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April 13–19, 2018 Your Neighborhood — Your News® FREE SERVING BAY RIDGE & DYKER HEIGHTS Man fatally stabbed in QUESTIONABLE S’Park BY JULIANNE MCSHANE A Sunset Park man was killed on April 1 when he was repeat- edly stabbed in a fi ght in front of a troubled 64th Street sushi QUESTION restaurant in his neighbor- hood, according to police. Offi cers found 41-year-old Wei Lin in front of Go One Su- Local pols and experts condemn citizenship query on census shi between Eighth and Ninth avenues just after 4 am with BY JULIANNE MCSHANE that the inquiry could have sus, leading to a lower overall communities like Southern multiple stab wounds, and po- Don’t count them out! an outsize effect on Southern head count — and subsequent Brooklyn are ones that ev- lice determined later that he Immigration experts, ac- Brooklyn, which is home to a cuts in federal funding and eryone needs to care most had been stabbed in the chest tivists, and local pols are con- high number of immigrants political representation for about, because these are the three times during a fi ght in demning the Trump admin- and people of color. One ex- the area. communities that are the front of the eatery with an istration’s push to include a pert said the question could “If you’re interested in most vulnerable and most unknown person. Emergency question about citizenship make many residents reluc- preserving the funding that prone to nonparticipation,” medical personnel trans- on the 2020 Census , noting tant to participate in the cen- New York State receives, said Thomas Wolf, an expert ported the man to Maimo- on redistricting with the De- nides Hospital, where he was mocracy Project at the Bren- pronounced dead. nan Center for Justice at There are no arrests, and New York University School the investigation is ongoing, of Law. “And the moment police said. people stop responding to the The location has a long his- census, they basically disap- tory of controversy. It was for- pear in terms of our political merly a karaoke club, Crown life because they’re no lon- KTV, under a different owner, ger counted when it comes and got violations for open time to draw a map. If you drug use and selling alcohol to want communities to have underage customers, accord- full voices we need to know ing to a document from Com- that they’re there.” munity Board 10. And there The federal Commerce were fi ve stabbings reported Department, which over- to have occurred in front of the sees the Census Bureau, said eatery in August 2011, accord- in a statement last month ing to the document. that adding the question — CB10 approved several res- which has not been included olutions urging the state to re- on a census since 1950 — is voke or deny its liquor license, necessary to determine the due both to the violations as portion of the eligible vot- well as the eatery’s proxim- ing population. But critics ity to PS 69 a block away, and say the citizenship ques- the State Liquor Authority re- tion could intimidate immi- voked its license in June 2014. grants and people of color There is no phone number — especially those who have currently listed for the eat- undocumented family mem- ery, but there are two listed bers living with them — who for fashion emporiums at the are already undercounted address, one of which is out of because of language barriers service. The district manager, Horsing around and suspicion of the govern- Josephine Beckmann, said the Ben Vershbow and his kid Dov meet Apollo at Prospect Park Alliance’s spring fair on April 7. For more ment, among other factors, community board believes the according to Wolf. on the fun, see page 10. Photo by Trey Pentecost business is illegally renting “There’s always been an out space at the address. Continued on page 12 A CNG Publication Vol. 73 No. 15 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D<KIFK<:?:<EK<IEFIK?('K?=CFFI9IFFBCPE#EP(()'( ROLL-N-RAPPER Hip-hop artist makes freestyle video ode to Roll-N-Roaster’s roast beef Setting records: Music producer Martin Bisi will release an album featuring some of BC Studio’s most famous local clients at Saint Vitus Bar on April 20. Elizabeth Graham BY ADAM LUCENTE said one reason he made the Going on record You got beef? video was to pick sides in Gowanus studio launches 35th anniversary album By Adam Lucente ly comes 37 years after Bisi started record- band that features Bisi on guitar and successful producer over the decades. A Sheepshead Bay rap- the decades-old debate over t has gone from Sonic Youth to sonic ing music at his semi-eponymous studio vocals and Bob Bert from Sonic Youth “He’s incredibly patient,” said Genevieve middle-aged! in 1981 — all of the music was recorded on drums; the industrial drone sounds of Fernworthy, who plays synthesizer, guitar, I An iconic Gowanus music stu- live during a marathon session for its 35th White Hills; Excop; Tidal Channel, and bass and electric viola alongside her hus- dio that has hosted Sonic Youth, Herbie anniversary in 2016. It has taken him more the melodic, overdriven guitar solos of band’s vocalized poems in Tidal Channel. Hancock, and the Dresden Dolls will cel- than a year to produce the album and get New Old Skull — a revival of ’80s post- “Whatever you want to try, he’ll take you ebrate its 35th anniversary this month with it ready for release, mostly because of the punk group Live Skull. there.” per has released a freestyle who has the best roast beef a concert and record release party featur- sheer volume of music recorded during that Old New Skull’s guitarist says there is Bisi believes that his old-school approach ing some of its most notable local punk, live session — and he is still not finished. still a market for the classic New York City — finding clients through word of mouth industrial, and experimental clients. The “It’s kind of a monster behemoth, this punk and its offspring that is BC Studio’s rather than advertising — has kept the BC owner and producer of BC Studio said that record,” said Bisi. “And there’s still a signature, even as indie rock has surpassed Studio family close over the years. the show, happening April 20 at Saint Vitus Volume Two that’s gonna come out.” it in mainstream popularity. “It’s very underground and has a cer- Bar in Greenpoint, will pay homage to the Bisi decided to hold the live sessions “I think indie rock got multifaceted, tain collectivism to it,” he said. “It works video ode to the beloved in Sheepshead Bay. gritty, boundary-pushing sound the studio after getting jumped outside the studio in very melodic and about musicianship as outside the markets, and it’s on the cheap is known for. 2015, offering seats to the recording sesh it went on,” said Mark C. “In noisy post- side.” “It’s gonna be heavy and noisy,” said to those who helped to fund his medical punk, there’s still an edginess. It’s a gut “BC35 Record Release show” at Saint Martin Bisi. “A certain amount of sonic expenses. response to music, as opposed to trained Vitus Bar (1120 Manhattan Ave. between chaos is what the studio has always been The April 20 concert will feature a musicianship.” Clay and Box streets in Greenpoint, www. about.” diverse lineup of five local bands from Another performer said that Bisi’s saintvitusbar.com). April 20 at 7 pm. $15 The “BC35 record release show” actual- the album, including Nowhere Near, a accommodating nature has made him a ($12 in advance). Roll-N-Roaster restaurant “The south Brooklyn ar- and its delicious roast beef gument is whether Roll-N- Your entertainment sandwiches. Orlando Mo- Roaster or Brennan & Car guide Page 53 lina, also known by his makes a better roast beef,” stage name ZEPS, made he said. “Roll-N-Roaster is the video at the Sheepshead more consistent. It never Police Blotter ..........................8 Bay restaurant as homage leaves you bummed.” Letters ....................................42 to his hometown just days The classic aesthetics of The Right View ....................44 before moving across the the joint are also a draw to Stand O .................................. 47 country. Molina and other custom- “It’s kind of like a love ers. Harbor Watch ........................51 letter,” said Molina. “I grew “The main thing is the up in Sheepshead Bay my nostalgia. There is old ’70s whole life and then moved and ’80s lighting,” he said. to Cali.” “It looks mad old-school The now-California- when you walk in.” based Molina made the The restaurant shared video entitled “Roll N Molina’s video on its Face- Roaster Freestyle” in De- book page , and it has more cember of 2017 shortly be- than 2,000 views on the so- fore his move to the West cial media platform. The HOW TO REACH US Coast. Rapping is nothing video is also on YouTube . new for him — he’s the au- There have been sev- Mail: thor of “Brush Your Teeth eral videos made at Roll- Courier Life Rex (Rhymosaurs),” a book N-Roaster, which is more Publications, Inc., that teaches kids how to than 48 years old — in- 1 Metrotech Center North rap. cluding an old commercial 10th Floor, Brooklyn, The video shows Mo- showing a man dancing lina rapping over a boun- with waitresses at the res- N.Y.

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