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Including The News, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper Where romance is on the menu Published weekly by Paper Publications Inc, 26 Court St., Brooklyn 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • NEWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2003 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 14 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No. 6 BWN, DTG, PSG, MID • February 10, 2003 • FREE Brazen gunman holds up D’town Robs armored truck, hides in LIU, eludes massive manhunt by police

By Patrick Gallahue According to police, at ating the building I felt was “I got a double whammy,” The Brooklyn Papers 10:30 am, two armed guards disorganized,” she said. “I’m he said. from -based just thinking that he got out.” By around 2 pm, the police An armed robber fled Shields Business Solutions en- Bloodhounds and German called off their search, and po- into Univers- tered the Metcalfe Building on shepherds swarmed the build- lice department spokesman ity’s the LIU campus, at the corner ing as the rain thinned out the Capt. James Klein announced, campus Tuesday after- of Flatbush and DeKalb av- crowd that had gathered out- “No one was found.” noon, after holding up an enues, to fill an ATM ma- side. -jacking armored car and robbing chine. One of the guards had James Schinazi, 19, a phar- opened the ATM when he dis- Shortly before police called $74,000 and firearms from macy major from Midwood, off their search around LIU, a two guards delivering the covered his partner was being waited in the rain, however, be- held at gunpoint. car was stolen at gunpoint cash to a campus ATM. cause his car was parked on The robber took the cash from a Brooklyn Hospital The melee emptied the cam- from the guards, and also one of the blocked-off streets. parking lot on Ashland Place, The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango pus and was wrested away their firearms, He had come outside to fill the between DeKalb Avenue and Over there… cordoned off for three hours, meter when the building was which consisted of a Heckler & Willoughby Street. Captain Robert Kohrs (far right) preps members of the Marines Sixth Communication Battalion at Fort Hamilton Sat- but the gunman managed to Koch .40-caliber semiautomat- evacuated forcing him to leave An employee of the garage, urday on all the paperwork that they will need to fill out before they are shipped off to the Persian Gulf. elude police and K-9 units. ic and a Springfield .357 Mag- his books in the tutoring center. See HEIST on page 3 num. The bandit then fled up- stairs and into the LIU building. The perpetrator was de- scribed as a black male, about 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, dressed in a black, three-quar- ter-length bubble jacket. W’front plan makes cut Joyce Joseph, 19, a phar- Witnesses macy major from Queens, was in the physics lab in the Yassky: Despite budget deficit, mayor still behind Bridge Park Metcalfe Building when she heard the fire alarm. eye new “We thought it was a joke,” By Patrick Gallahue The is expected to build a Yassky had expressed con- the city was just looking for unless conditions change dur- she said, before being told in The Brooklyn Papers pebble beach and develop cern last October that the plan- places from which to cut. The ing negotiations between the the hallway to evacuate the more green space around the ners were not moving quickly funding, however, will still be City Council and Bloomberg building. Park playground this year. enough to use the funds while available in Fiscal Year 2004, to finalize a budget. survived Mayor Michael Whether it was school se- curity or the thief who pulled Jay St. site Bloomberg’s preliminary the alarm to create a distrac- budget proposal this week. tion was unclear. In a forum sponsored by the Hundreds of students milled By Patrick Gallahue review required to rezone the DUMBO Neighborhood, Vine- around outside the school while The Brooklyn Papers parcel from light manufactur- gar Hill and Land- Prospect Parkers head to Albany around 100 officers from the The Watchtower Bible ing to residential. ing associations at Bargemusic, NYPD’s Emergency Services “We are just going through docked off Fulton Ferry Land- Unit and the 84th and 88th and Tract Society of New the process with the Depart- ing, Councilman By Patrick Gallahue precincts closed Flatbush Av- York, better known as the ment of City Planning in announced that despite a grim The Brooklyn Papers enue to traffic and cordoned off Jehovah’s Witnesses, is Brooklyn and in to fiscal picture, “We have some In a combination learning and lobby- the entire 10-acre campus. circulating plans to devel- basically see how this project piece of good news.” ing expedition the Youth Police dogs scoured the op a parking lot at 85 Jay could develop from their point — a Council and Prospect Park Alliance building top to bottom and of- St. in DUMBO. of view,” Cady said. 67-acre commercial and recre- ficers extended their search The three-acre parcel — Beyer Blinder Belle, the ational development planned Community Council went to Albany Jan. 21 for their fifth annual “Prospect into the nearby bounded by Jay, Front, Bridge Manhattan-based architectural for the waterfront from Jay and Raymond Ingersoll hous- and York streets, half a block firm behind the Mark Morris Street, under the Manhattan Park Day” at the state Capitol. ing complexes as well as the from the Dance Center in Fort Greene, Bridge, 1.3 miles south to Jo- “It’s great, because the teenagers learn a Fulton Mall. overpass — was purchased by among other projects, has been ralemon Street — “wasn’t lot about government and how it works,” The campus’ five academic the Watchtower Society in the hired to create the design of touched,” he said, despite a said Prospect Park Administrator Tupper buildings are connected via early 1990s, and is slated for the building but formal details, proposed slashing of the city’s Thomas, who is president of the alliance. third-floor bridges and can be residential housing for the reli- such as height, materials and capital budget by 26 percent. The alliance chartered buses for the trip difficult even for seasoned gious group’s members. renderings, are not yet avail- The city, which represents a from and once in Albany the 25 students to navigate, said Keith Cady, the Watchtower able, according to Cady. total commitment of $65 mil- teens split into groups to meet with different Melanie Hill-Cantey, a coordi- Society’s project coordinator “The comments we have re- lion towards the development, Brooklyn state Senate and Assembly legisla- nator in the student mentor for the 85 Jay St. site, said the ceived from the community has allocated almost $11 mil- tors to make a Power Point presentation program and an alumnus of proposal is currently being dis- board, from neighborhood lion towards Brooklyn Bridge about what the youth council does and the the university. cussed with the Department of groups and from City Planning Park in Fiscal Year 2003 for role it plays in the community. Hill-Cantey said hiding out City Planning but has not yet is that they would like to see it landscaping north of the The youth council was founded in 1998, in the school would be more been certified to begin its pas- developed in a way that is Brooklyn Bridge around Main Prospect Park’s Bailey Fountain, (seen above in 1932) is undergoing a $1.5 for young people between the ages of 14 and difficult than slipping out dur- sage through the city’s Uni- contextual with the light man- Street Park, at the intersection million renovation. Reconstruction of the 70-year-old fountain should be 21 to develop leadership skills, help maintain ing the evacuation. form Land Use Review Proce- ufacturing buildings that are of Main and Plymouth streets. completed by fall. NYC Park Photo Archive See ALBANY on page 4 “The way they were evacu- dure (ULURP), a public See WITNESS on page 4 POST NO BILL DeBlasio won’t put name to gay measure

By Patrick Gallahue paign promises. Island’s Michael McMahon. The Brooklyn Papers The bill, Intro. 271, was au- The legislation would re- quire an entity contracting with Councilman Bill DeBlas- thored by Manhattan Council- woman Christine Quinn and is the city to provide benefits to

io’s decision not to co-spon- being co-sponsored by 30 domestic partners registered with the city, or partners of a sor a bill extending employ- council members including ment benefits to domestic civil union recognized by an- David Yassky, of Brooklyn other jurisdiction. The legisla- partners has gay rights Heights; James Davis, of Fort groups claiming the Park tion is currently circulating in Greene; , of Flat- the council to collect enough Shuttle disaster recalls Christa Slope official’s ambitions bush; as well as more conser- sponsors to ensure it could are overshadowing his cam- vative Democrats, like Staten withstand a mayoral veto. DeBlasio, who has been Dyker School named for teacher-astronaut holds moment of silence one of the more progressive voices in the council, and who By Deborah Kolben still claims to be an advocate The Brooklyn Papers Bank rob arrest of the bill, has asked that it be While investigators pieced together clues amended to exempt religious institutions. That has aroused from Saturday’s Columbia space shuttle disas- By Patrick Gallahue in Brooklyn, they will con- ter, children returned to school on Monday with The Brooklyn Papers tinue to investigate some suspicion that he is bending to pressure from As- a shaken sense whether there is a possible of security. Asuspect in at least two link to other, similar bank semblyman Dov Hikind, 84th’s ‘Cop of Year’ at At Intermediate Fort Greene bank rob- robberies in Downtown whose largely Orthodox Jew- Columbia Memorial beries, who may be con- ish 48th Assembly District of School 187 in Dy- Brooklyn and Brooklyn ker Heights, the See page 3 nected to a slew of Brook- Heights in recent weeks. Borough Park dovetails with lyn Heights and Down- DeBlasio’s 39th Council Dis- Christa McAuliffe “We’re in the process of School, the crash had a particular sting. town Brooklyn robberies, reviewing every one in the trict, which also includes Car- roll Gardens and Park Slope. The public school, on 65th Street at 11th Avenue, is was arrested this week in 84th [Precinct] to see if named for the school teacher and astronaut killed when Plainfield, N.J. there are possible links to “This is clearly not the last job Bill DeBlasio’s going to the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds According to police, the this individual,” said In- have and he’s looking down after it took off on Jan. 28, 1986. suspect, Richard Johnson, spector Christopher Ris- the line and thinking he will The green marquis outside the school reads, “Home 47, a homeless man, was ing, commanding officer need Dov Hikind’s support,” of the Explorer” and the flag flying at half-mast Mon- of the precinct, which cov- wanted in more than a said Dan Tietz, president of day was a constant reminder of the weekend’s tragedy. ers Downtown Brooklyn, dozen bank robberies in the Lambda Independent De- Inside the school, McAuliffe is featured in a new Brooklyn, Queens and , DUM- mocrats (LID), a mural that students put up recently. Depicted in her New Jersey. BO and . “But Brooklyn-based gay, lesbian, blue NASA uniform she stands alongside the ill-fated Police said that while he as of right now, none of bi-sexual and transgender po- Challenger. She is featured, pensively, against the plan- confessed to those rob- them have been linked.” litical club. etary system she dreamed of visiting. The space shuttle Columbia (top) breaks up over Texas Saturday. (Above) Teacher and citizen as- beries, eight of which were See ROBBERS on page 3 DeBlasio, who served as Because none of the students at the Christa McAuli- tronaut, Christa McAuliffe, who died in the Challenger tragedy in 1986, with her children during a See DEBLASIO on page 4 See CHRISTA on page 6 parade in Concord, N.H., in 1985. A Dyker Heights school is named for her. Associated Press 2 BWN, DTG, PSG, MID THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM February 20, 2003 New look, old lines Custom Framing at Cadman’s GPO Ready-Made Frames By Beverley Wang but complained waits were the service is lousy.” into an already bloated line. 374 7th Avenue Posters & Prints The Brooklyn Papers longer than ever. Gambino, 39, said he had The refurbished Cadman (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) Friendly Service Yet another example that Number four in a line of been waiting “at least 20 min- Plaza entrance to the General utes” to buy stamps with his Post Office (GPO) opened the 718-832-0655 about 30 customers stretching you can’t have your cake credit card. Postage stamp second week of January. Be- and eat it, too: customers at past the security sensors, Nico- vending machines at the en- fore then, customers had been the newly renovated la Gambino, a credit manager, trance to the post office only diverted to an entrance on General Post Office on praised the new post office’s accept cash, so customers Johnson Street ever since con- this week easier to understand signage seeking to pay by credit or struction began in 1999. Diabetes? RELIGIOUS SERVICES complimented the sparkling and new security windows. Checkerboard flooring and debit card last Friday after- Are you caught between these two health new interior of the facility “It’s beautiful,” he said, “but noon had no choice but to step wood-framed display win- dows are some details that re- problems? Then you may qualify for Look AHEAD, Congregation PARK SLOPE a National Institutes of Health research project tain the flavor of the building’s B’nai Jacob JEWISH CENTER heritage. Linda Peters, a proj- studying the long-term benefits of weight loss in 8th Avenue at 14th St. people with type 2 diabetes. Park Slope Synagogue Fri. nights 6:30 pm ect executive with the Brook- 401 9th St. bet. 6/7 Aves Sat. mornings 10 am lyn Court Project for the city Physical exams, medical tests, and educational Adult Ed e Hebrew School General Services Administra- 832-1266 Rabbi Carie Carter programs are provided at no cost to volunteers Park Slope’s Egalitarian, Joan delivers mail tion said that in the process of 965-9836 Conservative Synagogue who qualify. Rabbi Shimon Hecht moving the GPO from one 768-1453 R32 Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan side of the building to the oth- For more information, call Shabbat Friday Evenings er, a new mezzanine was built Shabbat Sat. AM: 9:30 Congregation to serve as the base for Down- St. Luke’s-Roosevelt CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS Kol Israel to Gardens seniors town Brooklyn mail carriers. www.parkslopeshul.org (212) 523-8037 Located in Prospect Heights The bill for renovating both R34 since 1924 603 St. Johns Place wings of the former court- bet. Classon & Franklin house, which date from 1892 Overweight? 638-6583 and 1933, is “approximately Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am $130 million,” said Peters. You are always welcome R41 For customers, new addi- Friday Evenings tions like fresh tiles, bright Kabbalat Shabbat 6:45 p.m. KINGSBORO TEMPLE of lighting, electronic service Before After First Friday service followed SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS windows and bulletproof glass by Pot Luck supper 6:00 p.m. A Go to Heaven Fellowship are vast improvements on the Regular Service 8:15 p.m. 415 7TH ST. • BROOKLYN, NY 11215 old post office, which Gambi- Saturday Mornings (718) 369-3534 • D.L. Mcphuall, PASTOR no described as “a lot more Torah study 9:00 a.m. Sabbath School - Saturdays - 9:30 am decrepit, a lot more decrepit Services 10:30 a.m. Divine Worship - Saturdays - 11:00 am compared to this one.” Brooklyn’s Largest Pastor’s Hour - Saturdays - 4:30 pm Youth Ministries - Saturdays - 5:30 pm Still, many customers did not Reform Congregation Prayer Meeting - Wednesdays - 7:30 pm perceive an improvement in and Garfield Place Men’s Ministry - Tuesdays - 7:30 pm Women’s Ministry - Bi-Tuesdays - 7:30 pm their main concern — service. PARK SLOPE A few steps behind Gambi- 768-3814 Website: kingsboroSDA.org R41 Our Sabbath Service is live on the internet! no, Pat Skelton, in a blue hard- R06 hat, waited to ship back two Congregation Time Life CDs. Skelton, an en- gineer working on the Brook- Mount Sinai Customers Mary Churak, Larry DiFasani, Agnes Caminiti, Salvatore Noto, (from left) with 250 Cadman Plaza W. Shabbat Shalom! lyn Court Project, said of the Conservative/Egalitarian Presented by post office employees Max Minavro, Aldo Matteucci, Michael Flemming and Lisa Gayle new electronic call system for A House for Prayer / A Home for People Congregation at the new two-day-a-week postal center at the Eileen Dugan Senior Center on Court service windows, “It takes like 718-875-9124 Street and First Place in Carroll Gardens. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan Friday Eve Services 6:30pm B’nai Avraham five, 10 minutes longer. Saturday Morning 10:00am “I like the design, I just Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Modern Orthodox Synagogue said Assemblywoman Joan have bemoaned the absence of R43 of Brooklyn Heights By Patrick Gallahue don’t like the wait. It should The Brooklyn Papers Millman who has pushed a community post office since be much quicker,” said Skel- 117 Remsen St. • 802-1827 Postmaster General John Pot- a postal contract station locat- Rabbi Aaron Raskin ton, who stopped into the post Union The U.S. Postal Service ter to open a permanent facili- ed inside the Carroll Court office on his lunch break. Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center Temple Candle has set up a two-day-a- ty in Carroll Gardens. Pharmacy, at 388 Court St., Pat Bellantoni, a spokes- week Post Office in the The service is open to sen- was taken out of service two Brooklyn’s Oldest Reform Congregation man for the Brooklyn Post Exclusively for Treatment Lighting Eileen Dugan Senior iors on Tuesdays and Thurs- years ago by the drugstore’s Office, said, “It’s the same 17 f of Varicose Veins of All Sizes. at Center on Court Street days, from 11 am to 1 pm. Pa- owner. staffing as we had before and Friday evenings 8:15 p.m. Terumah between First Place and trons do not have to be The Postal Service has pro- the wait on line depends on Spiders and Facial Spiders. Leg Ulcers. Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. members of the center but they vided a mobile post office to Friday, February 7, 5:01pm President Street. the amount of traffic at a giv- First Friday monthly 6:30 p.m. must be senior citizens and the neighborhood on Court en time. Some [lines] are 17 years experience followed by Pot-Luck Dinner Tetzaveh “They finally listened after identification may be requested. Street, between First Place quick and some are slow, it Friday, February 14, 5:10pm saying the seniors in Carroll and Carroll Street, Monday 638-7600 R39 UFN The neighborhoods of Car- depends on the time of day National clientele Gardens are underserved,” roll Gardens and Cobble Hill through Friday, 10:15 am to 4 like anything else.” pm, but its presence has been But one longtime customer 9920 Fourth Ave., Room 305 (718) 748-2659 inconsistent because it fre- gave high marks to the look (Bet. 99th & 100th Sts.) http://[email protected] quently parks at different loca- and feel of the new post of- tions and closes for meals. fice. On her first visit to the Millman said that Carroll renovated premises, Bertha Gardens’ population currently Lowitt, who looks two By appt only stands at about 30,000 resi- decades younger than her 85 Japanese Style dents, 15 percent of which are years, struggled to slide a senior citizens, making the puffy envelope between the Hair Straightening long journey to the Red Hook thick double layer of bullet- or Brooklyn Heights post of- proof glass separating work- Permanent - 8 months fices particularly grievous. ers and customers. But the re- The new senior center serv- tired schoolteacher had only TAN ice will sell stamps and mon- positive comments about the While you wait! 3 tans for $21 One Stop ey orders and will also accept changes. One month packages. Said Lowitt, who mailed unlimited $60 3 mos. $150 Hair Care “What we have to do as a books and dolls to great BEFORE AFTER 1 yr. $450 senior center is use it,” Mill- grandnephews in East Charles- MASSAGE and more man said. “And prove there is berg, Penn.: “[Customers] FUN $10 for 10 mins. (upper body) a need.” for the whole just used to slam [packages] FREE FACIAL WITH The 20-year-old center, down on the long table. They Kid’s Chairs! ELECTROLYSIS family! named after the late Brooklyn were open. This is kind of $10 for 10 mins. (minimum 30min) Heights and Carroll Gardens nice.” Lowitt, who even had assemblywoman, serves about kind words for the “lovely” Little Angels Hair Salon 120 seniors a day with meals, postal workers, added, “Com- 463 Court St. (cor. of Luquer & Court) • 624-7587 • and activities such as exercise, pared to what it was like, it’s HOURS: Tues, Wed, Sat - 10am to 6pm; Thurs, Fri - 10am to 7pm; Closed Mondays games and dance classes. very lovely.”

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THE BARIATRIC CENTER Maimonides MEDICAL CENTER The Picture of Health through World-Class CareTM www.maimonidesmed.org February 20, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BWN, DTG, PSG, MID 3 urden ial b you ur r l r b ov u ed yo o 84th cop honors Columbia l n il e s? By Patrick Gallahue ing said of Police Commis- of the precinct council, said W The Brooklyn Papers sioner Raymond Kelly’s deci- during the Cop of the Year sion. “And Dave Jackson fit ceremony. “However, the An 84th Precinct cop, that description.” truth of the matter is, he is an Police Officer David “Their mission was almost unsung hero and one of the Jackson, was selected to completed and we lost them most vital members of this stand by President George so close to home,” Bush told command.” Bush in Houston during a the thousands, including Jack- Jackson’s recognition by ceremony at the Johnson son, gathered at the Johnson the community, however, was Space Center Tuesday to Space Center Tuesday. The an important part of his selec- It’s better to have cemetery property and not need memorialize the seven / File Photo president vowed that space tion to represent all astronauts of the space BP exploration would go on. police officers at the memorial it, than to need it and not have it. Officer David Jackson shuttle Columbia. Last month, Jackson was service in Houston, Rising T ICHAEL S EMETERY, just 8 miles from selected by the precinct and said. S . M ’ C whiten your teeth in about an hour! “He’s the only representa- Brownstone Brooklyn, offers “pre-need” memorial tive of the NYPD,” said In- ternoon and was asked if the the 84th Precinct Community “Dave Jackson was our take your first step to feeling good, looking great and spector Christopher Rising, recently honored precinct Cop Council as top cop for 2002. Cop of the Year and the police property options on: making a memorable impression every time you smile. You owe it commanding officer of the of the Year could board a Jackson, 42, has been an of- commissioner was aware of to yourself! Find out more about Zoom! in-office tooth whitening. ficer in the 84th Precinct since it,” Rising said. 84th Precinct, which covers plane for Houston that night. • ST. PETER’S MAUSOLEUM All properties can be purchased at Call today! Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Jackson accepted the invita- 1990, working the midnight to Soft-spoken and modest, OFFERED AT A Brooklyn, DUMBO and tion and flew out, set to return 8 am shift for the past 12 Jackson holds a degree in ge- PRE-CONSTRUCTION DISOUNT 10% DOWN Boerum Hill. “So it was a Tuesday night. years. ology from Adelphi Universi- with the balance paid over 3-5 years. Ronald I. Teichman, D.D.S. • TRADITIONAL BURIALS Cosmetic And Family Dentistry great honor for him and for “He wanted to send some- “Working those hours he ty and lives on Long Island, No interest or sales tax. us.” one from the rank and file and often goes unnoticed by com- with his wife of 10 years, • CREMATION 357 Seventh Avenue (At 10th St.), Park Slope Rising was notified of Jack- someone who represents the munity members and supervi- Cynthia, and their two chil- son’s selection on Monday af- best in our department,” Ris- sors,” Leslie Lewis, president dren. 718-768-1111 St. Michael’s Cemetery 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, Queens (718) 278-3240 The victim was taking mon- Est. 1852 ey out of the ATM at a grocery Bank bandit gets $3G store on Eighth Avenue be- tween Fifth and Sixth streets in Park Slope, around 6 pm on ls By Patrick Gallahue Jan. 30, when the mugger we The Brooklyn Papers walked up to him with his hand Je y tucked inside his jacket as if he B SATNICK The M & T bank on Flat- Police Blotters bush Avenue, between Ster- were armed. “Do you know what this is?” We offer quality jewelry, precision ling Street and St. John’s tape. The suspect, 39, was coin- ❤ Heights burgle the mugger asked, apparently Place in Park Slope, was held cidentally standing only about timepieces and fine giftware at up by a gun-toting bandit on Ahome on Henry Street be- referring to his possible con- 200 feet from the store he had cealed weapon. prices to fit every budget... Jan. 31. tween State Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, allegedly tried to burglarize. The victim withdrew $50 According to police, the sus- was burglarized Jan. 29 of According to police, the man and handed it to the thief, but pect entered the bank shortly FREE change, a watch and a tele- broke into the Key Food at 1 the mugger was not satisfied. before 1 pm and handed the phone. am on Jan. 13 by prying open a “Give me more,” the suspect al- teller a note demanding cash. Lay-a-Way Plan The home’s residents, 24 and side door. Trifilio allegedly legedly ordered. The stick-up man also allegedly 28 years old, left the apartment made fruitless attempts to break The victim withdrew another On all Purchases reached into his jacket and at 11 am and a neighbor discov- open the store’s safe and then $50 and handed it to the suspect flashed a black handgun. The ered the front door forced open finally gave up and left without who then took off on Eighth SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS teller handed the robber $3,000 shortly after 4 pm. The room- taking anything. Street, but police officers 196 Joralemon St. (off Court St) and a dye pack and the crook mates told police that the bur- Parting gifts SSMM caught up to him on Prospect AMERICAN EXPRESS® ® took off. No arrests have been glar stole $5 in coins, a watch (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • MasterCard® made and the investigation is Party animals Winona’d a Park West at First Street and reportedly valued at $80 and hostess’ property during a HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm ongoing. charged him with robbery. their telephone. shindig in her home on Garfield 139 Montague Street • 718.858.5592 Grocery nab Place between Eighth Avenue Officers from the 76th and Prospect Park West. www.latraviatatogo.com Precinct captured a suspected The victim told police that burglar wanted for a bungled sometime between 7:30 pm and break-in at a Key Food super- 10:30 pm, on Jan. 31, while she HEIST was entertaining, someone stole market on Court Street between Home of Funzi’s Pub • Karaoke – Fri. Nights Continued from page 1 First and Second places in Car- her Palm Pilot, passport, Social Security card and credit cards. said the crook marched into roll Gardens. There were no arrests. Cosmic Bowling – Sat. Nights • Fund Raisers the lot and attempted to get Detective Edwin Cesario and into a gray 2002 Lexus. Police Officer Nancy Meich- Bust mugger Corporate Parties • Leagues Forming The attendant asked the car- sner, were on patrol at around A44-year-old man was held jacker what he wanted, know- 9:30 am on Feb. 4 when they up by an inquisitive thief while ing that the car did not belong spotted a man they recognized taking money out of an ATM to him. The thief responded that from the store’s surveillance machine. it was his mother’s car. Patrons Monday Madness of the garage are asked to leave their keys in the ignition. RENT A LANE When the attendant at- tempted to stop him, the car- $1 .00 Per Hour jacker pulled a gun and sped ROBBERS… off onto Ashland Place. The (Up to six people per lane) garage employee and one of from 9pm to closing his colleagues chased the car, Continued from page 1 pendence Community Bank, and when it came to the inter- Among those the suspect has and passed the teller a note that (cannot be combined section of DeKalb Avenue and been linked to in Fort Greene read: “Pass the money. I have a with any other offer) Ashland Place, the driver took are two at an HSBC Bank at 1 gun.” The teller pressed the Hanson Pl., between Ashland silent alarm and the suspect fled (holidays excluded) a shortcut through Brooklyn Hospital’s ambulance bay Place and St. Felix Street, on without taking any money. G onto St. Felix Street. Nov. 25 and Dec. 27. On Dec. 16, an HSBC “The Best of NY” REAT Shortly after the car-jacking Other Brooklyn bank rob- Bank, on the same block of – Daily News P ARKIN police said they were looking beries police believe were Montague Street, was robbed G! into a possible connection to the committed by Johnson oc- of more than $4,000. That was LIU hold-up, but police said on curred in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the only incident in which a Per Month maple lanes Wednesday that they appre- Flatlands, East Flatbush and perpetrator displayed a gun. 1570 60th Street • Bklyn, NY 11219 hended a suspect in the car theft East New York, between Nov. On Dec. 26, another HSBC and that it was unrelated. 20 and Jan. 4. Bank, on at Red Castle Senior Living at Prospect Park is a full service 718-331-9000 Police said the stolen Lexus Johnson was arrested out- Hook Lane, was robbed of an was equipped with a tracking side a check cashing business undisclosed amount of cash. retirement continuum which offers an attractive new Gil Hodges Lanes device and a suspect from in Plainfield, where he report- The next day, Johnson al- Bedford-Stuyvesant, was seen edly cashed his weekly unem- legedly robbed the HSBC on lifestyle alternative for seniors. 6161 Strickland Ave. • Bklyn, NY 11234 getting into the parked car. Po- ployment checks. 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The bandit handed the teller a yellow envelope and then said, SCREENING “Give me the money.” That incident was preceded Getting by about half a dozen rob- Meet with a nurse specialist at beries, occasionally two com- mitted in a day, which is con- it right… Long Island College Hospital to assess sistent with what police say The article headlined your risk for stroke. was Johnson’s modus operan- “DUMBO’s a furniture desti- One Prospect Park West • Brooklyn, New York 11215-1613 di during the spree. nation” (The Brooklyn Papers, Phone: 718-622-8400 • Fax: 718-622-8449 On Dec. 2, a stickup man Jan. 20, 2003) misidentified robbed a Chase bank on Flat- the owner of the Level Collec- www.castleseniorliving.com bush Avenue at Nevins Street tive shop at 45 Main St. The Screening is painless and includes a of $400. Ten minutes later, a owner’s name is Jim Hill. We blood pressure check and a personal- Chase bank on Montague regret the error. 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Call today to schedule your FREE consultation “The actual houses of worship create for me a little bit of sep- BORO AUDIOLOGY CLINIC aration-of-church-and-state issue,” DeBlasio added. “We have to 129 5th Avenue (between St. John’s Place & Sterling Place) be sensitive to the fact that legislation can affect the actual day- 718-622-3500 PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES to-day workings of a religious institution and that’s something to Also, office in Bensonhurst at 8210 18th Avenue be very, very sensitive about.” Se habla español • 10% off for Senior Citizens Ultimately, however, lesbian, gay and transgender groups, which Notice is hereby given that an Order entered SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW are a prominent factor in Park Slope politics, stand by the bill. Affordable Family Dentistry by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 28th YORK, COUNTY OF KINGS. Index No.: CAREERDENTISTS COACHING day of January, 2003, bearing the Index 39071/2002, SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. “As written, the bill satisfies me and satisfies LID,” Tietz said. in Modern Pleasant Surroundings Number N00044/2003, a copy of which may be FAIRBANKS CAPITAL CORP. AS SERVICING “If there were religious exemptions that could cause real concern examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at AGENT FOR HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston NETWORK, INC., Plaintiff, -against- JOHN for me and for us.” Emergencies treated promptly Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, GILBERT, if living, or if either or all be dead, “Two-thirds of [DeBlasio’s] district are among the most liber- grants me rights to: Assume the name of: their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, al neighborhoods in the city, including Park Slope and most of Special care for children & anxious patients Marcus Anthony McNeil, II. My present name distributees, executors, administrators, is: Antonio Marcas McNeil, Jr. My present assignees, lienors and generally all persons the brownstone belt,” said Alan Fleishman, a former president of MIDLIFE CAREER address is: 250 Clarkson Ave., #723, Brooklyn, MIDLIFE CAREER WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD having or claiming under, by or through said NY 11226. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. JOHN GILBERT by purchase, inheritance, lien LID and a district leader in the 52nd AD of Park Slope and • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) My date of birth is: 09/12/02. BP6 or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and Brooklyn Heights. “So we were pretty disappointed, to say the • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, to the premises described in the complaint QUESTIONS? Notice is hereby given that an Order entered least, in his decision not to be a sponsor.” QUESTIONS? herein, and the respective husbands, wives, Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 10th widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment day of September, 2002, bearing Index names are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK Number N00803, a copy of which may be Professional Coaching • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL for Successful • Impant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, in BOARD; OF AMERICA; STATE room number 007 grants me the right, upon OF NEW YORK, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) compliance, to assume to the name of BRIAN Career Transitions NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY YOUNG S. YI. My current address is 296 North SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this 8th Street, Apt. 5, Brooklyn, NY 11211; the Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if date of my birth is April 3, 2001; the place of WITNESS… • Job Search Strategies the complaint is not served with this summons, 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens my birth is Queens, New York; my present name is BRIAN YOUNG S. LEE. to serve a notice of appearance on the plain- • Career Planning 624-5554 624-7055 BP6 tiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after serv- Continued from page 1 ice of this summons, exclusive of the day of Notice is hereby given that an Order entered • Resumes & Cover Letters service, where service of this summons is made there,” Cady said. “That’s sort of the design theme that we have by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 23rd by delivery upon you personally within this day of January, 2003, bearing the Index penciled in for now … Also, something that is important is some- • Interview Preparation Debra Laks, M.S.S.A., Director state, or within thirty (30) days after completion Number N00035/2003, a copy of which may be thing that respects the smaller scale of the Vinegar Hill community.” examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at of service where service is made in any other CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston manner, and in case of your failure to appear or Cady said that given the size of the 138,000-square-foot lot, a res- Career Transition Resources (CTR) Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, answer, judgment will be taken against you by idential building there could contain as many as 1,000 apartments. grants me rights to: Assume the name of: default for the relief demanded in the com- 26 Court Street - Brooklyn Heights Princess Chanel King. My present name is: plaint. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN- Among the groups to have been informed of the plans are Lucia Jónelle Benét nee Dorean Lucia Hall. My DANTS: The foregoing summons is served Community Board 2’s land use committee, the DUMBO Neigh- (718) 624-3192 - Hours by appointment only present address is: 86 Eldert Street, Brooklyn, upon you by publication pursuant to an Order NY 11207. My place of birth is: Baltimore, MD. of the Honorable Abraham Gerges of the borhood Association and the Vinegar Hill Association. Supreme Court of the State of New York, My date of birth is: 11/17/70. BP6 “The primary concern of the community is keeping Jay Street signed on December 23, 2003, and filed with NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of an active retail corridor since it will be one of the pathways to DENTISTS COUNTY. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, the County of Kings, State of New York. The Brooklyn Bridge Park,” said Michael Crane, president of the AS TRUSTEE OF IMC HOME EQUITY LOAN object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage DUMBO Neighborhood Association. TRUST 1997-7 UNDER THE POOLING AND upon the premises described below, executed SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF by JOHN GILBERT to Interstate Resource Corp. With a fledgling retail presence on the street, which now in- NOVEMBER 1, 1997, Plaintiff vs. THOMAS in the principal amount of $318,250.00, which cludes a 40,000-square-foot ABC Carpet and Home at 20 Jay MCINTYRE, ET AL, Defendants. Attorney(s) for mortgage was recorded in Kings County, State Park Slope Family Plaintiff: ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, of New York on February 5, 2001, in Liber/Reel St., Crane fears a dead space, which could otherwise add to the P.C., Main Office: One Old Country Road, Suite 5068 at page 708. Said premises being known southward commercial flow. 200, Carle Place, New York 11514 (516) 741- as and by 566 A Bristol Street, Brooklyn, New 2585. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and York 11213. Dated: December 2, 2002, Carle Monique Denoncin, president of the Vinegar Hill Association, sale entered herein on November 22, 2002, I Place, New York. Lori B. Sklar, Esq. ROSICKI, sought something that would aesthetically blend with the exist- DENTISTRY will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for at the 360 Adams Street, Room 261, Brooklyn, Plaintiff, One Old Country Road, Suite 200, ing buildings. New York 11201, On the 13th day of March, Carle Place, New York 11514. (516) 741-2585 . “Not just an enormous cube or box,” she said. Denoncin has Dr. Andrew Warshaw 2003 at 3:00 p.m. Premises in Brooklyn, New BP6-9 York and described as follows: BEGINNING at since asked them to seek “inspiration from the buildings here.” Dr. Sari Rosenwein the corner formed by the intersection of the SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff desig- “That is what we are working with our architects to try to do,” northerly side of 64th Street with the westerly nates Kings County as the place of trial. Venue Cady said. Emergency side of ; RUNNING THENCE west- is based upon the County in which the mort- Free Consultation erly along the northerly side of 64th Street, 75 gaged premises is situated. Index No.: 02- The Watchtower Society’s headquarters is based in DUMBO feet; THENCE northerly parallel with Fifth 33927. Filed: 1-10-03. SUPREME COURT OF and the organization owns a handful of structures around the Service 24 Hr Phone Service Avenue and part of the distance through a THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF party wall, 20 feet; THENCE easterly parallel KINGS. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., neighborhood and in Brooklyn Heights along Furman Street and with 64th Street and part of the distance Plaintiff, against, Anthony Martin, if living and if through a party wall, 75 feet to the westerly Columbia Heights. ¥ Pediatric Dentistry any be dead, any and all persons who are side of Fifth Avenue; and THENCE southerly spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, The buildings built by the Watchtower Society have tended along the westerly side of Fifth Avenue, 20 feet ¥ Root Canal Therapy heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in toward the a boxy, nondescript style. to the corner, the point or place of BEGIN- interest of such of the above as may be dead, Park Slope NING. Premises known as 6324 5th Avenue, The plans also include parking to offset the loss of Pier 5, ¥ Implant Restorations and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees Brooklyn, New York 11220. Sold subject to all which is included in the plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park. ¥ Laminates ¥ Bleaching Medical Bldg. of the terms and conditions contained in said and successors in interest, all of whom and judgment and terms of sale. Approximate whose names and places of residence are “Currently, we park almost 700 in Pier 5 and in order to 794 Union St. ELECTROLYSIS unknown to Plaintiff, Carolyn Lee, First Union ¥ White Fillings ¥ Bonding amount of judgment $96,941.37 plus interest make way for the Brooklyn Bridge Park we need to have a way to and costs. INDEX NO. 37202/01. Donald H. National Bank, Emile Smith, Solid Contracting, (Near 7th Ave.) Inc., Elmax Builders Supply, Criminal Court of get those vehicles somewhere else,” Cady said. “So we would plan ¥ Fluoride ¥ Sealants Greener, Esq., REFEREE. BP6-9 , New York City Parking Violations for this project to have a very large underground parking element to ¥ Cleanings ¥ Crowns SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS. Bureau, New York City Environmental Control Hrs. By Permanent Hair Removal Specialist Board, New York City Transit Adjudication it. We could get those cars out of the way of Brooklyn Bridge Park ¥ Bridges ¥ Dentures NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST and THE BANK OF NEW Appointment YORK, as Collateral Agent and Custodian for Bureau, New York City Environmental Control and also not impact the streets of Brooklyn Heights or DUMBO.” ¥ Non/Surgical Gum Care the NYCTL 1998-2 Trust, Plaintiff against H & L Fire Board, Elsa Martin, United States of Sat. & Eve. REALTY, INC., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a America, New York State Department of Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered Taxation and Finance, Defendants. TO THE available Heights herein and dated May 13, 2002, I, the under- ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS(S): YOU ARE signed Referee will sell at public auction at the HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the 789-5700 foot of the courthouse steps facing Adams Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on the your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served 12th day of March, 2003 at 9:30 AM premises with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Financing Available ¥ Insurance Plans Welcomed lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn. Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff Electrolysis BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersec- within twenty (20) days after service of this tion of the westerly side of New York Avenue Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or ALBANY… Theresa Parolisi, C.P.E. BOARD CERTIFIED and the southerly side of St. Marks Avenue; within thirty (30) days after service is complete All phases of being a plot 120 feet by 125 feet 3-1/2 inches if this Summons is not personally delivered to by 120 feet by 125 feet 3-1/2 inches. BBL 3- you within the State of New York). In case of Continued from page 1 Jack Irwin, D.D.S. 1227-36. Said premises know as 770 ST. your failure to appear or answer, judgment will and restore Prospect Park and plan events and activities for other General & - Computerized ONLY MARK’S AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY. be taken against you by default for the relief 414 Seventh Avenue Approximate amount of lien $1,584,622.50 demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF teens in the park. The program receives an average of about (bet. 13th & 14th Sts.) plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold sub- NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. $50,000 in state funding annually. Cosmetic Equipment ject to provisions of filed judgment and terms THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is Among the initiatives for which the youths were lobbying of sale. Index Number 14348/01. HARVEY S. to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $306,000.00 Dentistry 718/768-8372 PERMANENT JACOBS, ESQ., Referee. Fischbein Badillo and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk was the Parks Opportunities Program (POP), a state-funded wel- Wagner Harding, Attorney (s) for Plaintiff. 909 of the County of Kings on May 29, 2001 in Reel - Disposable METHOD Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. (* BKLYN fare-to-work program that provides 3,500 maintenance and op- Emer. Beeper # 5168, Page 777 covering premises known as PAPE - *) Root Canal • Extractions 1032A Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY 11213. The erations workers to the city Department of Parks and Recreation. BP5-8 Periodontal Work • Crowns 917/893-8581 Sterile Probes For Women, Men & Teens relief sought in the within action is a final judg- Like practically every other state and city program, the current Bridges • Porcelain Veneers Notice is hereby given that a License, number ment directing the sale of the premises fiscal environment in New York has many concerned about Evening Hours Mon-Fri 1133528 for an Eating Place Liquor License has described above to satisfy the debt secured by Bleaching • Dentures • Laminates Medical Arts Bldg. 142 Joralemon St., 9E been applied for by the undersigned to sell the Mortgage described above. Dated: Bay which programs will be axed. Most Insurance & Union Plans Accepted liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Shore, New York, December 3, 2002. By: The trip attendees also asked for additional support for the Advanced sterilization MetLife, UFT, DC37, PBA, Delta, Blue Cross, 596-0541 - FREE CONSULTATION - Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at MANATI EN Samuel J. Reichel, Esq. ESCHEN & FRENKEL, LLP. Attorneys for Plaintiff. 93 East Main Street, Prospect Park Audubon Center. Aetna, CIGNA, Unicare, Guardian, Healthplex, LA AVENIDA, 713 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, NY and infection control. 11205 for on-premises consumption. Nivia Bay Shore, New York 11706. (631) 666-7775. “It’s very important for the young people to learn about how Mgmt. Bfts. Fund, United Concordia, HIP. Medina, Owner. Our File No.: 12428-9987. HYPNOSIS BP5-6 BP4-7 government works and to take part in the fundraising efforts,” Thomas said. Most of the operating costs for Prospect Park are provided by PUBLIC HEARING -N.Y.C. DISTRICTING COMMISSION the city, therefore recent cuts to the park’s maintenance budget were not issues on the agenda. Where Brooklyn Lose Weight or Stop Date: Monday, February 10th Date: Tuesday, February 18th Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The community committee, comprised of representatives Location: Lehman College, CUNY Location: York College, CUNY from park-related organizations, and the youth council members comes together in ONE Session! The Lovinger Theatre Performing Arts Center 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, met with almost all of the Brooklyn delegation in the state Leg- Auditorium Bronx, NY 10468 islature, including state Sens. Seymour Lachman (Sunset Park- 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd Every Week! Date: Wednesday, February 12th Jamaica, NY 11451 ), (Downtown Brooklyn- RESULTS GUARANTEED Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Fort Greene), (Park Slope-Windsor Terrace), and Location: Medgar Evers College, CUNY Date: Thursday, February 20th Medgar Evers Auditorium Assembly members Jim Brennan (Park Slope), Roger Green Also specializing in Psychotherapy 1650 Bedford Ave., Bklyn, NY 11225 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: College of Staten Island, CUNY (Fort Greene), (Brooklyn Heights) and Joseph Self Hypnosis Tapes now on sale if you do not want a session. Date: Thursday, February 13th The Williamson Theatre Lentol (Williamsburg-Fort Greene). Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Building 1P, Center for the Arts Location: The Council Chamber, City Hall “They certainly made an impression on me,” Millman said. Staten Island, NY 10314 Dr. STEVEN ALDEN, Ph.D. 718-643-6152 New York, NY 10007 “One of the things, as a former teacher, I notice is the ability of Public comment is sought relating to the proposed City Council districts lines. The young people to be articulate and comfortable in their surround- Brooklyn Heights public is encouraged to submit a written copy of their testimony. Proposed maps can be ings. The programs that the Prospect Park Alliance provides, found on the commission’s website at www.nyc.gov/lines. gives them that level of sophistication.” February 20, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BWN, DTG, PSG, MID 5 Marty to Pataki: Don’t give B’klyn the shaft Office Space Available By Patrick Gallahue other elected officials in deride the cuts and announce federal poverty line, and many APARTMENTS The Brooklyn Papers statewide races and he really their trip north. more subsist in homes with in- Art Studio/Office comes just barely above it,” Borough President Marty romanced us. The bottom line “We’ll be up in Albany to For Rent / Brooklyn Charming 13’x13’ room w/northern now is that he may want to jilt speak on behalf of the needs of Markowitz testified before the windows on a quiet residential block Markowitz this week re- us. We’re not going to let this New York City,” Markowitz committee. in prime Cobble Hill. Perfect escape turned to Albany, where he romance go.” said on Friday. “We have to “One hundred twelve of the Windsor for artist, therapist, writer, or to run served in the state Senate for a small business (no live-in). Private Markowitz was joined in determine what kind of city we 331 New York City schools entry, share bathroom and fridge. 23 years, to argue for more Monday’s junket upstate by want. Whether or not the rest that have been identified by the Terrace Just $450/mo. Call (718) 222-8209. state aid in light of Gov. three other borough presi- of the state accepts it, New state Department of Education W07 George Pataki’s austerity dents: Manhattan’s C. Virginia York City is the economic en- last year as in need of serious 3 bedroom – 2nd fl, very bright, improvement are in Brooklyn newly renovated, wd flrs in LR, par- CO-OPS & budget. Fields; Adolpho Carrion of the gine of the rest of the state of quet flrs in lg bdrm, carpet in other “New York City residents Bronx; and Helen Marshall of New York.” … But less money means CONDOS more members of our youngest 2 bdrms, New bath, nice kit w/win- feel that we were romanced Queens. The four borough presi- dow and w/d, pet friendly Avail. generation will be cruelly left until November and now we Staten Island’s James Moli- dents spoke before a joint ses- 1/15/03 - $1,900. For Sale / Brooklyn behind.” feel like jilted lovers,” Marko- naro, the only Republican bor- sion of the Finance and Ways Pataki presented his budget 3 bedroom – 3rd fl, very bright, wd Park Slope/Center Slope witz said Friday in announcing ough president, was out of and Means committees against Jan. 29 calling for $450 mil- flrs in LR, carpet in bdrms, nice kit Charming 2 bedroom w/ all the trimmings. the trip upstate. “The truth of town on vacation while the the governor’s budget on lion in cuts to school aid, addi- w/window, pet friendly, Avail Lofted office, pvt. rear facing terrace. the matter is that the governor other four lobbied Albany. Monday. tional cuts to Medicaid and 1/15/03, $1,600. Fabulous high ceilings, washer/dryer & was in Brooklyn and New All four gathered in the ro- “Afull 34 percent of Brook- dishwasher. Lots of closets & storage space. hundreds of million dollars Studio – 2nd floor, very bright, par- PS 321 dist. & low maintenance $437/mo. York City more than many tunda at City Hall on Friday to lyn’s children live below the By owner. $415,000. less to the city than Mayor quet floors, separate eat-in-kitchen, Michael Bloomberg had full bath, rent includes electric, heat (917) 855-7152 hoped for in his city budget and hot water. Available 1/15/03, R04 proposal released the day be- $950. The accused fore. Pataki proposed decreasing F train, Fort Hamilton Parkway stop. The Rev. Francis X. Nelson, charged with sexual abuse 3 blocks from subway HOUSES and endangering the welfare of a minor while at St. the City University of New Fort Greene group York budget by $82 million 2 minutes to Park Slope Mary’s Star of the Sea Church on Court Street in Car- For Sale / Brooklyn and raising tuition costs by Very residential quiet area roll Gardens, leaves Brooklyn State Supreme Court on $1,000 per year. Great schools Monday. Associated Press / John-Marshall Mantel Bloomberg and City Coun- Park Slope cil Speaker Gifford Miller also NO FEE, call landlord at 2 family house with basement, to market selves made the trip to Albany this (718) 853-7781 excellent conditon. Close to trans- week to ask for more state aid. R06 portation & shopping. $497,000. Call 1 (917) 670-7956, or (718) PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES found their way onto FGIX’s The state is facing an $11.5 By Patrick Gallahue New York has a patent pending billion deficit, $2.2 billion in Mill Basin 980-6059. Leave message. agenda. R06 The Brooklyn Papers on the software they use to cre- this fiscal year and $9.3 bil- Waterfront beautiful, 3 bedroom Notice is hereby given that an Order entered NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS At Thursday’s meeting the ate the on-line neighborhood apt. in 3 floor duplex, private by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 4th day COUNTY. OCWEN FEDERAL BANK, FSB, Pltf. The future is now, say lion next year, the largest fis- group also discussed promo- guides. Each business or or- house. Laundry room, dishwasher, For Sale / Staten Island of February, 2003, bearing the Index Number vs. GREGORY K. WILLIAMS, et al, Defts. Index members of a consortium cal crisis in the past eight N00053/2003, a copy of which may be exam- #00-37015. Pursuant to judgment of foreclo- tional strategies for the busi- ganization seeking to be listed jacuzzi, boat space & jet ski slip ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL sure and sale dated Aug. 19, 2002, I will sell at of Fort Greene neighbor- years. COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston nesses, services, non-profits on the Web site and maps avail. Go fishing straight from your Bullshead, SI public auction at the “foot” of the Courthouse The governor steadfastly de- Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, hood groups, who, spurred big waterfront backyard. (718) steps, facing Adams St., 360 Adams St., and cultural institutions within would have to pay roughly Custom built, center hall colonial. 4 grants me rights to: Assume the name of: clined to raise taxes but pro- Brooklyn, NY on Mar. 6, 2003 at 2:15 p.m. on by the planned 763-0723. Chayie S. Schachter. My present name is: Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. $250 for a licensing fee, as posed raising revenues through R05 bdrms, 2.5 bath, fireplace, 2 car Sandra Schachter nee Sandra Katz a/k/a Chayie prem. k/a 534 Jerome St., Brooklyn, NY a/k/a Brooklyn Academy of Designers for Citimap New well as additional annual li- garage, inground pool, 4 zone heat, Schachter. My present address is: 2821 Avenue Section 13, Block 4061, Lot 43. Approx. amt. of removing the sales tax exemp- Apartments, Sublets 2 zone AC, jacuzzi, full basement, I, Brooklyn, NY 11210. My place of birth is: judgment is $132,528.27 plus costs and inter- Music Cultural District are York, a mapmaking company, censing costs, and for printing tion on clothing under $110 — alarm. Asking $650k. (718) 698- Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is: 07/12/40. est. Sold subject to terms and conditions of pooling their resources to spoke to those in attendance of the paper maps. & Roommates BP-6 filed judgment and terms of sale and the right which helps keep shoppers 3148. Much, much more to see. “I think it’s great,” said Se- BROWSE & LIST FREE! R04 of the United States of America to redeem share information and help about the options, costs and from fleeing to New Jersey, Notice is hereby given that an Order entered within 120 days from the date of sale as pro- All & Areas! by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 31st feasibility of creating a neigh- ble Tareke, economic develop- vided by law. RICHARD S. GOLDBERG, market what currently where there is no sales tax on day of October, 2002, bearing the Index For Sale / NYS Referee. ESCHEN & FRENKEL, LLP, Attys. for borhood map for Fort Greene. ment director for the Pratt Area www.Sublet.com Number N00939/2002, a copy of which may be exists in the neighborhood. clothing — collecting $500 mil- Pltf., 93 East Main St., Bay Shore, NY. #52781. Community Council. “We examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at The Fort Greene Informa- The company has already cre- lion in back rent from city air- Studios;1-2 Bdrms; $800-2000 CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston BP5-8 ated a neighborhood map and need to do one anyway so 1-877-FOR-RENT Nassau County Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, tion Exchange (FGIX) has at- ports, and an increase in parking R48 NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT OF THE we’re just looking at this as an CATHEDRAL GARDENS, HEMPSTEAD grants me rights to: Assume the name of: tracted organizations with magazine promoting business- ticket surcharges from $5 to Matthew Lawrence Baskerville. My present STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS. es in Chelsea and is pitching option.” Charming country colonial, 5 bdrms, name is: Terell Lawrence Baskerville. My pres- Index No. 6505/01, Firstar Bank, N.A., Plaintiff planned and existing invest- $15, among other measures. Wanted / Brooklyn - against - Paul Hyde, et al, Defendants. “Something like that could 3 bath. Au-pair suite on 1/3 acre. ent address is: 2630 Linden Blvd. #8F, Bklyn, NY ments in Fort Greene, such as similar ideas to economically Are-instatement of the 11208. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. My Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale active communities like Fort be great,” she said. “I’m just $539,000. Garden City. Properties: date of birth is: May 15, 2002. BP6 signed herein on May 6, 2002, I, the under- the Myrtle Ave. Revitalization commuter tax was predictably Japanese university Students (516) 746-1563 not sure who’s paying for it,” RITA . R04 signed, the Referee in said judgment named, Project, the Fort Greene Asso- Greene. not included in Pataki’s budg- looking for spare room in Notice is hereby given that an Order entered will sell at public auction at the foot of the noting that corporate sponsor- by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 4th day ciation and the BAM Local “Brooklyn is beginning to apartment or house, short or Courthouse Steps facing Adams St., 360 ship could be an option. et proposal. of February, 2003, bearing the Index Number Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York, County of Development Corporation, move towards tourism,” said As alternative revenue gen- longer stay. Please call Sara For Sale / New Jersey N00055/2003, a copy of which may be exam- KINGS, State of New York, on February 18, ined at the Office of the Clerk,located at CIVIL Citimap’s Jeffrey Heilman. at (718) 284-5904. Email: 2003 at 9:00 A.M., on that day, the premises which is planning the cultural erators Markowitz suggested COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston directed by said judgment to be sold and “Marketing that could be a [email protected] R06 Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 in room 007, district of arts space, housing going after the “underground Jamesburg grants me rights to: Assume the name of: therein described as follows: Said premises and retail developments over very valuable tool.” economy.” 3 lrg bdrms, 1-1/2 baths, Douglas William Hunter. My present name is: being known as and by street address: 252 Eva Daniels, owner of Eva Douglas William Brunton. My present address McDougal Street, Brooklyn, New York 11233. four parking lots surrounding “There are too many people COMMERCIAL LR/DR/EIK, F/P & W/B Stove, is: 323 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211. Section: 6 Block: 1534 Lot: 14. Said premises BAM. M. Daniels Realty, on Fulton in New York City who use SPACE Deck, Gas Heat H/W floors, My place of birth is: Spokane, WA. My date of are sold in as is condition on the date of deliv- “What we are trying to do is Street at South Elliot Place, only money orders and cash,” C/Tile floors, $385K. (732) 521- birth is: 06/02/77. BP6 ery of the Referee’s Deed, subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, said visitors are often attracted 3258. create a spotlight, a spotlight he said at City Hall before the Office Space Available R06 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered restrictions and and any amendments thereto; by BAM but fail to explore the by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 4th day covenants, restrictions, agreements, reserva- to share information,” said Albany trip. “Go after the of February, 2003, bearing the Index Number tions and easements of record; municipal Trayce Gardner, founder of rest of Fort Greene and Clin- money, the people who are not N00056/2003, a copy of which may be exam- Brooklyn Heights departmental violations, emergency repair liens FGIX and the executive direc- ton Hill. paying their fair share of tax- ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL on the date of delivery of the Referee’s Deed, Location, Location . . . beautifully To place an ad in COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston and such other provisions as may be set forth in tor of Brooklyn Young Film- “There are a lot of people es, both corporate and individ- Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, furnished offices with views in central the complaint and judgment filed in this action. walking around the neighbor- Brooklyn Papers’ grants me rights to: Assume the name of: makers, a non-profit organiza- uals.” Brooklyn Heights. Suitable for psy- Dated: Syosset, New York, December 16, 2002, Steven Sonny Natkin. My present name is: tion that introduces young hood like strangers,” she said. Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM He called on the state to chotherapists, nutritionist & allied Real Estate Section Steven Sebastian Natkin. My present address Neal B. Forman, Esq. REFEREE, CARUS & is: 517 Avenue Y, Brooklyn, NY 11223. My place MANNIELLO, P.C., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 115 people to filmmaking. “Amap like that could be very perform more aggressive au- health professionals. Available F/T of birth is: Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is: Eileen Way, P.O. Box 9021, Syosset, New York The information exchange helpful.” Our store is located in a dits to locate unlicensed busi- or P/T. (718) 488-0748. R06 Call: 834-9161 12/05/02. 11791, (516) 364-4500, (718) 463-8918. BP6 BP3-6 has been meeting for about a Gardner placed a number of Landmarked building, nesses. year, and drew more than 30 neighborhood guides on a so Step Back In Time. He added that the city and organization or business repre- table in the church’s auditori- state should also revise their sentatives to its last meeting, um for people to peruse and Greeting Cards • Jewelry procurement policies to make INSURANCE SENECA SMOKES on Jan. 30, at the Hanson offer feedback. The simple China • Accessories sure “New York gets the best Place United Methodist brochure to BoCoCa, a mar- Dolls • Toiletries price for whatever we buy, not Church, on St. Felix Street be- keting moniker slapped on the the worst price.” Journals • Jewelry Boxes Tax Free Discount Cigarettes tween Hanson Place and Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and “I know from my 23 years Cartons start at just $11 Lafayette Avenue. Carroll Gardens strips along And More in the state Senate that this The breadth and scope of Smith Street, Court Street and won’t be the final budget,” All major brands plus many value brands. the group’s purpose is still in Atlantic Avenue, received Markowitz told The Brooklyn Full line of chew, cigars, snuff and pipe tobacco. the works but tours of Forest warm praise for its simplicity. Papers after returning from City Ratner’s under-construc- Citimap’s fold-up map of A Vintage Gift Shop Albany. Call Toll Free 1-877-234-2447 tion , at Han- Chelsea was lauded for its col- Angela Fernan, PROP. “Hopefully the governor Or visit our website at: son Place and Flatbush Av- ors but was dubbed by some 274 Court Street will begin to romance us enue, as well as volunteer as unwieldy. (bet. 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It is that research, conducted Malchiodi teaches a social Family Owned & Operated at a center in science research class to juniors — not too far from her home in in the social science major at the for over 30 years Bensonhurst — that landed school. Each year, a small Gekker one of the 40 nationally group of students are chosen coveted finalist slots in the Intel from that class to continue their Science Talent Search. research. Those students meet New York’s Largest Lighting Showroom In addition to receiving a with Malchiodi for a double-pe- $5,000 scholarship and a new riod, extracurricular class every Large selection of lampshades and bulbs of all kinds • Repairs computer, Gekker, who was se- day, often staying even later. lected from among thousands “Because it’s the last class of high school students nation- of the day, they tend not to go 1073 39th Street (CORNER FT. HAMILTON PKWY) (718) 436-2207 wide, will go on to compete for home,” said Malchiodi, who the $100,000 top prize in Hours: Mon. & Tues. 9-5:30; Wed. CLOSED; Thurs. 9-8; Fri. 9-5:30; Sat. & Sun. 10-5 noted that students had occa- Washington, D.C., on March 6. sionally stayed in the comput- “I was so excited. I didn’t expect it,” said Gekker, who er lab until 10 pm. met Mayor Michael Bloom- Even with a master’s de- berg at City Hall a couple of gree in anthropology, Mal- weeks ago when he congratu- chiodi said the students some- lated the 59 semifinalists from times surpass her knowledge New York City. Of those, only of a certain topic. “And that’s five were selected as finalists. the goal,” she said. Where do you find the best hospitals? Gekker was directed to a Born in Moldova, Gekker moved to the United States in statistician at the University of 1991 with her parents, who North Carolina, a friend of wanted to escape anti-Semi- Malchiodi’s from graduate tism and give their daughter school, for help with linear re- Brooklyn… of course! opportunities she might not gression models. have otherwise had. Torn between majoring in “I was always interested in social science and the hard medicine,” explained Gekker, sciences, Gekker went for the whose mother is a doctor with former because, she said, it let a private practice in Brooklyn. her “get a taste of everything.” “It started when I was volun- “Science has the ability to teering at Hospi- change the world,” Gekker tal and I noticed that with the said. “It’s not the power of the West Nile virus that some presidency. It’s a different people recovered while others kind of power.” didn’t. I then looked at their An avid ballroom dancer age, gender, and other psycho- who recently converted to sal- social factors,” Gekker said. sa dancing, Gekker will be at- In her own research in tending Brighton Beach, Gekker ana- in the fall and hopes to follow lyzed more than 1,700 patient in her mother’s footsteps and records and through statistical become a doctor. analysis found that if a patient In the meantime, she is busy received a visitor for an hour preparing for her weeklong each day his stay would be re- venture to the Capitol and the duced on average by 3.6 days. rounds of interviews and pre- “It’s extremely exciting to sentations she will have to see a student who has worked make. Saying that it’s difficult so hard have her paper recog- to prepare any more for the nized,” said Beth Malchiodi, week, she explains, “I already Gekker’s advisor at Brooklyn know the material so well.” CHRISTA… Continued from page 1 added. ffe School were yet born when As students filed out of the school teacher from Con- school on Monday, most said cord, N.H., and her six crew- they had not really talked about mates, died in an explosion the space shuttle that much. caused by a fuel leak in one of When asked if they wanted the Challenger’s solid rocket to travel into space, one sixth boosters, Saturday’s Columbia grader replied, “No way,” shuttle tragedy brought a terri- while her friend Kaitlin Mon- ble sense of reality to a story tijo, 11, said it depended on they had only read in textbooks. what advancements have been Monday morning, students made by the time she is old gathered in assembly and of- enough to go. fered a moment of silence to Linda Smith, a school aide at honor the seven dead Columbia the McAuliffe school, said she crew members: Mission Com- couldn’t believe it when she mander Col. Rick Husband, Lt. and her husband heard the radio Col. Michael Anderson, Com- reports on Saturday morning. mander William McCool, Capt. “It felt like we were watch- David Brown, Commander ing it all over again,” Smith Laurel Salton Clark, scientist said, explaining that she had Kalpana Chawla and Col. Ilan also been eating breakfast with Ramon, the first Israeli to ven- her husband 17 years ago ture into space. when the Challenger disinte- “Horror brings questions,” grated. said Tina Candela, a parent “I didn’t think something waiting outside IS 187 to pick like that could happen with all up her son Dylan, 14. our technology,” said Christine, “He asks a whole lot of ques- a 13-year-old student at Regina tions now, like ‘Why would Pacis, a Catholic school across Your Direct Connection people knowingly risk their the street from IS 187. “I was lives?” Candela said. 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SINGLES Food = love Water lovers Animal courtship explained Cupid’s arrow over cocktails at Aquarium points to these By Beverley Wang The Brooklyn Papers

ating in Brooklyn is too often a neurotic dodge ball prix fixe menus game of personal ads, bar hopping, e-mail and phone Dtag whose inscrutable, often fruitless rules seem a uni- verse apart from the natural instincts and pragmatic sense of for a sensuous our fellow beings. Sensing the need for a new dating ritual, the New York Aquarium, already home to thousands of specimens of ma- Valentine’s Day rine life, is turning its attention to human coupling with a first-ever Valentine’s weekend singles event, “Sex in the By Tina Barry Sea,” set to take place Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7 pm. for The Brooklyn Papers The aquarium, at West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, will host an evening of wine, cheese and min- ell me about your first date with gling for singles over 21. Aquarium educational staff will be on “ dad,” my daughter asked recently. . hand to explain the courtship and mating rituals of various T “Well,” I began, “we met in front species in a series of informal guided tours through the exhibits. of Cafe Figaro in the Village.” I then de- Somewhere between the wine and the walrus habitat — scribed our evening — mouthful by macho male walruses keep harems proportional to the vol- mouthful: the omelet at Elephant & Castle umes of their bass oozing with goat cheese; glasses of bellows — education chardonnay at a wine bar later in the curator Merryl Kafka, evening; warm apple crumb pie with who came up with vanilla ice cream that we shared early that the idea for the morning in a romantic little dessert place event, hopes guests a few blocks from the bar. will spark a relation- She stared at me with undisguised preteen ship of their own. disgust. Although she’s “I wanted to know what you wore; what hoping participants you talked about; if you kissed,” she said. Warm the heart: (Top) At Allioli in will have a night of “Not what you ate!” Williamsburg, the menu encourages enlightenment mixed “Oh. That I don’t remember,” I con- diners to take the time to feed each with sexual chem- fessed. other. (Left) At Provence En Boite in Bay istry, Kafka doesn’t I didn’t bother to explain that for me the Ridge, the display of Valentine’s sweets expect them to take a sign of a successful date, or any other occa- are a feast for all the senses. (Inset) At page from the Nassau New York Aquarium educators sion, is remembering the food. Patois on Smith Street, the chocolate- grouper, a Caribbean say penguins usually mate for “What about Valentine’s days? Did you fish that swings both life, although they, too, have have romantic times together?” she won- dipped strawberries are a tempting ways to guarantee the dered. How do I tell a kid who still believes attraction. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango survival of the species. their marital spats. in love at first sight, puffy white wedding “Because these fish dresses and two children — first a boy, then restaurant’s standard entrees, Pulixi has cre- are hermaphrodites, if two males meet, no problem. One be- a girl — that this made-up holiday is as ated a $45 prix fixe menu for the special comes a female,” said Kafka, noting that the reaction works the much about celebrating the pleasures of love evening. The meal begins with an appetizer other way when two females hook up. “In the ocean world as it is about enduring it? of scallops “Vierras” style — pan seared everything is really very different. There are a tremendous vari- “We’re having a romantic evening togeth- with prosciutto and tomato. A pasta course ety of strategies for courtship and mating and having a baby.” er this year,” I assured her. of ravioli stuffed with capon and porcini Kafka cited the sea horse as another example. A female sea “Good,” she said, “When you come back Start your meal with truffle-marinated, Convivium Osteria on Park Slope’s mushrooms follows. The fish course is horse, said Kafka, “puts eggs in the male’s pouch. The male lit- you can tell me everything about it, except wild-mushroom bisque, house-made foie Fifth Avenue is a special restaurant. The flounder with lemon and white wine sauce, erally almost becomes pregnant and [he] will carry the eggs” the food. Please, don’t tell me anything gras terrine or prosciutto-wrapped tuna. Mediterranean cooking of chef Carlo Pulixi, then a meat course that features roasted through to labor. about the food.” Entrees include roasted squab served in has won accolades from local patrons, and saddle of venison paired with a blueberry “We call them Mr. Mom,” she said. Below are a few restaurants whose chefs’ light cream and sundried cherry sauce; a has become a destination stop for diners and pumpkin puree. The meal concludes Very enlightened, these sea horses, but it is not likely hu- know what a great meal can do for romance. goat cheese-crusted rack of lamb with but- from distant neighborhoods. The dining with a rich, flourless chocolate tart scat- mans will claim the same feat anytime soon. The most hu- Chef William Snell of Cocotte, the pop- ternut squash gnocchi; and the spicy room is charming with ocher- tered with berries and a glass of manistic courtship model probably comes from the penguins, ular country French restaurant in Park Slope, “lovers’ quarrel lobster” served with toned walls, rough-hewn ta- muscatel wine. which — divorce statistics be damned — “usually mate for is offering a special, three-course, prix fixe creamy polenta and a warm corn relish. bles and candle-festooned What could be more ro- life,” according to the aquarium’s senior teacher, Bob Cum- menu for $65. The restaurant — all dark For dessert, indulge in a lemon souffle, wall sconces casting a flat- mantic than dining in front mings. Like feisty Brooklynites, Cummings said, a pair of wood and candlelight — is the perfect spot chocolate cream puffs filled with custard tering glow over diners. of a roaring fireplace? Ex- penguins in a committed relationship “will actually fight for for a romantic twosome. or “sinful” flourless chocolate cake. In addition to the ecutive chef Charles nesting space,” going so far as to “poke each other,” to make Statelman of Patois — a sure they get their choice. cozy French restaurant But Kafka is quick to emphasize that meeting, not mating comfortable seating. Archives offers a wide offers five beers on tap that began Smith Street’s is the goal of “Sex in the Sea.” variety of seafood, pasta, poultry, beef and and 10 bottled beers restaurant renaissance — “There’s enough people in the world,” she said. “I don’t vegetable dishes for every taste. Some from Austria, Germany, has added a number of want to exceed the breeding capacity of humans, but what I entrees by Executive Chef Walter Plendner the Czech Republic and include fettuccini pasta with grilled chicken Britain, as well as wine. special Valentine’s Day would like to do is increase the meeting capacity, that’s the DINING AROUND BROOKLYN and pan-roasted halibut with sauteed dishes to his menu. thing.” spinach and sweet potato fries. Other indulgences at Archives include the Chez Oskar Four appetizers are offered “Sex in the Sea,” said Kafka, is the first aquarium event tar- Alicia’s Cafe & Eatery Allioli Saturday evening “Seafood Extravaganza” to begin the dinner: a trio of fresh geted specifically toward single adults. This was just the next and Sunday Champagne brunch. 211 DeKalb Ave. at Adelphi Street, 10 Columbia Pl. at Joralemon Street, 291 Grand St. between Havemeyer and (718) 852-6250 (Visa, MC, AmEx) oysters with a red wine Mignonette or spicy element in developing social, educational events that will make (718) 532-0069 (Visa, MC, Discover) Roebling streets, (718) 218-7338 (Visa, Average entree: $8-$20. jalapeno relish; a shrimp scampi with fried use of the facility at night, she said. Entrees: $7-$10. MC) Cafe Steinhof Chez Oskar offers some of the best French capers; a refreshing salad of roasted organic Fran Hackett, associate manager of communications at the Alicia’s, which calls itself “American eclectic,” See article on this page. Valentine’s bistro fare — with hints of the Caribbean — beets with goat cheese; or a luscious smoked New York Aquarium, hopes for a turnout of about 50 guests at serves a grilled salmon with garlic mashed Day tapas: individually priced, approxi- 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) in Brooklyn. And what goes better with deli- 369-7776 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9- cious French staples than a bottle of wine Portobello and foie gras terrine served with “Sex in the Sea.” potatoes that makes this fish new again. It’s a mately $40-$50 per person. Standard comfortable place off the beaten track, with taps: $6-$32. $13. from an affordable list? Whether you choose the escargot or the steak frites, the a mustard seed and quince chutney. “We hope that it’s successful,” said Hackett, who is single. the culinary comfort diners crave, in a casual Cafe Steinhof, named after a famous park in flour-less chocolate cake is a perfect ending. Lusty main courses include filet mignon “I may even go,” she said, adding, “Even if I wasn’t [single], setting, with prices that max out at $10. (That Vienna, has a European feel — a German Brunch is served Saturdays and Sundays with bearnaise sauce served with garlic- I’d just go to watch.” is not a misprint.) For a wake-up call, try the Archives “bier garten” with a hint of British pub. True from 11 am to 4:30 pm. Sidewalk cafe seats grilled shrimp appetizer, five tender shrimp to its cultural roots and the taste of owner 333 Adams St. at Tillary Street, (718) 222- available in season. mashed potatoes and broccoli rabe; and a Proceeds from “Sex in the Sea” ticket sales go to school pro- that retain that hot-off-the grill taste, Paul Goebert, the restaurant serves spaetzle poached arctic char paired with French grams organized by the aquarium’s education department. enhanced by the freshness of lime, and 6543, www.marriott.com/nycbk (AmEx, (small dumplings), schnitzel (meat that’s been DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$32. topped with a light wine and parsley sauce. dipped in egg, breaded and fried) and sauer- Cocotte lentils and wild mushrooms; and a poached At last count, just one man had signed up. Unless one of the For dessert, a bowl of soupy rice pudding Located in the New York Marriott Brooklyn, braten (beef that’s been marinated for sever- Maine lobster and scallops served with snow women knows the secrets of the Nassau grouper, he may be comes topped with a dollop of pineapple cus- this spacious restaurant is elegant, with al days and then roasted). Cafe Steinhof 337 Fifth Ave. at Fourth Street, (718) tard, and a squiggle of loosely whipped 832-6848 (MC, Visa). peas and red peppers in a sweet wine sauce. one very lucky lad. cream ... ahhh. Different house-made ice See article on this page. Valentine’s At Patois, vegetarians can feast on fettuc- “Sex in the Sea” will take place at the New York Aquari- creams are served each evening. The straw- = Full review available at www.BrooklynPapers.com. Day prix fixe: $65. 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Make Valentine’s Day A Memorable one with Elegance at Still hungry Alan Harding looks for new Marco Polo mouths to feed in Brooklyn

By Zoe Singer commuting professionals would rather for The Brooklyn Papers dine well in a comfortable environment Ristorante close to home. And if the cassoulet cost peaking with restaurateur Alan several bucks less thanks to Brooklyn Harding about his new ventures is rents, then hip, hungry Manhattanites Slike taking the pulse of the chang- would make the reverse commute. Friday, February 14th ing neighborhoods he serves, and the Other Smith Street restaurants prolif- economy that drives those changes. In erated. In 1999, Harding and Mammeri an interview with GO Brooklyn, he il- added a trendy, Asian-inflected eatery to Choose from our Special à la Carte Menu lustrated the mix of chef, entrepreneur, the scene with Uncle Pho. The time and style-maker and family man that makes the place were such that style went a and Valentine Dessert up his personality. very long way, and the idea appealed to Harding is a founding father of other would-be restaurateurs as much as Smith Street’s restaurant row. He it did diners. New neighbor: Baluchi’s Indian restaurant replaces Alan Harding’s Uncle Live Piano Music and a Cozy Fireplace gained recognition in 1997, as co-own- By last summer, when he spoke about Pho on the corner of Smith and DeGraw streets. Harding will open er of Patois, and last summer he his down-market move to hotdogs and Schnack, on Union between Columbia and Hicks streets, on March 1 and brought us dirt-cheap hotdogs, burgers $1 Pabst Blue Ribbons, Harding wasn’t the Gowanus Yacht Club will reopen on Memorial Day on Smith and Pres- and beer at the campy, backyard-like feeling flattered by imitators. ident streets. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango –– Marco Polo Ristorante –– Gowanus Yacht Club. Harding is cur- “There are five restaurants on the rently developing two new projects, block using Asian ingredients,” he point- 345 Court St. (corner of Union) both on Union Street. Schnack, an ed out, “so what’s so special about my Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Car- Club are mainly childless, the “Union American diner, is set to open in Red pad Thai? It’s not cool anymore.” roll Gardens, at 122 Union Street be- Street project” will offer “value-priced” Call For Reservations (718) 852-5015 Hook on March 1. The other, at Union After 9-11, diners were no longer tween Columbia and Hicks streets, meals (no entree above $15) in an envi- and Smith streets, has yet to be named. packing the space that occupied 261 and Schnack will have the challenge of last- ronment that Harding hopes to see Visit our website: www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com “Have you heard the story about the 263 Smith. With typical practicality and ing in a space that has changed faces fre- “packed with kids.” • Free Valet Parking mouse who eats the same cheese every- flexibility, Harding scaled the restaurant quently, appearing as a bakery the first In addition to lunch and dinner, the day?” he asked. “He gets very comfort- back to 263 Smith, re-conceiving the time you drive by, then a Caribbean restaurant will serve ice cream from its able eating the cheese and he gets very space next door as a tiki fantasy called restaurant on your next trek to Red Hook. garden window during the warmer fat. And then all of a sudden the cheese the Zombie Hut. Meanwhile, back on Smith, the space months. This gelateria concept promises runs out, and he doesn’t really want to The downsized Uncle Pho was hold- currently known as the “Union Street to fill a need heretofore only met by cir- move, to go look for other cheese, so ing its own, and was not for sale last De- project” will be owned by Angela Geri- cling ice cream trucks. No matter how the he starves.” cember, when Mammeri ran into his dano and managed by her brother, Hard- restaurant’s American menu is received Harding has taken this dark entrepre- friend Rakesh Agarwal at the bank. ing’s Yacht Club partner, James Geri- by diners, kids will bring their parents neurial tale to heart, offering it as an ex- Agarwal, owner of 14 Baluchi’s Indian dano. (The Geridanos own Bagels on the here as surely as hot days will bring drops planation of his recent sale of Uncle restaurants in Manhattan and Queens, Park, which shares its outside wall with of chocolate ice cream onto their shirts. Pho, the restaurant he opened in 1999. told Mammeri he wanted to purchase a the Yacht Club.) Currently a vintage Designing the restaurant is essentially “Instead of just standing there, wait- corner restaurant on Smith Street. Mam- clothing and furniture shop, the spot a commission for Harding, and it remains ing for there to be no cheese left, then meri went straight from the bank to housed a German beer hall in the late- to be seen how involved he will be once starving, we decided to sell while Harding. 19th century. The corner isn’t land- it opens. Will it prove to be a big cheese Happy there’s a big chunk of cheese, and what The partners decided they could part marked, but “fortunately for the neigh- for its owner? we’re doing right now is moving on to with the place — for the right price. borhood,” as Harding put it, he and “I have no idea,” Harding says. Valentine’s Day! look for newer cheese.” Harding implied they may have priced it Mammeri are renovating it as though it “Whenever we do a restaurant, we think The characters in this story are men, a little high, perhaps out of love for pad were, complete with light fixtures circa we come up with a good idea, and we try Friday, February 14, 2003 not mice: Harding and his partner, Jim Thai? Perhaps, but that didn’t phase 1870 and stained glass. Harding has been to get a low rent, a long lease, and a nice Mammeri. The cheese, in this case, is Agarwal, who gladly tendered their ini- commissioned to design the space, con- store, but I have no idea who’s going to Serving 5pm - midnight found among the still relatively low tial request and opened his 15th cept and menu of Geridano’s “project.” come in. It’s always the roll of the dice.” rents on Smith Street, it’s accessibility Baluchi’s on Jan. 25. This “project” sits spatially and ideo- Judging from his track record, his inti- to some of Brooklyn’s most cuisine- Instead of sitting around like fat mice, logically between Patois, which is still mate knowledge of the past, present and savvy residential neighborhoods, and Harding and Mammeri scampered off to going strong, and the Gowanus Yacht future of Smith Street, and his keenly it’s proximity to the Carroll Street and newer venues. Harding is about to start Club, which will recommence its warm pragmatic ability to provide people with a À LA CARTE MENU Bergen Street F train stops. testing menu items for Schnack, which weather revelry on Memorial Day. While place where they want to spend money, ANTIPASTI When Harding and Mammeri opened promises to tempt with recession-proof the folks supping at Patois may be simul- the odds are in Harding’s favor. Patois, the cozy bistro at 255 Smith, it offerings like beer, milkshakes, burgers taneously paying a babysitter, and the Food writer Zoe Singer is a Brooklyn Carpaccio di Manzo – Paper-thin slices of fillet mignon, baby greens, drizzled with truffle oil was an instant “Eureka!” Brooklyn’s and pastrami sandwiches. Across the merry tipplers at the Gowanus Yacht native. Blue-point oysters on the half shell Jumbo Shrimp cocktail with our special house-made cocktail sauce Pan-fried crab cakes in a warm potato vinaigrette compiled by Pan-seared Hudson Valley foie gras with pear and cherry compote years must bring a teen for to 4 pm. Pieter Claesen Wyckoff WHERE TO Susan Rosenthal admittance.) $5. 10 pm. Also, House, 5816 Clarendon Road. singing workshop. All ages wel- (718) 629-5400. Free. INSALATI come. $15. 2 to 4 pm. 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True.” Honors Japanese-Amer- GARDEN TALK: Brooklyn Botanic UM: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Garden invites kids to story pioneer in open heart surgery, Noon and 6 pm. 180 Remsen BARGEMUSIC: chamber music ican soldiers. $15. 7 pm. 2001 PASTA Oriental Blvd. (718) 891-6199. time in its Resource Center. hosts a hands-on anatomy St. (718) 489-5272. Free. program of works by Schubert, Stories feature famous trees. Reger and Beethoven. $35. workshop. Kids are invited to House-made lobster and porcini ravioli in a browned butter seafood bisque GARDEN WORKSHOP: Horticul- BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Children age 5 and older are use microscopes to investigate 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. presents Donmar Warehouse’s invited. Registration required. Bowtie pasta and smoked salmon in an herbed cream sauce, topped with caviar tural Society of New York wel- (718) 624-2083. heart tissue. $4 admission, free comes kids and adults to a talk performance of Shakespeare’s 11 am to noon. 1000 Washing- for members. 1 to 4 pm. 145 House-made fettuccini, asparagus, forest mushrooms and prosciutto in a sweet garlic broth about trees. Learn how to take FORECAST MUSIC: Concert fea- “Twelfth Night.” $75, $55, $30. ton Ave. (718) 623-7272. Free. Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. care of trees and plant a seed tures works by composers Eric 2 pm. Also, “Uncle Vanya.” $75, Baked shells, wild mushrooms, grilled radicchio in a mascarpone pecorino cheese fonduta Schwartz, Gal Ziv and Giancarlo $55, $30. 7:30 pm. Harvey Thea- BOOK TALK: Brownstone Books CHILDREN’S HOUR: Brooklyn to begin a tree of your own. Sup- hosts Tonya Lewis and Spike Public Library, Central branch, plies provided. 3 to 4:30 pm. Vulcano. $5. 7:30 pm. Galapagos ter, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. Art Space, 70 North Sixth St. Lee, reading from their chil- presents “African and African- SECONDI , Park BARGEMUSIC: chamber music dren’s book “Please Baby American Folktales,” with Julie (718) 782-5188. program of works by Mozart, Cocoa crusted fillet mignon, port wine reduction, dried cherries, raisins, sautéed spinach Slope branch, 431 Sixth Ave. Please.” Noon. 409 Lewis Ave. Pasqual. Appropriate for ages (212) 757-0915, ext. 107. Free. BARBES BAR: Balkan Night with Schumann, Takemitsu and (718) 573-5497. Free. 6 to 10. 1:30 pm. Grand Army Shequer. No cover. 9 pm. 376 Dvorak. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Pancetta wrapped halibut, haricots vert in a white truffle infusion with a potato floret PUBLIC HEARING: MTA forum on WYCKOFF MUSEUM: Kids to Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. proposed fare and toll increas- Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. BAM: presents “Twelfth Night.” learn about African lives on WORKSHOP: Families First hosts Pan-roasted chicken in a Marsala reduction, sautéed confetti of vegetables and polenta cake es and subway station booth CONCERT: Forecast Music cele- Brooklyn’s Dutch Farms. Noon a workshop with Marilyn Stuffed veal chop with fontina and prosciutto in natural jus with forest mushrooms closings. 4 pm. Klitgord Audit- 7:30 pm. See Sat. brates its first anniversary with orium, New York City College, HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Come Blow a concert of new works. $5. 7:30 Pan-seared shrimp, agresto and chili peppers over risotto cake and broccoli rabe 300 Jay St. (212) 878-7483. Your Horn.” 8 pm. See Sat. pm. Galapagos Art Space, 70 SPRING CLASSES: Spoke the North Sixth St. (718) 389-0761. New Zealand rack of lamb with sautéed escarole in a brunello reduction RECEPTION: St. Francis College presents “Cuba,” an exhibit of Hub Dancing offers dance, HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Neil photographs by Rick Miller. yoga, theater, creative writing, Simon’s comedy “Come Blow ballet and more. Call . 748 Your Horn.” $10, $8 seniors 112 Court Street (corner of State and Court) • BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Reception 5:30 to 7:30 pm. 180 Now Accepting Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. Free. Union St. (718) 857-5158. and children. 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. www.grappacafe.com • open 7 days • • (718) 237-4024 PEACE VIGIL: Leafletting; bring Reservations for your poster, or help hand out PLAY: “The Volunteer,” a new play Valentine’s SAT, FEB 8 by Paulanne Simmons. $10. 8 other information. Flatbush and Day! Seventh avenues. 5:30 to 7 pm. pm. Theater for the New City, (718) 768-3202. OUTDOORS AND TOURS 155 First Ave., Manhattan. MEDITATION: Science of Spiritual- BIRDING: Learn elements of bird (212) 254-1109. ity workshop. 6 to 8 pm. Brooklyn watching. Noon to 1:30 pm. MODA CAFE: DJ “Shake Well” The Friends Meeting House, 110 Also, educators offer talks about spins soul, funk, Latin and more. Schermerhorn St. Registration environmental leaders within 9 pm. One drink minimum. 294 necessary. (917) 428-8340. Free. the African-American commu- Fifth Ave. (718) 832-8897. Upcoming Performances FILM SALON: Brooklyn Young nity and how they are changing COMEDY: Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha Pearl Room with MC Eddie Pepitone. $5 Pearl Room Filmmakers begins fourth annu- the face of the environmental al event with a salon: “Cultural movement. Noon to 4 pm. admission and one drink mini- Ignorance, Not Just Black and Audubon Center, Prospect Park mum. 9 pm. East End Ensemble, White,” featuring script analysis, near Lincoln Road and Ocean 273 Smith St. (718) 624-8878. 2OO2 Brooklyn Center debut! a talk about careers in film indus- Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. EASTERN MUSIC: Guitarist Sal SEASON try, youth media and more. $5. 6 Cataldi performs. No cover. 9 Dang Thai Son to 8:30 pm. Spike Lee Screening PERFORMANCES pm. Liberty Heights Tap Room, Restaurant SUN • FEB 9, 2003 • 2PM Room, , MUSIC: Randy Weston and Gigi 34 Van Dyke St. (718) 246-8050.  2OO3 corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Gryce tribute at The Concord BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: sponsored by avenues. (718) 852-9342. Baptist Church. 3 pm. 833 “My Life is a Telenovela.” Teen Tickets: $30 LOW BAR: presents playwright Gardner Taylor Blvd. (718) 434- soap opera with a live hip-hop Oyster Bar Adam Rapp. 7 pm. 81 Wash- 4438. Free. soundtrack and commercial ington St. (718) 222-1low. Free. DANCE: Kingsborough Com- interruptions. (Anyone over 18 MEETING: Park Slope Civic Council. Available for Private Functions Freddie Jackson & Oleta Adams 7 pm. New York Methodist A Valentine’s Concert Hospital, room 4ABC, Carring- ton Pavilion, Sixth Street and 8201 SAT • FEB 15, 2003 • 8PM Seventh Avenue. (718) 832-8227. sponsored by BARNES AND NOBLE: Danyel Smith, Brooklyn, NY 11209 author of “More Like Wrestling.” Tickets: $40, $35 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. Tel: 718.833.6666 Fax: 718.680.4172 BARGEMUSIC: chamber works by Caribbean Soul Cuisine & Bakery Brooklyn Center debut! Schubert, Reger and Beeth- oven. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Alberto Mizrahi Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. “favorite restaurant” SUN • FEB 16, 2003 • 2PM BARBES BAR: Rachelle Garniez – Judge Glenda Hatchett Tickets: $25 plays accordion and sings. No Brooklyn’s TOP RATED cover. 9 pm. 376 Ninth St. CATERING AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASSIONS (718) 965-9177. Free Event! 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True labor Come & Celebrate Valentine’s Day of love Friday, February 14th, 2003 At Gage & Tollner Couple opens new Charlie Brookyn’s Famous Landmark Restaurant (est. 1879) Pineapple Theatre Co. Special Holiday Dinner Menu By Paulanne Simmons theater named after him, but Mark is From Tantalizing Appetizers & Fresh Salads for The Brooklyn Papers convinced Charlie is somewhere out there. To Hearty Entrées & Luscious Desserts ark and Sarah VanDerBeets Sarah and Mark painted walls, have known each other ever cleaned everything and built a perma- M since they met in junior college nent stage (at Sarah’s insistence). They Make This Special Holiday more than 10 years ago. Since that bought 10 halogen 500-watt bulbs from time, they’ve married, moved from Home Depot and put together a light- A Memorable One! California to Williamsburg and are ex- ing board using dimmer switches also pecting their first child in March. But bought at Home Depot. Make Your Reservations Early! one thing has stayed the same — their Through the Internet, they found an desire to start a theater together. Alabama theater willing to donate 45 (718) 875-5181 This December, the couple’s dream red, plush theater seats for the cost of came true when they opened the Char- shipping: $300. lie Pineapple Theatre at 208 North The space also has a cafe area in the 372 Fulton Street (at Jay Street) • Downtown Brooklyn Eighth St. in Williamsburg, in a com- back that Mark says is perfect for per- Co-artistic director Mark VanDerBeets • Free Valet Parking for Dinner Guests pletely renovated formers and dis- inside the new Charlie Pineapple The- warehouse just a playing works of atre at 208 North Eighth St. in few blocks from art. THEATER Williamsburg. (At left) VanDerBeets where they live. “We used money The VanDer- “True West” will run Feb. 27-March we’d saved and as Phillip and Maurice Richard as 22, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 Harold, in a scene from the compa- Beets had been pm, and Sundays at 2 pm, at the Charlie credit cards, and looking for a Pineapple Theater, 208 North Eighth St. we worked non- ny’s first production, Lyle Kessler’s space for some on the corner of Driggs Avenue. Tickets stop for three and a “Orphans.” The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango are $9, $7 for students and seniors. For time and were just reservations, call (718) 907-0577. half weeks,” says about to give up Mark. Mark told GO Brooklyn he hopes to when Sarah said, The VanDerbeets continue producing character-driven “Let’s walk down one last street.” had to work so quickly because they plays like “Orphans” and “True West.” They turned down North Eighth wanted to mount their first production “We’re looking to do plays that will TRATTORIA MULINO Street and saw in a window a small just weeks after finding the space. move people, that have great charac- handwritten sign that said, “For Rent, Charlie Pineapple’s debut production ters,” he said. “Our stage is very close 2,000 Square Feet.” was Lyle Kessler’s “Orphans,” which to the audience. You can only be real in The Best In Italian Food After negotiating a long-term lease ran from Dec. 12 through Jan. 18. the play. You can’t just act; you have to with owner Fred Moehring, the couple Mark said he chose the play about two envelop your character.” began turning the old, dusty warehouse brothers, one of whom is mentally dis- The VanDerBeets are equally proud into a modern theater. Thus was born abled, because he had already appeared ture music and dance. of the care they take with their sets, Special the Charlie Pineapple Theater. in a San Francisco production of it. The theater’s next show will be Sam which are “not just thrown together, but The 45-seat theater owes its unusual Mark, an actor, and Sarah, a dancer, Shepard’s “True West,” another play constructed.” name to a card Sarah found among her have also established the Charlie about two brothers, this time one who After more than 10 years, Mark and grandfather’s possessions after he died. Pineapple Theatre Company, which is a writer and the other a drifter. It will Sarah VanDerBeets’ dream has now Valentine’s On the card was written: “Ask for will be in residence at the theater. They run Feb. 27 through March 22. turned into a goal — “to create a place Charlie Pineapple.” intend to eventually produce up to five “It’s a great play. It has a lot of pow- where people can see the highest-cal- No one knows who Charlie Pineap- plays a year from both established and er behind it. It’s a play that sweeps the iber theater possible — in acting and Day Dinner ple is. He certainly has no idea there’s a emerging playwrights, as well as fea- audience away,” Mark said. production.” Free glass of champagne with dinner and dessert.

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Free. • Homemade Manicotti SLEEP IN THE DEEP: New York food, drink, music and danc- gram of works by Mozart, 2:30 pm. See Sat. • Special Cappreze Salad with fresh Aquarium hosts a sleep-over ing. Costumes optional. $20, Zwilich and Ravel. $15, $5 stu- $10 children. 7 to 10 pm. 157 dents. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue OTHER MON, FEB 10 • Linguine with adventure. Kids 9 to 12 are ADULT ED: Union Temple hosts a tomatoes, mozzarella, roasted invited with one adult. $145, Montague St. (718) 875-6960. Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Avenue and South Oxford discussion series: “One People, READING: Long Island University White Clam Sauce $130 members. 7 pm to 10 am BLACK HISTORY: Sons and Two Worlds.” 10 am. 17 Eastern peppers, asparagus & prosciutto Sunday. West Eighth Street and Daughters of Jamaica cele- Street. (718) 855-3053. presents Haitian writer Edwidge Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. Danticat, author of novel “Breath, Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. brates black history month with BARGEMUSIC: chamber music Now serving Brunch Sat & Sun 11am-4pm CHINESE NEW YEAR: Brooklyn Eyes, Memory.” Noon. Library KIDS OUTBACK: Brooklyn Arts the talk “Have We Lived Up to program of works by Mozart, Schumann, Takemitsu and Chinese-American Association Learning Center, Flatbush Also Lunch & Dinner 7 days a week Exchange evening of original the Ideals of the Rt. Hon. Mar- ENTRÉES: cus Garvey?” Keynote speaker Dvorak. $35. 4 pm. Fulton celebrates the “Year of the Avenue extension at DeKalb dance, theater, music and more. Avenue. (718) 488-1109. Free. is Councilman Charles Barron. Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Ram” at the opening ceremony $8, $5 low income. 7 pm. 421 of its annual Chinese New Year FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, • Linguine with Seafood & Lobster Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. $10, $5 children. 7 to 11 pm. LUXX BAR: presents Masculine Medgar Evers College, 1650 Feminine, The Static Age and celebration parade. Noon. Central branch, presents W.E.B. Community Services Center, DuBois’ “A Biography in Four • Veal Chop Valdostana 718-398-9001 OTHER Bedford Ave. (718) 712-5034. Station Wagon with DJ Josh Eighth Avenue and 50th Street. Voices.” Film centers on his life MEDITATION: Science of JEWISH FILMS: Brooklyn Heights Gabriel. No cover. 8 pm. 258 Grand St. (718) 599-1000. (718) 438-0008. Free. and African-American political • Osso Buco Spirituality hosts a workshop. Jewish International Film Festival radicalism starting with the 11 am to 1:30 pm. Brooklyn HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Come Blow HOLIDAY CRAFT: Salt Marsh Na- 133 Fifth Ave presents “Time of Favor” (2001). ture Center hosts a Valentine’s . 6 pm. Grand • Chicken Trattoria Mulino Friends Meeting House, 110 Your Horn.” 2 pm. See Sat. Hebrew with English subtitles. Day experience. 1 pm. 3302 Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. (bet. St John’s & Sterling Pl.) Schermerhorn St. Registration 8 to 10:30 pm. 117 Remsen St. Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. MEETING: Amnesty International. • Daily Specials including necessary. (917) 428-8340. Free. (718) 802-1827. Free. CHILDREN FILM: St. Ann’s Church presents 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Public BIMAH SKILLS: Park Slope Jewish RECEPTION: Exhibit of paintings AQUARIUM: presents “Hiding in the Sea” program, which Ken Burns documentary “Brook- Library, Brooklyn Heights Fresh Fish of the Day Center offers a talk on the skills by Grace Markman. 3 to 5 pm. lyn Bridge.” 1 pm. 157 Monta- branch, 280 Cadman Plaza necessary when called up to 61 South Third St. (718) 384- explains how eels, crabs and other animals conceal them- gue St. (718) 875-6960. Free. West. (718) 596-2228. Free. the bimah for an honor. 5738. Free. THEATER: Long Island University Following morning service. selves. Kids ages 2 to 3 invited. BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART: $20, $18 members (child/adult presents “Laramie Project.” Eighth Avenue and 14th Street. Movies at the museum with pair). 11 am to noon. 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series, both offshoots of husband-and- with extensive renovations — an wife team Jean-Pierre Marquet and Lynne expanded dining room with a suspend- Guillot’s Marquet on 12th Street in ed ceiling that seems to float, slate Manhattan. The selections include every- floors, pillars and terra cotta restrooms. thing from raspberry mousse for one to The dining is casual and the cuisine is sandwiches (chicken pate, turkey breast, continental, with an emphasis on fresh roast beef, smoked salmon, to name a fish and seafood. Sesame swordfish, few) to larger pies for the whole family. fresh lobster and crab cakes are popular dishes. But Pearl Room also serves filet DINING AROUND BROOKLYN mignon, shell steaks, chicken and veal Michael’s dishes, salads and pastas. The most Continued from page GO 1... Restaurateur Joseph Chirico took over popular dessert is the fried ice cream. in 1995, and completely restored the Kapadokya 2929 Avenue R at Nostrand Avenue, Garden and sidewalk cafe seats avail- interior to its original splendor. Whether 142 Montague St. at Henry Street, (718) 998-7851, www.michaelsof- able. Cono & Sons O’Pescatore you love a great steak or you’re a (718) 875-2211 (Visa, MC, AmEx) brooklyn.com (AmEx, Carte Blanche, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17- seafood fan, Gage & Tollner has what Entrees $11.50-$19.95. 301 Graham Ave. at Ainslee Street, you’re craving with old-fashioned, top- $30. Provence en Boite (718) 388-0168 (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) Kapadokya is a thrilling change of pace notch service. By the time the dessert Over 35 years ago, Michael Cacace for lunch or dinner on Montague 8303 Third Ave. at 83rd Street, (718) Entrees: $8.95-$29.95. cart is rolled to your table, you’ll be opened a small pizzeria with three tables Street. Take in the antique decor and 759-1515 (MC, AmEx, Visa) Your first impression of Cono & Sons making plans for your next visit. Free and a takeout window. Today, his sons, furnishings, some as old as 150 years. O’Pescatore will be a light, airy feeling, valet parking. Fred and John, preside over an elegant See story on page GO 1. Valen- The staff dress in exotic costumes, evoked by glimmering white tablecloths restaurant with a spacious dining room tine’s Day prix fixe: $53. Entrees: with napkins pointing heavenward, enhancing the feeling that you’re no with linen-covered tables. A pianist plays $15-$23. black lacquered chairs and a beautiful Gingko Leaf longer in Brooklyn. And have you ever every night on a baby grand. tile floor. As the name suggests, this is smoked a hookah, a la the caterpillar in 788A Union St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) Alice in Wonderland? Here’s your The hot seafood antipasto for two Relish the place for serious seafood and Italian 399-9876 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) includes grilled octopus, calamari orre- cuisine enthusiasts. chance – the bar offers dinner patrons Lunch: $8-$19. a hookah-full of flavored tobacco for ganato, shrimp scampi, baked clams and 225 Wythe Ave. at North Third Signature dishes include the Contadina, Designed by artist Toshio Sasaki, Gingko $13.95. The food is Middle Eastern in mussels marinara. A delicious cabernet Street, (718) 963-4546 (AmEx, MC, a mouthwatering mixture of veal, Leaf’s outdoor garden cafe offers a style, with smoked and sweet flavors sauce accompanies juicy rack of lamb. Visa) Entrees: $7.50-$17. sausage, beef and chicken, prepared serene atmosphere and traditional that make the chicken, beef, lamb and Located on a quiet street, Michael’s might Furnished with ’50s-style fixtures with with peppers, mushrooms and potatoes Japanese meals. Whether seated near a vegetable dishes distinctly Turkish. Top be one of Brooklyn’s hidden treasures if lots of chrome and Formica, this retro ($39.99 for two or more) and the tornido waterfall or beside the new sushi bar off your meal with a famous Turkish the word hadn’t gotten out years ago — diner has an upscale menu that mixes di pesci — clams, shrimps, mussels, whit- extension, there is plenty to enjoy at coffee, a tiny cup of thick, rich bitter mostly from satisfied customers who tradition with creativity. Matzo ball ing, squid and filet of sole served with Gingko Leaf. The cafe serves obento java. return from all over the metropolitan area. soup and meatloaf with mushroom rice (also $39.95, for at least two peo- boxes at lunch (containing various com- Michael’s pastry shop and ice cream par- Enjoy the belly dancing on Thursday, gravy, mashed potatoes and greens sit ple). Plenty of offerings, like homemade binations of shrimp, eel, soup, tempura, lor are located across the street. Friday and Saturday nights. side-by-side with twice-cooked salmon cavatelli, veal chops alla Cono, shrimp garden salad and fresh fruits), as well as (cured and grilled) with shrimp cous- fra diavolo and fried scallops. a variety of platters, soups and their spe- cous, artichoke, radicchio and sun- Cappuccino and a traditional Italian cialty, dumplings. Mo-Bay Restaurant dried tomatoes. Even iceberg lettuce is dessert (cheesecake, spumoni and (Above) At Tuller Premium Food, petits fours ($2.50 each) Sushi chef Yugi Sano, who is originally 112 DeKalb Ave. at Ashland Place, (718) garnished with a warm, tangy bleu more) wrap things up nicely. come in a variety of flavors including bittersweet truffle cheese dressing, bacon chunks and a from Tokyo, prepares sushi in the tradi- 246-2800, www.mobayrestaurant.com tional style, Edo Mae, [“Tokyo style”]. cream and raspberry puree filled chocolate cake; butter- topping of tobacco rings (thin, crisp (MC, Disc, AmEx, Visa) Entrees: $7- onion rings). With over 20 different types of fish, $15.75. Convivium Osteria Sano is an expert in preparing every- cream-filled vanilla cake with pink chocolate; and pink 68 Fifth Ave. at Bergen Street, (718) thing from guke don (a marinated tuna) lemon curd with vanilla buttercream covered with white If Caribbean, soul and vegetarian food are what you fancy, then Mo-Bay restau- 857-1833 (AmEx). to sayari (Japanese mackerel). Also a Tuller Premium Food recent addition, the sake bar offers chocolate. (At left) Marquet Patisserie’s calorie-filled temp- rant is the place tonight. Mo-Bay’s interi- 199 Court St. at Bergen Street, (718) See story on page GO 1. Valentine’s three types of pure rice sake, all made in tations include (clockwise from top left) strawberry tarts or is upscale yet relaxing and the fresh- Day prix fixe: $45. Entrees: $13-$23. different areas of Japan. cut flowers and reggae music give the 222-9933 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: ($3.25), raspberry mousse ($3.50), sour cherry tarts ($3.25) place a cool, island vibe. Popular dishes $11.99 and up; Pastries: $1.75-$22. Gingko Leaf also offers a Sunday brunch include the curried coconut salmon, pan- from 11:30 am to 4 pm with a special and chocolate cups filled with ganache and topped with Open since September 2001, chef Corn Bread Cafe blackened chicken and oxtail stew. For Robert Tuller’s market has a full kitchen menu including “dinosaur” crispy fresh raspberries ($4.50). The Brooklyn Papers / Gregory Cross 434 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) vegetarians, the brown-stewed veggie that turns out pre-prepared meals and shrimp and a fried “banana boat.” chicken, curry veggie chicken and barbe- 768-3838, www.cornbreadcafe.com salads as well as the deluxe ingredients cue veggie chili are so delicious — you you need to make your own delicious (MC, Visa, AmEx, Disc) Entrees: yellow curry of butternut squash, three- won’t miss the meat. The dessert menu $5.50-$15.95. Marco Polo Ristorante dinner. Tuller’s shelves are stocked with Grappa Cafe Bar & flavored snapper and duck with tamarind offers bread pudding with rum sauce and everything fresh — breads, Jacques Corn Bread Cafe keeps mouths watering Restaurant sauce. Long Tan also offers brunch 345 Court St. at Union Street, (718) Mo-Bay’s famous “rummy rum cake” — Torres chocolates and specialty olive with their “down-home barbecue,” and Saturdays and Sundays 11 am – 3 pm. 852-5015, www.marcopoloris- soaked in three types of rum and served oils are just the tip of the iceberg. The “taste of New Orleans.” Entrees like the warm with vanilla ice cream — a slice of 112 Court St. at State Street, (718) 237- At Long Tan’s red bar, sassy cocktails torante.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, array of gourmet foods also includes an Maryland crab cakes with remoulade, heaven. 4024 (AmEx) Entrees: $14-$21. make drinking here an original experi- Visa) Entrees: $16.95-$28.95. inventory of 100 cheeses. crawfish etouffe, and penne with spinach, roast peppers and mushrooms show that Chef Luca Caravello offers dishes that are ence. The wines all come from Australia One of Brooklyn’s most elegant dining this is no ordinary soul food restaurant. lighter and more authentic than the La Brunette Lichee Nut and New Zealand, making the restaurant rooms, Marco Polo boasts valet parking, a Patois Corn Bread Cafe’s Po’ Boy sandwiches — Italian cuisine to which most Americans a favorite spot for wine enthusiasts. formally dressed and knowledgeable wait Trattoria Mulino are accustomed. Popular dishes include 300 North Sixth St. between Meeker 162 Montague St. at Clinton Street, beef, chicken or fish served on a staff and a sophisticated menu that 255 Smith St. at Degraw Street, (718) 133 Fifth Ave. at St. Johns Place, the signature pollo rosmario, oven-roast- Ave. and Havermeyer St., (718) 384- downstairs, (718) 522-5565 (AmEx, baguette topped with sweet pickles, reflects the taste of its owner, Joe Chirico, 855-1535 (AmEx, Visa, MC) (718) 398-9001, (AmEx, V, MC). coleslaw and tomatoes — are humble ed chicken breast with spicy fennel 5800 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$12. LouLou a veteran restaurateur. Marco Polo has a sausage; and risotto ai piselli, sweet pea See story on page GO 1. Valen- Entrees: $10-$16. but delectable. Dessert items like the $10-$20. This 21-year-old Brooklyn Heights Chinese menu that includes an array of hot and risotto with grilled shrimp in a roasted 222 DeKalb Ave. at Adelphi Street, (718) tine’s Day entrees: $20-$23. double chocolate layer cake and warm restaurant has had several locations, own- cold appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, fish, This new Park Slope Italian restaurant tomato broth. Grappa also offers a lunch Chef John Keller produces French peach cobbler ensure a sweet ending. ers and chefs, but throughout has main- 246-0633. www.loulou/restaurant.com chicken, veal, steaks and chops prepared offers all of the classics, from the hot menu perfect for business or pleasure. As dishes like bouillabaisse and coq au tained the high quality that keeps cus- (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12.50- by chef Francesco Insingo. The dessert antipasto appetizer sampler (shrimp, the name indicates, Grappa Cafe serves vin, and delicious desserts such as Pearl Room tomers coming back. Owner Jerry Shen $19. wagon offers pastries, cakes, tortes, fruits, clams, stuffed mushrooms and egg- 35 varieties of grappa, an Italian brandy creme brulee chocolate souffle. This is has dedicated himself to keeping the sorbet and gelato. Marco Polo is open for 8201 Third Ave. at 82nd Street, (718) plant rollatine) to their signature dish, Five Spot Supper Club distilled from the pomace of grapes. a quaint, quiet spot with music at a Serving healthy and reasonably priced the chicken Trattoria Mulino (breaded restaurant’s fare authentically Chinese. lunch and dinner. 833-6666 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: The cafe has a warm, intimate atmos- level that allows conversation, a sound- food, this French restaurant is part of the chicken with sundried tomatoes and 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Chef Eric Wu cooks in both Szechuan and phere; diners can enjoy food at tradi- absorbing tufted banquette running Fort Greene restaurant renaissance. $16-$24. fresh mozzarella cheese). Trattoria Avenue, (718) 852-0202 (Disc, MC, Cantonese styles and prepares a broad tional petite tables and straight-backed the length of one wall, and wood pan- LouLou has a cozy atmosphere with rus- Diners who haven’t been to this Bay Mulino is open seven days a week for Visa) Entrees: $10-$15. spectrum of dishes that include Cantonese- chairs or snuggle against 5-foot-high els. tic tables, exposed brick walls and a love- Marquet Patisserie Ridge eatery recently will be pleased lunch and dinner. This 2,500-square-foot supper club fea- mustard-colored banquettes. style beef short ribs and the house special ly garden. The menu focuses on seafood — a generous plate of jumbo shrimp 221 Court St. at Warren Street, (718) tures a full-service bar, heaping portions — seared Maine diver sea scallops with 852-9267; 680 Fulton St. at South of delicious ribs, catfish and collard sauteed with Chinese vegetables and grilled portobello mushrooms in a ver- La Traviata Portland Avenue, (718) 596-2018 greens, and jazz shows and poetry read- Inaka Sushi House lichee nuts — which, by the way, are not mouth herbed cream sauce, and cham- = Full review available at www.BrooklynPapers.com. ings. The “Five Spot Brunch” is a fixed- 139 Montague St. at Clinton Street; nuts at all, but sweet and succulent fruit. pagne sea bass with shitaki mushrooms, (Cash only) Pastries: $4-$35. price menu offering hearty, down-home 236 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, 161 Joralemon St. at Clinton Street, fresh shallot and bouchot mussels in Take your gourmet coffee and baked Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American Express, DC= Diner’s Club, southern cooking with a choice of entree, (718) 499-7856 (AmEx, Disc, MC, (718) 858-4100, www.latraviatatogo.com champagne cream sauce. goods to-go from these charming patis- Disc= Discover Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card meat side dish, vegetable (grits, home Visa) Entrees: $9.60-$16.50. (AmEx, Disc, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: Long Tan fries or red potatoes), toast, coffee and $9.50-$14.50. The making of those beautiful little cocktail for $14.95. Owner Malik 196 Fifth Ave. at Union Street, (718) 622- works of art called sushi is so fascinating This is a great father-and-son act. Armstead has created a tuneful and 8444 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$16. many people will prefer sitting at the bar Ralph Tommaso senior and junior take tasty combination of soul and swing. Serving Thai food, Long Tan is a friendly where owner Joanne Wu’s cadre of a personal interest in their popular and relaxed restaurant where comfy cush- superb sushi chefs work their magic. Brooklyn Heights eateries, and this ions in vibrant colors line the open, white Others may prefer the comfort of Inaka’s interest can be seen in every detail — Gage & Tollner dining room. Paper lanterns hang around FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, dining room. Either way, a good idea for from the marble fountain in the rear V-DAY... the room and a large window overlooks a beginners is to order the nine-piece patio to the friendly staff and ample 372 Fulton St. at Jay Street, (718) 875- garden area with outdoor seating. Continued from page GO 1 5181, www.GageandTollner.com sushi deluxe box, which contains yellow menu. La Traviata offers all those dish- tail, salmon, mackerel, fan fish roll, crab es that have made Italy a gourmand’s For appetizers, Long Tan offers a crab- GIVE THE PERFECT GIFT (AmEx, Visa, MC) Entrees: $14.95- meat, white fish in several varieties, delight — chicken alla Marsala, veal and-mango summer roll, which is a deli- It’s de rigueur that a Valen- $26.95 shrimp and tuna roll. Sushi can also be scaloppini, shrimp scampi. Lighter fare cate wrap of fresh cilantro and crabmeat. tine’s Day dessert include TO THE WOMAN - OR MAN - IN YOUR LIFE, OR EVEN TO YOURSELF! Gage & Tollner, an atmospheric Brook- ordered a la carte and in more modest includes thin-crust pizza with a huge Other appetizers include the fish cakes chocolate, and Statelman, lyn landmark that dates back to 1879, combinations. Teriyaki fans will find selection of toppings. Delivery service with kaffir lime, vegetarian spring rolls and features arched mirrors, red velvet wall Inaka’s dishes expertly seasoned and via phone or the Web site. Sidewalk shrimp and lichee spring rolls. For entrees, caught up in the mood of the Makeover Magic coverings and brass, gas-lit chandeliers. melt-in-your-mouth tender. cafe seats available in season. the restaurant’s signature dishes include a • Haircut and Style evening, offers two: a rich, Day of Beauty • Manicure • European Facial chocolate ganache cake with • 1 Hour Massage $ raspberries; and chocolate-cov- • Manicure NOW 30 • Pedicure

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REG. $980X of hors d’oeuvres, and then 319 Sixth Ave. (at 3rd St.) - PARK SLOPE proceeds to asparagus soup (718) 965-9149 / 965-0107 with black truffles escoffier. Open 7 days • • www.RomPalSalon.com Sea scallops wrapped in a ten- der crepe are napped with a zucchini and chive sauce, or you can select a salad of crisp vegetables topped with smoked duck breast in herb ROOKLYN EIGHTS NTERNATIONAL dressing. A small cup of rasp- B H I berry sorbet is served to refresh the palate. Catch your breath before the Jewish Film Festival next course of lamb roasted in a crust of fresh herbs; filet of We have devised a relaxed cinematic forum where one can encounter the perch with morel mushrooms most enduring and fascinating culture in the world today. Question-and-answer and bay scallops; or a rustic sessions will follow screenings, bringing together filmmakers and experts from the “filet mignon” of pork served with spinach and mushrooms community to discuss in depth the issues presented in the films. in a cider sauce with apples. Known for his fine desserts, Bernat offers a chocolate The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob dessert for two: a triple-layered Sat. Feb. 1st 8-10:30pm mousse of milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark A New York rabbi travels to Paris and gets mixed up in a comedy chocolate served with creme of errors. This is complicated by a broad slapstick farce about a big- Anglaise. A sorbet — passion oted businessman (Louis de Funes as Victor Pivert) who is forced to disguise himself as a • We provide on site measurements fruit, of course — is served in a rabbi. With echoes of silent-screen humor, this film is regarded in some circles as one of wineglass with a swirl of sweet the funniest films ever made. Nominated for the 1974 Golden Globe Awards. • Our professional designers will draw up caramel. Featuring post-screening discussion with Mr. Paul Rothman, Independent filmmak- A true romantic, Moni Ozgi- er/Founder of the Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival. a virtual 20x20 design Distributors of lik, who owns Allioli, a Span- Lescare ish tapas restaurant in • Expert installers for installation work Time of Favor Medalion Williamsburg, is planning on • 10,000 square feet showroom scattering the already intimate Sat. Feb. 8th 8-10:30pm Welborn dining room with rose petals. • Delivery times you can trust Ozgilik describes chef Diego Winner of six Israeli Oscars including Best Picture, Time of Favor Mouser Gonzalez’s menu as “almost is a taut thriller about the tense relationship between Orthodox • Dedicated staff and Service second to none. exaggerated, seafood-based, Jewish Nationalists and the military. 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Even Learn to say no before hasty one- or two-line entries – Commitment to gospel values you’ve had it with visitors — will help jar your memory later including relatives — and yes on. – Special subject programs in those early weeks when you •Get a double stroller as need someone to cook dinner, soon as possible. Two car seats run errands and help care for By Betsy Flagler will be too heavy to carry. – Afterschool programs your twins. •Hand-me-down clothes will A good place to turn for sup- older multiples have always help solve the problem of – Registration ongoing from mid-February port and information is the Na- been there, night or day, to calm “twice as much laundry and tional Organization of Mothers me down when life got turned half the time to do it.” of Twins Clubs, which has upside down.” •Pick names with different – Fully accredited by the Middle States about 475 local clubs. Something else to do before first letters so that you can use “Regular moms can give you Association of Schools & Colleges the babies arrive: Try to tour the their initials to identify their advice about health, clothes, shoes and other personal be- how to burp,” one group mem- neonatal intensive care unit to prepare yourselves if your longings. ber says. •Buy in bulk at a wholesale CALL FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OPEN HOUSE DATES “But only another mother of twins need this special care. club and use a drive-through multiples can tell you how to One of the best gifts after the get them both to sleep at the arrival of twins: meals. One fa- pharmacy. 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People with • Classes for 2, 3 & 4 year olds • Open 8am - 6pm, 49 weeks/yr. • Non-profit parent cooperative • A.C.D. voucher availability • Play-centered learning • Low staff Turnover EXPERIENCE 140 YEARS OF • Indoor gym/Outdoor yard KIDDIE 186 St. John’s Place EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE (at 7th Ave.) ADELPHI ACADEMY 718-399-0397 “Preparing young people for college, career and life.” What makes our Jewish day O Do You Work school so special? WATCH Our Children in Downtown ~ PRIDE ~ TRADITION ~ ~ SPIRIT ~ EXCELLENCE ~ LEARN R OPEN HOUSE 2 Fridays in the month Brooklyn? of February 1863 ~ 140TH ANNIVERSARY ~ 2003 2/7 or 2/28 @ 9 am rsvp  718.858.8663 PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT, CONTINUING, CO-EDUCATIONAL, COLLEGE PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL N Susan Weintrob Consider Kiddie Korner Head of School Adelphi Academy teaches children how to think, not just learn. The “Adelphi Plan” encourages motivation through involved and hands-on teachers and students. 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