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By Ariella Cohen area’s remaing cargo business and transform the tion next March from the publicly owned piers. The Brooklyn Papers fenced-off working waterfront into a phantasmagoria The city Economic Development Corporation says it of family-friendly attractions, housing and restaurants. can create 3,000 new service sector jobs — and housing Elected officials from Washington to City Hall “This is part of a scheme for a New York with as for 700 people — by evicting ASI and its several hun- this week derided Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to few blue-collar jobs as possible,” said Rep. Jerry Nad- dred full-time longshoremen. turn the Red Hook and Cobble Hill waterfront ler (D-Coney Island) at a public hearing last week on The cranes operated by those dockworkers would into a maritime-themed tourist attraction as “Dis- the plan’s environmental impact. disappear to also make way for a 250-room hotel on a ney on the Waterfront.” A spokesman for the company that operates the currently inaccessible stretch of waterfront west of And one Red Hooker described the plan as “a area’s last working cargo port sees Bloomberg’s plan Columbia Street. pimping of the waterfront.” as a plot against Democratic union jobs. A smaller working port, with 100 jobs, would be re- “The history of maritime trade is as old as prostitu- “It’s a dollars-for-developers scheme from a Repub- tained. tion and it looks like the maritime trades are about to be lican administration with no interest in keeping good Residents who testified at last week’s Community prostituted,” said Tom Kerr, a resident of Beard Street. jobs in Brooklyn,” said Matt Yates, director of opera- Board 6 hearing cautioned against rezoning the water- The criticism is a reaction to city plans to oust the tions for American Stevedoring, which is facing evic- front for residential development. “There are other places to put housing,” said Dan Wiley, spokesman for Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Sunset Park). Others complained that development would overcrowd schools and parks, taking a large toll on the quality of life in a neighbor- hood that is slowly regaining a residential SMART population that vanished after World War II. “We need the peaceful waterfront com- mom munity and good schools that we have spent the last forever fighting for,” said Grace SEE PAGE 6 Seifman, who has lived in the neighborhood for nearly a decade. “We don’t need more housing blocking our views, another theme park or a South Street Seaport.” But city planners promise that their theme park will be suited to the historic character of the dockyard community. One proposal, by PortSide NewYork, includes cafes, a maritime-themed shop and two salvaged, historic ships where students and

tourists would learn about waterfront trade. Ho / Dennis W. “There is space in Red Hook for a hinge between the world of recreation … and the world of work, because there is still a thriv- ing industrial waterfront there,” said Elaine The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn / Dennis W. Ho / Dennis W. Carmichael, a planner on the project. Meanwhile, ASI is trying to hold onto The sister tower of the Brooklyn Marriott, at 333 Adams St., is 25 stories and contains its working-port turf. 280 rooms. It opened this week. “I don’t know if the city is trying to kill maritime industry in Brooklyn, but this

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn plan will certainly hurt it,” said Edward Kelly, president of the Maritime Associa- tion, which represents 400 maritime busi- nesses, including ASI. Who needs homework? “It’s fairly obvious that forcing one of Sophia Bennett-Holmes looks on as her mother, Sarah Bennett, signs copies of her new book (co-written with the last port operators to leave will do ir- ROOM BOOM Nancy Kalish), “The Case Against Homework,” at the Barnes and Noble in Park Slope on Oct. 17. reparable harm.” Marriott annex opens ARTIST COLLARED as competitors arrive By Dana Rubinstein “Brooklyn is attracting people from all over the globe and now they have a place to By Tania Haas The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Marriott’s 280-room stay when they’re here,” said Craig Hammer- for The Brooklyn Papers man, district manager of Community Board 6 BAM does Ibsen P7 Police dragged a quirky Clinton Hill annex has swung open its doors on Adams Make that, places to stay. artist — and building code scofflaw — Street, bringing its total number of rooms in The skeleton of Brooklyn’s first “boutique” out of his home Wednesday, after the city the often sold-out hotel to 660. hotel is now going up on Fourth Avenue, be- declared his jerry-rigged, self-built man- The 25-floor annex opens amid a hotel tween Fifth and Sixth streets, where visitors boom in Brooklyn that includes the Holiday will have views of a dialysis unit on one side, sion unsafe for him and his neighbors. Inn Express on Union Street in Gowanus and Arthur Wood’s famous ziggurat abode, and taxi depot on the other. The eight-story, 48- at least four almost-completed newcomers. room lodge features a sleek design by Quebec- Trolley idea “Broken Angel,” attracted the attention of the But the Marriott is the most grand, accord- based Andres Escobar. city Department of Buildings after part of it ing to its general manager. caught fire last week. On Duffield Street, a 25-story W Hotel and “Our annex is fabulous,” gushed Sam a similarly sized Sheraton Hotel will rise next When inspectors toured the former Brooklyn Ibrahim. “The views are breathtaking — you to each other for a total of 500 rooms. The Trolley headquarters, they discovered enough can see the Statue of Liberty [and] the Brook- is derailed code violations to evict Wood. Sheraton is slated to open in early 2008. lyn and Manhattan bridges. It’s unbelievable.” “The building is open to the elements, the The addition comes at a critical moment And for the thrifty tourist, hotel mogul By Gersh Kuntzman floors are not complete and there aren’t stair- for Brooklyn, as tourists increasingly spurn Sam Chang, who built the Holiday Inn Ex- press, is expanding his Brooklyn portfolio The Brooklyn Papers ways, just planks in some places,” said Build- Manhattan for its hipper neighbor. ings spokesman Jennifer Givner. “There are “Brooklyn is hot now, everyone’s moving with the creation of a Comfort Inn on Baltic ABrooklyn man’s dream of restoring the bor- also two illegal additions. One is a 50-foot ex- there, and it’s no longer a second choice for Street near the Gowanus Houses. ough’s fabled trolleys looks like it’s being tension above the roofline and another is a 15- meetings,” said Marriott spokeswoman Kathy That’s in addition to the recently opened At- derailed by planners of a waterfront development foot horizontal extension. The building is a lantic Motor Inn on Atlantic Avenue in Crown

/ Tania Haas / Tania Duffy. “We’ve had to turn down some con- along the Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO shore. safety hazard for him and for the public.” ventions, because we didn’t have enough Heights, a new Best Western in Sheepshead Bay, Arthur Melnick, who has spent a decade as a Givner said her agency ordered Wood to va- sleeping rooms for conventioneers. and The Smith, a 93-room boutique hotel being Quixotic promoter of trolleys as clean and efficient cate the building on Tuesday. When he refused, “The expansion is meant to make us more built across from the Brooklyn House of Deten- transportation, presented Buildings Department officials returned competitive in the convention market,” she said. tion on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. planners with his pro- Wednesday — this time backed by the NYPD. When the first Marriott building went up in Borough President Markowitz, thinks this posal for a three-line At 2:30, police cars blocked off both ends of Papers The Brooklyn 1998, critics said that the space in the building hotel boom is a boon for Brooklyn. streetcar system linking Wood’s block on Downing Street, and officers Clinton Hill artist Arthur Wood is dragged allocated to the hotel was too small to meet the “Each new hotel room gives visitors a spe- the so-called Brooklyn knocked on the red wooden door that bears the away from his home, which the city says is a borough’s needs. Additional space was leased to cial opportunity to be a Brooklynite — if only Bridge Park to Borough See EVICTION on page 14 danger to itself and others. the Brooklyn district attorney and other offices. for a night,” said Markowitz. Hall, the BAM cultural district and Red Hook. Several years ago, park planners said they were open to the idea of / Greg Mango / Greg historic light rail, but this time, they dodged The calm in the storm Melnick’s trolleys. “There are other things like jitneys” that are being explored, said Tech principal has big plans for battered school The Brooklyn Papers file The Brooklyn Jee Mee Kim, one of President Markowitz declared it “Randy thing, the school is 10 times bigger, Arthur Melnick several consultants hired By Paul Koepp for The Brooklyn Papers Asher Appreciation Day” in Brooklyn. with 4,300 students to HSMSE’s 400. by the Downtown Brook- But the hard work is just beginning. But advocates say Asher’s experi- lyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation to Randy Asher is young, cocky, and Asher’s Job 1 is recharging a faculty ence at the smaller school could actual- study transit links to the waterfront development. brash — and he wants your kids back. worn down by the heavy-handed Mc- ly play in his favor. Others indicated that the closest Melnick might get Months after longtime Brooklyn Caskill, who quit in February after he “He has the experience to break to his dream would be a mere facsimile. Technical High School principal Lee was caught illegally enrolling his down some of the school’s anonymity “We could have a jitney [bus] that looks like a trol- McCaskill resigned in scandal, the new daughter in a Brooklyn public school and make it a cozier and warmer ley, like they have Downtown,” said Hank Gutman, a Ho / Dennis W. boss is trying to regain the confidence even though he lives in New Jersey. place,” said Clara Hemphill, the direc- DBWLDC board member. of Brownstone Brooklyn and convince Asher, at least, knows the territory. tor of insideschools.org, a public school But Melnick isn’t giving up (not that he ever does). parents that they don’t need to send Four years ago, he left his post as a advocacy group. “I know they are not looking to do this now, but their kids to Stuyvesant or Bronx Sci- Brooklyn Tech assistant principal to Built like a human bulldozer with they should be,” he said. “Isn’t it about time we ad- ence to get a top-tier education. found Manhattan’s High School for bright eyes and a booming voice, Asher

dressed the problems of congestion, pollution and ex- Papers The Brooklyn Asher was officially installed last Math, Science and Engineering. looks like he could break down just See TROLLEY on page 14 Randy Asher, the new principal of Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort week. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein But returning to Brooklyn Tech’s big about anything. A mere 33, the Carroll Greene, hopes to restore the school’s battered reputation. hailed him as a “visionary,” and Borough chair presents a huge challenge: for one See PRINCIPAL on page 14 Buy One Ticket, Get One FREE! SEE AD ON PAGE 9 An Evening with MICHAEL AMANTE at Saturday, November 11 at 8pm 2 PSZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 October 21, 2006

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The one with which held a Michigan dri- the 41-year-old victim as she swung wildly at the woman, The 56-year-old victim left ◆ Custom Framing week, when a man’s pocket the screwdriver wore a sweater ver’s license and $4 — and strolled between Eighth and landing several blows. — containing two checks vest, while his accomplice bolted into nearby Prospect Seventh avenues, slapping her Police arrested the woman his apartment, near Seventh ◆ Ready-Made Frames Avenue, around noon. When 374 7th Avenue made out to the party — dressed in a white shirt. Park with the others. and laughing during the at- on assault charges. They pho- ◆ Posters & Prints was picked on Oct. 10, The stolen items included Police nabbed the primary tack. tographed her injuries and he returned at 11:30 pm, the (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) inside door at the building was ◆ Friendly Service police said. an Apple iBook, a cellphone, suspect, a 15-year-old boy, Bugged out took her own complaint of keys, and a wallet with who now faces grand larceny abuse, but declined to arrest damaged and his Dell note- 718-832-0655 The thief snuck up behind A pre-dawn argument left book and Seiko silver watch his 20-year-old victim around bankcards and a college ID. charges. The victim and her the man. one woman nursing her had disappeared. 8:20 pm as the man waited on Robbery time 27-year-old friend described wounds in police custody and Window of the corner of Flatbush Avenue Police arrested a thief who the others as black teenage a man temporarily blinded by opportunity Locker snag and Eighth Avenue. Before used a request for the time as boys, all between 5-feet-5 and bug spray, police said. Almost every week, fitness 5-feet-5, 160 to 180 pounds. The Park Slope burglar may the victim knew what had cover to steal a woman’s Both individuals filed a have been lame, but he was fanatics are robbed of their be- happened, the pickpocket had purse in Grand Army Plaza on iGone complaint against the other af- also clever. longings while toning their reached into his back pocket Oct. 8, police said. The thief may have been ter the Oct. 15 brouhaha at a The thief used a cane to slide pecs — and this week, another EXPRESS and removed two $50 checks The 29-year-old victim was laughing, but it wasn’t funny. bodega on Fifth Avenue, near a laptop computer out an open man became a statistic in made out to the Democratic walking near Flatbush Avenue A mugger snatched an iPod Flatbush Avenue. window at a Prospect Place Boerum Hill. 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By Dana Rubinstein The scorecard evaluated bility on environmental is- the Energy and Commerce bent, is facing Democrat Steve The Brooklyn Papers elected officials’ votes on a sues,” said Fossella’s cam- Committee, voted for drilling Harrison this November. The dozen “crucial” bills and paign manager, Matt Mika. in the Arctic National Wildlife League has not endorsed either Arespected environ- awarded the politicians a grade “The group also ignores the Refuge. And he also voted to candidate — but Harrison mental group celebrated of 0 to100 percent. many environmental initiatives eliminate most state food-safe- picked up a nod from Esquire St. Francis College the green values of New But Fossella’s campaign Vito has undertaken in the dis- ty laws that are not identical to magazine, of all places, this York City’s congressional called the League scorecard a trict, including the key role he existing federal regulations. week. delegation — except for load of hooey. played in securing the agree- The League estimates that Meanwhile, Nadler used his Pool party one member, Rep. Vito “The League opposed Vito’s ment to rebuild the Shore the bill would render obsolete perfect score to chide the Bush Brooklyn is home to a top-10 water polo team. Heading into this weekend’s games Fossella. bill [when he was in the City Parkway bike path and walk- 200 state rules meant to sup- Administration. against their West-Coast rivals, the St. Francis College Terriers were ranked eighth in the While the city’s representa- Council] to close the Fresh way,” added Mika. plement federal food safety re- “The current Administration nation, with a 13-2 record. The top seven teams are all from California. The Terriers face tives scored an average of 88 Kills landfill, which raises se- But the League pointed out quirements. has an abysmal environmental California Baptist University on Thursday, the University of California Santa Barbara on Fri- percent from the New York rious questions about its credi- that Fossella, who serves on Fossella, a nine-year incum- record,” said Nadler. day, and number 1-ranked University of Southern California Trojans on Sunday. League of Conservation Voters this week — with Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-Coney Island) and Major Owens (D-Crown Heights) earning perfect scores — the Bay Ridge Republican Fossella virtually offended by Paper’s ‘Polly’ voted the green group’s way only 17 percent of the time. “Rep. Fossella … put spe- By Dana Rubinstein sella MySpace page had more than second member then reviews the re- To test the limits of Fossella’s friend- moniously de-friended, as they say in cial interests ahead of his own The Brooklyn Papers 1,500 online “friends,” some of questor’s profile and approves or de- ship, The Brooklyn Papers concocted virtual circles. constituents by voting for whom had profiles so sexually nies the friendship. The Friends for an online persona called Polly Even worse, Friends for Vito Fos- Friends for Vito Fossella has charged that they would surely knock Vito Fossella page, created by a former Amorous, a self-described atheist and sella made its page private, denying giveaways to oil companies ended its online “friendship” with and against clean water and the socks off the congressman’s so- campaign volunteer with help from bisexual swinger represented by a cur- entry to all but its approved “friends.” food safety and the public’s The Brooklyn Papers, following a cially conservative base. Fossella’s campaign, didn’t seem to vaceous cartoon woman in bondage. It was a virtual slap in the face. right to know about toxins re- Papers report showing that a Web For the Luddites out there, My- deny anyone — including a lesbian Polly’s request for friendship with Fos- Even more insulting, many of Fos- leased into their communi- site for the four-term Republican Space is an online forum that allows who likes to “kiss and lavish my sella was promptly accepted — but it sella’s most inappropriate friends, in- ties,” said League President congressman’s campaign was members to socialize in a no-holds- tongue” on the “molars and bicuspids” turned out to be a brief flirtation. cluding Hysterical Glamour, MaH Gene Karpinski, who released filled with lurid content. barred, virtual environment. of her partners, a man who admires Following The Brooklyn Papers’ Sw4gg3r and J A Y, were not deleted. the group’s “2006 National As The Brooklyn Papers reported In order to make friends, one mem- women with “fat azzez,” and a man publication of a list of some of Fos- So we ask with all due respect: Environmental Scorecard.” Rep. Vito Fossella last month, the Friends for Vito Fos- ber requests another’s friendship. That who celebrated his bowel movements. sella’s “friends,” Polly was uncere- Vito, why can’t we be friends? FREE BUSINESS CHECKING. FREE PERSONAL CHECKING. FREE BLACKBERRY. “Does that work for you?”

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News item: Pratt Institute students were arrested for putting fake bombs in the sub- Bring back a trolley! way as an art project.

ALLS TO RESTORE TROLLEY serv- residents from the transit hub at Borough Hall to They should lay one set of track along Washington ice to Brooklyn probably started the day the Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO waterfront, Street — a vital link from Borough Hall to DUM- C after trolley service — like the Dodgers where a housing and hotel development — BO that is now just a parking lot for federal court — left Brooklyn. which proponents say will contain a park com- workers — to get people down to the waterfront. Many of those pleas, however, were based ponent as well — is being built. Trolley turnarounds at Borough Hall and at the more on the dreamers’ romantic attachment to Some residents of Brooklyn Heights, fearing already existing, though hard-to-reach, parkland the borough’s fabled light-rail system than any an influx of “outsiders,” hope to prevent any between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, actual vision for how such vehicles would im- link to the development, commonly referred to would draw New Yorkers and tourists alike. The prove the flow of cars, pedestrians, bikes and as “Brooklyn Bridge Park,” through the heart of trolley would also serve the entrance to the Brook- buses through a clogged city. their neighborhood. Already, they appear to lyn Bridge footpath — the worst-labeled, least- And, of course, there was always the question have quashed the most-viable connection — tourist-friendly attraction in the city. of how to make trolleys financially viable. from the Promenade at Montague Street down Brooklyn Bridge Park planners say they’ve But for the first time in many years, the ro- to the waterfront. ruled out a trolley, favoring buses that look like mantics who crave trolley service and city plan- As much as we might pine for Arthur Melnick’s trolleys. Brooklyn deserves better than a fake re- ners who seek efficient ways of moving people plan for a three-route, multi-car, Red Hook-Down- minder of its history — that’s for second-rate cities have a great opportunity to work together: town-Botanic Garden system (see story on page that want to be like us. Brooklyn needs a trolley to bring tourists and 1), for now, planners would be wise to start simply. Give us a real trolley.

LETTERS Cristian Fleming More Maggie mail, despite apology To the editor, offend as little as possible. Do not pub- Maggie deserves better than this. I I was disappointed to read The Pa- licly chastise your staff for a profes- know she is an actress who frequently Say ‘No’ to Yards Opting out of per’s apology for the front-page photo sional choice, but support their willing- plays roles that are over the edge, but To the editor, of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Hello, ness to take chances. Mistakes are as this welcome to our borough is totally The key issue is development. Neighbor!” Oct. 7). American as free speech. wrong. Brooklyn has little oil and no gold. We home delivery While I personally found your publi- Chris Owens, Prospect Heights Get rid of the guy who made this de- have real estate. Since the beginning of the year, cation’s decision to run the sexy and sex- The writer failed in his bid for the 11th cision. (I’m sure it is a guy. No woman In June, we in the Park Place/Un- would have made this decision.) we’ve been home delivering Papers ist photo a puzzling one, I firmly support Congressional District seat. derhill Avenue Block Association throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. the right of our nation’s press to speak Arthur Daniels, Brooklyn Heights passed a motion opposed to the current Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. Our unique system limits deliveries freely. Those who are unhappy with Atlantic Yards proposal. at 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201 to two Papers per building (elimi- Phone (718) 834-9350 your decision have the right to react in Apology lame We do not believe that there are ad- nating the kind of clutter caused by Ridge revolted Established 1978. Copyright 2006. • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) circular and menu delivery services). writing — and you admirably printed a To the editor, equate plans to handle the increase in litany of letters taking you to task. I’m sorry, but your printed apology To the editor, traffic caused by the proposed arena. We hope everyone appreciates PUBLISHER Celia Weintrob To apologize and claim that the photo was not enough. The choice you made That cover was unsuitable for a fami- We are also concerned about the (ext 104) our free home delivery, but realize EDITOR Gersh Kuntzman (ext 119) there are exceptions to every rule. was “inappropriate and not in line with to go with that picture went be- ly newspaper. Bay Ridge has always change in the surrounding neighbor- our standards,” however, demonstrates yond bad judgment and poor taste. It represented the conservative element in hoods caused by high-rise housing. SENIOR EDITOR /PRODUCTION MANAGER If you’ve received The Paper at Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) home and no longer want this either that the “standards” are more vir- was truly offensive. our borough, and your illustration is not We have seen research in other tual than actual — at least until an em- We have copies of your paper on the in keeping with those values. I think cities that shows that such projects as GO BROOKLYN/BROOKLYN BRIDE EDITOR free service, you may “opt out” of Lisa J. Curtis (ext 131) our delivery program by filling out barrassing incident occurs — or that this shelf at my store as an information you have done a fine job in upgrading stadiums and arenas do not provide the the online form at Brooklyn Pa- publication is unwilling to fulfill its true source for the neighborhood. I hesitat- the paper overall, but please don’t trash large numbers of jobs for low-income ART DIRECTOR Leah Mitch (ext 127) pers.com/html/about/optout role in the community as a leader and ed putting this one out, but within two our social standards in the process. community residents that are often OFFICE MANAGER Charna Brown (ext 101) .html stimulant and not simply a mirror. hours, I had to. Customers were of- Matthew J. Hoey, Bay Ridge promised by elected officials. The Brooklyn Papers has played a fended by it. Communities are often told that COMPOSITION OWNERSHIP: Copyright 2006 Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. All content prepared by our staff, including ARTWORK, DESIGN and courageous role in questioning the At- If you haven’t already apologized to such developments will increase tax COPY, remain the sole property of The Brooklyn Papers and may not be re- Send a letter lantic Yards proposal, so clearly you Ms Gyllenhaal, you really should. Docs needed revenues, but this has usually proved produced without the Publisher’s written permission. are not reticent to stimulate discussion I thought you were a different type To the editor, not to be true. EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: The Brooklyn Papers assumes no responsibil- By mail: Letters Editor, Brooklyn or exercise community leadership. I of publication. In your Oct. 7 piece about a new We are against the use of eminent ity for unsolicited materials. Articles, story ideas, letters, photography, and all Papers, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, must conclude, therefore, that your in- other materials delivered to The Brooklyn Papers, whether or not solicited NY 11201 Janet McGill, Prospect Heights bank for lawyers (“New Bank for Bar- domain for private development. by Publisher or Publisher’s agent and whether or not they contain or are ternal policies and procedures require The writer owns Fermented Grapes, risters”), you quoted Marty Markowitz As such, it is misleading to suggest otherwise accompanied by restrictions on publication or use, will be treat- By fax: (718) 834-9278. review and revision. a wine store as saying, “For the biggest settlement, that the Municipal Arts Society’s de- ed as unconditionally assigned to The Brooklyn Papers for publication and By email: You are a publication distributed come to Brooklyn.” sign remediations to Atlantic Yards copyright purposes, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Publisher prior [email protected] to publication. All submitted material becomes the property of The Brooklyn without cost to the reader and your cir- But the borough president’s advice would satisfy the objections of the Papers which may edit, publish and assign the material for use in any medi- All letters must be signed and culation is quite good. So do not apol- Fire the bum! has a corollary: “Leave New York, be- Park Place Underhill Avenue Block um now known or later developed. Submissions will not be returned and may include the writer’s home address ogize for your choice of content, but To the editor, come shark chum.” Try to find a high- Association. not be acknowledged. and phone number (only the writer’s acknowledge that your “standards” are ADVERTISING: Subject to Terms Governing Acceptance of Advertising pub- name and neighborhood are pub- Whoever selected and published your risk obstetrician for the 30-plus profes- We have neither discussed, nor vot- lished in our latest rate card. CIRCULATION: Net, based on period norms. real and still evolving. Do not apolo- lished with the letter). Letters may cover photo of Maggie Gyllenhaal sional mom close to home, since a ed to support, any particular changes NATIONAL AFFILIATIONS: The Brooklyn Papers is a member of Indepen- be edited and will not be returned. gize for seeking to grab the attention of should be fired. It is a tasteless and offen- majority of top settlements in ob-gyn that would mitigate our strong and dent Free Papers of America (IFPA), Suburban Newspapers of America The earlier in the week you send potential readers, but pledge to ensure sive display (and “display” IS the right malpractice came out of Brooklyn. clear opposition to the plan. (SNA), and the National Newspaper Association (NNA). Listed in SRDS. your letter, the better. that such efforts will always strive to word here). E. Twente, Park Slope Susan Metz, Prospect Heights

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Downtown Brooklyn could have some of the same “loft-y Joe Chan, the new planning czar appointed this fall by appeal” he said. Mayor Bloomberg to jump- / Julie Rosenberg In the wide-ranging inter- start the city’s high-rise vision view at Chan’s 19th-floor of- for Downtown Brooklyn, said fices in the heart of Down- last week that his top priority town, he also said: is to identify businesses to fill • City officials have already the district’s expanding num- Papers The Brooklyn promised $100 million to Joe Chan, head of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. spruce up Flatbush Avenue and create a new gateway to ber of cubicles. the borough from the Manhat- “The question is, who are the tan Bridge to Atlantic Avenue. next wave of commercial ten- • City officials are six ants?” said Chan, president of months shy of releasing a the Downtown Brooklyn Part- long-awaited call for propos- nership, in a roundtable discus- Downtown Brooklyn planners envision this view down Flatbush Avenue from the Manhattan Bridge in 2008. als to develop affordable sion with local reporters. housing and artists’ studios in “And what are the growth consolidated in Manhattan. it would be, and the residential Nonetheless, Chan, a resi- — and indicated that the trendy a proposed Fort Greene cul- 50% OFF industries? Downtown Brook- “[The market now] is, frank- market is much stronger,” he dent of DUMBO, is pursuing neighborhood of converted loft tural district surrounding the lyn has successfully depended ly, not as strong as we thought added. leads in the creative industries buildings and sleek towers un- Brooklyn Academy of Music. on financial sector and insur- SALE ON ance industry. It’s clear that we can’t depend on them alone.” The City Council approved FURNITURE an upzoning of Downtown — and the use of eminent-do- main — in 2004. At the time, the hope was Beloved music store to close to snare corporations fleeing Lower Manhattan after 9-11, By Paul Koepp had something special here.” “The closing is a shame. This neigh- hands-on services that a chain store many of which were headed for The Brooklyn Papers Tull said he and co-owner Roseann borhood has nothing now.” can’t give. to New Jersey. But of 62,467 Natale paid $2,500 in rent when the Pritchard went further: “How many He and Natale will stay in Cobble jobs in Lower Manhattan on Cobble Hill will lose another of store moved from Amity Street to freakin’ bagel shops and kids’ clothing Hill, where they are lifelong residents, Sept. 11, only a handful ended its colorful institutions when the Court Street 10 years ago, and it has stores do you need? Every block, it’s offering music lessons at the Micro up in Brooklyn. The majority Musician’s General Store closes increased every year to $8,000 today. the same thing. This was a one-of-a- Museum on Smith Street. CHAIRS, TABLES, stayed put, while 17,575 land- at the end of the month, squeezed Commercial rents have gone up 25 to kind place.” And Tull said he would have a hand DRESSERS, CHESTS ed in Jersey. out by soaring rents in the fast- 50 percent over the past two years, Another customer said the “imper- in the evolution of the neighborhood: ® AND MORE! The result is a lot of class-A changing neighborhood. Cobble Hill real-estate brokers esti- sonal” feel of major retailers like the he plans to work with his best friend office space with no sure ten- The store’s closing after 13 years is mated. Guitar Center, which opened at the At- and landlord, a real-estate developer. We Appreciate ants. no surprise to anyone following the “People are willing to pay $9,000 or lantic Terminal Mall almost a year “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” he Your Business! “The Downtown Brooklyn exodus of artists and musicians from a $10,000” for a space like Tull’s, said ago, can’t compare with the ambience rezoning was initiated in a very neighborhood they can no longer af- Alex Calabretta of Cobble Heights Re- of the Musician’s General Store. different real-estate market,” ford. alty. Tull agreed: “It’s the Manhattaniza- Correction 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn said Chan, “It was right after 9- 10% “We caught the virus” of high rents, Such “people” however, aren’t mu- tion of Brooklyn. It doesn’t feel like a An article in our Oct. 7 issue report- Open 7 Days A Week • (718) 243-0844 11. The Bank of New York OFF said Mingo Tull, co-owner of the store sicians like Mark Smith and Dan village anymore. [It’s] more like a ed that Ken Diamondstone won the ALL STORE moved here. Other companies Subway: A, C, F, M, N, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 • MERCHANDISE with its well-worn wooden bar and a Pritchard, who have moved away, but commercial center.” Brooklyn portion of the state Senate WITH THIS AD were looking to move. But a lot Over 30 Years in Business • Featuring Home Delivery within Brooklyn showroom filled with instruments, still shop at the store. But Tull said the Guitar Center ac- of the contemplated demand district in his primary race against in- sheet music and hominess. “There’s no other music store like tually helped his business, sending his cumbent Martin Connor. In fact, Con- “The neighborhood has priced us this,” said Smith, who has bought two way customers who needed repairs, nor won Brooklyn by a vote of 3,864- out. People are very upset because we bass guitars from Tull and Natale. music lessons and a wider variety of 3,806 en route to winning the primary.

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For more information visit www.maimonidesmed.org or call (718) 765-2500. 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM October 21, 2006 KIDS TEENS Fourth Ave could SCHOOL CAMPS get school for free Plan would trade STYLE MUSIC construction costs PARENT for housing rights By Christie Rizk for The Brooklyn Papers Build a school, get aboard the Fourth Avenue Smartmom takes on homework, gravy train. The Department of Educa- tion is looking for an outside developer to build a new pub- lic school on the Park Slope except when it’s been assigned side of the rapidly gentrifying boulevard in exchange for the right to develop 12 stories of MARTMOM WAS IN the SAT, Slopers want high as the number of pages, they new housing. one of her rages after at- scores and high achievement read. It doesn’t take a calculus Stending Tuesday night’s from their overscheduled The whole idea of making lesson to add up the advan- discussion at the Seventh Av- kids. kids accountable for what tages of the deal. The city gets enue Barnes & Noble with the For many parents, the SMART they’ve read is a surefire way to a bigger school at no cost, the Greenhood / Aaron authors of “The Case Against amount of homework their turn kids off to reading altogeth- developer gets the residential Homework: How Homework kids do is a badge of honor. er. And that’s not a good thing, portion of the project — and is Hurting Our Children and Read the subtitles: “My kid mom when reading is the single kids get a first-hand lesson on What We Can Do About It.” spent the whole weekend do- homework activity that is asso- gentrification, development And it wasn’t just because ing homework” trans- ciated with academic success. and politics. she forgot to take her anti-de- lates as “My By Louise Crawford Smartmom found herself After all, critics complain Papers The Brooklyn pressants for a couple of days kid is going very excited, even agitated, as that such deals create state-of- If a city plan goes through, PS 133, on Fourth Avenue be- to Harvard.” she discussed Bennett and the-art schools in tony neigh- tween Butler and Baltic streets, would be knocked down (though that didn’t help — work would mean “I don’t have any memo- just ask Hepcat). But guess Kalish’s book with Hepcat, who borhoods, leaving the less-for- after it is replaced with housing — and a new school. what? If the re- that Teen Spirit and ries,” he said. had also been at the reading. tunate to fight over the city’s Smartmom was in a rage OSFO could watch “Of course you have mem- because the book’s authors, search is cor- “Parents of Park Slope, limited pool of school con- rect, your kids multiple episodes ories,” she said. struction money. developers — but the first in low-income, mixed-income — Nancy Kalish and Sara Ben- unite,” she shouted out as if can be super- of “The Simp- “Not any that I want to But city officials dispelled Brooklyn. that is built, while the ECF nett, confirmed something processed by the revolution- achievers with- sons,” where they write about for homework.” that fear. “Brooklyn has high proper- concerns itself only with the that Smartmom has felt for a ary spirit of the anti-home- out homework. In can learn just For those who are familiar work book. “If you have an area where ty values [so] we can try it school, Smarr said. long time: homework is ruin- fact, one of the about everything with these kinds of home- [this kind of deal is] economi- here,” said Smarr, who The current building hous- ing everyone’s life. “You have nothing to lose best predictors of they need to work battles, the book offers but your children’s homework cally viable, I see no reason claimed the 14 completed ing PS 133 was built in 1900 There is almost no evi- academic success know about practical advice about how not to invite the private sector schools — all in Manhattan, and it would take millions to dence that homework helps folders and years of fighting is the family dinner western civiliza- parents can change home- about something that is use- in,” said Jamie Smarr, execu- and most of which were com- bring it up to 21st-century elementary students achieve table, which many tion. And who can disagree work policies at their schools. tive director of the Education- pleted in the 1970s — turned standards. academic success, and there is less and stupid!” local kids rarely have time for that “House” offers a top- At the Berkeley-Carroll Standing on the green al Construction Fund, a public out to be good deals. “It has a host of deferred- little evidence that it helps because they’re, you guessed it, notch education in medical School, a private institution in agency established to develop The most-recent project, maintenance issues,” was the older students. The authors leather couch with her finger too busy doing homework. ethics and cell biology? Park Slope, Bennett, a crimi- in the air, Smartmom sudden- and finance these dual-occu- completed in 1998, was a new way Smarr chose to put it. draw on academic research, But not all family dinner So who’s right? A teacher nal defense appeals attorney, pancy schools. building for PS/IS 89 in Low- The new building would interviews with parents, edu- ly heard Teen Spirit’s voice. tables are created equal. Sure, on the front lines or Kalish, a challenged the school’s home- “Mom, Does this mean I Smarr added that city mon- er Manhattan. The school is not only be state-of-the-art, but cators, kids and their own ex- Smartmom’s family loves to journalist, and Bennett, a work policy after discovering ey is actually freed up by such home to 700 students, and the also hold 530 students, nearly perience as parents at a Park don’t have to do homework discuss string theory over pas- lawyer, who have spent the that her children were doing anymore?” he asked softly. private-public school projects adjoining residential building double the current capacity. Slope private school. ta primavera. But some dinner last few years trying to de- four hours a night. And she because they are financed added 151 apartments to the As soon as it is completed, So what gives? If the re- “What are you kidding?” conversation is just not all bunk an activity that they said wasn’t afraid to be dubbed a Smartmom replied. with tax-exempt bonds. neighborhood. the old facility will be demol- search is so convincing, why that elevated. is detrimental to family rela- troublemaker when she or- The PS 133 parcel — “[This kind of deal] aug- ished. do the schools persist in as- “But you just said home- A teacher did speak up dur- tionships? ganized a parents group to work is useless and stupid,” which is between Butler and ments what the city is able to Bids from developers were signing super-sized amounts discuss the situation. ing the discussion at Barnes Since first grade, Smart- Teen Spirit said. Baltic streets — would be the do,” Smarr said. due this week, and Smarr esti- of homework? After the reading, Smart- and Noble and defended “well- mom and Teen Spirit have “I said no such thing, bud- 17th such partnership that the The developer controls the mates that the new PS 133 will In a word: parents. mom felt like throwing out thought-out homework” as had nightly battles about dy,” she replied. “No such ECF has made with private type of housing — luxury, be ready in about three years. Most parents are unaware every bright red homework beneficial for kids who won’t homework. Buddha knows, thing.” of the research and blindly find enrichment at home. And she is not proud to admit that folder, marble notebook, believe that it’s good for their many parents, she said, think when Teen Spirit was in third homework organizer, and read- children because the teachers scads of homework is a great grade, she slapped (yes, ing log in the apartment. 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‘Wild’ about Ibsen L-P Lorentz Director considers Norway’s love affair with its native playwright By Lisa J. Curtis New talent GO Brooklyn Editor When Christopher Eaves of Park Slope’s eaves- he Brooklyn Academy of Music is fol- drop theater collective heard that he was one of the lowing up the triumphant success of the six recipients for the highly coveted Space Grant TMarch production of Henrik Ibsen’s from the Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), he was “Hedda Gabler,” with another Ibsen classic, jumping up and down with joy. The rehearsal space “The Wild Duck.” he got at BAX Annex, located in the Old American While the Sydney Theatre Company’s Can Factory in Gowanus, “couldn’t have been more “Hedda” starred screen siren Cate Blanchett perfect,” the 39-year-old theater director told GO (“The Lord of the Rings” and “The Aviator”), Brooklyn. the National Theatre of Norway’s production of The Space Grant, awarded annually since BAX’s “The Wild Duck,” which is rarely seen in the opening in 1991, gives Brooklyn dancers, play- U.S., promises to focus the audience’s attention wrights and multimedia artists space and time to re- squarely on their native son’s text and message. hearse their work as well as an opportunity to pres- Director Eirik Stubø [pronounced I-rik ent it at the annual showcase at BAX’s Park Slope STU-buh] said the play is not just better theater. known in Norway than on these shores, it’s a “We look for an authentic, original voice, which “national monument.” often means that their work is multi-disciplinary,” “It’s a masterpiece,” he told GO Brooklyn in Fowl play: National Theatre of Nor- said BAX spokeswoman Colleen Hooper. “[The a phone interview from his Oslo home Mon- way’s Artistic Director Eirik Stubø grant] assists them in moving to the next phase of day. “[‘The Wild Duck’] is definitely one of Ib- (above) brings his updated production their artistic career.” sen’s three or four greatest. That’s quite obvi- of Henrik Ibsen’s “The Wild Duck” (top Given that one of this year’s Bessie awards went ous, but it’s not as popular worldwide as ‘A to Wally Cardona, a Space Grant recipient from and at left) to the BAM Harvey Theater Doll’s House,’ ‘Peer Gynt’ and ‘Hedda Gabler.’ 1997, the showcase can be a great chance to discov- “But in Norway, for some reason, it has be- this week for its U.S. premiere. er local talent. This year’s two-part show of 20- come sort of the archetypical Ibsen experi- minute works by all six artists takes place tonight ence,” he explained. “We read it in school, and day, but it’s an age of more innocence than and Oct. 27-28. there are some classic TV, theater and film ver- 2006,” Stubø continued. “But really, the On next weekend’s bill are Eaves’s play, Natalie sions of it, so all Norwegians know this play point of it was to liberate the play from a Green’s multimedia dance performance, and Nellie very, very well. It is the most-loved Ibsen play very Victorian setting and to meet these char- Tinder’s dance-theater piece.

for most Norwegians, which made it a very L-P Lorentz acters with all of the openness and curiosity Eaves is presenting “The Myth of Not to Be,” the tempting task to try to confront the play in — that the play really deserves.” first module of a three-module play, “Self at Hand,” hopefully — a new and fresh way, which I of the central reasons I wanted to do this Because it was important for the director to which was selected for this year’s “Plays and Play- think we do.” THEATER play, because I found this way in.” preserve the play’s sense of danger, he still wrights” anthology. Set in the future, when funerals In “The Wild Duck,” written by Ibsen in The director said that while he did not add needed to harken back to an earlier time — if are held to recreate the dead instead of burying 1884, Gregers Werle returns, after a long ab- The National Theatre of Norway’s produc- any text to the play, he did alter the setting and not the 19th century. them, the play portrays a man at his father’s funeral tion of “The Wild Duck” will be presented at sence, to his wealthy father’s home and learns the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St. be- trim passages that he felt were superfluous. “Today, in a Western democracy, it’s not who is overcome with the memory of their incestu- that the present circumstances of his childhood tween Ashland and Rockwell places in Fort “It was important to me, as it always is in such a scandal or catastrophe on a personal lev- ous relationship. friend Hjalmar Ekdal have been created in no Greene) Oct. 25-28 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 29 at my directing, to find the ambivalence and com- el to be thrown out of a marriage, but for Gina “Record Time” (pictured), by Park Slope choreog- 3 pm. Tickets are $20, $30, $45 and $50. For small part by the manipulations of his father, more information, visit the Web site plexity in these characters,” said Stubø. “Within it is, and that’s really the reason to place it in rapher Green, explores the rapid passing of time and Håkon Werle. www.bam.org or call (718) 636-4100. the lines of each character, I took out when I that era [of the mid-20th century]. [The setting] our human need to record our history for posterity. Gregers visits Hjalmar at his attic apart- found Ibsen, in my opinion, was too eager to adds some color and helps us to understand the The five dancers will be projected on a screen as they ment, where he lives with his wife Gina, explain or expose a character. I wanted to give play,” said Stubø. perform live onstage, and the accompanying score daughter Hedwig and father Lieutenant Ek- trayed have become cliche, said Stubø, so he them some secrets, which he was, in my opin- Ibsen is widely admired for being a “master will mix music and interviews conducted by Green. dal as well as a menagerie of pets, including took a clever approach to his casting. ion, a little too eager to expose.” builder,” famous for his abilities to construct “School Days,” the dance-theater work of the titular wild duck. “I tried to throw away all of this character While the characters may have become dramas, but Stubø said that he found the “real Williamsburg-based Julia Jonas and her group, Nel- Determined to lift the wool from Hjalmar’s nonsense,” he said. “I wanted to make Norwe- more secretive, the setting of the Stubø’s pro- genius” of the playwright was “the real, com- lie Tinder, is a detailed look at the dynamics of oblivious eyes and rid him of his “life lies” or gians listen to the play in a new way. I want duction — the late ’50s, early ’60s — is more plex, personal, original universe” that he creat- friendship between two women and how guilt plays “life-illusions” about his close-knit, loving fam- them to say to themselves, ‘Aha, is this really accessible for contemporary audiences. ed in the attic apartment of “The Wild Duck.” into their life. The work features three dancers and a ily, idealistic Gregers sets off on his own ma- Hjalmar? I thought he was fat and funny and “I removed the aspects of the text that And Stubø has had a lot of time to rumi- live guitarist. nipulative course to expose the truth to Hjalmar lighthearted.’ placed it in the 1880s, because for me it nate on the genius of Ibsen. The 41-year-old The first half of the Space Grant Showcase, — with disastrous consequences. “And Gregers [is conventionally cast as] makes no sense at all to give a portrait of the is also the artistic director of the National which takes place Oct. 21, presents choreography Stubø’s production of “The Wild Duck” dark, stern, thin and sort of Russian. So thus 1880s. Rather, it’s a great tragic-comic play Theatre of Norway — where he has worked by Michael Helland, a dance-theater piece by An- was originally produced for the 2004 Ibsen [my] idea: to cast it rather specifically with about how difficult it is to live. It’s a play for six years — which is popularly known as drew Dinwiddie, and part of a play by Aya Stage Festival in Oslo and will have its U.S. two brothers [Eindride Eidsvold as Gregers about the vulnerability of people. How diffi- “Henrik Ibsen’s own theatre.” Ogawa/knife inc. premiere at BAM. and Gard Eidsvold as Hjalmar]. I found that cult it is to live as a free individual that you “In more than one sense he has been a “Space Grant Showcase” is held at Brooklyn Re-thinking a “national monument” pre- idea very appealing; they are quite similar in need to create some form around your life model figure for this theater ever since it Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in sented many challenges to the director, but a way. Because Hjalmar and Gregers are that makes it bearable in some way… So it’s opened in 1899 with his play, ‘Enemy of the Park Slope on Oct. 27-28 at 8 pm. Admission is his solutions promise to make for a memo- looked upon often — and to a certain extent really not a play about the 1880s at all. People,’ ” explained Stubø. “As you can $15, $10 for members, $8 for low-income. The rable evening of theater at BAM. Because they are — two opposites. But I also found it “[My production is] not a very precise imagine, Ibsen is a very central figure in Nor- Oct. 21 show is sold out. For more information, “The Wild Duck” is so well known in Nor- a bit disturbing to have them presented as image of the late ’50s, early ’60s, but there wegian theater, being one of the leading play- call (718) 832-0018 or visit www.bax.org. way, even the way the characters are por- quite similar — visually, also. That was one are some components that tell you it’s not to- wrights in the world.” — Sasha Vasilyuk

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By Tina Barry As you’d suspect, Kearney’s menu for The Brooklyn Papers utilizes fresh-off-the-farm, seasonal in-

gredients. Shelbourne Farms, Golden / Daniel Krieger all it beginner’s luck. Call it the Ridge Cheese Co-op and Sheldon right place at the right time. How- Farms are mentioned as purveyors on Cever you view it, The Farm on their Web site. Adderley, a new restaurant in Ditmas Kearney presents customers with

Park, is getting off to a fine start. “simply prepared food that’s light and Papers The Brooklyn The founders of the eatery are Allison not too doctored up.” He refers to his ‘Farm’ fresh: The Farm on Adderley chef Tom Kearney (above) gives as much McDowell and Gary Jonas. The Ditmas menu as “Grandma food,” but it’s more attention to his spicy, warm gingerbread dessert (with chewy figs and pureed Park residents are first-time restaurateurs ambitious than that. And I suspect he’s passion fruit whipped into a light foam) as he does to his endive salad (top who opened the door to their new venture as underwhelmed with the desserts of- left), a melange of Fuji apples, Maytag blue cheese, bacon and walnuts. in July, and with chef Tom Kearney (for- fered in local restaurants as I am, be- merly of Williams- cause the finales burg’s Sweetwater here are definitely cheese adds its funky character. and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. and Manhattan’s DINING not afterthoughts. I’m not a Brussels sprouts lover, but The spicy, warm gingerbread arrived Jean-Georges and My one gripe the combination of not-too-heavy, just in time for fall. The tiny round is Blue Hill), they’ve The Farm on Adderley (1108 Cortel- with the kitchen, sweet potato gnocchi and the veg- paired with small, slightly tart, chewy hit upon a formula you Road between Stratford and Westmin- and I admit it’s a etable’s bitter edge worked well. A figs, their winey flavor brightened by a ster roads in Ditmas Park) accepts American that is ideal for the Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. En- minor one, is food good dousing of brown butter and soak in vinegar and sugar. A bit of cold, location. trees: $11-$16. The restaurant serves dinner temperature. Un- Parmesan cheese didn’t hurt either. pureed passion fruit whipped into light Their first move daily. Weekend brunch is available from less it’s meant to Aside from its under-heated parsnip foam, complements the cake and fruit. 11 am to 4 pm. For more information, was to create a visit www.thefarmonadderley.com and for be cold, soup pillow, the bluefish entree special I Tart and sweet, chewy and creamy, it’s space that works reservations, call (718) 287-3101. should be served mentioned was a pleasure. Kearney what I wish more pastry chefs aimed 211 Fifth Avenue for a special night hot — not tepid. smokes the fish to amplify its beefy for: An adult’s dessert with a touch of out as well as ca- An otherwise de- richness, then sets it over a compote of nostalgia. (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE sual evening with the kids. It took the lightfully full-bodied cauliflower soup sweet yet tart braised red cabbage that’s One more thing this team gets right: Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 12-8pm couple six months to gut and refurbish topped with a briny oyster fritter was given a bit of a punch by coriander A stellar waitstaff. I don’t know if the www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 a former daycare center, turning the lukewarm, and the turnip puree that seeds. Again, the balance of ingredi- waitresses are chosen for their profes- space into a long, modern, high- served as a base for an entree of blue- ents, coupled with that smoky fish, sionalism, good looks or charm, but ceilinged room. Mismatched plates and fish had the same problem. The coffee worked to create a memorable dish. there’s an abundance of all three among seating, and a back garden with the could be raised a few degrees, too. Even with its crisp cloak of herbs de the attentive servers. relics of a mural from their former ten- There’s an endive salad among the Provence-seasoned breadcrumbs and a The restaurant’s name is actually a ants, let clients know the owners appetizers that I’ve had before, in one juicy interior, a double-cut pork chop and South African saying of Jonas’s father, weren’t trying for something slick. form or another, with some small dis- its wax bean partner was dull going. who quoted it when Jonas asked for They also understand that most of appointments. At The Farm on Adder- Kearney’s dessert roundup offers a se- something unattainable: “If that ever the residents in the area are seasoned ley, the flavors reach an ideal balance. lection of carefully crafted finales that happens, I’ll buy you a farm on Adder- diners who can have “event” meals The slight bitterness of the greens are would make grandma proud. A delicate ley.” A great room, food with more hits anywhere. But when they’re sticking offset by thin slices of delicately sweet milk chocolate mousse with a dollop of than misses, and the kind of waitresses close to home, The Farm’s clientele Fuji apple; bacon adds a chewy, salty salted cream has the mild flavor of the that get poached by other restaurateurs, prefers unfussy fare with just enough note; toasted walnuts lend crunch; and cocoa and the salty kick of the topping: makes this Farm on Adderley a dream creative touches to hold their interest. a judicious sprinkling of Maytag blue It’s the love child of a Milky Way bar come true. Hits the ‘Spot’ You want French, Italian, Thai and using raw ingredients. The “boardwalk good old American bistro fare? Head to fudge,” a chocoholic’s dream of moist Fifth Avenue in Park Slope and there chocolate cake, bittersweet ice cream and are plenty of options to chose from. But a crown of fudge, is the patrons’ favorite if you’re looking in this area for vegan indulgence, says the owner. Other pastries dining, we wish you lotsa luck finding are supplied by Vegan Treats, a well- a soy burger. known vegan baker from Pennsylvania. So what’s a poor vegan to do? The 38-seat dining room sports a Dan Carabano, a vegetarian from brick wall, color photos that feature Sunset Park, decided to come to the aid portraits of people and fruit, and cherry of his meatless ilk. In May, he opened wood tables and chairs. Until the liquor The V-Spot on Fifth Avenue. license is approved, there’s a selection “I wanted to get exceptional vegan of fresh-squeezed juices and smoothies. food to the area, and offer a diverse The V-Spot (156 Fifth Ave. between menu,” says Carabano, who created the Douglass and DeGraw streets in Park global menu. His offerings include Slope) accepts American Express, Mas- greenmarket fresh salads and soups and terCard and Visa. Entrees: $10. The / Joshua Janke a number of different “burgers,” includ- restaurant serves lunch and dinner Tues- ing the “bean” version, served with av- day through Sunday. Brunch is available ocado, salsa and sour cream, and oth- on weekends, from 11 am to 4 pm. ers, made with flavored soy or wheat. Closed Mondays. For more informa- There are also house-baked desserts tion, call (718) 622-2275. — Tina Barry The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn 7X9 SCREEN IN GARDEN MEXICAN ALL NIGHT GAMES SHOWN HEAVEN! Italian Restaurant HEAVEN! & Brick Oven Pizza

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“One of Brookyn’s Best” – TIME OUT MAGAZINE October 21, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 9 ACCARO first checks out the screenplay V to see if it is a good story and then looks at the people who are DINNER involved in the project. SPECIAL “If I like the script, and I meet Mon-Thur: 4pm-closing the director and I feel like I can RISTORANTE get along with him, that’s the big thing right there,” he said. The cinematographer says he 3 course prefers to work with directors LUNCHm at: 12noon-3p who have “some sort of a vi- Mon-S sion,” but who are also open to his suggestions. David Tumblety “I think Ali had a great vision on this,” Tumblety said. “I’ve worked with many directors who have no idea what they want to do, and then I end up sort of being totally in charge of the visuals, but it’s nice to have Tumblety’s POV someone to collaborate with. Collaboration is the best sce- nario for me.” Iljb Prospect Heights cinematographer He says he likes when that feeling of being part of a team extends to the rest of the crew, recalls life on the set of ‘Sweet Land’ too. “The best part [of the job] is By Karen Butler picture was three hours outside the camaraderie with the other for The Brooklyn Papers of Minneapolis and “kind of in crew members and the people the middle of nowhere.” on the set and that sort of com- ven though cinematograph- Tumblety is currently shoot- ing together to create a good er David Tumblety loves ing a low-budget, urban ensem- shot. It is sometimes really hard Ehis life in Prospect Heights, ble drama in Manhattan called, to get a nice-looking crane shot he admits it is nice to get out of “Fast Company.” So how dif- of whatever it is and then if peo- town once in a while. ferent was it filming a movie in ple are working together and And that was one of the the wilds of Minnesota as op- you pull it off, it’s a great feel- main attractions of working on posed to a more urban setting? ing,” Tumblety said. “The worst filmmaker Ali Selim’s new pe- “You get to see for miles, part is when you’re running out riod romance, “Sweet Land,” which has a certain interest, vi- of time, and you’re rushing which was shot on location in sually,” he explained. “But in around to get it done, which is quiet, picturesque Minnesota. New York, everything is sort of often the case, especially with a “Living in the city, some- stacked up and you see building film like ‘Sweet Land,’ which times you kind of long for the Travelin’ man: The work of on top of building country,” Tumblety told GO Brooklyn cinematographer and canyons and Brooklyn in a recent phone in- David Tumblety (above) things like that, CINEMA terview. drew him to Minnesota to which is such a dif- “The director and producers ferent visual experi- “Sweet Land” is now playing at the shoot Ali Selim’s new ro- Clearview Cinema [62nd and Broadway, (212) flew me out there to see the lo- ence and which is 265-7655]; the Regal Cinemas E-Walk 13 in cation — it was sort of an in- mance “Sweet Land” (top). also very interest- Times Square [42nd Street and Eighth Av- terview — and I just loved it,” ing. So, it’s nice to enue, (800) 326-3264]; and Cinema Village [22 East 12th St. between Fifth Avenue and recalled the 44-year-old Mill- to be told her heritage and in- be able to look at University Place, (212) 924-3363]. The film will brook, NY native. “I loved the ability to speak English make that landscape with open in Brooklyn in November. HAPPY Restaurant landscape, and that combined her an unsuitable partner for the fresh eyes after liv- HOURpm 12-6 ri with the script ... so, I took it.” soft-spoken planter. ing in the city. on-F Based on Will Weaver’s Taken in by Olaf’s friend, “I like to get away, but I’ve was only 24 days of shooting.” M short story, “A Gravestone Frandsen, and his wife, Brown- shot several movies in the New For him, living in Prospect Made of Wheat,” the PG-rated ie (Alan Cumming and Alex York area and some that have Heights, as opposed to Manhat- “Sweet Land” is a beautifully Kingston), Inge learns the local taken place in Brooklyn. I love tan or Los Angeles, has proven photographed love story that language and customs and falls the way Brooklyn looks. There no obstacle to finding work. also captures the American im- in love with Olaf, eventually are some really beautiful streets “There are quite a few crew migrant experience in the early moving into his home, despite and such great architecture,” members and camera men and part of the last century. the disapproval of their neigh- continued Tumblety. “Minneso- gaffers and grips that live in Selim, who was born and bors and minister (played by ta doesn’t have the same kind of Brooklyn. It’s a little more af- raised in Minnesota, wrote and John Heard). architecture. There, you have fordable than Manhattan, and I directed the film about Inge, a “I really enjoyed the shoot. It farmhouses, but you come here feel like there is plenty of work German mail-order bride was tough [because] it was and you see these beautiful for us — right now, anyway,” (played by Elizabeth Reaser) short: 24 days of shooting with brownstones that I just love in said Tumblety. “I’ve never who arrives in Minnesota in very, very long hours,” the cine- Brooklyn.” worked in LA; not that I didn’t 1920 to marry Olaf, a Norwe- matographer said, noting that When deciding on what film want to — LA’s a nice town — gian farmer (Tim Guinee), only the place where they filmed the to do next, Tumblety says he but I like living in Brooklyn.” “Coma Como en su Casa” (eat like at home) Pepper Steak – $9.20 • Paella – $14.70 Haunting ‘Phantom’ Lobstertail stuffed with crabmeat – $29.90 Those looking for a little Halloween fun House in hopes of promoting the career of that won’t result in a sugar-fueled frenzy and the beautiful young singer with whom he is a trip to the dentist, might want to drop by obsessed. This silent film will be shown in Private dining room for parties the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in the church’s historic sanctuary to live musi- Brooklyn Heights on Friday for a special cal accompaniment by renowned organist screening of the 1925 horror classic, “The and composer, Bernie Anderson, Jr. Phantom of the Opera.” Leroux’s novel has inspired several other Thrill-seekers of all ages are invited to film adaptations — none considered quite as Serving the community for 20 years wear costumes to the screening, which is good as the original — as well as an Andrew part of Music on the Heights’s “Halloween Lloyd Webber musical that is now the Spectacular” program. (Prizes will be award- longest-running Broadway show in history. ed at the end of the evening.) Music on the Heights presents its The event begins at 7:30 pm with a pres- “Halloween Spectacular” with “The entation of Saint-Saëns’s haunting “Danse Phantom of the Opera” on Oct. 27 at Macabre,” performed on the organ by Music 7:30 pm. The performance takes place on the Heights Artistic Director Bruce in the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims Oelschlager and interpreted by dance stu- sanctuary (on Orange Street between dents from the Brooklyn Music School. Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel Heights). Tickets are $10 each, and will Read online and set in 1880s France, Rupert Julian’s still- be available at the door 30-minutes be- chilling, black-and-white film version of fore showtime. For more information, “The Phantom of the Opera” stars screen call (718) 403-9546 or visit the Web site, icon Lon Chaney as a tormented, disfigured www.plymouthchurch.org. every week at composer who terrorizes the Paris Opera — Karen Butler

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about “How to Make Court Your Les Freres Corbusier’s “Hell Compiled Last Resort.” 6 pm. Brooklyn House.” Part installation, part Public Library’s Windsor Terrace performance, part haunted by Susan branch, 160 E. Fifth St. (718) 643- house. Intended for mature audi- 3231. Free. ences. $25. Demon-guided tours Rosenthal Jay begin at 7:30 pm. 38 Water St. Where to (718) 254-8779. galleries, enjoy a family activity BROOKLYN ARTISTS GYM: Kickoff TUES, OCT 24 TEEN AGE ANGST: “It’s All in Your SAT, OCT 21 and create art. Appropriate for party hosted by a membership Mind,” a musical-comedy cen- ages 4 to 7. $8 adults, free for organization that provides afford- JAZZ CLINIC: Long Island University tered on a teenage girl’s life. OUTDOORS AND TOURS kids younger than 12 and mem- able studio space to visual artists. presents guitarist Matt Balitsaris. $12, $8 students. 8 pm. Long bers. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 Live music and dancing. 6:30 pm. 4 pm to 6 pm. Flatbush Avenue Island University, Kumble IT’S MY PARK DAY: Help care for Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Also, public is invited to partici- Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Theater, corner of Flatbush and and celebrate NYC parks by par- GALLERY PLAYERS: Freestyle Re- pate in a group photo at the Downtown Brooklyn. (718) 488- DeKalb avenues. (718) 488-1624. ticipating in a clean-up and plant- Gowanus Canal. Meet at gym at 1668. Free. ing day. 10 am to 1 pm. Fort pertory Theater performs. Indi- vidual scenes are based on audi- 1 pm. Reception for participants PARENT TALK: Families First hosts a CHILDREN Greene Park, Visitors Center. in the photo shoot at 4 pm. 168 talk: “If You Think Two Year Olds BROOKLYN FAMILY THEATER: Also, Carroll Park. 9 am to 2 pm. ence suggestions. $8 kids, par- ents free. 11 am. 199 14th St. Seventh Ave. at Third Avenue. are Tough, Wait Til 3!” 7 pm. 250 presents “Peter Pan.” $12. 8 pm. Meet at park house on Smith Baltic St. Call to register and for Church of Gethsemane, 1012 Street, between President and (718) 595-0547, ext. 6. (718) 858-9069. Free. CHILDREN’S THEATER: Heights VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: 15th annu- fee info. (718) 237-1862. Eighth Ave. Reservations sug- Carroll streets. Call 311 for info. gested. (718) 989-2449. Visit www.itsmypark.org. Free. Players Storybook Theater for al New York Cares Day needs vol- NUTRITIONAL WALKING TOUR: CHILDREN’S PHOTO SESSION: RIVER VU: Brooklyn Center for the Children presents “Goldilocks.” unteers to work in 100 public Fairway hosts a tour and tasting $5. 11 am. 26 Willow Pl. (718) schools in the five boroughs and to benefit American Cancer Orange Blossom, a clothes store Urban Environment hosts a tour for kids, hosts a professional photo of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Discover 237-2752. paint classrooms and playground Research Society. $45 includes a BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a fences, re-organize libraries, 10 percent discount coupon sitting with photographer Kristin the cobblestone streets and Foley. 10 am to 6 pm. Call to sign building that adjoin the site, with reading featuring kids’ favorite plant bulbs and much more. Visit towards purchases, a three- stops in DUMBO, Fulton Ferry books. 11 am. 106 Court St. www.newyorkcaresday.org. course meal, cheese, breads and up. 180 Lincoln Pl. (718) 789-8953. Landing and the Brooklyn (718) 246-4996. Free. more. 7 pm. 480-500 Van Brunt www.orangeblossomnyc.com. Free. Heights Historic District. $11, $9 FAMILY MOVIE: Brooklyn Public St., Red Hook. Reservations nec- BARNES AND NOBLE: presents a members, $8 seniors and stu- Library’s Central branch presents SUN, OCT 22 essary. (516) 937-5402. Halloween storytime. 11 am. 106 dents. 11 am to 1 pm. Meet at a screening of the film “Charlie DISCUSSION: Barnes and Noble Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. corner of York and Jay streets. and the Chocolate Factory.” 11 presents a reading by June SEA MONSTER WEEKEND: NY (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. am. Grand Army Plaza. (718) OUTDOORS AND TOURS Cross, author of “Secret Daugh- Aquarium hosts a Halloween BED-STUY ALIVE: Visit several homes 230-2100. Free. GOWANUS STUDIO TOUR: Artists ter.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) weekend featuring face painting, in Bed-Stuy during this 28th annu- NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids are open their studios to the public. 246-4996. Free. “Alien Stingers” exhibit, penguin 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 al house tour. 11 am to 4 pm. $20. invited to a workshop, “Create a 1 pm to 6 pm. See Sat., Oct. 21. OPERA: Brooklyn Lyceum presents Something old: Among the feedings and more. Kids, ages 2 to Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • Old Boys High School, 832 Marcy City.” Create with a variety of ma- “A.F.R.A.I.D,” a work of historical works which will be on dis- 12, in costume admitted free. $12 Ave. (718) 622-6601. terials to make a city with streets, PERFORMANCE fiction in English. All-female cast adults, $8 kids and seniors. Noon Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com FALL CLEAN UP: Help spruce up buildings, bridges, subways and CONCERT SERIES: Music from Good traces the origins of the women’s play as part of the Gowanus to 4 pm. West Eighth Street and Prospect Park for the upcoming buses. Suggested for ages 4 and Shepherd series presents clari- movement. $20, $10 students Artists Studio Tour, from Oct. Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. Halloween Walk. Tasks include older. $5 adults, $3 kids. 1 pm. netist Thomas Piercy. Donations and seniors. 7:30 pm. 227 Fourth ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum raking, sweeping and litter re- Boerum Place and Schermerhorn encouraged. 6 pm. Good Shep- Ave. (718) 857-4816. 21-22 from 1-6 pm, at 295 hosts “Arty Facts.” Explore the moval. 10 am to 2 pm. Meet at Street. (718) 694-1792. herd Church, Avenue S and Brown CONVERSATION: Assumption Douglass St. is Richard Baro- galleries, enjoy a family activity base of Lookout Hill. Enter park PUMPKIN PATCH: Brooklyn Arts Street, Marine Park. (718) 998-2800. Parish hosts a talk with Rita and create art. Appropriate for at 16th Street and Prospect Park Exchange hosts a fall celebration BARGEMUSIC: In celebration of Battles, President and CEO of nio’s seven-foot-tall sculpture, ages 4 to 7. $8 adults, free for Southwest and walk across the for families with young children. tenor Bobby White’s birthday, Long Island College Hospital. “Antique Bride.” kids under 12 and members. 11 road to Center Drive. (718) 965- Music, dancing and activities. 2 program features selections by Learn about the programs, initia- am and 2 pm. 200 Eastern 8960. Free. pm to 4 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) Beethoven, Liebermann, Rach- tives and services offered by the Parkway. (718) 638-5000. WALKATHON: Develop Don’t 832-0018. Free. maninov, Zdes, Reger and more. hospital. 7:30 pm. Call for info. POKEMON TOURNAMENT: at Destroy Brooklyn hosts a fund- (718) 625-1161. Free. PRACTICE PARTY: Creative Arts Kings Games. Noon. 1685 E. raiser. Concert with recording NEXT WAVE: presents “Kagemi- hosts an evening of informal 15th St. Call for registration info. artist John Wesley Harding fol- Beyond the Metaphors of Mir- social dancing including ball- (718) 336-1955. www.op.poke- lows walk. Noon. Prospect Park rors,” directed and choreo- room, Latin and swing music. No mon-tcg.com. band shell. Visit www.dddb.net/ graphed by Ushio Amagatsu. partner necessary. 8:30 pm to 11 PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Take walkathon for schedule and info. $20 to $60. 7:30 pm. BAM Ho- pm. 310 Atlantic Ave. (718) 797- a ride. $1.50 per ride. Noon to 5 (718) 362-4784. ward Gilman Opera House, 30 5600. Free. pm. Flatbush and Ocean BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. GOODFELLA’S: hosts a family avenues. (718) 282-7789. Park Audubon Center hosts a BARNES AND NOBLE: presents a friendly Halloween party with NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: cruise aboard the electric boat reading with Dr. Rubin Naiman, music by Closenuf. 2 drink mini- presents Shadow Puppet Stories. Independence. Tour the Lull- author of “Healing Night: The mum for adults. 9:30 pm. Suggested for ages 5 and older. water, a scenic habitat for flora Peace-ful affair: Poet Science and Spirit of Sleeping, Goodfella’s Restaurant, 9606 $5, $3 children and seniors. 1 pm. and fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binocu- Dreaming and Awakening.” 7:30 Third Ave. (718) 833-6200. Corner of Boerum Place and lars provided. Noon to 12:40 pm. Sonia Sanchez will par- pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832- NEXT WAVE: “Kagemi-Beyond the Schermerhorn Street. (718) 694- Enter park at Lincoln Road and ticipate in the Peace 9066. Free. Metaphors of Mirrors.” 7:30 pm. 1600. www.mta.info/museum. Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. See Sat, Oct. 28. Also, “The Wild PUPPETRY ARTS: hosts its first GOWANUS STUDIO TOUR: Artists Fair at Long Island Uni- Duck.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., Oct. 28. annual haunted Halloween carni- open their studios to the public. versity on Oct. 22. WEDS, OCT 25 BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical val. $1 for games and activities, Self-guided walking tour features music program featuring cello $2 food/ beverages, $3 haunted over 120 artists in 26 different BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Made and piano works by Beethoven. lab/ bounce house, $5 dog cos- locations. 1 pm to 6 pm. For in Brooklyn NY.” Today: “Love 7:30 pm. See Sat., Oct. 28. tume contest entry fee. 2 pm to information, visit: www.agast- and Diane” (2002). $10, $7 chil- ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: Les 6 pm. Camp Friendship, 339 brooklyn.com. Free. dren and seniors. 7 pm. 30 Freres Corbusier’s “Hell House.” Eighth St. (718) 768-3703. LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Enjoy Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. 7:30 pm. See Sat., Oct. 28. a boat tour detailing Prospect www.bam.org. TEEN AGE ANGST: “It’s All in Your OTHER Park’s aquatic habitat. Binoculars CARING FOR OLDER ADULTS: Mind.” 8 pm. See Sat., Oct. 28. CRISIS IN AMERICA: Flatbush provided. $10, $6 kids. 1:15 pm Lutheran Healthcare offers a four- Church of the Redeemer hosts a to 1:55 pm. Enter park at Lincoln part seminar in how to utilize symposium on “Black Men in Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) resources to care for yourself while SAT, OCT 28 America: Is There a Crisis?” Topics 287-3400. caring for others. 7 pm to 9 pm. include employment, health, edu- WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence 7420 Fourth Ave., Education cation and entrepreneurship. 9 am hosts the Metro Tour Service, Building, Mueller Conference OUTDOORS AND TOURS till late afternoon. 494 E. 23rd St. taking a walk through Fort Room. (718) 630-8316. Free. HALLOWEEN IN PROSPECT PARK: (718) 434-0131. Free. Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn NEXT WAVE: presents Ibsen’s “The Haunted Walk is back and scarier CREATIVE WORKSHOP: World Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Wild Duck.” National Theater of than ever. Suitable for young chil- Ensemble hosts a workshop on Meet at Marriott hotel in Down- Norway performs. $20 to $50. dren accompanied by parents/ how to activate your creativity. town Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, guardians. Noon to 3 pm. Also, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Mark (718) 789-0430. 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. haunted carnival on the Nether- Morris Dance Center, Lafayette The original stage play mead features, games, music and and Flatbush avenues. Call for PERFORMANCE fun. Noon. Enter park at Prospect fee info. (718) 707-1109. NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy of THURS, OCT 26 Park Southwest and 16th Street FLEA MARKET: at United Methodist Music presents “Dogs,” with entrance. (718) 965-8999 or visit Church. 11 am to 4 pm. Fourth choreography by Sarah Michel- SPECIAL NEEDS TALK: Resources www.prospectpark.org. Free. and Ovington avenues. (718) son. $20 to $40. 7:30 pm. BAM for Children with Special Needs HALLOWEEN FEST: Fort Greene 748-6737. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. offers a talk on early childhood Park Conservancy hosts its sev- DOG COSTUME CONTEST: Fort Also, “Violet Fire: A Multimedia STORYTIME: Barnes and Noble pre- $35, $30 seniors. 4 pm. Fulton services, birth to 5 years. 10 am enth annual event. Entertainment Greene PUPS (Park Users and Opera,” composed by Jon sents Ellen, the heroine of “Ellen’s Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street to 1 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s by Cirque Boom Circus, Salt and Pet Society) host the eighth Gibson. $20 to $40. 7:30 pm. 11-Star Spectacular Super-Deluxe at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Brooklyn Heights branch, 280 Pepper Mime, Fusha Dance annual “Great Pupkin” contest. BAM Opera House, 30 Lafayette Hotel.” 3 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. Cadman Plaza West. (212) 677- Company and others. Also, pony $5. Register at 11:30 am; contest Ave. (718) 636-4100. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Urinetown.” 3 (718) 832-9066. Free. pm. See Sat., Oct. 21. 4650. Free. rides, hay rides, pumpkin deco- from noon to 1 pm. Top of hill, AUNTIE MAME BARGEMUSIC: In celebration of HADASSAH EVENT: Learn about rating, games and prizes. Noon near the monument in Fort Greene PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “A Little tenor Bobby White’s birthday, SALES Support for Israel, Spirituality and to 3 pm. Costume parade at 2 Park. Enter on DeKalb Avenue program features selections by Night Music.” 3 pm. See Sat., YARD SALE: Neighbors on Leonard Oct. 21. the Bible, and cancer survival. pm. Enter park at Washington between Washington Park and Beethoven, Liebermann, Rach- Street, between Nassau and $18 including kosher dinner. Join Park and DeKalb Avenue. Fort Greene Place. For directions, maninov, Zdes, Reger and more. Driggs avenues, host a multi-fami- CHILDREN Hadassah for $36 and attend for www.fortgreenepark.org. (718) visit: www.fortgreenepark.org. $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton ly front yard sale. 9 am to 3 pm. free. 4 pm to 8:30 pm. East 222-1461. Free. MICRO MUSEUM: hosts its annual Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids are INDIE MARKET: Outdoor market Midwood Jewish Center, 1625 BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Haunted Maze. Freaky installa- at the East River. (718) 624-2083. invited to a workshop “Wheels Ocean Ave. between avenues K offers selections from the next and Wires.” Kids are invited to Park Audubon Center hosts a tions, visual montages and crime BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- crop of designers in apparel, and L. (718) 382-6454. cruise aboard the electric boat scenes aim to scare children of all forming Arts presents music with shape, twist, sculpt and equip a handbags, jewelry, children’s bus or train of the future. Sug- GOLF OUTING: St. Finbar School Independence. Tour the Lull- ages. $2. Noon to 7 pm. 123 Jamaican performers Freddie hosts a golf event at Dyker water, a scenic habitat for flora Smith St. (718) 797-3116. McGregor and Yellowman. $20, apparel, home goods and more. gested for ages 4 and older. $5 10 am to 5 pm. Cobble Hill Park, adults, $3 kids. 1 pm. Boerum Beach Golf Course. Call for time and fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binocu- ANATOMY OF A BROWNSTOWN: $35, $40. 8 pm. Walt Whitman and ticket info. Seventh Avenue lars provided. Noon to 12:40 pm. NYC College of Technology Theater, Brooklyn College, one Congress and Clinton streets. Place and Schermerhorn Street. (347) 407-1187. (718) 694-1792. and 86th Street. (718) 996-3501. Enter park at Lincoln Road and offers a seminar. Learn about the block from intersection of Flat- Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. THRIFT SALE: at New Utrecht Re- MUSIC FOR FAMILIES: David Plea- GOWANUS CANAL: Presentation process of renovating and re- bush and Nostrand avenues. by DEP of plans to retrofit and HALLOWEEN AT GREEN-WOOD: storing a brownstone, and how (718) 951-4500. formed Church. 10 am to 3 pm. sant presents poly-rhythmic ex- replace the flushing pump and Green-Wood cemetery offers to merge old world quality with GALLERY PLAYERS: presents the 84th Street and 18th Avenue. plorations. $10, $5 children. 4 pm. (718) 236-0678. Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory improve water quality of the tales of murder, mayhem and new construction. $35. 1 pm to 5 musical “Urinetown.” $18, $14 Gowanus Canal. 6 pm. Prospect ghosts. Jeff Richman leads tour. CRAFTS FEST: at the Brooklyn Mu- of Music, 58 Seventh Ave. (718) pm. 300 Jay St. Pre-registration kids and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th Park YMCA, 357 Ninth St. (718) $15, $10 for Historic Fund mem- necessary. (718) 552-1170. St. (212) 352-3101. www.gallery- seum. Works in leather, stained 622-3300. 243-0849. bers. 1 pm. 25th Street and Fifth AUTUMN AUCTION: at St. Agatha players.com. glass, fashions in silk, cashmere Avenue. (718) 768-7300. and cotton, home furnishings OTHER RECEPTION: Eleven Ten Gallery Church. $10 includes light dinner. PAPER MOON PLAYERS: presents HEALTH AWARENESS: New York presents “Sen One: Color WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence 6:30 pm. 736 48th St. (718) 436- “A Little Night Music,” by Ste- from dinnerware to dinner tables and more. 11 am to 5 pm. 200 Methodist Hospital offers screen- Theory.” 6 pm to 9 pm. 1110 hosts the Metro Tour Service, tak- 1080. phen Sondheim. $14, $12 sen- ings for dental, blood pressure Fulton St. (646) 387-1217. Free. ing a walk through Fort Greene, iors. 8 pm. Emmanuel Episcopal Eastern Parkway. (973) 746-0091. CONTEMPORARY ART: Works and foot and ankle problems. BARNES AND NOBLE: presents Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. exploring pastimes and cultural Church, 2635 E. 23rd St. (718) 9:30 am to noon. Family Health Brooklyn Poetry Outreach with $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Mar- 377-1342. OTHER phenomena that unite people Center, 210 Flatbush Ave. Call to Poet Laureate Ken Siegelman riott hotel in Downtown Brooklyn, are on view. Windows at Metro- PLAY: Mary Queen of Heaven Parish MICRO MUSEUM: hosts its annual 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. Haunted Maze. Freaky installa- register. (718) 780-3593. Free. and guest Ed Curre. 6:30 pm. tech Center, along the Myrtle presents “Vatican II.” $15. 8 pm. MARRIAGE RIGHTS: Congregation 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832- FLATBUSH WALK: Brooklyn Histori- Promenade, between Bridge and East 56th Street and Avenue M. tions, visual montages and crime scenes aim to scare children of all Beth Elohim hosts a forum on 9066. Free. cal Society takes a walk through Lawrence streets. Exhibit is on (718) 763-2330. marriage rights for same sex cou- ESL CLASSES: Park Slope United the Midwood section of Flat- view 24/7. (212) 980-4575. FACULTY SHOWCASE: Brooklyn- ages. $2. Noon to 7 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3116. ples. Senior counsel for the Methodist Church offers English bush. $15, $10 members. 2 pm Queens Conservatory of Music to 4 pm. Meet at Avenue H and AUCTION: Gjoa Ladies Club hosts Lambda Legal Defense and Edu- classes every Thursday. Through presents guitarist Rick Stone and cation Fund provides a legal per- Dec. 14. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. Sixth East 15th Street. (718) 222-4111. his trio. $10, $5 kids. 8 pm. 58 an auction featuring gift baskets and prizes. $5 includes coffee spective. Rabbi Bachman offers a Avenue and Eighth Street. (718) Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Jewish context for the issue. 10 832-3018. Free. PERFORMANCE SPACE GRANT SHOWCASE: and cake. 1 pm to 5 pm. 850 62nd St. (718) 745-9436. am to noon. 274 Garfield Pl. BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical NEXT WAVE: presents “Kagemi- Brooklyn Arts Exchange presents (718) 499-6208. Beyond the Metaphors of Mir- www.PALMIRAS.com GROUP EXHIBIT: A Space Gallery music program featuring cello an evening of dance, theater and PEACE FAIR: Fourth annual event and piano works by Beethoven. rors,” directed and choreo- performance. $15, $10 members, presents “Intrinsic Form,” an graphed by Ushio Amagatsu. exhibit featuring abstract paint- features nearly 200 local commu- $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Fifth nity groups, storytellers, musi- Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street $20 to $60. 7:30 pm. BAM Ho- Ave. For performance details visit ings. 1 pm to 5 pm. 1138 Broad- ward Gilman Opera House, 30 way. (917) 776-0772. Free. cians, artists, academics, activists at the East River. (718) 624-2083. www.bax.org. (718) 832-0018. and elected officials. Sponsored Lafayette Ave. Also, Ibsen’s “The GARDENING TALK: Brooklyn NEXT WAVE: “Kagemi-Beyond the ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents by Brooklyn Parents for Peace Metaphors of Mirrors.” 7:30 pm. Wild Duck.” National Theater of Les Freres Corbusier’s “Hell Botanic Garden hosts a talk about and by Long Island University. 11 Norway performs. $20 to $50. gardening with bulbs. $31, $29 See Sat., Oct. 28. Also, “The Wild House.” Part installation, part am to 5 pm. Long Island Uni- Duck.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., Oct. 28. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, performance, part haunted members includes book. 2 pm to versity, DeKalb Avenue and 651 Fulton St. BAM Talk: “Re- house. Intended for mature audi- 5 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) Fulton Street. (718) 624-5921. imaging Ibsen for the 21st ences. $25. Demon-guided tours 623-7220. www.brooklynpeace.org. Free. FRI, OCT 27 Century.” $10. 3 pm. Hillman begin at 7:30 pm. 38 Water St. STUDIO SESSION: Safe-T-Gallery WALKING TOUR: Jewish singles in Attic Studio. (718) 636-4100. (718) 254-8779. presents “A History of Tears,” by their 20s and 30s are invited to METRO CARD: Metro Card mobile BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical Corey Armpriester. Anyone will- visit Williamsburg art galleries. $10. music program featuring cello CHILDREN ing and able to cry before the staff assists those who are eligi- 1 pm. Call (212) 696-6617 after ble senior citizens and people and piano works by Beethoven. camera receives a free portrait. 3 SCIENCE DAY: Siemens Science Day 10 am today for meeting place. with disabilities to obtain their $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton features a daylong program for pm to 7 pm. 111 Front St. (718) PANEL DISCUSSION: Brooklyn So- reduced fare cards. 10 am to Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street kids in grades 3 to 6. Participants 782-5920. Free. ciety for Ethical Culture presents noon. Assemblyman William Col- at the East River. (718) 624-2083. will meet two talking robots, learn INTERRACIAL DATING: Cafe Sutra “Color, Class, Poverty and Gen- ton’s Office, 211 Kings Highway. BROOKLYN SYMPHONY ORCHES- forensics, build a lemon-powered and Multimixx hosts a speed-dat- der.” Discussion focuses on the (718) 236-1598. TRA: presents works by Bern- car and more. 9 am to 3 pm. ing event for those interested in morals and values in today’s so- WEAR PINK DAY: New York Metho- stein, Mozart and Stravinsky. $15 Polytechnic University, 6 Metrotech interracial dating. 6:30 pm. 639A ciety. 3 pm to 5 pm. 53 Prospect suggested contribution. 7:30 pm. LOCATION Center. (732) 906-3855. Free. dist Hospital hosts a breast can- Fifth Ave. Reservations necessary. Park West. (718) 768-2972. Free. cer awareness day. 11 am to 2 Church of St. Ann and the Holy ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum Visit: www.multimixx.com. (718) CRAFTS FEST: at the Brooklyn pm. 263 Seventh Ave. (718) 780- Trinity, Clinton and Montague hosts “Arty Facts.” Explore the 499-0279. Museum. 11 am to 5 pm. See 5367. Free. streets. (718) 852-0677. Sat., Oct. 21. BARNES AND NOBLE: presents GALLERY PLAYERS: presents the Akashic Books Caribbean Writers’ musical “Urinetown.” $18, $14 Salon. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh kids and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th MON, OCT 23 Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. St. (212) 352-3101. www.gallery- LIST YOUR EVENT… HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR: Ply- players.com. To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. MILONGA: Learn the Argentine mouth Church presents “Phan- PAPER MOON PLAYERS: presents “A Little Night Music,” by Ste- Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: GO tango. No experience or partner tom of the Opera” (1925). Live necessary. $20 per class. Class phen Sondheim. $14, $12 sen- Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY music accompaniment by organ- meets for four weeks. 7 pm to ist Bernie Anderson, Jr. $10. 7:30 iors. 8 pm. Emmanuel Episcopal 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space 8:30 pm. Families First, 250 Baltic pm. Orange Street between Church, 2635 E. 23rd St. (718) available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. St. (718) 237-1862. Henry and Hicks streets. (718) 377-1342. LEGAL TALK: Eileen Nadelson talks 403-9546. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents

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Oct. 26: Eyal Maoz’ Dimyon, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, Ghost with The Sweet Onces, Only Son, Siwat, 9 FREE; Oct. 27: Curha-Chestra, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, pm, $5; Oct. 25: The 70s Punk/80s Nu Wave Party Puppet’s Jazz Bar FREE. with REW, Amanda’s X, Alien Canopy, 9 pm, FREE. 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, (718) 499-2627. Tommy’s Tavern Magnetic Field Oct. 21: Alex Blake Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, 1041 Manhattan Ave. at Freeman Street in Nightlife Greenpoint, (718) 383-9699, 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Midnight, $5; Oct. 23: Jaime Aff Jam Session, 9:15 Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Heights, (718) 834-0069, pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 24: Jaime Aff www.tommystavern.com. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 25: Oct. 21: Buckshot Facelift, Insect, and more, 8 Anyway Cafe Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. Oct. 21: Finn’s Motel, The Attorneys, 8 pm, $6; Oct. Jon Davis Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; pm, $TBD. 1602 Gravesend Neck Road at East 16th Oct. 22: Kelly Zullo, 6 pm, $5; Oct. 27: Seizure17, 26: Live band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: The Oct. 26: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, 10:40 Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, 9 pm, $5. Underthings, 8 pm, $TBD; Oct. 28: Annie Keating, pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 27: Jon Davis Trio, 9:15 Trash Bar www.anywaycafe.com. Amelia White, 8 pm, $7, DJ Party, 11 pm, FREE. pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 28: Jaime Aff 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- Tuesdays: Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and Bubby’s Brooklyn New Hype Jazz, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5. burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. guests, 9 pm, FREE. Pie Company Magnolia Oct. 21: Dodger, 8 pm, Rejectionist Front, 9 pm, 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Reign Madison Ambush, 10 pm, Tunnels to Holland, 11 The Backroom 1 Main St. at Plymouth Street in DUMBO, (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. pm, $7; Oct. 22: Jeff’s Birthday Bash!!! with Beta (718) 222-0666, www.bubbys.com. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Mondays: Monday Night Football, 8 pm, FREE; Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, Theory, 9 pm, The Morgans, 10 pm, Last Known Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Oct. 24: Emily Kurn, 8 pm, $5; Oct. 26: Home- Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Settlers, 11 pm, Go Sell Drugs, Midnight, $6; Oct. grown, 8 pm, $5. 23: JP05, 8 pm, Broken Land, 9 pm, Writers in www.freddysbackroom.com. Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ Hud, Crisis, 10 pm, $6; Oct. 24: Dimestore Scenario, 8 Oct. 21: Artofficial, Alice Bierhorst, Hank Place & Melt 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after 12:30 pm, The High Fivin’ White Guys, 9 pm, Strictly the 2x4s, Burglar’s Wine, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: The Cafe Steinhof am; Wednesdays: “Fuel” with DJ Khaos and 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Platonic, 10 pm, Psychic Mischief, 11 pm, $6; Oct. Knit In, 6:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: The Armies of 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Spectrum Disco, 5 pm-midnight, FREE; Oct. 21: (718) 230-5925. 25: The Cummies, 8 pm, Hot Iron Swallows, 9 Compassion, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Music from the (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Bobby Valentino Live, Time TBD, $TBD. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, pm, Hype! of the States, 10 pm, Stunning, 11 pm, NY Underground “On The Way Out,” 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: River Alexander and his Mad Jazz FREE. Imago, Midnight, $6; Oct. 26: The Vesties, 8 pm, Oct. 25: Sal Casabianca, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE. Burlesque & Book Party, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Sistas’ Place Underground Society, 9 pm, The Violets, 10 pm, National Restaurant 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in White Noise, 11 pm, The Digital Pimps, Midnight, Andy Fite, 8 pm, Unbelievable Luck, The Umlatz, Cattyshack 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Wheel House Pickle Party Supersystem will play Williamsburg’s Northsix on Oct. 21. 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, $6; Oct. 27: The Yams, 9 pm, WWIX, 10 pm, The with The Gin Rickeys, The Figs, The Flanks, The 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, www.sistasplace.org. Deacons, 11 pm, The Bullys, Midnight, Blackout Giraffes, 9 pm, FREE. (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. www.come2national.com. Oct. 21: Ahmed Abdullah’s Ebonic Tones, 9 pm, Shoppers, 1 am, $7. Saturdays: Shack 249 with DJs BK Brewster, Daryl Dakar Cafe (718) 833-6200. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 day of the show; BAM Cafe Raymond, and more, 10 pm, $5, $7 after 11 pm; Oct. 27: Wreckords Records presents Closenuf, pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Oct. 28: James Spaulding’s Expressions, 9 pm, Two Boots Brooklyn Mondays: Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tues- 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton 9:30 pm, FREE with 2-drink minimum. Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 day of the show. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net. Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort days: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: prix fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE. Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after 10 Hank’s Saloon dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). Solomon’s Porch Oct. 21: Memphis Train, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Oct. 21: Slow Six, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Derek pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with sexy 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Sonido Costeno, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Sasha Bermel’s Peace by Piece, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: Shitkickers, 8 pm, Dragon Lounge Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Night and Day Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Dobson & Spastic Plaid, 10 pm, FREE. Hey DJ!, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug NextNext with Zs, 9 pm, FREE. 145 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw Restaurant Tuesdays: Open Mic, 8 pm, $5 (ladies FREE Nut, 7 pm, FREE, Cirrah Fridays, DJs and bur- Heights, (718) 624-7658, and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mon- before 10 pm). Union Hall lesque, 11 pm, $5 ($7 after midnight). 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, Bar 4 www.dragonloungebklyn.com. days: Live band “kuntry karaoke” with Rob Ryan (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue Saturdays: DJ Krafty spins the funk, 9 pm, FREE; (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Slope, and the Brooklyn Country All-Star Band, 10 pm, Southpaw in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, Thursdays: Trashy ’80s Singles Party, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, (718) 832-9800. The Center for FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; www.unionhallny.com. Fridays: Dance beats and funky vibes with DJ $6 and $7 food/drink minimum; Mondays: Debra 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Oct. 22: James Carney Group, 8 pm, 10 pm, $5 Oct. 21: The Lexington Arrows, The Allrighters, Oct. 21: The Great Lakes, Ian Love, 8 pm, $8; ; Improvisational JDNYCE, 9 pm, FREE. and Mary’s Night on the Town with Daniel Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. (includes both sets). Los Blankitos, Youth Against Nature, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Elk City, Big City Bright Lights, 8 pm, $7; Oct. 24: Tom Vollman, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Fat Reichard, 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Live jazz jam, Oct. 21: Suicide Girls, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, 8 pm, Music 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 $15; Oct. 25: Bettie Serveert, Dayglow, 9 pm, Oct. 26: Pipas, The Ballet, Oppenheimer, 8 pm, Rat & Hank’s present The First Annual Halloween $10; Oct. 27: Cold War Kids, Foreign Born, The 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue, in Park Europa Night Club food/drink minimum; Oct. 21: La Piantada Trio, 9 $13 in advance, $15 day of the show; Oct. 26: Barbes Spooktacular with Sasquatch and the Sick-a-Billys, Sky Drops, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the Slope, (212) 631-5882, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Green- pm, $10 and $7 food/drink minimum. Thrillmatic Sound Vintage Reggae & Roots Party, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, www.schoolforimprov.org. point, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com. Bloodshot Bill, The Wrecking Dead, The Ogbanje, show. (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 10 pm, $5 with costume, $7 without costumer; 10 pm, $10; Oct. 27: Mush Records Tour with Oct. 21: Respect Sextet, 8:30 pm, $10 ($6 with Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $8 suggested Oct. 28: Side of the Road, 10 pm, FREE. Night of the Cookers Daedelus, Caurah, Thavius Beck, 9 pm, $8 in student ID); Oct. 24: Open Session hosted by J. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: Karaoke donation; Oct. 21: Napoleon Maddox, 7 pm, $8 advance, $10 day of the show; Oct. 28: The RUB Vox Po p Granelli, 9 pm, $7; Oct. 26: Open Session hosted Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Progres- 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in suggested donation, The Mandingo Ambassadors, Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Halloween Special, 10 pm, $TBD. 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in by J. Granelli, 9 pm, $7. sive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, The Hook Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. 9 pm, $8 suggested donation; Oct. 22: Hang the Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live $15 after 10:30 pm. 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE with 2- Lights, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation; Oct. 23: jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Sputnik Club Exit Hook, (718) 797-3007, drink/snack minimum; Oct. 21: Bryin Dall with Skateboarding, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, www.thehookmusic.com. 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Musette Explosion, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Food 4 Thought Joseph Gates & Control Groups, 7 pm, $5 or 2- Oct. 21: R.A.D., 7:30 pm, Uncle Pumpkin, 8 pm, Northsix Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Oct. 24: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 suggested 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough drink minimum. Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Methodical, 8:30 pm, The Audacity, 9 pm, King for a Saturdays: French Beats International, 9 pm, FREE; donation, Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10 suggested Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- www.club-exit.com. Day, 9:30 pm, Veinmelter, 10 pm, Electricsoul, 10:30 Wednesdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: donation; Oct. 25: Andrew Rathbun Quartet with Saturdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $6. burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies pm, $15; Oct. 27: Van Swayze presents a Halloween DJ Nicole Leone, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: Iconoclast, Walt Whitman special guest George Garzone, 8 pm, $8, Jeff Davis Oct. 21: (Downstairs) Party Line, Love or Perish, 9 FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 House Party featuring Trick and the Heartstrings, Les 9 pm, FREE with CD purchase, UncleMonsterface, Group, 10 pm, $8; Oct. 26: The Four Bags CD pm, $TBD, (Upstairs) Supersystem, Professor Theatre pm, FREE. Galapagos Sans Culottes, Toys in Trouble, 8 pm, $15. 10:30 pm, Porous Orchestra CD Release Release Party, 8 pm, $10, The Roulette Sisters’s Murder, 9 pm, $10; Oct. 26: Suishou No Fume, (on the campus of Brooklyn College) Campus 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Celebration, 11:30 pm, The Human Problem, Halloween Spectacular, 10 pm, $8 suggested dona- Magik Markers, peeesseye, 9 pm, $10; Oct. 27: Road at Hillel Place in Midwood, (718) 951- (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. 12:30 am, $TBD; Oct. 27: Manjinga, 9 pm, $TBD. tion; Oct. 27: Lisa Germano, 8 pm, 10 pm, $10; Club Xo Hope and Anchor (Downstairs) Dropdead, Deathcycle, Celebrity 4500, www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Oct. 28: Dudu Maia, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Flatlands, (718) Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Murders, Villains, 8 pm, $7. Oct. 21: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Forro for All, 9 pm, $8 suggested donation. 209-0525, www.clubxonyc.com. 21: Free NYC, 10 pm, $TBD; Oct. 22: (Backroom) Hook, (718) 237-0276. Stain at Brooklyn College (BCBC) presents Freddie Fridays: “The Best of the Best” featuring live DJs, Kioku and Take Toriyama, 7 pm, $TBD, (Front- Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke host- Parlor Jazz 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- McGregor & Yellowman, 8 pm, $40, $35, or $20. 11 pm, FREE before midnight, $10 after midnight. room) Monareta, Fosforo, Junk “Kat,” 10 pm, $5; ed by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Black Betty Oct. 23: (Frontroom) Jewesses, Tassels & Tuchus 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue in Clin- 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in ton Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm (often accompanied Zebulon … Oy Vey! Burlesque, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Cornerstone Pub (Backroom) Trombone Invasion, 10 pm, $7, Slip It Laila Lounge Oct. 21: Carla Cook Quintet, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $30 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.blackbetty.net. 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road in In, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: MCC (Finally) Has His 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in donation. hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Saturdays: DJs Yah Supreme and Concerned, 11 Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, Way (With Women), 8 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, pm, FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean www.cornerstonepub.com. www.lailalounge.com. The Perch Cafe 21: Nadje Noordhuis, 8 pm, Samurindo (CD Oct. 21: Asiko, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: U.B101, 10 Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mon- Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (dona- Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: APA release party), 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Tom pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Correspondents, 9 pm, Pure Glassland Gallery 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, Vollman, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Chelsea Labate, 9 days: Rev. Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 tion suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quartet, 9 League, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music (718) 788-2830. Horsehair, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Fire of Space, pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thursdays: 289 Kent Ave. at South 1st Street in Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Arslan, 8 pm, Semifinalists, 10 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: IDR a.k.a. “Italian Doc Williamsburg, (917) 204-8448. Oct. 24: Kelsey Jillette Group, 9 pm (two sets), $5 Thursdays: Kings County Soul Night featuring DJs Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ 8:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: Saturday Night Live with pm, FREE; Oct. 27: MiPOesias, 7 pm, Adam Remix,” 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Apolloheights Oct. 26: USAISAMONSTER, Vialka, zOoOoOm, suggested donation; Oct. 26: Brenda Earle Trio, Matta, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Sum of Heroes, 7 and guest, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Hungry March Monkone, Emskee, Finewine & Nick Cope, 10 pm, Juicee spins Music That’ll Make You Thirsty, 10 Craig Greenberg Group, 9 pm, The Larch, 10 pm, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation. FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne pm, FREE. Animental, Noise Nomads, and DJs John & $TBD, DJ Friend and guests, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. pm, Semifinalists, 8:30 pm, Scott Kacenga, 10 Band, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Meta and the and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. Richard from Sightings, 8 pm, $7. 26: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, 8 pm, FREE; Pete’s Candy Store pm, FREE. Cornerstone, 10 pm, FREE. Crossroads Saloon Oct. 28: Saturday Night Live with Eyal Maoz Band, The Brooklyn Good Coffeehouse 9 pm, $TBD. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Lyceum Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Music Parlor Les Babouches www.petescandystore.com. 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. (at The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: TALK TO US… 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Tsui, 8 pm, Cavalier King, 9 pm, Que Verde, 10 pm, Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Heernt, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: Zapruder Point, 8:30 To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 8 Oct. 27: Traveling Troubador Series with Fingerstyle pm, The Navigators, 9:30 pm, Will Hanza, 10:30 of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, pm, FREE. CORRECTION guitarist Del Rey, 8 pm, $15 adults, $6 children. pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Monday Evening Stand-Up, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to The Lucky Cat 7:30 pm, Ward White, 9 pm, Invincible Humming- [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space “Brooklyn Bites: Atlantic Avenue” [GO Brooklyn, Oct. 7] incorrectly listed Goodfella’s birds, 10 pm, The Wailing Wall, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- 24: Bingo, 7 pm, SMO, 9 pm, Finian Mckean, 10 The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm event the days Mexicali is open for business. The restaurant is open every day. Restaurant burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. pm, Senator, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Quizz-Off, details. We regret the error. 9606 Third Ave. at 96th Street in Bay Ridge, Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and key- 7:30 pm, Aoife O’Donovan Band, 10 pm, Heather $99 initiation

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board karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel and the Barbarians, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: James Music Open Mic Night hosted by Dave Cuomo, 7 Tealy, 8 pm, Matt Bauer, 9 pm, Dame Satan, 10 Tea Lounge pm, FREE, Organ Grinder Tuesday, 10 pm, FREE; pm, The Places, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Pete’s Big 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, BROOKLYN (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. Fridays: Finger on the Pulse with live DJs, 11 pm, Poetry with Catherine Barnett and Andrea Baker, FREE; Oct. 21: KATS, 8 pm, FREE, The Saturday 7 pm, Liz Tormes, 9 pm, Benjamin Cartel, 10 pm, Oct. 25: Geoff Clapp Trio, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Night Stomp, 10 pm, $5; Oct. 22: The Wooden Fran King, 11 pm, FREE. Oct. 26: Eyal Maoz’ Dimyon, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, Ghost with The Sweet Onces, Only Son, Siwat, 9 FREE; Oct. 27: Curha-Chestra, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, pm, $5; Oct. 25: The 70s Punk/80s Nu Wave Party Puppet’s Jazz Bar FREE. with REW, Amanda’s X, Alien Canopy, 9 pm, FREE. 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, (718) 499-2627. Tommy’s Tavern Magnetic Field Oct. 21: Alex Blake Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, 1041 Manhattan Ave. at Freeman Street in Nightlife Greenpoint, (718) 383-9699, 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Midnight, $5; Oct. 23: Jaime Aff Jam Session, 9:15 Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Heights, (718) 834-0069, pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 24: Jaime Aff www.tommystavern.com. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 25: Oct. 21: Buckshot Facelift, Insect, and more, 8 Anyway Cafe Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. Oct. 21: Finn’s Motel, The Attorneys, 8 pm, $6; Oct. Jon Davis Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; pm, $TBD. 1602 Gravesend Neck Road at East 16th Oct. 22: Kelly Zullo, 6 pm, $5; Oct. 27: Seizure17, 26: Live band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: The Oct. 26: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, 10:40 Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, 9 pm, $5. Underthings, 8 pm, $TBD; Oct. 28: Annie Keating, pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 27: Jon Davis Trio, 9:15 Trash Bar www.anywaycafe.com. Amelia White, 8 pm, $7, DJ Party, 11 pm, FREE. pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Oct. 28: Jaime Aff 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- Tuesdays: Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and Bubby’s Brooklyn New Hype Jazz, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5. burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. guests, 9 pm, FREE. Pie Company Magnolia Oct. 21: Dodger, 8 pm, Rejectionist Front, 9 pm, 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Reign Madison Ambush, 10 pm, Tunnels to Holland, 11 The Backroom 1 Main St. at Plymouth Street in DUMBO, (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. pm, $7; Oct. 22: Jeff’s Birthday Bash!!! with Beta (718) 222-0666, www.bubbys.com. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Mondays: Monday Night Football, 8 pm, FREE; Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, Theory, 9 pm, The Morgans, 10 pm, Last Known Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Oct. 24: Emily Kurn, 8 pm, $5; Oct. 26: Home- Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Settlers, 11 pm, Go Sell Drugs, Midnight, $6; Oct. grown, 8 pm, $5. 23: JP05, 8 pm, Broken Land, 9 pm, Writers in www.freddysbackroom.com. Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ Hud, Crisis, 10 pm, $6; Oct. 24: Dimestore Scenario, 8 Oct. 21: Artofficial, Alice Bierhorst, Hank Place & Melt 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after 12:30 pm, The High Fivin’ White Guys, 9 pm, Strictly the 2x4s, Burglar’s Wine, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: The Cafe Steinhof am; Wednesdays: “Fuel” with DJ Khaos and 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Platonic, 10 pm, Psychic Mischief, 11 pm, $6; Oct. Knit In, 6:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: The Armies of 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Spectrum Disco, 5 pm-midnight, FREE; Oct. 21: (718) 230-5925. 25: The Cummies, 8 pm, Hot Iron Swallows, 9 Compassion, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Music from the (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Bobby Valentino Live, Time TBD, $TBD. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, pm, Hype! of the States, 10 pm, Stunning, 11 pm, NY Underground “On The Way Out,” 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: River Alexander and his Mad Jazz FREE. Imago, Midnight, $6; Oct. 26: The Vesties, 8 pm, Oct. 25: Sal Casabianca, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE. Burlesque & Book Party, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Sistas’ Place Underground Society, 9 pm, The Violets, 10 pm, National Restaurant 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in White Noise, 11 pm, The Digital Pimps, Midnight, Andy Fite, 8 pm, Unbelievable Luck, The Umlatz, Cattyshack 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Wheel House Pickle Party Supersystem will play Williamsburg’s Northsix on Oct. 21. 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, $6; Oct. 27: The Yams, 9 pm, WWIX, 10 pm, The with The Gin Rickeys, The Figs, The Flanks, The 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, www.sistasplace.org. Deacons, 11 pm, The Bullys, Midnight, Blackout Giraffes, 9 pm, FREE. (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. www.come2national.com. Oct. 21: Ahmed Abdullah’s Ebonic Tones, 9 pm, Shoppers, 1 am, $7. Saturdays: Shack 249 with DJs BK Brewster, Daryl Dakar Cafe (718) 833-6200. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 day of the show; BAM Cafe Raymond, and more, 10 pm, $5, $7 after 11 pm; Oct. 27: Wreckords Records presents Closenuf, pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Oct. 28: James Spaulding’s Expressions, 9 pm, Two Boots Brooklyn Mondays: Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tues- 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton 9:30 pm, FREE with 2-drink minimum. Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 day of the show. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net. Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort days: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: prix fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE. Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after 10 Hank’s Saloon dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). Solomon’s Porch Oct. 21: Memphis Train, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Oct. 21: Slow Six, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Derek pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with sexy 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Sonido Costeno, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Sasha Bermel’s Peace by Piece, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: Shitkickers, 8 pm, Dragon Lounge Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Night and Day Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Dobson & Spastic Plaid, 10 pm, FREE. Hey DJ!, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug NextNext with Zs, 9 pm, FREE. 145 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw Restaurant Tuesdays: Open Mic, 8 pm, $5 (ladies FREE Nut, 7 pm, FREE, Cirrah Fridays, DJs and bur- Heights, (718) 624-7658, and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mon- before 10 pm). Union Hall lesque, 11 pm, $5 ($7 after midnight). 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, Bar 4 www.dragonloungebklyn.com. days: Live band “kuntry karaoke” with Rob Ryan (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue Saturdays: DJ Krafty spins the funk, 9 pm, FREE; (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Slope, and the Brooklyn Country All-Star Band, 10 pm, Southpaw in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, Thursdays: Trashy ’80s Singles Party, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, (718) 832-9800. The Center for FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; www.unionhallny.com. Fridays: Dance beats and funky vibes with DJ $6 and $7 food/drink minimum; Mondays: Debra 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Oct. 22: James Carney Group, 8 pm, 10 pm, $5 Oct. 21: The Lexington Arrows, The Allrighters, Oct. 21: The Great Lakes, Ian Love, 8 pm, $8; ; Improvisational JDNYCE, 9 pm, FREE. and Mary’s Night on the Town with Daniel Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. (includes both sets). Los Blankitos, Youth Against Nature, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Elk City, Big City Bright Lights, 8 pm, $7; Oct. 24: Tom Vollman, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Fat Reichard, 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Live jazz jam, Oct. 21: Suicide Girls, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, 8 pm, Music 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 $15; Oct. 25: Bettie Serveert, Dayglow, 9 pm, Oct. 26: Pipas, The Ballet, Oppenheimer, 8 pm, Rat & Hank’s present The First Annual Halloween $10; Oct. 27: Cold War Kids, Foreign Born, The 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue, in Park Europa Night Club food/drink minimum; Oct. 21: La Piantada Trio, 9 $13 in advance, $15 day of the show; Oct. 26: Barbes Spooktacular with Sasquatch and the Sick-a-Billys, Sky Drops, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the Slope, (212) 631-5882, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Green- pm, $10 and $7 food/drink minimum. Thrillmatic Sound Vintage Reggae & Roots Party, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, www.schoolforimprov.org. point, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com. Bloodshot Bill, The Wrecking Dead, The Ogbanje, show. (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 10 pm, $5 with costume, $7 without costumer; 10 pm, $10; Oct. 27: Mush Records Tour with Oct. 21: Respect Sextet, 8:30 pm, $10 ($6 with Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $8 suggested Oct. 28: Side of the Road, 10 pm, FREE. Night of the Cookers Daedelus, Caurah, Thavius Beck, 9 pm, $8 in student ID); Oct. 24: Open Session hosted by J. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: Karaoke donation; Oct. 21: Napoleon Maddox, 7 pm, $8 advance, $10 day of the show; Oct. 28: The RUB Vox Po p Granelli, 9 pm, $7; Oct. 26: Open Session hosted Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Progres- 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in suggested donation, The Mandingo Ambassadors, Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Halloween Special, 10 pm, $TBD. 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in by J. Granelli, 9 pm, $7. sive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, The Hook Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. 9 pm, $8 suggested donation; Oct. 22: Hang the Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live $15 after 10:30 pm. 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE with 2- Lights, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation; Oct. 23: jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Sputnik Club Exit Hook, (718) 797-3007, drink/snack minimum; Oct. 21: Bryin Dall with Skateboarding, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, www.thehookmusic.com. 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Musette Explosion, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Food 4 Thought Joseph Gates & Control Groups, 7 pm, $5 or 2- Oct. 21: R.A.D., 7:30 pm, Uncle Pumpkin, 8 pm, Northsix Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Oct. 24: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 suggested 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough drink minimum. Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Methodical, 8:30 pm, The Audacity, 9 pm, King for a Saturdays: French Beats International, 9 pm, FREE; donation, Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10 suggested Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- www.club-exit.com. Day, 9:30 pm, Veinmelter, 10 pm, Electricsoul, 10:30 Wednesdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: donation; Oct. 25: Andrew Rathbun Quartet with Saturdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $6. burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies pm, $15; Oct. 27: Van Swayze presents a Halloween DJ Nicole Leone, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: Iconoclast, Walt Whitman special guest George Garzone, 8 pm, $8, Jeff Davis Oct. 21: (Downstairs) Party Line, Love or Perish, 9 FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 House Party featuring Trick and the Heartstrings, Les 9 pm, FREE with CD purchase, UncleMonsterface, Group, 10 pm, $8; Oct. 26: The Four Bags CD pm, $TBD, (Upstairs) Supersystem, Professor Theatre pm, FREE. Galapagos Sans Culottes, Toys in Trouble, 8 pm, $15. 10:30 pm, Porous Orchestra CD Release Release Party, 8 pm, $10, The Roulette Sisters’s Murder, 9 pm, $10; Oct. 26: Suishou No Fume, (on the campus of Brooklyn College) Campus 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Celebration, 11:30 pm, The Human Problem, Halloween Spectacular, 10 pm, $8 suggested dona- Magik Markers, peeesseye, 9 pm, $10; Oct. 27: Road at Hillel Place in Midwood, (718) 951- (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. 12:30 am, $TBD; Oct. 27: Manjinga, 9 pm, $TBD. tion; Oct. 27: Lisa Germano, 8 pm, 10 pm, $10; Club Xo Hope and Anchor (Downstairs) Dropdead, Deathcycle, Celebrity 4500, www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Oct. 28: Dudu Maia, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Flatlands, (718) Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Murders, Villains, 8 pm, $7. Oct. 21: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Forro for All, 9 pm, $8 suggested donation. 209-0525, www.clubxonyc.com. 21: Free NYC, 10 pm, $TBD; Oct. 22: (Backroom) Hook, (718) 237-0276. Stain at Brooklyn College (BCBC) presents Freddie Fridays: “The Best of the Best” featuring live DJs, Kioku and Take Toriyama, 7 pm, $TBD, (Front- Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke host- Parlor Jazz 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- McGregor & Yellowman, 8 pm, $40, $35, or $20. 11 pm, FREE before midnight, $10 after midnight. room) Monareta, Fosforo, Junk “Kat,” 10 pm, $5; ed by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Black Betty Oct. 23: (Frontroom) Jewesses, Tassels & Tuchus 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue in Clin- 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in ton Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm (often accompanied Zebulon … Oy Vey! Burlesque, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Cornerstone Pub (Backroom) Trombone Invasion, 10 pm, $7, Slip It Laila Lounge Oct. 21: Carla Cook Quintet, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $30 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.blackbetty.net. 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road in In, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: MCC (Finally) Has His 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in donation. hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Saturdays: DJs Yah Supreme and Concerned, 11 Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, Way (With Women), 8 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, pm, FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean www.cornerstonepub.com. www.lailalounge.com. The Perch Cafe 21: Nadje Noordhuis, 8 pm, Samurindo (CD Oct. 21: Asiko, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: U.B101, 10 Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mon- Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (dona- Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: APA release party), 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Tom pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Correspondents, 9 pm, Pure Glassland Gallery 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, Vollman, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Chelsea Labate, 9 days: Rev. Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 tion suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quartet, 9 League, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music (718) 788-2830. Horsehair, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Fire of Space, pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thursdays: 289 Kent Ave. at South 1st Street in Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Arslan, 8 pm, Semifinalists, 10 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: IDR a.k.a. “Italian Doc Williamsburg, (917) 204-8448. Oct. 24: Kelsey Jillette Group, 9 pm (two sets), $5 Thursdays: Kings County Soul Night featuring DJs Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ 8:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: Saturday Night Live with pm, FREE; Oct. 27: MiPOesias, 7 pm, Adam Remix,” 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Apolloheights Oct. 26: USAISAMONSTER, Vialka, zOoOoOm, suggested donation; Oct. 26: Brenda Earle Trio, Matta, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Sum of Heroes, 7 and guest, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Hungry March Monkone, Emskee, Finewine & Nick Cope, 10 pm, Juicee spins Music That’ll Make You Thirsty, 10 Craig Greenberg Group, 9 pm, The Larch, 10 pm, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation. FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne pm, FREE. Animental, Noise Nomads, and DJs John & $TBD, DJ Friend and guests, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. pm, Semifinalists, 8:30 pm, Scott Kacenga, 10 Band, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 28: Meta and the and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. Richard from Sightings, 8 pm, $7. 26: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, 8 pm, FREE; Pete’s Candy Store pm, FREE. Cornerstone, 10 pm, FREE. Crossroads Saloon Oct. 28: Saturday Night Live with Eyal Maoz Band, The Brooklyn Good Coffeehouse 9 pm, $TBD. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Lyceum Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Music Parlor Les Babouches www.petescandystore.com. 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. (at The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: TALK TO US… 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Tsui, 8 pm, Cavalier King, 9 pm, Que Verde, 10 pm, Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Heernt, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: Zapruder Point, 8:30 To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 8 Oct. 27: Traveling Troubador Series with Fingerstyle pm, The Navigators, 9:30 pm, Will Hanza, 10:30 of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, pm, FREE. CORRECTION guitarist Del Rey, 8 pm, $15 adults, $6 children. pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Monday Evening Stand-Up, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to The Lucky Cat 7:30 pm, Ward White, 9 pm, Invincible Humming- [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space “Brooklyn Bites: Atlantic Avenue” [GO Brooklyn, Oct. 7] incorrectly listed Goodfella’s birds, 10 pm, The Wailing Wall, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- 24: Bingo, 7 pm, SMO, 9 pm, Finian Mckean, 10 The listings are correct as of press time. 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Member F 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 October 21, 2006 BROOKLYN Neighborhood reacts to loss of casket company The Brooklyn Papers been looking at factory space in Queens The South Brooklyn Casket Company The news that South Brooklyn Cas- — squeezed out by the rapidly gentrify- settled on the banks of the canal in 1931. ket Company may bury its Union Street ing neighborhood around him. Moving caskets from early in the day BRIEFS factory has neighbors worried that the While few neighbors ever got to know until the last undertaker’s call, the coffin new Gowanus, with its gleaming Holi- the secretive casket maker, they mourned manufacturer provided neighbors with a the impending loss. daily reckoning of death. day Inn, soon-to-open Comfort Inn and “If you take away what’s been around, “When I was 12 years old, [Pantone] Whole Foods, and increasingly clean how are people coming to recognize invited me to walk through the warehouse canal, has simply gotten too cheery. what is what?” said Phillip Vegas, noting and see all the caskets,” said Sal Manzone. “We need something dark and depress- that the trim, white-brick coffin show- “I saw hundreds of caskets all shiny, Stinger bites ing on that corner,” said Wilbur Meinin, room wasn’t a “bad reminder of death.” turned on their sides. Guys I knew from a newcomer to the neighborhood who Another neighbor, smoking a cigarette the neighborhood were shellacking them.” rents a loft on the not far from hulking in front of the dimly lit Canal Bar down Until the 1990s, the company trans- / Julie Rosenberg casket manufacturer. the block, fretted about where he would ported its coffins in flatbed trucks so they “I’m an upbeat guy,” he added, “but be able to buy his casket. were visible like “cigarettes in an open two rivals seeing my mortality keeps me in check.” “I collect skulls and have been looking case,” Manzone remembered. As The Brooklyn Papers reported ex- to buy a casket for a while,” said Tommy “We’ll miss them,” he said, then turned

clusively last week, South Brooklyn Cas- Herne, adding he would miss the coffin wistful: “Maybe their time was up.” Papers The Brooklyn Here is your winning ket Company owner Harry Pantone has makers who visited the bar after work. — Ariella Cohen The South Brooklyn Casket Company on Union Street. Aquarium design 300 millionth American from Brooklyn – maybe The Brooklyn Papers a statement that hit newsrooms have delivered babies at exact- ments and even blankets em- The Census Bureau said within minutes of the historic ly 7:46 am (by their clocks, of bossed with the logo, “300 the 300 millionth Americ- birth. course). Millionth American Baby.” an was born on Tuesday at But it was not meant to be. Elmhurst, which is a city- Meanwhile, back at Luther- Later in the day, both New run hospital, seemed to be a an, baby Mystique got the 7:46 am — and that he or York-Presbyterian Hospital in bit, um, well-prepared for the standard-issue, pink-and-blue she was not born in Brook- Manhattan and Elmhurst Hos- timely arrival of Emanuel Pla- trimmed, blankie. lyn. pital in Queens claimed to ta, with pitch-perfect state- — Gersh Kuntzman But those Census bean- counters didn’t bank on one thing: Lutheran Medical Cen- ter is quick with a press re- lease. The Sunset Park-based hos- CHECKIN’ IN WITH... pital was the first of New York’s medical centers to hawk its pre-8 am baby as A Brooklyn Republican? America’s 300 millionth resi- dent. When Steve Finger isn’t unblocking eustachian “Lutheran Medical Center tubes or wiping up post-nasal drips at his Marine delivers baby Mystique at Park ear, nose and throat practice, he’s running

7:50 am!” the hospital said in Lutheran Medical Center The Brooklyn Papers against City Councilwoman Yvette Clarke (D- Give us the jellyfish! Crown Heights) for Congress in the 11th Con- gressional District. If you’re confused, we under- Hundreds of readers of The Brooklyn Papers cast votes on stand. Clarke won the Democratic primary, which the three new maritime-themed designs to revive the New York is tantamount to a victory on Election Day, Nov. Aquarium in Coney Island, and a plurality favored a jellyfish- 7. But hell could freeze over — and that’s what inspired design by West 8 Urban Design and Weisz + Yoes. The firm’s co-founder said she was humbled by winning Finger is hoping for. Sure, he doesn’t even live in the Papers’ “People’s Choice” award. Hope floats? the 11th District, but he believes that his Libertar- “We’re overjoyed that this idea has resonated with the peo- ian vision for the Republican party will catch on ple of Brooklyn,” said Claire Weisz, whose studio is based in The Brooklyn Papers with a few voters. He checked in with reporter Dana Rubinstein last week. Manhattan. SOS on the Gowanus Canal! She said her design was inspired by the Aquarium’s “amaz- RATNER A waterborne hotspot for local artists and neighborhood kids ing collection of alien stingers” and jellyfishes. has been evicted from its Lavender Lake berth. Q: You know you don’t really stand a not Libertarian. But the beauty of the design is more than skin deep. “It’s a COUNT-UP City officials have tossed the Empty Vessel Project — an art six-story-high jellyfish that will connect the Aquarium to all gallery housed in a World War II rescue boat salvaged last year chance, don’t you? Q: Yeah, they don’t seem too thrilled the exciting things happening at Coney Island,” she said. “It’s by some artists — from its position below the Carroll Street A: If you’re a betting man, you wouldn’t bet with your proposal to legalize med- jellyfish as town square. You could get married under it. Peo- Bridge, after a neighbor complained that it was docked in viola- on me. But, there’s always a chance. Let me ical marijuana. ple could meet under it.” tion of an obscure, 19th-century maritime prohibition. tell you a story. There’s an old man sitting A: Well, I haven’t got that many volunteers After one week of voting in our admittedly unscientific The unassuming white cruiser had bobbed on the fetid — yet on a bed completely naked except for a top … I think medical marijuana is a states’- poll, the tempting tentacle design got 47 percent of the vote, increasingly fashionable — banks of the canal since January. hat. A friend visits and asks, “Why are you rights issue. There’s nothing in the Constitu- compared to 35 percent for a largemouth bass-inspired design 21 A few nights a week, the former war ship offered neighbor- naked?” The old man responds, “No one tion that allows the federal government to by WRT and 14 percent for a less-flashy sand-dune-themed hood landlubbers movie screenings, recitals or foreign language ever comes by.” The friend asks, “Then why control drugs. The one good thing about rendering by Smith-Miller & Hawkinson. classes, including Russian taught by a local trucker and French are you wearing a top hat?” The old man Prohibition was that at least Congress had As promised, we informed the city Economic Development taught by a local installation artist. says, “Just in case someone comes by.” enough respect for the Constitution to pass Corporation that our readers had spoken. DAYS “The Gowanus can be a backyard for people,” said Dylan Q: There’s something sort of Quixotic an amendment. An agency spokeswoman said the EDC appreciated our tal- SINCE WE FORMALLY Gauthier, part owner of the project. “We were succeeding [before ly, but refused to speculate whether the vote would influence about your campaign. Why are you Q: OK, it’s issues time. What’s tops REQUESTED AN the eviction] because people saw that we were here and were the EDC board. coming to get on the water.” running? on your agenda? “I do promise that I will let them all know who won,” she INTERVIEW WITH Gauthier has approached Community Board 6 and other local A: Call me Brooklyn’s Man of La Mancha. A: School choice. New York City spends said. BRUCE RATNER planners about moving the boat to a city-owned former Brooklyn But I want to made a difference. Libertarians $12,500 per child and education is very The agency will pick its winner by the end of the year. (As of Saturday, Oct. 21) Union Gas site along a bend in the canal between Smith and really are idealistic. spotty. — Kuntzman Hoyt streets. — Cohen Q: They have to be, to make up for Q: What do you think of the Atlantic their limited numbers. Aren’t there Yards proposal? only two Brooklynites in the Libertar- A: I think it’s a poor idea, mainly because of ian party. the use of eminent domain. It’s also too big A: Yes. You’re sitting with half the county for the area, and the government shouldn’t organization. be subsidizing private development — this Oo-oo that smell: Canal prop to be shut down exemplifies corporate welfare. Q: Who’s the other half? Q: Do you have a favorite writer? long-ridiculed Lavender Lake. even if one or two of the pumps go down. canal — but also plenty of sewage on A: Gary Popkin. He has that show on By Gersh Kuntzman A: Ayn Rand, of course. “Atlas Shrugged” is The existing system is built around a With the new pumps, and other im- days after rainstorms, thanks to the 15 BCAT, “Hardfire,” that I’m on every week. The Brooklyn Papers our Bible. single, custom-made mechanism that provements, DEP promises that the sewer overflow pipes that empty direct- We actually had eight members at one time. A word of warning to our readers: resembles a ship’s propeller. once-fetid (and still a little stinky) canal ly into the waterway. We would meet at the Park Diner, on Sev- Q: And what do you think of Presi- You might want to stay away from It broke in the 1960s and was not re- will get even cleaner. “We won’t be eating oysters out of it in enth Avenue and Union Street. dent Bush? the Gowanus Canal between Labor placed until 1999. To prevent such a re- That should please the increasing my lifetime,” said Owen Foote, treasurer A: I think Bush in general is a disappoint- Day, 2008, and Memorial Day, 2009. Q: You’re running on both the Liber- currence, the DEP will replace that pro- number of people living in the canal of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club. tarian and Republican lines. What do ment. I voted for him the first time, but the That’s when the Department of En- peller with three high-power sump zone — especially given the rumors that “But my daughter, who is 5, will.” you think of your local Republicans? second time I voted for the Libertarian. I vironmental Protection plans to shut pumps that will not only be easier to re- DEP has been running the propeller a lit- DEP will present its $63-million pump don’t remember his name. down an antiquated — but vital — sys- place should tragedy strike, but also tle slower to avoid wear and tear. improvement plan at the Prospect Park A: They’re nice people. Economically, we tem that flushes relatively clean water flush far more water through the canal. Since the 1999 repairs, there has YMCA (357 Ninth St., between Fifth have a lot in common, but socially, they’re Q: He must’ve been some candidate. from New York Harbor through the The flow can be maintained, DEP said, been plenty of new marine life in the and Sixth avenues) on Oct. 26 at 6 pm. POINT Cheap housing advocates push for COUNTERPOINT more changes in subsidy program Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed reform of the controversial 421a real-estate subsidy has caused intense debate. To help clarify the central issues for our readers, we asked two By Ariella Cohen mayor’s proposed affordable housing prime movers and shakers — Steven Spinola, the president of the Real Estate Board of The Brooklyn Papers component expand to include poorer New York, and state Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg) — to duke it out. Affordable housing advocates parts of Brooklyn, like Bedford- Stuyvesant, Prospect Heights and Q: Will the proposed reforms help Brooklyn? called on Mayor Bloomberg this Crown Heights. week to quit subsidizing the con- Vito Lopez: The mayor made some progress, but the plan “The task force’s recommenda- struction of luxury apartments, didn’t go far enough. The [affordable housing requirements] tions fail to protect working families must be citywide. saying his long-awaited reform and moderate-income residents in the proposal for a controversial pro- areas of Brooklyn most in need,” said Steven Spinola: These recommendations could slow down perty tax break didn’t go far Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic residential construction throughout the five boroughs. Elimi- enough. nominee for central Brooklyn’s 57th nating the certificate program [which allowed a developer to “It’s absurd,” said Brad Lander, di- Assembly District seat. build affordable housing on a different site] means that we’ll rector of the Pratt Center for Communi- The mayor’s plan would have to build less affordable housing — and less housing — overall. ty Development and a member of the go through the state legislature, where When you put the affordable units in the same building as the city task force that advised the mayor. it faces a tough political fight. Assem- market-rate, the cost is the same for both, minus maybe the “We’re still giving developers sub- blyman Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg) cost of a marble countertops or nicer tiles in a bathroom. Now stantial government subsidies to build is already working on his own legis- imagine you have to build 30 percent affordable for any tax in vibrant Brooklyn neighborhoods.” lation to require affordable housing in abatements and it costs $500,000 to build an apartment, in- The mayor’s proposed changes to all 421-a projects. cluding a reasonable return, and you are selling it for Stephen Spinola the so-called 421-a subsidy program Advocates on both sides said the $550,000. I don’t think you need to be an economist to see it — the first major reform of the incen- changes in DUMBO and the Heights, doesn’t work. [Allowing affordable units to be off-site] was a tive since it was introduced in the where condos can sell for over $1 way to generate affordable housing and [retain] a reasonable lean 1970s — would require the million, would do little to affect those profit margin for developers. builders of city-subsidized housing to neighborhoods, where most sites set aside 20 percent of their units as have already been snapped up. Q: Which recommendation are you happiest with? “affordable.” But where housing advocates But the only Brooklyn neighbor- urged the mayor to expand the afford- Lopez: The end of [off-site affordable housing]. Now if there hoods that would be affected by the able component, real-estate industry is a building on the waterfront, the affordable units will go up mayor’s recommendations are posh titans said that if below-market-rate on the waterfront — with the luxury units — not two years lat- Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. office Mayor’s units were required in slightly less- er in Bushwick. This is an end to economic segregation. The 421-a subsidy is popular with Shaded areas on the map are neighborhoods where the city would re- posh neighborhoods, overall housing quire developers to include below-market-rate units in order to qualify Spinola: We are happy that the mayor endorsed a continuation of developers because it eliminates production would slow. property taxes for 15 years. As a re- for a tax break. The affordable housing component already exists in ar- “If you cut into the 10- or 15-per- the [subsidy] program. We are OK with putting a cap on the ben- eas within the thick lines. efits, but overall, I’m not too happy. When you look at the other sult, condo builders can charge sig- cent profit margin, developers are go- elements [like the abolition of the off-site affordable program or nificantly more for their units be- ing to just build less and the city will cause buyers won’t have to pay the dos. Lander said a typical condo buy- dized taxes. get less affordable housing,” said the requirement to build affordable units in some areas], they mit- property taxes for those first 15 years. er could see prices drop by $20,000 Last year, the 421-a subsidy cost Steven Spinola, president of the Real igate those we were pleased with. — Ariella Cohen Vito Lopez As a result, the reform could also to $40,000 — more than enough to the city $300 million in tax revenue. Estate Board of New York and a drive down the price of luxury con- offset the cost of the higher, unsubsi- Other advocates wanted to see the member of the mayor’s task force. October 21, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 13

Brooklyn Residents: Here’s the dirt on free compost! And how to get free paper leaf bags to ‘‘brown bag” your fall leaves.

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) NYC residents, here’s what to do: – in conjunction with Compost Project (sorry no businesses or commercial landscapers) staff at Brooklyn Botanic Garden – is giving away free, high-quality compost! • Bring a shovel and sturdy sand bags or containers to take away as much compost as you want. The compost comes from DSNY’s leaf and • On Friday and Saturday, take advantage of our Christmas tree composting operations. discounted compost bins, on sale for $20 (they’re normally $70) so you can make your own compost. Help us turn your leaves into better • If you live in a leaf collection district, bring the coupon you compost by “brown bagging” your fall received in the mail and we’ll give you free sample leaves for DSNY collection. If you live in paper leaf bags to “brown bag” your fall leaves. one of the Brooklyn leaf collection districts, redeem the coupon you received in the mail to get five (free!) paper leaf bags, while Here’s where to go: supplies last. Compost is an earthy material, similar to potting soil. Adding compost to backyards and gardens improves soil quality and Dates: Monday, October 23 thru reduces the need for chemical fertilizers and watering. The NYC Compost Saturday, October 28, 2006 Project is providing free Monday, October 30 thru paper leaf bags (this Saturday, November 4, 2006 year only) to help residents adjust to brown Times: Monday thru Friday, 10am to 3pm bagging leaves before it Saturday, 8am to 2pm becomes mandatory (as Discounted compost bins on sale outlined in NYC’s Solid on Friday and Saturday only. Waste Management Plan, recently passed Location: Spring Creek Composting Site (12720-B Flatlands Ave., by the City Council). near the intersection with Fountain Ave., close to the Belt Parkway) Brooklyn leaf collection dates: Saturday, November 11 and Directions: Saturday, November 25. Driving from the Belt Parkway: Take Exit 15 (Erskine For more info on leaf collection St.) • at 1st traffic light on Erskine, turn RIGHT onto districts and leaf set-out Gateway Dr. • go to the end of the road, turn LEFT onto requirements, call 311 or Fountain Ave. • go to 2nd traffic light, turn RIGHT onto visit www.nyc.gov/nycwasteless/compost. Flatlands Ave. • go to end of the block and turn RIGHT into the Spring Creek Composting Site.

Driving from the Jackie Robinson (Interborough) Parkway: Take the Jackie Robinson (South/West) to Exit 1 (bear left) • follow signs for Pennsylvania Ave. • take Pennsylvania approx. 2 miles to Flatlands Ave. • turn LEFT onto Flatlands Ave. • go approx. 1.2 miles to the end of the block past Fountain Ave. • turn RIGHT into the Spring Creek Composting Site.

For more info: visit www.nyc.gov/nycwasteless/compost or call 311

Don’t Litter. City of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Department of Sanitation, John J. Doherty, Commissioner 10/06 The NYC Compost Project (funded and managed by the NYC Department of Sanitation) provides compost education and outreach through the City’s botanical gardens. For more info, visit www.nyccompost.org. 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 October 21, 2006 EVICTION… TROLLEY… proud of the kids for getting in, while the kids ended up disappointed in the school Continued from page 1 Brooklyn Papers hours later, after Continued from page 1 PRINCIPAL… because of the lack of extracurricular ac- cursive script, “Broken Angel.” he had been arrested, processed cessive fuel consumption? tivities and camaraderie.” Wood peered from a narrow and released. “Municipalities throughout the nation are expanding Continued from page 1 Brooklyn Tech’s imposing brick building Pollard knew parents who sent their kids window 10-feet above the eight “They had no warrant. They their trolley and light-rail systems or building anew. It Gardens native has raced through the that covers a whole Fort Greene block. to Bronx Science — a two-hour commute officers below. One of the officers didn’t give me any paper with makes so much sense; why must we take a back seat?” ranks to take the reins of the elite school “He knows the benefits of a school — because “they saw it as a better choice.” gave him two options. any description.” Even if his Borough Hall-to-Brooklyn Bridge Park he spurned as a student, choosing Mid- where teachers and students get to know Brooklyn Tech is unique among New “Option one, you can leave the Wood’s wife, Cynthia, looked loop doesn’t get on track, Melnick vowed to continue wood High instead. each other very well,” said Hemphill. York’s elite high schools for its focus on building and we’ll help you get on as her husband was taken out. pushing his “Green Line” to the Brooklyn Botanic Gar- He was Brooklyn Tech’s assistant prin- And he wants to bring brownstone par- applied knowledge and its requirement into a shelter,” the officer said. She and the couple’s dog, Jack, den and his “Red Line” from Downtown to the Red cipal for math from 2000 to 2002. ents back to the fold. To do so, he vowed that students choose a major in their jun- Option two was a bit harsher: joined Wood in the squad car. Hook waterfront. “It’s great to have him back,” said to move past the turmoil of the McCaskill ior year. Officers would forcibly remove Later, Jack even appeared in Melnick said he has one historic trolley — it’s in Michael Weiss, chairman of the school’s years and focus on student achievements But despite the school’s technological Wood for obstruction of justice. Wood’s mugshot, he said. Pennsylvania awaiting its return to glory — and has ac- Alumni Foundation and a business big at a school that has produced both astro- bent, Asher insisted that “humanities in- “There is no third option, Mr. Woods was charged with fail- cess to a dozen more. All the cars are in the style of wig in Downtown Brooklyn. nauts and pro basketball players. struction is paramount.” Wood,” the officer concluded. “What ure to comply with the city’s or- those that made Brooklyn famous from the 1930s until “He wants to make Brooklyn Tech the “The school’s reputation will speak for “English is the most essential subject option are you going to take? I’ll der to vacate — but neighbors the 1950s. premier high school of engineering and tech- itself,” said Asher. “The kids are extraor- we teach,” he said, noting that developing give you five to 10 minutes.” said he was being arrested more Melnick made his latest pitch at a meeting earlier nology in the country,” said Weiss. “He has dinarily talented, but that message was language skills is important to the stu- Wood said he would not com- for being an iconoclast in a this month where DBWLDC consultants were dis- lofty goals, and that’s a wonderful thing.” never spoken.” dents of first- or second-generation immi- ply unless the officers had a war- straight-laced age. cussing a $1-million grant to study how to get people Asher himself was far from reticent, Parents felt excluded, but so did stu- grant backgrounds who make up a large rant from “the Supreme Court.” “It’s his home and he built it the into the proposed park, which will span from the Man- saying that at HSMSE, he created the dents, said Abdullah Pollard, co-president part of Brooklyn Tech’s enrollment. The officers had their orders, but way he wanted,” said neighbor hattan Bridge to Atlantic Avenue, but is somewhat cut “best instructional paradigm I’ve ever of the school’s parents association. Asher’s ambition is to move the like the fractured structure of his Brian Byrne. off from the rest of the borough. seen,” with long periods and small class “The staff problems were affecting the school into the top level of the nation’s home, Wood’s arrest wasn’t smooth. “He’s being taken to court be- As The Brooklyn Papers reported, planners are sizes that fostered a personal connection kids,” Pollard said, adding that the school elite — and then, like ambitious educa- At 3 pm, five officers entered the cause of his lifestyle.” studying everything from a tunnel from the Clark Street between teachers and students. actually exascerbated the generation gap. tors everywhere, move on. building and pulled him out. Another neighbor, Wayne Cor- subway station to Furman Street to an elevator from the Now, Asher is trying to bring that small- “Parents and kids were totally out of “If I can [achieve it], it might be time “I told them they would have gan, added, “What are the charg- fabled Brooklyn Heights Promenade. school feeling to the long, echo-y halls of sync,” he said. “The parents were really for a new challenge,” he said. to arrest me,” Wood told The es that warrant handcuffs?” — with Ariella Cohen

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Brownstone Brooklyn /S/ Bulls Head GERALD ROTH COMMERCIAL Minutes to VZ & X-Buses NYC Call: 718-893-4006 STEIN and SHEIDLOWER, L.L.P. Spacious 3/4 BR Semi, finished base- W30-35 Attorneys for the Plaintiff ment, family room, central air, deck, We Know Brooklyn Best One Old Country Road, Suite 113 Carroll Gardens fenced yard, lots parking. Asking Carle Place, New York 11514 $437,000. Gateway Arms RE. All Points Real Estate Telephone: (516) 742-1212 Tree Service Office Space Available (718) 273-3800 x18 A full-service brokerage matching property owners SS FILE #: PHH 19929 A41-42 WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE Convenient DT B’klyn location. Close with prospective tenants and buyers A41 USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. to trains, shopping, dining. Perfect Specializing in Brooklyn’s Brownstone Neighborhoods. TO: RALPH PANTOJA A/K/A RAFAEL M. PANTOJA, for attorneys, real estate agents, mar- The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the keting, etc. Call Norris at (718) 522- Upstate New York •Brooklyn Heights •Carroll Gardens •Park Slope Honorable JOAN B. LEFKOWITZ, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, •Boreum Hill •Prospect Heights •Fort Greene WESTCHESTER COUNTY, dated the 12th of SEPTEMBER, 2006 and filed with the complaint 6114. Mon thru Sat appts. ER44 and other papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of WESTCHESTER. Woodstock •Cobble Hill •Clinton Hill •Bed-Stuy NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT Bay Ridge •East Williamsburg/Bushwick. THE OBJECT of the above entitled action is to foreclose a mortgage in the original prin- 1 bedroom condo with fireplace, Prime corner High Volume. Near 86th cipal amount of $1,186,250.00 plus interest, late charges, costs, advances, expenses and patio, heated swimming pool, private Check out our inventory: ALLPOINTSRE.COM legal fees, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of WESTCHESTER on JANU- Street on 5th Avenue. 1,000 sq ft + storage room. Express bus to NYC at ARY 11, 2005, in CRFN: 442950867, covering premises described as: 764 LAKE STREET, basement. Asking 6K/month. corner. 30 minutes to skiing. 5 minutes All Points Real Estate WEST HARRISON, NY 10604, as more particularly described on Schedule “A” annexed. Bill Hionas RE to golf course, theaters, restaurants, The relief sought is the within action of a final judgment directing the sale of the prem- 80 Livingston St. (near Court Street) (718) 921-2383. A42 galleries. Asking $129K. Call owner. ises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff Call (845) 679-5027 (718) 858-6100 designates WESTCHESTER COUNTY as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County Storage Space for Rent A43 E30-18 A Division of Dragonettie Bros. Landscaping in which the mortgaged premises are situate. Approx. 700 sqft. Ceiling height 7 ft. DESCRIPTION Cellar in residential building. No “SCHEDULE A” food. Asking $700/month. Call Fran- INSURANCE Park Slope JC TREE SERVICE SECTION BLOCK 985 LOT 6 ON THE TAX MAPS OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY. ces Kopito. (718) 855-8482 / (718) 757-4456. Vito Realty. A42 Serving all the 5 Boroughs W50 Renter’s Insurance A30-09 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN BROWN HARRIS STEVENS FREE ESTIMATES All Phase of Tree Work LICENSED & INSURED AND VILLAGE OF HARRISON, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER AND STATE OF NEW YORK, Only $12.66 – Everyone Qualifies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. V-10 ON A CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED “SUBDIVI- CO-OPS $10,000 coverage against fire Established 1873 •Tree Removal • Free Load SION MAP OF PROPERTY OF HARRISON PARK LANE ASSOCIATES, IN THE TOWN AND VIL- & CONDOS & forced-entry theft LAGE OF HARRISON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.” MADE BY ARISTOTLE BOURNAZOS, LEADERS IN TOWNHOUSE SALES SENIOR • Stump Of Wood SE HABLA DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1986 AND FILED JULY 7, 1987 AS MAP NO. 22849. WT41-44 Melvin M. Hurwitz DISCOUNT Grinding Chips ESPAÑOL Brooklyn 105 Court St. in Dwntn, Bklyn The first six months of 2006 has clearly been a • Pruning 718-596-2000 success story for the Townhouse Division at Boerum Hill Real Estate/Insurance/Notary Public Brown Harris Stevens. We are responsible for in Same Day Service* LEGAL NOTICES Open House Sat Oct 21 1-3 pm, corner E30-13 excess of $40,000,000 in townhouse sales for the COMMERICAL • RESIDENTIAL 24 Hr. Emergency Service unit, 497 Pacific St, Apt 3A (cor 3d Av). first two quarters of 2006. We have sold more Large xtremly sunny & serene. Loft type than 20 homes in the prime areas of Park Slope Notice is hereby given that beer license num- Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Co-ops, Condos, ber 1176380 has been issued to the under- the Civil Court, Kings County on the 16th day of 1100 sq ft condo w/high ceilings, hard- this year. We sell more of our own listings than 718 896 2158 signed to sell beer under Alcoholic Beverage wood floors, 1 block to train, only 1 stop any other brokerage firm in Park Slope and more October, 2006, bearing the Index Number & Renters Control Law at 1741 Bath Avenue, Brooklyn, N500872/2006, a copy of which may be exam- to NYC! Owner asking $679K make Call for free quote of the premier listings in excess of $2,000,000. NY 11214 for on-premises consumption. Lucky ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL offers. Garden View Realty. Ask for Con- Trish Martin Cue Billiards, 1741 Bath Avenue, Brooklyn, COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, nie or Marika. (718) 567-8277 or (917) Waterproofing New York 11214. BP40-41 Charles Randazzo Please contact Trish Martin at Brown Harris Stevens for Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants 353-7700. A42 Notice is hereby given that liquor license number me rights to: Assume the name of: Elsie Reyes Exclusive Agent Sales Information: (718) 399-4125 or e-mail: [email protected] 1179202 has been issued to the undersigned to Rivera. My present name is: Elssa Reyes Rivera sell beer, liquor, and/or wine under Alcoholic a/k/a Elsie Reyes Rivera a/k/a Elsie Reyes. My Ditmas Park 718-852-2003 YOUR ONLY CHOICE FOR IMPORTANT Beverage Control Law at 2650C Coney Island Av- present address is: 1615 Eighth Avenue, 2 bedroom 1 bath, parquet floors, PARK SLOPE REAL ESTATE enue, Brooklyn, NY 11223 for on-premises con- Brooklyn, New York 11215. My place of birth is: parking. Near all transportation and sumption. M&B Oasis, 2650C Coney Island Aven- San Juan, Puerto Rico. My date of birth is: ALLSTATE® ue, Brooklyn, New York 11223. all houses of worship. Asking $300K. Brown Harris Stevens LLC 100 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11215 BP40-41 August 4, 1944. You’re in good hands. BP41 RE/MAX Professionals Mike Urban. Tel 718.230.5500 Fax 718.622.2721 BrownHarrisStevens.com Notice is hereby given that a license, number ©Allstate Insurance Co. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by (718) 232-1110 x 230 1180792 for beer and wine, has been applied by Northbrook, Illinois 2006 E43 Maria Suriel, dba El Nuevo Sabor Latino the Civil Court, Kings County on the 16th day of (917) 903-9734 A43 Restaurant, to sell beer and wine at retail in a October, 2006, bearing the Index Number restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control N500871/2006, a copy of which may be exam- Law at 620 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 for ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Fort Greene MORTGAGES Midwood on-premise consumption. BP40-41 COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Charming renovated 720 sq ft 2BR. Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Lovely quiet building. Walk 5 minutes me rights to: Assume the name of: Victor Perales EG PRESTIGE FUNDING the Civil Court, Kings County on the 18th day of BAM, 3 minutes Atlantic Center, Garcia. My present name is: Natividad Garcia As low as 1% (APR 1.85%). October, 2006, bearing the Index Number steps to C train, park w/ tennis courts. L KING TO BUY? OR YOU JUST N500875/2006, a copy of which may be exam- Perales a/k/a Victor Perales Garcia. My present 100% FINANCING AVAILABLE address is: 1863 Cornelia Street, Ridgewood, Pets OK. Maintenance $536. Price ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL No application or appraisal fees WANT TO RENT - GIVE US A CALL! COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, New York 11385. My place of birth is: Arroyo, $435k. Call (718) 282-6175. A41 Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Puerto Rico. My date of birth is: December 23, FREE RATE QUOTE! We specialize in most pre-war, elevator buildings, fully featured with renovated me rights to: Assume the name of: Julianne 1942. BP41 (646) 302-1585 kitchens complete with brand new appliances and stunning cabinetry. These W40 Adebola Awoleye. My present name is: Julian HOUSES Registered mortgage broker, NYS Banking Dept. spectacular apartments are accented by plenty of light that reflects off the beautiful- Adebola Awoleye. My present address is: 253-19 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by loans arranged with third providers M51 ly refinished hardwood floors and freshly painted walls. 148th Street, Rosedale, New York 11422. My the Civil Court, Kings County on the 17th day of FOR SALE place of birth is: Queens, New York. My date of October, 2006, bearing the Index Number * Studio, 1 and 2 BRs Co-op apartments for rent and for sale directly from the Sponsor * birth is: April 24, 2004. BP41 N500873/2006, a copy of which may be exam- Specializing in other Brooklyn Neighborhoods: ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Brooklyn • BAY RIDGE • BENSONHURST • DITMAS PARK • PROSPECT/LEFFERTS GARDENS • CROWN HEIGHTS Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Brooklyn’s the Civil Court, Kings County on the 18th day of COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, We offer complete coverage of the Greater NY Area Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants October, 2006, bearing the Index Number Bay Ridge MANHATTAN QUEENS BRONX WESTCHESTER N500878/2006, a copy of which may be examined me rights to: Assume the name of: Claudia number 1 at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, Buchner. My present name is: Claudia Murphy 2 family brick 6 bedroom. ALL MaxxRealty.com MERCHANDISE KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, a/k/a Claudia Buchner. My present address is: VACANT private drive. Move in con- New York 11201, in room 007, grants me rights to: 2161 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210. My dition. Asking $949K. Bill Hionas RE. 1-888-751-8500 newspaper A30-01 Assume the name of: Naftuli Sternhell. My present place of birth is: Brooklyn, New York. My date of Managing the Best Buildings on the block™ name is: Joseph N. Sternhell. My present address (718) 921-2383 birth is: September 8, 1950. BP41 A41-42 is: 5201 14th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, New York. My date Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by every week of birth is: September 25, 1985. BP41 the Civil Court, Kings County on the 13th day of East Flatbush AND SERVICES October, 2006, bearing the Index Number Notice is hereby given that an Order entered 6 family — $695,000. HOUSES by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 18th N500863/2006, a copy of which may be exam- All apartments upgraded. day of October, 2006, bearing the Index ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Number N500876/2006, a copy of which may COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Caviar Real Estate. be examined at the Office of the Clerk, locat- Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants (718) 855-4874 Merchandise For Sale Music Instruction ed at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 me rights to: Assume the name of: Reuben ER30-03 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, Callender. My present name is: Reuben Ruck. My 7 Houses Moving Sale - Windsor Terrace in room 007, grants me rights to: Assume the present address is: 580 Flatbush Avenue, All under $70,000 Antique dining room set, recently name of: Joel Selmen. My present name is: Brooklyn, New York 11225. My place of birth is: 5 String Orkhan Suleymanov. My present address is: Christ Church, Barbados. My date of birth is: refinished with red Mahogany. Living- 2142 77th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11214. 182 Spring St, Gloversville room set, re-upholstered. Bedroom February 16, 1935. BP41 My place of birth is: Baku, Azerbaijan. My date COMMERCIAL LOFTS Legal 2 converted to one, 5 bedrooms, 2 bath total 10 rooms. set - all Mahogany wood, original fin- Banjo of birth is: January 9, 1985. BP41 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by ish. Please call for appointment. Recently renovated - Move in condition. $50,000. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 13th day of Brooklyn 45 Beaver Street, Gloversville (718) 438-4975 ask for Jimmy Lessons the Civil Court, Kings County on the 13th day of October, 2006, bearing the Index Number W29-39 October, 2006, bearing the Index Number N500865/2006, a copy of which may be exam- Legal 2 as is $35,000. After renovated $50,000. BLUEGRASS, ROCK AND FOLK N500867/2006, a copy of which may be examined ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL 2124 Street Hwy 10, Caroga Lake 2 Recliners Blue Velvet/Rose Cor- FUN, SYSTEMATIC, EFFECTIVE TEACHER at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, A30-12 1 family as is $20,000. After renovated $42,000. duroy. Like New; Pick Up Only. Performing Player – KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants New York 11201, in room 007, grants me rights to: introducing a fresh 19 Union Street, Amsterdam No reasonable offer refused. me rights to: Assume the name of: Ivanna Yana with the band CITI GRASS Assume the name of: Shafee Jnlil Minix Simpson. Kuz. My present name is: Ivanna Kuz. My present Legal 2 move in conditions $65,000. Prospect Park South Area. (718) Beginners a Specialty My present name is: Dwane Kelly Simpson. My address is: 8520 Fort Hamilton Parkway, 17 Union Street, Amsterdam 284-2963.. A41 Located in Cobble Hill present address is: 667 Watkin Street, Brooklyn, concept in owning your New York 11212. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11209. My place of birth is: Legal 2 as is $50,000. After renovated $65,000. New York. My date of birth is: January 9, 1966. Ivano-Frankvisk, Ukraine. My date of birth is: 87 Forbes Street, Amsterdam Call Sandy at (718) 923-5657 July 6, 1994. business space Merchandise Wanted A30-04 FG41 BR41 Legal 2 as is $50,000. After renovated $65,000. Bob & Judi’s Coolectibles 68 Lofts including 9,900 sf retail starting from $250,000 Offering 67 Mechanic Street, Amsterdam SLOPE MUSIC Notice of Formation of On Three, LLC. Articles of an undiscovered market for business owners. Make it yours. Legal 2 as is $45,000. After renovated $65,000. LOOKING TO BUY Instrumental & Vocal Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on greenpointlofts.com FROM COOL FUNKY RETRO Jazz • Classical • Folk • Rock All prices are firm. TO COUNTRY STUFF 8/15/2006. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated AND FINE ANTIQUES Call for free interview Sales Center Louis Puopolo, Equinet Properties, Discount on multiple purchases. ONE ITEM TO ENTIRE ESTATES as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be slopemusic.com 231 Norman Avenue Director of Strategic Exclusive Marketing OPEN HOUSE • October 20 & 21 718-638-5770 Bands available served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 125 Court Brooklyn, NY 11222 Development and Sales Agent 217 - 5th Ave (Union/Pres. Sts.) Please call for times: (917) 642-0946 A43 718-768-3804 A41 Street, Apt. 3Qs. Purpose: any lawful activity. 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