Audit: $175G ‘slush’ funds to Ridge, Hurst By Jess Wisloski er this month, charges that the $175,000. That 2002 allocation was advantageously redrawn by the used for an ongoing Fifth Avenue chief of staff, Greg Hanlon. “We see it,” Condren said, adding that he The Brooklyn Papers Bloomberg administration diverted from the city Economic Develop- Republican leadership in Albany. beautification project that was fund- were blindsided by [the audit’s find- had not read Thompson’s report. more than $22 million in city funds ment Corporation came during a tu- Afew months later, Gentile won ed, at the behest of Golden, during ings], and it certainly doesn’t seem Using a tax scheme that he “We’ve had beautification grants collected through a financing multuous election year in Bay a special election to replace Golden the 2002 crossover from the Giu- to be in line with — it had all the here for years, from a wide number called a private “slush fund” for scheme known as PILOTs — pay- Ridge when then-Councilman Mar- in the City Council. liani administration to the Bloom- appearances of a political gift.” of sources,” he said, and they act as the mayor, City Comptroller ments in lieu of taxes — which as- ty Golden, a Republican, unseated Gentile said he was floored by berg administration. Patrick Condren, director of the a conduit for the funds coming William Thompson has charged sist economic development proj- the incumbent Democrat represent- Thompson’s finding on the “I wasn’t privy to where the Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst Preserva- from Golden, Gentile, Assembly- that $175,000 was illegally dis- ects. ing the neighborhood in the state $175,000 allotment. money went in Bay Ridge-Benson- tion and Beautification Alliance, man Dov Hikind and Rep. Vito tributed by the city to Bay Ridge Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst was the Senate, Vincent Gentile. Bloomberg “I found out when [a newspaper hurst,” he said. said he wasn’t sure exactly where Fossella. and Bensonhurst projects. only area mentioned in the Thomp- campaigned for Golden, for whom, reporter] called me,” he said. “It’s a huge allocation for a sit- the lump sum of money went. The largest project of late, he Thompson’s audit, released earli- son report, with an allotment of political insiders believe, the district Gentile believes the money was ting elected official,” said Gentile’s “I’ve heard about it, but I want to See FUNDING on page 13 BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS

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18 ON COUNCIL JOIN TISH TO ATTACK LAND / Greg Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Staten Island Yankee Kyle Larsen, who had tripled in a run earlier in the game, shatters bat his second time up during the first-ever New York-Penn League All-Star Game, which took place at Keyspan Park Tuesday night. GRABS CONEY’S STARRY NIGHT Bill would axe city cash Penn League’s best a hit at ballpark for Ratner’s Nets plan By Vince DiMiceli star baseball game in Brook- down in order in the top of the icans, Steven Pearce, of the The Brooklyn Papers lyn since 1949. first. Williamsport Crosscutters, singled By Jess Wisloski environmental approval for his At- James has unwaveringly opposed And while no major leaguers But in the second, a single by to center. After Jamestown Jam- The Brooklyn Papers lantic Yards plan, could cut half of the Atlantic Yard proposal, and did Fireworks lit up the sky in took the field, the capacity crowd Ryan Patterson, of the Auburn mer Jeff Van Houten struck out, Abill was introduced in the the $200 million committed to the not hedge when expressing how the streams of red, white and blue was treated to a well-played con- Doubledays, was followed by a Davis got a little wild, walking project by the city and state. The bill would affect the project. and balloons were let fly into test that pitted the best players the booming triple to dead center Clay Harris, of the Batavia Muck- City Council this week that Ratner project calls for construc- “It would be used for the pur- the twilight as the final verse New York-Penn League (NYPL) field by Yankee Kyle Larsen, who dogs, before Cardinal Chad would bar the city from using tion of a 19,000-seat basketball are- poses of the Atlantic Yards and oth- of “The Star Spangled has to offer. was booed ferociously by the Gabriel was hit by a pitch. eminent domain solely for eco- na and a 17-tower office and resi- er takings throughout the City of Banner” was sung at Keyspan In the end, the league’s first- Brooklyn-heavy crowd. Davis then followed with a sin- nomic development purposes dential complex emanating from New York, where a private devel- Park Tuesday night, kicking ever all-star game saw the Nation- The Nationals first hit didn’t gle to left that plated Harris, and and prohibit city funds from the intersection of Flatbush and At- oper is benefiting and it’s not for a off the first professional all- al League-affiliated squad defeat come until the third, when Chad Sutil followed with an RBI single being used for such projects. lantic avenues over a six-square- public use,” said James. the American League-affiliated Gabriel, of the New Jersey Cardi- to right. After Holden struck out Eighteen council members signed block swath of Prospect Heights. Co-signors of the bill included squad 5-4. nals, grounded a single up the on a high and outside fastball, on as co-sponsors of the legislation, It also threatens the use of emi- Brooklyn City Council members PAGE 7 Cyclones right-hander Bobby middle with one out. He got as far Jammer Gabby Sanchez singled drafted by Prospect Heights Council- nent domain to condemn up to 13 Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge, Parnell was handed the ball by as second thanks to a weak in two more runs with a liner to woman Letitia James. acres of private property. Bensonhurst), Charles Barron (D- National League manager Tom ground ball by the Vermont Ex- center, giving the Nationals a 4-1 The legislation came in response “Obviously it came in response East New York, Brownsville), Vito Prince, of the Williamsport Cross- pos’ Leonard Davis, but was left bulge. to a June ruling by the U.S. to the [Supreme Court’s] decision,” Lopez (D-Bushwick-Ridgewood), cutters, and he promptly struck stranded when Wladimir Sutil, of The Nats tacked on a run in the Supreme Court that affirmed the James said of the legislation. Al Vann (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant, out two of the first three batters he the Tri-City Valley Cats, struck sixth when pinch hitter Mark Ori, right of state governments to take “I wanted to limit the use of Crown Heights) and James Oddo faced after allowing a hard liner to out on three pitches. of the Valley Cats, led off the in- private property in the name of public funds in a private taking, (R-Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, center fielder and Cyclone team- They took the lead in the fifth, ning with a single, was sacrificed economic development. and in a private development, for Bath Beach and Staten Island). mate Joe Holden. batting around and scoring three to second, went to third on a sin- The bill, if passed before devel- primarily private reasons, which is Eleven members of the 23-mem- Chucking for the American runs. gle by Harris and scored on a oper Bruce Ratner works out a deal different than for a public taking,” ber Land Use committee are co- Keyspan hosts Leaguers was Staten Island Yan- It started innocently enough grounder to second by the Cardi- to purchase development rights she said, speaking of the Atlantic sponsors of the bill, including the indie band fest kees right hander David Sec- when, with Hudson Valley Rene- nals’ Sean Danielson. from the Metropolitan Transporta- Yards project, which is planned for committee’s chairwoman, Melinda combe, who also put the side gade Wade Davis in for the Amer- See ALL-STARS on page 4 tion Authority and then gains state her district. See COUNCIL on page 5 A‘fine’ mess Owners Smith, Court eateries vow to fight city’s backyard cafe summonses defend

By Jess Wisloski eted, helped organize the effort. The Brooklyn Papers “There may be some certain city codes that deal with this, but the ones [the Buildings Department] The simmering tension between the own- gardens is citing have nothing to do with what they’re talk- ers of bars and restaurants along Court and ing about,” said Schneider, who also owns several Smith streets and residents in Carroll restaurants in Manhattan, and did not want the By Jess Wisloski Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill name of his Brooklyn eatery disclosed for fear The Brooklyn Papers reached a boiling point last week when the of it being targeted by city inspectors. In the wake of surprise inspections of their city slapped fines on 12 out of 14 establish- “It’s strictly a code that deals with changing your building — changing the look, the size, the establishments by the city, several Smith and ments with backyard patio or garden space Court street restaurant and bar owners said this after neighbors complained about noise. structure of the building, not how many people are sitting in your garden,” he said. week that dealing with neighbors’ complaints But the business owners were not hit with “A garden is not something that needs to be while at the same time trying to draw in clien- noise violations, instead they received sum- listed with the Buildings Department,” he insist- tele is like walking a tightrope. monses for building code infractions citing ed, claiming that unlike sidewalk cafes, gardens At the center of the dispute is the use of their back- “change of occupancy.” It seems that the com- are already private property. yard gardens and patios, which the business owners plaints, processed through the city’s 311 tele- “Most of us pay extra money to use our gar- see as a necessary summer draw, but which also draw phone line, were put through to the Department dens to our landlords already,” Schneider said. noise complaints from residents of the neighboring of Buildings, which has no purview over noise. ADepartment of Buildings spokeswoman brownstone and brick walk-ups. Now, the owners of the fined establishments begged to differ. Based on noise complaints through the city’s 311 in- / Greg Mango / Greg are fighting back. “A certificate of occupancy states what can be formation and complaint line, 12 of 14 establishments on Saying they’ve been victimized by the anony- used in the occupancy group — if it’s a restau- Smith and Court streets were issued “occupancy viola- mous complaint system, the dozen owners who rant, you need permission to use a backyard,” tion” summonses in a sweep the first week of August. received violations are banding together with the said agency spokeswoman Jennifer Givner. Alan Harding, who owns bars and restaurants with South Brooklyn Local Development Corporation She said the businesses wouldn’t be receiving backyards along Smith Street, and one on Van Brunt (SBLDC), to contest the violations in court. the violations at all if they had followed proper Street in Red Hook, said it was always a delicate balance Dave Schneider, a former president of the procedure. Papers File The Brooklyn when opening an establishment with a backyard that is New York State Restaurant Association, who “You need permission from the department Alan Harding, owner of several Smith Street restaurants, pictured in his open-air beer garden the below apartment buildings and faces or adjoins other owns an eatery on Court Street that was not tick- See FINE MESS on page 6 Gowanus Yacht Club, says additional outdoor seating is the only way most eateries can pay the bills. See GARDENS on page 6

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Miller, the City Council 748-2630 / 745-5169 Candidates challenging an speaker, said the Democrats incumbent always bear the bur- shouldn’t be suggesting that Medicare • Medicaid • Most Insurance Accepted den of proof to convince voters the city is worse off under why change is necessary. But in Bloomberg’s leadership — a this mayoral race, Democrats difficult case to make as crime AMERICAN HEARING CENTER / OMNI C. Virginia Fields, Anthony rates improve, unemployment Weiner, Gifford Miller and Fer- is low and the post 9-11 fiscal 512 84th Street nando Ferrer are also battling crisis has improved. Bloomberg’s endless supply of “It hasn’t fallen apart over the last four years,” he said. “The question is, who is going to build a better city over the next four, and the point here is Loose Dentures? that Mike Bloomberg has no real ideas.” During their first live tele- GO AHEAD.... vised debate last week, the chal- lengers frequently lobbed at- Eat what you want! tacks at Bloomberg, and sought to portray him as an aloof busi- Joe Frizzell Visit Dr. Tony Farha in the morning, nessman who cares only about have the “Advanced, Non-invasive wealthy Manhattanites. In the Aug. 21 face-off, Implant System” placed in less than they repeated those charges Fair-ly great to be Irish two hours, then go out and enjoy your but focused more on policies, At luncheon announcing the 25th annual Great Irish Fair are (from left) Borough President Marty Markowitz, this year’s favorite lunch. No more messy adhesive or pastes. and each other. Chief Brehon Denis Hughes, this year’s Colleen Queen Kathleen Nihill, honoree Al O’Hagan, and fair Chairman Tom At various points through- Shanahan. The fair takes place at Dreier-Offerman Park in Gravesend on Sept. 10 and 11. out the one-hour debate, As demonstrated by Dr. Tony on ABC News and recently on Fox 5 which featured the candidates News, this is a one-step, non-invasive procedure. No sutures, nor and questioners seated togeth- campaign ploy. open those firehouses,” he bold idea, it is a bad idea.” stimulating the economy with the typical months of healing or pain or discomfort. Competitive er at a table, Miller accused “There’s nothing new about vowed. Ferrer said Weiner was mis- “job growth.” Weiner of “gimmicks,” Ferrer making a bunch of promises Weiner shook his head and informed about the details of When pressed for a more prices… said Weiner was “making that you can’t keep, that aren’t said Miller “can’t in the same his plan, and accused him of immediate solution, Fields said things up,” and Weiner blasted painful to anybody — that’s campaign say, ‘I passed these fudging the truth. But a mo- if she won, she would ask the Call today for your FREE consultation and receive 15% OFF Ferrer’s “bad idea.” the oldest trick in the book,” tough budgets, but I’m not ac- ment later, he repeated his line Bloomberg administration to any new Dentures, Implants or MDI (Mini Dental Implant). 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Fields mostly avoided at- for when you’re mayor?” Dr. Tony Farha has been recognized as a Professor of the Mini Dental Implant. to finance his proposals. posed the closings and had Ferrer, who withstood the tacks from her fellow candi- Miller asked. Weiner says he would cut $1.7 promised to push for money in most questioning during the dates, but several times was in- “He will no longer be may- billion from the city’s $50 bil- the budget to reopen them, as first debate, was less of a tar- terrupted by questioners who or on Nov. 9, and it would be Oral Dental Care lion budget, putting some to- City Council speaker he ulti- get on Sunday. The former said she failed to answer their the responsible thing for him Home of the Mini-Implant System ward a 10 percent middle- mately did not have the power Bronx borough president tan- questions. A more puzzling to do,” Fields responded. th class tax cut. Much of his cuts to get that done. gled briefly with Weiner on his moment came when the Man- In fact, Bloomberg’s term 461 77 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209 come from sources like “pros- “My making good on that proposal to fund education hattan borough president said runs until the end of 2005. The *We accept Medicaid and most Insurance plans* ecution of Medicaid fraud,” promise is running for mayor, with a tax on stock trades, she would pay for new initia- next mayor will be sworn in which Miller said is an empty and when I’m mayor I will re- which Weiner said “isn’t a tives in her administration by on Jan. 1.

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Stainton down Fort Hamilton Parkway. ing cards and cash from a but failed to get inside a men, dressed in black, property and disappeared, po- The Brooklyn Papers Police are searching for a bodega on 13th Avenue, po- Fourth Avenue apartment on grabbed her telephone and lice said. man described as having dark 68/62 PRECINCTS lice said. Aug. 15, police said. fled. The victim was unable to A knife-wielding thief hair, about 5-foot-10, wearing Agrocery employee, 29, The resident, 41, told police The victim chased the describe the attacker. mugged a man on 83rd a blue baseball cap, a white told police the two women en- she left home at 9:30 am on thugs, but didn’t catch them or Sound sleepers Street in the middle of the shirt and blue pants. The vic- waiting for him. the corner of 79th Street and tered the small store, at 67th Aug. 15. When she returned, retrieve her phone, according afternoon on Aug. 20, The encounter quickly 20th Avenue when the bottle- Street, at 8:30 am on Aug. 18. at 2:10 pm, she discovered the to police. She was unable to Arobber busted his way tim, who wasn’t hurt, said the into a 17th Avenue home on police said. chain was valued at $20. turned violent, say police. The wielding attacker slashed her on One woman asked to see a damage to the second-floor provide details about their ap- victim said the two teens at- Aug. 19 without waking the The victim, 21, told police Clean getaway the forehead and across the telephone charge card. door leading to her apartment, pearance. he was on the block between tacked him, punching his face shoulder, police said. The employee complied near 68th Street. Out of hand family sleeping inside, police 18th and 19th avenues, at 3:30 Thieves used an open win- and kicking him before they She suffered a 2-inch cut to and the woman snatched five said. dow to get inside a 68th Street grabbed his cell phone and fled. her scalp and substantial pain Phone snatch Aman lost $1,900 and per- Aman, 38, told police his pm, when a stranger jumped cards — worth $25 total — Two me robbed a teenage sonal ID when a thief grabbed him from behind. The robber apartment, leaving with more Police charged a 17-year- in her arm after the attacks, and fled the store, police said. wife and children never heard than $1,100 in valuables, say old with the robbery. according to police. They girl of her cell phone on Aug. his wallet out of his hand, po- the burglars, who kicked in held a knife to his back and The worker chased the thief 19, police said. lice said. demanded money. police. Cannondale run charged an 18-year-old outside, and police said that the front door sometime be- Sometime between 3 pm Brooklyn woman with felony The victim, 14, told police The victim, 32, told police tween 12:30 am and dawn. The thug grabbed $300 Burglars broke into a during his absence, the second she was walking with a male he was on West Eighth Street from the victim’s pocket and and 7 pm, on Aug. 18, bur- garage on Bay Ridge Parkway assault following the attack. woman stole $1,000 from a The family lives on 17th Av- glars entered the apartment, friend near the corner of West and Kings Highway, at 4 am, enue at 76th Street. fled south on 19th Avenue, and helped themselves to a Bad call cash box next to the register. 12th Street and Avenue P, on Aug. 19, when a stranger police said. The victim was between Third and Fourth av- Cannondale mountain bike, Two women worked in Burg attempt The robbers snatched a cell enues, said the victim, 39. She around 4 pm, when the approached from behind. The phone and a wallet containing unable to describe his attacker police said. concert to steal telephone call- Thieves damaged the door, strangers attacked. The two robber grabbed his personal in detail. said the robbers took a Sony The homeowner, 35, told credit cards and $400, police Nabs $20 chain X-Box game system worth police the thieves got inside said. $150, a 17-inch Sony TV the locked garage sometime An elderly man lost his gold ‘Bly’-by burglar worth $400, a $400 computer between 11 pm on Aug. 16 necklace to thieves on the Security officials at the monitor, a Motorola cell and 5 am on Aug. 17. Police evening of Aug. 20, police said. Nellie Bly Amusement Park phone valued at $50 and a pair interviewed neighbors on the on Shore Parkway scared The victim, 68, told police of $110 Nike sneakers. block, between 12th and 13th he was heading home from Cops avert suicide in jail away a burglar at dusk on Police said there were no avenues, who said they heard Fifth Avenue, walking toward Aug. 16, according to police. signs of a break in. nothing. The would-be robber broke Fort Hamilton Parkway on The Cannondale M-300 By Lilo Stainton fastening them to his cell. sault. He had also been charged with mar- 95th Street, around 5 pm. Robbery setup The Brooklyn Papers The officer shouted for help, removed ijuana possession and was currently on pa- a window and was trying to Police arrested a teenager bike was valued at $650, po- climb inside the office at the Suddenly, a stranger appeared lice said. his weapon and got inside the cell just as role until July 2006, they said. next to him and shoved him, who allegedly beat and robbed Police saved a man who tried to the man was securing one end of the pants The man had been arrested earlier at a family fun park, according to before snatching his chain, po- a 15-year-old on Aug. 21. Bottle slasher commit suicide by hanging himself around his neck, police said. The man was home he shares with his girlfriend, on 24th a security guard who discov- lice said. The victim told police a Police arrested a young from the bars of the 72nd Precinct taken from the precinct to Kings County Street near Third Avenue, police said. He ered the thief at 8:30 pm. The thief didn’t bolt, he friend had called and asked woman who allegedly beat a holding cell on Aug. 22. Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. The was allegedly threatening the woman with a Once he was spotted, the bur- simply crossed 95th Street and him to meet at the corner of 15-year-old girl with a beer The man, 29, had been arrested at 4:28 officer suffered cuts and bruises on one knife, but police also discovered he had co- glar bolted from the park, lo- kept walking toward Forth 21st Avenue and 72nd Street, bottle. pm on weapons and drug charges after a knee, police said. caine. cated near 25th Avenue, and Hamilton Parkway, according at 12:30 am. When the 15- The victim told police the fight with his girlfriend, police said. Just According to police, the suicidal man The man was charged with criminal pos- fled into a city-owned sanita- to police. But when he year-old arrived, he found the stranger attacked at 12:20 am, over an hour later, an officer discovered had a criminal record that included felony session of a weapon, narcotics possession tion lot nearby, according to reached the corner, he took off caller and another young man on Aug. 21. The victim was on the man had stripped off his jeans and was charges for robbery, stealing cars and as- and resisting arrest, police said. police. Senior out $3G in scam By Lilo H. Stainton 12:15 pm. The men told her The Brooklyn Papers they found a “bag full of cash” in a nearby lot, but they need- An elderly Bay Ridge ed her help, police said. woman was tricked into The strangers said they turning over $3,000 to a wanted to take the money to a trio of thieves who said lawyer, to see if it was real, but they needed her help to they needed the woman’s help collect a bag full of cash. — for reasons that were not It could have been far clear — and asked her to ac- worse, police said: the victim, company them to the attor- 86, was not hurt during the ney’s office. Aug. 20 escapade and officials “We can all split the mon- at Independence Bank called ey,” one man promised the police before the woman could victim, police said. But first, withdraw an additional $5,000 the strangers needed $5,000 for the robbers. from her; reasons for this re- Deputy Inspector William quest were also not clear. Aubry, commanding officer of The victim agreed and the 68th Precinct, said scam joined the men in a car they had waiting. They group went artists like this “prey on the to the woman’s apartment first elderly population in our to retrieve her bank books. neighborhood.” From there, they traveled to an Community affairs officers HSBC branch on Third Av- with the precinct warn senior enue at 92nd Street. citizens about such schemes, That’s where the woman Aubry said, and police officers withdrew $3,000 and turned it have also trained local banks over to one of the scam artists, to spot such crimes. He credit- police said. The victim then ed employees at the Indepen- continued to the nearby Inde- dence branch, on Third Av- pendence branch so she could enue at 92nd Street, with access cash in another ac- protecting the victim from ad- count. ditional harm. But bank officials inter- “They did the right thing,” vened. An Independence man- Aubry said. ager delayed the woman while The victim, a 95th Street another employee called 911, resident, told police the sce- at 1:50 pm. nario began when three But the scam artists fled be- strangers approached her as fore police arrived, and the she made her way home from victim was unable to describe a local supermarket, around the men in detail.

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That’s at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt time member of the board of Bernadette Roman Catholic he start of school is usually a season of hope as Hospital Center in why the UFT asked the State directors of the Brooklyn Church, in Dyker Heights. students, parents and educators look forward to Legislature to change the Taylor Manhattan. The Dyker Chamber of Commerce, the In addition to his wife, the T Heights resident was 82. Brooklyn Chapter of the former Vertie Harrington, building on the gains of the previous school year. New Law governing local governments’ Spinner was born and American Red Cross, the Spinner is survived by his six contract negotiations with their raised in Brooklyn and attend- Brooklyn Salvation Army Ad- children: Kathy Albinder, York City’s teachers certainly had reason to be hopeful municipal employees. The cur- ed Bay Ridge’s St. Ephrem’s visory Board, the Bay Ridge Eileen Tupper, Dolores Segall, because of statements Mayor Bloomberg made at a rent process that allows the city School and Brooklyn Techni- Day Nursery, the 12:30 Club Francine Kelley, Michael to delay negotiations for years cal High School. A design en- of Bay Ridge and the board of Spinner, Christopher Spinner town hall meeting just last month. should be changed so that the gineer who graduated from Frank C. Spinner Jr. trustees of Lutheran Medical and five grandchildren. Two impasse procedure would begin Polytechnic University, Spin- Center. He was the founder of his children, Frank III and Noting the significant improve- anybody who believes that educa- within six months after a contract ner was a pioneer in develop- mains of 11,500 patriots who and past chairman of the Ruth, died earlier. ments in student test scores that tion is important. Doing what’s expires. That bill has passed the ing large-scale automatic vehi- were incarcerated aboard Southwest Brooklyn Industrial The funeral service was teachers helped achieve despite best for kids shouldn’t be aligned cle washing systems for autos, British prison ships during the Development Corp., and a held on Monday at the Shrine 1 state Legislature and is under working 2- /2 years without a with the political season. It buses and railway cars and American Revolution. The past president of the Bay of St. Bernadette church, on consideration by the Governor. raise, the mayor said he expect- should be aligned with the school held the patent to some of the monument was erected through Ridge Forum. 82nd Street at 13th Avenue. Such delays demoralize teach- innovative equipment he fab- ed to have a new contract with year to build on the momentum of the efforts of the Society of Old One of his great-grand un- Spinner was buried in St. John ers and drive many of them away. ricated. Brooklynites, the Daughters of cles, Francis Elias Spinner, Cemetery, Middle Village, “substantial” pay raises in place academic success. Not counting retirements, last In 1949, he established the American Revolution and was U.S. Treasurer during the Queens. by the start of school. That success was achieved year 3,500 seasoned city educa- Spinner Industries in Sunset by a series of articles written by Lincoln administration. In lieu of flowers the fami- But the mayor’s public outburst even though teachers in the city Park. As a vice president of the ly is requesting donations be tors left the system. Many newspaper editor Walt Whit- of optimism has not been fol- have the highest class sizes in During World War II, Spin- man. Whitman was also a Bay Ridge Community Coun- made to the Mercy Home for resigned because they didn’t get lowed by the effort needed to get the state. Our teachers are paid ner served in the Marine member of the society. cil and chairman of their tree Children, 243 Prospect Park paid enough and could earn to closure. The contract negotia- the least in the region, 14% to Corps, meeting his wife of 60 As the group’s president, planting committee, he was West, Brooklyn, NY 11215, or much more in nearby towns or in years, also a member of the responsible for planting 1,100 the Society of Old Brook- tions never materialized, despite 26% below teachers who have Spinner was working with the other professions. A recent Marine Corps. They first met city Department of Parks and trees in the Bay Ridge, Dyker lynites, 4018 Third Ave., repeated attempts by the United similar jobs in surrounding coun- one another while assigned to report noted that teacher attrition Recreation to have a lighted Heights and Sunset Park Brooklyn, NY 11232. Federation of Teachers to get ties and towns just two minutes the Cherry Point Naval Air is costing New York State more them going again. As a result, across the city borders. The city - Station in North Carolina. As both sides are still locked in non- than $350 million! a result of his introduction to despite the police arbitration bases, but got Constanza to binding arbitration and are await- But even in the face of two and flying while a Marine, he later award which gave cops a retroac- a half years without a raise, New studied and trained for his bounce to short to end the ing contract recommendations tive salary increase of 10% over own private pilot’s license. He game. from a state panel of fact-finders. York City teachers continue to ALL-STARS two years while prospectively cut- work hard for the kids and they flew his own light propeller This means there will be no GAME NOTES ting new cops’ salaries - still Cessna aircraft for more than Continued from page 1 erdeen Ironbird rapped a sin- contract before the start of the have not let the contract battle Cyclones who played in insists that teachers receive three decades. That run would turn out to gle to left, scoring Lowrie. the game included starter school year because the panel affect the classroom. Thanks to 4.17% over three years with no In 1968, Spinner was the be the game winner as, with Matt Fornasiere, of the Scrap- Bobby Parnell, who struck has told us it will issue its find- teachers’ hard work, the mayor Republican candidate running increase in the first year. Muckdog Kyle Kendrick pers, doubled in Nunez. out four batters over two in- ings after Labor Day. How ironic and the chancellor get to cele- against incumbent Democratic pitching in the eighth, the The UFT has been trying to Kendrick was then re- nings of work, giving up one that the mayor uses the hard brate the results, but they contin- Congressman Hugh L. Carey, American Leaguers scored placed by Jeremey Zick, of run on two hits. Center fielder negotiate competitive salaries, in Brooklyn’s 15th Congres- work of teachers to crow about ue to treat teachers unfairly. three times. the Cardinals, who got Garrett Joe Holden also got the start, sional District, then covering but we’ve also been dealing Those of us at the UFT Brian Bormaster, of the Groce, of the Hudson Valley going 1-for-4 and making a the improvement in student test Park Slope and Bay Ridge. head-on with really tough issues. were encouraged by Mayor Doubledays, started things off Renegades, to fly to right, great catch running toward scores as he runs for re-election Carey retained the seat, and with a single to left before Jed ending the threat. while refusing to engage in the For example, I have said consis- Bloomberg’s statements about Spinner challenged him again the wall in the first inning. Lowrie, of the Lowell Spin- After the National League work necessary to close on a tently - publicly and privately - that having a new contract with in 1970, but lost to the incum- First baseman Josh Peterson, any teacher who sexually abuses substantial raises in place before bent, who went on to become ners, reached on an error, the went down 1-2-3 in the nursing a back injury, did not contract for those very same governor of New York. only one of the game. The eighth, the Americans threat- play. teachers. kids should be kicked out of September. We had hoped we At the time of his death, Yankees’ Eduardo Nunez then ened again in the top of the Staten Island Yankees play- I am profoundly disappointed. If teaching for good. would be able to wipe the slate Spinner was president of the singled in a run, pushing ninth. ers included starting pitcher the mayor of the City of New York We believe the proposal the clean and start the academic Lowrie to third, before he With Zick still on the David Seccombe, who threw Society of Old Brooklynites, tells the public to expect a UFT made to help incompetent year with a fair contract to create stole second. mound, back-to-back singles two scoreless innings, striking which was founded in 1880 teachers or, if unsuccessful, to a can-do atmosphere in the Kendrick had a chance to by Tiger Cory Middleton and out one and not walking a teacher contract before the start when Brooklyn was an inde- counsel them out of the profes- school system. But it won’t hap- pendent city. Each year, he get out of the inning without Brian Bomaster, of the Dou- batter. First baseman Kyle of school - which is in every- presided over remembrance any further damage when he bledays, were followed by a Larsen went 1-for-2 with a body’s interest - that means he sion, is better than anything the pen unless there are face-to-face ceremonies in Fort Greene struck out Oneonta Tiger fly out by Lowrie and a triple, scoring the first run of should try to negotiate to closure. city has put forth. negotiations and a deadline. Park, at the site of the Prison Justin Justice and Mahoning ground out by Nunez to the the game. Yankees shortstop The failure to do so is a bad thing But rather than act on these The UFT is willing. Where is the Ship Martyrs Monument. Be- Valley Scrapper Jose Con- pitcher, putting runners on Eduardo Nunez had an RBI- for the kids, the teachers and proposals, the city is dragging its administration? low the 148-foot-tall Doric Col- stanza. He had two strikes on first and third. Zick then single, a stolen base and a run umn is a crypt containing the re- Mark Fleishman, but the Ab- walked Justice to load the scored in three at bats.

BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television OPEN Brooklyn By The Sea MON-THUR 8am to 6:30pm By Rahul Chadha FRI & SAT WE WILL 8am to 4:30pm here’s not much space left on the faux wood-paneled walls of Pat BEAT ANY SUNDAY TSinger’s storefront office on Brighton Beach Avenue, in the heart of COMPETITOR’S 9am to 4pm Little Odessa. Two corkboards that hang in the tiny space can barely be PRICES ON 100% seen through a collection of three by five prints attached to them that, over ALUMINUM announces their the years, have spilled over to appropriate the adjacent unadorned wall sur- POOLS faces. The men and women in the pictures are generally outfitted in suits IMMEDIATE and formal dresses, and many of them are famous—at least in New York Host Pat Singer shares her love ABOVE GROUND INSTALLATION City. There are a slew of New York City mayors, both former and present: of Brooklyn’s seaside communi- AVAILABLE! John Lindsay, Ed Koch, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg. All pic- ties on BCAT’s Neighborhood SWIMMING POOL SALE Free computerized pool water testing. tured with a wide-smiling Singer. Beat: Brooklyn by the Sea. As the snapshots affirm, Singer has The change was a result of the exodus Candy Shop, a mainstay of Coney Save $$$ – buy direct from the Manufacturer held court with some of New York’s of the younger, counter-culture gener- Island that has served up candied most powerful and influential person- ation’s rebellion of their parents’ status apples, cotton candy and oversized lol- Stop in now & see our beautiful extruded alities since she founded the Brighton quo, says Singer. “A lot of these ghet- lipops to the teeming masses for over aluminum pools at prices that ... Neighborhood Association in 1977. toes, these old Jewish and Italian 50 years. But in her role as host of the Brooklyn neighborhoods, began to deteriorate,” Kuye Harris, senior producer of the Community Access-produced series she says. But even through the hard Neighborhood Beat series for BCAT, WILL NEVER BE LOWER! Neighborhood Beat: Brooklyn By The times, Singer refused to give up on her notes that it is Singer’s charming demeanor and killer smile that puts Sea, Singer is more than happy to have neighborhood, instead founding the HAYWARD • ROUNDS & OVAL POOLS HAYWARD her picture taken with workaday stiffs, Brighton Neighborhood Association even the most camera-shy interviewee FILTERS business owners and other assorted and organizing residents to lobby at ease. “She’s a very dynamic person HEATERS • LIFETIME WARRANTY residents of the neighborhoods of politicians for greater police presence who is very knowledgeable about her • ALL POOL SIZES SAND & DE Brighton Beach, Coney Island, on their streets. neighborhood,” says Harris. “It’s a lot • EXTRUDED ALUMINUM Seagate and Sheepshead Bay. “It’s Today, Singer’s show functions as a of fun working with her.” Harris kind of like the poor man’s Oprah testimonial of those people, reflecting hopes that people watching the show • POOL LADDERS Winfrey, or a one-woman The View,” the tenacity and beauty of the resi- will not only learn something, but also • FULL LINE OF FENCING is how Singer describes the egalitarian dents, who like her, stuck it out when become motivated to go and visit • REPLACEMENT 25 YEAR approach of the show. “It’s a nice things were not at their best. One of these neighborhoods, eschewing the HAYWARD LINER WARRANTY interview show. We take people to her goals in hosting the show is to help parochialism Brooklyn is historically • POOL TOYS AND ACCESSORIES where it’s happening.” dispel the mythos of Brighton Beach known for. Says Harris: “We want to PUMPS The genesis of Brooklyn By The Sea as an enclave of mobbed-up Eastern make sure that in hearing the voices of • SOLAR COVERS came about three years ago, when European émigrés. “I want viewers to the host, we are also hearing the voic- • HOSES Singer was approached by BCAT and see the Russian community for who es of the neighborhood.” • HAYWARD PARTS Borough President Marty Markowitz they are, I want them to see them as Singer is certainly hearing the voices with the idea of hosting a program people,” she says. of the neighborhood – through feed- • DELUXE POOL LIGHT PACKAGES focused on Brighton Beach, a show In the past three years, Singer has back from area residents. “The joy of • POOL AND SPA CHEMICALS that would offer “historical, cultural come to embrace the interconnected- it is when people open their doors and and informative points of view unique ness of the adjoining neighborhoods, tell me how much they enjoy the to the neighborhood,” as described on and last April changed the format of show.” While some at first were suspi- Grand Re-Opening BCAT’s website. (The pilot season, the show to include Coney Island, cious seeing her team on the streets Polytech Pool Supply Store underwritten by the Borough Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach with a video camera, these days, shop President’s office, covered three and Seagate. A recent show featured owners greet her with: “When are you (Previously Wet/WILD) Brooklyn neighborhoods: Bay Ridge; an examination of Coney Island in going to do me?” CHLORINATORS AQUA BUG Bedford-Stuyvesant; and Brighton which Singer managed to nab an ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Beach. It has since expanded to eleven interview with Richard Miras, an neighborhoods.) MTA program manager, on the topic A new segment of Neighborhood Special Discount Singer is uniquely well suited to host of the renovation of the Stillwell Beat: Brooklyn by the Sea for all City, State & the series. Her mother, the child of Avenue subway station that serves as can be seen on the third Tuesday Federal Employees immigrants who hailed from Odessa, terminus to four of the city’s largest of the month at 8:30pm on grew up in Brighton Beach. While subway lines. Singer then made her Time Warner Cable channel 56, Singer herself was raised in Queens way to Gargiulo’s Italian Restaurant, a Cablevision 69, and streaming live Village, she relocated to her mother’s family-owned restaurant that has at www.bcat.tv/bcat. Encore pre- old neighborhood in 1964, shortly spanned three generations in its cur- sentations can be seen on the first before the neighborhoods began to rent location. The last segment of the Wednesday and Friday and second 262 48th St. between 2nd & 3rd Aves. suffer from a decline in quality of life. show was a visit to the Williams Thursday of the following month. www.polytechpool.com • 718-492-8991 • ––––––––––––––––––– FIND THIS WEEK’S COMPLETE PROGRAM GUIDE ON PAGE 12 ––––––––––––––––––– August 27, 2005 AWP 5 NOW THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM OPEN! SIX HOURS Ratner arena foes pack Freddy’s Bar FOR amid word of ‘NewsHour’ interview $ By Jess Wisloski pact of the Ratner curse.” is the family.” The Brooklyn Papers One of the bar’s two televi- “We’re circling the wagons, 15 sions was set to Long Island’s so they get the word out. Not that the regulars of PBS station, WLIW/Channel Wherever the mainstream me- Freddy’s Bar and Back- 21 (it also airs locally on dia shows interest, we’ll take room in Prospect Heights WNET/Channel 13), just in it,” Smith said. needed an excuse to stop case it was a live taping of the By the time the camera crew by the watering hole on show, “The NewsHour with finally did arrive, after 7, half OVER 4,000 Aug. 23, but a call for Jim Lehre — which has a his- the room, which had been at SQUARE FEET action, in the form of a tory of award-winning, long- standing-room-only capacity an mass e-mail, packed the format TV journalism. hour earlier, had cleared out. Premier Dog Sitting Service OF FUN! bar more than usual for an Now they were coming to People immediately got on early Tuesday evening. Freddy’s and nobody knew their cell phones calling friends The e-mail, which was sub- what to expect. Instead of try- to come back to the bar. sequently picked up by vari- ing to figure it out, they waited “But now we’re all drunk!” ous neighborhood newsgroups … and they drank. quipped Hagan, who sipped and Web logs, called for the / Rebecca Cetta Frank Yost, who owns on red wine. troops to turn out and voice Freddy’s, sat at the end of the In came the camera crew, 24 HOURS - $35 bar, taking the scene in with a which wasted no time setting their opposition to developer Bruce Ratner’s proposed At- small, somewhat complacent up the lights, camera, and lantic Yards arena, housing smile on his face. He referred boom microphone, blocking • We walk dogs based on your schedule and office skyscraper project Papers The Brooklyn all questions to his bar manag- the entrance to the bar. for a national television pro- Owner Frank Yost inside Freddy’s Bar Tuesday night. The er, Donald O’Finn. Nobody seemed to mind the • 24-hour, on-hand supervision • Daily brushing gram expected “at 6:00-ish bar has become a gathering place for opponents of the “I don’t know where they sudden intrusion, and conver- 6:30-ish, to investigate the im- Atlantic Yards plan. are,” Yost said of the “News- sations went back to the topics Hour” crew. at hand. We Have Small & Large Dog Areas O’ Finn said he knew just as Luis Suarez, a Brooklyn na- Pick Up and Delivery Service little. tive and former host of Na- extended development rights “I just got a phone call say- tional Public Radio’s “Talk of that sidestep city review to the ing they were already out here, the Nation,” interviewed bar- COUNCIL… developer over the existing and doing a story on the At- tender and Prospect Heights 165 20th St. Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic lantic [Yards] project and resident Roger Paz. (bet. 3 & 4 Aves.) Continued from page 1 argue the massive develop- Center malls, as well as a wanted to come to Freddy’s,” “This is a low-rise commu- Katz, a Democrat from For- ment will provide more hous- block that contains an elec- said O’Finn, who has worked nity. It’s going to be like hav- Hourly • Daily • Weekly • Monthly est Hills, Queens. ing and bring in new tax rev- tronics and a sporting goods at the bar for eight years. ing Houston imposed on a Overnight Rates Available James said she believed enues, both for the public store, across the street. “I presume it’s because we’re brownstone neighborhood,” much of the bill’s support good. Representatives of the de- sort of the center of the contro- Paz said of Ratner’s Atlantic came from a sentiment sup- The bill defines “economic veloper’s company, Forest versy here,” he said. “They said Yards proposal. “And they 718-788-8600 porting the rights of private development” as “any activity City Ratner, did not return they’d already talked to the oth- want us to be gleeful about our property owners that was so- to increase tax revenue, tax calls seeking comment for er side and they wanted to talk own obsolescence.” lidified following the Supreme base, employment, or general this article. to the community.” Suarez, who was born in Court’s ruling. economic health, when that Norman Siegel, a civil lib- Scott Turner, who started Crown Heights, raised in Ben- “I think there’s been a economic activity does not re- erties attorney who represents the group and Web site Fans sonhurst, and spent many of GAY FRIENDLY BROOKLYN MEDICAL PRACTICE groundswell of support around sult in” the transfer of land to property owners in the foot- for Fair Play, an organization his adult years in Park Slope, the nation around property “public ownership … such as print of Ratner’s proposed opposed to Ratner’s plan, said is the author of “The Old • General Male Health Issues rights and in protest of the a road, hospital or military project, said he thought the the e-mail and word was Neighborhood: What We Lost Supreme Court’s decision,” base” or “to a private entity bill could affect the Atlantic spread by a “Fredizen — a in the Great Suburban Migra- COMPREHENSIVE HIV CARE INCLUDING: said James. “That sentiment is that is a common carrier, such Yards proposal, if it didn’t get denizen of Freddy’s.” tion, 1966-1999,” in which he as a railroad or a utility.” bogged down in committee or • Hormone Replacement • Nutritional and what I’m feeling, not only in “We were going to be here addressed the loss of urban my district, but throughout the The bill could potentially delayed by Council Speaker anyway,” said Turner. “That’s neighborhoods. • Lipodystrophy Psychological Support City of New York.” stifle funding for city and Gifford Miller, a supporter of the thing about Freddy’s — if He went on to interview • Wasting Syndrome • Case Management Gentile said he supported state development corpora- the project who is running for there’s an emergency re- several anti-arena activists and tions seeking incentives like the Democratic mayoral nom- • Salvage Therapy • Legal Aide the bill out of principal. sponse, people will come out other Freddy’s patrons, basi- “Eminent domain was tax breaks, tax abatements, ination. here. But any reason to come cally whoever jumped in front subsidies and initiatives if “That’s a good bill, that’s a IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE originally intended for the to Freddy’s.” of the microphone. public good, not to line the those entities put forth proj- bill I not only can support, but Turner, lampooning the Prior to coming to Freddy’s, pockets of a particular private ects that require the condem- it’s the kind of bill I’ve been claims by Ratner and Borough the show interviewed Atlantic citizen, and this is how it nation of private land. advocating,” said Siegel, who President Marty Markowitz that Yards supporters such as Bor- should remain,” said the for- The city’s Housing Devel- is a candidate for public advo- the area is blighted and in need ough President Marty Marko- mer state senator. “We have to opment Corporation has re- cate. of development, joked that he witz and ACORN director be vigilant in ensuring that ported that the $3 billion At- “I’m cautiously optimistic was “forced out of Prospect Bertha Lewis, as well as oppo- this considerable government lantic Yards project could cost that the majority of people in Heights — it’s so blighted I nents such as Councilwoman PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE • BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN power is applied with utmost taxpayers $76 million in sub- New York City don’t want couldn’t afford the rent.” Letitia James and Candace Car- AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY FOR OVER 15 YEARS discretion.” sidies. eminent domain for economic Gavin Smith, a local resi- ponter, legal adviser for the Ratner and his major sup- As reported in last week’s development. We all grew up dent who showed off an anti- anti-arena group Develop-Don’t M.D., A.A.F.P. JOSEPH G. OLIVIERI, porters, who include Mayor Brooklyn Papers, whether or with the principals that the arena poster to Patti Hagan, Destroy Brooklyn. Michael Bloomberg, Gov. not the project is approved, a government should not, and co-founder of the Prospect The segment is expected to 313-43rd Street – SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN Monday to Friday George Pataki and Borough signed agreement between the cannot, take private property Heights Action Coalition, said air on PBS in two to three 3rd Avenue and 43rd Street 10am to 6pm President Marty Markowitz, city, state and Ratner commits for private uses only.” he came out “just because this weeks.

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Bleaching issued such a specific list. ment at the hearings would be ings Department agents do not your neighbors, and there’ve al- Special “It’s completely fictitious; we selective enforcement instigated, make it a practice to go door-to- ways been meetings that SBLDC didn’t collect a list, we have no she said, by Community Board door and handout certificate of held or the community board FINE MESS… such list,” said Craig Hammer- 6, which she maintained had in- occupancy infraction tickets, held, or the [76th Police Precinct] man, the board’s district manag- deed supplied the Buildings De- “That [the Smith and Court held, and people have always Continued from page 1 week of August, came as the re- by way of a permit or letter of er. partment with a list of restaurants streets sweep] was a direct re- been encouraged to work togeth- sult of complaints submitted However, the board did re- that had outdoor garden seating. sponse to complaints issued er,” Stoltz said. “This kind of no objection,” Givner said, along with a list of so-called which is granted by the Build- cently follow up on a letter it sent “We’ve hired an attorney, about those specific properties.” ticketing undermined what trouble establishments that to the mayor’s office in mid-July, people have contributed and so Asked where the complaints they’d been working on with the ings Department borough com- were provided by “the commu- missioner. The restaurant or bar recommending the formation of far we’ve got seven businesses’ came from, Givner said agency community. nity board or a community a citywide task force to investi- checks, but it looks like it might policy prevented her from speci- “This is the Buildings Depart- owner must provide an archi- group,” Givner said. tect’s design for the garden, its gate and consider the impact of be nine or maybe 10 or 11,” said fying. ment looking though their code Community Board 6, which intended capacity and a diagram backyard use by bars and restau- Stoltz. “There have always been is- to find some obscure way to nail the ticketed bar and restaurant showing placement of tables and rants. “The plan is to try to make sues about getting along with everybody,” she said. that there will be no blockage of owners blamed for having incit- “Smith Street certainly is a everyone’s hearing at the same fire escapes or exits. ed the clampdown — it will unique circumstance,” said date and time, and to demon- The dozen businesses ticketed cost owners up to $2,500 each Givner, pointing out the proximi- strate that, in fact, these were not for “occupancy violations,” ac- in fines, which they plan to ap- ty of so many close-together complaint-driven, this was a se- cording to the Buildings Depart- peal as a group before the city restaurants with backyard space. lective enforcement, and it was a ment, were: Le Petite Cafe, Environmental Control Board Bette Stoltz, executive direc- targeted enforcement,” she said. Fragole, Fratelli Ravioli and Hill on Sept. 12 — said they never tor of the SBLDC, said the argu- Givner said that while Build- Diner, all on Court Street; and The Grocery, Panino’teca, Chest- nut, Bombay Dream, Caserta in its backyard. Vecchia, Smithwick’s, Robin Sometimes, he said, they get Ronald I. Teichman, D.D.S. DuBois/Sherwood Cafe and Cafe Cosmetic And Family Dentistry complaints for noise that isn’t Kai, all on Smith Street. GARDENS… theirs. He said that in one case, The Brooklyn Social Club 357 Seventh Avenue (At 10th St.), Park Slope Continued from page 1 tant rents, and ever-growing com- the notes of a trumpet player and Village 247 Cafe and Club burst into the backyard area 718-768-1111 both produced letters of no ob- backyards. petition from the constant re- “I think the problems of hav- placement of older storefront from an apartment window, and jection and were not ticketed. police came to the restaurant. The city ticket blitz, the first ing any business in a backyard businesses with new restaurants is that it’s going to impact the and bars, making winters tight. “The noises come from neighbors and you just have to “If you can fit an extra 30 or some apartments sometimes, be attuned to what the neigh- 40 seats in your backyard, it can but automatically we are to bors’ concerns are — you have be the difference between mak- blame,” he said. to be a good neighbor,” said ing it through the lean months, or Most restaurateurs said that Harding, who is widely consid- having to close,” he said. closing at 10 pm or 11 pm was standard — and always by mid- ered a pioneer of the Smith An owner of the Brooklyn night. Street nightlife scene for having Social Club, a bar on Smith Street that was inspected by Garrett McConnell owns opened his upscale French Boudoir Bar, on Smith Street at bistro Patois there in the late Buildings Department agents but was able to produce a “let- Sackett Street, which got so 1990s when there was little else many fines that last year she put ter of no objection,” according on the strip to draw patrons. a ballot box out front asking pa- Learn Jewelry to the agency, for its backyard Speaking from the latest en- trons and passersby to vote on try in his mini-empire of use, said that despite the blitz, whether the bar should stay in Brooklyn eateries, Old Pioneer, the high-wire between neigh- business. McConnell said they a casual bar and restaurant in bors and patrons was an in- had received more than $5,000 Making Red Hook that features a horse- creasingly taught one. in fines based on neighbor com- shoe ring and picnic tables in “The permits that we have al- plaints. the backyard, Harding said the low us to be open until 4 in the The vote was 57-13 to stay, way his Red Hook neighbors backyard. We close at 11 and 12 said McConnell, who wrote in handle noise problems is vastly because we want to be neighbor- an e-mail to a Boerum Hill Web different from the tactics em- ly,” said the owner, who did not site: “Really, the problems lie ployed on Smith Street. want his name published. with two types of people — “Usually they call me, or He also noted that Brooklyn those who would rather have they call down to the bar or Social’s problems with one the old Smith Street back, and they knock on the door and say, neighbor could not be alleviat- are unhappy that the rents, etc., ‘Look, it’s 12:30, there’s a ed, even with concessions. went up, and that their old bunch of people in your back- Police came “three or four neighborhood (which, when I yard being really noisy,’” he times a week over the course of was a realtor over 10 years ago, said. “It’s a much different busi- a year,” he said, and never once boarded up, somewhat danger- I n t e n s i ve coarse taught by pro fe s- ness down here in Red Hook issued the business a noise vio- ous and rampant with drug sell- than it is on Smith Street.” lation. ers) was better than what it is s i onal go l d s m i t h . D e s i g n , f a b ri ca- Using the backyard garden, The same neighbor, he said, now. Then, you have the people he said, was crucial to many of also called the Fire Department who are NOT New Yorker’s t i on , s o l d e ri n g, p o l i s h i n g, s t one set- the small restaurants and bars and the State Liquor Authority, who want a residential neigh- t i n g.E vening/ daytime / Sa t u rd ay on Smith Street, where he also he added. borhood, like Dean Street, with- owns with partners the Go- “He once sprayed water with out commercial noise. It is a cl a s s e s . Limited tofourstu d e n t s wanus Yacht Club, a complete- a hose on patrons in the back- losing battle.” ly outdoor beer garden at the yard,” the bar owner said. 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BOOKS Higher ed Brooklyn College made The Princeton Review’s annual list of “Top 10 Best Value Colleges” in the country for the second year in a row and will appear in the 2006 edition of its publication, “America’s Best Value Colleges,” as the seventh-ranked school in the nation. “The award is a source of tremendous pride for us,” said Ellen Belton, Brooklyn Col- lege’s dean of under- graduate studies. “It’s tremendous national recognition. We are no longer the best kept se- cret in town.” One of the reasons (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings August 27, 2005 that Brooklyn College — at 2900 Bedford Ave. at Avenue H in Midwood — has been named one of the best bargain schools in the country is the institution’s commitment to its students and their education, Belton said. “The honors are nice, but we don’t necessarily fo- cus on them,” she said. “We focus on our own goals, which are to maintain academic quality, to orient all of our programs around the students and to remain an in- tegral part of Brooklyn. If the awards come because we are doing these things, well, then that’s great.” The 10 schools named in the 2006 “Top 10 Best Value Colleges” were chosen based on institutional data — including undergraduate academics, costs and financial aid — as well as student opinion sur- veys. These schools, according to the Princeton Re- view, “offer outstanding academics and enroll good students who are happy with the education they are receiving, and, additionally — and more important- ly — do not have to mortgage their futures because their school is charging them way too much.” “America’s Best Value Colleges,” by Eric Owens and the staff of The Princeton Review (Random House, $15.95) is available at the Brooklyn College Bookstore [Campus Road at East 27th Street, (718) 951-5150]. — Eleazer Gorenstein

CINEMA ‘Narrows’ ’Bug’s life After screenings at Sundance, New Di- rectors/New Films and the Cannes film festivals, Phil Morrison’s feature, “Junebug,” finally opened at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema on June 26. Morrison’s “Junebug” escape begins with urban sophis- ticate Madeleine (Em- beth Davidtz) traveling to Simultaneous concerts set to North Carolina to meet with a folk artist, or “out- sider artist,” and con- vince him to let her rep- rock Coney Island’s Keyspan resent him. While in town she and her new husband George (Ales- Classics Robert Kirk / Sony Pictures Park and SI Yankees’ ballpark sandro Nivola) stay with George’s family. For this first time, Madeleine meets his parents, his angry, jealous By Tristan O’Donnell brother Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) and Johnny’s for The Brooklyn Papers MUSIC hugely pregnant wife Ashley (Amy Adams, pictured). Playstation presents the “Across the Nar- With her sunny demeanor and (unintentionally) hen trying to come up with a venue rows” concerts at Keyspan Park (Surf Avenue Batter up: Beck (above) and Belle & Sebastian (top left) will perform at Keyspan Park on Oct. hilarious quizzing of Madeleine, whom she so ad- for the city’s biggest concerts, it’s at West 17th Street in Coney Island) and Rich- mires, naive Ashley does her best to keep peace be- 2 as part of the weekend-long “Across the Narrows” concert series. doubtful that anyone would consider mond County Bank Ballpark (75 Richmond tween the touchy matriarch Peg (Celia Weston) and W Terrace on Bay Street in Staten Island) on Oct. either Brooklyn’s or Staten Island’s minor 1 and Oct. 2 at noon. $55 tickets are on sale the newest daughter-in-law. league stadiums as the most suitable of back- now. A limited number of discounted passes, lowdown on the Staten Island ballpark lineup, acts, and there will be several up-and-com- Adams, whose previous credits include Steven good for any two shows, are available at $100. drops. VIP tickets are $250 and include a ticket to visit www.acrossthenarrows.com.) ing bands at the two-day “Across the Nar- Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You Can,” won an acting And certainly no one would have ever one show, seating in a VIP viewing area and Asked why the shows were being staged si- rows” extravaganza. award for her amazing, heartwarming performance thought that the two boroughs would hold admission to an onsite VIP lounge and to the multaneously, Jim Glancy, president of Ron “We’ve tried to mix in bands that we’ve in “Junebug” at this year’s Sundance fest. Don’t VIP after-party at Irving Plaza in Manhattan them … simultaneously! But then again, and an “Across the Narrows” event gift. For Delsener Presents, the event’s promoter, said worked with in the past. In addition to that, miss your chance this weekend to see what the fuss “Across the Narrows” isn’t your typical con- more information and to purchase tickets, visit simply, “We thought it was a cool thing to do.” some bands that people aren’t as familiar with has been about. cert event. wwwrondelsenerpresents.com, www.across- “How do we make it different and interest- who I’m sure in the next two or three years The Brooklyn Heights Cinema is located at 70 On Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, Beck and the Pixies thenarrows.com or call (800) 431-3462. ing and get people talking?” said Glancy. “This may well be headlining their own shows,” Henry St. between Cranberry and Orange will inaugurate the two-day modern rock affair is the one city in the country that can do it, and said Glancy. streets. For screening times and ticket prices, call at Coney Island’s Keyspan Park, home of the we’re gonna do it.” In between acts, if concert-goers are experi- (718) 596-7070. —Lisa J. Curtis Brooklyn Cyclones, while on Staten Island, 1979, Mando Diao, and Nine Black Alps are In the last several years, Coney Island has encing an overload of rock, they can look no The Killers and Oasis do the honors at the scheduled to appear with the Pixies. An equal- begun to attract both indie and mainstay acts, further than the Playstation booths that will be home of the Staten Island Yankees, the Rich- ly stacked lineup can be expected to precede from the Village Voice’s yearly indie extrava- available all day and night with Playstation 2’s mond County Bank Ballpark. Beck on Sunday in Keyspan Park: Belle & Se- ganza, the Siren Festival, to sold-out appear- and the recently unveiled PSP systems. What better way to get set for the fall season bastian, The Polyphonic Spree, The Raven- ances by Phish, Bjork and an upcoming per- But don’t expect to find fried food and tattoo FESTIVAL than with one of the coolest concerts of the oettes, Gang Gang Dance, Whirlwind Heat formances by the White Stripes on Sept. 24 stands like at most big-budget indie rock fests. year? The concert, sponsored by Sony Playsta- and a to-be-announced special guest. and 25. “We’re kind of deconstructing the festi- tion, boasts a big bill of critically acclaimed Separated by the Narrows section of the Glancy called Brooklyn a suitable place val,” explained Glancy. “This is focused on staples in the world of alternative and indie New York Bay, each concert will kick off at to watch music for the “urban” and “adven- music. There aren’t multiple stages, there Backstage tour rock. On Saturday in Brooklyn, Gang of Four, noon on both days, simultaneously in both turous” listener. He said that music fans aren’t falafel stands.” Built to Spill, Rilo Kiley, Death from Above ballparks for a total of four concerts. (For the needn’t look very far for new and exciting Just drums across the Narrows. If you’ve ever wondered where that toe-tapping, booty-shaking pan music comes from, or went slack- jawed over the artistry of those towering costumes and floats, the Brooklyn Cen- witness as many talented candi- ter for the Urban Envi- dates as possible. And we were ronment is offering a be- happy that at the end of the search hind-the-scenes-tour of we had a winner in Michael. The the making of the West board met [Aug. 11] to adopt and Indian American Day approve his appointment.” Carnival. / Greg Mango / Greg Maestro chosen The orchestra has been leader- On Saturday, Aug. less since the beginning of last sea- 27, from 3 pm to 6 pm, son, as guest conductors (including guide Horace Morancie Brooklyn Philharmonic introduces Spano, who announced his resig- will take his tourists to nation as music director in the see the preparations for

Michael Christie as new music director spring of 2004) took to the podium Papers file The Brooklyn the parade which march- for all concerts during its 50th an- es down Eastern Parkway By Kevin Filipski Michael Christie would become its “It was a very deliberate, very niversary season. Among these each Labor Day. Visit the costume makers, pan mak- for The Brooklyn Papers music director beginning with the focused plan to find a replacement was Christie, a 31-year-old con- ers and players and sample Caribbean cuisine. 2005-2006 season, the organiza- once Robert informed us of his de- ductor originally from Buffalo, Meet in front of the Tropical Paradise restau- Rahav Segev t long last, the Brooklyn Phil- tion’s search for Robert Spano’s re- parture, and we had ample time to who led the musicians in an April rant at Utica Avenue and Avenue D in East Flat- At the podium: Michael Christie, who conducted harmonic has chosen its new placement was moving along ex- have a well thought-through strate- concert featuring the world pre- bush. The fee is $11 non-members, $9 BCUE the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s April concert (pic- Amusic director. actly as planned, according to the gy,” Cahill explained in an exclu- miere of a work by Brooklyn na- members, $8 seniors and students with ID. For tured), succeeds Robert Spano as music director Prior to the Philharmonic’s re- orchestra’s chief executive officer, sive interview with GO Brooklyn. tive Jennifer Higdon. more information, call (718) 788-8500 ext. 208 or of the orchestra. cent announcement that conductor Catherine Cahill. “We had a lot of opportunity to See CHRISTIE on page 10 visit www.bcue.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

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Almondine 85 Water St. at Dock Street, (718) 797-5026, (Cash only) Pastries: $1.50-$4; sandwiches: $6. All baking is done on the premises at this European- style pastry shop, owned by chocolatier Jacques Torres (whose chocolate factory is across the street) and Herve Poussot. Sinfully rich desserts include cheesecake on a cookie crisp with fresh fruit, the “macaroon” (chocolate sponge cake, chocolate mousse, creme brulee and coconut in a chocolate shell), and various cookies and pastries. Baguette Mango / Greg sandwiches change daily, ranging from prosciutto, See ’em coming mozzarella and roasted peppers to apples and brie — or try one of the quiches. Cakes for special occa- (Above) “Lunch Pak” by Fleurville ($34) is avail- sions can be made to order, and some cakes are able in blue/navy, red/orange and pink/fuschia. available in the showcase on Saturdays. Closed on Tuesdays for the summer, but open seven days a For 3- to 6-year-olds, it includes a carry handle

week beginning the first week of September. Papers file The Brooklyn and adjustable backpack straps. Includes front- A selection of sakes at Miso. zippered pocket, built-in beverage sleeve, hid- Bubby’s Pie Co. den name tag, and reflective piping and tape 1 Main St. at Plymouth Street, (718) 222-0666 for high visibility. Machine wash and drip dry. (Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.95-$15.95. Pete’s Downtown Bubby’s, a TriBeCa staple, has done a good job of 2 Water St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) 858-3510, At Half Pint [55 Washington St. at Water making a second home in Brooklyn. Since October www.petesdowntown.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Street, (718) 875-4007] in DUMBO, beginning 2003, chef-owner Ron Silver has been whipping up Visa) Entrees: $18-$26. Sept. 1. comfort foods, from meatloaf and gravy to St. Louis- Come early to ensure a table with a divine view Angel style spare ribs, with loads of sides including maca- (available at both the outside cafe or inside the and insect roni and cheese, mashed potatoes and collard restaurant). The backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge greens. It’s impossible to leave Bubby’s without try- and the Manhattan skyline off Fulton Ferry Landing (Above) “Crawlers” insulated lunchbox by Arctic ing a slice of any one of their homemade pies; after sets the stage for a wonderful meal. Try the pork Zone ($8.99*) available in caterpillar (above) and snail all, that is how they got their name. Sour cherry, chops stuffed with prosciutto, mozzarella and basil, whiskey apple and banana cream pies are just some topped with a Marsala wine sauce, served with a shapes. Caterpillar has embroidered features and 3-D antennae. of their specialties. Kids eat free on Sunday nights. vegetable and potato rosette, an interesting fried Includes reusable 6.5-ounce ice pack. At Target Atlantic Terminal Bubby’s Brooklyn also offers a play area for children So Warhol potato basket filled with creamy mashed potato. [139 Flatbush Ave. in Fort Greene, (718) 290-1109]. as well as a general store selling baked goods and T- There’s also a warm goat cheese salad, with sea- (Below) “Hello Kitty” insulated lunchbox by Sanrio shirts. Private party space available; for more infor- sonal greens and walnut vinaigrette, and linguine mation contact JoJo Ribant at [email protected]. ($7.99*) has glitter-flecked sides and double zipper. In- Portofino with fresh salmon, plum tomatoes, red Think you got what it takes to make your own onions, arugula and extra-virgin olive oil. Not only cludes sport bottle. At Target Atlantic Terminal. mouth-watering pie? Come to Bubby’s on Sept. 17, is this a “landmark restaurant” due to its extraordi- from noon to 4 pm, for the annual Pie Social. Bring nary location at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, but your own pies to be sampled by others while you four generations of the same family have been indulge in others’ pies. Sign up at the restaurant or serving up great food here since 1894. Con- online by e-mailing [email protected]. Piemakers veniences include free valet parking and a private pay $5, and all others pay $25 to sample. Bubby’s party room. Open Tuesday through Sunday for is open Thursday through Tuesday for lunch and lunch and dinner. Closed Mondays. dinner, and for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 am to 4 pm. Closed Wednesdays. Rice 81 Washington St. at Front Street, (718) 222-9880, Five Front www.riceny.com (Cash only) Entrees: $5-$14. Mango / Greg 5 Front St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) 625-5559 Gabriele Blecher, a manager at Rice, described her (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $14-$25. restaurant’s cuisine as “anything to do with rice.” Park Slope’s 12th Street Bar & Grill talent — co-own- Can’t argue with that. Boasting specialty rices infused ers Patty Lowry and chef Paul Vicino — score big in with cilantro, parsley and spinach or, instead, steamed DUMBO, complete with warm service and a buzzing in coconut milk, the menu at this 4-year-old restaurant bar. Favorites like Prince Edward Island mussels in a is largely rice-inspired but also features an eclectic light curry broth appear alongside other menu items mix of influences including Jamaican, Lebanese and like grilled rib-eye steak dusted with smoked papri- Thai, not to mention great tamales. Blecher said the ka or the unsealed shrimp ravioli in a saffron sauce. chicken kebab is one of the most popular entrees, Vicino also serves one of the best burgers around! but the Vietnamese lemongrass chicken salad has

Five Front offers lots of outdoor seating on its rear been turning heads, too. Fresh juices, including Papers items: The Brooklyn All Target deck, weather permitting. Brunch on weekends, watermelon, are available for the summer. Owners from 11 am to 4 pm. Dinner served Mondays and David Selig and Peter Lawrence won a Brooklyn Wednesday through Sunday. Closed Tuesdays. Chamber of Commerce award for the restaurant’s intimate, dimly lit interiors, which they designed Front Street Pizza themselves. Outside dining available as well on an adjacent deck. Open daily for lunch and dinner and Put the top down 80 Front St. at Washington Street, (718) 875- for brunch on weekends, from 10 am to 4 pm. (Above) “Convertible” insulated lunchbox by Arctic Zone ($9.99*) is 3700 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Plain slice: $1.85; 18-inch round plain pie: $12.50. available in gray and pink. Includes detachable top food separation Although the name says “pizza,” Front Street has River Cafe pouch, front zippered pocket for extra storage, shoulder strap as well just about everything to satisfy your hunger, from sal- 1 Water St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) 522-5200, as carry handle. Includes a removable sandwich-size plastic container —Lisa J. Curtis ads and calzones to burgers and heroes to espressos www.rivercafe.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) * Prices accurate as of Aug. 16, 2005. and decaf cappuccinos. Whole breakfast platters are Three-course dinner: $78; six-course tasting and reusable 6.5-ounce ice pack. At Target Atlantic Terminal. available for $3.65 and include choices of pancakes, menu: $95. French toast, eggs, homefries, toast, bacon, ham, This 28-year-old fine dining institution features the sausage and cheese and come with your choice of most breathtaking river view of Manhattan, making coffee or tea. Daily lunch specials range from chick- it a favorite date destination. The Tavern on the en cutlet parmigiana to meatloaf. They even offer a Green-esque twinkling lights in the trees out front, salad pizza topped with lettuce, tomatoes, black and bouquets of fragrant flowers inside are nice olives, onions and oil and vinegar. The deli counter touches, too. Executive chef Brad Steelman offers Colombian expedition offers a full range of sandwiches. Also, the iced cof- three-course or six-course tasting menus for dinner. fees (16-ounce for $1.50 and 32-ounce for $2.50) are Steelman pairs a Colorado rack of lamb with house- “It’s a bright and colorful place, en mixed with yellow rice, carrots, red a bargain. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. cured merguez couscous, caramelized haricot verts and lavender flower glaze, and black sea bass with much like Latin America,” said George peppers, cilantro and scallions, which Grimaldi’s poached artichoke hearts, preserved lemon vinai- Constantinou, who, with partner Farid is served with avocado and a side of grette, artichoke raviolini and marinated oven- 19 Old Fulton St. at Front Street, (718) 858-4300 Ali, owns the new Park Slope restau- black beans, is a close second. dried tomatoes. For dessert, try the chocolate mar- rant, Bogota Latin Bistro. If the long For vegetarians, GO Brooklyn has (Cash only) www.grimaldisbrooklyn.com. Large quise Brooklyn Bridge, which features a handmade pizzas: $14 and up. chocolate bridge standing tall in a terrine of toast- lines of hopeful diners on Friday and sampled and recommends the “torta The lengthy lines at owner Frank Ciolli’s award-win- ed hazelnut served with Tahitian vanilla bean ice Saturday evenings are any indication, portobella,” a sandwich with “queso ning pizza parlor are as talked about as the pies cream. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Brunch is this month-old bistro is already be- fresco” (a popular Mexican cheese themselves. But if you don’t mind waiting, the coal- served on weekends from noon to 3 pm. Sidewalk oven pizzas are among the best in the city. Lined cafe seating and valet parking are available. coming a neighborhood favorite. with a stringy texture) and portobella with framed photos of the Rat Pack, this homage to The spacious and sunlit dining area, mushroom, garnished with lettuce, Sinatra changed its name from Patsy’s in 1996 to Superfine which seats about 70, boasts hardwood tomatoes, red onions and chipotle avoid confusion with another restaurant in East floors and exposed brick walls. The in- mayo and served on a poppy seed bun. Harlem. The pizza, however, hasn’t changed a bit. 126 Front St. at Pearl Street, (718) 243-9005 Try a hand-tossed with fresh mozzarella, or add a few (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$20. dustrial-chic decor is softened with All sandwiches come with french fries toppings, like sweet, roasted red peppers or sun- Grill-mistress Laura Taylor prepares each dish to colorful murals, “a tribute to Latin cul- and a mixed green salad. (The main dried tomatoes. The pizza sauce is to die for. order, so be ready to wait. Her dinner menu, a ture,” according to Constantinou. The dishes are served with rice, beans and Grimaldi’s doesn’t accept reservations, and you can’t chalkboard, changes its offerings daily. Taylor offers mood is set with Latin jazz, rock and a choice of one side from a wide-rang- buy pizza by the slice. But you’ll be lucky if you can entree-sized salads, vegetarian, fish, pasta and stop at just one or two slices anyway. Open 11:30 am meat dishes made with organic produce and pop playing in the background. The ing selection that includes fried yucca, to 11 pm Monday through Thursday, Fridays from organic meats from prime butchers and fish from cheerfully decorated outdoor garden cilantro mashed potatoes, garlic 11:30 am to midnight, Saturdays from noon to mid- Long Island City’s Wild Edibles. Sundays feature a seats about 30, and the owners plan to spinach and “tropical coleslaw.”) night, and Sundays from noon to 11 pm. Southwestern-style brunch and live bluegrass music. For those of you pool sharks, Superfine enclose it during the winter months. Bogota Latin Bistro’s fully stocked Miso offers a free pool table to hone your skills. Open The inspiration for the restaurant, bar is making a name for itself with its Tuesday through Friday for lunch and dinner, and and chef Roberto Garcia’s menu, was signature coconut mojito. It’s $8 a 38 Main St. at Water Street, (718) 858-8388 for dinner-only on Saturdays. Brunch is served on a trip to Bogota, Ali’s hometown. Con- glass, but this mixture of coconut (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.95-$15. Sundays, from 11 am to 3 pm, followed by dinner Miso’s chef and co-owner, known to all as Zeo, spe- from 6 pm to 10 pm. Closed Mondays. stantinou, 29, who is Costa Rican and cream and coconut rum, brightened cializes in the cuisine of the Shikoku area in southern Greek, and Ali, 40, traveled there in with mint and lime juice, is so tasty, it Japan, also known as the “Magical Islands.” For January 2003. While visiting Ali’s might be worth investing in a $36 starters, try a bowl of eggplant with ginger sauce, Toro served with jasmine rice, or the traditional miso 1 Front St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) 625-0300 family, the two Brooklyn Heights resi- pitcher. Or you may opt for the fruit- soup. Tender salt-and-pepper shrimp or the Shikoku (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $18.50-$63. dents explored other places in South of-the-week flavors, such as strawber- tuna are recommended as main courses. According Executive chef Dudley Nieto and sushi chef Richard America and Central America and ry or watermelon mojitos featured last to GO Brooklyn dining critic Tina Barry, “[Shikoku Fong create Spanish and Japanese fusion food in picked up traditional dishes from along week, or the always available mango, tuna] is worth the trip over.” Not only does Zeo cre- this newly opened tapas and sushi lounge. ate his own spices, he is also available to advise cus- Specialties include the churrasco (grilled skirt steak) the way. orange, guava and passion fruit. tomers on pairing the perfect sake to each entree. with chimichurri sauce and the double-cut pork “Our restaurant is a tribute to South Bogota Latin Bistro (141 Fifth Ave. Free delivery in Brooklyn. Open for lunch and dinner chop, marinated in brine, and served with wasabi and Central America,” said Constanti- at Lincoln Place in Park Slope) ac- Monday through Saturday; dinner only on Sundays. mashed potatoes. “Spanasia” ballroom available nou, who kept a 2-year Web log, Mango / Greg cepts American Express, Discover, for private parties. There is outdoor seating on the patio. Open Wednesday for dinner only, and lunch recording the progress of Bogota Latin MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $12- = Full review available at and dinner Thursday through Sunday. Closed Bistro, leading up to the grand open- $19. The restaurant is open for din- Mondays and Tuesdays. ing. ner only from 5 pm to 11 pm from One of the most requested items on, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and

Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants what Constantinou calls, the “Pan- Papers The Brooklyn Thursday and until 2 am (kitchen in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to Latin” menu, is the typical rural closes at 1 am) on Friday and Satur- Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your Colombian dish, the “bandeja paisa” meal cake), rice, beans, fried egg, tinou. “The best offering one would day. Closed Tuesdays. For more in- Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, (Spanish for “mountain platter”), a “maduros” (sweet plantains) and avo- serve to friends and family.” formation call (718) 230-3805 or visit Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via e-mail at [email protected]. serving of grilled steak, “chicharron” cado. “Arroz con pollo” (rice with chick- www.BogotaBistro.com. (fried pork skin), “arepa” (white corn- “It’s a national dish,” said Constan- en), a combination of shredded chick- — Ajla Grozdanic

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(718) 788-8500. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence SAT, SEPT 3 hosts a tour of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm OUTDOORS AND TOURS to 5 pm. New York Marriott Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a tour of Fort Greene, Clinton HISTORIC GRAVESEND: Brooklyn Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm Historical Society takes a walk. $15, to 5 pm. New York Marriott Brooklyn, $10 members. 2 pm. Meet outside Jonathan Slaff 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. the F train station, McDonald Avenue and Avenue U. (718) 222-4111. Free play: Theater for the New City presents “Social Insecurity” at PERFORMANCE TWILIGHT WALK: Big Onion Tours takes Prospect Park’s concert grove on Aug. 27 at 2 pm. SHAKESPEARE ON THE WATER: pre- a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and sented by a young troupe. 3 pm. Empire- through Brooklyn Heights. $15, $12 Fulton Ferry State Park, enter at Water DANCE CLASSES for ALL AGES seniors, $10 students. Meet at 5 pm Circle. 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Prospect by the Brooklyn Irish American Parade “The Kabbalah of the 10 Command- CHILDREN Park Concert Grove, enter at Lincoln Committee from the main gate of ments.” Tonight: “Do Not Commit Green-Wood Cemetery to the graves Adultery.” 8 pm to 9 pm. 117 Remsen CHILDREN’S PARADE: Annual children’s Road off Ocean Avenue in Prospect- West Indian American Day Parade. 10 Lefferts Gardens. (212) 254-1109. of Matilda Tone, wife of Irish patriot St. (718) 596-4840. Free. Theobald Wolf Tone, and to the grave CASTING CALL: Documentary-type am. St. John’s Place and Kingston Free. Avenue. March continues to Brooklyn SHAKESPEARE ON THE WATER: pre- of John Gallagher, historian and author. show by The Learning Channel needs 11:30 am. Also, commemorative cere- Children’s Museum. (718) 467-1797. Free. sented by a young troupe. 3 pm. kids who eat too much junk food and mony for the Battle of Long Island. 2 CAROUSEL: Ride the Prospect Park Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, enter watch too much TV. 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Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Birth of Love” (1993). $10, $7 stu- FLEA MARKET: hosted by Church of the Fulton Street at the East River. (718) PERFORMANCE dents. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. Holy Spirit. 9 am to 4 pm. 8117 Bay 624-2083. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Parkway. (718) 837-0412. CHILDREN features an all-Liszt program. $35. 4 FAMILY DAY: Bay Ridge Bensonhurst FASHION MARKET: Brooklyn Designers pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Park Task Force hosts an event of Showcase features emerging design- MILES OF TILES: NY Transit Museum Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. karaoke, games and prizes. 7 pm. ers of handcrafted merchandise. 10:30 Register now for offers a mosaic-making workshop for CONCERT: The Jacobs Brothers perform McKinley Park, Fort Hamilton Parkway am to 3 pm. 157 Montague St. (718) CHILDREN & TEEN Fall DANCE CLASSES kids, ages 4 to 16. $5 adults, $3 kids 3 gospel music. Donation appreciated. and 75th Street. 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wonder they once earned the humor- ous moniker, “Champagne Fountain CHRISTIE... of Joy.” In its earlier stages, The Biggish Continued from page 7 Band rotated several singers before Christie is currently the music director of the Phoenix JC and company invited Queen Es- Symphony and music director of the Colorado Music Festi- ther to become their mainstay. Jones, val, and also works as principal guest conductor of the who collaborated with Hopkins on Queensland Orchestra in Australia. ‘Biggish’ enough her debut “Come Home With Me,” He is excited by his new post in Brooklyn, Christie told sang for the Biggish Band but her GO Brooklyn. solo career escalated and scheduling “I remember when Bob Spano originally got this job,” Fort Greene musician celebrates release of his near- conflicts prevented the two from fin- Christie said in an exclusive telephone interview with GO ishing the work they had begun. Sim- Brooklyn from Australia. “We were both at Oberlin College ilarly, Madeline Peyroux, who co- Conservatory of Music at the time, and as I was watching Big Band’s jazz CD, ‘Underneath a Brooklyn Moon’ wrote four songs on “Brooklyn him think through the different possibilities and kinds of pro- Moon,” was set to release her album gramming, I was thinking that it must be an absolutely stim- By Tristan O’Donnell “Careless Love” at the time, and ulating job. for The Brooklyn Papers couldn’t sing full time either. “There’s virtually no orchestra that’s had such a distin- The third vocalist was Queen Es- guished list of music directors, along with the most eclectic C Hopkins is all set to make it ther, a multi-faceted performer whose swing in its programs,” he continues. “It’s been really spe- big. Or, well, at least “biggish.” commanding and expert presence on cial to watch. I definitely feel the weight of history on my J The earnest Fort Greene resi- the stage makes her an appealing shoulders.” dent and his Biggish Band featuring diva for the cool intellectual type. Although Christie has conducted the orchestra, he knows Queen Esther, just released their de- You may have seen her singing and that there is much work to be done. but album, “Underneath a Brooklyn dancing in the musical, “Harlem “We had a good time performing, but I want to get to Moon,” on Tigerlily Records. At the Song,” at the Apollo Theater in 2002 know the orchestra better and the institution better,” he ad- Relish diner in Williamsburg, he or starring in her own one-woman mits. opened up about this new album, his autobiographical cabaret show, One of the drawing cards for Christie is the borough itself. career, and what he loves so much “Queen Esther: Unemployed Super- “The great thing about being based in Brooklyn — and about this borough. star” at Joe’s Pub in 2000. BAM forces us in a way to do this — is that we must be on “Underneath a Brooklyn Moon,” “She just fit the best,” Hopkins the edge musically, because as an institution, that’s where the band’s debut album, was record- said of her joining the band. BAM is musically,” he explains. “Cathy [Cahill] has a par- ed last fall when bandleader, pianist, With a voice reminiscent of Betty ticular interest in attaching the orchestra to composers from composer and occasional crooner Carter and Dinah Washington, she Brooklyn like Jennifer Higdon, John Corigliano and Aaron Hopkins was fresh from collaborat- was the perfect complement to what Copland. Few places in the world have such eminent com- ing with Norah Jones. It revolves Hopkins describes as the band’s, posers to call their own. around the story of a young couple “juggernaut of sound.” Proof that the “There’s an enormous amount of music out there that’s that moves across the United States third time is a charm, Esther’s com- waiting for a local premiere — including American, Euro- to settle in a new, unfamiliar and manding voice on record fits seam- pean and even Far Eastern from China and other Asian sometimes tough city. Despite their lessly alongside the band when countries,” he continues. “We’d be missing the point if we hardships, the two maintain a posi- they’re at their most spirited and es- didn’t cast our net wide. But we also perform for a specific tive outlook in anticipation of better pecially, at their most subdued. audience, so we must realize that they won’t miraculously times. Part of what makes the band func- appear just because we’re performing new stuff.” “It’s about a couple who has love tion so well, said Hopkins, is each Christie is looking forward to programming the upcoming and passion but not material things,” member’s enthusiasm and ability to season, which begins in January; it’s too early for specifics, Hopkins told GO Brooklyn. “The work together in such a huge collec- but the season outline is taking hold. songs, though, have an overall feel- tive. There is “true camaraderie” “We have four scheduled concerts, and I’m doing three of ing of hope.” amongst the 13 of them. The charis- them,” the conductor says. “I’m getting acclimated to what This story, as cinematic as it ma between composer and musician the goal is here: I’m having a cold-water immersion into sounds, draws a great deal from Hop- is an essential component to the what’s expected.” kins’ real life experience of moving band’s allure, and it shows on stage. Community outreach is important as well, since the or- to Brooklyn from San Francisco in Seeing the Biggish Band live is a true chestra performs at various locations throughout the bor- 1999. As a youngster, Hopkins first jazz experience. If it’s a Duke Elling- ough, including for high-school students. crossed paths with jazz music at ton arrangement or one of their own “When I was with the orchestra in April, I took part in one home, where his father was constant- smooth songs, as the show rolls on, of the school outreach programs, and it was fascinating how ly blasting that ‘bop in his living the songs grow and expand in a live the connection was made with the students,” Christie says. room. As he grew older, he began to setting, filling the room with their joy “It’s interesting how a professional orchestra interfaces with delve into songwriting and even ‘Moon’ for sale: Tigerlily Records recently released “Underneath a and radiance. Their cool vibrancy is the academic world, and how there are points of contact out- taught himself how to play piano. Brooklyn Moon,” featuring Queen Esther (left) and the Biggish Band, MUSIC practically bursting at the seams. side the concert hall.” When Hopkins decided that he want- led by Fort Greene’s JC Hopkins (right). The band has had successful runs That last point also resonates with Cahill. ed to pursue this love for jazz music, “Underneath a Brooklyn Moon” in Manhattan’s Slipper Room and the “Michael has the artistic integrity and excellence we he said that moving to New York was by the JC Hopkins Biggish Band fea- Knitting Factory in TriBeCa, but oth- turing Queen Esther (Tigerlily Records, wanted, and he has a successful record of community en- the way to go. When he arrived, he Asked why he decided to create an Hopkins plays piano and leads his $12) is available at www.tower- er than the Five Spot Supper Club in gagement and audience development,” she explains. “He’s knew that Fort Greene was the place album that in many ways pays tribute 13 Biggish Band members. (Because records.com, www.amazon.com, Clinton Hill, hasn’t been able to committed to signature Brooklyn repertoire through his en- to settle down. to Brooklyn, Hopkins said that living 14 members make up an official big www.cdbaby.com or by calling groove much in Brooklyn yet. Check thusiastic performances. “When I got here, I knew that I here was just an inspiration. band, Hopkins describes his band as (800) 448-6369. out www.jchopkins.com for the “Michael has a true and genuinely deep sense of how im- loved it instantly. But it was really “The best scientists, playwrights, “biggish.”) The band, said Hopkins, band’s upcoming performances. portant musical education is,” Cahill continues. “He is a true hard,” said Hopkins. He often had to musicians, whatever, all came out of isn’t so easy to describe and has a “It really is a party on the stage,” leader in the area of community engagement, which is often work graveyard shifts in Manhattan Brooklyn,” said Hopkins. “There’s sound that’s tough to nail down. to traditional American Songbook- said Hopkins about their live show. simply an add-on for many orchestras, but it’s a core element clubs and lounges playing piano, such history here and I tapped into “It may not be revolutionary but style tunes, all amounting to an infec- And you and your friends are all in- for us. I think of us as ‘Brooklyn’s Philharmonic,’ with all of sometimes even playing anony- that muse of Whitman and Arthur it’s very new and fresh,” he said. The tious, cool and spirited sound. With vited, how ever “biggish” your Brooklyn as our concert hall.” mously. Miller, that muse of historical legacy.” band jumps from swing to hard bop this swinging mix-up of styles, it’s no crowd may be.

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Bistro & Den FREE; Tuesdays: “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama 30: Brooklyn Comedy Company, 10 pm, Rick Royale, Alexander Lowry, and guests, FREE; Sept. 2: Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, 129 Havemeyer St. at Grand Street in Party,” 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Kara- Two Boots FREE; Aug. 31: Zombified, 6 pm, $5 (FREE 9:30 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel and Anthony Burr, 8 pm, Howard Fishman, Williamsburg, (718) 384-9300, oke, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Comedy Crossroads after 10 pm); Sept. 1: Vibraytum presents Music Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 Brooklyn 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 3: Guignol, 8 pm, The www.mshanghaiden.com. Night, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Open mic, 9 Saloon Ordinary K, Shae Fiol, The Point Six, The pm, live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Aug. 27: pm, FREE. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Brazilian Acoustic Quintet, 10 pm, FREE. Crimestory, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 2: DJ Friend, Sundays: Hip-hop karaoke with Dynamic 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway Vegas Trio, Database Concepts, & DJ Life, 7 Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twoboots- 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 3: Prop Mag’s Release Damien and DJ Harry Ballz, 10 pm, FREE. in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. pm, $8; Sept. 2: Sam Bigelow, Boss Tweed, Sideshows by brooklyn.com. Beast The New Regulars, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 3: Party, 7 pm, FREE. Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, Sept. 2: 12th Street Playboys, 10 pm, FREE. 638 Bergen St. at Vanderbilt Avenue in Reverend Glasseye, Ramashka, 8 pm, FREE. National FREE. the Seashore Prospect Heights, (718) 399-6855. Last Exit Restaurant 1208 Surf Ave. at West 12th Street in Mondays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE. Coney Island, (718) 372-5159, www.coney- 200 Fifth Glasshouse 136 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton D Vine Artiste Cobble Hill, (718) 222-9198, www.last- island.com. 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park Gallery Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) Slope, (718) 638-2925. Bembe Cafe exitbar.com. 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Sept. 2: Red Hots Burlesque, 10 pm, $15. 38 S. First St. at Kent Avenue in Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and 492 Nostrand Ave. at Hancock Street in Sept. 2: Pleasureweb with Oneman & E’s E, 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williams- Williamsburg, www.toddpnyc.com. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; burg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 230-0303. Time TBD, $TBD; Sept. 3: Cockfight with show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe din- Solomon’s Porch Aug. 27: Good Morning, Athletic Auto- Fridays: Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa Saturdays: “Rhum,” live DJs alongside live Sundays: Live jazz, 10 am, FREE; Thurs- DJs Doug Mosurock, F**king Forest Love, ner); Fridays: Live Russian music and dance 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in mation, Made in Mexico, Plate Tectonics, band and DJs Blazer One and Big Will spin- Latin percussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; days: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE. and Gerhardt Fuchs, Time TBD, $TBD. show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe din- Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Mouthus, Time TBD, $TBD; Sept. 3: ning salsa, reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies Sundays: “The New Music Initiative” with ner); Sundays: Live Russian music and Nedelle, The Weeds, 8 pm, $TBD. Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE. $5, men $10. Selectors Trevor GoOdchiLde and DJ Kofi Europa Night Les Babouches dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe Obafemi, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: “Cold 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay dinner). Southpaw Hands” with DJ DiGilog and special guest Club The Hook Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Vox Po p 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park vocalists, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: “Natural 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Night of the Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Selections” with DJ Jon Bless (JB) and Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europa- Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehook- Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Belly Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpop- Aug. 30: Acoustic Arcade with Matt Katz, guests, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Conva- club.com. music.com. dancer Marta, 8 pm, FREE. Cookers net.net. Alex Battles, Nick Flannery, Jaymay, Tom lescence” with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE Aug. 27: Life Saverz (the next party in the 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Aug. Rhodes, 8 pm, $TBD; Aug. 31: Hammell on pm, FREE; Thursdays: “Toque” with DJ Nat before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; 99 cents series), 10 pm, $10; Aug. 30: Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. 27: Shawn Fogel, 9 pm, $5 suggested Liberty Heights Trial, The Matthew Show, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 1: and live percussion sets, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 Untold Truth, 9 pm, Liquid Violence, 10 pm, Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sun- donation; Aug. 31: Mary Perna, 8:30 pm, $5 Defalco presents Aeroplane Pageant, Fridays: “World Beat Flavors, 9 pm, FREE. pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 A New Revolution, 11 pm, $TBD. Tap Room days: Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: suggested donation. Mussels, The IO’s, 8 pm, $8. pm; Aug. 28: Circlechant, 7:30 pm, $10 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 Black Betty (FREE before 8 pm with student ID). Hope and Anchor Hook, (718) 246-8050, www.libertyheights- pm, FREE. Waterfront Ale taproom.com. Sputnik 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Five Spot Hook, (718) 237-0276. Thursdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE. Northsix 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in House Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-6666, 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in www.blackbetty.net. 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- www.barsputnik.com. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, FREE; Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespot- hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, Life Cafe 983 burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Tuesdays: The Music of Thelonious Monk www.waterfrontalehouse.com. Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean soulfood.com. FREE. 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Aug. 27: (Downstairs) Don Piper, Chris by live performers, 9 pm, FREE; Wednes- Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Saturdays: Riddim Nation, midnight, $5; Bushwick, (718) 386-1133, www.life- Aug. 27: Paul Sullivan Trio, 11 pm, FREE. McFarland, Mishka Shibaly, 8 pm, $8, days: Unity Wednesdays, 10 pm, $5; Aug. Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his Mondays: Open turntables hosted by cafenyc.com. iO Restaurant (Upstairs) Of Montreal, The Management, 8 27: A Bedford Hills Joint “Keeping the Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Zebulon 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in pm, $12. Dance Vibe Alive in Brooklyn,” 10 pm, $10; Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: The Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, Hot Damn Comedy, 10 Wednesdays: Open Mic with Chuck, 10 Williamsburg, (718) 388-3320, Aug. 28: Afu-Ra, PF Cuttin’, Large Pro- 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, 11 pm, pm, $10; Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, pm, FREE. www.iorestaurantandlounge.com. Ozzie’s Coffee fessor, DJ Gravy, and special guests, 10 pm, Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE. FREE, Soul F’Real, an R&B open mic for www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 $10 ($5 with college ID). Soul Singers, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 27: Square pm, FREE ($5 after 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Lillie’s Shop Aug. 27: Amayo’s Fu-Arkist-Ra, 10 pm, Cabaret Ovation Egg, 9 pm, $TBD; Aug. 28: The Cross City spins salsa and house, 10 pm, FREE. 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, 249 Fifth Ave. at Garfield Street in Park Stain FREE; Aug. 28: Francis Starlite and his 860 Atlantic Ave. at Vanderbilt Avenue in Jazz Showcase, 6 pm, $5; Sept. 2: Soul in (718) 858-9822. Slope, (718) 768-6868. Band, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 29: On w/X-ray the Hole, midnight, $5; Sept. 3: San Juan 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Clinton Hill, (718) 636-1400, www.cabaret- Thursdays: Nadine’s Open Mic, 8 pm, Mondays: “Monday Night Monkathon,” Searchlight Project, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 30: Hill, 9 pm, $TBD. Jazz 966 burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. ovation.com. FREE. The Music of Thelonious Monk by live per- S.L.A.M. with Kenny Wollesen, Jonathan 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in formers, 7:30 pm, FREE; Aug. 28: (Down- Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm, FREE; Tues- Thursdays: After Work Adult Party, 6 pm, Clinton Hill, (718) 639-6910. Haffner, Tony Scherr, and more, 10 pm, FREE. Frank’s Lounge stairs) True if Destroyed, Amateur Party, days: Sean Nowell Quartet, 8 pm, FREE; FREE; Aug. 31: Peck Allmond Kalimba Fridays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $10 donation. The Lucky Cat Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Rachel Jacobs, Puppies, No Omega, 8 pm, Collective, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 2: The Beat 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, Cafe Steinhof Greene, (718) 625-9339, $7, (Upstairs) Make Believe, Aloha, The Circus, Curtis Eller, 10 pm, FREE. The Jazz Spot Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Narrator, 8 pm, $10; Aug. 31: Measles FREE; Thursdays: Benecio and the Del 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park www.frankscocktaillounge.com. www.theluckycat.com. —compiled by Chiara V. Cowan 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Mumps Rubella, Old Haunts, The Fugue, Toros, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 27: Size Ate Slope, (718) 369-7776, Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor and www.cafesteinhof.com. and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- Blue Velvet, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 1: Engine 7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. keyboard karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Down, Bella Lea, Des Ark, 8 pm, $10 in Aug. 31: Art Lillard, 10:30 pm, FREE. 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Include 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, 29: Jeremy Wilms, Knee-Coal Beth, Tim mers, Castanets, 8 pm, $10. name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site Park Slope, (718) 813-1073. Galapagos (718) 855-5574. Fojahn, 8 pm, FREE; Aug. 30: Rapid address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Saturdays: Express a.k.a. Open mic poetry 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Divorce, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 1: blaakkgodd, formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are talent showcase, 8 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.gala- Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and 9 pm, $TBD, Night Beat, 10 pm, FREE; Peggy O’Neill’s free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Party with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, pagosartspace.com. funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. Sept. 2: Fiona McBain & Dave Spaulding, 8 (Two locations) 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st August 27, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 11 Learning feels good. Ten tips to be remembered Your family is invited to the annual Of the questions I’ve re- ceived from readers over the years, one of my favorites is Sylvan Learning Center from a mom who asked, “How do you get a 29- “Back to School” Open House month-old and a 17-month- old to play on their own?” Short answer: “You don’t.” The mother was surprised to discover her girls wanted and needed to toddle about near her. Saturday Some questions don’t be- long here: “How do I get my divorced son to move his junk out so I can sell my house?” Sept. 10th Kids are forever making up new twists on old battles: bed- 1:30pm to 3:00pm time, potty-training, food. 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monetary infusion affected the happened. fication, the audit’s findings not- their treatment of PILOT funds funds in question had already the 1.3-acre recreational, com- 2002 state Senate race, Gentile Thompson said that $22.1 ed $8.4 million spent on a new is appropriate and in accor- been transferred to other eco- mercial and residential Brook- FUNDING… only mused and recalled, “It million in payments made be- headquarters for the New York dance with the law.” nomic development projects. lyn Bridge Park waterfront was a very heated race.” tween 2002 and 2004 went Stock Exchange (which fell Thompson said the PILOT “These funds are assets of project in Brooklyn Heights, Continued from page 1 since, that seemed extraordi- “[Golden] is of the Republi- straight to the EDC, to further through), $7 million for cancer funds, used to “reimburse the the City of New York, and were automatically eligible for said, has been the Fifth Av- nary in size. can Party, and certainly, they the agenda of Mayor Michael research, $700,000 for the city’s EDC for various ‘economic de- they belong to the people of PILOTs since they involve enue reconstruction project, “Nothing significantly dif- were trying to help him,” Gen- Bloomberg. police museum, and more than velopment projects’” were not the City of New York and public land and benefit, accord- for which the Alliance sought ferent,” he said. “Everything’s tile said. “Whether this was The mayor’s Office of Man- half a million dollars paid to reviewed by the budget process should be treated accordingly,” ing to Empire State Develop- funding in 1999. That work been pretty steady over these one way of helping him, I’m agement and Budget responded consultants on the failed effort to and therefore illegal, adding that Thompson said. ment Corporation spokes- was done in phases throughout couple of years.” not sure. to the audit, issuing a prepared get a new football stadium for transfer of funds directly to the Two major economic devel- woman Deborah Wetzel. 2002, 2003 and 2004, for total Thompson’s office could “But if they were doing this statement that read: “Upon con- the Jets and the 2012 Olympics EDC “prevents public oversight opment projects in Brooklyn The City Council, on June enhancements to the tune of not say where the money was to help him,” the councilman sultation with the Office of the built on Manhattan’s West Side. and accountability.” have expressed the intention of 29 passed legislation that $1.8 million, most of which, allocated within Bay Ridge and longtime neighborhood Corporation Counsel, and based In a prepared response, Additionally, he said, the using the PILOT funding would prevent the use of PI- Condren said, came from the and Bensonhurst and referred civic added, “it helped with the on their determination that the EDC spokeswoman Janel Pat- $601,381 the EDC currently scheme to aid development in LOTs with respect to city federal government. such questions to the EDC. community, as well.” mayor has the power to direct terson said, “Based on the had in its operating account recent months. property without approval “EDC has a few contracts, City Economic Development All the PILOT disburse- the payment of PILOTs on be- analysis by the Corporation should be immediately re- Both the basketball arena, from the council. Parks does contracts, there’s a officials declined to specify ments, which are approved by half of the city, we disagree with Counsel, both EDC and the turned to the city treasury. housing and office mega-de- Wetzel said she was unsure variety of groups in the area,” what projects benefited from EDC, are supposed to first be the comptroller’s view as to the [Industrial Development The EDC responded to velopment proposed by Bruce if state PILOT programs he said, but no large sums the $175,000. deposited in the city treasury, proper interpretation of the law.” Agency, which oversees PI- Thompson by saying, effec- Ratner over the Atlantic Av- would be subject to the City came through in 2002, or As to whether or not the which Thompson said never In addition to the local beauti- LOT issuance] believe that tively, it was too late; that the enue rail yards downtown and Council review. MORE PEOPLE USE & PREFER OUR YELLOW PAGES*

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ThePlay’s the Thing BROOKLYN CYCLONES COVERAGE with Ed Shakespeare A ‘Nac’ for homers Fusselle By Ed Shakespeare light spring. popular in the 1970s, and then for The Brooklyn Papers The first published refer- receded in popularity until the ence to a bobble-head-like Ivan Naccarata, nick- 1990s with a resurgence of in- UPs figure was in Nikolai Gogol’s terest that has become a craze. named “Nac,” has a knack short story “The Overcoat.” In recent years, bobble- keeps ‘head’ of his own — hitting home & The Ukrainian-born Russian heads have become much runs to right field. DOWNs writer made reference in the more individualized than in In fact, he’s done it more 1842 story when he described the past, with Fusselle’s like- times — three — than any a motion as being “like the ness being the latest in a list in the game other player in Keyspan necks of plaster cats which of broadcast announcer dolls. Park’s history. wag their necks.” Juan & only As ballpark regulars know, Bobble-heads generally be- — not too big for a power hit- Hall of Famer Juan the wind at Keyspan usually gan to be produced in the ter. Apparently, he doesn’t let Marichal was in town to help blows in from the ocean be- United States in the 1950s. his size affect his swing. promote the New York-Penn hind the right field wall. In Major League Baseball began “I just try to go with the League’s inaugural All-Star other words, the prevailing producing bobble-heads in pitch and be quick with the Game —played Tuesday at wind makes the 325-foot right 1960 with a set that featured a Keyspan Park — and to throw field fence seem like 400 feet bat,” Naccarata said, matter- bobble-head representing of-factly, of his right-field out the first pitch at Sunday’s to batters. each team. contest. According to statistics sup- homers. The figurines became very And it seems to work. Marichal’s appearance here plied by Cyclones announcer is interesting because of an in- Warner Fusselle, only 20 The History of cident on Aug. 22, 1965, home runs have been hit to when Marichal, a member of

Bobble-heads / Gary Thomas right field in the history of the the San Francisco Giants, was park. Warner Fusselle Bobble- batting against the Los Ange- Cyclones players have hit head Night at Keyspan Park les Dodgers. Catching for Los nine of those. Sunday got us wondering: Angeles was Johnny Rose- Until Nac came along, only Just where do these things boro, a former Brooklyn come from? Ian Bladegroen, who played Dodger. Papers The Brooklyn Well, it’s a long story. with the Cyclones in 2003, After an argument between Cyclone Ivan Naccarata is the only player to hit three According to Wikipedia, had hit more than one home the two, Marichal took his bat home runs over the right field wall at Keyspan Park. run to right. “the first figures to resemble and smashed it against Rose- But Naccarata has now hit what we call bobble-heads / Gary Thomas boro’s head. right field homers on July 6 were called nodders.” So it might have been con- birds. Here was a man who dent, and Roseboro eventually against Staten Island, Aug. 17 These were produced in sidered a bit ironic last Sun- once attacked a former Brook- forgave Marichal for what he

/ Gary Thomas against Hudson Valley, and Germany, and they were large day when Marichal had the lyn player, being honored in did. Aug. 19 against New Jersey. ceramic figures, 6 to 8 inches honor of throwing out the first Brooklyn. In fact, Marichal was a pall-

The wiry infielder is listed tall, with the figure’s head Papers The Brooklyn pitch during Sunday’s game But Marichal has often ex- bearer at Roseboro’s funeral at 6 feet tall and 190 pounds connected to the body with a Juan Marichal against the Aberdeen Iron- pressed regret over the inci- last year. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Cyclones broadcaster Warner Fusselle in the Cat- bird Seat with his bobble-head likeness.

HERE WERE 2,501 Warner Fusselles at Key- Clones heat up down the stretch span Park on Sunday — two in the Catbird Seat T and the remainder distributed about the yard, By Ed Shakespeare game of the second place and hand while he was on the from the left field corner, to behind home plate, and on for The Brooklyn Papers a wild card berth in the play- pitching rubber for a balk. out to the bleachers. offs. Brooklyn’s four hits were Twenty-five hundred Warner Fusselle bobble-head Brooklyn 9 After Williamsport scored a all singles — by Greg Gonza- dolls were given out Sunday night at Keyspan Park, and New Jersey 1 run in the first, Brooklyn tied lez, Caleb Stewart, Jesus the Cyclones radio announcer, himself the owner of an the game in the bottom half of Gamero and Mike Sharpe. extensive bobble-head collection — from the Beatles to Aug. 17 at Keyspan Park the inning thanks to homer to Cyclones starter Bobby Par- baseball announcer Ernie Harwell to Roger Maris to the The Cyclones pounded 17 right by Matt Anderson. nell (2-2) took the loss. Rolling Stones — sat in his broadcasting spot, perched hits in a laugher. In the Cyclones’ third, Diri- Brooklyn 9 next to his own bobbing image. After the Cardinals (26-30) mo Chavez singled and scored The Fusselle bobble-head features the announcer not scored on a sacrifice fly in the on Greg Gonzalez’ triple. Aberdeen 6 only with a microphone in his left hand, but with an um- first by Brandon Yarbrough, Gonzalez scored the go-ahead Aug. 21, at Keyspan Park brella in his right hand. Keyspan Park denizens know Brooklyn (29-26) tied the run on Matt Anderson’s sacri- After 15 consecutive score- that Fusselle usually rigs a series of umbrellas in the Cat- score in the bottom of the in- fice fly. less innings, the Cyclones bats bird Seat when it’s raining. ning when Joe Holden singled Brooklyn (31-26) added in- finally came alive. The extremely detailed replica includes Fusselle’s and later scored on a sacrifice surance runs in both the sev- The Brooklyn fireworks be- patented red and blue pen in the shirt pocket and his fly by Nick Evans. enth and the eighth. gan in the seventh when Jonel loafers — identical on the man and the figure. Brooklyn took a 4-1 lead in Starter Jorge Reyes (4-3) Pacheco led off with a homer The bobble-head was developed over the course of the second with three runs on earned the win. to left. several months. After initial photos of Fusselle were tak- four hits and two Cardinal er- Aberdeen 5 Later in the inning, Caleb en, the four stages of the bobble-head were each sent to rors. Holden and Jesus Stewart hit a towering three- Kevin Mahoney, the Cyclones’ assistant general manag- Gamero each had RBI sin- / Gary Thomas Brooklyn 0 run homer to left to give er, who shepherded the bobble-head project toward final gles. Aug. 20 at Keyspan Park Brooklyn a 4-3 lead. approval. The Cyclones continued Aberdeen pitching held the The Cyclones continued the The attention to detail certainly pleased Fusselle. the slugging in the fifth, when Cyclones to four hits as onslaught in the eighth. Drew “Because I’m such a collector, I can’t think of any- Ivan Naccarata hit a two-run starter and winning pitcher Butera’s two-run double start- thing that would be a cooler experience for me, because homer, and Nick Evans added Papers The Brooklyn Julio Soriano (1-0) threw five ed the scoring and the Cy- I save announcer bobble-heads,” he said. a solo shot. The Cyclones’ Caleb Steward slams a three-run homer to put his team ahead during innings of three-hit ball, and clones tacked on three more Back in the 1960s, Fusselle collected the more generic Starter Jeff Landing (4-5) eighth inning of Sunday night’s game. The Clones beat Aberdeen 9-6. three Aberdeen relievers com- runs after Butera’s hit. bobble-heads of the time, including one for each major earned the win. bined to allow only one Aberdeen reliever Don league team. baserunner. Levin ski (0-2) had the loss “I remember after I had gotten each major league Brooklyn 4 scored a run in the fifth after Gonzalez singled and scored Travis Hope (4-1) pitched The Ironbirds scored in the while Brooklyn’s reliever team, I set them up in my house and a friend and his wife Williamsport 3 Greg Gonzalez singled, stole on Caleb Stewart’s double. three scoreless innings to get were coming over to see the bobble-heads,” said first on a Ryan Steinbach Travis Hope (5-1) had the win. Aug. 18 at Keyspan Park second and scored on Nac- Brooklyn later had the bases the win for the Cyclones. double followed by an RBI Brooklyn went into the All- Fusselle. “My goal was to see if I could get them to all (11 innings) carata’s double. loaded with no one out, but bobble at the same time when they walked into the room, Brooklyn 5 single by Ryan Finan. Star break in third place, eight Mike Sharpe singled in Brooklyn (30-26) added a failed to score. and that’s what I did.” Wiliamsport 2 Aberdeen (21-37) added games behind the McNamara Ivan Naccarata with the win- run in the sixth when Sharpe Naccarata started the Cy- single runs in the fourth and Division-leading Staten Island EFORE HIS ANNOUNCING career, which in- ning run in the 11th inning as singled, stole second and later clones’ winning rally in the Aug. 19 at Keyspan Park seventh and two more runs in Yankees, and one-and-a-half cluded hosting “This Week in Baseball” on tel- the Cyclones won their third scored on a ground out by Joe 11th when he singled and stole Brooklyn took a 3-2 lead in the eighth, the last run com- games behind the second place Bevision and doing the radio broadcasts for the straight. Holden. second. Sharpe then hit a sin- the third and shutout the ing when Brooklyn (31-27) Williamsport Crosscutters, American Basketball League’s Virginia Squires, Williamsport (32-25) had a The Cyclones tied the game gle to left to drive in Naccara- Crosscutters the rest of the reliever Aristedes Almenar also in competition with Fusselle was a pitcher and center fielder in his high 3-0 lead when Brooklyn at 3-3 in the ninth when Greg ta, giving Brooklyn the win. way to move within half-a- dropped the ball from his Brooklyn for a wild card spot. school for the Gainesville (Georgia) Red Elephants. He later played on the freshman baseball team at Wake For- est. But before last week, he hadn’t thrown a baseball for 30 years. On Sunday night, Fusselle and Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal, at Keyspan Park for an autograph-sign- ing, were each scheduled to throw out the first pitch. Because Fusselle’s broadcasting duties required him to be on-air during the game’s opening ceremonies, Fusselle came up with a unique idea. He decided that he would throw out his first pitch, not from the mound, as would Marichal, but from his Catbird Seat, a spot in the second deck behind the backstop screen. Marichal stood on the Keyspan mound and went into a slower version of his patented high-kick wind up. He showed fine form and delivered a strike. Now it was Fusselle’s turn. Fusselle was to throw over the backstop screen and into the glove of Cyclones pitcher Robert Paulk, who stood on the field about 45 feet from the screen. The distance is farther than it appears, and there’s not much room in the Catbird Seat to plant one’s feet and throw. Because of this, Fusselle had been counseled by Ray Ripplemeyer, a pitching consultant on the Mets’ player development staff, to throw a four-seam fastball — which has less sink than a two-seamer. Fusselle had practiced the four-seamer a few times in the days before the event, and he had, judging from his practice attempts, about a 50-50 chance to get his throw over the screen. Mahoney had pleaded with Fusselle to at least get enough steam on his throw to avoid hitting Mahoney’s parents, seated in the fourth row. Fusselle went into an abbreviated wind-up and tossed the ball towards a spot above the screen. His throw sank and the ball hit near the top of the screen, leaving Paulk pleading for another try, which Fusselle declined. Afterwards, Fusselle was somewhat embarrassed that his throw didn’t get over the screen, but he went right back to work, missing a surprise taped presentation about him on the Keyspan Park video screen because he was so absorbed in his broadcast. And that absorption in his broadcasts is why he was given the honor of having a bobble-head in his image. Fusselle has spent his career communicating, not pitch- ing. It’s no disgrace to fail in an attempt on a difficult throw. Marichal looks in fine shape, as if he can still pitch. So can Fusselle, who every night sends his vivid de- pictions far over the screen, across the field and then the ocean, via the Internet, into all corners of the world. August 27, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 15

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