Africa and the dark about the arrival of an institution Aspokesman for Forest City Ratner See DOMAIN on page 13 deal (top and bottom) and the company’s letter ob- transatlantic slave trade,” said Clarke. with such a troubling past,” she said. did not return calls for comment. Bar- Paper file The Brooklyn jecting to our coverage (center). The naming-rights deal comes “under Opponents of the arena naming deal clays denies a link to slavery. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke

VALENTINE’S DAY 2007 In honor of Valentine’s Day, The Brooklyn Paper sought out the best, worst, most tragic and, frankly, most romantic love stories. Inspired by Borough THE BOROUGHPresident Markowitz’sOF LOVE... “state of the borough” speech, we set out to assess the If it’s good for Brooklyn, “state of the state of love in the borough.” The state of love is, of course, strong! it’s good for New York 7City! 1, 2, 3, 12, 4 mbers 7, 1 9-11 widow finds love again Lucky Nu By Louise Crawford tive of the love they share,” Fontana The Brooklyn Paper Gets the wrote in that email. One of Brooklyn’s highest-profile SMART inside scoop “I was not surprised that he began his proposal with ‘I love Aidan with all “9-11 widows,” Marian Fontana of PAGE 13 Park Slope, is engaged. mom my heart.’” Of course, 10-year-olds aren’t the best More than five years after the hor- “I am blessed to have so much love at keeping secrets, so Fontana knew the rific day that claimed the life of thou- in my life.” sands — including her husband, Lt. big question was about to be popped. David Fontana of Squad 1 — Fontana Fontana told friends that she had a Though she now lives in Staten Is- got engaged last week to Tom Mar- hunch that Martinez, a fine arts pho- land, Fontana remains a larger-than-life / Hugh Crawford tinez, a minister at the All Souls Beth- tographer and author of “Confessions figure in Park Slope, thanks to the way lehem Church, a Unitarian congrega- of a Seminarian: Searching for a Soul she mobilized the neighborhood after tion in Kensington. in the Shadow of Empire,” was going 9-11 to keep Squad 1 open when the Marty for Mayor? This “What I love about Tom is that he un- to propose because he first asked city threatened to shut it down just derstands what I have gone through and Fontana’s 10-year-old son, Aidan, weeks after the attacks.

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn the deep love I will always have for about how he should go about it. The squad, which is housed on Union Marian Fontana, a 9-11 wid- Dave, and is okay with all of it,” Fontana “Tom asked for Aidan’s permission Street between Sixth and Seventh av- ow, has gotten engaged. wrote in an email to her friends. first, a gesture so sweet and so indica- enues, lost 12 firefighters that day. cookie didn’t crumble

By Lilo H. Stainton looks good,” Markowitz said, and has rented an office near her. To my astonishment, she gave me her The Brooklyn Paper holding up the sugary augury. Borough Hall to do the political “But with term limits looming groundwork. Dating your belly email address, and later, agreed to meet. I He buried it deep within his Dating in this city can be hard on the could scarcely believe my luck: a date — what about my future?” Some party insiders laughed one-hour-long, cholesterol-filled Markowitz broke open the at the notion that Brooklyn’s stomach, a lesson I learned recently with the architect of my sandwich. schmaltzfest known as the State cookie and read the “fortune”: “If biggest cheerleader could be when a prospective romance imploded However, our nascent affair ended be- of the Borough address, but Bor- fore it really began. After just a few it’s good for Brooklyn, it’s good elected in a five-borough race, and in the process cost me access to my ough President Markowitz now for New York City!” he said. but others said Markowitz has a emails, my young sandwich temptress favorite sandwich. VALENTINE’S SPECIAL says he’s running for mayor. That may be a big “if,” but proven track record as a fund- The sandwich in question — an unri- started grilling me about marriage, chil- • An ex-sexpert shares Of course, he didn’t say it Markowitz is certainly position- raiser — which may be the most- valed three-meat marvel that had long dren, and commitment. I was alarmed, as tricks of the trade right out. Instead, he introduced ing himself for a run. important political skill of higher been a balm to my troubled digestion — I felt her to be skipping several important fortune cookie makers Ching As The Brooklyn Paper has office seekers these days. steps in our relationship, namely the first • Why your kitchen’s came from a restaurant on Atlantic Av- Monkey business Sun Wong and his son Norman reported, the Beep is sitting on a When pressed for whether enue, where, over time, I developed a date. She then began calling and text- the hottest room in and said their product would the fortune cookie told the full Valentine’s Day isn’t just for higher campaign war chest of more than secret lust for a fetching young counter- messaging me — and eventually left me your house help him make his decision $1 million and cannot run for his story, the Beep backpedaled a mammals anymore. At the Prospect lady, whom I knew was also the owner. a scathing voicemail. I ended it there. • B’klyn’s best sweets about running for higher office beloved borough president’s of- bit: “I’ve opened the door a My mind reeled from the potential I didn’t find my beloved — and I lost Park Zoo, the supposedly lower beasts for your sweetie after term limits kick in in 2009. fice again, thanks to term limits. crack to look at my future on gastronomic benefits of our pairing, and my beloved sandwich in the process. are pairing up in ways that would make “I don’t need a fortune cook- He has openly discussed the the other side of term limits.” one day I worked up the nerve to talk to — John O’Connor See LOVE IN B’KLYN on page 13 STARTS ON PAGE 7 ie to tell me Brooklyn’s future possibility of running for mayor See MAYOR on page 16 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 10, 2007

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in concert. Also, music and dancing. $20 SAT, FEB 10 donation plus any unused wedding gifts and/or food/beverages for the potluck sup- OUTDOORS AND TOURS per and auction. 7 pn. 53 Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. MORNING BIRDING: Salt Marsh Nature Center hosts a walk around its Nature Trail. Learn FILM SCREENING: “An Evening of the World’s about the birds of the salt marsh and see Best Short Films,” hosted by The Brooklyn some of the winter migrants. 8 am. 3302 Lyceum. Special guest is Adrian Grenier, star Ave. U. Call 311 for info. Free. of HBO’s “Entourage” series. He answers questions about “Euthanasia,” his short film. WALKING TOUR: Urban Park Rangers explore $12. 7:30 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. at President Fort Greene Park. Learn about the park’s his- St. (718) 857-4816. tory and the 148-foot-tall Martyrs’ Monu- ment. 1 pm. Fort Green Visitor Center. Enter park near the Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. SUN, FEB 11 ANIMAL COURTSHIP: Salt Marsh Nature Center hosts a talk on how animals attract mates. OUTDOORS AND TOURS Learn about flirting pre-Valentines Day. 1 pm. Meet at 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 for info. Free. ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. $5, $3 seniors and children. $5.50 skate rental. 10 am WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a tour to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Pros- of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn pect Park, access through the Parkside/ Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, Ocean avenues entrance or the Lincoln Road/ 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. Ocean Avenue entrance. (718) 287-5252. PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE MUSIC: Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Heights branch presents The Ben Gooding at Brooklyn College presents “On Broadway Show featuring music of the Caribbean. Also, with Melba Moore.” $15 to $30. 2 pm. Walt gospel, rhythm and blues, Broadway tunes Whitman Hall at Brooklyn College, one block and jazz. Noon to 1 pm. 280 Cadman Plaza from the intersection of Flatbush and West. (718) 623-7100. Free. Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4800. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents an BARGEMUSIC: Enhanced music concert with adaptation of the novella by Thomas Mann music of Beethoven, Gershwin, Wolf and “Death in Venice.” Artistic director John Dvorak. $40. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Neumeier presents a dance of death. $20 to Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. $70. 7:30 pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, Art break: Matthew Johnson shows his latest works, including “I accept 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: “Little Building.” chaos, I am not sure whether it accepts me” (above), at Hogar Collec- 7:30 pm. See Sat., Feb. 10. BARGEMUSIC: Enhanced music concert with tion. The show opens Feb. 10. music by Beethoven, Gershwin, Wolf and CHILDREN Dvorak. $40. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: hosts a Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624- family science workshop: “Luck of the Dra- 2083. and early 1930s with a guided tour of to 5:00 pm. Trip leaves at 5:00 pm. 363 these historic houses. $4. Free for resi- Fifth Ave. (718) 670-3337. gon.” Kids are invited to celebrate Chinese GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: presents a musical New Year and discover the significance of 2006-2007 SEASON melodrama about a building which falls in dents of 11213 and 11233 with ID and EXHIBIT: Hogar Collection presents “All the dragon in Chinese culture. Arts and crafts love with a real estate developer, “Little children under 12. Noon. 1698 Bergen St. Alive at Once,” new paintings by follow. Appropriate for ages five and older. Building” by Nick Jones. $15. 7:30 pm. 70 N. (718) 629-5400. Matthew Johnson. 6 pm to 9 pm. 111 $4, free for members. 1 pm to 3 pm. Also, Sixth St. (718) 384-4586. TABLA RASA GALLERY: hosts a discussion Grand St. (718) 388-5022. tap to hip-hp dance show. 2:30 pm. 145 MUSIC: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music pres- “What is Original Art?” Master printmak- BACHELOR AUCTION: Xaverian High Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. ents Omni Ensemble. Works by Bach, Cop- er Agnes Murray leads talk. 2:00 pm. 224 School hosts a Valentine dance and auc- KID’S KRAFTS: Salt Marsh Nature Center invites land, Faure, Mozart and others. $15, $10 stu- 48th St. (718) 833-9100. Free. tion fundraiser. $50 includes buffet and kids to make something special for Valen- dents and seniors. 8 pm. Center for the RECEPTION: Sankaranka Gallery of Contem- wine. 7 pm to 11 pm. 7100 Shore Rd. tine’s Day. 1 pm. 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 for Performing Arts at the College of Staten porary African Art hosts an opening (718) 836-7100, ext. 184. info. Free. Island, 2800 Victory Blvd. (718) 859-8649. reception. 3 pm to 6 pm. 111 Front St. HOLIDAY PARTY: Brooklyn Society for Ethi- GROUNDHOG SERIES: Brooklyn Arts Exchange (718) 666-3636. cal Culture hosts a fundraiser to celebrate Support provided by LILA ACHESON WALLACE A HARKNESS FOUNDATION presents a series for family audiences. Today: THEATER FUND CHILDREN BROOKLYN PRIDE: hosts a bus trip to Atlan- marriage. Singles, couples, LGBTQ, and W FOR DANCE “The Other Side of This Life,” featuring jug- TEEN ART CONFERENCE: Brooklyn Arts tic City. Trip is co-sponsored by Ginger’s straight folks are all welcome. Bring your gler Nicolas Flair. $10, $8 kids 12 and Exchange offers peer to peer opportunities Pub, host of a happy hour. $35. 3:00 pm tux, wedding dress or veil. Jacqué Dupreé younger. 2 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832- 0018. to teens who study and perform theater and dance. Workshops, performances, panel dis- KIDS CAFE: Dancewave’s Kids Company per- cussions and more. 9:30 am to 5 pm. PS 24, forms. Festival celebrates salsa music and 427 38th St. Advance registration required. dance. Performances by over 200 kids from (718) 832-0018. Free. across NYC. $20, $12 kids. 3 pm. Long Island CIVIC CALENDAR University’s Kumble Theater, DeKalb and ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum hosts “Arty Flatbush avenues. (718) 522-4696. Facts.” Explore the galleries, enjoy a family activity and create art. Appropriate for ages TUESDAY, FEB. 13 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14 OTHER four to seven. $8 adults, free for kids 12 and 72nd Precinct Community Council. Community Board 6. Full board meeting. Long Island College Hospital, conference BUDDHIST MEDITATION CLASSES: Today’s under and members. 11 am to 2 pm. 200 Regular meeting. Mariem Heim Center topic: “How to Solve our Human Problems Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. (4520 Fourth Ave. at 45th Street), 7:30 rooms A and B (339 Hicks St. at Atlantic Avenue), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643-3027 for with Prayers for World Peace.” $10. 10 am to MAGIC SHOW: King Henry Entertainment per- pm. Call (718) 965-6326 for information. 11:15 am. Vajradhara Meditation Center, 380 forms. Appropriate for kids 5 to 12 years. 2 information. Community Board 7. Public hearing. On Adelphi St. #2. (718) 496-5514. pm to 4 pm. New Utrecht Reformed Church, Community Board 2. Full board meeting. SUNDAY PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for 18th Avenue at 84th Street. (718) 236-0678. the agenda: liquor license application for ART/NY (138 South Oxford St. between Rose Quartz Lounge. Board offices (4201 Ethical Culture hosts its annual poetry plat- Free. Atlantic Avenue and Hanson Place), 6 pm. form. Members and friends read personal, KIDS CAFE: Dancewave’s Kids Company per- Fourth Ave. at 43rd Street), 6 pm. Call Call (718) 596-5410 for information. favorite and international poetry. 11 am. 53 forms. Festival celebrates salsa music and (718) 854-0003 for information. Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. Free. dance. Performances by over 200 kids from South Park Slope Community Group & THURSDAY, FEB. 15 CRAFT WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Artists Gym across NYC. $20, $12 kids. 3 pm. Long Island Concerned Citizens of Green-Wood Community Board 7. Public hearing. On offers a crafts class on Polaroid and lift trans- University’s Kumble Theater, DeKalb and the agenda: Plan for supported housing fers. $40. 2 pm to 5 pm. 168 Seventh St. Flatbush avenues. (718) 522-4696. Heights. On the agenda: Plan for sup- at 575 Fifth Ave. St. John-St. Matthew ported housing at 575 Fifth Ave. Grand (718) 858-9069. Emmanuel Lutheran Church (283 Pros- MOVIE: Union Temple presents “Women of the OTHER Prospect Hall (263 Prospect Ave. pect Ave. between Fifth and Sixth POKEMON TOURNAMENT: at Kings Games. Wall.” Award-winning documentary follows between Fourth and Fifth avenues), 7 avenues), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 854-0003 struggle of a women’s prayer group for the Noon. 1685 East 15th St. www.op.pokemon- pm. 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An unknown stench fills the under- added Joshua Fried of Williamsburg, “I pass, but the agency’s Web site says it is put- Then there’s the issue of equity. pass connecting Brooklyn-bound trains to think it’s refrigerated and that affects the ting aside billions to restore and improve the Car & Limo Service “If we’re skeptical that we’ll be able to achieve separate-but- Queens-bound trains — but it’s unclear smell.” entire system. equal communities, then that’s one reason to support integra- where the smell is coming from because the “It smells like that everyday,” added Can they afford a little Mr. Clean? tion,” said Ellen. And we all know what a debacle “separate-but-equal” was. (See Brown v. the Board of Education or modern-day housing projects.) Fortunately, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill real estate isn’t being left entirely to brokers. Deborah Howard and the crew she heads up at the Pratt Area Community Council routinely sell affordable housing. Roadhogs! 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By Dana Rubinstein spots along Lafayette Avenue These are one- to three-family homes, and way below market The Brooklyn Paper at Fort Greene Place, the www.myrtlecarservice.com rate. agency, whose offices are a State officials have agreed block away on Hanson Even so — hot damn! to stop hogging scarce park- “The [prices] are higher than other home ownership opportu- Place, promised that its em- WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES ing spaces in Fort Greene — ployees’ behavior would im- nities we have coming down the line,” Howard admitted. “All but only after The Stoop start- we can try to do is to create as many affordable housing oppor- prove. tunities as we can.” ed asking too many questions. “We spoke with the em- BEFORE And, to their credit, they are doing what they can. In recent years, state bu- ployees of that office [and] I AFTER Among the 72 new home ownership opportunities slated to reaucrats equipped with city don’t think there’ll be any go on the market in future months, at least four will sell for parking permits have plopped more issues,” said Michael $25,000 each. their cars down all day long Bucci, a Finance spokesman. Now that’s affordable housing. in Fort Greene parking spots, Area residents were hope- Let’s hope some of the middle- and working-class manage to at the expense of area resi- ful that the bureaucrats’ be- stick around that long. The neighborhood won’t be the same dents and small businesses — havior would improve. despite the permits’ three- “We have to at least give Lean on Me of Brooklyn without them. 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For ernment workers — recently While their future parking HEALING ARTS information, call Janet Griffin at (718) 857-2700 x2251. … Present- equipped many of those park- habits remain in question, one day high-schoolers from Benjamin Banneker Academy are Ho / Dennis W. ing spots with meters, ostensi- thing remains certain — park- Lauren Hampel, LMT raising money for the Association of Community Organizations for Member AMTA & NCBTMB bly to increase turnover and Reform Now (ACORN) in New Orleans. To contribute, call Terry ing in Fort Greene is an issue. Samuel at (718) 797-3702 x412, or send tax-deductible checks to her boost patronage of local busi- “The meters initially did • Swedish • Shiatsu • Sports attention at Benjamin Banneker Academy, 77 Clinton Ave., Brook- nesses. open up space so people could • Hot Stone • Deep Tissue lyn, NY 11205 … The Myrtle Avenue BID revealed that a six-sto- After The Stoop asked get in an out of stores,” said The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn about the misuse of permits Selma Jackson, who runs 4W 718-797-5318 ry, 52-unit building called “The Clermont” will rise on Myrtle and COBBLE HILL Clermont avenues. The jury’s still out on how much the units will cost. Despite the sign, cars of officials regularly park all day at the in- by Department of Taxation Circle on Fulton Street. “But Talk to us. Write: [email protected]. tersection of Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street. and Finance workers at three it’s still tight.” Gift Certificates Available

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Nica Lalli / Julie Rosenberg — because they’re loud, vulgar and not big spenders (one kid buys a slice while his 10 pals hang out). John Jay HS is gone — replaced by the Secondary School for th Law, the Secondary School for Research and the Secondary School for Journalism — but as the pizzeria’s sign shows, the no- rtSupplies toriously bad school’s stigma still casts a shadow over Seventh Paper The Brooklyn Avenue. The neighborhood’s sentiment toward the school and the The city wants to turn this parking lot on Fifth Avenue and 16th Street into a 50-unit building for formerly homeless men. Lo- students — you are not part of our neighborhood — remains. cals want affordable housing for families. Certainly, those students are not Park Slope residents; at dis- A 376 missal time, they don’t melt into the surrounding blocks, but Supplies7 for flow like a river to the subway, where they are met by police of- 7th Ave. ficers posted there to keep the peace. the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) Park Slope has been waiting for the schools in the building to Graphic Artist, improve. Law, Journalism and Research are failing to draw in Homeless housing plan stirs Student local teens. and Children 369-4969 The schools are slowly improving, and at least one of the three has been getting better reviews from parents, staff and the school-watching website, www.insideschools.org. But better is not good enough. And so the Park Slope kids go to other schools ‘affordable’ rift on 16th St. that have solid tests scores and more appealing programs. PERSEVERANCE It might help to take out programs that are downright unap- to 50 studio apartments at 575 Fifth Ave. — less than $29,000 a year. pealing. The program that tips the scales in the “I’m-not-send- By Christie Rizk TURNS DREAMS The Brooklyn Paper currently a municipal parking lot at 16th “There is a huge need for affordable ing-my-kid-there” direction is the Region 8 Suspension Center Street. housing in Park Slope,” said HPD INTO REALITY for high school students. Suspension Centers are run like regular A fight is brewing in Park Slope pitting Neighbors have other designs on the site. spokesman Neill Coleman, “and that’s what schools, with required classes and certified teachers, but the stu- city housing officials who want to build “I don’t see how the current plan could be we’re trying to provide.” dent body comprises kids who have not merely mouthed off or low-income studio apartments for former- positive for the community,” said John But Burns and others are worried about littered, but done something serious enough to warrant a re- ly homeless people against residents who Burns, a member of the newly formed South the possibility of mentally disabled individ- moval from their high school. believe bigger, family-friendly units would Park Slope Community Group. uals moving in, though Coleman said those Besides that, the Department of Education should work on its better serve the community. Sixty percent of the housing would go to residents would be well cared for. PR. John Jay is like a tree falling in an otherwise empty forest: If The Haven For Stuttering The city Department of Housing Preser- formerly homeless single adults, while the “It’s supportive housing,” he said, adding offers treatment for stutterers of all ages a good thing happens inside the building, but no one in the outside vation and Development wants to build 48 rest of the units would go to adults earning community is told about it, did it really happen? See HOUSING on page 4 utilizing proven methods for maximum satisfaction Last week, students at the School for Research had an open- WE SPECIALIZE IN: WE PROVIDE: ing for a photo-essay exhibition that was terrific. The students Customized Goals & Treatment Plans Free Support Groups studied the gentrification of Park Slope and the development of EmbracingCognitive&BehavioralFactors Refresher Sessions Coney Island and the Atlantic Yards. 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The Brooklyn Paper not return calls for comment. 718.375.5444 The goal, of course, is for John Jay to become an educational Like many Brooklyn entrepreneurs, the center that works for the people who live near it, rather than a Apparently, the perfect Prospect Heights Jeromes crafted their business as a place they BUY dumping ground for the system’s worst students with only pock- dream of one ambitious couple wasn’t all would like to hang out themselves, Com- DIRECT ets of high-quality education. they imagined. mender said. GROOMING • BOARDING If Park Slope is ever going to embrace the school, the school The popular wine bar, Half, on Vanderbilt For a while, the place was exactly that. The needs to embrace Park Slope — but it also needs to demonstrate Avenue near Prospect Place, has been closed Jeromes even ran a special, “Tots and Tonic,” Dogs & Cats • Your Inspection Invited! that it offers an alternative to Stuyvesant or Brooklyn Tech, for months, but now there’s a sign on the out- that brought in some moms groups in the late where so many Park Slope parents send their public school kids, side saying that the shop — lock, stock, and afternoons. We Service the despite the distance. plenty of barrels — is up for grabs. But like so many things, the dream didn’t Movie Stars! Once that happens, the attitude that the school is not serving “Wine bar for sale,” it reads, ruefully. live up to reality. Patty Jerome had a baby, our neighborhood will change, and the sign in the pizza parlor Running such a gin joint might just well be Max Jerome pursued art projects, and eventu- Over 35 will surely come down. every Yuppie’s dream. And for just $100,000 ally the bar closed. WE SHIP Years Exp. and a monthly rent of $2,600, it could become Whoever buys the location doesn’t have to every Yuppie’s nightmare — just like it be- keep it as a wine bar, of course, but the neigh-

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Not Who needs fancy dinners or dia- the commute — depending on everyone is sold on the extra toll. monds when one company in who is behind the wheel. “If I am going to support Pennsylvania has already invented “The one-way toll has, ironi- this, I would like to first see a the perfect expression of love — all Matthew Lysiak cally, increased congestion on comprehensive plan about how for 33 cents? the Staten Island Expressway,” the new toll would effect the re- This display of Yellow Hooker romanticism has given the said a statement released by the distribute of traffic throughout critics ammunition. It is not uncommon for some locals to Gowanus Community Stake- the borough,” said state Sen. search for an adjective that combines the words Cupid with holder Group, a group that ad- Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge). Mailbox Suites Scrooge. 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On any given day, the Mayor can be some toll money from the free- come a reality. found sitting in front of Millennium Carpet, the Third Avenue riders who cross the Verrazano But what it means is still re- Fast Alterations store he owns, talking to random passers-by, and passing out free into Brooklyn, and then drive mains a mystery. jokes and unsolicited advice. A lot of unsolicited advice. into Manhattan and enter back Paper The Brooklyn “Is this a good thing for Bay “It just isn’t right,” the Mayor told me last February 14. “With into New Jersey via the Holland What a difference two years makes: The Verrazano Bridge Ridge?” asked Golden. “The Dry Cleaning all that she puts up with from you, this lady deserves more than Tunnel, which is free in the seen from the Shore Road bike path on Jan. 23, 2005. jury is still out.” stale marshmallows — she deserves her face on Rushmore.” Stale marshmallows? Tailor J, Inc. 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State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack recently traded in his gavel This time, I took the Mayor’s advice. and relived his days as a Ragamuffin when he administered the oath of of- Valentine’s Day has arrived — and 33 cents never felt so fice to the new president of the Children’s Ragamuffin Parade Organiza- cheap. tion, Colleen Golden. STAIR LIFTS Justice Schack, a former Ragamuffin Grand Marshall, also swore in Secretary Arlene Keating, Treasurer Joseph Conly and standing, in for her THE KITCHEN SINK mom, Vice President Kelly Rignola at the Bay Ridge Manor on Jan. 8. FREE Estimate Offshore banking? Relax, they are just sprucing the place up. “Every group under the sun has a parade in its honor, but the Ragamuf- and in-home Offshore Restaurant, at 7822 Third Ave.. will close for renova- fin Parade is the only parade that celebrates being a kid,” a Ragamuffin consultation tions from Feb. 12 – 23. What are they going to renovate? “We are source told The Brooklyn Paper. “And to have the Justice on hand for the going to surprise you,” the manager answered. … Assemblyman swearing in made it quite the event.” William Colton (D–Bensonhurst) has introduced legislation that The group’s next parade will be on Sept. 27. — Lysiak FREE Installation holds electronic equipment makers responsible for the recycling of their products. No word yet on whether legislation will be intro- Parade Organization Ragamuffin Children’s FREE Delivery duced that requires producers of redundant press releases to be held State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack, a former Ragamuffin Parade grand marshal, administers the oath of office to accountable for the mess of papers littering my desk. … Rep. Vito Colleen Golden, who was recently elected president of the Ragamuffin Parade. 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Can Don Rumsfeld say that? … One “Fun Fact” on annual city assessment of individual proper- may bicker, their proposals are fairly similar, state Sen. Marty Golden’s Senate Kids Web site — “Keys mys- A Bay Ridge councilman wants to put more money — $400 more — in your wal- ty values — if the value increases, so does according to Doug Turetsky, the spokesman Sunset Pediatric teriously jingle, doors open on their own, and an unusual wind let than Mayor Bloomberg. the property owner’s taxes. for the Independent Budget Office. sweeps by, but no window is open. Sounds like a haunted house, In Gentile’s plan, owners of one-, two-, “There’s a common feature in both of right? Wrong! It’s the fifth floor of the State Capitol in Albany, New Hizzoner unveiled a property tax cut in York. 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The thug phone,” then snatched the cell and Long Island College Hospital. beat his 48-year-old victim so bad- Free home modifications available to frail seniors bolted. Clermont crisis ly, the man needed stitches. But and individuals with disabilities living in Brooklyn Stroller bowler Police Officer Richard Holland ar- Museum finds really The three-block stretch of Community Boards 2, 3, 4, 8 & 16. A robber knocked down a lit- rived in time to haul the assailant Clermont Avenue from Dekalb — and the hammer — into the tle girl when he robbed her to Park avenues was the scene of To qualify, applicants must have household incomes of mother of cash, a passport and 88th Precinct stationhouse. no more than $19,146 annually. at least three assaults last week, other documents on Flatbush Av- police said. Police arrested five Putnam nab old thing in Egypt enue on Jan. 30, police said. Modifications will enable individuals to perform every- thugs in one of the attacks and Police caught two of three The brute attacked the 33- cuffed a hammer-wielding as- thieves who allegedly swiped a day tasks more independently and allow greater access year-old woman just before 3 sailant a few days later. mix of valuables from a Putnam By Dana Rubinstein cavation at the Temple Precinct sun disk from which hang two pm, as she pushed her daughter to and within the home –– e.g. installation of grab bars, On Jan. 31, a quintet of brutes Avenue home: a DVD player, a The Brooklyn Paper of the Goddess Mut at South uraeus-cobras — representations in a stroller near Fulton Street. Karnak — is believed to have of the protective goddesses of walk-in shower, ramps, and widening doorways. ranging in age from 17 to 33 sur- pair of white sneakers, two blan- ABrooklyn-Museum-led ar- The thief rushed up, toppled the rounded a 16-year-old near Myrtle kets and a Spiderman doll. crowned the doorway of a reli- Upper and Lower Egypt — and For an application call buggy, grabbed the woman’s bag chaeological excavation in gious structure. a series of child-deities squatting Avenue, punched him and slashed The trio broke into the house, Egypt unearthed a more than and disappeared. near Irving Place, around 1:20 “Some of the significance of atop lotus blossoms rising from him above the left eye with a ra- 2,000-year-old gilded artifact SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED The stolen goods included the zor blade. The victim went to am. The 52-year-old resident the lintel is the quality of its water. victim’s Mexican passport, So- Brooklyn Hospital and, thanks to heard the ruckus and when she that the country’s minister of carving and its gilding,” said ar- Facing these deities are two at 718.403.9846, ext. 248 cial Security card, the daughter’s Police Officer Mervin Bautista, looked outside, and, moments culture deemed “a significant chaeologist Richard Fazzini, goddesses standing behind an al- birth certificate, work papers, a the assailants went to jail. later, she saw two men and a find” last week. who has run the excavation since tar-shaped table piled with food. cellphone and $900. Two days later, someone stole woman walk out of her door and The extravagant relief, or lin- its inception more than 20 years One goddess is a female Bes- The girl was OK, cops said. $9,000 in camera equipment, disappear down the street. tel — discovered in early Janu- ago. image, with her hands in a ges- PANORAMIC VIEWS! Quick change plus other valuables, from a New One intruder is still at large, ary at the museum’s ongoing ex- The 43-inch relief depicts a ture of adoration, the other a Even the dreaded parking Jersey man who was walking but police found two others and crowned, pregnant hip- ticket would have been a better along Dekalb Avenue, near Cler- collected the stolen goods. The popotamus with a croc- deal. mont Avenue, around 11:20 pm. 44-year-old man and 24-year-old odile on her back and A60-year-old woman discov- The victim wasn’t hurt, but woman now face multiple bur- holding a hieroglyph ered that awful truth on Jan. 30 his losses included a Canon cam- glary charges. for “protection.” when someone swiped her car era, an 85-mm lens, a camera Gun heist In ancient Egyptian iconography, the preg- while she walked down Scher- mount and other equipment, plus A man lost his laptop, pass- nant hippopotamus rep- 206 Court St. merhorn Street seeking change an Apple computer and a design- port and other valuables when a for the meter, police said. resents motherhood. (718) 596-3333 Renovated 4 story, 5 BR, 4 bath robber attacked him on Classon Carroll Gardens townhouse. Full The victim admitted she left Avenue Jan. 29, police said. The lintel was trans- her 1999 Toyota running — and ported to the Luxor Mu- See our listings: basement. $1,649,000. 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Street between Sixth and Sev- At least seven cars and vans The theft of the two U-haul out what was going on, an uniden- Police said one of the vans was enth avenues. She told cops that tified driver fired up the ignition later recovered, but one is still out she parked the car on Jan. 26 at slash on Ninth St. — and one Bobcat construc- vans still has cops stumped. On Jan. 29, at around 7 pm, a work- on a second van and drove off. there lugging someone’s stuff. around 11 am, only to find it tion tractor — were swiped off In other thefts: gone when she returned to the er was doing inventory when he The keys had been left in both By Gersh Kuntzman Park Slope streets last week, discovered that one van was Ford vans, which is standard • On Jan. 30, the driver of an spot six days later. including two trucks taken missing. practice at the lot, which is on airport service van left the vehicle • A 36-year-old woman parked The Brooklyn Paper idling in front of a building on and locked her 1995 Acura on Three gang members slash- POLICE BLOTTER Second Avenue, near Fifth Street. Fourth Avenue at 11th Street on ed a 44-year-old man standing She told cops she went into the Jan. 26. When she returned, it on the corner of Fifth Avenue building for only a minute or so at was gone. The woman had been walk- cops that the two people — a edic Group Is and Ninth Street on Feb. 1, ing near the corner of Park 19-year-old man and a 37-year- cademic Orthopa around 11 am, but returned to find • The Bobcat was stolen on Brooklyn’s Only A causing severe lacerations, but Place and Sixth Avenue on Feb. old woman — beat him with alk Away... only exhaust fumes where the Jan. 26 at around 7 am from the earning two of the gang- Just a Short W 1997 Ford van had been. corner of Seventh Street and 1 at around 1 pm when two the bat, which was recovered at Now bangers a trip to the pokey. would-be robbers set upon her. the scene. • A 72-year-old woman who Seventh Avenue, cops said. A The Prospect Park West man parked her 1995 Honda Civic construction worker had parked “Give me your wallet,” one Both assailants were charged told cops that three men sur- of the men said. When the with assault. near her apartment on Carroll the $20,000 machine near the rounded him at around 2:40 pm woman turned around, the other Street, between Fifth and Sixth corner, but minutes later, it was Off-track beating and didn’t say anything before perp repeated the demand. avenues, on Jan 23 told cops that gone. one of the men pulled out a But the woman did not com- Perhaps the OTB slogan when she went back to the car a • An upstate man had his 2003 boxcutter and started the attack. ply with either request, and should be “Beat with your head, few days later, it was gone. Mitsubishi stolen from in front of Police quickly arrested two high-tailed it back to her apart- not over it.” • Another woman, 37, had her a building on Union Street, be- men, one age 30, the other 22. ment nearby. When she got to Two employees of the OTB 2000 Honda Civic stolen front in tween Fifth and Sixth avenues, on Both live in the same building the door and had a chance to parlor on Fifth Avenue, which is front of a building on Fourth Jan. 23. — Kuntzman at 939 68th St., and were catch her breath, she noticed that near 11th Street, got into a fight charged with numerous crimes the thugs had not followed her. that left one at the doctor and stemming from the assault, plus the other in police sights. one count each of “gang assault” Heavy metal The argument began shortly 8FDBOOPUEJSFDUUIFXJOE in the first degree. Here’s another reason to ban after noon on Feb. 3. It escalated The third gang member is aluminum bats: One was used to the point where one of the CVUXFDBOBEKVTUUIFTBJMT being sought. last week to assault a man in- women kicked a chair at her foe, o#FSUIB$BMMPXBZ side his 14th Street apartment. who was struck in the chest. 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Sports Medicine 4FSWJDFT $BTInPX"OBMZTJT 8FBMUI"DDVNVMBUJPO • Hand Surgery Once inside, he took $20 .BEJTPO"WFOVF /:$ and then left the way he • Podiatry $BMM came in. BWFTUFEJOUFSFTU!WFSJ[POOFU '3&&$0/46-5"5*0/ • Occupational Medicine It was close FDNY to 11th St: • Physiatry Two thugs demanded • money from a 40-year-old Neck and Back Pain woman, but when she ran Enough already • University Orthopaedic Associates Pediatric Orthopaedics 4FDVSJUJFTPõFSFEUISPVHI4FDVSJUJFT"NFSJDB *OD .FNCFS/"4%4*1$BOEBEWJTPSZTFSWJDFTPõFSFEUISPVHI4FDVSJUJFT away, they fled in the oppo- "NFSJDB"EWJTPST *OD $IBOJF4DIXBSU[ 3FQSFTFOUBUJWF"7FTUFE*OUFSFTUBOE4FDVSJUJFT"NFSJDBBSFOPUBöMJBUFE site direction. By Christie Rizk The Brooklyn Paper FDNY officials told residents of 11th Street, where a third firetruck will soon join two already housed on the block, that the agency is doing its best to ensure that the block can live with the new guests — even to the point of jeopardizing area response times. Residents of the firehouse block — between Seventh and Eighth avenues — came to last week’s Park Slope Civic Council meeting to protest the relocation of Engine 239 to 11th Street, which is already home to Engine 220 and Ladder 122. But FDNY officials kept their cool under fire from a barrage of questions, calmly explaining that the agency had already made significant concessions to make the process as painless as possible. “We usually house visiting apparatus in a cage on the front of the firehouse,” explained FDNY spokesman Paul Geoghegan. “This time we’re going to piggyback two of the trucks inside the firehouse so that one is in front of the other.” Geoghegan admitted that this concession to the neighbors might lengthen the companies’ response times if one truck has to wait for another truck to be moved. “It’s going to make things complicated for us, but we’re going to do it,” he said. The move is set to happen in six to eight weeks and will last 12 to 15 months. Residents complained that the third truck would add noise and en- danger the safety of the children. Some even asked for firefighters to refrain from blowing their sirens when on the block. Geoghegan explained that the sirens, while annoying to the neighbors, are a safety feature that saves lives. “We’ve tried having [firemen] come off the truck to direct traffic,” said Geoghegan, “and I can’t tell you how many guys have gotten hit by cars that way.” Many 11th Street residents remained skeptical, but Geoghegan promised to keep the lines of communication open. “Moving companies like this is never pleasant for anyone,” he said, explaining that the firemen don’t enjoy the changes either. “It’s like having your in-laws stay with you. But we’re trying to make things as convenient as possible for everyone.” HOUSING… Continued from page 3 that the residents would have counseling and other help. “We’re not just going to dump them there and let them fend for themselves,” he said. Burns’s group has not developed its own proposal, but says it wants family-sized units. But Burns said he and his fellow residents would listen to HPD’s proposal at a series of community meetings in the coming weeks before making up their mind. “I just hope it’s a civilized debate,” he said. The South Park Slope Community Group & Concerned Citizens of Green Wood Heights will meet to discuss the proposal on Feb. 13 at 7 pm at Grand Prospect Hall (263 Prospect Ave. at Fifth Avenue). Call (718) 854- 0003 for information. Community Board 7 will also have a public hearing on Feb. 15 at 6:30 pm at St. John–St. Matthew Emmanuel Lutheran Church (283 Prospect Ave. between Fifth and Sixth avenues). Call (718) 854-0003 for information. SINK… Continued from page 3 Street playground in Prospect Park will be closing this spring for restorations. Finally, the city has released $500,000 so the Prospect Park Alliance can fix to the water drainage issues that turn the park into a lake. ... The Park Slope Civic Council is looking for a web designer. If you think you’re qualified (or to find out what the qualifica- tions are), give them a call. … The Montauk Club has elected art historian David Carter to its board of directors. And he started off with a Truman Capote reading. Capote imitator Philip Seymour Hoffman didn’t attend, but Carter served notice that the stodgy old club was again open for business. … Grand Army Plaza will soon be all aglow. The state has allocated $500,000 to complete improvements to the historic lighting around the area. … Ran into our pal, Councilman Bill DeBlasio, again at the Tea Lounge on Seventh Avenue. He re- buffed our suggestion that he can’t wait until Hillary Clinton becomes president so he can become a big mucky-muck in DC. Almost on cue, a constituent came over and said, “We need Bill fighting for us here.” Apparently, she forgot about term limits! Talk to us. Write: [email protected]. 4 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 10, 2007 Weird case of test-drive bandits No By Matthew Lysiak owner reported being in posses- The 16-year-old victim was in- 9 am on Feb 2. The thief took $230, their around 7 pm when a thug came dow. Her purse was recovered in and Michael Giardina sion of both sets of keys. side the home, which is near Av- He helped himself to 40 design- cellphones, and credit and debit up from behind her and shoved the garbage. So someone stole the vehicle. enue P, at 8 pm when three men er shirts valued at $700, five suites cards, and fled down Bay Ridge her to the ground. The Brooklyn Paper Workout rob Cops are looking into it. came through the front doors and valued at $775, two “Bill Blass” Parkway. In the scuffle, the thief Another gym rat has been began arguing with him. raincoats valued at $132, and two snatched her purse, police said Home invasion Homecoming robbed, this time the Shore Park- Wal- 68th Precinct The discussion turned violent, “Ralph Lauren” sport coats valued He fled with $300, and credit An elderly woman was hit with A man returned home on Jan. way member lost more than just Awoman who allowed two a bat after a verbal confrontation. with the assailants landing sever- at $200 before fleeing. and debit cards. al blows to their victim’s head 31 to find his apartment had been sweat during his workout. mechanics to take her car for a A 78-year-old lady was talk- robbed. Catch car thief The robbery occurred at the test drive got taken for a ride ing to her daughter in front of with a metal pipe. 62nd Precinct The victim told cops that one The victim returned at around ABensonhurst woman helped sports club, which is near herself when the car disap- her Ovington Avenue home of the perps, known as “Blade,” 11 am to find his rear door bro- catch a thief who robbed her Cropsey Avenue on Jan. 30 at peared. when an intruder came over and Bus stop burg pocketbook from her car on Feb. 2. around 6 pm. The man locked up mart ken and his home, on Bay Ridge started arguing with her. promised to return to “inflict The 27-year-old parked her Two women waiting for the Avenue near 19th Avenue, ran- The woman had left her car all his possessions within the The argument got heated and more pain” on the victim, before bus on Bay Ridge Parkway were 1994 Nissan Altima dark green fleeing on foot. sacked. parked near her home on 20th and locker, and went off to exert sedan in front of the repair shop the intruder, who was described robbed at gunpoint on Feb. 3. Bay Ridge avenues. She told po- some excess energy on the as a 44-year-old white woman, The thief was long gone with at D’town on 65th Street near 13th Avenue Designer heist At around 11 pm, the women $1,000, police said. lice she went upstairs and returned weight machines. He returned to on Feb 2 at 5:30 and gave the pulled out a wooden bat and hit A man who left the door of were waiting at the bus stop, to her car, only to find the thief find his wallet that contained his mechanics permission to take the the old lady on the side, causing his truck unlocked returned to which is near 20th Avenue, when a D-way dispute rummaging through her things. credit cards, and other electron- vehicle for a test drive. minor bruising to her arm. find his fancy wardrobe missing. thug came up from behind them. An 81-year-old woman was He stole her purse and fled on ics missing, police said. site sold But when she went back the The perp fled on foot. The bandit entered the 56- In a jittery voice, he said, “I thrown to the floor and robbed in foot, but the victim chased after The thief fled unnoticed, leav- next day, the car was gone. The Pipe Attack year-old victim’s truck, which ain’t going back! If you turn her own driveway on Jan. 30. him, allowing her to later make a ing many gym members in dan- mechanic told cops that he saw A man was beaten with a pipe had been parked in front of a around, I’ll kill you.” He de- The woman was walking positive ID. ger of shedding more than just for $125M the vehicle still parked when he by intruders who entered his building on 76th Street between manded their purses and the down her driveway, which is on The thug caused more than some unwanted pounds during left the premises at 5:30 pm. The West 10th Street home on Feb. 2. 11th and 12th avenues, at around women complied, police said. 62nd Street near Bay Parkway, at $250 in damage to her car win- their next workout. By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Paper The site of a Downtown Brooklyn mall that was report- edly eyed by Wal-Mart was sold this week — and the new owner says that the behemoth of Bentonville is not moving in. Acadia Realty Trust and its development partner Paul Travis bought the aging Gallery at Ful- ton Mall from Thor Equities for a reported $125 million last week — and promptly told Wal- Mart opponents not to worry about seeing the chain’s yellow happy face on their property. Rather, the partnership in- tends to demolish the home of Toys “R” Us, Forever 21, and a number of smaller retailers to make room for a 1.8-million- square-foot office, residential and retail tower called “The Center at Albee Square.” Thor Equities paid just $25 million for the site in 2001. “We received a letter from the developer this afternoon saying that he is not putting a Wal-Mart at the site,” Pat Pur- cell, an organizer of Wal-Mart Free NYC, told The Brooklyn Paper on Wednesday. Purcell, who is also a spokesman for the union that represents city grocery workers, said he hoped the developer would be willing to talk about including affordable housing in the tower. “He was very open-minded about what should be there,” Purcell said. “The fact that Wal- Mart isn’t coming is a victory for us and the developer has already said that he will have a meeting to discuss other issues.” A separate group of activists was planning to storm a public hearing on Thursday, when the city’s Industrial Development Agency was set to consider developer Travis’s request for $1.7 million in tax breaks. “It is unreal that the city is considering giving this developer a tax break when you have people right here needing homes,” said Beverly Corbin, a Downtown Brooklyn resident and board member of Families United for Racial and Economic Equality. In the application for the subsidy, the developer estimated that the offices would accom- modate 500 “tenant jobs” and generate nearly $13 million in direct and indirect city tax revenue. The one-time exemption is routinely awarded to companies who build offices in areas that the city wants to maintain, or strengthen, business districts. Crain’s New York Business reported the Gallery’s sale on Tuesday. The high-rise plans for Albee Square — a bridge between Fulton Mall and Fort Greene — are certainly no surprise, given that the city upzoned the area in 2004 to encourage just such development. So far, the upzoning has failed to attract the office tenants and commercial developers the city had hoped — leading fiscal watchdogs to worry that tax breaks will be demanded every time a developer proposes building offices in Downtown Brooklyn. These critics say that the city should not be handing out tax breaks to developers who are already taking advantage of the upzoning, which freed developers to build as high as 400 feet — and include profitable residential development in areas traditionally reserved only for offices. “The city has created a situation where developers can build very profitable residential towers,” said Dan Steinberg, a spokesman for Good Jobs New York. “And so it must use incentives to get the offices and jobs that taxpayers were promised would come with the Downtown Brooklyn Plan.” Janel Patterson, a spokeswoman for the city’s Economic Development Corporation, defended the incentive as a necessary aid for developers who are building costly office space for tenants that they do not yet know exist. “The incentives being requested minimize the developer’s exposure to financial risk for developing commercial space prior to securing tenant lease,” said Patterson. The Gallery was previously owned by Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner, who sold it to Joe Sitt’s Thor Equities after it failed to attract enough high- dollar tenants. February 10, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 5 COMPLETE ATLANTIC YARDS COVERAGE — ONLY IN THE BROOKLYN PAPER BARCLAYS… Full Barclays letter to The Paper “It’s clear what they’re doing,” said Continued from page 1 Truell sent an excerpt in which one journalist (not at The Brooklyn February 1, 2007 “Quaker slave traders” Alexander and history of both the United States and the Barclays is a respondent in a class stances in which Barclays assisted Jew- Brown discusses how David Barclay Paper) who is familiar with the cover- Mr. Gersh Kuntzman David Barclay. These allegations ap- United Kingdom, and indeed the whole action for reparations arising from our ish depositors after the occupation in ob- became a prominent abolitionist after age of Barclays’ slavery link and has Ms. Ariella Cohen pear to have originated in a book pub- world. We condemn it and are firm in time in South Africa pre 1986. The taining full restitution. Nonetheless, we amassing his wealth by trading with seen the bank’s subsequent letter. Ms. Dana Rubinstein lished in 1944 entitled “Capitalism and our belief that the partnership bank on claims against us and the other defen- were the first bank to settle the lawsuit. slaveholders: “They’re trying to make a big The Brooklyn Paper Slavery.” The book makes serious, un- which we were founded did not profit dants are presently dismissed. This deci- • • • “The wealthy Quaker merchant splash in America, so they want to 55 Washington Street, Suite 624 supported and mistaken allegations from the slave trade or slavery. sion has been appealed and the appeal I hope this clarifies the issues David Barclay led a delegation of nip this kind of coverage in the bud. Brooklyn, NY 11021 about Barclays. As a preliminary point, We have also investigated your claims was heard by the Second Circuit Court you’ve raised. If you would like further Friends [Quakers] to the Board of Basically, they’re trying to scare re- our research shows that Alexander Bar- that Barclays was a principal funder and of Appeals on 24 January 2006. A deci- historical background regarding Bar- porters off the story.” Re: Barclays Center Trade in the spring of 1773 in a be- clay was never a partner, employee or ally of the apartheid regime in South sion on the appeal is imminent. Bar- clays, I recommend the text written by hind-closed-doors attempt to win a Meanwhile, black leaders — in- Dear Sir and Madams: agent of the bank and the “David Bar- Africa. Perhaps the best response is to clays (and the other defendants) defence Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah favorable reception for colonial anti- cluding Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Flat- We refer to your recent articles on clay” referred to in this book also had note that Barclays conduct within South of the claim is supported by the Govern- entitled “Barclays: The Business of slavery petitions.” bush), the Rev. Clinton Miller of the Forest City Ratner’s partnership with no connection with our Bank. Africa has been endorsed by the current ments of the South Africa, the United Banking 1690-1996” published in While the bank went to great Brown Memorial Baptist Church, the Barclays Bank, including, “Black Lead- Barclays was actually founded by President Thabo Mbeki and our commit- States and the United Kingdom. 2001 by Cambridge University Press. lengths to show that David Barclay Rev. Herbert Daughtry of the House ers to Bruce: Pay Us Back!” issued on John Freame and Thomas Gould in 1690 ment to Africa has been recognised by Finally, we have examined your As an institution which takes its repu- was indeed an abolitionist — there of the Lord Pentecostal Church, and January 27, 2007 and “Blood Money: and later took its name from Freame’s former President Nelson Mandela. While statement that we seized millions of dol- tation very seriously and which prides it- seems to be no historical doubt about Councilman Charles Barron (D-East Nets arena to be named after bank son-in-law, James Barclay. The David it is true that Barclays was among many lars of savings of Holocaust survivors self on its tradition of involvement in lo- that — Truell offered no evidence to New York) — continue to call for the founded on slave money” issued on Barclay who was a partner in our Bank firms engaged in business with the South during World War II, and paid $3.6 mil- cal communities, the statements you contradict Brown’s and Williams’s termination of the naming-rights January 20, 2007 pursuant to which you (and different to the David Barclay men- African government throughout the lion to settle with these survivors have made are very troubling. Now that findings that Barclay’s initial wealth agreement — and not just because of made certain allegations regarding the tioned above) was not “engaged in the twentieth century, we divested from the decades later. This issue arose in the con- you have factually correct information, derived from doing business with the bank’s links to slavery. history of Barclays. We take these alle- slave trade.” To the contrary, “our” country in 1986 (eight years before the text of a class action lawsuit brought we ask that you immediately retract and slave traders. “Barclays is a 400-year-old, $2- gations very seriously. As a good neigh- David Barclay formed a committee of end of apartheid) and our divestiture against Barclays and other banks operat- cease making any further misrepresenta- Although Barclays is one of the trillion, multinational financial em- bor and corporate citizen, we pay close London Quakers to oppose the slave sparked further withdrawals from the ing in France at the time with plaintiffs tions of this sort, including as appropri- world’s largest financial institutions, pire that has been linked to Nazi Ger- attention to the concerns of any commu- trade, and later became involved with the country. Barclays re-entered the South seeking to claim money deposited in ate, by removing the same from any it has a limited presence in the United many, apartheid in South Africa and nity in which we have a presence; how- committee in taking the Quaker anti- African economy in 1995 and in 2004, those banks by European Jews before websites under your control. We look States and is using the naming-rights the transatlantic slave trade,” said ever we also defend our reputation vig- slave trade message nationwide within Barclays became the lead corporate and after World War II. During the Sec- forward to working with you to improve deal at a prominent new basketball Clarke, an outspoken supporter of the orously against allegations that are the United Kingdom. David Barclay’s sponsor of the Mandela Trust and Lega- ond World War, Barclays in France was the Brooklyn community in which we arena to introduce itself to American Atlantic Yards project. simply untrue or that are misleading. position on slavery is shown in the in- cy Organizations. In 2005, when Bar- classified as an “Enemy Bank” by the all will live and work together. customers. Clarke is just the latest black We have looked into your allega- stance, when, after calling in a debt in Ja- clays acquired a majority stake in ABSA, occupying forces and was administered, Very truly yours, When that introduction got mud- leader — many of them Ratner sup- tion that Barclays was founded on the maica, he became owner of a farm South Africa’s largest customer bank, without assistance from us, by German Peter Truell, died by coverage of the bank’s distant porters, as well — to condemn the proceeds of the slave trade by Quaker which had, included in its operations, 32 former African National Congress (ANC) Army Controllers. On the basis of our Head of Corporate Communications past, the bank fought back to, as Tru- naming-rights deal. slave traders in the West Indies. This is slaves. After trying unsuccessfully to free leaders, including current President investigation of our operations in France for the Americas, Barclays Capital ell put it, “defend our reputation vig- Rev. Daughtry, for example, said simply not true. the slaves in Jamaica, David Barclay Thabo Mbeki, Minister of Finance during the war, we found no examples cc: Jonathan Hughes, Global General orously against allegations that are he found the naming-rights agree- A handful of internet sites and news- made arrangements for them to travel to Trevor Manuel and Tito Mboweni, Gov- of Barclays doing anything other than Counsel, Barclays Capital simply untrue or that are misleading.” ment “troubling.” paper articles have mistakenly claimed Philadelphia where they were free. ernor of the South African Reserve Bank, what was required under then applicable Ed Weintrob, Publisher, But local scribes were not sur- But Barclays remained adamant: that Barclays Bank was founded by Slavery was a heinous period in the all supported the purchase. laws, and in fact, we found numerous in- The Brooklyn Paper prised by Barclays’ approach. “The letter stands,” said Truell. Paper editor replies to letter from Barclays Capital

The Brooklyn Paper att Dunning, not Campbell. Campbell’s Williams, who was prime minis- Elsewhere, the book states: story, page 1). He said it is impossible slavery — all banks did, so to pretend naming-rights announcement, but two Barclays has requested a retraction actual letter can be seen at http://www. ter of Trinidad from 1961-1981, was “In 1756, there were 84 Quakers to deny that Barclays profited from otherwise is silly. Rather, our initial calls to England were not returned. from this newspaper (and others) for guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,283161,00. a respected scholar and historian of listed as members of the company slavery. article — and its follow-up, “Black Then, at the naming-rights press stories about the bank’s link to slavery html. the slave trade. Throughout acade- trading to Africa, among them the Even the book that Truell referred leaders rip Ratner’s $400M Barclays conference, when our reporter Ariella and other dark moments in human We failed to see that the letters had mia, there are countless citations to Barclay and Baring families. Slave us to — Margaret Ackrill and Leslie arena deal” — centered on the outrage Cohen asked Barclays President history (read the letter from Barclays become fused — and we greatly re- his book and its paradigm-shifting dealing was one of the most lucrative Hannah’s “Barclays: The Business of that black leaders like Councilwoman Robert Diamond about his company’s spokesman Peter Truell above). gret that error. thesis that the Industrial Revolution investments of English as of Ameri- Banking 1690-1996” — makes one Letitia James, Assemblyman Hakeem link to slavery, Mayor Bloomberg in- But we are not retracting our sto- ••• was built on the backs of slaves. can Quakers. … The Quaker opposi- historical fact quite clear: Barclays Jeffries, former Assemblyman Roger terceded and did not allow Diamond to ries. Indeed, further research on our Getting the facts right is a central Williams’s thesis “has been chal- tion to the slave trade came first and “held the accounts of slavers and Green, and some church pastors — address the very serious substance of part confirmed the central truth of our tenet of journalism and the foundation lenged, but never convincingly,” the largely not from England but from slave-owners.” felt after hearing about the Ratner- Cohen’s question. The mayor, instead, coverage: Barclays profited hand- of the work we do here at The Brook- Guardian reported last year. America.” ••• Barclays contract. substituted his own agenda, praising somely from slavery and its business lyn Paper. When Barclays’ link to slav- On page 101, Williams’s book When we published our stories, we This is not the debate we wanted to We did not manufacture their out- Barclays as a “great corporation.” ery was mentioned to us by critics of states: had no reason to believe that any seri- have, but it is the debate that Barclays rage; we reported it, leaving our read- dealings with the Apartheid govern- We have no doubt that Barclays is the Atlantic Yards project, we didn’t “For London only one name need ous scholar disputed key parts of has foisted upon us by sending a letter ers to decide for themselves if the ment of South Africa. that, but the mayor obfuscated our re- That said, we do need to correct a merely print the tirades of partisans, to be mentioned, when that name is Williams’s seminal work. And Bar- that tried to absolve itself from what bank’s past bothered them. but rolled up our sleeves and checked Barclay. Two members of this Quaker clays didn’t call us back to challenge historians say is a clear link to the so- It certainly bothered people long porter’s effort to get to the bottom of glaring error in our original story the bank’s murky past. (“Blood Money,” Jan. 20). That story it out with academics and historians. family, David and Alexander, were our belief. called “Peculiar Institution” of slavery. before we covered the story. As Coun- quoted Jessie Campbell, a senior ar- We do not “make stuff up,” as engaged in the slave trade in 1756. Now, Barclays’ Truell asserts that We would much rather be analyz- cilman Charles Barron (D-East New ••• chivist for the company, who had some critics contend. We report what David began his career in American Williams’s book “makes serious, un- ing the flaws of the Ratner project — York) told the New York Sun, Truell’s letter also took exception written a letter to the Guardian, a re- credible experts say. and West Indian commerce and be- supported and mistaken allegations the public subsidies that will allow the “Whether The Brooklyn Paper had to our reference to the bank’s long- spected British daily. Several books and accounts re- came one of the most influential mer- about Barclays” — most importantly developer untold profits with very lit- highlighted the link to slavery or not, documented link to South Africa’s We acquired Campbell’s letter ferred to Barclays’ involvement in the chants of his day. He was not merely that Alexander Barclay “was never a tle risk, the huge environmental toll, many of us involved in the reparations apartheid government, and its role in through a normal search of Factiva, a slave trade in the 18th century, but a slave trader but actually owned a partner, employee or agent of the the steamrolling of the established movement were aware of Barclays for freezing the accounts of some French Dow Jones news database. But due to none was more definitive than Eric great plantation in Jamaica. … The bank” and that “the ‘David Barclay’ public review process — than debat- a long time.” Jews during the Holocaust. a formatting error on that database, Williams’s “Slavery & Capitalism,” Barclays married into the banking referred to in this book also had no ing the causes and villains of the hor- ••• But the letter did not substantively Campbell’s letter had been grafted onto which was first published in 1944, families of Gurney and Freame, like connection with our bank.” rific crime of human bondage. Alot of confusion might have been dispute the accuracy of our coverage another letter describing Barclays’ “in- and was re-issued, with a new forward so many other intermarriages in other But a noted Rutgers University his- Besides, our news stories about avoided had Barclays’ officials been so we stand by those parts of our sto- volvement in the slave trade.” by Princeton University professor Co- branches of industry which kept torian, Christopher Leslie Brown, flat Barclays were not an examination of open with us earlier. We reached out ries, as well. Gersh Kuntzman, Editor, That letter was written by John You- lin Palmer, in 1994. Quaker wealth in Quaker hands.” out disputed Truell’s letter (see lead whether the bank had profited from to the company the day of the official The Brooklyn Paper Live theLoft Life HISTORIC LIVING WITH A MODERN TOUCH

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LETTERS Barclays deal is wrong for lots of reasons

To the editor, the closure of its historic Marcy Avenue plant. Corps of Engineers made repairs, they had on. We only have to suffer another two ment sit empty forever. Many Brooklynites have condemned the A stable job, with the hope of advancement, Call him PR Vito to call him because he did not know any- years at most, unless Washington goes after Renee Page, Dallas Texas $400-million Barclays naming-rights deal for was once within reach for kids growing up in To the editor, thing about it, but he showed up to take all him over the money he stole. His ethics are the proposed Nets arena. Even among sup- nearby housing projects. Not so anymore. I am perpetually amazed at how political of the credit for getting work done. the opposite of mine: they stink. porters of the controversial Atlantic Yards de- Who decided to shutter this plant, like so hacks like Rep. Vito Fossella, an admitted He managed to put $7 million into a Allen Bortnick, Bay Ridge NoGo mojo velopment, this deal has caused anguish due many others that offered livable wages to thief who stole money for his personal pleas- budget in Washington to help repair the The writer is a member of Community Board 10 To the editor, to Barclays’ historical links to slavery and blue-collar workers across the city? Precisely ures, can get re-elected. Fossella runs around 86th Street subway (which really needs over I read Dana Rubinstein’s recent article apartheid, among other past horrors. the corporate financial managers Barclays with his music-stand podium, constantly tak- $44 million), but forgot to mention that the “Slime fighters: Spiffed-up Gowanus is Though these arguments are factually ac- hopes to impress with its Barclays Center. ing credit for all the hard work that has been money is six years away from coming. Help that man! closer to reality” (Jan. 27) with interest. As curate, a sounder — though less-sensational Now that the Owls Head sewage treatment a long-time resident of the area of North Had authentic, honest dialogue about the done by either the community board, local To the editor, — argument against the deal is this: using the goals of this project occurred, we might not citizens or other elected officials. plant has become a pressing issue, he com- Gowanus, I was suprised that she didn’t use arena to advertise this bank is contrary to the be learning at this late date that Brooklyn’s He has developed a talent for being the mends the city Department of Environmental The grandkids who are trying to kick out the more commonly used term “NoGo,” economic reality of most Brooklynites. Ordi- road to jobs and housing passes through Johnny-come-lately, who is there generating Protection in the process, even though it is fail- Dominick Diomede (“94-years-old and which has become somewhat of a standard nary folk simply have no reason to care about London’s financial district. his personal public relations. ing to act timely or properly regarding the homeless,” Jan. 13) are heartless! among my neighbors. Barclays’ boast that in 2006, it was named Stuart Schrader, Prospect Heights Community Board 10 fought for years to massive problems in and around the plant. They’re jerks and I hope NO ONE rents We feel it’s the type of name, unlike “Inflation Derivatives house of the year, The writer is the producer of the “Picketing Hen- get the walkway along Shore Road repaired. It is about time that the citizens and vot- the apartment after they kick out Dominick. Boerum Hill, that subtly resists gentrifica- Commodity Derivatives house of the year, ry Ford” blog at www.stuartschrader.com/blog When the asphalt finally collapsed, and the ers in Bay Ridge wake up to what is going It would serve them right to have that apart- tion. Michael Freedman, Gowanus and Currency Derivatives house of the year by Risk magazine.” Say what? Forest City Ratner garnered support of many low-income African-Americans for its mega-development by promising jobs and housing. Yet by selling the naming rights to a foreign investment bank with nary a U.S. con- Miss America column: Our nation speaks sumer branch, FCR has shown its true colors. Suddenly, the project is revealed to be less about the poor kids who will grow up Last week’s Brooklyn Angle column Brooklyn hairstyles on the stage? I hope not. locals in search of anything of value. I lost in its shadow (literally), and much more about Miss America (“Snubbed! Miss You sure seem to think you are better $12,000 because of that particular contract. about unfathomably rich investors. New York loses big crown again”) than other people in the way you write. Brooklyn has been my worst experience Decades ago, New York turned its back on prompted an avalanche of letters from Take off your rose-colored glasses. I could in my life for visiting any American city. I industry in favor of real estate and finance. But readers throughout the nation (who go on and on about your slanted article, but had hired some help out of Harlem, and the benefits of this shift are far from apparent read the column at BrooklynPaper.com) I think I am just going to stop reading any- would pick them up, and take them home. I in Brooklyn: despite generous incentives condemning the columnist, Gersh Kuntz- thing written by a bunch of flake pseudo-in- never had any problems while in Harlem. meant to keep it here, Pfizer just announced man, for his misplaced Brooklyn pride. tellectuals from New York. I do enjoy reading your columns, but feel Since Kuntzman has had his say, we felt I love New York; except for the people. you took a cheap shot at Oklahoma’s ex- obligated to allow readers to have their Marc (last name withheld), Texas pense. I would suggest that one get his own say about whether Miss New York (the house clean before trashing another in the fu- pride of Bay Ridge, Bethlene Pancoast, Ask a boy ture. Craig Carpenter, Oologah, OK Delivery Opt out far right) or Miss Oklahoma (Lauren Nel- To the editor, Editor’s note: Crime in Brooklyn is down dramati- Every week, we deliver copies of The son, near right) deserved the top tiara. You might ask the Boy Next Door which cally from the 1980s, though, clearly, America’s Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout woman he prefers. My guess is that you are opinion of the place has not kept pace. Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- Smokin’ hot! the only one who has no clue. Perhaps it tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- To the editor, was the hair under the arm? I’m rich, you’re not! pers per building (eliminating the kind If the girl you chose as Miss New York is PS: I see the parade of beauties on Waiki- To the editor, of clutter caused by circular and menu the best that y’all can do, just give it up. ki beach daily, so maybe I have sharper I think you’re overestimating the impor- delivery services). Miss Oklahoma is smokin’ hot and would senses. tance of New York. The truth of it is, we’re We hope everyone appreciates our still be hot no matter where she was from. PPS: Why’s a guy named Gersh writing just not that impressed. I love to travel, visit free home delivery, but realize there are I love New York, and I know that there about girls anyway? You should be covering places, see things, but for a place to live, I’ll exceptions to every rule. are tons of women way hotter than the one the waterfront goons or the police blotter. take Louisville any day. The lack of traffic So, if you’ve received The Paper at chosen to represent your state this year. Oh, Bill Maxwell, Honolulu, Hawaii and smog, real estate within two percent of home and no longer want this free well, maybe next year… Your writing makes you look more like a actual market value, and the ability to see service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- A.J. Lawler, town withheld, California Stop whining jealous teenybopper than an editor from a stars at night make for a great place to live. ery program by filling out the online To the editor, semi-respectable paper. There is no part of the city that I am form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ Lone Star lover Good God, Kuntzman! Your column read Patrick Solomon, Lancaster, PA scared to drive in, at any time of night. I live optout.html To the editor, more like a bitchfest than an editorial. I on five beautiful acres, have a 2,500-square- I am a native and former New Yorker wholly support territorial pride and whatnot, Our crown, your crime foot home with an in-ground pool, and a who now lives in Texas and love it here in but please, New York is not the greatest To the editor, three-car garage. Miss America Send a letter the Lone Star State. I am sure your com- state, and the city is certainly not the great- I personally don’t care who wins, where What’s more, I don’t need a [working] By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn ments about the Oklahomans were in jest, est city. insulting as well. My apologies, sir, but they are from or what talent they might wife or significant other to afford this Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY but it sounds like what I remember of New Furthermore, from a completely superfi- New York City has nothing on Philadelphia, have. I do care about how you have just lifestyle. To afford this in New York would 11201. York whining that I do not miss at all. In cial standpoint, Miss Oklahoma looks a lot and it never will. bashed the state of Oklahoma. require a ridiculous income, as if there were By fax: (718) 834-9278. Texas, we have Oklahoma to kick around cuter and a lot less anorexic than Miss New As a newspaper editor from such a “pro- I did a job in Brooklyn back in the late a five-acre tract of green space in New York By e-mail: [email protected] and it is fun, just like I use to laugh at New York. gressive” city as New York, you should be 1980s, building the Manhattan King Sea- anyway. Jersey jokes when I lived in New York. You treated the other states in an unfair writing columns about how the whole spec- food plant. I was amazed that the top of all The real reason that Pancoast didn’t win, is All letters must be signed and include most likely her nose, the first thing I noticed the writer’s home address and phone But your writings are idiotic. fashion. In beauty contests, the winner is tacle [of beauty pageants] is a black mark apartment complexes I saw were fenced in. number (only the writer’s name and You also mocked Miss Oklahoma’s hair. rarely chosen on where they are from, but on American culture. One would think that I also noticed that every window had steel about her. Facial proportions are a major part neighborhood are published with the let- As far as hairstyles go, even a native Texan on how they look in a bikini and how much you would be writing columns on how we bars covering them, protecting from un- of beauty, and when the protuberance in ques- ter). Letters may be edited and will not bleach blond stereotypical hairstyle does not they want world peace. should be ashamed of encourage such su- wanted intrusions. tion stretches for half the face, it’s very likely be returned. The earlier in the week you compare to the God-awful Brooklyn hair- Mocking my home state of Pennsylvania, perficial behavior. The jobsite I was at featured almost a that people will not find her attractive. send your letter, the better. styles I have seen. Do you really want to see alongside Oklahoma and Nebraska, is quite But, alas, you wrote a whiny editorial. nightly routine of being broken into by the Daniel Shwerrily, Louisville, Kentucky Only One Hospital in Brooklyn has ##### Five Star Care and Comfort

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Modestly, she de- ing situation was far from ideal. ferred to Diana Ross and Florence Ballard, whose “It made my hatred of hippies much stories were more prominent. more acute,” he said, citing an unfortunate Wilson told us that “Reflections” is her favorite situation where “an acid dropout girl stole Supremes song, but with her appearance in Brook- our flat mate’s laptop for money to follow Greenhood / Aaron lyn happening this week, we think “Come See Phish on tour.” About Me” would be even more fitting. Barely able to make ends meet, Stoddard Mary Wilson will perform at the Walt Whitman worked shrink-wrapping CDs in a ware- Theater at Brooklyn Center for the Performing house. “I spent most of my time appreciating Arts at Brooklyn College (one block from the cor- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn the art of loafing,” he said, recalling the ner of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues) on Feb. drudgery. “I structured my days around how Roman hands: Former Nerve.com columnist Grant Stoddard gets grabby with GO 17 at 8 pm. Tickets are $20-$35. For information to accomplish doing absolutely nothing.” Brooklyn’s Sarah McCormick outside of Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern in Williamsburg. BOOKS call (718) 951-4500. — Chris Varmus After a few months kicking around, Stod- “Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an dard learned that he was facing deportation. with a married Nerve columnist. “I guess I “Like most writers, I procrastinated,” Accidental Sexpert,” is available at Barnes & To earn a work visa, he entered a trivia con- didn’t do too badly,” he said, because with Stoddard told us “While I was living in Noble (267 Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street in test on Nerve with questions such as “What a good word from her at Nerve, he scored Williamsburg, I was given an assignment to Park Slope), Vox Pop (1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Coney Island Avenue in Flatbush) and Babbo’s WEB is the one area that engorges with blood oth- again — landing a paid internship with the take five drugs, on five separate occasions Books (242 Prospect Park West at Windsor er than the genitals during sexual arousal?” site. and have sex under the influence. Of Place in Windsor Terrace). (Answer? The nose!) He ended up getting Stoddard began writing comical columns course, I put it off until the last weekend lucky. Literally. with titles like “I Did It For Science,” and and ingested all five in a 36-hour period. I As winner of the contest, he was award- made a name for himself by doing ab- could still perform, but I was a mess. I had For other stories, he had sex on the sub- Heart museum ed the grand prize: one passionate night solutely anything to get his next story. a boner that wouldn’t go away for days.” way, played bridge in the nude, attended an S&M retreat in West Virginia as an under- Kris Waldherr illustrates tarot cards. cover sadomasochist, and took part in a It’s no surprise, then, that the Ditmas Park-based down past the Mason-Dixon line. number of out-there orgies, including one artist has an obsession with ornate imagery and As we headed closer to camp, the celeb-filled romp at the Chelsea Hotel. spooky fortunes. Both play major roles in her Ever the gentleman, he declined name newest project, the Museum of Love, which is clouds cleared. In the final mile of our Working Stiff: names. billed as “the most romantic place on the Web.” journey, we passed through a quaint lit- It isn’t surprising that Stoddard became a Completely virtual, tle village that listed the times of servic- bit of a workaholic. In fact, one evening he the Museum acts as a An excerpt es on its welcome sign. There I was, driv- decided to bring a girlfriend to an after- home to more than a ing in with a man who made the Marquis work event. Fearing that the details of their few doomed couples of I’d first heard of Leather Camp during de Sade look like Pat Boone. Did Little- destination would scare her off, he decided mythology and lore. a Nerve.com editorial meeting. brooke’s residents know that 400 more to refer to the upcoming orgy as “raunchy It’s the one site on the Leather Camp is a five-day retreat in of us were on the way? party,” and hope for the best. Web that isn’t interested which extremely kinky people from the We slowly pulled up the gravel drive- While he was standing across the room at in the latest celebrity United States and abroad get together way to the checkpoint, where two 50- the buffet table, munching on corn chips, a break-up. Dante and Bea- and enact their wildest fantasies. The idea year-old women in stars-and-stripes T- quick glance across the room revealed trice are there, Tristan was that I would attend and report back on shirts checked our credentials. something unexpected. His formerly but- and Isolde, too. the scene. Should anyone ask, I was to tell “We gotta check that you ain’t vanil- toned-up date completely unbuttoned and Originally hatched as them that I was attracted to BDSM and la!” one of them yelled, laughing. enjoying the company of a number of other a way to expand upon thought that Leather Camp would be a After three hours with Manflesh, I was partygoers. His conclusion? “People will do her book, “The Lover’s good way to find out what worked for me. feeling more vanilla than at any point in anything if you just ask them to.” Path,” the museum has taken on a life of its own and I had already delved into some BDSM- my life. Stoddard continued working at Nerve un- now features over 80 pieces of Waldherr’s original art, type activity in my column before now: til 2003. He left to pursue other options and as well as a number of interactive features geared to- I’d been shrink-wrapped in latex, infan- About 25 yards from our car was a 50- year-old man dressed as a little girl, with a work on his memoir, but insists that he ward the amorous. Visitors can send love letters to tilized by a dominatrix, and had seven Manflesh was red-haired, soft-spoken, looks fondly upon his tenure as a sex their sweethearts or ask questions of the “Lover’s Ora- shades of s—t beaten out of me by a fe- and in his mid-20s. He had borrowed his bright red wig, pink dress, white knee-high socks, and Mary Jane shoes. He looked columnist. cle,” which is a bit like romantic three-card monte. male wrestler… parents’ vehicle for Leather Camp: a Despite his adventures, Stoddard main- “I find that as you’re wandering around and getting like a dry-cured Strawberry Shortcake. A portion of the Leather Camp Web large silver minivan with a large disabled tains that he’s nothing but a shy guy who lost [in the Museum], it’s sort of the way relationships site dealt with travel arrangements and sticker on the back and a mechanism for He skipped along the dirt road before was caught in extraordinary circumstances. are,” Waldherr told GO Brooklyn this week. “You carpooling. I ended up getting a ride getting wheelchairs in and out. hopping into a buggy and taking the reins. “I’m very shy and very cautious. ‘Working don’t know where you’re going and you’re lost and with a guy called Manflesh. I traveled to “For a minivan, this thing can really — from “Working Stiff: The Misadventures Stiff’ is about how I was not the right per- seeing all these amazing places, but you don’t know Brighton Beach to meet up with him at move,” he assured me, then faithfully of an Accidental Sexpert” by Grant Stod- son to be doing this. [Maybe I was] from a what’s really going to happen until you get there.” his parents’ home. observed the speed limit the whole way dard (Harper Perennial, Jan. 2007) comedy standpoint, but from a sexual stand- The Museum of Love is open all the time at point — no.” www.museumoflove.org. — Youyoung Lee

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In search of ways to wow our hon- Roxanna Velandria The cheese is traditionally melted Bonarda grape came to be recog- eys without Brooklyn’s most coveted See V-DAY on page 10 Corvina, Falasco This is a per- nized as the most important fect red wine for pizza and from these vineyards. Plenty of pasta! Made from lightly dried out. Stop by any time and pick up any of going from $35 to $80. Chocolate dipped fruit ripe aromas, with almonds and Torres’s new and inventive amorous indul- pieces will also be served for $1.25 each. Pickup Corvina grapes (used in making cherry notes leading. The flavors BROOKLYN gences, including the Mini-Heart Assortment, times for Tuesday February 13th and Wednes- Valpolicella and Amarone!) a truffle box with seven round chocolate truf- day February 14th are from 2 pm to 10 pm. are rich and delicious, a bit juicy, fles, or the Cherry Popper, pieces of dried grown in Italy’s Veneto, this soft, Valentine’s cherry enrobed in dark chocolate ganache. But Little Cupcake with cherries, red raspberries and Torres won’t stop there, his Jaques Torres Body Bakeshop smooth wine has enough body Butter, made from a caramel sauce, is back due wild blackcap notes. Very nicely 9102 Third Avenue at 91 St., (718) 680-4465, and flavor to stand up to all your Day Treats to popular demand. Despite a high-tech structured and well balanced. approach, Torres runs a hands-on operation — (AmEx, MC, Visa) Cupcakes: $1.50-$4.00. favorite “red sauce” favorites... yet from heating the chocolate to the perfect tem- This cute cupcake shop, which seats about 20 –$12.95 perature to packaging the fresh, preservative- people, opened in July of 2005. This Valentine’s it’s just right for roast chicken! free finished product; you can watch the Day, owner Luigi Lobuglio will be delving into a –$9.95 BitesOpen since January, this sleek little bakery- chocolates being made while relaxing in the romantic theme, serving red cupcakes topped Abu’s Homestyle Buy my February Discovery cafe serves cakes inspired by recipes found in small European-style cafe in the front of the with cupid and heart-shaped sprinkles, heart- Bakery vintage cookbooks, but with less sugar, says shop. The cafe serves coffee, tea, and Torres’s shaped cakes and cookies with amorous mes- sages scrawled on them. Regular menu items Buy Darrin’s Best Buys 4 Pack Wines Two Pack and Save 10% 1184 Fulton St. at Bedford Avenue, (718) Renato Poliafito, who co-owns Baked with trademark wicked hot chocolate. Open Mon- Matt Lewis and Rafi Avramovitz. Specialties day through Saturday, from 9 am to 7 pm, and will also be available; Brooklyn black out cake, 230-1115, www.abusbakery.com (AmEx, “an all time favorite” according to Lobuglio, is and Save 10% –$34.52 –$23.31 MC, Visa) Pastries, cakes and pies: $1-$25. include the “Red Hook Red Hot,” a red velvet Sundays, from 10 am to 6 pm. cake topped with cinnamon buttercream and made from dark chocolate with ganache filling Find yourself in a sweets-lover’s heaven when Red Hot candies and the “Sweet and Salty,” a and covered by 2 types of chocolate butter. you enter this small bakery. Owner Idris Conry chocolate cake with salty caramel and caramel Another popular item is the Red Velvet cake, a has been providing Brooklyn with dozens of chocolate ganache that’s topped with sea salt. traditional southern cake with cocoa and cream assorted homemade pastries, cakes and pies This Valentine’s Day, Baked suggests that cos- cheese icing that is completely red inside. The 211 Fifth Avenue for the last six years, and even ships them new Nutella Cappuccino as well as their tradi- tumers choose between the “Lil’ Angel Cake,” nationwide. The signature item, bean pie, a coconut cake with raspberry filling covered tional Caramel Vanilla Cappuccino and hot cho- (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE never stops pleasing, says Conry’s son, manag- by vanilla coconut buttercream, for the “sweet- colate will be served to wash down the goodies. er Idris Braithwaite. For the bean pie, navy ies,” and the “Lil’ Devil Cake,” a chocolate beans are used as part of the custard filling, Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 12-8pm cake with raspberry filled topped with choco- Steve’s Authentic which is topped with a thin layer of cinnamon late ganache, for the “naughtier” ones. www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 and butter. An African-American delicacy cre- Key Lime Pies ated as an alternative to apple pie or sweet Mona Lisa Bakery & 204 Van Dyke St. at Ferris Street, (718) 858- potato pie, Braithwaite calls the bakery’s bean 5333, (Disc, MC, Visa) Pies: $4-$20. pie “the jazz of dessert culture.” The bakery Restaurant Miami native Steve Tarpin began making Key also gives “a different spin” to carrot cake and Lime pies in his Red Hook home in 1995. Four German chocolate cake, and makes wedding 1476 86th St. at 15th Avenue, (718) 837- years later, he had relocated to a bakery — he cakes and personalized photo cakes. For larg- 9053, www.monalisabakery.com, (AmEx, Callan / Tom needed the extra space to meet the demand er orders, delivery is available for a $10 fee. Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.95–$11.50. for his sweet and tangy confections. The per- Open Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 10 Mona Lisa has been making handmade breads, petually packed shop, located on the ground GRAND OPENING FEBRUARY 10, 2007 pm; Saturdays, from 10 am to 10 pm; and cookies, cakes and pastries for over three gen- floor of a Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Sundays, from 10 am to 5 pm. erations; the traditional Italian breads like the VALENTINE’S DAY PACKAGES/GIFT CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILABLE prosciutto-laced “lard” bread are baked in a Hook waterfront, uses only fresh-squeezed coal-fired oven. Owned by Steven Camastra, juice, which Tarpin says makes all the differ- The Chocolate Room ence. Steve’s menu is limited; they offer their

Mona Lisa has everything from their chocolate- Paper file The Brooklyn 86 Fifth Ave. at St. Marks Place, (718) 783- covered cannoli (a sumptuous twist on the tra- namesake pies and a few other treats including “Combining Spa & Wellness with Medicine” 2900, www.thechocolateroombrooklyn.com ditional cannoli — they’re hand-dipped in dark Little Cupcake Bakeshop is offering “Swingles” — frozen, chocolate-dipped slices (MC, Visa) Desserts: $5-$13; chocolates: $40 of pie on a stick. In the warmer months, you chocolate from Switzerland) to their Amaretto red cupcakes with cupid sprinkles per pound. cookies (made with an imported almond paste for Valentine’s Day. can grab a pie and sit by the water, making On February 14, what better way to celebrate and delicate Amaretto liqueur). The interior of believe you’re spending summer in the Keys. the year’s sweetest day than bringing your Mona Lisa, with its marble-top tables, full bar, loved one to a world of chocolate goodness? gelatos and sorbets will make you think you’re Williams Candy Husband-and-wife team Jon Payson and in a cafe in Rome. Mona Lisa even makes their Cake Man Raven 1318 Surf Ave. between West 15th Street Naomi Josepher operate this chocolate bou- own wedding cakes, and they ship their baked 708 Fulton St. at Fort Greene Place, (718) and Stillwell Avenue, (718) 372-0302 (Cash tique and dessert emporium, which opened in goods nationwide. They will be open on 797-2598, www.cakemanraven.com (AmEx, only) Candy: $1-$3. January 2005. This year they’re offering a spe- Valentine’s Day from 8am to 12am. DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Cakes: $25-$180. cial three course Valentine’s Day menu: For It is just as you would picture it: a quaint, old- Raven Patrick De’Sean Dennis III, a.k.a. “Cake $28 a piece, diners can reserve a spot for one fashioned candy shop, crammed with pink puffs Jacques Torres Man Raven,” learned to bake in his grandma’s of the three seatings; at 7 pm, 8:30 pm or 10 of cotton candy, gooey caramel-coated apples pm to enjoy a chocolate Linzer Cookie, a dou- Chocolate kitchen in South Carolina when he was knee- and sugary bins of sweets. The selection of PHYSICIAN-DIRECTED high to a grasshopper. It’s a skill that has served sweet confections at this 75-year-old establish- ble dipped strawberry passion fruit panna 66 Water St. at Main Street, (718) 875-9772, cotta and “s’more lovin’,” consisting of a gra- him well. His Southern red velvet cake has melt- ment is enough to make your teeth rot just by MASSAGE THERAPY • FACIAL/SKINCARE SERVICES • LASER HAIR REDUCTION www.mrchocolate.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) ed in the mouths of celebrities as old-school as looking at it. Pick up a box of Coney Island salt- ham cracker heart, with molten chocolate Assorted chocolates: $48 for 50 pieces. LASER FOTO-FACIAL REJUVENATION • ANTI-AGING TREATMENTS marshmallow sauce topped with caramel ice Lena Horne and Cab Calloway and as new as water taffy or gorge yourself on three different cream. Dessert wine will also be included. Willy Wonka’s got nothing on Jacques Torres, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake. The Cake Man also kinds of candy apples: jelly, caramel or choco- LIFE-STYLE MODIFICATION PROGRAMS • SPORTS MEDICINE the former executive pastry chef of the four- dabbles in cookies, pastries and pies. His wed- late. Children will be delighted by the whimsical PHYSICAL THERAPY • PAIN MANAGEMENT • NUTRITION COUNSELING star Le Cirque 2000 in Manhattan. In his ding cakes are gorgeous, too; and he can do display of cartoon character lollipops. Owned Baked DUMBO factory, Torres produces more than seemingly anything with fondant. Just ask. by the Clam Stop proprietors, the wholesale ACUPUNCTURE • AESTHETIC/PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY 359 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street, (718) 35 different varieties of chocolates filled with a Open daily. On Valentine’s Day, Cake Man and retail candy store is sure to appease even 222-0345, www.bakednyc.com, (AmEx, MC, variety of exotically flavored ganache — a mix- Raven will offer “sweets for your sweetheart,” the most resilient sweet-tooth with over 30 dif- 71 Carroll Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 • 718.797.9797 • www.lomawellness.com Visa) Cakes: $4 a slice; 8- to 12-inch cakes: ture of chocolate, cream and flavorings. And heart shaped yellow, red velvet or chocolate ferent kinds of sweets and an abundance of $33-$70. for Valentine’s Day Jaques is really going all cakes, spanning from 6 to 12 inches in size and amusement park treats. Open daily.

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lows me to relax and get work done.” Stevens sees the WiFi gallery, which takes up a third of Retreat’s overall space, as an opportunity to give back to the community. “I really believe that public A real ‘treat’ spaces are at a premium,” he said. “If I have an opportunity to create one, then I have an DUMBO entrepreneur expands obligation. Especially in a neighborhood where art is such a unifying theme, that his coffee shop into an empire space should be a gallery.” Recently, the gallery show- By Juliana Bunim cased panels by painter for The Brooklyn Paper Pasqualina Azzarello. The panels previously comprised a ason Stevens says he’s a 400-foot-long floral mural regular guy who can’t surrounding the condo devel- J cook, clean or decorate. opment across the street. After So how did this former banker the fence’s removal, Azzarello turn 5,000 square feet of in- sliced it into individual pieces dustrial loft space into a com- / Daniel Krieger to showcase — and sell — on munity destination? Retreat’s walls. With a bar, coffee shop, Next up for the gallery is an forthcoming nightclub, WiFi exhibit of wood carvings by a lounge and tapas menu, Retreat regular, 80-year-old Stevens’s Retreat is attempting Paper The Brooklyn DUMBO artist Dolphy Hazel. to be the ultimate gathering Stevens also plans to show- place. case children’s art. “Other “It’s not home, it’s not than schools, there are not a work. It’s that other place,” he lot of places for Brooklyn told GO Brooklyn. child artists to exhibit,” he For Stevens, that “other said. “If this neighborhood is place” can sometimes serve as serious about art, then it both work and home. The bar should be serious about art closes at 4 am and the Coffee from the very beginning.” Box — the espresso counter sit- He also wants to make sure uated in an old elevator shaft — that the needs of his older cus- opens at 6 am, and on occasion tomers are being taken care of, Stevens can be found taking a / Daniel Krieger too. Inside the wrought iron quick nap outside in his car. gates of Rebar, drinkers will Such dedication is new for find a warmly lit wooden cove Stevens, who called his lucra- that’s perfect for downing

tive banking job at Merrill Paper The Brooklyn American microbrews, Bel- Lynch, “a waking death.” He Jason’s world: Owner Jason Stevens (top) has expanded gian beers, organic wines and left it to open the Coffee Box Retreat from a small, ground-level coffee shop to a bi-level tapas. last March. The bar, dubbed all-purpose venue, serving small plates like the artichoke sal- “If I could have a fireplace, Ekh8ehek]^$Ekh8heeabod$ Rebar, followed in December. ad (center) in addition to drinks at the new bar (above). I would,” said Stevens. “But “[At Merrill Lynch], I I’ve got 15 taps of beer — dreaded getting up every day second best thing to keep you and couldn’t even find a way a handful of bars and restau- attract people to DUMBO for warm.” to stay awake. I could’ve float- rants, he identified a need for an experience they can’t find In addition to the abun- ed along forever. For me, I a gathering place for the in other neighborhoods. dance of beer, the bar will at- won when I looked that big neighborhood’s unique cross “For the most part, it has al- tract guests with a weekly live check in the face and said no. section of artists, Manhattan ways been the Park Slope, jazz night, called On-air Re- Now, I work probably twice transplants and Brooklynites. Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn treat, which will feature a the number of hours.” Tucker Reed, director of the Heights kind of thing,” he broad selection of sounds and Stevens started said. The crowd down under styles including Cuban jazz, designing Retreat in the Manhattan Bridge over- drum and bass, up-tempo be- his head seven DINING pass “is in many ways a cross bop and covers. months before he section of [those neighbor- On Feb. 10, the gallery will Retreat (147 Front St. between Jay and quit Merrill Lynch Pearl streets in DUMBO) is open Sunday, hoods].” Stevens wants the be converted into a dance last February. He Monday and Tuesday from 6 am until 2 am, community to make Retreat floor for The Rockaholics, a hasn’t stopped since, Wednesday through Friday from 6 am until their own Brooklyn experi- band of “old guys with black 4 am, Saturday from 9 am until 4 am and despite the burden Sunday from 10 am until 2 am. For informa- ence. “Our motto is ‘It’s your leather jackets and tight jeans on his family. tion call (718) 797-2322. space.’ ” performing rock and roll cov- “I’ve basically The art gallery is Retreat’s ers,” said Stevens. been an absentee hub, and the WiFi is free. With And that’s not all for Re- father for almost a year now,” DUMBO Improvement Dis- outlets for laptops every four treat. This summer, a full said Stevens, referring to his trict, agrees: “DUMBO is feet, used books piled on Northern Mediterranean tast- wife Genevieve and 3-year-old such a vibrant creative com- shelves and plush vintage ing menu and GOOD, a spe- twins, Benjamin and Olivia. munity with lots of different chairs and couches, locals are cialty tea and sweets shop, “My wife is just amazingly stuff — nooks and crannies. already taking advantage of will move in. strong to not say, ‘Hey, you’ve We’re really happy [to see Re- the homey atmosphere. With so many options un- abandoned me.’” treat] make adaptive use out “There isn’t that normal der one roof, Stevens hopes Opening in DUMBO pre- of that space and encouraging claustrophobia that exists in his customers will settle in and sented Stevens with an oppor- public interaction and dia- most cafes,” said writer Jef- get comfortable. “There’s no tunity that other neighbor- logue. We’re happy to have frey Cretan, 27. “It’s so open, reason to leave,” said Stevens. hoods didn’t. With more them.” and not having to buy some- “We’re giving people a reason affordable real estate and only Stevens hopes Retreat will thing every five minutes al- to stay in DUMBO.”

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names like “Yellow Peril” and “The Courtesy of LeRoy Battle, Sr. t was the incident that would Vibrator.” Wingman: On Feb. 17, the Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field (at change the military forever — and, It was dangerous work, and many left) will honor the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen including naturally, a Brooklynite was in the cadets never made it to graduation. I 2nd Lt. LeRoy Battle, shown above with his mother, Marjorie Battle Smith, middle of it. Those who did went on to destroy hun- On April 5, 1945, the military police dreds of enemy planes in Italy and and his aunt in 1945. at the door of the officer’s club bran- Germany. Tuskegee Airmen fighting in dished machine guns as the famed Europe dined alongside white officers out a memorandum saying that the able to the Airmen, Battle recalls. Tuskegee Airmen approached to enter. — but a humiliating homecoming Tuskegee pilots would be barred from Battle’s own mother, a short-order “You can’t go in there,” one of the awaited them. the Freeman Field officers’ club. The cook on the Pennsylvania Railroad, MPs said. “If you go in, we’re gonna “When we returned to the States with memo, according to Battle, was in di- passed around a petition in support of arrest you.” chests full of ribbons, we were very rect conflict with military regulations, the incarcerated men. Finally, only one “We went in anyway,” Brooklyn- proud of what we had done for our coun- so the Tuskegee Airmen chose to ig- officer, Roger C. Terry, was found guilty born Lt. LeRoy Battle told GO Brook- try,” Lt. Col. Willie Ashley recounts in nore it. of refusing arrest and was fined — the lyn. “The Tuskegee “We went to the theater, then a other 100 were just reprimanded. Battle’s story Airmen: The Men bunch of us went over to the club,” “For the record,” wrote some of the of how he and his EVENT Who Changed A Battle recounts. “We brushed by [the officers on their letters of reprimand, fellow Tuskegee Nation,” by Char- MPs], went in and sat down. Col. Sel- “the undersigned wishes to indicate ... PRESENTED BY Airmen fought “Tuskegee Airmen” will be present- les E. Francis. way … put us under barrack arrest. his unshakable belief that racial bias is ed at 2 pm on Feb. 17 at the Ryan Visitor the Nazis and Center of Floyd Bennett Field. Signed “But when we They had a barbed-wire fence around Fascistic, un-American and directly then fought for copies of Lt. Battle’s autobiography will went to the offi- our area. We could look out and see the contrary to the ideals for which he is be available. Reservations required. For their own rights information call (718) 338-3799. cer’s club, we were Italian POWs walking around, going to willing to fight and die.” at home is part of marched through the PX. We would meet in the lavato- Three years later, President Truman a stunning new the kitchen, out ry,” Battle chuckles. “In the lavatory, desegregated the troops. Ultimately, exhibition on the the back door and everybody’s equal.” the records of all 101 Tuskegee Air- Tuskegee Airmen, the first African- told not to return. We had helped to One of the 101 airmen arrested was men involved in the Freeman Incident American fighter pilots, at Floyd Ben- free everybody but ourselves.” Coleman Young, a labor organizer who were cleared. nett Field on Feb. 17. By the time Battle earned his wings would later become mayor of Detroit. All told, 992 men graduated from Valentine’s Day Weekend When Battle, now 85, was a busboy in 1945, he said, “the war in Europe Young led the latrine-based strategy the Tuskegee Army Flying School. Of at the officer’s mess hall at Floyd Ben- was winding down. They wanted to sessions. The men were nervous about these, 450 were sent into battle; eight Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 8:00pm nett Field in 1936, he saw the all-white send us to the Pacific Theater. So, we being brought up for court martial for won purple hearts, and 149 airmen Navy cadets there. But after he got were transferred to Freeman Field [in disobeying a direct order in wartime, were killed in action, during training or drafted in 1943, he quickly learned that Indiana].” an offense punishable by hanging. on routine missions. On the home they were not his true comrades-in- When Battle arrived in the Midwest, Lt. William Coleman, who had been front, the steadfast courage of the 101 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! arms. he was quickly caught up in the rising a law student in Philadelphia, offered men involved in the Freeman Incident Luckily, at Camp Upton on Long Is- controversy over racial segregation. his advice: the Airmen must send a for- paved the way for fairer treatment of Call CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800 or land, Battle scored high on tests for an Col. Robert Selway, his commanding mal letter to Selway requesting coun- blacks in America. Brave, intelligent experimental program for “colored fly- officer, was determined to enforce the sel. An investigation ensued, and the and skilled, the Tuskegee Airmen bat- visit www.WhiteweldConcerts.org ers” at Tuskegee, Alabama. Training as military’s segregation policy. He sent Pittsburgh Courier ran a story favor- tled racial prejudice, and won.

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The upscaleGet Turkish joint on * ol s theBusiness wasgu good r—ho ogood enough Afr the g t dic Sitt, ds to wn, I g in t oden hasn e d ront f the arcel • ( car Joshu city resta fficia C c. * & h L’ a re se tot y wh d. ican fact o ha t dessert, we checked in with nificant others. Happy Valen- ten do in wo re av erf o p O M me id the o In close on Sunday citing theE pstrip’s su s n o f –in tha ve he in them build x 12 sho ers h wat uture front R.C a iti ,” sa of rpo- City Montaguey Street also went belly up, just days after Pig’n Out and,ing l-in icer forlt, Gainesj eanded t Lenovitzmu tos add paper or g spir t the to u if g e 2 he rk e f er PE nd ea nt o r J rd l s ie, us hei t oo ed F say takin s, on he 1 m t . 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Tee shirt raffles from 12:30 pm to 1:30 Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East here in Brooklyn. Workshop covers the pm. Also, self-defense class, master River. (718) 624-2083. art of growing and maintaining a back- Ma-Tai Chi class, more. 7 am to 7 pm. CIVIC MEETING: Assemblyman James yard or small vineyard, followed by a Maimonides Hall, 950 49th Street. (718) Brennan reports on the hearings exam- Black history month events tasting of homemade wine. Participants 9 DAYS... 283-8902. Free. ining the effectiveness of enforcement of must be at least 21 years of age. 10 am BLOOD DRIVES: at Lutheran Medical NYC’s laws on construction and develop- to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. Call for fee Continued from page 2 Center. 8 am to 3 pm. 150 55th St. ment. 7:30 pm. Kings Highway Re- SAT, FEB 10 FRI, FEB 16 info and pre-registration. 1000 follows. 17 Eastern Pkwy. (718)638- (718) 630-8900. Also, Long Island Uni- formed Church, Quentin Road and East Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220. 7600. Free. versity hosts a blood drive. 10 am to 27th Street. (718) 934-8214. HUNTERFLY ROAD HOUSES: Learn BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The Best SALON SERIES: Brave New World 6:30 pm. One University Plaza. (800) how Black people lived in the mid- of the African Diaspora Film Fest.” Repertory Theater presents a reading 933-BLOOD. 1800s, early 1900s and early 1930s Today: African Stories Program at 2 SUN, FEB 18 of “Waiting for Godot,” by Samuel DOMINICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE: Day- FRI, FEB 16 with a guided tour of these historic pm; Haitian program at 4:30 pm Beckett. $18. Dinner at 4:30 pm; read- long interdisciplinary arts conference houses. $4. Free for residents of Brooklyn Stories Program at 6:50 OUTDOORS AND TOURS ing at 5 pm. The Issue Project Room. hosted by Long Island University. SENIOR CINEMA: presents “The Taking 11213 and 11233 with ID and chil- pm. “Shoot the Messenger” (2006) Call for location and reservation infor- Highlights include merengue workshop of Pelham One Two Three” (1974). Shot dren under 12. Noon. 1698 Bergen at 9:15 pm. $10, $7 children and ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. mation. (718) 469-5275. at 10 am; Dominican music at 11 am, on location in New York, film brings ten- St. (718) 629-5400. seniors. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777- $5, $3 seniors and children. $5.50 skate rental. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm. MEDITATION CLASS: Today’s topic: dance group Conjunto Folkorico at sion and rhythm of the city to life with RECEPTION: Sankaranka Gallery of FILM. For complete program info, noon. Film: “In the Time of the But- authenticity and character. 10 am. Brook- Contemporary African Art hosts an visit www.bam.org. Prospect Park, access through the Park- “Angry Mind, Ugly Life: Solving Our side/ Ocean avenues entrance or the Anger Problem.” $10. 7:30 pm to 9 terflies” (2000). 2 pm to 3:30 pm. Panel lyn Academy of Music, Rose Cinemas, 30 opening reception. 3 pm to 6 pm. EXHIBIT: Eleven Tenn Gallery hosts discussion with Dominican-American Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Free. 111 Front St. (718) 666-3636. “The Colored and The Black: Past, Lincoln Road/ Ocean Avenue entrance. pm. Lucky Lotus Yoga, 184 DeKalb (718) 287-5252. Ave. (718) 496-5514. poet Angie Cruz at 4 pm. DeKalb and HEALTHY COOKING: Lutheran Medical EDUCATIONAL GAME: Sculptor Present and Future,” celebrating Flatbush avenues. (718) 488-1015. Free. Center and the Bay Ridge Center for Daniel Blake welcomes children to Black History month. 6:30 pm to 9 PERFORMANCE BEREAVEMENT GROUP: New York Older Adults hosts a cooking club for play Chesstizing with his original pm. 1110 Fulton St. (718) 857-5696. Methodist Hospital offers support. 6:30 seniors to share recipes and talk about Free. DANCE: English folk dancing troupe Half MON, FEB 12 wooden chess pieces carved to rep- Moon Sword Ale of NYC and 11 other pm to 8 pm. Call for information and to eating habits and learn nutritional infor- resent those who have played sig- register. (718) 788-4991. mation. 10:30 am to 11:30 am. 6935 English folk dance groups from around BIG MOVIES FOR LITTLE KIDS: Film Fun nificant roles in African-American the country perform traditional long series presents “Make Way for Duck- SPOKEN WORDS: Long Island University Fourth Ave. Call to register and for history. 1 pm. Brooklyn Public SAT, FEB 17 more information. (718) 630-8684. sword dances from North England and lings” and “Chillin’” 4 pm. 265 Court presents “Mo Beasley’s Urbanerotika: Library’s central branch at Grand Scotland. $8, $4 seniors and students, St. Call for ticket info. (718) 624-3748. The Multimedia Experience.” Poets, BROOKLYN NEXT: Brooklyn Academy of Army Plaza. Youth Wind Program GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Violet,” Music presents a celebration of Brook- free for members. 2:30 pm. 200 ROSEMALING: Painting session hosted by spoken-word artists and musicians per- Room. Free. (718) 230-2100. a musical set during the civil rights Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-500. form. $25, $40 for couples. 7 pm. Kumble lyn’s own musical talent. Mos Def per- Sing ‘n’ swing: Singer and movement. $18, $14 children and Mid-Atlantic Rosemaling Society. 7 pm. HISTORY LESSON: NYU professor MUSIC: Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra 59th Street Church, 749 59th St. (718) Theater, Flatbush Avenue Extension forms. $25 to $40. 8 pm. Howard seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (212) Jeffrey Sammons discusses the his- bandleader Patricia Adams performs works by Beethoven and 853-1734. Free. and DeKalb Avenue. (718) 488-1624. Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette toric parade of the 369th Infantry 352-3101. Ave. (718) 636-4100. Petrova. $15. 3 pm. Church of St. Ann NOODLE YOGA: hosts a restorative yoga DINNER AND MOVIE: Bamcinematek Regiment in which the first African- will be performing at the AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS: BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert. and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague St. workshop. $18. 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm. 31 presents “The Lady Eve” (1941). 6:30 American Regiment during WWI, Brooklyn Public Library’s cen- Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts a (718) 875-6960. Washington St. (718) 624-5525. movie followed by dinner at 8:20 pm; 7:30 pm. See Thurs, Feb. 15. known as “Harlem’s Hell Fighters,” talk about the contributions African 8:30 pm movie preceded by 6:45 pm GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: “Little tral branch on Feb. 15. Americans have made to further sci- BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert. 4 PANEL DISCUSSION: Long Island Univer- marched before a million fans up pm. See Sat., Feb 17. sity presents “The Erotic as Power: A dinner. Call for ticket info. 30 Lafayette Building.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., Feb. 17. Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, from Madi- ence and improve daily life. Hear Redefining of Love and Sexuality.” Adults Ave. (718) 636-4100. THEATER: “Shhh! Don’t Wake the son Square to Harlem. 2 pm. Brook- stories of famous inventors and cre- GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: “Little over 18 are invited. 7 pm. Kumble Corpse.” 8 pm. See Sat., Feb. 17. lyn Public Library’s central branch at 4 pm. Jamaica Bay Library. 9727 ate a bookmark to celebrate their Building.” Call for time. (718) 384-4586. V DAY: Fully-staged, dance-infused per- Sat., Feb. 17. Theater, Flatbush Avenue Extension and formance of “The Vagina Monologues.” Grand Army Plaza. 2nd Floor Seaview Ave. Free. (718) 241-3571. inventions. Appropriate for ages 7 DeKalb Ave. (718) 488-1624. Free. $20. 7 pm. Galapagos Art Space, 70 N. Meeting Room. Free. (718) 230-2100. and older. $4, free for members. 1 THEATER: “Shhh! Don’t Wake the Sixth St. (212) 868-4444. SAT, FEB 17 pm to 2 pm. Also, drumming work- Corpse.” 3 pm. See Sat., Feb. 17. WED, FEB 14 shop. 1 pm and 2 pm. 145 Brooklyn GALLERY PLAYERS: “Violet.” 3 pm. See TUES, FEB 13 OUTDOORS AND TOURS SUN, FEB 11 Ave. (718) 735-4400. Sat., Feb. 17. THURS, FEB 15 STORYTELLING: Tammy Hall performs BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The Best MEETING: AARP of Bay Ridge meets. MORNING BIRDING: The Urban Park THEATER: A one-man show races the highlights of great moments in of the African Diaspora Film Fest.” CHILDREN 2:30 pm. Shore Hill Housing, 9000 MUSICAL TRIBUTE: Brooklyn’s own Al Rangers host a bird walk around the private and political lives of activist African-American History. 10:30 am. Today: “Homecoming” (2005). 2 FAMILY FUN: Brooklyn Center for the Shore Rd. (718) 748-9114. Jolson enthusiast and New York repre- Salt Marsh Nature Center’s Nature Trail. W.E.B. DuBois. 2pm. Brooklyn Brownsville Library. 61 Glenmore pm. “Dry Season” (2006). 4:30 pm. Performing Arts presents the children’s MEETING: of Community Board 7. 6 pm. sentative of The International Al Jolson Learn about the birds of the salt marsh Public Library’s central branch at Ave. Free. (718) 498-9721. “Diary of a Tired Black Man” (2006). dance company Batoto Yetu. $12. 2 pm. 4201 Fourth Ave. (718) 854-0003. Society, Bob Daniels, presents a musi- and view some of its winter migrants. 8 Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. DRUMMING: A hands-on workshop with 6:50 pm. “Maria Bethania: Music is Walt Whitman Theater, Brooklyn Col- am. 3302 Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. BUSINESS TALK: CAMBA Small Business cal concert and photo biography as musician Shawn Banks explains how Perfume” (2005). 9:30 pm. $10, $7 lege, near the intersection of Flatbush Services offers a class “Tax Preparation part of the Monthly Speaker Series for ICE SKATING: Wollman Rink is open. $5, traditional African, Latin and Carib- children and seniors. 30 Lafayette and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. for Small Businesses.” 6 pm to 8:30 pm. Seniors. 2 pm. Heights and Hill Com- $3 seniors and children. $5.50 skate MON, FEB 12 bean rhythms are relevant to contem- Ave. (718) 777-FILM. For complete GROUNDHOG SERIES: Brooklyn Arts 884 Flatbush Ave. (718) 282-2500. Free. munity Council, 160 Montague St., rental. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; 7 porary music. Audience members may program info, visit www.bam.org. Exchange presents a series for family third floor. Advance registration pm to 10 pm. Prospect Park, access READING: Long Island University pre- bring their own instruments to partici- audiences. Today: Harley Spiller/ Inspec- INTRO TO PRODUCTION: Brooklyn Young through the Parkside/ Ocean avenues Filmmakers presents “Starting a Film required. (718) 596-8789. Free. sents actor/historian/poet David pate in a group drumming perform- tor Collector in “Real Fake.” Enjoy an RECEPTION: Brooklyn Historical Society entrance or the Lincoln Road/ Ocean Mills in a one-man show featuring ance. 3:30 pm. DeKalb Library. 790 SUN, FEB 18 interactive performance that exhibits a Career.” Learn how to prepare and what Avenue entrance. (718) 287-5252. you need to get started as a Production presents “A Drum Beats in Brooklyn: A the work of Langston Hughes. Bushwick Ave. Free. (718) 455-3898. hands-on display and discussion of Assistant. Three consecutive Tuesdays. Photography Exhibit .” Also, live drum- BACKYARD BIRD COUNT: Prospect Park’s Noon. Library Learning Center, BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The Best paper money from around the world. $75. 6 pm to 9 pm. NYC College of Tech- ming. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. 128 Audubon Center hosts its 10th annual Room 122, Flatbush and DeKalb of the African Diaspora Film Fest.” Participants are invited to create their nology, 25 Chapel St., (718) 935-0490. Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. Free. event. Help researchers track North avenues. (718) 488-1015. Free. THURS, FEB 15 Today: “Masai: The Rain Warriors” own paper money with linen paper, and HEALTHY COOKING: Holistic health American bird populations. Noon to 1:30 (2005). 2 pm. Leaders of the customize anti-counterfeiting marks. $10, MEETING: of Community Board 7. Topic pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and counselor Cheryl Boiko teaches easy of discussion is development of a five- SINGING AND DANCING: Vocalist Caribbean program. 4:30 pm. Also, $8 kids under 12 and younger. 2 pm. 421 Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. and delicious recipes to keep your story building at 575 Fifth Ave. 6:30 TUES, FEB 13 Patricia Adams sings jazz and blues several screenings follow later in the heart healthy. $35. 7 pm to 9 pm. 161 pm. St. John and St. Matthew Em- TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Urban Park standards from renaissance Harlem day. $10, $7 children and seniors. 30 BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Luquer St. Registration required. (718) manuel Lutheran Church, 283 Prospect Rangers give a talk about the revolu- FOLKTALES: The 3beans Children’s and Tin Pan Alley. 7 pm. Brooklyn Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. For presents clarinet player Oran Etkin from 855-3145. Ave. (718) 854-0003. tionary war prisons entombed in Fort Theater Group brings African- Public Library’s central branch at complete program info, visit the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Greene Park. 1 pm. Meet at Visitor American folktales to life for all ages. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. www.bam.org. music. Kids get an intro to jazz music VEGETARIAN COOKING: Learn some Center, near the Myrtle Avenue and and instruments. Appropriate for all easy and delicious recipes. $35 includes Washington Park entrance. 311. Free. ages. $4, free for members. 1 pm to 3 WEDS, FEB 14 instruction, handouts, tastings and bev- WALK IN THE PARK: The Urban Park pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. erages. 7 pm to 9 pm. 161 Luquer St. and Arensky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry and children. 8 pm. St. Patrick’s powerful art. For ages 4 to 7 years old. Valentine’s Day Registration required. (718) 855-3145. Rangers explore Fort Greene Park. Learn about the 148-foot-tall Martyrs’ Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East Auditorium, Fourth Avenue and 97th $8, free for kids 12 and younger. 11 am OTHER HEART HEALTH FAIR: Maimonides BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Monument and more. 1 pm. Meet at River. (718) 624-2083. Street. (718) 482-3173. to 2 pm. Brooklyn Museum, 200 BROOKLYN AND THE REVOLUTION: Medical Center offers blood pressure, works by Beethoven, Schumann and the Fort Green Visitor’s Center, near BROOKLYN NEXT: Brooklyn Academy of GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: presents a Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. Urban Park Rangers explain Brooklyn’s glucose, cholesterol, BMI screenings. Brahms. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry the Myrtle Avenue and Washington Music presents a new, borough-wide musical melodrama about a building LEFFERTS HOUSE: Kids are invited to significant impact on the American Park entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. celebration of Brooklyn’s own musical which falls in love with a real estate learn about what folks did in the past Revolution. 1 pm. Meet at Visitor’s WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts talent. Mos Def performs. $25 to $40. 8 developer, “Little Building” by Nick during winter. Play historic indoor Center, Fort Greene Park. Enter park a tour of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Jones. $15. 7:30 pm. 70 North. Sixth games, help build and repair toys and near Myrtle Avenue and Washington Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Lafayette Ave. Also, BAM Talk. $10. 3 St. (718) 384-4586. tools and view a winter exhibit. Noon Park entrance. 311. Free. LIST YOUR EVENT… Marriott Hotel, 333 Adams St. (718) pm. Hillman Attic Studio, 30 Lafayette to 4 pm. Prospect Park’s Willink CRAFTS WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Artists Gym 789-0430. Ave. (718) 636-4100. CHILDREN entrance, at intersection of Flatbush hosts a workshop on the accordion fold. To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice or more. WINTER RACE: Prospect Park Track Club V DAY: Fully-staged, dance-infused per- BLITZ FOR KIDS: Watson Adventures Avenue and Empire Boulevard. (718) $40 plus $10 materials fee. 2 pm to 5 Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: GO Brooklyn, The hosts a Cherry Tree 10 Miler. Call for formance of “The Vagina Monologues.” Scavenger Hunts takes a tour of The 287-3400. Free. pm. 168 Seventh St. (718) 858-9069. Brooklyn Paper, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834- information. (718) 595-2049. $20. 7 pm. Galapagos Art Space, 70 Brooklyn Museum. $23, $15 kids. 10:30 SINGLES DANCE: Sheepshead Parents N.orth Sixth St. (212) 868-4444. am to 12:30 pm. 200 Eastern Pkwy. OTHER 9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take Without Partners hosts a dance with live PERFORMANCE THEATER: Narrows Community Theater (877) 9 GOHUNT. VITICULTURE: Brooklyn Botanic Garden music. $15, $10 members. 8 pm to mid- listings over the phone. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of presents “Shhh! Don’t Wake the ARTY FACTS: Kids are invited to explore hosts a talk “Growing Grapes in Brook- night. Ages 45 and up. 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pm, FREE; Feb. 17: Magnolia’s 7th Anniversary FREE; Thursdays: Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, Party, 9 pm, FREE. FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. Pete’s Candy Store 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in BROOKLYN Melt Crossroads Saloon Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Feb. Slope, (718) 230-5925. Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. 10: The Mnemonic Devices, 9 pm, Hope for Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Agoldensummer, 10 pm, One AM Radio, 11 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; Feb. 11: Rachel Sage, 8:30 pm, Sara Puppet’s Jazz Bar WILLIAMSBURG Grabow, 9:30 pm, Alan Hampton, 10:30 pm, Nightlife FREE; Feb. 12: Monday Evening Stand-Up, 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, Black Betty 7:30 pm, Pauly J., 9:30 pm, Owen, 10:30 pm, (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street Feb. 13: Bingo, 7 pm, Bo Quiver and the Feb. 10: Alex Blake Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Arrows, 9 pm, Taylor Samuel, 10 pm, Adam Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- BAY RIDGE Midnight, $5; Feb. 12: Jaime Aff Session, 9:15 betty.net. McBride-Smith, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 14: Quizz- Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Feb. 13: Jaime Aff Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Off, 7:30 pm, Misha with Eddie, 10 pm, Katy 12:30 am. Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Feb. 14: Kitty Kiernan’s Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand Stephen, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: Group of Jaime Aff Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, Names, 7 pm, The Love Hangover, Time TBD, 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Sputnik $5; Feb. 15: Rondha Denet Group, 9:15 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Pete’s Big Poetry featuring (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Feb. 16: Randy Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton FREE; Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, Caitlin Meissner & Sonia Mukherji, 7 pm, Feb. 10: Ben, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 17: Gerald Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Johnston Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, Visitations, 9 pm, Big Blood, 10 pm, Dufus, 11 Donnelly, 11 pm, FREE. FREE; Wednesdays: The Joint hosted by DJ Saturdays: Afrokinetic with DJs Chris Annibell $5; Feb. 17: Alex Blake Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, FREE; Feb. 17: Sketch This, 7 pm, The Jack pm, Midnight, $5. Nabil; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ The Salty Dog and Amon, 9 pm, FREE, French Beats Inter- MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 Brags, 9 pm, Ola Podrida, 10 pm, Bjorn national, 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: DJ Dick pm, FREE. Quenemoen, 11 pm, FREE. 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, Burroughs, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ Nicole Southpaw (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. Leone, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 9: DJ Chaps (Talib 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Capone’s Bar Stain Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE. Kweli’s DJ), 9 pm, $10; Feb. 15: Skylab with DJ Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. 221 N. Ninth St. at Roebling Street in Williams- 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- sets Dekker, Adam Smith, Castro, tal, Unjust, Feb. 10: Vetiver, Vashti Bunyan, Danielle Stech- burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Time TBD, $TBD; Feb. 16: Haunted Horses, burg, (718) 599-4044, www.caponesbar.com. The Wicked Monk Homsey, and DJ Mikey Palms, 9 pm, $15; Feb. Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- The Ravages, Strega, DJ Katie Rose, Projec- Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and DJ Flim 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, 11: Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; Feb. 13: Wreck- nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; tions by Ian Couch, 9 pm, $5, Mashup Culture Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Speakeasy, an (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. room, 8 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: DJ Mojo and Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open with resident DJ Londonbroil, 11 pm, FREE. open mic night, 9 pm, FREE. Feb. 10: Dirty Jersey, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: 24 Family Business Records present Gritty Middi mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Seven Unplugged, 9 pm, $5; Feb. 16: Cranked, Gang, HuLL, Goes Cube, Boy/Girl, Abigail Feb. 10: Cathy Delaleau’s poetry book release Warchild, 8 pm, $TBD; Feb. 16: Melissa Ferrick, Galapagos DJ Kyle, 9 pm, $5; Feb. 17: DJ Tree, Big Slick, DUMBO Agostino Mela party with live music, 6 pm, Tim Kuhl (jazz trio), 9 pm, $5. Tim Fite, 9 pm, $18; Feb. 17: The Dirtbombs, 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 11: Poetry readings by the Puppet’s master: The Alex Blake Trio performs at Puppet’s Jazz The A-Bones, Dirty Excuse, 9 pm, $13. Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, students of Joanna Fuhrman, 6 pm, FREE; Feb. Power House Arena www.galapagosartspace.com. 37 Main St. at Water Street in DUMBO, (718) Bar in Park Slope on Feb. 10. 13: Stain’s Bloody Valentine’s Bash, 8 pm, FREE; BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Tea Lounge Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 14: V-Day open mic hosted by Caroline 666-3049, www.powerhousearena.com. Feb. 10: (Backroom) Little Building, 7:30 pm, Feb. 10: “Dumbolio,” a variety show featuring 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Berger, 7 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: Wiggins Sisters, 8 Food 4 Thought (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. $15, (Front room) Jenny Rocha Dance Theater, pm, Patrick Elkins, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Arslan Bargainland, Joshua Foer and more, 8 pm, $15. Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, Feb. 11: Hellgate Harmonie, O’Hanleigh, 4:30 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 9 pm, 10:30 7 pm, $12, (both rooms) “Donuts are Forever,” and friends, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 17: New York $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). pm, $10; Feb. 17: Mal Blum, Headrights, Zeb Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. pm, $5 suggested donation. a tribute to the late producer J Dilla, 10 pm, Culture Circle screens “Dead Poets Society,” 7 Superfine Gould, RippleGroove, 8 pm, $8. Saturdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, $6; Mondays: FREE (donations strongly suggested); Feb. 11: pm, Scott Kacenga Trio, 9 pm, FREE. Fade to Black Mondays a.k.a. Movie Night, 8 126 Front St. at Pearl Street in DUMBO, Uncle Paulie’s Union Hall (Backroom) Little Building, 7:30 pm, $15, (Front pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Game Night, 7 pm, (718) 243-9005. 408 Greenpoint Ave. at Grandparents Biscuit BBQ room) Jenny Rocha Dance Theater, 7 pm, $12, (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Trash Bar FREE; Thursdays: Jazz Night, 8 pm, FREE. Feb. 16: Badd Ass Bluegrass with Dock Oscar Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383-2411. 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park The Randies, 10 pm, $5; Feb. 12: (Front room) Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- & The Chenango County Line, 9 pm, Citigrass, Feb. 16: USAISAMONSTER, Arbouretum, Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com. Monday Night Burlesque presents an all-red www.unionhallny.com. burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. 10 pm, Grizzly’s Banjo Assault, 11 pm, $5; Feb. Blues Control, Bishops at Large, 8 pm, $6. Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John Valentine’s Day show featuring Miss Allison, Solomon’s Porch Feb. 10: Cedars, Gold Streets, The Sexy 17: The American String Conspiracy, 8 pm, Jan McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8 pm, $5 and 1-drink Ginger Fringe, Roja Rouge, Gal Friday, 9:30 pm, Feb. 10: Philmore Brown, 8 pm, Deek Jenkins, 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Champions, 8 pm, $8; Feb. 11: The Rosebuds, Bell & The Cheap Dates, 9 pm, The Ya’ll Stars minimum; Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night $5; Feb. 13: Tango Night with Milonga “Cam- 9 pm, Funkface, 10 pm, Pillow Theory, 11 pm, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Sam Cohen, 9:30 pm, $10; Feb. 12: Union Hall with Jen larson, 10 pm, Hogzilla, 11 pm, $5. GREENWOOD HEIGHTS on the Town, 9 pm, $10 and 1-drink minimum; balanche,” 8 pm (free class 8 pm – 9 pm), $12; Indian Burn, Midnight, $7; Feb. 11: Coulter, 9 Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $7. Spelling & Grammar Bee, 7 pm, FREE; Feb. 13: Tuesdays: Songwriters’ Showcase hosted by Feb. 14: (Front room) 26.2 Productions pres- pm, David Shaw, 10 pm, North, 11 pm, The Sara Schaefer’s Name That Tune, 9 pm, FREE; Five Front Kitchen Bar Staci Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, $TBD; Feb. 17: Maria ents V-Day Brooklyn 2007,a fundraising event Glow, Midnight, $6; Feb. 12: The Spies, 8 pm, Feb. 14: Feathers, Tim Fite, Rio en Medio The Revolvers, 9 pm, Dead Legend, 10 pm, BOERUM HILL 5 Front St. at Old Fulton Street in DUMBO, 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Greenwood Cangiano, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation and to benefit Voice of Women/The Battered (record release!), Pepi Ginsberg, 8 pm, $10; Fantom Frequency, 11 pm, $6; Feb. 13: DJ (718) 625-5559, www.fivefrontrestaurant.com. Heights, (718) 499-5623, www.kitchen- $6-drink minimum. Women’s Resource Center, 7 pm, $20, Division Hank’s Saloon barny.com. Feb. 15: The Vandermark 5, David Grubbs, 8 East Valentine’s Day Party featuring DJs Tame Mojo presents Sketch the Catacysim, 8 pm, Feb. 14: Andree Pages, Time TBD, FREE. pm, $12; Feb. 16: The Battering Room pres- Talymaya, 9 pm, $5; Feb. 15: The Courtesy Tier, 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE. Cafe Steinhof One, Pumpkinhead, Bullymouth, Shape, GDP, ents Knockout! with John, Sure Juror, The 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: (Backroom) Anticipate 8 pm, Black Tongue, 9 pm, The Dopes, 10 pm, Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Muggabears, The Antlers, 8 pm, $8; Feb. 17: CD release party, 10 pm, $5, (Front room) Relax Ghost of Saturday Nite, 11 pm, The Bad Luck Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack FLATBUSH Living Room (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Richard Buckner (and his band), Six Parts Seven, Star Vibe Re-Build presents “Turn the Lights Charms, Midnight, $6; Feb. 16: Family Business Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobs- Feb. 14: The Jack Grace Band, 10:30 pm, FREE. Lounge Hayes Peebles, 8 pm, $10. Out!,” a global warming awareness tribute, 10 Records Showcase with Kinetic, Ana Lola cenity, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 10: The Arkhams, 10 Cornerstone Pub pm, FREE; Feb. 16: (Backroom) An exciting Roman, Elizabeth Harper and the Matinee, 8 pm, Johnny Carlevale & his Band of Allstars, 11 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Cattyshack night of rock and roll featuring Craig Chesler, 10 pm, $7; Feb. 17: Elevado, 8 pm, Demetra, 9 pm, $5. in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, Heights, (718) 499-1505. PROSPECT HEIGHTS www.cornerstonepub.com. Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Cult 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park pm, Aaron Griffin, 11 pm, The Foghorns, Mid- pm, The Shames, 10 pm, The Shills, 11 pm, Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Concerts Slope, (718) 230-5740, The Backroom night, $5, (Front room) Trav S.D.’s Kabaret Kung Fury, Midnight, Vicious Disorder, 1 am, $7. www.cattyshackbklyn.com. BRIGHTON BEACH nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quar- on the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue Komique and Transgalactic Kongress of Freaks, Saturdays: Shack 249 with DJs BK Brewster, tet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thurs- Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, 7 pm, $10, (Front room) Crashin In presents live Union Pool National days: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. Live music, 8 pm, FREE. Daryl Raymond, and more, 10 pm, $5, $7 after www.freddysbackroom.com. DJs with Lymbycsystem, 11 pm, Mahogany, 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in 11 pm; Mondays: Chump Change, 10 pm, Feb. 10: Bill Konig, 8 pm, Brute Force, 9:30 pm, Midnight, Relay, 1 am, Hopewell, 2 am; Feb. Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, Restaurant FREE; Tuesdays: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; RewBee, 10:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 11: Board 17: (Backroom) Sticky Fingers, 10 pm, $10, www.myspace.com/unionpool. 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Vox Po p PARK SLOPE Wednesdays: Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, Game night, 5:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 12: Spelling (Front room) 26.2 Productions presents V-Day Feb. 10: The Wiyos, M. Shanghai String Band, Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flat- FREE ($2 after 10 pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies Bee, 8 pm, FREE; Feb. 13: Second to None Brooklyn 2007,a fundraising event to benefit The Blue Ribbon Band, Jan Bell & the Cheap 1225, www.come2national.com. bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Barbes welcome with sexy boys), 10 pm, $5; Thurs- Tuesdays with Alice Bierhorst, Michael Holt, 8 Voice of Women/The Battered Women’s Dates, 8 pm, $TBD; Feb. 12: Ida, The Naysayers, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- days: S—tkickers, 8 pm, FREE ($5 after 9 pm), 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, pm, Todd Guidice, 9 pm, Martha Colby, 10 pm, Resource Center, 7 pm, $20. Cynthia Nelson, Luxton Lake, 8 pm, $TBD; Feb. 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: drink/snack minimum; Feb. 10: Kenny Young Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. FREE; Feb. 15: The Kings County Opry with a 14: Valentine’s Day with Direct From Hollywood Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, and the Eggplants, 8 pm, Decoster, 9 pm, $5 Nut, 7 pm, FREE, Frisky Fridays with live DJs Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $8 sug- song circle, 8 pm, Alicia Jo Rabins & the Halo Laila Lounge Cemetery, Orphan, Fist Wing, Hunchback, 8 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live suggested donation; Feb. 14: John Nevins and and go-go dancers, 11 pm, $5 ($7 after mid- gested donation; Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 Boys, 9:30 pm, Fresh Baked, 10:30 pm, FREE; 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in $TBD; Feb. 15: The Hymms, The Morning Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE Arbo, 8 pm, $5 suggested donation. night). pm, $10; Feb. 10: River Alexander & his Mad Feb. 16: Ardigo, 8 pm, Brown/Jewel/ Meicht, Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Pages, The Coydogs, 8 pm, $TBD. (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). Jazz Hatters, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, Drama Cafe & Wine 9:30 pm, The Woodchoppers, 10:30 pm, Warm www.lailalounge.com. FORT GREENE Andy Statman, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; hats, 11:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 17: The Alex Rubin Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Williamsburg BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Feb. 11: Barbes Classical with Quartet New Gen- 341 Fifth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Project, 9:30 pm, Sal Cataldi’s Spaghetti Jezebel Music Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 BAM Cafe eration, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation; Feb. 12: Slope, (718) 768-2136, Eastern Music, 10:30 pm, Heather and the pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Fridays: OHM Music Center Magnetic Field (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 Squeezebox, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, www.myspace.com/dramaonline. Barbarians, 11:30 pm, . and special guests, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 10: 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Smokey’s Roundup, 10 pm, $8 suggested Saturdays: Artist Showcase, 9 pm, FREE; Fri- Showcase Showdown 07, 7:30 pm, $TBD; Feb. Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn donation; Feb. 14: Adam Lane Quartet, 8 pm, days: Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 10: Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magnet- Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. 13: Elio Schiavo and guests, 9 pm, $TBD; Feb. Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. $10, John Tchicai/Adam Lane Quartet, 10 pm, John Cole, 9 pm, Scarlet Begonias, 10 pm, Real RED HOOK icbrooklyn.com. Feb. 10: Shrine for the Black Madonna with 16: Big Tall Wish, 10 pm, Fat Tony, 11 pm, $TBD; Jungli, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: “Brooklyn Next” $10; Feb. 15: Sam Bardfeld’s Stuff Smith prject, Be Easys, 11 pm, $2 suggested donation; Feb. Feb. 17: RSSO Does Laila, 10 pm, $TBD. Zebulon Cafe Feb. 10: The Insomniacs, Anderson Council, 8 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, Matt Munisteri, 17: Dana Athens, 9 pm, Bess Rogers, 10 pm, The Hook pm, $7, Switched On!, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 12: with Mos Def, 8 pm, $20 - $40; Feb. 17: 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in “Brooklyn Next” with Mos Def, 8 pm, $20 - $40. 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Feb. 16: Chris Kuffner, 11 pm, $2 suggested donation. 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red The Lucky Cat Erin Farrell & Brandy Sansone, 8 pm, FREE; Feb. Session Americana, 8 pm, $8 suggested dona- Hook, (718) 797-3007, Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, 14: A Night to Treasure, an 80s-themed prom tion, Howard Fishman, 10 pm, $8 suggested www.thehookmusic.com. 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. night, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Pete Galub and the Night of the Good Coffeehouse donation; Feb. 17: The Prewar Ponies, 7 pm, Feb. 10: Emergenza Festival with Where Life burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Feb. 10: Vava China, 9 pm, Asiko, 10 pm, FREE; Annuals, The Ashford Breaks, 8 pm, $TBD; Feb. Cookers $8 suggested donation, Brooklyn Qawwali Music Parlor Takes Us, 7:30 pm, Necrophilia, 8 pm, Dump Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 Feb. 11: Ara Anderson and Kathy Stephain, 8 17: The Stay at Homes, 8 pm, $TBD. pm, Eye Contact, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 12: Ken 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Party, 9 pm, $8 suggested donation. (at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Body, 8:30 pm, Section 8 Cartel, 9 pm, Rid of pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Prospect Park West at Second Street in Me, 9:30 pm, Jaggery, 10 pm, Captain to Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot Popcorn Butler (experimental music), 9 pm, Ara featuring Binky Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 Anderson, Ches Smith, and Colin Stetson, 10 Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Bar 4 Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Copilot, 10:30 pm, $15; Feb. 11: Hooked on CLINTON HILL pm, $TBD; Feb. 10: Nappy G and MPEC cele- pm, FREE; Feb. 13: Stuart Bogie presents The Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, Feb. 16: The Park Slope Food Coop with The Metal, a matinee massacre, with Letters From 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park brate Nappy’s Birthday, 10 pm, $5; Feb. 15: Volney Litmus with special guest Pronto, 9 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 832-9800, Blue Moon Ramblers and Brooklyn Rhythm Verona, Until Destiny, Crave the Air, Disbeliever, Dakar Cafe Agents at Midnight with Ryan Jewell, 8 pm, FREE; Feb. 14: Jena Kraus, 9 pm, Rene Lopez, www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. Masters, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. Adonis Decay, A Shattered Reflection, 7 pm, $10. 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Radom Party with Moist Paula, 11 pm, $TBD; 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 15: Dan Weiss Trio, 9 pm, Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. GREENPOINT Feb. 11: Matthew Steckler, 7 pm, $5 suggest- The Jewish Music Hope and Anchor Feb. 16: Another Futurefunk Session with DJ Ohad Talmor Newsreel, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE; ed donation, Ben Monder Trio, 9 pm, $5 sug- Sports Casual and guests, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 17: Meta and the Cornerstones, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. Tuesdays: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Club Europa gested donation. Cafe 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Dub Evolution, 11 pm, FREE. 17: Ansambl Mastika, 10 pm, FREE. Live band, 10 pm, FREE. Hook, (718) 237-0276. 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in 401 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Bogota Latin Bistro (718) 369-6585, www.jewishmusiccafe.com. Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke Parlor Jazz www.europaclub.com. 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, Feb. 10: Modular Moods presents “Leaders of hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue in Clin- Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. the Jew School: A Jewish Music Hip-Hop Show- ton Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: Wednesdays: Live Brazilian and Latin jazz, 7 case” with Y-Love, Kosha Dillz, Niz, Remedy, TALK TO US… Feb. 10: Parlor Jazz 5th Year Anniversary/Black Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Pro- pm, FREE; Feb. 14: Guitar duet with Francois and DJ Handler, 8:30 pm, $15; Feb. 17: SHEEPSHEAD BAY History Month celebration featuring Ty Stephens gressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 Wiss & Kahil Ferraris, 7 pm, FREE (reservations Sephardic Music Night with ASEFA and special To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include & Romantasy, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $30 (includes both pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Feb. 16: Foam Party suggested). guests, 8:30 pm, $12. Anyway Cafe name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site sets, open wine bar, beverages, and dessert). and Bikini Contest, Time TBD, $TBD. 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Brooklyn Lyceum Magnolia Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are Reign Club Exit 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, www.anywaycafe.com. free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. Mondays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Feb. 10: The Honey Brothers with Adrian Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 16: Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, event details. www.myspace.com/reignlounge. www.club-exit.com. Grenier, Elk City, The Glaciers, 9:45 pm, $8; Trombonist Rob Sussman’s Tri Boro Trio, 9:30 FREE; Wednesdays: Grace Garland, 9 pm, 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 10, 2007 BROOKLYN Re-run for Bklyn’s Gump By Christie Rizk reader might [think] I’m some The Brooklyn Paper kind of Midwestern rube standing at the edge of Brooklyn, rub- Breaking news! The Forrest bing his eyes in disbelief at the BRIEFS Gump of Brooklyn — who sheer vastness of the Big City.” apparently had abandoned his Point of information: Who quest to run every single inch doesn’t love Forrest Gump? The of Brooklyn — now says he’ll guy may be fictional, but he did be back on the road as early as run across the country — which next month. is a lot bigger than Brooklyn. Powerplay is Gary Jarvis, whose 1,599- And another point of infor-

/ Dennis W. Ho / Dennis W. mile marathon has garnered at- mation: Jarvis is not a Midwest- tention from Greenpoint to ern rube. The Paper did say he Coney Island, has gone public was “an Iowa native,” but he’s back in action to deny reports that said he had actually from New Jersey (we hung up his worn-out shoes. thought we were doing him a Jarvis now says that he will favor). By Dana Rubinstein and Josh Saul Paper The Brooklyn hit the road at the end of the Overall, Jarvis wondered on / Dennis W. Ho / Dennis W. The Brooklyn Paper MTV wants to film a reality show called “Brooklyn” — so naturally it came to Brooklyn six-week break he began after his blog “whether the casual Tech HS to find camera-ready teens. A popular Park Slope children’s gym has finally reopened hitting the halfway mark nearly treatments of the facts is due to after nearly a month of wrangling with the city, which shut- three weeks ago. specific editorial policy or a tered the gym on Jan. 11 claiming that it was endangering its “I still plan on resuming this young reporter’s inexperience.” whole running thing,” he posted Point of information: We’ll

kiddie customers. Paper The Brooklyn on his blog, runsbrooklyn, after be the first people at the finish During the ensuing 23 days of closure, Powerplay gym sued MTV trolls Tech for talent The Brooklyn Paper reported Gary Jarvis now says he will line with a bottle of Champagne the Fire Department, claiming a violation of the gym owner’s that he would not finish be- get back on the road. if Jarvis finishes. “civil rights” — and local karate kids suffered from unprece- By Dana Rubinstein institutions like Harvard — not the schools of cause he had underestimated dented cabin fever during the recent cold snap. The Brooklyn Paper hard knocks that play so well on national televi- the size of Brooklyn. But on Saturday morning, Powerplay was back in business — sion. Forget “Engaged and Underaged.” Hello, Jarvis did admit that he may well, partially, anyway. “No matter what the show is about, I’m have given The Paper the im- The top floor of the Third Avenue and Seventh Street center “Brooklyn.” wholly uninterested in it,” said Josh Margul, 17, MTV, in a nod to the borough’s red-hot pression that he was spent. rang with the chatter of children jumping on trampolines, while who writes for the student newspaper. “True enough, the first half the first floor sat idle, its balance beam, trampoline and gymnas- “cool” factor, is developing a reality show with “The people I’ve heard express interest in it local teenagers, to be dubbed, “Brooklyn.” took its toll both mentally and tics rings shrouded in dust. are in drama and chorus. Until I know what physically,” he wrote on the The partial opening came almost a month to the day after And, in a move as clever as a teenager’s de- MTV wants to get out of this, I wouldn’t throw ceit, MTV first leaked the news to students and blog, which is sometimes writ- what the Fire Department described as a routine inspection re- my name into the ring.” ten in Latin. vealed a propane tank adjacent to the second-floor gym space teachers at Brooklyn Technical High School, in He’s not the only less-than-enthusiastic stu- Fort Greene — where the network will stage “But I’m going to take a few and an unsanctioned day-care facility. dent. more weeks off, and if every- casting calls. Gym owner Fritz Jean maintained that he was just temporari- “When I’ve had glimpses of things MTV’s thing heals up properly, I’ll pick “The premise is to paint an accurate picture ly housing the day-care center after its own quarters burned done with high school students in the past, like up the running right where I left down, and that the propane tank was actually an empty kerosene for America of what life is like for the average ‘Laguna Beach,’ it seems like they’re trying to off — hopefully sometime in tank for a barbecue. Brooklyn high school student,” wrote Marc drag drama out of it...trying to manufacture a early March.” Jean quickly removed the offending clutter and ejected the Williams, an English teacher, in the Brooklyn story,” said Alex Faust, 18, who heads up the He’s optimistic, certainly. day-care center, but it took three weeks, and a lawsuit, to get the Tech student newspaper. school’s newspaper. And he also vows to complete city to allow him to reopen. MTV told The Brooklyn Paper that it doesn’t “I don’t know a lot of people who would be his other main marathon, writ-

“It was a bureaucratic tangle,” he said, adding that he lost comment on shows in development, but Marge interested in [participating]. A lot of the parents ing his doctoral thesis — which Committee Fifth Avenue $50,000 during the forced closure. Feinberg, spokeswoman for the city’s Depart- would be uneasy about it, too.” he’s been working on for al- The Fifth Avenue Committee wants to build this green Meanwhile, area parents were thrilled to finally get their chil- ment of Education, confirmed the news. (For the record, neither Margul nor Faust most a decade. building on Atlantic Avenue near South Portland Street. dren out of the house. “[Brooklyn Tech] has allowed a partner of could audition even if he wanted to — the cast- The Running Man had other “Keeping kids at home in the winter is not fun,” said Brit Russell Simmons, who is doing work for MTV, ing call is limited to sophomores and juniors.) problems with The Paper’s arti- Henriksson, who was stuffing her daughter Samantha into her to use a room for a casting call for a reality TV And for parents worried about the prospect of cle, which likened him to “the winter clothes after a morning at the gym. show on Brooklyn, the borough,” said Feinberg. their children humiliating themselves on MTV, Forrest Gump of Brooklyn.” Dream overshadowed Jean said the first floor of Powerplay won’t reopen until he fin- But MTV may not have chosen wisely. Feinberg had some words of comfort. “Between the ‘Forest Gump’ ishes installing a proper storefront on the seven-year-old funhouse. Brooklyn Tech, on Fort Greene Place at Dekalb “Parental permission will be required [to par- comparisons [and] aforemen- By Ariella Cohen The Fire Department wouldn’t comment on the recent turn of Avenue, is one of the city’s elite “specialized” ticipate],” said Feinberg, adding, “We don’t al- tioned ‘Iowa native’ refer- The Brooklyn Paper events. high schools, with a student body gearing up for low filming during school hours.” ences…it’s understandable how a Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project would cast such long shadows that the architect of a housing complex being built across the street has scraped a plan to heat his building with solar power. “It’s just not an option for a building that will be in substantial shade all year round,” said Magnis Magnusson, who is design- Double your fun at Prospect Park’s two new rinks ing the 80-unit “Atlantic Terrace” building that will rise next year on Atlantic Avenue at South Portland Street — across the By Christie Rizk ping all over the place. would house a café and classroom ous support of local pols. street from Ratner’s proposed 16-tower mega-development. The Brooklyn Paper The proposed $25-million facili- space, among other amenities. Thomas would not reveal the Magnusson, who is working with the non-profit Fifth Avenue ty, called Lakeside Center, would After completion, the Wollman name of the architect — but did Prospect Park will get two Committee development group, said he harbored his green include two new rinks — one for rink will be torn down to restore the joke, “I can tell you it’s not Frank dream until the state approved Ratner’s 30- to 50-story towers new skating rinks by the end of hockey and a smaller one for recre- original landscaping, which was Gehry,” a reference to the design- this winter. 2010 under a soon-to-be-an- ational use — and would be built Mango P. / Gregory once “one of the most beautiful vis- er of Atlantic Yards. “If the towers had been reduced to 20 or 25 stories, it would nounced plan. on the Wollman Rink’s parking lot. tas in the park,” according to Al- With very little digging, The have been possible,” he said. The new skating center would The new rinks will be open-air, liance President Tupper Thomas. Brooklyn Paper discovered that the Environmental impact studies for Atlantic Yards predicted that replace the existing Wollman but the plan — which is being The extra landscaping will cost architects are Manhattan-based Tod Ratner’s project would cast shadows “for most of the … day” Rink, which is in disrepair after pushed by the politically connect- an additional $10 million. Williams and Billie Tsien, a hus- during the spring and fall, and through the afternoon in the sum- nearly 45 years of pounding from ed Prospect Park Alliance — in- Paper The Brooklyn Funding has been lined up, band-and-wife duo. This will be mer. In the winter months, light will be “severely” diminished. hockey teams and families flop- cludes a two-story building that Skaters have a blast at Wollman Rink in Prospect Park. Thomas said, thanks to the gener- their first Brooklyn project. Forest City Ratner did not return a call for comment.

What Really BROOKLYN Matters in NEW HIGH Schools SCHOOLS By Randi Weingarten

what harm could it do? Quite a ayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein recently bit, actually. A recent New York announced, with much fanfare, plans for yet Times editorial urged city and another top-to-bottom restructuring of the state lawmakers and the State M Board of Regents to make sure nation’s largest school system designed to dismantle the “the reforms are closely scruti- bureaucracy and shift all responsibility for educating kids nized and modified where nec- onto the shoulders of principals. essary to produce the best possi- This radical restructuring, the districts use much of the extra ble result.” third in five years, deals almost state money for classroom I agree. Every reorganization INFORMATION FAIR exclusively with structure and, instruction, lowering class size has created great upheaval and except for the get-tough rheto- and universal pre-kindergarten . uncertainty for parents, stu- ric, does nothing about instruc- Parents, students and educa- dents, teachers and principals; it tion. Instead, it would set tors care more about matters usually takes them at least a year to adjust to a slew of new regu- FIND A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN schools adrift, privatize many that will directly improve schol- essential education services, cut arship and social development: lations and bureaucratic red funds for successful schools, smaller class sizes, school safety, tape. Our students cannot limit parental input and make it adequate supplies and giving afford yet another year of educa- BROOKLYN THAT’SRIGHTFORYOU! even harder for new teachers to teachers the professional latitude tional drift and turbulence - voice their concerns for fear they to tailor instruction to their stu- look at what just happened with will be denied tenure. It also dents’ needs. Students and par- student bus route changes. Brooklyn High School of the Arts could hurt students because of ents know that bureaucratic For several weeks now, the the uncertainty and instability it changes have little bearing on city teachers’ union has been 345 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 will cause. classroom interaction, which is running a television commercial Why would we engage in the crucial to any hopes for sus- encouraging the public to listen Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm most radical restructuring of the tained academic improvement to teachers about educational best urban school system in in our schools. priorities. Ask a teacher and America without real evidence Some editorial writers want you’ll hear nothing about struc- •New small high schools offer an excellent education through personal attention that what is being proposed you to believe the chancellor is ture. Instead you’ll hear about & partnerships with non-profits & businesses. works any better than what is right in wanting to use student the need for smaller classes, being replaced? The only other test scores to help determine more career and technical edu- • Representatives of new small high schools opening in Brooklyn in September cation, music and art classes, less school system in America that whether teachers are granted 2007 will be at the fairs to answer questions. dismantled its central structure tenure, but the truth is it will emphasis on tests and greater in this way is post-Katrina New undermine the integrity and latitude. Orleans — and that was because fairness of the process, deter These are the things that real- • Students who attend a fair or information session receive admissions priority; of a disaster and with disastrous teachers from working with the ly matter to parents and teach- ask your guidance counselor for a New High School Choice Form to update results. most challenging kids and fur- ers. It’s well past time for struc- your high school selections. The reorganization talks ther exacerbate the focus on test tural changes that don’t directly about accountability but it looks prep. (By the way, tenure is not translate to the classroom. Now • Interpretation services will be available at the fair. only at principals and teachers, a lifetime job guarantee; it sim- that we have, by the mayor’s while Governor Spitzer wants to ply grants teachers the right to a own words, the best teaching Call 311 or visit hold chancellors, superintend- day in court before they are dis- force anywhere, it’s time to help http://schools.nyc.gov/NewSchools ents and school boards account- ciplined or fired.) those closest to students - their able as well. The governor also Some say another reorganiza- parents and the dedicated edu- for more information. focuses simultaneously on tion of the school system is cators who teach them every instruction by requiring that worth considering. After all, day. MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, MAYOR JOEL I. KLEIN, CHANCELLOR ADVERTISEMENT February 10, 2007 AWP 13 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 ATLANTIC YARDS COVERAGE KIDS THE TEENS Jokes ain’t on Brooklyn Paper SCHOOL CAMPS Bruce at ‘Laugh’ By Gersh Kuntzman Fortunately, the professional The Brooklyn Paper comics were on hand to keep the mirth coming. In the end, Bruce Ratner Mostly. The evening almost wasn’t that funny. came to blows when Manhat- Comedians stayed away tan-based jokester Jon Ben- from jokes at the expense the jamin told an uproarious story STYLE PARENT MUSIC Atlantic Yards developer at about how Brooklyn is really Tuesday night’s anti-Atlantic like his little brother, looking up Yards fundraiser, “Laugh Don’t to him, asking for advice, Destroy,” at Union Hall in Park watching him “f—k a super- Slope. model.” With Ratner off the table, the Aheckler in the front row

overflow crowd of 150 was / Julie Rosenberg had heard enough. treated to the usual array of “I don’t think you’re funny,” Feeling the Valentine’s love jokes about urinating, flatulat- the heckler said. ing, defecating, masturbating, Benjamin tried to win over ly a spray of jealousy in the air. In other words, he’s in thera- gaged when you’re still some- that’s something “the One” un- douching, drinking one’s own the heckler, but was in danger OMETHING IS IN THE urine (it’s sterile, you know) New love sounded like such py. And there’s nothing more one else’s wife. derstands. Paper The Brooklyn of losing the entire room until air. Two of Smartmom’s and, of course, “Star Trek.” lovelorn friends are find- fun to long-married Smartmom romantic than a guy in therapy. Like the ring, this engage- And that’s why he is “the Chelsea Peretti at the Laugh the heckler’s wife said, “I think S So, last week, on the an- ment would take a while to re- But mostly, it was crude, he’s funny.” and the recently divorced Di- One.” It won’t always be easy, ing love again. And that is so rude and hilarious. And lucra- Don’t Destroy fundraiser. inspiring. vorce Diva. It had been a long niversary of their first date, he ally fit. but the openness these two With his victory in hand, tive. The event raised $2,000 These are friends who’ve proposed. And he did every- While Marian will never stop share will go a long way toward Benjamin then showed a ri- time since either of them had for Develop Don’t Destroy’s le- Gilad Foss got a big laugh been through the emo- thing right. loving Dave, the father of her making this a wonderful and otous video of his encounter gal battle against Atlantic Yards, from former congressional can- tional mill. Harried First, he told her 10-year-old adorable child, she can still create lasting marriage. with “Brooklyn,” the mus- said spokesman Daniel Gold- didate, and anti-Yards activist, Harriet endured an un- son what he had in mind to a great life with someone new. Louise Crawford is the writer tached face of the borough that make sure he was on board. Her love for her late husband of “Only the blog knows Brook- stein. [See page 1 for more on Chris Owens by impersonating appeared to him one day. pleasant marriage that SMART the lawsuit.] Martin Luther King, Jr. when resulted in an unpleas- And boy-oh-boy was Marian’s and her love for “the One” are lyn” and the keeper of the “Park Benjamin told “Brooklyn” Host Baron Vaughn opened he encouraged Nichelle Nich- that he wanted to help the battle ant divorce. And Mar- son excited. not mutually exclusive. And Slope 100.” mom up by saying that there were so ols, who played Lt. Uhura on against overdevelopment, but ian Fontana lost her Then, he went to Green- By Louise Crawford Wood Cemetery to ask for per- many mean people in his build- the 1960s sci-fi classic, to re- “Brooklyn” wouldn’t hear of it. firefighter husband on PARK SLOPE • WINDSOR TERRACE • BAY RIDGE • KENSINGTON ing that he must “live on top of main on the show. “We need the jobs,” the 9-11. Grief stricken, mission from Marian’s late great husband, Dave. an a—hole burial ground.” When Ratner was evoked — “Brooklyn” character told him. been wined and dined at the she learned how to be a single On a cold January day, he Bobby Tisdale earned in a call-and-repeat chant led by Eventually, Benjamin came mom as she struggled to heal Rainbow Room. waited and waited. It’s not screams with his imitation of Develop Don’t Destroy volun- around to “Brooklyn’s” posi- and move forward after that S TIME WENT ON, easy to get a thumbs-up from “peeing like a little boy.” teer Jezra Kaye, who held a pic- tion, even offering to sexually life-changing event. Marian’s new love affair the dead, but “the One” did re- Andrea Rosen described be- ture of Ratner on stage — there gratify him. Harried Harriet found love A escalated unabated. A ceive a sign. ing so appalled at some guy were about as many laughs as a But the brief encounter end- on eHarmony. And a really couple of months in, “the One” Smartmom won’t say how popping a zit on a subway train hernia operation. ed when Benjamin noticed that good man who loves her back. told her that he wanted “Ring of he knew. Marian is a writer and that she pulled out a bottle of “I know a man whose name “Brooklyn” was speaking with They’re living together and Fire” to play at their wedding. that’s her story to tell. “Summer’s Eve” and cleaned is Ratner,” Kaye started out. a Chicago accent. planning to get married soon. Now she was telling him to AST WEEK, SMART- her genitals for the entire 45- “Takes our money to get fatter.” “I grew up in Chicago before I When her divorce comes slow down. Besides, she minute ride to Manhattan. It went downhill from there. moved to me,” “Brooklyn” said. through, that is. mom, Divorce Diva, thought it was an odd choice of Cinderella, and Marian Marian met her guy on a song. Considering. L blind date, sort of. The man she got together at Santa Fe Grill Still, things moved fast as for a congratulatory glass of was supposed to meet chick- cases, said eminent domain they often do when two deci- champagne (except, they don’t ened out and he sent his friend lawyer Robert Goldstein, who sive people fall head over heels serve champagne there, so they instead. is no relation to the plaintiff. in love. Plus, her new man was had to settle for the house They hit it off right a way. DOMAIN… Throughout the four-hour crazy about her son. And vise- Chardonnay). When Marian told Smartmom hearing, the players brandished a versa. Marian remembered last Continued from page 1 Levy promising to issue a deci- and Divorce Diva about her newfound mastery of arcane le- blind date over drinks a year It was a match made in heav- year’s raised eyebrows. “You “If this is their approach,” sion “as soon as possible.” en. guys thought I was crazy,” she Our Camp Kraus said, “I would like to talk It is unlikely that Levy will gal precedents, but little new in- ago at Black Pearl she told sight on the case at hand, known them, “He’s the one.” Sure, they had their ups and said. to [the plaintiffs] about buying dismiss the federal eminent do- downs. Arguments. Heavy • Variety of programs for formally as “Goldstein v. Pataki.” If raised eyebrows could The group wanted to hear 1 stock in that nice bridge I main complaint, a complicated, campers age 3 /2 to 15 President’s Week Ratner’s lawyer Jeffrey Braun talk. Divorce Diva and Smart- talks. Nights spent sleeping on every detail of “the One’s” pro- passed on way over here.” case filed by Goldstein, who is the couch. It wouldn’t be a real posal. And Marian obliged with • Safe, fun, stimulating Mini-Camp also spokesman for Develop used the same line of argument mom could barely contain their Kraus asked the judge to dis- that he used in fighting an earlier skepticism. Take it slow, they relationship without all that. In her usual gusto. environment February 19-23, 2006 miss the case, though admitted Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, and 5 days of trips & activities lawsuit intended to stop the proj- cautioned. What’s the rush? fact, one of the reasons Marian Then she showed off her • Very flexible registration; that the amount of tax revenue, 12 other Prospect Heights prop- based in Park Slope ect — namely that Ratner’s mini- “We just don’t want you to loves “the One” as much as she beautiful new engagement ring accommodating 9 week the number of affordable units erty owners who believe that does is that he is willing to talk, that she was wearing on her city would revitalize a “blighted” get hurt,” Diva said. season Open House for and the number of jobs that will their homes are being taken for area in Prospect Heights, where To be honest, there was sure- analyze and talk some more pinky finger. be created by the Ratner’s a development that will prima- about just about everything. “Why is it on your pinky?” • Free morning transportation brownstones sell for more than from most Bay Ridge and Summer Camp Xanadu had dropped since the rily benefit Ratner, rather than $1 million. Smartmom asked. Sunday, February 11, 2006 project was introduced. the public. “The One” had grabbed a Brownstone Brooklyn areas Braun pleaded with the presentations at 12 and 1pm He said that the changes did- Legal experts said that Levy judge to drop the case as quick- ring from her jewelry box so • Established 1992 339 8 St. just below 6 Ave. n’t alter “the fact that this proj- could send the constitutional he’d know her finger size. ly as he could. MIX IT UP! ect would create affordable claim to state court, where most “It would be torture to allow Problem was, he snatched a housing, eliminate blight and eminent domain complaints are pinky ring. 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The Brooklyn Paper ly not a certain corporate pizza Borough President Marko- giant that recently tried to cash DENTISTS DENTISTS witz takes great pride in his in on our borough’s hipness. We hometown — and certainly don’t need Domino’s when lets everyone know about its we’ve got Domenic’s.” ROOT CANAL GENERAL & COSMETIC • Coney Island: “In July, we General and Implant cultural and culinary riches. lit up Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower EXTRACTIONS DENTISTRY Where other politicians — the Parachute Jump — for PERIODONTAL WORK Advanced sterilization and infection control would use a “state of the bor- all to see. That was just phase Dentistry ough” address to highlight im- one — and the real bling-bling Jack Irwin, D.D.S. portant initiatives, Markowitz is in the works.” CROWNS 414 Seventh Avenue celebrated the greatness of • Boerum Hill: “A Holiday bet. 13th & 14th Sts. ––––––––– Kings. Here’s a guided tour of Inn Express [opened] on Union BRIDGES www.jackirwindds.com Jeff C. Strachan, DDS “Marty’s Brooklyn”: Street, just a block from the • Kensington: “Why did [Lone- PORCELAIN VENEERS (718) 768-8372 189 Montague St., Suite #800A scenic Gowanus Canal.” ly Planet travel guide] choose • Prospect Heights: “Atlantic Evening Hours Mon-Fri Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn [as a hot destination]? BLEACHING Most Insurance & Union Plans Yards will help create the new accepted as full or partial payment. Could it be the Glatt kosher pas- center of city life that our bor- ––––––––– trami egg rolls … at Dougie’s bar- ough of 2.6 million residents DENTURES MetLife, UFT, DC37, PBA, Delta, Blue Cross, • Bleaching/ZOOM 2 Aetna, CIGNA, Unicare, Guardian, Healthplex, (718) 783-0504 becue in Kensington?” deserves.” Mgmt. Bfts. Fund, United Concordia, Ameritas. • Cosmetic Dentistry Office • Bay Ridge: “The most deli- • Fulton Mall: The pedestrian LAMINATES • Crowns & Bridges cious moussaka and fried egg- mall should “maintain its • Endodontics & Root Canals Callan / Tom (917) 753-3314 plant this side of the Mediter- bustling shopping atmosphere Emergency • Periondontics • Oral Surgery ranean” is at Tanoreen on Third [while] add[ing] new restau- • Prosthodontics • Implants www.strachandds.com Avenue. rants, nightlife, and offices to COURTEOUS AND • Treatment of Gum Disease • Midwood: “There is [a] create a vibrant 24-7 live-work COMPREHENSIVE Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri: 8am to 6pm • Fixed & Removable Bridges maestro behind the counter at environment.” Saturday: By appointment only • Emergencies Seen SAME DAY DiFara Pizza. … When it comes Paper The Brooklyn • Fort Greene: Brooklyn Aca- DENTAL CARE to fresh ingredients and true piz- Borough President Markowitz is escorted by 2006 Miss New demy of Music’s cultural dis- Provided at our new spacious, za ‘soul,’ nobody can touch York Bethlene Pancoast and 2006 Miss New York Sweetheart trict is “a cutting-edge, mixed- modern and friendly office Domenic DeMarco — especial- D’Andre McKay. use arts hub.” Now in Park Slope! Providing Excellence in All Phases of Dentistry

COSMETIC DENTISTRY: Porcelain Laminates, Tooth Color Fillings, Metal Free Crowns. Porcelain Inlays, Onlays, Tooth Whitening IMPLANT DENTISTRY: Surgical Placement and Restoration MAYOR MARTY… PERIODONTICS: Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatment of Gum Disease Continued from page 1 David and Doug Steiner are vi- where he had his first date when ROOT CANAL THERAPY: Using State of the Art Rotary Instrumentation The tantalizing notion of a sionaries,” Markowitz said of he was 16 (he also recounted COMPUTERIZED DENTAL X-RAYS Markowitz mayoral run was the the founders of the largest film how the girl in question flung CROWNS, BRIDGES, PARTIAL & FULL DENTURES biggest piece of news to come studio outside of Hollywood. away his arm when he tried to out of the annual state of the bor- “Not only because they had the spark some romance). Emergency Patients are seen on the same day! FINEST DENTAL CARE ough speech on Feb. 1 — but the chutzpah to make their dream a “Jamie,” he told his wife. Superior Services for Adults & Children overflow crowd of dignitaries, reality, but because they recog- “I’m yours now, that’s what EUGENE D. STANISLAUS, D.D.S politicos, parents, pizza makers, nized early on that as home to matters.” New! Periodontist (gum specialist) on premises. LAMUEL A. STANISLAUS, D.D.S friends, neighbors were kept en- the most character — and char- • Markowitz also mentioned tertained by plenty of Markowitz acters — anywhere, Brooklyn his beloved Atlantic Yards proj- 189 Montague Street, Suite 800B - 8th Floor 10 Plaza St. East, Suite 1F ect — but did not utter the Callan / Tom Most Yiddish-isms, jokes about his was the place to do it. Doug Brooklyn Heights • Telephone: (718) 857-6639 Evening (bet. Flatbush & Vanderbilt Aves) Insurance waistline, and praise for the fla- Steiner — you’re a true Brook- name that often draws catcalls: appointments lyn legend. And a meshugge- Bruce Ratner. OFFICE HOURS BY APPOINTMENT accepted vors and ethnicities of Brooklyn. available. (718) 622-8020 In his full-throttle, 18-page nah.” Markowitz raved about the housing, shopping, and jobs the speech (single spaced, all capi- • He extolled the delicacies of

Brooklyn, and, of course, he project will allegedly generate, Paper The Brooklyn tals), Markowitz hit all his hot celebrated himself. An entire claiming the 16-tower arena, ho- buttons: Council speaker Christine Affordable Family Dentistry section of the speech was dedi- tel and office space development Quinn introduced Markowitz. DERMATOLOGY • He championed the bor- cated to his motto, “Promise “will help create the new center in Modern Pleasant Surroundings ough’s recent ascension to made, promise kept.” of city life that our borough of Lonely Planet’s hot destination its moussaka. The next picture State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) In this section, Markowitz 2.6 million residents deserves.” list — one of only three locales took credit for creating a tourist But he also promised to “be showed Markowitz dwarfed by Emergencies treated promptly in America to get the honor. office at Borough Hall (“promise responsive to the concerns of a towering Magic Johnson, an Special care for children & anxious patients LASERS • He praised Brooklynites made, promise kept”), attracting those in the area surrounding At- investor in the conversion of the FOR THE REMOVAL OF... large and small, from former Williamsburgh Savings Bank WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD the cruise ship industry to Red lantic Yards, and to make this Hair, Broken Blood Vessels, Wrinkles, Before Borough President Howard Hook (“promise made, promise project one that all Brooklynites into luxury condos • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) Spider Veins (face & legs), Age Spots, Golden to Jeremy Zamora and The crowd rose to its feet Acne Scars, Stretchmarks kept”), sprucing up Coney Is- are proud of for generations to • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Timothy Edmund, who built a land’s parachute jump (“promise come.” when Markowitz read the Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) BOTOX & RESTYLANE – car that runs on used cooking oil made, promise kept”), creating But he didn’t explain how he names of seven soldiers — • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment FOR WRINKLES at the Automotive High School Brooklyn’s restaurant week would do that, given his over- Brooklyn nativesl — who died • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings LIPOSUCTION in Williamsburg. (“promise made, promise kept”), whelming support for the proj- in Iraq last year. • Impant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) “You’re putting those trans- helping to reduce auto insurance ect and the fact that it has al- Beyond talk of his nascent Totally under local anesthesia. • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) fats to good use,” Markowitz rates (“promise made, promise ready been approved by the mayoral run, Markowitz man- Abdomen, lovehandles, thighs, joked, and then blew a kiss at kept”), and launching the annual state. aged to remain bipartisan. But Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer hips, male breasts. After his wife in the front row. “And Brooklyn Book Festival (“prom- Where some politicians mix the Democratic borough presi- 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens Acne • Spider Vein Treatment Jamie, next time you catch me ise made, promise kept”). the sacred and the profane, dent received huge applause for Chemical Peels • Botox • Collagen eating French fries, I’ll have the 624-5554 624-7055 Genital Warts • Herpes • Moles “I’m not sure if any of them Markowitz mixed the celebrities noting that in “699 days, to be perfect excuse: I’m doing it for can really spell ‘Fuhgeddabou- with the man on the street. exact, President Bush will re- Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking FREE LIPOSUCTION CONSULTATION the environment!” dit,’ ” he added. One picture showed the Beep turn to his ranch in Texas.” But and insurance plans accommodated • He celebrated Steiner Stu- his praise for Mayor Michael Day & Evening Appointments • Affordable Fees He also promised to restore standing arm and arm with dio, the movie-making complex the Loew’s Kings Theater on Rawia Bishara, the “esteemed Bloomberg, another Republi- Many Insurances and Credit Cards Accepted where he made the speech. Flatbush Avenue to its original chef and owner of Tanoreen,” a can, was also well received. We’ve Moved! ALAN R. KLING, M.D. “The father and son team of glory. Of course he did: It’s Bay Ridge restaurant famous for — with Gersh Kuntzman BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST PARK SLOPE FAMILY Conditions Related To Hair, Skin & Nails 27 8th Avenue 1000 Park Avenue DENTISTRY (corner Lincoln Place) (at 84th Street) Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY Beep’s plan for Coney Isl. –– 245 Fifth Avenue –– (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 between Carroll & Garfield

• Emergency Service Dr. Andrew Warshaw • Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Sari Rosenwein is far from a done deal • Root Canal Therapy Dr. Doug Pollack • Implant Restorations FAMILY MEDICINE • Laminates • Bleaching Hours by Appointment By Ariella Cohen those few acres all the more Sat. & Eve. Available • White Fillings • Bonding The Brooklyn Paper valuable,” said the organiza- • Fluoride • Sealants Free Consultation TRAVEL IMMUNIZATIONS tion’s director, Cheryl Huber. • Cleanings • Crowns Borough President Marko- 24 Hr Phone Service The city’s Economic Devel- • Bridges • Dentures witz unveiled a flashy plan for opment Corporation, which is • Non/Surgical Gum Care a new “state-of-the-art” per- working with the borough pres- Financing Available Start the forming arts venue in Coney ident on the project, declined to Insurance Plans Welcomed 789-5700 Island last week — but not comment. process months before everyone in the rundown Riv- But days after his state-of- iera is cheering. the-borough speech, Markowitz leaving to get your shots Last week, Markowitz said defended the project.

the old bandshell in Asser Levy Callan / Tom “The Coney Island center will Quality Dentistry Yellow fever Park should be turned into a be a state-of-the-art recreation • Plus $35-million amphitheater to facility for local residents as well Typhoid MEDICAL ADVICE “attract top entertainers” and re- as New York City’s first cov- Gentle care in our ultra-modern office • FOR TRAVELLERS Hepatitis store Coney Island’s status as ered, outdoor performance space

• Cosmetic Dentistry • Cosmetic Laminates • major venue. Paper The Brooklyn for concerts and events,” he said • Reconstructive & Bonding Malaria prevention The idea drew applause at In his “state of the borough” speech last week, Borough in a statement. • Markowitz’s state of the bor- Dentistry • Advanced Sterilization President Markowitz vowed to build a $35-million amphithe- “In addition to my hope of ough address last week, but it making Brooklyn a stop on the ater in Coney Island. The plan faces numerous hurdles. • Gums & Implants • Behavior Modification –– BROOKLYN HEIGHTS FAMILY PRACTICE –– faces many hurdles before be- summer concert circuit that in- • Bleaching • Sealants 185 Montague Street, 3rd Floor coming a reality. cludes Jones Beach, Westbury, • Nitrous Oxide • Fluoride Hours: Mon-Sat • (718) 624-6185 “I got some phone calls after West Fifth Street park’s grassy that any parkland that is lost be and New Jersey, I will be work- (Sweet Air) •Preventative Dentistry the speech from people who bandshell into a roofed, seaside replaced with new green space ing with the local community didn’t like the idea because a concert hall. in the area. and the Parks Department to bigger amphitheater means tak- Markowitz’s timing couldn’t “Brooklyn has the least ensure that this project works ing up more park space,” said be better, however. Mayor amount of park space of any of for Coney Island and all of RONALD I. TEICHMAN, DDS Chuck Reichenthal, district Bloomberg has already poured the borough and that makes Brooklyn.” SKIN CARE manager for Community Board $83 million into cleaning up the Saturday & Evening Hours 13. faded Boardwalk. And develop- “It is a quiet place now, with er Joe Sitt has spent another LEGAL NOTICES 357 Seventh Avenue at 10th Street benches,” he said. “People use $100 million to buy property Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by 768-1111 it for dog-walking and their for a future $2-billion develop- the Civil Court, Kings County on the 18th day of the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of own walking. They get sun. ment of glitzy hotels, condos October, 2006, bearing the Index Number February, 2007, bearing Index Number Families go there. Kids run and new theme-park rides. N500874/2006, a copy of which may be exam- N500092/2007, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at Civil around. [Markowitz’s] plan A spokeswoman for the ad- COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, would change that” vocacy group, New Yorkers for Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me rights to: Assume the name: Ye Maxine me the right to: Assume the name of: Ana Capek. The community board has Parks, called for Markowitz to Parkins. My present name is: Yvonne Maxine My present name is: Ann Christone Peterson. My not come out with an official reach out to community mem- Parkins Monatt a/k/a Yvonne Maxine Parkins. My present address is: 198 Eight Avenue, Brooklyn, present address is: 515 Fountain Avenue, New York 11215. My place of birth is: Wahoo, position on the Beep’s still-bud- bers before more planning is Brooklyn, New York 11208. My place of birth is: Nebraska. My date of birth is: July 25, 1959. ding plan to convert the small done. The group recommended Jamaica. My date of birth is: December 31, 1966. PS06 BP06 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 31st day of the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of January, 2007, bearing Index Number February, 2007, bearing Index Number N500082/2007, a copy of which may be exam- N500094/2007, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL PSYCHOTHERAPY ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at Civil COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Court, Kings County, in room 007, grants me the Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants right to: Assume the name of: Travis Kareem me the right to: Assume the name of: Romeo Foster. My present name is: Travis Kareem, Klingman Poliard. My present name is: Klansman CHANGE YOUR LIFE, CHANGE YOUR Shumate a/k/a Travis Kareen Foster. My present Romeo Poliard. My present address is: 3900 address is: 149 North Portland Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings Highway, Brooklyn, New York 11234. My WORLD, FEEL BETTER New York 11205. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, place of birth is: Brooklyn, New York. My date of New York. My date of birth is: March 12, 1980. birth is: November 10, 1988. “Dr. Mendez helped me get out of my head and into my life. FG06 MID06 He has helped me challenge the dominant culture and create the life I want.” – Gary B., client Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 29th day of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for Dr. Rafael Mendez, Ph.D. is a long time community activist and Social Therapist, January, 2007, bearing Index Number the County of Kings, on the 31st day of January, who has worked for over 30 years in the diverse communities of New York City. He N500075/2007, a copy of which may be exam- 2007, bearing Index Number 2291/07, copy of works with people from all walks of life on issues of diversity, interracial relation- ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at Civil which may be examined at the office of the clerk, ships, anger, depression, career issues and more. Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, located at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY, in Individuals / Couples / Group Therapy Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants room number 189, grants our minor child the Laser & Skin Care Clinics me the right to: Assume the name of: Melissa right to assume and use the name of Anton Jakob of Brooklyn Heights Dr. Rafael Mendez, Ph.D. Altman Stein. My present name is: Melissa Dawn Davis. Our present address is 100 South Oxford 104-106 South Oxford Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Altman a/k/a Melissa Dawn Stein. My present Street, Brooklyn, New York 11217; our son’s pres- www.socialtherapygroup.com address is: 598 President Street, Brooklyn, New ent name is Jakob Anton Davis, our son’s date of York 11215. My place of birth is: North birth is November 9, 2001; his place of birth is CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATION: 718-797-3220 Hempstead, New York. My date of birth is: Yekaterinburg, Russia, and petitioners are his par- A30-11 August 21, 1975. PS06 ents, robert B. Davis and Ashka Dymel. BEN06 February 10, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 DTZ, PSZ 17 Kruger’s right! Let’s stop iPod oblivion!

HESE PEOPLE ARE A Kruger called Yeah, right. Seconds after lives — but most thought it was menace to society. These THE BROOKLYN it “iPod obliv- Kruger put out his press release unnecessary. Tpeople are dangerous. ion.” on Wednesday, the story had “What’s next?” asked Nicola These people must be stopped. “People are bounced off the Internet like a Behrman, who was listening to By Gersh turning on their pinata — with most of the cover- I’m talking, of course, about Kuntzman Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer. “Are the iPod people. ANGLE equipment and age mocking our beloved law- they going to make hoods illegal You know these people (in turning out the maker. because you can’t see as well?” fact, you’re probably one of LEGIS–ELATION world around I wanted to defend King Now slow it down there. We them), people who put in those them, and it’s Kruger, so I sought out the man on have to give Kruger some time tell-tale earbuds and suddenly dangerous,” said the street. Problem was, most peo- before he can take on such a drift away on a stupor-inducing I have an ally in state Sen. Kruger, who is pushing for a ple couldn’t be bothered to stop huge issue! — with Josh Saul cloud of music. They’re not even Carl Kruger (D-Bensonhurst), $100 fine. “People are oblivi- and talk because they were listen- aware you (of course, I mean, I) who wants to make it illegal for ous.” ing to their iPods. exist. you to use an iPod, cellphone, He knows he’s fighting a tough “That proposal is ridiculous,” Yes, I’m talking to you — Blackberry or any other electron- battle — but then again, so was said Erin Shaw, as she crossed you in the parka standing in the ic device while crossing the Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Sun- Ninth Street the other day while RELIGIOUS middle of the subway car who street (pacemakers are, apparent- set Park), whose bill made it illegal listening to Regina Spektor can’t hear me as I squeeze into ly, exempted). to talk on the cellphone while through her earphones. “It’s ab- SERVICES the car. Excuse me. I said, “Ex- Kruger said he was moved to you’re driving. Ho / Dennis W. surd because you should have cuse me!” I said: “EXCUSE act after the completely avoid- On the other hand, that cell- the freedom of listening to what- ME! Would you move your butt able deaths of two pedestrians in phone law is probably the most- ever you want. Just because First A.M.E. Zion Church out of my way?!!?” his district in the last five violated, and least-enforced, law some people are stupid doesn’t 54 MacDonough St. And it’s not just the “Pod months. on the books (with the possible mean it should be illegal for (bet. Tompkin & Marcy Ave.) People.” Nowadays, people have In both cases, the victims exception of adultery). everybody.” BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN were listening to (cue the horror “Once we educate people that Paper The Brooklyn Some diePod wearers were Sunday School 9:45 am serious conversations on their Morning Worship 11:00 am cellphones while crossing Flat- movie organ theme) music on this is a public safety issue, we’ll This young woman listening to her iPod would be in violation of a proposed law that would willing to acknowledge that make it illegal to tune out when you walk around. Good, says our columnist. Kruger’s bill could save some Wednesday Midweek bush Avenue against the light their iPods! get it passed,” said Kruger. Service/Bible Study 6:30 pm and pushing a stroller. (718) 638-3343 And some people text-mes- Dr. Daran H. Mitchell, Pastor sage while trying to hold a cup LM30-18 of hot coffee as they ride their bi- cycles on Atlantic Avenue. Congregation The other day, I saw a guy Kol Israel playing a video game while driv- Located in Prospect Heights D’Town ‘Wal-Mart’ site sold for $125M since 1924 ing backwards to beat another car to a parking spot on Court 603 St. Johns Place bet. Classon & Franklin Street. portedly eyed by Wal-Mart Mart isn’t coming is a victory the city wants to maintain, or for offices. By Ariella Cohen 638-6583 Finally, I’m not the only one The Brooklyn Paper was sold this week — and the for us and the developer has al- strengthen, business districts. “The city has created a situa- Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz angry at these anti-social people new owner says that the behe- ready said that he will have a The city will get a cut of tion where developers can build Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am W34/37/52 who live in their own world and The site of a Downtown moth of Bentonville is not meeting to discuss other is- Thor Equities’ $125 million very profitable residential tow- shut you out of theirs. Brooklyn mall that was removing in. sues.” sale price because it owns the ers,” said Dan Steinberg, a Cong. B’nai Jacob And issues there are! land beneath the mall. The spokesman for Good Jobs New Acadia Realty Trust and its Park Slope Synagogue A separate group of activists land’s public ownership also York. “And so it must use in- development partner Paul 401 9th Str. btw 6th & 7th Ave. Travis bought the aging Gallery was planning to storm a public means that Mayor Bloomberg centives to get the offices and hearing on Thursday, when the must approve anything built on jobs that taxpayers were prom- 718-832-1266 at Fulton Mall from Thor Equi- Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan city’s Industrial Development the site, even if it complies with ised would come with the ties for a reported $125 million Shabbat: Fri Sundown Sat 9:30am Agency was set to consider de- the zoning. Downtown Brooklyn Plan.” last week — and promptly told CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS veloper Travis’s request for Crain’s New York Business Janel Patterson, a spokes- www.parkslopeshul.org Wal-Mart opponents not to $1.7 million in tax breaks. reported the Gallery’s sale on woman for the city’s Economic L30-34 worry about seeing the chain’s “It is unreal that the city is Tuesday. Development Corporation, de- yellow happy face on their considering giving this devel- The high-rise plans for Albee fended the incentive as a neces- Congregation property. oper a tax break when you have Square — a bridge between sary aid for developers who are Rather, the partnership in- Mount Sinai people right here needing Fulton Mall and Fort Greene — building costly office space for 250 Cadman Plaza W. tends to demolish the home of homes,” said Beverly Corbin, a are certainly no surprise, given tenants that they do not yet Conservative/Egalitarian Toys “R” Us, Forever 21, and a Downtown Brooklyn resident that the city upzoned the area in know exist. A House for Prayer / A Home for People number of smaller retailers to and board member of Families 2004 to encourage just such de- “The incentives being re- 718-875-9124 make room for a 1.8-million- Friday Eve Services 6:30pm United for Racial and Econom- velopment. quested minimize the develop- Saturday Morning 10:00am square-foot office, residential ic Equality. So far, the upzoning has er’s exposure to financial risk Rabbi Joseph Potasnik A42 and retail tower called “The The subsidy would be failed to attract the office ten- for developing commercial Center at Albee Square.” awarded in exchange for in- ants and commercial develop- space prior to securing tenant Thor Equities paid just $25 cluding three floors of offices in ers the city had hoped — lead- lease,” said Patterson. Shabbat Shalom! million for the site in 2001. the building, according to docu- ing fiscal watchdogs to worry Patterson also highlighted Presented by “We received a letter from ments submitted to the IDA by that tax breaks will be demand- the symbolic importance of the the developer this afternoon Thor Equities Travis and obtained by The ed every time a developer pro- project. B’nai Avraham saying that he is not putting a This Albee Square tower will Brooklyn Paper. poses building offices in Down- “It will be the first major www.bnaiavraham.com Wal-Mart at the site,” Pat Pur- no longer be built In the application for the town Brooklyn. commercial project constructed cell, an organizer of Wal-Mart subsidy, the developer estimat- These critics say that the city in accordance with the city’s Candle Free NYC, told The Brooklyn housing in the tower, which ed that the offices would ac- should not be handing out tax Downtown Brooklyn rezon- Paper on Wednesday. will rise on the site, which is commodate 500 “tenant jobs” breaks to developers who are ing,” she said. Lighting Purcell, who is also a bordered by DeKalb Avenue, and generate nearly $13 million already taking advantage of the The Gallery was previously spokesman for the union that Willoughby Street and Flatbush in direct and indirect city tax upzoning, which freed devel- owned by Atlantic Yards devel- Yitro represents city grocery workers, Avenue Extension. revenue. opers to build as high as 400 oper Bruce Ratner, who sold it Fri., February 9, before 5:05pm said he hoped the developer “He was very open-minded The one-time exemption is feet — and include profitable to Joe Sitt’s Thor Equities after Mishpatim would also be willing to talk about what should be there,” routinely awarded to companies residential development in ar- it failed to attract enough high- Fri., February 16, before 5:13pm about including affordable Purcell said. “The fact that Wal- who build offices in areas that eas traditionally reserved only dollar tenants. TOP TEN REASONS

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More than 130 firefighters P Y BROOKLYN! This young woman listening to her iPod would be in violation of a proposed law that would battled the early morning blaze, . make it illegal to tune out when you walk around. Good, says our columnist. which consumed the three-family structure on 73rd Street near Fifth Avenue. 555 7th Avenue The two sisters, ages 2 and 4, enter from 19th St. just south of 7th Ave. were trapped together. One 718-768-WASH (9274) news report said the mother Kruger’s right! tried to rescue them, but was unable to reach them. She escaped with minor in- COFFEES, GIFT BASKETS, & GOURMET FOODS juries. ABC News The roaring fire broke out W “D’Amico: It’s time to stop around 5 am Thursday morning A three-alarm blaze filled two children on 73rd Street on — and was so hot that it buck- Thursday morning. The Best led the siding of the building Cup of Coffee next door. her from returning to the burn- suffered minor injuries. Most Firefighters fought the dev- ing home. were treated at nearby Lutheran in the City” astating blaze in frigid tempera- “The mother came out … Medical Center, while two were –– Fox 5 Good Day New York iPod oblivion! tures and high winds, finally she tried to go back in to get sent to Maimonides Medical bringing it under control by them,” a witness told Newsday. Center in Borough Park. HESE PEOPLE ARE A Now slow it down there. 7:30 am. “She was screaming and it was The cause of the fire is still menace to society. These THE BROOKLYN We have to give Kruger some According to reports, neigh- awful.” under investigation, FDNY of- people are dangerous. By Gersh time before he can take on such bors tried to comfort the mother Preliminary reports indicate ficials said, but it did not initial- T Kuntzman These people must be stopped. ANGLE a huge issue! — with Josh Saul of the two girls and restrained that more than a dozen people ly appear to be suspicious. 309 Court Street • damicofoods.com • (718) 875-5403 I’m talking, of course, about LEGIS–ELATION the iPod people. You know these people (in “People are turning on their fact, you’re probably one of equipment and turning out the them), people who put in those world around them, and it’s dan- tell-tale earbuds and suddenly gerous,” said Kruger, who is drift away on a stupor-inducing pushing for a $100 fine. “People cloud of music. They’re not even are oblivious.” aware you (of course, I mean, I) He knows he’s fighting a tough exist. battle — but then again, so was Yes, I’m talking to you — Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Sun- you in the parka standing in the set Park), whose bill made it illegal middle of the subway car who to talk on the cellphone while can’t hear me as I squeeze into you’re driving. the car. On the other hand, that cell- Excuse me. I said, “Excuse phone law is probably the most- me!” I said: “EXCUSE ME! violated, and least-enforced, law Would you move your butt out on the books (with the possible of my way?!!?” exception of adultery). And it’s not just the “Pod “Once we educate people that People.” Nowadays, people have this is a public safety issue, we’ll serious conversations on their get it passed,” said Kruger. cellphones while crossing Flat- Yeah, right. Seconds after bush Avenue against the light Kruger put out his press release and pushing a stroller. on Wednesday, the story had And some people text-mes- bounced off the Internet like a sage while trying to hold a cup pinata — with most of the cover- of hot coffee as they ride their bi- age mocking our beloved law- cycles on Atlantic Avenue. maker. The other day, I saw a guy I wanted to defend King playing a video game while driv- Kruger, so I sought out the man on ing backwards to beat another the street. Problem was, most peo- car to a parking spot on Court ple couldn’t be bothered to stop Street. and talk because they were listen- Finally, I’m not the only one ing to their iPods. angry at these anti-social people “That proposal is ridiculous,” who live in their own world and said Erin Shaw, as she crossed shut you out of theirs. Ninth Street the other day while I have an ally in state Sen. listening to Regina Spektor Carl Kruger (D-Bensonhurst), through her earphones. “It’s ab- who wants to make it illegal for surd because you should have you to use an iPod, cellphone, the freedom of listening to what- Blackberry or any other electron- ever you want. ic device while crossing the Just because some people are street (pacemakers are, apparent- stupid doesn’t mean it should be ly, exempted). illegal for everybody.” Kruger said he was moved to Some diePod wearers were act after the completely avoid- willing to acknowledge that able deaths of two pedestrians in Kruger’s bill could save some his district in the last five lives — but most thought it was months. unnecessary. In both cases, the victims “What’s next?” asked Nicola were listening to (cue the horror Behrman, who was listening to movie organ theme) music on Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer. their iPods! “Are they going to make Kruger called it “iPod obliv- hoods illegal because you can’t ion.” see as well?”

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for Museum In fact, Lutheran Medical Center is the ONLY hospital in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the By Ariella Cohen Bronx to achieve this award, which recognizes those hospitals that provide the best overall The Brooklyn Paper outcomes for patients. You can hide your car in a garage, but you can’t hide your garage in your house. It’s a simple lesson that Boerum Hill resident May Mosholu has Lutheran Medical Center also received the 2006 HealthGrades Excellence Awards for learned the hard way — with three orders from the city to stop building, one mysterious incident of vandalism and plenty of angry Gastrointestinal Care, General Surgery Care, Pulmonary Care and Stroke Care. stares from neighbors now that she’s removed the construction fence that had long shrouded her undercover garage. “I always knew the garage was in there behind the fences,” said Best rated health care that’s close to home — everyone deserves it. And now, Brooklyn has it. neighbor Grant Pezeshki, “but when I finally saw it, I was bothered.” And he wasn’t the only one. To reach a Lutheran HealthCare physician, call 1-718-630-RXRX (7979). Garages mean curb cuts and curb cuts mean the loss of a valuable parking space for all the other drivers who don’t have their own lot. “The competition for parking is more and more acute on a daily basis and the more curb cuts there are, the harder it gets,” said Jo Anne Simon, a Democratic district leader and Boerum Hill resident. “So, it’s not about someone else having a parking space and not us, but the larger combination of issues. The garage is illegal and you are taking away legal spaces to put it there.” The neighbors aren’t the only people complaining about the cut, and the short driveway leading to Moshulu’s secret garage. The De- partment of Buildings hit her with a violation, citing the zoning code that forbids curb cuts on properties its size. Mosholu did not return phone calls from The Brooklyn Paper. Buildings officials said this week that she remains in violation of code and has “10 days to provide the Department with plans to bring the property into compliance with the zoning regulations.

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While this news might be a bit startling to some, These pioneering efforts continue to this day as hensive cardiac centers in the nation, offering inva- to many people in the health care community it comes Maimonides is in the forefront of new treatments and sive and non-invasive, medical and surgical care. We as no surprise at all. technologies, including the use of robotically assisted are also a true partnership among referring doctors, You see, the Maimonides Cardiac Institute has a heart surgery, biventricular pacing and heart ablation cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, nurses and long history of achievement in the fi eld of coronary for atrial fi brillation. professional staff, all sharing the singular goal of im- care, with such milestones as the fi rst successful heart Our expertise extends to angioplasty as well. proved cardiac care for the Maimonides patient. transplant in the U.S. and the Maimonides is rated #1 in New York City for Interven- Which really begs the question: why would any- development of the world’s tional Cardiology. one go to Manhattan for great cardiac care when you fi rst implantable pacemaker. The Cardiac Institute is one of the most compre- can get it right on one of Brooklyn’s major arteries?

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