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Tom Callan Tom The battle for Brooklyn’s byways the popular DeKalb Ave- nue bike lane that links the two neighborhoods with Downtown Brooklyn. Bikers protested that they’re being prose- cuted for victimless crimes. Bess Adler The Brooklyn Paper / “I admit the red light was a red light,” said Gideon Levy who was busted on DeKalb Av- enue near the police precinct building at Clas- son Avenue. “But when I go through red lights, I always look to see if pedestrians and cars are 3TMMDK
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By Ben Muessig The plan, a decade in the mak- The Brooklyn Paper Civic group would triple the nabe’s landmark zone ing, calls upon the city’s Land- Brooklyn’s largest historic dis- marks Preservation Commission trict would triple in size — and to expand the existing historic dis- become the biggest in the city — trict — which includes the east- under a proposal unveiled last ern part of the neighborhood be- week by a Park Slope commu- tween Park Place and 14th Street nity group. 5)&
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enue and 15th Street. Short Michael Michael Short Michael “The Civic Council recognizes Short Michael Avenue east of Sixth Avenue that the historical and architectural sig- were omitted from the historic dis- nificance of the entire Park Slope trict enacted by the city in 1973. neighborhood and seeks to forever After the Landmarks Preser- preserve its unique character and vation Commission investigates The Brooklyn Paper / The Brooklyn Paper / sense of place,” said the group’s res- The Brooklyn Paper / the first phase — a process that olution, which was approved unan- The Park Slope Civic Council wants to greatly expand the neighborhood’s historic district, a move that would protect genuinely historic structures, insiders estimate could take two imously last Thursday night. but also include plenty of run-of-the-mill properties. See HISTORY on page 13 More delays on the BQE "
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The Brooklyn Paper file / • no shoulder. The Brooklyn Papers The original story was based on sta- No wonder they’re called “New “We do not routinely give out the project, said it is still “safe.” cles a day. As such, it’s impos- The “Avenue of Death” is even tistics provided by the Department of York’s Finest.” ‘non-reported’ accident numbers,” he Transportation, which chose not to tell A DOT spokesman claimed that he said. more violent than we’d imagined. us about accidents without injuries or had not willfully withheld information The new numbers, while horrifying, Two weeks ago, we reported that with less than $1,000 in reported dam- from The Papers. were a relief to local activists. • near constant traffic. there were 123 accidents, including age to the cars involved. “It is our policy to only release ‘re- “We always said there were more ac- Later, he said that the road The cantilevered section of the sible to pinpoint a start date at three fatalities, along Atlantic Avenue But the NYPD provided us with statis- ported’ accidents,” said the spokesman, cidents than they indicated,” said Sandy from the river to Flatbush Avenue. tics on all the accidents — right down to Craig Chin, using the bureaucratic term Balboza of the Atlantic Avenue Better- But there were actually 583 crashes. minor fender-benders — on the notorious for “over $1,000” accidents or acci- ment Association. “Now we have the Why the discrepancy? strip that saw two fatalities in October. dents with an injury. proof.” — Gersh Kuntzman Margaret Cusack Margaret still has a “10- to 15-year Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. this time. See DELAYS on page 2 'FET
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PS 46K [100 rant that serves — gasp — it’s not such a big Clermont Ave. By Louise Crawford between Myrtle and Our eight-week program for kids 2 to 10 teaches wine and beer, planned to deal for the kids Park avenues in Fort Green-Wood Cemetery cele - essential kitchen skills and techniques. Kids learn open a new restaurant across to see the adults Greene]. brates spring with its annual how to measure, sift, mix, whip, cut, the street from PS 107 on run with nuisance bars,” she drinking. Back in the 1960s ££Ê>“Ê>˜`ÊÎÊ«“\ giant-puppet show this week- concluded. and ’70s, Smartmom’s dad grate and knead, as they prepare Eighth Avenue. Green-Wood end. About 10 parents added would have a glass of Scotch Awakening. Twenty- wholesome and delicious foods from It turned out that only one person was making noise their approval. The original when he got home from the foot-tall puppets around the world. lead tour of the historic Theater [575 Metropolitan about the restaurant, which poster, apparently shamed, advertising agency (she can cemetery. $10 ($25 family). Ave. at Lorimer Street in UÊ œÀ˜ˆ˜}ÊEÊ>vÌiÀ˜œœ˜ÊV>ÃÃià most everyone else was ea- did not respond publicly still hear the tinkling of ice Green-Wood Cemetery Williamsburg, (718) 907- UÊ ˆÀÌ `>ÞÊ«>À̈iÃt gerly looking forward to. again. cubes). Her mother would join [Fifth Avenue and 25th 6189], www.bricktheater. Classes meet at The Moxie Spot “I have no children cur- Still, the mini-crisis was him on the white couch in Street in Sunset Park, (718) com. 768-7300], www.green- 81 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn Heights rently enrolled at 107, how- plenty annoying. Heavens to the living room with a mix ÎÊ«“\ Musical, “Annie.” wood.com. $30–$40 ($15–$20 chil- ever nor would I want my Betsy! Can you imagine a res- of gin and orange juice. Pulliam Allyse To register, call Jane at ££Ê>“q{Ê«“\ PS 154 d ren). Brooklyn Center (718) 797-0029 children entering and exit- taurant that serves wine and It’s not like they got crazy Spring Carnival. Games, for the Performing Arts at beer opening near a school drunk or anything. It just www.kidscookbrooklyn.com ing the building with a bar in crafts, music, food and Brooklyn College [2900 plain sight,” wrote the man, in New York City? smoothed out some of the more. Cake contest at 1 Campus Rd. at Hillel Place whose name Smartmom is Think of the moral fiber sharp edges that accumu- pm. Free. PS 154 [1625 11th in Flatbush, (718) 951-4500], Ave. at Windsor Place in www.brooklyncenteronline. concealing only because of those poor children. They lated during the day. It was org. The Brooklyn Paper / Windsor Terrace]. she’s nice. might see someone drinking her parents way of getting ££\ÎäÊ>“Ê>˜`ÊÎÊ«“\ Learn ÎÊ«“\ Reading with Ayun The response was swift a glass of wine. Their ten- some R&R before dinner. Smartmom is OK with restaurateur Peter Scla- about wind. Brooklyn Halliday and Erica S. Perl. from other parents in the der sensibilities could be de- On New Year’s Eve 1969, Children’s Museum [145 Free. Word [126 Franklin St. group. stroyed forever. Groovy Grandpa let Smart- fani’s plan to open across Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks at Milton Street in Green- “There are two other bars Smartmom had such a mom, Diaper Diva and their the street from PS 107 Avenue in Bedford-Stuyve- point, (718) 383-0096], negative reaction to the no- friend, Best and Oldest, have on Eighth Avenue. sant, (718) 735-4400], wordbrooklyn.wordpress. within one block of 107 — www.brooklynkids.org. com. and I never had to shoo away tion of a “Park Slope Tem- a sip of champagne as the ’60s ££\ÎäÊ>“Ê>˜`ÊÎÊ«“\ Learn MON, MAY 18 beer-drinking second graders perance League.” She is leery turned into the ’70s. Gag. It But Smartmom liked the free dance moves from other from my stoop,” wrote one of the demonization alcohol tasted like medicine. shrimp and the mozzarella countries. Brooklyn Chil- {Ê«“\ Movie, “Babe.” $6.50. Cobble Hill Cinemas [265 pro-Bar Toto person. “I also that has grown out of the cul- They were only 11 years sticks more than the creamy dren’s Museum (see venue info above). Court St. at Butler Street in never noted any raucous adult ture of 12-step-programs. old, but Smartmom will drink. Cobble Hill], bigmoviesfor- drinking, especially between Yes, alcoholism is a bad never forget what fun it was £Ó\ÎäÊ>˜`ÊÓ\ÎäÊ«“\ Pup- littlekids.blogspot.com. es, Smartmom is the pet show, “Aladdin and the the hours of 8:30 am and 3 thing; it ravages lives and de- to taste a grown-up drink on first to admit that she stroys families. But there is Wonderful Lamp.” $8 (kids, WED, MAY 20 pm. I have seen many 107 that memorable night — even likes her Chardonnay $7). Puppetworks [338 such thing as responsible if it was awful. Y £Ê«“\ Storytime. $2.50. students eating at these es- and her weekly Margaritas Sixth Ave., at Fourth Street Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic drinking. A glass of wine in Park Slope, (718) 965- tablishments with their par- So was Smartmom dam- with her writer’s group at Le Ave. between Hicks and with dinner is not “The Lost aged? 3391], www.puppetworks. Henry streets in Brooklyn ents in (gasp!) plain view of Taq. Smartmom likes to be the bar!” Weekend.” Well, everyone knows that org. Heights, (718) 923-9710], light-headed and loose; she Eighth Avenue Mom also o let’s be reasonable. she’s damaged. But it’s not £\ÎäÊ«“\ Science fun. Free. themoxiespot.com. likes to feel a little buzz ev- Prospect Park Audubon posted in favor of the bar. Bar Toto across the because she was surrounded ery now and then. Center (see venue info FRI, MAY 22 “I have no problem having street from a school by adults who drank hard li- above). 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Below, po- to take advantage of our special limited time was partying at Trash Bar — Gersh Kuntzman The victim tried to flee, through an office door and lice fish the car out. No one was injured, but on Grand Street between 8 offer for exclusive savings on Social Stationery but the second perp joined snatched the cash. firefighter Richard Staiti, of Engine 239 in Park 94TH PRECINCT and 11:10 pm, thieves got into his buddy, and the crime was Drive-by mug Slope, jumped into the murky inlet to save the the trunk of his 1995 sedan, Greenpoint–Williamsburg concluded. driver. He later told the Daily News that he took which was parked near the A gun-toting thug held up • Two teenage girls mugged a 27-year-old and fled in a an extra-long shower afterward. No joke. Car-nage! corner of South First Street a woman on Red Cross Place black minivan on May 8. Northside muggers are and Driggs Avenue, and and Cadman Plaza for her The crook approached the continuing to use cars as get- snatched thousands of dol- cellphone on May 8. victim at the corner of Rod- away vehicles — committing When the victim tried to lars of lighting equipment, ney and South Fourth streets at least three such stick-ups get the phone back after the three high-end projectors, at around 5 am and pulled on May 4 alone. Here are the 2 pm mugging, the other girl two laptops, and clothing. out a black handgun. shocking details: blocked her and said, “You’re Horrific slashing The victim — who was on • Two thugs hopped out of not following us!” She then Three thugs stabbed a his way to his mother’s home a Crown Victoria and pistol- punched the woman in the 30-year-old in a seemingly — handed over $47 and IDs, whipped a 28-year-old in a face for good measure. random assault on May 9. and the crook hopped into brutal stick up. • A boy was arrested for The goons attacked the vic- the van and drove off. The crooks got out of the bashing a middle-aged woman tim near the corner of Berry black Ford sedan at around MacTook 5:50 am and pushed the vic- and stealing her phone on and South Ninth streets at Bad apples snatched two Willoughby Street on May 8. around 1:45 am, repeatedly tim against a fence near the Macintosh laptops from a corner of North Seventh and The victim was near Flatbush cutting his left arm and torso Montrose Avenue apartment Avenue at around 4 pm when with a folding knife before Havemeyer streets. Bar/Bat Mitzvah on May 7. “Give me your money or the thug threw her against a fleeing. The thieves got into the res- Wedding Showers building, grabbed her Black- I’ll kill you,” one of the crooks Lexus nexus idence between 11 am and 7 said, as he revealed a black Weddings ~ Save the Date berry phone and ran away. pm — while the 29-year-old — Emilia Brock Thieves heisted a Floridian’s handgun. Sweet Sixteen ~ Baby Showers clothing and electronics when victim was at work — and Before the victim could 68TH PRECINCT he left them in his Lexus over- grabbed two Apple comput- hand over his cash, the villain Personal Stationery night on May 8. ers before fleeing from the struck him in the back of the Bay Ridge The crooks shattered the apartment, which is between head with the pistol, knock- 15% off your next stationery order over $150 In the window front window of the sedan, Manhattan and Graham av- ing him to the sidewalk. Kelly Katya OR $50 off any order over $300 Someone stole more than which was parked on Moore enues. — Ben Muessig While the victim was on 44 Court Street $15,000 worth of stuff from Street between White and 76TH PRECINCT April 28 and locked the front was on Second Street between the ground, the unarmed perp (between Remsen & Joralemon) a Ridge Boulevard house on Bogart streets, between 8 Seventh and Eighth avenues kicked the victim repeatedly Carroll Gardens wheel and ignition as a pre- May 5 by climbing through pm and 11 am. at around 9:10 pm when the in the back. (718) 625-5771 Cobble Hill–Red Hook caution. But when he returned a front window. The thieves escaped with to the spot between Cheever thief grabbed the phone. The thugs fled with the vic- www.CourtStreetGraphics.com The distraught homeowner the 23-year-old victim’s iPod, Bad apples Place and Henry Street two Cops in the 78th Precinct tim’s cash, bank cards, ID, told cops that she left the house, Canon camera, Bose head- Police busted half of a teen- days later, the hog was gone. reminded victims to not can- cellphone, keys, and pager, which is between Shore Road phones, external hard drive, aged hell-raising duo that at- cel their phone accounts so and escaped in the sedan, and Marine Avenue, at 9:30 clothing, sneakers, books, tacked and mugged a 13-year- — Mike McLaughlin that police can track the which witnesses said also con- tained a man and a woman. am, and returned at 4 pm to DVDs and CDs. old boy on Verona Street near 78TH PRECINCT thieves’ movements. find that the burglar had taken Coffey Park in Red Hook on • Two robbers jumped out STAIR LIFTS Cut & mugged Clothes horse of a black sedan and held up STAIR LIFTS three computers, three cam- Park Slope Three gangsters slashed May 10. eras, a TV, a fancy watch, and The victim said that one A sly thief ripped off a a 65-year-old at the corner of FREE Estimate a 25-year-old in a frighten- Talk ain’t cheap Fifth Avenue clothing store Union and Driggs avenues. a silver tea set. ing mugging on May 9. young goon put him in a choke- Thieves grabbed the cell- and in-home hold while his partner stole the for more than $1,000 in silky The thieves pulled out a Out the window The crooks demanded phones right out of two men’s garments on May 9. silver handgun and ordered consultation A 82nd Street house was bur- money from the victim as boy’s iPod from his pocket at hands last week. 2 pm. But when police arrived, Cops say that the lady the victim to hand over her gled through a side window he walked home on Mese- In the first incident, on shoplifter entered Asha Veza Juicy handbag — which con- FREE Installation overnight on May 5, but the role Avenue between Man- the victim was able to iden- May 5, a San Francisco man tify one of the suspects, who boutique, which is between tained credit cards — and lay robbers didn’t get much loot. hattan and Graham avenues said he was chatting on his St. Marks Place and War- on the ground. The crooks FREE Delivery Cops said the burglar ap- at around 11:40 pm. also was in possession of the mobile on 14th Street between heisted music device. ren Street, at around 7 pm, then fled in the car. peared to have entered the The victim handed over Sixth and Seventh avenues at grabbed two blouses and two • Four thieves in a black house, between Fourth and his cash — but the thieves Hot wheels around 11 pm when the thief dresses, and ran out. sedan held up a 54-year-old DERMER Fifth avenues, through an un- wanted more. Villains stole a man’s ran up and took it. Naturally, Ride from hell without even leaving their ve- PHARMACY & SURGICAL locked window. The missing Insisting that the victim safely secured motorcycle it was an iPhone. hicle. items included a cellphone, an fork over his wallet, one of on Kane Street. The next day, another vic- Two passengers in a dol- 2064 Flatbush Ave. (718) 377-4900 lar van got into a fight dur- The carload of crooks pulled www.dermerpharmacy.com (Corner Avenue P) fax: (718) 252-6050 iPod and several bank cards. the hoodlums grabbed his left The victim, said he parked tim suffered the same fate. In up beside the victim near the — Evan Gardner hand and cut it, leaving him the 2001 Yamaha at 11 am on this case, he told cops that he ing a May 7 ride down Flat- bush Avenue that ended with corner of Berry and North 10th one man bleeding and another streets at around 6 am. man fleeing. “Give me your money,” The victim told cops that he one of the passengers said, was in the van at around 10:20 showing off a firearm. pm. When the vehicle stopped The victim handed over near Grand Army Plaza, the $600 and the thieves fled. 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KPJOT The best folk festival in the city just got one bold-faced name better. Danny Kalb, one of the founding members of the Blues Project in the 1960s and a legend on today’s folk and blues circuit, will close the first annual Brooklyn Folk Festival this week- end at Jalopy. “We moved to add Danny to the Sunday lineup the second we heard that he was avail- able,” said Eli Smith, the musicologist who booked the two-dozen artists who will perform at the mu- sic hall/guitar shop starting on Friday night. “Danny got to play with the old performers whom we still go back to for source recordings today,” he added. Kalb told The Brooklyn Paper that he loves (718) 260-2500 May 15, 2009 playing with younger performers. The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings “I just like to be part of the mix,” said the Park Slope resident. “I don’t believe in the ‘young-old’ thing. The goal is to play nutri- tiously and share the traditions.” Kalb promised to play “When Death Comes Creeping into your Room,” though he did not think it was planning on a visit to his Seventh Avenue apartment. “But who knows? Any one of us can be hit by a bus tomorrow,” he said. Now that’s a good blues man. $JSDVT
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/PSUI circuses that have brought big time clown- ing back to its more humble roots. Brooklyn music lovers will no longer have And this summer, while Ringling Broth- to trek to Austin — or Manhattan — to check ers & Barnum and Bailey Circus fills a out a premiere indie-rock festival. 2,300-seat big top in Coney Island with The first-ever “Northside Festival,” June 11– its “greatest” spectacle of lions and ele- 14, will bring 150 acts including the Hold Steady phants, the borough’s independent circuses (pictured), Sunset Rubdown, Asobi Seksu, and will continue to push the envelope with Brightblack Morning inventive shows in a style that Brooklyn Light to more than can call its own. 30 venues. With so “There is an amazing, growing Brook- many bands, the fest lyn circus scene,” said Keith Nelson, co- is poised to become founder, executive director, and clown in Brooklyn’s take on the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus — a 16-year- South by Southwest old Williamsburg troupe that combines or the CMJ Music Marathon. vaudeville, burlesque, and Wild West-style But festival organizer Andrea Rosen claims sideshows in its performances. that the music celebration — which will also “Some of the best variety artists in the include events at local art galleries — will re- world live here — and circus is only getting flect the neighborhood’s that make Brooklyn more popular. Now you have more train- a musical and artistic capital. ing facilities than you can shake a trapeze “‘The Northside Festival’ is about the loca- at.” (Yes, he said that.) tion: Williamsburg and Greenpoint. By keep- From upstart venues like the House of ing the scene concentrated, we’re able to high- Yes in Bushwick and the Ruby Streak Tra- light the independent music and arts industries peze Studio in Sunset Park, to the world- in Brooklyn and bring crowds to area busi- famous Streb Lab for Action Mechanics in nesses,” she said. “The festival isn’t about big Williamsburg, circus performers across the industry, it’s about people enjoying the music, borough are converting Nicholas B. Jason arts and culture in their own community. lofts and warehouses into Visit www.northsidefestival.com. practice spaces and ven- — Ben Muessig ues where they can per- fect and showcase their craft — and some insid- ers say that the makeshift &7&/5 venues are actually the key to the borough’s in- novative approach. “Space is at such a pre- mium here that many per- #JLF
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you are forced to rethink, Grosmark Deborah lyn Bike Jumble, a bike-themed flea market in there is a beauty and real- Park Slope. ness that comes out of it,” 5)&"5&3 The May 31 event said Nelson, whose troupe is the brainchild of hosts a monthly open- Bindlestiff Family Cirkus at Gala- pagos Art Space [16 Main St. at Water Harry Schwartzman stage circus performer’s Street in DUMBO, (718) 222-8500], first (pictured), the man Deborah Grosmark Deborah night at the Galapagos Art Monday of every month, 8 pm. Tickets, Short Michael behind the NYC Bike Space in DUMBO. Join the circus: (Clockwise from top) Lady $5; CIRCUSundays at the Waterfront Commuter Blog. Museum & Showboat Barge [Pier 44, Brooklyn’s tiny venues Circus and the comedy troupe FUCT will Conover and Beard streets in Red Hook, “I hope that people haven’t stood in the way perform their Cirque du Quoi at the House (718) 624-4719], June 7, 14, 21, 28; 1 and come and find them- of the Streb company — of Yes in Williamsburg. Alice Shi and Luke 4 pm. Tickets, $14 (kids under 12 are selves a nice bike to ride formed by the acclaimed Wilson, will perform at CIRCUSunday at $10); Coney Island Circus Sideshow through the summer,” he [Surf Avenue and West 12th Street in The Brooklyn Paper / modern dance choreog- Barge 79 in Red Hook in June. The Bind- Coney Island, (718) 372-5159], Satur- said. “My main hope is rapher Elizabeth Streb. lestiff Family Cirkus adds in a vaudeville ele- days and Sundays until Memorial Day; that this event helps get people riding again.” “In the aerial dance 1–9 pm; after Memorial Day, expanded And the first step is buying the right bike. ment to its Williamsburg-based show. hours. Tickets, $7.50 (children under 12 and circus community in Schulz Maike are $5); Lady Circus and FUCT present Too often, though, the trek for a Trek leads to Brooklyn, limitations are the “Cirque du Quoi?!?” at the House of a search on Craig’s List and a trip to some- your friend. You have to design your act barge in Red Hook. cus Sideshow — from the ringed circuses Yes (342 Maujer St., between Morgan one’s basement in Queens. But at Schwartz- around the small spaces,” said Bobby Hedg- “It’s a real, old-fashioned intimate that tour the country. Avenue and Waterbury Street in Bush- wick, no phone), May 21–22, 28–30, man’s bike market, the wheels come to you. lin-Taylor, director of the trapeze acad- show,” said Gersch. “It’s really the clos- According to Anya Sapozhnikova, June 6–8; 8 pm. Tickets, $20. And so does the community. emy at the ground-breaking lab, which is est that anyone could actually be to the founder of Bushwick’s Lady Circus, Brook- “The bike culture in New York is such an amor- known for training aerialists and invent- action. You have aerials right over your lyn’s independent circuses are special be- phous thing,” said Henry Carter, co-owner of the ing death-defying midair contraptions. head; your tumblers, you could reach out cause they aren’t afraid to merge differ- Brooklyn, you see all of these different new Brooklyn Bicycles in Park Slope. “There is The other benefit of the makeshift ven- and touch them.” ent kinds of circuses into a single show, elements of circus married into one — a sense of camaraderie, but no tangible events or ues is that they bring the audience closer But it’s not just the unorthodox venues combining the clowns, jugglers and ac- it’s a convergence,” said Anya Sapozh- places for all of us to come together.” to the performers, said Karen Gersch, ar- that differentiate the circuses of Brook- robats of traditional family circuses with nikova, whose two-year-old, all-female “Brooklyn Bike Jumble,” in J.J. Byrne tistic director and ring mistress at CIR- lyn — which also include Circus Amok, raunchy burlesque dancing, shocking side- circus will merge its acrobatics and con- Park [Fifth Avenue between Fourth and CUSundays, which has wowed cirque fans the UniverSoul Circus (which just ended show freaks, and the avant-garde aerials tortions with theater and comedy when it Fifth streets in Park Slope, (718) 768-3195], for 13 years by putting world-class talent its run last month to tepid reviews), and, of common in European cirques. stages “Cirque du Quoi?!?” with the com- Sunday, May 31, 10 am–2 pm. For info, visit, inches away from spectators’ faces on a of course, legendary Coney Island’s Cir- “In a lot of these alternative venues in edy troupe FUCT later this month. www.nybikejumble.com. — Aisha Gawad

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Rachel Papo seniors). 8 pm. Heights Players [26 troupe. $20 ($10 kids). 7 pm. Streb Willow Pl. between Joralemon Lab for Action Mechanics [51 N. , ÞÌ “Ê>˜`ÊLÕiÃ\ DanceAfrica is back at the Brooklyn Academy and State streets in Brooklyn First St. between Wythe and Kent of Music from May 22–25. Heights, (718) 237-2752], www. avenues in Williamsburg, (718) 384- heightsplayers.org. 6491], www.streb.org. THEATER, “SWEENEY TODD, THE READING, CHRISTIAN MOERK: and sculpture made from repurposed Street Waterfront District, (718) 395- DEMON BARBER OF FLEET Author of “Darling Jim.” Free. materials. Free. 7 pm. Gallery 1889 3214], www.jalopy.biz. Tickets, $10 STREET”: Narrows Community 7 pm. BookCourt [163 Court St. [1066 Manhattan Ave. at Eagle Street per day or $25 for all three days. Theater presents Stephen between Pacific and Dean streets in in Greenpoint, (718) 302-3081], www. THEATER, “THE MERCHANT OF Sondheim’s bloody musical. $20 Cobble Hill, (718) 875-3677], www. thegallery1889.com. VENICE”: All-male production of ($15 students and seniors). 8 pm. St. bookcourt.org. BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL: A great Shakespeare’s drama. $25-$65. 7:30 Patrick’s Auditorium [9511 Fourth ART OPENING: ”RE/BUILD,” a col- line-up. Jalopy [315 Columbia St. at pm. BAM Harvey Theater [651 Fulton Ave. at 96th Street in Bay Ridge], laborative design exhibit of furniture Woodhull Street in the Columbia St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, www.nctheaterny.com. THEATER, “THE NOSEMAKER’S APPRENTICE”: A comedy about a between Third and Fourth avenues medieval plastic surgeon. $18. 8 pm. in Bay Ridge, (718) 439-4220]. Brick Theater [575 Metropolitan Ave. CIVIC CALENDAR at Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, (718) ÈӘ`Ê*ÀiVˆ˜VÌÊ œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œÕ˜Vˆ° SAT, MAY 16 societyforclintonhill.org/index.php. Monthly meeting. 7 pm. 62nd Pre- 907-6189], www.bricktheater.com. -V œœÊœvÊ*œˆÌˆVð Learn the basics œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œ>À`Ê£äÊvՏÊLœ>À`° cinct stationhouse [1925 Bath Ave., THEATER, “THE TEMPEST”: Shake- of GOP politics from an old pro, Monthly meeting. 7:15 pm. Norwe- at Bay 22nd Street in Bensonhurst, speare’s romance. $18 ($12 students Gerry O’Brien. Free. 10 am-5 pm. gian Christian Home [1250 67th St. (718) 236-2501]. and seniors). 8 pm. St. James Cathe- Adelphi Academy [8515 Ridge Blvd. between 12th and 13th avenues in dral Pavilion [240 Jay St. at Chapel in Bay Ridge, (718) 499-0598]. Dyker Heights, (718) 745-6827]. WED, MAY 20 Street in Downtown Brooklyn, (212) 868-4444], www.smarttix.com. œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œ>À`ÊÓÊ>˜`Ê1ÃiÊ œÜ>˜ÕÃÊœ“iÊ"ܘiÀÃÊ
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Perpetual Help School [Sixth Avenue ̈œ˜Ê>˜`Ê*ÕLˆVÊ->viÌÞÊ œ“Ê“ˆÌÊÌii° Monthly meeting. 6:30 pm. Com- THE TRUTH”: Documentary about between 59th and 60th streets in Monthly meeting. 6 pm. St. Francis munity Board 7 office [4201 Fourth 1979 Klan murders. $10 ($6 children). Sunset Park, (718) 854-0003]. College [180 Remsen St., between Ave., at 43rd Street in Sunset Park, 8 pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Court and Clinton streets in (718) 854-0003]. Culture [53 Prospect Park West at SUN, MAY 17 Brooklyn Heights, (718) 596-5410]. œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œ>À`ÊÈÊ*>ÀŽÃÊ>˜`Ê Second Street in Park Slope, (718) œ˜>ÌiÊLœ˜iʓ>ÀÀœÜ° Help save n{Ì Ê*ÀiVˆ˜VÌÊ œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œÕ˜Vˆ° ,iVÀi>̈œ˜Ê œ““ˆÌÌii° Monthly 768-2972], www.bsec.org. the life of Kai Anderson, a 5-year-old Monthly meeting. 7 pm. Baptist meeting. On the agenda: construc- with leukemia. 10 am–2 pm. Pros- THEATER, “HAMLET”: Mortals The- Temple [360 Schermerhorn St in tion of Brooklyn Bridge Park and state ater presents Shakespeare’s trag- pect Park YMCA [357 Ninth St., Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 875-6850]. Sen. Daniel Squadron’s alternate between Fifth and Sixth avenues in edy. $20. 8 pm. Archip Gallery The- >˜`ˆ`>ÌiÊ`iL>Ìi° Pols seeking the funding plan. 6:30 pm. Long Island ater [498 Court St. between Luquer Park Slope, (718) 768-7100 X2377], College Hospital [339 Hicks St., near www.hopeforkai.com. 39th council seat (currently held by and Nelson streets in Carroll Gar- Bill DeBlasio) will debate. Free. 7 pm. the corner of Atlantic Avenue in dens], www.theatermania.com. MON, MAY 18 Church of Gethsemane [1012 Eighth Cobble Hill, (718) 643-3027]. DANCE, “LE SERPENT ROUGE”: Ave., between 10th and 11th streets Company XIV presents an erotic, œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œ>À`ÊÓÊ*>ÀŽÃÊ>˜`Ê THURS, MAY 21 ,iÊVÀiÊ>̈œ˜Ê œ““ˆÌÌii° Monthly in Park Slope, (718) 855 0345]. choreographed take on the Adam meeting 6 pm. Brooklyn Hospital >˜`ˆ`>ÌiÊ`iL>Ìi° Candidates for œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ œ>À`Ê£Ê*ÕLˆVÊ->viÌÞÊ and Eve story. $20 ($15 students). (Dining Rooms A and B) [121 DeKalb the 33rd District (David Yassky seat) œ““ˆÌÌii° Monthly meeting. 6:30 8 pm. [303 Bond St. between Ave., at St. Felix Street in Fort will debate. 7 pm. Harry Van Arsdale pm. Community Board 1 office [435 Sackett and Union streets in Carroll Greene, (718) 596-5410]. HS [257 N Sixth in Williamsburg, Graham Ave. between Frost and Gardens, (212) 868-4444], www. (646) 209-4428]. Richardson streets in Williamsburg, companyxiv.com. -œVˆiÌÞÊvœÀÊ ˆ˜Ìœ˜Êˆ° Bi-monthly (718) 389-0009]. meeting 7 pm. 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TALK ON THEATER IN PIG ROAST: Artist Lisa Mar- BROOKLYN: Panel discus- chetti roasts a pig as a sion hosted by Trav S.D. sculptural endeavor, but Free. 4 pm. Brooklyn Public guests can eat it. Served Library’s Central branch with full meal and live [Grand Army Plaza at East- music. $15 ($10 in advance). ern Parkway in Park Slope, 6 pm. 248 BS Gallery [248 (718) 230-2100]. Monroe Ave. in Bedford- FILM, “AWAY WE GO”: Special Stuyvesant, (973) 902 9915], screening of new movie to 248bs.org. benefit 826NYC. Q&A fol- SUBMARINE CINEMA: Jean The Fabulous lows with director Sam Men- Painleve’s strange, sexy des and screenwriters Dave films of sea life, with a new Eggers and Vendela Vida. soundtrack by Yo La Tengo. $30-$150. 7 pm. BAM Rose Free. 7 pm. The Bell House Cinemas [30 Lafayette Ave. [149 Seventh St. at Third near St. Felix Street in Fort Avenue in Gowanus, (718) Greene, (718) 636-4100], 643-6510], www.thebell- www.bam.org. houseny.com. FILM, “CROOKLYN”: Outdoor SUN, MAY 17 screening of Spike Lee’s Fifth Ave minor work. Free. 8 pm. Ha- OUTDOORS AND TOURS bana Outpost [757 Fulton St. at S. Portland Avenue , ‡7"" Ê / ,9Ê in Fort Greene, (718) 858- BIRDWATCHING WALK: 9500], www.ecoeatery.com. Led by the Brooklyn Bird Club. Free. 8 am. Green- Wood Cemetery [Fifth Ave- MON, MAY 18 nue and 25th Street in Sun- set Park, (718) 768-7300], READING, PETER WOIT: Au- www.green-wood.com. thor of “Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory TOUR, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: & the Continuing Chal- Led by the Urban Park lenge to Unify the Laws of Rangers. Free. 11 am. Physics.” 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights Prom- Society for Ethical Culture enade [Pierrepont Street [53 Prospect Park West FAIR near Columbia Heights in at Second Street in Park Brooklyn Heights]. Slope, (718) 768-2972], PARK SLOPE HOUSE TOUR: www.bsec.org. $20. Noon–5:30 pm. 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¤ oversight, but I couldn’t sleep and I punched my pillow a few times because I missed this great opportunity to address the voters.” Pillow feathers in Biviano’s Brooklyn Heights home weren’t the only things that were ruffled. Civic Council President Ken Freeman’s request that the candidates ask each other a question allowed things to come to a full boil. Ken Diamondstone and Evan Thies immediately turned their attention to front-runner Jo Anne Simon, with Dia- mondstone taking her to task for her approach to the much- reviled Atlantic Yards project. Simon co-founded Brook- lyn Speaks, a group that wants to change Bruce Ratner’s project, rather than backing Develop Don’t Destroy Brook- lyn, which wants to take the project out of Ratner’s hands entirely. Simon responded that there are many approaches to fix- ing Atlantic Yards. Thies tried to link Simon to John Heyer, who is run- ning as a Democrat in a neighboring council district and is opposed to abortion and gay marriage. Simon didn’t an- swer Thies’s query, but reiterated that she supports abor- tion rights. When it was his turn to question a fellow office-seeker, CRASH… Continued from page 1 the department said that on at least two occasions in early May, the streetlight malfunctioned. Cusack, who witnessed the aftermath of one recent pileup, said the signal was out of order at the time of that crash. And Borough President Markowitz’s police liaison, Leslie Lewis, told The Brooklyn Paper that he’d received com- plaints from other people about glitches at that light. If the misfiring turn signal is not strictly to blame, there are other theories, including the pervasive opinion that impa- tient eastbound drivers on Atlantic Avenue are to blame. Currently, westbound drivers on Atlantic Avenue get the green before eastbound cars, which is designed to al- low people to safely make a left turn onto Hoyt Street. In a cruel twist, many Boerum Hill residents think this head start prompts eastbound drivers to conclude their light is green, too — though this is hardly the only intersection in the city where one direction gets a “go” signal first. “When the westbound light lights, the people eastbound are stopped at a red light. They see the other direction driving, so they’re losing patience. They say, ‘We’re go- ing, too’ and they smack into the cars making a left-hand turn,” said Lewis, also a member of the Boerum Hill As- sociation. As a response to the surge in crashes, the Transportation Department said it would install a “Wait for green signal” sign to restrain eastbound drivers on Atlantic Avenue from peeling through the intersection. The pattern of accidents revived memories of the 2006 crash when a car struck by another vehicle killed a 75-year- old man socializing with friends in front of a bodega on the southeast corner and injured another pedestrian. Since then, the Department of Transportation has insti- tuted other changes to reduce the high rate of accidents, in- cluging installing a turn signal at the troublesome intersec- tion. The department says its efforts have been largely suc- cessful. “[Since then], accident rates subsequently dropped by nearly a third from the previous year, and there have been no fatalities or pedestrian injuries in that time,” said agency spokesman Seth Solomonow. He said that in 2007, there were 31 reported accidents at the intersection of Hoyt Street and Atlantic Avenue, a figure that dropped to 21 in 2008. Through May 13 of this year, there have been 12 accidents. The stretch of Atlantic Avenue between Hicks Street and Flatbush Avenue got its nickname, “The Avenue of Death and Destruction,” after a 2006 investigation in The Brook- lyn Paper discovered that there had been 583 accidents on the strip between Jan. 1, 2005 and Oct. 15, 2006.

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My present 1-800-913-4384 ext. 95 address is 8645 Bay Park- County of Kings and State $325/mo! 3bd 2ba only Superfund debate forced the city to rapidly adjust its ob- Dougal Street, Brooklyn, NY of New York, Section, Block Earn $500.00-$2,500.00 $199/mo! More Home from 11233 Block: 1534 Lot: 24 way, Brooklyn, NY 11214. jectives, now aiming for a much higher level of cleanli- My place of birth is Pakistan. and Lot: Block 1763 Lot 5. WEEKLY processing our fly- $600 Weekly Potential$$$ $199/mo! 5% dn, 15yrs @8% All that certain plot, piece or Approximate amount of ers, brochures. Great oppor- Helping The Government apr! for Listings ness than it had before the EPA became involved. parcel of land, with the My date of birth is 06/17/1973. (BEN) judgment $619,112.08 plus tunity ! Postage supplies fur- PT. No Experience, No Sell- 800-366-0142 ext. T252 “The new standard that the city has to meet is the stan- buildings and improvements interest and costs. Premises nished. Processors needed ing. Call: 1-888-213-5225 Ad dard that a Superfund clean-up would attain,” said Hol- thereon erected, situate, ly- will be sold subject to pro- NOW. No travel. For FREE Code E. Void in Maryland FORECLOSED HOME AUC- loway. “One way or the other this work has to be done ing and being in the Bor- visions of filed Judgment information call Speedline and South Dakota. TION NY STATEWIDE 600+ fully.” ough of Brooklyn, County of IN RE: ADOPTION OF LO- Index #9808/2007. Edward Publications NOW. Homes Must Be Sold! REDC Kings, City and State of New M. Rappaport, Esq., Refer- 1-800-395-5972 The city is developing a three-pronged scenario to de- GAN ISAAC (DUVAL) JOS- | Free Brochure www.Auc- York. As more particularly LIN. IN THE COURT OF ee, Earn up to $500 weekly as- tion.com contaminate the canal: SHAPIRO & DICARO, LLP, sembling our angel pins in described in the judgment COMMON PLEAS OF IN- Paid In Advance! Make • Proceed with the planned and mandated $175 mil- of foreclosure and sale. Sold Attorney for Plaintiff 250 the comfort of your own FORECLOSED HOME AUC- DIANA COUNTY, PENNSYL- Mile Crossing Boulevard, $1000 weekly Stuffing Enve- home. No experience re- lion in dredging and work on the so-called “flushing subject to all of the terms VANIA, Orphan's Court Divi- lopes from home. 100% Leg- TION STATEWIDE 600+ and conditions contained in Rochester, NY 14624 Dat- quired. Call 413-303-0474 or Homes Must Be Sold! REDC tunnel,” which brings in so-called fresh water from the sion, No. 32-08-0511. ed: 5/8/2009 it! Income is Guaranteed! visit www.angelpin.net said judgment and terms of AND NOW, this 3rd day of No experience required. | Free Brochure www.Auc- Buttermilk Channel. sale. Approximate amount tion.com • Partner with the Army Corps of Engineers, which April, 2009, upon review of Apply Today! of judgment $462,403.78 the foregoing Petition and NOTICE OF SALE www.startstuffingnow.com Government Jobs- $12- the city hopes would provide the bulk of funding, to plus interest and costs. IN- after hearing thereon, the SUPREME COURT. KINGS 48.00/hr. Full Benefits/Paid Opportunity Knocks in NC! DEX NO. 6786/07 JOHN A. dredge the entire canal. Court finds that the aver- COUNTY. DEUTSCHE BANK WHAT RECESSION??? My Training. Work available In ONLINE REAL ESTATE AUC- • Compel polluters from the 250 current and former MONTELEONE, Esq., REF- ments of the Petition for In- NATIONAL TRUST COMPA- areas like Homeland Se- TION www.LightHouseAuc- EREE Income is Exploding. Why? property owners along the canal to contribute to a pool voluntary Relinquishment of NY AS TRUSTEE UNDER A Billion People ate Choco- curity, Law Enforcement, tionServices.com Parental Rights are true and THE POOLING AND SER- late Yesterday! Find out Wildlife & more! NCAF#8552 of clean-up money. VICING AGREEMENT SE- 1-800-320-9353 Ext 2002 Already, the EPA has criticism of this approach. that Tyrell (Last Name Un- what is in it for you! known), the natural father, RIES INDB 2006-1, Pltf. vs. 1-866-457-3382 recorded in- Please run under Homes for “Any proposal from [the city] would have to address Notice is hereby given that JASON GRANT, et al, Defts. for a period of at least six (6) formation Help Wanted Earn Extra In- Sale 3bd 2ba HUD Home our fundamental concern, but I have my doubts about an Order entered by the Civ- months, has evidenced a Index #07-8987. Pursuant to only $200/mo! 4bd 2ba il Court, Kings County on judgment of foreclosure and come, assembling CD cases their ability to develop a package that does that,” said settled purpose of relin- from home. Start immediate- Home only $325/mo! Priced 04/15/2009, bearing Index quishing parental claim to sale dated Oct. 7, 2008, I to Sell! More Homes Mugdan. will sell at public auction in ly, No experience necessary. Number NC-000331-09/KI, a Logan Isaac (Duval) Joslin EDUCATION Available! 5%dn, 20yrs “Where’s the money coming from? If [the Army Corps copy of which may be exam- Room 274 on Thursday June 1-800-405-7619 ext 1395 and has failed to perform @8%apr! For Listings ined at the Office of the 4, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the AND TRAINING www.easywork-great- of Engineers] is to be one of the main funding sources, parental duties towards the 800-366-0142 ext. T253 Clerk, located at 141 Living- Kings County Supreme pay.com there’s got to be some persuasive argument that that money said Logan Isaac (Duval) Jos- ston Street, Brooklyn, New Court, 360 Adams St., AIRLINES ARE HIRING - SELL/RENT YOUR TIME- in sufficient quantities would be available when needed,” York 11201, grants me the lin. It is, therefore, ordered Brooklyn, NY prem. k/a 1376 and decreed that all parental Train for high paying Avia- Mystery Shoppers Needed. SHARE NOW!!! Maintenance Mugdan told The Brooklyn Paper. right to: Assume the name East 104th St., Brooklyn, NY tion Maintenance Career. Earn up to $150 per day. Un- fees too high? Need Cash? Among activists who live near the canal, there is more of Cheryllisa Chinasa rights of Tyrell (Last Name a/k/a Block 8287, Lot 75. Unknown) to his child, Logan FAA approved program. Fi- dercover Shoppers needed Sell your unused timeshare support for a Superfund listing, even with its checkered Mgbeme. My present name Approx. amt. of judgment is nancial aid if qualified -Hous- to Judge Retail & Dining Es- today. No commissions or Isaac (Duval) Joslin, are here- $333,325.07 plus costs and record, than for Mayor Bloomberg’s argument. is Cheryl Lisa Chwnasa ing Available. CALL Aviation tablishments Experience Not Broker Fees. Free Consulta- Mcbeme AKA Cheryllisa by terminated forever. Cus- interest. Sold subject to Institute of Maintenance Required. Call Now “The EPA has been doing this for years and years and tody of said child shall re- tion. www.sellatime- Mgbeme aka Cherylli terms and conditions of filed (888) 349-5387. 1-877-218-6211 share.com 1-866-708-3690 years. [The city] is trying to play catch up,” said Glenn Mgbene. My present ad- main with Richard Joslin and judgment and terms of sale. Kelly, a member of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood dress is 2724 Linden Blvd., Amy Joslin, who shall have PHILIP KAMARAS, Referee. Association. Brooklyn, NY 11208. 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USFFT By Ben Muessig The 20-odd baby trees, other field whenever one of conceived as a passive-use pursuits such as picnics, sun- Some kickballers want the The Brooklyn Paper which were planted as a part the big kickers came up,” said area,” Parks Department bathing, and book reading.” city to transplant the newly There’s a new green mon- of Mayor Bloomberg’s “Mil- Riccardi. “Considering our spokesman Phil Abramson But kickball sources say sewn arbors across the path ster in the sportsworld — a lion Trees” program, affect all steady diet of PBR [a popu- wrote in an e-mail. “With they can’t comprehend why and off the playing field, stand of new trees that have three Brooklyn Kickball fields, lar ‘beer’], someone is bound many venues in McCarren their section of the park — while others claim that the proven to be a kick in the which are used simultaneously to get hurt.” Park already dedicated to ac- which includes a baseball di- game must go on. kickballs to McCarren Park’s on Sunday nights. The city claims it planted the tive recreation such as its ball- amond and is cordoned off “I don’t think it matters saplings simply to restore the fields, turf field, running track from the more passive areas that much,” said Sam Dor- most-popular athletes. “You have to watch out, or greenspace to Gilmore Clark’s and basketball courts, we also of the park with a walking off of the “Mathletes” team. The spindly trees, planted else you’ll get hit in the back of the head,” said Bushwick 1936 design. strive to ensure that space is path — doesn’t qualify for “I’m just excited to be out around the Greenpoint park “This area was originally available for more passive active recreation. here for the season.” within the last month, have resident B.J. Steiner of the “Di- forced the organizers of the vine Sisterhood of the Sacred Katie Chao Katie famed kickball league to re- Bleeding Heart” squad. orient playing fields in a new According to Brian Ric- configuration that puts play- cardi, who plays for “P. Diddy’s ers at risk of dangerous out- White Party featuring Fat Kid field collisions, the sportsmen Hustle,” some of the players’

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DPQT By Emilia Brock the nature-friendly artwork for The Brooklyn Paper vandalism. An evolution-themed art- “They never even attempted work that beautified an ugly to get permission,” Gordon scaffolding was ripped down said. “We have lots and lots by state officials who claimed of art events, but you just have the artists did their public ser- to ask for permission.” vice without permission. The art project was timed On May 8, the artist group to coincide with BKLYN De- De-Fence installed wood cut- signs at St. Ann’s Warehouse outs of various flora and fauna on Water Street between Main on the eyesore scaffold that and Dock streets, across from has surrounded the Empire the decrepit Empire Stores, a Stores warehouse in DUMBO Civil War-era building that for two years. The work de- is falling apart as the state picted a storyline of evolu- decides what to do with it. tion, moving from small wa- KratochvilJane After state workers did their ter creatures to a throng of State parks workers removed the artwork claiming dirty work on Monday, locals birds bursting into flight. that the creators did not ask for permission. were upset at the return of the Locals hailed the piece, “bleak fence,” Jeffreys said. but the more-important crit- said John Jeffreys, president a bit of an over-reaction.” “Residents from the area ics work at the state Office of of Exhibitology Incorporated, Rachel Gordon, the re- were so sad that it was go- Parks, Recreation and Historic which funded the project. gional director of state Parks, ing,” he said. “If it’s an im- Preservation, which removed “We didn’t really get permis- said she had to act only be- provement and everyone likes the artwork on Monday. sion to do it. Their reaction cause the group didn’t bother it, can’t we listen to that and “I can’t say I’m surprised,” is one they have to take, but to get permission, rendering make it work?” DARE… Continued from page 1 Samaha was there that night, when the gun-wielding ter- rorists burst into the store. “One man pointed a gun at me and the other held a gun to my wife’s head,” said Samaha, who was still seething with cold rage a week after the vicious attack. If Samaha gets his chance to mess up the muggers, he’d actually be the second neighborhood grocery owner who fought back. On May 9, owners of Blondie’s Deli, on Green- wood Avenue between East Seventh Street and Prospect Avenue, responded with a brutal force that took even the thugs by surprise. In that incident, the sixth in the gangsters’ month-long spree, the robbers burst into the store just before 7 pm. One of the brutes jumped up onto the counter and reached into "
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Avenue in Bay Ridge at 10 pm, and one of the gunmen shot the clerk in the left shoulder before running off with a fistful 1.718.630.RXRX (7979) of dollars. Police have not released the name of that store. • On May 3, the two men stormed into Greenwood Mini Mart on Seventh Avenue at 20th Street at 8:30 pm, brandish- ing guns and demanding cash. They got what they wanted, then fled in their getaway car. Police are urging anyone with information about the crimes to call (800) 577-8477 (TIPS). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. — Evan Gardner TICKETS… Continued from page 1 with jaywalking. New York can afford to look the other way as long as the bikers are riding safely.” The red light violation carries a $120 penalty, and this was Levy’s second pedaling punishment this spring. Back in Fort Greene on Friday, one biker was slapped with $350 in tickets for running a red light on Lafayette Avenue and not properly signaling as he made a turn onto the Carlton Avenue bike lane. “There have to be rules for bicyclists, but cycling needs to be encouraged,” said the suddenly discouraged Brion Snyder, a music producer from Clinton Hill. “Now I have $350 in fines. It seems irrational since it’s a minor infrac- tion. It’s egregious.” Cops said the crackdown was long overdue. “It was targeted towards enforcing traffic laws,” said a police source from the 88th Precinct. “Running a red light is not safe for the cyclist or anyone else in the street.” The ticket blitz is a bitter irony for bikers who have com- plained since the lane’s creation last year that vehicles, in- cluding officers at the 88th Precinct stationhouse near the corner of Classon Avenue, but especially delivery trucks, regularly block the lane with parked cars along the busy corridor. Cop sources conceded that the newfound heightened en- forcement of the traffic rules came only after motorists and pedestrians mounted complaints about dangerous and ille- Get Better. Faster. gal maneuvers by their two-wheel loving neighbors. One driver, himself stopped at a red light in Clinton Hill, 150 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220 said many bikers are a hazard. “No, they don’t follow the laws,” the driver moaned. www.LutheranMedicalCenter.com “Last week, my car got hit by a bike.” And with only five motorists getting nailed in last week’s crackdown with citations for obstructing the bikers’ route, word quickly spread among rogue riders that they were un- der scrutiny — and they quickly heeded the lesson of the suddenly strict enforcement. “This whole ride I’ve been stopping for red lights,” said Lauren Kelleher, near the corner of Clinton Avenue on Mon- day afternoon. “My roommate just got a ticket for it!” But most cyclists act like red lights are stop signs, halt- ing just long enough to see that intersections are clear of traffic. “I stop, at least a quick stop, just to check,” said Catalina Monsalve.

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