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Including The Downtown News, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper Brooklyn Designs show in DUMBO Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 26 Court St., Brooklyn 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • NEWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2003 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No. 24 BWN • June 16, 2003 • FREE DA’S FOE INDICTED Say Hynes rival stole $10G By Patrick Gallahue She will turn herself in on Monday, June 16, to be The Brooklyn Papers arraigned at Brooklyn Supreme Court, sources close Sandra Roper, an attorney who twice challenged to Roper told The Brooklyn Papers. Brooklyn’s Democratic political establishment, includ- A special prosecutor will handle the case. ing District Attorney Charles Hynes, has been indicted Roper’s indictment was sealed, but the Daily News on charges she bilked an elderly client out of $10,000. reported on Wednesday that her former client, Mary Lee Ward, 73, of Bedford- Stuyvesant, accused Roper of il- legally taking money from an escrow account after promising to represent her free of charge in a dispute with a lending firm. Ward fired Roper in 2001. Roper, a civil rights attorney Garson: I’m Callan / Tom from Crown Heights who has served as counsel to the Nation- al Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, is best known for her quixotic cam-

innocent paigns for Brooklyn district at- Papers The Brooklyn torney, against Hynes, and state Macy’s sent up a spectacular show, visible from the Brooklyn Heights promenade, on July 4, 2000, when they were last seen there. By Patrick Gallahue Assembly, against Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers Democratic Party boss Clarence Justice Gerald Garson plead- Norman Jr. ed not guilty Monday morning In 2001, Roper challenged to charges that he fixed divorce Hynes, in what turned out to be cases in exchange for cash and a turbulent campaign. gifts, as two women damaged Shortly after she jumped into the campaign, Hynes success- by his allegedly predetermined fully had Roper removed from HEIGHTS’ BIG BANG rulings stood outside the court the ballot after charging that her and demanded justice. petitions were “egregiously “I got nothing,” said Sigal Levi, loaded with fraud.” Macy’s fireworks viewable from promenade a mother of five who lost custody The state Supreme Court of her children to her ex-husband ruled that some petitions were By Patrick Gallahue lantic Avenue to Cadman Plaza West.” “Public transportation is critical,” said In- Avraham Levi, another suspect in “permeated” with fraud and The Brooklyn Papers “I don’t think any residential neighborhood spector Christopher Rising, commanding offi- the case. “They took away my that she was aware that fraud wants to be inundated with crowds on a daily cer of the 84th Precinct. “The biggest mistake rights as a mother, citizen and hu- was being committed, a charge Brooklyn Heights will host thousands basis, but it’s a holiday,” said Judy Stanton, ex- you could make is thinking you can get in man being.” she adamantly denied. Roper of revelers this July 4. ecutive director of the Brooklyn Heights Asso- your car and drive down to the promenade to Frieda Hanimov, who blew the admitted that some of the signa- The 30-minute Macy’s Independence Day ciation. “As long as it’s a quiet, responsible see this. You’ll just end up in a traffic jam and whistle on Garson in October 2002, tures had been forged but that it fireworks spectacular, launching 30,000 aerial group, and they don’t litter and they don’t leave watching the fireworks from your car.” said, “He should go to jail for a was unbeknownst to her when shells and special effects, will be set off from a lot of garbage around, I think most residents It is certain that streets in the Heights, long time for the people that he they were submitted. The ap- two locations, one on the East River off Man- / Tom Callan / Tom are excited to see the fireworks.” DUMBO and Fulton Ferry will be closed to hurt.” pellate court eventually ruled in hattan’s 34th Street and the other just below A spokeswoman for Macy’s said there have traffic, Rising added, though exactly which Hanimov said the drawn out Roper’s favor placing her back South Street Seaport, making the Heights prom- not been fireworks viewable from the prome- streets was still being determined. The times court battle with her husband left on the ballot with only a few enade, the uplands of the piers, Fulton Landing nade since 2000. of closings, he said, would depend on the her broke and so she turned to Dis- weeks left to campaign. and Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park prime trict Attorney Charles Hynes after Police at the 84th Precinct, which includes crowd size. Despite the abridged and ul- viewing areas. Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Fulton Ferry, “Our counter-terrorism concerns won’t go fearing she was going to lose cus- Papers The Brooklyn timately unsuccessful cam- tody of her children. The Macy’s July 4 hotline announces: are battening down the hatches all along the wa- away, so we’ll be concerned about that,” Rising Sigal Levi outside Brooklyn paign, Roper picked up a re- “Prime viewing area is between Joralemon terfront from DUMBO to Atlantic Avenue and said. “But fireworks in downtown are not new See GARSON on page 9 Supreme Court on Monday. See ROPER on page 9 Street and Cranberry Street at the Brooklyn they warn that driving to the area on July 4 so we have plans that we’ve used in the past Heights promenade and Furman Street from At- would be an exercise in futility. that we can put in place.” Jeers for Hook Ikea PRIDE By Patrick Gallahue plan to build an Ikea home furnishings and shuttle buses from the Smith-Ninth The Brooklyn Papers store at the former New York Shipyard, a Street F and G subway station, and the site bounded by Van Brunt Street, Colum- Fourth Avenue F, M, N and R station at About 75 Brooklynites crowded into bia Street and the Erie Basin. Shortly af- Ninth Street. the City Planning Commission’s Lower ter the meeting began, however, it began Simon asked them to elucidate in their IN THE Manhattan hearing room on Tuesday, to look like a warm-up for the public re- future studies how the neighborhood will many to express their concerns over an view. deal with the cumulative impact of Ikea, Ikea furniture store planned for Red “This large traffic increase will be a Fairway and Lowe’s, the giant supermar- Hook. nightmare for residents and businesses ket and home improvement store, respec- The meeting was intended to be a scoping alike,” one woman said. tively, that are also planned for Red Hook session for the draft Environmental Impact Not that there weren’t a sizeable list of and nearby Gowanus. PARK Statement, with the public invited to request is- concerns and suggestions for the study, She also asked how the rerouting of sues that they would like to see studied for the with almost everyone wondering how the traffic for the six- to 10-year reconstruc- store would brace the neighborhood for tion or replacement of the Gowanus Ex- 50,000 car trips a week. pressway would factor into the plan, and Gay parade carries Jo Anne Simon, chairwoman of the called for an examination of alternative Gowanus Community Stakeholders sites for the Swedish furniture store. / Tom Callan / Tom on despite rain Graduation Group, a coalition of neighborhood organ- Lou Sones, a member of Red Hook The Brooklyn Papers salute the Class izations seeking to replace the Gowanus Groups Against Garbage Sites, who was a By Patrick Gallahue Expressway with a tunnel, said, “We are major opponent of the Fairway Supermar- of 2003… and the Best of Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers concerned that plans thus far for public ket that will be built at 480-500 Van Brunt scholastic award winners transportation to the site are so much fluff. St. during its passage through the Uniform What a drag. People just don’t take a ferry to buy a chif- Land Use Review Procedure last year, Papers The Brooklyn Saturday’s rain washed the shoppers away, it NEXT WEEK forobe.” presented a four-page list of issues he Justine Duplessis and Monica McAlpin braved the rain during washed the stage shows away and washed the Ikea proposes adding a ferry service See IKEA on page 8 Pride Fest on Prospect Park West Saturday. crowds away. But by 9 pm’s seventh annual Brook- lyn Pride parade, the spirit of the borough’s gay and lesbian community was still marching strong. “I’ve got my umbrella and I’ve got my coat,” said McKenzie Granger, of Crown Heights, who joined viewers on Prospect Park West to cheer on the marchers. “I love my community. I’ve got to Marching for Jesus support them.” “So far, I’m having a good time despite the rain,” said Kelsey, a 19-year-old marcher from Queens. By Deborah Kolben Some danced and twirled The march started in Brook- “A little rain won’t dampen the spirit of Brook- The Brooklyn Papers ribbons while others sang lyn five years ago, but moved lyn’s energetic and vibrant gay, lesbian, bisexual along with the music piped to Central Park last year. It took and transgender community,” said Borough Presi- Steady and at times place in Downtown Brooklyn from a truck leading the pa- dent Marty Markowitz, who revved up his disco- heavy rain did little to rade. near Borough Hall several blasting “Marty-mobile” to chauffeur Park Slope dampen the spirits of hun- “Peace be to these streets in times. dreds of marchers who the name of Jesus,” read the T- This year the march returned Councilman Bill DeBlasio and the parade’s grand took to the streets of Bay shirts most of the participants to Brooklyn with a theme of marshal, former Community Board 6 Chairwoman Ridge Saturday morning. had slipped on over their long- healing and deliverance, ac- Irene Lo Re, during the parade. But they weren’t outraged sleeved shirts. cording to Jerry Dominguez, “This is one of the largest gay communities in over subway fare hikes, or un- The March for Jesus is cele- the head of evangelism for the United States,” said Lo Re, who owns Aunt fair fines, or not being able to brated on the Saturday before New Hope Fellowship, which Suzie’s restaurant. “It should be happening here. light up in a bar. Pentecost, the seventh Sunday is at Bay Ridge and Third av- The Village can’t have everything.” / Tom Callan / Tom These marchers, in fact, after Easter, when Christians enues. Saturday’s rains began earlier than predicted and came out in praise. Of Jesus, commemorate the descent of Before the march began, doused the planned street fair and stage events be- that is. the Holy Spirit on the disciples. Dominguez set up seven prayer fore either could get started. Merchants lamented Organized by the New Hope The celebration started in Eng- booths along the route on Third paltry sales, and scheduled performances — includ- Fellowship Church, the annual land in the 1980s and has now and Fourth avenues for partici- ing drag shows, speeches from elected officials, po-

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn March for Jesus attracted mem- spread to more than 130 coun- pants and passersby seeking etry and comedy — were cancelled. Daniel Cahill was among the participants in the March for Jesus rally at John Paul Jones Park in bers of 62 Evangelical Christ- tries including Canada, Russia prayer and guidance. Last year’s afternoon stage show was peppered Bay Ridge Saturday. ian churches in Brooklyn. and Japan. See JESUS on page 9 See PRIDE on page 8 2 BWN THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM June 16, 2003 Ed Weintrob / When Mr. became Miss, a weekly was born As I bicycled past the newsstand how to attract readers (subsequent same name pub- whose mother Jennie Jerome was al hundred coupons for a Rolling promoted, in “Boro Mr. Becomes raising money. But it wasn’t to be. on Avenue M, a paper looking issues would do it without sex- lished in the born on Henry Street, I argued that Stones ticket give-a-way), teen advice Miss” style, on the front page. A chance encounter with Ralph something like the National En- change stories). ’80s by the its “First Day” release should be in and lots of teen-oriented politics (this And for this, they even paid me! Bongiorno in the mid-’70s would quirer caught my eye, a busty An appliance store under the el Home Reporter) Brooklyn (the Post Office instead was the ’60s, after all). I wrote “teen- It was heady stuff for a 15-year-old. help facilitate the birth of The Brook- woman sharing its cover with the on McDonald Avenue in Gravesend was certainly chose Fulton, Missouri, site of Chur- a-torials” about civil rights, Vietnam The Brooklyn Times, which was lyn Papers, a story we’ll leave for headline, “Boro Mr. becomes Miss.” doubled as the official office of the not your typical chill’s famous Iron Curtain speech.) (in 1965, we were big boosters of the nicest-looking Brooklyn week- another day. The Brookyn Times I put down my dime, the price of Brooklyn Times. But Ralph didn’t newspaper. My School Scenes column evolv- U.S. intervention), testing crazes and ly in those days (Ralph had the ad- was Ralph’s inspiration, and his a newspaper in 1964, and rode off work there (neither did the publish- What it lacked in ed into a multi-page Brooklyn Times school schedules. We interviewed the vantage of being a great editor and courage in starting and sustaining it with the first issue of the Brooklyn er, Lou Bruno, who lived next capital, it made Teener section; I’d spend most of my teen children of prominent politicians knowing the technical ropes), last- in the service of Brooklyn should Times, a borough-wide weekly that door); Ralph was based at his day up for in soul. weekends writing, editing and laying like mayoral candidate John Lindsay. ed four years. After temporarily not be forgotten in the borough’s his- was the brainchild of Ralph Bon- job on El Tiempo, a Spanish-lan- I started writing the Brooklyn out the Teener, then my mother or At dawn Thursdays, I’d rush to publishing on a daily basis during a tory. In my book, he was the equal giorno. A year earlier, Ralph had guage daily edited by Stanley Ross, Philatelist, a weekly column that father would drive me to Graves- the newsstand at the Flatbush-Nos- Manhattan newspaper strike (in- of any of the Eagle’s great editors. been production manager and one of the Eagle’s last editors. was both newsy and full of Brook- end as my deadline — Sunday trand junction to be there as the de- cluding, for a time, an almost-daily Ed Weintrob is founder and presi- sports editor of the Brooklyn Eagle This wasn’t your typical news- lyn advocacy. When the U.S. was midnight — approached. livery truck arrived, anxious to see Teener section), Ralph and Lou got dent of The Brooklyn Papers, now cele- in its final incarnation. Now, he paper office, and the Brooklyn about to issue a commemorative The Teener featured school news, how my section printed and to de- the idea that they could become the brating its 25th year. Write him at was editing a tabloid that knew Times (no relation to a paper of the stamp honoring Winston Churchill, pop star news, contests (we got sever- light when one of my stories was new Eagle, a real daily, and started [email protected] ’Tower sale sparks park talk By Patrick Gallahue tery Park City where residen- The Brooklyn Papers tial and commercial develop- ments support the maintenance The first question to of the surrounding green space. BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT jump into most peoples’ Another potential mechanism minds when the Watch- he pointed to in order to levy tower Bible and Tract funds for the park was Tax In- Society of New York crement Financing, which has announced its intention to been suggested by the Depart- Marty Markowitz take offers on 360 Furman ment of City Planning, among St., was how the 1 million- others, to fund the estimated square-foot building would $1.5 billion cost of an exten- wants YOU to fit into the planned Brook- sion of the 7 train in Manhattan and other upgrades to the far lyn Bridge Park. west side aimed at attracting “There’s lots of interest on both the 2012 summer LOTS IALOF every level no matter what Olympics and the New York SPEC TIGHTEN UP happens to that building,” said Jets football team. Jim Moogan, executive direc- Tax Increment Financing EVENTS! tor of the Brooklyn Bridge (TIF) essentially designates a Park Development Corpora- geographic zone for specific tion, a subsidiary of the Em- capital improvements and is- INCENTIVE RAFFLE PRIZES & LIGHTEN UP pire State Development Cor- sues bonds to pay for them. poration charged with building for everyone who establishes a Mango / Greg Ideally, the improvements the 1.3-mile commercial and spark private development, pattern of participation during this recreational development span- which drives up property val- month-long better health intitiative! with him during June 2003! ning the DUMBO and Brook- ues, as well as property taxes, lyn Heights waterfronts. and the increased assessment While Moogan declined to is used to service the debt. conjecture on any potential Papers The Brooklyn While such financing has use or involvement of the park The Jehovah’s Witnesses building at 360 Furman St., as never been used in New York FREE Health Exercise Classes & Fun Fitness Activities planners, he added, “We’re seen from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. City, the Bloomberg adminis- meeting internally with our tration has shown some will- EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY in JUNE city and state partners to see ingness to work with the pro- what makes sense and to what fit by some. Housing, however, elected officials and communi- gram, or variations of it, to level our involvement would is also one that presents signifi- ty leaders leverage over the fund the proposed upgrades to in a park near you! be helpful.” cant challenges, not the least private sector should they try the West Side of Manhattan As to whether the hotel of which is that almost all of to rezone from manufacturing for the 2012 Olympics bid. (Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Cadman Plaza Park, Carroll Park, planned for Pier 1 near Old the parking at Pier 5 will re- to commercial use. In the case of Manhattan, Fulton Street could be shifted vert to the park. The Port Au- Brooklyn Heights Council- the city has designated a 59- Columbus Park, Fort Greene Park, Prospect Park & more.) to the Furman Street building, thority of New York and New man David Yassky was very block area surrounding the several people close to the Jersey has indicated that it will forward with what contribu- Hudson Yards, while in the park plan were skeptical. not renew the Watchtower So- tions for Brooklyn Bridge case of 360 Furman St., it While no one would be ciety’s parking lease, creating Park he would expect from a could conceivably be done for Call (718) 802-3875 to request a full schedule mailed to you. quoted, one person said there enormous limitations for po- private-sector user of the just one block. Furthermore, was not enough public trans- tential residential use. building. with 360 Furman St., all the Or visit www.brooklyn-usa.org portation near the building at Robert Alexander, a “I would very much like to revenues would be new rev- Atlantic and Furman to sup- spokesman for the Watchtow- see a portion of the revenue go enues since the building is port the hotel, citing the prox- er Society, said the ground towards the park mainte- currently tax exempt because imity of the A line’s High floor of the building contains nance,” Yassky said. “I think it’s owned by a religious or- THANKS major sponsors Street station and a possible loading docks that can fit one of the big open questions ganization. connection through Furman about 18 trucks, which could about the park is how well the “That idea you could use Street from the Clark Street 2, be converted into parking, but funding will work.” on a smaller scale,” Yassky 3 line to the Pier 1 site. Others probably not enough. Yassky noted that the finan- said of 360 Furman St. He jetBlue Airways said the 360 Furman St. build- “[Parking] would probably cial analysis of the 20 percent added that he thought the TIF ing was simply too large and pose a challenge to any possi- of the park set aside for com- program could work for main- GHI lacked parking. ble developer of the site,” mercial ventures, including a tenance of the park instead of Affinity Health Plan Just what interest 360 Fur- Alexander said. restaurant and hotel, are now a capital project as it is tradi- man St. will generate has yet to Some economic develop- more than 3 years old. tionally used. be seen, although housing has ment sources theorized that He suggested something “It would just be a new been estimated as a pretty good those challenges could give similar to what is used in Bat- way of using [TIF],” he said. June 16, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BWN 3 No primary for S’Park’s Gonzalez SmallTownBrooklyn.com

By Patrick Gallahue “We live in a democracy,” Maio should make it onto president Edward Rodriguez. The Brooklyn Papers Gonzalez said of Maio’s chal- the ballot this time since he Many credited ballot posi- lenge. “And anyone can run.” has no primary challengers. tioning with Gonzalez’s victo- Perennial Sunset Park Maio, who has also made Martinez’s apparent with- ry. Check out the new candidate George Marti- failed runs for Manhattan bor- drawal makes it likely that In an extremely unusual oc- nez will likely forgo a ough president and state Sen- Gonzalez, too, will not face a currence the special election neighborhood shops on rematch with Councilwo- ate in Queens, has received primary in September. coincided with the general elec- man Sara Gonzalez in the support of the county Re- Martinez, however, also did tion, so despite all three candi- your lunch break! favor of taking a job with publican, Conservative and not file for matching funds in dates being Democrats, they state Attorney General Mango / Greg Independence parties for this the special election, arousing a appeared at the bottom of party Take a “scroll” on SmallTown Eliot Spitzer. race. great deal of suspicion among lines with narrow non-partisan Just a few weeks ago, Mar- “He’s articulate and he cer- local Democratic clubs that he designations above their Brooklyn’s “Scrollable Streets” tinez, who is a Democratic tainly gets into the issues in a was being funded by particu- names: “A Better Future” for community,” said Kings Coun- lar interests. He finished third, Martinez, “Best Qualified” for district leader, was trying out [email protected] his campaign rhetoric, but he ty Conservative Party Chair- with about 4,000 votes, in the Gonzalez and “Education First” man Gerald Kassar. three-way race behind Gonza- for Rodriguez. (718) 222-8209 The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn did not file with the Campaign Papers File The Brooklyn Finance Board for matching George Martinez (left) will not run, while Danniel Maio will Republican County Leader lez and former school board See GONZALEZ on page 8 funds by their deadline this try to gain the Asian vote in Sunset Park council race. Hy Singer could not be week. Martinez had told The reached by press time. Brooklyn Papers in May that Maio’s colorful, albeit long- he would file with the CFB. about 23 percent Asian. last campaign — a special shot campaign last February, Martinez, 29, did not return One of Sunset Park’s most election to replace convicted was cut short when he was calls for comment but the at- influential Asian leaders, Paul former Councilman Angel Ro- thrown off the ballot because torney general’s office con- Mak, head of the Brooklyn driguez — last November. he failed to indicate on his pe- firmed that he has been hired Chinese American Associa- Gonzalez said she anticipates titions that he was running in to work as a community liai- tion, endorsed Gonzalez in her Mak’s support once again. the 43rd District. son in the Intergovernmental Affairs Unit. “We did it.” Bill and Meanwhile Republican Carmela Damante Danniel Maio, 42, a Taiwan- born mapmaker from Queens Class of 1995 who briefly ran in last Febru- Bachelor of Professional ary’s special election for the Davis challenged Studies in Human Services Bay Ridge council seat, has College Professors shifted his focus north to run By Patrick Gallahue then there were rumors that hats into the ring this week against Gonzalez. The Brooklyn Papers state Sen. Velmanette Mont- when they filed for matching “It seemed to be more ap- It was never a matter of gomery was considering a run. funds with the Campaign Fi- propriate because [redistrict- James declined to comment nance Board. ing] increased the representa- if Fort Greene-Prospect and Montgomery told The Abraham Wasserman, Oth- tion of Asians,” Maio said of Heights Councilman James Brooklyn Papers she thought niel Boaz Askew and Anthony the 38th District, which in- Davis would get challenged about it but decided to sit out Herbert all filed with the CFB cludes Sunset Park and Red for re-election, but by whom. of this year’s race. for 4-to-1 matching funds for Hook. It seemed as if Letitia James Instead, three far less threat- the 2003 35th District race. 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By Joel Stashenko st most political activities while judges have some con- state’s Commission on Judi- ities that would compromise of his or her own race. public office. the office. Associated Press Writer by judges and candidates stitutional free speech rights cial Conduct when it comes to their judicial positions, or give • Attending political gather- • Personally soliciting cam- • Making statements that for the bench. when seeking office, those regulating the political activi- the appearance of bias. ings. paign funds. commit or appear to commit the ALBANY, N.Y. — The must be balanced against the ties of judges and carry extra “Precisely because the state • Permitting his or her name • Making pledges or prom- candidate with respect to cases, state’s highest court on The seven-member Court public’s right to a fair and un- weight in Brooklyn, where the has chosen election as one to be listed on election materi- ises of conduct in office other controversies or issues that are Tuesday upheld New of Appeals ruled unanimously biased judiciary. district attorney — on the means of selecting judges, als along with the names of than the faithful and impartial likely to come before the court. York’s prohibitions again- in two separate cases that The decisions rearm the heals of three years’ of judicial there is a heightened risk that other candidates for elective performance of the duties of — with Brooklyn Papers staff misconduct, much of which the public, including litigants has been linked to the Kings and the bar, might perceive County Democratic Commit- judges as beholden to a partic- tee — is investigating the sys- ular political leader or party tem by which judges are se- after they assume judicial du- lected by the Democratic ties,” the court said. Party for nomination, a near Likewise, it said comments guarantee of election. by judicial candidates that in- The commission’s rules dicate how they might rule on have been in question since issues or regard certain defen- last year, when the U.S. dants cannot be tolerated. Supreme Court struck down “Judges must apply the law similar restrictions in the state faithfully and impartially — of Minnesota on campaign they are not elected to aid par- statements by judges, saying ticular groups, be it the police, the rules violated the U.S. the prosecution or the defense Constitution. bar,” the court said. “Cam- A federal judge in New paign promises that suggest York subsequently ruled the otherwise gravely risk distort- New York commission’s rules ing public perception of the dealing with the political con- judicial role.” / Greg Mango / Greg duct of judicial candidates Following are state Com- were impermissibly vague. mission on Judicial Conduct Callan / Tom But the Court of Appeals rules on the political activity on Tuesday, ignoring the fed- of judges in New York. eral judge’s ruling, said the Judges are prohibited from:

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SUPREME COURT - COUN- to help the victim, the suspect before 6 am on Flatbush Av- According to police, some- Index #107230/99. That a contract of sale has by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day TY OF KINGS. JP Morgan Chase Bank as allegedly raised the pickax enue Extension at Concord time between 2 am on May 20 been entered into by the Estate of Louis of June, 2003, bearing the Index Number Trustee for the CSFB Mortgage Pass-Through Mignone to sell property, pursuant to a will, N00294/2003, a copy of which may be exam- Certificates, Series 2002-S12, Plaintiff against over his head scaring the man Street led the suspect, 39, to and 9:30 the next morning, a owned by the deceased, towit: 282 First St. (BL ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Lurether Tatum, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant away. smash a 48-year-old man’s burglar broke into the bar and 969, Lot 28), Brooklyn, NY 11217, in the COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston to a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered amount of $600,000.00. The guardian ad litem, Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, herein and dated April 22, 2003, I, the under- Police arrived and arrested driver’s-side window and then jacked the jukebox for $250. Benedict Ruggiero, of one of the distributees grants me rights to: Assume the name of: Elsie signed Referee will sell at public auction at the entitled by law to a 1/5 share, is seeking McNeill. My present name is: Female Price Kings County Courthouse, Room 261, 360 the suspect and charged him hit him in the head and arm. A The thief removed a rear win- a/k/a Elsie McNeill. My present address is: 211 approval of the Court to sell this property pur- Adams Street, Brooklyn, County of KINGS, Monroe St., 2nd Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11216. My with assault. passenger, 22, was also struck dow to the bar and climbed in- suant to contract entered into by the Estate. State of New York, on June 26, 2003 at 3:00 place of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth The guardian ad litem shall consider all other PM, premises on the westerly side of Crystal The victim’s injuries were on the arm. side. is: 02/07/57. bids before he seeks court approval on July 15, BP24 Street, 180 feet south of Glenmore Avenue, 2003, to approve the contract already entered being a plot 20 feet by 100 feet and known as Notice is hereby given that an Order entered into. The sale has already been approved by 126 Crystal Street, Brooklyn, New York. by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 9th day the other four devisees entitled by law to sell Approximate amount of lien $24,468.92 plus of June, 2003, bearing Index Number interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject the property. All offers shall be conveyed to N00295/2003, a copy of which may be exam- Bert Taras, Esq. attorney for the Estate of Louis to provisions of filed judgment, Index Number ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 141 39430/02. Dated: May 12, 2003. Michael W. Mignone, and for the petitioner, Benedict Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, in room Ruggiero, guardian ad litem for James DeVito, Appelbaum, Esq., Referee. Zavatsky, Nabbed for kid phone sex 007, grants me the right to: Assume the name Mendelsohn, Gross, Savino & Levy, LLP, A.I.P., in writing to P.O. Box 149, Old Westbury, of Theresa Nguyen. My present name is Kim Attorneys for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 510, 33 Queens NY 11568-1149. Hoa Theresa Nguyen Tran. My present resi- Associated Press officials said Monday. on the children of Westchester PS24-27 Street, Syosset, New York 11791-0510. dence is 233 Leonard Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY BP21-24 A Brooklyn man made ran- Philip N. Wald, 35, was on County,” she said. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered 11211. My date of birth is April 9, 1970. My dom telephone calls in hopes the phone making just such a Wald is formally charged in by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 4th day place of birth is Vung Tau, Vietnam. BP24 SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS. New Castle, Pleasantville and of June, 2003, bearing the Index Number WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS of finding children home call when agents from West- N00289/2003, a copy of which may be exam- NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET- alone, then terrorized them chester County raided his Scarsdale. Police said they be- ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COUNTY. NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-1, COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston BANK OF NEW YORK AS COLLATERAL Plaintiff against WILFREDO BLAKELY, et al into sexual behavior by home on Saturday, said Assis- lieve there are more than 50 Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Pltf. vs. RICHARD Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of 139 Montague Street • 718.858.5592 claiming he was watching tant District Attorney Barbara victims in Westchester with an grants me rights to: Assume the name of: WILLIAMS, et al, Defts. Index #14734/00. Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 8, 2003. Julianne Chen. My present name is: Qi-Mei Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public from outside and would rape Egenhauser. unknown number elsewhere in Chen. My present address is: 105 Bay 40th St., entered April 14, 2003, I will sell at public auc- auction in Room 261 of the Kings County www.latraviatatogo.com Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of birth is: tion in Room 261, on Thursday, July 10, 2003 at Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. or kill them if they refused, “He is a predator, preying the country. 3:00pm at the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Canton, China. My date of birth is: 03/24/81. on the 26th day of June, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. Adams St., Brooklyn, NY prem. a/k/a 135 East BP24 premises Beginning at a point on the westerly 51st St., Brooklyn, NY a/k/a Section 15, Block side of Sumner Avenue, distant 80 feet norther- 4605, Lot 52. Said property located on the Notice is hereby given that an Order entered ly from the corner formed by the intersection of easterly side of East 51st St., 143 ft. 1-1/2 inch- by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day the westerly side of Sumner Avenue with the es northerly from the corner formed by the of June, 2003, bearing the Index Number northerly side of Greene Avenue; being a plot intersection of the easterly side of East 51st St. N00293/2003, a copy of which may be exam- 100 feet by 20 feet by 100 feet by 20 feet. Said with the northerly side of Winthrop St., being a ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL plot 100 ft. x 26 ft. 8 inches. Approx. amt. of premises known as 228 Marcus Garvey COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street judgment is $50,590.13 plus costs and interest. 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A Brooklyn man made Raised in Park Slope, the Free Pre-Natal Care Available random telephone calls in son of a lawyer and a high hopes of finding children school teacher, Weiner said he Lutheran Family Health Centers is offering free pre-natal care through home alone, then terror- had his first foray into Queens New York State’s Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP) to those who meet ized them into sexual as an infant. His parents eligibility requirements. moved for a short time to behavior by claiming he Rochdale Village in Jamaica. All pregnant women and teens who have little or was watching from out- After graduating from the no income and have limited or no insurance cov- Shore Road side and would rape or kill State University of New York erage are eligible. There is no age or citizenship 9000 Shore Road them if they refused, offi- at Plattsburgh, and serving for requirement. Brooklyn, NY 11209 cials said Monday. six years in the office of then- (718) 491-1122 Philip N. 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Wrapping his fingers around a for The Brooklyn Papers needed in many of the kids we work with in the inner-city white plastic pawn, the third- Mehdi Harrizi, a sixth- public school system.” grader made the first of five win- grader at the Brooklyn New Harrizi, who recorded one ning plays that would advance School in Cobble Hill, win and three losses for the him to the second round of the leaned forward, entranced day, admitted that, compared tournament. In the second game, by the afternoon games to some of the players, he was he defeated a girl from Mid- unfolding before his eyes. a far cry from Mikhail Tal, wood’s PS 315 in eight moves. Draped in an all-black track- one of his favorite players. In the third, however, the 9- suit, the 13-year-old watched Although he learned how to year-old succumbed to Libby Ricardo Maynard (at left), of PS 10, and Jack Brody, of Holy Name, third-graders, face off the action from underneath a play several years ago when Devonshire, a third-grader at Brooklyn Scholastic Chess Championship at New York City College of Technology. basket in a gymnasium at the his dad took him to the boards from PS 39 in Park Slope. Manigat, who finished eighth New York City College of at Prospect Park, Harrizi was- 3rd: IS 171 (Cypress Hills) Technology. But Harrizi wasn’t n’t serious about the game un- out of 33 players in the K-3 marveling over slam-dunks and til last year, when he joined an section, nevertheless expressed Grades 7-8 regret about his showing. 3-point shots. Instead, it was after-school program. Now, he Individuals: Join us for a discussion with opening moves and endgames said, chess is as much a part of “Our teacher taught us how 1st: Dario Mass, IS 318 that caught the boy’s attention. Mango / Greg his life as basketball, another to win in four moves,” he said, 2nd: Jeffrey Wang, IS 318 Author Professor Noah Efron about his book: “I like all types of sports,” favorite sport. “but I forgot some of the moves.” 3rd: Nick Martinez, IS 318 said Harrizi. “But you need “I made up one of my opening The winners Schools: something to work your mind, moves, but I haven’t come up 1st: IS 318; 2nd: PS 308; not just your body. That’s why with a name for it yet,” he said. Grades K-3 REAL JEWS 3rd: IS 228 I play chess.” Papers The Brooklyn Daphne Exavier, a fifth- Individuals: For the record, Harrizi con- Aleksandr Pelekhaty, of PS 228, competes in the seventh- grade teacher at PS 276 in Ca- 1st: Vinneet Naran, PS 39 Grades 9-12 Secular vs. Ultra-Orthodox and siders the Game of Kings as and eighth-grade group during the chess championship. narsie, said that, if nothing (Park Slope) Individuals: the Struggle for Jewish Identity much a sport as, say, basketball. else, chess had done for her 2nd: Libby Devonshire, PS 39 1st: Alex Lenderman, IS 228 And judging by the tough com- what she had never thought 3rd: Shakill Arnish, PS 315 2nd: Boris Cenderovich, In-The-Schools, the event’s ing for kids,” Weiss recalled. (Midwood) petition, so do his peers. Along sponsor, began hosting the “And when there was, they possible: lure her students Brooklyn Tech (Fort Greene) Sunday, June 22 at 7:00pm with Harrizi, more than 275 Scholastic Chess Champi- had to pay.” away from the video games. Schools: 3rd: Dmitriy Minevich, Ed- kids competing in the May 22 onships in Brooklyn only three Chess-In-The-Schools, a The 28-year-old teacher, who 1st: PS 39 ward R. Murrow (Midwood) PARK SLOPE JEWISH CENTER Scholastic Chess Championships years ago, despite the borough’s nonprofit that has been teach- learned how to play chess just 2nd: Brooklyn New School demonstrated that chess isn’t Schools: 14th Street and 8th Avenue storied connection to the game. ing the basics to kids in all three years ago, said she was as- (Carroll Gardens) 1st: Edward R. Murrow just for graying intellectuals. Besides Bobby Fischer, who five boroughs, began in 1986, tonished to see her four stu- 3rd: PS 276 (Canarsie) Childcare provided Open to Brooklyn-area stu- 2nd: Brooklyn Tech grew up in Crown Heights, with a handful of instructors at dents, running wild earlier that Fourth Grade 3rd: IS 228 dents of all ages and levels of Brooklyn has been home to half a dozen elementary morning, now settling down to “Noah Efron’s account of the quarrel between the secular skill, the event attracted kin- Individuals: Maurice Ashley, the first black schools. By 1999, the program the rows of black-and-white 1st: Feven Berhane, PS 39 and ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel is the best informed dergarteners from Canarsie grandmaster, and chess clubs reached 160 public and pri- checkered boards. “I’ve never and high schoolers from High- 2nd: Henry Cummings, PS 39 description of this great divide that has ever appeared...” still thrive in neighborhoods vate schools and more than seen them this quiet,” she said. 3rd: Angelo Rosado, PS 40 land Park. “It’s like a tomb,” said Herx like Brighton Beach. 38,000 kids. The theory be- (Brownsville) – ARTHUR HERTZBERG, author of many books “Without chess in schools of the near-silent gymnasium. Then there’s Park Slope’s hind the program, said including The Zionist Idea and Jewish Polemics there wouldn’t be as many Fabiano Caruana, who at 10 is Stephen Herx, the organiza- “You can hear a pin drop. The Schools: kids playing the game,” said ranked No. 1 in the country tion’s program director, is that level of concentration is really, 1st: PS 39 Eliot Weiss, a coach at Ed- for players under 12 and is chess helps develop critical really intense. You can almost 2nd: PS 180 (Borough Park) ward R. Murrow High School. mentored by Bruce Pandolfi- thinking skills. feel how beneficial chess is to 3rd: PS 198 (East Flatbush) “Who knows what else they’d ni, the chess master who “Chess promotes problem- these kids.” Fifth Grade be doing after school.” taught Fischer. solving skills, socialization For Erick Manigat, one of Ex- Individuals: Murrow, which fields the “Years ago there was noth- and self esteem,” said Herx. avier’s star pupils, the game was top-ranked chess team in New 1st: Christopher Murden, PS Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM York, placed first among high 308 (Bedford-Stuyvesant) Our store is located in a ol assage herapy schools at the tournament, fol- 2nd: Dallas Milea, PS 52 M T Landmarked building, S lowed by Fort Greene’s Brook- (Sheepshead Bay) Nydia Santiago-Galvin so Step Back In Time. lyn Tech. 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By Patrick Gallahue did say, however, that a young resident of have terrorized the neighborhood in a Alleyne, who was selling hand-painted T-shirts. “This year I The Brooklyn Papers the center was arrested for marijuana pos- string of at least six incidents, some of sold two.” session last week. That resident has since which involved a firearm. “It’s all about the weather,” said a jewelry seller. Two teens living at the Atlantic been moved to another facility and was The perpetrators of May 23’s incident Take a “scroll” on SmallTown Avenue Transitional Center in The Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian political sentenced to community service. did not use a gun. club, may have wished they had a log cabin instead of their Brooklyn’s “Scrollable Streets” Boerum Hill have been arrested in “No other residents are currently The group home has long been a sore connection with a May 23 robbery. rudimentary tent. Still, performing outreach for the first time charged with or suspected of any other point for residents who have sought to with the state Republican Party’s support, their spirits were The robbery occurred at around 12:30 crime or misdemeanor,” Guthrie said. She have the facility shut down. buoyed and they offered no complaints. [email protected] am, when two muggers forced a man to declined to say if any residents were ar- The 24-bed group home is a form of The parade went on anyway, although the reviewing stand (718) 222-8209 the ground at Schermerhorn and Nevins rested and released recently. foster care, run by ACS, for youths be- that was supposed to have been set up on Seventh Avenue be- streets and stole his wallet. Inspector Christopher Rising, com- tween the ages of 15 and 21 who cannot The teens, residents of the long-trou- manding officer of the 84th Precinct, be returned to their homes because of tween Fourth and Fifth streets, with drag king Murray Hill as bled center for youths, were arrested in the which covers Boerum Hill, Brooklyn abuse, neglect or abandonment. Many emcee, was also cancelled. mugging but later released, according to Heights, DUMBO and Downtown Brook- have a history of emotional and behavioral Despite it all, marchers chanted and reveled in the festivi- Diabetes? neighborhood leaders, and the charges lyn, said the youths who had been arrested problems and the length of stay varies ties. dropped due to lack of evidence. But po- in the May 23 robbery were both 17 years from one to 90 days. Said Paul Rivera, of Bushwick, “You can be free. You can Are you caught between these two health lice say they may be connected to a recent old. Between January and June of last year, be yourself.” problems? Then you may qualify for Look AHEAD, pattern of robberies in Boerum Hill. “The pattern is still under investiga- there were 68 incidents requiring police a National Institutes of Health research project MacLean Guthrie, a spokeswoman for tion,” he said when asked if the May 23 attention at the group home, 14 of which studying the long-term benefits of weight loss in the city’s Administration for Children’s incident was possibly connected to a resulted in complaint reports, which in- people with type 2 diabetes. Services, which runs the 24-bed group string of robberies in Boerum Hill. cluded one robbery, one assault, four petit home at 316 Atlantic Ave. said she knew Since April 30, a gang of masked larcenies, three counts of harassment and nothing of the mugging arrests. Guthrie young men or teenagers is believed to five missing person Physical exams, medical tests, and educational IKEA… programs are provided at no cost to volunteers who qualify. Continued from page 1 wanted studied. The list was divided into subjects such as For more information, call traffic, changes to local streets, jobs, schools, pollution miti- gation and historic character of the neighborhood. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt “Before this community goes through another divisive (212) 523-8037 Friends School store fight, as it did with the Fairway issue, this Environmental Im- pact Study must first answer some very important questions,” he said. Overweight? Also an issue of concern for Sones was the cumulative im- pact of “box stores” crowding around Red Hook. is getting the boot Ikea is proposing a $70 million, 346,000-square-foot store at Columbia and Van Brunt streets. “It’s all kind of bizarre in a way,” said Jesse Masyr, a Before After By Patrick Gallahue lawyer representing Ikea. “Because it’s not a public hearing The Brooklyn Papers on the project’s merits but what is the breadth of the informa- tion that should be accumulated and assembled to make a ra- For the last 30 years, tional decision.” Jane Weith, who runs the The scope of the EIS delineates areas that will be studied Brooklyn Friends School in the draft EIS, including shadows, air quality, noise, con- Thrift Shop in Cobble struction impacts, zoning, traffic and parking. Hill, has outfitted every- The primary area in which Ikea studied traffic patterns and one from young women volume was within a quarter-mile radius of the site. But the going out on their first job secondary study area included traffic counts as far away as interviews to a transvestite Sunset Park and DUMBO. dressing for a drag contest The secondary study area, which will look at likely access on Montague Street in the corridors, is bounded by the waterfront between the Manhat- 1970s. tan Bridge and the Gowanus Expressway, to the north; the Last month, however, Weith Manhattan Bridge and Flatbush Avenue and the western edge was notified by her landlord of Prospect Park, to the east; a straight line drawn from that the building between Coney island Avenue at Hinckley Place to the Bay Ridge Baltic and Warren streets had Channel, to the south; and the Sunset Park waterfront and been sold and she’d have to Gowanus Expressway, to the west.

vacate. Weith is one of several Callan / Tom The scope of the EIS must be approved by the Department long-time merchants on that of City Planning in order to begin its public review. Once the block of Court Street who will scope is approved, Ikea can create a draft EIS and after the Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center soon be leaving their store- draft EIS is complete the proposal can begin its passage fronts. through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which in- The landlord also notified cludes hearings before Community Board 6, Borough Presi- Exclusively for Treatment Nelson Martinez, who for the

The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn dent Marty Markowitz, the City Planning Commission and of Varicose Veins of All Sizes. past 23 years has run the Mar- the City Council. tinez Grocery at 227 Court St. Jane Weith (at right) helps a customer at the Brooklyn Friends School Thrift Shop in Cob- Spiders and Facial Spiders. Leg Ulcers. ble Hill, which is being forced to close. Ikea is predicting an opening date in 2006. that he, too, would have to In the meantime, Ikea has designed a Web site devoted ex- 17 years experience leave. clusively to their Red Hook Plan. Martinez declined to com- “It’s beyond the laws of Across the street, at 234 said. “The rents are too high, The site is located on the World Wide Web at National clientele ment but Weith is issuing an physics how much people can Court St., Helen Abegg, owner not just here in Brooklyn.” www.ikearedhook.com. open appeal to anyone with a put in those bags,” she of the Laughing Giraffe at the As Weith, whose son gradu- 263 7th Avenue (718) 499-7755 space in the neighborhood that quipped. “Einstein is non- Monkeyswedding, a toy store, ated from Brooklyn Friends in Suite 5E http://[email protected] she can rent. plussed to figure it out.” was given the option to buy 1976, now watches her “We have been there for 30 While she would not blame the storefront where she has $1,000-a-month storefront slip years,” said Weith, who has her landlord, she sees her run her business for the last 14 away she is reaching out to not received a final eviction ouster as a difficult reminder years. Unsure about buying churches and community or- RELIGIOUS SERVICES notice yet but said she expects of how hard it is for the old- and facing neighborhood rents ganizations to help her find GONZALEZ... to receive one “any day.” timers to stay in the now of $3,000 a month she opted to space. Congregation Congregation “We started this not only to swanky neighborhoods of Car- make her entire business virtu- Continued from page 3 raise money and scholarship roll Gardens and Cobble Hill. al and mail order, having oper- “We’d like to be in the Gonzalez appeared in Row B, the Democratic line, so con- B’nai Jacob Kol Israel funds [for the Brooklyn Weith, who frequently ated a portion of her company neighborhood because most of ceivably voters that did not kneel down to read the fine print our clientele [is here],” Weith Park Slope Synagogue Located in Prospect Heights Friends School] but as a com- hands out clean socks to online for several years. on the 28th column, may have thought they were voting the since 1924 munity service.” homeless people, said, “It’s so Like Weith, she has enjoyed said. Then pausing to reflect on Democratic ticket all the way down. Martinez appeared at the 401 9th St. bet. 6/7 Aves 603 St. Johns Place The school is located at 375 amazing. One person is here a cordial relationship with her using the word clientele to de- bottom of the Republican line. 832-1266 bet. Classon & Franklin Pearl St. in Brooklyn Heights. looking at paying $700,000 for landlord and reserves criti- scribe the neighbors and char- “Not to take anything away from her campaign,” Martinez 965-9836 638-6583 To clear out the remaining an apartment and another is cism, instead pointing to a acters that have patronized her said after losing, “but clearly I’m not a Republican.” Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz stock Weith is currently sell- looking for clean socks and small business crisis citywide. store for three decades she said, Martinez’s apparent late withdrawal this year also may Rabbi Shimon Hecht Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am ing bags of clothes for just $7. underwear.” “It’s across the board,” she “I laugh at using that word.” have hurt other potential candidates that might have run but Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan R41 stepped aside to aid Martinez’s chance of winning. Shabbat Friday Evenings Congregation While Rodriguez told The Papers this week that he never Shabbat Sat. AM: 9:30 came to a firm decision about his candidacy, he had enter- CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS Mount Sinai tained the thought but opted against it when Martinez’s deter- www.parkslopeshul.org 250 Cadman Plaza W. mination to run became clear. R34 Conservative/Egalitarian “Both of us knew pretty well that if we both ran the likeli- A House for Prayer / A Home for People Downtown plan needs hood of defeating Sara Gonzalez would be diminished signif- 718-875-9124 icantly,” he said. Friday Eve Services 6:30pm “It’s unfortunate, particularly to make a decision now giv- Saturday Morning 10:00am en that petitioning has already started and people’s campaigns You are always welcome Rabbi Joseph Potasnik transit improvements should have been underway for a month or two,” added Ro- R43 Friday Evenings driguez, who until recently also worked for the attorney gen- Kabbalat Shabbat 6:45 p.m. PARK SLOPE To the editor: power doubtless repeats itself eral. First Friday service followed JEWISH CENTER Regarding your article head- daily in favorable weather. Gonzalez took Martinez’s decision as an opportunity for lined “Is there a Doctoroff in Unfortunately, the steady unity in the coming years. by Pot Luck supper 6:00 p.m. 8th Avenue at 14th St. LETTERS Regular Service 8:15 p.m. Fri. nights 7:30 pm the house?” [June 9], it is ab- stream of smog-belching cabs “Mr. Martinez is a very intelligent young man,” said Gon- Sat. mornings 10 am solutely critical that we let and other motorized vehicles zalez. “And both our strengths together can definitely provide Saturday Mornings about a car-free Downtown is the time and Brooklyn is the seriously undermines the safety Adult Ed e Hebrew School Deputy Mayor Doctoroff know the services that our community needs.” Torah study 9:00 a.m. that the communities surround- Brooklyn, a modern, northern place. — Aaron Naparstek and health of Central Park and Rabbi Carie Carter European-style street car sys- Park Slope Services 10:30 a.m. Park Slope’s Egalitarian, ing Downtown Brooklyn will Prospect Park users. “Some” tem, bus rapid transit, dedicated, car-free hours and “some” car- Brooklyn’s Largest Conservative Synagogue not allow a $100 million rezon- ing to take place unless serious signalized bicycle lanes, man- Tourist: Make free lanes are clearly unsatisfac- Reform Congregation 768-1453 R32 measures are taken to improve dated indoor and outdoor bike parks car-free tory. Cars must be prohibited Eighth Avenue and Garfield Place transportation and decrease au- parking, and rational tolling and altogether. Their unnecessary PARK SLOPE KINGSBORO TEMPLE of tomobile traffic. parking policies that help limit To the editor: intrusion turns the park drives DAVIS... automobile use in our most I recently spent a pleasant 768-3814 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS The city is talking about into noisy, hostile speedways. Continued from page 3 R41 dense neighborhoods. week in NYC, visiting fellow People using the park for its A Go to Heaven Fellowship adding 5 million to 10 million fice, some experts said. He even claims to have raised almost Sure, there’s a financial cri- bicyclists and taking in your square feet of new office, com- intended purpose — a peace- $132,000 for this year’s campaign, just $18,000 below the 415 7TH ST. • BROOKLYN, NY 11215 sis underway. But the Tribor- city’s cultural offerings. mercial and residential space to ful refuge from the bustle — limit. Union Temple (718) 369-3534 • D.L. Mcphuall, PASTOR ough Bridge was built during I had the pleasure of visiting Downtown Brooklyn. The only must be accommodated first, “In the community he’s in I think Davis is very strong,” Brooklyn’s Oldest Reform Congregation Sabbath School - Saturdays - 9:30 am transportation plans in the the Great Depression. We’ve Central Park on several occa- not crammed in after the cars. sions. Its lush greenery, paths, said political consultant 17 Eastern Parkway Divine Worship - Saturdays - 11:00 am works are small improvements faced worse times and we’ve Making these parks car- Joseph Mercurio. “Whether Pastor’s Hour - Saturdays - 4:30 pm undertaken bigger initiatives. bridges and relative quiet just at Grand Army Plaza in the facades and stairways of free won’t cost a penny. you agree with him or not Youth Ministries - Saturdays - 5:30 pm The end of the age of inexpen- kept drawing me back. Friday evenings 8:15 p.m. existing subway stations and The burden of expensive he seems to be making Prayer Meeting - Wednesdays - 7:30 pm sive oil and happy motoring is One evening before dusk, I road repair will be eliminated. Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. 2,500 new parking spaces. This principled attacks … It Men’s Ministry - Tuesdays - 7:30 pm is a recipe for a traffic and qual- upon us. It’s a difficult fact that was thrilled by the sheer vol- The confusion over what Women’s Ministry - Bi-Tuesdays - 7:30 pm would be hard to make First Friday monthly 6:30 p.m. ity-of-life disaster of Robert will bring great changes to our ume and energy of hundreds of hours entrances and roads are that a toppling charge.” followed by Pot-Luck Dinner Website: kingsboroSDA.org Moses-ian proportions. lives in the coming decades. cyclists, joggers and Roller- closed will cease to exist. There could have been 638-7600 Our Sabbath Service is live on the internet! Between Downtown Brook- Let’s do what we can to prepare bladers. Their presence was felt I join with thousands of New far more threatening rivals R39 R27-15 lyn, Atlantic Avenue, BAM, and build for these changes by a never-ending whir of Yorkers who are urging that [the to Davis this year, includ- the waterfront, Red Hook and rather than waiting until the wheels and the patter of feet. parks] be declared car-free. ing James and Mont- the neighboring residential changes are forced upon us. Now This inspiring festival of human — Anne Hansen, Toronto gomery. communities, we are in the Montgomery, who had SENECA SMOKES midst of a radical transforma- her own well publicized tion of northern Brooklyn. feud with Davis — she Tax Free Discount Cigarettes Rather than investing in a even left his name off a Cartons start at just $11 soon-to-be-obsolete automo- Send us a letter community resources list bile-centered future, let’s use distributed by her office James Davis All major brands plus many value brands. the opportunity of all this new Brooklyn Viewpoints, The Brooklyn Papers’ opinion page, wants to know what you — said she thought about taking on the first-term Full line of chew, cigars, snuff and pipe tobacco. development to implement have to say about our coverage and about your community. sustainable transportation. councilman but then decided a race between the two would Call Toll Free 1-877-234-2447 Let’s turn Downtown Brook- By E-Mail: [email protected] • By Fax: (718) 834-9278 • By regular mail: Letters,The be too divisive. lyn and the surrounding neigh- Brooklyn Papers, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242. “I just didn’t think that it was good for the constituency to Or visit our website at: borhoods into an example for Please sign your correspondence and include your address and phone number for verification. Letters go through a grueling, ugly battle, which it would have been,” www.senecasmokes.com the rest of New York City to fol- may be edited for space and clarity. the state senator said. “And I’m not sure that it would really W26 low. We need to be talking solve any issues.” June 16, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BWN 9 CB2 Mgr. Park buzz aplenty at Sunset Shangri-la By Patrick Gallahue Bloom said. “Beauty makes life bearable.” The Brooklyn Papers Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was also expected as a guest of honor did not arrive and ousted If last year’s Brooklyn Bridge Park emissaries from the city Economic Develop- Coalition fundraiser was a celebration of ment Corporation and the Parks Department ac- the residual excitement caused by the con- cepted a chocolate rendering of Brooklyn crete commitment of $150 million by city Bridge Park — created by DUMBO’s Jacques and state officials, this year featured the Torres — in his place. relaxed expectancy that Brooklyn Bridge In the crowd, over wine and hors d’oeuvres, by McRae Park is going to happen. advancements in the park plan were discussed, Elected officials and guests, who paid $75 to and a buzz resounded over the Watchtower So- By Patrick Gallahue $100 a ticket to attend the Sunset Shangri-la in ciety’s unexpected announcement last week that The Brooklyn Papers Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, reiterated their that they are selling 360 Furman St. None of the excitement over the planned 1.3-mile commer- planners was willing to state concrete ideas for Long-simmering tensions at Community Board 2 cial and recreational development between Jay the property but acknowledged that it has stim- boiled over this week as Chairwoman Shirley McRae and Joralemon streets — possibly extending to ulated their interest [see story Page 2]. ousted the board’s district manager, Olanike Alabi. Atlantic Avenue — along the waterfront. The inclusion of Pier 6 in the Environmental And if unity has been hard to come by at CB2, then the “I predict that it will become, after Prospect Impact Statement created additional excitement Downtown Brooklyn board was equally divided about re- Park … the greatest place in the region to be among park advocates. moving Alabi from her post, the only full-time paid position in,” said Borough President Marty Markowitz. Two days of rain nearly caused the fundraiser on the board. “Brooklyn Bridge Park will be an icon,” said to be a washout but Koval enlisted Engine After a more than four-hour, closed-door session that in- Marianna Koval, the executive director of the Company 224, on Hicks Street at Joralemon cluded testimony from both Alabi and McRae, the board vot- Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition. “It’s our fu- Street, to pump water from the soggy park. ed 23-16, with one abstention, in favor of firing the district ture.” The event drew 700 guests and grossed manager. The Finance and Personnel committee had voted 7- The evening’s honorees included Michael $140,000 for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coali- 0 in April to remove Alabi. “Buzzy” O’Keeffe, proprietor of the River Cafe, tion, to support educational programs associated Alabi, who was hired in 2000, and McRae, have shared a tense relationship since the ouster of the former board chair- and Olga Bloom, artistic director of Bargemu- with the park and interim uses until it is built, man, Bob Evans, from the board in December 2001. Some sic, both at Fulton Landing. such as the free summer Brooklyn Bridge Park board members theorized that Alabi was remaining loyal to “I’ve only one thing to say, one thing,” Film Series in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. the former chairman, who had hired her, and some board members grumbled that McRae had a hand in blocking his reappointment, something McRae has denied. Contacted by The Brooklyn Papers after Monday’s vote, McRae declined to cite specific complaints about Alabi’s per- formance, saying that personnel data is confidential. She did say, however, that the two had met to discuss whatever prob- lems there might have been, but since then Alabi’s perform- ance had not improved. “There’s nothing personal here, this is about business,” McRae said. “People who are saying it’s personal I’m really disappointed in, because they should be able to rise above that and see what’s in the best interest of the board.” Reached by The Papers, Alabi declined to comment. This week, board members were at odds over the removal with some seeing it as a personal vendetta, telling The Papers that the reasons presented did not seem sufficient for termina- / Tom Callan / Tom tion. Others defended McRae’s decision, saying that since the Evans ouster Alabi’s performance had declined. / Tom Callan / Tom Evans contacted both Borough President Marty Markowitz and Councilman James Davis this week to voice his opposi- tion to Alabi’s ouster.

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “It was unfair,” Evans told The Papers. “I think the same Rosemarie Markgraf (president of the Brownstone Brooklyn Republican Club), Borough undermining tactics that were used to discredit me upon leav-

President Marty Markowitz and Valerie King (social chair of the Club) enjoy the Sunset Papers The Brooklyn ing the board are probably at work in this, in regards to Ms. Shangri-la at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Friday. Medina and Brian Kerrigan, Brooklyn Heights residents, take a twirl on the dance floor. McRae’s participation in both processes.” “I do not undermine anyone,” McRae told The Papers in response. “I think that you insult other people when you say that there’s one person who can solely manipulate the minds of many.” Evans was replaced by his appointing authority, then- Councilwoman Mary Pinkett, on the night of his presumed re-election as chairman, and McRae was elected to succeed him. He was then recommended for reappointment by Pin- kett’s successor, Councilman James Davis, after Pinkett was term-limited out of office in 2001. But the recommendation was going to be rejected by Borough President Marty Markowitz, according to Davis — a move that some board members believe McRae requested. Evans ultimately re- moved himself from consideration. “In all my years since 1969, and chairman once myself for

/ Tom Callan / Tom a few years, what I have seen happen in the past year has / Tom Callan / Tom been a total disgrace,” said CB2 member Roy Vanasco. “The meeting was orchestrated by a few extreme members to push out our district manager.” The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s first lady, Jamie Markowitz (at left) and Rep. Nydia Velazquez (second from Papers The Brooklyn right) join Sara and David Sharps from the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook. The Atlas Soul band provides music for the party. JESUS… Continued from page 1 “It’s for people still suffering from 9-11, people having abortions, and just people who need people to pray for them,” School districts to stay open – on paper said Dominguez. The booths were dismantled once the pa- rade began, just after 10 am. “Jesus brings people to the light,” said marcher Tito By Deborah Kolben the current school districts will the 113 Local Instructional that it turned the agreement he in the right direction because sion, Klein announced the new Rivera, of East New York, a member of the New Hope Fel- The Brooklyn Papers be replaced by 10 regional di- Supervisors, for each office. had worked out with Klein no one person can have all of 113 Local Instructional Super- lowship parish. visions guided by 10 regional In exchange, Padavan into a “legally appropriate” the answers when it comes to visors. The list is posted on the While the state legisla- “I love Jesus. Jesus changes our lives,” said one woman superintendents. Those region- agreed to dump legislation he and binding deal. educating more than a million Education Department’s Web marcher distributing information about Christian singles ture granted Mayor Michael al superintendents will oversee had introduced in the state When asked how this deal students,” said Markowitz. site at www.nycnet.edu. events. Bloomberg greatly ex- a group of Local Instructional Senate aimed at blocking the differed from the one bro- While a host of Brooklyn Districts 13, 14, 15 and 16, “It’s not about religion, it’s about a personal relationship panded control of the city’s Supervisors, who oversee no school reorganization plan. kered by Padavan, Kruger politicians signed on to including Brooklyn Heights, with Jesus,” she added. schools last year, some leg- more than a dozen schools. Under this week’s settle- asked, “What agreement?” Kruger’s action, not everyone Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Car- A few scattered spectators watched the march from the islators have stepped up to “In defiance of the law, the ment, the community district “Without court intervention saw Tuesday’s decision as a roll Gardens, Sunset Park, sidewalk, although most were waiting to pass through to the challenge his reforms. mayor tried to steamroll this administrators will be called this mayor would never abide victory. Red Hook, Kensington, Wind- other side of the street. One of those challenges was plan through. But today the superintendents. by the law,” Kruger said. “I don’t agree with every- sor Terrace, Boerum Hill, Richard Rasport, a security guard at Victory Memorial met this week when the De- parents and children of New The new district offices will “There’s a compliance fac- thing in the mayor’s [educa- Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Hospital, had just finished up a night shift and was heading partment of Education settled a York City have won a huge contain three employees — a tor which says that if they’re tion] plan, but I would like the Greene, DUMBO, Prospect home when he heard the marchers singing hymns. lawsuit brought by state Sen. battle against an out-of-control superintendent, a parent sup- in non-compliance we’ll be mayor to have a chance to Heights, Crown Heights, “It was very nice to see,” said Rasport, who watched the Karl Kruger aiming to block administration,” Kruger told port officer and a clerical back in front of the judge,” succeed,” said Brooklyn Williamsburg, Greenpoint, parade from underneath an awning along Fourth Avenue. the mayor from instituting his The Brooklyn Papers after the worker. Kruger added. Heights-Downtown Brooklyn and portions of Bedford- The march finished up in Cannonball Park, at 101st Street sweeping school reforms. settlement Tuesday. “The key point is that we Borough President Marty Councilman David Yassky. Stuyvesant and Crown and Fourth Avenue, where organizers hosted a rally. Elected of- While both sides claimed The Kruger settlement mir- have eliminated the bloated Markowitz, who last week lam- “I did not support that law- Heights, will become Division ficials, including state Sen. Marty Golden and Borough Presi- victory, it appears nothing rors a deal brokered last district bureaucracies while basted Klein at a meeting at suit and I’m glad to see it settled 8, with 82,593 students. dent Marty Markowitz, presented proclamations. Carmen Farina, superin- much has changed. month between Schools also assuring a point of access Borough Hall and led a tirade and done with,” he added. “We While the rain may have kept some revelers away, Wayne tendent of District 15, will Reyes, of the Jesus Revival Center, located near Kings Plaza Kruger filed a lawsuit Chancellor Joel Klein and for parents in the districts be- against what he called “one- need dramatic change. The head that division, which will shopping mall, looked at the day’s weather in a more positive state Sen. Frank Padavan, a yond those already in the man rule,” referring to the may- thrust of the mayor’s plan to cut against the city in March be housed at 131 Livingston light. Republican from Queens. claiming that the mayor could schools and Learning Support or’s new position as ultimate the administrative bureaucracy St., a former Board of Educa- Peering up at the drizzle and fog, Reyes said Jesus must be not eliminate the city’s 32 Klein agreed to maintain an Centers,” Klein said in a pre- boss of the city’s public school and move those resources to the tion building in Downtown looking out for them. school districts without ap- office in each school district pared statement. system, heralded Tuesday’s de- schools themselves is the ab- Brooklyn. “It was supposed to be pouring,” he said. proval from the legislature. and appoint a district adminis- Padavan commended the cision as a victory. solute right way to go.” Under Bloomberg’s system, trator, selected from among settlement this week saying “This is an important step Following Tuesday’s deci-

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craftsmen at DUMBO furnishings show Papers The Brooklyn Siro Polo Padolecchia and Deputy Consul of China, By Lisa J. Curtis • Bushwick-based Elseware atelier, recent and current projects, including an Wangxia Chen, at Marco Polo Ristorante Monday. The Brooklyn Papers whose artists don’t shy from injecting a artificial island in Graz, Austria, an ad- bit of humor into the home, like the justable gallery in New York, and a hether you go for ideas on how to aquarium-toilet combo, “the Aquariass.” clothing store in Tokyo. make the most of your home’s • Williamsburg-based interior designer On June 14, the show will be open Wtight quarters, you go to hire the Dominic Gasparoly, who has also created from 11 am to 7 pm. At noon, Julie Venetian find designer who can custom make the piece his own contemporary furniture collection Parchesky, director of product devel- of furniture you’ve been fantasizing opment for West Elm, will present a about, or you go just to order a set of talk on “Adding the Contemporary Marco Polo celebrates 20 mugs, Brooklyn Designs has something Touch.” West Elm is a subsidiary to offer anyone who has a home, office or of Williams Sonoma that operates years of fine Italian cuisine home office. its mail order catalog of contem- The home furnishings show, an ini- porary home furnishings out of 55 By Lisa J. Curtis tiative of the Brooklyn Chamber of Washington St. in DUMBO. The Brooklyn Papers Commerce, will fill St. Ann’s Ware- At 2 pm, the senior buyer for ABC house in DUMBO June 13-15 with Carpet & Home, Chris Kraig, will talk on arco Polo Ristorante in Carroll Gardens kicked off the work of dozens of Brooklyn- the topic of “The New Baroque.” The Furnishings festival: Brooklyn-based a two-week celebration of its 20th anniversary with based artisans displaying lighting, Manhattan-based store took a 10-year home furnishings designers and manu- M a lavish, six-course dinner Monday honoring the linens, rugs, furniture and decorative lease on 40,000 square feet of retail space facturers will display their wares at this last descendant of Marco Polo, Siro Polo Padolecchia of accessories. in 20 Jay St. at Plymouth Street in DUM- weekend’s Brooklyn Designs show. Monte Carlo, Monaco. Exhibitors include: BO last October. (Clockwise from top right) Scott Braun’s The restaurant’s owner, Joe Chirico [pronounced KEE-ri- • Brooklyn Navy Yard-based furniture At 4 pm, a Furniture New York panel “b&w,” a calfskin and ebonized ma- ko], had wanted to do something special for the anniversary, designer Robert Martin, who creates an discussion will address “Commissioning hogany chair; Kea Carpets and Kilim’s so he and his “PR man,” Joseph Carella, began their search assortment of sleek furnishings including incorporating African and Asian influ- Work: The Rewards and Mysteries of high-end rugs and tapestries; Walter for a relative of the famed adventurer who traveled from steel-and-wood dining tables, worksta- ences. Custom Furniture.” Furniture New York Venice to China in the 13th century. Rossi’s “Love Chair,” fashioned from tions and garden furniture. • Navy Yard-based furniture designer is a not-for-profit organization that sup- “I never thought I would find him,” Chirico told GO • Williamsburg-based Milder Office, Evan Hughes, who sculpts seemingly im- ports the city’s furniture trade. Led by Italian-wool felt and iron with a gun- Brooklyn. “I sent him a letter, and he said he would be very whose artists fashion products for the of- possible curves out of wood as can be moderator and “furnituremaker” Michael metal finish; and “Mugpie,” Daniel honored to attend.” fice, home, institutional and retail envi- seen in his oval-shaped satinwood maple Puryear, designers Robert Martin and Harper’s ceramic mugs from the Else- Padolecchia, who says he is the 34th generation of the ronments. bureau and cherry wood “Mathews Li- Scott Braun will present ware design collective. Polo family and the last living relative, is a native of Venice brary Shelving Unit.” some of their recent and the president of the European Institute for Futures Stud- “This is a chance for us to showcase custom projects and ies in Monte Carlo. Brooklyn’s vital creative economy,” said discuss the process He brought a decidedly romantic tone to the celebration, Brooklyn Chamber President Kenneth of creating them. regaling the crowd of 150 diners with stories about Marco Adams. “Our exhibitors come from across Braun, vice pres- Polo, including his love affair with a young Chinese woman, the borough. Attendees will get a chance to ident and programs who, much to Padolecchia’s chagrin, is often omitted from visit DUMBO, New York’s newest home chair of Furniture the history books. He said he was currently recruiting politi- furnishings destination, to see what’s new New York, manufac- cal and financial aid to find the grave of this woman in Chi- in lighting, furniture, rugs, linens and ac- tures his furniture in na. He also presented Chirico with a medal, making him an cessories from designers East Williams- honorary president of his Marco Polo Society. and manufacturers burg. He believes Among the guests at the dinner, which was held in the working across the public needs stained glass-ceilinged banquet room, were former Borough Brooklyn.” to be educated President Howard Golden, state Sen. Carl Kruger, Borough Brooklyn about — and President Marty Markowitz and Carroll Gardens activist Designs is encouraged to Buddy Scotto, as well as Georgio Radicati, the consul gen- also hosting explore — the eral of Italy, and Wangxia Chen, deputy consul of China. a series of commission- Waiters milled about in velvet Medieval tunics with rope seminars, which ing process. belts, making sure no wine glass was empty for even a mo- are free with ad- Braun says ment, and the restaurant was adorned with sculptures of boats mission. most de- hewn from ice and flowers. On June 13, from signers not Through June 15, the restaurant, at the corner of Union and 10 am to 5 pm, the only do custom work Court streets, is offering an “authentic Venetian menu” designed show is open to but also enjoy it. by Chirico and Marco Polo’s chef of 17 years, Francesco Insin- trade persons only, “We’ve been planning to do some kind go, which pays homage to their namesake’s hometown. who can register for of event trying to help demystify the cus- ing to work with people.” “The Venetian menu was carefully researched in order to free at www.brooklyn- tom commissioning process,” Braun told Braun’s 10,000-square-foot shop is give our customers a taste of the famed city’s culinary tradi- designs.net. The show opens to the public GO Brooklyn. “People often don’t even open by appointment. tions,” said Chirico. “There is an emphasis on seafood, but it at 5 pm. At 6 pm, sculptor and perform- know I can do [custom work]. If a client “Talk to the designer, tell them about also includes cold and hot appetizers, soup, pasta, rice, meat ance artist Vito Acconci will present the likes someone’s aesthetic, they should your needs, what’s important to you,” and poultry.” keynote lecture. He has focused on furni- pursue it. Fully 90 percent of us — if not said Braun. “For some, it’s budget; others From June 16 through June 22, Chirico will offer selections ture and architectural installations since more — derive most of our income from longevity; for others, high style. These from his original 1983 menu at 1983 prices (pastas: $5.95 and 1988, and his talk will cover a range of custom commissioned work. We are will- See DESIGNS on page GO 2 See POLO on page GO 2

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POLO... Guide to Continued from page GO 1 entrees: $8.95-$19.95). Chirico, a bit of an adven- exhibitors turer himself, arrived in the Brooklyn Designs will be on display United States from Calabria in at St. Ann’s Warehouse (38 Water St. at 1964. He opened Marco Polo Dock Street in DUMBO) June 13-15. in 1983, and in 1995, pur- The show is open June 13, 10 am-5 pm (for trade persons only) and 5-8 pm (to chased and restored the land- the public); on June 14, 11 am-7 pm; mark restaurant Gage & Toll- and on June 15, 11 am-3 pm. Tickets ner, on Fulton Street at Jay are $10 for the general public and free Street in Downtown Brook- for trade persons. All seminars are free with admission. Trade persons can reg- lyn. (He announced Monday ister at www.brooklyndesigns.net. that Gage & Tollner will cele- Tickets can be purchased online at brate its 125th anniversary www.ticketweb.com, or at the St. Ann’s next year.) Warehouse box office. Since 1979 Many of the exhibitors’ workshops Chirico is also the founder and ateliers are open to the public by EW and president of the Brooklyn appointment only. Call for locations Restaurant Association, and he and appointments. N claims to be the first restaura- Brooklyn Designs exhibitors: teur to import truffles, porcini 3 Square Design, (212) 989-4341, XICA mushrooms and New Zealand www.info3squaredesign.com E L green mussels to Brooklyn. A Loomful of Hues, (718) 757-8572 I Burgeoning Studios Inc. (917) 494- M Restaurant “[Marco Polo] was too ele- 7994, www.burgeoningstudios.com gant for the neighborhood at Chris Ross Furniture, (718) 599- Tex Mexican Cuisine that time [in 1983],” said Chiri- 6016 Reasonable Prices • FREE DELIVERY! co. “But the neighborhood was City Joinery, (718) 596-6502, coming up. It was a challenge, www.cityjoinery.com but I like a challenge — like Dform, (718) 384-6887, Available for Parties Gage and Tollner. There’s a www.dformdesign.com The BEST Margaritas and the very big excitement when I Dominic Gasparoly Furniture, challenge myself. I work hard- (718) 486-8166 BEST Mexican Food in Brooklyn!! DYAD Studio, (917) 612-4570, er. I want to beautify and en- www.dyad.com 137 Court Street rich the neighborhoods.” No way out: “Mazellaneous,” a shelf-maze by Perry Dixon, will be exhibited at the Elseware design collec- Elseware, (718) 366-0888, corner of Atlantic Ave. Markowitz presented Chiri- www.elsewareinc.com co with a proclamation declar- tive booth at St. Ann’s Warehouse June 13-15. Epoche Studios, (718) 387-6888 (718) 625-7370 ing June 10, 2003, Marco Eric Manigian Studio, (718) 855- Polo’s 20th Anniversary Day. 9097, www.ericmanigian.com “He wants to help all themes they generate. The collective Elseware will also display Oliver Ethan Ames Builder, (917) 449-0515 Brooklyn restaurants,” said is also a creative consultancy. Deckert’s “Aquariass,” a Plexiglas Evan Hughes Furniture, (718) 643- Markowitz. “Under your DESIGNS... “For example, an entrepreneur fish tank cum toilet. “The fish are 0561, www.evanhughesstudio.com watch, Joe, Brooklyn has be- came to us who wanted a toothpaste safe,” assured Hoag. “There’s a sepa- Hive Mind, (718) 782-3539, come Smith Street, and Court Continued from page GO 1 dispenser,” said Hoag. “We also re- rate container.” www.hiveminddesign.com Street, and 86th Street and are all things the designer can help cently designed a line of soft-sided Hoag explained the group’s origi- Kea Carpets & Kilim, (718) 222- Your Answer 8087, www.keacarpetsandkilims.com Third Avenue. You set the you with. That conversation is cru- coolers for a piece goods company, nality with the tagline, “Everybody Martel Fab, (718) 963-4780, standard. You set the bar. No cial.” Braun also explained that when where we just did the design work.” starts somewhere, we start Else- www.martelfab.com one loves this borough as you pick out a piece from a store, “All four of us will be exhibiting ware.” Matt Gagnon, (646) 226-7859, to Summer thoroughly as you, Joe.” you have to pay in advance and wait at Brooklyn Designs,” said Hoag. Caila Rossi says her partner, the www.mattstudio.com Chirico is often credited for — often four to 12 weeks — for it to “‘Mazellaneous,’ [a wood shelf de- artist, architect and blacksmith Wal- Michael Puryear Furnituremaker, having opened a white table- be delivered. signed like a maze] by Perry Dixon, ter Rossi, has a showroom in Man- (212) 620-9607 cloth restaurant rather than the “A custom designer will take that came from one of the gallery shows hattan, but makes and designs his Milder Office Inc., (718) 382-0767, Party Food is stereotypical red-checked much time, but there’s a built-in lay- surrounding the word ‘fuse.’ ‘Mazel- furniture in Crown Heights. www.milderoffice.com cloth, red sauce trattoria. away plan,” said Braun. “Only 50 laneous’ … came from things that The Walter Rossi works that will Modern Modular by resolution: 4 In fact, Monday’s dinner percent down until you get that piece. confuse and how much junk you col- be on display at Brooklyn Designs architecture, (212) 675-9266 didn’t offer a single bite of lect and how confusing it can get.” will include new works and “a glass Rico, (718) 797-2077, www.shop- almost here. You don’t have to pay in advance, so rico.com pasta, which is not a Venetian it’s more affordable.” In addition, Elseware’s booth will screen on wheels made out of neon Robert Martin Designs, (718) 797- dish. He did, however, offer Among the items Braun will have feature Daniel Harper’s ceramic set glass tubes and a brushed metal 1183, www.robertmartindesigns.com “Rise e Bisi dei Dogi,” a on display are his “ebonized” of six tear-drop-shaped mugs in a cir- frame; a really sleek-looking stain- Robert Russell Furniture, (718) creamy risotto flavored with (“chemically altered”) mahogany and cle, “Mugpie,” and Hoag’s own less steel dining room table and 388-3055 pancetta, onions, peas and calfskin chairs, a new commission in “Squish Sink,” a flexible sink made chairs; and some classics; like a new Scott Braun Furniture, (718) 381- Parmesan, which will be one progress, a “highly carved” waterfall of silicone rubber. version of our love seat,” said Caila 9200, www.scottbraunfurniture.com of the anniversary dishes of- table, a colorful child’s rocker, a “It came from our very first show, Rossi. Scott Jordan Furniture, (718) 852- fered through June 15. desk, nightstands, a coffee table and ‘Watershed,’ featuring objects for the Brooklyn Designs promises to not 4935, www.scottjordan.com Reservations are required a bench. bathroom. This challenged the idea only be a showcase of fine home and Siegal Arts, (718) 855-8757 Space Manufacturers Corp, (718) for Marco Polo’s anniversary Joel Hoag, one of the four design- that sinks are hard and cold,” said office furnishings, but an exciting op- 599-6722, www.spacemfrs.com menu; call (718) 852-5015. To ers who make up the Bushwick-based Hoag, adding that he’s had some suc- portunity to meet and quiz dozens of OPENING MID-JUNE Walter Rossi, (212) 228-5840, view the 20th anniversary Elseware design collective says his cess with the “Squish Sink.” the borough’s talented artisans, who www.walterrossi.com menus, log on to www.marco- artists come up with made-to-order “It’s in someone’s apartment now have enough advice and skill to fill a Zia-Priven, (718) 398-6777 Catering & Gourmet Take Out poloristorante.com. product ideas based on gallery show in the Village.” DUMBO warehouse.

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Seniors: 15% Discount include choreographer Mark Shakespeare Company pres- Harry O’s Restaurant, 120 Metrotech Commons, at the corner of Flat- Morris and former NYC Parks ents “The Rover.” $15, $7 sen- Lawrence St. Call for reserva- bush and Myrtle avenues. For more informa- every Tuesday night (dine-in only) tions. (718) 797-1495. and Recreation Commissioner iors and students. 8 pm. St. tion, call BAM at (718) 636-4100 or visit Gordon Davis. $250 includes din- Francis College, 180 Remsen AUTHOR TALK: Lori Robinson dis- St. (718) 398-0546. cusses her book “I Will Survive: www.bam.org. ner, concert and birthday party. Mark van S. 5:30 to 9:30 pm. Public concert ONE WORLD SYMPHONY: pres- The African-American Guide to at 8:15 pm features singer Joan ents Beethoven’s Symphony Healing from Sexual Assault Armatrading. Free for concert No. 6. $10. 8:30 pm. Open and Abuse.” 6 pm. 4W Circle only. Prospect Park Bandshell, rehearsal. $5. 6 pm. St. Ann of Art and Enterprise, 704 Ninth Street and Prospect Park and the Holy Trinity, corner of Fulton St. (718) 875-6500. West. (718) 783-2298. BAM: presents “Les Boreades.” tion. $75, $55, $30. 7:30 pm. West. (718) 855-7882. Montague and Clinton streets. Free. CULTURAL ARTS: 14th annual $125, $85, $40. 7:30 pm. Cast BAM Harvey Theater, 651 ELDER LAW: Learn about nursing (917) 576-9983. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: JT event “2012...Return to For- of 140 are surrounded by sum- Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. D • E • L • I • C • I • O • U • S homes, Medicaid planning, asset BAM: presents The Royal Dramatic Griffin and Vitamin-D perform. ever.” $20. 8 pm. Walt Whit- mer blossoms, autumn leaves, GALE GATES: presents “The transfers, wills, trusts, more. 4 and Theater of Sweden in “Ghosts.” $5. 7 pm. 70 North Sixth St. man Theater, Brooklyn College, winter snows and spring Miami Project.” $12. 8 pm. 37 Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition 7 pm. Greenhouse Cafe, 7717 Third 7:30 pm. See Sat. 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The underdog over the East River SAT BLACKALICIOUS Spanish Harlem 6/14 7:30PM Positive celebrates its 100th anniversary Orchestra Progressive Authentic NYC Salsa Dura Cerebral By Yoav Gonen whose role it is to bring the to oversee a procession from West Coast for The Brooklyn Papers bridge out from under the shad- Brooklyn to Manhattan of the Hip Hop ow of its East River co-habitant, original 45-star flag, flown from Sekou espite growing up in the has planned an almost month- the bridge by workers in 1902. Sundiata shadows of the world-fa- long celebration for what she Poet Dmous Brooklyn Bridge, refers to as “the unsung, very Work in progress the Williamsburg Bridge has en- heroic bridge of our borough.” The Williamsburg Bridge dured its sometimes inglorious Preliminary events began opened officially Dec. 19, 1903. history to reach the age of 100. with the opening of an informal It was constructed in just seven BUDWEISER And while the bridge’s physical exhibition of bridge photos, tak- years — half the time it took to LATIN MUSIC SERIES beauty has always been a matter en by community members, at build the Brooklyn Bridge — at FRI ✦ 6/13 ✦ 7:30PM for debate, the importance of its the Brooklyn Brewery, 79 a cost of about $24 million. The Joan contribution of linking northern North 11th St. last Friday. Other rapidity of the construction is Alfredo de la Fé Armatrading World’s Finest Cuban events will include panel dis- ✦ ✦ Brooklyn and Manhattan’s often offered as an explanation THUR 6/12 8:00PM Charanga Violinist Lower East Side has never cussions with historians, com- by some, including Henry Per- Legendary Singer/Songwriter been questioned. munity activists and bridge en- ahia, chief engineer for the OAN CASH ROSANNE Phe NatalieMacmaster Alt-Country Sensation Alt-Country

“Isn’t it good to be assem- gineers, as well as a Transportation Department, for Fiddler Bretonian Cape nomenal BENEFIT CONCERT

bled for something wonderful, mini-retrospective of films fea- the way the bridge looks. Mango / Greg another unique feature of turing the Willy B at Galapagos “They wanted it designed Brooklyn?” asked Brooklyn Art Space, on North Sixth quickly and cheaply,” he said. ERYKAH Borough President Marty Street between Kent and Wythe “They didn’t spend a whole Markowitz, in announcing the streets, also in Williamsburg, on heck-of-a lot of time on aesthet- BADU SAT ✦ 6/21 ✦ 7:30PM

100th anniversary celebration of June 14 at 6:30 pm. ics.” Papers The Brooklyn the Williamsburg Bridge, which The main celebration on June Although the bridge and its Grammy Winning R&B Hip Hop Artist How sweet it is: At Peter Luger Steak House Monday, $50 Advance/$60 Day of Show is set for June 22. 22 will last from 11 am to 6 pm designer, Leffert L. Buck, en- SUN ✦ 6/22 ✦ 6:00PM Tickets Available At “To achieve the young age of and feature a wide range of dured their share of criticism Anthony Smith, of New York City College of Technology, FRI 100 is truly something to cele- events. Live bands will play early on, proponents of the proj- adjusts a sugar based replica of the Williamsburg Bridge. Ticketmaster SAW ✦ 212-307-7171 Or brate,” he added. music representing the various ect brought attention to its no- 6/20 718-941-4629 DOCTORS Gathered at Peter Luger cultures of Williamsburg on the table achievements: it was the the Lower East Side to Marcy Repairs on South Sixth Street, “Emerald Isle’s Greatest Rock Band”

Steak House in longest suspension bridge in the Avenue, while keeping it open within a block from the bridge. ✦ Boston Globe Williamsburg on world (1,600 feet from tower to as much as possible. Byrnes’ mother and father lived 7:30PM Monday to help FESTIVAL tower, four-and-a-half feet The City DOT began recon- in Williamsburg at the turn of PADRAIG Markowitz an- longer than the Brooklyn struction work in 1991 (after the century and witnessed the STEVENS For a complete listing of Williamsburg Galway Singer/Songwriter nounce the bridge Bridge centennial events, call (718) 625- Bridge), it was the first steel- earlier construction by the State) bridge being built, while years festivities were Kay 0080 or visit www.brooklynartscouncil.org. towered suspension bridge in which has continued to this day ago he witnessed locals playing FRI ✦ 6/27 ✦ 7:30PM Turner, project di- the world, and, most important- at a cost of approximately $1 softball under the bridge, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle rector for the cele- ly, it was architecturally sound billion, according to DOT more recently, over a decade of bration, Ella Weiss, president of main stage in Continental Army and sturdy. spokesperson Keith Kalb. reconstruction. TheABYSSINIANS Rufus Wainwright the Brooklyn Arts Council, and Plaza Park, at Roebling and Or so they thought. The work has finally entered “They spent a fortune on it Revolutionary Roots Reggae Trailblazers Transportation Commissioner South Fourth streets, interrupted Over time, concerns about the final phase, focusing on the and they spent years,” he said MARCIA DAVIS & OUTRO Iris Weinshall. only briefly for a cake-cutting the bridge’s strength began to subway tracks, and is scheduled of the work. Multi-Ethnic World Reggae Ensemble Speaking on behalf of City ceremony at 3 pm. That 10-foot mount, to the point that an advi- to be completed in January While another business SAT ✦ 6/28 ✦ 7:30PM Councilman Lewis Fidler, of cake will be topped with a repli- sory committee was formed in 2006, according to Perahia. owner echoed Byrnes’ concern Mill Basin-Canarsie, his chief ca of the Williamsburg Bridge. 1988 to evaluate the integrity of “When we finish, it’s going about the bridge collapsing on Hal Willner’s Leonard Cohen Project of staff, Bryan Lee, focused on Local food vendors and the bridge, and to recommend to be as good as a brand new his roof, Kate Tarlow, wife of a w/ Rufus Wainwright, the utilitarian nature of the restaurants will offer foods from whether it should be torn down bridge,” said Weinshall. co-owner of Diner restaurant, Williamsburg Bridge over the Latin America, Poland, Italy and replaced or reconstructed. at 85 Broadway, said her fami- Martha Wainwright, years. and other countries whose emi- “If you don’t maintain a Good neighbor ly has gotten a lot from the Kate & Anna McGarrigle, “This bridge has been here grants have settled in the neigh- bridge, it will fall into disre- Neighbors of the bridge, bridge. The Handsome Family, Marc Ribot every day for 100 years just get- borhood, and a wide variety of pair,” said Weinshall. which carries an estimated “One of our favorite activi- And Other Surprise Guests!

Latin Major Media Sponsor Co Sponsors Celebrate Additional Promotional Partners ting the job done, like a true exhibitions, tours and perform- “Particularly for that bridge,” 140,000 motorists and 92,000 ties is walking over the bridge Music Brooklyn is sup- Series ported by public New Yorker,” said Lee. ances will take place throughout she added, referring to its eight subway riders daily, don’t and down into Chinatown” Sponsor funds from Following in the wake of last the day. lanes of traffic and two lines of sound so sure. with their 2-year-old son, said Media Partner Radio Partner Celebrate Presented in Brooklyn partnership with month’s 120th anniversary of Kicking off the day’s events train tracks. “There’s more wear “I’m surprised the [expletive] Tarlow. Her son is already able is a program the Brooklyn Bridge, the “Willy will be a re-enactment of the and tear on it.” thing didn’t fall down on my to identify the Williamsburg of B,” as it’s affectionately called, bridge’s original opening cere- Ultimately, the city decided building,” said Al Byrnes, 71, Bridge as a landmark, which was inevitably compared with mony in 1903, with Markowitz to repair the bridge, which ex- who owns the blue garage that tells him that they’re almost its older sibling. But Turner, and other city officials on hand tends from Delancey Street on houses Vince’s General Auto home. Brooklyn Youth Humble Offering to Manhattan around this neighborhood of story hour at Imagination Play- Skyline.” 7:30 pm. See Sat. mansions, restaurants and ground. 4 to 5 pm. Prospect BLACK BOX SERIES: Annual the- brownstone-lined streets. $13. Park. Enter park at Parkside Chorus ater event by The Gallery 1:30 to 4 pm. Call for reserva- LIST YOUR EVENT… and Ocean avenues. (718) 965- Players. Box 3. 8 pm. See Sat. tions and meeting location. 8943. Free. (718) 393-7537. To list your event in Where to GO, please give us as much notice as SHAKESPEARE: “The Rover.” 8 possible. Send your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn pm. See Sat. HORSESHOE CRAB: Urban Park OTHER COMEDY: “The Wonder! A Woman Ranger Explorers show-and-tell Papers, 26 Court St., Ste. 506, Brooklyn, NY 11242; or by fax: (718) BROOKLYN DESIGNS: Brooklyn- Keeps a Secret.” 8 pm. See Sat. on horseshoe crab mating ritu- 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We based designers present their als. Learn about the earth’s old- regret we cannot take listings over the phone. wares at a juried show. Exhi- est living fossils. 7 pm. Meet at bitors show lighting, linens, rugs, Spring Concert SAT, JUNE 14 end of Gerritsen Avenue. (718) furniture and decorative acces- 421-2021. Free. Sixth Ave. (718) 836-0029. Free. BARBES BAR: Orrin Starr per- sories for home, office and gar- den. $10. 11 am to 7 pm. St. OUTDOORS AND TOURS MOONLIGHT RIDE: Moving for a PERFORMANCE: “10 Stories: A forms. 8 pm. No cover. 376 Songs in Better Environment hosts a Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water St. HISTORIC WALK: Brooklyn Center Humble Offering to the Man- Free shuttle from Borough Hall ride through Prospect Park. 9 hattan Skyline” is a series of BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the for the Urban Environment pm. Meet at Grand Army to site. (718) 875-1000. offers a walk around Bedford- 10-minutes plays, each set on a Performing Arts concludes its Bloom Plaza. www.times-up.org. Free. Brooklyn rooftop. $15, $12 stu- Caribbean Celebration Series WORK STORIES: Brooklyn Public Stuyvesant Historic District and Library and Brooklyn Historical the Museum of Contemporary PERFORMANCES dents. 7:30 pm. Empire-Fulton with Pat Bishop’s Lydian Saturday, June 14 Ferry State Park, Water Street Singers from Trinidad. $40. 8 Society invite Brooklynites to African Disasporian Arts. Local PIER SHOW 11: Last weekend to share their work histories. Docu- artists open their studios. $11, between New Dock and Main pm. (All tickets issued for the see Brooklyn Working Artists streets. (212) 352-3101. postponed March 22 date will mentation by a Brooklyn Histor- $9 members, $8 seniors and Coalition annual art show. Silent BAM: presents The Royal Dra- be honored for this date.) Walt ical Society staff person. 10 am students. 11 am to 1 pm. Meet auction, carnival, dance, poetry to 2 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, outside of Utica Avenue station performances, live music and matic Theater of Sweden in Whitman Hall, Brooklyn College, “Ghosts” by Henrik Ibsen. Per- one block from the intersection Central branch. Grand Army in front of Boys and Girls High refreshments. Also, Creative Arts Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Brooklyn Youth Chorus • Songs in Bloom School, located at the intersec- formed in Swedish with English of Flatbush and Nostrand Therapy Day, invites the public FESTIVAL LATINO: Brooklyn tion of Stuyvesant Avenue and to walking tours of the art exhib- translation. $75, $55, $30. 7:30 avenues. (718) 951-4500. Dianne Berkun, Artistic Director Fulton Street. (718) 788-8500. pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 UP OVER JAZZ CAFE: Trio Three Public Library, Central branch, it and workshops by art thera- hosts the Latin jazz band Grupo WATER WONDERS: Prospect pists. Noon to 6 pm. Creative Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. performs. $20 cover plus mini- BARGEMUSIC: All Beethoven. mum per set. 9 and 11 pm and Caribe in a program of dance Location: Saturday, June 14, 2003 Park Lake hosts an interactive Arts, downstairs at Beard Street rhythms. Also, poet Louis Reyes exhibit. Learn about the park’s Pier. Pier Show at 499 Van Brunt $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry 12:30 am. 351 Flatbush Ave. Landing. (718) 624-2083. (718) 398-5413. Rivera. Noon to 4 pm. Grand 7:30 pm waterways. Noon to 5 pm. St. (718) 596-2507. Free. Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. St. Augustine R.C. Church Audubon Center, Prospect BLACK BOX SERIES: Annual the- TWO BOOTS: Three Penny Opry SHAKESPEARE: Kings County HEALTH FAIR: Maimonides Concert Chorus and Park. (718) 287-3400. Free. Shakespeare Co. presents “The ater event by The Gallery plays bluegrass. No cover. 10 116 Sixth Avenue, Park Slope Players. Box 3 features “A pm to midnight. 514 Second Medical Center offers blood BIRD WATCHING: Introductory Rover.” $15, $7 seniors and pressure screenings, choles- Intermediate Division talk. Noon. Audubon Center, Night On the Moon,” a piece St. (718) 499-3253. students. 8 pm. Founders Hall terol and glucose screenings, Tickets: Prospect Park. (718) 965-8999. about a male escort. Other Theater, St. Francis College, peak flow and pediatric dental Experience the great range, power Free. 182 Remsen St. (212) 868-4444. short plays. $15, $12 children CHILDREN under 12 and seniors. 8 pm. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum screenings. Noon to 4 pm. $25 Preferred Seating GANGS OF NEW YORK: Big BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS: Flatlands Church of Christ, and touching emotion of the Onion Tours leads a tour Family matinee features 200 199 14th St. (718) 595-0547. of Art offers a talk, “Nature $15 Adults COMEDY: Flying Fig Theater and Art.” $6, $3 children and 1371 Rodgers Ave. (718) 283- Brooklyn Youth Chorus in a exploring the history, people, choristers. 2:30 pm. Evening 8837. Free. legends and lore of Five Points concert features concert chorus presents “The Wonder! A seniors, free for members and $8 Children under 10/Seniors and Herbert Asbury’s 1927 and intermediate division. 7:30 Woman Keeps a Secret.” $15. children under 12. 200 Eastern BALTIC BAZAAR: Learn to deco- program of choral masterworks, classic “The Gangs of New pm. $25 preferred seating, $15 8 pm. ART/ New York South Parkway. (718) 638-5000. rate your summer table with Delia Directions: international folk music, musical York.” $12, $10 students and adults, $8 children under 10 Oxford Space, 138 South BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- Sainsbury. 1 to 2 pm. 141 Atlantic seniors. 1 pm. Meet at south- and seniors. Both events take Oxford St. (212) 868-4444. UM: Family science workshop Ave. (718) 858-2900. Free. St. Augustine R.C. Church is theatre selections, and the east corner of Broadway and place at St. Augustine R.C. Church, PLAY: Charlie Pineapple Theater “Fossil Fun.” 1 to 4 pm. Also, MEETING: AARP Ovington Chapter. Chambers Street, lower 116 Sixth Ave. (718) 243-9447. 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culinary tradition that the AIWF was Mango / Greg can Institute of Wine and Food, call (800) 274- founded on,” explained Tom Potter, CEO 2493, or visit their Web site at www.aiwf.com. of the Brooklyn Brewery and the chapter Brooklyn bites: At Saturday’s Critic’s Choice Summer Beer and Food Festival at the chair of AIWF-NY. Brooklyn Brewery, chef-owner Adam Rose was on hand to serve his Brooklyn clam The AIWF was the brainchild of Julia chowder. (At left) A Brooklyn Brewery employee dispenses another round of lager. Milchrahmstrudel, more of a feather-light

“French Chef” Child, Robert Mondavi of Papers The Brooklyn souffle than a traditional strudel, was the Robert Mondavi Winery and the late made with farmers cheese and served atop Richard Graff, a West Coast vintner. They guests danced to the foot-stomping coun- cious mouthful a retro spin. marinated in olive oil and lemon juice for band’s songs. “Mexicali,” “Friend of the a puddle of sweet but not cloying vanilla formed the institute to “promote health try tunes of the Brooklyn Brown Grass Zakary Pelaccio, of the newly opened a refreshing hors d’ oeuvre. Devil,” and “Stella Blue” were three that sauce. It ended the feast on an elegant and well-being through the enjoyment of Band. Chickenbone Cafe in Williamsburg, Spins on the sandwich included the crisp added spice to his contribution. note. Beer and souffle didn’t cut it, but the good food and drink and the fellowship Even the chefs whose kitchens regular- served two bruschettas — a spicy version mini-tostada topped with grilled shrimp and Aaron Bashy, of the Minnow in Park clean apple taste of Original Sin Hard that comes from eating together around ly produce more haute than down-home, made with chopped Polish kielbasa, dill mango salsa from Prospect Height’s Tavern Slope, another restaurant specializing in Cider, pressed in New York City, paired the table.” beer-friendly fare rose to the occasion. and pickles — and another of subtly fla- on Dean; and the luscious duck and mush- simple fish preparations, lined a plate with nicely. Paying heed to the AIWF’s principles, Saul Bolton, of Restaurant Saul in Cobble vored pork confit (meat cooked and stored room samosas from Oznot’s Dish in braised cabbage and potato slaw then And there was so much more: tamales, chefs participating in Saturday’s festival, Hill, offered a meltingly tender braised in its own fat) that was cooked down to an Williamsburg. Each of Joshua Shuffman’s topped the mix with diminutively sized, Jamaican lamb patties, pate with figs and sampled each other’s dishes, and diners pork belly surrounded by spicy red beans unctuous, pate-like topping. A clean-tast- flaky, phyllo samosas was filled with boldly flavored bluefish cakes. Creamy roast chicken salad. There was beer roamed from table to table nibbling on given a jolt of refreshing sweetness by ing Brooklyn Pilsner helped to cut the sweetly scented duck, earthy mushrooms paprika aioli added a smoky note to brewed in Maine, Vermont and Baltimore; specialties and sipping great brews. peach salsa. Only a hearty beer like the richness of the pork. and moist raisins; palate-cooling mint chut- Bashy’s original dish. beer brewed by Trappist monks in Bel- Previous festivals spilled out onto the Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Adding to the good-stuff-on-bread cate- ney served as a dip. Two chefs cooked to a different drum- gium; German rye beers; and Japanese closed-off North 11th Street with a stage Stout, with its deep, bitter chocolate and gory, Sam Barbieri of Pete’s Waterfront Marc Elliott, of Whim in Cobble Hill, mer. Adam Rose, of Soma in Williams- brews flavored with orange peel, nutmeg set up for the bands, a miniature golf tour- coffee aromas, or the Brewery’s malty Ale House in Brooklyn Heights, placed preferred to leave the cooking to others. burg, was the single participant to offer and coriander. There were tables of hard nament and even a hoola-hoop contest, but Brooklyn Brown Ale could accompany succulent slices of his award-winning bar- As an accompaniment to his just-out-of- soup — a briny clam chowder made with ciders, calvados, sakes and, hailing from the rain was so heavy and steady Saturday the big flavors in Bolton’s dish. becued beef brisket on brioche rolls and the-drink Wellfleet oysters, Elliott perched Brooklyn Brewery’s lager — with a side good ol’ St. Louis, Fitz’s Root Beer. that the band, chefs and guests all stayed Grill master Laura Taylor, of DUM- served the sandwich with a side of sweet a slice of lemon or lime on each half shell. of goat cheese and pecan salad tossed in a If critics determine an event’s success, inside the Brewery’s cavernous tasting BO’s Superfine restaurant, used a bitter potato hash. For those who can’t leave well enough pleasantly sharp dressing. then all 300 “critics” who attended the room. Brave souls who insisted on dining endive leaf as a canoe for smoky, jumbo On a lighter note, Caroline Fidanza, of alone, Elliott, a long time Grateful Dead Thomas Ferlesch, of Thomas Beisl, an fourth annual “Critic’s Choice Summer al fresco snacked under rain-soaked tents. shrimp. A dollop of the mysterious Diner in Williamsburg, heaped slices of enthusiast, supplied squirt bottles of Austrian restaurant in Fort Greene, was Beer and Food Festival,” would give the Taking a breather between dishes, festival “Green Goddess” dressing lent the deli- French baguette with tangy artichokes sauces named in honor of his favorite the lone chef to serve dessert. His production a unanimous thumbs up.

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By Tina Barry for The Brooklyn Papers

copello doesn’t look like other Italian restaurants in Brooklyn. S Chic without being preten- tious, the setting invites a diner to lean back, sip wine and ease into the evening. While the dining room has its own likeable yet hard-to-place / Greg Mango / Greg personality, the restaurant’s convivial ambience is unmistakably Italian. On a weekend evening at this new Fort Greene eatery (it opened in Feb- ruary) waiters took the hands of fa- / Greg Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn miliar female patrons and walked them to their tables; groups of women drank and ate multi-course Global dinners; and children, huge napkins

tucked under their chins, dug into Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn bowls of pasta. The nascent estab- warming lishment already feels like a much- Fort Greene flava: Scopello bartender Fay Ku fires loved neighborhood place. off a shot. (At right) The Fort Greene restaurant’s Fort Greene’s culinary renaissance continues: Restaurant After passing the bar, one enters grilled octopus salad, insalata di polpo.

Gia, an “American bistro,” opened on Lafayette Street in the high-ceilinged dining room paint- Papers The Brooklyn February, adding to the area’s ever-expanding dining scene. ed a warm orange. Tall, brown leather Manager Tracey Grant, the sister of owner-chef Ian A. banquettes line both long walls. Paper red sauce palace. Sicily’s global ref- shipment of burrata delle Murge, a were exquisite. Each triangle of the Among an impressive roundup of Grant (Gia derives from his initials), describes the food as lanterns stained the colors of fall erences are present in the caponata, mozzarella flown in from Puglia, dough was as thin as lace. The filling pastries, is a contender for best “American with French and Asian touches.” The chef is an leaves illuminate the tables; jazz a sweet and sour eggplant stew. Sar- Italy. The outer part of the cheese was pleasingly chunky and the truf- spring dessert — a wild berry tart alumnus of Jean-Georges and Bouley in Manhattan, and The lends an upbeat and blessedly quiet dines, another Sicilian staple, are was barely firm. Not quite set in the fles lent their rich, earthy flavor to served with nothing more than pow- River Cafe at Fulton Landing. background to conversation. baked and stuffed with bread- center, the cheese oozed when cut. the pasta’s velvety sauce. dered sugar and a squiggle of Ian’s intention, says Tracey, was to “bring a touch of Scopello is named for the Sicilian crumbs, raisins and pine nuts; and Mild and milky, nuances of fresh The entrees are served on platters caramel. Under a crown of sweet Manhattan” to his Fort Greene neighborhood. The renovat- fishing village slices of raw grass emerged as it warmed. Recom- and not meant for delicate eaters. At raspberries, tiny, tart, wild blueber- ed space has a glass front and is divided into a downstairs where owner Fa- swordfish “car- mended for two, the serving could Scopello, two “Flintstones”-sized ribs ries and blackberries, was a fluffy, bar complete with comfortable leather chairs, and an airy, brizio Di Mitri DINING paccio” are paired feed three or even four and is a deli- were cooked until the meat absorbed lightly sweetened pastry cream. The pale lavender dining room upstairs.Waitress Anna Grund- spent his child- with anise-flavored ciously novel way to prime the the lush flavors of the red wine sauce. tart’s thin crust was a little cakey, like stom (pictured) delivers elegant cocktails. hood summers. Scopello (63 Lafayette Ave. be- fennel in a re- palate. They were succulent in a he-man, last a cookie from an Italian bakery. It’s tween Fulton Street and South Elliot Grant’s dishes feature global combinations like branzino “Our dish- Place) accepts Visa, MasterCard and freshing salad. If you’re not a herring enthusiast, meal on Earth kind of way. But the the sort of simple fruit pastry served (sea bass) served with basmati rice, bok choy and coconut, es,” said Di American Express. Pastas: $11.95. To welcome pass on the fish and orange salad. sauce, although tasty, was overly fat- all over Italy that one can never seem or potato pancakes topped with smoked salmon, roasted Mitri, “are in- Dinner entrees: $13.95-$16.95. For diners, a basket of Thick ribbons of herring are served ty, and the side of green risotto cake, to find here. slices of tomato “petals” and caviar. fluenced by the reservations, call (718) 852-1100. warm, house-made atop a tangy mix of baby lettuce and flavored with spinach and arugula, How Fort Greene, once the land of To ease our present angst, Grant suggests a civilized, late- Greeks, Arabs, focaccia is placed wedges of oranges. The fish were as was tepid and too chewy to be con- take-out food served behind bullet- afternoon cup of tea in his artbook-filled library. Twenty va- the Normans on the table. That potent as a mouthful of seawater; sidered toothsome. proof glass, became the second com- rieties, including spiced plum and passion fruit, are served and the Spanish. The Arabs brought bread — tender and a bit chewy with paired with the sweet fruit, the com- A better version of the risotto ap- ing of Smith Street, dates back to the from 3 pm to 5 pm. saffron and sweet and sour tastes, the deep olive flavor of the oil — is bination gave a one-two punch to the peared in a pyramid of the creamy first, brave bistro owners who Restaurant Gia (68 Lafayette Ave. at South Elliott Place) nuts and couscous. the real thing. A ramekin of mixed taste buds. On the safer side were grain circled by a special of veal stew opened their restaurants along accepts Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Entrees: “Of course,” he added, “Sicily is olives steeped in fruity virgin olive tiny, plump mussels served in a deli- with artichokes. DeKalb Avenue. Now a new crop of $20-$24. Tuesdays to Thursdays, the restaurant serves lunch an island, so there’s a lot of fish.” oil with slivers of orange peel come cately seasoned white wine and saf- Order it. pioneers is invigorating Lafayette from noon to 2:30 pm, tea from 3 to 5 pm and dinner from Di Mitri imported his mother, next. Dip a piece of the focaccia into fron broth. The meat had more depth than most Avenue with great eateries. One can 5:30 pm to 11 pm. The kitchen is open until midnight on Fri- Ninni, and uncle Michelangelo Vi- the oil that has absorbed the peel’s Pasta is served at least once a day veal dishes, and those thick slices of argue against gentrification, but days. Saturdays and Sundays brunch is served from 11:30 am tale to help create the menu. A quick citrus notes, and it’s a delightful way at Sicilian tables, and it’s well repre- tiny artichokes — crisp on the outside there’s no disagreeing that Scopello to 3 pm and dinner is served 5:30 to 11 pm. Closed Mondays. glance at their offerings and it’s ap- to begin the meal. sented on Scopello’s menu. House- and smooth inside — are reason is a welcome addition to the neigh- For reservations call (718) 246-1755. — Tina Barry parent that Scopello isn’t another On Fridays, Di Mitri receives a made ravioli stuffed with mushrooms enough to return to the restaurant. borhood. REAL ESTATE

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