INSIDE: 36 PAGES OF COUPONS TO SAVE YOU CASH Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2011 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 34, No. 16 • April 22–28, 2011 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO DOUBLE STABBING Lucali owner to be charged along with his alleged attacker By Gary Buiso the bada-bling of the $14-mar- The Brooklyn Paper tini set . The mozzarella maestro bru- According to the Post, the tally stabbed on Smith Street last Carroll Gardens buzzes bloody altercation began when week is being charged with at- Geritano accused Iacono of trying tempted murder — just like the ex- By Gary Buiso stabbed in a vicious knife fight dissimilar. to steal his dolce tesoro, 37-year- con who put him in a hospital bed, The Brooklyn Paper with lifelong paisan Benny Ger- “Mark is not that kind of old Annette Angeloni. authorities said on Monday. Carroll Gardens rallied be- itano, 38, an ex-con with alleged desperate person who’d at- “They were fighting over the tack someone in the middle Internationally known piz- hind big shot pizzaiolo Mark mob connections. Iacono took woman,” the source said. “Benny of Smith Street on broad day- zaiolo Mark Iacono, 44, owner of Iacono this week, champion- the worst of it, but prosecutors said, ‘Stay away from Annette! said both men will now face at- light,” said John Heyer, a sixth Lucali, is now in the same sauce- ing the man — not just his She’s living with me now!’” the tempted murder charges. generation Carroll Gardens resi- pot as his alleged mob-connected mari nara. paper reported. Last Friday, Iacono, 44, the Those who knew both men dent. “He’s a calm, cool, collected combatant Benny Geritano, 38, Both men were injured in the owner of Lucali, was brutally said they couldn’t be more See BUZZ on page 5 who also ended up in a hospital subsequent knife fight. with wounds possibly inflicted Iacono continues to conva- Photo by William Miller by Iacono. Geritano claimed at spokesman for District Attor- heralded by GQ magazine as the ach in front of Joe’s Superette on lesce in Lutheran Medical Cen- Pizzaman Mark Iacono — who cops say was stabbed by his arraignment on Sunday that ney Charles Hynes. country’s second-best pizzeria. Smith Street and Carroll Street, ter, where he is in stable condition, Benny Geritano in Carroll Gardens — is being charged he acted in self-defense. Iacono’s acclaimed restau- But on Friday, it was the pizza his blood staining a roadway that’s and has not been arraigned. with attempted murder after Geritano claimed Iacono at- “They’re both being charged rant, located on Henry and Sum- man who was repeatedly sliced gone from the bada-bing of mob- He was dumbstruck about tacked him first. with the same crime,” said a mit Streets, is a critic’s favorite, in the head, neck, back and stom- ster “Crazy” Joe Gallo’s days, to See STABBING on page 5 BREAST REVENGE Egan wins Pulitzer By M. Deliso The Pulitzer judges Mom sues after baby is fed by another woman The Brooklyn Paper called the Fort Greene Jennifer Egan’s man- writer’s epic “an inven- tel is getting heavy. tive investigation of By Alex Rush pital in Cobble Hill for an unspecified a cognizable cause of action to recover On Monday, the czars growing up and grow- The Brooklyn Paper amount in 2008. “They were supposed to damages for emotional distress against of the literary and jour- ing old in the digital the hospital,” the state Supreme Court A Windsor Terrace mom whose baby take care of me and make sure my baby nalism awards declared age, displaying a big- was breastfed by another woman in a was safe. I definitely will appeal.” Appellate Division ruled last week. Egan’s novel, “A Visit hearted curiosity about hospital switch-up will go to the high- Judges ruled last week that the med- The facts of the case are not in dis- from the Goon Squad,” cultural change at warp est court in the state after a lower court ical center, located on Hicks Street be- pute. the winner of the 2011 speed.” refused to grant her damages for the tween Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Williams’s daughter Jalyn was Pulitzer Prize for fic- Indeed, time was a emotional pain of discovering that the Street, doesn’t owe Williams anything born on May 21, 2008, but the hospi- Photo Callan by Tom tion. This comes a month after the central figure for Egan in the book, baby’s first nourishment came from the because the error was discovered and tal briefly misidentified the child, even Lynda Williams’s daughter, Jalyn, author won the National Book Crit- which follows interweaving char- breast of another woman. fixed inside the hospital, and her in- giving her to another infant’s mom for was breastfed by another woman ics Circle Award for fiction for the acters in the music industry. her first meal. “I’m very pissed off,” said Lynda Wil- fant didn’t get sick or injured. in a mixup at Long Island College same book. See EGAN on page 5 liams, who sued Long Island College Hos- “The plaintiffs have failed to allege See BREAST on page 11 Hospital. She sued. Red Hook trolley derailed By Gary Buiso linking Borough Hall and Red Hook, ing cost of $6.2–$7.2 million was also a part of the transportation mix in cities The Brooklyn Paper the trolley would only add 1,822 new factor in its rejection, officials said. from Toronto to Melbourne, and we The city has derailed a ballyhooed riders to the subway at Smith-Ninth The streetcar would have run along need to consider all options to improve plan to return trolley service to Red Street — not an ample justification for Centre, Beard, Van Brunt, and Co- transit access in underserved neighbor- Hook, dashing the dreams of the trans- the investment. lumbia streets, Atlantic Avenue and hoods like Red Hook.” portation-challenged peninsula. Instead, the city is now considering Boerum Place to the nexus of borough So the news that the trolley was dead It’s just too expensive to bring back redesigning Mill Street and Hamilton government. came as a disappointment to longtime the old streetcars Red Hook, accord- Avenue, changes to the B61 bus route, Only last year, Transportation hon- residents frustrated by the neighbor- ing to a Department of Transporta- and pedestrian improvements near the chos were effusive when they announced hood’s public transit isolation — which tion report presented to civic leaders Smith-Ninth station, alternatives that the study. began when trolley service was dis- Bringing trolleys to transportation-deprived Red Hook has been last week. were presented in the study by the San “We’re looking back to the future,” mantled there in the 1950s. a long-held dream. This week, the Department of Transportation The biggest problem? After pour- Francisco engineering firm URS. cheered Transportation Commissioner “It would have been nice to have quashed it — again. ing $176 million into a 6.8-mile loop The trolley project’s annual operat- Janette Sadik-Khan. “Streetcars remain See TROLLEY on page 5 ond “culling” in Prospect Park. “It’s tremendously positive,” said park watchdog Ed Bahlman, Geese on the agenda! adding he only wishes the law had more teeth. “It’s an impor- tant step.” Lawmakers push bill to stop secret slaughter in park The legislation was drafted in response to the secret mas- By Natalie O’Neill sacre last July, a slaughter that was done in the name of avia- The Brooklyn Paper tion safety, yet still shocked many Two Park Slope lawmakers are EDITORIAL members of the public with its pushing legislation that would pre- SEE PAGE 6 ferocity, breadth and middle-of- vent another secret slaughter of the-night execution. geese this summer. Under the legislation, the city Photo by Paul Martinka The act, which was introduced would be required to form a wild- Ships like the Queen Mary 2 will use the regular elec- last week by Councilmen Brad life “advisory board” with 11 ex- tric grid, not diesel engines, when moored in Red Hook, Lander and Steve Levin (D–Park perts, ranging from academics to thanks to a city subsidy. Slope), forces the city to consider animal rights advocates. Three public input before taking “wild- would be appointed by the mayor life management” action like the and three by Council Speaker mass killing of close to 300 Can- Christine Quinn; the remain- ada geese last summer in Pros- ing members would be culled Power play pect Park. from the parks and sanitation “These decisions should be departments. made in the light of day,” Lander The bill would also require the Cruise ships will now use said. “Not the cloak of night.” drafting of a “citywide wildlife That outlook was echoed management plan” that would pro- clean electric when at port by wildlife advocates and park mote “biological diversity” and watchdogs, who hope the new- Photo Callan by Tom “humane treatment” of animals. By Gary Buiso to retrofit its vessels to allow found transparency deters a sec- Councilman Steve Levin is cosponsor of a bill that could protect Prospect Park’s geese. See GEESE on page 11 The Brooklyn Paper them to plug into the electri- Red Hook is going green, cal grid, costing it $2 million as cruise ships docking in the for each of its ships, the mas- neighborhood will plug in to the sive Queen Mary 2 and Carib- mainland electric grid rather bean Princess, which use the than puke out poisonous diesel port 40 times a year.