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WIN A MAGNIFICENT HONEYMOON CRUISE — EASY ENTRY ON PAGE 2 P7 P14 BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS Gere stars in local’s ‘Bee Season’ Game roundup HOME DEPOT PLOTS RIDGE MEGASTORE By Ariella Cohen preliminary plans to the Department of smack in central Bay Ridge traffic.” square-foot store would attract 700 cars tioned putting a car-dependent develop- Kohen wants] seems the height of lunacy.” BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS The Brooklyn Papers City Planning, which would have to re- Kohen envisions the Home Depot as the during its peak hours. ment in an area that could support pedes- Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay zone the lot before the superstore could be ground-floor anchor of a glassy tower that “You’re not going to get a lot of transit trian-friendly businesses. Ridge) said a traffic study would be need- Adeveloper wants to build a Home built. would include three stories of parking, two trips for shoppers,” consultant James CB10 members told Kohen that his ed before any plan for development could Depot — topped by 11 stories of At the Dec. 19 board meeting, many and a half floors of office space, 241 units of Heineman admitted last week in his pres- project would be better placed along the be approved. housing — next to the Long Island residents said the project would over- housing and a landscaped roof area. entation. Sunset Park waterfront. “With a big store like that there would Rail Road tracks at 64th Street and whelm an already-crowded junction. The mixed-use layer-cake would abut the Heineman said traffic is the greatest “If you want a big box that’s easy for be a radius of congestion that could really Eighth Avenue in Bay Ridge. “It’s just too huge for that spot,” said dormant LIRR tracks and replace a parking concern: “We have to make sure we are drivers to get to, there is a lot of aban- affect traffic patterns,” Gentile told The Including The Bensonhurst Paper The developer, Andrew Kohen, told CB10 preservation committee chair Victo- lot now along the N-train station on Eighth not going to make things significantly doned property near Costco on 39th Brooklyn Papers via cell phone — stuck Community Board 10 this week that ria Hofmo. “Go two blocks to the north Avenue at 61st Street. worse then they are.” Street,” said CB 10 member Wade Goria. in transit strike gridlock as he made his Home Depot has signed a letter of intent and you hit the congestion on Eighth Av- An environmental consultant hired by Many senior citizens live in the area “I am not sure why they don’t think about way to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 20 pages •Vol. 28, No. 23 BRZ • Saturday, June 4, 2005 • FREE Including The Bensonhurst Paper on the site. Kohen also said he has shown enue. Go two blocks south and you are the developer estimated that the 100,000- and some community members ques- building there. To put a super-store [where City Hall beyond.

JILTED Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 16 pages BRZ •Vol.28, No. 50 • Saturday, December 24, 2005 • FREE Neighbors mourn senior Kleinfeld’s flight Carolers By Jotham Sederstrom To Lanza, the departure threatens to stifle a on 86th The Brooklyn Papers small but faithful segment of customers he described simply as wandering bridegrooms. BIG WIN By Lilo H. Stainton Among the gift registries, wedding gown Soon-to-be husbands, he said, routinely find The Brooklyn Papers merchants and tuxedo outlets along Fifth themselves scouring racks of baseball jerseys OVER THE RIVER to Bruce: Gentile defeats Russo handily Crossing Fourth Avenue proved deadly for a 90-year-old Avenue’s Bridal Row, Legends Sporting while their fiancees consider gowns costing

/ Tom Callan / Tom Brooklyn woman this week. Goods — with its caps, bats and jockstraps many thousands of dollars down the street. — is an anomaly. By Ariella Cohan Ray Allan died at Lutheran Medical Center after she was Brooklyn left walkin’ as transit union strikes In addition to the business he generates by struck by an SUV while traversing the busy avenue near 86th But after Kleinfeld Bridal said last week outfitting many of the neighborhood’s schools The Brooklyn Papers Street at 10:55 am Nov. 7, according to police. that it would move to Manhattan this summer, and athletic leagues, the spillover from Klein- By Gersh Kuntzman Welcome to Brooklyn You’re a Aclose and somewhat bitter match Allan was transported to Lutheran Medical Center in serious MAKING HEADLINES abandoning Bay Ridge after 64 years, Legends’ feld provides a steady cash flow, he said. The Brooklyn Papers for the 43 District City Council seat condition after the accident. She died there a short time later, ac- One Upper East Sider who decided he’d walk to owner said he shares the fears of his nuptial- And while merchants along Fifth Avenue came to a fast if not predictable end at cording to published reports. He was there when they went to work in the work in DUMBO got hopelessly lost — while he was The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn minded neighbors. uniformly trumpet Kleinfeld’s legendary draw 9:53 pm on Tuesday night when a The driver of the car, who remained at the scene until police morning, trudging over the Brooklyn Bridge in their still in Manhattan! “They draw a huge crowd, they always of customers from all corners of the country, arrived, was not charged with any violations. have,” said Andy Lanza, who opened his sport- Lanza has proof of its geographic reach — Democratic district leader passed his sneakers or walking their bikes, and he was there The confused pedestrian started down Second Scrooge! Blackberry cell phone over to the While the intersection of 86th Street and Fourth Avenue has ing goods store at 8224 Fifth Ave., a few build- Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox base- been among the most dangerous pedestrian crossings in the when they came back, a little worse for wear, but Avenue, which would have led him to the Manhattan Old glory in the Ridge ings south of Kleinfeld, 20 years ago. “And a ball jerseys sell nearly as well each year as incumbent, Vincent Gentile. Bridge — but when foot traffic was too heavy, he neighborhood, the accident rate has declined there, according to still in good spirits. By Emily Keller Flags and politicians were both very much in evidence as the annual Bay Ridge Memorial Day parade made its way down Third Avenue Monday. lot of stores here are going to get hurt — big, those of the hometown Mets and Yankees. “He called me and said ‘this is Pat Russo. Transportation Alternatives. The activist organization used city shifted to First Avenue. big time.” “We’re gonna be selling a lot less of the out- I want to tell Vinny he gave a good fight’,” Many bi-ped commuters just assumed Borough Pres- for The Brooklyn Papers (Above) Kristen Kupper, 2, leaves no doubt of her patriotic allegiance. (Below) Ironworkers from Local 361 carry a giant flag down the avenue. (At crash data from 1995 through 2001 — the most recent informa- ident Markowitz spent the entire first day of the strike on When he got to the eastern spur of Canal Street, he bottom) Rep. Vito Fossella, Brooklyn North commander Joseph F.X. Cunneen (the event’s Grand Marshall), Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Miss U.S.O. Merchants of all trades have been lamenting of-town teams, that’s for sure,” said Lanza. Joe Bova recounted to the Brooklyn Papers, tion available — to develop maps detailing all vehicle collisions At first glance, the carolers — with their red- “I passed over the phone.” the bridge’s fabled footpath. turned left instead of right, and “ended up getting lost in 2005 Lynelle Johnson, and Justice Jerome D. Cohen of Jewish War Veterans parade in the sunshine. the emporium’s impending move to Manhattan “We’ll miss ’em. It’s gonna hurt.” with pedestrians and bicycles citywide. that crazy off-the-grid tangle down there,” his boss, who and-green felt hats, their sheet music and their while speculating on their own futures. The na- Next door, Helen Mavronas, the owner of It was that simple. “Welcome back to the big time, Brooklyn, USA!” the accordion accompaniment — appeared to be tionally renowned business, they say, stood at the 30-year-old Gifts on Fifth, a provider of Gentile won a third term in the City Coun- irrepressible Beep told his constituents as they returned requested anonymity for everyone involved, told The Brooklyn Papers. just another group of holiday mirth-makers on the crest of a trickle-down economy that wedding invitations and other nuptial knick- cil Tuesday, besting Republican challenger home during the evening rush hour on Tuesday. Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue this week. dripped dollars along Fifth Avenue. See FLEE on page 6 Russo by 10 percentage points. “When he finally got to work, he was tired, yes, but “We had been waiting for that call a long Despite the hassles of the day, most were smiling. And then they broke into song. far more mortified that he had gotten lost on the island “On the 12th day of Christmas, Bruce Ratner took time,“ said Gentile of Russo’s concession “Were you here all day, Marty? God bless you,” one of Manhattan.” phone call. “Hearing his voice on the phone woman said. from me/12 months of taxes/11 blocks of sidewalks/10 was the icing on the cake.” “No, just a couple of hours in the morning and a A timely class trip acres peopled/nine cultures mixing/eight unclogged subways/seven days a-strolling/six sportless It was the second race between the two couple of hours now,” Markowitz told her. But he got For a Fort Greene school, the transit strike made for Bay Ridge natives and was the borough’s months/DE-MO-CRA-CY!/four years in E a hug anyway. an exciting class trip. building/three neighborhoods/two thoroughfares/and V only seriously contested council race. On a practical level, Markowitz was steering the mass I Gentile captured 14,361 votes (55 percent) More than 40 students from the Urban Assembly an apartment for my family!” S to Russo’s 11,745 (45 percent), according to of humanity towards Borough Hall, where his staff was School for Law and Justice — the ones who actually If the lyrics didn’t give them away, a closer inspec- U unofficial tallies. dispensing coffee, tea and little Entenmann’s carrot cakes made it to school on Tuesday — headed to Cadman tion of the jaunty hats revealed the words “eminent do- L “We never worried,” said Diana Castignani, (not bad, by the way). Plaza, where a group of transit strikers were walking main abuse” with a red slash mark through them — a / Greg Mango / Greg C a Gentile supporter who, on Tuesday night, This being Brooklyn, there were some who viewed the picket line. symbol of groups opposed to Ratner’s sports, residential and commercial mega-development at the Atlantic X joined him for eggplant Parmesan and cham- Markowitz’s caffeinated offering warily. “We decided this was a good chance to show the stu- pagne at a post-poll bash at the Stars and Stripes Yards. E “Is it free?” asked one man. dents something relevant to their lives and the legal The so-called Prospect Heights Action Carrollers Democratic Club on 15th Avenue. “Of course it’s free!” Markowitz said. “Oy, the last issues they study,” said teacher Julian Sciammarella, who As the party seeped out of the storefront (sic) were mostly well received in Park Slope, but

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn handed out clipboards and told the students to interview Democratic club and onto the avenue, Gen- thing I need is to charge people for coffee. I’d be on

tile’s supporters spoke jubilantly of the hard Councilman Vincent Gentile raises fists in victory during election night celebration at the Stars and Stripes Democratic Club on 15th Avenue. Callan / Tom the front page of all the papers!” the strikers. work that had gone into the win. On a less-practical level, Markowitz said he felt an “They really want their money,” said ninth-grader “I was concerned,” said Assemblywoman obligation to entertain the troops during the strike. Edania Heslop, who lives in Flatbush. Joan Millman, “but we came through.” “What else can I do? I don’t have a seat at the nego- “I understand where they’re coming from, but if “People came in from Downtown to help tiating table,” he told The Brooklyn Papers. “I feel that I’m going to be a lawyer, I need to understand both

and, of course, voters here know what’s best Papers The Brooklyn this is the least I can do to keep people’s spirits up.” sides.” for their communities,” she added. VINNY: RACE GOT UGLY Mayor Bloomberg marches over the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday morn- Dozens took Markowitz up on his offer, drinking the But, Heslop added, even standing in the cold to Before Tuesday the race had featured Mango / Greg

/ Tom Callan / Tom ing from the Office of Emergency Management building in DUMBO. mentions of Republican Mayor Bloomberg The Brooklyn Papers Some of the attacks were below the showed up on Fourth Avenue to pretty horrified by that kind of talk contents of three large coffee urns and using up several interview strikers was “more fun than a regular day at Many Brooklynites also walked the bridge to Manhattan. rolls of toilet paper, a Markowitz spokeswoman said. school.” and the impact of his popularity on Bay With victory champagne belt. That didn’t happen in the last publicly dismiss the charge. even when it comes from the Re- Ridge voters, a group known to swing be- slicking his hair to his forehead, race.” “The implication of the flier was publican Party,” said Mary Speers, Manuel Harlan tween party lines. In the last week of the cam- totally disrespectful to the voters in pastor of the Union Church of Bay The fear that Russo would be able to ride re-elected city Councilman Vin- paign, Republican opponent Pat that district,” said Markowitz in an Ridge. Bloomberg’s coattails to victory went unreal- cent Gentile called his latest Russo distributed pamphlets call- interview with The Brooklyn Papers “You know it when someone Papers The Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Redgrave on the way ized. battle to keep his seat one of the ing his rival a serial abuser, allud- before the election. goes too far,” said Speers. “My In an exclusive interview with GO Brooklyn, newly installed director Tony Harrison speaks Furthermore, Bloomberg’s presence at the nastiest he’s been in. ing to allegations of sexual harass- Russo’s jab at the incumbent sense is people thought, ‘Ouch! I Real New Yorkers LOVE the transit strike “I don’t know if this race was Still Smokin’ frankly about the behind-the-scenes turmoil of “Hecuba,” starring Vanessa Redgrave (above top of the ticket may have ended up, for Rus- ment that had been dismissed after may have only muddled his mes- wish he hadn’t said that’.” Former Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier puts a so, a lump of coal, rather than the bonus his tougher,” said the former state sena- a Council investigation. sage, according to some Ridge ob- With his second loss in a row center). Euripides’ play comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on June 17. See page 9. glove on one of his famous fists during a break from sign- HE TRANSIT STRIKE is the sie (from Canarsie, Jerry! Canarsie!). network!” Brooklynite, would have ensured strategists predicted. tor who has been finding ways to The circulars got him in trouble servers. against Gentile, Russo just might THE BROOKLYN Naturally, reporters ignored the real “This is a transit strike,” Barowitz that there was coffee and good “Having Bloomberg in the race was a sur- win contested elections since 1996. with Gentile ally and borough “Most people in my parish, and be feeling the same way. ing copies of his new book, “Box Like The Pros,” at the best thing that could ever hap- story and chose to lead the gripe pa- retorted. bagels. I will talk to him about that.” Amy Greer Novel Idea book store, 8415 Third Ave. on Tuesday. pen to us — even if some of us By Gersh See GENTILE on page 4 “It was certainly more attack filled. president Marty Markowitz, who that includes the Republicans, are — Ariella Cohan T rade. At the mayor’s digs — the Of- The mayor, hatless, eventually Fortunately, the mayor was told, The Prospect Heights Action Carrollers (sic) sing out can’t see it. ANGLE Kuntzman “Transit chaos!” screamed the fice of Emergency Management head- emerged, and gave his first exclu- La Bagel Delight has finally opened against the Atlantic Yards project in Park Slope. front page of the Post. “We’re biking or walking in the cold to a quarters under the Brooklyn Bridge, sive of the day to this bike-grease- on Front Street. Stuck,” added the Daily News. job you probably hate when you can where he slept on a double-wide cot stained wretch. Bloomberg walked a few more they did quickly overstay their welcome at the new And these people call themselves whine all day about it and be com- and an air mattress — news producers “The hospitality I’ve experienced blocks in his faded jeans and tasseled Commerce Bank on Fifth Avenue. Cell antennas New Yorkers? pletely justified? screamed at mayoral spokesman Jor- in Brooklyn has been extraordinary,” loafers, and then he was off, bound- At first, an unsuspecting bank employee let the rev- Let’s face it, the only time a New New Yorkers generally don’t talk dan Barowitz after he said the mayor Hizzoner said, although he did echo ing up the stairs of the Brooklyn elers inside — but once there, the singers broke into GREEN: Yorker is truly happy is when he to each other, but the transit strike ac- would not do live interviews with the most persistent culinary complaint Bridge towards the world beyond. some of their big hits, turning “Jingle Bell Rock” into Toxins in C’Gardens “Ratnerville Sucks” and “Silent Night” into “Blighted gets to complain about how tough it tually brought us together, as we Matt and Katie or Harry Smith. of DUMBO residents: No bagels. People travel from all over the is to be a New Yorker. shared cars and shared war stories. I “You don’t understand,” one of “I would have thought that our globe to walk over the Brooklyn Heights.” So what’s the inconvenience of even talked to a woman from Canar- the producers screamed. “This is a commissioner, Joe Bruno, a lifelong Bridge. So who am I to complain? “Ratner’s a shmoe and Ratnerville blows,” they menace Ridge Gas plants’ pollutants seeping way through nabe sang to frightened employees, including bank manager Eileen Holmes, who worried the new branch’s By Jotham Sederstrom who lives on Senator Street and helped spear- IT’S NOT By Ariella Cohen the polluted groundwater contains poi- ations at the site in the 1960s. In 1975, image would be tarnished. The Brooklyn Papers head an initiative in 2002 to have the 25-acre The Brooklyn Papers sonous coal tar and other dense runoff the city took ownership of about half “We can’t get political,” said Holmes. “We’re not swath included among roughly 30 other historic associated with industrial manufactur- of the entire oddly shaped parcel, Residents along Bay Ridge’s only street A former natural gas plant in supposed to have this stuff. We’ll get hate mail.” areas in Brooklyn. ing. bounded by Fourth Street, Hoyt Street, But one customer threatened to close his brand listed in the National Register of Historic “These things are disgusting, and they’re Carroll Gardens is polluting The pollutants have also been found Fifth Street, Smith Street, Huntington Places are in a tizzy over plans to install new account if Holmes booted the singers. popping up all over the place, and on low-rise BLIGHT! groundwater winding its way in the canal itself. Place and the canal. The customer, Jon Crow, told The Brooklyn Papers cellular phone antennae on the rooftop of buildings. As a historic district, I think it’s a bad beneath the neighborhood with This week, researchers working for “They know [it] is traveling in the an office building on the block. that he had opened an account with the bank because place for this.” Assemblyman speaks toxic chemicals — and experts Keyspan Energy — whose predecessor Smith Street direction,” said Keyspan Ratner preps Atlantic Yards site it showed good faith when it abandoned a plan for a Expected to be installed by T-Mobile in Au- The issue surfaced last month, thanks in part don’t know where it’s going or Brooklyn Union Gas processed and spokeswoman Diana. drive-through window after local complaints. gust, the antennae, say residents on Senator Street to National Environmental Policy Act, which manufactured natural gas at the site for Found at depths between 10- and “If I hear different[ly], I’m going to close my ac- / Tom Callan / Tom between Third and Fourth avenues, threaten to requires companies like T-Mobile to alert city or against eminent domain how much of a threat it is. about one-hundred years, and which is 150-feet below street level, the contam- By Ariella Cohen Workers wearing gardening gloves ic asbestos and then demolishing the workers used grocery carts to haul odd will be demolished before the mega- Originated in the marshy ground sur- count here,” Crow warned Holmes. blemish the otherwise pristine block of roughly state agencies before placing the antennae. responsible for cleaning up the area — inants run in the groundwater in move- The Brooklyn Papers and knit caps arrived at the moody 19th-century structure. pieces of furniture and mixing bowls project is even approved. After filling the bank with holiday cheer, the car- 40 renaissance-style homes. Russ Stromberg, a senior manager for de- The Brooklyn Papers rounding the former Citizens Gas Samuel Underberg Building at the in- Five other buildings nearby will fol- still wrapped in plastic from the Un- The initial demolition work fol- began digging up soil along the edge of ments known as plumes, according to It has begun: Bruce Ratner has olers headed towards Seventh Avenue, where they Worse, say some, the installation would en- velopment at T-Mobile, said that because of Speaking before fellow state legislators at a hear- Works (Public Place) site, a former gas the 11.5-acre site in hopes of finding Keyspan. tersection of Atlantic and Flatbush av- low — the historic beginning of a proj- derberg building, which once housed lowed a report issued by a Ratner- encountered giggles, smirks and indifference. courage other cellular phone companies to follow dead zones in the area, the company had been ing on eminent domain last Friday, assemblyman manufacturing plant on Fifth Street at out exactly where the sludge is headed. In city study in 1990, inspectors started clearing the site of his pro- enues around 11:30 on Tuesday morn- ect that may take more than a decade to a food supply store. hired engineer that recommended the posed Atlantic Yards arena, resi- Some pedestrians said they thought the lyric, suit. looking to expand its coverage. Roger Green challenged the legality of exercising Hoyt Street along the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn Union discontinued oper- See TOXIC PLUME on page 13 ing to begin what will be a complete and cost $3.5 billion. The buildings — all owned by Rat- building be torn town to prevent a col- “Ratner hell time/Something smells time/To line “I’m absolutely concerned,” said Ron Gross, dential and office mega-project. months-long process of removing tox- In this first step this week, the ner or in contract to be sold to him — The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn See CELLS on page 6 eminent domain in his Prospect Heights district, See RATNER on page 13 pockets at the MTA,” was about the transit strike. where up to 11 acres could be condemned to acco- But the singers were undaunted. modate Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project. “Our caroling is one of those little events that “For the record, that neighborhood is not blighted, drive the big guys crazy,” said Schellie Hagan. said Green. “I repeat, that neighborhood is not blighted.” It was unclear how crazy. Joe DePlasco, a

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F , no s fa her ’d better w between ue to Van- er knows a this wee tlantic and ber 2003 ccording t f the 2,25 A ’d better w between ue to Van- er knows a this wee tlantic and ber 2003 Hedda’ o wanted A d d h ou sit en th ne A em A t o ou sit en th ne A em w apartments by Earvin “Magic” T d y ch Av s mo plai from Dec rcen d y ch Av s mo plai rom Dec er, - An ly 6. - whi m Fifth hi elly ex one nue in cord- , 50 pe f studio An ly 6. - whi m Fifth hi elly ex one f nue in cord- da’s fath city, al nanograms of mercury vapor per cubic Ju u o K y ve ac g o Ju u o K y ve ac d e blighted is wonderful,” said James. “If we can expe- e A fr ” an A , in t e A fr ” an A , e th he would take a mortar and pestle and M u t, t, t d d is MT u t, t, t d H re d tion tree hts. wan ss to rbil rwar stan ons re d tion tree hts. wan ss to rbil war but t of www.BrooklynPapers.com sals a sporta ific S t Heig they proce Vande e fo der ill c sals a sporta ific S t Heig they proce ande e for e ou ki propo li Tran Pac i P ospec e if h ntire h ve com t City k t nits w ki propo Tran Pac P spec if h ntire V h e com t City me tim hi dogs See our ad under EMPLOYMENT on page 14 dite the legislative process and a bill is passed in Jan- Johnson’s development company. meter — more than double the level mix up a little bit of mercury,” said Ar- January openings in EDITORIAL, SALES and WEB departments Last week’s Downtown & Park Slope Group papers Last week’s Bay Ridge Group papers uary or February, then it can affect the project.” In the beginning The building, across from the Long that would mandate a government-su- nold P. Wendroff, the Brooklyn resident Green told The Papers that he “wanted to get it on New York City Marathon runners rumble across the Verrazano-Narrows Island Rail Road terminal and near the pervised cleanup in a residential unit. who requested that the Department the record that it is pretty clear that there are Bridge en route to Bay Ridge and beyond after starting the race in Stat- proposed Atlantic Yards mega-develop- Before Johnson’s company teamed of Environmental Protection inspect ment site, is the tallest in Brooklyn. with developer Dermot Co., to buy the ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) See BLIGHT on page 13 en Island on Sunday See MERCURY on page 13 ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. 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Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol.28, No.12BRZ •Saturday, March 19, 2005 • FREE Chris Lowery drives to the bas- Defending ket ahead of Devin Epps of Car- Williams out at Fort Hamilton, could pass dozo during the Nike Super Six OLD BOARDING HOUSE tournament at Madison Square land before zoning change GENTILE TO SUNDAY METERS: By Jotham Sederstrom rooms on 42nd Street, the rat-infested Garden Sunday. The The Brooklyn Papers joints. But a lot of these guys don’t want Clippers dropped the By Jotham Sederstrom ‘Fever’ to leave. They’ve put in 20 years at the Adecision to raze a turn-of-the- replaced with first woman CO The Brooklyn Papers house and thought they were going to match 77-73. X MARKS century home used for decades as a live here and die here.” The one-family home at 456 boarding house threatens to strand By Jotham Sederstrom Although a woman had Victory chief: Ovington Ave. near Fourth Avenue this month Despite the decision to raze what EXCLUSIVE Fort Ham several of the formerly homeless The Brooklyn Papers been commander of the re- would normally be a two-family home, cruiting post on the base, the hadn’t been targeted by devel- By Jotham Sederstrom plan next and, if approved, it sioners voted “yes” on the men and war veterans who live there. however, tenants say that Tancredi has The Army will appoint opers, but that didn’t stop a Bay relieved of the command for base command has always floor is The Brooklyn Papers could be signed into law by plan with almost no discus- The owner plans to tear down the been generous. Besides helping them Col. Tracey Nicholson as Ridge real estate agency from run- sion. what base sources said were been held by men, most no- Quickly and without much Mayor Michael Bloomberg by Vito’s report says it’s vital building next month and build a seven- find new housing, the landlord — who commander of the Fort personal reasons related to his tably Capt. Abner Doubleday, ning an advertisement proclaim- the end of this month. One exception was Dolly THE SPOT to nine-unit condominium in its place. lives in the home — has offered to pay a Hamilton Army base later wife’s arrest in 2003 on drunk who is popularly credited with ing it “perfect for condo develop- fanfare, the City Planning As quickly as zoning matter Williams, an appointee of By Jotham Sederstrom Last March, say tenants, the owner of percentage of each tenants’ rent for up to this month, marking the driving charges. inventing the modern game of ment.” Commission unanimously ap- “C 050314” was introduced at Borough President Marty the three-story home at 219 68th St. noti- two years. Currently, each pays $400 a The Brooklyn Papers Cinderella Xaverian takes SAY YOUR first time in the garrison’s Since November, Col. Cur- baseball in 1835. The ad concludes: “Act now before proved the rezoning of 249 a March 2 meeting at the City Markowitz, who lauded the fied the 15 men who live there that they month with the help of Social Security tis Wrenn Jr. has acted as tem- Callan / Tom Besides Doubleday, who on the blocks of Bay Ridge Wed- plan before issuing her own On the heels of a De- 174-year history that a zoning laws change.” We’re staying! Planning Commission’s office would need to make arrangements for and pension funds. Rents for the relocat- partment of Defense man- woman has filled its highest porary garrison commander in led the base for only one The asking price? $1,750,000. nesday morning. on Reade Street in Lower “OK.” city title, state is next new housing by January. While most of ed would cost roughly the same. anticipation of Nicholson’s month in June of 1861, Capt. The agency, Re/Max 1st Choice Re- The council will review the Manhattan, the 13 commis- “City Planning and the date to slash a quarter of the the elderly tenants have signed agree- Tancredi said that an offer to house all post, The Bay Ridge Paper appointment, which is to be Levi Whiting is remembered alty at 8112 Third Ave., and its broker, people in Brooklyn did a fab- nation’s military installa- By Vince DiMiceli ments for housing at another building in of the men at a single-room-occupancy has learned. announced officially on Feb. as Fort Hamilton’s first com- Denies Crain’s report hospital ripe for closing ulous job of the rezoning of tions, Rep. Vito Fossella on Jeanne DeLorenzo, ignited a storm The Brooklyn Papers Bay Ridge, others say that they are still facility on 95th Street between Third Av- The appointment comes 15, sources said. Wrenn will mander, in 1831. when elected officials and homeowners Bay Ridge,” said Williams. Monday released a final By Jotham Sederstrom Interfaith Medical Center in looking for other housing. enue and Ridge Boulevard was accepted nearly three months after Col. be reassigned to Fort Monroe Papers File The Brooklyn “We’ve come a long way,” block “What we have been seeing It was the year they weren’t supposed to do it, but some- were alerted to the 1-3/4-inch by 2-1/4- report defending the Fort The Brooklyn Papers Bedford-Stuyvesant among Under current Department of Housing by all but a few of the men. The offer Kewyn Williams was quietly in Virginia. Col. Kewyn Williams Col. Tracey Nicholson See CHANGE on page 4 inch notice. in recent years is the destruc- how they did anyway. hospitals health care profes- Hamilton Army Base as cru- Preservation and Development regula- was in addition to the commitment he As the city is weighing new zoning The president of Vic- Associated Press tion of this wonderful, won- cial to national security. The Xaverian Clippers men’s basketball team won their first-ever

/ Tom Callan / Tom sionals speculated could be PRAYERS School named into effect by Bloomberg in 2002 as a par- tions, the owner, Henry Tancredi, can do made to pay a portion of their rent. derful neighborhood.” Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) AA-Division city By Jotham Sederstrom laws to protect houses like the one tory Memorial Hospital shuttered. The flashing, colorful Brooklyn dance floor Prepared over the course of as he pleases with the property, despite “I’ve always told them that they didn’t Re/Max 1st Choice is advertising, vehemently denied a re- where John Travolta strutted and hustled in The hearing marked the championship on March 10 with a dramatic 67-66 win over heavily fa- The Brooklyn Papers tial antidote to the city’s escalating budget its current designation as a boarding have to go on their own again,” said Tan- Victory Memorial is on a year by the 23-member Task deficit. Gentile said this week that he some viewed the ad’s text as the height port published this week “Saturday Night Fever” will be offered at auc- penultimate step in the city’s Force to Save Fort Hamilton, vored Rice at Fordham University. Locked in a politicized battle with home. credi, who said his decision to raze the / Gary Thomas 92nd Street at Seventh Av- Uniform Land Use Review Along the way to the most coveted trophy in Catholic high school hopes widespread support of the legisla- of chutzpah. that fingered the 105- enue. tion, a dealer of Hollywood memorabilia said for Grippo the 66-page report cites the Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 36 City “It’s not as dire as it may seem in my house stemmed from its frame structure, tion, now idling in the council’s transporta- DeLorenzo said the building neigh- Procedure (ULURP), a rough- 35,000 soldiers who pass basketball, the Clippers also eliminated Christ the King, taking down case,” said George Mastermaker, 60, which, when dealing with multiple-unit year-old Bay Ridge med- “It’s absolutely idiotic,” Tuesday. ly seven-month process that Council members have united to tion committee, will prompt Bloomberg to The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn two nationally ranked top-10 teams in two weeks. bors her own and is owned by the chil- ical center and seven said DiCunto of the article. The floor, which was the centerpiece of the 2001 By Jotham Sederstrom through the base’s recruitment form what Bay Ridge Councilman who said he lived on the streets for a dwellings, raises difficulties with financ- dren of a recently deceased family requires hearings before and “It was an improbable run to knock off two giants,” Coach Jack Ale- revoke or recast the Sunday meter opera- Golden fuming over new kids Callan / Tom program each year and the decade before moving into a second- This turn-of-the-century boarding house at 219 68th St. is being torn down and ing and insurance. other small hospitals as “We’re not going to close, Odyssey nightclub at 802 64th St. in Bay Ridge, was The Brooklyn Papers recommendations by Com- si told The Brooklyn Papers. “But it just goes to show you, persistence Vincent Gentile described as a veto- tion, which draws $7 million annually. replaced with a market-rate condominum. This ad for a one-family house on Ovington Avenue shows an asking price of friend. The three siblings, one of whom and there’s very little sub- saved by owner Jay Rizzo after the club closed last role the base plays in national proof majority in support of legisla- See CONDOS on page 5 Papers The Brooklyn likely to be closed be- “Now that that’s the case,” Gentile said floor room at the home in 1996. “There’s $1,750,000, which could be a good value to a developer seeking to erect condos — lives in Connecticut, want to sell the Breaking with a policy that munity Board 10, Markowitz, security in making its case pays off. Our team really came together in the last month.” stance in the thing.” week. the City Planning Commis- tion that would eliminate Sunday of the veto-proof bill, “we’re going to give if he acts “now before zoning laws change,” as the ad suggests. See RUSH on page 4 cause of Gov. George Pa- bars the naming of public against closing the 180-year- Led by 6-foot-5 senior forward Saiquon Stone’s 22 points — 13 of taki’s efforts to reduce ris- Cynthia Rigg, a projects The auction will be held on April 1 at the galleries sion and the City Council. which came in the fourth quarter — and stellar defense, the Clippers turned parking meters. it a little more time.” Gentile gathered on Showtime schools until at least a year old garrison. The Pentagon’s editor at Crain’s, defended of Profiles in History, a memorabilia dealer in Beverly Bloomberg has voiced his Flanked by Queens Councilman Hiram Sunday at the intersection of Fifth Avenue ing state Medicaid costs. after a proposed honoree has Base Realignment and Clo- Callan / Tom a 53-50 deficit with 5:25 to go into a 57-53 lead in under two minutes. book promoting pot smoking the article by reporter Gale Hills, Calif., its editor, Kevin Hasely, said. public support for the effort Monserrate, Gentile announced on Friday and 79th Street to raise the issue. “Hope- / Greg Mango / Greg But Rice rallied back, and with the Clips hanging on to a 64-63 lead Donald DiCunto said the died, Schools Chancellor Joel sure Commission is expected Callan / Tom Scott, saying that the Greater The floor will remain in New York City during Papers file The Brooklyn fully, the mayor and the [Department of report in Crain’s New York on several occasions and is with 57 seconds remaining, Brian McKenzie hit a three-pointer to seal at the steps of City Hall, and again on Sun- New York Hospital Associa- the California auction. It has already attracted Klein has approved the re- to announce its recommenda- Transportation] will come to the table,” he Photofest / Jori Klein expected to quickly sign off day in Bay Ridge, that he had corralled America and abroad that included a depiction of a family sleep- Business, which named Vic- tions by May. the win. By Jotham Sederstrom tion and the 1199 SEIU prospective bidders, particularly memorabilia col- naming of a Dyker Heights on it. support from two-thirds of the council’s 52 said. ing in a car in a city that appeared to be New York. tory Memorial among two The Fort Hamilton report The championship came a year after the Clippers lost in the finals to The Brooklyn Papers health care workers union lectors, Hasely said. elementary school in honor of “I would say that this zon- St. Raymond’s with what was considered a better team than this sea- members, the magic number needed to Long a concern in Bay Ridge, where

Brooklyn hospitals speculat- Get ‘The L’ off bus shelters Papers The Brooklyn “It’s just so wrong, telling kids it’s alright to get messed up will be delivered to Defense Ridge rezone hearing draws few ABay Ridge legislator lashed out this week at a have agreed that closures are “We have interest from private collectors who the late District 20 Superin- ing in Bay Ridge is probably son’s squad. override an expected veto by Bloomberg. churchgoers charge that having to run out ed to be closed, unfairly cre- Callan / Tom “I’ve never even seen [this many] Jennifer Beals, best known for her star turn work’s first gay hit, “Queer as Folk.” Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on marijuana,” said Golden, a former New York City police of- necessary to consolidate lim- want the dance floor for themselves, and from club By Jotham Sederstrom tendent Vincent Grippo. to feed parking meters midway through Papers The Brooklyn Prospect Heights author who penned a children’s book ated its list by taking an in- up there among the most sig- this week, said Fossella. On Monday, Rep. Vito Fossella announced his Fort Hamilton “Last year, you might have expected it,” Alesi said of the champi- If approved, the legislation sponsored ficer. Hunt Ridge rapist ited resources and reduce owners who know the commercial value of having The Brooklyn Papers naked women,” said a blushing Golden, in the movie “Flashdance,” strategically But despite heaps of acclaim, resi- Papers File The Brooklyn While effective immediately, nificant things to happen to Task Force Report, which found that the historic base must onship. “But going into this season, after graduating some guys, dis- by Gentile would amend an administrative Mass has disrupted Sunday services, the Vincent Gentile says the CIty Brooklyn to date, would ad- temper some of the more egre- and recommendations by designating three times the cur- hearing say that they’ve been ect manager with the Basile Chairman Craig Eaton, who praising the virtues of marijuana, calling it “harmful Cortes defended the book’s contents as more truthful than Papers The Brooklyn formal survey of health care state Medicaid costs. the floor made famous in ‘Saturday Night Fever,’” who sent a Feb. 22 letter to the Depart- crosses her arms to cover her chest while dents in Bay Ridge have doused com- “This is to justify and ex- By Jotham Sederstrom Marty Golden, Brooklyn’s Republi- Vincent Grippo. See ZONING on page 3 missing two starters before the start of the season, and having a very code to allow for the suspension of Sunday issue has escalated since last month to Council can override a may- and dangerous to the children of our society.” Callan / Tom ment of Transportation calling for the the series name runs just below. Above that plaints on Golden, who said his office See GRIPPO on page 2 plain what we all know to be remain open to protect the city from terrorist attacks. The Brooklyn Papers versely affect property values gious impulses of some of us to Community Board 10 — rent number of blocks for de- inundated with phone calls Builders Group, and a resident countered that property values most efforts to educate parents and children about pot, which By Jotham Sederstrom Police said the man raped and sodom- specialists that he believes But a statement released Brian Chanes, director of sales at Profiles in Histo- ON THE UPSWING can-Conservative state senator, has his tough schedule, who knew?” parking meter regulations, which were put See SUNDAY on page 6 oral veto. of Bay Ridge, who added, State Sen. Marty Golden said the illustrated book, “It’s Just skewed heavily in favor of this week by the Healthcare ry, told the Daily News. advertisement’s removal. “In communi- is the phrase “Venus Envy.” has received nearly a dozen calls since the obvious,” said Fossella, There were nearly as many in Bay Ridge. maximize on the return,” said which already voted to ap- tached housing, the neighbor- from homeowners scrambling are soaring in Bay Ridge. he called scare tactics similar to those in the 1938 anti-marijua- The Brooklyn Papers ized the woman before fleeing with her own L-word for ads promoting a les- But with a starting five of Stone, honors student McKenzie, senior Both Councilman Vincent Markowitz, a former tenant ad- prove the zoning measure with hood’s pride. to sell property before the plan “We believe in Bay Ridge.” The differing forecasts, said a Plant,” by Brooklyn native Ricardo Cortes, crossed the line na propaganda movie “Reefer Madness.” larger hospitals, which would Education Project, a joint ini- Rizzo, who renamed the 2001 Odyssey to Spec- ties like ours, it’s not the type of ad that The show also stars ‘70s action film the ads were hoisted in all five bor- flanked by members of the task

jewelry. Papers The Brooklyn opponents of a neighbor- bian-themed cable TV show called oughs, including at a bus shelter on lions of people who come here while providing support to point guard Levance Fields, Timmy Hepworth and Jake Stevens, the Gentile, who made a last push to vocate, referring to developers a few recommendations — The 249-block proposal goes into effect. But the effort by Basile and by sending a pro-pot message to children. “It’s not promoting marijuana use by any means,” said Police have released the name and In the second assault, police say Thomas benefit from consolidations. tiative of the Greater New trum in 1987, also said that the floor has long been should be around. Young minds are vul- star Pam Grier. force outside the army base, on hood-wide rezoning of Bay See ZONING on page 5 “The L Word” whose cast of sexy stars nerable and I think these need to be in Afar cry from Ralph and Alice Kram- Third Avenue at 77th Street. on a daily basis.” New York and New Jersey in Clippers defied the odds. amend proposed zoning on Gel- who have bought up old homes Markowitz, the City Planning would also reduce by half the The worry, as they see it, is Sal Calabrese, a mem- The small-press book, published by Magic Propaganda Mill, Cortes, who said he anticipated that addressing the topic picture of a tattooed man they are attacked another woman in her 20s after she The report only mentions Rep. Vito Fossella presents check for $100,000 to Victory Memorial Hospital Presi- York Hospital Association a curiosity, especially among tourists. Coney Island is now a hot commodity Fort Hamilton Parkway at Idiot’s delight bare it all in ads at city bus-stops: Lewd. responsible locations.” den, whose televised love affair in “The His anger over the ads, he contends, Fossella said the task force securing New York Harbor. “These guys were the foundation of the team,” Alesi said. “And they did Ridge as there were support- searching for in two rapes — one in dent Donald DiCunto (center) and Emergency Department Director Dr. Mark Kind- 101st Street. “This base not ston Avenue, and Borough Pres- in Bay Ridge over the last sev- Commission and the City number of blocks in Bay Ridge that the most lucrative oppor- a creative design group, was sponsored by the Marijuana Poli- Papers The Brooklyn Victory Memorial once, as and 1199 SEIU, also blasted “Over the years, we’ve had thousands of people ber of the Brooklyn “would be a Trojan horse to some extent.” opened the door to her apartment sometime Outraged by the sight of nine nude stems from a concern that children will found that the base meets all The Bay Ridge-Staten Is- it the typical Xaverian way, with teamwork, chemistry and solid defense.” ers testifying at a hearing at ident Marty Markowitz roundly eral years and replaced them Council. Markowitz was re- designated for so-called Fed- tunities to sell single-family cy Project and the Drug Policy Alliance, two drug advocacy Participants in the first “Idiotarod” cross the Brooklyn Bridge with a shopping cart last Sat- Bay Ridge and another in East Flat- part of a list that also includes schuh in February of 2004. Reports this week said the hospital may be closing. the article. who come here just to see it,” Rizzo told the News. Introduced early last month to coincide Honeymooners” was set in Bensonhurst, only benefits Bay Ridge, but Board of Realtors, to “This came out of looking at current forms of marijuana ed- around 8 pm. Police said he forced his way Romantic Times founder and CEO Kathryn Falk in her home near Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights this week. Inset women provocatively splashed across take a gander at the voluptuous vixens, By Jotham Sederstrom three decades and structures that have In the meantime, the neighborhood test, the refurbishing of the old Para- seven criteria that the Base Re- land congressman added that While Xaverian had never won a city championship before, the boys’ Borough Hall this week. endorsed the Bay Ridge zoning with condominiums. quired to make his recommen- ders-style housing. homes will diminish after safe- bush. “It is irresponsible for “It is incredibly popular with tourists — particular- with the Feb. 20 premier of the show’s sec- the season premier of “The L Word” elec- all of New York and the mil- push back hearings on groups. ucation and seeing how terrible they were,” said Cortes. urday. The event, which takes its name from the famous Alaskan dog-sled race, the Iditar- into the home after revealing a knife when shows cover of the December issue of her 24-year-old magazine, which has upset a librarian and several readers. bus-stop shelters in his district and else- ond season, the ad (a portion of which is trified TV sets with talk of suicide, an not the fact that the characters are les- Congress honors The Brooklyn Papers long sat dormant have seen their val- has seen the rebirth of summertime chute Jump, which may become the alignment and Closure Com- team has had some success over the years. In 1981, led by future Na- by staying open, the base actu- Seek funds for crumbling Only five people testified. change and efforts to similarly The Jan. 18 Borough Hall dation by Friday, Jan. 21. While comments made at as guards are put in place to limit the proposal for six “This guy Ricardo Cortes should get his head examined,” od, saw teams of five race shopping carts from Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn to Tomp- The suspected rapist, who police identi- she answered the door. Crain’s New York Business ly from Europe.” ues nearly double just in the last year. throngs with the success of Keyspan site of a pavilion, and plans to mod- With pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, the where, Golden is demanding that the pictured above) reveals a skin-tangled por- adulterous lesbian love triangle and unbri- bians. Golden has consistently chal- PAGE 9 mission uses to judge the merits ally saves taxpayers $1.3 mil- tional Basketball Association all-star Chris Mullen, the Clippers won the The opponents, two real es- rezone Dyker Heights and Ben- hearing was the second step in Put forth by the Department many as 11 community board- the growth of larger multi- months in order to give “It’s Just a Plant,” a children’s said Golden, a conservative Republican who last year came kins Square Park in Manhattan for cash prizes. While there was no set course, teams were fied as Lamar Thomas, 20, struck first in Police say the suspect also goes by two to publish a list of hospitals In the 1977 movie, the floor was the scene where Asoon-to-be-released plan for From the barren, weed-strewn lot Park at West 17th Street between Surf ernize the New York Aquarium. story line of “It’s Just a Plant” revolves around a young girl, city remove advertisements for the hot trait of the series’ stars, whose interlocked dled sex in a public restroom. The gritty lenged businesses and entrepreneurs of each installation. Among lion a year because it also state A-Division championship. And in 1985, the X-Men took home the tate businessmen, told Bor- sonhurst, calling all three, “the the city’s Uniform Land Use of City Planning at the behest sponsored public hearings family condos. homeowners a chance book about pot use. down on a children’s book about different types of housing in Bay Ridge on Dec. 18 and again on Jan. other names: Christian Harris and Isaiah that are ‘ripe for shuttering,’” Travolta’s character, Tony Manero, went from paint the redevelopment of Coney beside Keyspan Park to the former Avenue and the Boardwalk, which But what really has property own- them, he said the base keeps an BRONX See WEED on page 15 required to make stops at two checkpoints in downtown Manhattan along the way. Showtime drama, which chronicles the legs and arms cleverly conceal body parts realism has garnered widespread praise whose wares he believes are inappropri- houses the Army Corps of En- same title in the B-Division. ough President Marty Marko- greatest good for the greatest Review Procedure (ULURP), of CB10 and Gentile, the plan would suggest widespread ap- “You’re not getting the to sell, was balked at by 30 in East Flatbush, said cops. Mitchell. the joint statement reads. store clerk to disco playboy on Saturday nights. sex lives of a gaggle of gorgeous Los ate for children, including a children’s Island that is intended to restore site of the famed Childs Restaurant, draws thousands to see the short-sea- ers, speculators and potential develop- active Military Entrance Pro- that only premium cable can unlock. from critics since the show premiered last gineers, which would other- During the 10 years Alesi has coached the team, the Clippers have witz on Tuesday that the plan, number of people.” a roughly seven-month process would preserve the built char- proval, a real estate developer opinions of all homeowners,” Markowitz, Gentile and Police say Thomas has a distinctive tat- He is described as 20 years old and ei- “The Healthcare Education The 10-year-old Profiles in History describes itself Angeles lesbians. Among the bevy of bunched-up beauties, year building on the premium cable net- developers are betting on a revitalized son single-A Brooklyn Cyclones base- ers licking their chops these days is cessing Station, provides a se- Shore Road Park seawall See ‘L’ on page 15 the former seaside resort area to won three CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens championships and made it to the

Project supports a process Dodgers’ Jackie wise have to shell out rent at / Gary Thomas the largest rezoning effort in “Government has a right to that requires hearings before acter of Bay Ridge, in part by and a Realtor who spoke at the charged Rocco Basile, a proj- Community Board 10 too on his arm that depicts Jesus Christ ther black or Hispanic. as the nation’s leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic its place as the borough’s main Coney Island, particularly its C-7 ball team, as well as a brand new, the city-backed redevelopment plan, cure location for training and city’s final four six times. with blood-red tears running down his face. Police said that the man, who sports a whereby a thoughtful analy- original historical autographs, letters, documents, vin- the details of which are expected to be another location. The Brooklyn Papers aging seawall along the route and Rep. Vito Fossella, who said he would Cohen eyeing bench attraction has sparked a real estate amusement district. Members of the grand subway hub at Stillwell Avenue occupies land close to major MARCH MADNESS: On Saturday, March 12, the Clippers defeated JEERS sis of and planning for com- tage signed photographs and manuscripts, and auc- By Erica Werner er, Jackie Robinson was America to account to its The latest base cuts will In the first incident, the man engaged a bushy mane of dark hair that he tucks into Coney Island Development Corpora- that reopened in May. released by this summer, although no Community Board 10 announced resubmit a request for $16 million in Racy Romance transportation systems. St. Mary’s 71-69 at Fordham University, thus winning the Catholic Adecade-long struggle to woman in her 20s in conversation at a ponytail, is 5-foot-11 and weighs about munity healthcare needs tioneer of Hollywood memorabilia. Associated Press posthumously awarded founding promise of freedom boom, say real estate agents and exact date has been set. mark the fifth round of clo- By Jotham Sederstrom Delia Schack, a co-district leader tion (CIDC), the group charged with Added to that has been the national Additionally, said Fossella, High School State Championship and advancing to the overall state rebuild nearly a third of the dete- its intention to create a multi- federal funding to rebuild the crum- Councilman: Put around 5 am. Sources say the man 220 pounds. must be the foundation for In August 2003, Bay Ridgites celebrated the neigh- and equality,” Bush said. “It’s a land owners. reinvigorating the area, expect to re- attention and thousands of visitors Michael Harari, a broker with Woody Allen on sures by the Department of in the 46th AD, and Ralph Perfetto, a WASHINGTON — More Congress’ highest honor, a the report argues that the base championship game Saturday. The loss was the first of the year for St. riorating Shore Parkway bike path agency task force to coordinate bling seawall and restore a four-mile grabbed the woman near Third Avenue Anybody with information on Thomas’ The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE any recommendations for borhood’s 150th anniversary with a screening of “Sat- lesson for people coming up to Aslew of undeveloped lots that Massey Knakal Realty, a commercial than a half-century after Congressional Gold Medal. lease a draft of their plans within who hit Coney island for the annual ‘Melinda & Melinda’ provides security for military Defense, which began seeking Mary’s, which was ranked No. 2 in the nation, going 24-0 on the sea- Papers The Brooklyn was revived this week as the future reconstruction. stretch of bike path between 79th and Jets in Brooklyn and 79th Street and dragged her down the whereabouts is asked to call the CRIME- leader in the neighboring 60th AD, hospital or nursing home re- urday Night Fever” in Narrows Botanical Gardens. see. One person can make a big Assemblywoman Adele Cohen breaking sport’s color barri- On Wednesday, President have languished for much of the last months. July 4 Nathan’s hot dog eating con- See CONEY on page 5 movements within the city See FORT HAM on page 6 son. The X-Men will play for the state title on Saturday, March 19 in Xaverian forward Chris Lowery goes up for a slam dunk during Army Corps of Engineers agreed 29M shark MARTY’S BROOKLYN stairs to a trash cellar where a mattress STOPPERS hotline at 800-577-TIPS. All both said Cohen was testing the wa- structuring, including but not While many of the establishments featured in the difference in setting the tone of The combined efforts were an- 95th streets that has long been plagued Cover of Brooklyn woman’s is eyeing a Brooklyn Supreme County Democratic Committee say Cheers for The Brooklyn Papers ters for a run at the bench. Bush gave the medal Glenns Falls, NY. Clippers improbable 67-66 win over Rice last Wednesday. to conduct an inspection of the nounced on Monday by Bay Ridge gonna need it.” When Markowitz said the project Suspected rapist Lamar Thomas. had been set up. calls will be kept confidential. limited to closures, and un- movie are now defunct (including the White Castle Fortway theater closing this country.” See SEAWALL on page 4 Court judgeship and will give up that Cohen has been putting out feel- More contentious, however, were his would create “about 10,000 permanent “At the moment, what I’m hear- der which community needs, PAGE 7 to Robinson’s wi- ABronx councilman this her Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, ers — to everyone from the party’s on 92nd Street where Travolta’s bone-headed friends When Robinson joined the endorsements of an Ikea store that is to new jobs” and “15,000 construction-relat- ing is she’s looking for a Supreme workforce needs, and other dow, Rachel Ro- week trashed Brooklyn as It’s cruises, Ikea, Nets Coney Island and Brighton executive director, Jeffery Feldman, stand on a table and bark like dogs) the movie still By Jotham Sederstrom expected to close later this tial buyers have expressed in- Deneroff would not say Both Deneroff and Baffuto Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he house set for be built on the Red Hook waterfront and Court judgeship,” said Perfetto. critical issues must be ad- holds a special place in the hearts of many. binson, in a stately part of an attempt to fight the was the first black player on a “Thanks, dock it in my usual spot — See STATE BORO on page 12 mag raises eyebrows, ire Beach seat if she is elected to the to many of the borough’s 42 district The Brooklyn Papers year, according to a real terest in converting the prop- why he had decided to sell the believe the theater was built in By Jotham Sederstrom developer Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards “You know, there’s a lot of people dressed.” In fact, tourists still wind up on the doorstep of ceremony in the life savers mayor’s plan to build a new Pier 11 in Red Hook,” Markowitz told leaders — since the Democrats be- estate firm handling the sale erty, either to residential or property now and would not 1929, just as silent movies major league team. He died in The Brooklyn Papers project. The latter, a 24-acre plan, would PAGE 7-11 bench in November, sources told waiting countywide, so I don’t know The list, said Rigg, was Peggy Pierce, a Community Board 10 member A Dyker Heights movie Capitol Rotunda. The Jets football stadium on the Brooklyn-born actor and TV talk gan advertising for judicial candi- other commercial space, no- say whether he would give were giving way to “talkies.” 1972 and his No. 42 was retired The Brooklyn Papers Borough President Marty Mark- be built on a portion of Prospect Heights, By Jotham Sederstrom woman wrapped in each other’s arms get some respect for romance novels,” The Bay Ridge Paper this week. how doable that’s going to be.” formed after interviews with who is the proud owner of the home on 79th Street theater that opened the of the movie house. Democratic and Re- throughout baseball in 1997. Capano bows out Manhattan’s West Side. body has committed to a bid, Loews Cineplex an opportu- Later, in 1979, Catholics Aquarium show host as he approached the podium. with only the woman’s blue robe block- wrote a subscriber of Romantic Times, Cohen, 62, who last November dates in issues of the New York Law Although elections will be held healthcare professionals who where Tony Manero lived in the film. Philip Baffuto, director of publican leaders of Sun’Park stretching from the intersection of Flat- The Brooklyn Papers It wasn’t until a tenant in the same building as Former state Attorney General owitz promoted Brooklyn as a future Two lines, Norwegian and Carnival, Journal last week. same year as the first said Baffuto. nity to renew its lease. protested outside of the the- “This medal confirms what bush and Atlantic avenues, and rely on ing her nether region. Beth Johnson, in an e-mail to the magazine. was re-elected for a third term, de- for six seats throughout both Brook- made their decisions based The once gray house is now painted brown and sales for Massey Knakal Re- the House and Senate we know,” Rachel Robinson FIGHTING IRISH home to professional basketball, the Jeffrey Deneroff, the owner Aspokeswoman for ater when it chose to screen The Brooklyn Papers Laila Labdaoui marched into the 68th Police G. Oliver Koppell, now a council- are expected to dock at Pier 12 in Red Diocese will shutter When Jane Raetzman, a librarian in Several sources, including a dis- on, among other things, Hollywood musical “The A $29 million fix-up of the The “clinch,” as the deep embrace typ- “The cover of RT’s December issue nied the rumor. lyn and Staten Island this September, white but fans find it anyway, Pierce said at the alty, said that the Fortway, a man from Riverdale, wrote to city’s first Ikea furniture store and, Hook as early as this fall with Pier 11 eminent domain property condemna- Oregon, picked up the December issue of of the building, confirmed that Loews, which leases the “Life of Brian,” a controver- and baseball com- said. “Jackie Robinson stands Precinct and demanded a word that authorities real- Callan / Tom trict leader in Cohen’s 46th Assem- four are currently filled by incum- whether the hospitals were Broadway Melody” and The New York Aquarium, shark habitat will add as many most conspicuously during his State tions to construct apartment and office ical of romance novel covers is called, was a giant step backward. The revealing “I have no comment other than I screening, noting that just a few years ago tourists five-screen theater at 6720 he was selling his property, but space, issued an initial com- sial Monty Python comedy in missioner Bud Selig as a heroic role model for all as two dozen nurse sharks, car- ized they had a couple more heroes on their hands. Mayor Michael Bloomberg this used as an entryway to the dock. Romantic Times, the self-described set off a flurry of debates, not least of all picture was unnecessary, and the head- love my job,” said Cohen. “I’m hav- bly District, confirmed that the three- bents who are eligible for reelection. losing money and whether from Brazil appeared in her driveway. survived protests in 1979

skyscrapers and a basketball arena for Photofest Fort Hamilton Parkway, was seeks new long home to the oldest week that while he was pleased to of the Borough address, a dock for “Those cruise lines will bring tens of “Christian widow” said she experienced nearby hospitals could ac- said that despite a number of in- ment stating, “The theater is which the main character is looked on. Americans who believe in jus- of ‘06 council race Early Easter That’s because police officers Abdo Almasmary, 36, and term lawmaker had been delicately Art from Captain pet sharks, pajama sharks and Ratner’s New Jersey Nets. on the very state of the romance novel. line ‘Hot Novels’ was only slightly better ing a perfectly wonderful time. I can Once the Democratic Party judicial Pierce and her husband, Ray, moved into the after screening the then- put on the block in January terested buyers none had com- not closing,” before retracting confused for a messiah. tice and equality.” known sand tiger shark in leopard sharks to the dozen or / Jori Klein William Hayes, 26, humbly continued their midnight patrol hear about the plans for a new commercial cruise ships. thousands of new tourists into Brook- several fits of embarrassment before fi- accomplish a lot in the Assembly seeking support for one of two coun- commodate new patients. John Travolta, as Tony Manero, dances the night home three months before “Saturday Night Fever” “His story is one The mention of the Ratner project “I realized,” said Raetzman in an e- than the caption ‘Scorchingly Sensual.’ screening panel receives applications controversial Monty Py- with an asking price of $4.5 mitted. He said he would fur- the statement and simply say- The movie’s tagline was Speakers extolled Robinson captivity, will triple the num- so that already live in the on Jan. 10 without so much as a peep after performing life- cruise ship port, “the Brooklyn lo- Kicking off the address at the lyn,” Markowitz said of the construc- nally writing an angry letter to the maga- mail to the 24-year-old magazine, “it’s Please, be tasteful and appropriate.” and I ain’t goin’ anywhere.” tywide seats expected to be vacated from likely candidates, an executive It also said, however, that away at 2001 Odyssey, the Bay Ridge nightclub hit the theaters in December, 1977. Cook’s voyage that shows what one By Jotham Sederstrom that he would forego his cam- forces boro’s saving CPR on Labdaoui’s 18-month-old son, Adam Ab- cation is not a good one.” Brooklyn Museum on Jan. 27, tion, which is scheduled to begin in drew loud boos from anti-arena ac- 17 Brooklyn schools zine’s Brooklyn publisher. She would not featured in in “Saturday Night Fever.” thon film “Life of Brian,” is million. Although most poten- ther elaborate later this month. ing, “No comment.” See FORTWAY on page 4 person can do to hold See HERO on page 4 paign for the 43rd Councilmanic aquarium. It is expected to be not enough to skip the Erotica section Kathryn Falk, who began publishing But sources within the Kings in September. — with The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers ber of sea predators it cares Papers The Brooklyn See COHEN on page 4 See VICTORY on page 4 Markowitz walked on stage alongside March. “So it’s a good thing that last tivists Patti and Schellie Hagan, who Behind the scenes zoning law completed by 2007. delmonem. “The big attraction of New York be renewing her subscription, she wrote. [anymore].” her magazine from an apartment in close seat and instead endorse fellow for as part of a multimillion- Brooklyn-born actor Tony Danza of “The Tony Danza Show” and Borough President Marty sat among a pool of reporters in the Only weeks after formally To accommodate the new- It was only after a neighbor in the same building as Lab- as a cruise ship destination is that actor Tony Danza carrying a card- week we broke ground for the expan- By Jotham Sederstrom Cross School, 2520 Church No, it wasn’t the interview with Linda Since it went on stands worldwide, the — and appropriate — proximity to Love Republican Pat Russo, who he 2 parades dollar makeover of the near- Markowitz stand in front of model of cruise ship Markowitz hopes will sail from Brooklyn. board mock-up of a cruise ship. sion of the Brooklyn Marriott — we’re back of the auditorium. of ‘Assisted Living’ Howard, author of “To Die For,” that announcing his candidacy, comers, officials plan to install Papers The Brooklyn daoui spoke to Lt. Litman Kwai, at around 7 am — about passengers can land right in the The Brooklyn Papers Ave., and at St. Rose of Lima December issue has managed to rankle Lane in Brooklyn Heights, said much of was expected to face in a primary By Ariella Cohen ly 50-year-old complex in the same time the cops were finishing their shift — that School, 259 Parkville Ave. The steamed Raetzman and several other reg- readers from as far away as Australia and the controversy stems from an unexpect- and just days after sitting election. for The Brooklyn Papers a state-of-the-art, 500,000-gal- Police Officers Abdo Almasmary (left) and William Hayes share a laugh with Adam middle of Manhattan where tourists Citing shrinking enroll- Coney Island, starting with lon tank surrounding a walk- Abdelmonem, 18 months, who they saved, and his mother, Laila Labdaoui, during anyone outside of the apartment learned that the officers want to be,” wrote Koppell. fourth will open at Our Lady of ular subscribers of the monthly women’s as near as, well, Brooklyn. But while ed break from recent tradition. down for interviews with the Russo is now the sole declared into 1 Sunday ment over the last five years, If plans for new residential development in the shark house. See AQUARIUM on page 4 68th Precinct Community Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 18. had saved the child’s life. See COPS on page 2 See BX JEERS on page 10 Christians School, 1340 E. 29th romance-fiction magazine whose office some readers defended the cover, as ei- While the cover usually features an au- Kings County Conservative challenger to Gentile, a Democrat the Roman Catholic Diocese St. in Midwood. is on Bergen Street in Cobble Hill. It was ther perfectly tasteful or as artwork pro- thor, December’s chosen cover girl, ASPCA Party, Bay Ridge City Coun- who is up for re-election in 2006. By Jotham Sederstrom northern Sunset Park proceed under the neigh- of Brooklyn shocked parents The list of schools, including the front cover, the type most picture “Due to personal family rea- borhood’s current zoning code, the Goddess of / Tom Callan / Tom tected by the First Amendment, others Nicole Jordan, told publishers she pre- cil hopeful Bob Capano said The Brooklyn Papers Slope kids bash Charges dropped / Jori Klein and schoolchildren on Ash nine others in Queens, had long when they think of Harlequin novels. said it was the type of image that begged ferred the cover of her most recent novel, he would not seek to unseat sons, I will be unable to commit Minerva at Green-Wood Cemetery risks losing a Ridge zoning hearing turnout Brooklyn’s own ‘Explorer’ Wednesday, announcing it been considered at-risk, said Draped in a red background, the cover disparagement. “Lord of Seduction,” be shown instead. incumbent Vincent Gentile the time and energy over the next As the luck of the Irish would have it, flirtation nearly 90 years old. diocesan spokesman Frank reveals a bare-chested man and naked “We have tried so hard and so long to nine months necessary to be suc- two separate St. Patrick’s Day parades By Jotham Sederstrom DUMBO — an Emerging Explorer. will shutter 17 of the bor- See ROMANTIC RHUBARB on page 14 arrests next year. Republican Bob Capano has Separated by New York Harbor and about six av- DeRosa, who cited the increas- cessful in the race to represent will wend their way through streets in EXCLUSIVE ough’s Catholic schools at Citing “personal family rea- dropped out of the race for enue blocks of low-rise Brooklyn real-estate sloping The Brooklyn Papers The wildly coveted title will be ing cost of operating the facili- the 43rd City Council District,” Bay Ridge and Park Slope on Sunday sons,” Capano said on March 8 Callan / Tom down toward the harbor, the Minerva statue and the awarded to just he and five others the end of this semester. Papers The Brooklyn Bay Ridge’s council seat.

as Roper pays fee Papers The Brooklyn More housing, fewer offices in new Nets plan Using statistics, Andrew Zolli ties and a shift in religious de- said Capano. afternoon, a scheduling gaffe that has dent likely didn’t foresee is the Na- Among the schools to close Statue of Liberty have spent the better part of the last is large thanks to scare tactic chosen from among several hundred mographics throughout the city Parents and students outside St. Finbar’s School on Bath Av- American soldier Although he declined to elabo- injected new life into the term “fighting predicts such things as foreign tional Geographic Society one day re- in Brooklyn are: Saint Fin- century locked in a stone-eyed stare. candidates worldwide. Sharing the for the declining enrollment. enue after learning Tuesday that their school would be closed. ‘Hearts’ rate on his reason for bowing out, By Jess Wisloski round the arena — at the intersection of Atlantic and lantic Yards, the executive said, but would help the That, and subsidies from the city and state, are wars waged over natural re- cruiting him as a resident voyager. recognition with an Argentinean high- bar’s, at 1825 Bath Ave., in Irish.” But a new residential development planned for the By Jotham Sederstrom meting property values, Bay While it was difficult to say 13-member commission. DeRosa said that a study un- According to the New York hardt, was reprimanded by JHS But foe of DA Hynes sources say that Capano ran into The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE Flatbush avenues — from office buildings into apart- company speed up the process of building and occu- how Ratner’s Metrotech office buildings were filled. sources and a future in which the But on Monday, Feb. 7, the 117- altitude archeologist and an English Bath Beach; Sacred Hearts By Jotham Sederstrom History at Borough Hall Thanks to an unusually early Easter, corner of Seventh Avenue and 23rd Street, where the The Brooklyn Papers exactly how many people at- One explanation for the inter- dertaken by the diocese re- is at all possible,” said Msgr. Holcomb that the meeting had Post, which first reported the story 51 Principal Xavier Castelli. Kun- unexpected financial troubles af- ment high-rises, the official said the company could pying the properties. One of the four towers around Acommercial site being switched to residential Ridge homeowners and de- modern nuclear family makes year-old institution will name Zolli — crocodile hunter, Zolli, 34, is one of and St. Stephen’s, at 135 Sum- The Brooklyn Papers Borough President Marty Markowitz unveils portrait of Brooklyn’s first black state Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Williams, in Borough Hall’s which this year falls on March 27, the annu- Papers The Brooklyn National Produce Warehouse stood until last year, The affordable and market-rate housing tended the hearing, since other est, which dipped to only five vealed that over the last five Michael Hardiman, vicar for Ed- been postponed. Pour House bumps Judge on Monday, one girl wrote that she hardt issued a statement of apolo- could still be disbarred ter learning on March 3 that fi- realize its goal of increasing the housing stock in the arena, all of which are being designed by archi- in the planning stages shouldn’t be looked on as a Spurred on by a combina- velopers turned out in droves way for European-style multigen- who runs Z + Partners, a think-tank four from the United States to be cho- mit St., in Carroll Gardens; courtroom. The portrait is the first of a black dignitary to have a permanent place on the walls of Borough Hall. With Markowitz at the unveiling al Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on The statue of Minerva atop Green-Wood cemetery’s Battle Hill will lose her intended view of gigantic threatens the sight line between the two historic monu- component in plans for the Atlantic Yards NOT JUST NETS proposals from all five boroughs people at last month’s Borough years, parochial schools in ucation in the Diocese of Brook- “You’re children should be at founder Aclass of Park Slope sixth- believes Jacobs is “being forced to gy through the Department of Ed- Golden pitches nancial assistance had fallen March 20, a week ahead of schedule and on Brooklyn while providing residential buildings in the tect Frank Gehry, would remain for office space. surprise in the still-evolving Downtown Brooklyn tion of low turnout at a previ- to a public hearing before the erational living. that specializes in helping people and sen, and the only one from New York. and St. Thomas Aquinas, at on Feb. 24 are (from left) Edna Moshette, Williams’ son Oliver L. Williams, Williams’ daughter Ann Messinger, state Supreme Court Justice gal-pal the Statue of Liberty (inset), if a high-rise condo development in Sunset Park goes forward. were also on the calendar, near- Hall public hearing, was the sur- Brooklyn and Queens have lyn, which includes Queens. home doing homework right By Jotham Sederstrom said O’Donovan, who will continue to run lineup of DJs on Thursdays, Fridays and graders shocked the nation this kill innocent people” and chal- ucation. By Jotham Sederstrom through for his 18-year-old sis- the same day as the Brooklyn Irish-Ameri- See SUNSET on page 16 arena complex will likely expand by 1,300 first phase of construction and therefore become an If the buildings stayed commercial, the source area, said Michael Burke, director of the Down- City Planning Commission Zolli is what is known as a futurist. institutions understand and respond to The others from the United 211 Eighth St., in Park Slope. THE NEW BROOKLYN ous hearing and the circula- ly a dozen spoke either in sup- facing of a misleading anony- seen enrollment drop by “This is the best reconfiguration now,” he said sternly before re- The Brooklyn Papers Henry Grattan’s at 8814 Third Ave. “It was Saturdays. week when it was discovered lenged him to name an Iraqi terror- “The teacher acknowledges The Brooklyn Papers ter’s education at Wagner Col- Yvonne Lewis and portrait artist Donovan Nelson. can Parade in Park Slope, which celebrates units, a Forest City Ratner executive told The immediately visible presence in the community. said, Forest City Ratner would need to wait until town Brooklyn Council. But one thing the Park Slope resi- change, from an office on Jay Street in The schools will be closed af- tion this week of an anony- on a proposal to down-zone port or opposition to the preser- mous letter sent to homeowners See EXPLORER on page 12 11,000 students. In addition, he of the schools at this time.” turning to the rectory. just time to move on. And, anyway, it’s their “Myself and Andrew had been think- By Jess Wisloski they had sent demoralizing let- ist, concluding, “I know I can’t.” that he made a mistake and the lege in Staten Island. His family’s its 30th anniversary this year. Brooklyn Papers this week. “This is a very revolutionary thing we’re doing,” substantial anchor tenants — generally large Man- “It’s not unexpected,” he said, adding that he ter the school year ends in June. The Judge and Jury pub will be turn to take a piece of the pie.” Embattled district attorney candidate Sandra Roper New Jersey Nets. The original plans also called for mous letter warning of plum- the neighborhood. vation effort before the See ZONING on page 15 said, the diocese has con- Parents from Saint Finbar DeRosa said that the 196 stu- ing about this for a long time,” said Wif- The Brooklyn Papers Deputy Schools Chancellor principal plans to add a letter of ballfield dollars primary earner since his father Kathleen McDonagh, who has organized Eleven others, a diocesan replaced next week by the Pour House, ters to a soldier stationed near has agreed to pay nearly $9,000 to the elderly woman The development company’s principal owner, 17 buildings including four office skyscrapers and the Forest City Ratner executive told The Papers. hattan corporations hoping to move back-offices to didn’t think the shift by Ratner indicated a floun- tributed $7 million to schools learned of the eventual closing dents currently enrolled at Saint Jimmy Wiffin, who along with An- fin, adding he and Quinlan grew up and still Carmen Farina, the former super- reprimand to his file,” said Alicia died in 1997, Capano indicated to the Park Slope parade since its inception in Bruce Ratner, proposes to build a $2.5 billion com- 13 apartment and commercial buildings. The additional housing would eliminate 1,502,889 Brooklyn — agreed to lease the space before start- dering market for downtown office space. “Resi- spokesman said, will either whose revenues could not on Tuesday, when students Finbar would likely be admitted whose opening, its owners hope, will drew Gannon and Billy Quinlan pur- The founding director of a Brooklyn an- North Korea as part of a social accusing her of fraud in an unorthodox deal that will live in Bay Ridge, while Gannon moved intendent of Park Slope’s School Maxey Greene, a spokeswoman clear the attorney of all charges but may leave her vul- By Jotham Sederstrom allies that, rather than push for- 1975, initially declined to comment on the plex that would include a basketball arena for his By turning three of the four skyscrapers that sur- square feet of office and commercial space from At- ing construction. See RATNER’S NEW PLAN on page 4 merge or be integrated into one meet annual operating expens- came home with a typed letter to either St. Frances Cabrini, at add a touch of high-tech to Third Avenue. chased the establishment from O’Dono- imal shelter was arrested Tuesday and charg- studies assignment. to the neighborhood after growing up in District 15, who has a nephew for the Department of Education. nerable to political jabs. The Brooklyn Papers ward with an expensive political dueling events, but later conceded that she of four existing schools, two in signed by the Rev. Joseph Hol- 35 Bay 11th St., or St. Mary Barry O’Donovan said his decision to van, said their watering hole could open ed with 11 counts of animal cruelty following Several of the letters sent to Pfc. Callan / Tom es. Dublin, Ireland. “This was our chance.” serving in Iraq, said on Tuesday Although Jacobs was not sta- campaign, he would invest in his believed the Bay Ridge parade, itself only 11 East Flatbush, and one each in According to a policy estab- comb, the pastor of the parish, Mother of Jesus, at 8401 23rd sell the pub at 7901 Third Ave. to three of as soon as next Thursday, Feb. 17, an investigation by the American Society for Rob Jacobs by students from JHS While emphasizing that the agreement was neither an Sports fans who scoff at pitcher Pedro Martinez’s pricey Coney rides given once-over that she would personally issue tioned in Iraq, it didn’t stop the sister’s college tuition. years old, should have been rescheduled. his former bartenders stemmed from his O’Donovan bought the establishment admission of guilt nor the result of a plea, Roper said that Williamsburg and Midwood. lished two years ago, schools and Rosina Katsoulis, the Ave. But many parents said that though possibly a week later. the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 51, the William Alexander Middle an apology to the New Jersey sol- pint-size pundits from dashing off $53 million contract with the New York Mets and shed Asked to confirm those inten- “Yes I do,” said McDonagh. “Ours has al- One regional school will open desire to spend more time with his fami- Wiffin said that unlike the rather staid in 1996, changing its name to Judge and she would compensate $8,829 to Mary Lee Ward, the for- City, state & Bruce agree: with fewer than 225 students school’s principal. Although a a rush to register their kids Carmello “Mel” Salamone, 51, of Mastick, School, on Fifth Avenue at Fifth dier and his family. 21 mostly unhappy letters that tears over Yankee slugger Jason Giambi’s steroid use, take tions, Capano said, “No com- ways been on the third Sunday of March. Al- Some 82 rides at Astroland Park in Williamsburg, at Most Holy were considered at risk. meeting for parents was hastily would force some to either be ly in New Jersey, but was expedited be- Judge and Jury, Pour House will cater to Jury from Carney and Burke, which it mer client whose accusations of fraud led to Roper being Long Island, was picked up by 66th Precinct Street, attacked soldiers for partici- The teacher who assigned the seemed to confirm every stereo- tried for grand larceny. A trial ended in a hung jury in No- note: pint-size athletes in Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst are ment. I believe personal is per- ways.” and Deno’s Wonder Wheel were One of the top 100 heart hospitals in America* Trinity School, 140 Montrose “Our goal is to continue to organized for that evening, sev- bused to a distant parochial cause of tobacco laws that prohibit a crowd in its 20s. Among the perks, he had been for years. Before that it was City: Parks TAX INFORMATION Check out The Papers’ police on Fifth Avenue at 25th Street in Sunset pating in the war in Iraq. letter-writing project, Alex Kun- type of the liberal Park Slope vember and she was about to be retried when the special doing more with less — and loving it. sonal and private is private.” Jerry Callahan, president of the Bay Ridge deemed safe for the hundreds, or per- Ave. Two regional schools will have a parochial school presence eral dozen parents and children school or attend public school. smoking in bars and restaurants. said, will be a state-of-the-art jukebox called Lynch’s, a Bay Ridge landmark Park, one block south of where he turned over mindset and its widespread oppo- prosecutor handling the case made Roper an offer she Thanks to more than $60,000 in state funding, more than a thou- Consequently, Capano said parade committee, said that his organization Papers File The Brooklyn haps thousands of revelers expected open in East Flatbush, at Holy in every part of the diocese, if it who showed up were told by “I’ve got two kids and I’m getting old,” tapped into the Internet and a regular See POUR on page 2 the carcass of a dead pit bull to animal res- See SCHOOLS on page 14 sition to President Bush. While couldn’t refuse. sand future homerun kings, soccer stars, Heisman winners and that he will be returning some — which normally hosts the parade on the A bagpiper marches in the Brooklyn ready to roll to spill into the neighborhood on GRAND cuers on Jan. 31 following a raid on the facili- one wrote, simply, that she be- Although she still faces possible disciplinary action, jump-shot geniuses will begin their seasons fresh, with new equip- $15,800 in political contributions fourth Sunday of March — began planning March 20, when the attractions open WORKSHOP Callan / Tom Irish-American Parade in 2003. ty he helped organize. Newsboxes removed lieved “this war is pointless,” oth- ‘Yards the place for Nets INSIDESUMMER “Get Heart ” Roper is now free to focus on her campaign against Kings ment and uniforms. The budget allotment, to be spread throughout to about 170 donors. for this year’s event as early as 2003, know- By Jotham Sederstrom for business for the first time since FREE! OPENING! Smart Salamone is charged with “overdriving, tor- Provisions for the Artistic Mind E The Brooklyn Papers has ordered the temporary removal of ers weren’t so easy on the 20-year- County District Attorney Charles Hynes. independent and Catholic youth programs throughout southwest The decision comes on the ing far in advance that Easter Sunday would The Brooklyn Papers September. turing and injuring animals and failure to pro- its on-the-street newsboxes in Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst. old soldier. Callan / Tom By Jess Wisloski to build a basketball arena and 17 the project. veloper’s Forest City Ratner Cos. 15th Street at Prospect Park West, following Tues., Jan. 25 at 6pm Get regular checkups. Consult the MMC website at I D “I am truly thankful that these false charges against me Brooklyn, was secured by state Sen. Marty Golden. heels of Capano’s resignation as be off limits and the week after that would As much a sign of the coming Save for a loose nut there, and a wig- CAMP S BROOKLYN Choose from vide proper sustenance for animals,” according While we believe much of the recent legislation regulating In one essay, a student wrote have been dismissed, finally,” said Roper, flanked by sup- “This funding will go towards the purchase of new equipment and a community liaison for Brook- The Brooklyn Papers residential and office high-rises Apress release from the mayor’s will move Ratner’s New Jersey Nets push it into April, nearly three weeks after St. an assembly at noon and a rededication cere- gly bolt there — all of which were cor- to the district attorney’s office. He could face newsbox placement is unconstitutional, we are nevertheless that soldiers were “destroying porters on the steps of Brooklyn Supreme Court Monday. office touted the agreement as bring- basketball team to Brooklyn for a of spring as pitchers and catchers Callan / Tom at Chadwicks Restaurant Thursday, Jan. 27, 6-8pm N DINING IN & OUT ON supplies to help grow our sports programs and to allow for our young lyn Borough President Marty Mayor Michael Bloomberg, on 21 acres of property emanat- Patrick’s Day, March 17. mony for 9-11 victims at 12:30 pm, said Mc- rected before being given the green light www.maimonidesmed.org for free seminars. I 52 venues — up to 11 years in prison — one year for each making a good-faith effort to comply with those rules. Pend- holy places like mosques” while “Indeed, these charges never should have been brought,” Papers The Brooklyn ing “over 4,000 units of mixed-in- period of no less than 30 years. They reporting to Florida, city officials players to have the best available opportunities to learn and to excel in Markowitz, a title he had held ing from the intersection of He noted that Irish heritage parades were Donagh. The route then traces 15th Street by Department of Buildings inspectors presented by Maiorano & Associates Live music, refreshments, giveaways! THE CARDIAC INSTITUTE count — an ASPCA investigator said. ing the return of our boxes in a few weeks, we have in- another accused Jacobs of “being she said. “Our courts, one of the best of institutions, are fair, sports,” said Golden, whose 22nd Senatorial District encompasses Bay since hired by Markowitz’s pred- Gov. George Pataki and real come housing,” and Bloomberg will also develop mixed-use, multi- held in the Rockaways and on Staten Island west to Seventh Avenue, where green-clad this week descended upon Coney — each of the rides passed inspection. GUIDE Reached for comment after the arrest. Sala- creased deliveries to stores that carry our newspapers and but not infallible. As the next Brooklyn district attorney, I’ll al- estate developer Bruce Ratner Flatbush and Atlantic avenues. Call 800-682-5558 for a HeartSmart brochure. More than forced to kill innocent people.” Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Marine Park. “I’m proud to ecessor, Howard Golden, in called it an “historic project that will family housing, and office and retail last week. revelers will march north to Union Street. Island for last-minute safety ins- “We’re just making sure they’re 10 & One of the top 100 heart hospitals in America* mone asked The Brooklyn Papers to call him ASPCA Special Agent Richard Ryan escorts Carmello Salamone, 51, from the 66th Precinct, at our net circulation is unchanged. If you need help in locating Elected officials, meanwhile, Papers The Brooklyn ways remember that the purpose of American courts is to pro- support the efforts of the parents, the coaches and the players, which 1999. Although he said he would signed a “memorandum of The memorandum of understand- continue to energize the borough of space, of which 4.4 million square “You hear rumors,” Callahan said of From there, the crowd will head back to pections before throngs of thrill ready for riders,” said Buildings Depart- See our ad inside. Call to reserve: (718) 331-3700. See our ad on page 7 See Parenting Section on page 11 180 events! back later, but then did not return subsequent 16th Avenue and 58th Street, to Central Booking on Tuesday. Salamone, founder and president a store that carries our Paper, please call Cynthia at (718) 834- tect society and protect the rights of the individual accused.” Enough? I snow what you mean! Nightlife issued carefully worded state- Sandra Roper announces deal at state Supreme will keep America’s pastime, as well as other sports, alive throughout continue to support local Repub- understanding” March 3 that ing (MOU) calls for the city and the Brooklyn.” feet will be housing, 321,000 retail grumbling in Park Slope. Prospect Park West and then return to their seekers flock to Brooklyn’s am- ment spokeswoman Jennifer Givner. Papers The Brooklyn VALENTINE’S DAY of the Hearts and Homes animal shelter, was charged with 11 counts of animal cruelty. 9350, ext. 101, between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm weekdays. Brooklyn was hit with another half a foot of snow overnight Monday. The white stuff painted a pretty picture in Shore Road Park. See ASPCA ARRESTS HEAD on page 6 See LETTERS on page 6 Court on Court Street Monday. See ROPER on page 14 PREVENTION ■ DIAGNOSIS ■ TREATMENT ■ REHABILITATION ■ RESEARCH *Modern Healthcare Magazine See BALLFIELD on page 6 See CAPANO on page 4 officially spells out Ratner’s plan state to each pay $100 million for According to the MOU, the de- See ARENA on page 17 The Park Slope parade begins at 1 pm, on See ST. PAT’S on page 15 usement mecca this Sunday. See CONEY on page 16 City inspectors examine rides at Coney Island, which opens this Sunday.

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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications, 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • ©• 20 pages •Vol.28, No. 19 BRZ •Saturday, May 7, 2005 • FREE WATERLOGGED DANCE FEVER Anne Barge Gentile: DOT blocking planned By Jotham Sederstrom Golden attacks The Brooklyn Papers Chamber bows to Ratner DOUBLE PARKING PLAN The disco floor that won fame Court to determine who SIGN OF THE TIMES after appearing in the movie DEATH OF Water Taxi at 69th Street Pier “Saturday Night Fever” in 1977 — and later went on to draw two Bars public from Vinnie: Make it legal … for 5 minutes Big realty billboard By Jotham Sederstrom Six months after New York Water Taxi of city law because the allocation was ap- generations of strutters to a Dy- gets club’s famous floor Mets blackout SPARED The Brooklyn Papers announced that it would extend its service to proved as part of Mayor Michael ker Heights dance club — was By Jotham Sederstrom “Double parking can impede traffic flow, but this is more to address Supporters’ strong business plan the 69th Street Pier, in part to reverse flag- Bloomberg’s signed budget. sold this week for $160,000. were notified of the temporary re- The Brooklyn Papers By Jotham Sederstrom Apromised water ferry connection in “We’ve been busy with this for now rescheduled for April 20. Until someone who’s running in for a bagel ging ridership, Gentile and Councilman “What has happened is the tyranny of this But the disco-loving winning bid- straining order before the floor went arena plan forum Double-parkers, you have a The Brooklyn Papers Bay Ridge, which would be the first bureaucracy has decided that they do not the past week,” said Bruno Codis- then, the floor, comprised of 300 and a cup of coffee. They’re not af- raises Ridgites’ ire such service in the neighborhood in David Yassky, chairman of the waterfronts der, whose name was not revealed on the block. Nonetheless, it sold for friend in high places. committee, say that $125,000 allocated for want to spend the money on a ferry subsidy, by Profiles in History, the Beverly poti, an attorney for Bruno. “It’s tak- flashing light bulbs, remains disas- fecting traffic in a detrimental way.” Bay Ridge State Sen. eight years, has been caught in a $160,000 — twice what auctioneers By Jess Wisloski Spurred on by stories of drivers The NYPD splits parking enforce- Marty Golden and Queens By Jotham Sederstrom nity Board 10, which filed its own com- the project is being waylaid by the city De- even though it became law when the mayor Hills auctioneers who sold the icon, ing up all our time.” sembled in a warehouse. believed it would fetch — after an bureaucratic net and may have to be The Brooklyn Papers ticketed after mad dashes to the cor- ment duties with the Department of Assemblyman Michael Gi- The Brooklyn Papers plaints with the Department of Build- helps to keep St. Finbar’s afloat partment of Transportation. signed off on it in his budget,” said Gentile. won’t be hustling anytime soon. Scheduled to be heard before Lorna Hart, a spokeswoman for April 1 bidding war that ended late

ner deli, Bay Ridge Councilman Vin- / fished out in city courts, Councilman “What authority does the DOT, as an ad- Club Promoter Vito Bruno has filed Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Ira Profiles in History, said she could Kowtowing to demands by developer Bruce Ratner, the Transportation. anaris introduced legisla- ings. “They were upset, very upset. It The decision to hold back the operating in the evening. cent Gentile has introduced legisla- It seemed an anomaly last week Vincent Gentile charged this week. ministrative agency, have to supercede the a lawsuit earlier claiming that he had Harkavy on April 6, the case was not reveal details of the mystery Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce this week barred the public If passed, the legislation would re- tion this week that would was a large sign and they thought it was subsidy, said Gentile, is a potential violation “A challenge to the title has re- tion that would allow New Yorkers a when dozens of Bay Ridge residents, By Jotham Sederstrom council and the will of the mayor?” already won the floor in an auction postponed when Jay Rizzo, owner of winner until the restraining order is from an official Chamber function, a luncheon where Ratner’s quire traffic agents to wait five min- require Time Warner Cable too big for the neighborhood.” cently been asserted with respect to free pass to double park, as long as utes after first spotting a double- normally averse to the interests of For Joe DeVito, one of the brokers The Brooklyn Papers Should the DOT continue to withhold held in February by owners of Spec- the club on Eighth Avenue at 64th lifted. A statement by the company, Lot 149,” said Hart in a prepared controversial Atlantic Yards project was discussed. and Cablevision to refund funding, as agency officials have indicated, it’s just for five-minutes. The inten- parked car before issuing a ticket, Realtors and developers, began com- whose number was listed on the sign, the The Brooklyn diocese an- trum, the club that closed last month. Street, failed to appear. The case is however, stressed that all bidders statement. “Notwithstanding any The event had been advertised for three weeks as “free and open to all Associated Press their cable customers for the Gentile said that he would evaluate what le- A CHURCH tion, he said, was to separate those in which usually costs $115. While crit- pulsively dialing a pair of cell phone seemingly endless calls were at first per- terms to the contrary in the ‘Condi- businesses” on the Chamber’s web site as well as on postcards sent to the Mets games being missed nounced Wednesday that two of gal avenues could be pursued. search of a quick cup of coffee to-go ics say that the law would hamper numbers listed on a newly installed ceived as proof that the advertisement the 17 schools it threatened to ‘Norway’ tions of Sale’ or elsewhere in the cat- Chamber’s mailing list, which, in addition to Chamber members, included from those who flagrantly sidestep due to their feud. real estate billboard near the corner agents, Gentile insists that the five- had paid off. Several reprimands later, “It’s become a process issue because alog, neither title nor possession nor Cablevison pulled its MSG shutter in Brooklyn would they’re refusing to carry out a valid law,” Fear the news media, community board offices and non-members. the law by double parking for long minute window would allow them to of 92nd Street and Dahlgren Place. however, it became clear that he would any other rights in and to Lot 149 Network and Fox Sports New remain open following success- said Gentile. “We’re looking into the possi- In unusual form for the Chamber, which serves to publicize and pro- stretches of time. circle the block in search of other The sign for Fillmore Real Estate, af- not be cashing in anytime soon. The shall pass to the successful bidder mote businesses in the borough, the Chamber barred several merchants “Nobody is condoning double York channels from Time

ful business plans submitted by bilities now. We could definitely file a mo- Callan / Tom scofflaws before penalizing a driver same went for Samantha Yoruk, another unless and until the challenger is fa- Warner before the season ter all, was advertising, among other supporters of the Bath Beach tion to force the agency to follow the rules landmark and residents who have ex- parking, but the way traffic agents are in search of little more than a slice of properties, the sort of condominiums broker with Fillmore, who owns the

vorably resolved. Associated Press started in a dispute over fees. award back and spend the money to subsidize the ferry pressed criticism of Rat- issuing tickets, it certainly calls into pizza. property where the sign was installed. and Carroll Gardens schools. that many have blasted as out of charac- “Upon successful resolution, title ner’s plan, as well as re- question the motto, ‘Courtesy, profes- Those two channels broadcast service.” Associated Press Brooklyn Dodgers Duke Snider and Don Newcomb celebrate Dem Bums’ vic- Besides food-runs, however, Gen- “Well, they weren’t the kind of calls Michael Hardiman, vicar for and possession shall be transferred nearly two-thirds of all Mets ter in Bay Ridge, which last month Gentile said that the funding, earmarked tory over the New York Yankees in the 1955 World Series. will be porters, from attending the sionalism and respect,’” said Gentile, tile said that he was drawn to the leg- amended its zoning laws, in part to pro- we were hoping for, to say the least,” education for the Diocese of / Evan Vucci to the successful bidder in accor- games. The only games Mets for the new dock in Bay Ridge and operating meeting. referring to the police department slo- islation after hearing stories from sev- tect against the spread of such buildings. said an apologetic DeVito, just hours af- Brooklyn, said in a statement dance with the conditions of sale.” “This was not set up to gan. Papers The Brooklyn fans in Brooklyn who do not expenses at an existing stop at 58th Street eral constituents, whose parking woes Callan / Tom that both St. Finbar’s School at home again Besides the 24-foot by 16-foot have satellite systems have But like the proverbial mule, residents ter the firm willingly removed the sign near the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset torn down be a debate about the proj- “It’s a common sense approach to A new bill floated by Councilman Vincent Gentile would allow drivers to are decidedly more serious than ham 1825 Bath Ave., in Bath Beach, floor, memorabilia collectors paid been able to see thus far this ultimately revealed their stubborn side, as last Friday. “There was no end.” Park, was snubbed by Brooklyn DOT Com- ect,” said Randy Pierce, a dealing with the issue,” he added. double park their cars for five minutes in order to run into a store. on rye. In April, he said, a woman in and the Sacred Heart-St. Ste- $63,250 for Darth Vader’s Jedi robe By Jotham Sederstrom season have been Saturday well as an unrivaled vigilance over the DeVito said that he and Yoruk agreed to By Jotham Sederstrom missioner Lori Ardito at a budget hearing last Associated Press spokesman for the Cham- Bay Ridge called his Third Avenue and cape from the movie “Star The Brooklyn Papers and Sunday games broadcast neighborhood’s beauty. Rather than call- install the sign last month. Neither, howev- phen’s School, at 135 Summit month. ber. “We knew there wasn’t office to complain about being ticket- The Brooklyn Papers Bruce Springsteen visited the Brooklyn Museum last week to see the Basquiat exhibit. Wars” in the auction. The hat worn on WB-11. ing for new digs, the homeowners, it er, figured for the commotion that would St., in Carroll Gardens, and Referring to the same hearing, a Only a month shy of its going to be any new infor- ed after walking her handicapped The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn turned out, were lamenting the sign itself, ensue, even after the printer they hired sur- would remain open next year. It had spiraled to a point where Brooklyn’s unrivaled by the Wicked Witch of the West in Even games scheduled to Callan / Tom spokesman for Yassky said that Ardito cited 175th anniversary, Broo- mation; that’s why we did- child to the front door of his school. installed last week in front of a three-sto- prised them by designing the billboard Another, in Queens, was also position as the city’s leading purveyor of Norwegian the “The Wizard of Oz” sold for Dodgers’ n’t invite the press.” be shown on ESPN or against an internal policy that bars, or at least frowns When she returned to her car, less $54,625. The “Fever” floor, howev- klyn’s oldest Methodist con- the Atlanta Braces on TBS ry, two-family home at 626 92nd St. twice as large as they had requested. spared. princesses was, indeed, worth questioning. upon, subsidizing private businesses with Some local newspaper than two minutes later, a ticket was gregation could be forced to Callan / Tom The billboard’s size, coupled with its St. Virgilius, in Queens, was the While garnering the lion’s share of tiaras since the Norwegian er, received the highest bid by far. have been blacked out due to That flurry of complaints proved too public money. If so, the policy would be in celebrate its 176th on the publishers were invited on waiting on the windshield. Hot tickets much for Fillmore, which removed the content, raised the ire of neighbors, who Immigration Association began handing them out in 1954 as part Amarvel of technology when it contractual obligations. other school saved. direct contrast to funding that the department the understanding that they Monroe Goldberg, another of Gen- Individual game tickets for the Brooklyn Cyclones 2005 season called the sign an eyesore. “We are feeling fantastic,” said a and parcel of its annual Miss Norway of Greater New York pag- was built in the mid-1970s, the disco street if parishioners of the That means only eight of billboard on April 29, just eight days af- allotted to a bus line in Queens last year, said would not report on the tile’s constituents, said that the heavy went on sale outside Keyspan Park in Coney Island Sunday morn- Papers The Brooklyn Buildings Department inspectors de-

/ Domenico Stinellis ter its premier.

/ Tom Callan / Tom Basquiat brings floor made a cameo appearance in Bay Ridge church fail to shaken Enrico Bruzzese, the father eant, Brooklyn in recent years had gotten used to the sight of its the first 27 games have been a Yassky spokesman. meeting. The chairman of enforcement of parking regulations is ing where Wayne Armstrong (center between Pee-Wee and Billboard on this two-family home on 92nd Street upset neigh- “It’s been solved,” said Josephine termined that no permit had been issued of two boys at St. Finbar, hours af- neighborly competitors walking away with the title. “Saturday Night Fever” as the dance renovate its rapidly deterio- the Chamber is Dan Holt, viewable in parts of Brooklyn “The DOT has reiterated that they would among the reasons he and his wife re- Sandy the Seagull) was the first person to purchase for the up- bors so much it was taken down. Beckmann, district manager of Commu- allowing the billboard on the property. ter receiving the word. Things only got worse two years ago, when the pageant up- floor preferred by Travolta’s charac- pennant rating sandstone facade. co-publisher of the Couri- Papers The Brooklyn scoming season. Below, Borough President Marty Markowitz and served by Time Warner. not spend that money,” said Yassky cently bought a home in Bethesda, ter Tony Manero. Following its Under the Golden-Gianaris On Friday, John Reinhardt, the presi- “It’s great news. It was delayed, rooted from Bay Ridge in an effort to resuscitate interest in the spokesman Evan Thies. “We’re aghast that More than a decade after rain er-Life newspaper chain. Atlantic Yards objectionists who were Md. While he still retains a residence Cyclones manager Mookie Wilson were also on hand. blockbuster success, the club — banned from last week’s Chamber of bills, the companies would dent of Fillmore, a real estate company so we were a little worried. It still event, which at its peak in the 1960s hosted as many as 75 con- they would refuse a directive from their su- Associated Press and wind began bruising the out- Holt could not be reached / Dave Sanders in Bay Ridge, the lifelong Brook- with 21 offices in the five boroughs, said hasn’t sunk in completely. The testants. called 2001 Odyssey at the time — er walls of the United Methodist for comment by press time. Commerce luncheon at Gargiulo’s in each be required to refund 10 The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn periors, in this case the council and the may- lynite said that he is now deciding drew droves of gawkers to Dyker Nicole Kidman, who will be shooting the film “Fur” with Robert Downey Jr. in Brooklyn’s new Stein- Coney Island protest outside the cents a day to an estimated 2.4 his firm took down the billboard imme- teachers were crying, the parents But all that changed on Sunday, when 23-year-old Karen Freely, Boss to Brooklyn Church, on Fourth Avenue at Mango / Greg Pierce said the meeting CAUGHT See WATER on page 2 whether to sell his home or remain in of Dyker Heights, regained for Brooklyn the title of Miss Norway, a Heights and Bay Ridge, where the er Studios in the Navy Yard next month, is pictured at the Venice Film Festival last September. restaurant. million customers. diately after learning about the clutch of were crying. Everyone is just so / Mary Altaffer Ovington Avenue, officials say was closed to foes of the / Danny Moloshok the neighborhood in which he’s lived film was set. That equates to more than complaints. happy.” distinction surrendered for the past two years to women from New the historic building may finally Ratner plan in order to most of his life. PAGE 7 By Jotham Sederstrom becomes clear that Basquiat, not gaze at the neo-expressionist art. While many of the establishments $7 million over the span of Diocese to fund schools “It was not our intention to offend the Smiling Irish eyes Hardiman said that the two Jersey and upstate New York. Boasting her family’s “strong Viking Monroe, is the real star catcher. Since then, filmmaker Lee and Flay, restored be sold and, perhaps, demol- avoid stirring controversy, and the Chamber had complied with Forest Most recently, he said, traffic The Brooklyn Papers community, and as soon as we found out “Little Jimmy” has a grand Irish time at the Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fifth Avenue Brooklyn schools submitted five- Papers The Brooklyn power,” the Fontbonne Hall Academy graduate out-charmed nine featured in the movie are now de- City Ratner’s requests to ban certain community members and business just one month and $86 mil- But who could blame ‘em. While host of the Food Network’s “Hot Off ished. A real estate agent empha- agents ticketed him while he and oth- that it did we took immediate action and Sunday. Several thousand revelers and, of course, a few elected officials turned out for the pa- year business models which gave Dyker Heights resident Karen Frely, 23, is the other contenders to become Brooklyn’s newest queen — and one of Marilyn Monroe may have funct (including the White Castle on sized that negotiations were on- owners from the meeting. lion for an entire season. the Monroe exhibit, “I Want to be the Grill with Bobby Flay” have By Frank Eltman something so others can enjoy it for the fu- Papers The Brooklyn ers sat in his car waiting for another Associated Press 92nd Street where Travolta’s bone- Associated Press took it down,” said Reinhardt. “We rade. State Sen. Marty Golden was this year’s grand marshal. For more photos, see Page 16 See AX on page 18 new Miss Norway. See NORWAY on page 16 been blessed with beauty, but it ture and that’s an important thing for us.” going, but parishioners contend “We did work with Forest City Ratner in terms of discouraging any in- The legislation, however, Loved By You: Photographs of Mari- dropped by the museum, as well as headed friends stand on a table and Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe, right, and catcher Jason driver to back out of a parking space does not refer to either com- apologize for any inconvenience and in / Tom Callan / Tom The historic United Methodist Church, at the corner of Fourth and Ovington avenues, may be demolished. with masters artwork seems that another troubled The banner was won when the Dodgers that a board of trustees has al- dividuals we’ve known to be disruptive at these kinds of things in the past lyn Monroe,” has been a bonafide one actor from “Law & Order” whose bark like dogs), the movie still holds NO KIDDING! Only a half-century old, it certain- near 59th Street on Fort Hamilton pany and instead targets “re- the future we’ll be more sensitive.” genius is melting the hearts of the beat the despised cross-town rival New ready begun meeting with devel- from attending,” said Pierce. “We did everything we could to reach out to Phillips (both wearing throwback uniforms in honor of the Brooklyn success, with officials extending the name — oops —museum officials a special place in the hearts of many Parkway. While looking behind, he Associated Press into Egypt” by Jacob Jordeans The diocese announced in Feb- While seemingly innocuous, the bill- city’s celebs. ly doesn’t have the provenance of a York Yankees following decades of frustrat- opers to discuss the future of the them and get them to know they wouldn’t be on the list of attendees.” Dodgers) celebrate Lowe’s three-hitter against the San Diego Padres gional sports networks.” And show by two weeks, it is the Basquiat could not recall. Swimming with sharks film and Travolta buffs. said, the agent slapped a $115 ticket ($50,000-$70,000) and “The Rest ruary that 17 catholic schools in board brouhaha illustrates at once the medieval tapestry. But it is a one-of- ing defeats for the Brooklyn faithful, known 105-year-old church. Forest City spokesman Barry Baum said it was “collectively agreed it on Friday, April 15 in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 4-0. rather than mentioning the The Diocese of Brooklyn is Indeed, since opening at the Brook- retrospective that New Yorkers in the But it took until last week — March A group of first-grade students from PS 27 in Red Hook visit the shark tank at the New York Aquarium in In fact, tourists still wind up on on his windshield and walked away. Mets by name it simply refers on the Flight into Egypt” by 17th Brooklyn and nine in Queens deep resentment over new development lyn Museum on March 11, the works know have been anticipating since 24, to be exact — for Springsteen to Steiner studios to host Nicole a-kind, and to millions of baseball as Dem Bums. It only flew for a brief time “This has been an albatross Callan / Tom would be best to keep this as a non-media event. It was only after a passenger told selling four Old Master paint- Coney Island on Tuesday. Brooklynites got a real taste of spring this week, as sunshine, blue skies and the doorstep of Peggy Pierce, a fanatics it’s probably more valuable. “We wanted business leaders to feel comfortable to have an open dis- to all withheld programming century Flemish master Gasper de would be closed due to shrinking felt by residents and the neighborhood’s The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have 1992, when the Whitney hosted a sim- drop by. James Gordon, a media rela- in Brooklyn before Dodgers owner Walter around this congregation’s neck him, ‘Hey, you just got ticketed,” that ings at auction to raise money long legacy of activism, which some say warmer temperatures covered the area. Community Board 10 member who Associated Press ished building and officially opened.” The 1955 World Series championship City: Keep working piers cussion without concern about being quoted in the press.” so that it can apply to any fu- Crayer ($20,000-$30,000). enrollment. A month later, two of been drawing a steady stream of bold- ilar exhibition. tions manager for the museum, said that O’Malley packed up the team and moved to for quite some time,” said Debra Goldberg realized the agent had for a $100 million endowment is the proud owner of the home on The 15-acre Steiner Studios is rising as the largest Among the community activists barred were Daniel Goldstein, an or- Watch’em blossom ture discrepancies. Much as Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who the Brooklyn schools and one in first came to light nearly half a century face names, not least of all Leonardo Sally Williams, a spokeswoman for only an hour after calling ahead, Spring- Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. are to banner captured by the Brooklyn Dodgers Los Angeles in 1957. Jamet, a parishioner who has stealthily come and gone, without A couple walks through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden during the height of the cherry blossom fund for Catholic education. ago when city Parks Commissioner and ‘Oracle’ pops the question 79th Street where Manero lives in modern production facility east of Los Angeles. — the only one the team ever won — was ganizer with the anti-Ratner arena group Develop-Don’t Destroy Brook- the Yankees did in 2002, now heads the diocese, will use the Queens was spared after they sub- ‘The Contract’ DiCaprio, Giselle Bundchen and “The the museum, said that during the steen, his wife, Patti Scialfa, and their star in a film about photographer Diane Arbus Where it went from there is a bit murky, lived less than a block from the the film. Set construction for “Fur” begins immediately on lyn, and sisters Patti and Schellie Hagan, who created the Prospect See PARKING on page 13 season. The annual Cherry Blossom festival is this weekend. See GO Brooklyn, page 7 when the team offered their The May 25 sale at Christie’s proceeds from the sale to form a mitted five-year business plans master planner Robert Moses announced

unveiled Wednesday following a $16,000 Papers The Brooklyn Passionate Boss” himself, Bruce Springsteen. opening weekend both DiCaprio and two kids showed up eager for a tour. Af- to be shot at Brooklyn’s new Steiner Studios. a 16,000-square-foot soundstage at Steiner — one of by most accounts. church for 10 years. “For a few Bums again auction house features Bartolom plans to dig a trench through Seventh The once gray house is now own cable network, YES, to proposed $100 million endowment that rely on the private fundraising John Malone, 76, carries cross along 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst during Good Top that off with visits by Spike Lee his on-again, off-again supermodel restoration by experts at the Textile Conser- It was believed to have been liberated [trustees], they may have stars in Heights Action Coalition, also an opponent of the plan. ter a brief detour into the American Callan / Tom ballet at BAM painted brown and white, but fans Douglas C. Steiner, chairman of the Hollywood- two to be used for the film. Shooting is scheduled to in Jersey — not Brooklyn Along with several other Brooklynites, they stood outside the gates of broadcast games. The Mets De Esteban Murillo’s “Saint Au- fund for future Catholic education, of lay advisory boards. Avenue. While that project succeeded as vation Laboratory at the Cathedral Church from a Los Angeles hospitality suite by a their eyes, but for the majority Friday Way of the Cross ceremonies on March 25. and celebrity chef Bobby Flay and it girlfriend Bundchen showed up to See BOSS on page 14 find it anyway, said Pierce, noting style complex in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, announced begin next month, continuing through July. plan to start their own net- gustine in Ecstasy” (presale esti- Christie’s said in a release on Friday. The saved schools are Sacred part of a freeway leading to the Veraz- A decent proposal on Flatbush — and the answer is ‘Yes!’ of St. John the Divine. team of New York sportswriters during the it’s simply exhaustion. See RATNER on page 14 that a few years ago tourists from Tuesday that “Fur” is to be directed by Steven Shain- Based on Patricia Bosworth’s “Diane Arbus: A work when their MSG con- mate: $1.5 million to $2.5 mil- That fund will likely come too Heart-St. Stephen’s School in Car- zano-Narrows Bridge, the threat to “It’s just fantastic,” beamed Jessie Kelly, 1959 World Series. The banner was then se- “My concern is that they By Jess Wisloski American Stevedoring Inc. (ASI), promis- securing long-term contracts,” said Dehe. Dodgers shine in B’klyn blue Brazil appeared in her driveway. berg, in agreement with River Road Productions. Biography,” the screenplay by Erin Cressida Wil- tract expires. lion), “Saint Francis Embracing late for 15 Brooklyn Catholic roll Gardens; St. Finbar’s School, homeowners along that stretch bolstered Cyber cafe law back Callan / Tom As a fan.” friend, Rachael Dehner. “So, we put up a congratu- Stearns futures investor who insincere, told him to stop. It president of the Brooklyn Historical Soci- ing the creation of 400 jobs here, he said. “As a shipping line, we want to be sure Poly-bration By Jotham Sederstrom With “Fur” moving in and the film version of the son presents an imaginary portrait of the life of the creted in a suburban basement, where it sat aren’t considering any option The Brooklyn Papers PAGE 9 Associated Press That point was driven home at residents to create the Bay Ridge Com- When another asked for help “Rachael Dehner, will you lations message so that peo- Pierce and her husband, Ray, ety, which will feature the banner as the The company instead signed a contract that we have a terminal in five to 10 years, Whether the Mets win or the Crucifix” by Bernardo Strozzi schools that will be closed at the at 1825 Bath Ave., in Bath Beach; The Brooklyn Papers moved to New York seven was only then that she saw hit Broadway musical “The Producers” currently late New York fashion photographer known for her for decades, and eventually was turned over other than tearing the church Fireworks light up the night sky above Poly Prep Country Day School’s clock tower during the in- Dodger Stadium last Friday night when munity Council, which still exists today.

moved into the home three months Papers The Brooklyn dealing with cancer, the board marry me? Yes. this is real. ple who have been following By Jotham Sederstrom in the Assembly within the next few Internet access establishments in centerpiece of its upcoming exhibit on the An official with a German shipping with a port in Bayonne, N.J., after city Eco- maybe even 20 years. Seeing as terminals LOS ANGELES — No matter See METS on page 15 ($300,000-$500,000), “The Flight end of this school year. and St. Virgilius, in Queens. years ago from Vermont. the glaring red sign looming being filmed on four of the studios’ stages, Steiner photo images of eccentric personalities from the to the Hall of Fame — with the understand- down.” stitution’s 150th anniversary party on April 16. For more photos of the celebration see page 6. Rachel Robinson, Jackie’s widow, was The electronic billboard The Brooklyn Papers months. This time, say lawmakers, southwestern Brooklyn and, to a before the movie hit the theaters in company that took its $1.6 billion trade how many players pass through Guilty in worker’s death — whose operator is rumored No, this is not a joke. Just along knew what happened.” The evening began simply behind her. She was ecstatic. Dodgers. ing that it would stay in Cooperstown until Listed as a landmark in the nomic Development Corporation officials everywhere are filling up very quickly, if above the Pintchik hard- the bill is expected to pass, making it lesser extent, portions of Queens. December 1977. said, “we’re completely full even before we’ve fin- 1950s and 1960s. She committed suicide in 1971. deal to New Jersey after first consider- Simmons on hand with daughter Sharon to mark to be writer Jonathan Safran say yes,” read the LED ticker Philbin, 31, said that he had enough. Dehner, 28, a lawyer “I’ve never thought of The 8-foot by 17-foot, blue-and-white, a deserving Brooklyn home could be found. National Registry of Historic refused to guarantee that the Red Hook port we transferred our ships to Brooklyn we’d the Dodgers’ clubhouse, Jackie and the other workers were pour- Oddly, Lee, who lives in Bay- ware store on Flatbush Introduced in Albany last the first law of its kind since city leg- The issue reached a fever pitch in ing Brooklyn’s port, said this week that the 58th anniversary of her husband’s By Jotham Sederstrom by ignoring Occupational Foer, but is commonly known as cars raced by on Flatbush been planning to propose to cotton-and-nylon banner — inscribed Thirty years after winning the pennant, would remain open through 2009. end up without a place to go when their Papers The Brooklyn in Manhattan, had to work myself as terribly romantic, Pat Russo announces Vito back year, but stymied by lawmakers Places and boasting one of the rips art Robinson will remain the heart- first major league game and the break- The Brooklyn Papers Safety and Health Admin- ing concrete came crashing down. side, Queens, faces a maximum of islators successfully rezoned parts of 2002 after a fatal stabbing outside of the decision came down to the city’s Avenue has answered hun- as the Oracle — coaxed the Avenue last weekend. Dehner, his girlfriend of two late, so the pair skipped din- so this I’m proud of,” said “World Champions 1955 Dodgers” — re- O’Malley’s son, Peter — then the owner of borough’s last surviving four- “It was definitely a factor that they have lease expired.” beat of an enduring and endear- ing of the color line. Additionally, Lee pleaded 20 years imprisonment for the outside of New York City, legis- New York to reverse the growth of the Y&Z Internet Cafe, on 58th ceived about three months worth of tender refusal to back a Red Hook port. A contractor whose unsafe istration regulations. dreds of tiny questions woman to keep positive by get- “Yes,” said Dehner, and and a half years, but had hit a ner and headed to Times Philbin, who said that a wed- the Dodgers — came up with the idea of faced clock towers, the church a relatively short contract that extends But, he added, “it certainly makes sense ing franchise that was the first to The Dodgers took the field against guilty to mail fraud in connection mail fraud and just six months for since being turned over to ting fresh air and exercise. the Oracle recorded its first snag trying to come up with a Square to catch a showing of ding date had not been set. lation placing significant regula- video game arcades in the 1980s. Street at Seventh Avenue. loving care, said Marlene Eidelheit, head of giving the flag back to the people of Brook- has been plagued since the “There’s usually other factors that are in only to 2007,” added Dehe. to maintain a viable active port in Brooklyn,” gallery bias working conditions at a condo- Kang Yeon Lee, a contractor tions on cyber cafes was passed “By requiring oversight and regu- Like its predecessor, the new bill integrate the major leagues. See BUMS AGAIN on page 14 with an unrelated job involving Segovia’s death. He also must pay a local writer more than a But last Friday evening, marriage proposal since be- clever way of posing the ques- Avenue Q, the Tony-winning Once devoted solely to the cathedral’s textile lab. She said after a lyn in 1995. 1980s by the ravages of weather play, but it is correct that the lack of a After extensive negotiations, the Port given its proximity to truck routes, buyers, minium construction site in and owner of Big Apple Develop- the construction of a U.S. Postal fines of $250,000 for each count. for a second time in the state lation of cyber cafes, this legislation limits the hours cafes are allowed to “gentle cleaning,” workers restored the tat- Noisy rooster on way The Brooklyn Historical Society exhibit Authority of New York and New Jersey ON THE MARCH the Oracle was the one ask- coming Flatbush Avenue’s tion. Friends suggested that he and a shrinking congregation. long-term lease agreement affected our adequate water depth for docking large Bay Ridge led to the 2004 death ment and Construction pleaded Big plans announced for Coney puppet show on Broadway. hawking Pintchik’s wares Stench year ago and used to dis- with Mike Service project at John F. Additionally, as part of the plea is responding to problems that put operate and requires owners to col- ing the questions after Peter honorary sage. make it public, perhaps on a The couple loved it, and then (trash bins in back; pesticides bid to unseat Gentile Senate after being retailored to tered edges and some of the lettering. will be the first time in decades that the ban- Although thousands of dollars decision,” Rainer Dehe, chief of opera- last December granted ASI a three-year freighters and the reputation of ASI. of one worker and the serious guilty to causing the death of im- Kennedy International Airport. In agreement, he has agreed to pay pense predictions, advice Philbin, a Prospect Heights “We’ve gotten 10 or 12 sports arena scoreboard or in patrons in danger,” said Bay Ridge lect and save the vital information of Hynes foe: Living outside “It’s just such a great opportunity to be ner gets a wide showing. The exhibit, at its tions for the international shipping compa- lease extension on piers 7 through 10, headed back to Brooklyn im- up front), the 12-year-old, red Associated Press was “honored” to work on include only businesses in the have already been spent to pro- “The operator of the terminal has a good injuries of two others pleaded migrant worker Angel Segovia, that incident, prosecutors say he $1 million to compensate the vic- By Jotham Sederstrom and even the occasional By Jotham Sederstrom the 43rd District,” said Russo, flanked by Welfare Inspector General — as required state Sen. Marty Golden, who spon- their customers. The only distinction, part of this history, because we were work- headquarters on Pierrepont Street at Clinton ny Hamburg Sud said. The company had claiming piers 11 and 12 for conversion to man whose bedroom win- phone calls asking that we an advertisement. mediately afterward. LED sign overlooking Flat- the mayor’s campaign. five boroughs. tect and renovate its eroding fa- reputation as somebody who is managing Teachers picket 89th St. office guilty on Wednesday to charges who fell to his death last May knowingly failed to adequately tims and their families. The Brooklyn Papers vaudevillian one-liner. dow across the avenue faces keep them posted,” said the “But the more I thought The Brooklyn Papers his wife, Joanne, and their daughters Anne of candidates by the city Board of Election Rep. Vito Fossella was sored the bill. “We must realize that in fact, is that rather than confining ing on a historical icon of our time,” Eidel- Street in Brooklyn Heights, is scheduled to hoped to ship to Brooklyn for the next five a cruise ship port. In the cab, Dehner asked bush Avenue malfunctioned “Mayor Bloomberg has Eight months after Assembly cade, some say that the cost to operations efficiently and fast,” Dehe that he brought on the accident when a balcony upon which he pay his workers. To the question, “Am I the billboard at Bergen Street hardware store’s owner, about it, I realized that there and Catherine, ages 5 and 3. — said that Bay Ridge has been under- named Tuesday to serve as the current lack of regulation inside the law to cities with one million heit said. “Our job is always to preserve run from April 22 through the fall. years at the Red Hook piers operated by “That certainly hasn’t helped [ASI] in By Jotham Sederstrom one of three UFT-organized years, waved a sign near the to ‘Birdie Ford Clinic’ See GUILTY on page 13 Relics of Coney Island’s glory days, like about their engagement, a last summer and forced owner Pat Russo wants a rematch. See CHURCH on page 4 See HOOK LOSES on page 16 gonna be in the NBA?” ask- “I am committing myself 100 percent served by Gentile. the Republican chair of amassed an outstanding record members in upstate New York and these cafes is pouring onto our people, as the original bill stipulated, to hit the B&B Carousel and the boarded-up Shore in Park Slope enlisted help in Matthew Pintchik, of the an- was a perfectly good sign The Bay Ridge Republican, who in 2003 The Brooklyn Papers marches in Brooklyn last week western arc of a half-moon of subject the two had been dis- Pintchik to choose only one to this race,” said Russo. “I could not do “When Marty Golden represented this of achievement that includes Long Island voted against the bill, in streets.” the new legislation would further Boardwalk mall plan is By Jess Wisloski “It’s a place that lets roosters and birds live happily on ed by a high school student, seeing through a marriage swer to Philbin’s proposal on right outside of our apart- cussing, without realizing message to be repeated days garnered 46 percent of the vote against in- Mayor Michael Bloom- city, staff breaking the law and the first in a series of educators that proclaimed, “No Theatre, could earn starring roles in the record drops in crime, an un- part for the pricey operating certifi- Originally introduced by Golden limit the regulations to New York Honing in on a neighbor- the grounds, and they feed them and care for them,” said the board answered, “Maybe. proposal to his longtime girl- March 18. ment,” said Philbin, a Bear this without the support of my family, and district, he delivered for us,” said Russo. “So berg’s re-election cam- protests expected to touch down contract, no respect.” Along with The Brooklyn Papers neighborhood’s revival, according to a draft that a proposal was coming and hours on end. cumbent Councilman Vincent Gentile, a paralleled commitment to our cates it would have required of busi- in 2003, the legislation was drafted City alone. Other large cities would hood generally believed to be the spokeswoman, who would not disclose the location Democrat, this week formally announced I’m grateful to Joanne, who is behind this did Sal Albanese — from this very room — paign. in all five boroughs later this a handful of his colleagues, Tar- Although he’d readily pose for photographers master plan unveiled this week that aims to sooner than she realized. So for three months, pass- / Dave Sanders public schools and continued ness owners, the amended legislation to combat a wave of violence and al- have the option to be included. supportive of Mayor Michael of the Birdie Ford Clinic other than to say it was within his second challenge of Gentile. effort all the way. We are in this race to- for 15 years. They demanded that we got Fossella, who represents month. While others descended lo and other longtime educators and come out to greet his Prospect Heights neigh- combine modern glitz with honky-tonk gold. “I was kind of giving her a ersby on the busy intersection recovery from September is expected to return for a second vote leged drug dealing that had pervaded See CYBER LAW on page 3 Bloomberg, more than 200 the state. near the entrance to the 2 and 3 The March 28 announcement came less gether, as a family.” something back for our tax dollars. And they O’Hara says 33 of 98 ADAs work illegally separately on learning support who stormed the support center bors, it took city agents five tries to trap a plucky Citing story, O’Hara sets Released on May 3, the draft plan envisions plenty hard time,” said Philbin. “I Bay Ridge and Staten “They don’t want people finding out where they are, Ridge Already promised an endorsement by didn’t take no for an answer. Today, we are 11th,” Fossella said in a state- teachers, placards raised high, ended up baiting her a little line subway station were greet- than a month after fellow Republican Island, was briefly men- centers in areas as disparate as said they had not been involved making waves in Coney red rooster, which had kept the residential area on of new rides, outdoor restaurants and even hotels, but because then people start dropping off every wild animal Robert Capano bowed out of the race cit- the Kings County Republican Party, and overtaxed and under-served. I’m not sure ment. “In the months ahead, I By Jotham Sederstrom with hundreds of appeals from Rally for SHUT OUT AGAIN marched to the Department of bit, so she got perturbed with ed with an ode to the borough’s Church Downtown Brooklyn and Flat- in such a fight in decades. edge with its way-too-early-in-the-morning crow- also more than a few of the neighborhood’s legendary tioned last year as a possi- known to man,” she said. By Jotham Sederstrom / Tom Callan / Tom look forward to helping tell The Brooklyn Papers convicted criminals who were me.” biggest cheerleader. ing personal family reasons, a decision expected to be endorsed by the county’s which is worse. But I plan to change both. Education’s Learning Sup- lands, the throng of more than a “We haven’t had a contract ing. staples, some of which have sat idle for years. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn officials wondered, has the stein, a spokesman for Thor Thor Equities is owned by “I know where they sent the rooster, and I know it’s a bird The Brooklyn Papers Ridge rezoning is now that all but ensures Russo will be the GOP Conservative Party next week, Russo’s an- Because our communities deserve better.” ble challenger to the this success story and working prosecuted by the out-of-city ADAs. port Center in Bay Ridge to By Jotham Sederstrom boardwalk were met by sea- When the cab neared their “Borough President Marty Acomplaint has been filed Marty holds another closed-door arena meet thousand educators was unified in two years and we haven’t developer not met with the Equities, confirmed that the Joseph Sitt, who redeveloped But the rooster’s entrapment Tuesday stirred mixed sanctuary,” she said, adding, “It’s a well-known place for out to clear his name “We’re working on a coherent story that balances challenger against Gentile this November. nouncement was pretty much expected. Gentile, who won the seat in a special As Assemblyman Matthew Mirones looks on, Republi- mayor, but he has since alongside the mayor and his O’Hara ran unsuccessful The Brooklyn Papers side locals this week with as Residents within sniffing distance of apartment, Philbin had the Markowitz loves Brooklyn with the city Conflicts of In- rezoning demand new contracts and, in in its call for higher salaries and had a raise in two years,” said city-sponsored panel charged development company has the Gallery at Metrotech, an feelings among neighbors in the block-square area of people in the industry. You’d be surprised the things people the history and authenticity of Coney Island while “Today I am announcing my candidacy Russo, who resigned last month as election in February 2003, declined to com- can Pat Russo announces his candidacy for the City come out in full support of team to ensure his victory in primary campaigns for Assembly By Jess Wisloski mailed invitations to the Borough their own words, “respect” much enthusiasm as a Na- Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers ing an investigation by a freelance believes that Assemblyman James the Owl’s Head Wastewater Treatment also recognizing the importance for new growth,” driver stop short. In front of and Brooklyn loves Borough terest Board charging that 33 and City Council against Democ- better classroom conditions. Tarlo, who indicated that teach- Plans to build an indoor with rejuvenating the seaside indeed purchased land within ailing indoor shopping mall backyards shared by the bird, between Vanderbilt and do. for the office of New York City Council in deputy inspector general to the state’s ment on his challenger’s announcement. Council at the Bay Ridge Manor on Monday. Bloomberg and said he See VITO on page 2 The Brooklyn Papers Hall meeting. Six years after being sentenced journalist. Brennan, a Democrat against whom Plant in Bay Ridge can expect to be over- said Joshua Sirefman, chairman of the Coney Island Gino’s Pizza, on Flatbush President Marty Markowitz.” prosecutors working for Brook- ratic Party-supported candidates dooms from Bloomberg and Schools David Tarlo, a math teacher at ers like himself, with master’s amusement and retail center than’s hotdog without a bun. neighborhood? that fabled swath, in addition abutting the Fulton Street Underhill avenues, from Bergen to Dean streets, al- “It took a long time and a lot of effort but the turkey’s Goldstein said DDDB was not Avenue at Bergen Street, But when Dean Olsher, Papers The Brooklyn BLOWIN’ SMOKE Chancellor Joel Klein. While an exact location for to parcels on either side of Mall in Downtown Brook- though from the sound of it he’s going to a far better been saved,” the ACC spokeswoman said, and corrected to 1,500 hours of community serv- Long contending that Brooklyn he waged several primary chal- whelmed by the foul smell of sewage, as Development Corporation (CIDC) and CEO of the lyn District Attorney Charles in the late 1980s and ’90s before Borough President Marty FDR High School for the last 19 See TEACHERS on page 6 at Coney Island’s famed Why, business owners and the law of the land initially invited, but after asking lenges, was the impetus behind the city Economic Development Corporation. Philbin kneeled on the side- host of the public radio show Peter Philbin drops to one knee to recreate his marriage proposal to Chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, the amusement mall has not Keyspan Park and west of lyn, after it was aban- place. herself, “I mean, the rooster,” which she said rescuers ice, political activist John O’Hara District Attorney Charles Hynes’ the much-maligned facility undergoes a Hynes live illegally outside of Hynes tried him for voter fraud Markowitz has hosted another another local group to urge their Although the plan was short on specifics, Kate walk and began to propose. “The Next Big Thing” posit- his fiance, Rachel Dehner, in front of the Pintchik hardware store’s Klein and Bloomberg have to been revealed, Lee Silber- Stillwell Avenue. See CONEY on page 14 “Because there was so much interest in it, we have called a “pesky little comic.” said this week that he will seek to repeated prosecutions of him on prosecution all along. month-long cleaning. the city. for registering to vote and voting closed-door meeting about de- inclusion, “[Markowitz] said, OK, Collignon, a special projects coordinator with the By Jotham Sederstrom elected officials streamed in to con- Ridge Bakery on Fifth Avenue at 78th But Dehner, thinking he was See SAYS YES! on page 5 “Oracle” sign at the corner of Bergen Street and Flatbush Avenue. Callan / Tom Mango / Greg go,” teachers from schools as captured the rooster, and he’s now being sent to a rehab At least one neighbor wasn’t laughing about the fowl overturn his conviction on voter charges that he voted while regis- O’Hara attorney Barry Fallick The routine endeavor — initiated on Mon- New ‘chimineas’ causing a stink In his complaint, John Ken- from a temporary address. veloper Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic we could come, but Daniel Gold- EDC, said officials hoped to turn Coney Island into

gratulate the neighborhood, which first Street — that featured a near replica of Papers File The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers nedy O’Hara charged that roughly “This is chaos in the court- Yards proposal, continuing his varied as Franklin Delano Roo- center,” said a spokeswoman from TJ Public Relations, play in his backyard. fraud charges based on new infor- tered at a non-primary address were was expected to file a motion in day, May 2, by the city Department of Environ- began looking at amending the zoning the very zoning map that had been ‘oasis’ stein can’t come. Also Patti and sevelt High in Borough Park the firm representing Animal Care and Control. mental Protection (DEP) and expected to con- a year-round destination, in part by offering indoor Bay Ridge took to Manhattan to By Jotham Sederstrom desires of outdoorsy homeowners one-third of the 98 assistant dis- house,” said O’Hara of his allega- policy of shutting out community See ROOSTER on page 13 John O’Hara mation he says was obtained dur- politically motivated, O’Hara now See O’HARA on page 17 laws as early as 1997. etched on the minds of many involved Schellie [Hagan], and PHAC tinue through early June — aims to swab and amusement attractions like, perhaps, a water park, Brewery contest and the High School of Tele- Callan / Tom celebrate the passage of a new zon- Truck drags, The Brooklyn Papers with the health concerns of their trict attorneys employed by Hynes tion regarding the ADAs. He is members who have prominently [Prospect Heights Action Coali- bowling or shopping, as have been suggested at Mayor Michael Bloomberg on with the plan for the past year. do not meet residency require- working as an unpaid volunteer Wants apartments communications in Bay Ridge sanitize six sewage tanks, which combined col- ing law this week that community Thursday stated his support for the “We wanted it to be a two-tiered apartment-dwelling neighbors, who voiced opposition to the plan to tion] can’t come either.” Former Papers publisher previous meetings. Confined for more than a de- say they are inundated by an in- ments under state law. for Sandra Roper, a lawyer who is called on the city to renew con- lect as much as 120 million gallons of grit and leaders had sought for decades to new zoning regulations. cake, but because of the new zoning it build a basketball arena as well Mango / Greg Asked why certain people or tracts that expired two years scum each day. And if artist renderings can be trusted, visitors cade to America’s great wide evitable byproduct of the ovens — The infraction, O’Hara be- Papers File The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn challenging Hynes in the primary on site of 30-year protect against a wave of new The Bay Ridge rezoning passed the had to be one,” Gentile quipped. open, wood-burning outdoor as 17 residential and office high- groups were barred from attending ago. Educators say that wages And while residents within a five-block ra- can expect a whole lot more — like fire juggling development in the neighborhood. city’s Uniform Land Use Review Proce- Among those who attended the re- grand prize is a black smoke. lieves, threatens to clog the courts Charles Hynes John O’Hara See HYNES on page 17 rise towers. the meeting, Markowitz said stilt-walkers, new public art and enough neon lights Ridge 9-11 memorial set for teachers throughout New dius of the notoriously pungent plant near fireplaces, known as “chimin- Boerum Hill garden Following a unanimous 49-0 vote dure in what may be record time. While ception were Council Speaker Gifford kills man on “This thing, I guess it’s to heat through a spokeswoman, “This to illuminate the entire neighborhood. Papers The Brooklyn eas,” are becoming an urban Last October, Markowitz held a York have been harnessed by Shore Road at 67th Street resigned themselves by the City Council on March 23, the normally a seven-month process, the re- Miller, Bensonhurst Councilman you up,” said Fire Department As- community meeting brought to- heads Time Out group See CONEY on page 17 The city hopes to return Coney Island and its famous boardwalk, depicted above in Coney Island Development Corp. rendering, to its glory days. similar meeting, shutting out re- Bay Ridge Dems split ‘best pizzeria’ to the inevitability of the trash bath, most stuck By Jess Wisloski standards set in 2003, just after zoning passed in just about four months. Domenic Recchia and Borough Presi- phenomenon that has city offi- sistant Chief Howard Hill. “I don’t gether leaders of over a dozen Bay Ridge rezoning passed into law. It The Brooklyn Papers porters as well as members of Bloomberg took control of the up their noses at the fumes they expect to waft is intended to preserve the built char- Most impressive, however, was the dent Marty Markowitz, in addition to a cials scratching their heads and know how popular they are here, civic organizations and elected of- Brooklyn Papers in chief, who will become executive vice invited to compete in the fundraising take a cue from the annual chili cook- ballots for the best slice, when asked to Kassar, chairman of the Kings Coun- neighborhood groups that openly Papers File The Brooklyn By Jotham Sederstrom through area windows. trip to Brooklyn apartment dwellers fuming. but enough people are starting to ABoerum Hill community garden that sur- Department of Education. acter of Bay Ridge, in part by desig- cake Gentile presented — from the Bay dozen Community Board 10 members. ficials from the neighborhoods ad- president of Martha Stewart Living Omni- event at the Pour House, a pub on offs she enjoyed as a native Texan. name their favorite of the 12 parlors, ty Conservative Party, took the op- to be dedicated in May protested the plans. Marty Markowitz “How can this man call him- Alison Tocci, former general man- The Brooklyn Papers “I’m not happy that it’s going to smell, but nating three times the current number “We’re talking about preserving one 75th Street Long a fixture in rural settings get them that we have to deal with vived for decades on little more than silver According to attendees of both jacent to the Atlantic Yards and media on May 18. Third Avenue at 79th Street, were Pep- While the event raised an estimat- most elected officials present skirted portunity to label such indecisiveness THIS WEEK self the ‘Education Mayor’ it’s something that, I guess, has to be done,” By Jotham Sederstrom ed to a day on the town that will include and suburbia, the fireplaces had the issue.” bells and cockleshells is now in the crosshairs ager of The Brooklyn Papers and With Republicans about as easy of blocks for detached housing, the of the most beautiful communities in The Brooklyn Papers Fifth Avenue at 77th Stree, said meetings, the policy has resulted in Nets arena who represented every when he can’t even treat the During Tocci’s eight years at Time Out, pino’s and Nino’s, a pair of Third Av- ed $2,500, it was the contest results the question entirely, saying instead as typical of the Democratic Party. said Eleanor Petty, who lives within blocks of PAGE 7 By Jotham Sederstrom of both Community Board 11 The Brooklyn Papers a tour of the Williamsburg-based brew- failed to flicker in the hearts, minds The problem cane to the fore of a battle between the neighbors who plant- founding publisher of its Bay Ridge to find in Bay Ridge as a neighbor neighborhood’s pride. The law will Brooklyn, and preserving the life that the man had worked at the store Seek subway bucks excluding those living in the stein, the last holdout who has not point of view on the project. The parents and teachers with re- the magazine’s circulation tripled to 138,000 enue parlors that shared top-honors on that had pizza partisans talking. that they supported all neighborhood “Coming off of John Kerry’s cam- the plant. “I think that letting us know in ad- NOT JUST NETS also reduce by half the number of we have in Brooklyn,” said Marko- The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE and Brooklyn Remembers, the Abike-riding deliveryman ery, a trip to Coney Island and tickets to a and backyards of New Yorkers. earlier this month, after tenants at ed it and the church that owns it. sold or agreed to sell to Ratner his size of the group was relatively Paper, has been promoted from pub- and it consistently outsold every other region- with an Italian surname, local the strengths of their margherita, vod- Seamlessly interjecting pizza and pizzerias equally. paign, I’m surprised they didn’t de- Concern Ikea asbestos in Hook air for roughly two years. While mass-market beer compa- Prospect Heights footprint of the spect,” shouted Randi Wein- vance was an attempt to reach out to the com- witz. “And the life we have is big committee that spearheaded the for a bagel shop in Bay Ridge Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball But when sales of the largely aes- an apartment building in Bay small to create a working group lisher of Time Out magazine to Time Democrats don’t always see eye to Uproar over sex shops . . . . .3 blocks designated for so-called Fed- Delayed by months of set- The street where the accident nies continue to dish out promotional With spring summoning daffodils, bluebells and planned development, bounded by condominium in the Atlantic Arts garten, president of the United al, state and city magazine in the country in ka sauce and grandma variations. politics into his chatter Tuesday “Tonight, every one of these piz- clare who they liked and then munity, and it’s generous on their part to let us By Jess Wisloski Value, a produce farm that, along with at Halleck and Columbia streets, just found large amounts of asbestos in the ders-style row houses. town-small town.” project, said he anticipates a was fatally struck and killed game at Keyspan Park, as well as a lim- thetic clay-and-cast-iron chimineas Ridge, on 79th Street at Sixth Av- goldenrod to poke through the Hoyt Street Gar- Dean Street and Atlantic, Flatbush building at 636 Pacific St. within for constructive dialogue.” Out president and group publisher, the advertising pages, a company statement said. eye when discussing how best to “Happy, that’s what I am,” beam- night, Honan conjured the immortal zas is a winner,” said Borough Presi- changed their minds an hour later,” know about the cause of this odor.” DEP: ‘Ikea’ asbestos lie . . . 6

/ Aaron Greenhood / Aaron Federation of Teachers, while backs, Brooklyn’s first solemn morning ceremony in happened was not a truck route. vacations to Tahiti and Jamaica, Steve ousine to transport the lucky winners (chimi-NAY’-ahs) flourished else- enue, began jamming the city’s The Brooklyn Papers its Saturday farmer’s market, has be- down the block from the Ikea demolition rubble. “This, today, is a victory lap, and it’s But even as Ridgites celebrated, also known as the Veterans putting together an event in De- after a truck dragged him for Callan / Tom Fossella: Fed funds could spur MTA on 86th St. den’s wrought-iron fence and buds to sprout on its and Vanderbilt avenues. the Atlantic Yards footprint. Local elected officials, includ- crowded among her union company announced Tuesday. “Alison has proven a terrific publisher,” reclaim their slice of Brooklyn. ed Vinny Mancino, who with his words of the late Chicago Mayor dent Marty Markowitz, who re- said Kassar, adding that the pizza Aside from polluting the senses of nearby resi- come a Red Hook meeting ground in site, which was slapped with 18 violations According to the city, contractors memorial to honor its own which elected officials would be “There was a lot of people com- Hindy, president of the Brooklyn from one side of the borough to the other. where two years ago, so too did in- 311 switchboard and the phone City hurting port biz . . . . .17 A group of Red Hook community a victory for everyone who lives in Bay some wondered if new development Memorial Pier, will not be en- cember when the chances of bad nearly a block. knobby oak tree, the Iglesia Del Vivo Cristo, or This time around, Markowitz re- “We eventually decided not to go ing Councilman David Yassky, members in front of the Region During her four years at The Papers in said Time Out Chairman Tony Elliott. But one thing they can agree on is brother Joe co-owns Peppino’s, a Richard Daley, when he told club strained his usually healthy appetite parlor of record for fellow Republi- dents, however, the cleaning has fanned worries the four years it’s been operating. and issued a stop-work order in January hired by the U.S. Dredging Corporation, / Tom Callan / Tom civilian victims of 9-11 will ing in, asking [what had hap- Brewery, is offering an all-expenses “We’ve always had to compete with terest from city folks. lines of Community Board 10 with By Jotham Sederstrom sage of a House appropria- could persuade the Metropolitan for ignoring Bay Ridge and the Callan / Tom Ridge and who will live in Bay Ridge,” currently being pushed on several dangered by the weight of the weather were much more like- on hand. Later in the evening, a Church of the Living Christ, has asked the Hoyt lented in allowing members of the at all, because we don’t think Bor- Councilwoman Letitia James, and 8 learning support center on the early 1990s, the Boerum Hill resident Prior to joining Time Out, Tocci was pub- that a coup always tastes better with one-year-old parlor on Third Avenue members to “vote early and often” because of Passover. cans and Conservatives is either Roc- that odors would dampen the surrounding area members, divided over whether The farm and market have sprouted due to alleged under-reporting of asbestos which is clearing the land for sale to finally be unveiled in its Police said John Martinez, 28, of pened],” said an owner of the bagel paid trip to a locale closer to home Now, say area hearth and gar- complaints of black smoke waft- The Brooklyn Papers Transportation Authority to reex- need to renovate the 86th Street said Bay Ridge Councilman Vincent blocks throughout the neighborhood 5,500-pound monument, organ- ly,” said Robert Ressler, whose second candle-lit vigil would these giant corporations, these interna- tions bill that if ratified by the Street Association, which built and planted the gar- anti-Atlantic Yards group Develop ough President Marty Markowitz state Senators Carl Andrews and 89th Street at Fourth Avenue. oversaw expansion of the company’s publisher of Brooklyn Bridge, a monthly maga- an ice-cold Coke and a slice of pizza, at 91st Street. for their favorite pizzeria. Councilman Vincent Gentile, who co’s or Gino’s, on Fifth Avenue at next week, when elected officials are expected to plans for an Ikea furniture mega- from a little-known planting project to a contained in a group of Civil War-era Ikea, did not follow safety procedures place on the 69th Street Pier 86th Street in Bay Ridge, was shop, who would not give his that in addition to beaches, features dening retailers, the fiery fad has ing through their windows. amine the station, which, along subway station,” said Fossella, Gentile, following the favorable vote. would be allowed to continue. izers say they will retrieve the sculpture, “Beacon,” was select- mark a lighting ceremony for tional brewing conglomerates,” said In a bid to expedite long- Senate would provide $4 mil- den, to get lost. — Don’t Destroy Brooklyn to attend has the right to say who represents Velmanette Montgomery attended. She later added: “He wants his lications and originated successful promo- zine. particularly from local parlors. Brian Honan, president of Brooklyn “Feel free to lobby people here,” he spoke to a reporter between bites of a 74th Street. gather on the 69th Street Pier for the long-await- store would help or hurt the transit- site that supports a major agricultural pro- warehouses being razed to make way for for asbestos removal, and may have re-

struck by a white delivery truck on Papers The Brooklyn Gentile joined dozens of Bay Ridge By law, if a significant portion of a in Bay Ridge this May, say installation from a hangar in up- ed among more than 50 other the sculpture, which nightly will name. “His family came in, they high culture, fine dining and even an Hindy, who started the homegrown brew- sparked in Brooklyn, especially in Although residents perched on with the remainder of the R-line, who represents Bay Ridge, Dyker Margaret Cusack, founder of the Hoyt Street As- the March 24 meeting, just not their our group,” said Goldstein. “Instead Prospect Heights Community tional campaigns that heightened reader And so, on Tuesday night, mem- Democrats for Change, said that the said. “This is a political club after all.” slice from Rocco’s, a pizzeria on Fort Rounding out the list of Democra- isolated neighborhood, are mending The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn lion to help rehabilitate and Jets, but he needs his teachers,” a Time Out publishes magazines and city ed unveiling of the borough’s first memorial to gram with children ages 8 to 18 working the Swedish home-furnishings giant. leased filaments of friable, or readily community leaders at the council’s building’s foundation has already been organizers behind the mas- state Bethel — where it has proposed works. “The chances cast a 3,000-watt light similar to March 30, around 4 pm, while mak- don’t know what’s going on amusement park — Brooklyn. ery nearly 20 years ago. “They’re always neighborhoods where private the highest levels of the six-story awaited renovations at the was passed over late last year in a Heights, portions of Bensonhurst sociation, who lives only doors from the little pink Chitter-Chatter 86th Street R-line subway modernize the heavily traf- Sunset Park Rep. Nydia Velasquez addresses protesters at Battle Hill Monument chief spokesman, Daniel Goldstein. of making a scene we decided to Neighborhood Alliance President reference to Bloomberg’s push involvement, said Papers President Ed guides throughout the world, including in bers of the Brooklyn Democrats for competition was an imaginative way to But as much as the evening was Hamilton Parkway at 64th Street, tic contenders are: Buon Gusto, Casa victims of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. their rift over a problem caused by in the garden and farming throughout the The demolition started in December, crumbled, asbestos into the air. Addi-

and Gravesend, and Staten Island. Papers The Brooklyn 16th-floor cafeteria near City Hall to planted then it would be allowed to con- sive installation. been sitting since November — of the weather being beautiful is the ones that project twin beams ing a delivery on 75th Street near He was a good kid, we lost him, we At Main Street’s Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday, Cyclones mascot Sandy the Seagull Beginning this week, the brewery is doing these programs, offering trips to homes thrive. And although the building couldn’t pinpoint the ori- five-year capital budget plan that church on Hoyt Street between Atlantic Avenue in Green-Wood Cemetery at the conclusion of Sunday’s march in protest of new “One reason they gave that I step back this time. We will attend Gib Veconi said Markowitz “made for a new football stadium on Weintrob. London, Paris, Buenos Aires and Berlin. Papers The Brooklyn Change political club cast their votes inject life into the group’s first fundrais- about pizza, waffling was served up in also praised all of the local parlors. “I Calamari, Francesco’s, LaSala, Pepi- While a spokeswoman for the DEP said that the project — the possible airborne year to grow vegetables and herbs for lo- but on Jan. 7, the city Department of tionally, the DEP charges, a site investi-

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn station, Rep. Vito Fossella ficked, deteriorating station. “This federal funding will help celebrate the new law. While noshing with Liam tinue under the old zoning rules. Following last-minute safety in time for a May 16 ceremony. much higher in May.” from the base of the World Sixth Avenue. loved him. We don’t know what to (left), Borough President Marty Markowitz (center) and Brooklyn Brewery President Steve offering a sweepstakes in which 10 win- Scotland or Pebble Beach or the phenomenon is only smoldering, gin of the smoke, tenants closer to heavily favors Manhattan. and Pacific Street that abuts the garden, says she’s real estate development in Green-Wood Heights that threatens the neighbor- couldn’t come is that I’m a figure- the next meeting.” an effort to reach out to more Manhattan’s Upper West Side. At Time Out, she succeeds Cyndi Stiv- Tocci recently oversaw the launch of Time Storefronts on the Coney Island boardwalk, like these next to Deno’s Wonder Wheel Brian Kassenbrock and Jeannie May do some judging at the for the best pizza in Bay Ridge. er. The idea, he said, came after a heaping portions, too like them all,” he said. no’s, Positano Tuscany Grill, Verra- all cleaning would be suspended during the May release of asbestos. cal restaurants and other consumers. Environmental Protection (DEP) halted gator hired to examine the site before measures to ensure that the pier, “We were concerned about William Guarinello, chairman — Jotham Sederstrom Hindy unveiled a sweepstakes in which 10 lucky winners get dream vacations to Brooklyn. ners and five of their friends will be treat- officials are trying to balance the announced this week the pas- The allocation, said Fossella, “The MTA has no justification See 86TH ST on page 2 begins on page 9 on sandwiches and macaroni salad, See ZONING on page 5 See MEMORIAL on page 16 An owner at Dale’s Bagels, at do.” See VACATION on page 15 See SMOKE on page 13 Chiminea on 79th Street in Bay Ridge. See DOOMED on page 17 hood’s low-rise character and harbor views. head of the opposition,” said Gold- The groups or individuals were See MARTY on page 15 The march on Region 8 was Alison Tocci of Time Out. ers, Time Out New York’s founding editor Out Chicago. Park, may be bought up and converted into an indoor amusement and retail center. Pour House in Bay Ridge on Tuesday. The winners among the 12 pizzerias member of the club suggested they Although they all voted on secret Told of the pizza waffling, Jerry zano Pizza and Vesuvio. See STENCH on page 3 At the center of the concern is Added Problem is, the Added Value farm sits the demolition when an investigator See ASBESTOS on page 6

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Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • ©• 20 pages •Vol. 28, No. 24 BWN •Saturday, June 11, 2005 • FREE The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Ratner’s Oddo: Terror cops Beep to Magic’s BORO’S Kleinfeld quits Bay Ridge all about COLD WAR light up The Brooklyn Papers Bensonhurst’s money Say it ain’t so — first the Dodgers and now COPS SHUT STAB BAR Whether Bruce Ratner should target Arabs Kleinfeld. gets to build his Atlantic BONUS BUSES By Sara Kugler said Oddo, a Republican who also represents Yards mega-project rests Ice cream shops brace The giant bridal emporium, a Brooklyn mainstay not on any eminent domain Associated Press Staten Island. “Young Arab fundamentalists are Coney since 1941, announced Wednesday it would move to decision (he already owns the individuals undertaking these acts of terror, BEACON Arabs should be targeted for searches on and we should keep those facts prominently in Manhattan this summer. CB10 wants Samba to close for good Miller, Gentile: Council will much of the private prop- city subways, Bensonhurst Councilman By Jess Wisloski State probing our minds and eyes as we attempt to secure our Kleinfeld, the country’s largest outlet for designer wed- downzone set erty on the site) but on gov- James Oddo and Borough Park Assembly- populace.” The Brooklyn Papers ding dresses, has outfitted generations of brides who have By Jotham Sederstrom Now, complaining of fighting, trouble since at least 2003, when a Along with a letter from Communi- pital. That incident, which drew ernment’s willingness to late-night noise and public urina- police officer was beaten after re- ty Board 10 Chairman Craig Eaton, complaints to the liquor authority, for ‘Cold Stone’ arrival man Dov Hikind said this week, contend- Oddo commended Hikind for “rushing He’s long called it Brooklyn’s Eiffel Our 9-11 memorial perused selections — by appointment only, of course — The Brooklyn Papers put our treasuries at the ing that the police department has been headlong against the strong undertow of politi- Tower, and now, says Borough President kingdom at its Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street flagship in Bay Ridge. tion, residents and community lead- sponding to a brawl outside. which chronicles years of violence happened less than one week after AThird Avenue nightclub developer’s disposal. ers are lobbying the State Liquor Last week, more than 100 neigh- and subsequent violations, residents new owners began operating the wasting time with random checks in its cal correctness.” Marty Markowitz, Coney Island’s long- Its new location will be at West 20th Street and Sixth with a history of noise and vio- pick up weekend X-bus tab Undoubtedly, some of Rat- By Jotham Sederstrom break out in song. effort to prevent terrorism in the transit sys- Hikind said he planned to introduce legisla- Authority to deny it a license for bors signed a petition demanding hope their efforts will persuade the establishment. Dyker Heights rezone is next dormant Parachute Jump will be lit at ner’s acquisitions were at least The Brooklyn Papers Asked if Cold Stone Creamery dedicated in Ridge Avenue in Manhattan’s fashionable Chelsea neighbor- lence complaints was abruptly good. that the club be denied licensing, State Liquor Authority to reject Deputy Inspector William tem. tion allowing police to racially profile, and night like the French icon. facilitiated by the threat of emi- was intentionally targeting Carvel, hood, co-owner Ronald Rothstein announced. Kleinfeld’s shut down last week after police Renamed Samba last July, and which was terminated last month new requests for a liquor license. Aubry, commanding officer of the By Jotham Sederstrom cured $990,000 to keep them in Acold war could escalate in The city began examining passengers’ bags Oddo said he intended to introduce a resolution sale of Towers Callan / Tom It will be bathed in multicolored lighting By Jotham Sederstrom time around in the interest of saving time. our neighborhoods,” the mayor said in a nent domain — property owners Hinsch’s and Anopoli, Anne Chris- By Jotham Sederstrom 185 employees will move with the store. found that the raucous bar and sold to new owners last month, the when previous owners sold the bar Afight inside Samba on May 14 68th Precinct, said that the brawl The Brooklyn Papers operation for one more year, just Bay Ridge this week when a on subways and buses after the second bomb in the City Council supporting the measure. Redrafting the entire neighborhood all at prepared statement. “As a result, residents knew that if they did not negoti- tenson, a spokeswoman for the arrangements created by designer Leni NBA Hall-of-Famer buys The Brooklyn Papers The decision to move was based partly on the fact that about discotheque was operating with- club on Third Avenue at 96th to an entrepreneur who owns an- spilled outside, ending with a stab- drew seven violations from the as he did last summer during an The Brooklyn Papers gimmicky new ice cream chain attack in London two weeks ago. Police Com- But the director of the New York chapter of Schwendinger, he said in a published statement. With a week left before the once, said City Planning spokeswoman will know that my administration hears ate a settlement early, their prop- company, said that the Bay Ridge 80 percent of the store’s customers work in Manhattan, Rothstein out liquor or cabaret licenses. Street, they contend, has drawn other tavern on Staten Island. bing that sent one patron to the hos- election-year coup. missioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael the Council on American-Islamic Relations, On a breezy, sun-filled day eerily reminiscent of the September EXCLUSIVE See STAB BAR on page 6 cancellation of weekend ex- The City Council on Thursday Rachaele Raynoff, would have taken in- their concerns about out-of-scale develop- erty might be taken later under opens only blocks from a bevy location was chosen by a local “I am delighted that New York City Parks said. The new location would also allow a “grander, more theatri- And just like Golden, both approved a zoning initiative intended less advantageous circum- of established purveyors of the Bloomberg have said several times that officers Wissam Nasr, said their push for racial profil- and New York City Economic Development morning when two commercial jets were flown into the World press bus service in Bay spectors twice the time to survey. ment in Bensonhurst and is working hard to franchisee after research suggested Callan / Tom cal environment” and 35,000 square feet of floor space — about Gentile and Miller likely hope to scale back much of Bensonhurst, a stances. But at this point, for At- frozen treats — including a that the neighborhood was a wise will not racially profile. ing is offensive and ignorant because “terror Corporation [EDC] worked with me to make The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Upon Bloomberg’s final approval, the prevent it.” Trade Center towers, several hundred people, many of whom wit- By Jotham Sederstrom twice as much as the Bay Ridge store, he said. Ridge, Councilman Vincent their deliverance translates to lantic Yards, eminent domain is Callan / Tom But over the weekend, Hikind said police comes in all shapes and sizes, and certainly this dream a reality,” Markowitz is quoted in Williamsburgh Bank tower neighborhood that, like most of south- plan will cover an area bounded by Bay But before moving forward with the re- couple that have been dollop- choice for a new ice cream shop. nessed the destruction from the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge, The Brooklyn Papers Built from an initial $600 investment in 1941, the business Gentile and Council Speaker votes later this year, when both not the issue. should be focusing on those who fit the “terror- there’s no legislation or system that’s going to his newsletter “Brooklyn!!” Brooklyn second baseman Armand Gaerlan scores in front of Yankees catcher P.J. Pilittere in the eighth in- west Brooklyn, has experienced an maining parts of Bensonhurst, City Planning ing homemade scoops for “They wouldn’t put a store returned to that dock for the unveiling of Brooklyn’s first-ever grew to encompass three storefronts and become a mecca for Gifford Miller announced a hope to overcome formidable Parkway and 61st Street to the north, Mc- The issue is that taxpayers are ist profile.” identify terrorists on the spot.” The Parks Department and the EDC referred State officials are investi- ning of the Cyclones 10-7 Opening Night victory at Keyspan Park in Coney Island. onslaught of new condominium officials say they will likely move forward more than five decades. where they thought it wouldn’t ap- By Jess Wisloski borough-wide memorial to victims of those attacks. brides-to-be and their entourages. After the store was sold to a bid to save the routes. election challenges. While Gen- Donald Avenue to the east, Avenue U to the being asked to pay for Ratner’s “They all look a certain way,” said Hikind, a In response to Hikind’s suggestion, the New calls to the borough president’s office, and offi- The Brooklyn Papers gating charges that manage- development over the past decade. south and Stillwell Avenue to the west. The with plans to down-zone Dyker Heights. Fresh off the arrival of its first peal to the community,” said Chris- Fire and police boats quietly circled Monday morning as, one-by-one, French investor, in December 1990, it suffered a decline, but its At a press conference at City tile faces Republican challenger game. conservative Democrat. “It’s all very nice to be York Police Department said in a statement cials with Leni Schwendinger Light Projects also ment of the Towers of Bay rezoning establishes height limits where Centered between Bensonhurst and Bay franchise in Brooklyn — at down- tenson, who said variety was a Praised this week by Mayor Michael An honest discussion will put Papers File The Brooklyn He conquered the NBA, he’s a giant in the officials involved with the Brooklyn Remembers memorial project stepped resurgence came in 1997, when Gordon Brothers Capitol, a Man- Hall Monday, Gentile and Miller Pat Russo this November, Miller Papers The Brooklyn politically correct here, but we’re talking about that racial profiling is “illegal, of doubtful ef- declined to comment. Through a spokeswoman, Ridge co-operative apart- Bloomberg, the 120-block zoning plan came low-rise housing predominates while elimi- Ridge, the largely one-, two- and three-fami- town’s Atlantic Terminal mall — good thing, noting, “It’s ice cream, behind a podium and carefully reflected on the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A hattan investment firm that buys failing businesses, rights them said that should the Metropolitan hopes to outlast three other De- the public price tag at $1 billion or terrorism.” Councilman James Oddo, shown above in fectiveness and against department policy.” Markowitz declined to comment further. retail franchising field and now Earvin ment complex allowed un- before the full council on June 23, putting to nating the potential for uncharacteristically ly home neighborhood has attracted new in- Cold Stone Creamery, an Arizona- so if you love ice cream you’re go- “Magic” Johnson towers above Brooklyn with light fog blurred an otherwise clear view of Lower Manhattan. and then sells them saved the shop from bankruptcy. SHAME! Transportation Authority follow mocrats in a September primary more, not $100 million (a token “The reality is that there is a group of people undated photo, is in favor of racial profiling The Republican mayor reiterated Tuesday The lighting will show “seasons at a qualified applicants to breeze large medical storefronts and buildings de- terest from condo developers warded off by based chain with more than 1,000 ing to love all types of ice cream.” The firm sold Kleinfeld in 1999 to a partnership that included through with its plan to discontin- and then take on Republican rest a breezy four-month journey from certi- down payment referenced by the who want to kill us and destroy our way of life,” at subway checkpoints. glance” and “a kaleidoscope of sequences for his latest purchase — the Williamsburgh Sav- “You can understand what a perfect place this is for a memorial. Just signed for mixed commercial and residen- zoning changes on either side. Manhattan news media). Tax locations worldwide, plans to open Manny Saviolakis, the owner of See ODDO on page 2 through an extensive waiting Rothstein, Mara Urshel and savvy investor Wayne Rogers, the ue the X27 and X28 routes, fund- Mayor Michael Bloomberg. fication to law that took only half the time a Mermaids! special dates” on the soon-to-be Brooklyn ings Bank tower. look around you,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the May 16 cer- list of potential shareholders Cops guard Ridge church similar initiative in Bay Ridge did. tial use. Councilman Vincent Gentile said this breaks associated with the New a second outpost this Saturday, July Anopoli, seemed to agree. Claim- emony, adding later, “We saw blazing towers go down. But human beings actor who played Trapper John on the 1970s television series ing would be earmarked through “We still believe that the fund- At the annual Mermaid Parade, held on Saturday, June 25, revelers pose on beacon, Markowitz’s statement said. An investment fund led by the NBA Hall-of- in exchange for paying well “All in all it’s what we really wanted,” While commercial corridors along por- week that plans to rezone Dyker Heights Jersey Nets component of the 2, on Third Avenue at 84th Street. ing his diner and desert parlor was have the capability to mourn while also looking to the future.” Mango / Greg “M.A.S.H.” the council’s budget, due July 1. ing for this service should come B’KLYN IDOLS the boardwalk while they party prior to the parade in Coney Island. The big 100 years old, Saviolakis said that An illustration that appeared in the newsletter Famer teamed up with a New York developer to said Howard Feuer, district manager of tions of Bay Parkway, Kings Highway, could be certified by September or October. See EDITORIAL on page 16 While a boon to ice cream above the state pricing “I was not familiar with the wedding dress business when I Callan / Tom showed a color scheme of bright red and irides- More than 400 men and women, many of them relatives of the 283 Brook- where support our troops That commitment to provide from the Transit Authority, since event there this week will be Monday’s July 4th hot dog eating contest. lovers, the chain, say some, could homemade selections like fresh purchase the building at 1 Hanson Place, the bor- schedules for the Mitchell- first entered into this partnership, but over the last six years I Community Board 11. “We knew there Highlawn Avenue and avenues O and T From there, the plan would course through cent blue lights, the latter glowing from the base lynites who died that day, appeared stoic, if not a bit solemn, as Bloomberg $1.15 million follows a resolution it’s so critical to the community’s Clones beat Yanks, take opener the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Pro- siphon business from a pair of strawberry and peach ice cream ough’s tallest, the partners announced this week. would be developers that would try to come would flourish, three quarters of the plan of the structure, while the bursts of red light and other elected officials took turns praising the memorial, a bronze sculpture Lama apartments. have learned that absolutely everyone comes to Kleinfeld,” introduced on May 25, in which quality of life,” said Miller. “How- Carvel franchises within blocks of draws a steady stream to his store- They plan to convert the city landmark office Rogers said this week. banner was vandalized in and overdevelop Bensonhurst, and now would safeguard detached and semi-de- cedure, a roughly seven-month process that bloomed from each of the old parachute-carts, depicting the once prominent trumpet used by firefighters to announce danger. The probe, by the Division Gentile and eight other co-spon- ever, if the funding is not forth- By Vince DiMiceli requires hearings before and recommenda- the store as well as hometown he- front on Third Avenue at Bay Bar benefit for Iraq war vets building, which stands 34 stories and 512 feet tall, In a 1999 interview with The Brooklyn Papers, Hedda Klein- that won’t happen.” tached housing by limiting new develop- which used to hold the “riders” until the mecha-

of Housing and Community llan sors called on the MTA to main- coming from the TA, or any other The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers tions by Community Board 10, Borough roes Hinsch’s and Anopoli, both of Ridge Avenue. A new competitor, into luxury condominiums with ground-floor retail. See BEACON on page 5 feld Schacter, who founded the store with her father and her hus- splashed across the sign. A similar Feuer said that, far from over, he and ment to 35 feet and under. nism released the amusement park patrons in Renewal, which regulates af- By Jotham Sederstrom tain the buses, which travel from source, the City Council is com- Papers The Brooklyn The Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, which incor- others would now seek to complete a sec- “This rezoning helps fulfill my promise President Marty Markowitz, the City Plan- which have served homemade ice he insisted, would not change that. By Ajla Grozdanic the stage at the Wicked Monk, a the national spokesman for the Terror, inspired Bay Ridgites Kevin

/ Tom Callan / Tom band, Jack Schacter, credited the artisans she employed with the desecration — without the “murder” It was deja vu all over again. their chutes to drift to the ground below. fordable-, low- and middle-in- The Brooklyn Papers Tom Ca Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst to mitted to making the funding for cream for more than 80 years. “It’s the old-fashioned way, and for The Brooklyn Papers Bay Ridge bar that on Sunday Coalition to Salute America’s He- Donnellan, 30, and his girlfriend, porates Johnson’s development company — which / ond zoning plan for the remaining portions to protect the city’s primarily low-density ning Commission and the City Council. come housing in the state, cen- store’s success. — occurred one week earlier. Midtown Manhattan. The routes this service a part of its budget.” And again. And again. And Brooklyn’s the place to see Judi Stern Orlando, director of the Astella “It’s another big brand coming nobody’s gonna beat that,” said roes, the beneficiary of the fund- Stephanie Bradley, 24, to organize also has another luxury condominium project in Police are stepping up efforts Mayor Michael Bloomberg with supporters on Monday opens his new cam- of Bensonhurst, which Department of City neighborhoods by ensuring that new devel- Kristin Guild, a City Planning representa- hosted a fundraiser to aid dis- Development Corporation, who sits on the ters on the sale of more than a Help is on the way “People would say, ‘Why did you stay in Bay Ridge?’” she re- “It’s uncharacteristic of the neigh- are scheduled to end on June 26, While the future of the routes again. so, yeah, we’re a little worried,” Saviolakis. “Anyway, people obvi- “You can call me BJ, you can abled War on Terror veterans. raiser. the event, which was co-sponsored progress in Park Slope, at 45 Park Place — “focus- From left, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Rep. Vito Fossella and CB10 called. “It is because we had the best working staff. It was a to find the vandal who twice borhood,” said Councilman Vincent paign office at 7920 Third Ave. in Bay Ridge. Planning officials said was left out the first opment does not change the character of See ZONING on page 17 Coney Island Development Corporation dozen apartments at the twin say transit officials, who cite the may never rise to the level of the For the fifth time in their five- said Francis Yoo, a manager at the ously like us here and we like being call me Stumps — whatever The organization’s cause, sup- by Verizon, the New York Knicks es on the development of urban properties in under- poured red paint on a patriotic Mango / Greg Jackson, 24, of Iowa, who lost board, said the plan to light the Parachute co-op high-rises, on 65th Street Chairman Craig Eaton view one of of several sinkholes along the Shore Parkway classy labor market. The seamstresses and the sales people had Gentile. “I really believe the culprits lines’ comparatively low ridership now-quashed but still controversial year history, the Brooklyn Cy- Carvel store on Third Avenue at here, so I think we’ll do fine.” works,” said Robert Jackson Jr. and the Brooklyn Cyclones. served neighborhoods,” according to a press re- banner draped outside of the both of his legs below the knees porting wounded and disabled mil- Papers File The Brooklyn Jump was seen as an asset by her fellow between Fourth Avenue and bike path between 92nd Street and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Approxi- very high standards but didn’t like the idea of traveling to the city are coming from elsewhere, and I’m of 2,000 as their reason for aban- proposal to build a football stadium clones took the season opener, great fireworks on the 4th 74th Street. “It’s competition, but Deborah Williams, a waitress at lease by the company. as, microphone in hand, he took while serving in Iraq in 2003, is itary personnel fighting the War on Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge, mately $7 million has been set aside to rebuild the pathway with work sched- everyday, so they came here and they had an outlet for their tal- Church of St. Bernadette in totally supportive of the efforts of the Papers The Brooklyn doning the service. in Manhattan, the issue has already See BENEFIT on page 4 The Parachute Jump in Coney Island. See CHUTE on page 15 They teamed up with the Dermot Co. to pur- Papers File The Brooklyn this time with a 10-7 victory over what are you going to do?” Hinsch’s, on Fifth Avenue at 86th ents, and it was very good for the reputation of the store.” Dyker Heights. police to track these people down.” become an election-year topic. chase the building. One report had the price tag at See TOWERS on page 12 The Towers of Bay Ridge cooperative on 65th Street. uled to begin next month. From left, Pat Downs with Holly, her 2-year-old mixed-breed; Mary Jo Tobin with Monster, “I want to thank Speaker Miller Bloomie opens the hated Staten Island Yankees. By Jotham Sederstrom said a community affairs officer with Cold Stone Creamery first Street, echoed Saviolakis’ senti- This week, police officers stood Deputy Inspector William Aubry, That staff will now be bused into Callan / Tom for his commitment to the people On the same day Miller an- $71 million, although that could not be confirmed her 6-year-old Lhasa apso; and Ruth Bedell, with Lili, her 1-year-old papillon. Tobin and In front of the largest crowd The Brooklyn Papers the 84th Police Precinct, which patrols opened in Tempe, Ariz., in 1988 ment, saying that fans of the diner’s Manhattan, Rothstein said in a state- guard outside of the 170-year-old the commanding officer of the 68th Papers The Brooklyn Downs will host their fifth adopt-athon, which over the years, has paired more than 200 of southwest Brooklyn to maintain nounced his pledge to save the ever to make its way into and has since expanded to include homemade ice cream wouldn’t by press time. Catholic church on 13th Avenue at Precinct, declined to comment on Brooklynites hoping to catch a Brooklyn Heights. “Put that in bold let- ment Wednesday. wayward cats and dogs with loving families. weekend bus service,” said Gentile buses, Bloomberg that night told Keyspan Park, Mookie Wilson’s SLAM! ters if you like — every year there’s lots more than 1,000 storefront fran- stray too far. That’s one reason the From the time it was built in 1929 until 1962, The Kleinfield store opened at 82nd Street, next to a brand new sign specifics of the investigation, except at the June 13 press conference. attendees at a meeting in the neigh- view of the city’s annual fireworks the Williamsburgh Bank building’s four-sided squad put on a show featuring of traffic.” chises, including one that opened parlor has been able to thrive since 8206 Fifth Ave. in 1941, a year after that reads, as did its two predeces- to say that it is “ongoing.” “While I agree it’s the responsibili- borhood that he would ask MTA boro stumphouse timely hitting, aggressive base extravaganza Monday can join the last month in Japan. According to a 1948, when a shop known as “Rik- clock was the largest in the nation. A city landmark, Sing it! Most popular among the viewing ar- Hedda emigrated from Vienna with sors: “Support Our Troops. God Before last week’s incident, many in ty of the Transit Authority, the President Lawrence Reuter to re- throngs of spectators at the Brooklyn spokeswoman, the chain will dou- ers” changed hands and became the grand limestone building, which combines Ro- Papers The Brooklyn Jessie Diamond, of Jessie Diamond & The Thousand, performs running and, minus three errors, eas in Brooklyn is the promenade, en- her family. Bless America.” Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights were speaker has correctly determined consider his decision to cancel the By Jotham Sederstrom to organize the Republican National Con- some excellent glove work. Heights promenade and Fulton ble in size within the next year. known as Hinsch’s. manesque and Byzantine elements, is overdue for a during the Five Borough Indie Battle of the Bands at Grand Army / Gary Thomas TISH tered at the end of Montague Street in The increased detail comes fol- angered by the desecration, but still un- Arts group refuses profile in Ratner ‘rag’ MTA opens bidding on rail yards site “It was a labor of love,” said Hed- that it’s more important that the service. To some in the crowd who The Brooklyn Papers vention last summer, Brennan said. But it was Jesus Gamero’s Ferry Landing. The company owes its success in John Logue, its current owner, facelift. Besides HSBC bank, which sold the tower Brooklyn Heights. The promenade, da. “I used to love fashion. Since I lowing an incident on June 3. Parish sure whether it was a message of reli- Plaza Sunday. The contest was part of Borough President Marty service continue. By providing the were aware of Miller’s commit- “Bay Ridge has traditionally been a was not available for comment, but and will vacate its eight floors, the building houses Duo celebrates two-run homer off the left field But savvy spectators might benefit which runs over the Brooklyn-Queens part to the gimmicky process in was a little girl in Vienna I would get Just ducky officials discovered thick red paint gious intolerance, petty vandalism or Markowitz’s Best of Brooklyn festival held in and around GAP and funding, Speaker Miller makes it ment, the promise seemed hollow. Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened strong base of support for the mayor,” said Williams said he likely wasn’t con- the offices of many dentists. By Jess Wisloski And you’d better work quickly — the more of three parcels of the rail yards, could bid on the MTA property, the RFP great public pressure to seek top-dollar for scoreboard in the seventh, which from staking out spots in Bay Ridge and which the ice cream is served — in the American fashion magazines and Twins Ethan and Ava Gelfand, 3, play with rubber duckies during the Fifth Avenue Fair Sunday. — and the word “murder” — See SHAME on page 6 at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. certain that we will continue to For those in Bay Ridge who his first campaign headquarters in Brennan, adding that as many as a dozen Expressway along the neighborhood’s cerned. Aproject manager for Canyon-Johnson, Bobby The Brooklyn Papers proposals are due July 6. properly called the Vanderbilt Yards, was the first public attempt the agency has the Vanderbilt Yards. put the Clones up 6-4, that gar- Red Hook, where the crowds tend to be Happy Fourth! full view of customers with the just eat them up. It was a love. It was have this service.” are elderly or disabled, the routes Brooklyn Monday, in a Bay Ridge volunteers would be stationed at the site to RIPS western edge, offers spectacular views help of, well, cold granite slabs “I don’t think he’s worried one Turner, said he saw the Williamsburgh tower op- The Metropolitan Transportation Au- which sit between Atlantic Avenue and made to solicit bids there. Since Ratner’s Forest City Ratner Com- nered the biggest cheer of the slightly less dense. of the East River and draws spectators

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Rooftop Films slams Forest City on Web If you want to build something thority quietly issued a Request for Pro- Pacific Street, from Fifth Avenue to Van- “An RFP makes sure that everybody and panies announced plans to build a profes- an art and it was a craft.” Introduced in 2002 to abate are crucial because of under- storefront that previously housed help with petitioning and other tasks. night from the crowd of 9,303. Thousands will descend on the water- We’ve printed a U.S. flag upon which the ice cream of a cus- bit,” said Williams on Monday. portunity as “unrivaled” and “unbelievable.” other than a basketball arena and sky- Things on Third, a gift shop. from throughout the city. But get there posals (RFP) this week seeking bids for derbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. his mother knows about it, and they can bid sional basketball arena and 17 residential Her father, an engineer in Vienna, disruptions from construction ground subway stations, which “None of the other candidates have put Brooklynite and former “American Idol” contestant Constantine Maroulis, front hotspots when Macy’s kicks off its tomer’s choice is mashed together “We have a diehard clientele and Callan / Tom “The whole mandate of the fund that we manage The Clones went to work on on this week’s back page. early, or you may be shut out as police By Jess Wisloski “The Brooklyn Standard is [For- Rosenberg added, “Not appear- other development projects, such The Brooklyn Standard is pro- scrapers over the Atlantic Avenue rail went back to his father’s business projects on the Manhattan Bridge remain accessible only by stair- The space, at 7920 Third Ave., will be an onus on reaching out to this communi- with the toppings of their choice — most of them just keep on coming June/July 2005 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 www.brooklynstandard.com A Publication of Forest City Ratner Companies is to revitalize densely populated and ethnically di- development rights over its Long Island The three parcels are 100,000 square if they want,” Kelly explained this week. and commercial high-rises emanating left, who sang the National Anthem and “God Bless America” Monday the base paths early when, in the annual July 4 pyrotechnic display — the / Tom Callan / Tom dog days with will be watching for overcrowding. est City Ratner’s] promotional ing in the publication was not The Brooklyn Papers as the Atlantic Mall, Atlantic Ter- duced for Ratner by Manhattan yards, this is your chance. Rail Road storage yards near Atlantic and feet, 119,000 square feet, and 148,000 “It opens up the entire process to anyone from Atlantic and Flatbush avenues out to when he arrived in America and be- and the Stillwell Avenue subway ways, rather than elevators. manned by John Johnston and Michael ty like we have,” he said. night, with Pee-Wee (center) and a sheared Sandy the Seagull. See OPENER on page 6 GIFF nation’s largest fireworks show — at 9 Display it proudly. and the tendency for employees to back for more.” verse communities, and look for unique opportuni- Callan / Tom tool, posing as a community news- enough — no one would know that came a furrier. terminal on Coney Island, the “It’s essential for us,” said Allegretti, both of whom formerly worked The same day as Bloomberg’s Brook- pm. In Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn minal and Metrotech,” reads a por- Media, which publishes four Man- ties to contribute in development,” Turner said. But judging from the bidding over the Flatbush avenues, where developer Bruce square feet, and the complete guidelines who would be interested in bidding. Vanderbilt Avenue in December 2003, no An attempt by real estate paper,” said Mark Elijah Rosen- we chose not to appear.” Yes! Hedda’s family worked in the store routes, say transit officials, had Louise Hidar, a Bay Ridge senior in the district office of Republican Bay lyn visit, Council Speaker Gifford Miller With fireworks barges just south of GOD BLESS AMERICA Heights, at least seven streets will be tion of the letter, signed by Rosen- hattan community weeklies. Voice of New York “Here’s a building that was built in the 1920s Hudson Yards in Manhattan earlier this Ratner wants to build a 19,000-seat bas- are available on the MTA’s Web site, “The purpose is to see who else is inter- official bids have come forward, accord- PAGE 9 mogul Bruce Ratner to curry berg, artistic director of Rooftop Instead, they publicized it, and but Hedda’s father, who wanted her to always been intended as a tem- who takes the express bus to Ridge state Sen. Marty Golden, according held a press conference at City Hall, an- the Brooklyn Bridge and between Ellis closed for some period on July 4, police berg and his fellow Rooftop Films Bruce Ratner is listed as the Sports Joins Nets BROOKLYN’S year, you’d better have several-hundred ketball arena and four skyscrapers. www.mta.info. ested in the property,” he said. ing to the MTA. Neither has Forest City that is unparalleled in its landmark status and archi- The Brooklyn Papers offices will Papers The Brooklyn favor among local artists for Films, a Park Slope-based organi- The Brooklyn Papers found the porary service. Nonetheless, Times Square to see Broadway nouncing that the council would commit BROOKLYN’S BEST CYCLONES COVERAGE: PAGE 6 say. They are: Montague Street, from directors, Dan Nuxoll and Sarah Standard’s publisher. Legendary broadcaster and Brooklyn spend some time out of the city, al- Last go ’round for to Patrick Brennan, a Bloomberg aide and Governor’s islands near the Statue native Marv Albert, the voice of New York million dollars. The RFP invites proposals for “the sale Although MTA spokesman Tom Kelly The cash-strapped MTA, which faces a Ratner offered a public bid on the devel- tectural design. It has the fourth largest four-faced be closed next week. Look for The Court Street to Montague Terrace, the last A Bay Ridge fixture for years, Hinsch’s Lunchenette his plan to build a basketball zation that screens independent group’s July 28 letter to “the edi- Palmer. The first issue of the free publi- sports, has joined the Nets. Beginning in The ear of the mayor and governor or lease of all or some of the air space and had told The Brooklyn Papers in previous massive budget deficit and has threatened opment rights over the rail yards. lowed her to take a job watching dogs when threatened the following plays. “I just wouldn’t go back to who attended the opening. A third em- $1.15 million to keep weekend express of Liberty, traffic is likely to be at a September, he will call 50 games on the clock in the world, it’s got unobstructed views of movies throughout the summer at tors and readers of The Brooklyn YES Network, as well as host a 13-episode Papers again on Saturday, July 16 arena, skyscrapers and apart- “The Brooklyn Standard clearly cation, which forthrightly notes on to-be-determined

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn adopt-athon street before the promenade; Remsen Meet the (top) and other Ridge ice cream shops could face a The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn July, state Sen. Marty Golden se- Manhattan without it.” ployee will be Dan McNeil, who helped See RIDGE on page 12 standstill. GIRL Manhattan, we are strategically located at the front wouldn’t hurt. related real property interests” in one or interviews that anybody who wanted to service cutbacks and fare hikes is under See MTA BIDDERS on page 5 See KLEINFELD on page 4 outdoor sites around Brooklyn. Standard” posted on the Web log, show. threat from the new Cold Stone Creamery. ment high-rises in Prospect states that it is published by FCRC its front page underneath its title Albert, who grew / Greg Mango / Greg “The best bet is taking mass transit,” See FOURTH on page 4 up in Brighton BOOMING The Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower, at 1 Hanson Place, Firefighter John Dilillo (Engine 14, Manhattan) with his mother, Angela Dilillo, visit Brooklyn’s Sept. 11 memorial, “Beacon,” on door of one of the largest business transit terminals Heights backfired this week “The purpose of the publica- NoLandGrab.org. to share information about the At- that it is “A Publication of Forest Beach and Atlantic Yards Will Bring Jobs,Housing and Hoops By Jotham Sederstrom Ridge, the pair began scouting for locations. Manhattan Beach, Marv has been purchased by Magic Johnson and partners. the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge on Tuesday, the first night it cast its beam of light into the sky. tion is to promote the Atlantic “Rooftop Films believes that called his first games Albert See MAGIC on page 5 when an arts group not only lantic Yards project,” the letter con- City Ratner Companies,” was pub- in grade school on his The Brooklyn Papers A grassroots effort from head to tail, the pro- Yards project by creating the im- our neighborhood, our organiza- own tape recorder turned down the offer of free tinues. “But the paper does not of- lished in late June. he brought Coney’s carousel gram began humbly last November, when sym- to Ebbets pression that the community — tion, and other organizations like Field. He

Bringing new meaning to the phrase Callan / Tom fer balanced and diverse opinions “The interaction was very sim- pathetic co-workers at Prudential opened their publicity in his bimonthly is looking including arts groups like Roof- ours will suffer if the Atlantic forward to “dog days of summer,” two animal-loving about the project. ple,” said Rosenberg, describing calling doors to nearly three dozen frisky cats and dogs. Brooklyn Standard but then games again

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Ready for a close-up top Films — are in support of the Yards project is built — as the By Jotham Sederstrom Bay Ridge residents plan to unleash a day- “Rooftop Films is fundamentally how the Standard’s editor, Edward- in his home Despite the impromptu setting, however, animal went on the Internet to slam borough. In a photo taken last year, one of 11 trolley cars sits in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They were hauled away earlier this month. The Brooklyn Papers project,” Rosenberg told The neighborhood and small business- at odds with FCRC and the At- Isaac Dovere, who works out of Recently, The long “adopt-athon” next weekend that lovers adopted each and every kitten only one Brooklyn Standard Four die as plane both the Atlantic Yards devel- Brooklyn Papers es have suffered in the wake of sat down with hopes to do for wayward pets what eBay Corrupt ‘Towers’ lantic Yards project, and we do not Manhattan Media’s West 38th CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Coney Island’s last carousel, tucked inside a Surf hour after the event began. By the end of the Noted filmmaker focuses on Hynes, O’Hara oper and his publication. Which, he said, they are not. Forest City Ratner Companies’ wish to appear in a publication de- Street offices, called them.

Fort Ham Nords March does for throwaway collectibles. day, roughly 30 pets had found new homes. Papers The Brooklyn Children from the Fredheim Lodge, Sons Avenue arcade for nearly 75 years, is heading for the Inside: auction block later this summer when, say carnival his- Mary Jo Tobin and Patricia Downs, both area “We had dogs running all over the office and Gifford Miller BUS-TED signed for the sole purpose of pro- “They said they were interested Around Brooklyn 8-9 By Jotham Sederstrom of Norway, ride in a mockup Viking Boat real estate agents, plan to unroll the fifth install- cats curled up at the window,” said Downs, the State: Apartments sold ‘under the table’ moting that project.” in doing an article, and they want- A listing of arts, torians, the ride could fetch several million dollars. community events TROLLEYS SCRAPPED The Brooklyn Papers Rosenberg told The Brooklyn ed to use some information from and activities in our during last Sunday’s Norwegian Day Pa- ment of their popular “Adopt-a-Pet” program on owner of three cats and a dog. “But everybody By Jess Wisloski crashes in Coney Bidding for the Bishoff & Brienstein “Carousell,” one of Papers, “We hope that like-minded our Web site and do an interview,” borough. who showed up stuck around all day, just play- survives rade down Fifth Avenue. At right, Miss only 100 authentic horse-and-pony rides still operating nation- Saturday, June 25, at Christ Church, on Ridge An award-winning documentary film- and Neil Sloane After Gentile says he’ll save By Jotham Sederstrom nity Renewal (DHCR) deter- not obtained and people who Brooklyn Family 10 Left in Navy Yard 4 years, ing with them.” people and organizations will see Rosenberg said. Atlantic Yards will create a 22-acre residential, commercial and retail neighborhood in Brooklyn. Boulevard at 73rd Street. Since November, the The Brooklyn Papers mined that a longtime em- were not on the waiting list What to do this wide, will commence in August, said Arlan Ettinger, president maker, whose previous work includes The Brooklyn Papers By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE The development company has had a has been enormous. This in turn has meant Norway 2005 Karen Freely acknowledg- that it is possible to turn down free “We discussed it internally” be- summer for kids By Michael Weissenstein The pilot tried desperately to right he said. “It didn’t look like anyone effort has united nearly 200 cats and dogs with Since then, the women have helped house ex- ployee had profited by allow- were sold apartments,” said In the 20 years since Forest City Ratner major hand in this transformation. Starting more residents and more culture, enriching of Guernsey’s, the Manhattan-based auction house commis- exposes of former Secretary of State and families. Companies (FCRC) broke ground on its with 1 Pierrepont Plaza in 1988, FCRC has life in the borough in nearly every way. X-buses, Golden does it first Brooklyn project, a lot has changed. The added 15 buildings to the borough. Between The construction of Atlantic Yards will be es her adoring fans. Associated Press the 4-year-old plane after it went into could survive that.” families throughout the five boroughs. actly 164 animals, even as they continue to Letitia James is no fan Astate probe has con- Peter Moses, a spokesman for publicity, and that it is possible for fore issuing and publicizing the let- Sports 12-13 11 cars will be destroyed sioned to make the sale. Henry Kissinger and Enron, has his ing 15 to 20 applicants to borough that many were once ready to write the construction jobs and permanent ones at a continuation of this progress. Expected to cluded that nearly two individuals and small arts organiza- ter, he said. off has exploded with development and pop- the office space in MetroTech Center and generate $6.1 billion over the next 30 years a tailspin, said Herbert Lecler, 51, Zigun said it was the first plane “We’ve had so many people come in just to search for a permanent location to host their of Gifford Miller. vault to the top of a five-year the state agency. Preview of the ularity, more vital today than ever before. elsewhere, the economic benefit to Brooklyn CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Four people were killed Sat- “It’s the sole surviving Coney Island carousel,” said Et- sights set on Brooklyn, in particular Dis- Brooklyn Cyclones’ By Jotham Sederstrom tween Bay Ridge and Midtown Man- Mango / Greg who was fishing on the beach. crash on the beach that he could re- By Jotham Sederstrom tell us how happy they are with their new pet — event, which occurs irregularly, whenever the dozen apartments at the waiting list. Aside from those “We are turning over the in- tions to stand up to gigantic ne- After receiving Rooftop’s reply, Season. Forest City Ratner Continues Efforts to Avoid Condemnation cut-backs Mango / Greg And, the councilwoman said urday afternoon when a single- tinger, who described his auction house as the leading dealer trict Attorney Charles Hynes. “He couldn’t, and he bounced on call. Several sunbathers were on the The Brooklyn Papers people from all over the city and especially pair is able to make time. They also have a The Brooklyn Papers hattan, were slated to be discontinued farious conglomerates.” the Ratner paper’s editor sent one Old Brooklyn 15 By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE cising eminent domain. 26 hearing of the City Council’s this week, she wants to make Towers of Bay Ridge alleged dealings, officials say formation we uncovered to the A look into Forest City Ratner Companies “We have always promised to do Economic Development Committee in carnival curios. “As such, it could certainly be argued that (FCRC) formally announced late last everything possible to reduce the need attended by community supporters, engine plane crashed on the Following up this year’s “Enron: The by the Metropolitan Transportation Brooklyn’s rich By Jotham Sederstrom that beach,” said Lecler. beach when the plane came down, Brooklyn. Canarsie, Sunset Park, Flatbush, group of about 20 volunteers, most of them Forest City Ratner officials de- last e-mail, Rosenberg said. month that it had fulfilled its promise of for eminent domain,” said FCRC unions, and Brooklyn Borough President No one will ever be dodging these trolleys. that point perfectly clear in Two weeks after Councilman affordable housing coop- that the resale manager, iden- proper authorities,” Moses architectural it’s the most important, historically significant, carousel in the Smartest Guys in the Room,” filmmaker Alex purchasing much of the property at Executive Vice President James Stuckey, Marty Markowitz. beach in Coney Island, hitting Joshua McCabe, a registered although the Coney Island crowd Authority last weekend. clined to discuss what the feature “Thank you for your time,” read history. Atlantic Yards, limiting the use of exer- who made the announcement at the May The Brooklyn Papers Sheepshead Bay — you name it,” said Downs, from Bay Ridge, who have donated their time at light of mailings to Democrats tified as Lisa Thayer, lost or said. “We have also indicated CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 the sand as stunned sunbathers After four years of sitting in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 11 entire world.” Gibney said Vincent Gentile announced fund- “This is a victory for the communi- erative were illegally sold nurse visiting from San Diego, was was generally sparse, he said. who founded the event with Tobin last year after the events. Callan / Tom in her district — paid for by failed to file paperwork for a to the board of directors our would have entailed, or whether Dovere’s brief response. Fort Hamilton made the final cut. looked on, officials said. 1940s trolley cars were hauled away to a scrap yard in Queens Lest purveyors of Coney Island’s storied history part ways that he had ing to extend weekend express ty’s seniors, disabled and all riders by a sales manager, who The cover of the first issue of the Forest City Ratner promotional publi- eating inside Nathan’s Famous hot Police and fire officials moved where they will be salvaged for parts, representatives of the with the 50-horse ride, Ettinger believes the relic could draw a the two bonded while working at Prudential Ap- And even as it struggles to expand, the pro- taxpayers — that imply an al- dozen other apartments at the unsatisfactory evaluation of Rosenberg’s letter would run in the Dovere did not return calls for The 175-year-old garrison in Bay Ridge will re- Papers The Brooklyn already am- EXCLUSIVE bus services in Bay Ridge, state who either are part of the six- or sev- may have charged unqual- cation The Brooklyn Standard, designed to look like a newspaper. The victims, all on board the dog restaurant when he heard the quickly to close off the beach after pleseed Realty, on Fifth Avenue at 80th Street. gram continues to produce a bevy of satisfied liance between the City Coun- Papers File The Brooklyn Mitchell-Lama subsidized the managing agent [JAL Di- next issue as a letter to the editor. See STANDARD on page 15 main active, according to a base closure list re- Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation told The Brook- flood of solicitations, enough, in fact, to ensure that the win- assed hours Sen. Marty Golden said that it en-day work week, or who wish to go ified applicants exorbitant Cessna 172S, were dead at the crash. McCabe and another witness the crash. Dozens of people were This door is all that’s left of the Navy Yard trolleys. Like previous engagements, the event on Sat- pet owners, some who claim the adopt-a-thon cil speaker, who is running for buildings. versified Management Corpo- leased by the Department of Defense this week that lyn Papers this week. ning bidder is one who is dedicated to preserving the carousel of footage would be he —not his longtime into Manhattan to shop, dine or for Marty Golden rides the X27 bus in 2002. fees in exchange for expe- scene following the 1:30 p.m. rushed to the scene, where they gathered along the boardwalk staring Salvagers lugged away the trolleys, which were owned by the intact. Should the auction garner enough interest, Ettinger urday will showcase 30 or more pets, all angling gave them a new lease on life. mayor, and the Fort Greene- “DHCR completed a re- ration], and that agent’s con- calls for shutting down more than 150 military in- crash, said Federal Aviation Admin- found the pilot already dead and a out at the wreckage, which was in Ruth Bedell, a lifelong Bay Ridgite, counts for a documentary starring John Kennedy political rival — saving the entertainment,” said Golden, who like ditious approvals. / Greg Mango / Greg for new homes while residing at a city Animal / Greg Mango / Greg view of the tenant selection tract will not be renewed.” a marketing effort targeting trolley museums, trolley brokers and promised bidding would be confined to those willing to keep Papers The Brooklyn stallations nationwide. Brooklyn Historic Railway Association, following an unsuccess- O’Hara, the Sunset Park man convicted of Prospect Heights legislator. endangered routes. Bloomberg, is a former Democrat istration spokeswoman Holly Bak- female passenger barely alive. sight of the Wonder Wheel attraction. ful campaign to temporarily relocate the cars for the purpose of transit systems around the country. the ride in one piece, as opposed to salvaging and selling its Care and Control center in East New York, herself among the throngs who have gained new It’s not so much that the Golden’s announcement comes just en and Bloomberg, the MTA will Officials with the Depart- process and found instances Asked what would happen Although the list awaits final approval, elected er. Police and fire officials were at Within seconds, he said, “she There were no injuries on the where they landed after being stranded by neg- friends thanks to the program. After a visit in voter fraud six years ago. At the June 12 co-naming of 16th Avenue in Bensonhurst for Rita Blau are her husband, Golden announced on June 24 that now registered as a Republican. “This two weeks after Gentile, in a joint spare the routes, which expect to oper- ment of Housing and Commu- where DHCR approval was / Tom Callan / Tom showcasing them in museums — or even reintroducing them to “No one expressed interest in taking possession.” valuable ponies. mailings carry the air of im- to anyone who had obtained officials who helped spearhead a campaign to save the scene, where the shattered white wasn’t breathing and then she lost ground. lectful owners. From calicos and Persians to November, in which her adoption of a miniature The film, he said, intends to follow the for- Ira, and daughters Nicole Effress and Michele Buffolino. the state Senate and Mayor Michael service remains necessary and I am press conference with Council Speak- ate uninterrupted through next June. the base say they are confident, finally, that Brook- the streets of Brooklyn. The trolleys, say Navy Yard officials, had For several trolley advocates, the decision ended the hunt for “It’s a crown jewel and the hope is that it does stay com- mer perennial political candidate as he strug- propriety — despite emanat- their co-op apartment illegally. aircraft remained on the beach her pulse.” The crash occurred on a sunny poodles and rottweilers, the potential pets, said pinscher was blocked due to the need for vacci- Bloomberg had secured a combined proud that with a cancellation date er Gifford Miller, said that the council As a result, Miller, a Democratic may- Moses declined to comment languished for far too long on land slated for commercial devel- someone willing to donate space for an indefinite stretch of time plete and does stay in Brooklyn,” said Ettinger, of the carousel om Callan ing from the City Council lyn’s only military outpost will survive a final deci- T gles to reverse his conviction, which O’Hara $1.1 million to extend the X27 and about halfway between the Atlantic Dick Zigun, a longtime Coney spring day at the world-renowned while permanent housing for the cars was located. known familiarly as the “B&B.” “Right now, it’s sort of one Downs, are ready to be swooped up that day, as nations, Bedell united with a papillon, a rare / looming we have been able to reach would provide funding should the oral candidate, and Gentile, a Democ- further. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn opment. sion in September by President George W. Bush. Ocean and the boardwalk. Island resident who was at the crash beach, home to the Cyclone roller- long as they aren’t awaiting outstanding shots. spaniel breed, which she named Lili. maintains was ordered by Hynes as a favor to they amount to little more X28 weekend bus routes for one more an agreement that will keep these bus- MTA terminate the lines. rat who is up for re-election this year, Since 2003, many Bay Ridgites have worried “For more than a year, the Navy Yard worked hard to find a “It’s very sad,” said Arthur Melnick, a member of the Brook- step at a time, and the first step is generating interest.” Park Slope Assemblyman James Brennan. than campaign literature for While already prompting Eyewitnesses said the plane was site, said it looked like the plane coaster and the Astroland amuse- lyn City Streetcar Company, an organization that hopes to one Coney Island preservationists fear, however, that the auction The initiative is a labor of love, made possible Nearly seven months later, Bedell and Lili are year. The lines, which run express bees rolling.” With the funding secured by Gold- will not have to cough up council Thayer’s dismissal, sharehold- ‘HOTEL HARVEY’ new location for the trolley cars,” said Navy Yard spokesman that the base might be included in the push to con- circling above Coney Island when its had come down nose-first. ment park. The plane hit the beach Papers The Brooklyn after the pair began sharing stories about their inseparable. Named after the 1953 film of the To Hynes and his allies, however, the as- the Upper East Side council- dough, but neither will solidate the nation’s military might. Steve Vitoff. “We advertised their availability and we engaged in See TROLLEYS on page 4 See CAROUSEL on page 4 yet-untitled documentary couldn’t have come man — although that, too ers in the co-op say that the engine suddenly stalled, and the air- “The wings are broken off, and near West 19th Street, close to Key- Officials look over wreckage of the single-engine Cessna 172S, which crashed on Coney Island beach Sunday, killing the pilot and three pas- unequivocal love for pets. Even after Tobin left same name, Lili enjoys hearing tunes from her they be able to take scandal has convinced the co- “We didn’t take anything for granted, and we Prudential to establish her own agency — Tobin owner, who whispers on occasion, “Hi Lili, Hi at a worse time: Gibney said that while a long Not just 16th bothers James. No, in this case credit for a big save craft quickly plunged into the beach. the cockpit glass was smashed up,” span Park. sengers on the sightseeing flight. No one on the ground was injured. won’t take anything for granted,” said Bay Ridge- Papers The Brooklyn shot, the documentary could be finished in it is the implication that the op board to reject a new con- Katzos Realty at 9303 Third Ave. — the pals Lili, Hi low,” after a song from the movie. during a crucial cam- tract for JAL, a formality since Developer pays $12M for 3 lots Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella, who created a task continued their plan to provide homes for their “Life is more exciting with Lili,” said Bedell, time for release just before the Democratic councilwoman is an ally of paign period. primary in September, where Hynes for the DHCR has already revoked force last year to study the consequences of a pos- four-legged friends. who adopted the dog on Feb. 12. “She was my Once neighbors, an actor and a 9-11 someone who supports a proj- Gentile contends, sible closure. “We felt passionately about Fort UN in Brooklyn could clog streets first time in his 16 years as DA faces a the contract. Following negotiations between the Animal valentine, and we’re a match made in heaven. ect which she has risked her Great X-pectations Old Guard sounds off crowded field of challengers. however, that it was be- “It’s more than upsetting, Hamilton because of what it’s meant to our national Care and Control shelter, which now provides She’s the cutest thing you’ll ever see.” politcal career fighting — de- security. It’s not just a piece of land.” “I think its an important story with nation- cause of pressure from it’s appalling,” said Charles By Jotham Sederstrom the issuance of $600 million in one reason he blocked the bid headquarters on the East River Designed as a major push to United Nations and its slew of Walentas Nats bid Members of the United States Army Military District of Washington’s 3rd Infantry Division, otherwise known as the Old Guard, march in formation Mango / Greg victim now share a Bath Beach street veloper Bruce Ratner’s pro- the animals, and a no-kill shelter on Long Island, For more information about the June 25 next to BAM’s Fulton St. theater al implications,” said Gibney, who is also fol- he and Miller that the Neil, a shareholder who has Fossella cited community activism as one reason The Brooklyn Papers bonds to fund construction of a for new digs in Manhattan. is being renovated. retain back-office space in New diplomatic license plates, inter- which lends a bus to transport them to Bay event, call (718) 836-2600. during last Saturday’s Twilight Tattoo at Fort Hamilton Army Base. This year’s Tattoo came as the fort celebrated its 180th birthday. See TISH RIPS on page 7 Ridge weekend bus service political bait the base was spared. Although many supporters lentas, a principal at his father’s wants us commenting too much lowing former Hynes challenger Sandra Rop- By Jotham Sederstrom unveiling of “Rita Blau Way,” in memory of a MTA chose to continue lived in one of the twin 30-sto- 35-story skyscraper next to the Secretary-General Kofi An- Besides its staff of 3,000, the York City and keep corporations sections all along Flatbush Av- Joins contest to development company, Two on the process. We certainly the services. By Jess Wisloski Theater, on West 57th Street, for its 36-story contend that it was never in danger, a 15,000-signa- Even with hundreds of new United Nations’ current head- from fleeing to New Jersey, the enue are predicted to see added er, who last month pulled out of the race and The Brooklyn Papers mother of two who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 By Jotham Sederstrom and very vocal campaigns to save the routes, ry buildings since 1980. nan said in a report issued last U.N.’s General Assembly meet- Trees Management, which paid wouldn’t want to go through this if The buses, which The Brooklyn Papers Place 57. ture petition in support of the garrison was sent to parking spaces included in the quarters, said that a move to Downtown Brooklyn Plan, traffic. It cited Willoughby instead will run for a civil court judgeship. attack on the World Trade Center. The Brooklyn Papers which travel between Bay Ridge and Midtown “These people should be go- EXCLUSIVE week that the United Nations ings require a conference hall buy Washington $100,000 last month to secure the we didn’t have a didn’t have a sin- When the memory of the late actor cost $1.1 million to op- The Church of the Transfiguration’s parish . Callan / Tom Downtown Brooklyn Plan “Every second ” “The larger story is how do citizens make Thus, where once was simply a sign declar- ing to jail.” Adeveloper has quietly bought up prop- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier this Brooklyn would almost certainly may have found commercial big enough to seat 1,800 — passed by the City Council in Street in particular, of which de- Manhattan on Saturdays and Sundays. house, a Gothic-revival building adjacent to the

counts Papers The Brooklyn right to bid on the team. cere interest in it.” Vincent Gardenia was honored more than ing “16th Avenue” now also stand signs pro- Where senior citizens and handicapped erate, transport 2,000 month. Combined with a 66-page report detailing redevelopment project, the usher in traffic and parking woes. space in Downtown Brooklyn which a development proposed August, is expected to encour- veloper Joseph Sitt has said a difference, and how do governments get en- And while both Gentile and Golden have be- Thayer could not be erty next to a Brooklyn Academy of Music church at East 29 Street and Fifth Avenue in baseball team An article in the June 2 Wash- He would not disclose how 10 years ago, naming 16th Avenue claiming “Vincent Gardenia Boulevard” and people in Bay Ridge see express buses as a commuters each Satur- reached for comment. Fort Hamilton’s role in homeland security and mili- arrival of some 3,000 United “They don’t respect the traffic that could serve its Secretariat on the southern corner of age more than 6 million square U.N. officials inquired. trenched in ways that defy political stereo- John O’Hara and his lawyer, Barry M. Fallick, are filmed by docu- gun petition drives, introduced resolutions and theater, planning what neighbors believe The Clarett Group did not return calls seeking Manhattan, will make way for a 54-story tower tary recruitment, the campaign sought to enlighten ington Times reported the Walen- much the bid was for. types,” said the filmmaker. mentary cameraman outside Brooklyn Supreme Court Wednes- between 86th Street and Cropsey Avenue “Rita Blau Place.” While perhaps confusing to convenient mode of transportation, local met with Metropolitan Transportation Authority day and Sunday, ac- As first reported exclusive- laws of the city of New York, so feet of office development in ad- “Willoughby Street would Ratner’s train re-location could affect eminent domain fight / Gary Thomas Nations employees would and General Assembly needs Willoughby and Flatbush av- will be a high-rise hotel and condo. comment for this article, but the company, which called Sky House, while the church offices will By Jess Wisloski tas bid had not yet arrived one The Natonals, formerly the visitors, the trio of signage, say some, stands as elected officials simply see voters — at cording to MTA rely in The Bay Ridge Paper last an otherwise uninformed ad hoc committee in drown the area’s already I expect them to be parked all while its iconic glass-and-steel enues might be able to provide. dition to 1 million square feet of function as the primary access Although he has been filming O’Hara since day. Film will focus on O’Hara’s conviction for voter fraud and sub- after him, friends, family and neighbors officials, it’s the latter who for three consecutive Manhattan-based developer The Clarett Group has built four tower-style, luxury residences in move into the new building’s lower floors. The Brooklyn Papers day before the deadline, but Wa- Montreal Expos, is expected to By Jess Wisloski away from its present site. the private development. er will need to purchase air rights city, state and Ratner. The MTA is ne- be “reconfigured and redesigned to arena, would be built over the rail January, Gibney said he was still unsure what a reminder of the neighborhood’s abundance of least 2,000 of them. cords. month, the probe by DHCR charge of selecting the closures. years has taken credit for saving the buses. Callan / Tom over the place,” said Golden. retail space and residential de- corridor for much of the com- Papers The Brooklyn sequent battle to clear his name. rejoiced. And why not? Despite a half- paid $12 million for three lots at the northwest It seems no surprise then, that the new proper- packed streets with wall-to- Get regular checkups. Consult the MMC website at www.maimonidesmed.org lentas told The Brooklyn Papers sell for as much as $400 million, Ratner seeks to build an arena for over 11 acres of MTA rail yard gotiating separately with Ratner, said accommodate the future needs of the yards. Todd could not explain why personality, talent and goodwill. “This is a win-win Manhattan since 2003, has in the past developed Leading up to the May 13 announcement, Fos- “So in Downtown Brooklyn, velopment — in part by allow- mercial development that would World-class care... closer to home Brooklyn developer David The Brooklyn Papers Moving the rail yards could shift direction the project would take. Fluent in both century acting career in films including / Jori Klein And so it came as no surprise this week when This time around, the war even reached the had centered around the sale ty acquisition is concentrated around the Harvey wall congestion, not to men- PAGE 7 that a bid had been submitted. topping the highest price ever his New Jersey Nets basketball team, property. The remaining 13 acres Forest City spokeswoman Lupe Todd. railroad on MTA land.” the arena could not be built atop a corner of Fulton Street and Ashland Place, an as- atop old theaters and church space. Several sites sella and other officials touted the 35,000 new re- which is already congested, it ing buildings to rise up to 400 occur with the proposed ac- Walentas and his son Jed have the burden of some of the potential television and film, the New Jersey resident PAGE 9 “Moonstruck” and “The Hustler,” the “This is a first, but we didn’t even think about Republican state Sen. Marty Golden announced city’s mayoral race, with both Council Speaker proposition for every- of at least 16 apartments in the Theater. As part of the planned Atlantic Callan / Tom semblage that abuts the four-story BAM Harvey were in high-demand areas where they bought a tion deplete an already bleak for free seminars. Call 888-662-6463 “We certainly took the process paid for a major league team. as well as 17 high-rises on property are owned or controlled by Ratner In discussions between Forest “The rail yards will move from platform over the rail yards as was said that he hadn’t decided if the documentary it,” said Howard Feuer, district manager of Com- one,” said Gentile this cruits that pass through the base each year as well will just continue to go on. feet. tions,” it states, before adding: placed a bid on Major League eminent domain property takings to a that he had secured $1.1 million for the X27 and Gifford Miller, a Democrat, and Mayor Michael buildings on 65th Street be- Theater. “We would never sell that building,” BAM parking situation, a traffic seriously, and we have an interest Last Tuesday was the deadline Yards development, an agreement is emanating from the crossroads of At- or else are subject to state condem- City Ratner Companies and the Atlantic and Pacific, primarily be- Italian immigrant never let go of his Bath Papers The Brooklyn large building, demolished it, and made room for as the $1.3 million saved annually by providing They’ll need more meter maids, But according to a draft envi- “The east-bound left-turn move- 500 rally “public use,” as opposed to Forest planned for the proposed New York would be best suited for the big screen or, say, munity Board 11. “We just did it. This is a hero, X28 weekend express routes — just a week after Bloomberg, a Republican, voicing their support week. “I think the com- tween Fourth Avenue and spokeswoman Sandy Sawotka said, laughing at Where for a free brochure on the latest in stroke care, prevention tips, and technologies. Baseball’s Washington Nation- being hashed out between the state- lantic and Flatbush avenues. The nation for Ratner’s use under emi- MTA, the developer has agreed to tween Fifth and Carlton avenues, to Beach roots — let alone his home around Under the current C6-4 commercial zoning for a high-density residential tower. space on the base for the Army Corps of Engineers, expert and an elected official which will cost taxpayers more ronmental impact statement for ment from Willoughby Street in getting involved in major league for bidders to submit an offer. Protesters of Bruce Ratner’s planned Atlantic Yards Jets football stadium on Manhat- the Public Broadcasting System. Bluegrass legend this woman, so it was a no-brainer. And Vincent his longtime political rival, Democratic Council- (and offering their budget allocations) for the trou- mitment that Speaker Ridge Boulevard. While some the notion when told this week about the Clarett als, The Brooklyn Papers con- run MTA and Forest City Ratner City Ratner’s requesting the condem- plan includes a mix of office space, nent domain laws. pay for “the entire rail relocation primarily between Sixth Avenue the corner. that block, a more than 20-story hotel, office The first project demolished the Olympia The- which would otherwise be faced with renting pri- warned this week. money.” and how the Downtown Brooklyn Plan onto Flatbush Avenue Extension baseball,” said Walentas. “I’m not Competition faced by the Wa- arena, housing, and office development downtown tan’s West Side. The Enron documentary, said Gibney, Gardenia was a talent, absolutely.” man Vincent Gentile, made the same claim. bled routes. In the end, Bloomberg won out after Miller and I made to of those were proven to have Group’s acquisitions. firmed this week. that would require Ratner to foot the nation on those blocks for a private retail and as many as 7,300 units of The MTA did not sign on to the project,” said Todd. and Vanderbilt Avenue, shifting Del McCoury to play Papers File The Brooklyn tower or mall could be built. The equivalent resi- ater at Broadway and 107th Street in Manhattan vate property at the expense of taxpayers. State Sen. Marty Golden, of The failure of U.N. officials released in November 2003, experiences congestion in all at lots of liberty to discuss specific lentases include investment marched over the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday before Todd called the rail-shift plan played in 1,200 theaters nationwide, to audi- So it seemed a case of deja vu when last The result is something akin to Four Corners, That’s because since 2002, when the weekend he promised to secure a portion of the $1.1 mil- fund the express buses been sold lawfully, albeit with Meanwhile, the leases of commercial tenants housing development, although the Papers File The Brooklyn The Towers of Bay Ridge, a pair of Mitchell-Lama subsidized Keyspan sparks dential zoning, should a zoning change or vari- and built the 22-story Opus, a 64-unit building

bill for moving the Long Island Papers The Brooklyn But most crucial, they say, is the fort’s unique ■ ■ ■ ■ Rickie Lee Jones kicks off this summer’s Celebrate Brooklyn series on Wednes- “We sent a package to Major stuff with the Nationals. I don’t groups with such high-profile housing. memorandum of understanding Todd said that under the Forest down a block,” she said. an “upgrade” that would turn ences who called the film “shocking.” week those same neighbors gathered on the the only spot in America where the boundaries of upon passage of the city Bay Ridge, who blocked a vote and foreign diplomats to repay to tan whose authors could not have peak periods.” PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT REHABILITATION RESEARCH rallying near City Hall. They joined by those protest- Celebrate Brooklyn buses were introduced to abate several subway lion needed for one more year of the lines. significant clerical errors, most Whether the Brooklyn Cyclones win or lose, their Friday nights always end with fireworks at ance be granted, could support up to a 30-story with family-sized luxury condominiums. in the two- and three-story properties at 657-671 See FORT HAM on page 12 in Albany over whether to allow parking violations, he said, is foreseen the added impact of the day, June 15, at the Prospect Park Band shell. Admission is $3. See Page 9. League Baseball,” said Jed Wa- think Major League Baseball See NATS on page 17 Railroad train storage yard a block public use would be necessitated by To build the project, the develop- (MOU) agreed to in March by the City Ratner plan the rail yards would Then the housing, instead of the See YARDS on page 12 See MOVIE on page 7 corner of 16th Avenue and Bath Avenue for the See 16TH AVE on page 18 Letitia James Vincent Gentile construction projects, both have launched separate See POLITICS on page 15 See EXPRESS page 15 co-ops where investigators say units were sold illegally. See TOWERS on page 4 See CLOGGED on page 15 ing other Ratner projects. See page 6. Keyspan Park in Coney Island. For Brooklyn’s best Cyclones coverage, see page 13. tower. The company has since purchased the Sutton See HARVEY on page 15

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He promptly resigned from both offices. the property is estimated to be worth, according The Sept. 27 guilty verdict marked the end to the first of four sleepover corruption cases brought against Norman by his one-time politi- to a published report. wash away Coney Isle yours for $10M cal ally, District Attorney Charles Hynes, who has said the RACE IS ON The right to build over the Long Island Rail Road charges against the party chief stemmed from a probe by his of- ‘Naturally Occurring Retirement Community’ By Gersh Kuntzman (imagine that!) performed. storage yards in Prospect Heights is a crucial compo- fice into judicial corruption and the selling of judgeships. Andy Sachs The admission price was 15 cents for nent of the development company’s plan to build a Hynes investigators claimed to have found evidence that Nor- The Brooklyn Papers The Fort Hamilton Tigers celebrate their championship. City: Brooklyn is overdue for a Katrina-like storm weekday matinees and 25 cents at night, 19,000-seat professional basketball arena and 17 of- man, a 23-year veteran of the state legislature, mishandled cam- Homeowners fight restrictions stopped The feature presentation may be no biggie By Gersh Kuntzman Boulevard to Shore Parkway. workers and medical staff will be was crowing about the new state fice and residential high-rises, including several sky- according to Cinema Treasures, a cata- FEARS 2006 A WIDOW’S TALE paign contributions, leading to conspiracy and grand larceny By Larry McShane million New York City residents — sponse. After the summer of Katrina ting us on the head saying, ‘There, “Rent,” but the movie theater is for The Brooklyn Papers There are 1,300 seniors living in available. designation. scrapers that would tower over the surrounding area. a home for our family in Brooklyn’s best logue of movie theater history. By Gersh Kuntzman Nearly 70 percent of businesses believe they charges, which led to the other charges against him. Associated Press more than six times the population of and Rita, New Yorkers are wondering there. Trust us.”’ By Ariella Cohen plications had the old zoning written in and sale. • the zone. “The first step is determining “[NORC grants] allow seniors The development site of the proposed Atlantic By Gersh Kuntzman The Alpine was “twinned” in 1976. The Brooklyn Papers will hire new employees next year. AYOR BLOOMBERG said earlier this week Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and Norman, who represented Flatbush and Crown Heights, faces up New Orleans — could face evacua- if the city can handle the challenge. The trust is far from absolute. A re- The Brooklyn Papers need correction. Sometimes, stop-work or- neighborhood to raise children,” said / Tom Callan / Tom Alpine Cinemas, which has been a Bay Further subdivisions came later. Many that if there is a transit strike, he would sleep at When a NORC is established, what services seniors in this area to reside in a location that is popu- Memoir recounts experience of 9-11 hero’s wife Yards is bounded by Dean Street and Flatbush, At- to four years imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 29. It’s coming, with skyscraper- Phillip Musacchio, adding that he looks The Brooklyn Papers • The city needs to do a better job in Brooklyn. Bay Pines in Florida now share tion from a city swamped by its first “The plan now is full of technical cent WNBC-TV/Marist Poll indicat- ders are issued because they weren’t com- Ridge movie palace since before the Great customers complained of getting lost in Un-happy New Year! a city office in DUMBO so he could walk to the non-profit groups within the need,” said BRCOA executive lated with many other seniors, yet lantic and Vanderbilt avenues. Defense attorney Edward Rappaport argued the case did not rattling winds and a 30-foot Advocates of a plan to downzone forward to working with neighbors on the All they needed was the Nearly 80 percent cited poor streets conditions as a M something more than their first major hurricane since 1938. and other management flaws,” said ed that 62 percent of New Yorkers pliant with rules. In either case, they can Depression, is being offered for a cool $10 the Alpine’s “funhouse” and say they That will be the cheer of many Brooklyn busi- City Hall over the Brooklyn Bridge. By Ajla Grozdanic Fontana recalled in her book of Citing unnamed sources, identified only as “two ex- merit a felony charge, calling it merely an unintentional infrac- storm surge that threatens to sub- Dyker Heights hope to begin public further modifications of his home. white horse. problem. Litter was a concern of 64 percent. names. zone are eligible for state grants director Russell Norris. “In some at the same time, not have to move A killer storm in the nation’s Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who felt it was not possible to evacuate take it to the BSA,” she explained. million — and its owners don’t care won’t miss the theater. nesses as the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2006, The remark, predictably, set off intense preparations by The Brooklyn Papers the last words she spoke to her ecutives involved in the talks,” the New York Times tion of campaign law, but prosecutors proved to the jury that merge Wall Street, flood the sub- review of the proposal within a month. On the advice of legal counsel, Mus- Amajority — but not a strong majority — be- to provide services to the NORCs, seniors need medical to a senior-living facility,” he said. largest city, with flooding in all five chairs a committee investigating the their neighborhoods. “A body fender shop would be a Councilmember Vincent whether it remains a cinematic showcase. “It is absolutely the worst cinematic ex- according to a just-released report by the borough’s • city officials to accommodate the mayor. Meanwhile, a Last week, a portion of Bay husband. “That’s it. No profound on Wednesday reported that a special meeting might Norman had committed a crime when he solicited and concealed ways and turn Coney Island into Meanwhile, residents of that neighbor- sacchio offered a prepared statement and Gentile and a staffer for lieves the city school system is moving in the right Tigers “retirees.” services. In others, they just need “It promotes a lifestyle of inde- boroughs, inaccessible highways and city’s planned response. “There’s a Not true, respond city emergency change of character, not a third level on a Ridge was officially designated as Americans will commemo- be held as soon as this Tuesday, Sept. 13, to approve “We aren’t putting any restrictions on perience I ever had,” a customer recently Chamber of Commerce. different set of preparations were being made in DUMBO.

discussions. I can’t even remem- $10,000 in contributions from a lobbyist — more than the state hood and Bay Ridge are discovering that declined further comment. direction. The 53 percent who said the school system help getting around.” pendence, dignity and choice.” Mango / Greg rate this Sunday, Sept. 11, as a water park. airports, and enormous traffic jams, basic bottom line: We are incredibly officials. New York is ready to re- single-family home,” argued Harold state Sen. Marty Golden the buyer,” said Jeffrey Deneroff, a posted on the Cinema Treasures website. Only 31 percent of business owners believe they Entirely Brooklyn preparations, that is. a “naturally occurring retirement This week, the state Office for ber if I told him I loved him.” the deal because developer Bruce Ratner had upped Papers File The Brooklyn limits — in the 2000 and 2002 primaries. In other area projects that have gener- is getting better is a jump from only 40 percent who And when it arrives, more than 3 would require an unprecedented re- vulnerable, and our leaders are pat- spond to the hurricane risks, and the sometimes rules breed exceptions. Weinberg, the attorney representing the rode in at the crack of dawn spokesman for the cinema’s parent com- “Inside you loose all sense of direction. will have a good year in 2006 — a marked contrast “What the hell do I care?” asked a counterman at community,” a classification that the Aging gave Bethlehem Norris said the services can Norris said the $144,000 grant the fourth anniversary of the Fontana’s memoir records the his company’s bid from $50 million to $100 million. Norman hid the contributions in the party’s coffers instead of ated complaints by neighbors, the Depart- Bruce Ratner doubled his bid for the Atlantic city dispatched staffers to New Or- Nearly a year ago, the city Department Musacchios. last Friday to hand a city-is- pany, Alpine Theatre LLC, which has The theater is bisected by a long narrow to the 80 percent of companies that expected good answered that way last year. Grimaldi’s, the famous pizzeria that stands less than a kicks in when at least 40 percent of Lutheran Church a $144,000 range from health checkups to is only for one year. After that, the tragic day when the United events of 9-11, as she experi- An appraisal of the property for the MTA put its claiming them on his campaign disclosures, prosecutors said. ment of Buildings in September issued a Yards site this week to $100 million. leans and Texas in hopes of learning of Buildings filed a violation against the As more of Brooklyn moves toward sued “stop-work” order to a owned the moviehouse since the 1980s. corridor with ultra-mini theaters on either things as they went into 2005. • Only 18 percent of business owners oppose quarter-mile from the mayor’s would-be digs. the residents of a neighborhood, grant — one of only nine such finding volunteers to help the amount declines and the service States was attacked on its own enced them, as well as her per- value at $214 million. Norman called it an unwitting mistake. stop-work order at 219 93rd St. for a crane operator about to be- from Katrina and Rita. Musacchio family for adding an illegal stricter limitations on the size of new con- “I can’t tell you what a buyer will do side. It reminds one of a funhouse, but it Roughly 55 percent think 2006 will be worse or Bruce Ratner’s plans for a 24-acre commercial, resi- Given my reputation as a newshound (or a pizzahound, housing complex or even a single grants statewide. anti-snowbirds keep up with lawn agency is expected to pick up the soil and lost thousands of sonal journey of coping with The MTA put out a request for proposals, or RFP, Norman’s resignation from his political offices, which would have Callan / Tom third level to their two-story home at struction and alterations, two trends can modification that would enlarge a house gin construction of a contro- dential, retail and athletic complex at Atlantic Yards; for the site on May 26. Although Ratner’s bid was the “There’s a lot of criticism and pub- with the site.” ain’t fun. Each mini theater has too many about the same as 2005. I sometimes get them mixed up), I asked the manager if building reach their golden years. The Bay Ridge Center for and home maintenance. slack with outside donations. In innocent lives. grief, widowhood and the chal- Lapp nor Kalikow had been around when the Times been enforced under law had he not quit, may signify a sea change for lic debate, but our plan is workable 1060 82nd St. The family paid a $130 be seen: People are rushing forward with beyond bulk limits. versial cellphone antenna sixty-one percent support it — numbers almost iden- lower of the two bids submitted by the July 6 dead- Deneroff would not comment on broken seats and a flypaper sticky sub- Chamber President Kenneth Adams attributed the he’d make a Older Adults, which is based in State Senator Marty Golden the second year, the grant is cut For Marian Fontana the date lenges of being a single parent. A story broke. Brooklyn’s Democratic Party, say some experts. and we’re prepared,” said Jarrod fine for building without permits. their modifications and out-of-size proj- On Oct. 3, the Buildings Department is- atop a Fourth Avenue apart- whether business was good at the theater, pessimism to higher energy and real estate costs. Fuel tical to last year’s poll results. take special pie for In Bay Ridge, the NORC zone performer, writer and comedi- line, the MTA board on July 27 chose to negotiate ex- “I think removal of Clarence Norman, the re-nomination of stance on the floor from spilt soda and oth- the church, will soon establish an (R-Bay Ridge), who is chairman by 15 percent. By year five, it’s Papers file The Brooklyn also marks the 12th anniversary “I can’t verify that [the Times article is correct] be- Bernstein, spokesman for the city Of- With the third story constructed, the is- ects and they are applying for exemptions sued a stop-work order on the conversion of ment building. which sits on Fifth Avenue between 68th er things they sell to eat... It was so filthy expenditures jumped to number three on the business • Wal-Mart still has a lot of ’splaining to do. The the mayor. THE BROOKLYN extends from Bay Ridge Parkway of her marriage to David enne by profession, Fontana fills clusively with Ratner. cause I don’t know about it,” said MTA spokesman to zoning through the BSA. a two-family home to a five-family home at The order, issued by the to 88th Street, from Ridge office on 90th Street where case- of the Senate’s Aging Committee, cut in half. Marty Golden See NORMAN on page 5 fice of Emergency Management. sue was dropped until last month’s meet- Callan / Tom and 69th streets. “Let me just say that it’s that it gave me the creeps.” owners’ list of “obstacles to growth,” right behind company is in the midst of a large public-relations “What are you her heartbreaking story with The competing bid, by Extell Development Com- Callan / Tom Fontana, a firefighter with Park Tom Kelly, a spokesman for the MTA. “Our plan is comprehensive and only ing of Community Board 10’s Land Use “We put our life savings into building 7402 Narrows Ave. following a request for city Department of Build- time to move on [from running a theater],” The customer also complained of “in- health care and insurance costs, those perennial rev- campaign, yet only 33 percent of Brooklyn business- talking about, By Gersh love, friendship, compassion and, pany, was for $150 million for the three parcels, and “Kalikow has been away and Lapp has not seen a ings earlier in the week, Kuntzman Slope’s elite Squad 1 who per- Papers File The Brooklyn an audit of the property from neighbors. offered to pay to build platforms above them. getting better.” committee, when the house reappeared he told The Bay Ridge Paper. “We think audible” sound. enue-sappers. es support a big-box Wal-Mart in the borough — special pie?” ANGLE ished in the line of duty on 9-11, as surprising as it might seem, final [bid], so I don’t know,” said Kelly, who insisted PAGE 5 forbade the construction of The MTA board is made up of 17 appointees, most Although well north of the usual on the agenda. “Just because there was a rezoning the real-estate market may be peaking, so If the Alpine’s final curtain does fall, the “Brooklyn businesses did well in 2005, but and only if “a suitable location could be found.” the man said. leaving her a widow and a single humor. that whatever information had been leaked was likely the antenna because its PAPER PRIZE process does not mean that the variance Mango / Greg sites for storm devastation, New York The Musacchios had come before this is a good time [to sell].” closest movie theaters for Bay Ridgites they’re looking at 2006 with caution,” Adams said. Forty-four percent oppose the discount retailer. “Get out of here.” (Note to self: ouch!) She writes about a priest who, of them direct or indirect appointees of Gov. George coming from the developer. size and features do not mother to their then-5-year-old Pataki. PAPER HOLIDAY… is the United States’ third most vul- CB10 seeking approval of a zoning vari- process is nullified,” said Weinberg. Areal-estate listing from the firm of will be the Kent theater near Brooklyn ‘Produced’ “Brooklyn is a small-business economy, and those Big support for Ratner, but little support for Wal- PSAL This reporter had gone to the legendary pie shop — no upon learning that Sept. 11 marks son, Aidan. “This is not an MTA source,” Kelly said. “The ‘of- Pizza on parade nerable city to a hurricane, behind ance that, if approved by the board and Dyker Heights is bounded by 65th match the plans that Massey Knakal said the “large retail/office College or the Pavilion in Park Slope. types of economies are very dependent on external Mart — but Adams did not see a contradiction slices! — to find out how the locals were preparing for the her and David’s anniversary, At the July 27 MTA hearing, the board’s chair, Pe- This week’s Brooklyn Papers are “double issues” — a new Paper Papers File The Brooklyn Fontana, 39, who has since be- ficials,’ as far as I can see, could be Ratner people; this Papers File The Brooklyn Hundreds of coustumed children in homemade outfits — like this slice of pizza from 2003 — will be Accolades for Ratner coverage only New Orleans and Miami. then the city Board of Standards and Ap- Street to the north, the Belt Parkway to Sprint/Nextel submitted to conversion is a one-in-a-lifetime opportu- mayor’s relocation. said, “God is incredibly tacky.” ter Kalikow, read a prepared motion to further discuss will not be published next week, and our offices will be closed Slightly further, but easier to get to by car forces. We don’t have large margins for error. If the “Small business owners support projects they think INSIDE: PAGES 12-18 the city months ago. come a leading voice among the could be their way of getting this out there,” he said, Former Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman Assemblyman Clarence Nor- Tuesday, Oct. 4, for the Jewish New Year, and Thursday, Oct. 13, on parade during Saturday’s 39th annual Ragamuffin Parade between 72nd and 92nd streets along Amajor hurricane barrels into peals, would make their house legal. the south, 14 Avenue to the east and Sev- For now, a cellphone antenna will not rise nity.” The listing said the facility can gen- on the Belt Parkway, are the Loew’s Kings in Brooklyn bills go way up, it’s a big deal.” will strengthen the marketplace by bringing in new Expecting excitement, or She writes about going to one fu- the bidding solely with Ratner, a Columbia Law Massay Knakal Realty families of 9-11’s heroes and oth- Firefighter David Fontana with his son, Aidan. Fontana’s wife, See CASH on page 5 man Jr. stumps at the West Indian Day Parade last year. for Yom Kippur. The next edition will be dated Saturday, Oct. 15. Third Avenue. The festivities kick off at 1 pm. The Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Fair is on Sunday. The Brooklyn Papers New York City about once every 90 Twelve committee members voted enth Avenue to the west. “They’re only permitted atop this Fourth Avenue building. erate $1 million a year in gross income. Plaza 6 and a 14-screen theater in The survey was sent to all 1,200 Chamber mem- customers or new investment, but they think Wal-Mart at least a soupcon of mild

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn MTA: No new trains for Nets School classmate of Pataki’s. The governor has been a neral after another, memorizing Brooklyn at to have 400-square-feet of er World Trade Center victims, Marian, has written a memoir about her 9-11 experience. Published every Saturday by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington Street, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2004 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages including GO BROOKLYN •Vol.27, No. 4 AWP • January 31, 2004 • FREE Arezoning, says Councilman Vincent The seven-screen theater, designed as a The Alpine Cinema on Fifth Avenue between 68th and 69th streets. Nathan and Uma star in first interest, I found instead supporter of the Ratner plan since it was announced in Praising The Brooklyn Papers “on a coura- Sundance years. Given that the last big blow against approving the variance. Two vot- Sheepshead Bay. bers, but answered by only 177 businesses. threatens the vitality of marketplace,” Adams said. will mark this year’s anniversary eulogies and laughing with other Gentile, will protect the low-rise charac- equipment [on the roof], but it appears that their equipment would exceed single-screen, 2,100-seat movie palace by that the “Bronx cheer” By Gersh Kuntzman could not disagree more. widows over an increase in de- late 2003. geous piece of work” in its “Not Just Nets” cov- came with the deadly 1938 “Long Is- ed in favor. The Loew’s Cineplex Fortway, on near- film shot at Steiner Studios The survey also showed that: “And some just don’t like the company.” with the release of her book, “A ter of the neighborhood. that,” said DOB spokeswoman Jennifer Givner. Carlson & Wiseman in 1921, has been on the may be misnamed. The Brooklyn Papers “People who believe that of what happened.” planned to celebrate their eighth mand for grief makeup and elab- Forest City Ratner executives argued at the July 27 PAGE 7 erage of developer Bruce Ratner’s “Atlantic land Express,” the city is about due “Following the rezoning of Bay Ridge theater. The first movie ever shown there was by Fort Hamilton Avenue, has been closed crown She said that Sprint/Nextel omitted a generator from its permit filing, Madison Square Garden is the Widow’s Walk: A Memoir of Fontana said that she was wedding anniversary by spend- meeting that their bid was greater despite only offer- Yards” plan, the National Newspaper Association again. there have been a number of modifications “It’s key that we enforce zoning codes market for three weeks, Deneroff said. “When you lose amenities like movie Paramount’s pre-talkies “City of Silent since the spring. At The River Cafe, gen- If 19,000 cheering Nets 9/11” (Simon & Schuster; $24). orate wreaths in the shape of golf NOT JUST NETS which the DOB discovered after conducting a review requested by Gentile Councilmember Vince Gentile (D-Bay eral manager Scott Stam- same [as a Brooklyn Nets are- pleasantly surprised at how well ing an undisturbed day together clubs, football jerseys, surf- ing $50 million up front, because it included $29 mil- this week awarded the newspaper its top prize for “If it happened before, it will hap- / Chris Pizzello started and we have gotten a flurry of calls BAM’s French now,” said Greg Hanlon, a spokesman for He likes Mike houses, you lose the small-town feel of a Men,” plus the obligatory newsreel. The At one time, Brooklyn had 200 movie By Lucky Ngamwajasat fans come pouring out of On Sept. 9, she will be hosting a and Golden. Ridge) said he would fight to keep it as a theaters. ford could not have been na] don’t know Brooklyn,” the personal memoir was re- walking around Manhattan and boards, cigars, logos of bands lion in renovations of the rail yards (to help pay for Best Investigative or In-depth Story or Series. MAPPING THE NEW BROOKLYN pen again,” said hurricane expert asking if the alterations are compliant,” said Gentile. “We have to make sure we contin- Crossing party lines, Borough President Marty Markowitz (left), a Democrat, endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s replace like Bay Ridge,” he said. theater’s 12-person resident orchestra for The Brooklyn Papers an arena at the corner of private party for close family and Nicholas Coch, a Queens College ue to set the precedent for contextual neigh- election bid, during a gathering at Borough Hall on Sunday. The Republican mayor is squaring off against Democrat Fer- The stop-work order is only temporary — but it does require Sprint/Nex- more bored by the topic of said Assemblywoman Joan ceived by both critics and the going to the Whitney Museum. their relocation required under the Ratner proposal), as E DUMBO CB10 district manager Josephine Beckman. and movies and even a Harley The 120-year-old NNA, with 3,200 daily and weekly V T film fest begins I N Atlantic and Flatbush av- S E tel to figure out how it can install the equipment without exceeding the 400- Bay Ridge’s Fort Hamilton High School football Millman (D-Park Slope). K M the mayor bedding down friends — among whom she U P R borhood and responsible building.” O professor of coastal geology. “And if L Brooklyn well as $20 million in environmental remediation of A L “In certain instances we find that the ap- nando Ferrer in the Nov. 8 election. Markowitz had supported Ferrer opponent Gifford Miller in the Democratic Primary. public. (The most recent issue of The couple’s plans were inter- E EMPIRE STORES C P WATCHTOWER Navy Yard Davidson motorcycle. community newspaper members, is the nation’s largest V SHOPPING X E E HIGH-RISES enues someday, the MTA D Millman was most surpris- E G square-foot limit. L Tigers shocked the city gridiron world by winning the 15 feet from his front counts the former First Lady, D A I the property (which needs to be done in order to de- N it hasn’t happened in a long time, it’s R O Vanity Fair featured excerpts rupted before they even started, I But most of all, she writes newspaper association. B T Associated Press A Owl’s N E is not going to add service ed by the MTA’s admission Y R “They have to do some finagling,” Givner said. “Obviously, that’s not the door (is it just a co- C MAYOR’S EMERGENCY BUNKER Public School Athletic League championship Saturday L Sen. Hilary Clinton. E going to happen soon.” K R Brooklyn from Fontana’s book.) when the first passenger jet velop the site for housing), $182 million to build a - O L about David, a loving father and A Throughout 2004, The Brooklyn Papers coverage of I Heights O C FEDERAL COURT that it does not add service be- R R Australian actor Heath Ledger and his girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams, have moved to to help get them home. E actual technical term.” incidence that the B In an interview this week with M The city’s current response plan with a stunning 46-22 win over the heavily favored — platform (to build the housing and commercial prop- CRUISIN’ M “I’m pleased with how mov- crashed into one of the North O husband, a courageous firefighter GENERAL POST OFFICE Ratner’s proposal set the newspapers apart from the C BQ BANKRUPTCY COURT E F fore or after Knick games. L Fort mayor chose to The transit agency, which A Boerum Hill, a few blocks from the Gowanus Canal. The couple is expecting a baby this month. But the owner of the building, which sits at 83rd Street and Fourth Avenue The Brooklyn Papers, Fontana T Greene for a category 4 storm with 155 mph and undefeated — powerhouse, Herbert H. Lehman HS. ing it was for people,” she said. Tower, 10 minutes before erties over the shifted rail yards), $25.4 million in B with a passion for art and history, city’s other media, which ignored or downplayed the U Less Vegas, more Coney S CRUISE SHIP PIER “How can they say their Clinton Downtown H and is across the street from St. Anselm’s Church school, said the city is sleep RIGHT many hope will play a signifi- said she wrote the memoir for COURT STREET A Hill MTA operating expenses and $23 million in projected AREA HOUSING V winds would handle 3.3 million evac- It was an amazing end to a season that could’ve gone south on “A Widow’s Walk” records David’s shift ended. Instead of E a lifeguard and a beach lover. project’s impact. . ATLAN Luxury liner docks in Hook DOWNTOWN TIC wrong in its assessment. NEXT DOOR cant role in reducing con- BROOKLYN Fairway prepares for opening her son as a testament of her ex- AV VIEW E uees and provide shelter for up to the Tigers. After starting the season 2-0, the team lost to the sales tax revenues. . Fontana’s personal journey, start- meeting Marian, David, who, Fontana spent his career at Squad Brooklyn Papers readers were repeatedly reminded PLAN RRE DE Cobble “First of all, there is no generator in the plan,” said the owner, Jeff Mal- to one of the gestion resulting from perience of that tragic day and Hill BROOKLYN LAW ing early on the morning of Sept. Marian wrote, “would never miss The MTA board voted to give Forest City Ratner 45 SCHOOL DORM SCHERMERHORN 800,000 displaced people, Bernstein mediocre DeWitt Clinton HS in the third week. PACIFIC 1, a specially trained firehouse that the project was a multi-billion-dollar super-block BAM CULTURAL / Julie Rosenberg By Jess Wisloski “I did come in today with some fears,” -12: UN URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT louck. “Second, the total square-footage of the equipment is only about 200 By Ariella Cohen Hoover. “We are talking to them and we’ll sell project was not being heard, and the in- Another new plan for beachfront Mecca scales down original best restau- Bruce Ratner’s pro- On the the year that followed, because, ATLANTIC But head coach Vincent Laino said the loss actually energized days — until Sept. 10 — to negotiate exclusively with PIERS 8 said. TERMINAL 11, 2001, when she was rushing a fire,” was one of the 12 Squad that covers a broad terrain, in- ATLANTIC CENTER Head E MALL (EXISTING) mega-development involving more than a dozen apart- Boerum The Brooklyn Papers said Michael Carr, the Australian captain of Q B Hill square feet, not 400.” “Candidates for the cheese, security whatever they want,” said Matt Lewis, a dictment of City Councilman Angel Ro- rants in posed Atlantic she said, she knew that she NETS ARENA The Brooklyn Papers his young squad. Kalikow and Katherine Lapp, the executive director of SITE Brodsky and others were particu- Slopers, Ridgites rip cell phone towers to drop off Aidan at school, so 1 members (both his shift of six cluding three quarters of Brook- the Oriana. ment high-rises and several office skyscrapers. The Pa- By Ariella Cohen a longtime player in the sea- road, would forget the details as the that she could make it to a Con- men and their relief shift) who the MTA and a former Pataki aide, leading to the $100 Acrowd turned out to welcome her, larly harsh about an earlier OEM es- Mallouck said construction will proceed “in days or hours — once the city and meat department should have some co-owner of the bakery. driguez for an attempt to extort $50,000 “It was only at that point that our leadership started to crystal- town?). Yards mega-devel- lyn, all of Staten Island and parts pers pointed out that the story was not, as generally por- Carroll Fairway is looking for a few good “I thought they sent me to the wrong Gardens side attraction’s future. D’Onofrio fathers ATLANTIC YARDS From ‘Creek’ realizes that there is no problem here.” related experience,” the ad says. Pay will No job-searchers have so far responded from O’Connell in exchange for support The Brooklyn Papers Stamford opment, dropped two years passed. million, according to the Times report. and the gleaming white ship with the lize,” Laino told The Brooklyn Papers. “Our boys realized they necticut Muffin coffee shop in answered their final rescue call at of Lower Manhattan. port and the wrong wharf, since all I saw trayed in other media, primarily about construction of an timate that a category 4 would only By Ariella Cohen The co-op board voted last April of the antenna system. They also nas, mirroring a battle being waged Street. Anselm’s parents, Golden initially a sign that they won’t force the issue,” managers. Sitt’s plan for a 19-story Prospect treated me this mini bomb- G fall between $9.10 and $10. 50 per hour to the craigslist ad, according to Mc- of the project. N Heights Bay Ridge residents have repeatedly rallied in front of the building, argu- Reality has already hit couldn’t let it happen again.” NOTHIN’BUT “I really wrote it the whole Neither MTA nor Forest City Ratner officials would I NOTHIN’BUT Park Slope on time to meet the World Trade Center. “It was the most difficult thing I bellowing horn, which burst out louder FAIRWAY Red affect a fraction of those numbers. arena for the New Jersey Nets basketball team; the arena N Hook wins was a bundle of bollards,” he said about O to authorize the installation of six contacted Spitzer’s office. in Bay Ridge, where residents are Spearheaded by Republican state interrupted Nextel workers on Oct. said Suzanne Whiteaker, president of The Brooklyn Papers Papers The Brooklyn Z The gourmet supermarket chain, which condo tower and retail center - like I was a shell this week at P ing that a cellphone antenna should not be so close to students. — partially funded by a city grant to en- Monigle. Yet it is sure to attract a few hits The grocer will occupy the bottom two time with my son in mind,” she David, then 37, after his shift at “OK. I’ll see you at Connecti- wrote,” Fontana said of her mem- comment for this article. ‘Thumbsucker’ than even the amplified booming of U Evacuation time is another ques- Joe Sitt’s development plan Indeed, that loss to Clinton would be the last of the season, as would fill only a small portion of the site. E WHOLE FOODS pictures he received a week before arriving. U antennas and a base station by cell Brad Maione, a spokesman for fighting the installation of cell tow- Sen. Marty Golden and activist Pat 3. Arguing with the contractors at the Catholic school’s PTA and the IKEA N many feared would never actually open in has drawn intense fire from health inspec- Borough Hall, E courage small businesses to hire locally. from curious neighborhood residents who floors of the Red Hook Stores, a Civil War- one said. “So that he has a document the firehouse ended. The two cut Muffin in 10 minutes,” Additionally, an MTA spokesman said that neither V tion. The OEM estimated it would Adispute between shareholders Gentile and Golden admit that there is no evidence that cellphone towers for Coney Island. Fort Hamilton trampled the competition the rest of the way, Of all the people we met, only Marta See 911 WIDOW on page 5 Borough President Marty Markowitz’s “Your commitment to the truth shines through,” wrote A Park He added, however, that the arrival went H Slope phone service provider T-Mobile on the attorney general, this week con- ers atop an apartment building on Russo, a Republican candidate for the site that no one in the neighbor- mother of an eighth-grader at the T Red Hook, has finally started advertising community members. tor on an where Borough R About 200 people will be employed at have been convinced that the long-await- era warehouse loft overlooking New York ‘crisis’ U are unsafe, but want such radio-wave-emitting equipment relocated away Where only a few months rolling off six consecutive regular-season wins, and three more in Krawiec of the Water Street Ale House the judges. “This is what it’s all about.” LOWE’S O take nearly 18 hours to evacuate just in a Park Slope co-op apartment voice, didn’t disappoint. smoothly. F the roof of their building, at 130 firmed that documents from the Fourth Avenue. On Thursday, Oct. City Council, the lawsuit alleges hood had been told of their work school. for workers. According to ads spotted last “I don’t know why they unannounced President Marko- loss: In a related citation, the NNA awarded The Papers an 1 million people, putting a severe building and the co-op’s board of from schools because there are no long-term studies of their safety. the Red Hook location, which is being ed grocer would never actually open. Harbor. Above the store will be 45 market- ago, Sitt was hawking an in- the playoffs, before taking down Lehman. would welcome the Mayor to DUMBO. NETS By Ariella Cohen On Saturday morning, the Oriana, a “It was lovely to come in this morning,” Eighth Ave. at Carroll Street. Concerned Shareholders group had 20, a Brooklyn Supreme Court that the owner of 8300 Fourth Ave. plans, he frustrated workers attempt- The next day, St. Anselm’s attor- visit. “You witz, local elected strain on emergency services, mass There are several measures before the council that would restrict the place- week on www.craigslist.com, the store built by developer Greg O’Connell. The ad, neighbors say, is the first clues rate, one-bedroom apartments, leased by door, Vegas-style complex keep trying this in Brooklyn,” Throughout the year, the Tigers had an unforgiving, balanced p. 13 The Brooklyn Papers transatlantic luxury liner, docked in Red Carr said. Honorable Mention for Community Service. Satellite image by Space Imaging directors over a plan to lease roof It’s the most exciting Brooklyn news in ers that would substantially obscure the where the Nets arena would be located. Lines to Pier 7, and a city-Port Authority skirt scrutiny and debate. to the Canal ney Lance Lazzaro, who filed a A group calling itself Concerned been received and were under con- judge was scheduled to hear that did not give proper notification of ing to install a several-ton, lead-lined needs several assistant department man- know,” he officials and Commu- five decades. arena from the view of motorists on Meanwhile, just south of the arena site, review of the best uses for Piers 8 through • • • “We think that physically the store they’ve seen that progress is moving O’Connell. said Zigun, “Don’t they ever “In many ways, you were just doing your job,” wrote the But Bruce Ratner’s plan to bring the busy Flatbush Avenue. Park Slope’s Fourth Avenue has been up- 12 in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. Advocates of the overlapping Down- transit and the infrastructure. ment of cellphone antennas. And opponents touted a recent law passed in a San with a water park, a climbing approach on offense, led by sophomore quarterback Jeffrey Hook, prematurely christening the piers that Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who orches- New Jersey Nets to an arena he would The massive Downtown Brooklyn Plan — zoned to allow taller buildings and encour- If anything, this photo, taken by Space town Brooklyn Plan and Atlantic Yards space to a cell phone company for build near the intersection of Atlantic which would turn the area into a sister to age commercial and residential develop- Imaging in December 2002 and anno- (which form one entity, only a tiny por- Shareholders of 130 Eighth Avenue sideration for further investigation. group’s plea to extend a restraining the installation to neighbors, includ- base station enough that they quit for lawsuit seeking to bar Nextel from nity Board chairs met to and Flatbush avenues is miniscule in Midtown Manhattan with skyscrapers ment. To the west, Lowe’s home improve- tated by The Brooklyn Papers this week, tion of which would house the Nets) agers to begin training in advance of the learn that amusement parks sniffed, “the mayor has eaten here before.” Calling it a “crisis” situation, residents comparison to all the development meant to attract corporate back-office leas- ment and Fairway supermarket will soon omits some projects. want the projects discussed separately. should be ready, with cash registers set up ahead as planned. Yet there’s still skepti- Aprivate water taxi company will soon wall, a blimp port, and a Legree and junior running back Antonio Walcott. judges. “However, staying the course when all around you planned for the greater Downtown and es and government tenants — is, right open traffic-generating big box stores, and If implemented, these projects would, But only by considering jointly the im- Coch mentioned another rarely Francisco suburb that would prevent such equipment from being installed with- will usher a glamorous industry of Queens trated the officially non-campaign event Brownstone Brooklyn areas. The arena now, coursing through the city public an Ikea is planned in Red Hook. collectively, forever change Brooklyn as act of all the projects shown above can a series of relay towers has caught is even dwarfed by the massive office review process. The Downtown Plan over- On the waterfront, there’s Brooklyn we’ve known her. Some will, by law, any of them be properly evaluated. hired a lawyer and on Oct. 14 got a At the core of the co-op order currently stalling the installa- ing the St. Anselm’s Catholic a day. constructing the antennas, got a March opening. Yes, I suggested, but this time, it’ll be different. If the discuss Atlantic Yards issues. and residential towers that Ratner plans laps both the Brooklyn Academy of Music Bridge Park commercial-recreational devel- require public review; for others, devel- In the center spread: an enlarged view and ready to be trained on, by February,” cism. establish a stop at Beard Street pier, con- and bars where people get regular service is sufficient?” to build immediately adjacent to it, tow- Cultural District and Ratner’s Atlantic Yards, opment, negotiations to bring Carnival Cruise opers and elected officials will seek to Walcott led the PSAL in rushing on the season and racked up near Owl’s Head Park are calling on the city of the Downtown Plan and Atlantic Yards. House of Blues theme restau- and Princesses to the county of Kings. during a day of campaign stops, said to the have a different agenda was worthy of recognition.” discussed factor: a northern hurricane ‘Dawson’s Michelle Williams and her hunk the attention of state Attorney in 600 feet of a residential district — the nation’s most-restrictive law. to thwart what they see as an all-too-rapid SEE CENTER SPREAD FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE temporary restraining order block- dwellers’ concern is worry over po- tion of an antenna and base station school, across the street. “The Nextel workers hightailed it temporary restraining order halting With about as much floor space as a said Ruth McMonigle, a human relations “Are you sure [the ad] is for real?” necting the development to lower Manhat- rant, new schematics now drunk and loud don’t mix 211 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers’ playoff win over mayor is truly in emergency management-mode, he’ll be The MTA refused to send a she said. “That was very sur- Papers Editor Neil Sloane attended the Oct. 1 award Golden added that the temporary “stop-work” order was not a nail in the Callan / Tom The gathering at Pier 12, which was captain and his passengers and crew, “We moves typically at 34 mph, about General Eliot Spitzer. ing the planned Oct. 17 placement tential health risks from the anten- atop 8300 Fourth Ave. at 83rd With a tip-off from worried St. out of here that night. Hopefully that’s wearing one of those fancy OEM “man of action” fleece representative to the meeting, ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) See TOWERS on page 2 nice-sized suburban supermarket, the spokesperson for the New York-based asked one anonymous community board tan, according to O’Connell. There will be well with housing.” prising to hear that.” deterioration of conditions in the green space largely comprised of industry and city in- have 8.1 million New Yorkers who wel- ceremony at the NNA’s annual convention in Milwaukee, triple the speed of a southern storm. coffin, but said he hoped it would encourage a revisiting of the plan. show a more subdued face Midwood. Events mark 9-11 / Jess Wisloski Heath Ledger are settling in Boerum Hill 52,000-square-foot Fairway — on the wa- pullovers — a clear violation of the River Cafe’s “Jackets Markowitz said. Instead, the Aspokesman for the MTA company. member. office space available to non-profit organ- at Bay Ridge’s northwest corner. siders — the public was prohibited entry come you today.” Wisc., and accepted the prizes on behalf of The Papers. Abig blast would come with a “We hope this gives them a chance to do the right thing,” Golden said. for his proposed amusement For now, the condos are Legree saved his finest performance for the title game, throw- ter’s edge at the end of Van Brunt Street Fairway plans to offer the same deliv- O’Connell bought the vacant ware- izations and a public esplanade leading to Mecca. just another sandy mirage — ing for three TDs and running for two — an easy pick for the required in the dining room” rule. agency sent over a statement said he would let the agency’s “Owl’s Head Park is in a crisis and something — took place in front of a stage set up on Bloomberg said the ship’s arrival was Additional awards were presented to The Papers for: ample of a lost facet of journalism — alive and well in storm surge of 30 feet, turning the style house in the Los Feliz suburb of Los Ange- “They say they don’t want to put this kind of equipment near schools, so — is expected to give Red Hook shoppers ery and catering services it offers at its house from the city in the mid-’90s. In the water. Sitt’s “Stillwell Walk” game’s Most Valuable Player award. “I think we can waive the rule for the mayor,” Stamford outlining its plans for service statement speak for itself. has to be done before the damage is irreversible,” the pier just off Pioneer Street. out of necessity, although according to the • Best Breaking News Story (second place) for Brooklyn! Timely, courageous and informative in both water into “a giant bulldozer sweep- By Ariella Cohen les, and the couple will raise their baby girl, who here’s their chance to say what they mean and mean what they say.” unless Sitt can get the city to the same illustrious assortment of spiced other supermarkets, but may bring in a 2002, the former police detective began Observers say that Fairway set a prece- would run from Surf Avenue “One of my offensive linemen used to tell me ‘relax, relax’,” said said. “He could come in with a bomber jacket if he to and from Nets games at the The MTA’s statement also wrote Bernadette Hoban, chairwoman of the group The ship, which had set sail from Lon- city’s Economic Development Corporation, “Death on the job,” about a balcony collapse at a condo- meeting coverage and the background you bring in — ing away everything in its path,” ac- The Brooklyn Papers is due this month, in the Boerum Hill walk-up. Golden said he was most alarmed to hear that some parents were threaten- change the zoning to even al- wants.” Papers The Brooklyn Ratner arena. minium under construction in Bay Ridge that resulted in a you’re the expert in your community. Well done.” artichokes, exotic cheeses and imported few local delicacies too. the process of bringing Fairway to the dent for the community’s ongoing rede- to the Boardwalk, from W. low a residential use. See TIGERS on page 4 said that “buses are not a key Friends and Neighbors of Owl Head’s Park, in a don, pulled into Buttermilk Channel just af- there are no others scheduled in Brooklyn cording to OEM’s “Hurricanes and Forget Manhattan? How about, forget L.A.? The Australia-native Ledger, 26, who met Wil- ing to pull their children out of St. Anselm’s, a private school, which would Across the street at Pete’s Downtown, owner Pete “For Madison Square Gar- component of any service 4th anniversary Papers The Brooklyn day laborer’s death. • Best Performing Arts Story (honorable mention) olive oils that residents of the Upper West That would be good news for retailers site. velopment — and the supermarket has 15th to W. 12th streets. If “plea for help” she sent last month to local elected ter 7 am. Passengers, at least those who until this April, when the $45 million Red New York City.” Pushing by leaps and bounds the trend of liams on the set of the soon-to-be-released Ang suffer from a loss of more than $100,000 in tuition money. den, the regularly scheduled Side and Harlem have come to enjoy. like Baked, a locally owned bakery on As the project moved forward, so did been able to avoid a lot of scrutiny be- it’s built, Coney land- Thristino said he was planning nothing special for the real plan” after concerts and games officials, Community Board 10 and the city’s De- Mayor Michael Bloomberg (at podium) welcomes the Oriana, which docked at Red Hook’s Pier 12 last Saturday were awake, patiently waited onboard and Hook Cruise Terminal is slated to open. “Good reaction included with little notice,” the judges for GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis’ “Water torture,” an The disaster-film scenario is all too celebrities moving from “the city” to Brownstone Lee film, “Brokeback Mountain,” is best known “I can understand the parents’ concerns,” he said. service is sufficient for every By Jess Wisloski Many religious congregations are As such, all new hires must be well Van Brunt Street, which hopes to sell its related controversies, including the resig- cause of Ikea’s much-debated plans for a marks such as Ruby’s Bar mayor. “We had Pacino in here once,” he said, referring to at Madison Square Garden — partment of Parks and Recreation. after a trans-Atlantic voyage. With him (from left) are NYC & Company CEO Christyne Nicholas, Oriana Captain watched from the decks and stateroom bal- “Today we had a parking problem in Man- wrote. interview with the Brooklyn Heights couple who wrote real. A September 1821 hurricane lift- Brooklyn, Hollywood hunk Heath Ledger and his for his roles in the period action flicks “The Patri- Ratner exec: Mallouk said Sprint/Nextel will pay him close to $1,800 a month in rent. the star of “City Hall.” typical event,” the agency said The Brooklyn Papers finding ways to reach out to those versed in brie — or at least prepared to fresh sweets at Fairway’s large bakery nation of a Red Hook community board 22-acre, big-box store on the waterfront. on the Boardwalk, and which also angered the Brook- The Parks Department is overseeing the renovation Mike Carr, Borough President Marty Markowitz, Councilman David Yassky, Economic Development Corporation conies as the press conference welcoming hattan,” explained Bloomberg, who pointed • Best Serious Column (third place) for Sloane’s and directed the movie “Open Water.” ed the tide 13 feet in an hour, with the girlfriend, former “Dawson’s Creek” starlet Mi- ot” and “A Knight’s Tale.” He and Williams, 25, VEN THE MAYOR’S HOSTS at the OEM head- in a statement. “Madison suffering in New Orleans while piece, “CB2 blows it big time,” which decried the com- • (honorable mention) for an ar- learn, said company spokesman Tom counter. member, who felt her opposition to the Faber’s Fascination, an lyn contingent. Colliding with a natural dis- of a one-story brick park ranger station and pubic rest- their arrival commenced. Best Feature Story East and Hudson rivers converging chelle Williams, have bought a brownstone on had reportedly also looked at houses in Harlem See FAIRWAY on page 2 quarters — officially surplus warehouse B-53 — Square Garden is the ... model helping themselves heal. President Andrew Alper and EDC Vice President Kate Ascher. See CRUISIN’ on page 3 munity board’s inability to weigh in on the Downtown ticle headlined “Hoop dream a nightmare for residents, old-time game salon on Oy tannenbaum! “How can they say that bus- aster so different in nature but room at the 68th Street entrance to the park. That mil- over lower Manhattan as far north as Douglass Street, a couple of blocks from the Go- and Park Slope. were subdued at the prospect of late night games of [for Nets game service] bees are not critical in Brook- Others will continue to offer fo- Brooklyn rezoning proposal during the rezoning plan’s businesses in path of Ratner project.” Surf Avenue, would be E Borough President Marty Markowitz pulled the switch on Brookyn’s official Christmas tree this week — and also lion-dollar improvement project slowed after a private Canal Street. wanus Canal, several real estate and gossip Web Publicists for the two actors did not return calls “Twister” or making prank calls to 311 with their boss. cause it is about the same size close in the scale of casualties, rums for reflection and critical public review period. In the first place award for The Papers’ “Not Just Nets” demolished. lyn?” asked Shirley McRae, contractor hired by the city agency jumped ship in Deaths and property damage were sites are reporting. seeking comment for this article. I stopped by the warehouse, you know, to welcome the plunged into a growing nationwide controversy over what to call the seasonal evergreens. “They’re ‘Christmas and situated on multiple lines.” chairwoman of Community the fourth anniversary of the thinking here at home. All servic- Of the column, the judges wrote: coverage, NNA judges cited the work of Sloane and re- redesigned them as odd-duck com- New plans for development along the Boardwalk in Coney Island (above) have been scaled-down since original glitzy Instead of those vintage July 2004, abandoning the vacant ranger station and PAGE 9 Ledger sold his 5,000-square-foot, Spanish- See DAWSON on page 3 We paid our By Ariella Cohen mayor and offer him a pillow, but was stopped by a cop trees,’ not ‘holiday trees’!” the beep told The Brooklyn Papers. “Next thing, people will tell me I light a ‘holiday Brooklyn elected officials Board 2, which lies to the north terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, es are open to the public. “An orange in a basket of apples. This is a great ex- porters Jess Wisloski and Deborah Kolben. See CANE on page 4 plans were revealed in September (below). amusements, Sitt bets on leaving a mess behind its 8-foot fence. The Brooklyn Papers mercial spaces. Soon enough, he had who called inside. Within a few minutes, OEM deputy menorah’ at home, not a Hanukkah menorah.” The Papers deconstructs Markowitz’s holiday card, page 5. — some who support Ratner’s of the Atlantic Yards site. 2001 bears an inextricable con- Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, a Fire Hoban’s letter lists eight maintenance problems, commercial tenants that included the bringing in the Board- / Tom Callan / Tom press secretary Andrew Troisi (what, I don’t rate an AC- plan, others who oppose it — nection to the floods of Louisi- Department chaplain and spiritual Is it an all-weather mausole- walk’s only movie theater McRae called on the MTA all of which link to a lack of indoor toilets on site, doctor and an avant-garde jazz group TUAL press secretary?), came out. to include buses in the agen- ana this past week. leader of Congregation Mount Hil, Vito welcome Fort homes um, the Jolly Green Giant’s that used the space as a studio. or even a circus. the need for steady ranger supervision and losses Everything Troisi said was off the record (which was Brooklynites and other New Sinai, a conservative synagogue in corn-oil drum or a three-story Sitt owns 12 acres of cy’s traffic analyses of the area. / Tom Callan / Tom incurred when the comfort station closed for reno- By Ariella Cohen cials to celebrate the opening of lage is one of the first military housing privatized housing,” said Clinton, be- But change is coming. Develop- odd, considering that all he said was that the OEM staff Yorkers are revisiting through the Brooklyn Heights, will lead a cement space shuttle? prime, albeit faded, Board- The borough’s elected offi- vation in March 2004. The Brooklyn Papers complexes built under a national De- fore ending her short speech by asking Silo, sell high ment is rapidly altering the face of would be happy to accommodate the mayor), but Troisi Doubleday Village, a new, light- supporters cials have been meeting regu- suffering down South the pain of commemorative service for fire- Of all the ex-industrial structures walk properties near Still- “Once the park attendant is gone and the toilets partment of Defense privatization pro- Markowitz if she had done “OK.” the Gowanus and Leflowitz does did confirm that the mayor would, indeed, be sleeping on larly to prepare for the release blue and beige colonial-style resi- B’klyn Law Papers The Brooklyn destruction, and remembrance of fighters, their families and the gone, the park deteriorates,” said Elinor Petty, chair- At a ribbon-cutting ceremony The public-private project is the Yassky: Shift along the famously foul Gowanus not see his rag-tag silo village sur- well Avenue. He presented gram. Through the Residential Com- a cot. 10,000 pennies for Yard thoughts of a draft environmental im- the thousands of lives lost when general public at FDNY headquar- Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Rep. dential addition built on the 175- Canal, a renovated silo between the plans to Community woman of the CB10 parks committee, who spoke munities Initiative (RCI), military largest development completed on the The Brooklyn Papers ment and I think we’ve raised the bar for Bought for a song in ‘98, quirky viving the transformation. “We’re OEM. We have plenty of cots inside,” Troisi pact statement for the Ratner / Greg Mango / Greg Board 13 last Thursday. airplanes turned into missiles and ters, 9 Metrotech Center, at 1 pm on behalf of Friends and Neighbors of Owl’s Head Vito Fossella, Mayor Michael year-old garrison’s old parade bases lease land to private companies base since 2003, when Congress how to do affordable housing,” he told a re- Nevins and Bond streets might be “This is a great spot now, but said before nervously putting the rest of the conversation Atop Forest City Ratner official Sitt did not return re- By Ariella Cohen mercial, residential and arena mega- here, participants said. project. The DEIS, which is smashed into the World Trade on Sunday. Park at last week’s community board meeting. Bloomberg, Borough President ground and baseball field. for residential development. placed it on a list of bases that could porter outside Tuesday’s public hearing on the most curious. money talks,” said Ostrander. “This again off the record (too bad, because he told me the se- Center towers. Papers File The Brooklyn In the following week, Congre- Yimou directs for the first time this week acknowl- 70 years! peated calls from The The Brooklyn Papers project — and how well Forest City EXCLUSIVE “It was fun, but scary,” explained one expected to be completed next The South Tower on Sept. 11, “Not having a park employee present has led to Marty Markowitz, state Sen. Marty Built and managed by GMH Mili- “Fort Hamilton deserved to stay be closed as part of a military consoli- dorm opens the project. “We have a long tradition as a Outside, it’s just a cement tower. is going to be like DUMBO, with cret burial site of Judge Crater). month, is supposed to analyze Here in Bay Ridge, there will gation Mount Sinai will hold serv- edged that the development compa- company in doing that.” You can get a lot accomplished in 70 years — like raising eight sons! Brooklyn Papers. Ratner is getting its message out about attendee. “I came in against the project, many problems including large groups (greater Golden and Councilman Vincent tary Housing, a private company open and to be one of the first bases to dation plan. canal property is on the market But inside, wooden floors shine with condos and lofts, not silos.” From the OEM office, the mayor would have a half- Someone wants to know what existing conditions and offer

2001, as plane hits it. a-PARK-ments At Sirico’s Caterers on 81st Street and 13th Avenue on Oct. 15, Anna Callan / Tom the project’s purported benefits. but by the time I left, my attitude was, be a 9-11 memorial event Sunday ices for “special remembrance and dance at BAM ny has been paying large sums of Project opponents have called the natural light streaming in through Ostrander has already fielded sev- Coney Island insiders See OWL CRISIS on page 5 Gentile joined Fort Hamilton offi- based in Pennsylvania, Doubleday Vil- see what our Army is doing now with See FORT HAM on page 6 Housing 360 students and mile walk to the Brooklyn Bridge. But he should not ex- Brooklyn thinks of Bruce Ratner’s “They kept telling us how much af- Rugelach and Baking Company. ‘Oh yeah, let’s build. It’s going to be mitigations for problems such night at the 69th Street Pier, where response, to come together and 1st students money to organizations offering Maria Turchi, 87 and Nicholas Turchi, 91, celebrated their 70th anniver- skylights, stylish appliances equip a eral multi-million dollar offers to — who’ve seen plenty of The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn a ground-floor restaurant, See RATNER on page 2 pect people along the route to be throwing rose petals be- Atlantic Yards project — and that fordable housing there would be,” said Focus groups, which have become a wonderful’.” as traffic or litter that are the Brooklyn Remembers 9-11 Two bunches of balloons, one learn about what can be done,” what they’ve presented as grassroots sary with sons, (from left) Sal, Umberto, Peter, Mario, Carmine. Enrico, curved kitchen that leads to a 1,000- “renewal” plans burst “Geraldo’s,” named for tele- buy the space and tear down the si- fore him. secret someone is willing to pay one small business owner who partici- staple of modern marketing, allow big Experts said focus groups allow politi- caused by the project. memorial stands. The pier is at bunch of 9 and one bunch of 11, said Potasnik, to connect 9-11 sur- welcomed to neighborhood support for the pro- and Anthony. Their eighth son, Domenico is deceased. square-foot dining room, and there’s faster than balloons in a vision journalist and 1969 los for residential redevelopment. So The first place the mayor will pass on his pedestrian hundreds of thousands of dollars to pated. “They told us about the park. companies to reach out to potential cians and companies to hide their inten- This week’s discussion on Bay Ridge Avenue and Shore will be released into the air in vivors with the victims of Hurri- controver- posed Atlantic Yards development. even a Jacuzzi with a waterfront view for now, Leflowitz is dangling only carney sideshow — commute to City Hall is St. Ann’s Warehouse, a perform- consumers and hear how well — or Road. The event, which starts at 8 law school alum Geraldo Ri- viewed the new designs find out. They told us about how many jobs tions while testing various messages. transit issues, combined with a memory of the lives lost, and the cane Katrina. to DUMBO from the ground-floor bathroom. Papers The Brooklyn Sandy’s got a dandy short-term commercial leases so he vera, the 216-foot-tall, sand- As reported by The Brooklyn Papers ance space. Given the mayor’s support for the arts, I fig- Thousands of Brooklyn residents there would be.” how poorly — their sales or public re- “It gives a grass-roots feel,” said similar gathering earlier this pm, will feature a 21-gun salute, a original song “Towers in the Sky” The Church of the Assumption Brooklyn Cyclones mascot Sandy the Seagull holds aloft a copy of The Brooklyn Paper during Brooklyn Papers Night at Keyspan Park last sial D’town And it could be yours. with some optimism. blasted brick and limestone two weeks ago, Brooklyn United for In- can cash in when the time is right. ured the folks there would be excited to sell Bloomberg a have been paid $100 each to attend fo- Another business owner in the same lations strategy is working. Tony Herbert, a vice president of Vital month on traffic, suggest that moment of silence and inspira- will be performed by Shannon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also This quirky bit of Brooklyn histo- “It’s better than it was, Thursday. The Cyclones, who fell out of playoff contention later in the week, kept hope alive with an 8-4 spanking of the hated Staten Is- tower building’s christening mark- By Jess Wisloski dos. An additional 17-story building is novative Local Development (BUILD) “It’s just so much more lucrative ticket (“Measure for Measure” opens Tuesday). cus group sessions conducted by a session called it “a bunch of talking In political campaigns, they are often Marketing in Manhattan. “It helps much more work needs to be tional speeches. Grace. See COMMEMORATION page 5 ry has been on the rental market for but it still needs some land Yankees. For Brooklyn’s best coverage of the Cyclones, see page 15. Ratner to bar public from promised park ed the official end to a The Brooklyn Papers proposed for construction on Bridge reported on its non-profit tax filings that it to put residential condos there,” Cobble Hill marketing research firm. points.” used as a way of swaying public opinion identify the brand and the demand for done to convince local offi- would receive $5 million from developer several months since it was vacated Ostrander said. work,” said Dick Zigun, A winter welcome See MAYOR SLEEPS on page 2 under the guise of a neutral survey. By Ariella Cohen heartily fought battle that Seeking to lessen the impact of Park property in DUMBO. A snowman either has his arms raised in glee or is shooing away some pesky Canadian geese The sessions centered on people’s “We were rolling our eyes,” said Er- the product.” cials that the $3.5-billion Rat- By Jess Wisloski private access only, according to the Flatbush avenues. “A promenade along the outside And Fulton Ferry Landing, which is Bruce Ratner. by a doctor. He said that temporary tenants founder of the Coney Is- That seemed to be the approach The Brooklyn Papers pitted neighbors — and even proposed high-rise condominium land Circus Sideshow and after the season’s first snowfall, at DUMBO’s Empire Fulton-Ferry state park on Sunday. perceptions of the $3.5-billion com- ica Kalick, the owner of Erica’s See THOUGHTS on page 13 See NO TRAINS on page 13 The Brooklyn Papers “Draft Scope of Analysis for an En- Another promised “7+” acres of edge of the Arena will provide a religious order — against already a tourist destination, would be Dated Dec. 20, 2004, the 501-c3 filings “I don’t think he saw patients include a wine bar, another doctor’s vironmental Impact” on the Atlantic open space would be completed RATNER’S $5M FUNDED lushly landscaped areas for passive With the snip of a rib- development near Atlantic Aven- home to a 150-unit residence and ad- were completed six months before a so- here,” said Spencer Ostrander, a office or a tech firm. And, despite ––––––––––––––– OUTSTANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE BROOKLYN PAPERS ––––––––––––––– Plans for a glorious, 52,000- bon, Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law and its many ue at the southern end of Brook- square-foot publicly accessible Yards plan. The project would also only after the rest of the project is recreation, and outstanding views high-profile supporters. jacent 220-unit luxury hotel with a called “community benefits agreement” real estate broker who thinks the interest, there is no chance that the include office skyscrapers and more bid farewell to a difficult lyn Bridge Park, Councilman Da- oddly shaped space could be per- sexy silo will be rented out to resi- recreational space on the roof of done, estimated for 2016, accord- PRO-ARENA GROUP of Manhattan. For active recre- “This was an “untouch- water’s-edge restaurant. (CBA), a non-governmental pact between than a dozen high-rise apartment ing to the scoping document. ation, an outdoor ice-skating rink building project and wel- able” district, nothing was to vid Yassky wants planners to con- Yassky has suggested a modified the developer and supportive community fect for the right tenant. dential tenants, no matter how Bruce Ratner’s proposed Frank buildings and relies on the use of And that’s if the plan sticks to its PAGE 8 connects the four gardens; in comed its first-ever dor- sider building more of the reven- At one time, that was David Lef- much they are willing to pay. Gehry-designed basketball arena be over 120 feet, but Brook- plan that identifies two sites in DUM- groups, was announced. Reporters Webmaster eminent domain to seize private construction schedule. warmer months the rink will be- mitory. lyn Law School ran rough- ue-generating luxury housing on BO — which is undergoing a rapid BUILD President James Caldwell is be- lowitz, a writer with a penchant for Thanks to zoning laws, “we really will not be open to the public, property for the developer. As initially envisioned in Forest come a running track,” stated the open water and secluded living. In can’t do that now,” said Leflowitz. – Henry David – Wayne Jump start We’re screening candidates now for oin porting on the Atlantic Yards pro- out by Forest City Ratner. Ecstatic alumni and stu- shod over it,” Heloise Gru- inland development sites off the conversion from a warehouse and ing paid $125,000 a year and two other SALES full-time staff positions. These career- ONLINE Help design and maintain J according to a document released The document was prepared by City Ratner promotions, the open posal, pointed out the differences “But don’t hold your breath,” publication “Bring Basketball to dents toured the 104-year- park’s northern edge, in DUMBO. manufacturing district to million-dol- BUILD executives — Marie Louis and 1998, he bought the silo, and two There has yet to be a solid rental EDITORIAL neberg, a former president of Callan / Tom Thoreau ‘You miss 100% of the shots you never take.’ propelling assignments with Brooklyn’s last week by the state authority consultants hired by Forest City space would be both active (featur- between what was promoted and Oder added. Brooklyn.” others, near the Carroll Street Bridge. offer, but Ostrander is optimistic. ‘We were born to succeed, not to fail’ Gretzky old college’s new high-rise A 30-story tower, and a wide, eight- lar condominiums and pricey rentals Shalawn Langhorne — each receive / Tom Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Papers the Boerum Hill Associa- Callan / Tom your career! quality newspaper organization require n’s acting as lead agent for the project. Ratner. ing such amenities as tennis courts, As recently as May 26, a color And he got them for a song, kly what the developer actually plans AForest City Ratner handbook at 250 State St. between — that he says merely need zoning “I do get weird phone calls about highly-organized and fast-paced reporter- Broo tion, told The Brooklyn Pa- story condominium are planned near $100,000 a year, according to the IRS fil- web sites. Email resume, The elevated parkland, described That private roof garden was the jungle gyms, playgrounds, black- to build, on his Web log, www- describing the plan, also released in brochure distributed to press and changes. One is an existing manufac- which is no surprise, considering that the property late at night,” he said. F/T and P/T openings. In the office writers with sharp eyes for news. Send Court Street and Boerum pers this week. the Atlantic Avenue gateway to the ing. Callan / Tom BE A WINNER IN 2006 – JOIN THE PAPER TEAM Great people, great company, great career – great life! as “1+” acres in earlier promotional only green space locals were prom- tops) and passive (typically bench- .timesratnerreport.blogspot.com. 2004, stated: “The roof of the Are- members of the City Council at the Having a ball the former gas tanks were moulder- Sadly, with the doctor gone, the BE A WINNER IN 2006 – JOIN THE PAPERS TEAM Great people, great company, great career – great life! or in the field. Great support, salary, 3-5 published clips and a resume to the cover letter and relevant s Place, at a lavish reception “Their victory proved that Adopt-a-grandparent proposed 1.3-mile development. A 14- turing building at 10 Jay St., and the Forest City Ratner Executive Vice Presi- hi commissions. New material distributed by the develop- ised for the first 11 years of develop- es, trees, grass, landscaping). “One of the selling points for na offers an exciting opportunity to one official public hearing that’s ing on weedy marshland next to a Jacuzzi might disappear too. Editor: links to the Senior Editor on Sept. 29. The 21-story no matter the zoning you can The Cobble Hill Health Center launched an Adopt-a-Grandparent Program on Oct. 2 with a street car- story former Watchtower Bible and other a city-owned parking lot on Councilman Vincent Gentile takes a turn at bocce courts in Dyker Beach Park af- dent James Stuckey, who is the Atlantic January openings in EDITORIAL, SALES and WEB departments Go to BrooklynPapers.com and click on Job Opportunities See our ad under EMPLOYMENT on page 15 er’s Forest City Ratner Companies, ment of the 22-acre Atlantic Yards, Norman Oder, a freelance jour- been held on the plan, promised, Papers The Brooklyn January openings in EDITORIAL, SALES and WEB departments Call Celia Weintrob at the Atlantic Yards has been the create new public space, with dormitory was designed by go against it, and you can nival for children, including these four. Congress Street between Henry and Hicks streets was filled with a Tract Society book distribution plant Washington Street near the Brooklyn- ter announcing city’s $325,000 allocation that will replace the clay surface of the Yards project manager, defended his com- putrid corpse of water. “It’s pretty cheesy to have a Neil Sloane, Brooklyn Papers Vince DiMiceli: er! which hopes to develop the site with which would stretch east across six nalist who on Sept. 1 published a underneath the bold heading “Open Papers The Brooklyn (718) 834-9350, ext. 204 Lead promise of publicly accessible 52,000 square feet of new passive the eminent architect Robert win,” she added. large crowd of people who came to enjoy rides, a petting zoo, pony rides and performances by a local next to that site, at 360 Furman St., is Queens Expressway overpass. courts with one better equipped to handle rain, along with corrugated steel cov- pany’s dealings with BUILD. This converted gas tank along the Gowanus Canal near Carroll Street is available for rent or sale by The existing zoning bars a resi- Jacuzzi in a professional office,”

the help of at least $200 million in square blocks of Prospect Heights Papers File The Brooklyn 168-page report criticizing the New Space for All of Brooklyn,” that or email info to 55 Washington St., Ste. 624 open space,” he wrote, citing a recreation and active public space A.M. Stern. See DORM on page 15 dance group and marching band. to be converted to 17 stories of con- See YASSKY on page 15 ers at either end of the courts. “We created a community benefits agree- owner David Leflowitz. dential use for the silos, so Leflowitz The interior of the silo features skylights and a winding stairway. Ostrander admitted. [email protected] Brooklyn, NY 11201 [email protected] public funds, is now going to be for from the intersection of Atlantic and Bruce Ratner York Times for a lack of critical re- May 2004 promotional flier sent for community residents. See ARENA on page 8 Papers The Brooklyn 55 Washington St., Ste. 624, Bklyn, NY 11201 ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105)

©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 December 31, 2005 THE YEAR2005 IN REVIEW And the winner is... By Gersh Kuntzman pages so lively. So, without the MTA. The transit agency The Brooklyn Papers any further ado, here are the sued the store, claiming its F- Mango / Greg winners of “The Brooklyn Pa- This year, The Brooklyn line logo infringed on the pers Awards” for 2005: Papers would like to honor the MTA’s copyright. Our guess is people, the businesses, and the that the MTA really sued out of The “Win-win of the jealousy because F-Line Bagels neighborhoods that make our year” award: When Park is actually much cleaner than Slope residents protested Com- the Smith/9th Street station merce Bank’s plans for a drive- across the street. Papers file The Brooklyn thru window at a new branch The “Last picture show” “Fedder’s Houses” struck every part of the borough. on Fifth Avenue, the bank actu- award: The residents of Bay ally changed its design to suit Ridge deserve this bittersweet ney. Despite still needing a re- The Noah Webster the community. Too bad all de- honor for watching the demise nal transplant, Siegelman fin- Thanks to a rash of Owning A Home velopers don’t treat their neigh- award: of their two remaining movie ished a new book, “City ugly development in Bay bors the same way. Heath Ledger and Michelle theaters. Now if they want to Souls,” which will be honored Ridge, Sunset Park and the The “1970s Revisited” Williams’ romance might watch a movie, they will need at the Park Slope Barnes & southern part of Park Slope, the award: In our only tie of the not have worked out in to, um, rent one. Noble on Jan. 12. Siegelman’s term “Fedder’s Houses” entered Has Never Been Easier! year, this award is split between “Brokeback Mountain,” talent and strength under ex- The “Left at the altar” the Brooklyn lexicon. The term two big stories: The sale of the but hopefully they’ll have cruciating circumstances in- award: Again, Bay Ridge became so widespread, in fact, famed “Saturday Night Fever” more luck in Gowanus takes the honors here, thanks to spired this piece of doggerel: that the company’s CFO went dance floor from Bay Ridge’s bridal Mecca Kleinfeld’s deci- “He’s in dialysis half the 2001 Odyssey nightclub and a sion to relocate to Manhattan. week/Yet still writes poetry into spin mode: “I would hope • Streamlined reported rise in gas-siphoning plants. The move will cost the the houses are as well built and market $15,700 more per year Like anyone gets married there! that’s hardly meek/Got a book Application Process during the summer’s gas crisis. The “Crime of the year” coming out that’ll burnish his as high quality as the air condi- What’s next? The return of for electrical power. But if the price of organic, fair-trade, award: If you’re watching name/This poet laureate puts tioners they’re named after,” Banlon pants? Exploding Ford porno movies in a private booth all writers to shame.” Robert Laurent told The Papers. • Pre-approvals Pintos? Tony Orlando and shade-grown heirloom kale goes up, all bets are off! at an adult video store, it’s in 24 hours Dawn? probably not a good idea to The “We have seen the The “Caveat emptor” A few months after take a picture of the pervert in future and it’s dressed in award: • Residential & Magic Johnson’s development the booth next to you. A 30- velour jogging suits” Has IBS DISTORTED company bought the Williams- year-old man learned that the award: In September, the first Commercial Mortgages burgh Bank building, mercury hard way when he angered his cruise ship docked at Red Your Way of Life? vapor was found on the site, fellow adult-film aficionado by Hook’s Pier 12, a portent of • 1st & 2nd Mortgages which for years housed den- taking his picture on his cell- what city officials promise will tist’s offices. It could have been phone. The camera-shy cus- • Direct Lending be a wave of cruise ship moor- worse; imagine if Johnson had tomer fought back, stealing the If you have IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, ings in Brooklyn. bought a building that once camera and an iPod from the or IBS, you know the symptoms . . . . • Low or no down The “I love the smell of housed a porno studio. would-be portraitist. fecal coliform in the morn- The “Merchant of the The “What rhymes with payment options ing” Award: Mega-star Heath year” award: If you’re going kidney?” award: Brooklyn Abdominal Pain, Bloating, Constipation Ledger (“Brokeback Moun- to own your own business, poet laureate Ken Siegelman ... and you know they’re real. • Post-bankruptcy & tain”) and girlfriend Michelle you’re going to fight for every pulled an entirely different set Williams (aka “Dawson’s Creek penny. 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BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television Smart Mom Produces SmartKids on BCAT By Anne Louise Urda

or Felice McGhie, a life-long Brooklyn native, Fhosting her own show on Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT) is already a dream come true. But what makes doing it even better? She gets to share Felice McGhie’s own children screen time with an adorable co-host: her eleven-year old are among the smart kids son, Travis. featured on her weekly show. The popular show, entitled SmartKids, would come up to me and want to be on After the whirlwind nature of her began three years ago as a monthly the show,” says McGhie. twenties, McGhie, one of seven children program but recently moved to a weekly The 43-year-old welcomes the atten- herself, has now settled comfortably into Saturday morning time slot. “I might as tion, and the willing guests. Whether family life, raising her three kids in a well put a bed in that studio,” laughs conversing with a civil court judge or three-family house she shares with her McGhie. listening to a ten-year-old rapper per- two sisters and all of their children. But McGhie first became inspired to do form, McGhie hopes people watching don’t think she’s slowed down too much. her show after working with many indi- at home will learn something. “I want In addition to taking the BCAT viduals at BCAT on their own programs. people to say ‘I didn’t know this’ or ‘I classes, McGhie received her A+ “I worked with a variety of producers,” did not know that’,” she says. Although Certification in computer service recalls McGhie, as she expresses grati- the format constantly changes and each technology from State University of tude to the numerous BCAT-trained show features something different, New York/Brooklyn Educational Op- community producers like Bernice there are a few things that never portunity Center (SUNY-BEOC), after Brooks, Julian Hill, and Ruperto Davis, change. “I always open the show with completing an 18-month program. “You among others, who helped her along the music,” she says, pointing to how have to keep up. We live in a fast-paced way. “The studio has a very pleasant she recently discovered that Ellen society,” she says, of the valuable com- feeling. I learned so much being in the DeGeneres begins her morning talk puter training she received. control room, directing work, and it show the same way. McGhie believes that BCAT helps to inspired me,” says McGhie. For McGhie, her love of interviewing an this important mission. “You have so After working on other people’s shows people began at an early age. “I have many different groups and nationalities for awhile, though, McGhie decided been doing this since I was a kid,” she here. It’s educational. [BCAT] gives that it was time to start her own says, remembering how she would often people the opportunity to come in there program. She looked no further than her go visit her uncle at his record store in and produce their own shows, and I’m own two sons and daughter for the Harlem and talk to the people who one of them,” she says. Give the gift of sports premise. “I thought, what am I going to would come into the shop. In college, As she recounts a makeover show she do with these kids?” remembers McGhie studied nursing and later just completed, and how gorgeous her McGhie, as she looked for a fun and worked for several years at a home for friend Rose looked afterwards, it is hard educational activity in which they could the elderly. During this time, she not to think of that other famous lady of Holiday Membership participate. The answer was to start the realized how important it was to try to talk: Oprah Winfrey. McGhie laughs off 4 weeks at only $25 per week talk show, SmartKids, and showcase fulfill one’s dreams, recalling how some the comparison. “I think there are a lot Membership term from date of joining through January 31, 2006. Dues for full term of membership paid in advance. them, along with other kids, on the patients had planned trips that they of Oprahs at BCAT since before I got Offer expires January 10, 2006. program. never got to take. “I didn’t want to say, I there. I admire her, though: she could For its debut, SmartKids featured a wish I could’ve, should’ve – I’m going to have quit… If somebody wants to put reading of the classic children’s book, go do that,” she says. me in that category, I’d be blessed.” Green Eggs and Ham. In the next taping, In her twenties, she pursued dancing Move over, Ms. Winfrey. Ms. Felice McGhie tackled the subject of children and modeling, which allowed her to McGhie is on her way. with disabilities, and for her third show, travel around the world. But no matter –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– welcomed a group of nine-year-olds, one where she went, (even Jamaica, her SmartKids can be seen on of whom recited a speech from Dr. favorite hotspot) she always found her Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the next way back to New York. “I have always BCAT on Saturdays at 10am on few months, she hosted dancers, lived in Brooklyn. 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Well, again beating out Queens Beep Helen (and Brooklyn Demo- ough presidents, five district state Sen. Marty Golden Marshall for the honors. cratic Party boss) Clarence Vornado attorneys and a public advo- proved he was no fan of Norman (D-Crown Heights) was found guilty Vortex Heater cate (who does what, exact- Howard Stern when he July of violating election law and falsifying busi- $99.99 Bows, Lights, & More! ly?), it’s not always so easy for protested the Showtime series Lrg Ofc, Riv Vu: The United Nations ness records. Two months later, Norman was a local pol to get noticed. “The L-Word” after its announced that it will convicted again on similar But boy oh boy did our posters appeared in bus shel- need temporary office charges. The verdicts came as elected officials try! Here’s ters and subway billboards. space during its up- part of a wide-ranging inves- how our favorite sons and The ad (at left) depicted coming renovation — tigation into whether Norman daughters got their name in naked women snuggling. so who else but our and his cronies sold judge- The Brooklyn Papers this year: Golden said he objected to the own Borough Presi- ships. The crime wasn’t that supposed lewdness, but based dent went straight to they sold judgeships though, February on his interview with The Turtle Bay to lobby but that they charged retail! We AppreciateYour Business! Who IS da Boss?: Borough Papers, it might have been Kofi Annan personal- • • • President Markowitz opened construed that he was simply ly? 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Republican mayor was re-elected by a historic • • • Markowitz dived into a national controversy • • • margin over Fernando Ferrer. The mayor later Ooh, that smell: State Senator Marty over gay marriage by coming out in support of God’s parking lot: The City Council did repaid Markowitz for his endorsement by There’s nothing quite like giving the Golden (R-Bay Ridge) fumed over a Prospect same-sex unions — although he can’t actually away with traffic meter enforcement on choosing Brooklyn as his home base during Heights man’s children’s book which Golden do anything about it: the city clerk Sundays, arguing that people should not the three-day transit strike. The mayor even believed promoted marijuana use. The book, refused to issue marriage licenses to have to pay to pray. Mayor Bloomberg had breakfast at Markowitz’s favorite joint, “It’s Just a Plant,” focuses on a young girl who gay couples and courts said there’s vetoed the Vincent Gentile-backed Junior’s, but skipped the famous cheesecake in PERFECT GIFT! walks in on her parents as they’re sharing a not anything wrong with that. bill, calling it, “Another way of deference to Markowitz’s diet. joint. The experience sends her on a journey • • • [councilmembers] trying to get their Alba Botanica where she meets a farmer who grows his own Any way they slice it: A names in the paper in an election weed. In the end, she vows to fight for “fair” Bay Ridge political club, year.” The Council over-rode the Organic Bath & Body marijuana laws when she grows up (stunted, if Brooklyn Democrats for veto in October. The new law led Gift Set you can believe the marijuana opponents). 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Kings County Ambulatory Medicine at the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Brooklyn 8.5-acres train yard air rights. 313 - 43rd Street at 3rd Ave., Sunset Park • • • Now you tell us?: A week after Ratner The year of living Ratnerly secures his deal with the MTA, Borough (800) 971-6019 President Markowitz makes his first public Hagan told Ratner’s unsuspecting pollster. headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn could be request that Ratner downsize his mega-project. (718) 369-1900 By Gersh Kuntzman heard all the way to Bay Ridge. The Brooklyn Papers April October Near R, N & D trains and 35 & 37 buses Easy money: Developer Shaya Boymelgreen July Keep off!: The Papers reveals that a one-acre He doesn’t build amusement parks, but 2005 sold a building in the Atlantic Yards footprint to Not so fast, part II: The MTA tells Ratner park on the roof of the Gehry-designed arena was a roller-coaster ride for Bruce Ratner. Ratner for $44 million. Just eight months earli- that his $50-million bid for the rail yards is — which Ratner had once touted as “an excit- The Brooklyn-based developer, who built er, Boymelgreen paid $20 million for it. That’s not enough, even as the transit agency rejects ing ... new public space [for] passive recre- Metrotech and the Atlantic Center and Atlantic not a bad return on investment. Thanks, Bruce. a $150-million bid from a rival developer. ation and active public space for community Terminal malls, was in our pages seemingly • • • residents” — will actually be off limits to the every week, typically as the target of scorn by May Picture this: Ratner gives the New York public. So much for the promised skating rink LET GO opponents to his Atlantic Yards mega-project. Not so fast: The Metropolitan Transportation Times a sneak peak at Frank and hot chocolate. of your TOMACH But he also made news for his successes: Authority announces that it is seeking bidders Gehry’s design for the entire proj- • • • S obtaining the site from the MTA and making besides Ratner for the Atlantic Yards site. ect — but the reaction to the Buy me love: The Papers PROBLEMS deals with some community groups. Vegas-style skyscrapers and Nets- also reveals that Ratner Here’s how The Brooklyn Papers covered logo friezes (above) is so nega- gave $5 million to sup- the Year of Ratner. tive that he eventually orders his posed “community group” Are you a woman “starchitect” back to his drafting Brooklyn United for experiencing any January table. Innovative Local Develop- 3 BR, TRN YRD VU: Ratner claims he will ment (BUILD). That kind of of these add 1,300 units of much-needed affordable and August money buys a lot of friends. symptoms? market-rate housing — and eliminated more Low “Standard”: A Park than 1.5 million square feet of less-needed Callan / Tom Slope movie company turns November office space — at his arena-residential-com- down a chance to be profiled Crackpot: Actress Rosie • Early fullness while eating mercial mega-project. in Ratner’s supposed com- Perez doesn’t do opponents of • Post-meal fullness March munity newspaper, “The the Ratner development any • Bloating Brooklyn Standard” (right) — favors by saying that the mega- Well, rec-u-u-u-se me!: Borough President and then publicly blasts the paper as project would create unfriendly

You may have a digestive condition Markowitz, a strong supporter of the project, Papers File The Brooklyn “designed for the sole purpose of promoting Manhattan-style neighborhoods. called DYSPEPESIA, which may occur suffers a political black eye when his [the] project.” The film company need not “When I lived in Manhattan, I knew the during or after eating. Our physicians appointee to the City Planning Commission — Sealed with a kiss: Ratner gets a big wet have worried; the Brooklyn Standard pub- crackhead on my corner better than my Brooklyn’s only voice on the panel — recuses one from activist Bertha Lewis (above) after lished just two issues in ’05. neighbors,” she said. Ratner spokespeople are conducting a research study for herself from review of the project. As The agreeing to set aside half of his 4,500 apart- immediately denied that 10 percent of their DYSPEPSIA with the investigational use Papers reported, Williams and her husband ment units to low-, moderate- and middle- September housing units had been set aside for crack- of an already approved medication and own a stake in the Nets, the very basketball income renters. For good measure, Lewis also Upping the ante: heads. invite you to take part. If you qualify team Ratner is hoping to move to a new arena kissed Mayor Bloomberg. Photographic evi- Ratner doubles his • • • you will receive all study examiniations in Brooklyn. dence makes it clear that the famed ladies man bid to $100 million He-a culpa: Frank Gehry and study medication. • • • Bloomberg enjoyed the kiss more. — which is still tells a group of architects that Dial O for Opinion: In a stunning gaffe, a less than half the his initial design for the For more information, Ratner pollster called notorious Atlantic Yards June $214-million value Atlantic Yards was “horri- please call: critic Patti Hagan for her opinion on the project Seizing the day: The Supreme Court rules of the development ble.” At the same meeting, he 718-349-3774 (he might as well have called President Bush that cities are allowed to seize privately owned rights, according to even posed for a photo with for his opinion of Jacques Chirac!). Luckily for property on behalf of private developers — a the MTA’s own rabid opponent Patti Hagan www.belly911.com us, Hagan had her tape recorder on. “I am broad expansion of the notion of eminent appraiser — and (left). Amazingly, Gehry still absolutely opposed to the whole damn thing!” domain. The cheering from Forest City Ratner wins control of the has a job. 4 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 December 31, 2005

THE YEAR2005 IN REVIEW Highlights from Keyspan PARENT By Ed Shakespeare for The Brooklyn Papers The story of the 2005 Brooklyn Cyclones was sometimes more promising off the field than on it. Sure, the Clones were in the Mango / Greg Diapering: The Final Frontier playoff race for most of the season, but they faded at the end. NE AFTERNOON not enue sidewalks, on brownstone Park Slope: the strollers blocking the was in or out-of-order. Yet off the field, 2005 saw long ago, Smartmom, her stoops, in the Third Street Playground, aisles at Key Food, the kids running “You’re not going to believe this,” numerous former Cyclones sister, Twin, and Twin’s 15- on the beach at Coney Island, in every wild at Blue Ribbon, the public Smartmom whispered to Twin. O “Maybe this is becoming THE place make good in the Bigs. month-old daughter, Ducky, were kind of public bathroom imaginable, breastfeeding at the Mojo Café. Most significant was first sitting in the window seat of Cocoa even on the Staten Island Ferry. It was hard enough not having her to diaper babies. They should put a

The Brooklyn Papers file The Brooklyn SMART baseman Mike Jacobs, who Bar, their favorite Seventh Avenue But enough of Smartmom’s glory own child, but to be surrounded by so fully-stocked changing table there joined the Mets in August and The Jackie Robinson and café — a perfect spot for sipping days of diapering. While Twin tried many people with children was down- complete with Huggies, Desitin, hit a homer in his first at-bat. Pee Wee Reese statue was lattes and dishing their friends and to hide Ducky’s bottom from public right annoying. But once Twin and her wipes, and Bag Balm.” Jacobs — who will be for- unveiled in November. neighbors (but never too loudly). viewing, Smarmom stood guard. mom husband adopted Ducky from Russia, HE SISTERS WATCHED, ever remembered at Keyspan Ducky had a dirty diaper and Ducky herself wasn’t real happy everything changed. fascinated, as Tall Nordic Park for driving in the win- arm earned him a “Statue of Twin was horrified to discover that about being changed in public and Three months into motherhood, Woman undressed her little ning run in the 10th inning of Twin is already becoming one of T Liberty Upraised Throwing the bar’s bathroom was out-of-order. she twisted and cried a bit. But it all Hamlet, cleaning his pink bottom the first Cyclones’ home game Arm” Clonie. So she did what any mother would went very quickly and cleanly: the those infant-obsessed Park Slope par- with a wipe, exchanging the dirty di- in 2001 — hit home runs in Infielder Ivan Naccarata be- do and pulled out her trusty diaper whole ordeal took less than two min- ents. Diapering a baby in a cafe. aper for a clean one, and quickly each of his next three games came the first player to hit three pad and changed Ducky on the utes. Imagine. putting the dirty diaper into her bag. for the Mets, becoming the home runs into the stiff ocean café’s window seat. Afterwards, Ducky went back to But just because she’d broken the Finally, she snapped her infant into first big leaguer to hit four breezes blowing over the right Any mother except Smartmom, sitting in her stroller, sucking on her last taboo didn’t mean that Twin his baby blue onesie. dingers in his first four games. field bleachers at Keyspan Park. apparently. Elmo sippy cup. Twin put the diaper wasn’t going to live her life. Last Very efficient. Quite discreet. No The Mets promptly traded To commemorate the 50th “Make sure you have everything in a plastic bag and took it out to the week, she, Smartmom and Ducky muss, no fuss. Jacobs at the end of the season. anniversary of the Brooklyn you need,” Smartmom whispered garbage pail on the corner of Third returned to the scene of the crime Smartmom and her sister had dif- Another member of the in- Dodgers’ 1955 World Series nervously. Didn’t Twin realize it Street and Seventh Avenue. When and stoped gossiping long enough to ferent reactions. augural Cyclones, Justin Huber, win, Keyspan Park hosted four broke all the rules to diaper a baby in she got back, she went into the out- notice a tall Nordic-looking woman “That wasn’t disgusting,” Smart- made his major league debut members of that team: pitchers a café of all places? But Twin was of-order bathroom and washed her come into the café, her small baby in mom said. “The diaper wasn’t even with Kansas City this season. Carl Erskine, Clem Labine and determined and she took out the a sling, and sit in the now-infamous that dirty,” Twin said. And four former Cyclones hands. Thoroughly. Ed Roebuck, and outfielder clean diaper, the wipes, and a plastic window seat. “It looked like the most natural are currently on the Mets’ 40- S PRESIDENT BUSH might George “Shotgun” Shuba. bag for the dirty diaper. Without any self-consciousness at thing in the world,” Smartmom man roster: pitchers Brian Ban- Smartmom knew from experience say, mission accomplished. all, she unbuttoned her shirt and re- added. “I bet SHE won’t be repri- nister and Matt Lindstrom, in- The 2005 season also fea- Smartmom and Twin were tured a metaphysical ceremony that diapering in public is the last A vealed her large lactating breasts for manded,” Twin added, with some fielder Aaron Baldiris, and already back to their lattes and gos- involving Archie “Moonlight” taboo. People are, on the whole, By Louise Crawford all to see. Tall Nordic Woman began bitterness. outfielder Angel Pagan. quite grossed out by it. So if you’re sip when one of the baristas walked to breastfeed without even bothering Smartmom didn’t think anyone On the field, the 2005 Cy- Graham, a 126-year-old former over. New York Giant outfielder fi- going to do it, do it faster than an to cover herself or the child. else saw. Besides, she imagined that if clones showed a lot of the same “I know you had to do it. But we ly, she knew it wasn’t the best idea nally getting his long-awaited Eastern Car Service cabby running a Smartmom (unlike Barbara Wal- anyone so much as began complain- grit once shown by those im- can’t allow you to do that here,” she to do it in the first place — but she’s at-bat. In real life, Graham (fa- red light on Sixth Avenue. ters, who expressed her disgust with ing, Tall Nordic Woman would’ve mortal Brooklynites. Managed said. new at this baby stuff. Nobody likes mously portrayed in “Field of If you’ve never diapered a baby, it breastfeeding on “The View”) found opened up a can of Grendel all over by Met legend (and Bill Buck- “Sorry,” said Twin. to watch a diaper-changing — even Dreams” by Burt Lancaster) may seem disgusting. But if you’ve Tall Nordic Woman’s lack of inhibi- the complainer. Smartmom was se- ner nemesis) Mookie Wilson, “She did it here because the bath- one at Olympic speed — but what’s made his big league debut at ever done it, you know that it’s not tion refreshing. She’s European. cretly hoping someone would say the Cyclones finished the sea- room was out-of-order,” Smartmom a mom to do? Brooklyn’s Washington Park really that bad. At the risk of sound- They’re so much more progressive something so she could hear Tall son at 40-36, in third place in chimed in, aware that she sounded a Yet even after being upbraided by late in the 1905 season. The ing like a Park Slope cliché—it’s about breastfeeding (and breasts, come Nordic Woman let her have it. the McNamara Division of the bit defensive. the counter-help, Twin was still smil- year ended before he got a sin- even kinda cute. God knows, it’s a to think of it) than Americans are. The sisters went back to sipping New York-Penn League. “I know. But for future reference, gle at-bat. many-times-daily fact-of-life with ing. And that smile said it all. Twin And then it happened. Tall Nordic their lattes. “Diapering a baby in a Although they missed the you can’t do it here. It’s against the Facing Cyclones’ pitching baby: it better be cute. became a mom just over three Woman began to diaper her infant café. Imagine,” Smartmom said playoffs, the Cyclones did have Smartmom should know. She dia- law AND it’s unhygienic. We could months ago after longing to be one on the window seat — no diaper aloud with fake incredulity. three players in the first NYPL coach Steve Merriman, Graham finally got his chance — but pered her babies (now 14 and 8) on get closed down for that,” she said. for years. Pre-baby, she was often pad, no nothing. And she didn’t even Check out Louise Crawford’s blog at All-Star Game, which was held airplanes, in Subarus, on Seventh Av- Twin apologized again. 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During the heist, one But unfortunately for a After the 42-year-old deliv- own. tims, still stocked with $1,813 Maybe his printer had run ery man made a brewski drop in cash. But the Lotto machine of the robbers stood guard. teenager, waiting on the cor- Police said thieves dumped dry at a critical moment. Or ner of Bay Parkway and near Sixth Avenue, at 5:50 is still at large. When the woman came to, maybe it was the high cost of an ATM at a Stillwell Avenue Cropsey Avenue on Dec. 21, a pm, a stranger shoved a gun in she walked home, and her the cartridges that motivated school after burglarizing a Granny beat robber got there first, accord- his back and demanded, “Give niece took her to Coney Island the thief. store on 20th Avenue, near A trio of thugs got radical Hospital, police said. ing to police. me your money.” 78th Street, on Dec. 20. on a woman’s head, bashing Police don’t know why the The thief reached into the man stole multiple ink car- Police said at 4:05 pm a Workers discovered the her with a skateboard during a Ride along stranger appeared and asked victim’s jacket, snatched the ATM in the schoolyard, near Dec. 21 robbery. A gun-wielding thug tridges from a Kings Highway wad of cash, and then ran down shop near Quentin Road on the 17-year old if he had any 82nd Street, around 10 pm Police said the thieves jumped into a delivery truck money. Without even waiting Sixth Avenue, police said. and called the cops. jumped the 61-year-old victim on Bay Parkway on Dec. 20 Dec. 20, but a security guard The delivery man described saw him stashing the comput- for an answer, the thug added, When they traced the ma- at the corner of 82nd Street and, within moments, robbed “Give me your cellphone or the robber as a black man, 6- chine back to the 20th Avenue and 19th Avenue, around 7 both the driver and his vehi- er accessories inside his shirt foot-1, wearing eyeglasses. around 7:30 pm. I’ll stuff you.” bodega, police discovered the pm. One robber smacked the cle, according to police. The victim turned over his His outfit that day consisted of locks snipped on the building woman on the skull with his After making a stop near This shoplifter was deter- a black baseball hat, blue mined. When the security guard mobile phone, and the mugger and a cleaned-out cash regis- board, knocking her out cold. the corner of 85th Street ran down Cropsey Avenue be- jeans and a black overcoat, acter inside. And in addition to As she lay unconscious on around 4:30 pm, the 20-year- tried to stop him near the store’s cording to police. exit, he became wild, flailing his fore the victim could get a the ATM, robbers had re- the pavement, the thieves old driver hopped back into good look at him, police said. moved a Lotto machine, a grabbed her purse, which held his truck and began to pull arms. He escalated to punches locked cabinet, plus an unde- an unknown amount of mon- away from the curb. That’s and bashed the guard across the Church theft LEGAL NOTICE termined number of telephone ey, her cellphone, address when the thief joined him, head, leaving him with a lump Bank robber Is nothing sacred anymore? leaping into the cab through on the noggin and a black eye, Someone snatched the Articles of Organization of Guardian Property police said. Management of Brooklyn, LLC. Under Section the unlocked passenger-side purse of a 78-year-old woman 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. FIRST: door, police said. Rush hour rob while she attended a Christ- The name of the limited liability company is Varilux Comfort Lenses with mas day service at a church on GUARDIAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF The surprise guest pulled The thieves didn’t take the on the lam BROOKLYN, LLC. SECOND: The county within out a black handgun and de- shirt off his back. They took the Eighth Avenue, police said. this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Kings. THIRD: The frame - $179. manded the driver’s money. jacket. And his cellphone, too. Police have released this surveillance photo in The victim said she left her secretary of state is designated as agent of the The victim turned over all he Police said a posse of four hopes of catching the man who robbed the Chase bank pew at 1:10 pm on Dec. 25 limited liability company upon whom process Call store for details. against it may be served. The post office address had — $8 — but it didn’t men surrounded a 14-year-old branch on Fifth Avenue near 75th Street on Dec. 19. and returned less then 10 min- within or without this state to which the secretary seem to be enough. Police at the corner of Quentin Road According to cops, the skinny Hispanic man, aged between utes later to find her bag miss- of state shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or Optical Circle, Inc. said the gunman also grabbed and West Ninth Street, at 6:15 22 and 25 and standing not more than 5-foot, 6-inches, en- ing. The tan leather purse con- her is Corporation Service Company, 80 State Use your the driver’s gold necklace and pm on Dec. 21. Two thugs tered the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money. tained $20, various credit and Street, Albany, New York 12207. FOURTH: The Frank R. Bacotti, LDO then pried the CD player loose The teller obliged, filling a bag with an undisclosed debit cards, her cellphone and name and street address within this state of the Flex $ here pushed him up against a wall registered agent of the limited liability company most union insurances accepted from the truck’s dashboard. while the other two stripped him amount of cash, and the man ran away. He was last seen car keys, police said. upon whom and at which process against the limited liability company can be served is The robber then leapt from of his red-and-white jacket and wearing a blue baseball cap, a dark jacket, blue jeans and Police have too many sus- Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, 7214 Third Avenue (718) 745-1588 the truck and ran off, heading snatched his cellphone. Then the sneakers. pects: some 400 people Albany, New York 12207. FIFTH: The limited lia- south on Bay Parkway, police robbers — described as three Police have asked anyone with information to call the packed the church, near Sixth bility company is to be managed by 1 or more M, T, Fr: 10am-6pm; Th: 10am-7pm; Sat: 10am-4pm • members. Joanne A. Burkhartt, Organizer. said. Asians and one white man, all anonymous hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. Street, for the holiday service. BR48-02

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ART Celeb portraits For glimpses of the private and public lives of New York City celebrities, “Celebrity Moments: The Work of Daily News Photographer Richard Corkery,” promises a gallery full of 30 atypical color and black- and-white portraits. Curated by the Daily News’ Thomas Monas- ter, the exhibition — on display at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University beginning Thursday — features shots that Corkery has snapped for the tabloid over the last 25 years. Among the boldface names that the Bronx native will display are those (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings December 31, 2005 of presidents (Ronald Reagan, backstage at the “Will Rogers Follies”), musicians (Madonna, above), actors (Johnny Depp, sharing a cocktail with Kate Moss) and many more. “Celebrity Moments” is on display from Jan. 4-27 at the Humanities Building Gallery in Long Island University, at the junction of Flatbush Av- enue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Down- town Brooklyn. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 6 pm and weekends from 11 am to 5 pm. For information, call (718) 488-1198. — Lisa J. Curtis

THEATER Dive ‘Bar’ Galapagos Art Space launches its new theater series, “Evolve,” on Jan. 6 with Clay McLeod Chap- man’s “Bar Flies.” Curated by Artistic Director Travis Chamberlain, the series will feature a different show each month. Chapman’s “Bar Flies” stars the play-

John Tramper wright — plus actors Karl Allen, Hanna Cheek, Dave Gueriera and Sean Twomey — settled amongst the patrons in Gala- pagos’s back room. The five stories relat- Not so ed by the actors will mix with music from the band. Chapman (pictured) is perhaps best known as the creator of the “Pumpkin Pie Show,” which has been playing in New York and around the world for the past eight years. He is also the author of “Miss Cor- pus” (Hyperion). Future “Evolve” series pieces will include new works from Rachel Shukert (February); Kyle Jarrow sexy with performance artists Desiree Burch, Michael Cyril Creighton and Brian Mullin (April); and mo- nologist Mike Daisey (May). “Bar Flies” performances are Jan. 6, 13 and 27 Globe Theatre’s ‘Measure for at 8 pm. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Galapagos is located at 70 North Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. For information, Measure’ is light on lusty ladies, call (718) 782-5188 or visit the Web site at www.galapagosartspace.com. —Lisa J. Curtis generous with the comic vigor

By Drew Pisarra register as either real women or comic MUSIC John Tramper for The Brooklyn Papers mockeries. They’re well-behaved geldings in girlish gear — a strange conceit when Sexual politics: (Clockwise from top n outward show at least, Shakespeare’s you consider the script’s narrative thrust is left) Claudio (David Sturzaker) is taken Globe Theatre production of “Measure nothing if not hormonal. to jail for pre-marital sex; Duke Vincen- Variety show I for Measure” — which runs through Shakespeare’s tale starts with one novi- tio (Mark Rylance) attempts to save Sunday, Jan. 1 at St. Ann’s Warehouse in tiate, Isabella, finding her world upended Claudio with an outlandish plot; bawdy If you’re a musician — or music lover — who DUMBO — belies an ultra-traditional ap- when, on the eve of renouncing all earthly wishes there was more live footage of bands per- proach. pleasures for convent life, she’s called upon Mistress Overdone (Peter Shorey), who forming on television than the musical guest fea- Jennifer Tiramani’s stately costumes are to argue for her brother’s release from runs the local house of ill repute, stark- tured on “Saturday Night Live,” look no farther ornamented with ruff collars, lacey cuffs prison. (He’s been sentenced to die. The ly contrasts with the restrained ladies than Lee Chabowski’s “The What Goes On! and brocade capes; Claire van Kampen’s crime? Premarital intercourse.) The self- of the court, Mariana and Isabella. Show.” The Cobble Hill musician-director’s DVD courtly musical righteous judge, An- features surprisingly slick footage of 10 diverse arrangements are gelo, acting as surro- pressions of his own fears and desires. Taking New York acts — with six from Brooklyn — all played on 16th-cen- THEATER gate for the exiled his cue from the line “I love the people/But do uncut, with just enough tury instruments Duke, invites her to not like to stage me to their eyes,” Rylance’s camera angles to keep like hammer dul- Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of Lon- trade her virginity Duke is a self-conscious, if well-meaning, it interesting. don’s production of “Measure for Mea- cimer, bagpipe and sure” runs Monday through Saturday at for her brother’s ruler, an emotionally stunted middle-aged The bands are intro- recorder; and many 7:30 pm and Wednesday and Sunday at 2 freedom. Instead, monarch whose bungled phrasing and abrupt duced in skits filmed on of the all-male cast pm through Jan. 1 at St. Ann’s Warehouse with the help of the lapses into silence reflect a discomfort with location around the city. (38 Water St. between Main and Front are powdered to streets in DUMBO). Tickets are $60. For Duke, who’s dis- the emotional and sexual realms. A sub-sub- (One features a woman within an inch of tickets, call (718) 254-8779. For more infor- guised as a friar, she plot concerning a self-aggrandizing courtier hanging out her laun- their lives. mation, visit www.artsatstanns.org. sets up her persecu- named Lucio (Colin Hurley) who slanders dry; another, a person Yet on closer ex- tor to sleep with his the Duke when the latter’s incognito, and waiting on a subway amination, the sen- own former fiancée, slanders the alter ego when the Duke reap- platform.) sibility informing London’s lauded touring Mariana, who’s been pining for him for five pears, emerges as a significant narrative arc In addition to writ- production ends up infinitely more Victori- long years. that reflects the development of the Duke’s ing, directing and pro- an than Elizabethan as director Mark Ry- To strip these principal players of all car- self-confidence, a development that runs par- ducing the “What Goes lance has instructed his two primary cross- nal desire is to turn what is usually an im- allel to his evolving love for Isabella. On! Show,” Chabowski dressing actors to play the lead female passioned battle of the sexes into a coolly The success of this “Measure for Mea- also fronts the rock

characters as sexually repressed. conceived war of philosophies. Any trans- John Tramper sure,” and it’s a major one at that, is how band, New Delhi Mon- Dressed in corsets that stress their flat gression registers as conceptual; any stated the Duke’s final proposal of marriage to the key Man, which is featured on the DVD, too. chests (as well as the seams), these Ama- irrational longing, as a crafty political move. pan-Asian take on “Othello” in 2000 which sometime nun — which had formerly con- Chabowski told GO Brooklyn that he and wife zonian ingenues skirt cliched feminine wiles Liam Brennan’s Angelo isn’t lusting after turned the feud between Iago and the Moor signed the text to problem play status — no Margaret Pine Chabowski are at work on volume II and weaknesses by exhibiting a highly pro- Hogg’s Isabella. He’s challenging her reli- into a straightforward potboiler, this produc- longer comes out of nowhere. Instead, his of the Ed Sullivan-inspired musical-variety show. nounced reserve that suggests their brains as gious code. Mariana isn’t moonstruck by tion resurfaces as an Adlerian contest of proposal (which goes unanswered) comes “This is an ongoing project for us,” Chabowski well as their bodies have been restrained by her former betrothed. She’s seeking her wills with, this time, chastity instead of across as the natural expression of a man said of his directorial debut. “We are constantly the most stringent morality. Edward Hogg’s rightful husband. With Freudian overtones adultery, as the linchpin. who has finally gotten in touch with his looking for new bands.” Bands wishing to submit Isabella is all pinched voice and gently set securely on the back burner, this “Mea- Power is everything — even as rape is feelings. You only wish that the actions materials can e-mail [email protected]. prayerful hands (plus a single swoon), while sure for Measure” is short on heat. held at abeyance. And as the central conflict which have inspired him were as richly con- “The What Goes On! Show” is $19.95 and can be Michael Brown’s Mariana has a royal stiff- It’s akin to an “Othello” with an all-white between Angelo and Isabella is desexual- ceived. purchased through the www.whatgoesonshow.com ness that’s firm without being steely. cast or a “Richard III” with a matinee idol ized, a secondary element comes to the fore. As Mariana says, “They say the best men Web site or rented at local stores: Video Free Since neither performer camps or vamps dressed to the nines. Which is not to say it The Duke (played with comic brio by Ry- are molded out of faults/And, for the most, Brooklyn [244 Smith St. at DeGraw and Douglass outside the quietly quivering voices and can’t, or doesn’t, work but simply how lance himself) shifts from a benign puppet- become much more the better/For being a streets in Boerum Hill, (718) 855-6130] and Reel highly contained movements meant to con- strange it is to begin with. Similar to the Na- master to an insecure protagonist whose little bad.” The same could be said of Life South [1111 Eighth Ave. at 11th Street in Park vey courtly femininity, these roles never tional Asian American Theatre Company’s makeshift machinations are impromptu ex- Shakespeare revivals. Slope, (718) 965-9775]. — Lisa J. Curtis BRICK Happy Holidays! 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His dream was to drive his dad to the eatery, point to the “Anthony’s” sign, and say, “This is for you.” His father died three years before Buglione could make the dream a reality, but the place radiates family life: Sal D ¥ E ¥ L ¥ I ¥ C ¥ I ¥ O ¥ U ¥ S and his brother Frank greet guests and Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition his clan gathers in the dining room on / Jori Klein Sunday evenings to enjoy his mother, • Fast Free Delivery 162 Montague Street Lina’s, magnificent ragu. Brooklyn Heights • Open 7 Days a Week (718) 522-5565/66 Open since November, Anthony’s is fax (718) 522-1205 (24hr) doing a few things right. On a recent • Party Orders Welcome Mon - Thurs 11:30am - 10:00pm The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm Sunday evening after 8 pm, every table Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm was full and a group waited patiently at Let them eat pie: (At right) Anthony’s owner Sal Buglione serves a We Only Use Vegetable Oil the door. They come for the warmth of white pie and margherita pizza. (Above) The restaurant’s interior fea- Natural Cooking FREE $7.00 tures exposed brick walls and a brick oven. and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. the Buglione family members, who / Jori Klein welcome every customer with genuine delight. The patrons visit for the light, Any old sauce and cheese would be ferent meats that cook slowly in the vibrantly sauced southern Italian dishes helped enormously by such an ideal tomato sauce (Lina’s recipe includes comprised of the freshest ingredients. base, but Anthony’s sauce tastes vividly meatballs, pork ribs and “braciola”) Brooklyn Heights

(Frank makes the mozzarella.) And they of ripe tomatoes. Just enough milky, until they absorb the sweetness of the Papers The Brooklyn line up for the brick-oven pizza. creamy mozzarella is applied so it does- tomatoes and the meat becomes fall- And, oh what pies. The man shovel- n’t weigh down the works. Each pie is off-the-bone tender. The “braciola” add a soft glow to the room; a huge spoonful of winey, caramelized is PIG’N OUT! ing out some of the best pizza in Park strewn with slivers of fresh basil. It’s (beef rolled around a savory filling) is glass wall that faces Seventh Avenue onions that add sweetness. Slope is “pizzaio- delectable right rich and garlicky; the spare ribs moist; adds drama. As far as decoration Anthony’s serves two house-made lo” Bart Agozzino down to the bub- but the meatballs are too bread-y. goes, there isn’t much, but it hardly desserts that, like the rest of the menu, who earned his DINING bly, brittle collar of The sauce is poured over perfectly matters; with an ambience as cheerful are terrific examples of classics done 20% OFF pie-baking chops crust. “al dente” ziti. as Anthony’s, accessories are irrele- right. Cannoli can be a boring, leaden at the Trianon in Anthony’s (426A Seventh Ave. be- If you crave a Instead of a waiter standing over vant. dessert with a soggy shell and too ENTIRE MENU tween 14th and 15th streets in Park Monday-Friday: 11am to 4pm Naples. Agozzi- Slope) accepts American Express, Dis- white pie, Antho- your dish and grating fresh Parmesan, If you stick to the pizza and un- sweet, ricotta cheese filling. Here, the no’s father, Alfre- cover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: ny’s is the place a waitress plunks down a shaker. It’s complicated dishes like the ragu; shell is so thin, it’s nearly transparent $9-$16. The restaurant serves lunch 60 Henry St. do, built Antho- and dinner daily. Sunday brunch will to indulge that all part of Anthony’s “not fancy, just light, not too cheesy eggplant Parme- and crackling crisp. Its filling is (bet. Orange & Cranberry) Bklyn Hts ny’s gas-fired begin on New Year’s Day and will be yen. A bit of great food” ambience. san; and terrific, tender, garlicky creamy, lightly sweetened and studded brick oven. served from 11 am to 3 pm. For infor- freshly made ri- That casual, keep-it-simple attitude baked clams, you’ll be happy. with ground pistachio nuts. Tiramisu is (718) 522-5547 The combina- mation, call (718) 369-8315. cotta cheese tops applies to the restaurant’s decor as However I would skip the slightly another perennial that has been on fax (718) 522-4896 tion of the pie- the mozzarella well. Buglione (a co-owner of the overcooked scallops, paired with a menus far too long. Again, at Antho- Mon-Sat: 11am-11pm; Sun: 11am-9pm man and that for a simple look- Nick’s pizza chainlet in Queens) and mix of slivered carrots, asparagus and ny’s, it’s surprisingly good: the airy FREE DELIVERY to DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Metrotech oven make for an ethereal pizza. It’s not ing, yet richly flavored, treat. his partners in this venture — brother onions. Compared to the rest of the layers of cake soaked with espresso too big — about 10 inches — and sold A table of regulars who come on Frank Buglione, Joe Bosco and Louie meal, they were just okay. and mascarpone cheese are rich and whole; this isn’t a slice joint. The crust Sunday for Lina’s ragu, each planted a Pagano — did a gut renovation on the One dish that packed a wallop of pudding-like without being heavy. is gently sprinkled with Parmesan be- kiss on her cheek when she visited former Paradou space, including the flavor was the chicken with eggplant. By January, there will be a “cheap fore it’s baked, which adds a delectable their table. After tasting it, I could un- outdoor garden area. Inside, they Pieces of breast meat were flattened but good,” list of international wines, hint of salt to the dough. It emerges derstand their affection. Ragu is a tra- bricked the walls, lined the room with slightly and layered with an eggplant Buglione says. from the oven crisp, slightly chewy yet ditional Italian sauce made on Sundays wooden tables, placed a small bar in scallop. Before crowning the meat, Anthony may not have seen his GREEK SPECIALTIES delicate, with smoky char-spots along and usually served as a late afternoon the front and installed the brick oven the vegetable is baked with a thin lay- sons’ dream come true, but he’d be “Village Style Menu” its bottom. family meal. There’s a variety of dif- in the rear. Frosted white chandeliers er of Parmesan and topped with a proud of the place that bears his name. Fast Free OUTDOOR Delivery DINING Moon over Open Private 7 Days Party Manhattan A Week Room In Williamsburg, a performance- You can build a meal with small 6820 8th Avenue space-cum-eatery is as common as a plates of chef Fernando Echeverri’s Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. But hot and cold offerings such as the red (718) 748-5838 My Moon is more than brick walls Spanish peppers filled with rice, and cement floors. Opened in May by sausage, and manchego cheese in a Bener Bilgin, the vast 246-seat space green sauce or tuna tartar topped with functions as a gallery with works by beets and toasted almonds. local artists changing every six For hungrier appetites, there are weeks; a performance space with a entrees like the braised lamb served in different act each night, including a clay casserole with Swiss chard, Wednesday’s belly dancing with a figs, roasted shallots and vegetables. live band; and a restaurant with an As befits an art/performance/res- eclectic Turkish-Mediterranean menu. taurant space, the specialty cocktails est. 1953 It took over a year for Bilgin’s team outnumber the wines, three to one. to gut a factory boiler room and trans- My Moon (184 North 10th St. be- Restaurant & Pizzeria form it into the high-ceilinged, multi- tween Bedford and Driggs avenues) ★ Corporate & Private catering ★ windowed space with unusual booth accepts American Express, MasterCard NEW YEAR’S EVE – 4 Course Dinner seating: the former plant’s water tanks and Visa. 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ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents Room. 506 Sixth Ave. (718) 832- 5 pm. 310 Atlantic Ave. (718) rah lighting. Live band, hot latkes Shakespeare’s Globe Theater of 8227. 797-5600. Back by Popular Demand: and gifts for children. 6 pm. Grand London in “Measure for BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- MICRO MUSEUM: Composer Andy Army Plaza. (347) 885-6675. Free. Measure.” All male cast, period cert of works by Mozart, Bach, Cohen plays interactive musical FIREWORKS: 24th annual display in music and Elizabethan costumes. Debussy, Sagala and Balakirev. sculpture. $10 per adult pair, $5 THE Prospect Park. Best locations for $60. 2 pm and 7 pm. 38 Water $35, $25 students. 7:30 pm. per senior/ student pair. 2 pm viewing the fireworks include any- St. (718) 254-8779. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton and 4 pm. Also, Open Wall ANDREW where in Grand Army Plaza, SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents Street at the East River. (718) reception. 5 pm to 7 pm. 123 inside the park on the West “An Evening of the World’s Best 624-2083. Smith St. (718) 797-3116. GERARDI Drive, and along Prospect Park Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. West and nearby side streets. 225 Fourth Ave. www.brooklyn- BAND Just before midnight. Also, Deja lyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. FRI, JAN 6 SUN, JAN 8 Blu (10-piece big band) plays at HANUKKAH EVENT: A towering At the UnderWater Lounge 11 pm. www.prospectpark.org. menorah is lit in front of the state RECEPTION: Kentler International PERFORMANCE 10:00pm til 5:00am (music cover: $25) (718) 965-8999. Free. Supreme Court building. 5 pm. Drawing Space presents BARGEMUSIC: New Year’s Eve con- Court and Montague streets. “Drawings by Ernst Benkert.” 6 Gerald Newman BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- INLCUDED: Lite Buffet & cert featuring an all-Bach pro- Music and hot latkes. Free men- pm to 9 pm. 353 Van Brunt St. In the ‘Wild’: The Heights Players present “Ah, Wilder- cert includes works by Mozart, gram. $125. 7:30 pm. Fulton orahs and candles will be distrib- (718) 875-2098. Free. Kodaly and Brahms. $35, $25 ness!,” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 students. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry $3 Drink Specials (Kamikazees, Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street uted. (718) 596-4840. Free. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- at the East River. (718) 624-2083. MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand pm, from Jan. 6 through 22. Landing, Old Fulton Street at the Woo Woo’s and Miller Drafts) cert of works by Mozart, Bach, East River. (718) 624-2083. HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit Army Plaza. See Sat., Dec. 31. Debussy, Sagala and Balakirev. in front of the state Supreme $35, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Ful- HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilder- Court building. 6 pm. Music and ton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. OTHER ness!” 2 pm. See Sat., Jan. 7. Water Street Restaurant hot latkes. Free menorahs and MON, JAN 2 Street at the East River. (718) HAITIAN MUSIC: La Troupe Makan- candles will be distributed. Court 624-2083. dal presents “Carnival Dawn,” its FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn CHILDREN & the UnderWater Lounge and Montague streets. (718) 596- ICE SKATING: Prospect Park’s Woll- FIRST WEEKEND: hosted by Broo- closing performance of “Rising Museum hosts its monthly “First PUPPETWORKS: “Puss in Boots.” 4840. Free. man Rink is open. $5 admission, klyn Arts Exchange. 8 pm. See Sun: A Vodou Drama of Death Saturday.” Tonight’s program 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., For Reservations: (718) 625-9352 • www.waterstreetrestaurant.com PARTY: St. Finbar Center hosts a $3 children and seniors. $5 skate Sat., Jan. 7. and Rebirth.” $15, $10 students includes a performance by the Jan. 7. Brooklyn Ballet of traditional and 66 Water Street / DUMBO Brooklyn (just over the Brooklyn Bridge) party with a hot buffet. $37.50, rental. 8:30 am to 2 pm. Enter HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilder- and seniors, $5 children ages 12 contemporary ballet at 6 pm; OTHER $18 for children 12 and younger. park at junction of Ocean Avenue ness!” 8 pm. See Sat., Jan. 7. and younger. 8 pm. South 8 pm. Bath Avenue at Bay 20th and Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford band Musette Explosion performs ADOPTION: Singles who are con- Street. (718) 236-3312. St. (718) 953-6638. accordion music and American sidering adopting are invited to jazz from 6 pm to 7:30 pm; arts learn about the process. $15. PARTY: Hanukkah party hosted by SAT, JAN 7 HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Congregation B’nai Jacob. TUES, JAN 3 Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilder- and crafts from 6:30 pm to 8:30 Noon to 1:30 pm. Congregation Dancing, food, live entertainment ness!” $13, $10 seniors, students pm; tour of exhibit “Manu- Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place. for children and Jewish music from PARENTAL ANGER: Families First OUTDOORS AND TOURS and children. 8 pm. 26 Willow factured Landscapes: The Photo- (212) 558-9949. graphs of Edward Burtynsky” at 7 around the world. $5. 8 pm to 10 hosts a five-session workshop on TREE RECYCLING: Bring your holi- Place. (718) 237-2752. GALLERY TALK: Brooklyn Museum Domestic & Imported pm. 401 Ninth St. Additional “The Many Faces of Anger.” A day tree to Prospect Park and BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents a pm; The Brooklyn Philharmonic hosts a talk by curator Edward wines & Hanukkah party at 11 pm at 70 therapist explores parental anger turn it into mulch. Remove all night of improvisation with Big presents “Amadeus Live!” at 8:30 Bleiberg on the museum’s collec- Prospect Park West. Also, public and its impact on children. Learn decorations and enter park at Black Car, Arsenal and Improv pm; dance party from 9 pm to 11 tion of mosaics. $8, $4 students lighting of an ice menorah. Live how to recognize the triggers. $125, any entrance. Bring container to Centric Unit. $10. 9:45 pm. 227 pm with waltz music by the Vienna and seniors, free for children age liquors at music, hot latkes and warm drinks. $100 members. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. take mulch home. 10 am to 2 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. Festival Orchestra. Event runs 12 and younger. 2 pm. 200 11:45 pm. Prospect Park West and 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. pm. (718) 287-3400. Free. from 5 pm to 11 pm. 200 Eastern Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Third Street. (347) 885-6675. Free. CHILDREN Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Free. SUNDAY AT SUNNY’S: Reading by affordable WOOD CHIP GIVEAWAY: Brooklyn FUN RUN: Slope Sports and Botanic Garden and Green- PUPPETWORKS: presents a mari- JEWISH HISTORY: Union Temple several authors. $3. 3 pm. 253 Brooklyn’s Road Runners Club WEDS, JAN 4 Wood Cemetery host a Christ- onette performance of “Puss in offers a weekly course on Basic Conover St. (718) 625-8211. prices host a healthy way to ring in the mas tree recycling event. Bring Boots.” $8, $7 children. Recom- Judaism. Today: “Synagogue, SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum pres- new year. Start and finish line at TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP: Course is your tree and take-away mulch. mended for ages 4 and older. Prayer, Talmudic Judaism, The ents “An Evening of the World’s the Grand Army Plaza entrance on the topic of “Developing the 11 am to 3 pm. Fifth Avenue and 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Middle Ages.” 9 am to 10:15 Best Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to of Prospect Park. Post-race party ELA Standards Through the 25th Street. Call 311. Free. Ave. at Fourth Street. (718) 965- am. Light breakfast offered. 17 9 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. at Burrito Bar and Kitchen. $20 Creation of a Class Newspaper.” 3391. Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-7600. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) entry fee. 11:15 pm. Walkers wel- 3:30 pm to 6 pm. Register online at PERFORMANCE ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum Free. 857-4816. come. www.slopesports.com. www.nyaspdp.org. (718) 259-1645. invites kids, ages four and older, (718) 230-4686. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- MEETING: Sheepshead Bay/ Kings cert featuring a program of to look at art and have an arts (cor. of Nevins St.) XPO LODGE: Winter monthly host- Highway group of Democracy in Mozart, Kodaly and Brahms. $35, and crafts session. $8 adults, $4 Ace Liquors ed by The Expo at Gallerie. America meets. 7 pm. James $25 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton seniors, free for children under Music and dance. Call. 63 Pearl Madison High School. (718) 252- Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street age 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 455 Atlantic Ave. pm St. (718) 797-2557. LIST YOUR EVENT… , Sun 12-6 4270. at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. (718) 797-2558 0-midnite PUPPET SHOW: Talking Hands To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice , Fri-Sat 1 FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts h 10-9:30 Exchange presents its new per- Theater presents Rudyard Kip- or more. Send your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, N:Mon-T SUN, JAN 1 OPE THURS, JAN 5 formance and discussion series. ling’s “How the Elephant Got Its 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) Choreographers Alicia Diaz and Trunk.” $7, $5 children. Appro- New Year’s Day EXHIBIT: Gallery 440 hosts a recep- Marion Ramirez present “Mar priate for ages 2 to 7. Monster 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We BIRDING: Ring in the new year. 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Vince Anderson and his www.fivespotsoulfood.com. on the hook Barbes Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Restaurant Night of the Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Yah Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, “Back to 320 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street in Cookers www.stainbar.com. Slope, (718) 965-9177, Supreme & Brohemian, 9:30 pm, FREE; Fri- Brooklyn” with The Beat Miners, midnight, Boerum Hill, (718) 488-0777, Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm, FREE; Wed- boutique 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue www.barbesbrooklyn.com. days: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, $5; Mondays: Open turntables hosted by www.jolierestaurant.com. nesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wed- 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Rev. Vince Ander- Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Dec. 31: DJ Denmark spins at 10 pm, 7 pm hosted by singer-songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; 281 Van Brunt Street (bet. 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Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, DJ Tommy Talkz, 8 pm, dinner reservations, $59 (five-course prix Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Thursdays: Benecio and the Del Toros, 10 FREE, “Hot Damn Tuesdaze” (comedy Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, Open: Tuesdays - Saturdays • pm, $8; Sundays: Stephane Wrembel’s Hot fixe dinner), after 7 pm reservations, $69 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: End of Prohibition Club of New York, 9 pm, $8 suggested The Brooklyn night) with Dave Lester, 10 pm, FREE; Wed- five-course prix fixe dinner. 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Party, circa 1933 featuring swinging jazz [email protected] 718.852.1345 donation; Dec. 31: The Fourth Annual New nesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, Soul Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve party, 9 pm, $30 greats, prizes, ball dropping, New York Year’s Eve Balkan Bash with the Zagnut Lyceum F’Real, an R&B open mic for Soul Singers, 9 Laila Lounge (includes buffet and champagne toast). State sparkling wine toasts, and more, 8 Circus Orkestar, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 1: The pm, FREE; Thursdays: Large Professor pm, FREE. 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Blue Vipers, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 2: The Vel- presents “Timbuktu,” 10 pm, FREE; Dec. Northsix Park Slope, (718) 398-7301, Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, meers, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 3: Jenny Schein- 31: New Year’s Eve Bash with DJ Evil Dee, www.gowanus.com. www.lailalounge.com. 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Tea Lounge man, 7 pm, FREE; Jan. 4: Transit, 8 pm, $8, Time TBD, $TBD. Dec. 31: New Year’s Ball, “Body Temple,” Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Ralph Alessi/Tim Berne/Shane Endsley, 10 Sundays: Concrescence Sessions featuring features DJs Fabian Alsultany and Derek www.northsix.com. Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealounge- pm, $8; Jan. 5: Orrin Star & the Sultans of a rotating cast of musicians and visualists, 9 Beres, $35 in advance, $45 at the door Frank’s Lounge pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Madness Dec. 31: They Might be Giants, 11 pm, $20 ny.com. String, 8 pm, $10, Rachelle Garniez, 10 pm, (includes body artists, sensual foods and 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; (SOLD OUT); Jan. 2: (Downstairs) New FREE; Jan. 6: Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed & Jan. 5: Frank Locrasto & Tommy Crane elixirs). Fort Greene, (718) 625-9339, Tuesdays: Fruity Loops (Gay Night), 10 pm, Electric, Sparrows, Swarm and Sing!, Planar, Anthony Burr Clarinet Trio, 7 pm, FREE, Duo, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 6: Dan www.frankscocktaillounge.com. FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Show- 8 pm, $8; Jan. 6: The Radicts, Awkward Brantigan Quartet, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. 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Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer FREE; Tuesdays: Beer Pong, 9 pm, FREE; 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in pm, $25 (includes a complimentary cham- Saturdays: (Main floor) DJs Daryl Raymond Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Belly Wednesdays: Trivia Night, 9 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, THE BACK ROOM BEGINS & BK Brewster, 10 pm, $TBD; Tuesdays: pagne toast at midnight). dancer Marta, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: $55 Thursdays: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 9 pm, www.thetrashbar.com. (Downstairs) Trivia Night with Sancho, 7 prix fixe dinner with 2-hour open bar, seat- FREE; Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Trash presents “New Year’s F***in’ pm, FREE, (Upstairs) After work party with Galapagos ing begins at 8 pm. Dec. 31: Peggy O’Neill’s New Year’s Eve Eve!!!” with The Genders, 9 pm, The Choke, rotating DJs, 5 pm, $5, FREE after mid- 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Party, 10 pm, FREE. 10 pm, The Everyothers, 11 pm, The Sex night; Wednesdays: (Downstairs) “I’m Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Liberty Heights 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Slaves, 12:05 am, $8 (includes champagne Okay, You’re Okay - Kara-Okay,” 9 pm, www.galapagosartspace.com. Coney Island, (718) 449-3200, toast); Jan. 4: Quitter, 9 pm, Splitsense, 10 FREE to watch, $5 all you can sing, (Up- Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, Tap Room www.peggyoneillsci.com. pm, $6; Jan. 5: The Corduroys, 8 pm, stairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for dirty boys FREE; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Saturdays: DJ Joey, 11 pm, FREE. Department of Buildings, 9 pm, The hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; Thursdays: pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Hook, (718) 246-8050, Distraction, 10 pm, Fuzebox, 11 pm, Pontius (Upstairs) Schoolhouse with DJ ’Lina & Celebration including “Faster Pussycat www.libertyheightstaproom.com. Pilate Sales Pitch, midnight, $6; Jan. 6: Gift Daryl Raymond, 9 pm, $TBD; Fridays: Pete’s Candy Drink Drink!” with The World Famous Bob, Thursdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. Giver, 8 pm, Federale, 9 pm, Grand Mal, 10 (Main floor) All-request after-work party New Year’s Eve Menu burlesque, and more, 8 pm, $25, The Late 31: “Kids and Family New Year’s Eve Bash” pm, The Shorebirds, 11 pm, $7. with DJ Lugnut, Cirrah with DJ Mark Store Night Amp-Up, 1 am, $10; Jan. 2: SMUT, 8 with Cool & Unusual Punishment, Chris $65 James, and rotating go-go with Maine & Cori, 8 pm, $15 children, $25 adults 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in pm, Amateur Burlesque, 10 pm, FREE; Two Boots GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE Sarah and Cinnamon & Keisha, 10 pm, $5; (includes buffet, open bar, champagne Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Jan. 3: (Backroom) Variety Shac, 8 pm, www.petescandystore.com. and an oyster with Dec. 31: 11th Annual Fur Ball with live DJs toast at midnight). Brooklyn white truffle mignonette and go-go stars, Time TBD, $10 in Brooklyn Comedy Company, 10 pm, FREE, Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; (Front room) Hungry March Band, 10 pm, Dec. 31: Milton’s New Year’s Band, 10 pm, 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in FIRST COURSE advance, $8 before 10 pm, $20 after 10 Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.two- pm; Jan. 1: Mad Hatter Tea Dance with $TBD; Jan. 5: Creative Collective, 8 pm, The Lucky Cat FREE; Jan. 1: Tam-Lin, 9:30 pm, Yoav Erez, Duck Rillettes bootsbrooklyn.com. superstar DJ Bill Coleman, 4 pm, FREE, $7; Jan. 6: The Handsome Public Rogue- 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 2: Van Hanos, 8 pm, Carpaccio of Diver Scallop Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Dance Party with New Year’s Day Party with DJ Ken Terry Pop Video Meltdown, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 7: Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Hotel Brotherhood, 9 pm, Liz Moore, 10 Asparagus Milanese The Hot-Button All-Stars “classic rockin’ Puree of Butternut Squash Soup and DJ Calvin Smith, midnight, $5 before 1 “Open Wide,” The First Annual Galapagos www.theluckycat.com. pm, The Big Huge, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 3: R&B,” 10 pm, FREE (includes champagne Frisee Salad am, $10 after 1 am. Staff Show Off Festival, 7 pm, FREE. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and Furious Billy, 9 pm, Brownbird Rudy Relic, toast), reservations recommended; Jan. 6: INTERMEZZO keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 10 pm, I’ll be John Brown, 11 pm, FREE; Jezebel Music Open Mic Night hosted by Jan. 4: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Basement The Voodoobillies, 10 pm, FREE. Green Apple Sorbet Grand Prospect Chocolate Claire Bowman, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Band, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 5: Adrienne MAIN COURSE Monkey Hall Hex! with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Nightengale, 10 pm, The Batterie, 11 pm, 200 Fifth Spicy Cumin Crusted Yellowfin Tuna 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in 263 Prospect Ave. at Fifth Avenue in Bizarre New Year’s Eve party with New FREE; Jan. 6: Lianne Smith, 9 pm, Welcome 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park Slow Roasted Salmon Park Slope, (718) 789-7896. Park Slope, (718) 788-0400, Professionals, The Divide, live DJs, go-go Wagon and Friends, 10 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 638-2925. Tournedo of Beef dancers, and more, Time TBD, $TBD; Jan. Saturdays: Express aka open mic poetry www.grandprospecthall.com. Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and Housemade Farfalle 4: Sten Hostfalt, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 5: talent showcase, 10 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Dec. 31: Dance troupe and light show, Puppet’s Jazz hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; CHEESE INTERMEZZO “Brooklyn Rocks!” with Gonna Get Got, 8 After-Party with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning international buffet, noisemakers, hats, Fridays: Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa pm, Shanananananananakneezkneez, 9 pm, Stilton with port wine poached pears house, classics and rare grooves, 12:30 Bar band and DJs Blazer One and Big Will spin- party favors, 9 pm, $175. Crashbox, 10 pm, Kickstart, 11 pm, $8; Jan. DESSERT am, FREE; Sundays: “Alternative Life 294 Fifth Ave. at Second Street in Park ning salsa, reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies 6: Primordial Ooze with Dante, 9 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 499-2627, $5, men $10. 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Magnetic Field Party, 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke, welcome Simon Glenn, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Comedy night, 8 who comes to us from ten The Hook 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in pm, FREE. Zebulon Club Exit Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, years in New Orleans, 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan www.magneticbrooklyn.com. as our new chef. Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, Ripple Bar in Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm, www.thehookmusic.com. 769 Washington Ave. at Sterling Place in www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Baskets www.club-exit.com. FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve for the Rest Dec. 31: Matinee Punk Show with Leftover Restaurant • Bar • Jazz • Performance Crown Heights, (917) 657-3468, Dec. 31: Bonga, 10 pm, FREE. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT New Year’s wishes We don’t make resolutions Here’s hoping disgraced getting her bag searched by a use to parents of pre-school- because they’re cliche, they’re former Assemblyman Clar- cop because her number aged children. didactic, and, let’s face it, ence Norman gets slapped came up at random. Here’s hoping the Cyclones they’re too difficult to actually with the maximum sentence Here’s hoping we don’t get win it all this season — and accomplish anyway. for violating election laws so a really big snowstorm this that the Mets don’t trade away Instead, we’d like to offer that no other pols think winter (here’s hoping we all the best players for aging these New Year wishes for all they’re above the law. actually do!). sluggers of dubious worth. our readers in hopes of a ful- Here’s hoping Brooklyn Here’s hoping the mayor Here’s hoping that Dom- filling 2006: developers start hiring better sleeps a few more nights in enico DeMarco of DiFara Here’s hoping your F-train architects so the newly Brooklyn this year, even if Pizzeria in Midwood keeps doesn’t go express without upzoned Fourth Avenue does- there’s no transit strike. churning out his ethereal pies explanation or your R-train n’t become 40 blocks of Here’s hoping the Brook- — one at a time — for doesn’t run in two segments “Fedders Houses.” lyn Public Library can ex- decades to come. when you’re just trying to get Here’s hoping you aren’t pand its hours so that branch- And finally, here’s hoping home to Bay Ridge after mid- stuck at the turnstiles behind es can be open every morn- you — and all of our readers night. an 80-year-old granny who’s ing, when they are of most — have a great year.

TO THE EDITOR Cristian Fleming You’re right: Roger Green is REALLY corrupt To the editor: ning after the Assemblyman’s con- more passengers than trains enter- squander the value of its real estate ing the war in Iraq is not winnable, women who deserve some sort of Your recent editorial about As- viction in 2004. ing Manhattan. Inbound riders from for less than optimal yields (“No I’ve waited to see exactly how response from Mr. Gentile regard- semblymember Roger Green (“No This cynical backroom maneuver Brooklyn will double as Downtown angels in strike, Dec. 24). In addi- Gersh a ‘moron’? many members of his own party ing his party chairman’s outlandish votes for a thief,” Dec. 17) omitted says far more about Green’s funda- destinations increase over the next tion, the “holiday gift” to transit To the editor: would actually have the guts to toss remarks. one relevant part of Green’s trou- mental corruption than does his ac- 20 years. users in the form of subway and bus Your reporter, Gersh Kuntzman, aside partisan politics and denounce They deserve to hear Mr. Gentile bling record. tual conviction. It is the MTA board that chose fare bonuses is an extremely poor is a damn fool. His column (“Real his bile. admonish, in no uncertain terms, New Yorkers love the strike,” Dec. You noted that after his convic- Danae Oratowski, Prospect Heights Forest City Ratner’s lower bid to strategy, particularly when a union Fortunately, many have. For the Howard Dean and his defeatist rhet- tion on larceny charges, Green was develop Atlantic Yards with more contract must be renegotiated. One 24) showed a complete disregard head of a national party to make for working people in this city, who oric. re-elected, a re-election that “speaks than twice the density and resulting wonders about the common sense such patently false assertions — Nets train fears were forced to walk for miles in the Yet Mr. Gentile chooses to send a more to the power of incumbency traffic and transit burden. The same that should prevail. particularly when so many of our To the editor cold. profoundly negative message to our and the lack of talent on the scan- political forces behind that deal Former parks commissioner fellow Americans are serving in military personal, both active and dal-tarred Democratic bench.” The headline, “MTA strands fans; must now make sure the MTA par- I’ve lived in New York my harm’s way precisely to defend his No new trains after Nets games” Henry Stern has pointed out in his whole life and I did not love the retired, by saying nothing. As a local activist, I say the De- ticipates fully in the Environmental New York Civic e-newsletter that right to be an ass — is unaccept- mocratic bench does have its own (Dec. 17), may be a false alarm — strike. I hated it. Gersh Kuntzman able. Indeed, military families — and Impact Statement and demonstrates the transit personnel working un- indeed all families — in Mr. Gen- all-stars. In fact, I supported chal- or a justifiable call to arms. We how it will provide sufficient serv- must be some kind of damn moron. That is why I am wondering derground are not exploited and re- tile’s district have every right to lenger Hakeem Jeffries, a talented won’t know unless the MTA makes ice to ensure that Atlantic Yards Delores LeGrand, address withheld where Brooklyn City Councilman munerated for a pittance like South know whether he condemns Dean’s attorney untouched by scandal. His its transit demand model openly doesn’t undermine the growth of all Editor’s note: Readers should not infer Vincent Gentile has been on this strong challenges to Green in 2000 available to assess the impact of At- African mine workers are. There that The Brooklyn Papers shares the matter. demonstrably anti-military fodder. Downtown Brooklyn and erode our are millions of people who would and 2002 illustrate the weakness of lantic Yards along with the other 30 quality of life. opinion of Ms. LeGrand simply because The silence coming from his of- Does Mr. Gentile not realize how lick the fingers of both hands if they this letter was printed. Then again, we many Brooklynites are right now the 25-year incumbent’s support million square feet of development Carolyn S. Konheim, Cobble Hill fice is deafening. Surely, Mr. Gen- already approved for the Downtown were offered the salaries, benefits could have easily not printed it. serving in the armed forces? within the community. The writer is on the board of directors of tile has an opinion on the chairman More important, Green abused Brooklyn area. and job security of TWU local of his own party, who said that “the What say you, Mr. Gentile? Community Consulting Services, a local members. the “power of incumbency” in a re- Preliminary modeling shows the transportation analysis firm idea that we’re going to win this Brooklyn is waiting. pellent way that undermined basic chokepoint is not on trains heading It would be interesting to know What’s Vin think? war is … just plain wrong.” Andrew Roman, Gerritsen Beach democracy: in 2002, he gerryman- towards Manhattan in the morning how many of those who have sup- To the editor: Fort Hamilton, the only active Editor’s note: The writer is secretary of dered his own district lines so that rush (as crowded as they are). The Penny foolish ported the union’s demands will Ever since Democratic Party military installation in New York the Brooklyn Young Republican club. The Jeffries’s home would be just one greater strain is on westbound trains To the editor: continue to do so when the next Chairman Howlin’ Howard Dean City, and the VAHospital, are both Brooklyn Papers offered Gentile a chance block outside the 57th AD — es- coming into Downtown Brooklyn, Your recent editorial correctly fare increase goes into effect. firmly reinserted his busy foot into in Mr. Gentile’s district. to respond, but the Councilmember de- sentially barring Jeffries from run- which currently handle 15 percent highlighted the MTA’s readiness to Ursula Hahn, Brooklyn Heights that ever-lethal mouth of his by say- There are many serviceman and clined.

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NLY IN BROOKLYN could the borough’s “larg- has been here longer. smaller menorah and a est public menorah” actually be three feet short- PARK SLOPE MENORAH BROOKLYN HEIGHTS MENORAH The battle bursts into the smaller crowd. Rabbi Hecht O er than another menorah a few miles away. open when you actually at- was there, and so was City And only in Brooklyn could the taller menorah bill itself as tend the two menorah-light- Councilmember Tish James. “Brooklyn’s ing ceremonies, as this So much for star power. official meno- latke-loving columnist did A Con-Ed worker who rah” — even Tuesday. assists both groups gave me THE BROOKLYN TALE The Brooklyn Heights an independent assessment. though there menorah is lighted first — “The menorah Downtown is no “official” By Gersh religious any- Kuntzman and what a scene! Jewish is bigger, but this is a much ANGLE OF THE men danced the hora. Chil- better scene,” he said. thing, thanks to the First dren passed out potato pan- “You should see it when Amendment. rah,” which has stood for a cakes. Schumer is here. The people And only in Brooklyn decade or so in front of the And in an effort to attract go wild.” would the Borough President state Supreme Court building a younger crowd, Raskin The senator’s magnetism split his time between the near Borough Hall. It’s oper- (once famously photograp- notwithstanding, I found that two menorahs, just so no one ated by Rabbi Aaron Raskin TAPE hed atop a Harley-Davidson hard to believe. chopper, even though he I call Markowitz for some gets offended. of Congregation B’nai Avra- Rabbi Shimon Hecht ORGANIZER Rabbi Aaron Raskin Yes, folks, Brooklyn’s an- ham of Brookyn Heights. does not ride) even held the wisdom of Solomon, but the first-ever latke-eating con- Beep claimed to be neutral in nual “Menorah War” has Oh, and to make matters Park Slope/Prospect Heights BASE OF OPERATIONS Brooklyn Heights heated up again, pitting a more interesting, Raskin’s test, featuring athletes from the Battle of the Brooklyn the International Federation Menorahs. Jewish congregation in Park menorah is named after Ja- 22 feet SIZE CLAIM 25 feet of Competitive Eating. But then, Markowitz rush- Slope against its rival in cob J. Hecht, a prominent 20 YEARS ON DISPLAY 10 And for star power, ed off to a ceremony at yet Brooklyn Heights — all rabbi whose son is Shimon Raskin can’t be beat. On another menorah, this one at amid the backdrop of a Hecht! Raskin is Jacob J. “Brooklyn’s largest public menorah” BILLED AS “Brooklyn’s official menorah” Tuesday, he not only had the southwestern corner of Hanukkah celebration that Hecht’s grandson, making Borough President Marko- Prospect Park in Windsor commemorates an ancient him Shimon Hecht’s nephew. Tish James STAR POWER Marty Markowitz and Turkey’s consul general witz, but the Consul General Terrace. miracle. (Paging Dr. Freud!) of Turkey, who became the It was installed by Rabbi The only miracle will be if This is the most-heated un- 150 ATTENDEES 200 first Muslim leader to light a Shmuel Butman, who’s also everyone is still on speaking cle/nephew competition since Brooklyn menorah. responsible for the menorah terms after the holiday. Titus and Claudius (if you Kids get a free Hanukkah toy EXTRAS Latke-eating contest featuring Raskin even gave a nifty on Fifth Avenue and Central In this corner, topping out trade the togas for tefillin). top athletes from the International sermon that used the Hanuk- Park South in Manhattan — at 22 feet, is “Brooklyn’s “We’re the official meno- Federation of Competitive eating; kah lights as a metaphor for the one that bills itself as the largest public menorah,” in- rah,” said Raskin’s associate, hip-hopping Hasidim Mankind’s obligation to light “world’s largest.” stalled for 20 years in Grand Rabbi Simcha Weinstein. up the world. “You gotta get down here!” Army Plaza by Rabbi Shi- “We’re the menorah that Mar- Fair: Genuine potato taste, LATKE QUALITY Poor: Warm, but spongy. I’m not much of a reli- Markowitz said. “This thing mon Hecht of Chabad of ty Markowitz uses in official but a bit cold gious man — the only time I is 31-feet tall. Rabbi Butman Park Slope and Prospect photos. Perhaps ‘official’ isn’t pray is when I’ve got money affirms that it’s the second Heights. the right word, but we’re “I haven’t seen this many double- OVERHEARD COMMENT “I haven’t seen this many men danc- riding on something — but largest menorah in the In the far corner, stretch- more official than they are.” parked minivans since the Prospect ing together since they legalized it was quite a show. world. Happy Hanukkah.” ing the tape at 25 feet, is For his part, Hecht merely Park soccer league championship.” same-sex marriage in San Francisco!” I rushed over to Grand Oy, vey, here we go “Brooklyn’s official meno- mumbled that his menorah Army Plaza, where I found a again.

BROOKLYN 2 heads ’a’ buttin’ BRIEFS The Brooklyn Papers She’s now asking the city Department of Opponents of Bruce Ratner’s arena-residential-com- Buildings to refuse to issue still-needed demo- mercial mega-development at the Atlantic Yards were lition permits. But the point may be moot: Ratner’s spokesman said the engineer’s report crying “foul” this week after the master builder moved has already been provided to “the relevant forward with preliminary demolition work on six buildings agencies,” who have been convinced that the within the project’s footprint. buildings are, indeed, falling apart. Ratner gave the New York Times an exclusive walking tour And the spokesman, Joe DePlasco, said What’d of the buildings earlier this month, and his spokesmen told the Paper James and other lawmakers “were invited to of Wreck-ord that the buildings were in imminent danger of collapse tour the structures with the licensed engineer who and, therefore, must be demolished. wrote the reports, but they said no.” Not so fast, cried City Councilmember Letitia James (D-Prospect DePlasco also pointed out that if the buildings Heights), who demanded that Ratner let her bring in an outside expert. were to collapse and injure someone, James contends that Ratner is legally allowed to tear down the buildings only if everyone would again be screaming for they are an immediate threat to public safety. the head of Bruce Ratner (right). you say? “We want to know what they are trying to hide by not letting us in,” said James (left). — Gersh Kuntzman

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Space Available call Chris Havens 718.222.2505 The bill, which passed last week by a barely veto-proof 35- Two Trees www.dumbo-newyork.com 11 vote, was pushed by Councilmember David Yassky (D- Brooklyn Heights). “Translation services for parents are essential in New York has a new captain City,” Yassky said. “How can a parent be involved in their [sic] 5+5 Gallery | MF Adams Gallery | Howard child’s education when they [sic] can’t understand what the Schickler Fine Art | Henry Gregg Gallery | teacher is sending home?” The Brooklyn Papers ence in the government and According to Yassky, 43 percent of public schools students The corporation that non-profit sectors, Andrew s.e.e.dgallery | Safe-T-Gallery | Wessel + (which amounts to half-a-million kids) speak a language at runs the Brooklyn Navy Kimball is the perfect fit to lead the Brooklyn Navy Yard O’Connor Fine Art | Underbridge Pictures | home other than English. Yard has a new president. The bill was noticeably vague on how much money it would forward,” Hizzoner said in a Nelson Hancock Gallery | Gloria Kennedy Gallery And here’s why you statement. take to translate all documents into more than a half-dozen lan- should care: guages — a point seized upon by the Department of Educa- “Andrew understands the tion. The new leader, Park Slop- importance of the industrial A DOE spokeswoman estimated that it would cost “tens of er Andrew Kimball, told The sector to the economic health DUMBO_come see what they see millions of dollars” to translate every document going from Brooklyn Papers that the Yard of the city, and I am confident every school to every non-English-speaking parent. is about to embark on a con- that he will build on the suc- The spokeswoman, Kelly Devers, said the DOE will spend struction boom to expand op- cesses the Navy Yard has $10.2 million to make sure a principal can get a translator on erations at the once-storied achieved over the past four the line at any time. ship-building center. years [and] create hundreds of Loose RELIGIOUS And, Devers added, the Yassky bill is beside the point be- Currently, more than 4,500 new jobs and open up more cause the City Council does not have jurisdiction over educa- people call the Brooklyn Navy commercial and industrial Dentures? 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A29-41 seams,” Kimball said. “We worked for the New York But the Yard’s location will As demonstrated by Dr. Tony on ABC News ‘Donut Man’ dead have no room to grow right Public Library, where he be its greatest selling point for and recently on Fox 5 News, this is a one-step, PARK SLOPE now.” helped raise $200 million to non-invasive procedure. No sutures, Associated Press future growth. Situated be- JEWISH CENTER Kimball said his goal would renovate 30 branches. tween DUMBO and the Will- nor the typical months of healing or pain 8th Avenue at 14th St. or discomfort. Competitive prices… Fri. nights 6:30 pm Brooklyn-born Michael Vale, best known for por- be to add one million square He also worked for the iamsburg/Greenpoint water- Sat. mornings 10 am traying sleepy-eyed Fred the Baker in Dunkin’ Donuts feet of industrial and manufac- New York State Economic front, the Yard is in a good Call today for your FREE consultation Adult Ed e Hebrew School commercials, has died at age 83. turing space to the existing 3.6 Development Corporation un- position to house small manu- Rabbi Carie Carter and receive 15% OFF any new Park Slope’s Egalitarian, Vale died last week of complications from diabetes, son-in million square feet. der Gov. Mario Cuomo. facturers — furniture makers, Dentures, Implants or MDI Conservative Synagogue In addition to new con- Mayor Bloomberg, who print shops and the like — law Rick Reil said. 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A video camera in the on State Street used a 19, she discovered $1,500 lobby captured the guard on In our transit strike coverage last week, we misattributed a Lighting card-key to steal $1,500 missing from her bedroom the graveyard shift leaving World at Peace comment by a spokeswoman for Borough President Mar- before dawn on Dec. 17. kowitz. The spokeswoman had explained that dozens of dresser, police said. his post at the desk — Miketz Brooklynites accepted the Beep’s offer of a free cup of coffee The 30-year-old victim The security supervisor against the building’s rules Fri., December 31, before 4:19pm and use of the Borough Hall restroom during the strike. left her spare card with se- told her that the key was still — and taking the elevator CONGRESSMAN Vayigash The spokeswoman’s comments were limited to the coffee curity guards at her build- at the desk when he clocked upstairs. Fri., January 6, before 4:25pm consumption, but due to an editing error, our article implied ing, near Court Street, at 4 out at midnight on Dec. 17. Police want to question Ed Towns that she was also talking about the constituents’ use of toilet pm on Dec. 16, police said. Building records show the doorman, but he has dis- Shabbos Minyan paper. The Brooklyn Papers regrets the implication that the Her sister planned to visit someone used the coded appeared, cops said. This Friday evening at 4:30 Saturday at 9 am, followed by kiddush Borough President’s office is chintzy with bathroom tissue. while she was out of town. card-key to get into her — Lilo H. 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