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By David Russell for The Brooklyn Paper Meet the Mets — because most of them were made in Brook- lyn! Eight of the World Series–bound New York Metropolitans cut their teeth playing for the Brooklyn Cy- clones in Coney Island. Taking the field at the People’s Playground may be a fond memory for some of the Cyclones Eight, but it only feels like a distant dream for one Mets rookie whose whirlwind as- cendancy took him from scoop- ing ground balls in Sodom by the Sea to playing in the World Series in one short year. “It’s been a blur,” said left fielder Michael Conforto, who hit .331 with three homers in 42 games for the Clones in 2014. “It kind of feels like it’s been more than a year. I think that it’s just from going through so many leagues, Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn File photo by Steve Solomonson seeing so many different places. Cyclones Brooklyn Just growing up a little bit, grow- (Left to right) Shortstop Wilmer Flores got his start in 2008 when he was 17 years old. Slugger Daniel Murphy was a force at the plate with the Clones in 2006 and 2008. First baseman ing up as a baseball player. So for Lucas Duda when he was a Mini-Met in 2007. And last year, Michael Conforto was one of the bright spots of an otherwise dour Cyclones’ season. me it kind of feels it’s been more than just a year but it’s definitely think it’s definitely a testament to wore Cyclones uniforms. he went homerless in 11 games dur- his bat led to a playoff win — his ter he thought the Mets traded him to get to the big leagues. Once been a whirlwind.” our minor league system and how Murphy, who nabbed the Na- ing stints in 2006 and 2008. homer and two-run single back in on July 29, hit a storybook walk- you’re here you want to make it to Conforto closed the 2014 Cy- they sculpt players and put things tional League championship series Duda honed his bat in the mi- 2007 McNamara Division play- off home run two days later, and the World Series and it’s amazing clones season before 2015 stints into them that help them grow and Most Valuable Player award for hit- nors by hitting four homers — and offs against the hated Staten Is- then moved up to starting short- to be here. It’s a very good feeling with Florida and upstate Mets become better players.” ting a homer in each of four play- having a Cyclones-record 17-game land Yankees led to a Game One stop after a Chase Utley slide broke and we’re going to have fun.” feeder teams landed him in the Conforto is in good company off games against the Cubs — plus hitting streak — for the 2007 Mini- victory. Ruben Tejada’s leg in the National Former Clones’ contributions big leagues in July. The rise was — Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda, dingers against Clayton Kershaw Mets. And when the first baseman Fan favorite Flores hit .267 in League Division Series. The World to the Amazins’ franchise are pal- meteoric , but he never forgot who Wilmer Flores, Kevin Plawecki, and Zach Greinke during the divi- helped clinch the National League eight games with the 2008 Cy- Series bid has been a dream since pable outside the playoffs, too. In got him there, he said. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Hansel Rob- sion series against the Dodgers — pennant with a three-run homer clones. It has been a wild year for his Cyclones days, he said. July, Kirk Nieuwenhuis became “I’ve had a lot of great coaches les, and 2014 Golden Glove–win- apparently learned what not do to in the first inning of the series’ fi- the infielder, who made national “This is what you work for,” the first Met to hit three home through the system,” he said. “I ner Juan Lagares all previously while playing for the Clones, where nal game, it wasn’t the first time headlines for crying on the field af- Flores said. “First of all, you want See METS on page 11
ing up a maintenance bill of $60,000 per month that its skippers say they can’t afford to foot for much longer. When they sent out an S.O.S. to New Yorkers Will it fl oat? interested in housing it and fixing it up, Quadrozzi answered the call. Push to bring historic ship to Hook His pitch is to gussy up the gutted vessel’s 12 decks — which span 13 foot- ball fields worth of space — and fill By Lauren Gill sited in this area of Red Hook,” said them with offices for start-ups, a gym concrete magnate John Quadrozzi Jr., for The Brooklyn Paper and swimming pool, eateries, a the- He is waiting for his ship to come in! who owns the Gowanus Bay Terminal at the end of Columbia Street. ater, a maritime-focused school, and a The owners of historic luxury passen- nautical museum. The ship would be ger liner the S.S. United States — which The 63-year-old behemoth known as “America’s Flagship” — once the self-sustaining, he claims, converting is currently wasting away in a Philadel- fastest ocean liner in the world — fer- waste to energy and harnessing solar phia berth — are trying to save the ship ried icons including John F. Kennedy, and wind power. from the scrap heap, and a Red Hook Walt Disney, John Wayne, and Mar- The plan may sound Titanic — in fact, businessman wants to dock it at his wa- ilyn Monroe across the Atlantic dur- the boat itself is larger — but Quadrozzi terfront empire and turn it into a f loating ing its heyday. says both he and the S.S. United States
SSUSC / GBX office and entertainment complex. But the rise of air travel eventually Conservancy, which has owned the craft Red Hook’s John Quadrozzi Jr. wants to turn the S.S. United States into a floating office and entertainment “I can’t say enough how exciting it put it out of commission, and for the since 1999, believe it holds water. facility on the Red Hook waterfront. would be to be a part of getting this ship past 19 years it has languished, rack- See SHIP on page 4 Something in the water Bats all folks! Marine life returns to noxious Newtown Creek By Allegra Hobbs second most toxic body of water is The Brooklyn Paper slowly becoming healthier. Newtown Creek is back from “A lot of people who are familiar Cleaning our the dead! with the creek came to see it as a A group of eco-activists who dead zone where nothing is living,” Waterways built a natural aquarium on the said Willis Elkins of community fetid waterway in the spring say it group the Newtown Creek Alliance. the so-called “living dock” — a is now teeming with marine life — “That’s not really the case.” floating wooden raft with salt proof, they claim, that Brooklyn’s The neon-green-thumbs built
marsh grasses growing through Photo by Louise Wateridge the center — to observe the crit- Mollusks and a host of other sea critters are repopulating ters that have been re-emerging the once-dead Newtown Creek. in the estuary since the city be- gan controlling storm-water over- G’point’s most toxic for the marine life to cling to — herons perch on top. flows and policing polluters who a project they funded, appropri- The alliance is now teaming up dirty secrets beneath their land By Allegra Hobbs have long used the water as a toxic- ately, through funds Big Oil paid with another crew attempting to The Brooklyn Paper with the click of a mouse. waste dump, said Elkins. out for hitting the creek with an bring life back to the creek — the How green was my alley? The Greenpoint-Williams- The activists say they saw fish, oil spill three times the size of the North Brooklyn Boat Club, which This map has the answers! burg ToxiCity Map charts the crabs, eels, and birds flocking back Exxon Valdez disaster. carefully paddles canoes along the An environmental activist neighborhoods’ filthiest fea- to the creek better known as a slough The dock now acts as a minia- federal Superfund site — to ferry group just launched an inter- tures in vibrant colors — a of petroleum , raw sewage , and dan- ture reef for the revived wildlife visitors to the dock to see the turn- active map of Greenpoint and cheery yellow marks contami- gerous metals. But there was still a population, Elkins said — mus- around for themselves. Benvenuto Georgine by Photo Williamsburg’s toxic hot spots nated soil, purple dots designate dearth of healthy shoreline space sels, shrimp, and other shellfish “Hopefully people can see the Batdad Vincent Dima brought his sidekick Anthony as that lets residents uncover the See TOXIC on page 4 for the critters to inhabit, and so have colonized the bottom of the creek is not the dead zone it once Robin and Janet as Batgirlfriend to the Coney Island Chil- they decided to create something structure, while wading birds like was,” said Elkins. dren’s Halloween Parade at MCU Park on Saturday.
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sion shot down in August the new building’s decora- “It was terrible,” said Tony File photo by Paul Martinka for sporting, amongst other tive ledges featured a fifth- Fongyit, who runs Scoops Ice The LeFrank Center rink in happier times. things, underwhelming cor- floor cornice that curved out Cream on Flatbush Avenue be- nices — also known as the from the facade that Ham- tween Chester and Westbury decorative railing around merman described as more hours after first responders as locals fled the area with Slopers say this sequel is better than the original — the revised Pavilion The- courts, and shut up shop an the roof. of an “optical illusion” that hour early in order to es- arrived on the scene — that handkerchiefs clutched to Locals unsatisfied with “suggested a cornice” rather ater development features a less prominent fifth floor and a more prominent cape the stink. “Terrible to they shut off the valve con- their nostrils. the original design are gen- than the real thing, and did cornice. the max.” trolling the rink’s coolant “Everyone had a kerchief erally pleased with the devel- not line up with the railing Firefighters responded to system and plugged up the or something on their nose,” oper’s changes, which now on the Pavilion Theater’s much more pronounced,” he from the starring attraction man said. The developer reports of the putrid odor at fount of foul fumes, accord- he said. include strong cornices wor- own roof. said. next door. still needs to score a land- the LeFrak Center on the Pros- ing to a police spokesman. The rink has been closed thy of Park Slope, according The architects have now The developer also se- Hidrock, which purchased use variance from the city for pect Lefferts Gardens side of In that time, emergency all week as Upsilon Ventures, to a local leader. redrawn the cornice from the lected what it describes as the property for $16 million its construction, which will the park at 7:17 pm, which led responders took eight fire- which operates the facility, “I think it’s safe to say that realm of illusion and into ac- a “warmer” brick color for in 2006 , plans to keep part require yet another public-re- them to a large container at fighters and three civilians hustles to convert it from we’re pleased to see that they tual existence and have low- the residential addition, as- of the original theater as a view process, during which the operating plant that makes to the hospital for injuries roller skating to ice skating had fully considered the feed- ered it to align with the the- signed the ground-floor space movie house, reducing the time the community will get ice for the rink that was spew- caused by inhaling the fetid for the winter and is expected back they received and inte- ater’s own superficial ledge over to the theater — rather current eight screens down to see its interior plans and ing a miasma of gaseous am- effluvium, according to a to reopen on Oct. 31, Mc- grated much of it into their — keeping the design in-line than its previous plan to in- to four and potentially hir- will have even more oppor- monia, according to a fire de- New York City fire depart- Creight said. redesign,” said Community with not only the adjoining stall retail stores — and re- ing a new operator for the tunity to comment on the partment spokesman. ment spokesman. Prospect Park is now back Board 6 district manager theater, but with the neigh- duced the size of its fifth business. proposal. Police closed the park at Sniffing ammonia fumes open to the public and the Craig Hammerman. borhood’s general architec- floor, setting it back from The specifics of the cin- “We haven’t seen an in- 9 pm, according to Prospect can burn your nose and parks department is con- The commission gave a tural motif, Hammerman the rest of the building so ema remain a mystery, but terior of the plans,” he said. Park Alliance rep Grace Mc- throat and make it difficult ducting the investigation thumbs down to developer said. it is much less visible from they’re coming soon to a “We’ll see that in the next Creight, but it wasn’t until to breathe, which Fongyit into the cause of the leak, Hidrock Property’s orig- “What they proposed was the street and doesn’t detract theater near you, Hammer- round of reviews.” 11:50 pm — more than four said he witnessed first-hand she said.
a solution this year after the to send some kids to nearby school cut its pre-kindergarten PS 32 on Hoyt Street, which program to save space. is under capacity and is slated Schools feel the squeeze Parents say they are kick- to get a new 430-seat build- ing up a stink about their ing in the future. schools now because the sit- But locals say that may C’Gardens parents fear impending overcrowding crisis uation proves the city can’t be not be a long-term solution. trusted to fix the problem on The city is removing the trail- By Harry MacCormack school overcrowding in the dents next year as it has now fer them a seat.” its own. ers PS 32 uses for many of The Brooklyn Paper area last Wednesday night. placed strict caps on several Other neighborhood schools “We’ve seen that early en- its classes next September as Talk about a cram ses- “What we’re worried about classes and doesn’t have a scrap aren’t much roomier. PS 29 on gagement alone does not force part of a city-wide push to get sion. is — what is next year going of space to share — adminis- Henry Street between Baltic the Department of Education the shoddy structures out of Carroll Gardens and Cob- to look like?” trators are already using closets and Kane streets is now full to do what they are supposed schools, and the school runs ble Hill elementary schools are Enrollment numbers at PS as offices, teachers are hold- with around 900 kids, and PS to do,” said state Sen. Dan- a widely celebrated program bursting at the seams, and the 58 have skyrocketed over the ing music classes on the au- 146 on Henry Street at Fourth iel Squadron (D–Brooklyn for kids with autism that ne- city must do something about last decade as young families ditorium stage, and some Place — which is a magnet Heights), who is also a PS 29 cessitates keeping class sizes it before the situation develops have flooded the neighbor- classrooms are packing in so school and only takes a small parent. small. into the overcrowding disas- hoods — from 388 students many kids they are in danger number of local kids — is a City officials acknowl- And even when the new ter now facing other nearby in 2004 to 996 this year — and of violating fire code, said the little over capacity at 650 stu- Community News Group / Harry MacCormack edged the overcrowding prob- building arrives, new housing schools, say parents. the school is now around 100 school’s principal. dents, according to city data — State Sen. Daniel Squadron — a PS 29 parent — dis- lem, but say they have no im- developments in nearby Gow- “Often with overcrowd- kids over capacity, according “It’s a very real problem a determination it makes based cusses school overcrowding. mediate plans to do anything anus — particularly the 700- ing, nothing is done until to city data. we’re facing,” said Kather- on the square footage of class- about it, and claim there is no unit building developer Light- it’s a full-blown crisis,” said The school managed to ine Dello Stritto. “We have rooms, what is being taught Carroll Gardeners and Cob- lyn Heights. The popular ele- space in the area to build new stone is currently erecting by Paige Bellenbaum, who has squeeze in everyone who ap- capped our upper grades, inside them, and whether the ble Hillians say they don’t want mentary school has been way schools. the Canal — could fill the two children at PS 58 on Car- plied this year, but it may be so any student that comes school receives funding for to end up in the same situa- over capacity for years, and the One solution officials are new seats as quickly as they roll Street, at a meeting about forced to turn away new stu- into the zone, we can’t of- low-income students. tion as PS 8 in nearby Brook- city only started working on considering is to rezone PS 58 are built, say parents.
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The victim told cops he down N. Eighth Street toward left the car running near Driggs Avenue, cops said. 86th Street while he ran into a Famished fi ends steal delivery man’s order home, but returned to find two Samsung Galaxy S6s and his 90TH PRECINCT waistband, and fled, taking everything was on the up ins Street and Third Avenue wallet with two credit cards Southside–Bushwick 76TH PRECINCT about $40 in cash and the vic- and up. at 8:50 pm and had left his and cash in it missing from School blues Carroll Gardens– tim’s bank cards with him, But, as the witness sus- bike in one of the sheds there. his glove compartment, ac- POLICE BLOTTER cording to police. A scoundrel mugged a Cobble Hill–Red Hook cops said. pected, it turned out the man He wasn’t gone 10 minutes 14-year-old kid on his way Two hungry brutes robbed The victim told police she Find more online every Wednesday at had no business being inside before her returned to find — Dennis Lynch to school near Lorimer Street a Chinese food delivery man doesn’t know the man. the Second Avenue office, and his bike had been pinched, and Union Avenue on Oct. of an order on Richard Street BrooklynPaper.com/blotter had merely let himself in to cops said. — Dennis Lynch 94TH PRECINCT 20. on Oct. 18. create a mess worth $1,000 — Colin Mixson The delivery man was in damages, cops said. Greenpoint–Northside The kid was on his way 84TH PRECINCT at the work site near Henry ing a man’s Sidney Place home to school at 11:30 am when dropping food off near Wol- Street at 11:06 pm when he — while he was sleeping — Trashed Dirty laundry 68TH PRECINCT the mugger yelled “Yo!” after cott Street around 1:30 pm Brooklyn Heights– noticed that a door to one of on Oct. 19. A conniving climber came A thief broke into and ran- him. The teen turned around, when two masked men ap- Dumbo–Boerum Hill– the construction trailers had The victim told police that Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights through a woman’s Eagle proached, flashed a revolver, Downtown sacked a Fourth Avenue laun- but kept walking, cops said. been forced open. Inside, he he was asleep inside his apart- dromat on Oct. 17. Liquor lifters Street apartment window and and demanded he hand over Bad delivery found two Dell computers ment between Joralemon and A couple of boozers stole made off with a wad of cash The perp then ran after the Surveillance footage shows victim, cut him off, and told the food, according to po- Two goons threw a deliv- were missing in action, po- State streets at 4:10 am when a bar’s worth of hard liquor and jewelry on Oct. 21. the thief busting into the es- him to run his pockets, ac- lice. ery guy off his bike on Flat- lice said. the lights suddenly flicked on from an 86th Street golf club’s The woman told cops she They fled into the build- tablishment between 14th and cording to a police report. bush Avenue Extension on Crime time in the room outside his bed- 15th streets at 3 am by shatter- basement on Oct. 20. was taking out the trash from ing he was supposedly deliv- Oct. 20, taking cash. room. The keys to the establish- her home near McGuinness When the teen said noth- ering to with the grub in hand, A thief beat and robbed a ing a glass window and slith- ing, the punk reached into The victim told police that The victim woke up just ering inside. ment near Seventh Avenue Boulevard between 11 and cops said. man on Tillary Street on Oct. the victim’s pocket and took he was near Concord Street in time to spot the suspect Once in, the crook didn’t were lost last month, cops 11:30 am when the thief snuck 21, taking his phone. fleeing his abode, a laptop out his wallet, threw it to the De-icer at 11:50 am when the duo The victim told police that bother trying to crack open the noted, and it’s unclear when through her front window and A scoundrel robbed a man hurled him from his bike, and cellphone clutched in his register, and merely grabbed or how the burglars got their rifled through her dresser ground, then picked it up and he was near Cadman Plaza hands, police said. of a pricey watch and necklace and snatched the wallet West at 2:50 pm when he was the whole thing, along with hands on them. drawers. ran away, police said. while he was sitting in his car from his pocket. The crooks approached by a man who the $450 it contained, po- They waited until 1:30 am The perp made off with a Pillaged to put them to use, skipped a grand in cash and some jew- on Hoyt Street on Oct. 16. then plucked the cash from asked for the time. 78TH PRECINCT lice said. Some punk broke into an The guy told cops he was the man’s wallet, and tossed When the victim pulled his free round out on the course, elry, police said. Park Slope Cash withdrawal and went right for a storeroom The victim said she saw 81-year-old man’s Flushing parked between Butler and it to the ground before flee- phone, the crook showed his Avenue apartment and ran Douglass streets around 7 Take out A crook broke into a Fourth to grab 38 bottles of hard li- the sneak walking up the ing, cops said. true colors, and snatched the off with a bounty of valu- pm when the pillager came A crook busted into and Avenue pizza shop sometime quor worth nearly $1,500, ac- basement stairs to exit the Smacked device from his hands, before after Oct. 10, and cracked able jewelry on the after- upon him. slugging the man and push- looted a Seventh Avenue diner cording to a report. building through the front He punched him in the face A crook nabbed a phone sometime during the night of open an automated teller ma- They grabbed 12 bottles of door, according to a police noon of Oct. 21. from a man on Fulton Street ing him to the ground, au- chine containing more than The wizened victim told repeatedly, grabbed his Bre- thorities said. Oct. 17. Grey Goose vodka, 12 bot- report. itling watch and a platinum on Oct. 20. Workers reported leaving $16,000. tles of Hennessey brandy, Generator grab cops he went to the supermar- The victim told police that Tool time The pizza guy told police and 14 bottles of Johnny ket at 1 pm and returned to his Jesus pendant and chain and the eatery between St. Johns A greedy goon pillaged a he was between Red Hook A looter broke into and he left his shop between Union Walker whiskey, according home between Vandervoort fled before the victim could and Lincoln places at 11 pm, Richardson Street construc- get a good look at him, ac- Lane and Smith Street at pilfered a man’s vehicle he’d and the morning crew arrived and President streets at 2 am, to police. Place and Knickerbocker Av- 4:30 pm when the thief parked on Atlantic Avenue on and returned four days later tion site sometime overnight cording to police. at 5 am the next day to find Easy grab on Oct. 21 and stole two pricey enue at 2:30 pm to find the smacked him on the back of Oct. 23. a glass door busted in and a to find his cash dispenser had A thief took advantage of generators from a remodel- window leading to his fire Ticket not to ride his head. The victim told police that brick lying conspicuously just been pilfered. an unlocked car on 85th Street ing company. escape open. Cops cuffed a teen who The man’s phone fell to the he left his car between Hoyt inside the diner. It’s possible the crook en- on Oct. 25, making off with The company told cops the He saw the sneak had they say stole a Citi Bike from ground and the crook grabbed and Bond streets at 9 am, and Inside, they found the bur- tered through a rear door, but more than $14,000 in jewelry site was vacant after 4:45 pm climbed through the win- Union Street on Oct. 22. and bellowed, “What now?” returned about 45 minutes glar had taken two cash draw- the thief did a good job cover- and gadgets. on Oct. 21 and when work- dow and ran off with three He might have gotten away before fleeing, according to later to find his passenger- ers containing roughly $600, ing his tracks, police said. The victim told cops she ers returned around 7:30 am gold watches, a gold chain, with it if he hadn’t been riding police. side door had been busted. cops said. on the sidewalk near Colum- Close call left the car, unlocked, outside the next day, the chain and and three pearl necklace sets, Boo! Inside the vehicle, the vic- You got it A bike-riding bandit authorities said. bia Street, where a cop spot- tim discovered that two ham- a home near Fourth Avenue lock on the front door were Some goon threatened a swiped a phone from a man’s The victim’s neighbors re- ted him and stopped him to mer drills and associated bit A carjacker sped off with at around 1 pm. damaged and two generators write a ticket for a moving 15-year-old boy into handing a man’s 2012 Toyota Camry hands on Prospect Park West When she returned she were gone. ported hearing loud noises at over his pricey iPhone 6 on sets worth more than $3,000 on Oct. 12. violation, according to a po- had been taken, cops said. he parked along 13th street found her car ransacked — The perp fled through the around 1 pm and again at 2 lice report. Sidney Place on Oct. 21. on Oct. 17. The victim told police that missing an engagement ring, front entrance, cops said. pm, cops said. The officer discovered The victim told police that Surprise! The victim told police that he was near Ninth Street at a wedding ring, two diamond Moto haul he was near Aitken Place at A gunman blasted a he left his four-door between 2:20 pm when the biker rings, a diamond necklace, Scattered thief the bike was stolen when he A couple of crooks swiped 8:16 am when the scoundrel 21-year-old man in the leg on Fourth and Fifth avenues at 7 swooped by and grabbed two cellphones, and her Coach Police collared a guy who looked up its serial number a motorcycle off N. Eighth sauntered up and snarled a Fulton Street on Oct. 18. am, and returned that evening the phone. purse containing cash and they say broke into a 75-year- and the teen was charged with Street in the early morning vicious threat. The victim told police that to find an empty spot where Fortunately, a good Samar- credit cards, cops reported. old man’s S. Second Street possessing stolen property. hours of Oct. 22. “Give me your phone, or he was near Water Street at his car had been. itan was on hand to head off It could have been worse: apartment on Oct. 19. Motel mugger The victim told cops he left I will stab you,” the thief 12:30 am when, suddenly, the biker, and the crook was according to police, the keys The oldster came home to Bad trip his Ducati motorcycle parked A hot-headed heister took growled. the sound of gunfire rang forced to toss the phone to were in the ignition, too, but his apartment between Have- Cops busted a 31-year-old between Driggs Avenue and a woman’s wallet during an The kid handed over the out through the night. the ground in order to make the ne’er-do-well either didn’t meyer Street and Marcy Av- man for breaking into and Roebling Street before going early morning argument at a phone without a second When the man looked good on his escape. notice or was happy with his enue at around 7:15 pm and trashing the Second Avenue into his apartment, but as he motel on Hamilton Avenue thought, cops said. down, he was surprised to hefty take, and he left the car offices of a tour company on Fixed was leaving for the gym at found the suspect standing on Oct. 27. find that one of those bullets where it was. Getting a Dell Oct. 18. A crook made off with a 4:45 am he noticed the bike there with the victim’s pos- The robber and the vic- had found his right leg, and he A burglar ransacked a Liv- A witness told police he man’s fixed-gear bike he’d left Cells swiped was gone. sessions scattered across his tim were arguing when the was rushed to Kings County ingston Street construction spotted the man inside the in a President Street bike stor- An opportunistic looter Security footage shows two dresser, cops said. man threw the woman’s bag Hospital, cops said. out into the hallway, spill- site on Oct. 21, taking two establishment between Sixth age facility on Oct. 14. swiped a wallet and two cell- perps in dark clothes pull up Authorities arrested the al- ing its contents, the woman computers. Wake-up call and Seventh streets at the odd The victim told police he phones out of a car left run- in a dark minivan, open the leged trickster, according to told police. He grabbed her A security guard told police A 57-year-old man was hour of 4:51 am, and phoned was visiting a friend at the ning with its doors unlocked trunk, and load the motorcycle a police report. wallet, flashed a gun in his that he was making his rounds busted for allegedly ransack- up the police to make sure establishment between Nev- on 10th Avenue on Oct. 25. into the van before speeding — Allegra Hobbs
Affordable Family Dentistry still deciding between the space the Mary A. Whalen Red Hook plan and an un- is docked in Atlantic Basin, in modern pleasant surroundings SHIP... disclosed Manhattan loca- and the Waterfront Museum State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Continued from page 1 tion — or the scrap yard , if at the end of Conover Street Emergencies treated promptly “The conservancy feels not neither is viable — and hopes is housed on a 100-year-old to make a decision by early barge — and residents say Special care for children & anxious patients only would it physically be a November. the S.S. United States would WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD good space to support the eco- nomics of the ship, it would If the conservancy crew be a welcome addition to the selects his plan, Quadrozzi neighborhood flotilla. • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) be viable,” he said. • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, The extreme makeover says he will start a steering “It would have an incred- Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) would cost somewhere be- committee made up of mem- ible impact, it would create • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment tween $50 and $200 mil- bers of the community to dis- a huge space of commer- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings lion, according to the con- cuss the impact of the ship cial and industrial use in • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) servancy, plus a $2 million on the neighborhood. Red Hook which is really • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) ticket to tow the vessel from Conservancy States United SS Red Hook is home to in line with what the neigh- Philly to Red Hook. The S.S. United States in several repurposed boats borhood uses are now,” said Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer Quadrozzi won’t foot the its current state. — Gowanus Bay Terminal Victoria Hagman, a member 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens bill himself, but he will host already hosts the 107-year- of Community Board 6 who 624-5554 s 624-7055 the ship at his Red Hook fa- donors, developers, investors, old S.S. Yankee that owners has lived in the area for 13 Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking cility rent-free, and both he and government agencies to are hoping to turn into a mu- years. “It will be really ex- and insurance plans accommodated and the conservancy say they fund the endeavor. seum and gallery, oil tanker- citing to have a historic ship are in the midst of talks with The conservancy says it is turned-floating-education- located right here.” Neighbors Allied for Good Growth A new online map charting Greenpoint and Wil- Brooklyn mayd Power Sports liamsburg’s toxic history lets residents see what Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Areins, Generac and more! 857 Broadway, hazards lurk under their feet. Brooklyn, NY 11206 TOXIC... 347-425-7950 (b/t ParkPark Ave & Locust St ) Continued from page 1 ing nearby is useful,” said Wil- toxic spills, and old factories lis Elkins of community orga- J M Z Myrtle Ave. are blue. Amateur anthropolo- nization the Newtown Creek gists can also overlay income Alliance, which works to im- levels, asthma rates, and pop- prove the dirty waterway. ulation density to dig deeper “Right now, a lot of it seems into the data. mostly uniform, but there’s The map went live on Oct. a lot of variation.” 20 and is still a prototype, but But environmental cham- the creators say they’ve al- pions are still cheering the ready had plenty of feedback, and locals have told them they first round of contamination want a search bar that allows cartography. Most locals are them to pinpoint their own aware of the filthy state of the homes — which they hope to Newtown Creek, but many add to future iterations. don’t realize all the other nas- “We’re going to take a look ties lurking in their neighbor- and see if we’re able to do hood, said Elkins. ASERVICE ASALES APARTS FOROR ALLALL that,” said Rita Pasarell of “It’s easy for people to not Neighbors Allied for Good know what is in the soil or Growth, which scored a the groundwater they’re sur- $50,000 grant from the state’s rounded by,” he said. Department of Environmen- Ideally, the map should tal Conservation to create the actually become less color- map . “The whole point of the ful the more successful it is, SPECIAL PRICES map is for people to be able he said. to use it easily.” “Hopefully this can allow ON SNOWBLOWERS One early user says he’d more education and people also like to see the map show more contrast between just- can use it to advocate for a a-little-bit-gross and immi- more thorough and timely nently dangerous forms of pol- clean-up,” said Elkins. lution, so people living on or Neighbors Allied for Good near the tainted sites know ex- Growth expects to have the actly what they’re in for. final map up and running at “I think having further dis- its website nag.brooklyn.org Discounts on all overseaserseaseerrrse ororders!rderse s! SPECIALS ON GENERATORS tinction of what it means to by next spring, according to people that are living or work- Pasarell. 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By Allegra Hobbs the typeface. By Harry MacCormack The Brooklyn Paper The thick, heavy letters are The Brooklyn Paper This is just his type. modeled after graffiti tags This fall premiere was a A graphic designer is cre- around the neighborhood, critical flop. ating a font inspired by Bush- while the shading is remi- Mayor DeBlasio’s plan to wick, and now he is looking niscent of the hand-painted allow developers to construct for local backers to kick in a signs of long-standing local taller buildings with fewer few bucks so he can turn his businesses — a combination parking spaces in the hope design into a typable type- that he says honors both the that it will encourage them face. community’s enduring Latino to create more attractive de- “I’m asking the Brooklyn presence alongside the recent signs and more below-market and New York community to hipster influx. units is full of plot holes and pitch in any way they can to cel- “There’s a really awe- needs a rewrite, say members ebrate the Bushwick neighbor- some integration of the im- of a Downtown-area panel hood through a typeface,” said migrant community with the who voted against the pro- artist community,” said Me- posal last Thursday. Pablo Medina, who recently Photo by Stefano Giovannini launched a crowd-funding dina, who has also created Designer Pablo Medina is creating a typeface called Bushwick — as seen on “It is not ready for prime campaign to raise the $7,000 fonts inspired by Buenos Ai- his T-shirt. time,” said Irene Janner, res street art and neon signs in a member of Community he says he needs to complete Department of City Planning his Bushwick font. Manhattan . “There’s no real Board 2’s Land Use Com- tion, which will take another than $3,000 — mostly graphic might be used within a con- mittee, which voted 11–2 Developers building in the areas in Fort Greene Since opening a studio strong wall or strong divide and Clinton Hill marked blue would be able to in the neighborhood three — there’s an overlap.” six months, he said. designers and art directors text of something from Bush- against the Department of So he started the crowd- who say they’re eager to get wick or northern Brooklyn, City Planning’s Zoning for construct two more floors if they include below- years ago, Medina says he The wordsmith has al- market-rate or senior housing under new zoning. has been obsessively photo- ready created all the upper funding campaign to help their hands on the font and to evoke that feeling, it would Quality and Affordability graphing writing from signs and lower-case letters for cover studio rent and launch start creating designs that just be really great,” said Green- plan. “The city needs to go and murals on neighborhood Bushwick, but he still has to the finished product. Fans scream “Bushwick.” point designer Scott Kellum, back to the drawing board other two stories — though ably priced housing,” said streets, which he blended into do the numbers and punctua- have already pledged more “If there’s something that who donated some cash. and come back with a more only if they include some committee member Hilda fully realized plan.” below-market or old folks’ Klein. The citywide rezoning housing — and the sliver The committee did, how- scheme will allow developers of the Heights not covered ever, unanimously approve to build higher in and around by the historic district, be- another proposal — the Man- “contextual zoning districts” tween Cadman Plaza and datory Inclusionary Housing Composting never smelled so sweet — areas that place strict lim- Henry Street, which would plan, which would require its on the size and shape of also offer a couple of ex- developers in certain areas new buildings intended to pre- tra stories. A few blocks of to set aside at least 25-per- New Bushwick community garden encourages reuse with fl owers serve the character of low- Vinegar Hill and Boerum cent of units in new buildings rise neighborhoods, which Hill would allow one extra as below-market-rate in ex- By Allegra Hobbs pers rented out corners of neigh- cars and had more rubble than includes vast swathes of floor, but only if the build- change for the city approv- The Brooklyn Paper borhood properties to store their fertile soil, is now blooming Brownstone Brooklyn. ing is senior housing. ing any land rezoning. It’s the prettiest dump in worm food — until Nurse spot- with sunflowers, mushrooms, In most cases, it will add The city claims the ex- But no Community Board town! ted the unused stretch of city- and fruit trees. around five feet, though in tra five feet will encourage 2 neighborhoods are marked A scrappy Bushwick com- owned land under the rattling And the garden has already some commercial corridors, developers to design taller for the mandatory program posting service has turned a rails of the M train. become a local hub where long- it would offer another 10–20 ground-f loor levels that will — so far, anyway. The first long-abandoned Myrtle Ave- The group first eyed the plot time residents and neighbor- feet — or one to two addi- fit in better with neighbor- and only area slated for the nue lot into a community gar- as a permanent home for its hood newcomers gather to tend tional stories. The plan will ing brownstones, while the scheme is East New York, den where residents can dis- compost piles, but soon real- flowers, compost, and bond over also nix or reduce require- larger additions and park- where residents and local pose of their food waste amidst ized it could pull double-duty their green thumbs and old ba- ments to create off-street ing exemptions will con- pols have railed against as a garden, and started gath- nana peels, said one new fan. parking for buildings that a field of wild flowers — an vince them to create more the plan, arguing that it is ering residents’ support to turn “We share the city space, include below-market-rate experience its founder hopes below-market units in their too easy for developers to the derelict lot into a green but it’s so easy to go and or senior housing. will change the way people properties. wriggle out of the require- space in the winter of 2013. hide in the cement and not In Community Board 2, But the committee mem- ments and that the so-called relate to their leftovers. It took years of paperwork see anybody unless there is the changes would mostly “We’re trying to show an ex- bers say the voluntary “affordable” units — aimed and bureaucratic hurdles, but a common reason,” said Naya affect Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, scheme won’t work — the ample in this neighborhood of at families earning around Nurse said it was worth it when Friel, who attended the gar- Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, city must create a plan that $46,500–$62,000 — will more robust composting oper- the group finally signed a four- den’s first open house party and Clinton Hill, as Down- forces the buildings to in- still be too expensive for ation to reframe peoples’ rela- year deal with the city to main- last weekend. “Where else is town already has special clude those features, or people who currently live tionships to waste,” said Sandy Photo by Stefano Giovannini tain the land last summer. a 20-year-old going to share zoning rules to allow super the developers will just do there, according to a DNA Nurse of composting group BK Ollinio Mazatl and Veronica Raya stopped and “It feels really good to know the same space with the Do- tall construction and the whatever suits their bot- Info report. Rot, which created the Know smelled the wildflowers at Know Waste Land’s first- that even though it’s a really long, minican man who has been Brooklyn Heights historic tom line. Both plans will come be- Waste Lands garden between ever community gathering. complicated process, there are living here for 20 years and district has strict height re- “The ZQA does not go fore all of Community Board Cedar Street and DeKalb Av- instances where a community has family all around?” strictions. far enough to accomplish its 2 at its next general meeting, enue this summer. can come together and decide Know Waste Lands (1278 The largest height changes goal for better, more reason- scheduled for Nov. 10. Nurse first founded BK Rot — for a small fee, eco-conscious bikes pick it up and peddle it to how we want to use the land we Myrtle Ave. between Cedar are slated for parts of Myr- in 2013 as a composting pick- locals can leave their organic a scrap heap. collectively own,” she said. Street and DeKalb Avenue tle Avenue, Fulton Street, up service and employment waste in a bag on their doorstep Without a plot of land to call The land, which was once in Bushwick, www.face- and Atlantic Avenue, which CALL TO ADVERTISE: (718) 260–4552 scheme for neighborhood kids once a week and youngsters on their own, the transient scrap- filled with trash and abandoned book.com/knowasteland). would allow developers an-
welcomes Mauricio Carpio and William Munoz
Mauricio Carpio Mauricio Carpio joins Flushing Bank as Branch Manager of the Williamsburg Branch. Mauricio has been in the retail banking industry for more than a decade, most recently at Bank of America as Assis- tant Vice President, Financial Center Manager. He has significant experience serving the Williamsburg com- munity and recognizes the importance of helping our customers to achieve their financial goals while build- ing long-lasting relationships. Throughout his career, he has helped many of his associates to become successful contributors in the development of the communities they serve. Mauricio is an active member of the Brook- lyn Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he is fluent in both English and Spanish. William Munoz William Munoz joins Flushing Bank as Business Spe- cialist serving the Williamsburg community. He brings more than eight years of banking experience delivering expertise in financial guidance to small and medium- sized businesses. Prior to joining Flushing Bank, Wil- liam was a Relationship Manager at Bank of America, where he developed and maintained business and per- sonal relationships. He helped improve business in the Fort Greene area of Brooklyn through his ability and dedication to providing high levels of customer service. William holds a Bachelor of Business Administra- tion degree in Finance from Baruch College. He is fluent and able to conduct business in Spanish and is an active member of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. MUSIC Soul out show Call them Joan of park! A band based in Prospect Park will move in- side for a free-spirited bash of music, silly cos- tumes, and pastries at the bar Friends and Lov- ers on Nov. 5. The lead singer of Joan says that the band’s “Soul Parade” party will celebrate unity through the power of mu- sic, and hopes that every- one will feel the love. “It’s celebrating that across people and genres there is something that everyone has within them Photo by Louise Wateridge and is able to connect to,” said Nick Farago, who will open the event with his fellow band member Hank Mittnacht. The Soul Parade party will feature a smorgas- borg of diverse musical performances, all recruited serendipitously. The band, which often practices and performs in Prospect Park, met soul and reg- (718) 260–2500 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings Oct. 30–Nov. 5, 2015 gae performer Blue Dahlia while she was busk- ing on the subway, and the musicians connected with spoken word artist Supe the Dude through a chance encounter on the street. The guys of Joan wrangled their genre-spanning friends into a show to celebrate what they all have in common — a vaguely-defined feeling they call “soul.” “We have always felt it was the soul that con- nected the music together, even though song- to-song it was wildly different,” said Farago. “There is something connecting them and that Flavor would be soul — the soul in music and the soul in human beings.” Farago and Mittnacht dreamed up the Soul Parade while creating the music of Joan — they realized their music had no defining genre, but that there was a soulful undercurrent through everything they did. The goal of Soul Parade, said Farago, is to celebrate that current and share it with new people. savior “We wanted to make that manifest in a night be- cause we felt it was something unique,” he said. The event will also feature a rack of costumes, Chef sets rules for good taste so soul paraders can dress up in silly and inspir- ing regalia while they get in the spirit, along with baked goods from a local baker and friend of By Bill Roundy the band. These additions are deliberately ran- The Brooklyn Paper dom, said the band’s manager — the band wants people to relax and express themselves freely, he inventive chef behind the rather than promote any agenda. beloved but recently-shuttered “It’s kind of an informal event, but that’s T Do or Dine restaurant has a new okay because the feeling is good,” said Nanda project: a cookbook. Justin Warner’s Golden. “The Laws of Cooking (and how to break them)” explains the flavor prin- “Soul Parade” at Friends and Lovers [641 ciples that led him to create dishes Classon Ave. between Pacific and Dean streets like foie gras donuts and Dr. Pepper- in Crown Heights, (917) 979–3060, www.fnlbk. drenched frog legs by relating them com]. Nov. 5 at 9 pm. Free. — Allegra Hobbs to 11 common foods — such as “The Law of General Tso’s Chicken: Spicy meets Sweet.” The Brooklyn Paper sat down with BOOKS Warner over a late brunch to discuss his restaurant, the book, and what comes next. Brooklyn Paper: So the obvious Reading picks question is: Why did you close Do or Dine? Greenlight’s pick - “Hawthorn & Child” Justin Warner: The same reason we by Keith Ridgway decided to open it — we just felt like it, A couple of cops with a heavy workload and few you know? Business was like ‘eh,’ and we solutions, the title characters of this novel search for were all just tired. We were all 30-plus, criminal activity with the and our priorities have kind of changed. plotting approach of edi- … Do or Dine was great, and I miss it, tors rather than the plod- but I feel like I’ve grown two inches not ding of Scotland Yard de- having to deal with it. tectives. Their London is BP: And what are you going to do dark, redolent with hor- next? rors and mysteries both JW: I don’t know. I just made this book, petty and surreal. The de- so — promote the book, talk about it, get tectives impose law and people jazzed about cooking. Do some TV. order, though they can- And right now I’m going to have a salad not affect the troubles and a Bloody Mary. that haunt them as indi- BP: Good plan. How did you choose FOOD viduals. They patrol the the recipes in the book? Justin Warner discusses “The Laws book’s various narratives, JW: I couldn’t make this book without of Cooking” at Food Book Party appearing by routine, surprise, and by chance, the foie gras donut, mostly because that is at Berg’n (899 Bergen St. between an approach that underscores their motivations the recipe that started this book. When I Franklin and Classon avenues in Crown as police while allowing room for the strange, was talking to cookbook publishers, they Heights, www.bergn.com). Nov. 5 at comical, and intriguing to enter. said, ‘The question we need to answer is — 6:30 pm. $10. how do you come up with something like — Frankie Caracciolo, Greenlight Bookstore the foie gras donut?’ And I was like, ‘Well, really opened my eyes.’ I think it has that [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. it’s basically a compressed version of a clas- power, because there’s no other book that’s Photo by Alexa Telano Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246– sic foie gras presentation, where you’d have ever broken down flavors in this very easy- Eating his words: Chef Justin Warner will cook recipes from his new book “The Laws 0200, www.greenlightbookstore.com]. some foie gras mousse, and you’d have some to-understand way. Once you’ve read this of Cooking” at Berg’n on Nov. 5. bread, and something sweet and fruity with book, you can look at any food in your life Community’s pick - “A Brief History of it. That’s what the foie gras donut is.’ And and say ‘Oh, this [pointing to his kale Cae- JW: We’re all going to hang out and jam. You can’t show up at a food party without Seven Killings” by Marlon James they’re like ‘Yeah, but why does that work? sar salad] is coffee, cream, and sugar’ — I’ll make some food, [sommelier Andre Mack] enough food. Nothing is worse than not The Jamaican novel that recently claimed the Why is that classic?’ I’m like, ‘Well, it’s a bitter kale, creamy Caesar, and, believe it will bring some wine, and we’re going to talk enough food. Nothing, ever. Booker Prize deservers all of its accolades. “A Brief peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, you know? or not, these croutons and cheese are oddly about stuff. We’ll talk about food. It’s sort BP: Without enough food, you starve History of Seven Killings” It’s something fatty and fruity and something sweet. You can look at a Bloody Mary, of for food people, by food people. to death. is a magisterial novel that to spread it on. So that’s the Law. and see General Tso’s chicken — spicy BP: What are you cooking? JW: Yes! I’ve tried to make this case speaks loudly and carries BP: How do you think people will re- and sweet. JW: I’ll do something large-format, that a million times but, of all the arts, this is a big stick. James takes act to “The Laws of Cooking”? BP: You’re doing a Food Book Party at everybody can have. I have no idea what, but only one without which, we will die. So the 1976 assassination JW: I want people to say ‘Wow, you Berg’n next week. What’s going to happen? I always make sure everybody has enough. it’s a good skill to learn. attempt on Bob Marley as the occasion to tell a complex, polyphonous munity like the back of a head. story of Jamaica’s trou- “Here in New York, since a lot bled recent history, filled of things are changing, that his- with gangsters and ghosts, tory and that relationship people CIA agents and commu- have with their barber is start- nists, lovers, killers, and Some hairy ing to fade a little,” said Purnell. survivors. It’s like a Bo- “It’s sad.” laño novel set in Kingston, mixed with James Purnell has trimmed such nota- Ellroy and distilled through Faulkner, but make ble noggins as beleaguered NBA no mistake — it is also something entirely terri- star Lamar Odom and reggae singer fying and visceral and new. Gregory Isaacs. At the Nov. 3 event, — Hal Hlavinka, Community Bookstore [43 he will be joined by musicians, Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- situations comedians, and other performers field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. for the hair-centric extravaganza. commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. Brooklyn pianist and singer Akie Tales from a barbershop Bermiss will enliven the show with Word’s pick - “Another Day” by David his locally-inspired tunes, and co- Levithan By Colin Mixson median Hollie Harper will crack We lurved his novel “Every Day,” and now Da- The Brooklyn Paper HAIR jokes and perform a few hair-rais- vid Levithan returns to the story of teenage lov- ing songs. “Barbershop Stories: It’s All About ers A and Rhiannon. This t’s shear entertainment! Hair” at Bric House [647 Fulton St. be- Rounding out the show will be time he shifts perspective A legendary Brooklyn tween Rockwell and Ashland places in Youtube celebrity and host of Mu- — in “Another Day” we I barber will trim hair be- Fort Greene, (718) 855–7882, bricarts- sic Television’s “Decoded” Franch- get to meet A through Rhi- fore a live audience and cut media.org]. Nov. 3 at 7 pm. Free. esca Ramsey, whose video “S--- annon’s eyes. A wakes up viewers in on some of the White Girls Say… to Black Girls” in a different body every best barbershop gossip he rocketed her to Internet stardom day of their life, and from has gleaned during his three de- ber,” said Greg Purnell. The tress in 2012, and who will share with their perspective it is nor- cades in the follicle business at trimmer cuts hair for a select cli- audience some hairy situations mal. But for Rhiannon, it Bric House on Nov. 3. “Barber- entle at his Fort Greene studio, and from her past. sounds like something out shop Stories: It’s All About Hair” occasionally provides trims at the The show’s organizer says she of a sci-fi novel. We grow will bring audiences into the heart Hairrari Barber Salon in East Wil- wants the evening to tackle the with her as she experiences of neighborhood institution, says liamsburg. topic of hair from many differ- love (and heartbreak) that the master barber. Purnell hopes that his perfor- ent angles. may not make sense to the “A barbershop is like the In- mance will transport the audience “We’re going to bring in a lot of brain, but that tugs at the heart anyway. It is such a
Photo by Stefano Giovannini ternet of a community. People go to the barbershops of yesteryear, media elements,” said Kecia Cole, treat to revisit A and Rhiannon’s world. A clip of history: Master barber Greg Purnell will reveal tales from his 30 there to find out what’s going on, where barbers served fathers, sons, who curated the performance eve- — Emily Pullen, Word [126 Franklin St. at Mil- years in the hair-cutting trade while giving someone a trim in front of a live who’s who, or even if they need a and their son’s sons over the course ning. “It’s going to be a multi-me- ton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www. audience on Nov. 3. plumber, they’ll give you his num- of a lifetime and knew their com- dia extravaganza.” wordbrooklyn.com ]. 8 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 October 30–November 5, 2015 Enjoy Delicious Desserts in Our Backyard Garden WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS BROOKLYN FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY BAKERY October 30 October 31 November 2 November 3 November 5 139 Smith Street in Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill Ice screams Rock out, if 347-987-3194 Tiny terrors will roam you please the ice today, when The members of this the Halloween Mon- hard-rocking local ster Skate Party kicks garage band know off a new season at that thrashing does Prospect Park’s skat- not mean you have to ing rink! Kids can also forget your manners. play Halloween The three musicians presents games and compete Emma- of Courtesy Tier will It’s a g-g-g- in a costume contest motional carefully display the King sing g-g-ghost! at 1:30 pm. And if aggressive tunes you see a guy in a Regency romances Hobos are so hot Cartoon creatures from their brand new hockey mask, check if may tug at your heart- right now! Buy an will creep from their album “Little Rock” a game is in progress strings, but they rarely artisanal bindle on crypts tonight in tonight at Rough before you skate set your toes a-tap- Bedford Avenue, “Halloween Hijinks,” Trade. away screaming! ping. Park Slope’s Gal- then head to the a night of undead lery Players correct 7 pm at Rough Trade [64 one-man musical Noon–6 pm at LeFrak animation from the that deficiency with N. Ninth St. between Kent “King of the Hobos,” 1920s to the 1940s. Center at Lakeside [enter and Wythe avenues in Prospect Park at Parkside tonight’s staged read- where Jara Jones will The show’s ghoulish Williamsburg, (718) 388– and Ocean avenues, (718) ing of “Emma,” a new 4111, www.roughtradenyc. strum his cigar-box gangs are balanced 462-0010, www.lakeside- musical adaptation of com]. $10. guitar and sing the by sympathetic brooklyn.com]. $8 ($4 in DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER the Jane Austen novel true tale of the spooks like Casper costume). about a meddling migrant monarch and Michael Chase Gosselin the Friendly ghost. match-maker. secret millionaire MUSIC DIRECTOR 7:30 pm at Standard James Howe. ToyKraft (722 7 pm at the Gallery Paolo C. Perez Metropolitan Ave. Players [199 14th St. 7 pm at St. Paul’s Theatre between Manhattan and between Fourth and Fifth (334 S. Fifth St. at Rodney Graham avenues in avenues in Park Slope, Street in Williamsburg, Show Dates: Williamsburg, www.stan- (212) 352–3101, www.gal- www.kingofthehobos. Fridays, Nov. 6 & 13 @ 8:00 pm; dardtoykraft.org). $10. leryplayers.com]. $10. com). $18 ($15 students). Saturdays, Nov. 7 & 14 @ 8:00 pm; Sundays, Nov. 8 & 15 @ 2:00 pm $25 Adults / $20 Seniors (60+); $20 Students (21 & under); $15 Children (12 & under); $15 Groups of 15 or more NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN AT THE FORT HAMILTON ARMY BASE THEATER (ID Required) FRI, OCT. 30 101 Street & Fort Hamilton Pkwy, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY 11209 ART, “VIS-A-VIS” OPENING RECEP- TION: Photographers Todd Thomas Music by Richard Rodgers / Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Charles Grogg document inanimate objects. Free. 6–9 pm. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan Anthony Philip Fine Art (56 Bogart Find lots more listings online at St between Grattan Street and Har- BrooklynPaper.com/Events Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel rison Place in Bushwick), www.antho- nyphilipfi neart.com. “Tales of the South Pacifi c” by James A. Michener (718) 643–6510], www.thebell- ART, PAINTING — MORE OR LESS, houseny.com. OPENING RECEPTION: An ex- hibition featuring artists who use FILM, “NOSFERATU” LIVE SCORE: minimalist or maximalist, reductive On the night before Halloween, see or accumulative approaches in their the classic silent vampire fi lm with painting practices. Free. 6–9 pm. a live soundtrack from violin-piano Transmitter [1329 Willoughby Ave. duo Tenth Intervention. $8. 9 pm. 2A in Bushwick, (917) 653–8236], Videology [308 Bedford Ave. at S. www.transmitter.nyc. First Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782–3468], www.videology.info. THEATER, “THE RIDE INSPECTOR’S NIGHTMARE”: This horror-fi lled MUSIC, TIGERS AND MONKEYS, SCHAFFER THE DARKLORD, THE interactive theater piece starts Zero Associated Press / Schalk van Zuydam Boy as a Coney Island ride inspector, Dapper dog: Goofy and a bevy of princesses will dance and GET IT: Free. 9 pm. 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THEATER “Fawnbook” at the Brick Theater (579 Metropolitan Ave. between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue, www. bricktheater.com) $18. Nov. 5, 7, 9, 11, 13–14, 19–20 at 8 pm. Nov. 8 and 15 at 3 pm. 1=:2E3/B63@ A/D3/B:3/AB $ =44 A/:3 D/:C3>@713A >@8EKFLK Photo by Stefano Giovannini 9LP(JL@K Without a net: The six members of the farm community in “Fawnbook,” opening Nov. 5 at the Brick Theater, 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< have no Internet access, but they speak entirely in dialogue drawn from social media posts. > THREE WAYS TO LOVE JN<8K IN PRINT E brooklynpubliclibrary.org. of performance and presen- Tilden Avenue in Flatbush), HALLOWEEN HARVEST tations. $7. 7 pm. Former St. www.kingstheatre.com. FEST: Enjoy story-telling, Luke’s Evangelical Church MUSIC, SVETLANA AND 9 DAYS... pumpkin-picking, and a [259 Washington Ave.; THE DELANCEY FIVE: $10 dog costume parade along Brooklyn, New York 11205 in suggested donation. 8 pm. Continued from page 8 the creepily-decorated Clinton Hill, (212) 924–7000], Barbes [376 Ninth St. at MUSIC, HALLOWEEN CON- boardwalk. And check out www.vanalen.org. Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, CERT AND DANCE PARTY: the dancers on the Monster THEATER, SHADOW PUPPET (718) 965–9177], www. Ditch the sugar haul and cel- Mash stage. Free. Noon–8 “SLEEPY HOLLOW”: A si- barbesbrooklyn.com. ebrate Halloween with the pm. Luna Park (Boardwalk lent fi lm-style shadow-pup- THEATER, IKTUS PERCUS- grown-ups! Join The Omni and W. 12th Street in Coney pet adaptation of “The Leg- SION VS. PAUL PINTO: Ensemble as it ushers in its Island), www.lunaparknyc. end of Sleepy Hollow,” from The percussion ensemble 33rd Season with a concert com. Bedford-Stuyvesant troupe presents “Long before I and dance party. $15, $10 KIDS’ HALLOWEEN PARADE: Drama of Works. $15 ($12 dance under those lights,” for students. 8 pm. Brooklyn Terrifying tykes show off students and seniors). 8 pm. a new theatrical work based Conservatory of Music [58 their costumes. Free. Noon. Cloud City (85 N. First St. on the training regimen and Seventh Ave. between Lin- Carroll Park (Carroll Street between Berry and Wythe routines of amateur box- coln and Saint Johns places between Smith and Court avenues in Williamsburg), ers. $15-25. 8 pm. Roulette in Park Slope, (718) 622– streets in Carroll Gardens). www.cloudcity.nyc. [509 Atlantic Ave. at Third 3300], www.bqcm.org. FILM, “SHAUN OF THE MUSIC, ONEMAN, OBEY Avenue in Boerum Hill, (917) MUSIC, HELL OF ALL HAL- DEAD” EXTRAVAGANZA: CITY, DOCTOR JEEP: 267–0363], www.roulette. LOWEEN’S EVE AT HANKS For Halloween night, Vid- This pre-party for the 2015 org. SALOON: Featuring scary eology transforms into The Brooklyn Electronic Music DANCE, “CIRCUS OF IN- bands The Cuts, Aron Winchester, the bar from Festival is hosted by Rinse IQUITY”: An evening of Blue and the Bootleggers, beloved comedy-zombie FM. $15. 10 pm. Verboten awe-inspiring circus talent, BuggenHagen, and the fi lm “Shaun of the Dead.” [54 N. 11th St. between Kent a touch of sideshow, and a Pillz, along with a costume The movie will be screening and Wythe avenues in Wil- twist of burlesque. $20. 9:30 contest. $8. 8 pm. Hank’s all day. Free. Noon–2 am. liamsburg, (347) 223–4732], pm. The Bridges [66 Water Saloon [46 Third Ave. at Videology [308 Bedford www.verbotennewyork. St. between Washington Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Ave. at S. First Street in Wil- com. and Main streets in Dumbo, Hill, (718) 625–8003], www. liamsburg, (718) 782–3468], (347) 906–4569], www.dum- exitfi ve.com/hankssaloon. www.videology.info. boburlesque.com. MUSIC, HALLOWANUS V: The GLOW IN THE DARK KID’S FRI, NOV. 6 Gowanus Studio Space’s HALLOWEEN PARTY]: Max ART, “DEATH MAY GET YOU party features DJs, dancing, Adventures hosts a party DOWN (AND OTHER SAT, NOV. 7 and a photobooth. $15 ($10 for kids 5–11, with glow in DRAWINGS)” OPENING PUMPKIN SMASH!: Bring in advance). 9 pm–4 am. the dark Halloween props, a RECEPTION: Zane York cre- pumpkins, Jack-o-Lanterns, The Gowanus Studio Space laser maze, pizza, and a per- Palmer Nik ates ballpoint pen drawings and gourds for a smashing [166 7th St. between Sec- formance by Dance and Art Sleep no more: Get a dose of post-Halloween horror with this silent-film style shadow-puppet show adapta- of momento mori fi gures good time! And the NYC Academy of Sheepshead ond and Third avenues in tion of the creepy tale “Sleepy Hollow,” opening at Cloud City on Nov. 5. on brightly-colored paper. Compost Project will turn Gowanus, (347) 948–5753], Bay. $45 per child and adult Free. 6–9 pm. Yashar Gal- the results into compost for www.gowanusstudio.org. pair. Noon–2 pm. Max lery (276 Greenpoint Ave. city parks and green spaces. MUSIC, BOO YOURSELF, Adventures [2378 Flatbush the foot of the Verrazano- RUSTIN”: A documentary Heights, (718) 230–2100], 7–9 pm. PowerHouse Arena at Provost Street in Green- Free. 10 am–noon. Red DANNY TENAGLIA: $60 Ave., (718) 676–9577], max- Narrows Bridge and ends in about the openly gay civil www.brooklynpubliclibrary. [37 Main St. at Water Street point), www.zaneyork.com. Hook Community Farm (103 adventuresny.com. ($30 in advance). 10 pm. Central Park in Manhattan. rights activist and organizer org. in Dumbo, (718) 666–3049], FILM, “CONEY ISLAND Otsego St. at Halleck Street Output [74 Wythe Ave. at N. KIDS HALLOWEEN PARTY 8 am. Verrazano-Narrows of the 1963 March on Wash- www.powerhousearena. RULES” AND OTHER in Red Hook). 12th Street in Williamsburg, AND SQUARE DANCE: Bridge (Bay Street in Staten ington. Talk with director com. FILMS: Filmmaker Charlie ART, PARK SLOPE WINDSOR (917) 333–1000], www.out- With square dancing, live Island). Bennett Singer and Walter WED, NOV. 4 ART, “SIZE QUEENS” EXHI- Ahearn presents his docu- TERRACE ARTISTS OPEN putclub.com. music, a costume contest, Naegle, Rustin’s surviving DAY OF THE DEAD INTERAC- MUSIC, “EPIPHANY — THE BITION: Artists from the mentary about the Coney STUDIO: The artists and MONSTER MASH: Kids should prizes, and candy. $7 kids partner, to follow. Free. TIVE DINNER PERFOR- CYCLE OF LIFE”: This live weekly Drink and Draw Art Walls exhibit, along photographers of the Park dress to imprees at this (parents free). 5–7 pm. Ja- MANCE: Join Obscura Soci- 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Historical event at Lovegun display with several other short Slope Windsor Terrace Art- ghoulish glowing dance lopy Theatre [315 Columbia music show sends its audi- ety members from Mexico Society [128 Pierrepont St. ence roaming through laby- artwork inspired by the life fi lms. A discussion with the ists Group invite the general party. Free with museum St. between Hamilton Ave- and Mexican heritage at Clinton Street in Brooklyn drawing sessions of bur- director follows. $20 ($15 in public to visit their studios. admission. 10 am–5 pm. nue and Woodhull Street in rinthine tunnels of video, for a dinner performance Heights, (718) 222–4111], light, and refl ection. $25. lesque models and drag advance). 6:30 pm. Wythe A tour map can be found on Brooklyn Children’s Mu- Red Hook, (718) 395–3214], www.brooklynhistory.org. queens. With a modeling Hotel [80 Wythe Ave. at N. the group’s website. Free. www.jalopy.biz. to honor the deceased. 7:30 pm. BAM Fisher (321 seum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at Guests are invited to bring THE WILLIAMSBURG SPELL- session at 8 pm and drag 11th Street in Williamsburg, Noon–6 pm. Artist Studios, St. Marks Avenue in Crown FREE ALL HALLOWS’ EVE Ashland Pl. between Han- images and objects for a ING BEE: An adults-only sen Place and Lafayette Av- show at 10:30 pm. Free. (718) 460–8000], www. parkslopewindsorter- Heights, (718) 735–4400], GREAT PUMPKIN PARTY: communal altar. $5–$15. spelling bee with a fun, 7 pm–1 am. Lovegun (617 wythehotel.com. raceartists.wordpress.com. www.brooklynkids.org. This free event for children enue in Fort Greene), www. 3–7 pm. De-Construkt not-too-competitive envi- bam.org/visit/buildings/ Grand St. between Lorimer THEATER, “MR. BURNS”: The DANCE, GALLIM DANCE HAUNTED HALLOWEEN 10 years and younger will [projekts] (41 Seabring St. at and Leonard streets in Wil- performing arts high school — INSIDE THE PROCESS have pumpkin paint- ronment. Free. 7.30 pm. bam-fi sher. CARNIVAL: Brooklyn Pup- Richards Street; Third fl oor Pete’s Candy Store [709 liamsburg). presents an apocalyptic play WORKSHOP: Explore An- petry Arts hosts a carni- ing, games, treats, and MUSIC, ANTIBALAS: The in Red Hook), projekts.de- Lorimer St. at Richardson acclaimed afrobeat band LGBTQ AND THE CHURCH about a new art form that drea Miller’s process with val with puppet-making, prizes. Children must be construkt.com. — BUILDING BRIDGES grows up around a sketch- Gallim Dance as they build in costume and accom- Street in Williamsburg, (718) plays a weekly residency at games, and a haunted ROLIE POLIE GUACAMOLE: 302–3770], www.petescan- ACROSS THE DIVIDE: Fore- ily-remembered episode their next work, “Whale.” house. Free. 11 am–3 pm. panied by an adult. FREE. Brooklyn Bowl. $15. 8 pm. The kindie rock bank plays a dystore.com. Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe front Church hosts a dis- of “The Simpsons.” $15. Dancers will learn phrase 1st Street Recreation Center 6–8 pm. St. Philip’s Parish cussion about the lesbian, 7 pm. Edward R. Murrow material and experiment Hall [1072 80th St. at 11th “Day After Halloween Cos- Ave. between N. 11th and (First Street at Fourth Av- tume Party Show.” $12 ($35 gay, bisexual, transgender, High School Joseph Papp with improvisation. $40. enue in Park Slope), www. Avenue in Dyker Heights, N. 12th streets in Williams- family of four). 3 pm. Jalopy TUES, NOV. 3 burg, (718) 963–3369], and queer community and Theater (1600 Avenue L at 2:30–6:30 pm. Church of puppetryarts.org. 718.745.2505], www. churches. With Justin Lee, E. 17th Street in Midwood), Saint Luke and Saint Mat- stphilipsbrooklyn.com. Theatre [315 Columbia St. www.brooklynbowl.com. “HALLOWEEN EXTRAVA- JUNIOR’S 65TH ANNIVER- Founder of the Gay Chris- www.ermurrowhs.org. thew [520 Clinton Avenue between Hamilton Avenue SARY: Junior’s celebrates DANCE, THE AFROFUTUR- GANZA”: The Old Stone and Woodhull Street in tian Network and author of ART, BAY RIDGE ART SPACE in Clinton Hill (Brooklyn), its 65th anniversary by offer- ISM SERIES: The Renegade House’s all-day event will Red Hook, (718) 395–3214], the book “Torn.” $10. 7 pm. GRAND OPENING: The (718)-622–2165], www.gal- have a pet costume contest, SUN, NOV. 1 ing slices of their famous Performance Group investi- Roulette [509 Atlantic Ave. limdance.com. www.jalopy.biz. gates the presence of Black- new art gallery, studio, and music by the Treblemakers, BANN KONTE: Bann Konte is Original NY Plain Cheese- at Third Avenue in Boerum classroom space hosts its MUSIC, TAMMY SCHEFFER and serves as the end point cake slices for just 65 cents. ness into and beyond 21st Hill, (917) 267–0363], www. a procession of rara musi- Century techno-culture. inaugural exhibit “New SEXTET: Free. 9 pm. BAM of the Park Slope Halloween cians, traditional games, MON, NOV. 2 $0.65. 6:30 am–midnight. roulette.org. Ovington Village,” featur- Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. be- Parade. Free. 11 am–8 pm. Junior’s Brooklyn [386 Flat- $25. 8 pm. Irondale Center FUND RAISER, PARTY FOR ing 30 artists living in Bay and folktales, traveling from [85 S. Oxford St. at Lafay- tween Ashland Place and St. The Old Stone House [336 the Haiti Cultural Exchange TALK, OPPORTUNITIES AND bush Ave., (718) 852–5257], PAWS: This fund-raiser for Ridge. Free. 7–9 pm. Bay Felix Street in Fort Greene), Third St. between Fourth CHALLENGES IN INTE- www.juniorscheesecake. ette Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn Animal Action Ridge Art Space (509 Sena- www.bam.org/programs/ home base and making pit (718) 488–9233], www.iron- and Fifth avenues in Park stops at different locations. GRATING NYC’S PUBLIC com. features food, drinks, and a tor St. between Fifth and bamcafe-live. dale.org. Slope, (718) 768–3195], the- $10 suggested donation. 2 SCHOOLS: Join council UNJUST KIDDING AT silent auction featuring gift Sixth avenues in Bay Ridge), NATIONAL BEARD AND oldstonehouse.org. pm. Haiti Cultural Exchange members, school offi cials, BROOKLYN PUBLIC PHI- cards from local businesses, www.bayridgeartspace. MOUSTACHE CHAMPION- HALLOWEEN WORKSHOP: [558 St. John’s Pl. between and parents for a panel dis- LOSOPHERS: Jennifer Ware THURS, NOV. 5 wines, original artwork, and com. SHIPS: Facial hair enthusi- Join with Melanie Hope Franklin and Classon av- cussion about integrating discusses stereotypes, slurs, handmade gifts. $50. 7 pm. MUSIC, “JETHRO TULL — asts compete for the glori- Greenberg for some booti- enues in Prospect Heights, public schools. Free. 6 pm. and the psychological and READING, ADA CALHOUN: Stone Park Cafe [324 Fifth THE ROCK OPERA”: Ian ous title. For a full schedule ful fun. Free. 11 am. Brook- (347) 565–4429], haiticultur- Brooklyn Law School [250 social mechanisms through The author of “St. Marks is Ave. at Third Street in Park Anderson celebrates the of events, visit visit www. lyn Public Library’s Central alx.org/bannkonte. Joralemon St. at Boerum which humor can hurt. Free. 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That question in Manhattan last week and mer student of Wellbrock’s. sent Jbara back to the time who should be there but Greg- $3";: Like I said, if you’re in he was exactly the same age ory Jbara, star of stage (Billy New York and love Broad- as these kids. “We learned a Elliott’s dad) and screen (he By Lenore Skenazy way, your worlds will even- song called ‘Frosty the Snow- is on “Blue Bloods”), read- tually merge. man,’ and the teacher decided ing out loud about some very lied” (that means children of kids a glimpse of the theater “Let’s thank Mr. Jbara,” she wanted one of the stu- scary carrots. deaf adults)? world, and a hint of the gift said Wellbrock, as the actor dents to dress as Frosty,” he Next to him stood an in- Facebook and fandom. that belongs to all New York- closed his book. In addition told them. “Everybody wanted terpreter signing every word, Gary Wellbrock, the kids’ ers: We live in the capital of to a chorus of audible thank to be Frosty, but the teacher because this is the American teacher, has always been a the arts. Drink it in! yous, many hands waved in decided it was actually go- Sign Language and English Broadway fanatic. He was a “I just posted, ‘Is anybody the air — the deaf equivilant ing to be me.” Lower School. performing arts major back interested?’ And within hours, of clapping. He looked a little misty, re- “Jasper knew his parents in the day. Now he has a doc- he was like, ‘Yes. I’m in,’ ” “Some of the kids want to calling his first gig. After all, Photo by Louise Wateridge were wrong. Creepy Car- torate in deaf education. But Welbrock recalled, nodding grow up and become actors it set the stage — as it were — rots were real!” Jbara in- if you’re a theater fan and you at Jbara. “I typed back, ‘That too,” Wellbrook told him. for the rest of his life. toned as a group of about a work in New York City and would be cool,’ but I was re- “I want to be a doctor!” The kids seemed to un- Dog in disguise dozen first graders sat at his you’re active on Facebook, ally running around like, ‘Oh shouted one boy. derstand, and one came over feet on the rug, wriggling a after a while, your worlds my God! Oh my God!’ ” The “I want to be a slapper of wearing a bunny puppet on Zander the Shih Tzu dressed up like a dinosaur for the Howl-O-Ween cos- bit, of course, but wide-eyed merge. So on July 3, just to two had never met, but here things!” shouted another, pro- his hand which he hopped up tume contest at the Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Windsor Terrace. with interest. see what would happen, Well- was Broadway royalty say- ceeding to slap himself in the and down Jbara’s arm. “Where are the carrots?” brock posted about an idea ing, “See you soon!” face until everyone told him “What’s this?” Jbara Jbara asked the kids, pointing he’d been percolating. He By the Fourth of July, Well- to cut it out. asked. to a page of tombstones. called it “Broadway Books brock had four stars signed “Do we have any ques- “A lion,” the boy replied. “In the deadness!” yelped First Class.” up. And now his growing tions for Mr. Ibara?” Well- First grade can be a magi- a little boy. His idea was to invite list includes drag legend brock jumped in. cal time. Especially if there’s Learning experience “In the graveyard, yes,” Broadway performers to come Charles Busch (should be a “Have you danced on TV?” a teacher who makes sure of Jbara nodded. to his first-grade class and great class!), actress Alison one kid asked. it. So what brought a Tony read aloud a book. Why not? Fraser (the stripper “Tessie “I have.” Lenore Skenazy is a key- Parents want brothel turned into school Award winner to a school The city’s budget for arts ed- Tura” in “Gypsy”), as well “How do you make mov- note speaker and author where all the kids are deaf, ucation had been dwindling. as Brooklynite Eden Duncan- ies?” asked another, to which and founder of the book By Dennis Lynch hard of hearing, or “deaf-al- So here was a way to give the Smith, age 15, who starred in Mr. Jbara gave a kid-friendly and blog Free-Range Kids. The Brooklyn Paper Call it the School of Hard... — never mind. The city should turn an alleged whorehouse into a When to push, and when to shove house of learning, Sunset Park parents say. Two dozen dem- ust let me deal with so no biggie. her to go somewhere that will another to let her throw away onstrators gathered in front of it. It’s my life and my That she ex- offer her the most opportu- opportunities that could im- the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th “J choice.” My 17-year- ists in the mo- The nities for her future, prepar- pact the rest of her life. Street — which cops raided old daughter pointedly jabs ment is both the ing her for whatever she de- In the end, I’m trying to this month for allegedly oper- these words at me, often in cides to do. make sure she doesn’t throw ating as a brothel — demand- beauty and dan- relation to my telling her that ger of her teen- I could just let her “handle” away chances because she ing the city build an education she has to work on her col- Dad facility on the property to deal age mind. My girl it. The applications might be can’t appreciate their poten- lege applications. lives fully. Happy By Scott Sager done on time or they might not tial importance. Some day with overcrowding at nearby On the face, her sentiment schools on Oct. 22. or sad, she feels and, either way, she certainly soon it will all be up to her Community News Group / Dennis Lynch seems rational enough, but The city has been slow deeply, and also bounces back plicant. My girl says I only would face the consequences. to deal with. I’ve learned never to trust to deliver on promised new Mimi Ferrer, with the community group Con- quickly, sloughing off a bad care about her getting into the It is one thing to let her screw I’m just making sure she the apparent sanity of any- schools in the area, citing lack cerned Parents of Sunset Park, celebrates the test or lost volleyball game best school she can. What I’m up a single English paper or has choices when she reaches of land — but the now-shut- closing of the Sunny 39 Hotel with Gisselle and thing that comes out of a teen- and throwing herself into the really thinking is that I want miss a softball game, but quite that day. tered hotel is a perfect oppor- Talina Ferrer (unrelated) outside. The group wants ager’s mouth. next moment. However, under- tunity, one parent said. to turn the now-shuttered hotel into a school. I understand her desire to standing the consequences of “All they keep saying is be in control of her future and decisions in a time frame ex- exciting, but it’s definitely not the college process is certainly that we’re going to have a capacity of just under 1,300 charged them with permit- tending beyond today is not METS... the same as being here. This new school, but they don’t students, but there were ting prostitution and falsify- the place for this. Shouldn’t she her strong suit. has been my dream. This has say where,” said Mimi Fer- more than 1,600 enrolled ing business records on Oct. be the one to chose where she That seems to be my job, Continued from page 11 been everybody’s dream, ev- rer of the group Concerned there, according to 2015 en- 15. Authorities alleged they goes? In college she will choose anticipating the long-term runs in a single home game — erybody on this team — win an Parents of Sunset Park. “Here rollment data from the De- knowingly funneled clients her major, her first job, take the impact of her decisions and and a few weeks later, Duda NLCS, go to the World Series, is a space, there’s plenty of partment of Education. PS to rooms being rented by biggest steps into her future. trying to help her see, under- matched him. and hopefully win it.” Shouldn’t she be in control of spaces available. Stop say- 94 on Sixth Avenue is sim- pimps and prostitutes. stand and feel them. Failing Playing in the World Se- And reliever Hansel Rob- the process and invest herself ing there’s no space when ilarly burdened, and PS 1 A local politician has al- that, I enforce some sort of ries is new to virtually all of les — he’s so hot right now — there’s space. I’m tired of on 47th Street is more than ready joined the fight, send- in the outcome? reality check. Occasionally, the Mets, though some have Yes… but. Nothing is sim- was a surprise addition. As a seeing hotels being built 100 students over its 1,158 ing Mayor DeBlasio a letter this includes ratcheting up competed for top prize in lesser 2012 Clone, the fireballer led up, seeing apartments be- capacity, data shows. urging him to step in. ple in adolescence. Faced with the pressure, like making leagues. Conforto played in the Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn the league with an impressive ing built up, but no schools either going out with friends her stay home and get those Little League World Series and The city’s existing plan “This hotel is now in 1.11 earned run average. being built. Our teachers are to create 113 new seats over our past and we need to or writing another application essays done instead of going College World Series and nearly YJuan Lagares was, in overwhelmed, our parents are five years in a district that move on,” Assemblyman essay, she might pick spend- out with friends. took the Cyclones to the New fact, a Clone in 2008. The righty has proved ex- overwhelmed, and our class- needs 1,900 drew locals’ ire Felix Ortiz (D–Sunset ing time with her crew. In her Submitting college appli- York-Penn League playoffs last ceptional at shutting down rooms are overcrowded.” in March. Park) wrote to Mayor Tall mind, the consequence is not cations through Early Deci- year, but Brooklyn was knocked “I can’t say it’s exactly the left-handed batters, so expect Three of four nearby The four-story, 44- on Oct. 23. getting that early application sion or Early Admission pro- out of contention on the final same,” he said. “Obviously fierce battles with Royals slug- schools are well over capac- room hotel between Fifth Hizzoner hasn’t re- in to her first-choice school, grams can be a big advantage, day of the season. we’re on the biggest stage. The gers Eric Hosmer and Mike ity, city data shows. Educa- and Sixth avenues has been sponded to Ortiz yet, a but there is still regular ad- sometimes making the differ- Still, the World Series is a Brooklyn Cyclones — it’s base- Moustakas, and Alex Gordon tion officials report that PS empty since cops arrested spokesman for the assem- missions and there are other ence between getting in and whole new ball game, Con- ball — we’re excited we were — all of whom have batting 169 on Seventh Avenue has a the owners and manager and blyman said. schools she’d be happy to go to, being rejected as a regular ap- forto said. doing playoffs there, and it’s averages above 2.70. AARP gives you the information to help care for your loved ones, just like they did with you once. You don’t have to do it alone and it’s okay to ask for help. Visit our website or call now to get practical health and wellness tips to provide even better care for those who once took care of you. 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